republic-os/legislation/us/states/tn/110/sb-1589.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Budget Procedures - As enacted, requires that estimates of the state funding board be adopted by a majority vote. - Amends TCA Title 3; Title 4; Title 9 and Title 67."
description: "Budget Procedures - As enacted, requires that estimates of the state funding board be adopted by a majority vote. - Amends TCA Title 3; Title 4; Title 9 and Title 67."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "110"
identifier: "SB 1589"
citation: "Tennessee SB 1589 (110)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Budget Procedures"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bell", "Williams"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 51
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2017-11-15"
last_action: "2018-05-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a95d614f-410a-45ce-bf3e-e3f869493b14"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB1589&GA=110"
source_hash: "17de4fd6c73f18fb76d1ef75cae6a2ffe89a9d29343ead4dc361e38f85c5cbf6"
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 1589 (110) — Budget Procedures - As enacted, requires that estimates of the state funding board be adopted by a majority vote. - Amends TCA Title 3; Title 4; Title 9 and Title 67.

## 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/SB1589.pdf)

## Votes

- SENATE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0 4/23/2018 Passed — **9–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Bell — primary (person)
- Williams — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-11-15** Filed for intro. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-01-09** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2018-01-10** Assigned to s/c Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-10** P2C, ref. to Finance, Ways & Means Committee `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-11** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-01-17** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2018-01-18** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee
- **2018-01-24** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee for 1/31/2018
- **2018-01-26** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2018-01-31** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee for 2/7/2018
- **2018-01-31** Action Def. in s/c Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee to 2/7/2018
- **2018-02-07** Taken off notice for cal in s/c Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee of Finance, Ways & Means Committee
- **2018-02-21** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee for 2/28/2018
- **2018-02-28** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee for 3/7/2018
- **2018-02-28** Action Def. in s/c Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee to 3/7/2018
- **2018-03-07** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee for 3/14/2018
- **2018-03-07** Action Def. in s/c Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee to 3/14/2018
- **2018-03-14** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee for 3/21/2018
- **2018-03-14** Action Def. in s/c Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee to 3/21/2018
- **2018-03-21** Reset on Final cal. of Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee
- **2018-04-04** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee for 4/13/2018
- **2018-04-11** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee for 4/17/2018
- **2018-04-13** Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 4/17/2018
- **2018-04-17** Action deferred in Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee to 4/18/2018
- **2018-04-18** Action deferred in Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee to 4/23/2018
- **2018-04-18** Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 4/18/2018
- **2018-04-18** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/19/2018
- **2018-04-18** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/18/2018
- **2018-04-18** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-18** Placed on cal. Finance, Ways & Means Committee for 4/18/2018
- **2018-04-18** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways & Means Committee `referral-committee`
- **2018-04-19** Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 4/23/2018
- **2018-04-23** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar calendar for 4/24/2018
- **2018-04-23** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0
- **2018-04-23** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen.
- **2018-04-23** Passed H., as am., Ayes 90, Nays 4, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2018-04-23** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2018-04-23** H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA1253) `amendment-passage`
- **2018-04-24** Companion House Bill substituted
- **2018-04-24** Passed Senate, Ayes 28, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2018-04-24** Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - SA1166)
- **2018-04-24** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill.
- **2018-04-24** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2018-04-27** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.
- **2018-05-02** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2018-05-09** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2018-05-10** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2018-05-21** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2018-05-23** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 1031
- **2018-05-23** Pub. Ch. 1031
- **2018-05-23** Effective date(s) 05/21/2018

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a95d614f-410a-45ce-bf3e-e3f869493b14`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).