republic-os/legislation/us/states/tn/111/sb-961.md

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Bill	Governor - As enacted, establishes a governor's office of faith-based and community initiatives. - Amends TCA Title 4.	Governor - As enacted, establishes a governor's office of faith-based and community initiatives. - Amends TCA Title 4.	us/states/tn	Tennessee General Assembly	111	SB 961	Tennessee SB 961 (111)	bill	Governor	enacted	Johnson Lamberth	3	34	6	2019-02-06	2019-05-01	openstates	ocd-bill/b37b0628-403e-4840-b406-182ec7ba3eec	http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB0961&GA=111	0c1587e60baa408ecb6c4a19b5ea84d536c0c93e772302db07e50bda4e58f9e9	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-tn

Tennessee SB 961 (111) — Governor - As enacted, establishes a governor's office of faith-based and community initiatives. - Amends TCA Title 4.

Version chain

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

1. Amendment HA0176 (committee substitute) — source
2. Amendment SA0251 (committee substitute) — source
3. Current Version (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 4/11/2019 Passed (1) — 31–0 (pass) · upper
• HOUSE STATE COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/26/2019 — 0–0 (pass) · lower
• HOUSE DEPARTMENTS & AGENCIES SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to State Committee 3/20/2019 (3) — 0–0 (fail) · lower
• FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/4/2019 Passed (1) — 97–0 (pass) · lower
• SENATE STATE & LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0 4/9/2019 Passed (2) — 9–0 (pass) · upper
• HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/4/2019 3/28/2019 (2) — 0–0 (fail) · lower

Sponsors

• Johnson — primary (person)
• Lamberth — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2019-02-06 Filed for introduction reading-1, introduction
• 2019-02-06 Intro. introduction
• 2019-02-06 Filed for introduction reading-1, introduction
• 2019-02-07 Introduced, Passed on First Consideration introduction
• 2019-02-07 P1C.
• 2019-02-11 Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate State and Local Government Committee
• 2019-02-11 P2C, caption bill, held on desk - pending amdt.
• 2019-03-12 Assigned to s/c Departments & Agencies Subcommittee referral-committee
• 2019-03-12 Ref. to State Committee referral-committee
• 2019-03-13 Placed on s/c cal Departments & Agencies Subcommittee for 3/20/2019
• 2019-03-20 Placed on cal. State Committee for 3/26/2019
• 2019-03-20 Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to State Committee referral-committee
• 2019-03-26 Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee committee-passage-favorable
• 2019-03-27 Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/28/2019
• 2019-03-28 H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/4/2019
• 2019-04-02 Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 4/9/2019
• 2019-04-04 Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen.
• 2019-04-04 Passed H., as am., Ayes 97, Nays 0, PNV 0 passage
• 2019-04-04 H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0176) amendment-passage
• 2019-04-08 Received from House, Passed on First Consideration introduction
• 2019-04-09 Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 4/11/2019
• 2019-04-09 Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0
• 2019-04-11 Companion House Bill substituted
• 2019-04-11 Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 31, Nays 0 passage
• 2019-04-11 Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - SA0251)
• 2019-04-11 Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill.
• 2019-04-12 Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.
• 2019-04-15 Signed by H. Speaker
• 2019-04-16 Transmitted to Governor for his action. executive-receipt
• 2019-04-16 Signed by Senate Speaker
• 2019-04-25 Signed by Governor. executive-signature
• 2019-05-01 Comp. became Pub. Ch. 218
• 2019-05-01 Pub. Ch. 218
• 2019-05-01 Effective date(s) 07/01/2019

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/b37b0628-403e-4840-b406-182ec7ba3eec. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).