---
type: "Bill"
title: "Immigration - As enacted, requires the review of executive branch agency policies and spending as it relates to illegal immigration; requires a report to be compiled and delivered to the governor and the speakers of the senate and house of representatives regarding such review. - Amends TCA Title 4."
description: "Immigration - As enacted, requires the review of executive branch agency policies and spending as it relates to illegal immigration; requires a report to be compiled and delivered to the governor and the speakers of the senate and house of representatives regarding such review. - Amends TCA Title 4."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "113"
identifier: "HB 2774"
citation: "Tennessee HB 2774 (113)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Immigration"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["McCalmon"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 48
vote_count: 9
first_action: "2024-01-31"
last_action: "2024-05-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a43f3d7c-5951-4cd7-b712-50ffd7061a53"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB2774&GA=113"
source_hash: "0a3a8f9986151c22a9d4b7f854a7f95b3f871c2a8da3aabcc09bf020d3d4413d"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-tn"]
---

# Tennessee HB 2774 (113) — Immigration - As enacted, requires the review of executive branch agency policies and spending as it relates to illegal immigration; requires a report to be compiled and delivered to the governor and the speakers of the senate and house of representatives regarding such review. - Amends TCA Title 4.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Amendment HA0915** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Amend/HA0915.pdf)
2. **Amendment SA0910** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Amend/SA0910.pdf)
3. **Amendment SA1046** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Amend/SA1046.pdf)
4. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Bill/HB2774.pdf)

## Votes

- HOUSE STATE GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 4/3/2024 — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: MESSAGE CALENDAR PREVIOUS QUESTION CONCUR IN SENATE AMENDMENT # 2 4/25/2024 Passed — **72–21** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/18/2024 4/17/2024 (3) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 4/24/2024 Passed (1) — **26–5** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 4/17/2024 (5) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/22/2024 Passed (2) — **74–24** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: MESSAGE CALENDAR CONCUR IN SENATE AMENDMENT # 2 4/25/2024 Passed (1) — **73–23** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 4/17/2024 (4) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE DEPARTMENTS & AGENCIES SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to State Government Committee 3/13/2024 (6) — **0–0** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- McCalmon — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2024-01-31** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2024-02-01** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2024-02-02** Sponsor(s) withdrawn. `sponsorship`
- **2024-02-02** Sponsor change. `sponsorship`
- **2024-02-05** P2C, ref. to State Government Committee `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-05** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2024-02-07** Placed on s/c cal Departments & Agencies Subcommittee for 2/14/2024
- **2024-02-07** Assigned to s/c Departments & Agencies Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-08** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2024-02-14** Action Def. in s/c Departments & Agencies Subcommittee to 2/28/2024
- **2024-02-21** Placed on s/c cal Departments & Agencies Subcommittee for 2/28/2024
- **2024-02-28** Action Def. in s/c Departments & Agencies Subcommittee to 3/13/2024
- **2024-03-06** Placed on s/c cal Departments & Agencies Subcommittee for 3/13/2024
- **2024-03-13** Placed on cal. State Government Committee for 3/20/2024
- **2024-03-13** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to State Government Committee `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-20** Placed on cal. State Government Committee for 3/27/2024
- **2024-03-20** Action def. in State Government Committee to 3/27/2024
- **2024-03-27** Placed on cal. State Government Committee for 4/3/2024
- **2024-03-27** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2024-03-27** Action def. in State Government Committee to 4/3/2024
- **2024-04-03** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2024-04-03** Assigned to s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2024-04-03** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-10** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 4/16/2024
- **2024-04-17** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/18/2024
- **2024-04-17** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/17/2024
- **2024-04-17** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-17** Placed on cal. Finance, Ways, and Means Committee for 4/17/2024
- **2024-04-17** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2024-04-17** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-22** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen. `receipt`
- **2024-04-22** Passed H., as am., Ayes 74, Nays 24, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2024-04-22** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2024-04-22** H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0915) `amendment-passage`
- **2024-04-23** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2024-04-24** H. Placed on Message Calendar for 4/25/2024
- **2024-04-24** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 26, Nays 5 `passage`
- **2024-04-24** Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - SA0910)
- **2024-04-24** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 2 - SA1046)
- **2024-04-24** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill. `substitution`
- **2024-04-25** H. concurred in S. am. no. 2 Ayes 73, Nays 23 PNV 0 HB2774
- **2024-04-30** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker. `enrolled`
- **2024-05-01** Signed by H. Speaker `passage`
- **2024-05-09** Signed by Senate Speaker `passage`
- **2024-05-10** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2024-05-21** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2024-05-29** Effective date(s) 05/21/2024
- **2024-05-29** Pub. Ch. 998

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a43f3d7c-5951-4cd7-b712-50ffd7061a53`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).