---
type: "Bill"
title: "Public Records - As enacted, generally makes the addresses on a nominating petition for the office of judge, chancellor, district attorney general, and public defender confidential; clarifies that such addresses may be made open to public inspection upon the request of a candidate or law enforcement authority in anticipation of, or as part of, a contest of candidacy or contest of election. - Amends TCA Title 2 and Title 10, Chapter 7."
description: "Public Records - As enacted, generally makes the addresses on a nominating petition for the office of judge, chancellor, district attorney general, and public defender confidential; clarifies that such addresses may be made open to public inspection upon the request of a candidate or law enforcement authority in anticipation of, or as part of, a contest of candidacy or contest of election. - Amends TCA Title 2 and Title 10, Chapter 7."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "114"
identifier: "SB 1720"
citation: "Tennessee SB 1720 (114)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Public Records"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Haile"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 28
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2026-01-15"
last_action: "2026-05-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f25aa0e3-7a3a-4f30-aa60-33fb24a02881"
source_url: "https://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/Default?BillNumber=SB1720&ga=114"
source_hash: "476183eff867ec5ee9a63ef1096657b432e8086dc3a4a76001462b636b0fd93e"
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 1720 (114) — Public Records - As enacted, generally makes the addresses on a nominating petition for the office of judge, chancellor, district attorney general, and public defender confidential; clarifies that such addresses may be made open to public inspection upon the request of a candidate or law enforcement authority in anticipation of, or as part of, a contest of candidacy or contest of election. - Amends TCA Title 2 and Title 10, Chapter 7.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment HA1100** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/HA1100.pdf)
2. **Amendment SA0746** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/SA0746.pdf)
3. **Amendment SA0940** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/SA0940.pdf)
4. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Bill/SB1720.pdf)

## Votes

- SENATE STATE & LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0 3/17/2026 Passed (2) — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 4/6/2026 Passed (1) — **32–0** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/14/2026 Passed (1) — **93–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Haile — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-15** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2026-01-21** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2026-01-22** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate State and Local Government Committee `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-03** Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 3/10/2026
- **2026-03-10** Action deferred in Senate State and Local Government Committee to 3/17/2026
- **2026-03-11** Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 3/17/2026
- **2026-03-17** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0
- **2026-03-24** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 3/26/2026
- **2026-03-26** Senate Reset on calendar for 4/2/2026
- **2026-03-31** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 4/2/2026
- **2026-04-02** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 4/6/2026
- **2026-04-02** Senate Reset on calendar for 4/6/2026
- **2026-04-06** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House `receipt`
- **2026-04-06** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2026-04-06** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 32, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2026-04-06** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 2 - SA0940)
- **2026-04-06** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0746)
- **2026-04-08** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2026-04-14** Passed H., Ayes 93, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2026-04-14** Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA1100) `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2026-04-14** Subst. for comp. HB. `substitution`
- **2026-04-15** Signed by Senate Speaker `passage`
- **2026-04-15** Enrolled and ready for signatures `enrolled`
- **2026-04-16** Signed by H. Speaker `passage`
- **2026-04-17** Transmitted to Governor for action. `executive-receipt`
- **2026-04-27** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2026-05-04** Effective date(s) 04/27/2026
- **2026-05-04** Pub. Ch. 829

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f25aa0e3-7a3a-4f30-aa60-33fb24a02881`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).