republic-os/legislation/us/states/tn/113/sb-2205.md

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Bill	Local Government, General - As enacted, removes jurisdictional exceptions to prohibition on discrimination against first responders based upon residency with respect to employment; prohibits all local governments in this state from discriminating against first responders with respect to employment based on residence. - Amends TCA Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 8; Title 41 and Title 68.	Local Government, General - As enacted, removes jurisdictional exceptions to prohibition on discrimination against first responders based upon residency with respect to employment; prohibits all local governments in this state from discriminating against first responders with respect to employment based on residence. - Amends TCA Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 8; Title 41 and Title 68.	us/states/tn	Tennessee General Assembly	113	SB 2205	Tennessee SB 2205 (113)	bill	General Local Government	enacted	Gardenhire	1	21	4	2024-01-30	2024-05-13	openstates	ocd-bill/54440654-87cb-4d0c-b410-9c7e1380e711	http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB2205&GA=113	e1ea91db9ce292c5099f382655dabcfcb15c303b9b594aff2860ec4df51fc144	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-tn

Tennessee SB 2205 (113) — Local Government, General - As enacted, removes jurisdictional exceptions to prohibition on discrimination against first responders based upon residency with respect to employment; prohibits all local governments in this state from discriminating against first responders with respect to employment based on residence. - Amends TCA Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 8; Title 41 and Title 68.

Version chain

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

1. Current Version (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• SENATE STATE & LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 2/27/2024 Passed (2) — 9–0 (pass) · upper
• FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/15/2024 Passed (1) — 76–20 (pass) · lower
• FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PREVIOUS QUESTION PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/15/2024 Passed — 74–23 (pass) · lower
• FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 3/4/2024 Passed (1) — 32–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Gardenhire — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-01-30 Filed for introduction filing
• 2024-01-31 Introduced, Passed on First Consideration introduction
• 2024-02-01 Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate State and Local Government Committee passage
• 2024-02-13 Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 2/20/2024
• 2024-02-20 Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 2/27/2024
• 2024-02-20 Action deferred in Senate State and Local Government Committee to 2/27/2024
• 2024-02-27 Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
• 2024-03-01 Placed on Senate Consent Calendar 2 for 3/4/2024
• 2024-03-04 Engrossed; ready for transmission to House receipt
• 2024-03-04 Passed Senate, Ayes 32, Nays 0 passage
• 2024-03-05 Sponsor(s) Added. sponsorship
• 2024-03-07 Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
• 2024-04-15 Passed H., Ayes 76, Nays 20, PNV 0 passage
• 2024-04-15 Subst. for comp. HB. substitution
• 2024-04-16 Signed by Senate Speaker passage
• 2024-04-16 Enrolled and ready for signatures enrolled
• 2024-04-18 Signed by H. Speaker passage
• 2024-04-19 Transmitted to Governor for action. executive-receipt
• 2024-05-01 Signed by Governor. executive-signature
• 2024-05-13 Effective date(s) 05/01/2024
• 2024-05-13 Pub. Ch. 851

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/54440654-87cb-4d0c-b410-9c7e1380e711. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).