republic-os/legislation/us/states/tn/111/sb-1360.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Correctional Programs - As enacted, removes administrative attachment of the Tennessee corrections institute to the department of commerce and insurance; replaces the commissioner of commerce and insurance as the appointing authority for the executive director of the board of control of the institute, making the board of control the new appointing authority. - Amends TCA Title 4 and Title 41, Chapter 7."
description: "Correctional Programs - As enacted, removes administrative attachment of the Tennessee corrections institute to the department of commerce and insurance; replaces the commissioner of commerce and insurance as the appointing authority for the executive director of the board of control of the institute, making the board of control the new appointing authority. - Amends TCA Title 4 and Title 41, Chapter 7."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "111"
identifier: "SB 1360"
citation: "Tennessee SB 1360 (111)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Correctional Programs"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Farmer", "Yager"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 33
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2019-02-06"
last_action: "2019-04-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/882847d8-25e8-41ac-960d-556bb0f8f9e5"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB1360&GA=111"
source_hash: "6c93e1c3d6cf1ecd8df103bbbd5273429c91bb81fcdcc6400db44233c60315aa"
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 1360 (111) — Correctional Programs - As enacted, removes administrative attachment of the Tennessee corrections institute to the department of commerce and insurance; replaces the commissioner of commerce and insurance as the appointing authority for the executive director of the board of control of the institute, making the board of control the new appointing authority. - Amends TCA Title 4 and Title 41, Chapter 7.

## 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/SB1360.pdf)

## Votes

- SENATE STATE & LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 3/19/2019 Passed (3) — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE STATE COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/5/2019 — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 3/25/2019 Passed (2) — **32–0** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/18/2019 3/14/2019 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 3/25/2019 Passed (1) — **32–0** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE CORRECTIONS SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to State Committee 2/26/2019 — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/18/2019 Passed (1) — **97–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Farmer — primary (person)
- Yager — 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 Corrections Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-20** Placed on s/c cal Corrections Subcommittee for 2/26/2019
- **2019-02-26** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to State Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-27** Placed on cal. State Committee for 3/5/2019
- **2019-03-05** Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 3/12/2019
- **2019-03-05** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-12** Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 3/19/2019
- **2019-03-12** Action deferred in Senate State and Local Government Committee to 3/19/2019
- **2019-03-13** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/14/2019
- **2019-03-14** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/18/2019
- **2019-03-18** Passed H., Ayes 97, Nays 0, PNV 1 `passage`
- **2019-03-19** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
- **2019-03-19** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen.
- **2019-03-21** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2019-03-22** Placed on Senate Consent Calendar 2 for 3/25/2019
- **2019-03-25** Companion House Bill substituted
- **2019-03-25** Passed Senate, Ayes 32, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2019-03-25** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill.
- **2019-03-27** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.
- **2019-03-28** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2019-03-28** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2019-04-02** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2019-04-05** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2019-04-15** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 143
- **2019-04-15** Pub. Ch. 143
- **2019-04-15** Effective date(s) 07/01/2019

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/882847d8-25e8-41ac-960d-556bb0f8f9e5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).