republic-os/legislation/us/states/tn/110/sb-31.md

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Bill	Constitutional Conventions - As enacted, removes limitation on the number of delegates that may be appointed to a constitutional convention. - Amends TCA Title 3, Chapter 18.	Constitutional Conventions - As enacted, removes limitation on the number of delegates that may be appointed to a constitutional convention. - Amends TCA Title 3, Chapter 18.	us/states/tn	Tennessee General Assembly	110	SB 31	Tennessee SB 31 (110)	bill	Constitutional Conventions	enacted	Kelsey Powers	1	50	4	2017-01-12	2017-05-23	openstates	ocd-bill/894f4cf0-08f6-4c76-937f-e4a9917bbbd3	http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB0031&GA=110	c6a01db9a04befd1e9b76362721fad683b89f6e53a211b70206d8b0383bf9e99	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-tn

Tennessee SB 31 (110) — Constitutional Conventions - As enacted, removes limitation on the number of delegates that may be appointed to a constitutional convention. - Amends TCA Title 3, Chapter 18.

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 Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 2/7/2017 Passed — 9–0 (pass) · upper
• SENATE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 2/14/2017 Passed — 10–0 (pass) · upper
• FLOOR VOTE: PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 5/9/2017 Passed — 70–10 (pass) · lower
• FLOOR VOTE: MOTION TO ADOPT 2/16/2017 Passed — 33–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Kelsey — primary (person)
• Powers — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-01-12 Filed for introduction introduction, reading-1
• 2017-01-23 Filed for intro. introduction, reading-1
• 2017-01-30 Introduced, Passed on First Consideration introduction
• 2017-01-30 Intro., P1C. introduction
• 2017-02-01 Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 2/7/2017
• 2017-02-01 Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate State and Local Government Committee
• 2017-02-01 Assigned to s/c State Government Subcommittee referral-committee
• 2017-02-01 P2C, ref. to State Government Committee referral-committee
• 2017-02-07 Sponsor(s) Added.
• 2017-02-07 Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee
• 2017-02-08 Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 2/14/2017
• 2017-02-14 Placed on Senate Consent Calendar 2 calendar for 2/16/2017
• 2017-02-14 Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
• 2017-02-15 Placed on s/c cal State Government Subcommittee for 2/22/2017
• 2017-02-16 Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
• 2017-02-16 Passed Senate, Ayes 33, Nays 0 passage
• 2017-02-22 Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to State Government Committee committee-passage-favorable
• 2017-02-23 Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
• 2017-03-01 Placed on cal. State Government Committee for 3/7/2017
• 2017-03-07 Taken off notice for cal. in State Government Committee
• 2017-03-15 Placed on cal. State Government Committee for 3/21/2017
• 2017-03-21 Rec. for pass; ref to Finance, Ways & Means Committee committee-passage-favorable
• 2017-03-22 Assigned to s/c Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee referral-committee
• 2017-03-29 Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee for 4/5/2017
• 2017-04-05 Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee for 4/12/2017
• 2017-04-05 Action Def. in s/c Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee to 4/12/2017
• 2017-04-12 Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee for 4/19/2017
• 2017-04-12 Action Def. in s/c Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee to 4/19/2017
• 2017-04-19 Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee for 4/26/2017
• 2017-04-19 Action Def. in s/c Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee to 4/26/2017
• 2017-04-26 Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee for 5/2/2017
• 2017-04-26 Placed behind the budget
• 2017-05-03 Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee for 5/8/2017
• 2017-05-08 Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 5/8/2017
• 2017-05-08 Sponsor(s) Added.
• 2017-05-08 Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee committee-passage-favorable
• 2017-05-08 Placed on cal. Finance, Ways & Means Committee for 5/8/2017
• 2017-05-08 Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways & Means Committee committee-passage-favorable
• 2017-05-09 Passed H., Ayes 70, Nays 10, PNV 4 passage
• 2017-05-09 Subst. for comp. HB.
• 2017-05-09 Comp. SB subst.
• 2017-05-09 H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 5/9/2017
• 2017-05-10 Signed by H. Speaker
• 2017-05-10 Signed by Senate Speaker
• 2017-05-10 Enrolled and ready for signatures
• 2017-05-11 Transmitted to Governor for action.
• 2017-05-18 Signed by Governor. executive-signature
• 2017-05-23 Pub. Ch. 375
• 2017-05-23 Effective date(s) 05/18/2017
• 2017-05-23 Comp. became Pub. Ch. 375

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/894f4cf0-08f6-4c76-937f-e4a9917bbbd3. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).