# Tennessee HB 1464: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 5; Title 6; Title 7, Chapter 51; Title 8 and Title 50, relative to electrical linemen.

Tennessee HB 1464, AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 5; Title 6; Title 7, Chapter 51; Title 8 and Title 50, relative to electrical linemen., is a 114th General Assembly (2025-2026) House bill sponsored by no sponsor on record; status signed, last action 2026-05-15 (Effective date(s) 07/01/2026); PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-11-01).

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- As of: 2026-11-01
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## Facts
- Bill: Tennessee HB 1464
- State: Tennessee
- Session: 114th General Assembly (2025-2026)
- Title: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 5; Title 6; Title 7, Chapter 51; Title 8 and Title 50, relative to electrical linemen.
- Status: signed
- Chamber: House
- Introduced: 2025-12-17
- Last action: 2026-05-15, Effective date(s) 07/01/2026
- Sponsors: no sponsor on record
- Cosponsors: 65
- Subjects: Salaries and Benefits
- Touches household money: yes
- Roll calls: 13 (420 yes, 0 no in all)
- Economic provisions PRIA read: 1

## Summary

No summary available.

## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read

- More claim protections for local-government linemen: benefit, medium. Beginning July 1, 2026, Tennessee extends certain emergency responder protections to qualifying electrical linemen, including those also serving as responders. Covered workers install, maintain, or repair electrical transmission or power distribution systems and work for municipalities, counties, u…

## Sponsors and cosponsors

- Cosponsor: Rebecca K. Alexander (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Fred Atchley (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Jody Barrett (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Charlie Baum (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Clark Boyd (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Rush Bricken (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Gino Bulso (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Ed Butler (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Karen D. Camper (Democrat), House
- Cosponsor: Kip Capley (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Michele Carringer (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Scott Cepicky (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Jesse Chism (Democrat), House
- Cosponsor: John Ray Clemmons (Democrat), House
- Cosponsor: John Crawford (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Tandy Darby (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Elaine Davis (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Clay Doggett (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Rick Eldridge (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Jeremy Faison (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Bob Freeman (Democrat), House
- Cosponsor: Ron M. Gant (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: John Gillespie (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Ronnie Glynn (Democrat), House
- Cosponsor: Michael Hale (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Torrey C. Harris (Democrat), House
- Cosponsor: Kirk Haston (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: David B. Hawk (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Esther Helton-Haynes (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Gary Hicks (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Dan Howell (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Chris Hurt (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Johnson
- Cosponsor: Justin Jones (Democrat), House
- Cosponsor: Sabi 'Doc' Kumar (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Justin Lafferty (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: William Lamberth (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Michael Lankford (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Mary Littleton (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Aron Maberry (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Brock Martin (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Jake McCalmon (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Larry J. Miller (Democrat), House
- Cosponsor: Debra Moody (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Justin J. Pearson (Democrat), House
- Cosponsor: Jason Powell (Democrat), House
- Cosponsor: Jay D. Reedy (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Reeves
- Cosponsor: Michele Reneau (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Iris Rudder (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Lowell Russell (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Gabby Salinas (Democrat), House
- Cosponsor: Rick Scarbrough (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Johnny Shaw (Democrat), House
- Cosponsor: Paul Sherrell (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: William Slater (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Mike Sparks (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Tom Stinnett (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Bryan Terry (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Chris Todd (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Travis
- Cosponsor: Greg Vital (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: White
- Cosponsor: Dave Wright (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Jason Zachary (Republican), House

## Roll call votes

| Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026-04-23 | House | FLOOR VOTE: MESSAGE CALENDAR 2 CONCUR IN SENATE AMENDMENT # 1 4/23/2026 | pass | 93 | 0 |   |
| 2026-04-22 | Senate | FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 4/22/2026 | pass | 33 | 0 |   |
| 2026-04-21 | House | FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/21/2026 | pass | 92 | 0 |   |
| 2026-04-21 | House | FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/21/2026 | pass | 92 |   |   |
| 2026-04-20 | House | HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE | fail | 0 | 0 |   |
| 2026-04-20 | House | HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE | fail |   |   |   |
| 2026-04-17 | House | HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS SUBCOMMITTEE | pass | 13 | 0 |   |
| 2026-04-17 | House | HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS COMMITTEE | pass | 26 | 0 |   |
| 2026-04-17 | House | HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS SUBCOMMITTEE | pass | 13 |   |   |
| 2026-03-11 | House | HOUSE STATE & LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE | pass | 22 | 0 |   |
| 2026-03-11 | House | HOUSE STATE & LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE | pass | 22 |   |   |
| 2026-02-18 | House | HOUSE CITIES & COUNTIES SUBCOMMITTEE | pass | 7 | 0 |   |
| 2026-02-18 | House | HOUSE CITIES & COUNTIES SUBCOMMITTEE | pass | 7 |   |   |

## Bill text

- HA0667 (Substitute), 2026-04-21: [PDF](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/HA0667.pdf)
- Enrolled / Public Chapter: [PDF](https://publications.tnsosfiles.com/acts/114/pub/pc0942.pdf)
- Fiscal Note: [PDF](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Fiscal/HB1464.pdf)
- Introduced: [PDF](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Bill/HB1464.pdf)
- SA1092: [PDF](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/SA1092.pdf)

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## Sources
- [HA0667 (Substitute) (PDF)](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/HA0667.pdf)
- [Enrolled / Public Chapter (PDF)](https://publications.tnsosfiles.com/acts/114/pub/pc0942.pdf)
- [Fiscal Note (PDF)](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Fiscal/HB1464.pdf)
- [Introduced (PDF)](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Bill/HB1464.pdf)
- [SA1092 (PDF)](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/SA1092.pdf)

## Related
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- [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)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/TN-HB1464-2025-2026 (as of 2026-11-01).