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type: "Bill"
title: "Immigration - As enacted, adds the department of finance and administration to the list of recipients under the requirement that the Tennessee office for refugees at least quarterly transmit certain information to the chairs of the state government committee of the house and state and local government committee of the senate, and to the chair of the budget committee of either the city council or the county legislative body regulating a host community. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 8; Title 9; Title 37; Title 68 and Title 71."
description: "Immigration - As enacted, adds the department of finance and administration to the list of recipients under the requirement that the Tennessee office for refugees at least quarterly transmit certain information to the chairs of the state government committee of the house and state and local government committee of the senate, and to the chair of the budget committee of either the city council or the county legislative body regulating a host community. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 8; Title 9; Title 37; Title 68 and Title 71."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "112"
identifier: "SB 2783"
citation: "Tennessee SB 2783 (112)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Immigration"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Watson", "Williams"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 44
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2022-02-02"
last_action: "2022-05-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1033a3a4-6701-4b76-a5c4-bdc756935ffd"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB2783&GA=112"
source_hash: "fd5dae424ec0acb6bb8dd9fc8ce96c3d9c752314e63addb918640f7e28fa51b5"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-tn"]
---
# Tennessee SB 2783 (112) — Immigration - As enacted, adds the department of finance and administration to the list of recipients under the requirement that the Tennessee office for refugees at least quarterly transmit certain information to the chairs of the state government committee of the house and state and local government committee of the senate, and to the chair of the budget committee of either the city council or the county legislative body regulating a host community. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 8; Title 9; Title 37; Title 68 and Title 71.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Amendment HA0829** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Amend/HA0829.pdf)
2. **Amendment SA0797** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Amend/SA0797.pdf)
3. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Bill/SB2783.pdf)
## Votes
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/4/2022 3/31/2022 (2) — **00** (fail) · lower
- HOUSE STATE GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/29/2022 (3) — **00** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/4/2022 Passed (1) — **7419** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 4/11/2022 Passed (1) — **274** (pass) · upper
- SENATE STATE & LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 6, Nays 2 PNV 0 3/23/2022 Passed — **62** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE DEPARTMENTS & AGENCIES SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to State Government Committee 3/15/2022 (4) — **00** (fail) · lower
## Sponsors
- Watson — primary (person)
- Williams — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **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** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2022-02-03** P1C.
- **2022-02-07** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate State and Local Government Committee
- **2022-02-07** P2C, caption bill, held on desk - pending amdt.
- **2022-03-07** Assigned to s/c Departments & Agencies Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-07** Ref. to State Government Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-09** Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 3/15/2022
- **2022-03-09** Placed on s/c cal Departments & Agencies Subcommittee for 3/15/2022
- **2022-03-15** Action deferred in Senate State and Local Government Committee to 3/22/2022
- **2022-03-15** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to State Government Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-16** Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 3/22/2022
- **2022-03-16** Placed on cal. State Government Committee for 3/22/2022
- **2022-03-22** Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 3/23/2022
- **2022-03-22** Action deferred in Senate State and Local Government Committee to 3/23/2022
- **2022-03-22** Action def. in State Government Committee to 3/29/2022
- **2022-03-23** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 6, Nays 2 PNV 0
- **2022-03-23** Placed on cal. State Government Committee for 3/29/2022
- **2022-03-29** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-30** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/31/2022
- **2022-03-31** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/4/2022
- **2022-04-04** Passed H., as am., Ayes 74, Nays 19, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2022-04-04** H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0829) `amendment-passage`
- **2022-04-04** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2022-04-05** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 4/7/2022
- **2022-04-05** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen.
- **2022-04-06** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2022-04-07** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 4/11/2022
- **2022-04-07** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2022-04-07** Senate Reset on calendar for 4/11/2022
- **2022-04-11** Companion House Bill substituted
- **2022-04-11** Passed Senate, Ayes 27, Nays 4 `passage`
- **2022-04-11** Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - SA0797)
- **2022-04-11** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill.
- **2022-04-12** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.
- **2022-04-14** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2022-04-18** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2022-04-20** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2022-04-29** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2022-05-04** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 961
- **2022-05-04** Effective date(s) 04/29/2022
- **2022-05-04** Pub. Ch. 961
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1033a3a4-6701-4b76-a5c4-bdc756935ffd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).