---
type: "Bill"
title: "Naming and Designating - As enacted, designates new department of agriculture building in Davidson County as \"Julius T. Johnson Metrology Laboratory.\" -"
description: "Naming and Designating - As enacted, designates new department of agriculture building in Davidson County as \"Julius T. Johnson Metrology Laboratory.\" -"
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "110"
identifier: "HB 1970"
citation: "Tennessee HB 1970 (110)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Naming and Designating"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Halford", "Southerland"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 33
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2018-01-29"
last_action: "2018-04-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7b12be94-7e69-4fc8-ad09-43abb5aff937"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB1970&GA=110"
source_hash: "c15a5f2eb1f30929899b6ee8db8fb4197797349c826303772b69ffbba7a20b37"
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 1970 (110) — Naming and Designating - As enacted, designates new department of agriculture building in Davidson County as "Julius T. Johnson Metrology Laboratory." -

## 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/HB1970.pdf)

## Votes

- AGRICULTURE AND NATURAL RESOURCES COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 2/27/2018 (2) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- AGRICULTURE AND NATURAL RESOURCES SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee 2/21/2018 (3) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/5/2018 PASSED (1) — **90–0** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- Halford — primary (person)
- Southerland — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-29** Filed for intro. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-01-29** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-01-31** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2018-01-31** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2018-02-01** P2C, ref. to Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-01** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Energy, Ag., and Nat. Resources Committee
- **2018-02-05** Assigned to s/c Agriculture and Natural Resources Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-14** Placed on s/c cal Agriculture and Natural Resources Subcommittee for 2/21/2018
- **2018-02-14** Placed on Senate Energy, Ag., and Nat. Resources Committee calendar for 2/22/2018
- **2018-02-20** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2018-02-21** Placed on cal. Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee for 2/27/2018
- **2018-02-21** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-22** Action deferred in Senate Energy, Ag., and Nat. Resources Committee to 3/1/2018
- **2018-02-27** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-28** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/1/2018
- **2018-02-28** Placed on Senate Energy, Ag., and Nat. Resources Committee calendar for 3/8/2018
- **2018-03-01** H. Placed on Consent Calendar for 3/5/2018
- **2018-03-06** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen.
- **2018-03-08** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2018-03-08** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2018-03-08** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
- **2018-03-09** Placed on Senate Consent Calendar 2 calendar for 3/12/2018
- **2018-03-12** Passed Senate, Ayes 30, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2018-03-12** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill.
- **2018-03-12** Companion House Bill substituted
- **2018-03-13** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.
- **2018-03-15** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2018-03-19** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2018-03-20** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2018-03-23** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2018-04-04** Pub. Ch. 601
- **2018-04-04** Effective date(s) 03/23/2018
- **2018-04-04** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 601

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7b12be94-7e69-4fc8-ad09-43abb5aff937`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).