---
type: "Bill"
title: "Business Organizations - As enacted, revises various provisions of the Uniform Limited Partnership Act. - Amends TCA Title 61."
description: "Business Organizations - As enacted, revises various provisions of the Uniform Limited Partnership Act. - Amends TCA Title 61."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "110"
identifier: "SB 1942"
citation: "Tennessee SB 1942 (110)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Business Organizations"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Goins", "Johnson"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 32
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2018-01-25"
last_action: "2018-03-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d2d5427e-0981-4c57-8e54-e9fb754d3c57"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB1942&GA=110"
source_hash: "60ba610b1d2b72457a6218f535e54a69250a26a7208474df833cc94f577288ee"
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 1942 (110) — Business Organizations - As enacted, revises various provisions of the Uniform Limited Partnership Act. - Amends TCA Title 61.

## 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/SB1942.pdf)

## Votes

- FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 2/26/2018 PASSED (1) — **30–0** (fail) · upper
- SENATE COMMERCE AND LABOR COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 2/20/2018 Passed (2) — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/5/2018 PASSED (1) — **90–0** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- Goins — primary (person)
- Johnson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-25** Filed for intro. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-01-29** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-01-29** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2018-01-31** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2018-01-31** Assigned to s/c Business and Utilities Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-31** P2C, ref. to Business and Utilities Committee `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-01** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Commerce and Labor Committee
- **2018-02-07** Placed on Senate Commerce and Labor Committee calendar for 2/13/2018
- **2018-02-07** Placed on s/c cal Business and Utilities Subcommittee for 2/13/2018
- **2018-02-13** Action deferred in Senate Commerce & Labor Committee to 2/20/2018
- **2018-02-13** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Business and Utilities Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-14** Placed on Senate Commerce and Labor Committee calendar for 2/20/2018
- **2018-02-14** Placed on cal. Business and Utilities Committee for 2/21/2018
- **2018-02-20** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
- **2018-02-21** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-23** Placed on Senate Consent Calendar 2 calendar for 2/26/2018
- **2018-02-26** Passed Senate, Ayes 30, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2018-02-27** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
- **2018-02-28** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/1/2018
- **2018-03-01** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2018-03-01** H. Placed on Consent Calendar for 3/5/2018
- **2018-03-05** Passed H., Ayes 90, Nays 0, PNV 1 `passage`
- **2018-03-05** Subst. for comp. HB.
- **2018-03-05** Comp. SB subst.
- **2018-03-06** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2018-03-06** Enrolled and ready for signatures
- **2018-03-07** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2018-03-08** Transmitted to Governor for action.
- **2018-03-16** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2018-03-26** Pub. Ch. 575
- **2018-03-26** Effective date(s) 03/16/2018
- **2018-03-26** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 575

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d2d5427e-0981-4c57-8e54-e9fb754d3c57`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).