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type: "Bill"
title: "State Symbols - As enacted, designates the poem \"My Tennessee,\" written by Michael McDonald in 1984, as an official state poem of Tennessee. - Amends TCA Section 4-1-303."
description: "State Symbols - As enacted, designates the poem \"My Tennessee,\" written by Michael McDonald in 1984, as an official state poem of Tennessee. - Amends TCA Section 4-1-303."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "111"
identifier: "SB 473"
citation: "Tennessee SB 473 (111)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["State Symbols"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Haile", "Keisling"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 29
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2019-02-04"
last_action: "2019-05-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/576fcb65-0563-4114-a07f-02b4bb31f978"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB0473&GA=111"
source_hash: "14d048d3e896c1244983b643347aa922202f93ea5e851bc655405880df77cd25"
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 473 (111) — State Symbols - As enacted, designates the poem "My Tennessee," written by Michael McDonald in 1984, as an official state poem of Tennessee. - Amends TCA Section 4-1-303.
## 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/SB0473.pdf)
## Votes
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/4/2019 Passed (1) — **950** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 4/8/2019 Passed (2) — **310** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/28/2019 3/21/2019 (2) — **00** (fail) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 4/8/2019 Passed (1) — **310** (pass) · upper
- SENATE STATE & LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 4/2/2019 Passed — **80** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE NAMING, DESIGNATING, & PRIVATE ACTS COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/19/2019 — **00** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Haile — primary (person)
- Keisling — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2019-02-04** Filed for introduction `reading-1, introduction`
- **2019-02-05** Filed for introduction `reading-1, introduction`
- **2019-02-06** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2019-02-06** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2019-02-07** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate State and Local Government Committee
- **2019-02-07** P2C, ref. to Naming, Designating, & Private Acts Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-13** Placed on cal. Naming, Designating, & Private Acts Committee for 3/19/2019
- **2019-03-19** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-20** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/21/2019
- **2019-03-21** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/28/2019
- **2019-03-27** Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 4/2/2019
- **2019-03-28** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/4/19
- **2019-03-28** Reset on next avail. cal.
- **2019-04-02** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
- **2019-04-04** Placed on Senate Consent Calendar 2 for 4/8/2019
- **2019-04-04** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen.
- **2019-04-04** Passed H., Ayes 95, Nays 0, PNV 1 `passage`
- **2019-04-08** Companion House Bill substituted
- **2019-04-08** Passed Senate, Ayes 31, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2019-04-08** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill.
- **2019-04-08** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2019-04-10** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.
- **2019-04-11** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2019-04-15** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2019-04-16** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2019-04-23** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-01** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 215
- **2019-05-01** Pub. Ch. 215
- **2019-05-01** Effective date(s) 04/23/2019
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/576fcb65-0563-4114-a07f-02b4bb31f978`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).