---
type: "Bill"
title: "Statutes and Codification - As enacted, codifies the Acts of the 2018 regular session. -"
description: "Statutes and Codification - As enacted, codifies the Acts of the 2018 regular session. -"
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "111"
identifier: "HB 16"
citation: "Tennessee HB 16 (111)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Statutes and Codification"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Johnson", "Lamberth"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 28
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2019-01-07"
last_action: "2019-02-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b9cd4701-4e2b-47e0-bd8e-5f31c1323543"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB0016&GA=111"
source_hash: "362fdd301792d283d5e3da2d2ea16e7e42172f2aca53a2f979dbe15998feeab9"
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 16 (111) — Statutes and Codification - As enacted, codifies the Acts of the 2018 regular session. -

## 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/HB0016.pdf)

## Votes

- FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 2/4/2019 Passed (1) — **29–0** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE: 1/30/2019 (3) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: 1/31/2019 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: CONSENT CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 2/4/2019 Passed (1) — **94–0** (pass) · lower
- SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE: 1/29/2019 Passed (2) — **8–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Johnson — primary (person)
- Lamberth — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-07** Filed for introduction `reading-1, introduction`
- **2019-01-08** Filed for introduction `reading-1, introduction`
- **2019-01-09** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2019-01-09** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2019-01-10** Ref. to Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-10** P2C held on desk.
- **2019-01-10** Passed on Second Consideration, Held on desk pending committee appointments
- **2019-01-19** Refer to Senate Judiciary Committee
- **2019-01-23** Placed on cal. Judiciary for 1/30/2019
- **2019-01-23** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 1/29/2019
- **2019-01-29** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
- **2019-01-30** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 1/31/2019
- **2019-01-30** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-01-31** H. Placed on Consent Calendar for 2/4/2019
- **2019-02-01** Placed on Senate Floor Session calendar for 2/4/2019
- **2019-02-04** Comp. SB subst.
- **2019-02-04** Passed H., Ayes 94, Nays 0, PNV 4 `passage`
- **2019-02-04** Subst. for comp. HB.
- **2019-02-04** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
- **2019-02-04** Passed Senate, Ayes 29, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2019-02-06** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2019-02-06** Enrolled and ready for signatures
- **2019-02-12** Transmitted to Governor for action.
- **2019-02-12** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2019-02-20** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2019-02-25** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 1
- **2019-02-25** Pub. Ch. 1
- **2019-02-25** Effective date(s) 02/20/2019

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b9cd4701-4e2b-47e0-bd8e-5f31c1323543`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).