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type: "Bill"
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title: "Criminal Offenses - As enacted, creates a Class E felony of an employer influencing or attempting to influence an employee who is a public servant to vote or not to vote in a particular manner or to resign as a public servant or unnecessarily recuse themselves from a public body with the intent to influence the action or inaction of a public body; creates a cause of action for unlawful discharge of an employee who is a public servant. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 39 and Title 50."
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description: "Criminal Offenses - As enacted, creates a Class E felony of an employer influencing or attempting to influence an employee who is a public servant to vote or not to vote in a particular manner or to resign as a public servant or unnecessarily recuse themselves from a public body with the intent to influence the action or inaction of a public body; creates a cause of action for unlawful discharge of an employee who is a public servant. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 39 and Title 50."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
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legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
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session: "112"
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identifier: "SB 2445"
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citation: "Tennessee SB 2445 (112)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Criminal Offenses"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Haile", "Leatherwood"]
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 48
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vote_count: 8
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first_action: "2022-02-02"
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last_action: "2022-06-06"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/384d96ee-7603-4562-966a-4ac2d63ecf70"
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source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB2445&GA=112"
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source_hash: "fabf09b97ab6d19415eb78822a4a6a934712e9984ac0d2ac24198959de5afced"
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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 2445 (112) — Criminal Offenses - As enacted, creates a Class E felony of an employer influencing or attempting to influence an employee who is a public servant to vote or not to vote in a particular manner or to resign as a public servant or unnecessarily recuse themselves from a public body with the intent to influence the action or inaction of a public body; creates a cause of action for unlawful discharge of an employee who is a public servant. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 39 and Title 50.
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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. **Amendment HA0869** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Amend/HA0869.pdf)
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2. **Amendment SA0642** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Amend/SA0642.pdf)
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3. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Bill/SB2445.pdf)
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## Votes
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- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/27/2022 4/26/2022 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
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- HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 4/26/2022 (3) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
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- HOUSE CRIMINAL JUSTICE COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 3/30/2022 (5) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
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- SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0 3/15/2022 Passed (2) — **9–0** (pass) · upper
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- HOUSE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Criminal Justice Committee 3/23/2022 — **0–0** (fail) · lower
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- HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 4/26/2022 (4) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
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- FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 4/6/2022 Passed (1) — **29–0** (pass) · upper
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- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/27/2022 Passed (1) — **92–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Haile — primary (person)
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- Leatherwood — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2022-02-02** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
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- **2022-02-02** Intro. `introduction`
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- **2022-02-02** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
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- **2022-02-03** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
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- **2022-02-03** P1C.
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- **2022-02-07** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee
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- **2022-02-07** P2C, ref. to Criminal Justice Committee `referral-committee`
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- **2022-02-08** Assigned to s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee `referral-committee`
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- **2022-03-02** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 3/8/2022
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- **2022-03-02** Placed on s/c cal Criminal Justice Subcommittee for 3/9/2022
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- **2022-03-08** Action deferred in Senate Judiciary Committee to 3/15/2022
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- **2022-03-09** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 3/15/2022
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- **2022-03-09** Placed on s/c cal Criminal Justice Subcommittee for 3/16/2022
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- **2022-03-09** Action Def. in s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee to 3/16/2022
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- **2022-03-15** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0
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- **2022-03-16** Placed on s/c cal Criminal Justice Subcommittee for 3/23/2022
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- **2022-03-16** Action Def. in s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee to 3/23/2022
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- **2022-03-23** Placed on cal. Criminal Justice Committee for 3/30/2022
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- **2022-03-23** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Criminal Justice Committee `referral-committee`
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- **2022-03-30** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2022-04-04** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 4/6/2022
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- **2022-04-06** Sponsor(s) Added.
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- **2022-04-06** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
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- **2022-04-06** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 29, Nays 0 `passage`
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- **2022-04-06** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0642)
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- **2022-04-06** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 4/13/2022
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- **2022-04-06** Assigned to s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee `referral-committee`
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- **2022-04-07** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
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- **2022-04-13** Placed behind the budget
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- **2022-04-20** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 4/26/2022
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- **2022-04-26** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/27/2022
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- **2022-04-26** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/26/2022
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- **2022-04-26** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2022-04-26** Placed on cal. Finance, Ways, and Means Committee for 4/26/2022
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- **2022-04-26** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2022-04-27** Passed H., Ayes 92, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
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- **2022-04-27** Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0869) `amendment-withdrawal`
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- **2022-04-27** Subst. for comp. HB.
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- **2022-04-27** Comp. SB subst.
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- **2022-04-27** Sponsor(s) Added.
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- **2022-05-13** Enrolled and ready for signatures
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- **2022-05-18** Signed by H. Speaker
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- **2022-05-18** Signed by Senate Speaker
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- **2022-05-23** Transmitted to Governor for action.
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- **2022-06-03** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
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- **2022-06-06** Effective date(s) 07/01/2022
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- **2022-06-06** Pub. Ch. 1142
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- **2022-06-06** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 1142
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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/384d96ee-7603-4562-966a-4ac2d63ecf70`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).
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