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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Public Records - As enacted, requires the office of open records counsel to facilitate the convening of meetings of the advisory committee on open government, including selecting a date for the required annual meeting in the absence of co-chairs. - Amends TCA Title 8, Chapter 4, Part 6."
+description: "Public Records - As enacted, requires the office of open records counsel to facilitate the convening of meetings of the advisory committee on open government, including selecting a date for the required annual meeting in the absence of co-chairs. - Amends TCA Title 8, Chapter 4, Part 6."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
+legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
+session: "114"
+identifier: "SB 623"
+citation: "Tennessee SB 623 (114)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Public Records"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Briggs"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 22
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2025-01-31"
+last_action: "2025-05-13"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/067b127b-19fd-4f72-9c32-612a8e4a11bc"
+source_url: "https://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/Default?BillNumber=SB0623&ga=114"
+source_hash: "ed867eac020a23a5833359a690d2b98852ffa1b93febc10e5bcdf53f4240eeb1"
+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 623 (114) — Public Records - As enacted, requires the office of open records counsel to facilitate the convening of meetings of the advisory committee on open government, including selecting a date for the required annual meeting in the absence of co-chairs. - Amends TCA Title 8, Chapter 4, Part 6.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Amendment HA0405** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/HA0405.pdf)
+2. **Amendment SA0224** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/SA0224.pdf)
+3. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Bill/SB0623.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 3/31/2025 Passed (1) — **30–0** (pass) · upper
+- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/16/2025 Passed (1) — **92–1** (pass) · lower
+- SENATE STATE & LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0 3/25/2025 Passed (2) — **9–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Briggs — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-01-31** Filed for introduction `filing`
+- **2025-02-10** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
+- **2025-02-12** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate State and Local Government Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2025-03-11** Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 3/18/2025
+- **2025-03-18** Action deferred in Senate State and Local Government Committee to 3/25/2025
+- **2025-03-19** Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 3/25/2025
+- **2025-03-25** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0
+- **2025-03-28** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 3/31/2025
+- **2025-03-31** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House `receipt`
+- **2025-03-31** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 30, Nays 0 `passage`
+- **2025-03-31** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0224)
+- **2025-04-03** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
+- **2025-04-16** Passed H., Ayes 92, Nays 1, PNV 0 `passage`
+- **2025-04-16** Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0405) `amendment-withdrawal`
+- **2025-04-16** Subst. for comp. HB. `substitution`
+- **2025-04-22** Signed by H. Speaker `passage`
+- **2025-04-22** Signed by Senate Speaker `passage`
+- **2025-04-22** Enrolled and ready for signatures `enrolled`
+- **2025-04-23** Transmitted to Governor for action. `executive-receipt`
+- **2025-05-05** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
+- **2025-05-13** Effective date(s) 05/05/2025
+- **2025-05-13** Pub. Ch. 370
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/067b127b-19fd-4f72-9c32-612a8e4a11bc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).
+