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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Religion and Religious Organizations - As enacted, extends the prohibition on a governmental entity, other than a court, subpoenaing a clergy member's sermon or notes for use in a civil or administrative action to also include a prohibition on compelling a clergy member to testify regarding a sermon. - Amends TCA Section 4-1-407 and Title 24."
+description: "Religion and Religious Organizations - As enacted, extends the prohibition on a governmental entity, other than a court, subpoenaing a clergy member's sermon or notes for use in a civil or administrative action to also include a prohibition on compelling a clergy member to testify regarding a sermon. - Amends TCA Section 4-1-407 and Title 24."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
+legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
+session: "110"
+identifier: "SB 2679"
+citation: "Tennessee SB 2679 (110)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Religion and Religious Organizations"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Bailey", "Weaver"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 34
+vote_count: 4
+first_action: "2018-02-01"
+last_action: "2018-04-11"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/da673ff5-f0fd-4c1c-aa19-ca3fbb2bedb9"
+source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB2679&GA=110"
+source_hash: "1fce64d54abc4a3c035197c2f41c32eb72bd4f642bac17fd6c8849be3a1ccbda"
+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 2679 (110) — Religion and Religious Organizations - As enacted, extends the prohibition on a governmental entity, other than a court, subpoenaing a clergy member's sermon or notes for use in a civil or administrative action to also include a prohibition on compelling a clergy member to testify regarding a sermon. - Amends TCA Section 4-1-407 and Title 24.
+
+## 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/SB2679.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 3/13/2018 Passed (2) — **9–0** (pass) · upper
+- FLOOR VOTE: PREVIOUS QUESTION PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/22/2018 PASSED — **62–30** (fail) · lower
+- FLOOR VOTE: PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/22/2018 PASSED (1) — **76–7** (fail) · lower
+- FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 3/19/2018 PASSED (1) — **32–0** (fail) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Bailey — primary (person)
+- Weaver — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2018-02-01** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
+- **2018-02-01** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2018-02-01** Filed for intro. `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2018-02-01** Intro. `introduction`
+- **2018-02-05** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee
+- **2018-02-05** P1C.
+- **2018-02-07** Assigned to s/c Civil Justice Subcommittee `referral-committee`
+- **2018-02-07** P2C, ref. to Civil Justice Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2018-02-28** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 3/6/2018
+- **2018-02-28** Placed on s/c cal Civil Justice Subcommittee for 3/7/2018
+- **2018-03-06** Action deferred in Senate Judiciary Committee to 3/13/2018
+- **2018-03-07** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 3/13/2018
+- **2018-03-07** Placed on cal. Civil Justice Committee for 3/13/2018
+- **2018-03-07** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Civil Justice Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2018-03-13** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
+- **2018-03-13** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2018-03-14** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/15/2018
+- **2018-03-15** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/22/2018
+- **2018-03-16** Placed on Senate Consent Calendar 2 calendar for 3/19/2018
+- **2018-03-19** Passed Senate, Ayes 32, Nays 0 `passage`
+- **2018-03-20** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
+- **2018-03-22** Enrolled and ready for signatures
+- **2018-03-22** Passed H., Ayes 76, Nays 7, PNV 6 `passage`
+- **2018-03-22** Subst. for comp. HB.
+- **2018-03-22** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
+- **2018-03-22** Sponsor(s) Added.
+- **2018-03-22** Comp. SB subst.
+- **2018-03-28** Signed by Senate Speaker
+- **2018-03-29** Signed by H. Speaker
+- **2018-04-02** Transmitted to Governor for action.
+- **2018-04-09** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
+- **2018-04-11** Pub. Ch. 663
+- **2018-04-11** Effective date(s) 04/09/2018
+- **2018-04-11** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 663
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/da673ff5-f0fd-4c1c-aa19-ca3fbb2bedb9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).
+