---
type: "Bill"
title: "Public Records - As enacted, authorizes, from April 28, 2021, to July 1, 2025, a records custodian to petition a court to enjoin a person who makes a request to view or copy a public record with the intent to disrupt government operations from making records requests. - Amends TCA Title 10, Chapter 7, Part 5."
description: "Public Records - As enacted, authorizes, from April 28, 2021, to July 1, 2025, a records custodian to petition a court to enjoin a person who makes a request to view or copy a public record with the intent to disrupt government operations from making records requests. - Amends TCA Title 10, Chapter 7, Part 5."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "112"
identifier: "SB 135"
citation: "Tennessee SB 135 (112)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Public Records"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Haile", "Zachary"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 34
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2021-01-13"
last_action: "2021-05-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/efd2c0aa-8908-483b-9b3a-8d280c59ada5"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB0135&GA=112"
source_hash: "33d3d54bd34fd64a58d7cad677c81a56de2242efa2a2f7d41eaef9207cffaee4"
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 135 (112) — Public Records - As enacted, authorizes, from April 28, 2021, to July 1, 2025, a records custodian to petition a court to enjoin a person who makes a request to view or copy a public record with the intent to disrupt government operations from making records requests. - Amends TCA Title 10, Chapter 7, Part 5.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment HA0234** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Amend/HA0234.pdf)
2. **Amendment SA0134** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Amend/SA0134.pdf)
3. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Bill/SB0135.pdf)

## Votes

- HOUSE STATE GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 4/6/2021 — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/15/2021 Passed — **89–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE PUBLIC SERVICE SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to State Government Committee 3/31/2021 — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 3/29/2021 Passed — **22–6** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/15/2021 4/8/2021 — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- SENATE STATE & LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 7, Nays 1 PNV 0 3/24/2021 Passed — **7–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Haile — primary (person)
- Zachary — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-13** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-01-14** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2021-01-14** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-01-15** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate State and Local Government Committee
- **2021-01-15** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2021-02-08** P2C, ref. to State Government Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-09** Assigned to s/c Public Service Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-16** Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 3/23/2021
- **2021-03-23** Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 3/24/2021
- **2021-03-23** Action deferred in Senate State and Local Government Committee to 3/24/2021
- **2021-03-24** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 7, Nays 1 PNV 0
- **2021-03-24** Placed on s/c cal Public Service Subcommittee for 3/31/2021
- **2021-03-25** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 3/29/2021
- **2021-03-29** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
- **2021-03-29** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 22, Nays 6, PNV 2 `passage`
- **2021-03-29** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0134)
- **2021-03-31** Placed on cal. State Government Committee for 4/6/2021
- **2021-03-31** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to State Government Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-01** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2021-04-06** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-07** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/8/2021
- **2021-04-08** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/15/2021
- **2021-04-15** Enrolled and ready for signatures
- **2021-04-15** Passed H., Ayes 89, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2021-04-15** Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0234) `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2021-04-15** Subst. for comp. HB.
- **2021-04-15** Comp. SB subst.
- **2021-04-20** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2021-04-21** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2021-04-22** Transmitted to Governor for action.
- **2021-04-28** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2021-05-04** Effective date(s) 4/28/2021
- **2021-05-04** Pub. Ch. 242
- **2021-05-04** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 242

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/efd2c0aa-8908-483b-9b3a-8d280c59ada5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).