republic-os/legislation/us/states/tn/111/sb-167.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Public Records - As enacted, provides that any legislation of the house of representatives that creates an exception to the requirement deeming records of public entities to be open for inspection by the public must be referred to the government operations committee according to the rules of the house of representatives. - Amends TCA Title 3; Title 4; Title 8, Chapter 4, Part 6 and Title 10, Chapter 7."
description: "Public Records - As enacted, provides that any legislation of the house of representatives that creates an exception to the requirement deeming records of public entities to be open for inspection by the public must be referred to the government operations committee according to the rules of the house of representatives. - Amends TCA Title 3; Title 4; Title 8, Chapter 4, Part 6 and Title 10, Chapter 7."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "111"
identifier: "SB 167"
citation: "Tennessee SB 167 (111)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Public Records"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Gardenhire", "Zachary"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 35
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2019-01-23"
last_action: "2019-05-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8c3b9bcd-932b-4ed2-a704-ea320e2de663"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB0167&GA=111"
source_hash: "852e8416f0c4d2fe944f8ced555d987ff48da07e3b9fecfd895a726c0dc63a48"
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 SB 167 (111) — Public Records - As enacted, provides that any legislation of the house of representatives that creates an exception to the requirement deeming records of public entities to be open for inspection by the public must be referred to the government operations committee according to the rules of the house of representatives. - Amends TCA Title 3; Title 4; Title 8, Chapter 4, Part 6 and Title 10, Chapter 7.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment HA0059** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Amend/HA0059.pdf)
2. **Amendment SA0283** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Amend/SA0283.pdf)
3. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Bill/SB0167.pdf)

## Votes

- SENATE STATE & LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0 4/10/2019 Passed — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 4/15/2019 Passed — **33–0** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE PUBLIC SERVICE & EMPLOYEES SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to State Committee 3/6/2019 — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/21/2019 3/14/2019 — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/21/2019 Passed — **95–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE STATE COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/12/2019 — **0–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Gardenhire — primary (person)
- Zachary — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-23** Filed for introduction `reading-1, introduction`
- **2019-01-24** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2019-01-28** Filed for introduction `reading-1, introduction`
- **2019-01-28** P2C, caption bill, held on desk - pending amdt.
- **2019-01-30** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2019-01-31** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate State and Local Government Committee
- **2019-02-18** Assigned to s/c Public Service & Employees Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-18** Refer. to State Committee
- **2019-02-27** Placed on s/c cal Public Service & Employees Subcommittee for 3/6/2019
- **2019-03-06** Placed on cal. State Committee for 3/12/2019
- **2019-03-06** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to State Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-12** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-13** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/14/2019
- **2019-03-14** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/21/2019
- **2019-03-21** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen.
- **2019-03-21** Passed H., as am., Ayes 95, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2019-03-21** H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0059) `amendment-passage`
- **2019-03-25** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2019-04-02** Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 4/9/2019
- **2019-04-09** Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 4/10/2019
- **2019-04-09** Action deferred in Senate State and Local Government Committee to 4/10/2019
- **2019-04-10** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0
- **2019-04-12** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 4/15/2019
- **2019-04-15** Companion House Bill substituted
- **2019-04-15** Passed Senate, Ayes 33, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2019-04-15** Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - SA0283)
- **2019-04-15** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill.
- **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** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 221
- **2019-05-09** Pub. Ch. 221
- **2019-05-09** Effective date(s) 07/01/2019

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8c3b9bcd-932b-4ed2-a704-ea320e2de663`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).