---
type: "Bill"
title: "Flags - As enacted, requires any flag flown over the state capitol building to be flown at half-staff from sunrise to sunset in observance of Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day each December 7. - Amends TCA Section 4-1-406."
description: "Flags - As enacted, requires any flag flown over the state capitol building to be flown at half-staff from sunrise to sunset in observance of Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day each December 7. - Amends TCA Section 4-1-406."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "114"
identifier: "SB 1488"
citation: "Tennessee SB 1488 (114)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Flags"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Powers"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 19
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2025-12-16"
last_action: "2026-05-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/18f010a8-4143-483a-9d38-a951a62fe3f2"
source_url: "https://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/Default?BillNumber=SB1488&ga=114"
source_hash: "df522107b2ebaf7b24f2bc44934b1bba65f4fa74ad97c7c4318c27eb99c2d38c"
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 1488 (114) — Flags - As enacted, requires any flag flown over the state capitol building to be flown at half-staff from sunrise to sunset in observance of Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day each December 7. - Amends TCA Section 4-1-406.

## 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/SB1488.pdf)

## Votes

- SENATE STATE & LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 2/3/2026 Passed (2) — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PREVIOUS QUESTION PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/14/2026 Passed — **65–26** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 2/12/2026 Passed (1) — **32–0** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/14/2026 Passed — **98–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Powers — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-12-16** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2026-01-13** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2026-01-14** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate State and Local Government Committee `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-28** Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 2/3/2026
- **2026-02-03** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
- **2026-02-10** Placed on Senate Consent Calendar 2 for 2/12/2026
- **2026-02-12** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House `receipt`
- **2026-02-12** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2026-02-12** Passed Senate, Ayes 32, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2026-02-19** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2026-04-14** Passed H., Ayes 98, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2026-04-14** Subst. for comp. HB. `substitution`
- **2026-04-15** Signed by Senate Speaker `passage`
- **2026-04-15** Enrolled and ready for signatures `enrolled`
- **2026-04-16** Signed by H. Speaker `passage`
- **2026-04-17** Transmitted to Governor for action. `executive-receipt`
- **2026-04-27** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2026-05-04** Effective date(s) 04/27/2026
- **2026-05-04** Pub. Ch. 824

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/18f010a8-4143-483a-9d38-a951a62fe3f2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).