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type: "Bill"
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title: "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."
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description: "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."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
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legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
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session: "114"
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identifier: "SB 1957"
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citation: "Tennessee SB 1957 (114)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Local Education Agencies"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Pody"]
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 21
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vote_count: 3
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first_action: "2026-01-22"
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last_action: "2026-05-05"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/42abd531-1809-4aa1-8beb-2bcd69e3b902"
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source_url: "https://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/Default?BillNumber=SB1957&ga=114"
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source_hash: "6a84d1a627b29abf7287194c4fcd5973c8e35e5110a03b1c1917c89ee8b2bb93"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-tn"]
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---
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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.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Bill/SB1957.pdf)
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## Votes
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- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/30/2026 Passed (1) — **86–0** (pass) · lower
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- SENATE EDUCATION COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 3/4/2026 Passed (2) — **9–0** (pass) · upper
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- FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 3/9/2026 Passed (1) — **32–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Pody — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2026-01-22** Filed for introduction `filing`
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- **2026-02-02** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
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- **2026-02-05** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee `referral-committee`
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- **2026-02-12** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
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- **2026-02-26** Placed on Senate Education Committee calendar for 3/4/2026
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- **2026-03-04** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
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- **2026-03-05** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
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- **2026-03-06** Placed on Senate Consent Calendar 2 for 3/9/2026
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- **2026-03-09** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House `receipt`
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- **2026-03-09** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
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- **2026-03-09** Passed Senate, Ayes 32, Nays 0 `passage`
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- **2026-03-12** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
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- **2026-03-30** Passed H., Ayes 86, Nays 0, PNV 7 `passage`
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- **2026-03-30** Subst. for comp. HB. `substitution`
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- **2026-04-01** Signed by Senate Speaker `passage`
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- **2026-04-01** Enrolled and ready for signatures `enrolled`
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- **2026-04-02** Transmitted to Governor for action. `executive-receipt`
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- **2026-04-02** Signed by H. Speaker `passage`
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- **2026-04-14** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
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- **2026-05-05** Effective date(s) 07/01/2026
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- **2026-05-05** Pub. Ch. 710
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/42abd531-1809-4aa1-8beb-2bcd69e3b902`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).
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