---
type: "Bill"
title: "Privacy, Confidentiality - As enacted, makes confidential the identities of vendors providing the state with goods and services used to protect certain electronic, communication, and data storage systems; authorizes a governmental entity receiving such goods and services to vote to make the identities of such vendors confidential; revises exception as to who may receive such confidential information. - Amends TCA Section 10-7-504."
description: "Privacy, Confidentiality - As enacted, makes confidential the identities of vendors providing the state with goods and services used to protect certain electronic, communication, and data storage systems; authorizes a governmental entity receiving such goods and services to vote to make the identities of such vendors confidential; revises exception as to who may receive such confidential information. - Amends TCA Section 10-7-504."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "110"
identifier: "SB 1201"
citation: "Tennessee SB 1201 (110)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Privacy", "Confidentiality"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hawk", "Norris"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 42
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2017-01-31"
last_action: "2017-04-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7aeab61b-80c8-400c-80f1-86f6751e3226"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB1201&GA=110"
source_hash: "3209bdbf5585400f8018c63040dbd5cda9b643370c183008cd710a5a26dc3512"
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 SB 1201 (110) — Privacy, Confidentiality - As enacted, makes confidential the identities of vendors providing the state with goods and services used to protect certain electronic, communication, and data storage systems; authorizes a governmental entity receiving such goods and services to vote to make the identities of such vendors confidential; revises exception as to who may receive such confidential information. - Amends TCA Section 10-7-504.

## 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/SB1201.pdf)

## Votes

- FLOOR VOTE: THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/9/2017 Passed (1) — **32–1** (pass) · upper
- SENATE STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 2/28/2017 Passed (2) — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/20/2017 Passed (1) — **84–10** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: CONCUR IN HOUSE AMEND# 1 3/27/2017 Passed — **30–0** (pass) · upper

## 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 State and Local Government Committee
- **2017-02-15** Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 2/21/2017
- **2017-02-15** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2017-02-21** Action deferred in Senate State and Local Government Committee to 2/28/2017
- **2017-02-22** Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 2/28/2017
- **2017-02-22** Placed on s/c cal State Government Subcommittee for 3/1/2017
- **2017-02-28** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
- **2017-03-01** Placed on cal. State Government Committee for 3/7/2017
- **2017-03-01** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to State Government Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-03** Placed on Senate Consent Calendar 2 calendar for 3/6/2017
- **2017-03-06** Senate Reset on calendar for 3/9/2017
- **2017-03-07** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar calendar for 3/9/2017
- **2017-03-07** Action def. in State Government Committee to 3/14/2017
- **2017-03-08** Placed on cal. State Government Committee for 3/14/2017
- **2017-03-09** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
- **2017-03-09** Passed Senate, Ayes 32, Nays 1 `passage`
- **2017-03-13** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2017-03-14** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-15** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/16/2017
- **2017-03-16** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/20/2017
- **2017-03-20** Passed H., as am., Ayes 84, Nays 10, PNV 2 `passage`
- **2017-03-20** H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0088) `amendment-passage`
- **2017-03-20** Am. reconsidered. (Amendment 1 - HA0088)
- **2017-03-20** Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0088) `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2017-03-20** Subst. for comp. HB.
- **2017-03-20** Comp. SB subst.
- **2017-03-24** Placed on Senate Message Calendar calendar for 3/27/2017
- **2017-03-27** Concurred, Ayes 30, Nays 0 (Amendment 1 - HA0088) `passage`
- **2017-03-28** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2017-03-28** Enrolled and ready for signatures
- **2017-03-29** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2017-03-30** Transmitted to Governor for action.
- **2017-04-07** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2017-04-19** Pub. Ch. 114
- **2017-04-19** Effective date(s) 04/07/2017
- **2017-04-19** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 114

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7aeab61b-80c8-400c-80f1-86f6751e3226`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).