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A house panel voted to advance a bill that would abolish the state human rights commission over objections from some Democrats that the legislation could jeopardize the rights of Tennesseans to seek ...

House Republicans passed a bill to dissolve the Tennessee Human Rights Commission, handing investigation of discrimination claims to the state attorney general's office. (Photo:John ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) — A bill that would strip the Tennessee Human Rights Commission of its independent power and transfer it to the Attorney General’s Office passed a House committee Monday, ...

House Republicans passed a bill to dissolve the Tennessee Human Rights Commission, handing investigation of discrimination claims to the state attorney general's office. (Photo:John ...

The Tennessee Attorney General's Office opened a new Civil Rights Enforcement Division July 1. Lawmakers dissolved the Tennessee Human Rights Commission last legislative session. All pending ...

On May 12, 2025, Tennessee Governor Bill Lee signed into law House Bill 910/Senate Bill 860 which will dissolve the Tennessee Human Rights Commission (THRC), the state agency responsible for enforcing ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — State lawmakers reached out to the Tennessee Attorney General, Jonathan Skrmetti, on Monday after reports that workers at the state's Human Rights Commission were being laid off. A ...

(The Center Square) – The Tennessee attorney general’s office will keep the 30 positions allocated to the Human Rights Commission when it takes over the commission’s duties on July 1, a spokesman said ...

State lawmakers are one step closer to abolishing the Tennessee Human Rights Commission, the state’s independent watchdog agency overseeing civil rights issues. HB 910/SB 861, a bill that would ...

Tennesseans can now file discrimination complaints with the Tennessee Attorney General's Office. But anyone who had a pending discrimination case with the agency that previously fielded and ...