republic-os/legislation/us/states/tn/111/hb-295.md

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Bill	Codes - As enacted, beginning January 1, 2020, requires electrical inspectors employed by a municipality, a county, or this state to be certified by the state fire marshal; establishes a recertification process for such electrical inspectors every three years; requires certain electrical inspectors under contract with the commissioner of commerce and insurance to be certified on and after January 1, 2020. - Amends TCA Title 68.	Codes - As enacted, beginning January 1, 2020, requires electrical inspectors employed by a municipality, a county, or this state to be certified by the state fire marshal; establishes a recertification process for such electrical inspectors every three years; requires certain electrical inspectors under contract with the commissioner of commerce and insurance to be certified on and after January 1, 2020. - Amends TCA Title 68.	us/states/tn	Tennessee General Assembly	111	HB 295	Tennessee HB 295 (111)	bill	Codes	enacted	Carr White	1	43	9	2019-01-30	2019-05-09	openstates	ocd-bill/2ddf6b4e-637f-4b5c-83d7-96acb73a7fcc	http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB0295&GA=111	b14d41b422adf4cf3633808992f6d290b3e1fe3f1c1b835886606802ae07cfb0	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-tn

Tennessee HB 295 (111) — Codes - As enacted, beginning January 1, 2020, requires electrical inspectors employed by a municipality, a county, or this state to be certified by the state fire marshal; establishes a recertification process for such electrical inspectors every three years; requires certain electrical inspectors under contract with the commissioner of commerce and insurance to be certified on and after January 1, 2020. - Amends TCA Title 68.

Version chain

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

1. Current Version (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/18/2019 Passed (1) — 96–0 (pass) · lower
• HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/12/2019 (3) — 0–0 (pass) · lower
• SENATE STATE & LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 4/9/2019 Passed (3) — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• HOUSE BUSINESS SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Commerce Committee 2/19/2019 (6) — 0–0 (pass) · lower
• FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 4/15/2019 Passed (1) — 31–0 (pass) · upper
• FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 4/15/2019 Passed (2) — 31–0 (pass) · upper
• HOUSE COMMERCE COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 2/26/2019 (5) — 0–0 (pass) · lower
• HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/18/2019 3/14/2019 (2) — 0–0 (fail) · lower
• HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 3/6/2019 (4) — 0–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Carr — primary (person)
• White — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2019-01-30 Filed for introduction reading-1, introduction
• 2019-01-31 Intro., P1C. introduction
• 2019-02-04 P2C, ref. to Commerce Committee-- Government Operations for Review referral-committee
• 2019-02-05 Assigned to s/c Business Subcommittee referral-committee
• 2019-02-06 Filed for introduction reading-1, introduction
• 2019-02-07 Introduced, Passed on First Consideration introduction
• 2019-02-11 Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate State and Local Government Committee
• 2019-02-13 Placed on s/c cal Business Subcommittee for 2/19/2019
• 2019-02-19 Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Commerce Committee committee-passage-favorable
• 2019-02-20 Placed on cal. Commerce Committee for 2/26/2019
• 2019-02-26 Rec. for pass; ref to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee committee-passage-favorable
• 2019-02-27 Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 3/6/2019
• 2019-02-27 Assigned to s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee referral-committee
• 2019-03-05 Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 3/12/2019
• 2019-03-06 Placed on cal. Finance, Ways, and Means Committee for 3/12/2019
• 2019-03-06 Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee committee-passage-favorable
• 2019-03-12 Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee committee-passage-favorable
• 2019-03-12 Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 3/19/2019
• 2019-03-12 Action deferred in Senate State and Local Government Committee to 3/19/2019
• 2019-03-13 Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/14/2019
• 2019-03-14 H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/18/2019
• 2019-03-18 Passed H., Ayes 96, Nays 0, PNV 1 passage
• 2019-03-19 Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen.
• 2019-03-19 Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 3/26/2019
• 2019-03-19 Action deferred in Senate State and Local Government Committee to 3/26/2019
• 2019-03-21 Received from House, Passed on First Consideration introduction
• 2019-03-26 Action deferred in Senate State and Local Government Committee to 4/2/2019
• 2019-03-27 Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 4/2/2019
• 2019-04-02 Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 4/9/2019
• 2019-04-02 Action deferred in Senate State and Local Government Committee to 4/9/2019
• 2019-04-09 Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
• 2019-04-12 Placed on Senate Consent Calendar 2 for 4/15/2019
• 2019-04-15 Passed Senate, Ayes 32, Nays 0 passage
• 2019-04-15 Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill.
• 2019-04-15 Companion House Bill substituted
• 2019-04-17 Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.
• 2019-04-18 Signed by H. Speaker
• 2019-04-22 Signed by Senate Speaker
• 2019-04-23 Transmitted to Governor for his action. executive-receipt
• 2019-04-30 Signed by Governor. executive-signature
• 2019-05-09 Pub. Ch. 224
• 2019-05-09 Effective date(s) 04/30/2019; 01/01/2020
• 2019-05-09 Comp. became Pub. Ch. 224

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/2ddf6b4e-637f-4b5c-83d7-96acb73a7fcc. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).