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type: "Bill"
title: "Flags - As enacted, prohibits local governments from adopting or enforcing regulations that prohibit or restrict the display of a flag of the United States of America, a flag of the state of Tennessee, the MIA/POW flag, or an official or replica flag of any branch of the United States armed forces on a property owner's property except when necessary to promote public health and safety. - Amends TCA Title 5, Chapter 5; Title 6, Chapter 54 and Title 13, Chapter 7."
description: "Flags - As enacted, prohibits local governments from adopting or enforcing regulations that prohibit or restrict the display of a flag of the United States of America, a flag of the state of Tennessee, the MIA/POW flag, or an official or replica flag of any branch of the United States armed forces on a property owner's property except when necessary to promote public health and safety. - Amends TCA Title 5, Chapter 5; Title 6, Chapter 54 and Title 13, Chapter 7."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "110"
identifier: "SB 2117"
citation: "Tennessee SB 2117 (110)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Flags"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Goins", "Niceley"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 49
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2018-01-31"
last_action: "2018-05-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1eb75952-a304-4ba7-afd3-02fc1709affc"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB2117&GA=110"
source_hash: "d5c2eb1a3000227aafc8608744af3b84db34e7d55a28bcdd3da4431162893298"
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 2117 (110) — Flags - As enacted, prohibits local governments from adopting or enforcing regulations that prohibit or restrict the display of a flag of the United States of America, a flag of the state of Tennessee, the MIA/POW flag, or an official or replica flag of any branch of the United States armed forces on a property owner's property except when necessary to promote public health and safety. - Amends TCA Title 5, Chapter 5; Title 6, Chapter 54 and Title 13, Chapter 7.
## 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/110/Bill/SB2117.pdf)
## Votes
- SENATE STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 3/21/2018 Passed (1) — **61** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Goins — primary (person)
- Niceley — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2018-01-31** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-01-31** Filed for intro. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-02-01** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2018-02-01** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2018-02-05** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate State and Local Government Committee
- **2018-02-05** Assigned to s/c Local Government Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-05** P2C, ref. to Local Government Committee `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-21** Placed on s/c cal Local Government Subcommittee for 2/28/2018
- **2018-02-27** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2018-02-28** Placed on cal. Local Government Committee for 3/6/2018
- **2018-02-28** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Local Government Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-06** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-14** Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 3/20/2018
- **2018-03-20** Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 3/21/2018
- **2018-03-20** Action deferred in Senate State and Local Government Committee to 3/21/2018
- **2018-03-21** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
- **2018-03-21** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/22/2018
- **2018-03-22** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/26/2018
- **2018-03-26** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2018-03-26** Passed H., Ayes 96, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2018-03-27** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen.
- **2018-03-28** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2018-04-02** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar calendar for 4/4/2018
- **2018-04-04** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2018-04-04** Companion House Bill substituted
- **2018-04-04** Senate Reset on calendar for 4/11/2018
- **2018-04-04** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill.
- **2018-04-06** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar calendar for 4/11/2018
- **2018-04-11** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar calendar for 4/12/2018
- **2018-04-11** Senate Reset on calendar for 4/12/2018
- **2018-04-12** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar calendar for 4/16/2018
- **2018-04-12** Senate Reset on calendar 4/16/18
- **2018-04-16** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar calendar for 4/17/2018
- **2018-04-17** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar calendar for 4/18/2018
- **2018-04-17** Senate Reset on calendar 4/18/18
- **2018-04-18** Subst. for comp. HB.
- **2018-04-18** H. Placed on Message Calendar for 4/19/2018
- **2018-04-18** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 28, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2018-04-18** Amendment #1 withdrawn.
- **2018-04-18** Senate adopted Amendment #2
- **2018-04-19** H. concurred in S. am. no. 2 Ayes 90, Nays 1 PNV 0
- **2018-04-24** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2018-04-24** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.
- **2018-04-25** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2018-04-26** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2018-05-03** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2018-05-08** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 857
- **2018-05-08** Pub. Ch. 857
- **2018-05-08** Effective date(s) 05/03/2018
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1eb75952-a304-4ba7-afd3-02fc1709affc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).