---
type: "Bill"
title: "Advertising - As enacted, requires certain outdoor advertising structures to obtain a permit or tag from the commissioner of transportation. - Amends TCA Title 54, Chapter 21, Part 1."
description: "Advertising - As enacted, requires certain outdoor advertising structures to obtain a permit or tag from the commissioner of transportation. - Amends TCA Title 54, Chapter 21, Part 1."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "111"
identifier: "SB 902"
citation: "Tennessee SB 902 (111)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Advertising"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Smith", "Southerland"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 43
vote_count: 9
first_action: "2019-02-05"
last_action: "2019-04-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/029b7590-4863-415e-baae-2e3ca677ea4e"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB0902&GA=111"
source_hash: "2955cc0e7e7f0491e4cb39cae9f518187390cb67411d5e7e74d9d2123f88f211"
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 902 (111) — Advertising - As enacted, requires certain outdoor advertising structures to obtain a permit or tag from the commissioner of transportation. - Amends TCA Title 54, Chapter 21, Part 1.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment HA0031** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Amend/HA0031.pdf)
2. **Amendment SA0072** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Amend/SA0072.pdf)
3. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Bill/SB0902.pdf)

## Votes

- TRANSPORTATION AND SAFETY COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee Ayes 7, Nays 0 PNV 0 3/6/2019 Passed — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/25/2019 Passed (1) — **95–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/25/2019 3/21/2019 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- SENATE FINANCE, WAYS AND MEANS COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 3/26/2019 Passed (2) — **10–0** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 4/4/2019 Passed (1) — **30–0** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE INFRASTRUCTURE SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Transportation Committee 2/19/2019 — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/19/2019 — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 3/13/2019 (3) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 3/5/2019 — **0–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Smith — primary (person)
- Southerland — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-05** Filed for introduction `reading-1, introduction`
- **2019-02-06** Filed for introduction `reading-1, introduction`
- **2019-02-06** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2019-02-07** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2019-02-07** P2C, ref. to Transportation Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-11** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Transportation and Safety Committee
- **2019-02-11** Assigned to s/c Infrastructure Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-13** Placed on s/c cal Infrastructure Subcommittee for 2/19/2019
- **2019-02-19** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Transportation Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-20** Placed on cal. Transportation Committee for 2/26/2019
- **2019-02-26** Action def. in Transportation Committee to 3/5/2019
- **2019-02-27** Placed on Senate Transportation and Safety Committee calendar for 3/6/2019
- **2019-02-27** Placed on cal. Transportation Committee for 3/5/2019
- **2019-03-05** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-06** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee Ayes 7, Nays 0 PNV 0
- **2019-03-06** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 3/13/2019
- **2019-03-06** Assigned to s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-12** Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 3/19/2019
- **2019-03-13** Placed on cal. Finance, Ways, and Means Committee for 3/19/2019
- **2019-03-13** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-19** Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 3/26/2019
- **2019-03-19** Action deferred in Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee to 3/26/2019
- **2019-03-19** Rec. for pass. ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-20** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/21/2019
- **2019-03-21** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/25/2019
- **2019-03-25** Passed H., as am., Ayes 95, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2019-03-25** H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0031) `amendment-passage`
- **2019-03-26** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
- **2019-03-26** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen.
- **2019-03-28** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2019-04-02** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 4/4/2019
- **2019-04-04** Companion House Bill substituted
- **2019-04-04** Passed Senate, Ayes 30, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2019-04-04** Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - SA0072)
- **2019-04-04** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill.
- **2019-04-05** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.
- **2019-04-08** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2019-04-09** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2019-04-10** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2019-04-18** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2019-04-24** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 169
- **2019-04-24** Pub. Ch. 169
- **2019-04-24** Effective date(s) 07/01/2019

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/029b7590-4863-415e-baae-2e3ca677ea4e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).