---
type: "Bill"
title: "Gaming - As enacted, revises and adds various provisions for purposes of regulating vendors of licensees; revises provisions relating to applications, fees, and penalties; authorizes the sports wagering council to keep certain moneys for administrative purposes; revises provisions relating to recordkeeping and inspections for licensees and registrants. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 39, Chapter 17 and Title 47."
description: "Gaming - As enacted, revises and adds various provisions for purposes of regulating vendors of licensees; revises provisions relating to applications, fees, and penalties; authorizes the sports wagering council to keep certain moneys for administrative purposes; revises provisions relating to recordkeeping and inspections for licensees and registrants. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 39, Chapter 17 and Title 47."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "113"
identifier: "SB 475"
citation: "Tennessee SB 475 (113)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Gaming"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Stevens"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 32
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2023-01-25"
last_action: "2023-05-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/96fba007-19b0-4bb4-9110-21a799cb74ab"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB0475&GA=113"
source_hash: "7e981ef67f59ee8946dc165e3cbff41d3ffd50dbdd7fb2d50bff18682d7ac747"
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 475 (113) — Gaming - As enacted, revises and adds various provisions for purposes of regulating vendors of licensees; revises provisions relating to applications, fees, and penalties; authorizes the sports wagering council to keep certain moneys for administrative purposes; revises provisions relating to recordkeeping and inspections for licensees and registrants. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 39, Chapter 17 and Title 47.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment HA0157** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Amend/HA0157.pdf)
2. **Amendment HA0459** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Amend/HA0459.pdf)
3. **Amendment SA0212** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Amend/SA0212.pdf)
4. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Bill/SB0475.pdf)

## Votes

- FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 4/13/2023 Passed (3) — **30–0** (pass) · upper
- SENATE FINANCE, WAYS AND MEANS COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 4/5/2023 Passed — **10–0** (pass) · upper
- SENATE FINANCE, WAYS AND MEANS COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 4/5/2023 Passed (4) — **10–0** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: Concur in House Amend# 1 4/21/2023 Passed (2) — **26–2** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/21/2023 Passed (1) — **75–7** (pass) · lower
- SENATE STATE & LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0 3/14/2023 Passed (5) — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: Concur in House Amend# 2 4/21/2023 Passed (1) — **27–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Stevens — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-25** Sponsor change. `sponsorship`
- **2023-01-25** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2023-01-26** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2023-01-30** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate State and Local Government Committee `passage`
- **2023-03-07** Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 3/14/2023
- **2023-03-14** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0
- **2023-03-21** Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 3/28/2023
- **2023-03-28** Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 4/4/2023
- **2023-03-28** Action deferred in Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee to 4/4/2023
- **2023-04-04** Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 4/5/2023
- **2023-04-04** Action deferred in Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee to 4/11/2023
- **2023-04-05** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
- **2023-04-11** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 4/13/2023
- **2023-04-13** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House `receipt`
- **2023-04-13** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 30, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2023-04-13** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0212)
- **2023-04-17** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2023-04-21** Concurred, Ayes 27, Nays 0 (Amendment 2 - HA0459) `passage`
- **2023-04-21** Concurred, Ayes 26, Nays 2 (Amendment 1 - HA0157) `passage`
- **2023-04-21** Placed on Senate Message Calendar 2 for 4/21/2023
- **2023-04-21** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2023-04-21** Passed H., as am., Ayes 75, Nays 7, PNV 11 `passage`
- **2023-04-21** H. adopted am. (Amendment 2 - HA0459) `amendment-passage`
- **2023-04-21** H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0157) `amendment-passage`
- **2023-04-21** Subst. for comp. HB. `substitution`
- **2023-05-02** Enrolled and ready for signatures `enrolled`
- **2023-05-03** Signed by Senate Speaker `passage`
- **2023-05-05** Signed by H. Speaker `passage`
- **2023-05-09** Transmitted to Governor for action. `executive-receipt`
- **2023-05-17** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-24** Effective date(s) 07/01/2023
- **2023-05-24** Pub. Ch. 450

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/96fba007-19b0-4bb4-9110-21a799cb74ab`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).