republic-os/legislation/us/states/tn/112/hb-2125.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Public Records - As enacted, requires that proprietary information submitted by commercial operators to the department of environment and conservation regarding the operators' commercial or financial information be treated as confidential and not be open for inspection by members of the public; effective until July 1, 2027. - Amends TCA Title 10, Chapter 7, Part 5."
description: "Public Records - As enacted, requires that proprietary information submitted by commercial operators to the department of environment and conservation regarding the operators' commercial or financial information be treated as confidential and not be open for inspection by members of the public; effective until July 1, 2027. - Amends TCA Title 10, Chapter 7, Part 5."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "112"
identifier: "HB 2125"
citation: "Tennessee HB 2125 (112)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Public Records"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bell", "Howell"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 35
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2022-01-31"
last_action: "2022-04-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9fc275d0-0af3-4d50-ba09-a7a201c9c900"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB2125&GA=112"
source_hash: "7ad4746544cd55e2f569767c1b6f3fdfa16d4257f7094655652769687c707cf5"
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 HB 2125 (112) — Public Records - As enacted, requires that proprietary information submitted by commercial operators to the department of environment and conservation regarding the operators' commercial or financial information be treated as confidential and not be open for inspection by members of the public; effective until July 1, 2027. - Amends TCA Title 10, Chapter 7, Part 5.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Amendment SA0551** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Amend/SA0551.pdf)
2. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Bill/HB2125.pdf)

## Votes

- FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 3/7/2022 Passed (1) — **31–0** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: CONSENT CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/7/2022 Passed (2) — **92–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: CONSENT CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/7/2022 Passed (1) — **92–0** (pass) · lower
- SENATE STATE & LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 8, Nays 0 PNV 0 3/1/2022 Passed (2) — **8–0** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 2/28/2022 (4) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE PUBLIC SERVICE SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to State Government Committee 2/16/2022 (6) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Consent Calendar for 3/7/2022 3/3/2022 (3) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- HOUSE STATE GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Government Operations Committee 2/22/2022 (5) — **0–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bell — primary (person)
- Howell — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-31** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2022-01-31** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2022-02-02** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2022-02-02** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2022-02-03** P2C, ref. to State Government Committee -- Government Operations for Review `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-03** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate State and Local Government Committee
- **2022-02-07** Assigned to s/c Public Service Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-09** Placed on s/c cal Public Service Subcommittee for 2/16/2022
- **2022-02-15** Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 2/22/2022
- **2022-02-16** Placed on cal. State Government Committee for 2/22/2022
- **2022-02-16** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to State Government Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-22** Rec. for pass; ref to Government Operations Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-22** Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 3/1/2022
- **2022-02-22** Action deferred in Senate State and Local Government Committee to 3/1/2022
- **2022-02-23** Placed on cal. Government Operations Committee for 2/28/2022
- **2022-02-28** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-01** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 8, Nays 0 PNV 0
- **2022-03-02** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/3/2022
- **2022-03-03** H. Placed on Consent Calendar for 3/7/2022
- **2022-03-03** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 3/7/2022
- **2022-03-07** Comp. SB. substituted
- **2022-03-07** Passed H., Ayes 92, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2022-03-07** Subst. for comp. HB.
- **2022-03-07** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
- **2022-03-07** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 31, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2022-03-07** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0551)
- **2022-03-08** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2022-03-09** Enrolled and ready for signatures
- **2022-03-10** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2022-03-14** Transmitted to Governor for action.
- **2022-03-14** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2022-03-18** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2022-04-04** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 708
- **2022-04-04** Effective date(s) 03/18/2022
- **2022-04-04** Pub. Ch. 708

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9fc275d0-0af3-4d50-ba09-a7a201c9c900`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).