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type: "Bill"
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title: "Education, Higher - As enacted, enacts the \"Campus Free Speech Protection Act.\" - Amends TCA Title 49."
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description: "Education, Higher - As enacted, enacts the \"Campus Free Speech Protection Act.\" - 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: "110"
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identifier: "HB 538"
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citation: "Tennessee HB 538 (110)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Education", "Higher"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Overbey", "Smith"]
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 43
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vote_count: 4
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first_action: "2017-02-07"
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last_action: "2017-05-19"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e2ca4c64-e0d9-4447-b5cd-79c1535f204b"
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source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB0538&GA=110"
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source_hash: "e3127097e46222b13ed93e435ffe179901ba2d2c17c81a60794bc939181c8d4e"
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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 HB 538 (110) — Education, Higher - As enacted, enacts the "Campus Free Speech Protection Act." - 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](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/110/Bill/HB0538.pdf)
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## Votes
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- GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 4/12/2017 (2) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
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- CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 5/1/2017 4/27/2017 (1) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
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- EDUCATION ADMINISTRATION & PLANNING SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Education Administration & Planning 3/28/2017 (3) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
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- EDUCATION ADMINISTRATION & PLANNING: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Government Operations Committee 4/4/2017 — **0–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Overbey — primary (person)
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- Smith — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2017-02-07** Filed for intro. `introduction, reading-1`
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- **2017-02-08** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
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- **2017-02-08** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
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- **2017-02-09** P2C, ref. to Education Administration & Planning `referral-committee`
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- **2017-02-09** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
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- **2017-02-13** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee
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- **2017-02-14** Assigned to s/c Education Administration & Planning Subcommittee `referral-committee`
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- **2017-03-22** Placed on s/c cal Education Administration & Planning Subcommittee for 3/28/2017
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- **2017-03-22** Placed on Senate Education Committee calendar for 3/29/2017
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- **2017-03-28** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Education Administration & Planning `referral-committee`
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- **2017-03-29** Placed on cal. Education Administration & Planning for 4/4/2017
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- **2017-03-29** Sponsor(s) Added.
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- **2017-03-29** Placed on Senate Education Committee calendar for 4/4/2017
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- **2017-03-29** Action deferred in Senate Education Committee to 4/5/2017
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- **2017-03-30** Sponsor(s) Added.
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- **2017-04-04** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Government Operations Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2017-04-04** Placed on Senate Education Committee calendar for 4/5/2017
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- **2017-04-04** Action deferred in Senate Education Committee to 4/5/2017
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- **2017-04-05** Placed on cal. Government Operations Committee for 4/12/2017
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- **2017-04-05** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0
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- **2017-04-11** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar calendar for 4/13/2017
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- **2017-04-12** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2017-04-13** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
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- **2017-04-13** Sponsor(s) Added.
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- **2017-04-13** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 30, Nays 0 `passage`
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- **2017-04-13** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0333)
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- **2017-04-17** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
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- **2017-04-26** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/27/2017
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- **2017-04-27** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 5/1/2017
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- **2017-04-28** Sponsor(s) Added.
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- **2017-05-01** Sponsor(s) Added.
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- **2017-05-01** Comp. SB subst.
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- **2017-05-01** Passed H., Ayes 85, Nays 7, PNV 0 `passage`
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- **2017-05-01** Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0281) `amendment-withdrawal`
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- **2017-05-01** Subst. for comp. HB.
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- **2017-05-02** Signed by Senate Speaker
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- **2017-05-02** Enrolled and ready for signatures
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- **2017-05-03** Transmitted to Governor for action.
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- **2017-05-03** Signed by H. Speaker
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- **2017-05-09** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
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- **2017-05-19** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 336
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- **2017-05-19** Pub. Ch. 336
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- **2017-05-19** Effective date(s) 05/09/2017; 01/01/2018
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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/e2ca4c64-e0d9-4447-b5cd-79c1535f204b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).
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