---
type: "Bill"
title: "Museums - As enacted, designates the Tennessee state museum located at 1000 Rosa L. Parks Boulevard as the \"Bill Haslam Center\". - Amends TCA Title 4 and Title 12."
description: "Museums - As enacted, designates the Tennessee state museum located at 1000 Rosa L. Parks Boulevard as the \"Bill Haslam Center\". - Amends TCA Title 4 and Title 12."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "111"
identifier: "HB 2131"
citation: "Tennessee HB 2131 (111)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Museums"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Lamberth", "Watson"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 40
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2020-01-31"
last_action: "2020-07-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a74edd86-57fc-4997-98b4-0de5b7a97436"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB2131&GA=111"
source_hash: "16975aa1c708e35d8bdb00dbac82e85b0974f27a3f0af0ce976bd5f57d33bb5b"
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 2131 (111) — Museums - As enacted, designates the Tennessee state museum located at 1000 Rosa L. Parks Boulevard as the "Bill Haslam Center". - Amends TCA Title 4 and Title 12.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Amendment HA0975** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Amend/HA0975.pdf)
2. **Amendment HA1000** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Amend/HA1000.pdf)
3. **Amendment SA0532** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Amend/SA0532.pdf)
4. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Bill/HB2131.pdf)

## Votes

- SENATE EDUCATION COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0 2/26/2020 Passed (2) — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 3/2/2020 Passed (1) — **30–0** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 6/18/2020 Passed (1) — **88–2** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 6/15/2020 (3) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 6/17/2020 6/15/2020 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 6/3/2020 (4) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE NAMING, DESIGNATING, & PRIVATE ACTS COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee Rep(s). Sherrell requested to be recorded as voting No 2/18/2020 (5) — **0–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Lamberth — primary (person)
- Watson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-31** Filed for introduction `reading-1, introduction`
- **2020-02-04** Filed for introduction `reading-1, introduction`
- **2020-02-05** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2020-02-06** P2C, ref. to Naming, Designating, & Private Acts Committee `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-06** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2020-02-10** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee
- **2020-02-12** Placed on cal. Naming, Designating, & Private Acts Committee for 2/18/2020
- **2020-02-18** Rec. for pass; ref to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-02-19** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 2/26/2020
- **2020-02-19** Assigned to s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-19** Placed on Senate Education Committee calendar for 2/26/2020
- **2020-02-26** Placed behind the budget
- **2020-02-26** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0
- **2020-02-28** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 3/2/2020
- **2020-03-02** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 30, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2020-03-02** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0532)
- **2020-03-03** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
- **2020-03-05** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2020-03-11** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 3/18/2020
- **2020-05-27** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 6/3/2020
- **2020-06-03** Placed on cal. Finance, Ways, and Means Committee for 6/11/2020
- **2020-06-03** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-06-11** Placed on cal. Finance, Ways, and Means Committee for 6/15/2020
- **2020-06-15** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 6/17/2020
- **2020-06-15** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 6/15/2020
- **2020-06-15** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-06-18** Comp. SB subst.
- **2020-06-18** Passed H., Ayes 88, Nays 2, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2020-06-18** Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 2 - HA1000) `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2020-06-18** Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0975) `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2020-06-18** Subst. for comp. HB.
- **2020-06-23** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2020-06-23** Enrolled and ready for signatures
- **2020-06-30** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2020-06-30** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2020-07-06** Transmitted to Governor for action.
- **2020-07-15** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2020-07-22** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 800
- **2020-07-22** Pub. Ch. 800
- **2020-07-22** Effective date(s) 07/15/2020

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a74edd86-57fc-4997-98b4-0de5b7a97436`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).