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type: "Bill"
title: "Education, Higher - As enacted, prohibits a public postsecondary institution that provides internet access to students, faculty, staff, or the general public from allowing an individual to access a social media platform using the institution's network if the platform is owned or hosted by a company based in the People's Republic of China; grants certain exemptions for law enforcement activities; investigatory functions; and audit, compliance, or legal functions of the institution. - Amends TCA Title 49."
description: "Education, Higher - As enacted, prohibits a public postsecondary institution that provides internet access to students, faculty, staff, or the general public from allowing an individual to access a social media platform using the institution's network if the platform is owned or hosted by a company based in the People's Republic of China; grants certain exemptions for law enforcement activities; investigatory functions; and audit, compliance, or legal functions of the institution. - Amends TCA Title 49."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "113"
identifier: "SB 834"
citation: "Tennessee SB 834 (113)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education", "Higher"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Lundberg"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 21
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2023-01-30"
last_action: "2023-04-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1180234d-3d2a-4399-b60f-c75a50c9a06d"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB0834&GA=113"
source_hash: "ae662407889f9b38612fbca2311434412b4f7d0e591b1e4753a99c2bf8519592"
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 834 (113) — Education, Higher - As enacted, prohibits a public postsecondary institution that provides internet access to students, faculty, staff, or the general public from allowing an individual to access a social media platform using the institution's network if the platform is owned or hosted by a company based in the People's Republic of China; grants certain exemptions for law enforcement activities; investigatory functions; and audit, compliance, or legal functions of the institution. - Amends TCA Title 49.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Amendment HA0167** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Amend/HA0167.pdf)
2. **Amendment SA0050** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Amend/SA0050.pdf)
3. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Bill/SB0834.pdf)
## Votes
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PREVIOUS QUESTION PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/23/2023 Passed — **7713** (pass) · lower
- SENATE EDUCATION COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 8, Nays 0 PNV 0 2/22/2023 Passed — **80** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 3/2/2023 Passed (1) — **281** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/23/2023 Passed (1) — **8011** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Lundberg — 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`
- **2023-02-15** Placed on Senate Education Committee calendar for 2/22/2023
- **2023-02-22** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 8, Nays 0 PNV 0
- **2023-02-28** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 3/2/2023
- **2023-03-02** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House `receipt`
- **2023-03-02** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2023-03-02** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 28, Nays 1, PNV 3 `passage`
- **2023-03-02** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0050)
- **2023-03-06** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2023-03-23** Passed H., Ayes 80, Nays 11, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2023-03-23** Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0167) `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2023-03-23** Subst. for comp. HB. `substitution`
- **2023-03-24** Enrolled and ready for signatures `enrolled`
- **2023-03-29** Signed by Senate Speaker `passage`
- **2023-04-04** Transmitted to Governor for action. `executive-receipt`
- **2023-04-04** Signed by H. Speaker `passage`
- **2023-04-13** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2023-04-18** Effective date(s) 04/13/2023
- **2023-04-18** Pub. Ch. 152
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1180234d-3d2a-4399-b60f-c75a50c9a06d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).