---
type: "Bill"
title: "Museums - As enacted, revises various provisions concerning the state museum and the Douglas Henry State Museum Commission, including adding the new facility located at 1000 Rosa L. Parks Boulevard. - Amends TCA Title 4."
description: "Museums - As enacted, revises various provisions concerning the state museum and the Douglas Henry State Museum Commission, including adding the new facility located at 1000 Rosa L. Parks Boulevard. - Amends TCA Title 4."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "110"
identifier: "SB 2641"
citation: "Tennessee SB 2641 (110)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Museums"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["McDaniel", "Watson"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 36
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2018-01-31"
last_action: "2018-05-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e1314024-1535-409b-ba60-88e06a93a9ff"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB2641&GA=110"
source_hash: "36a15b79c086e97c074593711b4f2bd5e42d0b55a1c7bd88125134510cc59fc6"
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 2641 (110) — Museums - As enacted, revises various provisions concerning the state museum and the Douglas Henry State Museum Commission, including adding the new facility located at 1000 Rosa L. Parks Boulevard. - Amends TCA Title 4.

## 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/SB2641.pdf)

## Votes

- SENATE EDUCATION COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0 3/21/2018 Passed (1) — **9–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- McDaniel — primary (person)
- Watson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-31** Filed for intro. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-02-01** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2018-02-01** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-02-01** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2018-02-05** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee
- **2018-02-05** Assigned to s/c State Government Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-05** P2C, ref. to State Government Committee `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-14** Placed on s/c cal State Government Subcommittee for 2/21/2018
- **2018-02-21** Placed on cal. State Government Committee for 2/27/2018
- **2018-02-21** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to State Government Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-22** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2018-02-27** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-28** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/1/2018
- **2018-03-01** H. Placed on Consent Calendar for 3/5/2018
- **2018-03-05** Passed H., Ayes 90, Nays 0, PNV 1 `passage`
- **2018-03-06** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen.
- **2018-03-08** Placed on Senate Education Committee calendar for 3/14/2018
- **2018-03-08** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2018-03-14** Placed on Senate Education Committee calendar for 3/21/2018
- **2018-03-14** Action deferred in Senate Education Committee to 3/21/2018
- **2018-03-21** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0
- **2018-04-03** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar calendar for 4/5/2018
- **2018-04-05** Companion House Bill substituted
- **2018-04-05** H. Placed on Message Calendar for 4/9/2018
- **2018-04-05** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 31, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2018-04-05** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0888)
- **2018-04-05** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill.
- **2018-04-09** H. concurred in S. am. no. 1 Ayes 95, Nays 0 PNV 0 HB2235
- **2018-04-10** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.
- **2018-04-12** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2018-04-16** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2018-04-17** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2018-04-24** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2018-05-04** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 821
- **2018-05-04** Pub. Ch. 821
- **2018-05-04** Effective date(s) 04/24/2018

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e1314024-1535-409b-ba60-88e06a93a9ff`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).