# Tennessee SB 1084: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4; Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 8 and Title 49, Chapter 7, relative to the "Dismantling DEI Departments Act."

Tennessee SB 1084, AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4; Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 8 and Title 49, Chapter 7, relative to the "Dismantling DEI Departments Act.", is a 114th General Assembly (2025-2026) Senate bill sponsored by no sponsor on record; status signed, last action 2025-05-15 (Effective date(s) 05/09/2025) (as of 2026-11-01).

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## Facts
- Bill: Tennessee SB 1084
- State: Tennessee
- Session: 114th General Assembly (2025-2026)
- Title: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4; Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 8 and Title 49, Chapter 7, relative to the "Dismantling DEI Departments Act."
- Status: signed
- Chamber: Senate
- Introduced: 2025-02-05
- Last action: 2025-05-15, Effective date(s) 05/09/2025
- Sponsors: no sponsor on record
- Cosponsors: 9
- Subjects: Human Rights
- Touches household money: no
- Roll calls: 9 (344 yes, 369 no in all)
- Economic provisions PRIA read: 2

## Summary

No summary available.

## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read

- Tennessee governments face new diversity program limits: mixed, medium. Effective upon becoming law, state, county, municipal, and metropolitan governments cannot use demographic preferences to promote diversity, equity, or inclusion. They also cannot create or keep offices for those purposes, and conflicting existing rules and actions are void. The ban covers preferen…
- Tennessee public colleges face diversity program limits: mixed, medium. Effective upon becoming law, Tennessee public colleges and universities cannot use demographic preferences to promote diversity, equity, or inclusion. They also cannot create or keep offices for those purposes, and conflicting existing rules and actions are void. The ban covers preferences based on…

## Sponsors and cosponsors

- Cosponsor: Paul Bailey (Republican), Senate
- Cosponsor: Janice Bowling (Republican), Senate
- Cosponsor: Rusty Crowe (Republican), Senate
- Cosponsor: Todd Gardenhire (Republican), Senate
- Cosponsor: Joey Hensley (Republican), Senate
- Cosponsor: Paul Rose (Republican), Senate
- Cosponsor: Stevens
- Cosponsor: Brent Taylor (Republican), Senate
- Cosponsor: Bo Watson (Republican), Senate

## Roll call votes

| Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2025-04-22 | Senate | FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 4/22/2025 | pass | 27 | 6 |   |
| 2025-04-22 | House | FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/22/2025 | pass | 72 | 25 |   |
| 2025-04-22 | House | FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR MOTION TO CONSIDER AMENDMENT # 5 BY POWELL PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/22/2025 | fail | 23 | 73 |   |
| 2025-04-22 | House | FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR MOTION TO CONSIDER AMENDMENT # 4 BY PEARSON PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/22/2025 | fail | 24 | 72 |   |
| 2025-04-22 | House | FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR LAY ON THE TABLE MOTION TO ADOPT AMENDMENT # 3 BY SALINAS PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/22/2025 | pass | 73 | 22 |   |
| 2025-04-22 | House | FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR MOTION TO CONSIDER AMENDMENT # 6 BY JONES J PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/22/2025 | fail | 23 | 73 |   |
| 2025-04-22 | House | FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR REREFER TO COMMITTEE PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/22/2025 | fail | 24 | 71 |   |
| 2025-04-22 | House | FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR LAY ON THE TABLE MOTION TO ADOPT AMENDMENT # 2 BY MILLER PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/22/2025 | pass | 71 | 25 |   |
| 2025-04-02 | Senate | SENATE STATE & LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE | pass | 7 | 2 |   |

