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                           PUBLIC CHAPTER NO. 759

                                                  HOUSE BILL NO. 2141

                          By Representatives Zachary, Lamberth, Garrett, White

                                       Substituted for: Senate Bill No. 2292

                                      By Senators Stevens, Bailey, Bowling

         AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 49, Chapter 7, Part 1, relative to
the confidentiality of intercollegiate athletics program records.

          WHEREAS, this State fosters the growth of its sports and entertainment industry and
encourages lawful competition and economic development to further academics, athletics,
trade, and commerce in Tennessee; now, therefore,

BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE:

          SECTION 1. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 49-7-170(a), is amended by deleting
the subsection and substituting instead the following:

                    (a) Notwithstanding § 10-7-504 or another law to the contrary, records of or
          relating to an intercollegiate athletics program of a public institution of higher education
          must be treated as confidential and must not be open for public inspection if:

                              (1) The records contain information relating to game or player integrity
                    and that is traditionally not revealed publicly due to the public institution of higher
                    education's need to maintain competitiveness in the sport to which the records
                    relate; or

                              (2) The records are commercial contracts entered into solely in
                    furtherance of an intercollegiate athletics program and contain information that if
                    disclosed to the public, reasonably could be used to affect the economic
                    advantage of a busi_ness over its competitors. This subdivision (a)(2) must not be
                    construed to treat as confidential the information of the aggregate amount of
                    state appropriated funds expended under a contract described in this subdivision
                    (a)(2), the existence of a contract described in this subdivision (a)(2), the identity
                    of the contracting parties of a contract described in this subdivision (a)(2), or the
                    general topic of a contract described in this subdivision (a)(2).

          SECTION 2. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 49-7-170(f), is amended by deleting
the subsection and substituting instead the following:

                    (f) This section does not create or afford any private cause of action, liability, or
          basis for injunctive relief or equitable relief by any private person or entity except for a
          business asserting that disclosure of information would undermine an economic
          advantage over its competitor.

          SECTION 3. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 49-7-170, is amended by adding the
following as a new subsection (g):

                    (g) Subdivision (a)(2) is repealed on July 1, 2033.

          SECTION 4. This act takes effect upon becoming a law, the public welfare requiring it.
         HOUSE BILL NO. 2141

PASSED:  March 26, 2026

                         CAMERCN SEXTON, SPEAKER
                         HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

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                                    '  RANDY MCNAL&,

                                    SPEAKER OF THE SENATE

Apr;\ fl APPROVED this e'd- day of     2026

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BILL LEE, GOVERNOR