republic-os/legislation/us/states/tn/110/hb-2613.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Employees, Employers - As enacted, prohibits public and private employers from requiring an employee or prospective employee to execute a non-disclosure agreement with respect to sexual harassment in the workplace as a condition of employment. - Amends TCA Title 50, Chapter 1, Part 1."
description: "Employees, Employers - As enacted, prohibits public and private employers from requiring an employee or prospective employee to execute a non-disclosure agreement with respect to sexual harassment in the workplace as a condition of employment. - Amends TCA Title 50, Chapter 1, Part 1."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "110"
identifier: "HB 2613"
citation: "Tennessee HB 2613 (110)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Employees", "Employers"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kyle", "Mitchell"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 45
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2018-02-01"
last_action: "2018-05-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4267d8b7-8dad-4c24-a129-a7ad7d93e62d"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB2613&GA=110"
source_hash: "4b5f169cb8fd974f92dc30ddca116f4796516242b13cbe027a7279ea931b7892"
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 HB 2613 (110) — Employees, Employers - As enacted, prohibits public and private employers from requiring an employee or prospective employee to execute a non-disclosure agreement with respect to sexual harassment in the workplace as a condition of employment. - Amends TCA Title 50, Chapter 1, Part 1.

## Version chain

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

1. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/110/Bill/HB2613.pdf)

## Votes

- FLOOR VOTE: AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/22/2018 PASSED (1) — **92–0** (fail) · lower
- CONSUMER AND HUMAN RESOURCES COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/14/2018 (3) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/22/2018 3/15/2018 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 4/23/2018 PASSED (1) — **30–0** (fail) · upper
- CONSUMER AND HUMAN RESOURCES SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Consumer and Human Resources Committee 3/7/2018 (4) — **0–0** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- Kyle — primary (person)
- Mitchell — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-02-01** Filed for intro. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-02-01** Intro. `introduction`
- **2018-02-01** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2018-02-01** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-02-05** P1C.
- **2018-02-05** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Commerce and Labor Committee
- **2018-02-07** Assigned to s/c Consumer and Human Resources Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-07** P2C, ref. to Consumer and Human Resources Committee `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-14** Placed on s/c cal Consumer and Human Resources Subcommittee for 2/21/2018
- **2018-02-21** Placed on s/c cal Consumer and Human Resources Subcommittee for 2/28/2018
- **2018-02-21** Action Def. in s/c Consumer and Human Resources Subcommittee to 2/28/2018
- **2018-02-28** Placed on s/c cal Consumer and Human Resources Subcommittee for 3/7/2018
- **2018-02-28** Action Def. in s/c Consumer and Human Resources Subcommittee to 3/7/2018
- **2018-03-07** Placed on cal. Consumer and Human Resources Committee for 3/14/2018
- **2018-03-07** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Consumer and Human Resources Committee `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-14** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/15/2018
- **2018-03-14** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-14** Placed on Senate Commerce and Labor Committee calendar for 3/20/2018
- **2018-03-15** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/22/2018
- **2018-03-20** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0
- **2018-03-22** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen.
- **2018-03-22** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2018-03-22** Passed H., as am., Ayes 92, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2018-03-22** H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0845) `amendment-passage`
- **2018-03-26** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2018-04-13** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar 2 calendar for 4/17/2018
- **2018-04-17** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar 2 calendar for 4/18/2018
- **2018-04-17** Senate Reset on Regular Calendar 2 for 4/18/18
- **2018-04-18** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar 2 calendar for 4/19/2018
- **2018-04-18** Senate Reset on calendar for 4/19/2018
- **2018-04-19** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar calendar for 4/23/2018
- **2018-04-19** Senate Reset on calendar for 4/23/2018
- **2018-04-23** Passed Senate, Ayes 30, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2018-04-23** Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - SA0854)
- **2018-04-23** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill.
- **2018-04-23** Companion House Bill substituted
- **2018-04-24** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2018-04-25** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2018-04-25** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.
- **2018-05-01** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2018-05-07** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2018-05-15** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2018-05-18** Pub. Ch. 965
- **2018-05-18** Effective date(s) 05/15/2018
- **2018-05-18** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 965

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4267d8b7-8dad-4c24-a129-a7ad7d93e62d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).