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Bill Religion and Religious Organizations - As enacted, extends the prohibition on a governmental entity, other than a court, subpoenaing a clergy member's sermon or notes for use in a civil or administrative action to also include a prohibition on compelling a clergy member to testify regarding a sermon. - Amends TCA Section 4-1-407 and Title 24. Religion and Religious Organizations - As enacted, extends the prohibition on a governmental entity, other than a court, subpoenaing a clergy member's sermon or notes for use in a civil or administrative action to also include a prohibition on compelling a clergy member to testify regarding a sermon. - Amends TCA Section 4-1-407 and Title 24. us/states/tn Tennessee General Assembly 110 SB 2679 Tennessee SB 2679 (110)
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Tennessee SB 2679 (110) — Religion and Religious Organizations - As enacted, extends the prohibition on a governmental entity, other than a court, subpoenaing a clergy member's sermon or notes for use in a civil or administrative action to also include a prohibition on compelling a clergy member to testify regarding a sermon. - Amends TCA Section 4-1-407 and Title 24.

Version chain

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

  1. Current Version (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 3/13/2018 Passed (2) — 90 (pass) · upper
  • FLOOR VOTE: PREVIOUS QUESTION PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/22/2018 PASSED — 6230 (fail) · lower
  • FLOOR VOTE: PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/22/2018 PASSED (1) — 767 (fail) · lower
  • FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 3/19/2018 PASSED (1) — 320 (fail) · upper

Sponsors

  • Bailey — primary (person)
  • Weaver — primary (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2018-02-01 Introduced, Passed on First Consideration introduction
  • 2018-02-01 Filed for introduction introduction, reading-1
  • 2018-02-01 Filed for intro. introduction, reading-1
  • 2018-02-01 Intro. introduction
  • 2018-02-05 Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee
  • 2018-02-05 P1C.
  • 2018-02-07 Assigned to s/c Civil Justice Subcommittee referral-committee
  • 2018-02-07 P2C, ref. to Civil Justice Committee referral-committee
  • 2018-02-28 Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 3/6/2018
  • 2018-02-28 Placed on s/c cal Civil Justice Subcommittee for 3/7/2018
  • 2018-03-06 Action deferred in Senate Judiciary Committee to 3/13/2018
  • 2018-03-07 Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 3/13/2018
  • 2018-03-07 Placed on cal. Civil Justice Committee for 3/13/2018
  • 2018-03-07 Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Civil Justice Committee committee-passage-favorable
  • 2018-03-13 Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
  • 2018-03-13 Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee committee-passage-favorable
  • 2018-03-14 Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/15/2018
  • 2018-03-15 H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/22/2018
  • 2018-03-16 Placed on Senate Consent Calendar 2 calendar for 3/19/2018
  • 2018-03-19 Passed Senate, Ayes 32, Nays 0 passage
  • 2018-03-20 Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
  • 2018-03-22 Enrolled and ready for signatures
  • 2018-03-22 Passed H., Ayes 76, Nays 7, PNV 6 passage
  • 2018-03-22 Subst. for comp. HB.
  • 2018-03-22 Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
  • 2018-03-22 Sponsor(s) Added.
  • 2018-03-22 Comp. SB subst.
  • 2018-03-28 Signed by Senate Speaker
  • 2018-03-29 Signed by H. Speaker
  • 2018-04-02 Transmitted to Governor for action.
  • 2018-04-09 Signed by Governor. executive-signature
  • 2018-04-11 Pub. Ch. 663
  • 2018-04-11 Effective date(s) 04/09/2018
  • 2018-04-11 Comp. became Pub. Ch. 663

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/da673ff5-f0fd-4c1c-aa19-ca3fbb2bedb9. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).