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type: "Bill"
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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."
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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."
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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: "SB 2679"
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citation: "Tennessee SB 2679 (110)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Religion and Religious Organizations"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Bailey", "Weaver"]
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 34
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vote_count: 4
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first_action: "2018-02-01"
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last_action: "2018-04-11"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/da673ff5-f0fd-4c1c-aa19-ca3fbb2bedb9"
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source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB2679&GA=110"
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source_hash: "1fce64d54abc4a3c035197c2f41c32eb72bd4f642bac17fd6c8849be3a1ccbda"
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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 2679 (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.
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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/SB2679.pdf)
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## Votes
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- SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 3/13/2018 Passed (2) — **9–0** (pass) · upper
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- FLOOR VOTE: PREVIOUS QUESTION PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/22/2018 PASSED — **62–30** (fail) · lower
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- FLOOR VOTE: PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/22/2018 PASSED (1) — **76–7** (fail) · lower
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- FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 3/19/2018 PASSED (1) — **32–0** (fail) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Bailey — primary (person)
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- Weaver — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2018-02-01** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
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- **2018-02-01** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
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- **2018-02-01** Filed for intro. `introduction, reading-1`
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- **2018-02-01** Intro. `introduction`
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- **2018-02-05** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee
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- **2018-02-05** P1C.
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- **2018-02-07** Assigned to s/c Civil Justice Subcommittee `referral-committee`
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- **2018-02-07** P2C, ref. to Civil Justice Committee `referral-committee`
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- **2018-02-28** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 3/6/2018
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- **2018-02-28** Placed on s/c cal Civil Justice Subcommittee for 3/7/2018
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- **2018-03-06** Action deferred in Senate Judiciary Committee to 3/13/2018
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- **2018-03-07** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 3/13/2018
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- **2018-03-07** Placed on cal. Civil Justice Committee for 3/13/2018
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- **2018-03-07** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Civil Justice Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2018-03-13** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
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- **2018-03-13** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2018-03-14** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/15/2018
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- **2018-03-15** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/22/2018
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- **2018-03-16** Placed on Senate Consent Calendar 2 calendar for 3/19/2018
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- **2018-03-19** Passed Senate, Ayes 32, Nays 0 `passage`
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- **2018-03-20** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
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- **2018-03-22** Enrolled and ready for signatures
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- **2018-03-22** Passed H., Ayes 76, Nays 7, PNV 6 `passage`
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- **2018-03-22** Subst. for comp. HB.
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- **2018-03-22** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
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- **2018-03-22** Sponsor(s) Added.
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- **2018-03-22** Comp. SB subst.
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- **2018-03-28** Signed by Senate Speaker
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- **2018-03-29** Signed by H. Speaker
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- **2018-04-02** Transmitted to Governor for action.
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- **2018-04-09** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
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- **2018-04-11** Pub. Ch. 663
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- **2018-04-11** Effective date(s) 04/09/2018
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- **2018-04-11** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 663
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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/da673ff5-f0fd-4c1c-aa19-ca3fbb2bedb9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).
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