republic-os/legislation/us/states/tn/113/sb-2813.md

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Bill	Open Meetings - As enacted, clarifies that one or more members of a local legislative body who meet with one or more members of the state legislative delegation that represent the county or city is not a meeting under the law regarding open meetings for governing bodies, so long as the meeting is an exchange of information and not deliberative in nature or the member or members of the state legislative delegation conduct the meeting to discuss state matters. - Amends TCA Title 8, Chapter 44.	Open Meetings - As enacted, clarifies that one or more members of a local legislative body who meet with one or more members of the state legislative delegation that represent the county or city is not a meeting under the law regarding open meetings for governing bodies, so long as the meeting is an exchange of information and not deliberative in nature or the member or members of the state legislative delegation conduct the meeting to discuss state matters. - Amends TCA Title 8, Chapter 44.	us/states/tn	Tennessee General Assembly	113	SB 2813	Tennessee SB 2813 (113)	bill	Open Meetings	enacted	Reeves	3	24	3	2024-02-01	2024-05-09	openstates	ocd-bill/cd9815ba-4bb7-46b1-bd4f-4249c721d98d	http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB2813&GA=113	e63eccc0a9c09d111073e4a23770c9f43f0febfbb23483c19a70f1babaf97ad9	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-tn

Tennessee SB 2813 (113) — Open Meetings - As enacted, clarifies that one or more members of a local legislative body who meet with one or more members of the state legislative delegation that represent the county or city is not a meeting under the law regarding open meetings for governing bodies, so long as the meeting is an exchange of information and not deliberative in nature or the member or members of the state legislative delegation conduct the meeting to discuss state matters. - Amends TCA Title 8, Chapter 44.

Version chain

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

1. Amendment HA0842 (committee substitute) — source
2. Amendment SA0899 (committee substitute) — source
3. Current Version (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• SENATE STATE & LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0 3/27/2024 Passed (2) — 9–0 (pass) · upper
• FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/11/2024 Passed (1) — 88–0 (pass) · lower
• FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 4/9/2024 Passed (1) — 31–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Reeves — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-02-01 Introduced, Passed on First Consideration introduction
• 2024-02-01 Filed for introduction filing
• 2024-02-05 Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate State and Local Government Committee passage
• 2024-03-12 Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 3/19/2024
• 2024-03-19 Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 3/20/2024
• 2024-03-19 Action deferred in Senate State and Local Government Committee to 3/20/2024
• 2024-03-20 Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 3/27/2024
• 2024-03-20 Action deferred in Senate State and Local Government Committee to 3/26/2024
• 2024-03-27 Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0
• 2024-04-05 Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 4/9/2024
• 2024-04-09 Engrossed; ready for transmission to House receipt
• 2024-04-09 Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 31, Nays 0 passage
• 2024-04-09 Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0899)
• 2024-04-11 Passed H., Ayes 88, Nays 0, PNV 0 passage
• 2024-04-11 Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0842) amendment-withdrawal
• 2024-04-11 Subst. for comp. HB. substitution
• 2024-04-11 Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
• 2024-04-15 Enrolled and ready for signatures enrolled
• 2024-04-16 Signed by H. Speaker passage
• 2024-04-16 Signed by Senate Speaker passage
• 2024-04-17 Transmitted to Governor for action. executive-receipt
• 2024-04-29 Signed by Governor. executive-signature
• 2024-05-09 Effective date(s) 04/29/2024
• 2024-05-09 Pub. Ch. 818

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/cd9815ba-4bb7-46b1-bd4f-4249c721d98d. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).