republic-os/legislation/us/states/tn/114/hb-1237.md

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Bill	Boards and Commissions - As enacted, prohibits the exclusion of persons from membership on state regulatory and health-related boards on the basis of race, color, ethnicity, and national origin; prohibits such boards from establishing or operating under race-based policies pertaining to their composition; removes requirement that appointing authorities strive to ensure certain boards and commissions are represented by members of racial minorities. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 21; Title 9; Title 62; Title 63 and Title 68.	Boards and Commissions - As enacted, prohibits the exclusion of persons from membership on state regulatory and health-related boards on the basis of race, color, ethnicity, and national origin; prohibits such boards from establishing or operating under race-based policies pertaining to their composition; removes requirement that appointing authorities strive to ensure certain boards and commissions are represented by members of racial minorities. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 21; Title 9; Title 62; Title 63 and Title 68.	us/states/tn	Tennessee General Assembly	114	HB 1237	Tennessee HB 1237 (114)	bill	Boards and Commissions	enacted	Zachary	3	27	8	2025-02-06	2025-04-28	openstates	ocd-bill/b5238abd-0761-43ec-9f2a-51edebde804d	https://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/Default?BillNumber=HB1237&ga=114	5b70c9e10776ccec1935ff3a871acce00278f824730eda591ed6ad11df09cc3d	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-tn

Tennessee HB 1237 (114) — Boards and Commissions - As enacted, prohibits the exclusion of persons from membership on state regulatory and health-related boards on the basis of race, color, ethnicity, and national origin; prohibits such boards from establishing or operating under race-based policies pertaining to their composition; removes requirement that appointing authorities strive to ensure certain boards and commissions are represented by members of racial minorities. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 21; Title 9; Title 62; Title 63 and Title 68.

Version chain

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

1. Amendment HA0053 (committee substitute) — source
2. Amendment SA0137 (committee substitute) — source
3. Current Version (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/10/2025 Passed (2) — 71–23 (pass) · lower
• FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PREVIOUS QUESTION AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/10/2025 Passed — 70–23 (pass) · lower
• FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Table Re-Refer to Committee 3/31/2025 Passed — 24–6 (pass) · upper
• HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/10/2025 3/6/2025 (3) — 0–0 (fail) · lower
• HOUSE DEPARTMENTS & AGENCIES SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to State & Local Government Committee 2/25/2025 Passed (5) — 6–2 (pass) · lower
• FLOOR VOTE: MESSAGE CALENDAR CONCUR IN SENATE AMENDMENT # 1 4/7/2025 Passed (1) — 73–22 (pass) · lower
• FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 3/31/2025 Passed (1) — 24–6 (pass) · upper
• HOUSE STATE & LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/5/2025 Passed (4) — 17–6 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Zachary — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2025-02-06 Filed for introduction filing
• 2025-02-10 Intro., P1C. introduction
• 2025-02-12 Assigned to s/c Departments & Agencies Subcommittee referral-committee
• 2025-02-12 P2C, ref. to State & Local Government Committee referral-committee
• 2025-02-19 Placed on s/c cal Departments & Agencies Subcommittee for 2/25/2025
• 2025-02-25 Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to State & Local Government Committee committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-02-26 Placed on cal. State & Local Government Committee for 3/5/2025
• 2025-03-05 Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/6/2025
• 2025-03-05 Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-03-06 H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/10/2025
• 2025-03-10 Passed H., as am., Ayes 71, Nays 23, PNV 0 passage
• 2025-03-10 Sponsor(s) Added. sponsorship
• 2025-03-10 H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0053) amendment-passage
• 2025-03-11 Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen. receipt
• 2025-03-13 Received from House, Passed on First Consideration introduction
• 2025-03-31 Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 24, Nays 6 passage
• 2025-03-31 Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0137)
• 2025-03-31 Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill. substitution
• 2025-04-03 H. Placed on Message Calendar 4/7/2025
• 2025-04-07 H. concurred in S. am. no. 1 Ayes 73, Nays 22 PNV 0 HB1237
• 2025-04-08 Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker. enrolled
• 2025-04-10 Signed by H. Speaker passage
• 2025-04-14 Signed by Senate Speaker passage
• 2025-04-16 Transmitted to Governor for his action. executive-receipt
• 2025-04-24 Signed by Governor. executive-signature
• 2025-04-28 Effective date(s) 04/24/2025
• 2025-04-28 Pub. Ch. 294

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/b5238abd-0761-43ec-9f2a-51edebde804d. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).