Status

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

Summary

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.

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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.

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History

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

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Tennessee State Sources

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

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