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type: "Bill"
title: "Public Records - As enacted, extends the date for repeal of a current law specifying certain law enforcement body camera video must be treated as confidential and not subject to public inspection from July 1, 2022, until July 1, 2027; revises provision in regard to the confidentiality of body camera video that depicts minors within a school that serves grades K-12 to include as confidential such video that depicts minors in a child care agency, child care program, preschool, or nursery school. - Amends TCA Title 10, Chapter 7 and Title 38."
description: "Public Records - As enacted, extends the date for repeal of a current law specifying certain law enforcement body camera video must be treated as confidential and not subject to public inspection from July 1, 2022, until July 1, 2027; revises provision in regard to the confidentiality of body camera video that depicts minors within a school that serves grades K-12 to include as confidential such video that depicts minors in a child care agency, child care program, preschool, or nursery school. - Amends TCA Title 10, Chapter 7 and Title 38."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "112"
identifier: "HB 1957"
citation: "Tennessee HB 1957 (112)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Public Records"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Gillespie", "Johnson"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 42
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2022-01-25"
last_action: "2022-05-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ec5efd92-46e0-4c57-9225-04716b136101"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB1957&GA=112"
source_hash: "dc85d107750dade927790abe73c299009131dcaf8523118d346d427cdb3381f3"
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 1957 (112) — Public Records - As enacted, extends the date for repeal of a current law specifying certain law enforcement body camera video must be treated as confidential and not subject to public inspection from July 1, 2022, until July 1, 2027; revises provision in regard to the confidentiality of body camera video that depicts minors within a school that serves grades K-12 to include as confidential such video that depicts minors in a child care agency, child care program, preschool, or nursery school. - Amends TCA Title 10, Chapter 7 and Title 38.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Amendment HA0827** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Amend/HA0827.pdf)
2. **Amendment HA0870** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Amend/HA0870.pdf)
3. **Amendment SA0550** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Amend/SA0550.pdf)
4. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Bill/HB1957.pdf)
## Votes
- HOUSE STATE GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Government Operations Committee 3/29/2022 (4) — **00** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 4/4/2022 (3) — **00** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/11/2022 4/7/2022 (2) — **00** (fail) · lower
- HOUSE PUBLIC SERVICE SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to State Government Committee 3/16/2022 (5) — **00** (fail) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/11/2022 Passed (1) — **960** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 3/7/2022 Passed (1) — **310** (pass) · upper
- SENATE STATE & LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 7, Nays 0 PNV 0 3/1/2022 Passed (2) — **70** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Gillespie — primary (person)
- Johnson — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2022-01-25** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2022-01-26** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2022-01-27** P2C, caption bill, held on desk - pending amdt.
- **2022-01-27** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2022-01-31** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2022-02-02** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate State and Local Government Committee
- **2022-02-22** Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 3/1/2022
- **2022-02-28** Assigned to s/c Public Service Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-28** Ref. to State Government Committee -- Government Operations for Review `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-01** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 7, Nays 0 PNV 0
- **2022-03-02** Placed on s/c cal Public Service Subcommittee for 3/9/2022
- **2022-03-03** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 3/7/2022
- **2022-03-07** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
- **2022-03-07** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 31, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2022-03-07** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0550)
- **2022-03-09** Placed on s/c cal Public Service Subcommittee for 3/16/2022
- **2022-03-09** Action Def. in s/c Public Service Subcommittee to 3/16/2022
- **2022-03-10** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2022-03-16** Placed on cal. State Government Committee for 3/22/2022
- **2022-03-16** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to State Government Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-22** Action def. in State Government Committee to 3/29/2022
- **2022-03-23** Placed on cal. State Government Committee for 3/29/2022
- **2022-03-29** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Government Operations Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-30** Placed on cal. Government Operations Committee for 4/4/2022
- **2022-04-04** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-06** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/7/2022
- **2022-04-07** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2022-04-07** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/11/2022
- **2022-04-11** Comp. SB subst.
- **2022-04-11** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2022-04-11** Passed H., Ayes 96, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2022-04-11** Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0827) `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2022-04-11** Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 2 - HA0870) `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2022-04-11** Subst. for comp. HB.
- **2022-04-13** Enrolled and ready for signatures
- **2022-04-18** Transmitted to Governor for action.
- **2022-04-18** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2022-04-18** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2022-04-27** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2022-05-02** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 916
- **2022-05-02** Effective date(s) 04/27/2022
- **2022-05-02** Pub. Ch. 916
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ec5efd92-46e0-4c57-9225-04716b136101`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).