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type: "Bill"
title: "Campaigns and Campaign Finance - As enacted, redefines political campaign committee to be any group of persons receiving contributions or making expenditures in excess of $1,000 during a calendar year to support or oppose candidates. - Amends TCA Section 2-10-102."
description: "Campaigns and Campaign Finance - As enacted, redefines political campaign committee to be any group of persons receiving contributions or making expenditures in excess of $1,000 during a calendar year to support or oppose candidates. - Amends TCA Section 2-10-102."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "110"
identifier: "HB 550"
citation: "Tennessee HB 550 (110)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Campaigns and Campaign Finance"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Norris", "Wirgau"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 36
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2017-02-07"
last_action: "2017-05-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/34bcb7b9-66d6-4721-851d-fc12cfe39988"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB0550&GA=110"
source_hash: "ffc4b3cb9bb3cc75876cf20e05d00e62ebcd411efa489cedeedc2d2f738da36d"
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 550 (110) — Campaigns and Campaign Finance - As enacted, redefines political campaign committee to be any group of persons receiving contributions or making expenditures in excess of $1,000 during a calendar year to support or oppose candidates. - Amends TCA Section 2-10-102.
## 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/HB0550.pdf)
## Votes
- LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 4/18/2017 — **00** (pass) · lower
- CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/27/2017 4/20/2017 (1) — **00** (fail) · lower
- LOCAL GOVERNMENT SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Local Government Committee 4/11/2017 — **00** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Norris — primary (person)
- Wirgau — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2017-02-07** Filed for intro. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-02-08** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2017-02-09** P2C, ref. to Local Government Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-09** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2017-02-09** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-02-13** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate State and Local Government Committee
- **2017-02-14** Assigned to s/c Local Government Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-29** Placed on s/c cal Local Government Subcommittee for 4/4/2017
- **2017-03-29** Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 4/4/2017
- **2017-04-04** Action Def. in s/c Local Government Subcommittee to 4/11/2017
- **2017-04-04** Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 4/5/2017
- **2017-04-04** Action deferred in Senate State and Local Government Committee to 4/5/2017
- **2017-04-05** Placed on s/c cal Local Government Subcommittee for 4/11/2017
- **2017-04-05** Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 4/11/2017
- **2017-04-05** Action deferred in Senate State and Local Government Committee to 4/11/2017
- **2017-04-11** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Local Government Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-11** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
- **2017-04-12** Placed on cal. Local Government Committee for 4/18/2017
- **2017-04-18** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-19** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/20/2017
- **2017-04-20** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/27/2017
- **2017-04-24** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar calendar for 4/26/2017
- **2017-04-26** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
- **2017-04-26** Passed Senate, Ayes 31, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2017-04-27** Comp. SB subst.
- **2017-04-27** Passed H., Ayes 90, Nays 2, PNV 1 `passage`
- **2017-04-27** Subst. for comp. HB.
- **2017-04-27** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2017-05-01** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2017-05-01** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2017-05-01** Enrolled and ready for signatures
- **2017-05-02** Transmitted to Governor for action.
- **2017-05-09** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2017-05-22** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 347
- **2017-05-22** Pub. Ch. 347
- **2017-05-22** Effective date(s) 05/09/2017
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/34bcb7b9-66d6-4721-851d-fc12cfe39988`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).