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| Bill | Local Education Agencies - As enacted, enacts the "Tennessee Religious Freedom Act," which authorizes a local board of education to open a meeting of the board with a prayer led by a member of the board as long as the prayer does not require participation of any person in attendance at the meeting and no person is harassed or coerced to participate in the prayer. - Amends TCA Title 49. | Local Education Agencies - As enacted, enacts the "Tennessee Religious Freedom Act," which authorizes a local board of education to open a meeting of the board with a prayer led by a member of the board as long as the prayer does not require participation of any person in attendance at the meeting and no person is harassed or coerced to participate in the prayer. - Amends TCA Title 49. | us/states/tn | Tennessee General Assembly | 114 | SB 1957 | Tennessee SB 1957 (114) |
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Tennessee SB 1957 (114) — Local Education Agencies - As enacted, enacts the "Tennessee Religious Freedom Act," which authorizes a local board of education to open a meeting of the board with a prayer led by a member of the board as long as the prayer does not require participation of any person in attendance at the meeting and no person is harassed or coerced to participate in the prayer. - Amends TCA Title 49.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- Current Version (committee substitute) — source
Votes
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/30/2026 Passed (1) — 86–0 (pass) · lower
- SENATE EDUCATION COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 3/4/2026 Passed (2) — 9–0 (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 3/9/2026 Passed (1) — 32–0 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
- Pody — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2026-01-22 Filed for introduction
filing - 2026-02-02 Introduced, Passed on First Consideration
introduction - 2026-02-05 Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee
referral-committee - 2026-02-12 Sponsor(s) Added.
sponsorship - 2026-02-26 Placed on Senate Education Committee calendar for 3/4/2026
- 2026-03-04 Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
- 2026-03-05 Sponsor(s) Added.
sponsorship - 2026-03-06 Placed on Senate Consent Calendar 2 for 3/9/2026
- 2026-03-09 Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
receipt - 2026-03-09 Sponsor(s) Added.
sponsorship - 2026-03-09 Passed Senate, Ayes 32, Nays 0
passage - 2026-03-12 Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- 2026-03-30 Passed H., Ayes 86, Nays 0, PNV 7
passage - 2026-03-30 Subst. for comp. HB.
substitution - 2026-04-01 Signed by Senate Speaker
passage - 2026-04-01 Enrolled and ready for signatures
enrolled - 2026-04-02 Transmitted to Governor for action.
executive-receipt - 2026-04-02 Signed by H. Speaker
passage - 2026-04-14 Signed by Governor.
executive-signature - 2026-05-05 Effective date(s) 07/01/2026
- 2026-05-05 Pub. Ch. 710
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/42abd531-1809-4aa1-8beb-2bcd69e3b902. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).