---
type: "Bill"
title: "Charitable Solicitations - As enacted, revises the annual filing fee payable to the secretary of state by certain qualified charitable organizations seeking to solicit contributions in this state. - Amends TCA Title 48, Chapter 101, Part 5."
description: "Charitable Solicitations - As enacted, revises the annual filing fee payable to the secretary of state by certain qualified charitable organizations seeking to solicit contributions in this state. - Amends TCA Title 48, Chapter 101, Part 5."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "111"
identifier: "SB 1777"
citation: "Tennessee SB 1777 (111)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Charitable Solicitations"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dickerson", "Littleton"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 32
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2020-01-22"
last_action: "2020-03-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6e7232b4-f5cb-4bd5-9833-05e637fe01ba"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB1777&GA=111"
source_hash: "ab58f5d8642ef54395527d211b1987f3190ea8185ec3d200c6d976128e350447"
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 1777 (111) — Charitable Solicitations - As enacted, revises the annual filing fee payable to the secretary of state by certain qualified charitable organizations seeking to solicit contributions in this state. - Amends TCA Title 48, Chapter 101, 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/SB1777.pdf)

## Votes

- HOUSE DEPARTMENTS & AGENCIES SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to State Committee 2/11/2020 (4) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/9/2020 3/5/2020 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/9/2020 Passed (1) — **97–0** (pass) · lower
- SENATE COMMERCE AND LABOR COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 2/4/2020 Passed (2) — **8–0** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 2/10/2020 Passed (1) — **31–0** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE STATE COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 2/25/2020 (3) — **0–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Dickerson — primary (person)
- Littleton — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-22** Filed for introduction `reading-1, introduction`
- **2020-01-22** Filed for introduction `reading-1, introduction`
- **2020-01-23** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2020-01-23** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2020-01-27** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Commerce and Labor Committee
- **2020-01-27** Assigned to s/c Departments & Agencies Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-27** P2C, ref. to State Committee `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-28** Placed on Senate Commerce and Labor Committee calendar for 2/4/2020
- **2020-02-04** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
- **2020-02-05** Placed on s/c cal Departments & Agencies Subcommittee for 2/11/2020
- **2020-02-06** Placed on Senate Consent Calendar 2 for 2/10/2020
- **2020-02-10** Passed Senate, Ayes 30, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2020-02-11** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
- **2020-02-11** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to State Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-02-12** Placed on cal. State Committee for 2/18/2020
- **2020-02-13** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2020-02-18** Action def. in State Committee to 2/25/2020
- **2020-02-19** Placed on cal. State Committee for 2/25/2020
- **2020-02-25** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-04** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/5/2020
- **2020-03-05** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/9/2020
- **2020-03-09** Passed H., Ayes 97, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2020-03-09** Subst. for comp. HB.
- **2020-03-09** Comp. SB subst.
- **2020-03-10** Enrolled and ready for signatures
- **2020-03-11** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2020-03-11** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2020-03-13** Transmitted to Governor for action.
- **2020-03-20** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2020-03-26** Pub. Ch. 586
- **2020-03-26** Effective date(s) 03/20/2020
- **2020-03-26** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 586

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6e7232b4-f5cb-4bd5-9833-05e637fe01ba`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).