Tennessee Senate Bill 1912 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 6-0)
Status: Passed on May 23 2016 - 100% progression
Action: 2016-05-23 - Comp. became Pub. Ch. 1066
Text: Latest bill text (Draft #2) [PDF]

As enacted, prohibits the expenditure of state funds by the University of Tennessee to promote the use of gender neutral pronouns, to promote or inhibit the celebration of religious holidays, or to fund or support sex week; specifies that all funds in the budget of the office for diversity and inclusion at UT Knoxville, for fiscal year 2016-2017, be reallocated in the university's budget and used by the university solely for scholarships to be awarded through a minority engineering scholarship program; any such funds that are not used for minority engineering scholarships in fiscal year 2016-2017 will remain in the scholarship program for use in future fiscal years. - Amends TCA Title 9 and Title 49.

As enacted, prohibits the expenditure of state funds by the University of Tennessee to promote the use of gender neutral pronouns, to promote or inhibit the celebration of religious holidays, or to fund or support sex week; specifies that all funds in the budget of the office for diversity and inclusion at UT Knoxville, for fiscal year 2016-2017, be reallocated in the university's budget and used by the university solely for scholarships to be awarded through a minority engineering scholarship program; any such funds that are not used for minority engineering scholarships in fiscal year 2016-2017 will remain in the scholarship program for use in future fiscal years. - Amends TCA Title 9 and Title 49.

Sen. Todd Gardenhire [R]	Sen. Brian Kelsey [R]	Sen. Paul Bailey [R]	Sen. Janince Bowling [R]
Sen. Dolores Gresham [R]	Sen. Joseph Hensley [R]

2016-04-19 - Senate - SENATE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee (Y: 9 N: 2 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2016-04-13 - Senate - SENATE EDUCATION COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee Ayes 7, Nays 1 PNV 0 (Y: 7 N: 1 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2016-05-23		Comp. became Pub. Ch. 1066
2016-04-20	Senate	Sponsor(s) Added.
2016-04-20	Senate	Companion House Bill substituted
2016-04-19	Senate	Placed on Senate Regular Calendar calendar for 4/20/2016
2016-04-19	Senate	Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
2016-04-18	Senate	Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 4/19/2016
2016-04-18	Senate	Action deferred in Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee to 4/19/2016
2016-04-14	Senate	Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 4/18/2016
2016-04-13	Senate	Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee Ayes 7, Nays 1 PNV 0
2016-04-06	Senate	Placed on Senate Education Committee calendar for 4/13/2016
2016-03-23	Senate	Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Education Committee
2016-03-16	Senate	Placed on Senate Education Committee calendar for 3/23/2016
2016-03-16	Senate	Action deferred in Senate Education Committee to 3/23/2016
2016-03-10	Senate	Placed on Senate Education Committee calendar for 3/16/2016
2016-03-03	Senate	Sponsor(s) Added.
2016-03-02	Senate	Action deferred in Senate Education Committee to final calendar
2016-02-24	Senate	Placed on Senate Education Committee calendar for 3/2/2016
2016-01-25	Senate	Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee
2016-01-21	Senate	Introduced, Passed on First Consideration
2016-01-20	Senate	Filed for introduction

HB2248 (Crossfiled) 2016-05-23 - Pub. Ch. 1066

Type	Source
Summary	https://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/Billinfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB1912&ga=109
Text	https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/109/Bill/SB1912.pdf
Roll Call	https://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/Billinfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB1912&ga=109