---
type: "Bill"
title: "Human Rights Commission - As enacted, vacates and reconstitutes the membership of the Tennessee human rights commission effective September 1, 2022, and makes other changes concerning the commission. - Amends TCA Title 4; Section 8-50-103 and Section 68-1-113."
description: "Human Rights Commission - As enacted, vacates and reconstitutes the membership of the Tennessee human rights commission effective September 1, 2022, and makes other changes concerning the commission. - Amends TCA Title 4; Section 8-50-103 and Section 68-1-113."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "112"
identifier: "HB 2877"
citation: "Tennessee HB 2877 (112)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Human Rights Commission"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bell", "Todd"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 53
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2022-02-02"
last_action: "2022-06-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/dbd5ab9d-d542-4a54-a414-80864ce5fa6f"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB2877&GA=112"
source_hash: "53eed9c58610898983f34f09bb35745c1453197321dedc6c5ee9cffacb5d0f80"
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 2877 (112) — Human Rights Commission - As enacted, vacates and reconstitutes the membership of the Tennessee human rights commission effective September 1, 2022, and makes other changes concerning the commission. - 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 HA0910** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Amend/HA0910.pdf)
2. **Amendment SA0910** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Amend/SA0910.pdf)
3. **Amendment SA0928** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Amend/SA0928.pdf)
4. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Bill/HB2877.pdf)

## Votes

- SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0 4/6/2022 Passed (3) — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: MESSAGE CALENDAR MOTION TO ADOPT CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REPORT 4/28/2022 Passed (1) — **66–21** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE DEPARTMENTS & AGENCIES SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to State Government Committee 4/6/2022 (5) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 4/20/2022 Passed (2) — **31–0** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/25/2022 Passed (2) — **67–28** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/25/2022 4/20/2022 (3) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- HOUSE STATE GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 4/12/2022 (4) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt Conference Committee Report 4/28/2022 Passed (1) — **28–3** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Bell — primary (person)
- Todd — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-02-02** Intro. `introduction`
- **2022-02-02** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2022-02-03** P1C.
- **2022-02-03** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2022-02-03** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2022-02-07** P2C, caption bill, held on desk - pending amdt.
- **2022-02-07** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee
- **2022-03-24** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 3/29/2022
- **2022-03-24** Rule #83(8) Suspended, to be heard in S. Judiciary Comm. 3/29/22
- **2022-03-28** Assigned to s/c Departments & Agencies Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-28** Ref. to State Government Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-29** Action deferred in Senate Judiciary Committee to 3/30/2022
- **2022-03-30** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 4/6/2022
- **2022-03-30** Action deferred in Senate Judiciary Committee to 4/5/2022
- **2022-03-30** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 3/30/2022
- **2022-04-04** Placed on s/c cal Departments & Agencies Subcommittee for 4/6/2022
- **2022-04-06** Placed on cal. State Government Committee for 4/12/2022
- **2022-04-06** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to State Government Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-04-06** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0
- **2022-04-12** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-12** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 4/14/2022
- **2022-04-14** Senate Reset on calendar for 4/20/2022
- **2022-04-18** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 4/20/2022
- **2022-04-19** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/20/2022
- **2022-04-20** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/25/2022
- **2022-04-20** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
- **2022-04-20** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 31, Nays 0, PNV 1 `passage`
- **2022-04-20** Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - SA0910)
- **2022-04-20** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 2 - SA0928)
- **2022-04-21** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2022-04-21** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2022-04-25** Comp. SB subst.
- **2022-04-25** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2022-04-25** Passed H., as am., Ayes 67, Nays 28, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2022-04-25** H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0910) `amendment-passage`
- **2022-04-25** Subst. for comp. HB.
- **2022-04-27** H. Placed on Message Calendar for 4/28/22
- **2022-04-27** Conference Committee appointed. (Kyle, Stevens, Bell)
- **2022-04-27** Senate refused to recede from amendment
- **2022-04-27** H. refused to receded from ad. H. am. no. 1
- **2022-04-27** Senate refused to concur in amendment `amendment-failure`
- **2022-04-27** Placed on Senate Message Calendar 2 for 4/27/2022
- **2022-04-28** Conf. comm. report adopted, Ayes 66, Nays 21 PNV 0
- **2022-04-28** Conference Committee report adopted,
- **2022-04-28** Conf. comm. appointed. (Todd, Boyd, Hall, Harris)
- **2022-05-05** Enrolled and ready for signatures
- **2022-05-12** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2022-05-17** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2022-05-23** Transmitted to Governor for action.
- **2022-06-01** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2022-06-03** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 1127
- **2022-06-03** Effective date(s) 06/01/2022
- **2022-06-03** Pub. Ch. 1127

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/dbd5ab9d-d542-4a54-a414-80864ce5fa6f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).