# Tennessee HB 1236: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 71, relative to the food stamp program. Tennessee HB 1236, AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 71, relative to the food stamp program., is a 114th General Assembly (2025-2026) House bill sponsored by no sponsor on record; status failed, last action 2025-03-13 (Received from House, Passed on First Consideration) (as of 2026-11-01). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/TN-HB1236-2025-2026 - As of: 2026-11-01 - Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts. ## Facts - Bill: Tennessee HB 1236 - State: Tennessee - Session: 114th General Assembly (2025-2026) - Title: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 71, relative to the food stamp program. - Status: failed - Chamber: House - Introduced: 2025-02-06 - Last action: 2025-03-13, Received from House, Passed on First Consideration - Sponsors: no sponsor on record - Cosponsors: 14 - Subjects: Human Resources, Department of - Touches household money: no - Roll calls: 4 (92 yes, 28 no in all) - Economic provisions PRIA read: 0 ## Summary No summary available. ## Bill overview No economic impacts identified for this bill. ## Sponsors and cosponsors - Cosponsor: Burkhart - Cosponsor: Ed Butler (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Kip Capley (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Scott Cepicky (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Mark Cochran (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Elaine Davis (Republican), House - Cosponsor: David B. Hawk (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Dan Howell (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Brock Martin (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Jake McCalmon (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Powers - Cosponsor: Reeves - Cosponsor: Paul Sherrell (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Mike Sparks (Republican), House ## Roll call votes | Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2025-03-10 | House | FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/10/2025 | pass | 69 | 23 | | | 2025-03-10 | House | HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE | fail | 0 | 0 | | | 2025-03-04 | House | HOUSE HEALTH COMMITTEE | pass | 16 | 3 | | | 2025-02-19 | House | HOUSE HEALTH SUBCOMMITTEE | pass | 7 | 2 | | ## Actions (17) - 2025-03-13: Received from House, Passed on First Consideration (Senate) - 2025-03-11: Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen. (House) - 2025-03-10: Passed H., as am., Ayes 69, Nays 23, PNV 1 (House) - 2025-03-10: H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0034) (House) - 2025-03-10: Sponsor(s) Added. (House) - 2025-03-06: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/10/2025 (House) - 2025-03-05: Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/6/2025 (House) - 2025-03-04: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee (House) - 2025-03-03: Sponsor(s) Added. (House) - 2025-02-26: Placed on cal. Health Committee for 3/4/2025 (House) - 2025-02-26: Sponsor(s) Added. (House) - 2025-02-19: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Health Committee (House) - 2025-02-12: Placed on s/c cal Health Subcommittee for 2/19/2025 (House) - 2025-02-12: Assigned to s/c Health Subcommittee (House) - 2025-02-12: P2C, ref. to Health Committee (House) - 2025-02-10: Intro., P1C. (House) - 2025-02-06: Filed for introduction (House) ## Bill text - HA0034 (Substitute), 2025-03-10: [PDF](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/HA0034.pdf) - Fiscal Note: [PDF](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Fiscal/SB1154.pdf) - Introduced: [PDF](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Bill/HB1236.pdf) - SA0265: [PDF](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/SA0265.pdf) - SA0266: [PDF](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/SA0266.pdf) ## Related bills - HB 0794: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4; Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 8; Title 12; Title 13; Title 29; Title 54; Title 64; Title 65; Title 68 and… (failed) - HB 0489: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 38; Title 39; Title 40 and Title 55, relative to criminal law. (failed) - HB 0162: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 67, relative to taxes. (failed) - SB 2733: AN ACT to amend Chapter 33 of the Private Acts of 1985; as amended by Chapter 85 of the Private Acts of 2004; and any other acts amendatory thereto, relative t… (failed) - SB 2702: AN ACT to amend Chapter 154 of the Private Acts of 1955; as amended by Chapter 158 of the Private Acts of 1988; Chapter 204 of the Private Acts of 1990; and an… (failed) - SB 2690: AN ACT to make appropriations for the purpose of defraying the expenses of the state government for the fiscal years beginning July 1, 2025, and July 1, 2026,… (signed) ## Sources - [HA0034 (Substitute) (PDF)](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/HA0034.pdf) - [Fiscal Note (PDF)](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Fiscal/SB1154.pdf) - [Introduced (PDF)](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Bill/HB1236.pdf) - [SA0265 (PDF)](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/SA0265.pdf) - [SA0266 (PDF)](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/SA0266.pdf) ## Related - [HB 0794: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4; Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; T…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/TN-HB0794-2025-2026) - [HB 0489: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 38; Title 39; Title 40 and Titl…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/TN-HB0489-2025-2026) - [HB 0162: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 67, relative to taxes.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/TN-HB0162-2025-2026) - [SB 2733: AN ACT to amend Chapter 33 of the Private Acts of 1985; as amended by Chapter 8…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/TN-SB2733-2025-2026) - [SB 2702: AN ACT to amend Chapter 154 of the Private Acts of 1955; as amended by Chapter…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/TN-SB2702-2025-2026) - [SB 2690: AN ACT to make appropriations for the purpose of defraying the expenses of the…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/TN-SB2690-2025-2026) - [Tennessee bills](https://policyrisk.com/states/tennessee/bills) - [Tennessee state hub](https://policyrisk.com/states/tennessee) - [All state legislation](https://policyrisk.com/state-bills) Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/TN-HB1236-2025-2026 (as of 2026-11-01).