---
type: "Bill"
title: "State Government - As enacted, enacts the \"Recognizing Judea and Samaria Act.\" - Amends TCA Title 3; Title 4 and Title 8."
description: "State Government - As enacted, enacts the \"Recognizing Judea and Samaria Act.\" - Amends TCA Title 3; Title 4 and Title 8."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "114"
identifier: "HB 1446"
citation: "Tennessee HB 1446 (114)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["State Government"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Todd"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 28
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2025-10-01"
last_action: "2026-05-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5674287f-8e11-4d4d-84f6-60ea76cf90e0"
source_url: "https://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/Default?BillNumber=HB1446&ga=114"
source_hash: "b04c4fa5c65493e19d75c399522809f5b504eb3c5852728e9e973c245fe68f72"
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 1446 (114) — State Government - As enacted, enacts the "Recognizing Judea and Samaria Act." - Amends TCA Title 3; Title 4 and Title 8.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment HA0606** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/HA0606.pdf)
2. **Amendment SA0868** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/SA0868.pdf)
3. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Bill/HB1446.pdf)

## Votes

- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PREVIOUS QUESTION AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/9/2026 Passed (2) — **70–22** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE DEPARTMENTS & AGENCIES SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to State & Local Government Committee 2/17/2026 Passed (5) — **6–1** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/9/2026 Passed (1) — **68–21** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/9/2026 3/5/2026 (3) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 4/9/2026 Passed (1) — **24–8** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE STATE & LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/4/2026 Passed (4) — **14–6** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Todd — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-10-01** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2025-12-16** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2026-01-13** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2026-01-14** Assigned to s/c Departments & Agencies Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-14** P2C, ref. to State & Local Government Committee `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-14** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2026-02-11** Placed on s/c cal Departments & Agencies Subcommittee for 2/17/2026
- **2026-02-17** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to State & Local Government Committee `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-25** Placed on cal. State & Local Government Committee for 3/4/2026
- **2026-03-04** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2026-03-04** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/5/2026
- **2026-03-04** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-05** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/9/2026
- **2026-03-09** Passed H., as am., Ayes 68, Nays 21, PNV 2 `passage`
- **2026-03-09** H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0606) `amendment-passage`
- **2026-03-09** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2026-03-10** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen. `receipt`
- **2026-03-12** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2026-04-09** Passed Senate, Ayes 24, Nays 8 `passage`
- **2026-04-09** Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - SA0868)
- **2026-04-09** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill. `substitution`
- **2026-04-10** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker. `enrolled`
- **2026-04-14** Signed by H. Speaker `passage`
- **2026-04-15** Signed by Senate Speaker `passage`
- **2026-04-16** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2026-04-27** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2026-05-05** Effective date(s) 07/01/2026
- **2026-05-05** Pub. Ch. 877

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5674287f-8e11-4d4d-84f6-60ea76cf90e0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).