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Bill Immigration - As enacted, requires, until February 1, 2029, each court to cooperate with the U.S. department of homeland security and federal immigration authorities acting in the enforcement of federal immigration law; authorizes, until February 1, 2029, a judge who obstructs lawful operations by such department and such authorities acting in the enforcement of federal immigration law to be referred to the board of judicial conduct for proceedings; clarifies that any findings by the board that the judge committed judicial misconduct may be cause for removal. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 7; Title 8; Title 16; Title 17 and Title 38. Immigration - As enacted, requires, until February 1, 2029, each court to cooperate with the U.S. department of homeland security and federal immigration authorities acting in the enforcement of federal immigration law; authorizes, until February 1, 2029, a judge who obstructs lawful operations by such department and such authorities acting in the enforcement of federal immigration law to be referred to the board of judicial conduct for proceedings; clarifies that any findings by the board that the judge committed judicial misconduct may be cause for removal. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 7; Title 8; Title 16; Title 17 and Title 38. us/states/tn Tennessee General Assembly 114 HB 1707 Tennessee HB 1707 (114)
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Tennessee HB 1707 (114) — Immigration - As enacted, requires, until February 1, 2029, each court to cooperate with the U.S. department of homeland security and federal immigration authorities acting in the enforcement of federal immigration law; authorizes, until February 1, 2029, a judge who obstructs lawful operations by such department and such authorities acting in the enforcement of federal immigration law to be referred to the board of judicial conduct for proceedings; clarifies that any findings by the board that the judge committed judicial misconduct may be cause for removal. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 7; Title 8; Title 16; Title 17 and Title 38.

Version chain

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

  1. Amendment HA0758 (committee substitute) — source
  2. Amendment HA1002 (committee substitute) — source
  3. Amendment SA0938 (committee substitute) — source
  4. Amendment SA0999 (committee substitute) — source
  5. Current Version (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt Conference Committee Report 4/23/2026 Passed (1) — 265 (pass) · upper
  • FLOOR VOTE: MOTION TO ADOPT CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REPORT 4/23/2026 Passed (1) — 7217 (pass) · lower
  • FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PREVIOUS QUESTION AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/2/2026 Passed (3) — 7223 (pass) · lower
  • HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/2/2026 3/26/2026 (4) — 00 (fail) · lower
  • FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/2/2026 Passed (2) — 7124 (pass) · lower
  • HOUSE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/23/2026 Passed (5) — 154 (pass) · lower
  • FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 4/20/2026 Passed (2) — 273 (pass) · upper
  • HOUSE CIVIL JUSTICE SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Judiciary Committee 3/11/2026 Passed (6) — 61 (pass) · lower
  • FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR MOTION TO CONSIDER AMENDMENT # 2 BY BEHN AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/2/2026 Failed — 2469 (fail) · lower

Sponsors

  • Scarbrough — 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 P2C, caption bill, held on desk - pending amdt.
  • 2026-02-20 Assigned to s/c Civil Justice Subcommittee referral-committee
  • 2026-02-20 Ref. to Judiciary Committee referral-committee
  • 2026-02-25 Placed on s/c cal Civil Justice Subcommittee for 3/4/2026
  • 2026-03-04 Placed on s/c cal Civil Justice Subcommittee for 3/11/2026
  • 2026-03-04 Action Def. in s/c Civil Justice Subcommittee to 3/11/2026
  • 2026-03-11 Placed on cal. Judiciary Committee for 3/18/2026
  • 2026-03-11 Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Judiciary Committee referral-committee
  • 2026-03-18 Placed on cal. Judiciary Committee for 3/23/2026
  • 2026-03-18 Action def. in Judiciary Committee to 3/25/2026
  • 2026-03-23 Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee committee-passage-favorable
  • 2026-03-25 Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/26/2026
  • 2026-03-26 H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/2/2026
  • 2026-04-02 Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen. receipt
  • 2026-04-02 Sponsor(s) Added. sponsorship
  • 2026-04-02 Passed H., as am., Ayes 71, Nays 24, PNV 0 passage
  • 2026-04-02 H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0758) amendment-passage
  • 2026-04-06 Received from House, Passed on First Consideration introduction
  • 2026-04-20 Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 27, Nays 3 passage
  • 2026-04-20 Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 2 - SA0999)
  • 2026-04-20 Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - SA0938)
  • 2026-04-20 Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill. substitution
  • 2026-04-21 H. Placed on Message Calendar 2 for 4-21-26
  • 2026-04-22 H. nonconcurred in S. am. no. 2
  • 2026-04-23 Senate returned conference committee report to House
  • 2026-04-23 Conference Committee report adopted, Ayes 26, Nays 5
  • 2026-04-23 Conf. comm. report adopted, Ayes 72, Nays 17 PNV 0
  • 2026-04-23 Conference Committee appointed (Rose, Stevens, Kyle)
  • 2026-04-23 Conf. comm. appointed. (Reps. Scarborough, Farmer, Doggett, Darby, Camper)
  • 2026-04-23 H. refused to recede in nonconcurrance of SA 2
  • 2026-04-23 H. Placed on Message Calendar 2 for 4/23/2026
  • 2026-04-23 Senate refused to recede from amendment
  • 2026-04-23 H. refused to recede from am. no. 2
  • 2026-04-30 Signed by H. Speaker passage
  • 2026-04-30 Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker. enrolled
  • 2026-05-05 Signed by Senate Speaker passage
  • 2026-05-06 Transmitted to Governor for his action. executive-receipt
  • 2026-05-07 Signed by Governor. executive-signature
  • 2026-05-18 Effective date(s) 05/07/2026
  • 2026-05-18 Pub. Ch. 953

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/116943f4-4d69-4e7d-b571-9fb7636b2196. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).