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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Boards and Commissions - As enacted, prohibits the exclusion of persons from membership on state regulatory and health-related boards on the basis of race, color, ethnicity, and national origin; prohibits such boards from establishing or operating under race-based policies pertaining to their composition; removes requirement that appointing authorities strive to ensure certain boards and commissions are represented by members of racial minorities. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 21; Title 9; Title 62; Title 63 and Title 68."
+description: "Boards and Commissions - As enacted, prohibits the exclusion of persons from membership on state regulatory and health-related boards on the basis of race, color, ethnicity, and national origin; prohibits such boards from establishing or operating under race-based policies pertaining to their composition; removes requirement that appointing authorities strive to ensure certain boards and commissions are represented by members of racial minorities. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 21; Title 9; Title 62; Title 63 and Title 68."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
+legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
+session: "114"
+identifier: "HB 1237"
+citation: "Tennessee HB 1237 (114)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Boards and Commissions"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Zachary"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 27
+vote_count: 8
+first_action: "2025-02-06"
+last_action: "2025-04-28"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b5238abd-0761-43ec-9f2a-51edebde804d"
+source_url: "https://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/Default?BillNumber=HB1237&ga=114"
+source_hash: "5b70c9e10776ccec1935ff3a871acce00278f824730eda591ed6ad11df09cc3d"
+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 HB 1237 (114) — Boards and Commissions - As enacted, prohibits the exclusion of persons from membership on state regulatory and health-related boards on the basis of race, color, ethnicity, and national origin; prohibits such boards from establishing or operating under race-based policies pertaining to their composition; removes requirement that appointing authorities strive to ensure certain boards and commissions are represented by members of racial minorities. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 21; Title 9; Title 62; Title 63 and Title 68.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Amendment HA0053** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/HA0053.pdf)
+2. **Amendment SA0137** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/SA0137.pdf)
+3. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Bill/HB1237.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/10/2025 Passed (2) — **71–23** (pass) · lower
+- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PREVIOUS QUESTION AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/10/2025 Passed — **70–23** (pass) · lower
+- FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Table Re-Refer to Committee 3/31/2025 Passed — **24–6** (pass) · upper
+- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/10/2025 3/6/2025 (3) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
+- HOUSE DEPARTMENTS & AGENCIES SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to State & Local Government Committee 2/25/2025 Passed (5) — **6–2** (pass) · lower
+- FLOOR VOTE: MESSAGE CALENDAR CONCUR IN SENATE AMENDMENT # 1 4/7/2025 Passed (1) — **73–22** (pass) · lower
+- FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 3/31/2025 Passed (1) — **24–6** (pass) · upper
+- HOUSE STATE & LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/5/2025 Passed (4) — **17–6** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Zachary — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-02-06** Filed for introduction `filing`
+- **2025-02-10** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
+- **2025-02-12** Assigned to s/c Departments & Agencies Subcommittee `referral-committee`
+- **2025-02-12** P2C, ref. to State & Local Government Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2025-02-19** Placed on s/c cal Departments & Agencies Subcommittee for 2/25/2025
+- **2025-02-25** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to State & Local Government Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-02-26** Placed on cal. State & Local Government Committee for 3/5/2025
+- **2025-03-05** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/6/2025
+- **2025-03-05** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-03-06** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/10/2025
+- **2025-03-10** Passed H., as am., Ayes 71, Nays 23, PNV 0 `passage`
+- **2025-03-10** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
+- **2025-03-10** H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0053) `amendment-passage`
+- **2025-03-11** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen. `receipt`
+- **2025-03-13** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
+- **2025-03-31** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 24, Nays 6 `passage`
+- **2025-03-31** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0137)
+- **2025-03-31** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill. `substitution`
+- **2025-04-03** H. Placed on Message Calendar 4/7/2025
+- **2025-04-07** H. concurred in S. am. no. 1 Ayes 73, Nays 22 PNV 0 HB1237
+- **2025-04-08** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker. `enrolled`
+- **2025-04-10** Signed by H. Speaker `passage`
+- **2025-04-14** Signed by Senate Speaker `passage`
+- **2025-04-16** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
+- **2025-04-24** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
+- **2025-04-28** Effective date(s) 04/24/2025
+- **2025-04-28** Pub. Ch. 294
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b5238abd-0761-43ec-9f2a-51edebde804d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).
+