---
type: "Bill"
title: "Local Government, General - As enacted, authorizes a member of a local government's legislative body to participate in a scheduled meeting by electronic means if the member is dealing with a family or medical emergency, has been called into military service, or is unable to attend in person due to inclement weather. - Amends TCA Title 5; Title 6; Title 7 and Title 8, Chapter 44."
description: "Local Government, General - As enacted, authorizes a member of a local government's legislative body to participate in a scheduled meeting by electronic means if the member is dealing with a family or medical emergency, has been called into military service, or is unable to attend in person due to inclement weather. - Amends TCA Title 5; Title 6; Title 7 and Title 8, Chapter 44."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "114"
identifier: "SB 136"
citation: "Tennessee SB 136 (114)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["General", "Local Government"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Briggs"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 22
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-01-14"
last_action: "2025-05-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2349e598-f5fd-493d-8a8a-1cadb05cb2d6"
source_url: "https://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/Default?BillNumber=SB0136&ga=114"
source_hash: "dad18248209a3a38ee824a60b6e27ee026aadb59f8a6bfdae52bfcd3b10448ab"
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 136 (114) — Local Government, General - As enacted, authorizes a member of a local government's legislative body to participate in a scheduled meeting by electronic means if the member is dealing with a family or medical emergency, has been called into military service, or is unable to attend in person due to inclement weather. - Amends TCA Title 5; Title 6; Title 7 and Title 8, Chapter 44.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment HA0393** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/HA0393.pdf)
2. **Amendment SA0382** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/SA0382.pdf)
3. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Bill/SB0136.pdf)

## Votes

- SENATE STATE & LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 8, Nays 1 PNV 0 4/2/2025 Passed — **8–1** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 4/9/2025 Passed — **28–2** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/21/2025 Passed (1) — **77–10** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Briggs — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-14** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2025-01-15** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2025-01-16** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate State & Local Government Committee `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-26** Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 4/1/2025
- **2025-04-01** Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 4/2/2025
- **2025-04-01** Action deferred in Senate State and Local Government Committee to 4/2/2025
- **2025-04-02** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 8, Nays 1 PNV 0
- **2025-04-07** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 4/9/2025
- **2025-04-09** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House `receipt`
- **2025-04-09** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 28, Nays 2 `passage`
- **2025-04-09** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0382)
- **2025-04-10** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2025-04-21** Passed H., Ayes 77, Nays 10, PNV 5 `passage`
- **2025-04-21** Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0393) `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2025-04-21** Subst. for comp. HB. `substitution`
- **2025-04-23** Enrolled and ready for signatures `enrolled`
- **2025-04-29** Signed by Senate Speaker `passage`
- **2025-04-30** Signed by H. Speaker `passage`
- **2025-05-01** Transmitted to Governor for action. `executive-receipt`
- **2025-05-09** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2025-05-15** Effective date(s) 05/09/2025
- **2025-05-15** Pub. Ch. 411

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2349e598-f5fd-493d-8a8a-1cadb05cb2d6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).