---
type: "Bill"
title: "Gambling - As enacted, enacts the \"March Madness and Fantasy Football Freedom Act,\" which decriminalizes, under certain circumstances, wagers on fantasy sports leagues and sports pools. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 13, Part 1 and Title 39, Chapter 17, Part 5."
description: "Gambling - As enacted, enacts the \"March Madness and Fantasy Football Freedom Act,\" which decriminalizes, under certain circumstances, wagers on fantasy sports leagues and sports pools. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 13, Part 1 and Title 39, Chapter 17, Part 5."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "111"
identifier: "HB 1033"
citation: "Tennessee HB 1033 (111)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Gambling"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dickerson", "Terry"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 31
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2019-02-06"
last_action: "2019-04-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bc2b4723-e2ba-4f66-a0c5-42e78f7dee07"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB1033&GA=111"
source_hash: "b07f590683654f5c0159271d1c5a48d91d9d4681677daf57aa472522f20d1511"
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 HB 1033 (111) — Gambling - As enacted, enacts the "March Madness and Fantasy Football Freedom Act," which decriminalizes, under certain circumstances, wagers on fantasy sports leagues and sports pools. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 13, Part 1 and Title 39, Chapter 17, 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/111/Bill/HB1033.pdf)

## Votes

- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/28/2019 3/21/2019 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- HOUSE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/13/2019 (3) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/28/2019 Passed (1) — **67–16** (pass) · lower
- SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 3/12/2019 Passed (2) — **7–1** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 3/21/2019 Passed (1) — **25–4** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Judiciary 3/6/2019 (4) — **0–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Dickerson — primary (person)
- Terry — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-06** Intro. `introduction`
- **2019-02-06** Filed for introduction `reading-1, introduction`
- **2019-02-06** Filed for introduction `reading-1, introduction`
- **2019-02-07** P1C.
- **2019-02-07** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2019-02-11** P2C, ref. to Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-11** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee
- **2019-02-13** Assigned to s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-27** Placed on s/c cal Criminal Justice Subcommittee for 3/6/2019
- **2019-03-06** Placed on cal. Judiciary for 3/13/2019
- **2019-03-06** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-06** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 3/12/2019
- **2019-03-12** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
- **2019-03-13** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-19** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 3/21/2019
- **2019-03-20** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/21/2019
- **2019-03-21** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/28/2019
- **2019-03-21** Passed Senate, Ayes 25, Nays 4, PNV 1 `passage`
- **2019-03-22** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
- **2019-03-25** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2019-03-28** Comp. SB subst.
- **2019-03-28** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2019-03-28** Enrolled and ready for signatures
- **2019-03-28** Passed H., Ayes 67, Nays 16, PNV 4 `passage`
- **2019-03-28** Subst. for comp. HB.
- **2019-04-01** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2019-04-02** Transmitted to Governor for action.
- **2019-04-09** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2019-04-15** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 126
- **2019-04-15** Pub. Ch. 126
- **2019-04-15** Effective date(s) 07/01/2019

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/bc2b4723-e2ba-4f66-a0c5-42e78f7dee07`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).