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type: "Bill"
title: "Election Laws - As enacted, enacts the \"Tennessee Freedom of Speech Act.\" - Amends TCA Title 2 and Title 66."
description: "Election Laws - As enacted, enacts the \"Tennessee Freedom of Speech Act.\" - Amends TCA Title 2 and Title 66."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "110"
identifier: "SB 1089"
citation: "Tennessee SB 1089 (110)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Election Laws"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ketron", "Rudd"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 46
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2017-02-09"
last_action: "2017-05-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fc58265b-b242-4f37-9129-c523526dbbcf"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB1089&GA=110"
source_hash: "22b9914d976adb1d55ac14dacdf657f7481018daed54e8abccec54bff94785dd"
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 1089 (110) — Election Laws - As enacted, enacts the "Tennessee Freedom of Speech Act." - Amends TCA Title 2 and Title 66.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/110/Bill/SB1089.pdf)
## Votes
- SENATE STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 7, Nays 1 PNV 1 4/5/2017 Passed — **71** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Ketron — primary (person)
- Rudd — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2017-02-09** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2017-02-09** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-02-09** Intro. `introduction`
- **2017-02-09** Filed for intro. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-02-13** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate State and Local Government Committee
- **2017-02-13** P1C.
- **2017-02-15** Assigned to s/c Local Government Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-15** P2C, ref. to Local Government Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-22** Placed on s/c cal Local Government Subcommittee for 2/28/2017
- **2017-02-23** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2017-02-28** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Local Government Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-28** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2017-03-01** Placed on cal. Local Government Committee for 3/7/2017
- **2017-03-07** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-08** Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 3/14/2017
- **2017-03-08** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/9/2017
- **2017-03-09** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/13/2017
- **2017-03-10** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2017-03-13** Passed H., as am., Ayes 74, Nays 11, PNV 6 `passage`
- **2017-03-13** H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0038) `amendment-passage`
- **2017-03-14** Action deferred in Senate State and Local Government Committee to 3/28/2017
- **2017-03-14** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen.
- **2017-03-16** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2017-03-22** Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 3/28/2017
- **2017-03-28** Action deferred in Senate State and Local Government Committee to 4/4/2017
- **2017-03-29** Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 4/4/2017
- **2017-04-04** Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 4/5/2017
- **2017-04-04** Action deferred in Senate State and Local Government Committee to 4/5/2017
- **2017-04-05** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 7, Nays 1 PNV 1
- **2017-04-13** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar calendar for 4/19/2017
- **2017-04-19** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2017-04-19** Companion House Bill substituted
- **2017-04-19** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 28, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2017-04-19** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0331)
- **2017-04-19** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill.
- **2017-04-20** H. Placed on Message Calendar for 4/24/2017
- **2017-04-24** H. concurred in S. am. no. 1 Ayes 74, Nays 10 PNV 2 HB1199
- **2017-04-24** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2017-04-25** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.
- **2017-04-26** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2017-04-26** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2017-04-26** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2017-05-04** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2017-05-19** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 294
- **2017-05-19** Pub. Ch. 294
- **2017-05-19** Effective date(s) 07/01/2017
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/fc58265b-b242-4f37-9129-c523526dbbcf`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).