Tennessee 2025-2026 Regular Session

Tennessee Senate Bill SB1083 Compare Versions

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2	2	HOUSE BILL 622
3	3	By Maberry
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5	5	SENATE BILL 1083
6	6	By Johnson
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9	9	SB1083
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13	13	AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 5;
14	14	Title 6; Title 7; Title 8 and Title 49, relative to hiring
15	15	practices of governmental entities.
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17	17	BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE:
18	18	SECTION 1. This act is known and may be cited as the "Dismantle DEI Act."
19	19	SECTION 2. Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 5, Chapter 1, Part 1, is amended by
20	20	adding the following as a new section:
21	21	(a) The general assembly finds that local governments are at their most effective
22	22	when the employees of the local government are the most highly qualified candidates for
23	23	employment with the local government and that hiring decisions should be based on
24	24	merit rather than any other metric.
25	25	(b) A county government shall not:
26	26	(1) Base hiring decisions on any metrics that consider an applicant's
27	27	race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, or disability; or
28	28	(2) Decide to hire a particular candidate in order to achieve any goals to
29	29	increase diversity, equity, or inclusion in the workplace.
30	30	SECTION 3. Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 6, Chapter 54, Part 1, is amended by
31	31	adding the following as a new section:
32	32	(a) The general assembly finds that local governments are at their most effective
33	33	when the employees of the local government are the most highly qualified candidates for
34	34	employment with the local government and that hiring decisions should be based on
35	35	merit rather than any other metric.
36	36	(b) A municipal government shall not:
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41	41	(1) Base hiring decisions on any metrics that consider an applicant's
42	42	race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, or disability; or
43	43	(2) Decide to hire a particular candidate in order to achieve any goals to
44	44	increase diversity, equity, or inclusion in the workplace.
45	45	SECTION 4. Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 7, Chapter 3, Part 1, is amended by
46	46	adding the following as a new section:
47	47	(a) The general assembly finds that local governments are at their most effective
48	48	when the employees of the local government are the most highly qualified candidates for
49	49	employment with the local government and that hiring decisions should be based on
50	50	merit rather than any other metric.
51	51	(b) A metropolitan government shall not:
52	52	(1) Base hiring decisions on any metrics that consider an applicant's
53	53	race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, or disability; or
54	54	(2) Decide to hire a particular candidate in order to achieve any goals to
55	55	increase diversity, equity, or inclusion in the workplace.
56	56	SECTION 5. Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 49, Chapter 7, Part 1, is amended by
57	57	adding the following as a new section:
58	58	(a) The general assembly finds that public institutions of higher education are at
59	59	their most effective when the faculty members and employees of the institutions are the
60	60	most highly qualified candidates for employment with the institutions and that hiring
61	61	decisions should be based on merit rather than any other metric.
62	62	(b) A public institution of higher education shall not:
63	63	(1) Base hiring decisions on any metrics that consider an applicant's
64	64	race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, or disability; or
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69	69	(2) Decide to hire a particular candidate in order to achieve any goals to
70	70	increase diversity, equity, or inclusion in the workplace.
71	71	SECTION 6. This act takes effect upon becoming a law, the public welfare requiring it.