---
type: "Bill"
title: "Personal Property - As enacted, revises provisions governing notice for lien enforcement under the Tennessee Self-Service Storage Facility Act; authorizes an online sale to enforce a lien on personal property located at a self-service storage facility, authorizes self-storage facility owners to contact county clerks to determine the owner and any lienholder for a motor vehicle left in a self-storage unit. - Amends TCA Title 66, Chapter 31."
description: "Personal Property - As enacted, revises provisions governing notice for lien enforcement under the Tennessee Self-Service Storage Facility Act; authorizes an online sale to enforce a lien on personal property located at a self-service storage facility, authorizes self-storage facility owners to contact county clerks to determine the owner and any lienholder for a motor vehicle left in a self-storage unit. - Amends TCA Title 66, Chapter 31."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "111"
identifier: "SB 543"
citation: "Tennessee SB 543 (111)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Personal Property"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Gardenhire", "Lynn"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 41
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2019-02-04"
last_action: "2020-07-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0655f594-914c-4c0f-97d8-be3fe539f9b6"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB0543&GA=111"
source_hash: "8f19ea0cf74b91bd9e032a56a881e31e622d7b3b04a825ec2771a1874cbca6fe"
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 543 (111) — Personal Property - As enacted, revises provisions governing notice for lien enforcement under the Tennessee Self-Service Storage Facility Act; authorizes an online sale to enforce a lien on personal property located at a self-service storage facility, authorizes self-storage facility owners to contact county clerks to determine the owner and any lienholder for a motor vehicle left in a self-storage unit. - Amends TCA Title 66, Chapter 31.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment HA0604** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Amend/HA0604.pdf)
2. **Amendment SA0508** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Amend/SA0508.pdf)
3. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Bill/SB0543.pdf)

## Votes

- HOUSE BUSINESS SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Commerce Committee 3/12/2019 (1) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE COMMERCE COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/3/2020 — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 3/5/2020 Passed — **28–0** (pass) · upper
- SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 8, Nays 0 PNV 1 2/25/2020 Passed — **8–0** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: Concur in House Amend# 1 6/4/2020 Passed — **30–0** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/12/2020 3/5/2020 — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/12/2020 Passed — **94–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Gardenhire — primary (person)
- Lynn — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-04** Filed for introduction `reading-1, introduction`
- **2019-02-06** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2019-02-06** Intro. `introduction`
- **2019-02-06** Filed for introduction `reading-1, introduction`
- **2019-02-07** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee
- **2019-02-07** P1C.
- **2019-02-11** P2C, ref. to Commerce Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-13** Assigned to s/c Business Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-06** Placed on s/c cal Business Subcommittee for 3/12/2019
- **2019-03-12** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Commerce Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-13** Placed on cal. Commerce Committee for 3/19/2019
- **2019-03-19** Reset on Final cal. of Commerce Committee
- **2019-03-20** Placed on cal. Commerce Committee for 3/26/2019
- **2019-03-26** Returned to the Clerk's Desk.
- **2019-03-29** Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Judiciary Committee `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-23** Re-ref. to Commerce Committee `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-20** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 2/25/2020
- **2020-02-25** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 8, Nays 0 PNV 1
- **2020-02-26** Placed on cal. Commerce Committee for 3/3/2020
- **2020-03-03** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 3/5/2020
- **2020-03-03** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-04** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/5/2020
- **2020-03-05** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
- **2020-03-05** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 28, Nays 0, PNV 1 `passage`
- **2020-03-05** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0508)
- **2020-03-05** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/12/2020
- **2020-03-09** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2020-03-12** Passed H., as am., Ayes 94, Nays 1, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2020-03-12** H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0604) `amendment-passage`
- **2020-03-12** Subst. for comp. HB.
- **2020-03-12** Comp. SB subst.
- **2020-06-02** Placed on Senate Message Calendar for 6/4/2020
- **2020-06-04** Concurred, Ayes 30, Nays 0 (Amendment 1 - HA0604) `passage`
- **2020-06-08** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2020-06-08** Enrolled and ready for signatures
- **2020-06-09** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2020-06-11** Transmitted to Governor for action.
- **2020-06-15** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2020-07-02** Pub. Ch. 674
- **2020-07-02** Effective date(s) 07/01/2020
- **2020-07-02** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 674

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0655f594-914c-4c0f-97d8-be3fe539f9b6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).