---
type: "Bill"
title: "State Symbols - As enacted, designates as official state books: \"Farewell Address to the American People\" by George Washington; \"The Papers of Andrew Jackson\"; \"Democracy in America\" by Alexis de Tocqueville; \"All the King's Men\" by Robert Penn Warren; \"A Death in the Family\" by James Agee; \"Roots\" by Alex Haley; \"The Civil War: A Narrative\" by Shelby Foote; \"American Lion\" by Jon Meacham; \"Coat of Many Colors\" by Dolly Parton; and \"Aitken Bible\"; requires the secretary of state to list the books in the Tennessee Blue Book. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 1, Part 3."
description: "State Symbols - As enacted, designates as official state books: \"Farewell Address to the American People\" by George Washington; \"The Papers of Andrew Jackson\"; \"Democracy in America\" by Alexis de Tocqueville; \"All the King's Men\" by Robert Penn Warren; \"A Death in the Family\" by James Agee; \"Roots\" by Alex Haley; \"The Civil War: A Narrative\" by Shelby Foote; \"American Lion\" by Jon Meacham; \"Coat of Many Colors\" by Dolly Parton; and \"Aitken Bible\"; requires the secretary of state to list the books in the Tennessee Blue Book. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 1, Part 3."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "113"
identifier: "HB 1828"
citation: "Tennessee HB 1828 (113)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["State Symbols"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bulso"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 27
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2024-01-11"
last_action: "2024-04-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/40fda363-fc74-49b5-abd0-e04314b2110e"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB1828&GA=113"
source_hash: "6b5e9efd8ab7c17c6d097b11e12ca2672064243cf1018571fa4f195a3b636d1e"
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 1828 (113) — State Symbols - As enacted, designates as official state books: "Farewell Address to the American People" by George Washington; "The Papers of Andrew Jackson"; "Democracy in America" by Alexis de Tocqueville; "All the King's Men" by Robert Penn Warren; "A Death in the Family" by James Agee; "Roots" by Alex Haley; "The Civil War: A Narrative" by Shelby Foote; "American Lion" by Jon Meacham; "Coat of Many Colors" by Dolly Parton; and "Aitken Bible"; requires the secretary of state to list the books in the Tennessee Blue Book. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 1, Part 3.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment HA0543** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Amend/HA0543.pdf)
2. **Amendment SA0670** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Amend/SA0670.pdf)
3. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Bill/HB1828.pdf)

## Votes

- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 2/22/2024 2/15/2024 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- HOUSE PUBLIC SERVICE SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to State Government Committee 2/6/2024 (4) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 3/25/2024 Passed (1) — **26–6** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 2/22/2024 Passed (1) — **73–18** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE STATE GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 2/14/2024 (3) — **0–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bulso — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-11** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2024-01-22** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2024-01-24** Placed on s/c cal Public Service Subcommittee for 1/30/2024
- **2024-01-24** Assigned to s/c Public Service Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-24** P2C, ref. to State Government Committee `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-30** Action Def. in s/c Public Service Subcommittee to 2/6/2024
- **2024-01-31** Placed on s/c cal Public Service Subcommittee for 2/6/2024
- **2024-02-06** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to State Government Committee `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-07** Placed on cal. State Government Committee for 2/14/2024
- **2024-02-14** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 2/15/2024
- **2024-02-14** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-15** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 2/22/2024
- **2024-02-22** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen. `receipt`
- **2024-02-22** Passed H., as am., Ayes 73, Nays 18, PNV 4 `passage`
- **2024-02-22** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2024-02-22** H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0543) `amendment-passage`
- **2024-02-26** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2024-03-25** Passed Senate, Ayes 26, Nays 6, PNV 1 `passage`
- **2024-03-25** Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - SA0670)
- **2024-03-25** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill. `substitution`
- **2024-03-27** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker. `enrolled`
- **2024-04-02** Signed by H. Speaker `passage`
- **2024-04-03** Signed by Senate Speaker `passage`
- **2024-04-04** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2024-04-16** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2024-04-22** Effective date(s) 07/01/2024
- **2024-04-22** Pub. Ch. 720

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/40fda363-fc74-49b5-abd0-e04314b2110e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).