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]

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Voting Records

Chamber	Vote	Date	Yea	Nay	NV	Abs	Total	Result	Source	View
Senate	FLOOR VOTE: MOTION TO ADOPT Conference Committee Report	2016-04-21	22	3	0	0	25	Passed	Link	View
House	FLOOR VOTE: MOTION TO ADOPT CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REPORT	2016-04-21	63	21	1	0	85	Passed	Link	View
House	FLOOR VOTE: PREVIOUS QUESTION MOTION TO ADOPT CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REPORT	2016-04-21	58	24	0	0	82	Passed	Link	View
Senate	FLOOR VOTE: THIRD CONSIDERATION AMENDED	2016-04-20	28	4	0	0	32	Passed	Link	View
House	FLOOR VOTE: AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION	2016-04-18	66	22	0	0	88	Passed	Link	View
House	FLOOR VOTE: PREVIOUS QUESTION AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION	2016-04-18	56	27	1	0	84	Passed	Link	View
House	FLOOR VOTE: LIMIT DEBATE AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION	2016-04-18	47	39	1	0	87	Passed	Link	View
House	FLOOR VOTE: MOTION TO ADOPT AMENDMENT # 4 BY Brooks K. PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION	2016-04-18	64	25	0	0	89	Passed	Link	View
House	FLOOR VOTE: PREVIOUS QUESTION MOTION TO ADOPT AMENDMENT # 4 BY Brooks K. PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION	2016-04-18	66	22	1	0	89	Passed	Link	View
House	FINANCE, WAYS & MEANS COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee	2016-04-12	14	0	0	0	14	Passed	Link	View

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