---
type: "Bill"
title: "General Assembly - As enacted, designates the public space constructed on top of the parking garage attached to the Cordell Hull Building as the \"Beth Harwell Plaza\"; designates the new tunnel that connects the Cordell Hull Building to the State Capitol as the \"Ron Ramsey Tunnel\". - Amends TCA Title 3."
description: "General Assembly - As enacted, designates the public space constructed on top of the parking garage attached to the Cordell Hull Building as the \"Beth Harwell Plaza\"; designates the new tunnel that connects the Cordell Hull Building to the State Capitol as the \"Ron Ramsey Tunnel\". - Amends TCA Title 3."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "110"
identifier: "HB 2643"
citation: "Tennessee HB 2643 (110)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["General Assembly"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dickerson", "Williams"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 53
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2018-02-01"
last_action: "2018-05-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9127f761-85ac-49df-8b15-feb28d03f61f"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB2643&GA=110"
source_hash: "9e6199fa8fe108b5319af09c4421e4d70bf23111c92bfd25b8c95570c7b3bfd9"
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 2643 (110) — General Assembly - As enacted, designates the public space constructed on top of the parking garage attached to the Cordell Hull Building as the "Beth Harwell Plaza"; designates the new tunnel that connects the Cordell Hull Building to the State Capitol as the "Ron Ramsey Tunnel". - Amends TCA Title 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/HB2643.pdf)

## Votes

- STATE GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 4/3/2018 (4) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 4/23/2018 PASSED (1) — **29–0** (fail) · upper
- CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/9/2018 4/5/2018 (3) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/11/2018 PASSED (2) — **99–0** (fail) · lower
- STATE GOVERNMENT SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to State Government Committee 3/28/2018 (5) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: CONCUR IN SENATE AMENDMENT # 2 4/24/2018 PASSED (1) — **95–0** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- Dickerson — primary (person)
- Williams — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-02-01** Filed for intro. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-02-01** Intro. `introduction`
- **2018-02-01** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2018-02-01** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-02-05** P1C.
- **2018-02-05** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate State and Local Government Committee
- **2018-02-07** Assigned to s/c State Government Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-07** P2C, ref. to State Government Committee `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-07** Placed on s/c cal State Government Subcommittee for 3/14/2018
- **2018-03-14** Placed on s/c cal State Government Subcommittee for 3/21/2018
- **2018-03-14** Action Def. in s/c State Government Subcommittee to 3/21/2018
- **2018-03-21** Placed on s/c cal State Government Subcommittee for 3/28/2018
- **2018-03-21** Taken off notice for cal in s/c State Government Subcommittee of State Government Committee
- **2018-03-26** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2018-03-26** Sponsor change.
- **2018-03-28** Placed on cal. State Government Committee for 4/3/2018
- **2018-03-28** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to State Government Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-03** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-04** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/5/2018
- **2018-04-05** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/9/2018
- **2018-04-09** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/11/2018
- **2018-04-09** Held on desk.
- **2018-04-10** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2018-04-11** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen.
- **2018-04-11** Passed H., as am., Ayes 99, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2018-04-11** H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA1176) `amendment-passage`
- **2018-04-11** All Ayes added as Sponsors
- **2018-04-11** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2018-04-11** Refer to Senate Finance, Ways & Means Committee
- **2018-04-11** Recalled from Senate State & Local Government Committee
- **2018-04-11** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2018-04-12** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2018-04-12** Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 4/17/2018
- **2018-04-17** Action deferred in Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee to 4/18/2018
- **2018-04-18** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0
- **2018-04-18** Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 4/18/2018
- **2018-04-19** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar calendar for 4/23/2018
- **2018-04-23** H. Placed on Message Calendar for 4/24/2018
- **2018-04-23** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 29, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2018-04-23** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 2 - SA1137)
- **2018-04-23** Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - SA1136)
- **2018-04-23** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill.
- **2018-04-23** Companion House Bill substituted
- **2018-04-24** H. concurred in S. am. no. 2 Ayes 95, Nays 0 PNV 0 HB2643
- **2018-04-24** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2018-04-25** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2018-04-25** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.
- **2018-05-01** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2018-05-07** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2018-05-15** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2018-05-18** Pub. Ch. 967
- **2018-05-18** Effective date(s) 05/15/2018
- **2018-05-18** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 967

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9127f761-85ac-49df-8b15-feb28d03f61f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).