Tennessee 110th Regular Session (2017-2018) Status: Enacted

SB 723 — Education, Higher - As enacted, enacts the "Campus Free Speech Protection Act." - Amends TCA Title 49.

Last action — Comp. became Pub. Ch. 336

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  1. ✓
    Introduced
  2. ✓
    In Committee
  3. ✓
    Passed Senate
  4. ✓
    Passed House
  5. ✓
    To Executive
  6. 6
    Enacted

This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced February 07, 2017. Enacted.

Prognosis

Likely to advance 72% · moderate confidence

Where this bill stands today.

Odds of enactment

High

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  • Enacted

    Current position in the legislative process.

  • 2 sponsors

    2 primary, 0 co-sponsors signed on.

  • Cleared a recorded vote

    Passed 4 recorded votes so far.

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Bill Text

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Action History

  1. Comp. became Pub. Ch. 336

  2. Effective date(s) 05/09/2017; 01/01/2018

  3. Pub. Ch. 336

  4. Signed by Governor.

  5. Signed by H. Speaker

  6. Transmitted to Governor for action.

  7. Enrolled and ready for signatures

  8. Signed by Senate Speaker

  9. Comp. SB subst.

  10. Sponsor(s) Added.

  11. Subst. for comp. HB.

  12. Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0281)

  13. Passed H., Ayes 85, Nays 7, PNV 0

  14. Sponsor(s) Added.

  15. H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 5/1/2017

  16. Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/27/2017

  17. Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.

  18. Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0333)

  19. Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 30, Nays 0

  20. Sponsor(s) Added.

  21. Engrossed; ready for transmission to House

  22. Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee

  23. Placed on Senate Regular Calendar calendar for 4/13/2017

  24. Placed on cal. Government Operations Committee for 4/12/2017

  25. Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0

  26. Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Government Operations Committee

  27. Action deferred in Senate Education Committee to 4/5/2017

  28. Placed on Senate Education Committee calendar for 4/5/2017

  29. Sponsor(s) Added.

  30. Sponsor(s) Added.

  31. Placed on cal. Education Administration & Planning for 4/4/2017

  32. Action deferred in Senate Education Committee to 4/5/2017

  33. Placed on Senate Education Committee calendar for 4/4/2017

  34. Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Education Administration & Planning

  35. Placed on s/c cal Education Administration & Planning Subcommittee for 3/28/2017

  36. Placed on Senate Education Committee calendar for 3/29/2017

  37. Assigned to s/c Education Administration & Planning Subcommittee

  38. Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee

  39. P2C, ref. to Education Administration & Planning

  40. Introduced, Passed on First Consideration

  41. Intro., P1C.

  42. Filed for introduction

  43. Filed for intro.

Sponsors

  • Smith · Primary
  • Overbey · Primary

Sponsorship breakdown

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2 sponsors · 0 co-sponsors · 131 not signed on · 15 voted No

Sponsors (2)

  • Smith
  • Overbey

Co-sponsors (0)

None.

Not signed on (131)

131 members have not signed on to this bill.

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"Not signed on" means a member has not sponsored or co-sponsored this bill — it does not imply opposition. Members flagged Voted No have a recorded No vote on this bill.

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Votes

FLOOR VOTE: PREVIOUS QUESTION PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 5/1/2017 Passed

Passed 64 Yea · 29 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Democrat 01000
Republican 21400
Unaffiliated 431500
Total 642900
% of votes cast 69%31%0%0%
How each member voted (93)
Member Party Vote
Butt — Yea
Calfee — Yea
Curcio — Yea
Daniel — Yea
Doss — Yea
Dunn — Yea
Fitzhugh — Nay
Holsclaw — Yea
Jones — Nay
Kane — Yea
McCormick — Yea
McDaniel — Yea
Pitts — Nay
Sanderson — Yea
Staples — Nay
Thompson — Yea
Tillis — Yea
Weaver — Yea
Brooks H. — Yea
Brooks K. — Yea
Carr — Yea
Johnson — Yea
Powers — Yea
Ramsey — Yea
Sargent — Yea
Byrd — Yea
Carter — Yea
Casada — Yea
Coley — Yea
Forgety — Yea
Goins — Yea
Halford — Yea
Hazlewood — Yea
Lollar — Yea
Matheny — Yea
Matlock — Yea
Ragan — Yea
Rogers — Yea
Sexton C. — Yea
Sexton J. — Yea
Smith — Yea
White D. — Yea
White M. — Yea
Madam Speaker Harwell — Yea
DeBerry — Nay
Hill M. — Nay
Hill T. — Nay
Stewart — Nay
Turner — Nay
Cooper — Nay
Favors — Nay
Gilmore — Nay
Holt — Nay
Jernigan — Nay
Swann — Yea
Whitson — Yea
Wirgau — Yea
Van Huss — Nay
Akbari, Raumesh Democrat Nay
Camper, Karen D. Democrat Nay
Clemmons, John Ray Democrat Nay
Hardaway, T.J. Democrat Nay
Miller, Larry J. Democrat Nay
Mitchell, Bo Democrat Nay
Parkinson, Antonio Democrat Nay
Powell, Jason Democrat Nay
Shaw, Johnny Democrat Nay
Towns, Jr., Joe Democrat Nay
Alexander, Rebecca K. Republican Yea
Eldridge, Rick Republican Yea
Faison, Jeremy Republican Nay
Farmer, Andrew Republican Yea
Gant, Ron M. Republican Yea
Hawk, David B. Republican Yea
Hicks, Gary Republican Yea
Howell, Dan Republican Yea
Hulsey, Bud Republican Yea
Keisling, Kelly Republican Yea
Kumar, Sabi 'Doc' Republican Yea
Lamberth, William Republican Yea
Littleton, Mary Republican Yea
Lynn, Susan M. Republican Nay
Marsh, Pat Republican Yea
Moody, Debra Republican Yea
Pody, Mark Republican Nay
Reedy, Jay D. Republican Yea
Rudd, Tim Republican Yea
Sherrell, Paul Republican Yea
Sparks, Mike Republican Nay
Terry, Bryan Republican Yea
Travis, Ron Republican Yea
Williams, Ryan Republican Yea
Zachary, Jason Republican Yea

