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Fabio 5a13be122b Legislation: batch E — CA TN VA VT WA WI WV WY 
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2026-07-06 17:28:36 -04:00

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Bill Employees, Employers - As enacted, enacts the "CROWN Act: Create a Respectful and Open World for Natural Hair," which prohibits an employer from adopting a policy that does not permit an employee to wear the employee's hair in braids, locs, twists, or another manner that is part of the cultural identification of the employee's ethnic group or that is a physical characteristic of the employee's ethnic group; creates certain exceptions. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 21; Title 8; Title 49 and Title 50. Employees, Employers - As enacted, enacts the "CROWN Act: Create a Respectful and Open World for Natural Hair," which prohibits an employer from adopting a policy that does not permit an employee to wear the employee's hair in braids, locs, twists, or another manner that is part of the cultural identification of the employee's ethnic group or that is a physical characteristic of the employee's ethnic group; creates certain exceptions. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 21; Title 8; Title 49 and Title 50. us/states/tn Tennessee General Assembly 112 HB 204 Tennessee HB 204 (112)
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Tennessee HB 204 (112) — Employees, Employers - As enacted, enacts the "CROWN Act: Create a Respectful and Open World for Natural Hair," which prohibits an employer from adopting a policy that does not permit an employee to wear the employee's hair in braids, locs, twists, or another manner that is part of the cultural identification of the employee's ethnic group or that is a physical characteristic of the employee's ethnic group; creates certain exceptions. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 21; Title 8; Title 49 and Title 50.

Version chain

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

  1. Amendment HA0494 (committee substitute) — source
  2. Amendment HA0903 (committee substitute) — source
  3. Amendment SA0409 (committee substitute) — source
  4. Current Version (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • SENATE COMMERCE AND LABOR COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0 4/21/2021 Passed (5) — 9–0 (pass) · upper
  • FLOOR VOTE: Concur in House Amend# 2 4/27/2022 Passed (3) — 29–0 (pass) · upper
  • FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/18/2022 Failed (1) — 50–29 (fail) · lower
  • HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/11/2022 4/7/2022 (4) — 0–0 (fail) · lower
  • FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR MOTION TO CONSIDER AMENDMENT # 2 BY ZACHARY PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/11/2022 Passed (3) — 89–0 (pass) · lower
  • FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR MOTION TO ADOPT AMENDMENT # 2 BY ZACHARY PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/11/2022 Passed (2) — 88–0 (pass) · lower
  • FLOOR VOTE: Concur in House Amend# 2 4/27/2022 Passed (1) — 27–0 (pass) · upper
  • FLOOR VOTE: Concur in House Amend# 1 4/27/2022 Passed (2) — 28–0 (pass) · upper
  • HOUSE BUSINESS AND UTILITIES SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Commerce Committee 3/31/2021 (7) — 0–0 (pass) · lower
  • HOUSE COMMERCE COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Government Operations Committee 2/8/2022 (6) — 0–0 (pass) · lower
  • FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 5/3/2021 Passed (4) — 28–0 (pass) · upper
  • HOUSE GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS COMMITTEE: Ref to Calendar & Rules Committee with Negative Recommendation 3/7/2022 Failed (5) — 3–7 (fail) · lower

