---
type: "Bill"
title: "Tennessee Bureau of Investigation - As enacted, authorizes clerks of court, county clerks, registers of deeds, and county trustees to enter into agreements with a fingerprint vendor that is under contract with the Tennessee bureau of investigation for purposes of providing fingerprint capture services for fingerprint-based background checks permitted by law; enacts other related provisions. - Amends TCA Title 38, Chapter 6."
description: "Tennessee Bureau of Investigation - As enacted, authorizes clerks of court, county clerks, registers of deeds, and county trustees to enter into agreements with a fingerprint vendor that is under contract with the Tennessee bureau of investigation for purposes of providing fingerprint capture services for fingerprint-based background checks permitted by law; enacts other related provisions. - Amends TCA Title 38, Chapter 6."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "112"
identifier: "SB 2547"
citation: "Tennessee SB 2547 (112)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Tennessee Bureau of Investigation"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Eldridge", "Jackson"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 41
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2022-02-02"
last_action: "2022-05-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/afc33a85-0b15-4814-af0b-56efc67f9024"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB2547&GA=112"
source_hash: "aac5c1c9d362ab5edf5e339e9224d49c23ff52b204f58c5cb3eefd751fafd6a7"
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 2547 (112) — Tennessee Bureau of Investigation - As enacted, authorizes clerks of court, county clerks, registers of deeds, and county trustees to enter into agreements with a fingerprint vendor that is under contract with the Tennessee bureau of investigation for purposes of providing fingerprint capture services for fingerprint-based background checks permitted by law; enacts other related provisions. - Amends TCA Title 38, Chapter 6.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment HA0900** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Amend/HA0900.pdf)
2. **Amendment SA0721** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Amend/SA0721.pdf)
3. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Bill/SB2547.pdf)

## Votes

- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/18/2022 Passed (1) — **93–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/18/2022 4/14/2022 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0 3/22/2022 Passed (3) — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Criminal Justice Committee 3/29/2022 (4) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 4/7/2022 Passed (2) — **29–0** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE CRIMINAL JUSTICE COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 4/6/2022 (3) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: Concur in House Amend# 1 4/21/2022 Passed (1) — **31–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Eldridge — primary (person)
- Jackson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-02-02** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2022-02-02** Intro. `introduction`
- **2022-02-02** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2022-02-03** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2022-02-03** P1C.
- **2022-02-07** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee
- **2022-02-07** P2C, ref. to Criminal Justice Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-08** Assigned to s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-09** Placed on s/c cal Criminal Justice Subcommittee for 3/16/2022
- **2022-03-16** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 3/22/2022
- **2022-03-16** Placed on s/c cal Criminal Justice Subcommittee for 3/23/2022
- **2022-03-16** Action Def. in s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee to 3/23/2022
- **2022-03-22** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0
- **2022-03-23** Placed on s/c cal Criminal Justice Subcommittee for 3/29/2022
- **2022-03-23** Action Def. in s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee to 3/30/2022
- **2022-03-29** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Criminal Justice Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-30** Placed on cal. Criminal Justice Committee for 4/6/2022
- **2022-04-05** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 4/7/2022
- **2022-04-06** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-07** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
- **2022-04-07** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2022-04-07** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 29, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2022-04-07** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0721)
- **2022-04-11** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2022-04-13** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/14/2022
- **2022-04-14** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/18/2022
- **2022-04-18** Passed H., as am., Ayes 93, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2022-04-18** H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0900) `amendment-passage`
- **2022-04-18** Subst. for comp. HB.
- **2022-04-18** Comp. SB subst.
- **2022-04-18** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2022-04-20** Placed on Senate Message Calendar for 4/21/2022
- **2022-04-21** Concurred, Ayes 31, Nays 0 (Amendment 1 - HA0900) `passage`
- **2022-04-27** Enrolled and ready for signatures
- **2022-04-28** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2022-05-02** Transmitted to Governor for action.
- **2022-05-02** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2022-05-11** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2022-05-25** Effective date(s) 05/11/2022
- **2022-05-25** Pub. Ch. 1037
- **2022-05-25** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 1037

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/afc33a85-0b15-4814-af0b-56efc67f9024`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).