---
type: "Bill"
title: "Public Buildings - As enacted, requires a public or private entity or business that operates a building or facility open to the general public to post a notice at the entrance of each public restroom of the entity's or business's policy of allowing a member of either biological sex to use any public restroom within the building or facility, if the entity or business maintains such a policy. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 49 and Title 68."
description: "Public Buildings - As enacted, requires a public or private entity or business that operates a building or facility open to the general public to post a notice at the entrance of each public restroom of the entity's or business's policy of allowing a member of either biological sex to use any public restroom within the building or facility, if the entity or business maintains such a policy. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 49 and Title 68."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "112"
identifier: "HB 1182"
citation: "Tennessee HB 1182 (112)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Public Buildings"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Rose", "Rudd"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 46
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2021-02-10"
last_action: "2021-05-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f9700e48-269b-4986-8e3a-be75439c1346"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB1182&GA=112"
source_hash: "cc4b064dccdff6e0108ddf1237c838ab81b8834de7b11906e3f4bfaf7d7b5d3b"
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 1182 (112) — Public Buildings - As enacted, requires a public or private entity or business that operates a building or facility open to the general public to post a notice at the entrance of each public restroom of the entity's or business's policy of allowing a member of either biological sex to use any public restroom within the building or facility, if the entity or business maintains such a policy. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 49 and Title 68.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Amendment HA0109** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Amend/HA0109.pdf)
2. **Amendment SA0382** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Amend/SA0382.pdf)
3. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Bill/HB1182.pdf)

## Votes

- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/29/2021 Passed (1) — **62–25** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE STATE GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/23/2021 Passed (3) — **14–5** (pass) · lower
- SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 6, Nays 3 PNV 0 4/20/2021 Passed (2) — **6–3** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE PUBLIC SERVICE SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to State Government Committee 3/10/2021 (4) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/29/2021 3/25/2021 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 4/29/2021 Passed (1) — **20–6** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Rose — primary (person)
- Rudd — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2021-02-10** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-02-11** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2021-02-11** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-02-22** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2021-02-22** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee
- **2021-02-23** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2021-02-24** Assigned to s/c Public Service Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-24** P2C, ref. to State Government Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-03** Placed on s/c cal Public Service Subcommittee for 3/10/2021
- **2021-03-08** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2021-03-10** Placed on cal. State Government Committee for 3/16/2021
- **2021-03-10** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to State Government Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-16** Taken off notice for cal. in State Government Committee
- **2021-03-17** Placed on cal. State Government Committee for 3/23/2021
- **2021-03-23** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-24** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/25/2021
- **2021-03-25** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/29/2021
- **2021-03-29** Passed H., as am., Ayes 62, Nays 25, PNV 3 `passage`
- **2021-03-29** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2021-03-29** H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0109) `amendment-passage`
- **2021-03-30** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen.
- **2021-03-31** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 4/6/2021
- **2021-04-01** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2021-04-06** Action deferred in Senate Judiciary Committee to 4/7/2021
- **2021-04-06** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 4/7/2021
- **2021-04-07** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 4/13/2021
- **2021-04-07** Reset on Final calendar of Senate Judiciary Committee
- **2021-04-13** Action deferred in Senate Judiciary Committee to 4/14/2021
- **2021-04-14** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 4/20/2021
- **2021-04-14** Action deferred in Senate Judiciary Committee to 4/20/2021
- **2021-04-14** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 4/14/2021
- **2021-04-20** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 6, Nays 3 PNV 0
- **2021-04-27** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 4/29/2021
- **2021-04-29** Passed Senate, Ayes 20, Nays 6, PNV 1 `passage`
- **2021-04-29** Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - SA0382)
- **2021-04-29** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill.
- **2021-04-29** Companion House Bill substituted
- **2021-04-30** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2021-05-03** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2021-05-03** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.
- **2021-05-04** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2021-05-05** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2021-05-17** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2021-05-19** Effective date(s) 07/01/2021
- **2021-05-19** Pub. Ch. 453
- **2021-05-19** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 453

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f9700e48-269b-4986-8e3a-be75439c1346`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).