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FLOOR VOTE: PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 5/1/2017 Passed (1)

Passed 85 Yea · 7 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Democrat 7300
Republican 26000
Unaffiliated 52400
Total 85700
% of votes cast 92%8%0%0%
How each member voted (92)
Member Party Vote
Calfee — Yea
Butt — Yea
Casada — Yea
Curcio — Yea
Daniel — Yea
Doss — Yea
Dunn — Yea
Forgety — Yea
Holsclaw — Yea
Holt — Yea
Jones — Nay
Lollar — Yea
McCormick — Yea
McDaniel — Yea
Pitts — Nay
Sanderson — Yea
Thompson — Yea
Tillis — Yea
Weaver — Yea
Brooks H. — Yea
Brooks K. — Yea
Carr — Yea
DeBerry — Yea
Hill M. — Yea
Hill T. — Yea
Johnson — Yea
Powers — Yea
Ramsey — Yea
Sargent — Yea
Sexton C. — Yea
Sexton J. — Yea
Smith — Yea
Byrd — Yea
Carter — Yea
Coley — Yea
Favors — Yea
Fitzhugh — Yea
Gilmore — Yea
Goins — Yea
Halford — Yea
Hazlewood — Yea
Jernigan — Yea
Kane — Yea
Matheny — Yea
Matlock — Yea
Ragan — Yea
Rogers — Yea
Swann — Yea
White D. — Yea
White M. — Yea
Madam Speaker Harwell — Yea
Stewart — Nay
Turner — Nay
Whitson — Yea
Wirgau — Yea
Van Huss — Yea
Akbari, Raumesh Democrat Yea
Camper, Karen D. Democrat Yea
Clemmons, John Ray Democrat Nay
Hardaway, T.J. Democrat Yea
Miller, Larry J. Democrat Yea
Mitchell, Bo Democrat Nay
Parkinson, Antonio Democrat Yea
Powell, Jason Democrat Nay
Shaw, Johnny Democrat Yea
Towns, Jr., Joe Democrat Yea
Alexander, Rebecca K. Republican Yea
Crawford, John Republican Yea
Eldridge, Rick Republican Yea
Faison, Jeremy Republican Yea
Farmer, Andrew Republican Yea
Gant, Ron M. Republican Yea
Hawk, David B. Republican Yea
Hicks, Gary Republican Yea
Howell, Dan Republican Yea
Hulsey, Bud Republican Yea
Keisling, Kelly Republican Yea
Kumar, Sabi 'Doc' Republican Yea
Lamberth, William Republican Yea
Littleton, Mary Republican Yea
Lynn, Susan M. Republican Yea
Marsh, Pat Republican Yea
Moody, Debra Republican Yea
Pody, Mark Republican Yea
Reedy, Jay D. Republican Yea
Rudd, Tim Republican Yea
Sherrell, Paul Republican Yea
Sparks, Mike Republican Yea
Terry, Bryan Republican Yea
Travis, Ron Republican Yea
Williams, Ryan Republican Yea
Zachary, Jason Republican Yea

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FLOOR VOTE: THIRD CONSIDERATION AMENDED 4/13/2017 Passed (1)

Passed 30 Yea · 0 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 14000
Republican 14000
Democrat 2000
Total 30000
% of votes cast 100%0%0%0%
How each member voted (30)
Member Party Vote
Beavers — Yea
Dickerson — Yea
Ketron — Yea
Norris — Yea
Overbey — Yea
Tate — Yea
Tracy — Yea
Johnson — Yea
Bell — Yea
Gresham — Yea
Harper — Yea
Kelsey — Yea
Lundberg — Yea
Niceley — Yea
Kyle, Sara Democrat Yea
Yarbro, Jeff Democrat Yea
Bailey, Paul Republican Yea
Bowling, Janice Republican Yea
Briggs, Richard Republican Yea
Crowe, Rusty Republican Yea
Gardenhire, Todd Republican Yea
Haile, Ferrell Republican Yea
Hensley, Joey Republican Yea
Jackson, Ed Republican Yea
Massey, Becky D. Republican Yea
McNally, Randy Republican Yea
Roberts, Kerry Republican Yea
Southerland, Steve Republican Yea
Stevens, John Republican Yea
Yager, Ken Republican Yea

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SENATE EDUCATION COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0 4/5/2017 Passed (2)

Passed 9 Yea · 0 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 5000
Republican 4000
Total 9000
% of votes cast 100%0%0%0%
How each member voted (9)
Member Party Vote
Dickerson — Yea
Gresham — Yea
Kelsey — Yea
Tate — Yea
Tracy — Yea
Crowe, Rusty Republican Yea
Gardenhire, Todd Republican Yea
Haile, Ferrell Republican Yea
Hensley, Joey Republican Yea

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