republic-os/legislation/us/states/tn/113/sb-1963.md

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Bill	Open Meetings - As enacted, permits a court to award the reasonable court costs and attorney's fees to a petitioner successfully proving that a governing body knowingly and willfully violated the public meetings laws in this state. - Amends TCA Title 8, Chapter 4, Part 6 and Title 8, Chapter 44, Part 1.	Open Meetings - As enacted, permits a court to award the reasonable court costs and attorney's fees to a petitioner successfully proving that a governing body knowingly and willfully violated the public meetings laws in this state. - Amends TCA Title 8, Chapter 4, Part 6 and Title 8, Chapter 44, Part 1.	us/states/tn	Tennessee General Assembly	113	SB 1963	Tennessee SB 1963 (113)	bill	Open Meetings	enacted	Pody	3	29	4	2024-01-24	2024-05-31	openstates	ocd-bill/dc077922-6929-4175-8e0a-a25db2893443	http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB1963&GA=113	d7945bac4c787dd6f7a3df13efec66ecd08d17c90c7755a311ceba29fecb0637	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-tn

Tennessee SB 1963 (113) — Open Meetings - As enacted, permits a court to award the reasonable court costs and attorney's fees to a petitioner successfully proving that a governing body knowingly and willfully violated the public meetings laws in this state. - Amends TCA Title 8, Chapter 4, Part 6 and Title 8, Chapter 44, Part 1.

Version chain

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

1. Amendment HA0833 (committee substitute) — source
2. Amendment SA0965 (committee substitute) — source
3. Current Version (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee Ayes 7, Nays 1 PNV 0 4/2/2024 Passed — 7–1 (pass) · upper
• FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 4/17/2024 Passed (1) — 29–2 (pass) · upper
• FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/24/2024 Passed (1) — 95–0 (pass) · lower
• SENATE FINANCE, WAYS AND MEANS COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 4/10/2024 Passed (2) — 11–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Pody — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-01-24 Filed for introduction filing
• 2024-01-25 Introduced, Passed on First Consideration introduction
• 2024-01-29 Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee passage
• 2024-03-06 Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 3/11/2024
• 2024-03-11 Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 3/12/2024
• 2024-03-11 Action deferred in Senate Judiciary Committee to 3/12/2024
• 2024-03-12 Reset on Final calendar of Senate Judiciary Committee
• 2024-03-27 Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 4/1/2024
• 2024-04-01 Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 4/2/2024
• 2024-04-01 Action deferred in Senate Judiciary Committee to 4/2/2024
• 2024-04-02 Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee Ayes 7, Nays 1 PNV 0
• 2024-04-08 Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 4/10/2024
• 2024-04-08 Rule #83(8) Suspended, to be heard in Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee for 4/10/2024
• 2024-04-10 Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
• 2024-04-15 Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 4/17/2024
• 2024-04-17 Engrossed; ready for transmission to House receipt
• 2024-04-17 Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 29, Nays 2 passage
• 2024-04-17 Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0965)
• 2024-04-18 Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
• 2024-04-24 Passed H., Ayes 95, Nays 0, PNV 1 passage
• 2024-04-24 Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0833) amendment-withdrawal
• 2024-04-24 Subst. for comp. HB. substitution
• 2024-04-29 Enrolled and ready for signatures enrolled
• 2024-05-09 Signed by Senate Speaker passage
• 2024-05-15 Signed by H. Speaker passage
• 2024-05-16 Transmitted to Governor for action. executive-receipt
• 2024-05-28 Signed by Governor. executive-signature
• 2024-05-31 Effective date(s) 05/28/2024
• 2024-05-31 Pub. Ch. 1030

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/dc077922-6929-4175-8e0a-a25db2893443. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).