# Tennessee SB 1944: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 5; Title 6; Title 7 and Title 8, Chapter 44, relative to community meetings conducted with electronic participation.

Tennessee SB 1944, AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 5; Title 6; Title 7 and Title 8, Chapter 44, relative to community meetings conducted with electronic participation., is a 114th General Assembly (2025-2026) Senate bill sponsored by no sponsor on record; status signed, last action 2026-05-18 (Effective date(s) 05/05/2026) (as of 2026-11-01).

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## Facts
- Bill: Tennessee SB 1944
- State: Tennessee
- Session: 114th General Assembly (2025-2026)
- Title: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 5; Title 6; Title 7 and Title 8, Chapter 44, relative to community meetings conducted with electronic participation.
- Status: signed
- Chamber: Senate
- Introduced: 2026-01-21
- Last action: 2026-05-18, Effective date(s) 05/05/2026
- Sponsors: no sponsor on record
- Cosponsors: 0
- Subjects: Open Meetings
- Touches household money: no
- Roll calls: 3 (107 yes, 16 no in all)
- Economic provisions PRIA read: 1

## Summary

No summary available.

## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read

- Local community meetings: remote access, no votes: mixed, low. Tennessee local governing bodies can allow members to join community meetings about public business by phone or video. These bodies have at least two members who can make policy or administrative decisions or recommendations. When any member joins remotely, the public must have live access: watchin…

## Sponsors and cosponsors

- (none)

## Roll call votes

| Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026-04-16 | House | FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/16/2026 | pass | 66 | 16 |   |
| 2026-03-02 | Senate | FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 3/2/2026 | pass | 32 | 0 |   |
| 2026-02-17 | Senate | SENATE STATE & LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE | pass | 9 | 0 |   |

## Actions (18)

- 2026-05-18: Effective date(s) 05/05/2026
- 2026-05-18: Pub. Ch. 895
- 2026-05-05: Signed by Governor. (Senate)
- 2026-04-23: Transmitted to Governor for action. (Senate)
- 2026-04-21: Signed by H. Speaker (House)
- 2026-04-21: Signed by Senate Speaker (Senate)
- 2026-04-20: Enrolled and ready for signatures (Senate)
- 2026-04-16: Passed H., Ayes 66, Nays 16, PNV 6 (House)
- 2026-04-16: Subst. for comp. HB. (House)
- 2026-03-05: Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk. (House)
- 2026-03-02: Engrossed; ready for transmission to House (Senate)
- 2026-03-02: Passed Senate, Ayes 32, Nays 0 (Senate)
- 2026-02-27: Placed on Senate Consent Calendar 2 for 3/2/2026 (Senate)
- 2026-02-17: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee (Senate)
- 2026-02-10: Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 2/17/2026 (Senate)
- 2026-02-02: Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate State and Local Government Committee (Senate)
- 2026-01-22: Introduced, Passed on First Consideration (Senate)
- 2026-01-21: Filed for introduction (Senate)

## Bill text

- Enrolled / Public Chapter: [PDF](https://publications.tnsosfiles.com/acts/114/pub/pc0895.pdf)
- Fiscal Note: [PDF](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Fiscal/HB1858.pdf)
- Introduced: [PDF](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Bill/SB1944.pdf)

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## Sources
- [Enrolled / Public Chapter (PDF)](https://publications.tnsosfiles.com/acts/114/pub/pc0895.pdf)
- [Fiscal Note (PDF)](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Fiscal/HB1858.pdf)
- [Introduced (PDF)](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Bill/SB1944.pdf)

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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/TN-SB1944-2025-2026 (as of 2026-11-01).