republic-os/legislation/us/states/tn/113/sb-158.md

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Bill	Ethics - As enacted, changes the date by which the Tennessee ethics commission must report to the governor and general assembly on the administration and enforcement of laws within its jurisdiction; specifies the scope of the commission's jurisdiction; revises provisions governing the issuance of advisory opinions by the commission; requires certain entities to notify the commission of the primary person responsible for administering and enforcing the entity's ethical standards; changes updating requirements for the disclosure form; and clarifies which entity can issue formal advisory opinions. - Amends TCA Title 2, Chapter 10, Part 1; Title 3, Chapter 6, Part 1 and Title 8, Chapter 17, Part 1.	Ethics - As enacted, changes the date by which the Tennessee ethics commission must report to the governor and general assembly on the administration and enforcement of laws within its jurisdiction; specifies the scope of the commission's jurisdiction; revises provisions governing the issuance of advisory opinions by the commission; requires certain entities to notify the commission of the primary person responsible for administering and enforcing the entity's ethical standards; changes updating requirements for the disclosure form; and clarifies which entity can issue formal advisory opinions. - Amends TCA Title 2, Chapter 10, Part 1; Title 3, Chapter 6, Part 1 and Title 8, Chapter 17, Part 1.	us/states/tn	Tennessee General Assembly	113	SB 158	Tennessee SB 158 (113)	bill	Ethics	enacted	Briggs	3	26	5	2023-01-12	2023-03-23	openstates	ocd-bill/82d3c8b6-3aa0-4c81-97f4-c435381f7657	http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB0158&GA=113	50c835d45aeb6180c516c0b635cd933f896046e99216285c4762354dcdcf473b	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-tn

Tennessee SB 158 (113) — Ethics - As enacted, changes the date by which the Tennessee ethics commission must report to the governor and general assembly on the administration and enforcement of laws within its jurisdiction; specifies the scope of the commission's jurisdiction; revises provisions governing the issuance of advisory opinions by the commission; requires certain entities to notify the commission of the primary person responsible for administering and enforcing the entity's ethical standards; changes updating requirements for the disclosure form; and clarifies which entity can issue formal advisory opinions. - Amends TCA Title 2, Chapter 10, Part 1; Title 3, Chapter 6, Part 1 and Title 8, Chapter 17, Part 1.

Version chain

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

1. Amendment HA0032 (committee substitute) — source
2. Amendment SA0006 (committee substitute) — source
3. Current Version (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 2/27/2023 Passed — 93–0 (pass) · lower
• SENATE STATE & LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0 2/7/2023 Passed (2) — 9–0 (pass) · upper
• FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 2/27/2023 Passed (1) — 93–0 (pass) · lower
• FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 2/13/2023 Passed (1) — 32–0 (pass) · upper
• SENATE STATE & LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0 2/7/2023 Passed — 9–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Briggs — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2023-01-12 Filed for introduction filing
• 2023-01-19 Sponsor(s) Added. sponsorship
• 2023-01-20 Introduced, Passed on First Consideration introduction
• 2023-01-21 Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate State and Local Government Committee passage
• 2023-01-25 Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 1/31/2023
• 2023-01-31 Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 2/7/2023
• 2023-01-31 Action deferred in Senate State and Local Government Committee to 2/7/2023
• 2023-02-02 Sponsor(s) Added. sponsorship
• 2023-02-07 Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0
• 2023-02-09 Sponsor(s) Added. sponsorship
• 2023-02-09 Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 2/13/2023
• 2023-02-13 Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 32, Nays 0 passage
• 2023-02-13 Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0006)
• 2023-02-13 Engrossed; ready for transmission to House receipt
• 2023-02-14 Sponsor(s) Added. sponsorship
• 2023-02-16 Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
• 2023-02-27 Passed H., Ayes 93, Nays 0, PNV 0 passage
• 2023-02-27 Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0032) amendment-withdrawal
• 2023-02-27 Subst. for comp. HB. substitution
• 2023-02-28 Enrolled and ready for signatures enrolled
• 2023-03-01 Signed by Senate Speaker passage
• 2023-03-02 Signed by H. Speaker passage
• 2023-03-06 Transmitted to Governor for action. executive-receipt
• 2023-03-14 Signed by Governor. executive-signature
• 2023-03-23 Effective date(s) 03/14/2023
• 2023-03-23 Pub. Ch. 37

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/82d3c8b6-3aa0-4c81-97f4-c435381f7657. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).