Tennessee Code Title 10. Public Libraries, Archives and Records § 10-7-517

(a) Any legislation of the house of representatives that creates an exception to the open records requirement of § 10-7-503 deeming records of public entities to be open for inspection by the public must be referred to the government operations committee according to the rules of the house of representatives.

(b) After review under subsection (a), the government operations committee of the house of representatives shall give the legislation a positive, neutral, or negative recommendation.

(c) The government operations committee of the house of representatives, unless it is designated as the appropriate standing committee, shall not delay or prevent consideration of the legislation by the house of representatives by withholding the committee's recommendation.