---
type: "Bill"
title: "Boards and Commissions - As enacted, revises various provisions regarding persons employed by regulatory boards. - Amends TCA Title 55; Title 56, Chapter 1 and Title 62, Chapter 6."
description: "Boards and Commissions - As enacted, revises various provisions regarding persons employed by regulatory boards. - Amends TCA Title 55; Title 56, Chapter 1 and Title 62, Chapter 6."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "110"
identifier: "SB 292"
citation: "Tennessee SB 292 (110)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Boards and Commissions"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Doss", "Tracy"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 58
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-02-01"
last_action: "2017-06-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/04ad1bd8-2018-4f04-b1f3-2b5636a6912b"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB0292&GA=110"
source_hash: "271c3e76e184f3fb4d39948868e52c4c0e5ea58a89c84e21a3e85fb85d3959ae"
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 292 (110) — Boards and Commissions - As enacted, revises various provisions regarding persons employed by regulatory boards. - Amends TCA Title 55; Title 56, Chapter 1 and Title 62, Chapter 6.

## 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/SB0292.pdf)

## Votes

- SENATE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 5/9/2017 Passed (1) — **11–0** (pass) · upper
- SENATE COMMERCE AND LABOR COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 7, Nays 0 PNV 0 3/28/2017 Passed — **7–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Doss — primary (person)
- Tracy — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-02-01** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-02-01** Filed for intro. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-02-02** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2017-02-02** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2017-02-06** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Commerce and Labor Committee
- **2017-02-06** P2C, ref. to Business and Utilities Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-16** Assigned to s/c Business and Utilities Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-22** Placed on s/c cal Business and Utilities Subcommittee for 2/28/2017
- **2017-02-28** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Business and Utilities Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-01** Placed on Senate Commerce and Labor Committee calendar for 3/7/2017
- **2017-03-01** Placed on cal. Business and Utilities Committee for 3/8/2017
- **2017-03-07** Action deferred in Senate Commerce and Labor Committee to 3/14/2017
- **2017-03-08** Placed on Senate Commerce and Labor Committee calendar for 3/14/2017
- **2017-03-08** Action def. in Business and Utilities Committee to 3/22/2017
- **2017-03-14** Action deferred in Senate Commerce and Labor Committee to 3/21/2017
- **2017-03-15** Placed on Senate Commerce and Labor Committee calendar for 3/21/2017
- **2017-03-15** Placed on cal. Business and Utilities Committee for 3/22/2017
- **2017-03-22** Placed on Senate Commerce and Labor Committee calendar for 3/28/2017
- **2017-03-22** Action deferred in Commerce & Labor Committee to 3/28/17
- **2017-03-22** Placed on cal. Business and Utilities Committee for 3/29/2017
- **2017-03-22** Action def. in Business and Utilities Committee to 3/29/2017
- **2017-03-28** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Finance, Ways & Means Committee Ayes 7, Nays 0 PNV 0
- **2017-03-29** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-05** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/6/2017
- **2017-04-06** Assigned to s/c Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2017-04-06** Re-ref. Finance, Ways & Means Committee
- **2017-04-12** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee for 4/19/2017
- **2017-04-19** Placed behind the budget
- **2017-04-26** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee for 5/2/2017
- **2017-05-01** Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 5/2/2017
- **2017-05-02** Action deferred in Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee to 5/3/2017
- **2017-05-03** Action deferred in Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee to 5/8/2017
- **2017-05-03** Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 5/3/2017
- **2017-05-03** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee for 5/8/2017
- **2017-05-08** Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 5/9/2017
- **2017-05-08** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 5/8/2017
- **2017-05-08** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-05-08** Placed on cal. Finance, Ways & Means Committee for 5/8/2017
- **2017-05-08** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways & Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-05-09** Companion House Bill substituted
- **2017-05-09** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar 2 calendar for 5/9/2017
- **2017-05-09** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
- **2017-05-09** Passed Senate, Ayes 32, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2017-05-09** Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - SA0229)
- **2017-05-09** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill.
- **2017-05-09** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2017-05-09** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen.
- **2017-05-09** Passed H., as am., Ayes 87, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2017-05-09** H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0242) `amendment-passage`
- **2017-05-09** H. Placed on Regular Calendar 2 for 5/9/2017
- **2017-05-11** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.
- **2017-05-18** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2017-05-23** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2017-05-23** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2017-05-25** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2017-06-01** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 454
- **2017-06-01** Pub. Ch. 454
- **2017-06-01** Effective date(s) 05/25/2017

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/04ad1bd8-2018-4f04-b1f3-2b5636a6912b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).