---
type: "Bill"
title: "Local Government, General - As enacted, enacts the \"Stopping Addiction and Fostering Excellence (SAFE) Act,\" which authorizes cities, towns, and metropolitan governments to adopt certain ordinances regarding sober living homes. - Amends TCA Title 13, Chapter 24, Part 1."
description: "Local Government, General - As enacted, enacts the \"Stopping Addiction and Fostering Excellence (SAFE) Act,\" which authorizes cities, towns, and metropolitan governments to adopt certain ordinances regarding sober living homes. - Amends TCA Title 13, Chapter 24, Part 1."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "110"
identifier: "HB 1929"
citation: "Tennessee HB 1929 (110)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Local Government", "General"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Curcio", "Swann"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 50
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2018-01-25"
last_action: "2018-05-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e593507c-6fbd-4410-9d64-42806075f12b"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB1929&GA=110"
source_hash: "7a1ee43ca8072a278699768554db360819de58d2a035f7920ea69aade59cc031"
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 1929 (110) — Local Government, General - As enacted, enacts the "Stopping Addiction and Fostering Excellence (SAFE) Act," which authorizes cities, towns, and metropolitan governments to adopt certain ordinances regarding sober living homes. - Amends TCA Title 13, Chapter 24, Part 1.

## 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/HB1929.pdf)

## Votes

- FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 4/18/2018 PASSED (1) — **30–1** (fail) · upper
- LOCAL GOVERNMENT SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Local Government Committee 3/7/2018 (6) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/2/2018 3/29/2018 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- FINANCE, WAYS & MEANS SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways & Means Committee 3/21/2018 (4) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- FINANCE, WAYS & MEANS COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/27/2018 (3) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Finance, Ways & Means Committee 3/13/2018 (5) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/2/2018 PASSED (1) — **93–0** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- Curcio — primary (person)
- Swann — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-25** Filed for intro. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-01-29** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2018-01-31** Assigned to s/c Local Government Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-31** P2C, ref. to Local Government Committee `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-31** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-02-01** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2018-02-05** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate State and Local Government Committee
- **2018-02-07** Placed on s/c cal Local Government Subcommittee for 2/14/2018
- **2018-02-14** Action Def. in s/c Local Government Subcommittee to 2/21/2018
- **2018-02-21** Placed on s/c cal Local Government Subcommittee for 2/28/2018
- **2018-02-28** Action Def. in s/c Local Government Subcommittee to 3/7/2018
- **2018-03-01** Placed on s/c cal Local Government Subcommittee for 3/7/2018
- **2018-03-07** Placed on cal. Local Government Committee for 3/13/2018
- **2018-03-07** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Local Government Committee `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-09** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2018-03-13** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Finance, Ways & Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-14** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee for 3/21/2018
- **2018-03-14** Assigned to s/c Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-14** Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 3/20/2018
- **2018-03-20** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 7, Nays 0 PNV 0
- **2018-03-21** Placed on cal. Finance, Ways & Means Committee for 3/27/2018
- **2018-03-21** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways & Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-27** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-28** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/29/2018
- **2018-03-29** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/2/2018
- **2018-04-02** Passed H., as am., Ayes 93, Nays 0, PNV 1 `passage`
- **2018-04-02** H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0841) `amendment-passage`
- **2018-04-03** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen.
- **2018-04-03** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar calendar for 4/5/2018
- **2018-04-04** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2018-04-05** Senate Reset on calendar for 4/12/2018
- **2018-04-10** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar calendar for 4/12/2018
- **2018-04-12** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar calendar for 4/16/2018
- **2018-04-12** Senate Reset on calendar 4/16/18
- **2018-04-16** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar calendar for 4/17/2018
- **2018-04-16** Senate Reset on calendar 4/17/18
- **2018-04-17** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar calendar for 4/18/2018
- **2018-04-17** Senate Reset on calendar 4/18/18
- **2018-04-18** Passed Senate, Ayes 30, Nays 1 `passage`
- **2018-04-18** Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - SA0866)
- **2018-04-18** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill.
- **2018-04-18** Companion House Bill substituted
- **2018-04-20** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.
- **2018-04-23** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2018-04-24** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2018-04-26** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2018-05-03** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2018-05-08** Pub. Ch. 879
- **2018-05-08** Effective date(s) 07/01/2018
- **2018-05-08** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 879

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e593507c-6fbd-4410-9d64-42806075f12b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).