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Rights, restrictions & the places between.
TN HB2198 (2026)
AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4; Title 8 and Title 49, relative to the "DEI Compliance Certification Act."
Anti-LGBTQ+
- Jurisdiction
- Tennessee
- Session
- 114th General Assembly
- Stage reported
- Introduced Session adjourned
- First recorded action
- Latest action
- : Taken off notice for cal in s/c Departments & Agencies Subcommittee of State & Local Government Committee
- Record retrieved
Bill types
As labelled in the project's tracker.
DEI BanEnd Legal Recognition
Links
- As introduced (PDF, hosted here)
- LegiScan record(opens another site)
- Official legislature page(opens another site)
- Draft text (Feb 2, 2026) at capitol.tn.gov(opens another site)PDF, external
- Bill page on this site
Recorded actions
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| House | Filed for introduction | |
| House | Intro., P1C. | |
| House | P2C, ref. to State & Local Government Committee | |
| House | Assigned to s/c Departments & Agencies Subcommittee | |
| House | Sponsor(s) Added. | |
| House | Placed on s/c cal Departments & Agencies Subcommittee for 3/10/2026 | |
| House | Action Def. in s/c Departments & Agencies Subcommittee to 3/17/2026 | |
| House | Placed on s/c cal Departments & Agencies Subcommittee for 3/17/2026 | |
| House | Taken off notice for cal in s/c Departments & Agencies Subcommittee of State & Local Government Committee |
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