---
type: "Bill"
title: "Privacy, Confidentiality - As enacted, enacts the \"Personal Privacy Protection Act.\" - Amends TCA Title 2; Title 3; Title 4; Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 10; Title 12; Title 39; Title 40 and Title 41."
description: "Privacy, Confidentiality - As enacted, enacts the \"Personal Privacy Protection Act.\" - Amends TCA Title 2; Title 3; Title 4; Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 10; Title 12; Title 39; Title 40 and Title 41."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "112"
identifier: "HB 159"
citation: "Tennessee HB 159 (112)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Confidentiality", "Privacy"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bailey", "Williams"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 54
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2021-01-13"
last_action: "2021-06-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/da0567e3-912e-42c6-bfbf-5bcccb754778"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB0159&GA=112"
source_hash: "78744f5b972322fda74bbc6c1a48403c4ec8ce7a3c1cffb16613d8889d1a4ab4"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-tn"]
---

# Tennessee HB 159 (112) — Privacy, Confidentiality - As enacted, enacts the "Personal Privacy Protection Act." - Amends TCA Title 2; Title 3; Title 4; Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 10; Title 12; Title 39; Title 40 and Title 41.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Amendment HA0178** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Amend/HA0178.pdf)
2. **Amendment HA0282** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Amend/HA0282.pdf)
3. **Amendment SA0155** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Amend/SA0155.pdf)
4. **Amendment SA0156** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Amend/SA0156.pdf)
5. **Amendment SA0157** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Amend/SA0157.pdf)
6. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Bill/HB0159.pdf)

## Votes

- HOUSE CIVIL JUSTICE COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Government Operations Committee 3/31/2021 (5) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE CIVIL JUSTICE SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Civil Justice Committee 3/16/2021 (6) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- HOUSE GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 4/12/2021 (4) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/26/2021 Passed (1) — **66–24** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PREVIOUS QUESTION AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/26/2021 Passed (2) — **65–24** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 5/3/2021 Passed (1) — **27–5** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/26/2021 4/22/2021 (3) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- SENATE STATE & LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 6, Nays 2 PNV 0 3/30/2021 Passed (2) — **6–2** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Bailey — primary (person)
- Williams — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2021-01-13** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-01-14** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2021-01-15** P2C, ref. to Civil Justice Committee -- Government Operations for Review `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-11** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2021-02-11** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-02-22** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate State and Local Government Committee
- **2021-02-24** Assigned to s/c Civil Justice Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-02** Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 3/9/2021
- **2021-03-03** Placed on s/c cal Civil Justice Subcommittee for 3/9/2021
- **2021-03-03** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2021-03-09** Action Def. in s/c Civil Justice Subcommittee to 3/16/2021
- **2021-03-09** Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 3/16/2021
- **2021-03-09** Action deferred in Senate State and Local Government Committee to 3/16/2021
- **2021-03-10** Placed on s/c cal Civil Justice Subcommittee for 3/16/2021
- **2021-03-16** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Civil Justice Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-16** Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 3/23/2021
- **2021-03-16** Action deferred in Senate State and Local Government Committee to 3/23/2021
- **2021-03-17** Placed on cal. Civil Justice Committee for 3/24/2021
- **2021-03-23** Action deferred in Senate State and Local Government Committee to 3/30/2021
- **2021-03-24** Placed on cal. Civil Justice Committee for 3/31/2021
- **2021-03-24** Action def. in Civil Justice Committee to 3/31/2021
- **2021-03-24** Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 3/30/2021
- **2021-03-30** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 6, Nays 2 PNV 0
- **2021-03-31** Placed on cal. Government Operations Committee for 4/5/2021
- **2021-03-31** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Government Operations Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-05** Action def. in Government Operations Committee to 4/12/2021
- **2021-04-07** Placed on cal. Government Operations Committee for 4/12/2021
- **2021-04-08** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 4/12/2021
- **2021-04-12** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-12** Re-refer to Senate Cal. Comm.
- **2021-04-21** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/22/2021
- **2021-04-22** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/26/2021
- **2021-04-26** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen.
- **2021-04-26** Passed H., as am., Ayes 66, Nays 24, PNV 4 `passage`
- **2021-04-26** Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0178) `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2021-04-26** H. adopted am. (Amendment 2 - HA0282) `amendment-passage`
- **2021-04-26** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2021-04-27** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2021-04-29** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 5/3/2021
- **2021-05-03** Passed Senate, Ayes 27, Nays 5 `passage`
- **2021-05-03** Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 3 - SA0157)
- **2021-05-03** Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 2 - SA0156)
- **2021-05-03** Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - SA0155)
- **2021-05-03** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill.
- **2021-05-03** Companion House Bill substituted
- **2021-05-04** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2021-05-06** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.
- **2021-05-11** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2021-05-13** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2021-05-13** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2021-05-25** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2021-06-01** Effective date(s) 10/1/2021
- **2021-06-01** Pub. Ch. 516
- **2021-06-01** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 516

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/da0567e3-912e-42c6-bfbf-5bcccb754778`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).