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| Bill | Business and Commerce - As enacted, enacts the "Business Fairness Act," allowing businesses that comply with safety precautions and guidelines issued by the government or authorized agency during declared states of emergency to continue or resume business. - Amends TCA Title 58, Chapter 2. | Business and Commerce - As enacted, enacts the "Business Fairness Act," allowing businesses that comply with safety precautions and guidelines issued by the government or authorized agency during declared states of emergency to continue or resume business. - Amends TCA Title 58, Chapter 2. | us/states/tn | Tennessee General Assembly | 112 | HB 855 | Tennessee HB 855 (112) |
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Tennessee HB 855 (112) — Business and Commerce - As enacted, enacts the "Business Fairness Act," allowing businesses that comply with safety precautions and guidelines issued by the government or authorized agency during declared states of emergency to continue or resume business. - Amends TCA Title 58, Chapter 2.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- Current Version (committee substitute) — source
Votes
- HOUSE BUSINESS AND UTILITIES SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Commerce Committee 3/17/2021 (3) — 0–0 (pass) · lower
- SENATE COMMERCE AND LABOR COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 3/16/2021 Passed (2) — 8–0 (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 3/25/2021 Passed (1) — 28–0 (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/29/2021 Passed (1) — 90–0 (pass) · lower
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/29/2021 3/25/2021 (2) — 0–0 (fail) · lower
Sponsors
- Powers — primary (person)
- Powers — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2021-02-08 Filed for introduction
introduction, reading-1 - 2021-02-09 Filed for introduction
introduction, reading-1 - 2021-02-10 Intro., P1C.
introduction - 2021-02-10 Introduced, Passed on First Consideration
introduction - 2021-02-11 P2C, ref. to Commerce Committee
referral-committee - 2021-02-11 Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Commerce and Labor Committee
- 2021-02-24 Assigned to s/c Business & Utilities Subcommittee
referral-committee - 2021-03-09 Placed on Senate Commerce and Labor Committee calendar for 3/16/2021
- 2021-03-10 Placed on s/c cal Business & Utilities Subcommittee for 3/17/2021
- 2021-03-15 Sponsor(s) Added.
- 2021-03-16 Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
- 2021-03-17 Placed on cal. Commerce Committee for 3/23/2021
- 2021-03-17 Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Commerce Committee
committee-passage-favorable - 2021-03-17 Sponsor(s) Added.
- 2021-03-22 Sponsor(s) Added.
- 2021-03-23 Sponsor(s) Added.
- 2021-03-23 Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee
committee-passage-favorable - 2021-03-23 Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 3/25/2021
- 2021-03-24 Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/25/2021
- 2021-03-25 H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/29/2021
- 2021-03-25 Sponsor(s) Added.
- 2021-03-25 Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
- 2021-03-25 Passed Senate, Ayes 28, Nays 0, PNV 3
passage - 2021-03-29 Comp. SB subst.
- 2021-03-29 Sponsor(s) Added.
- 2021-03-29 Passed H., Ayes 90, Nays 0, PNV 0
passage - 2021-03-29 Subst. for comp. HB.
- 2021-03-29 Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- 2021-03-31 Enrolled and ready for signatures
- 2021-04-01 Signed by Senate Speaker
- 2021-04-05 Signed by H. Speaker
- 2021-04-06 Transmitted to Governor for action.
- 2021-04-16 Signed by Governor.
executive-signature - 2021-04-30 Comp. became Pub. Ch. 155
- 2021-04-30 Effective date(s) 07/01/2021
- 2021-04-30 Pub. Ch. 155
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/6d71e51f-f11b-4be2-baa7-dd2f1d1bfaf0. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).