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type: "Bill"
title: "State Government - As enacted, requires governmental entities to provide a period of public comment for public meetings; authorizes the governmental entities to place reasonable restrictions on the period for public comment. - Amends TCA Title 8, Chapter 44, Part 1."
description: "State Government - As enacted, requires governmental entities to provide a period of public comment for public meetings; authorizes the governmental entities to place reasonable restrictions on the period for public comment. - Amends TCA Title 8, Chapter 44, Part 1."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "113"
identifier: "HB 448"
citation: "Tennessee HB 448 (113)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["State Government"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Davis"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 31
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2023-01-25"
last_action: "2023-05-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/45f0e061-cbc5-46aa-8353-ce686cc7256f"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB0448&GA=113"
source_hash: "908510d077503d778d755988178294a096507fbf4a52983a7641e164342ecb4c"
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 448 (113) — State Government - As enacted, requires governmental entities to provide a period of public comment for public meetings; authorizes the governmental entities to place reasonable restrictions on the period for public comment. - Amends TCA Title 8, Chapter 44, Part 1.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Amendment HA0069** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Amend/HA0069.pdf)
2. **Amendment HA0222** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Amend/HA0222.pdf)
3. **Amendment SA0402** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Amend/SA0402.pdf)
4. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Bill/HB0448.pdf)
## Votes
- HOUSE PUBLIC SERVICE SUBCOMMITTEE: Action Def. in s/c Public Service Subcommittee to 2/21/2023 2/14/2023 Failed — **00** (fail) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR MOTION TO ADOPT AMENDMENT # 2 BY DAVIS PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/23/2023 Passed — **870** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 4/5/2023 Passed (1) — **291** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/23/2023 Passed (1) — **826** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE PUBLIC SERVICE SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to State Government Committee 2/21/2023 — **00** (fail) · lower
- HOUSE STATE GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/1/2023 — **00** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/16/2023 3/9/2023 (2) — **00** (fail) · lower
## Sponsors
- Davis — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2023-01-25** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2023-01-30** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2023-02-01** Assigned to s/c Public Service Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-01** P2C, ref. to State Government Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-08** Placed on s/c cal Public Service Subcommittee for 2/14/2023
- **2023-02-14** Action Def. in s/c Public Service Subcommittee to 2/21/2023
- **2023-02-15** Placed on s/c cal Public Service Subcommittee for 2/21/2023
- **2023-02-21** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to State Government Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-22** Placed on cal. State Government Committee for 3/1/2023
- **2023-03-01** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-08** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/9/2023
- **2023-03-09** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/16/2023
- **2023-03-16** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/23/2023
- **2023-03-16** Reset on cal. for 3/23/2023
- **2023-03-16** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2023-03-23** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen. `receipt`
- **2023-03-23** Passed H., as am., Ayes 82, Nays 6, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2023-03-23** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2023-03-23** H. adopted am. (Amendment 2 - HA0222) `amendment-passage`
- **2023-03-23** H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0069) `amendment-passage`
- **2023-03-30** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2023-04-05** Passed Senate, Ayes 29, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2023-04-05** Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - SA0402)
- **2023-04-05** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill. `substitution`
- **2023-04-10** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker. `enrolled`
- **2023-04-17** Signed by Senate Speaker `passage`
- **2023-04-17** Signed by H. Speaker `passage`
- **2023-04-18** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2023-04-28** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-03** Effective date(s) 07/01/2023
- **2023-05-03** Pub. Ch. 300
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/45f0e061-cbc5-46aa-8353-ce686cc7256f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).