---
type: "Bill"
title: "Commerce and Insurance, Dept. of - As enacted, adds universities, colleges, community colleges, and colleges of applied technology to the list of educational institution types for which the POST commission provides services; authorizes the POST commission to collect police recruit fingerprints for criminal record checks by the TBI and FBI; and revises the circumstances under which the POST commission must issue a certificate of compliance to a recruit. - Amends TCA Section 38-8-104 and Section 38-8-107."
description: "Commerce and Insurance, Dept. of - As enacted, adds universities, colleges, community colleges, and colleges of applied technology to the list of educational institution types for which the POST commission provides services; authorizes the POST commission to collect police recruit fingerprints for criminal record checks by the TBI and FBI; and revises the circumstances under which the POST commission must issue a certificate of compliance to a recruit. - Amends TCA Section 38-8-104 and Section 38-8-107."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "110"
identifier: "HB 303"
citation: "Tennessee HB 303 (110)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Commerce and Insurance", "Dept. of"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hawk", "Norris"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 33
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2017-01-31"
last_action: "2017-04-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/116da00f-7b78-46aa-a543-617e9b56ca69"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB0303&GA=110"
source_hash: "4a34ea80d5284801cfe3eb1750816d19bbd06b122516b2e5b0ce36db29219b3e"
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 303 (110) — Commerce and Insurance, Dept. of - As enacted, adds universities, colleges, community colleges, and colleges of applied technology to the list of educational institution types for which the POST commission provides services; authorizes the POST commission to collect police recruit fingerprints for criminal record checks by the TBI and FBI; and revises the circumstances under which the POST commission must issue a certificate of compliance to a recruit. - Amends TCA Section 38-8-104 and Section 38-8-107.

## 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/HB0303.pdf)

## Votes

- CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Consent Calendar for 4/3/2017 3/30/2017 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- STATE GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/28/2017 (3) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/3/2017 Passed (1) — **92–0** (pass) · lower
- STATE GOVERNMENT SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to State Government Committee 3/22/2017 (4) — **0–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Hawk — primary (person)
- Norris — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-31** Filed for intro. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-02-02** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2017-02-06** P2C, ref. to State Government Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-07** Assigned to s/c State Government Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-09** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2017-02-09** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-02-13** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee
- **2017-02-15** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2017-02-15** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 2/21/2017
- **2017-02-21** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
- **2017-02-24** Placed on Senate Consent Calendar 2 calendar for 2/27/2017
- **2017-02-27** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
- **2017-02-27** Passed Senate, Ayes 33, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2017-03-02** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2017-03-08** Placed on s/c cal State Government Subcommittee for 3/15/2017
- **2017-03-15** Placed on s/c cal State Government Subcommittee for 3/22/2017
- **2017-03-15** Meeting Cancelled. Action Def. in s/c State Government Subcommittee to 3/22/17
- **2017-03-22** Placed on cal. State Government Committee for 3/28/2017
- **2017-03-22** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to State Government Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-28** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-29** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/30/2017
- **2017-03-30** H. Placed on Consent Calendar for 4/3/2017
- **2017-04-03** Comp. SB subst.
- **2017-04-03** Passed H., Ayes 92, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2017-04-03** Subst. for comp. HB.
- **2017-04-04** Enrolled and ready for signatures
- **2017-04-05** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2017-04-06** Transmitted to Governor for action.
- **2017-04-06** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2017-04-17** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2017-04-19** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 151
- **2017-04-19** Pub. Ch. 151
- **2017-04-19** Effective date(s) 07/01/2017

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/116da00f-7b78-46aa-a543-617e9b56ca69`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).