---
type: "Bill"
title: "Safety - As enacted, revises various provisions regarding amusement devices. - Amends TCA Title 4 and Title 68."
description: "Safety - As enacted, revises various provisions regarding amusement devices. - Amends TCA Title 4 and Title 68."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "110"
identifier: "HB 191"
citation: "Tennessee HB 191 (110)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Safety"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["DeBerry", "Kelsey"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 48
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2017-01-31"
last_action: "2017-05-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d519d525-5bcf-4bdc-99d9-fe992c3f515d"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB0191&GA=110"
source_hash: "b4ea2031e978ee1645a6c75ad6ea5a216946810e68d54f0967e03c20ae76fcef"
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 191 (110) — Safety - As enacted, revises various provisions regarding amusement devices. - Amends TCA Title 4 and Title 68.

## Version chain

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

1. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/110/Bill/HB0191.pdf)

## Votes

- CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 5/4/2017 5/2/2017 (1) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- FINANCE, WAYS & MEANS SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways & Means Committee 4/19/2017 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- BUSINESS AND UTILITIES SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Business and Utilities Committee 3/28/2017 — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- BUSINESS AND UTILITIES COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Finance, Ways & Means Committee 4/5/2017 — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- FINANCE, WAYS & MEANS COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 4/25/2017 — **0–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- DeBerry — primary (person)
- Kelsey — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-31** Filed for intro. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-02-01** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2017-02-02** P2C, ref. to Business and Utilities Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-03** Assigned to s/c Business and Utilities Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-06** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-02-08** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2017-02-09** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Commerce and Labor Committee
- **2017-03-22** Placed on s/c cal Business and Utilities Subcommittee for 3/28/2017
- **2017-03-22** Placed on Senate Commerce and Labor Committee calendar for 3/28/2017
- **2017-03-28** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Business and Utilities Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-28** Placed on Senate Commerce and Labor Committee calendar for 4/3/2017
- **2017-03-28** Action deferred in Senate Commerce and Labor Committee to 4/4/2017
- **2017-03-29** Placed on cal. Business and Utilities Committee for 4/5/2017
- **2017-04-03** Placed on Senate Commerce and Labor Committee calendar for 4/4/2017
- **2017-04-03** Action deferred in Senate Commerce and Labor Committee to 4/4/2017
- **2017-04-04** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2017-04-04** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Finance, Ways & Means Committee Ayes 7, Nays 0 PNV 0
- **2017-04-05** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Finance, Ways & Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-12** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee for 4/19/2017
- **2017-04-12** Assigned to s/c Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2017-04-19** Placed on cal. Finance, Ways & Means Committee for 4/25/2017
- **2017-04-19** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways & Means Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-04-19** Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 4/25/2017
- **2017-04-25** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-25** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 11, Nays 0 PNV 0
- **2017-05-01** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar calendar for 5/3/2017
- **2017-05-02** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 5/2/2017
- **2017-05-03** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 5/4/2017
- **2017-05-03** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2017-05-03** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
- **2017-05-03** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 30, Nays 1 `passage`
- **2017-05-03** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 2 - SA0494)
- **2017-05-03** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0300)
- **2017-05-04** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2017-05-04** Comp. SB subst.
- **2017-05-04** Passed H., Ayes 90, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2017-05-04** Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 2 - HA0546) `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2017-05-04** Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0326) `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2017-05-04** Subst. for comp. HB.
- **2017-05-04** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2017-05-05** Enrolled and ready for signatures
- **2017-05-09** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2017-05-09** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2017-05-11** Transmitted to Governor for action.
- **2017-05-19** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2017-05-23** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 393
- **2017-05-23** Pub. Ch. 393
- **2017-05-23** Effective date(s) 05/18/2017

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d519d525-5bcf-4bdc-99d9-fe992c3f515d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).