republic-os/legislation/us/states/tn/112/sb-2547.md

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Bill	Tennessee Bureau of Investigation - As enacted, authorizes clerks of court, county clerks, registers of deeds, and county trustees to enter into agreements with a fingerprint vendor that is under contract with the Tennessee bureau of investigation for purposes of providing fingerprint capture services for fingerprint-based background checks permitted by law; enacts other related provisions. - Amends TCA Title 38, Chapter 6.	Tennessee Bureau of Investigation - As enacted, authorizes clerks of court, county clerks, registers of deeds, and county trustees to enter into agreements with a fingerprint vendor that is under contract with the Tennessee bureau of investigation for purposes of providing fingerprint capture services for fingerprint-based background checks permitted by law; enacts other related provisions. - Amends TCA Title 38, Chapter 6.	us/states/tn	Tennessee General Assembly	112	SB 2547	Tennessee SB 2547 (112)	bill	Tennessee Bureau of Investigation	enacted	Eldridge Jackson	3	41	7	2022-02-02	2022-05-25	openstates	ocd-bill/afc33a85-0b15-4814-af0b-56efc67f9024	http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB2547&GA=112	aac5c1c9d362ab5edf5e339e9224d49c23ff52b204f58c5cb3eefd751fafd6a7	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-tn

Tennessee SB 2547 (112) — Tennessee Bureau of Investigation - As enacted, authorizes clerks of court, county clerks, registers of deeds, and county trustees to enter into agreements with a fingerprint vendor that is under contract with the Tennessee bureau of investigation for purposes of providing fingerprint capture services for fingerprint-based background checks permitted by law; enacts other related provisions. - Amends TCA Title 38, Chapter 6.

Version chain

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

1. Amendment HA0900 (committee substitute) — source
2. Amendment SA0721 (committee substitute) — source
3. Current Version (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/18/2022 Passed (1) — 93–0 (pass) · lower
• HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/18/2022 4/14/2022 (2) — 0–0 (fail) · lower
• SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0 3/22/2022 Passed (3) — 9–0 (pass) · upper
• HOUSE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Criminal Justice Committee 3/29/2022 (4) — 0–0 (fail) · lower
• FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 4/7/2022 Passed (2) — 29–0 (pass) · upper
• HOUSE CRIMINAL JUSTICE COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 4/6/2022 (3) — 0–0 (pass) · lower
• FLOOR VOTE: Concur in House Amend# 1 4/21/2022 Passed (1) — 31–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Eldridge — primary (person)
• Jackson — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2022-02-02 Filed for introduction introduction, reading-1
• 2022-02-02 Intro. introduction
• 2022-02-02 Filed for introduction introduction, reading-1
• 2022-02-03 Introduced, Passed on First Consideration introduction
• 2022-02-03 P1C.
• 2022-02-07 Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee
• 2022-02-07 P2C, ref. to Criminal Justice Committee referral-committee
• 2022-02-08 Assigned to s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee referral-committee
• 2022-03-09 Placed on s/c cal Criminal Justice Subcommittee for 3/16/2022
• 2022-03-16 Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 3/22/2022
• 2022-03-16 Placed on s/c cal Criminal Justice Subcommittee for 3/23/2022
• 2022-03-16 Action Def. in s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee to 3/23/2022
• 2022-03-22 Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0
• 2022-03-23 Placed on s/c cal Criminal Justice Subcommittee for 3/29/2022
• 2022-03-23 Action Def. in s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee to 3/30/2022
• 2022-03-29 Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Criminal Justice Committee referral-committee
• 2022-03-30 Placed on cal. Criminal Justice Committee for 4/6/2022
• 2022-04-05 Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 4/7/2022
• 2022-04-06 Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee committee-passage-favorable
• 2022-04-07 Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
• 2022-04-07 Sponsor(s) Added.
• 2022-04-07 Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 29, Nays 0 passage
• 2022-04-07 Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0721)
• 2022-04-11 Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
• 2022-04-13 Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/14/2022
• 2022-04-14 H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/18/2022
• 2022-04-18 Passed H., as am., Ayes 93, Nays 0, PNV 0 passage
• 2022-04-18 H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0900) amendment-passage
• 2022-04-18 Subst. for comp. HB.
• 2022-04-18 Comp. SB subst.
• 2022-04-18 Sponsor(s) Added.
• 2022-04-20 Placed on Senate Message Calendar for 4/21/2022
• 2022-04-21 Concurred, Ayes 31, Nays 0 (Amendment 1 - HA0900) passage
• 2022-04-27 Enrolled and ready for signatures
• 2022-04-28 Signed by Senate Speaker
• 2022-05-02 Transmitted to Governor for action.
• 2022-05-02 Signed by H. Speaker
• 2022-05-11 Signed by Governor. executive-signature
• 2022-05-25 Effective date(s) 05/11/2022
• 2022-05-25 Pub. Ch. 1037
• 2022-05-25 Comp. became Pub. Ch. 1037

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/afc33a85-0b15-4814-af0b-56efc67f9024. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).