Open Meetings - As enacted, specifies that the Tennessee One Health Committee is a governing body under the open meetings act; requires meetings of the committee to be open to the public. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 3, Part 5; Title 8, Chapter 44; Title 43, Chapter 1; Title 58; Title 68, Chapter 1 and Title 70.
HB 731 requires the Tennessee One Health Committee to hold all its meetings publicly, making it subject to Tennessee's open meetings law. The bill amends state code to explicitly define this committee - composed of state agency representatives working on human, animal, and environmental health collaboration - as a "governing body" under the law. This means the committee must publicly announce meetings and allow public attendance, aligning its operations with transparency standards for other state bodies. The law took effect on April 24, 2025, directly affecting the committee and its members.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2025
Committee Review
Mar 2025
House Passage
Apr 2025
Senate Passage
Apr 2025
Signed into Law
Apr 2025
Introduced Feb 5, 2025
Signed Apr 24, 2025
Floor votes · Senate Apr 10, 2025 · House Mar 17, 2025
How they voted
37–0
Passed
Total votes 37
Apr 10, 2025
D
Democratic7
100% Yea
R
Republican30
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
28
Key actions
12
Committee
9
Amendments
1
Apr 24, 2025
Signed into law
Signed by Governor.
lower
Apr 15, 2025
Upper · Passed
Signed by Senate Speaker
upper
Apr 14, 2025
Lower · Passed
Signed by H. Speaker
lower
Apr 10, 2025
Upper · Passed
Passed Senate, Ayes 32, Nays 0
upper
Mar 20, 2025
Introduced
Received from House, Passed on First Consideration
lower
Mar 17, 2025
Lower · Passed
H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0086)
lower
Mar 17, 2025
Lower · Passed
Passed H., as am., Ayes 87, Nays 5, PNV 1
lower
Mar 12, 2025
Lower · Passed
Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee
lower
Mar 12, 2025
Lower · Passed
Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/13/2025
lower
Mar 5, 2025
Committee
Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to State & Local Government Committee
lower
Mar 5, 2025
Lower · Passed
Placed on cal. State & Local Government Committee for 3/12/2025
lower
Feb 26, 2025
Lower · Passed
Action Def. in s/c Public Service Subcommittee to 3/5/2025
lower
Feb 26, 2025
Lower · Passed
Placed on s/c cal Public Service Subcommittee for 3/5/2025
lower
Feb 19, 2025
Lower · Passed
Placed on s/c cal Public Service Subcommittee for 2/26/2025
lower
Feb 10, 2025
Committee
Assigned to s/c Public Service Subcommittee
lower
Feb 6, 2025
Committee
P2C, ref. to State & Local Government Committee
lower
Feb 5, 2025
Introduced
Intro., P1C.
lower
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Bud Hulsey
RRepublican
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