republic-os/legislation/us/states/tn/110/sb-1724.md

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Bill	Public Records - As enacted, requires, by January 1, 2019, state governmental entities to promulgate rules, rather than adopt policies, to establish a process for making requests to inspect or receive copies of public records, for responding to requests for public records, and for the creation of a statement of any fees charged for copies of such records. - Amends TCA Title 10, Chapter 7, Part 5.	Public Records - As enacted, requires, by January 1, 2019, state governmental entities to promulgate rules, rather than adopt policies, to establish a process for making requests to inspect or receive copies of public records, for responding to requests for public records, and for the creation of a statement of any fees charged for copies of such records. - Amends TCA Title 10, Chapter 7, Part 5.	us/states/tn	Tennessee General Assembly	110	SB 1724	Tennessee SB 1724 (110)	bill	Public Records	enacted	Bell Matlock	1	38	3	2018-01-18	2018-04-23	openstates	ocd-bill/068bb6d8-bbaa-4a8f-8633-e552a264119c	http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB1724&GA=110	6544dd56da05851d9ef06c064c7e7e97c932cf62b78f52e775457764c8a4e545	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-tn

Tennessee SB 1724 (110) — Public Records - As enacted, requires, by January 1, 2019, state governmental entities to promulgate rules, rather than adopt policies, to establish a process for making requests to inspect or receive copies of public records, for responding to requests for public records, and for the creation of a statement of any fees charged for copies of such records. - Amends TCA Title 10, Chapter 7, Part 5.

Version chain

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

1. Current Version (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• SENATE STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0 2/6/2018 Passed — 9–0 (pass) · upper
• FLOOR VOTE: AS AMENDED THIRD CONSIDERATION 2/8/2018 PASSED — 30–0 (fail) · upper
• FLOOR VOTE: PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/22/2018 PASSED (1) — 94–0 (fail) · lower

Sponsors

• Bell — primary (person)
• Matlock — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2018-01-18 Filed for intro. introduction, reading-1
• 2018-01-22 Filed for introduction introduction, reading-1
• 2018-01-22 Intro., P1C. introduction
• 2018-01-24 Introduced, Passed on First Consideration introduction
• 2018-01-24 Assigned to s/c State Government Subcommittee referral-committee
• 2018-01-24 P2C, ref. to State Government Committee--Government Operations for Review referral-committee
• 2018-01-25 Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate State and Local Government Committee
• 2018-01-31 Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 2/6/2018
• 2018-02-06 Sponsor(s) Added.
• 2018-02-06 Placed on Senate Regular Calendar calendar for 2/8/2018
• 2018-02-06 Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0
• 2018-02-08 Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
• 2018-02-08 Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 30, Nays 0 passage
• 2018-02-08 Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0570)
• 2018-02-12 Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
• 2018-02-14 Placed on s/c cal State Government Subcommittee for 2/21/2018
• 2018-02-21 Placed on cal. State Government Committee for 2/27/2018
• 2018-02-21 Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to State Government Committee referral-committee
• 2018-02-27 Sponsor(s) Added.
• 2018-02-27 Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Government Operations Committee committee-passage-favorable
• 2018-02-28 Placed on cal. Government Operations Committee for 3/7/2018
• 2018-03-07 Placed on cal. Government Operations Committee for 3/14/2018
• 2018-03-07 Action def. in Government Operations Committee to 3/14/2018
• 2018-03-14 Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/15/2018
• 2018-03-14 Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee committee-passage-favorable
• 2018-03-15 H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/22/2018
• 2018-03-22 Enrolled and ready for signatures
• 2018-03-22 Passed H., Ayes 94, Nays 0, PNV 0 passage
• 2018-03-22 Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0734) amendment-withdrawal
• 2018-03-22 Subst. for comp. HB.
• 2018-03-22 Comp. SB subst.
• 2018-03-28 Signed by Senate Speaker
• 2018-03-29 Signed by H. Speaker
• 2018-04-02 Transmitted to Governor for action.
• 2018-04-12 Signed by Governor. executive-signature
• 2018-04-23 Pub. Ch. 712
• 2018-04-23 Effective date(s) 04/12/2018
• 2018-04-23 Comp. became Pub. Ch. 712

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/068bb6d8-bbaa-4a8f-8633-e552a264119c. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).