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type: "Bill"
title: "Business and Commerce - As enacted, recognizes the legal authority to use distributed ledger technology and smart contracts in conducting electronic transactions; protects ownership rights of certain information secured by distributed ledger technology. - Amends TCA Title 12; Title 47; Title 48; Title 61 and Title 66."
description: "Business and Commerce - As enacted, recognizes the legal authority to use distributed ledger technology and smart contracts in conducting electronic transactions; protects ownership rights of certain information secured by distributed ledger technology. - Amends TCA Title 12; Title 47; Title 48; Title 61 and Title 66."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "110"
identifier: "HB 1507"
citation: "Tennessee HB 1507 (110)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Business and Commerce"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dickerson", "Powell"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 40
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2018-01-10"
last_action: "2018-03-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7780815a-3248-40f8-bb55-dc89e2238919"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB1507&GA=110"
source_hash: "930b2c15f0f79d9911e4ae2c9359293442df291262970f3da8f66cc83741c023"
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 HB 1507 (110) — Business and Commerce - As enacted, recognizes the legal authority to use distributed ledger technology and smart contracts in conducting electronic transactions; protects ownership rights of certain information secured by distributed ledger technology. - Amends TCA Title 12; Title 47; Title 48; Title 61 and Title 66.
## 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/HB1507.pdf)
## Votes
- CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/8/2018 3/1/2018 (1) — **00** (fail) · lower
- INSURANCE AND BANKING COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 2/27/2018 — **00** (pass) · lower
- INSURANCE AND BANKING SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Insurance and Banking Committee 2/21/2018 — **00** (fail) · lower
## Sponsors
- Dickerson — primary (person)
- Powell — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2018-01-10** Filed for intro. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-01-11** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2018-01-17** Assigned to s/c Insurance and Banking Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-17** P2C, ref. to Insurance and Banking Committee `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-18** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-01-22** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2018-01-24** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Commerce and Labor Committee
- **2018-02-07** Placed on s/c cal Insurance and Banking Subcommittee for 2/14/2018
- **2018-02-07** Placed on Senate Commerce and Labor Committee calendar for 2/13/2018
- **2018-02-13** Action deferred in Senate Commerce & Labor Committee to 2/20/2018
- **2018-02-14** Placed on s/c cal Insurance and Banking Subcommittee for 2/21/2018
- **2018-02-14** Action Def. in s/c Insurance and Banking Subcommittee to 2/21/2018
- **2018-02-14** Placed on Senate Commerce and Labor Committee calendar for 2/20/2018
- **2018-02-15** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2018-02-20** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2018-02-20** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 8, Nays 0 PNV 0
- **2018-02-21** Placed on cal. Insurance and Banking Committee for 2/27/2018
- **2018-02-21** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Insurance and Banking Committee `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-23** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar calendar for 2/26/2018
- **2018-02-26** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2018-02-26** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 29, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2018-02-26** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0601)
- **2018-02-27** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **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** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/8/2018
- **2018-03-01** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2018-03-08** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2018-03-08** Comp. SB subst.
- **2018-03-08** Enrolled and ready for signatures
- **2018-03-08** Passed H., Ayes 90, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2018-03-08** Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0717) `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2018-03-08** Subst. for comp. HB.
- **2018-03-12** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2018-03-12** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2018-03-13** Transmitted to Governor for action.
- **2018-03-22** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2018-03-26** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 591
- **2018-03-26** Pub. Ch. 591
- **2018-03-26** Effective date(s) 03/22/2018
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7780815a-3248-40f8-bb55-dc89e2238919`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).