---
type: "Bill"
title: "County Government - As enacted, authorizes members of a county records commission who do not receive a fixed annual salary from the state or the county to receive an increased per diem rate of up to $150 for each day of actual meeting instead of the current rate of $25. - Amends TCA Title 10, Chapter 7, Part 4."
description: "County Government - As enacted, authorizes members of a county records commission who do not receive a fixed annual salary from the state or the county to receive an increased per diem rate of up to $150 for each day of actual meeting instead of the current rate of $25. - Amends TCA Title 10, Chapter 7, Part 4."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "113"
identifier: "HB 99"
citation: "Tennessee HB 99 (113)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["County Government"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Stevens"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 29
vote_count: 9
first_action: "2023-01-11"
last_action: "2023-05-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/09f96e1b-975a-4ba1-96ba-3b07d6e84a7d"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB0099&GA=113"
source_hash: "eb1364815c1b81d447e47eadbefd007ee6513e1b54b8db49f1ebdc703f44ff04"
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 99 (113) — County Government - As enacted, authorizes members of a county records commission who do not receive a fixed annual salary from the state or the county to receive an increased per diem rate of up to $150 for each day of actual meeting instead of the current rate of $25. - Amends TCA Title 10, Chapter 7, Part 4.

## 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/HB0099.pdf)

## Votes

- HOUSE LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 2/28/2023 — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE CITIES SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Local Government Committee 2/22/2023 — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/21/2023 — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Consent Calendar for 3/27/2023 3/23/2023 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/21/2023 (3) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 3/15/2023 (4) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: CONSENT CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/30/2023 Passed (1) — **91–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 4/3/2023 Passed (1) — **32–0** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 3/15/2023 — **0–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Stevens — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-11** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2023-01-12** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2023-01-20** P2C, ref. to Local Government Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-24** Assigned to s/c Cities & Counties Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-15** Placed on s/c cal Cities & Counties Subcommittee for 2/22/2023
- **2023-02-22** Placed on cal. Local Government Committee for 2/28/2023
- **2023-02-22** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Local Government Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-28** Rec. for pass; ref to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-08** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 3/15/2023
- **2023-03-08** Assigned to s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-15** Placed on cal. Finance, Ways, and Means Committee for 3/21/2023
- **2023-03-15** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-21** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-22** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/23/2023
- **2023-03-23** H. Placed on Consent Calendar for 3/27/2023
- **2023-03-27** H. Placed on Consent Calendar for 3/30/2023
- **2023-03-27** Reset on Consent cal. for 3/30/23
- **2023-03-30** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen. `receipt`
- **2023-03-30** Passed H., Ayes 91, Nays 0, PNV 1 `passage`
- **2023-04-03** Passed Senate, Ayes 32, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2023-04-03** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill. `substitution`
- **2023-04-03** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2023-04-04** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker. `enrolled`
- **2023-04-11** Signed by H. Speaker `passage`
- **2023-04-12** Signed by Senate Speaker `passage`
- **2023-04-13** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2023-04-25** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-02** Effective date(s) 04/25/2023
- **2023-05-02** Pub. Ch. 230

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/09f96e1b-975a-4ba1-96ba-3b07d6e84a7d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).