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type: "Bill"
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title: "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."
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description: "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."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
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legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
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session: "114"
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identifier: "HB 1707"
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citation: "Tennessee HB 1707 (114)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Immigration"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Scarbrough"]
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version_count: 5
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action_count: 43
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vote_count: 9
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first_action: "2026-01-15"
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last_action: "2026-05-18"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/116943f4-4d69-4e7d-b571-9fb7636b2196"
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source_url: "https://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/Default?BillNumber=HB1707&ga=114"
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source_hash: "bce7c3074ee28c98b90bab3090e1656f66be53428d8ddb6c6d56c3883251e969"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-tn"]
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---
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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.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Amendment HA0758** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/HA0758.pdf)
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2. **Amendment HA1002** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/HA1002.pdf)
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3. **Amendment SA0938** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/SA0938.pdf)
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4. **Amendment SA0999** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/SA0999.pdf)
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5. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Bill/HB1707.pdf)
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## Votes
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- FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt Conference Committee Report 4/23/2026 Passed (1) — **26–5** (pass) · upper
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- FLOOR VOTE: MOTION TO ADOPT CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REPORT 4/23/2026 Passed (1) — **72–17** (pass) · lower
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- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PREVIOUS QUESTION AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/2/2026 Passed (3) — **72–23** (pass) · lower
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- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/2/2026 3/26/2026 (4) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
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- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/2/2026 Passed (2) — **71–24** (pass) · lower
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- HOUSE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/23/2026 Passed (5) — **15–4** (pass) · lower
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- FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 4/20/2026 Passed (2) — **27–3** (pass) · upper
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- HOUSE CIVIL JUSTICE SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Judiciary Committee 3/11/2026 Passed (6) — **6–1** (pass) · lower
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- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR MOTION TO CONSIDER AMENDMENT # 2 BY BEHN AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/2/2026 Failed — **24–69** (fail) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Scarbrough — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2026-01-15** Filed for introduction `filing`
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- **2026-01-21** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
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- **2026-01-21** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
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- **2026-01-22** P2C, caption bill, held on desk - pending amdt.
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- **2026-02-20** Assigned to s/c Civil Justice Subcommittee `referral-committee`
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- **2026-02-20** Ref. to Judiciary Committee `referral-committee`
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- **2026-02-25** Placed on s/c cal Civil Justice Subcommittee for 3/4/2026
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- **2026-03-04** Placed on s/c cal Civil Justice Subcommittee for 3/11/2026
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- **2026-03-04** Action Def. in s/c Civil Justice Subcommittee to 3/11/2026
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- **2026-03-11** Placed on cal. Judiciary Committee for 3/18/2026
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- **2026-03-11** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Judiciary Committee `referral-committee`
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- **2026-03-18** Placed on cal. Judiciary Committee for 3/23/2026
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- **2026-03-18** Action def. in Judiciary Committee to 3/25/2026
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- **2026-03-23** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2026-03-25** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/26/2026
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- **2026-03-26** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/2/2026
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- **2026-04-02** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen. `receipt`
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- **2026-04-02** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
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- **2026-04-02** Passed H., as am., Ayes 71, Nays 24, PNV 0 `passage`
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- **2026-04-02** H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0758) `amendment-passage`
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- **2026-04-06** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
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- **2026-04-20** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 27, Nays 3 `passage`
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- **2026-04-20** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 2 - SA0999)
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- **2026-04-20** Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - SA0938)
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- **2026-04-20** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill. `substitution`
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- **2026-04-21** H. Placed on Message Calendar 2 for 4-21-26
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- **2026-04-22** H. nonconcurred in S. am. no. 2
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- **2026-04-23** Senate returned conference committee report to House
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- **2026-04-23** Conference Committee report adopted, Ayes 26, Nays 5
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- **2026-04-23** Conf. comm. report adopted, Ayes 72, Nays 17 PNV 0
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- **2026-04-23** Conference Committee appointed (Rose, Stevens, Kyle)
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- **2026-04-23** Conf. comm. appointed. (Reps. Scarborough, Farmer, Doggett, Darby, Camper)
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- **2026-04-23** H. refused to recede in nonconcurrance of SA 2
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- **2026-04-23** H. Placed on Message Calendar 2 for 4/23/2026
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- **2026-04-23** Senate refused to recede from amendment
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- **2026-04-23** H. refused to recede from am. no. 2
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- **2026-04-30** Signed by H. Speaker `passage`
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- **2026-04-30** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker. `enrolled`
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- **2026-05-05** Signed by Senate Speaker `passage`
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- **2026-05-06** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
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- **2026-05-07** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
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- **2026-05-18** Effective date(s) 05/07/2026
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- **2026-05-18** Pub. Ch. 953
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/116943f4-4d69-4e7d-b571-9fb7636b2196`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).
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