republic-os/legislation/us/states/tn/110/sb-2117.md

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Bill	Flags - As enacted, prohibits local governments from adopting or enforcing regulations that prohibit or restrict the display of a flag of the United States of America, a flag of the state of Tennessee, the MIA/POW flag, or an official or replica flag of any branch of the United States armed forces on a property owner's property except when necessary to promote public health and safety. - Amends TCA Title 5, Chapter 5; Title 6, Chapter 54 and Title 13, Chapter 7.	Flags - As enacted, prohibits local governments from adopting or enforcing regulations that prohibit or restrict the display of a flag of the United States of America, a flag of the state of Tennessee, the MIA/POW flag, or an official or replica flag of any branch of the United States armed forces on a property owner's property except when necessary to promote public health and safety. - Amends TCA Title 5, Chapter 5; Title 6, Chapter 54 and Title 13, Chapter 7.	us/states/tn	Tennessee General Assembly	110	SB 2117	Tennessee SB 2117 (110)	bill	Flags	enacted	Goins Niceley	1	49	1	2018-01-31	2018-05-08	openstates	ocd-bill/1eb75952-a304-4ba7-afd3-02fc1709affc	http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB2117&GA=110	d5c2eb1a3000227aafc8608744af3b84db34e7d55a28bcdd3da4431162893298	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-tn

Tennessee SB 2117 (110) — Flags - As enacted, prohibits local governments from adopting or enforcing regulations that prohibit or restrict the display of a flag of the United States of America, a flag of the state of Tennessee, the MIA/POW flag, or an official or replica flag of any branch of the United States armed forces on a property owner's property except when necessary to promote public health and safety. - Amends TCA Title 5, Chapter 5; Title 6, Chapter 54 and Title 13, Chapter 7.

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, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 3/21/2018 Passed (1) — 6–1 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Goins — primary (person)
• Niceley — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2018-01-31 Filed for introduction introduction, reading-1
• 2018-01-31 Filed for intro. introduction, reading-1
• 2018-02-01 Introduced, Passed on First Consideration introduction
• 2018-02-01 Intro., P1C. introduction
• 2018-02-05 Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate State and Local Government Committee
• 2018-02-05 Assigned to s/c Local Government Subcommittee referral-committee
• 2018-02-05 P2C, ref. to Local Government Committee referral-committee
• 2018-02-21 Placed on s/c cal Local Government Subcommittee for 2/28/2018
• 2018-02-27 Sponsor(s) Added.
• 2018-02-28 Placed on cal. Local Government Committee for 3/6/2018
• 2018-02-28 Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Local Government Committee committee-passage-favorable
• 2018-03-06 Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee committee-passage-favorable
• 2018-03-14 Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 3/20/2018
• 2018-03-20 Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 3/21/2018
• 2018-03-20 Action deferred in Senate State and Local Government Committee to 3/21/2018
• 2018-03-21 Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
• 2018-03-21 Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/22/2018
• 2018-03-22 H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/26/2018
• 2018-03-26 Sponsor(s) Added.
• 2018-03-26 Passed H., Ayes 96, Nays 0, PNV 0 passage
• 2018-03-27 Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen.
• 2018-03-28 Received from House, Passed on First Consideration introduction
• 2018-04-02 Placed on Senate Regular Calendar calendar for 4/4/2018
• 2018-04-04 Sponsor(s) Added.
• 2018-04-04 Companion House Bill substituted
• 2018-04-04 Senate Reset on calendar for 4/11/2018
• 2018-04-04 Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill.
• 2018-04-06 Placed on Senate Regular Calendar calendar for 4/11/2018
• 2018-04-11 Placed on Senate Regular Calendar calendar for 4/12/2018
• 2018-04-11 Senate Reset on calendar for 4/12/2018
• 2018-04-12 Placed on Senate Regular Calendar calendar for 4/16/2018
• 2018-04-12 Senate Reset on calendar 4/16/18
• 2018-04-16 Placed on Senate Regular Calendar calendar for 4/17/2018
• 2018-04-17 Placed on Senate Regular Calendar calendar for 4/18/2018
• 2018-04-17 Senate Reset on calendar 4/18/18
• 2018-04-18 Subst. for comp. HB.
• 2018-04-18 H. Placed on Message Calendar for 4/19/2018
• 2018-04-18 Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 28, Nays 0 passage
• 2018-04-18 Amendment #1 withdrawn.
• 2018-04-18 Senate adopted Amendment #2
• 2018-04-19 H. concurred in S. am. no. 2 Ayes 90, Nays 1 PNV 0
• 2018-04-24 Signed by H. Speaker
• 2018-04-24 Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.
• 2018-04-25 Signed by Senate Speaker
• 2018-04-26 Transmitted to Governor for his action. executive-receipt
• 2018-05-03 Signed by Governor. executive-signature
• 2018-05-08 Comp. became Pub. Ch. 857
• 2018-05-08 Pub. Ch. 857
• 2018-05-08 Effective date(s) 05/03/2018

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/1eb75952-a304-4ba7-afd3-02fc1709affc. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).