republic-os/legislation/us/states/tn/112/sb-631.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Commerce and Insurance, Dept. of - As enacted, revises provisions governing statewide building construction safety standards. - Amends TCA Title 68, Chapter 120."
description: "Commerce and Insurance, Dept. of - As enacted, revises provisions governing statewide building construction safety standards. - Amends TCA Title 68, Chapter 120."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "112"
identifier: "SB 631"
citation: "Tennessee SB 631 (112)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Commerce and Insurance", "Dept. of"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bell", "Boyd"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 42
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2021-02-09"
last_action: "2021-05-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bb194684-6749-44bf-bf90-5e28eebe99ac"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB0631&GA=112"
source_hash: "04f14819ebc070aae9046416673b396a95697d4734e814113bce4083cc949f1c"
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 631 (112) — Commerce and Insurance, Dept. of - As enacted, revises provisions governing statewide building construction safety standards. - Amends TCA Title 68, Chapter 120.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment HA0290** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Amend/HA0290.pdf)
2. **Amendment SA0271** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Amend/SA0271.pdf)
3. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Bill/SB0631.pdf)

## Votes

- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/21/2021 Passed (1) — **59–31** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE BUSINESS AND UTILITIES SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Commerce Committee 3/31/2021 — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 4/21/2021 Passed (1) — **29–2** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/21/2021 4/15/2021 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- SENATE COMMERCE AND LABOR COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 8, Nays 0 PNV 0 4/6/2021 Passed — **8–0** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE COMMERCE COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 4/13/2021 — **0–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bell — primary (person)
- Boyd — 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** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2021-02-10** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2021-02-11** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Commerce and Labor Committee
- **2021-02-11** P2C, caption bill, held on desk - pending amdt.
- **2021-03-16** Placed on Senate Commerce and Labor Committee calendar for 3/23/2021
- **2021-03-17** Assigned to s/c Business & Utilities Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-17** Ref. to Commerce Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-24** Placed on Senate Commerce and Labor Committee calendar for 3/30/2021
- **2021-03-24** Placed on s/c cal Business & Utilities Subcommittee for 3/31/2021
- **2021-03-30** Placed on Senate Commerce and Labor Committee calendar for 4/6/2021
- **2021-03-30** Action deferred in Senate Commerce and Labor Committee to 4/6/2021
- **2021-03-31** Placed on cal. Commerce Committee for 4/6/2021
- **2021-03-31** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Commerce Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-06** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 8, Nays 0 PNV 0
- **2021-04-06** Action def. in Commerce Committee to 4/13/2021
- **2021-04-07** Placed on cal. Commerce Committee for 4/13/2021
- **2021-04-13** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 4/15/2021
- **2021-04-13** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-14** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/15/2021
- **2021-04-15** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2021-04-15** Senate Reset on calendar for 4/21/2021
- **2021-04-15** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/21/2021
- **2021-04-19** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 4/21/2021
- **2021-04-21** Companion House Bill substituted
- **2021-04-21** Passed Senate, Ayes 29, Nays 2 `passage`
- **2021-04-21** Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - SA0271)
- **2021-04-21** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill.
- **2021-04-21** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2021-04-21** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen.
- **2021-04-21** Passed H., as am., Ayes 59, Nays 31, PNV 1 `passage`
- **2021-04-21** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2021-04-21** H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0290) `amendment-passage`
- **2021-04-22** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.
- **2021-04-26** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2021-04-26** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2021-04-27** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2021-05-04** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2021-05-18** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 332
- **2021-05-18** Effective date(s) 05/30/2021; 09/01/2021
- **2021-05-18** Pub. Ch. 332

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/bb194684-6749-44bf-bf90-5e28eebe99ac`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).