---
type: "Bill"
title: "State Government - As enacted, establishes daylight saving time as the standard time in Tennessee, subject to authorization to do so from the United States Congress and certain other conditions being met. - Amends TCA Section 4-1-401."
description: "State Government - As enacted, establishes daylight saving time as the standard time in Tennessee, subject to authorization to do so from the United States Congress and certain other conditions being met. - Amends TCA Section 4-1-401."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "111"
identifier: "HB 247"
citation: "Tennessee HB 247 (111)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["State Government"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dickerson", "Tillis"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 58
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2019-01-29"
last_action: "2019-05-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b58e41d0-67fa-4da1-997e-83ab37839ed5"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB0247&GA=111"
source_hash: "7882e204652ea1181da04c46d7ebee44efaa307bbed97d9b3b19fc2bd1133245"
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 247 (111) — State Government - As enacted, establishes daylight saving time as the standard time in Tennessee, subject to authorization to do so from the United States Congress and certain other conditions being met. - Amends TCA Section 4-1-401.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment HA0443** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Amend/HA0443.pdf)
2. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Bill/HB0247.pdf)

## Votes

- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/22/2019 4/18/2019 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 4/30/2019 Passed (1) — **29–1** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE DEPARTMENTS & AGENCIES SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to State Committee 3/13/2019 (5) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 4/17/2019 (3) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE STATE COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 4/2/2019 (4) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- SENATE STATE & LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 4/17/2019 Passed (2) — **6–0** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/22/2019 Passed (1) — **86–5** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Dickerson — primary (person)
- Tillis — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-29** Filed for introduction `reading-1, introduction`
- **2019-01-30** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2019-01-31** P2C, ref. to State Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-01** Assigned to s/c Departments & Agencies Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-06** Placed on s/c cal Departments & Agencies Subcommittee for 2/13/2019
- **2019-02-06** Filed for introduction `reading-1, introduction`
- **2019-02-07** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2019-02-11** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate State and Local Government Committee
- **2019-02-13** Placed on s/c cal Departments & Agencies Subcommittee for 2/20/2019
- **2019-02-13** Action Def. in s/c Departments & Agencies Subcommittee to 2/20/2019
- **2019-02-20** Returned to the Clerk's Desk
- **2019-03-04** Re-ref. to Departments & Agencies Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-06** Placed on s/c cal Departments & Agencies Subcommittee for 3/13/2019
- **2019-03-12** Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 3/19/2019
- **2019-03-13** Placed on cal. State Committee for 3/19/2019
- **2019-03-13** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to State Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-19** Action def. in State Committee to 3/26/2019
- **2019-03-19** Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 3/26/2019
- **2019-03-19** Action deferred in Senate State and Local Government Committee to 3/26/2019
- **2019-03-20** Placed on cal. State Committee for 3/26/2019
- **2019-03-26** Action def. in State Committee to 4/2/2019
- **2019-03-26** Action deferred in Senate State and Local Government Committee to 4/2/2019
- **2019-03-27** Placed on cal. State Committee for 4/2/2019
- **2019-03-27** Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 4/2/2019
- **2019-04-02** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-02** Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 4/9/2019
- **2019-04-02** Action deferred in Senate State and Local Government Committee to 4/9/2019
- **2019-04-03** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/4/2019
- **2019-04-04** Placed on cal. Finance, Ways, and Means Committee for 4/9/2019
- **2019-04-04** Re-ref. Finance, Ways, and Means Committee
- **2019-04-09** Action def. in Finance, Ways, and Means Committee to 4/16/2019
- **2019-04-09** Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 4/10/2019
- **2019-04-09** Action deferred in Senate State and Local Government Committee to 4/10/2019
- **2019-04-10** Placed on cal. Finance, Ways, and Means Committee for 4/17/2019
- **2019-04-10** Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 4/16/2019
- **2019-04-10** Action deferred in Senate State and Local Government Committee to 4/16/2019
- **2019-04-16** Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 4/17/2019
- **2019-04-16** Action deferred in Senate State and Local Government Committee to 4/17/2019
- **2019-04-17** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/18/2019
- **2019-04-17** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-17** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
- **2019-04-18** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/22/2019
- **2019-04-22** Passed H., as am., Ayes 86, Nays 5, PNV 5 `passage`
- **2019-04-22** H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0443) `amendment-passage`
- **2019-04-23** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen.
- **2019-04-24** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2019-04-25** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 4/30/2019
- **2019-04-30** Passed Senate, Ayes 29, Nays 1 `passage`
- **2019-04-30** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill.
- **2019-04-30** Companion House Bill substituted
- **2019-05-07** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.
- **2019-05-08** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2019-05-13** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2019-05-14** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2019-05-21** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-29** Pub. Ch. 416
- **2019-05-29** Effective date(s) 05/21/2019
- **2019-05-29** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 416

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b58e41d0-67fa-4da1-997e-83ab37839ed5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).