---
type: "Bill"
title: "Public Records - As enacted, repeals the requirement that the register of each county, once in every year, lay before the county legislative body all the records of the register's office for examination. - Repeals l TCA Section 10-7-103."
description: "Public Records - As enacted, repeals the requirement that the register of each county, once in every year, lay before the county legislative body all the records of the register's office for examination. - Repeals l TCA Section 10-7-103."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "110"
identifier: "SB 1482"
citation: "Tennessee SB 1482 (110)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Public Records"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Gant", "Gresham"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 32
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2018-01-09"
last_action: "2018-03-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/88dcce82-c9de-4cc3-9fb1-5d3884ccae7e"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB1482&GA=110"
source_hash: "df509149ffd0ecc6da18e462be49819780fb89c5c50ead70de8242699e0ffe95"
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 1482 (110) — Public Records - As enacted, repeals the requirement that the register of each county, once in every year, lay before the county legislative body all the records of the register's office for examination. - Repeals l TCA Section 10-7-103.

## 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/SB1482.pdf)

## Votes

- FLOOR VOTE: PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 2/22/2018 PASSED — **95–0** (fail) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: MOTION TO ADOPT 2/1/2018 PASSED (1) — **31–0** (fail) · upper
- SENATE STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 1/30/2018 Passed (2) — **9–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Gant — primary (person)
- Gresham — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-09** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-01-10** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2018-01-10** Filed for intro. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-01-11** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate State and Local Government Committee
- **2018-01-11** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2018-01-17** Assigned to s/c State Government Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-17** P2C, ref. to State Government Committee `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-24** Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 1/30/2018
- **2018-01-24** Placed on s/c cal State Government Subcommittee for 1/31/2018
- **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
- **2018-01-31** Placed on s/c cal State Government Subcommittee for 2/7/2018
- **2018-01-31** Action Def. in s/c State Government Subcommittee to 2/7/2018
- **2018-02-01** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
- **2018-02-01** Passed Senate, Ayes 31, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2018-02-05** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2018-02-07** Placed on cal. State Government Committee for 2/13/2018
- **2018-02-07** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to State Government Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-13** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-14** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 2/15/2018
- **2018-02-15** H. Placed on Consent Calendar for 2/22/2018
- **2018-02-22** Passed H., Ayes 95, Nays 0, PNV 1 `passage`
- **2018-02-22** Subst. for comp. HB.
- **2018-02-22** Comp. SB subst.
- **2018-02-23** Enrolled and ready for signatures
- **2018-02-26** Transmitted to Governor for action.
- **2018-02-26** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2018-02-26** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2018-03-07** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2018-03-13** Pub. Ch. 525
- **2018-03-13** Effective date(s) 03/07/2108
- **2018-03-13** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 525

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/88dcce82-c9de-4cc3-9fb1-5d3884ccae7e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).