---
type: "Bill"
title: "Corporations, Not for Profit - As enacted, establishes the county where a public benefit or mutual benefit corporation has the corporation's principal office or, if the corporation does not have a principal office located in this state, the corporation's registered office, as a venue for a proceeding by the attorney general and reporter to dissolve the corporation; establishes additional locations as venues for proceedings to dissolve a corporation by the attorney general and reporter or other authorized parties. - Amends TCA Title 48, Chapter 64."
description: "Corporations, Not for Profit - As enacted, establishes the county where a public benefit or mutual benefit corporation has the corporation's principal office or, if the corporation does not have a principal office located in this state, the corporation's registered office, as a venue for a proceeding by the attorney general and reporter to dissolve the corporation; establishes additional locations as venues for proceedings to dissolve a corporation by the attorney general and reporter or other authorized parties. - Amends TCA Title 48, Chapter 64."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "114"
identifier: "SB 1711"
citation: "Tennessee SB 1711 (114)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Corporations", "Not for Profit"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Johnson"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 18
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-01-15"
last_action: "2026-03-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/362eb2d0-3cad-44be-9438-fdd903fca7b7"
source_url: "https://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/Default?BillNumber=SB1711&ga=114"
source_hash: "00e76fc960bd42147514c5d763bce0fdf5e34938a5a7570902e92e92a1639a93"
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 1711 (114) — Corporations, Not for Profit - As enacted, establishes the county where a public benefit or mutual benefit corporation has the corporation's principal office or, if the corporation does not have a principal office located in this state, the corporation's registered office, as a venue for a proceeding by the attorney general and reporter to dissolve the corporation; establishes additional locations as venues for proceedings to dissolve a corporation by the attorney general and reporter or other authorized parties. - Amends TCA Title 48, Chapter 64.

## Version chain

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

1. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Bill/SB1711.pdf)

## Votes

- SENATE COMMERCE AND LABOR COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 2/17/2026 Passed (2) — **8–0** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 2/23/2026 Passed (1) — **32–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Johnson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-15** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2026-01-21** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2026-01-22** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Commerce and Labor Committee `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-10** Placed on Senate Commerce and Labor Committee calendar for 2/17/2026
- **2026-02-17** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
- **2026-02-20** Placed on Senate Consent Calendar 2 for 2/23/2026
- **2026-02-23** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House `receipt`
- **2026-02-23** Passed Senate, Ayes 32, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2026-02-26** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2026-03-02** Passed H., Ayes 94, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2026-03-02** Subst. for comp. HB. `substitution`
- **2026-03-03** Enrolled and ready for signatures `enrolled`
- **2026-03-04** Signed by Senate Speaker `passage`
- **2026-03-05** Signed by H. Speaker `passage`
- **2026-03-06** Transmitted to Governor for action. `executive-receipt`
- **2026-03-18** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2026-03-23** Effective date(s) 03/18/2026
- **2026-03-23** Pub. Ch. 590

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/362eb2d0-3cad-44be-9438-fdd903fca7b7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).