Bill Commons

TN HB 22

enacted

Open Meetings - As enacted, requires a local governing body subject to the open meetings laws to reserve a period of public comment to provide the public with the opportunity to comment on any matter germane to the jurisdiction of the governing body, regardless of whether the matter is listed on the agenda for the meeting. - Amends TCA Title 8, Chapter 44.

Tennessee · 114S1 · lower

Follow this bill’s action updates (Atom)

Subscribe in a feed reader. The feed covers recorded actions from the last 30 days; Bill Commons may record an action after it happened at the legislature.

Quick answers

Did TN HB 22 pass?

Yes. TN HB 22 has been enacted into law. Latest recorded action (2026-03-30): Pub. Ch. 620

What is TN HB 22 about?

TN HB 22 is a bill in the 114S1 titled “Open Meetings - As enacted, requires a local governing body subject to the open meetings laws to reserve a period of public comment to provide the public with the opportunity to comment on any matter germane to the jurisdiction of the governing body, regardless of whether the matter is listed on the agenda for the meeting. - Amends TCA Title 8, Chapter 44.”.

Who sponsors TN HB 22?

Davis is the primary sponsor of TN HB 22.

Introduced
2025-01-14
Latest action
2026-03-30 — Pub. Ch. 620
Bill type
bill
Last updated
—

Subjects

Sponsors

  • Davisprimary

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

Newest first

  1. 2026-03-30

    Pub. Ch. 620

  2. 2026-03-30

    Effective date(s) 03/26/2026

  3. 2026-03-26

    Signed by Governor.

    executive-signature

  4. 2026-03-17

    Signed by Senate Speaker

    passage

  5. 2026-03-17

    Transmitted to Governor for his action.

    executive-receipt

  6. 2026-03-16

    Signed by H. Speaker

    passage

  7. 2026-03-12

    Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill.

    substitution

  8. 2026-03-12

    Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - SA0194)

  9. 2026-03-12

    Passed Senate, Ayes 30, Nays 3

    passage

  10. 2026-03-12

    Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.

    enrolled

  11. 2025-03-13

    Received from House, Passed on First Consideration

    introduction

  12. 2025-03-11

    Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen.

    receipt

  13. 2025-03-10

    H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0049)

    amendment-passage

  14. 2025-03-10

    Sponsor(s) Added.

    sponsorship

  15. 2025-03-10

    Passed H., as am., Ayes 60, Nays 30, PNV 2

    passage

  16. 2025-03-06

    H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/10/2025

  17. 2025-03-05

    Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee

    committee-passage-favorable

  18. 2025-03-05

    Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/6/2025

  19. 2025-02-26

    Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to State & Local Government Committee

    referral-committee

  20. 2025-02-26

    Placed on cal. State & Local Government Committee for 3/5/2025

  21. 2025-02-20

    Placed on s/c cal Public Service Subcommittee for 2/26/2025

  22. 2025-02-19

    Meeting Canceled

  23. 2025-02-18

    Sponsor(s) Added.

    sponsorship

  24. 2025-02-12

    Placed on s/c cal Public Service Subcommittee for 2/19/2025

  25. 2025-02-05

    Sponsor(s) Added.

    sponsorship

  26. 2025-01-28

    Assigned to s/c Public Service Subcommittee

    referral-committee

  27. 2025-01-16

    Ref. to State & Local Government Committee

    referral-committee

  28. 2025-01-15

    P2C held on desk, pending appointment of Standing Committees

  29. 2025-01-14

    Intro., P1C.

    introduction

  30. 2024-12-16

    Sponsor(s) Added.

    sponsorship

  31. 2024-12-05

    Filed for introduction

    filing

Versions

Documents

Votes

  • HOUSE PUBLIC SERVICE SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to State & Local Government Committee 2/26/2025 Passed

    2025-02-26 · pass · 3-1

    Member-level votes (1)
    • Salinas: not voting

  • HOUSE STATE & LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/5/2025 Passed (3)

    2025-03-05 · pass · 14-7

  • FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/10/2025 Passed (1)

    2025-03-10 · pass · 60-30

    Member-level votes (2)
    • Freeman: not voting
    • Jones J: not voting

  • HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/10/2025 3/6/2025 (2)

    2025-03-10 · fail · 0-0

  • FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 3/12/2026 Passed (1)

    2026-03-12 · pass · 30-3

Related bills

Official source

https://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/Default?BillNumber=HB0022&ga=114

Attribution

Data from openstates_bulk_csv, retrieved 2026-07-24T05:32:51.339172Z

Inspect retained evidence for changes recorded after evidence tracking began:

Source and document changesStatus and relationship changes

Session-wide evidence can include changes to other bills:

Bulk imports for this sessionSession dates and activity

Use this data

Every field on this page is available from the free public API — no key or licence required. Fetch this bill as JSON: GET /api/v1/bills?jurisdiction=TN&identifier=HB 22. See the API docs or the MCP server for AI assistants.

Known limitations

  • Sponsor party and chamber affiliation are not yet captured by this API.
  • Committee referrals are not yet captured.
  • Some documents have no extracted text yet, so version comparison may be limited.

See the methodology page for data sources and limitations.