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type: "Bill"
title: "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."
description: "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."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "113"
identifier: "SB 2813"
citation: "Tennessee SB 2813 (113)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Open Meetings"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Reeves"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 24
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2024-02-01"
last_action: "2024-05-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cd9815ba-4bb7-46b1-bd4f-4249c721d98d"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB2813&GA=113"
source_hash: "e63eccc0a9c09d111073e4a23770c9f43f0febfbb23483c19a70f1babaf97ad9"
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 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](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Amend/HA0842.pdf)
2. **Amendment SA0899** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Amend/SA0899.pdf)
3. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Bill/SB2813.pdf)
## 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) — **90** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/11/2024 Passed (1) — **880** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 4/9/2024 Passed (1) — **310** (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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/cd9815ba-4bb7-46b1-bd4f-4249c721d98d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).