---
type: "Bill"
title: "Public Funds and Financing - As enacted, establishes a victims of human trafficking fund in the state treasury to provide comprehensive treatment and support services to victims of human trafficking. - Amends TCA Title 9, Chapter 4, Part 2; Section 39-13-314 and Title 39, Chapter 11, Part 7."
description: "Public Funds and Financing - As enacted, establishes a victims of human trafficking fund in the state treasury to provide comprehensive treatment and support services to victims of human trafficking. - Amends TCA Title 9, Chapter 4, Part 2; Section 39-13-314 and Title 39, Chapter 11, Part 7."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "111"
identifier: "SB 447"
citation: "Tennessee SB 447 (111)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Public Funds and Financing"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bell", "Moody"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 44
vote_count: 10
first_action: "2019-01-31"
last_action: "2019-05-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/966d41e8-5c1a-4388-b58e-2c32b692fded"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB0447&GA=111"
source_hash: "6d54470d4d6e411350c23a67e93e94a76bee003cd4eeeb97c2f00992fb70ce2d"
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 447 (111) — Public Funds and Financing - As enacted, establishes a victims of human trafficking fund in the state treasury to provide comprehensive treatment and support services to victims of human trafficking. - Amends TCA Title 9, Chapter 4, Part 2; Section 39-13-314 and Title 39, Chapter 11, Part 7.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment HA0277** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Amend/HA0277.pdf)
2. **Amendment HA0446** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Amend/HA0446.pdf)
3. **Amendment SA0163** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Amend/SA0163.pdf)
4. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Bill/SB0447.pdf)

## Votes

- FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 4/1/2019 Passed (1) — **33–0** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Concur House Amendment # 2 4/24/2019 Passed — **30–0** (pass) · upper
- SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 7, Nays 0 PNV 0 3/26/2019 Passed — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 4/8/2019 — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Judiciary 3/27/2019 (5) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 4/17/2019 (4) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- HOUSE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Government Operations Committee 4/3/2019 — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/22/2019 4/18/2019 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/22/2019 Passed (1) — **96–0** (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

## Sponsors

- Bell — primary (person)
- Moody — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-31** Filed for introduction `reading-1, introduction`
- **2019-01-31** Filed for introduction `reading-1, introduction`
- **2019-02-04** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2019-02-04** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2019-02-06** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee
- **2019-02-06** P2C, ref. to Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-13** Assigned to s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-27** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 3/5/2019
- **2019-03-05** Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Judiciary Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-20** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 3/26/2019
- **2019-03-20** Placed on s/c cal Criminal Justice Subcommittee for 3/27/2019
- **2019-03-26** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 7, Nays 0 PNV 0
- **2019-03-27** Placed on cal. Judiciary for 4/3/2019
- **2019-03-27** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-28** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 4/1/2019
- **2019-04-01** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 33, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2019-04-01** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0163)
- **2019-04-02** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
- **2019-04-03** Placed on cal. Government Operations Committee for 4/8/2019
- **2019-04-03** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Government Operations Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-04** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2019-04-08** Rec. for pass; ref to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-10** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 4/17/2019
- **2019-04-10** Assigned to s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **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** Placed on cal. Finance, Ways, and Means Committee for 4/17/2019
- **2019-04-17** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-18** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/22/2019
- **2019-04-22** Placed on Senate Message Calendar for 4/24/2019
- **2019-04-22** Passed H., as am., Ayes 96, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2019-04-22** H. adopted am. (Amendment 2 - HA0446) `amendment-passage`
- **2019-04-22** Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0277) `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2019-04-22** Subst. for comp. HB.
- **2019-04-22** Comp. SB subst.
- **2019-04-24** Concurred, Ayes 30, Nays 0 (Amendment 2 - HA0446) `passage`
- **2019-04-25** Enrolled and ready for signatures
- **2019-04-30** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2019-05-01** Transmitted to Governor for action.
- **2019-05-01** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2019-05-10** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-15** Pub. Ch. 356
- **2019-05-15** Effective date(s) 07/01/2019
- **2019-05-15** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 356

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/966d41e8-5c1a-4388-b58e-2c32b692fded`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).