republic-os/legislation/us/states/tn/110/hb-470.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Business Organizations - As enacted, removes the prohibition on nonprofit corporations and LLCs reserving or using more than five assumed names during the five-year period that an assumed corporate name is effective. - Amends TCA Section 48-207-101(d)(4) and Section 48-54-101(d)(4)."
description: "Business Organizations - As enacted, removes the prohibition on nonprofit corporations and LLCs reserving or using more than five assumed names during the five-year period that an assumed corporate name is effective. - Amends TCA Section 48-207-101(d)(4) and Section 48-54-101(d)(4)."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "110"
identifier: "HB 470"
citation: "Tennessee HB 470 (110)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Business Organizations"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Green", "Marsh"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 43
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2017-02-06"
last_action: "2017-05-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/29657c82-9822-403c-96d8-624f44079077"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB0470&GA=110"
source_hash: "08a20dd6413514f7fba681b670ac19a45b201e7b727dfab9d06517e5f53247f9"
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 HB 470 (110) — Business Organizations - As enacted, removes the prohibition on nonprofit corporations and LLCs reserving or using more than five assumed names during the five-year period that an assumed corporate name is effective. - Amends TCA Section 48-207-101(d)(4) and Section 48-54-101(d)(4).

## Version chain

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

1. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/110/Bill/HB0470.pdf)

## Votes

- FINANCE, WAYS & MEANS COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 4/18/2017 (2) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- BUSINESS AND UTILITIES COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Finance, Ways & Means Committee 4/5/2017 (4) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- BUSINESS AND UTILITIES SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Business and Utilities Committee 3/28/2017 — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/27/2017 4/20/2017 (1) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- FINANCE, WAYS & MEANS SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways & Means Committee 4/12/2017 (3) — **0–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Green — primary (person)
- Marsh — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-02-06** Filed for intro. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-02-07** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-02-08** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2017-02-08** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2017-02-09** P2C, ref. to Business and Utilities Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-09** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Commerce and Labor Committee
- **2017-02-14** Assigned to s/c Business and Utilities Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-22** Placed on Senate Commerce and Labor Committee calendar for 2/28/2017
- **2017-02-28** Action deferred in Senate Commerce and Labor Committee to 3/7/2017
- **2017-03-15** Placed on Senate Commerce and Labor Committee calendar for 3/21/2017
- **2017-03-21** Action deferred in Senate Commerce and Labor Committee to 3/28/2017
- **2017-03-22** Placed on s/c cal Business and Utilities Subcommittee for 3/28/2017
- **2017-03-22** Placed on Senate Commerce and Labor Committee calendar for 3/28/2017
- **2017-03-28** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Business and Utilities Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-28** Placed on Senate Commerce and Labor Committee calendar for 4/3/2017
- **2017-03-28** Action deferred in Senate Commerce and Labor Committee to 4/4/2017
- **2017-03-29** Placed on cal. Business and Utilities Committee for 4/5/2017
- **2017-04-03** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 8, Nays 0 PNV 0
- **2017-04-05** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee for 4/12/2017
- **2017-04-05** Assigned to s/c Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2017-04-05** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Finance, Ways & Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-06** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar calendar for 4/10/2017
- **2017-04-10** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 32, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2017-04-10** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0276)
- **2017-04-11** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
- **2017-04-12** Placed on cal. Finance, Ways & Means Committee for 4/18/2017
- **2017-04-12** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways & Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-13** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2017-04-18** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-19** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/20/2017
- **2017-04-20** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/27/2017
- **2017-04-27** Comp. SB subst.
- **2017-04-27** Passed H., Ayes 92, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2017-04-27** Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0325) `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2017-04-27** Subst. for comp. HB.
- **2017-05-01** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2017-05-01** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2017-05-01** Enrolled and ready for signatures
- **2017-05-02** Transmitted to Governor for action.
- **2017-05-09** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2017-05-19** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 333
- **2017-05-19** Pub. Ch. 333
- **2017-05-19** Effective date(s) 05/09/2017

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/29657c82-9822-403c-96d8-624f44079077`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).