---
type: "Bill"
title: "Historical Sites and Preservation - As enacted, includes in the definition of a \"memorial\", for purposes of Tennessee heritage protection, an official governmental seal of a city or county government that contains imagery representative of any historic conflict, historic entity, historic event, historic figure, or historic organization. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 1, Part 4."
description: "Historical Sites and Preservation - As enacted, includes in the definition of a \"memorial\", for purposes of Tennessee heritage protection, an official governmental seal of a city or county government that contains imagery representative of any historic conflict, historic entity, historic event, historic figure, or historic organization. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 1, Part 4."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "114"
identifier: "SB 1034"
citation: "Tennessee SB 1034 (114)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Historical Sites and Preservation"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bowling"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 21
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2025-02-05"
last_action: "2025-05-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f496c61f-0296-48a9-b82b-91a348412126"
source_url: "https://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/Default?BillNumber=SB1034&ga=114"
source_hash: "6ad7171dcc0012d8ea23a1642fdecb8ee2e71f7250636a4050ea277ceee1bd3d"
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 1034 (114) — Historical Sites and Preservation - As enacted, includes in the definition of a "memorial", for purposes of Tennessee heritage protection, an official governmental seal of a city or county government that contains imagery representative of any historic conflict, historic entity, historic event, historic figure, or historic organization. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 1, Part 4.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment HA0401** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/HA0401.pdf)
2. **Amendment SA0118** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/SA0118.pdf)
3. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Bill/SB1034.pdf)

## Votes

- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PREVIOUS QUESTION PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/16/2025 Passed (2) — **71–23** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 3/24/2025 Passed (1) — **27–6** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/16/2025 Passed (1) — **70–24** (pass) · lower
- SENATE STATE & LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 7, Nays 2 PNV 0 3/11/2025 Passed — **7–2** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Bowling — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-05** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2025-02-10** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2025-02-12** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate State and Local Government Committee `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-04** Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 3/11/2025
- **2025-03-11** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 7, Nays 2 PNV 0
- **2025-03-21** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 3/24/2025
- **2025-03-24** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2025-03-24** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House `receipt`
- **2025-03-24** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 27, Nays 6 `passage`
- **2025-03-24** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0118)
- **2025-03-27** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2025-04-16** Passed H., Ayes 70, Nays 24, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2025-04-16** Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0401) `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2025-04-16** Subst. for comp. HB. `substitution`
- **2025-04-22** Signed by H. Speaker `passage`
- **2025-04-22** Signed by Senate Speaker `passage`
- **2025-04-22** Enrolled and ready for signatures `enrolled`
- **2025-04-23** Transmitted to Governor for action. `executive-receipt`
- **2025-05-05** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2025-05-13** Effective date(s) 05/05/2025
- **2025-05-13** Pub. Ch. 389

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f496c61f-0296-48a9-b82b-91a348412126`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).