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type: "Bill"
title: "Jails, Local Lock-ups - As enacted, authorizes a sheriff, jail administrator, or deputy jailer to refuse or delay acceptance into the jail of an arrestee if the arrestee has not received medical treatment for obvious serious physical injuries or conditions of an emergency nature; makes other related changes. - Amends TCA Title 8, Chapter 8; Title 29; Title 40 and Title 41."
description: "Jails, Local Lock-ups - As enacted, authorizes a sheriff, jail administrator, or deputy jailer to refuse or delay acceptance into the jail of an arrestee if the arrestee has not received medical treatment for obvious serious physical injuries or conditions of an emergency nature; makes other related changes. - Amends TCA Title 8, Chapter 8; Title 29; Title 40 and Title 41."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "114"
identifier: "HB 1815"
citation: "Tennessee HB 1815 (114)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Jails", "Local Loc"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Russell"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 29
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2026-01-21"
last_action: "2026-04-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2c646182-1417-4c68-b017-e004e4c7a638"
source_url: "https://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/Default?BillNumber=HB1815&ga=114"
source_hash: "bcac7d5ad794bf5e45d114da45014957f00a58fe6be3ca0d926cebcec9da8b80"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-tn"]
---
# Tennessee HB 1815 (114) — Jails, Local Lock-ups - As enacted, authorizes a sheriff, jail administrator, or deputy jailer to refuse or delay acceptance into the jail of an arrestee if the arrestee has not received medical treatment for obvious serious physical injuries or conditions of an emergency nature; makes other related changes. - Amends TCA Title 8, Chapter 8; Title 29; Title 40 and Title 41.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Amendment HA0665** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/HA0665.pdf)
2. **Amendment SA0758** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/SA0758.pdf)
3. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Bill/HB1815.pdf)
## Votes
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/19/2026 Passed (1) — **900** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE DEPARTMENTS & AGENCIES SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to State & Local Government Committee 3/3/2026 Passed (4) — **70** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/16/2026 3/12/2026 (2) — **00** (fail) · lower
- HOUSE STATE & LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/11/2026 Passed (3) — **220** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 3/26/2026 Passed (1) — **320** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Russell — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2026-01-21** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2026-01-22** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2026-02-02** Assigned to s/c Departments & Agencies Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-02** P2C, ref. to State & Local Government Committee `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-25** Placed on s/c cal Departments & Agencies Subcommittee for 3/3/2026
- **2026-03-03** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to State & Local Government Committee `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-04** Placed on cal. State & Local Government Committee for 3/11/2026
- **2026-03-11** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/12/2026
- **2026-03-11** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-12** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/16/2026
- **2026-03-12** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2026-03-16** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/19/2026
- **2026-03-16** Reset on cal. for 3/19/2026
- **2026-03-16** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2026-03-19** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen. `receipt`
- **2026-03-19** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2026-03-19** Passed H., as am., Ayes 90, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2026-03-19** H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0665) `amendment-passage`
- **2026-03-23** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2026-03-26** Passed Senate, Ayes 32, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2026-03-26** Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - SA0758)
- **2026-03-26** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill. `substitution`
- **2026-03-27** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker. `enrolled`
- **2026-04-01** Signed by Senate Speaker `passage`
- **2026-04-01** Signed by H. Speaker `passage`
- **2026-04-07** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2026-04-16** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2026-04-24** Effective date(s) 07/01/2026
- **2026-04-24** Pub. Ch. 751
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2c646182-1417-4c68-b017-e004e4c7a638`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).