republic-os/legislation/us/states/tn/111/sb-1234.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "General Assembly - As enacted, updates references to house committee names; requires that house speaker be given a copy of all reports required to be submitted to the general assembly, the house of representatives, or a house committee; specifies that the rules of each house control as to appropriate committee to which a report must be submitted or before which a party is to appear in situations where the committee name may differ from what appears in TCA due to a rule change. - Amends TCA and Chapter 865 of the Public Acts of 2014."
description: "General Assembly - As enacted, updates references to house committee names; requires that house speaker be given a copy of all reports required to be submitted to the general assembly, the house of representatives, or a house committee; specifies that the rules of each house control as to appropriate committee to which a report must be submitted or before which a party is to appear in situations where the committee name may differ from what appears in TCA due to a rule change. - Amends TCA and Chapter 865 of the Public Acts of 2014."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "111"
identifier: "SB 1234"
citation: "Tennessee SB 1234 (111)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["General Assembly"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Casada", "Roberts"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 33
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2019-02-06"
last_action: "2019-05-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/47312d69-d00b-4e15-9ab0-511bcc8bf0f0"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB1234&GA=111"
source_hash: "e51d7c6bee0443ee0fc4b455357267dc3818f15029c9dbdba951edc75f9a89a0"
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 1234 (111) — General Assembly - As enacted, updates references to house committee names; requires that house speaker be given a copy of all reports required to be submitted to the general assembly, the house of representatives, or a house committee; specifies that the rules of each house control as to appropriate committee to which a report must be submitted or before which a party is to appear in situations where the committee name may differ from what appears in TCA due to a rule change. - Amends TCA and Chapter 865 of the Public Acts of 2014.

## 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/111/Bill/SB1234.pdf)

## Votes

- SENATE STATE & LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 3/19/2019 Passed — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 4/24/2019 Passed (1) — **29–0** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE STATE COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 4/2/2019 (3) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: CONSENT CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/10/2019 Passed (1) — **84–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE PUBLIC SERVICE & EMPLOYEES SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to State Committee 3/27/2019 (4) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Consent Calendar for 4/10/2019 4/4/2019 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- Casada — primary (person)
- Roberts — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-06** Intro. `introduction`
- **2019-02-06** Filed for introduction `reading-1, introduction`
- **2019-02-07** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2019-02-07** Filed for introduction `reading-1, introduction`
- **2019-02-07** P1C.
- **2019-02-11** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate State and Local Government Committee
- **2019-02-11** P2C, ref. to State Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-13** Assigned to s/c Public Service & Employees Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-12** Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 3/19/2019
- **2019-03-13** Placed on s/c cal Public Service & Employees Subcommittee for 3/20/2019
- **2019-03-19** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
- **2019-03-20** Placed on s/c cal Public Service & Employees Subcommittee for 3/27/2019
- **2019-03-20** Action Def. in s/c Public Service & Employees Subcommittee to 3/27/2019
- **2019-03-27** Placed on cal. State Committee for 4/2/2019
- **2019-03-27** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to State Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-02** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-03** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/4/2019
- **2019-04-04** H. Placed on Consent Calendar for 4/10/2019
- **2019-04-10** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen.
- **2019-04-10** Passed H., Ayes 84, Nays 0, PNV 3 `passage`
- **2019-04-11** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2019-04-22** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 4/24/2019
- **2019-04-24** Companion House Bill substituted
- **2019-04-24** Passed Senate, Ayes 29, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2019-04-24** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill.
- **2019-04-25** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.
- **2019-04-30** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2019-05-01** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2019-05-02** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2019-05-10** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-15** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 345
- **2019-05-15** Pub. Ch. 345
- **2019-05-15** Effective date(s) 05/10/2019

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/47312d69-d00b-4e15-9ab0-511bcc8bf0f0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).