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type: "Bill"
title: "Sunset Laws - As enacted, extends the state university and community college system, board of regents, for four years to June 30, 2022; requires the governor, in making appointments, to ensure that the state university boards are composed of members who are diverse in sex rather than in gender. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 29, Part 2 and Title 49, Chapter 8, Part 2."
description: "Sunset Laws - As enacted, extends the state university and community college system, board of regents, for four years to June 30, 2022; requires the governor, in making appointments, to ensure that the state university boards are composed of members who are diverse in sex rather than in gender. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 29, Part 2 and Title 49, Chapter 8, Part 2."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "110"
identifier: "SB 1553"
citation: "Tennessee SB 1553 (110)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Sunset Laws"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bell", "Faison"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 30
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2018-01-10"
last_action: "2018-04-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/17d7b78a-ef48-452e-bb7f-99e911724939"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB1553&GA=110"
source_hash: "cd981176e65f48096dc9a3efc98e78719327cb1a7c6825206888452bfe60739f"
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 SB 1553 (110) — Sunset Laws - As enacted, extends the state university and community college system, board of regents, for four years to June 30, 2022; requires the governor, in making appointments, to ensure that the state university boards are composed of members who are diverse in sex rather than in gender. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 29, Part 2 and Title 49, Chapter 8, Part 2.
## 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/SB1553.pdf)
## Votes
- FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 2/26/2018 PASSED (1) — **300** (fail) · upper
- SENATE GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 7, Nays 0 PNV 0 2/21/2018 Passed — **70** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt Amend# 1 by Bell 2/26/2018 PASSED — **292** (fail) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/29/2018 PASSED (1) — **870** (fail) · lower
## Sponsors
- Bell — primary (person)
- Faison — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2018-01-10** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-01-11** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2018-01-17** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Government Operations Committee
- **2018-01-18** Filed for intro. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-01-22** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2018-01-24** P2C, ref. to Government Operations Committee `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-14** Placed on Senate Government Operations Committee calendar for 2/21/2018
- **2018-02-21** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 7, Nays 0 PNV 0
- **2018-02-23** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar calendar for 2/26/2018
- **2018-02-26** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 30, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2018-02-26** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0610)
- **2018-02-27** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
- **2018-03-01** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2018-03-14** Placed on cal. Government Operations Committee for 3/21/2018
- **2018-03-21** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/22/2018
- **2018-03-21** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-22** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/29/2018
- **2018-03-29** Enrolled and ready for signatures
- **2018-03-29** Passed H., Ayes 87, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2018-03-29** Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0953) `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2018-03-29** Subst. for comp. HB.
- **2018-03-29** Comp. SB subst.
- **2018-03-29** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2018-04-02** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2018-04-03** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2018-04-04** Transmitted to Governor for action.
- **2018-04-12** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2018-04-23** Pub. Ch. 703
- **2018-04-23** Effective date(s) 04/12/2018
- **2018-04-23** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 703
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/17d7b78a-ef48-452e-bb7f-99e911724939`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).