---
type: "Bill"
title: "State Symbols - As enacted, designates Oak Ridge Playhouse as an official state community theater. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 1, Part 3."
description: "State Symbols - As enacted, designates Oak Ridge Playhouse as an official state community theater. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 1, Part 3."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "110"
identifier: "SB 889"
citation: "Tennessee SB 889 (110)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["State Symbols"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ragan", "Yager"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 38
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2017-02-09"
last_action: "2017-04-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9829080e-a26d-4062-8a96-c51b62c9475b"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB0889&GA=110"
source_hash: "24ae88c0d8c55a9daa842f988d3ba22af4cf0f07d1f13b3621a4f03196951e07"
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 889 (110) — State Symbols - As enacted, designates Oak Ridge Playhouse as an official state community theater. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 1, Part 3.

## 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/SB0889.pdf)

## Votes

- SENATE STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 2/28/2017 Passed (1) — **9–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Ragan — primary (person)
- Yager — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-02-09** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2017-02-09** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-02-09** Intro. `introduction`
- **2017-02-09** Filed for intro. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-02-13** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate State and Local Government Committee
- **2017-02-13** P1C.
- **2017-02-15** Assigned to s/c State Government Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-15** P2C, ref. to State Government Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-22** Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 2/28/2017
- **2017-02-22** Placed on s/c cal State Government Subcommittee for 3/1/2017
- **2017-02-28** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
- **2017-03-01** Placed on cal. State Government Committee for 3/7/2017
- **2017-03-01** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to State Government Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-03** Placed on Senate Consent Calendar 2 calendar for 3/6/2017
- **2017-03-06** Senate Reset on calendar for 3/9/2017
- **2017-03-07** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar calendar for 3/9/2017
- **2017-03-07** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-09** Senate Reset on calendar for 3/16/2017
- **2017-03-14** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar calendar for 3/16/2017
- **2017-03-15** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/16/2017
- **2017-03-16** Senate Reset on calendar for 3/20/2017
- **2017-03-16** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/20/2017
- **2017-03-17** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar calendar for 3/20/2017
- **2017-03-20** Companion House Bill substituted
- **2017-03-20** Passed Senate, Ayes 31, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2017-03-20** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill.
- **2017-03-20** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2017-03-20** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen.
- **2017-03-20** Passed H., as am., Ayes 84, Nays 6, PNV 3 `passage`
- **2017-03-20** H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0034) `amendment-passage`
- **2017-03-21** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.
- **2017-03-23** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2017-03-23** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2017-03-27** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2017-04-05** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2017-04-19** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 101
- **2017-04-19** Pub. Ch. 101
- **2017-04-19** Effective date(s) 04/04/2017

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9829080e-a26d-4062-8a96-c51b62c9475b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).