Sponsors

  • Akbari — primary (person)
  • Camper — primary (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2021-01-13 Filed for introduction introduction, reading-1
  • 2021-01-14 Filed for introduction introduction, reading-1
  • 2021-01-14 Introduced, Passed on First Consideration introduction
  • 2021-01-15 Intro., P1C. introduction
  • 2021-01-15 Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Commerce and Labor Committee
  • 2021-02-08 P2C, caption bill, held on desk - pending amdt.
  • 2021-03-01 Sponsor(s) Added.
  • 2021-03-16 Placed on Senate Commerce and Labor Committee calendar for 3/23/2021
  • 2021-03-22 Assigned to s/c Business & Utilities Subcommittee referral-committee
  • 2021-03-22 Ref. to Commerce Committee referral-committee
  • 2021-03-22 Sponsor(s) Added.
  • 2021-03-23 Action deferred in Senate Commerce and Labor Committee to 4/6/2021
  • 2021-03-24 Placed on s/c cal Business & Utilities Subcommittee for 3/31/2021
  • 2021-03-24 Placed on Senate Commerce and Labor Committee calendar for 3/30/2021
  • 2021-03-30 Placed on Senate Commerce and Labor Committee calendar for 4/6/2021
  • 2021-03-30 Action deferred in Senate Commerce and Labor Committee to 4/6/2021
  • 2021-03-31 Placed on cal. Commerce Committee for 4/6/2021
  • 2021-03-31 Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Commerce Committee committee-passage-favorable
  • 2021-04-06 Action def. in Commerce Committee to 4/13/2021
  • 2021-04-06 Action deferred in Senate Commerce & Labor Committee to 4/7/2021
  • 2021-04-07 Placed on cal. Commerce Committee for 4/13/2021
  • 2021-04-07 Reset on Final calendar of Senate Commerce and Labor Committee
  • 2021-04-07 Placed on Senate Commerce and Labor Committee calendar for 4/7/2021
  • 2021-04-13 Action def. in Commerce Committee to First Calendar of 2022
  • 2021-04-14 Placed on Senate Commerce and Labor Committee calendar for 4/21/2021
  • 2021-04-21 Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0
  • 2021-04-23 Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 4/27/2021
  • 2021-04-27 Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 4/29/2021
  • 2021-04-27 Senate Reset on calendar for 4/29/2021
  • 2021-04-27 Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0409)
  • 2021-04-29 Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 5/3/2021
  • 2021-04-30 Sponsor(s) Added.
  • 2021-05-03 Passed Senate, Ayes 28, Nays 0 passage
  • 2021-05-03 Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
  • 2021-05-05 Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
  • 2022-02-02 Placed on cal. Commerce Committee for 2/8/2022
  • 2022-02-08 Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Government Operations Committee committee-passage-favorable
  • 2022-03-03 Placed on cal. Government Operations Committee for 3/7/2022
  • 2022-03-07 ref to Calendar & Rules Committee with a Negative Recommendation
  • 2022-04-06 Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/7/2022
  • 2022-04-07 H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/11/2022
  • 2022-04-11 Comp. SB subst.
  • 2022-04-11 Sponsor(s) Added.
  • 2022-04-11 H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/18/22
  • 2022-04-11 Reset on cal. for 4/18/2022
  • 2022-04-11 H. adopted am. (Amendment 2 - HA0903) amendment-passage
  • 2022-04-11 H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0494) amendment-passage
  • 2022-04-11 Subst. for comp. HB.
  • 2022-04-18 Passed H., as am., Ayes 50, Nays 29, PNV 14 passage
  • 2022-04-20 Placed on Senate Message Calendar for 4/21/2022
  • 2022-04-22 Placed on Senate Message Calendar for 4/25/2022
  • 2022-04-25 Placed on Senate Message Calendar for 4/27/2022
  • 2022-04-25 Senate Reset on calendar for 4/27/2022
  • 2022-04-26 Sponsor(s) Added.
  • 2022-04-27 Concurred, Ayes 27, Nays 0 (Amendment 2 - HA0903) passage
  • 2022-04-27 Concurred, Ayes 28, Nays 0 (Amendment 1 - HA0494) passage
  • 2022-04-27 Placed on Senate Message Calendar 2 for 4/27/2022
  • 2022-04-27 Senate Reset on calendar for 4/27/2022
  • 2022-04-27 Concurred, Ayes 29, Nays 0 (Amendment 2 - HA0903) passage
  • 2022-04-27 Senate refused to concur in House amendment #1. amendment-failure
  • 2022-05-04 Enrolled and ready for signatures
  • 2022-05-12 Signed by Senate Speaker
  • 2022-05-17 Signed by H. Speaker
  • 2022-05-18 Transmitted to Governor for action.
  • 2022-05-27 Signed by Governor. executive-signature
  • 2022-06-01 Comp. became Pub. Ch. 1078
  • 2022-06-01 Effective date(s) 07/01/2022
  • 2022-06-01 Pub. Ch. 1078

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/b26f6dd2-2b8b-4f90-ab54-dc7f091bcba9. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).

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