# Tennessee HB 1254: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 38, Chapter 8, relative to law enforcement officers' rights. Tennessee HB 1254, AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 38, Chapter 8, relative to law enforcement officers' rights., is a 114th General Assembly (2025-2026) House bill sponsored by no sponsor on record; status signed, last action 2026-04-27 (Effective date(s) 04/21/2026) (as of 2026-11-01). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/TN-HB1254-2025-2026 - 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 1254 - State: Tennessee - Session: 114th General Assembly (2025-2026) - Title: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 38, Chapter 8, relative to law enforcement officers' rights. - Status: signed - Chamber: House - Introduced: 2025-02-06 - Last action: 2026-04-27, Effective date(s) 04/21/2026 - Sponsors: no sponsor on record - Cosponsors: 1 - Subjects: Law Enforcement - Touches household money: no - Roll calls: 6 (146 yes, 20 no in all) - Economic provisions PRIA read: 3 ## Summary No summary available. ## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read - Officers get notice and review rights: benefit, low. The law took effect upon becoming law. Tennessee prosecutors who keep Brady lists must adopt policies after seeking comments from law enforcement agencies in their district. These lists identify officers with sustained incidents involving dishonesty, criminal convictions, or other credibility conce… - Officers get no new lawsuit right: cost, low. This section creates no private right to sue a prosecuting agency, its employees, or an officer’s employer. It does not itself provide a basis for a lawsuit against those parties over the Brady-list process. - Officer credibility records become confidential: mixed, low. Brady lists and records used to decide an officer’s placement are confidential when held by a prosecuting agency. The public cannot obtain them through Tennessee Public Records Act requests. Prosecutors may release them to the officer or the officer’s lawyer on request, or to another law enforcemen… ## Sponsors and cosponsors - Cosponsor: John Crawford (Republican), House ## Roll call votes | Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2026-04-06 | House | HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE | fail | 0 | 0 | | | 2026-04-06 | House | FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/6/2026 | pass | 75 | 14 | | | 2026-04-06 | Senate | FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 4/6/2026 | pass | 33 | 0 | | | 2026-04-01 | House | HOUSE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE | pass | 16 | 0 | | | 2026-03-25 | House | HOUSE STATE & LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE | pass | 17 | 5 | | | 2026-02-18 | House | HOUSE PUBLIC SERVICE SUBCOMMITTEE | pass | 5 | 1 | | ## Actions (39) - 2026-04-27: Effective date(s) 04/21/2026 - 2026-04-27: Pub. Ch. 770 - 2026-04-21: Signed by Governor. - 2026-04-09: Transmitted to Governor for his action. (House) - 2026-04-08: Signed by Senate Speaker (Senate) - 2026-04-08: Signed by H. Speaker (House) - 2026-04-07: Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker. (House) - 2026-04-06: Passed Senate, Ayes 33, Nays 0 (Senate) - 2026-04-06: Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - SA0822) (Senate) - 2026-04-06: Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill. (Senate) - 2026-04-06: Received from House, Passed on First Consideration (Senate) - 2026-04-06: Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen. (House) - 2026-04-06: Passed H., as am., Ayes 75, Nays 14, PNV 5 (House) - 2026-04-06: Sponsor(s) Added. (House) - 2026-04-06: H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0881) (House) - 2026-04-02: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/6/2026 (House) - 2026-04-01: Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/2/2026 (House) - 2026-04-01: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee (House) - 2026-03-25: Placed on cal. Judiciary Committee for 4/1/2026 (House) - 2026-03-25: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Judiciary Committee (House) - 2026-03-18: Placed on cal. State & Local Government Committee for 3/24/2026 (House) - 2026-03-18: Action def. in State & Local Government Committee to 3/24/2026 (House) - 2026-03-11: Placed on cal. State & Local Government Committee for 3/18/2026 (House) - 2026-03-11: Action def. in State & Local Government Committee to 3/18/2026 (House) - 2026-03-04: Placed on cal. State & Local Government Committee for 3/11/2026 (House) - 2026-03-04: Action def. in State & Local Government Committee to 3/11/2026 (House) - 2026-02-25: Placed on cal. State & Local Government Committee for 3/4/2026 (House) - 2026-02-18: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to State & Local Government Committee (House) - 2026-02-11: Placed on s/c cal Public Service Subcommittee for 2/18/2026 (House) - 2026-02-04: Action Def. in s/c Public Service Subcommittee to 2/18/2026 (House) - 2026-01-28: Placed on s/c cal Public Service Subcommittee for 2/4/2026 (House) - 2026-01-26: Meeting Canceled (House) - 2026-01-21: Placed on s/c cal Public Service Subcommittee for 1/28/2026 (House) - 2025-03-19: Action Def. in s/c Public Service Subcommittee to First Calendar of 2026 (House) - 2025-03-12: Placed on s/c cal Public Service Subcommittee for 3/19/2025 (House) - 2025-02-12: Assigned to s/c Public Service Subcommittee (House) - 2025-02-12: P2C, ref. to State & Local Government Committee - Judiciary Committee (House) - 2025-02-10: Intro., P1C. (House) - 2025-02-06: Filed for introduction (House) ## Bill text - HA0881 (Substitute), 2026-04-06: [PDF](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/HA0881.pdf) - Enrolled / Public Chapter: [PDF](https://publications.tnsosfiles.com/acts/114/pub/pc0770.pdf) - Fiscal Note: [PDF](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Fiscal/SB1210.pdf) - Introduced: [PDF](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Bill/HB1254.pdf) - SA0822: [PDF](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/SA0822.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 - [HA0881 (Substitute) (PDF)](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/HA0881.pdf) - [Enrolled / Public Chapter (PDF)](https://publications.tnsosfiles.com/acts/114/pub/pc0770.pdf) - [Fiscal Note (PDF)](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Fiscal/SB1210.pdf) - [Introduced (PDF)](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Bill/HB1254.pdf) - [SA0822 (PDF)](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/SA0822.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-HB1254-2025-2026 (as of 2026-11-01).