# Tennessee HB 1446: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 3; Title 4 and Title 8, relative to the Recognizing Judea and Samaria Act. Tennessee HB 1446, AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 3; Title 4 and Title 8, relative to the Recognizing Judea and Samaria Act., is a 114th General Assembly (2025-2026) House bill sponsored by no sponsor on record; status signed, last action 2026-05-05 (Effective date(s) 07/01/2026) (as of 2026-11-01). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/TN-HB1446-2025-2026 - 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 1446 - State: Tennessee - Session: 114th General Assembly (2025-2026) - Title: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 3; Title 4 and Title 8, relative to the Recognizing Judea and Samaria Act. - Status: signed - Chamber: House - Introduced: 2025-10-01 - Last action: 2026-05-05, Effective date(s) 07/01/2026 - Sponsors: no sponsor on record - Cosponsors: 21 - Subjects: State Government - Touches household money: no - Roll calls: 6 (182 yes, 58 no in all) - Economic provisions PRIA read: 1 ## Summary No summary available. ## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read - State agencies cannot use 'West Bank': mixed, low. Beginning July 1, 2026, Tennessee state agencies and employees cannot use the term "West Bank" to describe Judea and Samaria in official materials. State funds cannot be used to make materials that use "West Bank" for that area. This does not apply when citing a communication from a federal agency.… ## Sponsors and cosponsors - Cosponsor: Gino Bulso (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Ed Butler (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Kip Capley (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Michele Carringer (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Scott Cepicky (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Elaine Davis (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Rick Eldridge (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Johnny Garrett (Republican), House - Cosponsor: David B. Hawk (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Dan Howell (Republican), House - Cosponsor: William Lamberth (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Mary Littleton (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Greg Martin (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Jake McCalmon (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Jerome Moon (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Powers - Cosponsor: Michele Reneau (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Tim Rudd (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Bryan Terry (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Todd Warner (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Jason Zachary (Republican), House ## Roll call votes | Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2026-04-09 | Senate | FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 4/9/2026 | pass | 24 | 8 | | | 2026-03-09 | House | FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/9/2026 | pass | 68 | 21 | | | 2026-03-09 | House | FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PREVIOUS QUESTION AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/9/2026 | pass | 70 | 22 | | | 2026-03-09 | House | HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE | fail | 0 | 0 | | | 2026-03-04 | House | HOUSE STATE & LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE | pass | 14 | 6 | | | 2026-02-17 | House | HOUSE DEPARTMENTS & AGENCIES SUBCOMMITTEE | pass | 6 | 1 | | ## Actions (28) - 2026-05-05: Effective date(s) 07/01/2026 - 2026-05-05: Pub. Ch. 877 - 2026-04-27: Signed by Governor. - 2026-04-16: Transmitted to Governor for his action. (House) - 2026-04-15: Signed by Senate Speaker (Senate) - 2026-04-14: Signed by H. Speaker (House) - 2026-04-10: Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker. (House) - 2026-04-09: Passed Senate, Ayes 24, Nays 8 (Senate) - 2026-04-09: Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - SA0868) (Senate) - 2026-04-09: Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill. (Senate) - 2026-03-12: Received from House, Passed on First Consideration (Senate) - 2026-03-10: Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen. (House) - 2026-03-09: Passed H., as am., Ayes 68, Nays 21, PNV 2 (House) - 2026-03-09: H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0606) (House) - 2026-03-09: Sponsor(s) Added. (House) - 2026-03-05: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/9/2026 (House) - 2026-03-04: Sponsor(s) Added. (House) - 2026-03-04: Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/5/2026 (House) - 2026-03-04: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee (House) - 2026-02-25: Placed on cal. State & Local Government Committee for 3/4/2026 (House) - 2026-02-17: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to State & Local Government Committee (House) - 2026-02-11: Placed on s/c cal Departments & Agencies Subcommittee for 2/17/2026 (House) - 2026-01-14: Assigned to s/c Departments & Agencies Subcommittee (House) - 2026-01-14: P2C, ref. to State & Local Government Committee (House) - 2026-01-14: Sponsor(s) Added. (House) - 2026-01-13: Intro., P1C. (House) - 2025-12-16: Sponsor(s) Added. (House) - 2025-10-01: Filed for introduction (House) ## Bill text - HA0606, 2026-03-09: [PDF](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/HA0606.pdf) - Enrolled / Public Chapter: [PDF](https://publications.tnsosfiles.com/acts/114/pub/pc0877.pdf) - Fiscal Note: [PDF](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Fiscal/HB1446.pdf) - Introduced: [PDF](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Bill/HB1446.pdf) - SA0868: [PDF](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/SA0868.pdf) ## Related bills - HB 1380: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 67, Chapter 5, Part 7, relative to property tax relief for elderly persons. (failed) - HB 1346: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 40, Chapter 32, Part 1, relative to expunction of criminal records. (failed) - 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) ## Sources - [HA0606 (PDF)](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/HA0606.pdf) - [Enrolled / Public Chapter (PDF)](https://publications.tnsosfiles.com/acts/114/pub/pc0877.pdf) - [Fiscal Note (PDF)](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Fiscal/HB1446.pdf) - [Introduced (PDF)](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Bill/HB1446.pdf) - [SA0868 (PDF)](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/SA0868.pdf) ## Related - [HB 1380: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 67, Chapter 5, Part 7, relative…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/TN-HB1380-2025-2026) - [HB 1346: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 40, Chapter 32, Part 1, relativ…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/TN-HB1346-2025-2026) - [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) - [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-HB1446-2025-2026 (as of 2026-11-01).