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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Governor - As enacted, establishes a governor's office of faith-based and community initiatives. - Amends TCA Title 4."
+description: "Governor - As enacted, establishes a governor's office of faith-based and community initiatives. - Amends TCA Title 4."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
+legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
+session: "111"
+identifier: "SB 961"
+citation: "Tennessee SB 961 (111)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Governor"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Johnson", "Lamberth"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 34
+vote_count: 6
+first_action: "2019-02-06"
+last_action: "2019-05-01"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b37b0628-403e-4840-b406-182ec7ba3eec"
+source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB0961&GA=111"
+source_hash: "0c1587e60baa408ecb6c4a19b5ea84d536c0c93e772302db07e50bda4e58f9e9"
+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 961 (111) — Governor - As enacted, establishes a governor's office of faith-based and community initiatives. - Amends TCA Title 4.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Amendment HA0176** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Amend/HA0176.pdf)
+2. **Amendment SA0251** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Amend/SA0251.pdf)
+3. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Bill/SB0961.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 4/11/2019 Passed (1) — **31–0** (pass) · upper
+- HOUSE STATE COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/26/2019 — **0–0** (pass) · lower
+- HOUSE DEPARTMENTS & AGENCIES SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to State Committee 3/20/2019 (3) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
+- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/4/2019 Passed (1) — **97–0** (pass) · lower
+- SENATE STATE & LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0 4/9/2019 Passed (2) — **9–0** (pass) · upper
+- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/4/2019 3/28/2019 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Johnson — primary (person)
+- Lamberth — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2019-02-06** Filed for introduction `reading-1, introduction`
+- **2019-02-06** Intro. `introduction`
+- **2019-02-06** Filed for introduction `reading-1, introduction`
+- **2019-02-07** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
+- **2019-02-07** P1C.
+- **2019-02-11** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate State and Local Government Committee
+- **2019-02-11** P2C, caption bill, held on desk - pending amdt.
+- **2019-03-12** Assigned to s/c Departments & Agencies Subcommittee `referral-committee`
+- **2019-03-12** Ref. to State Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2019-03-13** Placed on s/c cal Departments & Agencies Subcommittee for 3/20/2019
+- **2019-03-20** Placed on cal. State Committee for 3/26/2019
+- **2019-03-20** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to State Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2019-03-26** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2019-03-27** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/28/2019
+- **2019-03-28** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/4/2019
+- **2019-04-02** Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 4/9/2019
+- **2019-04-04** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen.
+- **2019-04-04** Passed H., as am., Ayes 97, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
+- **2019-04-04** H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0176) `amendment-passage`
+- **2019-04-08** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
+- **2019-04-09** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 4/11/2019
+- **2019-04-09** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0
+- **2019-04-11** Companion House Bill substituted
+- **2019-04-11** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 31, Nays 0 `passage`
+- **2019-04-11** Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - SA0251)
+- **2019-04-11** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill.
+- **2019-04-12** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.
+- **2019-04-15** Signed by H. Speaker
+- **2019-04-16** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
+- **2019-04-16** Signed by Senate Speaker
+- **2019-04-25** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
+- **2019-05-01** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 218
+- **2019-05-01** Pub. Ch. 218
+- **2019-05-01** Effective date(s) 07/01/2019
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b37b0628-403e-4840-b406-182ec7ba3eec`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).
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