---
type: "Bill"
title: "Tourist Development, Dept. of - As enacted, vacates and restructures the Tennessee sports hall of fame board of directors; revises other various provisions regarding the sports hall of fame and the board. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 29, Part 2; Title 4, Chapter 3, Part 22 and Title 4, Chapter 3, Part 54."
description: "Tourist Development, Dept. of - As enacted, vacates and restructures the Tennessee sports hall of fame board of directors; revises other various provisions regarding the sports hall of fame and the board. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 29, Part 2; Title 4, Chapter 3, Part 22 and Title 4, Chapter 3, Part 54."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "111"
identifier: "SB 642"
citation: "Tennessee SB 642 (111)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Tourist Development", "Dept. of"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Johnson", "Lamberth"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 35
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2019-02-05"
last_action: "2019-04-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/807aa571-4351-4081-a842-bcf9700c1192"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB0642&GA=111"
source_hash: "a6e5104cba9158be312893e06b0c01d2b9d29873c58e0fb1de8e99b40b8cfc78"
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 642 (111) — Tourist Development, Dept. of - As enacted, vacates and restructures the Tennessee sports hall of fame board of directors; revises other various provisions regarding the sports hall of fame and the board. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 29, Part 2; Title 4, Chapter 3, Part 22 and Title 4, Chapter 3, Part 54.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment HA0109** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Amend/HA0109.pdf)
2. **Amendment SA0093** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Amend/SA0093.pdf)
3. **Amendment SA0116** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Amend/SA0116.pdf)
4. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Bill/SB0642.pdf)

## Votes

- HOUSE GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/25/2019 — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE DEPARTMENTS & AGENCIES SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to State Committee 3/13/2019 (3) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 3/18/2019 Passed (1) — **33–0** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE STATE COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Government Operations Committee 3/19/2019 — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- SENATE STATE & LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 7, Nays 0 PNV 1 3/12/2019 Passed — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/1/2019 Passed (1) — **90–1** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/1/2019 3/28/2019 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

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

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-05** Filed for introduction `reading-1, introduction`
- **2019-02-05** Filed for introduction `reading-1, introduction`
- **2019-02-06** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2019-02-06** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2019-02-07** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate State and Local Government Committee
- **2019-02-07** P2C, ref. to State Committee-- Government Operations for Review `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-11** Assigned to s/c Departments & Agencies Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-05** Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 3/12/2019
- **2019-03-06** Placed on s/c cal Departments & Agencies Subcommittee for 3/13/2019
- **2019-03-12** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 7, Nays 0 PNV 1
- **2019-03-13** Placed on cal. State Committee for 3/19/2019
- **2019-03-13** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to State Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-15** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 3/18/2019
- **2019-03-18** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 33, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2019-03-18** Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - SA0093)
- **2019-03-18** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 2 - SA0116)
- **2019-03-19** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
- **2019-03-19** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Government Operations Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-20** Placed on cal. Government Operations Committee for 3/25/2019
- **2019-03-21** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2019-03-25** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-27** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/28/2019
- **2019-03-28** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/1/2019
- **2019-04-01** Passed H., Ayes 90, Nays 1, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2019-04-01** Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0109) `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2019-04-01** Subst. for comp. HB.
- **2019-04-01** Comp. SB subst.
- **2019-04-02** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2019-04-02** Enrolled and ready for signatures
- **2019-04-03** Transmitted to Governor for action.
- **2019-04-03** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2019-04-04** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2019-04-09** Pub. Ch. 88
- **2019-04-09** Effective date(s) 04/04/2019
- **2019-04-09** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 88

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/807aa571-4351-4081-a842-bcf9700c1192`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).