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HB0066 • 2026

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AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 10-7-504, relative to public employees.

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Sponsor
Sparks, Reeves
Last action
2025-04-28
Official status
Effective date(s) 04/24/2025
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The official source does not provide specific details on what other types of residential information will be protected beyond street addresses, city, state, and zip code.

Expanding Protection of Public Employees' Residential Information

This bill changes Tennessee's laws to protect more types of residential information for state and local government employees from being shared with the public.

What This Bill Does

  • Changes a part of Tennessee law about what kind of personal information must be kept private for public workers.
  • Adds that other details besides just street addresses should also stay secret, like city, state, and zip code.

Who It Names or Affects

  • State employees
  • County employees
  • Municipal employees

Terms To Know

Public records
Information and documents that are kept by government agencies and can usually be seen by the public.
Confidential information
Details that must not be shared with everyone because they could harm someone or something important.

Limits and Unknowns

  • The bill does not specify exactly what other types of residential information will now be protected.
  • It is unclear if this change affects federal employees working in Tennessee.

Bill History

  1. 2025-04-28 Tennessee General Assembly

    Effective date(s) 04/24/2025

  2. 2025-04-28 Tennessee General Assembly

    Pub. Ch. 280

  3. 2025-04-28 Tennessee General Assembly

    Comp. became Pub. Ch. 280

  4. 2025-04-24 Tennessee General Assembly

    Signed by Governor.

  5. 2025-04-16 Tennessee General Assembly

    Transmitted to Governor for his action.

  6. 2025-04-14 Tennessee General Assembly

    Signed by Senate Speaker

  7. 2025-04-10 Tennessee General Assembly

    Signed by H. Speaker

  8. 2025-04-08 Tennessee General Assembly

    Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.

  9. 2025-04-07 Tennessee General Assembly

    Passed Senate, Ayes 31, Nays 0

  10. 2025-04-07 Tennessee General Assembly

    Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill.

  11. 2025-04-07 Tennessee General Assembly

    Companion House Bill substituted

  12. 2025-04-04 Tennessee General Assembly

    Placed on Senate Consent Calendar 2 for 4/7/2025

  13. 2025-04-03 Tennessee General Assembly

    Received from House, Passed on First Consideration

  14. 2025-04-02 Tennessee General Assembly

    Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee

  15. 2025-04-01 Tennessee General Assembly

    Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen.

  16. 2025-04-01 Tennessee General Assembly

    Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 4/2/2025

  17. 2025-04-01 Tennessee General Assembly

    Action deferred in Senate State and Local Government Committee to 4/2/2025

  18. 2025-03-31 Tennessee General Assembly

    Passed H., Ayes 93, Nays 0, PNV 2

  19. 2025-03-27 Tennessee General Assembly

    Sponsor(s) Added.

  20. 2025-03-27 Tennessee General Assembly

    H. Placed on Consent Calendar for 3/31/2025

  21. 2025-03-26 Tennessee General Assembly

    Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/27/2025

  22. 2025-03-26 Tennessee General Assembly

    Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 4/1/2025

  23. 2025-03-24 Tennessee General Assembly

    Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee

  24. 2025-03-19 Tennessee General Assembly

    Placed on cal. Government Operations Committee for 3/24/2025

  25. 2025-03-17 Tennessee General Assembly

    Action def. in Government Operations Committee to 3/24/2025

  26. 2025-03-12 Tennessee General Assembly

    Placed on cal. Government Operations Committee for 3/17/2025

  27. 2025-03-12 Tennessee General Assembly

    Rec. for pass; ref to Government Operations Committee

  28. 2025-03-05 Tennessee General Assembly

    Placed on cal. State & Local Government Committee for 3/12/2025

  29. 2025-03-05 Tennessee General Assembly

    Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to State & Local Government Committee

  30. 2025-02-26 Tennessee General Assembly

    Placed on s/c cal Public Service Subcommittee for 3/5/2025

  31. 2025-02-12 Tennessee General Assembly

    Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate State and Local Government Committee

  32. 2025-02-10 Tennessee General Assembly

    Introduced, Passed on First Consideration

  33. 2025-01-28 Tennessee General Assembly

    Assigned to s/c Public Service Subcommittee

  34. 2025-01-28 Tennessee General Assembly

    Filed for introduction

  35. 2025-01-16 Tennessee General Assembly

    Ref. to State & Local Government Committee - Government Operations for Review

  36. 2025-01-15 Tennessee General Assembly

    P2C held on desk, pending appointment of Standing Committees

  37. 2025-01-14 Tennessee General Assembly

    Intro., P1C.

  38. 2025-01-07 Tennessee General Assembly

    Filed for introduction

Official Summary Text

Present law provides that certain
records or information of any state, county, municipal
,
or other public employee or former employee, or applicant to such position, of any law enforcement officer commissioned
by the governing boards of public institutions of higher education
, or of any federal law enforcement agent or officer conducting an op
eration in this state, in the possession of a governmental entity or any person in its capacity as an employer
must
be treated as confidential and
must
not be open for inspection by members of the public
. One such type of record or information includes r
e
sidential information, including the street address, city, state and zip code, for any state employee; and
the r
esidential street address for any county, municipal or other public employee
. This bill expands this provision to protect residential informati
on, besides just the street address, for any county,
municipal, or other public employee
.

Current Bill Text

Read the full stored bill text 
SENATE BILL 425
By Reeves

HOUSE BILL 66
By Sparks

HB0066
001159
- 1 -

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Section
10-7-504, relative to public employees.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE:
SECTION 1. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 10-7-504(f)(1)(D), is amended by
deleting the subdivision and substituting:
(D) Residential information, including the street address, city, state, and zip
code, for any state, county, municipal, or other public employee;
SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon becoming a law, the public welfare requiring it.