republic-os/legislation/us/states/tn/112/sb-475.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Public Records - As enacted, makes confidential, from April 28, 2021, to July 1, 2026, certain personal, financial, and residential information of federal law enforcement agents and officers conducting operations in this state in the same manner that such information is confidential for state and local law enforcement officers and agents. - Amends TCA Title 10, Chapter 7, Part 5; Title 38 and Title 39."
description: "Public Records - As enacted, makes confidential, from April 28, 2021, to July 1, 2026, certain personal, financial, and residential information of federal law enforcement agents and officers conducting operations in this state in the same manner that such information is confidential for state and local law enforcement officers and agents. - Amends TCA Title 10, Chapter 7, Part 5; Title 38 and Title 39."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "112"
identifier: "SB 475"
citation: "Tennessee SB 475 (112)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Public Records"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Johnson C", "Powers"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 35
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2021-01-21"
last_action: "2021-05-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/71db155f-3ce1-43ae-85ea-7652c5519e5d"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB0475&GA=112"
source_hash: "cf0ce8208291a07e6f8af329279c5b1943d9480a1f6799c72b7cc67f5ec3f135"
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 475 (112) — Public Records - As enacted, makes confidential, from April 28, 2021, to July 1, 2026, certain personal, financial, and residential information of federal law enforcement agents and officers conducting operations in this state in the same manner that such information is confidential for state and local law enforcement officers and agents. - Amends TCA Title 10, Chapter 7, Part 5; Title 38 and Title 39.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment SA0104** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Amend/SA0104.pdf)
2. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Bill/SB0475.pdf)

## Votes

- FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 3/29/2021 Passed (1) — **30–0** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE PUBLIC SERVICE SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to State Government Committee 3/31/2021 (4) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 4/12/2021 (3) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- SENATE STATE & LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 8, Nays 0 PNV 0 3/23/2021 Passed — **8–0** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE STATE GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Government Operations Committee 4/6/2021 — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/19/2021 4/15/2021 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/19/2021 Passed (1) — **91–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Johnson C — primary (person)
- Powers — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-21** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-02-08** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-02-08** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2021-02-10** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2021-02-10** Assigned to s/c Public Service Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-10** P2C, ref. to State Government Committee-- Government Operations for Review `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-11** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate State and Local Government Committee
- **2021-03-03** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2021-03-16** Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 3/23/2021
- **2021-03-23** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 8, Nays 0 PNV 0
- **2021-03-24** Placed on s/c cal Public Service Subcommittee for 3/31/2021
- **2021-03-25** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 3/29/2021
- **2021-03-29** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
- **2021-03-29** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 30, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2021-03-29** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0104)
- **2021-03-31** Placed on cal. State Government Committee for 4/6/2021
- **2021-03-31** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to State Government Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-01** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2021-04-06** Rec. for pass; ref to Government Operations Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-07** Placed on cal. Government Operations Committee for 4/12/2021
- **2021-04-12** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-14** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/15/2021
- **2021-04-15** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/19/2021
- **2021-04-19** Passed H., Ayes 91, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2021-04-19** Subst. for comp. HB.
- **2021-04-19** Comp. SB subst.
- **2021-04-19** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2021-04-20** Enrolled and ready for signatures
- **2021-04-21** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2021-04-21** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2021-04-22** Transmitted to Governor for action.
- **2021-04-28** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2021-05-04** Effective date(s) 4/28/2021
- **2021-05-04** Pub. Ch. 253
- **2021-05-04** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 253

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/71db155f-3ce1-43ae-85ea-7652c5519e5d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).