---
type: "Bill"
title: "Public Records - As enacted, requires the office of open records counsel to facilitate the convening of meetings of the advisory committee on open government, including selecting a date for the required annual meeting in the absence of co-chairs. - Amends TCA Title 8, Chapter 4, Part 6."
description: "Public Records - As enacted, requires the office of open records counsel to facilitate the convening of meetings of the advisory committee on open government, including selecting a date for the required annual meeting in the absence of co-chairs. - Amends TCA Title 8, Chapter 4, Part 6."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "114"
identifier: "SB 623"
citation: "Tennessee SB 623 (114)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Public Records"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Briggs"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 22
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-01-31"
last_action: "2025-05-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/067b127b-19fd-4f72-9c32-612a8e4a11bc"
source_url: "https://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/Default?BillNumber=SB0623&ga=114"
source_hash: "ed867eac020a23a5833359a690d2b98852ffa1b93febc10e5bcdf53f4240eeb1"
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 623 (114) — Public Records - As enacted, requires the office of open records counsel to facilitate the convening of meetings of the advisory committee on open government, including selecting a date for the required annual meeting in the absence of co-chairs. - Amends TCA Title 8, Chapter 4, Part 6.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment HA0405** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/HA0405.pdf)
2. **Amendment SA0224** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/SA0224.pdf)
3. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Bill/SB0623.pdf)

## Votes

- FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 3/31/2025 Passed (1) — **30–0** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/16/2025 Passed (1) — **92–1** (pass) · lower
- SENATE STATE & LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0 3/25/2025 Passed (2) — **9–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Briggs — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-31** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2025-02-10** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2025-02-12** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate State and Local Government Committee `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-11** Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 3/18/2025
- **2025-03-18** Action deferred in Senate State and Local Government Committee to 3/25/2025
- **2025-03-19** Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 3/25/2025
- **2025-03-25** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0
- **2025-03-28** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 3/31/2025
- **2025-03-31** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House `receipt`
- **2025-03-31** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 30, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2025-03-31** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0224)
- **2025-04-03** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2025-04-16** Passed H., Ayes 92, Nays 1, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2025-04-16** Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0405) `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2025-04-16** Subst. for comp. HB. `substitution`
- **2025-04-22** Signed by H. Speaker `passage`
- **2025-04-22** Signed by Senate Speaker `passage`
- **2025-04-22** Enrolled and ready for signatures `enrolled`
- **2025-04-23** Transmitted to Governor for action. `executive-receipt`
- **2025-05-05** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2025-05-13** Effective date(s) 05/05/2025
- **2025-05-13** Pub. Ch. 370

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/067b127b-19fd-4f72-9c32-612a8e4a11bc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).