---
type: "Bill"
title: "General Assembly, Statement of Intent or Position - Urges the federal government to streamline the legal immigration process. -"
description: "General Assembly, Statement of Intent or Position - Urges the federal government to streamline the legal immigration process. -"
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "114"
identifier: "HJR 180"
citation: "Tennessee HJR 180 (114)"
classification: ["joint resolution"]
subjects: ["General Assembly", "Statement of Intent or Position"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Reeves"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 42
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2025-02-06"
last_action: "2026-04-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/be5c2b69-3609-40f7-ba35-fe84a2741de5"
source_url: "https://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/Default?BillNumber=HJR0180&ga=114"
source_hash: "2ca26d54bad813d0d28f907d8d6a0eeade4eae90b434195fcc230f03e26f66db"
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 HJR 180 (114) — General Assembly, Statement of Intent or Position - Urges the federal government to streamline the legal immigration process. -

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment HA0546** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/HA0546.pdf)
2. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Bill/HJR0180.pdf)

## Votes

- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED MOTION TO ADOPT 2/9/2026 Passed — **89–6** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE STATE & LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 2/4/2026 Passed (2) — **17–1** (pass) · lower
- SENATE FINANCE, WAYS AND MEANS COMMITTEE: Recommended for concurrence by Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee, refer Senate Calendar Committee 3/24/2026 Passed — **10–0** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 2/9/2026 2/5/2026 (1) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Concur 4/13/2026 Passed — **26–1** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE DEPARTMENTS & AGENCIES SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to State & Local Government Committee 3/25/2025 Passed (3) — **8–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Reeves — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-06** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2025-02-10** Intro., ref. to State & Local Government Committee `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-11** Assigned to s/c Departments & Agencies Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-13** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2025-03-12** Placed on s/c cal Departments & Agencies Subcommittee for 3/18/2025
- **2025-03-17** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2025-03-18** Action Def. in s/c Departments & Agencies Subcommittee to 3/25/2025
- **2025-03-19** Placed on s/c cal Departments & Agencies Subcommittee for 3/25/2025
- **2025-03-24** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2025-03-25** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2025-03-25** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to State & Local Government Committee `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-26** Placed on cal. State & Local Government Committee for 4/2/2025
- **2025-03-31** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2025-04-02** Placed on cal. State & Local Government Committee for 4/9/2025
- **2025-04-02** Action def. in State & Local Government Committee to 4/9/2025
- **2025-04-08** Action def. in State & Local Government Committee to First Calendar of 2026
- **2026-01-21** Placed on cal. State & Local Government Committee for 1/28/2026
- **2026-01-21** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2026-01-26** Meeting Canceled
- **2026-01-28** Placed on cal. State & Local Government Committee for 2/4/2026
- **2026-02-04** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 2/5/2026
- **2026-02-04** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-05** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 2/9/2026
- **2026-02-09** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2026-02-09** Adopted as am., Ayes 89, Nays 6, PNV 1
- **2026-02-09** H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0546) `amendment-passage`
- **2026-02-10** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen. `receipt`
- **2026-02-12** Received from House, refer to Senate Finance, Ways & Means Committee `introduction`
- **2026-03-02** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2026-03-10** Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 3/17/2026
- **2026-03-17** Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 3/24/2026
- **2026-03-17** Action deferred in Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee to 3/24/2026
- **2026-03-24** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2026-03-24** Recommended for concurrence by Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee, refer Senate Calendar Committee
- **2026-04-10** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 4/13/2026
- **2026-04-13** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2026-04-13** Concurred, Ayes 26, Nays 1, PNV 4 `passage`
- **2026-04-15** Signed by H. Speaker `passage`
- **2026-04-15** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker. `enrolled`
- **2026-04-16** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2026-04-16** Signed by Senate Speaker `passage`
- **2026-04-20** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/be5c2b69-3609-40f7-ba35-fe84a2741de5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).