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Bill Public Funds and Financing - As enacted, prohibits local governmental entities from paying, compensating, awarding, or remitting funds in the form of, or facilitating the conversion of compensation or funds to, blockchain, cryptocurrency, non-fungible tokens, or virtual currency to an individual person, corporation, or other entity (or procuring the services for the performance of any such actions) without the prior written approval of the state treasurer. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 8; Title 9; Title 11; Title 12; Title 13; Title 41; Title 42; Title 49; Title 54; Title 64; Title 68 and Title 69. Public Funds and Financing - As enacted, prohibits local governmental entities from paying, compensating, awarding, or remitting funds in the form of, or facilitating the conversion of compensation or funds to, blockchain, cryptocurrency, non-fungible tokens, or virtual currency to an individual person, corporation, or other entity (or procuring the services for the performance of any such actions) without the prior written approval of the state treasurer. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 8; Title 9; Title 11; Title 12; Title 13; Title 41; Title 42; Title 49; Title 54; Title 64; Title 68 and Title 69. us/states/tn Tennessee General Assembly 112 SB 535 Tennessee SB 535 (112)
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Tennessee SB 535 (112) — Public Funds and Financing - As enacted, prohibits local governmental entities from paying, compensating, awarding, or remitting funds in the form of, or facilitating the conversion of compensation or funds to, blockchain, cryptocurrency, non-fungible tokens, or virtual currency to an individual person, corporation, or other entity (or procuring the services for the performance of any such actions) without the prior written approval of the state treasurer. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 8; Title 9; Title 11; Title 12; Title 13; Title 41; Title 42; Title 49; Title 54; Title 64; Title 68 and Title 69.

Version chain

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

  1. Amendment HA0739 (committee substitute) — source
  2. Amendment SA0791 (committee substitute) — source
  3. Current Version (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 3/31/2022 Passed (1) — 330 (pass) · upper
  • FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/31/2022 Passed — 7314 (pass) · lower
  • HOUSE LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/22/2022 — 00 (pass) · lower
  • SENATE STATE & LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 8, Nays 0 PNV 0 3/23/2022 Passed — 80 (pass) · upper
  • HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/31/2022 3/24/2022 — 00 (fail) · lower
  • HOUSE CITIES SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Local Government Committee 3/8/2022 — 00 (fail) · lower

Sponsors

  • Hazlewood — primary (person)
  • Watson — primary (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2021-02-08 Filed for introduction introduction, reading-1
  • 2021-02-08 Filed for introduction introduction, reading-1
  • 2021-02-10 Introduced, Passed on First Consideration introduction
  • 2021-02-10 Intro., P1C. introduction
  • 2021-02-11 Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate State and Local Government Committee
  • 2021-02-11 P2C, ref. to Local Government Committee referral-committee
  • 2021-02-20 Assigned to s/c Cities & Counties Subcommittee referral-committee
  • 2022-03-02 Placed on s/c cal Cities & Counties Subcommittee for 3/8/2022
  • 2022-03-02 Sponsor(s) Added.
  • 2022-03-08 Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Local Government Committee referral-committee
  • 2022-03-09 Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 3/15/2022
  • 2022-03-09 Placed on cal. Local Government Committee for 3/15/2022
  • 2022-03-15 Action deferred in Senate State and Local Government Committee to 3/22/2022
  • 2022-03-15 Action def. in Local Government Committee to 3/22/2022
  • 2022-03-16 Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 3/22/2022
  • 2022-03-16 Placed on cal. Local Government Committee for 3/22/2022
  • 2022-03-22 Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 3/23/2022
  • 2022-03-22 Action deferred in Senate State and Local Government Committee to 3/23/2022
  • 2022-03-22 Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee committee-passage-favorable
  • 2022-03-23 Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 8, Nays 0 PNV 0
  • 2022-03-23 Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/24/2022
  • 2022-03-24 H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/31/2022
  • 2022-03-29 Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 3/31/2022
  • 2022-03-31 Passed H., Ayes 73, Nays 14, PNV 1 passage
  • 2022-03-31 Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0739) amendment-withdrawal
  • 2022-03-31 Subst. for comp. HB.
  • 2022-03-31 Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
  • 2022-03-31 Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 33, Nays 0 passage
  • 2022-03-31 Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0791)
  • 2022-03-31 Comp. SB subst.
  • 2022-03-31 Sponsor(s) Added.
  • 2022-04-01 Enrolled and ready for signatures
  • 2022-04-04 Signed by Senate Speaker
  • 2022-04-05 Transmitted to Governor for action.
  • 2022-04-05 Signed by H. Speaker
  • 2022-04-14 Signed by Governor. executive-signature
  • 2022-04-26 Effective date(s) 04/14/2022
  • 2022-04-26 Pub. Ch. 861
  • 2022-04-26 Comp. became Pub. Ch. 861

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/ccea227b-d3cf-47a3-8a40-ce0fe223c752. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).