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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Human Rights - As enacted, requires the attorney general to conduct a review of the responsibilities and functions of the human rights commission and make a recommendation to the general assembly as to how the attorney general could assume the responsibilities and functions of the commission; requires the attorney general to submit its recommendations to the speaker of the house and the speaker of the senate no later than January 1, 2025. - Amends TCA Title 4; Section 8-50-103 and Section 68-1-113."
+description: "Human Rights - As enacted, requires the attorney general to conduct a review of the responsibilities and functions of the human rights commission and make a recommendation to the general assembly as to how the attorney general could assume the responsibilities and functions of the commission; requires the attorney general to submit its recommendations to the speaker of the house and the speaker of the senate no later than January 1, 2025. - Amends TCA Title 4; Section 8-50-103 and Section 68-1-113."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
+legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
+session: "113"
+identifier: "SB 2503"
+citation: "Tennessee SB 2503 (113)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Human Rights"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Stevens"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 22
+vote_count: 4
+first_action: "2024-01-31"
+last_action: "2024-05-01"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ef0685de-85be-4c97-9775-d9dda17e1ba5"
+source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB2503&GA=113"
+source_hash: "76657869fb714ba5d6a254b95db9097ab86da51ea05026d84ba51665af2b39b4"
+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 2503 (113) — Human Rights - As enacted, requires the attorney general to conduct a review of the responsibilities and functions of the human rights commission and make a recommendation to the general assembly as to how the attorney general could assume the responsibilities and functions of the commission; requires the attorney general to submit its recommendations to the speaker of the house and the speaker of the senate no later than January 1, 2025. - Amends TCA Title 4; Section 8-50-103 and Section 68-1-113.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Amendment HA0847** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Amend/HA0847.pdf)
+2. **Amendment SA0636** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Amend/SA0636.pdf)
+3. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Bill/SB2503.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PREVIOUS QUESTION PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/8/2024 Passed — **74–20** (pass) · lower
+- FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 3/18/2024 Passed (1) — **26–6** (pass) · upper
+- SENATE GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 6, Nays 1 PNV 0 3/6/2024 Passed — **6–1** (pass) · upper
+- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/8/2024 Passed (1) — **75–20** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Stevens — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2024-01-31** Filed for introduction `filing`
+- **2024-02-01** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
+- **2024-02-05** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Government Operations Committee `passage`
+- **2024-02-28** Placed on Senate Government Operations Committee calendar for 3/6/2024
+- **2024-03-06** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 6, Nays 1 PNV 0
+- **2024-03-15** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 3/18/2024
+- **2024-03-15** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 3/18/2024
+- **2024-03-18** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
+- **2024-03-18** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House `receipt`
+- **2024-03-18** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 26, Nays 6 `passage`
+- **2024-03-18** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0636)
+- **2024-03-21** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
+- **2024-04-08** Passed H., Ayes 75, Nays 20, PNV 0 `passage`
+- **2024-04-08** Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0847) `amendment-withdrawal`
+- **2024-04-08** Subst. for comp. HB. `substitution`
+- **2024-04-10** Signed by Senate Speaker `passage`
+- **2024-04-10** Enrolled and ready for signatures `enrolled`
+- **2024-04-11** Signed by H. Speaker `passage`
+- **2024-04-12** Transmitted to Governor for action. `executive-receipt`
+- **2024-04-23** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
+- **2024-05-01** Effective date(s) 04/23/2024
+- **2024-05-01** Pub. Ch. 778
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ef0685de-85be-4c97-9775-d9dda17e1ba5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).
+