---
type: "Bill"
title: "Public Records - As enacted, revises certain provisions governing open records requests, including the manner in which such requests may be made. - Amends TCA Title 10, Chapter 7, Part 5."
description: "Public Records - As enacted, revises certain provisions governing open records requests, including the manner in which such requests may be made. - Amends TCA Title 10, Chapter 7, Part 5."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "110"
identifier: "HB 58"
citation: "Tennessee HB 58 (110)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Public Records"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bell", "Rogers"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 47
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2017-01-17"
last_action: "2017-05-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a07cfe5d-2e27-4469-b755-b0305e780d12"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB0058&GA=110"
source_hash: "6c31e3a03423ba7da2ea6889c30398903906cc61db288695310f46de2a4d631a"
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 HB 58 (110) — Public Records - As enacted, revises certain provisions governing open records requests, including the manner in which such requests may be made. - Amends TCA Title 10, Chapter 7, Part 5.

## Version chain

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

1. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/110/Bill/HB0058.pdf)

## Votes

- FLOOR VOTE: THIRD CONSIDERATION AMENDED 4/10/2017 Passed (1) — **32–0** (pass) · upper
- STATE GOVERNMENT SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to State Government Committee 2/15/2017 — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- STATE GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/14/2017 — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/20/2017 Passed (1) — **97–0** (pass) · lower
- CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/20/2017 3/16/2017 — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: CONCUR IN SENATE AMENDMENT # 1 4/17/2017 Passed — **97–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bell — primary (person)
- Rogers — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-17** Filed for intro. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-01-30** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2017-02-01** Assigned to s/c State Government Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-01** P2C, ref. to State Government Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-06** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-02-08** Placed on s/c cal State Government Subcommittee for 2/15/2017
- **2017-02-08** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2017-02-09** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate State and Local Government Committee
- **2017-02-15** Placed on cal. State Government Committee for 2/21/2017
- **2017-02-15** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to State Government Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-21** Action def. in State Government Committee to 2/28/2017
- **2017-02-21** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2017-02-22** Placed on cal. State Government Committee for 2/28/2017
- **2017-02-22** Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 2/28/2017
- **2017-02-28** Action def. in State Government Committee to 3/7/2017
- **2017-02-28** Action deferred in Senate State and Local Government Committee to 3/14/2017
- **2017-03-01** Placed on cal. State Government Committee for 3/7/2017
- **2017-03-07** Action def. in State Government Committee to 3/14/2017
- **2017-03-08** Placed on cal. State Government Committee for 3/14/2017
- **2017-03-08** Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 3/14/2017
- **2017-03-14** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-14** Action deferred in Senate State and Local Government Committee to 3/21/2017
- **2017-03-15** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/16/2017
- **2017-03-15** Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 3/21/2017
- **2017-03-16** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/20/2017
- **2017-03-20** Passed H., as am., Ayes 97, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2017-03-20** H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0111) `amendment-passage`
- **2017-03-21** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen.
- **2017-03-21** Action deferred in Senate State and Local Government Committee to 3/28/2017
- **2017-03-22** Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 3/28/2017
- **2017-03-23** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2017-03-28** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 7, Nays 1 PNV 1
- **2017-04-06** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar calendar for 4/10/2017
- **2017-04-10** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 32, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2017-04-10** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0218)
- **2017-04-10** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill.
- **2017-04-10** Companion House Bill substituted
- **2017-04-13** H. Placed on Message Calendar for 4/17/2017
- **2017-04-17** H. concurred in S. am. no. 1 Ayes 97, Nays 0 PNV 0 HB0058
- **2017-04-18** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.
- **2017-04-19** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2017-04-19** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2017-04-20** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2017-04-28** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2017-05-11** Pub. Ch. 233
- **2017-05-11** Effective date(s) 07/01/2017
- **2017-05-11** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 233

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a07cfe5d-2e27-4469-b755-b0305e780d12`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).