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Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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type: "Bill"
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title: "Local Government, General - As enacted, authorizes a member of a local government's legislative body to participate in a scheduled meeting by electronic means if the member is dealing with a family or medical emergency, has been called into military service, or is unable to attend in person due to inclement weather. - Amends TCA Title 5; Title 6; Title 7 and Title 8, Chapter 44."
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description: "Local Government, General - As enacted, authorizes a member of a local government's legislative body to participate in a scheduled meeting by electronic means if the member is dealing with a family or medical emergency, has been called into military service, or is unable to attend in person due to inclement weather. - Amends TCA Title 5; Title 6; Title 7 and Title 8, Chapter 44."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
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legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
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session: "114"
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identifier: "SB 136"
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citation: "Tennessee SB 136 (114)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["General", "Local Government"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Briggs"]
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 22
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vote_count: 3
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first_action: "2025-01-14"
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last_action: "2025-05-15"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2349e598-f5fd-493d-8a8a-1cadb05cb2d6"
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source_url: "https://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/Default?BillNumber=SB0136&ga=114"
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source_hash: "dad18248209a3a38ee824a60b6e27ee026aadb59f8a6bfdae52bfcd3b10448ab"
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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 136 (114) — Local Government, General - As enacted, authorizes a member of a local government's legislative body to participate in a scheduled meeting by electronic means if the member is dealing with a family or medical emergency, has been called into military service, or is unable to attend in person due to inclement weather. - Amends TCA Title 5; Title 6; Title 7 and Title 8, Chapter 44.
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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 HA0393** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/HA0393.pdf)
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2. **Amendment SA0382** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/SA0382.pdf)
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3. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Bill/SB0136.pdf)
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## Votes
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- SENATE STATE & LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 8, Nays 1 PNV 0 4/2/2025 Passed — **8–1** (pass) · upper
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- FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 4/9/2025 Passed — **28–2** (pass) · upper
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- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/21/2025 Passed (1) — **77–10** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Briggs — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2025-01-14** Filed for introduction `filing`
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- **2025-01-15** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
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- **2025-01-16** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate State & Local Government Committee `referral-committee`
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- **2025-03-26** Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 4/1/2025
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- **2025-04-01** Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 4/2/2025
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- **2025-04-01** Action deferred in Senate State and Local Government Committee to 4/2/2025
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- **2025-04-02** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 8, Nays 1 PNV 0
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- **2025-04-07** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 4/9/2025
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- **2025-04-09** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House `receipt`
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- **2025-04-09** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 28, Nays 2 `passage`
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- **2025-04-09** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0382)
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- **2025-04-10** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
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- **2025-04-21** Passed H., Ayes 77, Nays 10, PNV 5 `passage`
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- **2025-04-21** Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0393) `amendment-withdrawal`
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- **2025-04-21** Subst. for comp. HB. `substitution`
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- **2025-04-23** Enrolled and ready for signatures `enrolled`
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- **2025-04-29** Signed by Senate Speaker `passage`
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- **2025-04-30** Signed by H. Speaker `passage`
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- **2025-05-01** Transmitted to Governor for action. `executive-receipt`
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- **2025-05-09** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
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- **2025-05-15** Effective date(s) 05/09/2025
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- **2025-05-15** Pub. Ch. 411
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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/2349e598-f5fd-493d-8a8a-1cadb05cb2d6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).
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