republic-os/legislation/us/states/tn/110/hb-588.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Charitable Solicitations - As enacted, deletes registration requirement for professional fund raising counsel, which are persons who, for compensation, plan, manage, advise, consult, or prepare material for a charitable organization for the solicitation of contributions in this state, but do not engage any person to solicit contributions on behalf of a charitable organization. - Amends TCA Title 48, Chapter 101."
description: "Charitable Solicitations - As enacted, deletes registration requirement for professional fund raising counsel, which are persons who, for compensation, plan, manage, advise, consult, or prepare material for a charitable organization for the solicitation of contributions in this state, but do not engage any person to solicit contributions on behalf of a charitable organization. - Amends TCA Title 48, Chapter 101."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "110"
identifier: "HB 588"
citation: "Tennessee HB 588 (110)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Charitable Solicitations"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Rudd", "Yager"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 37
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2017-02-07"
last_action: "2017-04-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/815db663-3b81-48be-aea3-bede3e26b235"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB0588&GA=110"
source_hash: "5ef367027e4af1d277ff489b6f76a0156f9a91981f79ee85ca7e68280f5456a1"
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 588 (110) — Charitable Solicitations - As enacted, deletes registration requirement for professional fund raising counsel, which are persons who, for compensation, plan, manage, advise, consult, or prepare material for a charitable organization for the solicitation of contributions in this state, but do not engage any person to solicit contributions on behalf of a charitable organization. - Amends TCA Title 48, Chapter 101.

## 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/HB0588.pdf)

## Votes

- CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Consent Calendar for 4/3/2017 3/30/2017 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/3/2017 Passed (1) — **92–0** (pass) · lower
- FINANCE, WAYS & MEANS SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways & Means Committee 3/22/2017 (4) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- STATE GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Finance, Ways & Means Committee 3/14/2017 (5) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- FINANCE, WAYS & MEANS COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/28/2017 (3) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- STATE GOVERNMENT SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to State Government Committee 3/1/2017 (6) — **0–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Rudd — primary (person)
- Yager — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-02-07** Filed for intro. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-02-08** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2017-02-08** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-02-09** P2C, ref. to State Government Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-09** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2017-02-13** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Commerce and Labor Committee
- **2017-02-17** Assigned to s/c State Government Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-22** Placed on s/c cal State Government Subcommittee for 3/1/2017
- **2017-03-01** Placed on cal. State Government Committee for 3/7/2017
- **2017-03-01** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to State Government Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-01** Placed on Senate Commerce and Labor Committee calendar for 3/7/2017
- **2017-03-07** Action def. in State Government Committee to 3/14/2017
- **2017-03-07** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
- **2017-03-08** Placed on cal. State Government Committee for 3/14/2017
- **2017-03-09** Placed on Senate Consent Calendar 2 calendar for 3/13/2017
- **2017-03-13** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
- **2017-03-13** Passed Senate, Ayes 33, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2017-03-14** Rec. for pass; ref to Finance, Ways & Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-15** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee for 3/22/2017
- **2017-03-15** Assigned to s/c Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-16** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2017-03-22** Placed on cal. Finance, Ways & Means Committee for 3/28/2017
- **2017-03-22** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways & Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-28** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-29** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/30/2017
- **2017-03-30** H. Placed on Consent Calendar for 4/3/2017
- **2017-04-03** Comp. SB subst.
- **2017-04-03** Passed H., Ayes 92, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2017-04-03** Subst. for comp. HB.
- **2017-04-04** Enrolled and ready for signatures
- **2017-04-05** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2017-04-06** Transmitted to Governor for action.
- **2017-04-06** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2017-04-17** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2017-04-19** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 146
- **2017-04-19** Pub. Ch. 146
- **2017-04-19** Effective date(s) 04/17/2017; 07/01/2017

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/815db663-3b81-48be-aea3-bede3e26b235`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).