---
type: "Bill"
title: "Uniform Commercial Code - As enacted, creates a streamlined process for certain public officials to contest Uniform Commercial Code financing statements that they believe to lack any legal basis. - Amends TCA Title 47, Chapter 9, Part 5."
description: "Uniform Commercial Code - As enacted, creates a streamlined process for certain public officials to contest Uniform Commercial Code financing statements that they believe to lack any legal basis. - Amends TCA Title 47, Chapter 9, Part 5."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "110"
identifier: "SB 726"
citation: "Tennessee SB 726 (110)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Uniform Commercial Code"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kelsey", "Lamberth"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 56
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2017-02-07"
last_action: "2017-05-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0c798ff8-4e30-49fb-9458-1a56b1608099"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB0726&GA=110"
source_hash: "26f554071778a3c0a8e3a8d79849f87732f7216d14db1c6fcdcbacf01bae8081"
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 726 (110) — Uniform Commercial Code - As enacted, creates a streamlined process for certain public officials to contest Uniform Commercial Code financing statements that they believe to lack any legal basis. - Amends TCA Title 47, Chapter 9, Part 5.

## 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/SB0726.pdf)

## Votes

- SENATE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS COMMITTEE: Reccomended for passage, w/ amendment(s), refer to Senate Calendar Committee Aye 10, Nay 0, PNV 0 5/2/2017 — **10–0** (fail) · upper
- SENATE COMMERCE AND LABOR COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0 3/21/2017 Passed (2) — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 5/9/2017 Passed (1) — **87–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: THIRD CONSIDERATION AMENDED 5/4/2017 Passed (1) — **30–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Kelsey — primary (person)
- Lamberth — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-02-07** Filed for intro. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-02-08** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-02-08** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2017-02-09** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2017-02-09** P2C, ref. to Insurance and Banking Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-13** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Commerce and Labor Committee
- **2017-02-14** Assigned to s/c Insurance and Banking Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-15** Placed on s/c cal Insurance and Banking Subcommittee for 2/22/2017
- **2017-02-22** Placed on Senate Commerce and Labor Committee calendar for 2/28/2017
- **2017-02-22** Placed on cal. Insurance and Banking Committee for 2/28/2017
- **2017-02-22** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Insurance and Banking Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-02-22** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2017-02-28** Action deferred in Senate Commerce and Labor Committee to 3/7/2017
- **2017-02-28** Action def. in Insurance and Banking Committee to 3/7/2017
- **2017-03-01** Placed on cal. Insurance and Banking Committee for 3/7/2017
- **2017-03-02** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2017-03-07** Action def. in Insurance and Banking Committee to 3/14/2017
- **2017-03-08** Placed on Senate Commerce and Labor Committee calendar for 3/14/2017
- **2017-03-08** Placed on cal. Insurance and Banking Committee for 3/14/2017
- **2017-03-14** Action deferred in Senate Commerce and Labor Committee to 3/21/2017
- **2017-03-14** Rec. for pass if am; ref to Finance, Ways & Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-15** Placed on Senate Commerce and Labor Committee calendar for 3/21/2017
- **2017-03-15** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee for 3/22/2017
- **2017-03-15** Assigned to s/c Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-21** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0
- **2017-03-22** Placed behind the budget
- **2017-04-26** Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 5/1/2017
- **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** Action deferred in Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee to 5/2/2017
- **2017-05-02** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 10, Nays 0 PNV 0
- **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 as amended, Ayes 30, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2017-05-04** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 2 - SA0508)
- **2017-05-04** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0152)
- **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. if am., 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 if am by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways & Means Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-05-09** Passed H., Ayes 87, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2017-05-09** Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 2 - HA0635) `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2017-05-09** Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0085) `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2017-05-09** Subst. for comp. HB.
- **2017-05-09** Comp. SB subst.
- **2017-05-09** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 5/9/2017
- **2017-05-10** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2017-05-10** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2017-05-10** Enrolled and ready for signatures
- **2017-05-11** Transmitted to Governor for action.
- **2017-05-18** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2017-05-23** Pub. Ch. 406
- **2017-05-23** Effective date(s) 05/18/2017; 10/01/2017
- **2017-05-23** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 406

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0c798ff8-4e30-49fb-9458-1a56b1608099`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).