Roll Call: TN HB2248 | 2015-2016 | 109th General Assembly
For additional roll call votes on Tennessee HB2248 please see the Vote List
Bill Title: 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.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 31-0)
Status: (Passed) 2016-05-23 - Pub. Ch. 1066 [HB2248 Detail]
Text: Latest bill text (Draft #2) [PDF]
Bill Title: 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.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 31-0)
Status: (Passed) 2016-05-23 - Pub. Ch. 1066 [HB2248 Detail]
Text: Latest bill text (Draft #2) [PDF]
Vote: FLOOR VOTE: MOTION TO ADOPT CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REPORT
| Vote | Tally | Democrat | Republican |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yea | 63 | 5 | 58 |
| Nay | 21 | 19 | 2 |
| Not Voting | 1 | - | 1 |
| Absent | - | - | - |
| TOTAL | 85 | 24 | 61 |
