---
type: "Bill"
title: "Public Records - As enacted, revises provisions governing access to investigative records of the Tennessee bureau of investigation by certain members and committees of the general assembly. - Amends TCA Title 10, Chapter 7."
description: "Public Records - As enacted, revises provisions governing access to investigative records of the Tennessee bureau of investigation by certain members and committees of the general assembly. - Amends TCA Title 10, Chapter 7."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "110"
identifier: "SB 2630"
citation: "Tennessee SB 2630 (110)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Public Records"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Norris", "Turner"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 49
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2018-02-01"
last_action: "2018-05-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1d9ab362-9be6-4753-af5d-d8fb53941906"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB2630&GA=110"
source_hash: "93a394db803ed1fb233b699f5fd434937a127303eb33a25169692ca95415219c"
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 2630 (110) — Public Records - As enacted, revises provisions governing access to investigative records of the Tennessee bureau of investigation by certain members and committees of the general assembly. - Amends TCA Title 10, Chapter 7.

## 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/SB2630.pdf)

## Votes

- SENATE STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 3/28/2018 Passed (1) — **7–2** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Norris — primary (person)
- Turner — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-02-01** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2018-02-01** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-02-01** Filed for intro. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-02-01** Intro. `introduction`
- **2018-02-05** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate State and Local Government Committee
- **2018-02-05** P1C.
- **2018-02-07** Assigned to s/c State Government Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-07** P2C, ref. to State Government Committee `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-21** Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 3/27/2018
- **2018-03-21** Placed on s/c cal State Government Subcommittee for 3/28/2018
- **2018-03-27** Action deferred in Senate State and Local Government Committee to 3/28/2018
- **2018-03-28** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
- **2018-03-28** Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 3/28/2018
- **2018-03-28** Placed on cal. State Government Committee for 4/3/2018
- **2018-03-28** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to State Government Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-03** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-10** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/12/2018
- **2018-04-10** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/10/2018
- **2018-04-12** Held on desk.
- **2018-04-13** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar 2 calendar for 4/17/2018
- **2018-04-17** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar 2 calendar for 4/18/2018
- **2018-04-17** Senate Reset on Regular Calendar 2 for 4/18/18
- **2018-04-18** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar 2 calendar for 4/19/2018
- **2018-04-18** Senate Reset on calendar for 4/19/2018
- **2018-04-19** Re-refer to Senate Calendar Committee
- **2018-04-19** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/23/2018
- **2018-04-24** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2018-04-24** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen.
- **2018-04-24** Passed H., as am., Ayes 67, Nays 19, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2018-04-24** H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA1135) `amendment-passage`
- **2018-04-24** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2018-04-25** Companion House Bill substituted
- **2018-04-25** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar calendar for 4/25/2018
- **2018-04-25** H. concurred in S. am. no. 2 Ayes 84, Nays 0 PNV 1 HB2626
- **2018-04-25** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2018-04-25** H. Placed on Message Calendar #2 for 4/25/2018
- **2018-04-25** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 31, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2018-04-25** Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - SA1200)
- **2018-04-25** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 2 - SA1202)
- **2018-04-25** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill.
- **2018-04-26** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2018-05-01** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.
- **2018-05-02** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2018-05-09** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2018-05-10** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2018-05-21** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2018-05-23** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 1060
- **2018-05-23** Pub. Ch. 1060
- **2018-05-23** Effective date(s) 05/21/2018

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1d9ab362-9be6-4753-af5d-d8fb53941906`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).