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Bill 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. 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. us/states/tn Tennessee General Assembly 114 SB 1915 Tennessee SB 1915 (114)
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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
  2. Amendment HA1220 (committee substitute) — source
  3. Amendment SA0739 (committee substitute) — source
  4. Current Version (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PREVIOUS QUESTION AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/21/2026 Passed (2) — 7320 (pass) · lower
  • FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Concur House Amendment # 1 4/22/2026 Passed (1) — 246 (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 — 63 (pass) · upper
  • FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR MOTION TO ADOPT AMENDMENT # 2 BY JONES J AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/21/2026 Failed — 2270 (fail) · lower
  • FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/21/2026 Passed (1) — 7321 (pass) · lower
  • FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 3/30/2026 Passed (2) — 266 (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; origin ocd-bill/98fb2204-adca-417a-883e-9e8bda24e7df. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).