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Bill Education, Higher - As enacted, enacts the "Tennessee Higher Education Freedom of Expression and Transparency Act." - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 7 and Title 49, Chapter 8. Education, Higher - As enacted, enacts the "Tennessee Higher Education Freedom of Expression and Transparency Act." - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 7 and Title 49, Chapter 8. us/states/tn Tennessee General Assembly 113 SB 817 Tennessee SB 817 (113)
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Tennessee SB 817 (113) — Education, Higher - As enacted, enacts the "Tennessee Higher Education Freedom of Expression and Transparency Act." - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 7 and Title 49, Chapter 8.

Version chain

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

  1. Amendment HA0233 (committee substitute) — source
  2. Amendment SA0378 (committee substitute) — source
  3. Current Version (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • SENATE EDUCATION COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 8, Nays 1 PNV 0 3/29/2023 Passed (2) — 81 (pass) · upper
  • FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PREVIOUS QUESTION PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/13/2023 Passed — 6826 (pass) · lower
  • FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/13/2023 Passed (1) — 7325 (pass) · lower
  • FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 4/5/2023 Passed (1) — 266 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

  • Hensley — primary (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2023-01-30 Filed for introduction filing
  • 2023-02-02 Introduced, Passed on First Consideration introduction
  • 2023-02-06 Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee passage
  • 2023-03-08 Placed on Senate Education Committee calendar for 3/15/2023
  • 2023-03-15 Placed on Senate Education Committee calendar for 3/22/2023
  • 2023-03-15 Action deferred in Senate Education Committee to 3/22/2023
  • 2023-03-22 Placed on Senate Education Committee calendar for 3/29/2023
  • 2023-03-22 Action deferred in Senate Education Committee to 3/29/2023
  • 2023-03-29 Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 8, Nays 1 PNV 0
  • 2023-04-03 Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 4/5/2023
  • 2023-04-05 Sponsor(s) Added. sponsorship
  • 2023-04-05 Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 26, Nays 5 passage
  • 2023-04-05 Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0378)
  • 2023-04-05 Engrossed; ready for transmission to House receipt
  • 2023-04-10 Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
  • 2023-04-13 Passed H., Ayes 73, Nays 25, PNV 0 passage
  • 2023-04-13 Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0233) amendment-withdrawal
  • 2023-04-13 Subst. for comp. HB. substitution
  • 2023-04-14 Enrolled and ready for signatures enrolled
  • 2023-04-17 Signed by Senate Speaker passage
  • 2023-04-18 Signed by H. Speaker passage
  • 2023-04-19 Transmitted to Governor for action. executive-receipt
  • 2023-04-28 Signed by Governor. executive-signature
  • 2023-05-03 Effective date(s) 07/01/2023
  • 2023-05-03 Pub. Ch. 268

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/4e6b00e8-2b95-43ea-b3ce-ecb9a1d22ed7. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).