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Bill Criminal Offenses - As enacted, creates a Class E felony of an employer influencing or attempting to influence an employee who is a public servant to vote or not to vote in a particular manner or to resign as a public servant or unnecessarily recuse themselves from a public body with the intent to influence the action or inaction of a public body; creates a cause of action for unlawful discharge of an employee who is a public servant. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 39 and Title 50. Criminal Offenses - As enacted, creates a Class E felony of an employer influencing or attempting to influence an employee who is a public servant to vote or not to vote in a particular manner or to resign as a public servant or unnecessarily recuse themselves from a public body with the intent to influence the action or inaction of a public body; creates a cause of action for unlawful discharge of an employee who is a public servant. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 39 and Title 50. us/states/tn Tennessee General Assembly 112 SB 2445 Tennessee SB 2445 (112)
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Tennessee SB 2445 (112) — Criminal Offenses - As enacted, creates a Class E felony of an employer influencing or attempting to influence an employee who is a public servant to vote or not to vote in a particular manner or to resign as a public servant or unnecessarily recuse themselves from a public body with the intent to influence the action or inaction of a public body; creates a cause of action for unlawful discharge of an employee who is a public servant. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 39 and Title 50.

Version chain

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

  1. Amendment HA0869 (committee substitute) — source
  2. Amendment SA0642 (committee substitute) — source
  3. Current Version (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/27/2022 4/26/2022 (2) — 00 (fail) · lower
  • HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 4/26/2022 (3) — 00 (pass) · lower
  • HOUSE CRIMINAL JUSTICE COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 3/30/2022 (5) — 00 (pass) · lower
  • SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0 3/15/2022 Passed (2) — 90 (pass) · upper
  • HOUSE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Criminal Justice Committee 3/23/2022 — 00 (fail) · lower
  • HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 4/26/2022 (4) — 00 (pass) · lower
  • FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 4/6/2022 Passed (1) — 290 (pass) · upper
  • FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/27/2022 Passed (1) — 920 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

  • Haile — primary (person)
  • Leatherwood — primary (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2022-02-02 Filed for introduction introduction, reading-1
  • 2022-02-02 Intro. introduction
  • 2022-02-02 Filed for introduction introduction, reading-1
  • 2022-02-03 Introduced, Passed on First Consideration introduction
  • 2022-02-03 P1C.
  • 2022-02-07 Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee
  • 2022-02-07 P2C, ref. to Criminal Justice Committee referral-committee
  • 2022-02-08 Assigned to s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee referral-committee
  • 2022-03-02 Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 3/8/2022
  • 2022-03-02 Placed on s/c cal Criminal Justice Subcommittee for 3/9/2022
  • 2022-03-08 Action deferred in Senate Judiciary Committee to 3/15/2022
  • 2022-03-09 Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 3/15/2022
  • 2022-03-09 Placed on s/c cal Criminal Justice Subcommittee for 3/16/2022
  • 2022-03-09 Action Def. in s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee to 3/16/2022
  • 2022-03-15 Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0
  • 2022-03-16 Placed on s/c cal Criminal Justice Subcommittee for 3/23/2022
  • 2022-03-16 Action Def. in s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee to 3/23/2022
  • 2022-03-23 Placed on cal. Criminal Justice Committee for 3/30/2022
  • 2022-03-23 Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Criminal Justice Committee referral-committee
  • 2022-03-30 Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee committee-passage-favorable
  • 2022-04-04 Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 4/6/2022
  • 2022-04-06 Sponsor(s) Added.
  • 2022-04-06 Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
  • 2022-04-06 Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 29, Nays 0 passage
  • 2022-04-06 Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0642)
  • 2022-04-06 Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 4/13/2022
  • 2022-04-06 Assigned to s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee referral-committee
  • 2022-04-07 Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
  • 2022-04-13 Placed behind the budget
  • 2022-04-20 Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 4/26/2022
  • 2022-04-26 H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/27/2022
  • 2022-04-26 Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/26/2022
  • 2022-04-26 Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee committee-passage-favorable
  • 2022-04-26 Placed on cal. Finance, Ways, and Means Committee for 4/26/2022
  • 2022-04-26 Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee committee-passage-favorable
  • 2022-04-27 Passed H., Ayes 92, Nays 0, PNV 0 passage
  • 2022-04-27 Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0869) amendment-withdrawal
  • 2022-04-27 Subst. for comp. HB.
  • 2022-04-27 Comp. SB subst.
  • 2022-04-27 Sponsor(s) Added.
  • 2022-05-13 Enrolled and ready for signatures
  • 2022-05-18 Signed by H. Speaker
  • 2022-05-18 Signed by Senate Speaker
  • 2022-05-23 Transmitted to Governor for action.
  • 2022-06-03 Signed by Governor. executive-signature
  • 2022-06-06 Effective date(s) 07/01/2022
  • 2022-06-06 Pub. Ch. 1142
  • 2022-06-06 Comp. became Pub. Ch. 1142

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/384d96ee-7603-4562-966a-4ac2d63ecf70. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).