AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 2 and Title 10, Chapter 7, relative to elected public officials.

Description

Fiscal Summary NOT SIGNIFICANT Bill Summary Present law requires certain personal information in the employment records of certain public employees to be treated as confidential. Confidential information cannot be open for inspection by members of the public unless the employee expressly releases the information. Such information is redacted, and does not generally interfere with public records requests. For example, generally, confidential information includes all of the following information of any state, county, municipal or other public employee or former employee, or applicant to such position, in the possession of a governmental entity or any person in its capacity as an employer:  Home telephone and personal cell phone numbers.  Bank account and individual health savings account, retirement account, and pension account information. However, nothing limits access to financial records of a governmental employer that shows the amounts and sources of contributions to the accounts or the amount of pension or retirement benefits provided to the employee or former employee by the governmental employer.  Social security number.  Residential information, including the street address, city, state, and zip code, for any state, county, municipal, or other public employee.  Driver license information except where driving or operating a vehicle is part of the employee's job description or job duties or incidental to the performance of the employee's job.  The above-listed information of immediate family members, whether or not the immediate family member resides with the employee, or household members.  Emergency contact information.  Personal, nongovernment-issued email address. This bill adds that the same personally identifying information listed above of an elected state or local public o

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Progress

1. IntroducedJan 21, 2026
2. Sent to committeeFeb 2, 2026