republic-os/legislation/us/states/tn/111s2/sb-8001.md

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Bill	Local Government, General - As enacted, prohibits a governmental entity from intentionally preventing or prohibiting law enforcement or fire and rescue services from accessing a specifically bounded area within the governmental entity's jurisdiction during a public demonstration; declares a governmental entity may be held liable for injury proximately caused by the governmental entity intentionally preventing or prohibiting law enforcement or fire and rescue services from accessing a specifically bounded area during a public demonstration. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 8; Title 9; Title 29 and Title 38.	Local Government, General - As enacted, prohibits a governmental entity from intentionally preventing or prohibiting law enforcement or fire and rescue services from accessing a specifically bounded area within the governmental entity's jurisdiction during a public demonstration; declares a governmental entity may be held liable for injury proximately caused by the governmental entity intentionally preventing or prohibiting law enforcement or fire and rescue services from accessing a specifically bounded area during a public demonstration. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 8; Title 9; Title 29 and Title 38.	us/states/tn	Tennessee General Assembly	111S2	SB 8001	Tennessee SB 8001 (111S2)	bill	Local Government General	enacted	Hensley Ogles	5	34	8	2020-08-07	2020-08-27	openstates	ocd-bill/34c82b69-529f-4037-b97e-bd35f7d3d773	http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB8001&GA=111	5157191903c3508e289f198cf8ea866f483f5f87c7f3ff88f28b4f3bdbfd4a57	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-tn

Tennessee SB 8001 (111S2) — Local Government, General - As enacted, prohibits a governmental entity from intentionally preventing or prohibiting law enforcement or fire and rescue services from accessing a specifically bounded area within the governmental entity's jurisdiction during a public demonstration; declares a governmental entity may be held liable for injury proximately caused by the governmental entity intentionally preventing or prohibiting law enforcement or fire and rescue services from accessing a specifically bounded area during a public demonstration. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 8; Title 9; Title 29 and Title 38.

Version chain

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

1. Amendment HA8002 (committee substitute) — source
2. Amendment HA8004 (committee substitute) — source
3. Amendment HA8012 (committee substitute) — source
4. Amendment SA8007 (committee substitute) — source
5. Current Version (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PREVIOUS QUESTION MOTION TO ADOPT AMENDMENT # 2 BY CLEMMONS PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 8/12/2020 Passed — 68–19 (pass) · lower
• FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 8/12/2020 Passed (1) — 27–4 (pass) · upper
• FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR MOTION TO ADOPT AMENDMENT # 2 BY CLEMMONS PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 8/12/2020 Failed (3) — 20–69 (fail) · lower
• FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 8/12/2020 Passed (1) — 68–19 (pass) · lower
• CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE OF EXTRAORDINARY SESSION II: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee of Extraordinary Session II 8/12/2020 (4) — 0–0 (pass) · lower
• FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PREVIOUS QUESTION PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 8/12/2020 Passed (2) — 70–19 (pass) · lower
• PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE OF EXTRAORDINARY SESSION II: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee of Extraordinary Session II 8/11/2020 — 0–0 (pass) · lower
• SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 7, Nays 1 PNV 0 8/12/2020 Passed — 7–1 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Hensley — primary (person)
• Ogles — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2020-08-07 Filed for introduction reading-1, introduction
• 2020-08-10 Introduced, Passed on First Consideration introduction
• 2020-08-10 Filed for introduction reading-1, introduction
• 2020-08-10 Intro., P1C. introduction
• 2020-08-11 Action deferred in Senate Judiciary Committee to 8/12/2020
• 2020-08-11 Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 8/11/2020
• 2020-08-11 Rule #83(8) Suspended, to be heard in S. Judiciary Comm. 8-11-20
• 2020-08-11 Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee
• 2020-08-11 Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee of Extraordinary Session II committee-passage-favorable
• 2020-08-11 Placed on cal. Public Safety Committee of Extraordinary Session II for 8/11/2020
• 2020-08-11 P2C, ref. to Public Safety Committee referral-committee
• 2020-08-12 Passed H., Ayes 68, Nays 19, PNV 1 passage
• 2020-08-12 Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA8002) amendment-withdrawal
• 2020-08-12 Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 3 - HA8012) amendment-withdrawal
• 2020-08-12 Failed to adopt, Ayes 20, Nays 69, PNV 0
• 2020-08-12 Subst. for comp. HB.
• 2020-08-12 Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
• 2020-08-12 Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 27, Nays 4 passage
• 2020-08-12 Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA8007)
• 2020-08-12 Placed on Senate Regular Calendar 2 for 8/12/2020
• 2020-08-12 Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 7, Nays 1 PNV 0
• 2020-08-12 Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 8/12/2020
• 2020-08-12 Comp. SB subst.
• 2020-08-12 H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 8/12/2020
• 2020-08-12 Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee of Extraordinary Session II committee-passage-favorable
• 2020-08-12 Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee of Extraordinary Session II for 8/12/2020
• 2020-08-13 Transmitted to Governor for action.
• 2020-08-13 Signed by H. Speaker
• 2020-08-13 Signed by Senate Speaker
• 2020-08-13 Enrolled and ready for signatures
• 2020-08-20 Signed by Governor. executive-signature
• 2020-08-27 Pub. Ch. 2
• 2020-08-27 Effective date(s) 08/20/2020
• 2020-08-27 Comp. became Pub. Ch. 2

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/34c82b69-529f-4037-b97e-bd35f7d3d773. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).