---
type: "Bill"
title: "Immigration - As enacted, adds local governments to the entities that must verify that each applicant for public benefits is a United States citizen or lawfully present in the United States; authorizes certain investigations of violations of requirements for verification of citizenship or presence for public benefits; requires certain reporting related to such verification for benefits; makes other related changes. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 1 and Title 4, Chapter 58."
description: "Immigration - As enacted, adds local governments to the entities that must verify that each applicant for public benefits is a United States citizen or lawfully present in the United States; authorizes certain investigations of violations of requirements for verification of citizenship or presence for public benefits; requires certain reporting related to such verification for benefits; makes other related changes. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 1 and Title 4, Chapter 58."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "114"
identifier: "SB 1915"
citation: "Tennessee SB 1915 (114)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Immigration"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jackson"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 26
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2026-01-21"
last_action: "2026-05-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/98fb2204-adca-417a-883e-9e8bda24e7df"
source_url: "https://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/Default?BillNumber=SB1915&ga=114"
source_hash: "e8d0e1492c458cceac329d59ba9bfca32743a9410cfddd860db6293676d09a78"
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 1915 (114) — Immigration - As enacted, adds local governments to the entities that must verify that each applicant for public benefits is a United States citizen or lawfully present in the United States; authorizes certain investigations of violations of requirements for verification of citizenship or presence for public benefits; requires certain reporting related to such verification for benefits; makes other related changes. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 1 and Title 4, Chapter 58.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment HA0929** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/HA0929.pdf)
2. **Amendment HA1220** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/HA1220.pdf)
3. **Amendment SA0739** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/SA0739.pdf)
4. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Bill/SB1915.pdf)

## Votes

- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PREVIOUS QUESTION AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/21/2026 Passed (2) — **73–20** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Concur House Amendment # 1 4/22/2026 Passed (1) — **24–6** (pass) · upper
- SENATE STATE & LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 6, Nays 3 PNV 0 3/17/2026 Passed — **6–3** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR MOTION TO ADOPT AMENDMENT # 2 BY JONES J AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/21/2026 Failed — **22–70** (fail) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/21/2026 Passed (1) — **73–21** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 3/30/2026 Passed (2) — **26–6** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Jackson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-21** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2026-01-22** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2026-02-02** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate State and Local Government Committee `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-18** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2026-03-11** Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 3/17/2026
- **2026-03-17** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 6, Nays 3 PNV 0
- **2026-03-27** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 3/30/2026
- **2026-03-30** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House `receipt`
- **2026-03-30** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2026-03-30** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 26, Nays 6 `passage`
- **2026-03-30** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0739)
- **2026-04-02** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2026-04-21** Placed on Senate Message Calendar for 4/22/2026
- **2026-04-21** Passed H., as am., Ayes 73, Nays 21, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2026-04-21** Failed to adopt, Ayes 22, Nays 70, PNV 0
- **2026-04-21** H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0929) `amendment-passage`
- **2026-04-21** Subst. for comp. HB. `substitution`
- **2026-04-22** Concurred, Ayes 24, Nays 6 (Amendment 1 - HA0929) `passage`
- **2026-04-24** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2026-04-30** Signed by Senate Speaker `passage`
- **2026-04-30** Enrolled and ready for signatures `enrolled`
- **2026-05-07** Signed by H. Speaker `passage`
- **2026-05-11** Transmitted to Governor for action. `executive-receipt`
- **2026-05-22** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2026-05-27** Effective date(s) 05/22/2026, 07/01/2026
- **2026-05-27** Pub. Ch. 1106

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/98fb2204-adca-417a-883e-9e8bda24e7df`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).