---
type: "Bill"
title: "Holidays and Days of Special Observance - As enacted, designates November 8 as \"Historically Black Colleges and Universities Day.\" - Amends TCA Title 15, Chapter 2."
description: "Holidays and Days of Special Observance - As enacted, designates November 8 as \"Historically Black Colleges and Universities Day.\" - Amends TCA Title 15, Chapter 2."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "112"
identifier: "SB 2749"
citation: "Tennessee SB 2749 (112)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Holidays and Days of Special Observance"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Gilmore", "Love"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 40
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2022-02-02"
last_action: "2022-04-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0bec65fd-efd0-4ca8-a8da-9d7e40b10fbf"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB2749&GA=112"
source_hash: "fc066588837e4b71753e7f4fdf8688d92a8f06bd7c5bc72b4b0fe46135a60adf"
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 2749 (112) — Holidays and Days of Special Observance - As enacted, designates November 8 as "Historically Black Colleges and Universities Day." - Amends TCA Title 15, Chapter 2.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment HA0574** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Amend/HA0574.pdf)
2. **Amendment SA0498** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Amend/SA0498.pdf)
3. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Bill/SB2749.pdf)

## Votes

- SENATE EDUCATION COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, with amendment, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 2/16/2022 Passed — **8–0** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/14/2022 3/10/2022 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/14/2022 Passed (1) — **94–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 2/28/2022 Passed (1) — **32–0** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE NAMING AND DESIGNATING COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/1/2022 — **0–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Gilmore — primary (person)
- Love — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-02-02** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2022-02-02** Intro. `introduction`
- **2022-02-02** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2022-02-03** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2022-02-03** P1C.
- **2022-02-07** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee
- **2022-02-07** P2C, ref. to Naming & Designating `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-09** Placed on Senate Education Committee calendar for 2/16/2022
- **2022-02-09** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2022-02-09** Sponsor change.
- **2022-02-10** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2022-02-16** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 8, Nays 0 PNV 0
- **2022-02-16** Placed on cal. Naming & Designating for 2/22/2022
- **2022-02-22** Action def. in Naming & Designating to 3/1/2022
- **2022-02-23** Placed on cal. Naming & Designating for 3/1/2022
- **2022-02-24** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 2/28/2022
- **2022-02-28** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 32, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2022-02-28** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0498)
- **2022-03-01** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2022-03-01** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
- **2022-03-01** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-02** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/3/2022
- **2022-03-03** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2022-03-03** Action def. in Calendar & Rules Committee to 3/10/2022
- **2022-03-09** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/10/2022
- **2022-03-10** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/14/2022
- **2022-03-14** Passed H., Ayes 94, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2022-03-14** Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0574) `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2022-03-14** Subst. for comp. HB.
- **2022-03-14** Comp. SB subst.
- **2022-03-14** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2022-03-15** Enrolled and ready for signatures
- **2022-03-16** Transmitted to Governor for action.
- **2022-03-16** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2022-03-16** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2022-03-24** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2022-04-04** Effective date(s) 03/24/2022
- **2022-04-04** Pub. Ch. 750
- **2022-04-04** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 750
- **2022-04-20** Sponsor(s) Added.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0bec65fd-efd0-4ca8-a8da-9d7e40b10fbf`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).