---
type: "Bill"
title: "Naming and Designating - As enacted, names the wrestling room at the Tennessee School for the Blind in honor of Frank Alexander. -"
description: "Naming and Designating - As enacted, names the wrestling room at the Tennessee School for the Blind in honor of Frank Alexander. -"
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "110"
identifier: "SB 1469"
citation: "Tennessee SB 1469 (110)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Naming and Designating"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dickerson", "Jernigan"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 33
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2017-09-06"
last_action: "2018-03-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/094ea37c-070b-4c5a-9fce-81af2e3e6b0c"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB1469&GA=110"
source_hash: "b96d83777ca23cd30dd73c6272868acae1152da838d51ffeae644508109a0b93"
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 1469 (110) — Naming and Designating - As enacted, names the wrestling room at the Tennessee School for the Blind in honor of Frank Alexander. -

## 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/SB1469.pdf)

## Votes

- SENATE STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 1/30/2018 Passed — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 2/7/2018 PASSED — **97–0** (fail) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: MOTION TO ADOPT 2/1/2018 PASSED — **31–0** (fail) · upper

## Sponsors

- Dickerson — primary (person)
- Jernigan — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-09-06** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-09-07** Filed for intro. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-01-09** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2018-01-09** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2018-01-10** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate State and Local Government Committee
- **2018-01-10** Assigned to s/c Education Administration & Planning Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-10** P2C, ref. to Education Administration & Planning `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-17** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2018-01-17** Placed on s/c cal Education Administration & Planning Subcommittee for 1/23/2018
- **2018-01-23** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Education Administration & Planning `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-01-24** Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 1/30/2018
- **2018-01-24** Placed on cal. Education Administration & Planning for 1/30/2018
- **2018-01-30** Placed on Senate Consent Calendar 2 calendar for 2/1/2018
- **2018-01-30** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
- **2018-01-30** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-01-31** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 2/1/2018
- **2018-02-01** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
- **2018-02-01** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2018-02-01** Passed Senate, Ayes 31, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2018-02-01** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 2/7/2018
- **2018-02-05** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2018-02-07** Enrolled and ready for signatures
- **2018-02-07** Passed H., Ayes 97, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2018-02-07** Subst. for comp. HB.
- **2018-02-07** Comp. SB subst.
- **2018-02-07** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2018-02-13** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2018-02-14** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2018-02-15** Transmitted to Governor for action.
- **2018-02-22** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2018-03-07** Pub. Ch. 497
- **2018-03-07** Effective date(s)02/22/2018
- **2018-03-07** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 497

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/094ea37c-070b-4c5a-9fce-81af2e3e6b0c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).