---
type: "Bill"
title: "Game and Fish Laws - As enacted, clarifies authority of the fish and wildlife commission to set fees for nonresident licenses; makes other clarifications and changes to present law concerning regulation of hunting and fishing. - Amends TCA Title 70."
description: "Game and Fish Laws - As enacted, clarifies authority of the fish and wildlife commission to set fees for nonresident licenses; makes other clarifications and changes to present law concerning regulation of hunting and fishing. - Amends TCA Title 70."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "113"
identifier: "HB 1018"
citation: "Tennessee HB 1018 (113)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Game and Fish Laws"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Grills"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 23
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2023-01-30"
last_action: "2023-03-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/96cf197b-0238-4887-b213-9f2a9a1f5a43"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB1018&GA=113"
source_hash: "a84f51c42159d4691d7a8927f984e63611d1f3ce25c280778e91019541388cb0"
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 1018 (113) — Game and Fish Laws - As enacted, clarifies authority of the fish and wildlife commission to set fees for nonresident licenses; makes other clarifications and changes to present law concerning regulation of hunting and fishing. - Amends TCA Title 70.

## Version chain

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

1. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Bill/HB1018.pdf)

## Votes

- HOUSE DEPARTMENTS & AGENCIES SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to State Government Committee 2/15/2023 (4) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: CONSENT CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 2/27/2023 Passed (1) — **94–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Consent Calendar for 2/27/2023 2/23/2023 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- HOUSE STATE GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 2/22/2023 (3) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 3/6/2023 Passed (1) — **33–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Grills — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-30** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2023-02-01** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2023-02-02** P2C, ref. to State Government Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-07** Assigned to s/c Departments & Agencies Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-08** Placed on s/c cal Departments & Agencies Subcommittee for 2/15/2023
- **2023-02-15** Placed on cal. State Government Committee for 2/22/2023
- **2023-02-15** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to State Government Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-22** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 2/23/2023
- **2023-02-22** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-23** H. Placed on Consent Calendar for 2/27/2023
- **2023-02-27** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2023-02-27** Passed H., Ayes 94, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2023-02-28** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen. `receipt`
- **2023-03-02** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2023-03-06** Passed Senate, Ayes 33, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2023-03-06** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill. `substitution`
- **2023-03-07** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker. `enrolled`
- **2023-03-09** Signed by Senate Speaker `passage`
- **2023-03-09** Signed by H. Speaker `passage`
- **2023-03-10** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-21** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2023-03-28** Effective date(s) 07/01/2023
- **2023-03-28** Pub. Ch. 61

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/96cf197b-0238-4887-b213-9f2a9a1f5a43`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).