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type: "Bill"
title: "Gaming - As enacted, authorizes a nonprofit organization to conduct a bingo game as its annual event for purposes of the Tennessee Nonprofit Gaming Law. - Amends TCA Title 3, Chapter 17."
description: "Gaming - As enacted, authorizes a nonprofit organization to conduct a bingo game as its annual event for purposes of the Tennessee Nonprofit Gaming Law. - Amends TCA Title 3, Chapter 17."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "112"
identifier: "HB 720"
citation: "Tennessee HB 720 (112)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Gaming"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Gardenhire", "Hakeem"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 50
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2021-02-09"
last_action: "2021-05-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1d096e35-0504-4552-9b98-6a4d1f264b92"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB0720&GA=112"
source_hash: "4c205d2bc5e95d2a3856bf437dd856697ec65c0b64497682cbf113ae2dd5c1af"
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 720 (112) — Gaming - As enacted, authorizes a nonprofit organization to conduct a bingo game as its annual event for purposes of the Tennessee Nonprofit Gaming Law. - Amends TCA Title 3, Chapter 17.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Amendment HA0236** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Amend/HA0236.pdf)
2. **Amendment SA0059** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Amend/SA0059.pdf)
3. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Bill/HB0720.pdf)
## Votes
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 5/3/2021 4/28/2021 (2) — **00** (fail) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 3/22/2021 Passed (1) — **294** (pass) · upper
- SENATE STATE & LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0 3/16/2021 Passed (2) — **90** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE DEPARTMENTS & AGENCIES SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to State Government Committee 3/23/2021 (6) — **00** (fail) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 5/3/2021 Passed (1) — **707** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE STATE GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 4/6/2021 (5) — **00** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 4/27/2021 (3) — **00** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 4/21/2021 (4) — **00** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Gardenhire — primary (person)
- Hakeem — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2021-02-09** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-02-09** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-02-10** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2021-02-10** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2021-02-11** P2C, ref. to State Government Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-11** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate State and Local Government Committee
- **2021-02-20** Assigned to s/c Departments & Agencies Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-02** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2021-03-02** Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 3/9/2021
- **2021-03-08** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2021-03-09** Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 3/16/2021
- **2021-03-09** Action deferred in Senate State and Local Government Committee to 3/16/2021
- **2021-03-09** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2021-03-10** Placed on s/c cal Departments & Agencies Subcommittee for 3/16/2021
- **2021-03-16** Action Def. in s/c Departments & Agencies Subcommittee to 3/23/2021
- **2021-03-16** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0
- **2021-03-17** Placed on s/c cal Departments & Agencies Subcommittee for 3/23/2021
- **2021-03-18** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 3/22/2021
- **2021-03-22** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2021-03-22** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
- **2021-03-22** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 29, Nays 4 `passage`
- **2021-03-22** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0059)
- **2021-03-23** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to State Government Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-24** Placed on cal. State Government Committee for 3/30/2021
- **2021-03-25** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2021-03-30** Action def. in State Government Committee to 4/6/2021
- **2021-03-31** Placed on cal. State Government Committee for 4/6/2021
- **2021-04-06** Assigned to s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-06** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-07** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 4/14/2021
- **2021-04-14** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 4/21/2021
- **2021-04-14** Action Def. in s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee to 4/21/2021
- **2021-04-21** Placed on cal. Finance, Ways, and Means Committee for 4/26/2021
- **2021-04-21** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-27** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/28/2021
- **2021-04-27** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-28** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 5/3/2021
- **2021-05-03** Comp. SB subst.
- **2021-05-03** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2021-05-03** Passed H., Ayes 70, Nays 7, PNV 9 `passage`
- **2021-05-03** Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0236) `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2021-05-03** Subst. for comp. HB.
- **2021-05-05** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2021-05-05** Enrolled and ready for signatures
- **2021-05-07** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2021-05-11** Transmitted to Governor for action.
- **2021-05-18** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2021-05-21** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 473
- **2021-05-21** Effective date(s) 07/01/2021
- **2021-05-21** Pub. Ch. 473
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1d096e35-0504-4552-9b98-6a4d1f264b92`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).