republic-os/legislation/us/states/tn/110/sb-1697.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Tennessee Bureau of Investigation - As enacted, allows uniformed law enforcement officers of the TBI who retire after at least 25 years to receive a retired commission card and the officer's service firearm, as is currently the case with TBI agents who retire after 25 years. - Amends TCA Title 38, Chapter 6."
description: "Tennessee Bureau of Investigation - As enacted, allows uniformed law enforcement officers of the TBI who retire after at least 25 years to receive a retired commission card and the officer's service firearm, as is currently the case with TBI agents who retire after 25 years. - Amends TCA Title 38, Chapter 6."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "110"
identifier: "SB 1697"
citation: "Tennessee SB 1697 (110)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Tennessee Bureau of Investigation"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hulsey", "Lundberg"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 42
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2018-01-10"
last_action: "2018-04-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8be02c14-d397-452d-933d-c2dcdf742bb4"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB1697&GA=110"
source_hash: "79a83f282a39ab52ca8a036594d41080647758dafad5953880db23dbd4fe1bad"
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 1697 (110) — Tennessee Bureau of Investigation - As enacted, allows uniformed law enforcement officers of the TBI who retire after at least 25 years to receive a retired commission card and the officer's service firearm, as is currently the case with TBI agents who retire after 25 years. - Amends TCA Title 38, Chapter 6.

## 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/SB1697.pdf)

## Votes

- SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 3/6/2018 Passed (1) — **8–0** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/2/2018 PASSED (1) — **89–0** (fail) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 3/12/2018 PASSED — **30–0** (fail) · upper

## Sponsors

- Hulsey — primary (person)
- Lundberg — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-10** Filed for intro. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-01-11** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2018-01-17** Assigned to s/c Civil Justice Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-17** P2C, ref. to Civil Justice Committee `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-18** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-01-22** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2018-01-24** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee
- **2018-01-24** Placed on s/c cal Civil Justice Subcommittee for 1/31/2018
- **2018-01-31** Placed on cal. Civil Justice Committee for 2/6/2018
- **2018-01-31** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Civil Justice Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-06** Rec. for pass; ref to Finance, Ways & Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-07** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee for 2/14/2018
- **2018-02-07** Assigned to s/c Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-14** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee for 2/21/2018
- **2018-02-14** Action Def. in s/c Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee to 2/21/2018
- **2018-02-21** Action Def. in s/c Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee to 3/7/2018
- **2018-02-28** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee for 3/7/2018
- **2018-03-06** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
- **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
- **2018-03-09** Placed on Senate Consent Calendar 2 calendar for 3/12/2018
- **2018-03-12** Passed Senate, Ayes 30, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2018-03-13** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
- **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
- **2018-03-15** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2018-03-21** Placed on cal. Finance, Ways & Means Committee for 3/27/2018
- **2018-03-21** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways & Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-27** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-28** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/29/2018
- **2018-03-29** H. Placed on Consent Calendar for 4/2/2018
- **2018-04-02** Passed H., Ayes 89, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2018-04-02** Subst. for comp. HB.
- **2018-04-02** Comp. SB subst.
- **2018-04-04** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2018-04-04** Enrolled and ready for signatures
- **2018-04-05** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2018-04-06** Transmitted to Governor for action.
- **2018-04-18** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2018-04-23** Pub. Ch. 727
- **2018-04-23** Effective date(s) 04/18/2018
- **2018-04-23** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 727

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8be02c14-d397-452d-933d-c2dcdf742bb4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).