---
type: "Bill"
title: "Securities - As enacted, makes various changes to the regulation of securities under the Tennessee Securities Act of 1980. - Amends TCA Title 48, Chapter 1, Part 1."
description: "Securities - As enacted, makes various changes to the regulation of securities under the Tennessee Securities Act of 1980. - Amends TCA Title 48, Chapter 1, Part 1."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "110"
identifier: "HB 304"
citation: "Tennessee HB 304 (110)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Securities"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hawk", "Norris"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 48
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2017-01-31"
last_action: "2017-05-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/69bf9276-0511-4638-9a7b-f90cfd7f5d37"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB0304&GA=110"
source_hash: "873ee6129ab1b84f48386b20105f95300594c2b8b68e335b0b27ccd997082e50"
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 304 (110) — Securities - As enacted, makes various changes to the regulation of securities under the Tennessee Securities Act of 1980. - Amends TCA Title 48, Chapter 1, 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/HB0304.pdf)

## Votes

- FINANCE, WAYS & MEANS SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways & Means Committee 4/26/2017 (3) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Finance, Ways & Means Committee 4/12/2017 (4) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- INSURANCE AND BANKING COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Government Operations Committee 4/4/2017 — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 5/4/2017 5/2/2017 (1) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- INSURANCE AND BANKING SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Insurance and Banking Committee 3/29/2017 (5) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- FINANCE, WAYS & MEANS COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 4/26/2017 (2) — **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 Insurance and Banking Committee-- Government Operations for Review `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-07** Assigned to s/c Insurance and Banking 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 Commerce and Labor Committee
- **2017-02-15** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2017-02-27** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2017-03-08** Placed on s/c cal Insurance and Banking Subcommittee for 3/15/2017
- **2017-03-15** Taken off notice for cal in s/c Insurance and Banking Subcommittee of Insurance and Banking Committee
- **2017-03-22** Placed on s/c cal Insurance and Banking Subcommittee for 3/29/2017
- **2017-03-22** Placed on Senate Commerce and Labor Committee calendar for 3/28/2017
- **2017-03-28** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2017-03-28** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee Ayes 7, Nays 0 PNV 0
- **2017-03-29** Placed on cal. Insurance and Banking Committee for 4/4/2017
- **2017-03-29** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Insurance and Banking Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-29** Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 4/4/2017
- **2017-04-04** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Government Operations Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-04** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2017-04-04** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
- **2017-04-05** Placed on cal. Government Operations Committee for 4/12/2017
- **2017-04-12** Rec. for pass; ref to Finance, Ways & Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-13** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar calendar for 4/17/2017
- **2017-04-17** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
- **2017-04-17** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2017-04-17** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 31, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2017-04-17** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0227)
- **2017-04-19** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee for 4/26/2017
- **2017-04-19** Assigned to s/c Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2017-04-19** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2017-04-26** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-26** Placed on cal. Finance, Ways & Means Committee for 4/26/2017
- **2017-04-26** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways & Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-05-02** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 5/2/2017
- **2017-05-03** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 5/4/2017
- **2017-05-04** Comp. SB subst.
- **2017-05-04** Passed H., Ayes 90, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2017-05-04** Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0294) `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2017-05-04** Subst. for comp. HB.
- **2017-05-05** Enrolled and ready for signatures
- **2017-05-09** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2017-05-09** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2017-05-11** Transmitted to Governor for action.
- **2017-05-18** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2017-05-23** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 424
- **2017-05-23** Pub. Ch. 424
- **2017-05-23** Effective date(s) 05/18/2017

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/69bf9276-0511-4638-9a7b-f90cfd7f5d37`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).