---
type: "Bill"
title: "Secretary of State - As enacted, requires the Secretary of State to establish and implement a program designated as the Tennessee Businesses Against Trafficking program to engage participating corporations and other private entities in voluntary efforts to identify, prevent, and combat human trafficking. - Amends TCA Title 38, Chapter 1."
description: "Secretary of State - As enacted, requires the Secretary of State to establish and implement a program designated as the Tennessee Businesses Against Trafficking program to engage participating corporations and other private entities in voluntary efforts to identify, prevent, and combat human trafficking. - Amends TCA Title 38, Chapter 1."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "113"
identifier: "SB 1212"
citation: "Tennessee SB 1212 (113)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Secretary of State"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["White"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 25
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2023-01-31"
last_action: "2023-04-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0bfac878-ba3a-4247-b63e-bafb6814a5fa"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB1212&GA=113"
source_hash: "a2d763fc975b5971180da5cb94f2f566d37c49a78cd3acacf148ab1be8d75ae9"
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 SB 1212 (113) — Secretary of State - As enacted, requires the Secretary of State to establish and implement a program designated as the Tennessee Businesses Against Trafficking program to engage participating corporations and other private entities in voluntary efforts to identify, prevent, and combat human trafficking. - Amends TCA Title 38, Chapter 1.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment HA0057** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Amend/HA0057.pdf)
2. **Amendment SA0018** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Amend/SA0018.pdf)
3. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Bill/SB1212.pdf)

## Votes

- SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE: Recommend for passage with amendment, ref to Senate Finance, Ways and Means Committee 2/14/2023 Passed — **8–0** (pass) · upper
- SENATE FINANCE, WAYS AND MEANS COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 3/7/2023 Passed (2) — **10–0** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 3/16/2023 Passed (1) — **31–0** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/30/2023 Passed (1) — **90–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- White — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-31** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2023-02-02** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2023-02-06** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee `passage`
- **2023-02-08** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 2/14/2023
- **2023-02-14** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Finance, Ways & Means Committee Ayes 8, Nays 0 PNV 0
- **2023-02-21** Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 2/28/2023
- **2023-02-28** Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 3/7/2023
- **2023-02-28** Action deferred in Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee to 3/7/2023
- **2023-03-07** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
- **2023-03-14** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 3/16/2023
- **2023-03-16** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House `receipt`
- **2023-03-16** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2023-03-16** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 31, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2023-03-16** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0018)
- **2023-03-20** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2023-03-30** Passed H., Ayes 90, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2023-03-30** Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0057) `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2023-03-30** Subst. for comp. HB. `substitution`
- **2023-04-03** Signed by Senate Speaker `passage`
- **2023-04-03** Enrolled and ready for signatures `enrolled`
- **2023-04-05** Transmitted to Governor for action. `executive-receipt`
- **2023-04-05** Signed by H. Speaker `passage`
- **2023-04-17** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2023-04-25** Effective date(s) 04/17/2023, 07/01/2023
- **2023-04-25** Pub. Ch. 177

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0bfac878-ba3a-4247-b63e-bafb6814a5fa`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).