---
type: "Bill"
title: "Business and Commerce - As enacted, generally prohibits a municipality or county from adopting or enforcing an ordinance, order, or regulation that requires a permit or fee for the installation or use of a battery-charged security fence that is in addition to an alarm system permit issued by the municipality or county; imposes installation or operational requirements for a battery-charged security fence that are inconsistent with current requirements in law for a battery-charged security fence in this bill; or prohibits the installation or use of a battery-charged security fence. - Amends TCA Title 62, Chapter 32, Part 3."
description: "Business and Commerce - As enacted, generally prohibits a municipality or county from adopting or enforcing an ordinance, order, or regulation that requires a permit or fee for the installation or use of a battery-charged security fence that is in addition to an alarm system permit issued by the municipality or county; imposes installation or operational requirements for a battery-charged security fence that are inconsistent with current requirements in law for a battery-charged security fence in this bill; or prohibits the installation or use of a battery-charged security fence. - Amends TCA Title 62, Chapter 32, Part 3."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "113"
identifier: "SB 1289"
citation: "Tennessee SB 1289 (113)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Business and Commerce"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bailey"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 23
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2023-01-31"
last_action: "2023-05-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b392f7fe-9f9b-49ba-a99c-18c133cc998f"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB1289&GA=113"
source_hash: "58ea6b4507463fd5bd156787bde77cd5b3410fb9049665208bb20681255d78cf"
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 1289 (113) — Business and Commerce - As enacted, generally prohibits a municipality or county from adopting or enforcing an ordinance, order, or regulation that requires a permit or fee for the installation or use of a battery-charged security fence that is in addition to an alarm system permit issued by the municipality or county; imposes installation or operational requirements for a battery-charged security fence that are inconsistent with current requirements in law for a battery-charged security fence in this bill; or prohibits the installation or use of a battery-charged security fence. - Amends TCA Title 62, Chapter 32, Part 3.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment HA0040** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Amend/HA0040.pdf)
2. **Amendment HA0041** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Amend/HA0041.pdf)
3. **Amendment SA0040** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Amend/SA0040.pdf)
4. **Amendment SA0056** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Amend/SA0056.pdf)
5. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Bill/SB1289.pdf)

## Votes

- FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 2/27/2023 Passed (1) — **32–0** (pass) · upper
- SENATE COMMERCE AND LABOR COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0 2/21/2023 Passed — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- SENATE COMMERCE AND LABOR COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0 2/21/2023 Passed (2) — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/20/2023 Passed (1) — **82–6** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bailey — 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 Commerce and Labor Committee `passage`
- **2023-02-14** Placed on Senate Commerce and Labor Committee calendar for 2/21/2023
- **2023-02-21** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0
- **2023-02-24** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 2/27/2023
- **2023-02-27** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House `receipt`
- **2023-02-27** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 32, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2023-02-27** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 2 - SA0056)
- **2023-02-27** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0040)
- **2023-02-28** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2023-03-02** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2023-04-20** Passed H., Ayes 82, Nays 6, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2023-04-20** Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 2 - HA0041) `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2023-04-20** Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0040) `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2023-04-20** Subst. for comp. HB. `substitution`
- **2023-04-24** Enrolled and ready for signatures `enrolled`
- **2023-04-26** Signed by Senate Speaker `passage`
- **2023-05-02** Signed by H. Speaker `passage`
- **2023-05-03** Transmitted to Governor for action. `executive-receipt`
- **2023-05-11** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-24** Effective date(s) 05/11/2023
- **2023-05-24** Pub. Ch. 436

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b392f7fe-9f9b-49ba-a99c-18c133cc998f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).