## Actions (36)

- 2025-05-15: Effective date(s) 05/09/2025
- 2025-05-15: Pub. Ch. 458
- 2025-05-09: Signed by Governor. (Senate)
- 2025-05-01: Transmitted to Governor for action. (Senate)
- 2025-04-30: Signed by H. Speaker (House)
- 2025-04-29: Signed by Senate Speaker (Senate)
- 2025-04-28: Enrolled and ready for signatures (Senate)
- 2025-04-23: Sponsor(s) Added. (Senate)
- 2025-04-22: Passed H., Ayes 72, Nays 25, PNV 0 (House)
- 2025-04-22: Am. tabled. (Amendment 2 - HA0437) (House)
- 2025-04-22: Am. tabled. (Amendment 3 - HA0473) (House)
- 2025-04-22: Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0347) (House)
- 2025-04-22: Subst. for comp. HB. (House)
- 2025-04-22: Engrossed; ready for transmission to House (Senate)
- 2025-04-22: Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 27, Nays 6 (Senate)
- 2025-04-22: Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0330) (Senate)
- 2025-04-21: Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 4/22/2025 (Senate)
- 2025-04-21: Senate Reset on calendar for 4/22/2025 (Senate)
- 2025-04-17: Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 4/21/2025 (Senate)
- 2025-04-17: Sponsor(s) Added. (Senate)
- 2025-04-17: Senate Reset on calendar for 4/21/2025 (Senate)
- 2025-04-16: Sponsor(s) Added. (Senate)
- 2025-04-16: Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 4/17/2025 (Senate)
- 2025-04-16: Senate Reset on calendar for 4/17/2025 (Senate)
- 2025-04-15: Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 4/16/2025 (Senate)
- 2025-04-15: Senate Reset on calendar for 4/16/2025 (Senate)
- 2025-04-14: Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 4/15/2025 (Senate)
- 2025-04-14: Senate Reset on calendar for 4/16/2025 (Senate)
- 2025-04-11: Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 4/14/2025 (Senate)
- 2025-04-02: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 7, Nays 2 PNV 0 (Senate)
- 2025-04-01: Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 4/2/2025 (Senate)
- 2025-04-01: Action deferred in Senate State and Local Government Committee to 4/2/2025 (Senate)
- 2025-03-26: Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 4/1/2025 (Senate)
- 2025-02-12: Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate State and Local Government Committee (Senate)
- 2025-02-10: Introduced, Passed on First Consideration (Senate)
- 2025-02-05: Filed for introduction (Senate)

## Bill text

- Enrolled / Public Chapter: [PDF](https://publications.tnsosfiles.com/acts/114/pub/pc0458.pdf)
- Fiscal Note: [PDF](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Fiscal/HB0923.pdf)
- HA0347: [PDF](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/HA0347.pdf)
- HA0437: [PDF](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/HA0437.pdf)
- HA0473: [PDF](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/HA0473.pdf)
- HA0483: [PDF](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/HA0483.pdf)
- HA0492: [PDF](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/HA0492.pdf)
- HA0496: [PDF](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/HA0496.pdf)
- Introduced: [PDF](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Bill/SB1084.pdf)
- SA0330: [PDF](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/SA0330.pdf)

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## Sources
- [Enrolled / Public Chapter (PDF)](https://publications.tnsosfiles.com/acts/114/pub/pc0458.pdf)
- [Fiscal Note (PDF)](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Fiscal/HB0923.pdf)
- [HA0347 (PDF)](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/HA0347.pdf)
- [HA0437 (PDF)](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/HA0437.pdf)
- [HA0473 (PDF)](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/HA0473.pdf)
- [HA0483 (PDF)](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/HA0483.pdf)
- [HA0492 (PDF)](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/HA0492.pdf)
- [HA0496 (PDF)](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/HA0496.pdf)
- [Introduced (PDF)](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Bill/SB1084.pdf)
- [SA0330 (PDF)](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/SA0330.pdf)

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- [SB 0539: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 7; Title 13; Title 48; Title 49…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/TN-SB0539-2025-2026)
- [SB 0254: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 38; Title 39; Title 40 and Titl…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/TN-SB0254-2025-2026)
- [SB 0198: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 67, relative to taxes.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/TN-SB0198-2025-2026)
- [HB 2666: AN ACT to amend Chapter 131 of the Private Acts of 1969; as amended by Chapter…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/TN-HB2666-2025-2026)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/TN-SB1084-2025-2026 (as of 2026-11-01).