---
type: "Bill"
title: "Ethics - As enacted, clarifies that a state university board president must file a statement of disclosure of interests form with the Tennessee Ethics Commission. - Amends TCA Section 8-50-501."
description: "Ethics - As enacted, clarifies that a state university board president must file a statement of disclosure of interests form with the Tennessee Ethics Commission. - Amends TCA Section 8-50-501."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "110"
identifier: "SB 1591"
citation: "Tennessee SB 1591 (110)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Ethics"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Wirgau", "Yager"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 35
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2018-01-11"
last_action: "2018-04-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1c3dd99d-5633-4e50-a429-1862ea92c451"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB1591&GA=110"
source_hash: "1dc7a9a28d4c126376815f50442372fd393cbb01c271c68044023d9fb8692f6b"
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 1591 (110) — Ethics - As enacted, clarifies that a state university board president must file a statement of disclosure of interests form with the Tennessee Ethics Commission. - Amends TCA Section 8-50-501.

## 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/SB1591.pdf)

## Votes

- FLOOR VOTE: MOTION TO ADOPT 2/8/2018 PASSED (1) — **31–0** (fail) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/8/2018 PASSED — **92–0** (fail) · lower
- SENATE STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 2/6/2018 Passed (2) — **8–0** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: Concur in House Amend# 1 3/15/2018 PASSED — **31–0** (fail) · upper

## Sponsors

- Wirgau — primary (person)
- Yager — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-11** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-01-16** Filed for intro. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-01-17** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2018-01-17** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2018-01-18** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate State and Local Government Committee
- **2018-01-18** P2C, ref. to Education Administration & Planning `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-22** Assigned to s/c Education Administration & Planning Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-31** Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 2/6/2018
- **2018-02-06** Placed on Senate Consent Calendar 2 calendar for 2/8/2018
- **2018-02-06** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
- **2018-02-07** Placed on s/c cal Education Administration & Planning Subcommittee for 2/13/2018
- **2018-02-08** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
- **2018-02-08** Passed Senate, Ayes 31, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2018-02-12** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2018-02-13** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Education Administration & Planning `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-14** Placed on cal. Education Administration & Planning for 2/20/2018
- **2018-02-20** Action def. in Education Administration & Planning to 2/27/2018
- **2018-02-21** Placed on cal. Education Administration & Planning for 2/27/2018
- **2018-02-27** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-28** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/1/2018
- **2018-03-01** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/8/2018
- **2018-03-08** Passed H., as am., Ayes 92, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2018-03-08** H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0721) `amendment-passage`
- **2018-03-08** Subst. for comp. HB.
- **2018-03-08** Comp. SB subst.
- **2018-03-13** Placed on Senate Message Calendar calendar for 3/15/2018
- **2018-03-15** Enrolled and ready for signatures
- **2018-03-15** Concurred, Ayes 31, Nays 0 (Amendment 1 - HA0721) `passage`
- **2018-03-19** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2018-03-20** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2018-03-21** Transmitted to Governor for action.
- **2018-04-02** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2018-04-04** Pub. Ch. 612
- **2018-04-04** Effective date(s) 04/02/2018
- **2018-04-04** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 612

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1c3dd99d-5633-4e50-a429-1862ea92c451`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).