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Bill Employees, Employers - As enacted, generally requires, beginning July 1, 2026, all state and local governmental employers to verify the work authorization status of each prospective employee through the federal E-Verify program prior to employment; authorizes the attorney general to enforce compliance with the requirement against local governments and subjects a noncompliant local government to the withholding of all funds of this state allocated to the local government via grant, contract, or statute, including, but not limited to, state-shared taxes. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 8; Title 12 and Title 50. Employees, Employers - As enacted, generally requires, beginning July 1, 2026, all state and local governmental employers to verify the work authorization status of each prospective employee through the federal E-Verify program prior to employment; authorizes the attorney general to enforce compliance with the requirement against local governments and subjects a noncompliant local government to the withholding of all funds of this state allocated to the local government via grant, contract, or statute, including, but not limited to, state-shared taxes. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 8; Title 12 and Title 50. us/states/tn Tennessee General Assembly 114 HB 1705 Tennessee HB 1705 (114)
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Tennessee HB 1705 (114) — Employees, Employers - As enacted, generally requires, beginning July 1, 2026, all state and local governmental employers to verify the work authorization status of each prospective employee through the federal E-Verify program prior to employment; authorizes the attorney general to enforce compliance with the requirement against local governments and subjects a noncompliant local government to the withholding of all funds of this state allocated to the local government via grant, contract, or statute, including, but not limited to, state-shared taxes. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 8; Title 12 and Title 50.

Version chain

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

  1. Amendment SA0749 (committee substitute) — source
  2. Current Version (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • FLOOR VOTE: MESSAGE CALENDAR CONCUR IN SENATE AMENDMENT # 1 4/6/2026 Passed — 7614 (pass) · lower
  • FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 3/30/2026 Passed (1) — 275 (pass) · upper
  • HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/16/2026 3/12/2026 (2) — 00 (fail) · lower
  • HOUSE COMMERCE COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/11/2026 Passed — 144 (pass) · lower
  • FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/16/2026 Passed (1) — 7321 (pass) · lower
  • HOUSE BANKING AND CONSUMER AFFAIRS SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Commerce Committee 2/18/2026 Passed (3) — 60 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

  • Rudd — primary (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2026-01-15 Filed for introduction filing
  • 2026-01-21 Sponsor(s) Added. sponsorship
  • 2026-01-21 Intro., P1C. introduction
  • 2026-01-22 Assigned to s/c Banking & Consumer Affairs Subcommittee referral-committee
  • 2026-01-22 P2C, ref. to Commerce Committee referral-committee
  • 2026-02-02 Sponsor(s) Added. sponsorship
  • 2026-02-11 Placed on s/c cal Banking & Consumer Affairs Subcommittee for 2/18/2026
  • 2026-02-12 Sponsor(s) Added. sponsorship
  • 2026-02-13 Sponsor(s) Added. sponsorship
  • 2026-02-18 Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Commerce Committee committee-passage-favorable
  • 2026-02-25 Placed on cal. Commerce Committee for 3/4/2026
  • 2026-03-04 Placed on cal. Commerce Committee for 3/11/2026
  • 2026-03-04 No Action Taken
  • 2026-03-11 Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/12/2026
  • 2026-03-11 Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee committee-passage-favorable
  • 2026-03-12 H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/16/2026
  • 2026-03-16 Sponsor(s) Added. sponsorship
  • 2026-03-16 Passed H., Ayes 73, Nays 21, PNV 0 passage
  • 2026-03-17 Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen. receipt
  • 2026-03-19 Received from House, Passed on First Consideration introduction
  • 2026-03-30 Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 27, Nays 5 passage
  • 2026-03-30 Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0749)
  • 2026-03-30 Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill. substitution
  • 2026-04-02 H. Placed on Message Calendar for 4/6/2026
  • 2026-04-06 H. concurred in S. am. no. 1 Ayes 76, Nays 14 PNV 0 HB1705
  • 2026-04-07 Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker. enrolled
  • 2026-04-08 Signed by Senate Speaker passage
  • 2026-04-08 Signed by H. Speaker passage
  • 2026-04-09 Transmitted to Governor for his action. executive-receipt
  • 2026-04-21 Signed by Governor. executive-signature
  • 2026-04-27 Effective date(s) 07/01/2026
  • 2026-04-27 Pub. Ch. 772

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/59ff1b96-e05b-44e0-87d6-297222834e2c. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).