---
type: "Bill"
title: "Tennessee Fish & Wildlife Commission - As enacted, authorizes the commission to promulgate rules or pass proclamations to authorize the use of drones to locate and retrieve deer that have been wounded by hunters. - Amends TCA Title 39 and Title 70."
description: "Tennessee Fish & Wildlife Commission - As enacted, authorizes the commission to promulgate rules or pass proclamations to authorize the use of drones to locate and retrieve deer that have been wounded by hunters. - Amends TCA Title 39 and Title 70."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "114"
identifier: "HB 175"
citation: "Tennessee HB 175 (114)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Tennessee Fish & Wildlife Commission"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Darby"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 33
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2025-01-15"
last_action: "2025-05-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cd1b80f3-e43b-4f92-b12a-c0fbdb1d5db2"
source_url: "https://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/Default?BillNumber=HB0175&ga=114"
source_hash: "989f933fab316e721e0b5f09e3b65642b5c2b2dc17cc4104056e5e22efe29fbe"
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 175 (114) — Tennessee Fish & Wildlife Commission - As enacted, authorizes the commission to promulgate rules or pass proclamations to authorize the use of drones to locate and retrieve deer that have been wounded by hunters. - Amends TCA Title 39 and Title 70.

## Version chain

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

1. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Bill/HB0175.pdf)

## Votes

- HOUSE AGRICULTURE AND NATURAL RESOURCES SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Agriculture & Natural Resources Committee 3/19/2025 Passed — **7–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE AGRICULTURE & NATURAL RESOURCES COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Government Operations Committee 4/1/2025 Passed — **15–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 4/16/2025 Passed — **13–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: CONSENT CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/21/2025 Passed — **86–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 4/21/2025 Passed (1) — **32–0** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Consent Calendar for 4/21/2025 4/17/2025 — **0–0** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- Darby — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-15** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2025-01-16** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2025-01-27** P2C, ref. to Agriculture & Natural Resources Committee - Government Operations for `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-28** Assigned to s/c Agriculture & Natural Resources Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-26** Placed on s/c cal Agriculture & Natural Resources Subcommittee for 3/5/2025
- **2025-03-05** Placed on s/c cal Agriculture & Natural Resources Subcommittee for 3/12/2025
- **2025-03-05** Action Def. in s/c Agriculture and Natural Resources Subcommittee to 3/12/2025
- **2025-03-12** Placed on s/c cal Agriculture & Natural Resources Subcommittee for 3/19/2025
- **2025-03-12** Action Def. in s/c Agriculture & Natural Resources Subcommittee to 3/19/2025
- **2025-03-19** Placed on cal. Agriculture & Natural Resources Committee for 3/25/2025
- **2025-03-19** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Agriculture & Natural Resources Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-25** Action def. in Agriculture & Natural Resources Committee to 4/1/2025
- **2025-03-26** Placed on cal. Agriculture & Natural Resources Committee for 4/1/2025
- **2025-04-01** Rec. for pass; ref to Government Operations Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-02** Placed on cal. Government Operations Committee for 4/7/2025
- **2025-04-07** Action def. in Government Operations Committee to 4/14/2025
- **2025-04-09** Placed on cal. Government Operations Committee for 4/14/2025
- **2025-04-16** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/17/2025
- **2025-04-16** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-17** H. Placed on Consent Calendar for 4/21/2025
- **2025-04-21** Passed Senate, Ayes 32, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2025-04-21** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill. `substitution`
- **2025-04-21** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2025-04-21** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen. `receipt`
- **2025-04-21** Passed H., Ayes 86, Nays 0, PNV 1 `passage`
- **2025-04-21** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2025-04-24** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker. `enrolled`
- **2025-04-30** Signed by H. Speaker `passage`
- **2025-05-08** Signed by Senate Speaker `passage`
- **2025-05-09** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2025-05-21** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2025-05-27** Effective date(s) 07/01/2025
- **2025-05-27** Pub. Ch. 478

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/cd1b80f3-e43b-4f92-b12a-c0fbdb1d5db2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).