---
type: "Bill"
title: "Public Funds and Financing - As enacted, creates two funds within the state treasury to be known as the Hurricane Helene interest payment fund and the governor's response and recovery fund; authorizes moneys in each fund to be used to assist with the response to and the recovery from certain declared emergencies. - Amends TCA Title 9, Chapter 4, Part 2."
description: "Public Funds and Financing - As enacted, creates two funds within the state treasury to be known as the Hurricane Helene interest payment fund and the governor's response and recovery fund; authorizes moneys in each fund to be used to assist with the response to and the recovery from certain declared emergencies. - Amends TCA Title 9, Chapter 4, Part 2."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "114S1"
identifier: "SB 6003"
citation: "Tennessee SB 6003 (114S1)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Public Funds and Financing"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Johnson"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 25
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2025-01-22"
last_action: "2025-02-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/33c87e8b-0af4-479d-9626-c8f06d1ce85a"
source_url: "https://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/Default?BillNumber=SB6003&ga=114"
source_hash: "37e73eb37529d0efee966c2313105f507e1e8ec28c7124f9dd8f3d086d8e8d67"
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 6003 (114S1) — Public Funds and Financing - As enacted, creates two funds within the state treasury to be known as the Hurricane Helene interest payment fund and the governor's response and recovery fund; authorizes moneys in each fund to be used to assist with the response to and the recovery from certain declared emergencies. - Amends TCA Title 9, Chapter 4, Part 2.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment HA6005** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/HA6005.pdf)
2. **Amendment HA6006** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/HA6006.pdf)
3. **Amendment HA6037** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/HA6037.pdf)
4. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Bill/SB6003.pdf)

## Votes

- SENATE FINANCE, WAYS AND MEANS COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 1/29/2025 Passed (1) — **11–0** (pass) · upper
- SENATE STATE & LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 1/29/2025 Passed (2) — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR LAY ON THE TABLE MOTION TO ADOPT AMENDMENT # 1 BY MITCHELL PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 1/29/2025 Passed — **74–23** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR MOTION TO CONSIDER AMENDMENT # 3 BY FRITTS PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 1/29/2025 Failed — **19–78** (fail) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 1/29/2025 Passed — **97–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 1/29/2025 Passed — **32–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Johnson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-22** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2025-01-23** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2025-01-27** Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 1/29/2025
- **2025-01-27** Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 1/29/2025
- **2025-01-27** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2025-01-28** Refer to Senate State & Local Government Committee
- **2025-01-28** Recalled from Senate Commerce & Labor Committee
- **2025-01-28** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Commerce & Labor Committee `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-29** Passed H., Ayes 97, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2025-01-29** Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 2 - HA6006) `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2025-01-29** Am. tabled. (Amendment 1 - HA6005) `amendment-deferral`
- **2025-01-29** Subst. for comp. HB. `substitution`
- **2025-01-29** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House `receipt`
- **2025-01-29** Passed Senate, Ayes 31, Nays 1 `passage`
- **2025-01-29** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 1/29/2025
- **2025-01-29** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
- **2025-01-29** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Finance, Ways & Means Committee
- **2025-01-30** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2025-02-04** Enrolled and ready for signatures `enrolled`
- **2025-02-10** Signed by Senate Speaker `passage`
- **2025-02-11** Transmitted to Governor for action. `executive-receipt`
- **2025-02-11** Signed by H. Speaker `passage`
- **2025-02-12** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2025-02-25** Effective date(s) 02/12/2025
- **2025-02-25** Pub. Ch. 2

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/33c87e8b-0af4-479d-9626-c8f06d1ce85a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).