---
type: "Bill"
title: "Safety - As enacted, rewrites examination requirements for chief, deputy, and special boiler inspectors. - Amends TCA Title 68, Chapter 122, Part 1."
description: "Safety - As enacted, rewrites examination requirements for chief, deputy, and special boiler inspectors. - Amends TCA Title 68, Chapter 122, Part 1."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "110"
identifier: "SB 2251"
citation: "Tennessee SB 2251 (110)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Safety"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hawk", "Norris"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 32
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2018-01-23"
last_action: "2018-03-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/75cb061e-15de-4e9b-8c9e-b0e76b3cb8db"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB2251&GA=110"
source_hash: "de35f20ef619078a03b3b69a1d8dfc17bde37fee8abf66b54d267ab83f6c8d3b"
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 2251 (110) — Safety - As enacted, rewrites examination requirements for chief, deputy, and special boiler inspectors. - Amends TCA Title 68, Chapter 122, Part 1.

## 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/SB2251.pdf)

## Votes

- SENATE COMMERCE AND LABOR COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 2/27/2018 Passed (1) — **9–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Hawk — primary (person)
- Norris — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-23** Filed for intro. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-01-24** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2018-01-25** P2C, ref. to Business and Utilities Committee `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-30** P2C, ref. to Business and Utilities Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-31** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-01-31** Placed on s/c cal Business and Utilities Subcommittee for 2/6/2018
- **2018-02-01** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2018-02-05** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Commerce and Labor Committee
- **2018-02-06** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Business and Utilities Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-07** Placed on cal. Business and Utilities Committee for 2/14/2018
- **2018-02-14** Placed on Senate Commerce and Labor Committee calendar for 2/20/2018
- **2018-02-14** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-20** Action deferred in Senate Commerce and Labor Committee to 2/27/2018
- **2018-02-21** Placed on Senate Commerce and Labor Committee calendar for 2/27/2018
- **2018-02-21** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 2/22/2018
- **2018-02-22** H. Placed on Consent Calendar for 2/26/2018
- **2018-02-26** Passed H., Ayes 97, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2018-02-27** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
- **2018-02-27** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen.
- **2018-03-01** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2018-03-02** Placed on Senate Consent Calendar 2 calendar for 3/5/2018
- **2018-03-05** Companion House Bill substituted
- **2018-03-05** Passed Senate, Ayes 28, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2018-03-05** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill.
- **2018-03-07** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.
- **2018-03-08** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2018-03-12** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2018-03-14** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2018-03-22** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2018-03-26** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 587
- **2018-03-26** Pub. Ch. 587
- **2018-03-26** Effective date(s) 03/22/2018

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/75cb061e-15de-4e9b-8c9e-b0e76b3cb8db`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).