---
type: "Bill"
title: "Business Organizations - As enacted, enacts the \"Tennessee Uniform Limited Partnership Act of 2017.\" - Amends TCA Title 61."
description: "Business Organizations - As enacted, enacts the \"Tennessee Uniform Limited Partnership Act of 2017.\" - Amends TCA Title 61."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "110"
identifier: "SB 438"
citation: "Tennessee SB 438 (110)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Business Organizations"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Johnson", "Travis"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 46
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2017-02-06"
last_action: "2017-05-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/981656d0-e7ea-47b6-82a1-04779c60db3e"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB0438&GA=110"
source_hash: "b917e03acdcf327f0c5af790c3d783516c86264037f6b42a118822e0d6f199ad"
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 438 (110) — Business Organizations - As enacted, enacts the "Tennessee Uniform Limited Partnership Act of 2017." - Amends TCA Title 61.

## 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/SB0438.pdf)

## Votes

- SENATE COMMERCE AND LABOR COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 4/3/2017 Passed — **8–0** (pass) · upper
- SENATE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 5/2/2017 Passed (1) — **10–0** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: THIRD CONSIDERATION 5/4/2017 Passed — **29–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Johnson — primary (person)
- Travis — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-02-06** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-02-06** Filed for intro. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-02-08** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2017-02-08** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2017-02-09** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Commerce and Labor Committee
- **2017-02-09** P2C, ref. to Business and Utilities Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-14** Assigned to s/c Business and Utilities Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-01** Placed on s/c cal Business and Utilities Subcommittee for 3/7/2017
- **2017-03-07** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Business and Utilities Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-08** Placed on cal. Business and Utilities Committee for 3/15/2017
- **2017-03-15** Placed on cal. Business and Utilities Committee for 3/22/2017
- **2017-03-15** Meeting Cancelled. Action def. in Business and Utilities Committee to 3/22/17
- **2017-03-22** Placed on Senate Commerce and Labor Committee calendar for 3/28/2017
- **2017-03-22** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee for 3/29/2017
- **2017-03-22** Assigned to s/c Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-22** Rec. for pass; ref to Finance, Ways & Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-28** Placed on Senate Commerce and Labor Committee calendar for 4/3/2017
- **2017-03-28** Action deferred in Senate Commerce and Labor Committee to 4/4/2017
- **2017-03-29** Placed behind the budget
- **2017-04-03** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Finance, Ways & Means Committee
- **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
- **2017-05-01** Rule #83(8) Suspended, to be heard in S. FW&M Comm. 5-2-17
- **2017-05-02** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
- **2017-05-02** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2017-05-03** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar 3 calendar for 5/4/2017
- **2017-05-03** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee for 5/8/2017
- **2017-05-04** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
- **2017-05-04** Passed Senate, Ayes 29, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2017-05-05** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **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** Passed H., Ayes 90, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2017-05-09** Subst. for comp. HB.
- **2017-05-09** Comp. SB subst.
- **2017-05-09** H. Placed on Consent Calendar for 5/9/2017
- **2017-05-11** Enrolled and ready for signatures
- **2017-05-17** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2017-05-18** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2017-05-22** Transmitted to Governor for action.
- **2017-05-25** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2017-05-30** Pub. Ch. 440
- **2017-05-30** Effective date(s) 01/01/2018
- **2017-05-30** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 440

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/981656d0-e7ea-47b6-82a1-04779c60db3e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).