republic-os/legislation/us/states/tn/112/sb-2889.md

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Bill	Open Meetings - As enacted, revises provisions governing participation in meetings by electronic means of communication. - Amends TCA Title 8, Chapter 44.	Open Meetings - As enacted, revises provisions governing participation in meetings by electronic means of communication. - Amends TCA Title 8, Chapter 44.	us/states/tn	Tennessee General Assembly	112	SB 2889	Tennessee SB 2889 (112)	bill	Open Meetings	enacted	Gardenhire Rudd	3	46	6	2022-02-02	2022-04-25	openstates	ocd-bill/63204c2e-5743-47ef-828a-2beec42eab25	http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB2889&GA=112	7e6ce88d210d70bb5439ac34b855c10b8a579afeb78d3fded1712a921649725a	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-tn

Tennessee SB 2889 (112) — Open Meetings - As enacted, revises provisions governing participation in meetings by electronic means of communication. - Amends TCA Title 8, Chapter 44.

Version chain

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

1. Amendment HA0694 (committee substitute) — source
2. Amendment SA0779 (committee substitute) — source
3. Current Version (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• HOUSE PUBLIC SERVICE SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to State Government Committee 3/9/2022 (4) — 0–0 (fail) · lower
• SENATE STATE & LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 8, Nays 0 PNV 0 3/23/2022 Passed (2) — 8–0 (pass) · upper
• FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 4/7/2022 Passed (1) — 32–0 (pass) · upper
• HOUSE STATE GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/15/2022 (3) — 0–0 (pass) · lower
• FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/21/2022 Passed (1) — 85–0 (pass) · lower
• HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/21/2022 3/17/2022 (2) — 0–0 (fail) · lower

Sponsors

• Gardenhire — primary (person)
• Rudd — 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, ref. to State Government Committee referral-committee
• 2022-02-07 Sponsor(s) withdrawn.
• 2022-02-07 Sponsor change.
• 2022-02-08 Assigned to s/c Public Service Subcommittee referral-committee
• 2022-02-15 Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 2/22/2022
• 2022-02-22 Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 3/1/2022
• 2022-02-22 Action deferred in Senate State and Local Government Committee to 3/1/2022
• 2022-03-01 Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 3/8/2022
• 2022-03-01 Action deferred in Senate State and Local Government Committee to 3/8/2022
• 2022-03-02 Placed on s/c cal Public Service Subcommittee for 3/9/2022
• 2022-03-08 Action deferred in Senate State and Local Government Committee to 3/15/2022
• 2022-03-09 Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 3/15/2022
• 2022-03-09 Placed on cal. State Government Committee for 3/15/2022
• 2022-03-09 Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to State Government Committee referral-committee
• 2022-03-15 Action deferred in Senate State and Local Government Committee to 3/22/2022
• 2022-03-15 Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee committee-passage-favorable
• 2022-03-16 Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 3/22/2022
• 2022-03-16 Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/17/2022
• 2022-03-17 H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/21/2022
• 2022-03-21 Passed H., as am., Ayes 85, Nays 0, PNV 0 passage
• 2022-03-21 H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0694) amendment-passage
• 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 Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen.
• 2022-03-23 Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 8, Nays 0 PNV 0
• 2022-03-24 Received from House, Passed on First Consideration introduction
• 2022-04-05 Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 4/7/2022
• 2022-04-07 Sponsor(s) Added.
• 2022-04-07 Companion House Bill substituted
• 2022-04-07 Passed Senate, Ayes 32, Nays 0 passage
• 2022-04-07 Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - SA0779)
• 2022-04-07 Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill.
• 2022-04-08 Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.
• 2022-04-11 Signed by H. Speaker
• 2022-04-12 Transmitted to Governor for his action. executive-receipt
• 2022-04-12 Signed by Senate Speaker
• 2022-04-20 Signed by Governor. executive-signature
• 2022-04-25 Comp. became Pub. Ch. 856
• 2022-04-25 Effective date(s) 07/01/2022
• 2022-04-25 Pub. Ch. 856

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/63204c2e-5743-47ef-828a-2beec42eab25. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).