---
type: "Bill"
title: "Bond Issues - As enacted, authorizes the state to issue and sell bonds of up to $124 million. -"
description: "Bond Issues - As enacted, authorizes the state to issue and sell bonds of up to $124 million. -"
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "111"
identifier: "SB 1517"
citation: "Tennessee SB 1517 (111)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Bond Issues"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Johnson", "Lamberth"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 38
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2019-03-11"
last_action: "2019-05-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/73c8812f-63f7-42c3-83fa-8e0e1c68e094"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB1517&GA=111"
source_hash: "cf19007ff149bd23c5a31a5587e219e9a77578700d1263e817c8277bdbb2bc2c"
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 1517 (111) — Bond Issues - As enacted, authorizes the state to issue and sell bonds of up to $124 million. -

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment HA0464** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Amend/HA0464.pdf)
2. **Amendment SA0437** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Amend/SA0437.pdf)
3. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Bill/SB1517.pdf)

## Votes

- FLOOR VOTE: APPROPRIATIONS CAL. AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/24/2019 Passed — **97–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 4/23/2019 — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- SENATE FINANCE, WAYS AND MEANS COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 11, Nays 0 PNV 0 4/29/2019 Passed — **11–0** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 4/30/2019 Passed (1) — **31–0** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 4/23/2019 — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/24/2019 4/23/2019 (1) — **0–0** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

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

## Timeline

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

- **2019-03-11** Filed for introduction `reading-1, introduction`
- **2019-03-11** Filed for introduction `reading-1, introduction`
- **2019-03-14** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2019-03-14** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2019-03-18** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Finance, Ways & Means Committee
- **2019-03-18** P2C, ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-19** Assigned to s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-17** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 4/23/2019
- **2019-04-18** Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 4/23/2019
- **2019-04-23** Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 4/24/2019
- **2019-04-23** Action deferred in Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee to 4/24/2019
- **2019-04-23** H. Placed on Appropriations Calendar for 4/24/2019
- **2019-04-23** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/23/2019
- **2019-04-23** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-23** Placed on cal. Finance, Ways, and Means Committee for 4/23/2019
- **2019-04-23** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-24** Action deferred in Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee to 4/25/2019
- **2019-04-24** Passed H., as am., Ayes 97, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2019-04-24** H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0464) `amendment-passage`
- **2019-04-25** Action deferred in Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee to 4/29/2019
- **2019-04-25** Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 4/25/2019
- **2019-04-29** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar 2 for 4/30/2019
- **2019-04-29** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 11, Nays 0 PNV 0
- **2019-04-29** Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 4/29/2019
- **2019-04-29** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2019-04-29** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen.
- **2019-04-30** Companion House Bill substituted
- **2019-04-30** Passed Senate, Ayes 31, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2019-04-30** Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - SA0437)
- **2019-04-30** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill.
- **2019-05-08** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.
- **2019-05-10** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2019-05-14** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2019-05-15** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2019-05-17** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-20** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 403
- **2019-05-20** Pub. Ch. 403
- **2019-05-20** Effective date(s) 05/17/2019

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/73c8812f-63f7-42c3-83fa-8e0e1c68e094`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).