---
type: "Bill"
title: "Sunset Laws - As enacted, extends the department of economic and community development four years to June 30, 2021; requires the department to report back to the government operations committee on the department's response to the findings in the performance audit report by December 31, 2017. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 29, Part 2 and Title 4, Chapter 3."
description: "Sunset Laws - As enacted, extends the department of economic and community development four years to June 30, 2021; requires the department to report back to the government operations committee on the department's response to the findings in the performance audit report by December 31, 2017. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 29, Part 2 and Title 4, Chapter 3."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "110"
identifier: "HB 233"
citation: "Tennessee HB 233 (110)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Sunset Laws"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bell", "Faison"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 29
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2017-01-12"
last_action: "2017-05-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6202fa92-d0be-4723-9776-fdf09637ec93"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB0233&GA=110"
source_hash: "f3033a705a6b2a7c32d8cbe13adcc82aab97596645962219341c79e6c0918c67"
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 233 (110) — Sunset Laws - As enacted, extends the department of economic and community development four years to June 30, 2021; requires the department to report back to the government operations committee on the department's response to the findings in the performance audit report by December 31, 2017. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 29, Part 2 and Title 4, Chapter 3.

## 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/HB0233.pdf)

## Votes

- FLOOR VOTE: PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 5/1/2017 Passed (1) — **73–0** (pass) · lower
- CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Consent Calendar 4/27/2017 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 4/5/2017 — **0–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bell — primary (person)
- Faison — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-12** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-01-30** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2017-01-31** Filed for intro. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-02-01** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2017-02-01** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Government Operations Committee
- **2017-02-02** P2C, ref. to Government Operations Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-15** Placed on Senate Government Operations Committee calendar for 3/22/2017
- **2017-03-22** Placed on cal. Government Operations Committee for 3/29/2017
- **2017-03-22** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
- **2017-03-24** Placed on Senate Consent Calendar 2 calendar for 3/27/2017
- **2017-03-27** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
- **2017-03-27** Passed Senate, Ayes 29, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2017-03-29** Placed on cal. Government Operations Committee for 4/5/2017
- **2017-03-29** Action def. in Government Operations Committee to 4/5/2017
- **2017-03-30** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2017-04-05** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-26** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/27/2017
- **2017-04-27** H. Placed on Consent Calendar
- **2017-05-01** Comp. SB subst.
- **2017-05-01** Passed H., Ayes 73, Nays 0, PNV 5 `passage`
- **2017-05-01** Subst. for comp. HB.
- **2017-05-02** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2017-05-02** Enrolled and ready for signatures
- **2017-05-03** Transmitted to Governor for action.
- **2017-05-03** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2017-05-09** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2017-05-19** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 317
- **2017-05-19** Pub. Ch. 317
- **2017-05-19** Effective date(s) 05/09/2017

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6202fa92-d0be-4723-9776-fdf09637ec93`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).