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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.
Votes
- FLOOR VOTE: MESSAGE CALENDAR CONCUR IN SENATE AMENDMENT # 1 4/6/2026 Passed — 76–14 (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 3/30/2026 Passed (1) — 27–5 (pass) · upper
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/16/2026 3/12/2026 (2) — 0–0 (fail) · lower
- HOUSE COMMERCE COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/11/2026 Passed — 14–4 (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/16/2026 Passed (1) — 73–21 (pass) · lower
- HOUSE BANKING AND CONSUMER AFFAIRS SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Commerce Committee 2/18/2026 Passed (3) — 6–0 (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).