---
type: "Bill"
title: "Correction, Dept. of - As enacted, provides that in a facility operated pursuant to a contract to provide correctional services, or in a facility operated pursuant to a contract with a county to hold state inmates and that county has entered into a contract with a contractor to provide correctional services, if the death rate of inmates at the facility is twice the death rate of an equivalent state-operated facility, then the department must reduce the population at such facility by 10%. - Amends TCA Title 8; Title 12; Title 40 and Title 41."
description: "Correction, Dept. of - As enacted, provides that in a facility operated pursuant to a contract to provide correctional services, or in a facility operated pursuant to a contract with a county to hold state inmates and that county has entered into a contract with a contractor to provide correctional services, if the death rate of inmates at the facility is twice the death rate of an equivalent state-operated facility, then the department must reduce the population at such facility by 10%. - Amends TCA Title 8; Title 12; Title 40 and Title 41."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "114"
identifier: "SB 1115"
citation: "Tennessee SB 1115 (114)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Correction", "Dept. of"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Pody"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 30
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2025-02-06"
last_action: "2025-05-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b4cf2596-3f5a-4840-b493-cd8ed08bafb2"
source_url: "https://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/Default?BillNumber=SB1115&ga=114"
source_hash: "0554f571f0c1e4023acd8d516a6428c0fe9e72e8593f122a3d9694cf64f84612"
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 SB 1115 (114) — Correction, Dept. of - As enacted, provides that in a facility operated pursuant to a contract to provide correctional services, or in a facility operated pursuant to a contract with a county to hold state inmates and that county has entered into a contract with a contractor to provide correctional services, if the death rate of inmates at the facility is twice the death rate of an equivalent state-operated facility, then the department must reduce the population at such facility by 10%. - Amends TCA Title 8; Title 12; Title 40 and Title 41.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment HA0211** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/HA0211.pdf)
2. **Amendment HA0212** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/HA0212.pdf)
3. **Amendment HA0503** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/HA0503.pdf)
4. **Amendment SA0229** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/SA0229.pdf)
5. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Bill/SB1115.pdf)

## Votes

- SENATE STATE & LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 3/25/2025 Passed (3) — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 4/7/2025 Passed (2) — **31–0** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Concur House Amendment # 3 4/22/2025 Passed (1) — **33–0** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/21/2025 Passed (1) — **93–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Pody — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-06** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2025-02-10** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2025-02-12** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate State and Local Government Committee `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-19** Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 3/25/2025
- **2025-03-25** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2025-03-25** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0
- **2025-03-27** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2025-04-01** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 4/3/2025
- **2025-04-03** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2025-04-03** Senate Reset on calendar for 4/7/2025
- **2025-04-04** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 4/7/2025
- **2025-04-07** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2025-04-07** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House `receipt`
- **2025-04-07** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 31, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2025-04-07** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0229)
- **2025-04-09** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2025-04-21** Placed on Senate Message Calendar for 4/22/2025
- **2025-04-21** Passed H., as am., Ayes 93, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2025-04-21** H. adopted am. (Amendment 3 - HA0503) `amendment-passage`
- **2025-04-21** Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 2 - HA0212) `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2025-04-21** Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0211) `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2025-04-21** Subst. for comp. HB. `substitution`
- **2025-04-22** Concurred, Ayes 33, Nays 0 (Amendment 3 - HA0503) `passage`
- **2025-04-28** Enrolled and ready for signatures `enrolled`
- **2025-04-29** Signed by Senate Speaker `passage`
- **2025-04-30** Signed by H. Speaker `passage`
- **2025-05-01** Transmitted to Governor for action. `executive-receipt`
- **2025-05-09** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2025-05-15** Effective date(s) 05/09/2025
- **2025-05-15** Pub. Ch. 460

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b4cf2596-3f5a-4840-b493-cd8ed08bafb2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).