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type: "Bill"
title: "Religion and Religious Organizations - As enacted, extends the prohibition on a governmental entity, other than a court, subpoenaing a clergy member's sermon or notes for use in a civil or administrative action to also include a prohibition on compelling a clergy member to testify regarding a sermon. - Amends TCA Section 4-1-407 and Title 24."
description: "Religion and Religious Organizations - As enacted, extends the prohibition on a governmental entity, other than a court, subpoenaing a clergy member's sermon or notes for use in a civil or administrative action to also include a prohibition on compelling a clergy member to testify regarding a sermon. - Amends TCA Section 4-1-407 and Title 24."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "110"
identifier: "HB 2683"
citation: "Tennessee HB 2683 (110)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Religion and Religious Organizations"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bailey", "Weaver"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 34
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2018-02-01"
last_action: "2018-04-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0f6f2c14-b2cb-43c2-99c1-dffb14191f13"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB2683&GA=110"
source_hash: "af7012527597a08735c32ac4350a0a9815af9017996b363605bdd6787fc31218"
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 2683 (110) — Religion and Religious Organizations - As enacted, extends the prohibition on a governmental entity, other than a court, subpoenaing a clergy member's sermon or notes for use in a civil or administrative action to also include a prohibition on compelling a clergy member to testify regarding a sermon. - Amends TCA Section 4-1-407 and Title 24.
## 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/HB2683.pdf)
## Votes
- CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/22/2018 3/15/2018 (1) — **00** (fail) · lower
- CIVIL JUSTICE SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Civil Justice Committee 3/7/2018 (3) — **00** (pass) · lower
- CIVIL JUSTICE COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/13/2018 (2) — **00** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Bailey — primary (person)
- Weaver — 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 Judiciary Committee
- **2018-02-07** Assigned to s/c Civil Justice Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-07** P2C, ref. to Civil Justice Committee `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-28** Placed on s/c cal Civil Justice Subcommittee for 3/7/2018
- **2018-02-28** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 3/6/2018
- **2018-03-06** Action deferred in Senate Judiciary Committee to 3/13/2018
- **2018-03-07** Placed on cal. Civil Justice Committee for 3/13/2018
- **2018-03-07** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Civil Justice Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-07** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 3/13/2018
- **2018-03-13** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-13** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
- **2018-03-14** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/15/2018
- **2018-03-15** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/22/2018
- **2018-03-16** Placed on Senate Consent Calendar 2 calendar for 3/19/2018
- **2018-03-19** Passed Senate, Ayes 32, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2018-03-20** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
- **2018-03-22** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2018-03-22** Comp. SB subst.
- **2018-03-22** Enrolled and ready for signatures
- **2018-03-22** Passed H., Ayes 76, Nays 7, PNV 6 `passage`
- **2018-03-22** Subst. for comp. HB.
- **2018-03-22** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2018-03-28** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2018-03-29** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2018-04-02** Transmitted to Governor for action.
- **2018-04-09** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2018-04-11** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 663
- **2018-04-11** Pub. Ch. 663
- **2018-04-11** Effective date(s) 04/09/2018
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0f6f2c14-b2cb-43c2-99c1-dffb14191f13`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).