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type: "Bill"
title: "Holidays and Days of Special Observance - As enacted, designates the month of June as \"Celebration of Life\" month, the month of July as \"Celebration of Liberty\" month, and the month of August as \"Celebration of the Pursuit of Happiness\" month in Tennessee. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 1, Part 4."
description: "Holidays and Days of Special Observance - As enacted, designates the month of June as \"Celebration of Life\" month, the month of July as \"Celebration of Liberty\" month, and the month of August as \"Celebration of the Pursuit of Happiness\" month in Tennessee. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 1, Part 4."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "114"
identifier: "SB 503"
citation: "Tennessee SB 503 (114)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Holidays and Days of Special Observance"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Rose"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 19
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-01-29"
last_action: "2025-05-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/85a84a1a-c7b3-4768-8bdc-7d12fbd8fc4e"
source_url: "https://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/Default?BillNumber=SB0503&ga=114"
source_hash: "ba18537a3c38d650fb37ab22ee3e2f8883d6da5967de824cd818690aa85126f0"
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 503 (114) — Holidays and Days of Special Observance - As enacted, designates the month of June as "Celebration of Life" month, the month of July as "Celebration of Liberty" month, and the month of August as "Celebration of the Pursuit of Happiness" month in Tennessee. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 1, Part 4.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Bill/SB0503.pdf)
## Votes
- SENATE STATE & LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 3/18/2025 Passed — **71** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 3/26/2025 Passed — **266** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/16/2025 Passed (1) — **7022** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Rose — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2025-01-29** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2025-02-10** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2025-02-12** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate State and Local Government Committee `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-11** Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 3/18/2025
- **2025-03-18** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
- **2025-03-24** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 3/26/2025
- **2025-03-26** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2025-03-26** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House `receipt`
- **2025-03-26** Passed Senate, Ayes 26, Nays 6 `passage`
- **2025-03-31** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2025-04-16** Passed H., Ayes 70, Nays 22, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2025-04-16** Subst. for comp. HB. `substitution`
- **2025-04-22** Signed by H. Speaker `passage`
- **2025-04-22** Signed by Senate Speaker `passage`
- **2025-04-22** Enrolled and ready for signatures `enrolled`
- **2025-04-23** Transmitted to Governor for action. `executive-receipt`
- **2025-05-05** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2025-05-13** Effective date(s) 05/05/2025
- **2025-05-13** Pub. Ch. 366
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/85a84a1a-c7b3-4768-8bdc-7d12fbd8fc4e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).