Tennessee Senate Bill 1681 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 11 2022 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2022-02-08 - Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate State and Local Government Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Draft #1) [PDF]

As introduced, removes authorization for certain municipalities to hold public meetings in which some members of the governing body are participating electronically; adds requirements for notice, public access, and public participation for public meetings of governing bodies of state boards, agencies, and commissions in which some members are participating electronically; removes a member of such governing body if the member physically attends less than 50 percent of the body's meetings in a two-year period. - Amends TCA Title 8, Chapter 44.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 8, Chapter 44, relative to public meetings.

Sen. Todd Gardenhire [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2022-02-08	Senate	Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate State and Local Government Committee
2022-02-01	Senate	Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 2/8/2022
2022-01-13	Senate	Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate State and Local Government Committee
2022-01-12	Senate	Introduced, Passed on First Consideration
2022-01-11	Senate	Filed for introduction

HB1750 (Crossfiled) 2022-02-02 - Withdrawn.

Type	Source
Summary	https://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/Billinfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB1681&ga=112
Text	https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Bill/SB1681.pdf
Supplement	https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Fiscal/SB1681.pdf