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type: "Bill"
title: "Juries and Jurors - As enacted, requires a breastfeeding mother to be excused from jury service upon submitting to the jury coordinator a written request to be excused and a supporting medical statement from a licensed physician or a certified professional midwife. - Amends TCA Title 22, Chapter 1 and Title 22, Chapter 2."
description: "Juries and Jurors - As enacted, requires a breastfeeding mother to be excused from jury service upon submitting to the jury coordinator a written request to be excused and a supporting medical statement from a licensed physician or a certified professional midwife. - Amends TCA Title 22, Chapter 1 and Title 22, Chapter 2."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "114"
identifier: "SB 1893"
citation: "Tennessee SB 1893 (114)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Juries and Jurors"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bowling"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 22
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2026-01-21"
last_action: "2026-03-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2046896c-5312-415b-97db-02b7d2586562"
source_url: "https://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/Default?BillNumber=SB1893&ga=114"
source_hash: "ac3cec7f5db5b7038d24d4b69a175791d09eca31b48ad3c9f66e508ca421b9f8"
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 SB 1893 (114) — Juries and Jurors - As enacted, requires a breastfeeding mother to be excused from jury service upon submitting to the jury coordinator a written request to be excused and a supporting medical statement from a licensed physician or a certified professional midwife. - Amends TCA Title 22, Chapter 1 and Title 22, Chapter 2.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Amendment HA0570** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/HA0570.pdf)
2. **Amendment SA0481** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/SA0481.pdf)
3. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Bill/SB1893.pdf)
## Votes
- FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 2/23/2026 Passed (1) — **320** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/2/2026 Passed (1) — **941** (pass) · lower
- SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment, Refer to Senate Calendar Committee 2/17/2026 Passed — **90** (pass) · upper
- SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0 2/17/2026 Passed (2) — **90** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Bowling — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2026-01-21** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2026-01-22** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2026-02-02** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-11** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 2/17/2026
- **2026-02-17** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0
- **2026-02-20** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 2/23/2026
- **2026-02-23** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House `receipt`
- **2026-02-23** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 32, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2026-02-23** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0481)
- **2026-02-23** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2026-02-24** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2026-02-26** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2026-03-02** Passed H., Ayes 94, Nays 1, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2026-03-02** Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0570) `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2026-03-02** Subst. for comp. HB. `substitution`
- **2026-03-03** Enrolled and ready for signatures `enrolled`
- **2026-03-04** Signed by Senate Speaker `passage`
- **2026-03-05** Signed by H. Speaker `passage`
- **2026-03-06** Transmitted to Governor for action. `executive-receipt`
- **2026-03-18** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2026-03-23** Effective date(s) 03/18/2026
- **2026-03-23** Pub. Ch. 594
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2046896c-5312-415b-97db-02b7d2586562`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).