---
type: "Bill"
title: "Holidays and Days of Special Observance - As enacted, designates March 4 of each year as \"Tennessee Missing Children's Day,\" a day of special observance. - Amends TCA Title 15."
description: "Holidays and Days of Special Observance - As enacted, designates March 4 of each year as \"Tennessee Missing Children's Day,\" a day of special observance. - Amends TCA Title 15."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "110"
identifier: "HB 596"
citation: "Tennessee HB 596 (110)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Holidays and Days of Special Observance"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jernigan", "Yarbro"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 34
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2017-02-07"
last_action: "2017-04-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9cca6b55-2380-4af3-b50c-15db3711a3a5"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB0596&GA=110"
source_hash: "49edd112cc748bbb487d797887af022375f2d3b1a7d4b01d620c3e16a834570b"
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 596 (110) — Holidays and Days of Special Observance - As enacted, designates March 4 of each year as "Tennessee Missing Children's Day," a day of special observance. - Amends TCA Title 15.

## 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/HB0596.pdf)

## Votes

- STATE GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 2/21/2017 — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 2/27/2017 Passed (1) — **95–0** (pass) · lower
- STATE GOVERNMENT SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to State Government Committee 2/15/2017 (3) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Consent Calendar for 2/27/2017 2/23/2017 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- Jernigan — primary (person)
- Yarbro — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-02-07** Filed for intro. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-02-07** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-02-08** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2017-02-08** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2017-02-09** P2C, ref. to State Government Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-09** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee
- **2017-02-14** Assigned to s/c State Government Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-15** Placed on cal. State Government Committee for 2/21/2017
- **2017-02-15** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to State Government Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-02-15** Placed on s/c cal State Government Subcommittee for 2/15/2017
- **2017-02-15** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 2/21/2017
- **2017-02-16** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2017-02-17** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2017-02-21** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-02-21** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
- **2017-02-22** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 2/23/2017
- **2017-02-23** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2017-02-23** H. Placed on Consent Calendar for 2/27/2017
- **2017-02-24** Placed on Senate Consent Calendar 2 calendar for 2/27/2017
- **2017-02-27** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2017-02-27** Comp. SB subst.
- **2017-02-27** Passed H., Ayes 95, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2017-02-27** Subst. for comp. HB.
- **2017-02-27** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2017-02-27** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
- **2017-02-27** Passed Senate, Ayes 33, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2017-02-28** Enrolled and ready for signatures
- **2017-03-02** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2017-03-06** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2017-03-07** Transmitted to Governor for action.
- **2017-03-15** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2017-04-04** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 6
- **2017-04-04** Pub. Ch. 6
- **2017-04-04** Effective date(s) 03/15/2017

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9cca6b55-2380-4af3-b50c-15db3711a3a5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).