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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: "Open Meetings - As enacted, authorizes emergency communications district boards of directors to participate in board meetings electronically under the open meetings law. - Amends TCA Title 7, Chapter 86, Part 3 and Title 8, Chapter 44, Part 1."
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description: "Open Meetings - As enacted, authorizes emergency communications district boards of directors to participate in board meetings electronically under the open meetings law. - Amends TCA Title 7, Chapter 86, Part 3 and Title 8, Chapter 44, Part 1."
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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 1826"
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citation: "Tennessee SB 1826 (114)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Open Meetings"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Taylor"]
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 20
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vote_count: 3
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first_action: "2026-01-21"
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last_action: "2026-05-27"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e3fd3d5b-414d-42a4-b0f9-612e0588c5df"
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source_url: "https://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/Default?BillNumber=SB1826&ga=114"
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source_hash: "bc2d08cfa85c2d0e9b44c0c27923f93a5d52902ee7b9571916b1f2313dc6da91"
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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 1826 (114) — Open Meetings - As enacted, authorizes emergency communications district boards of directors to participate in board meetings electronically under the open meetings law. - Amends TCA Title 7, Chapter 86, Part 3 and Title 8, Chapter 44, Part 1.
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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](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Bill/SB1826.pdf)
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## Votes
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- SENATE STATE & LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 3/3/2026 Passed (2) — **7–0** (pass) · upper
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- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/21/2026 Passed (1) — **75–6** (pass) · lower
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- FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 3/9/2026 Passed (1) — **32–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Taylor — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2026-01-21** Filed for introduction `filing`
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- **2026-01-22** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
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- **2026-02-02** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate State and Local Government Committee `referral-committee`
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- **2026-02-17** Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 2/24/2026
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- **2026-02-24** Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 3/3/2026
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- **2026-02-24** Action deferred in Senate State and Local Government Committee to 3/3/2026
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- **2026-03-03** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
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- **2026-03-06** Placed on Senate Consent Calendar 2 for 3/9/2026
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- **2026-03-09** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House `receipt`
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- **2026-03-09** Passed Senate, Ayes 32, Nays 0 `passage`
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- **2026-03-12** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
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- **2026-04-21** Passed H., Ayes 75, Nays 6, PNV 0 `passage`
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- **2026-04-21** Subst. for comp. HB. `substitution`
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- **2026-04-29** Enrolled and ready for signatures `enrolled`
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- **2026-04-30** Signed by Senate Speaker `passage`
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- **2026-05-07** Signed by H. Speaker `passage`
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- **2026-05-11** Transmitted to Governor for action. `executive-receipt`
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- **2026-05-22** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
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- **2026-05-27** Effective date(s) 05/22/2026
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- **2026-05-27** Pub. Ch. 1099
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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/e3fd3d5b-414d-42a4-b0f9-612e0588c5df`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).
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