# Tennessee HB 1640: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 10, Chapter 7, Part 5, relative to confidentiality of department of safety records.

Tennessee HB 1640, AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 10, Chapter 7, Part 5, relative to confidentiality of department of safety records., is a 114th General Assembly (2025-2026) House bill sponsored by no sponsor on record; status failed, last action 2026-05-05 (Comp. became Pub. Ch. 837) (as of 2026-11-01).

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## Facts
- Bill: Tennessee HB 1640
- State: Tennessee
- Session: 114th General Assembly (2025-2026)
- Title: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 10, Chapter 7, Part 5, relative to confidentiality of department of safety records.
- Status: failed
- Chamber: House
- Introduced: 2026-01-14
- Last action: 2026-05-05, Comp. became Pub. Ch. 837
- Sponsors: no sponsor on record
- Cosponsors: 0
- Subjects: Public Records
- Touches household money: no
- Roll calls: 5 (102 yes, 21 no in all)
- Economic provisions PRIA read: 0

## Summary

No summary available.

## Bill overview

No economic impacts identified for this bill.

## Sponsors and cosponsors

- (none)

## Roll call votes

| Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026-04-13 | House | HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE | fail | 0 | 0 |   |
| 2026-04-08 | House | HOUSE GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS COMMITTEE | pass | 10 | 1 |   |
| 2026-04-08 | House | HOUSE STATE & LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE | pass | 20 | 1 |   |
| 2026-03-25 | House | HOUSE PUBLIC SERVICE SUBCOMMITTEE | pass | 4 | 1 |   |
| 2026-03-12 | House | FLOOR VOTE: MOTION 3/12/2026 | pass | 68 | 18 |   |

## Actions (20)

- 2026-05-05: Comp. became Pub. Ch. 837
- 2026-04-13: Comp. SB subst. (House)
- 2026-04-13: Sponsor(s) Added. (House)
- 2026-04-09: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/13/2026 (House)
- 2026-04-08: Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/9/2026 (House)
- 2026-04-08: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee (House)
- 2026-04-08: Placed on cal. Government Operations Committee for 4/8/2026 (House)
- 2026-04-08: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Government Operations Committee (House)
- 2026-04-01: Placed on cal. State & Local Government Committee for 4/8/2026 (House)
- 2026-04-01: Action def. in State & Local Government Committee to 4/8/2026 (House)
- 2026-03-25: Placed on cal. State & Local Government Committee for 3/31/2026 (House)
- 2026-03-25: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to State & Local Government Committee (House)
- 2026-03-18: Placed on s/c cal Public Service Subcommittee for 3/25/2026 (House)
- 2026-03-18: Action Def. in s/c Public Service Subcommittee to 3/25/2026 (House)
- 2026-03-16: Sponsor(s) Added. (House)
- 2026-03-12: Placed on s/c cal Public Service Subcommittee for 3/18/2026 (House)
- 2026-01-21: Assigned to s/c Public Service Subcommittee (House)
- 2026-01-21: P2C, ref. to State & Local Government Committee - Government Operations for Review (House)
- 2026-01-15: Intro., P1C. (House)
- 2026-01-14: Filed for introduction (House)

## Bill text

- Enrolled / Public Chapter: [PDF](https://publications.tnsosfiles.com/acts/114/pub/pc0837.pdf)
- Fiscal Note: [PDF](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Fiscal/HB1640.pdf)
- HA1102: [PDF](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/HA1102.pdf)
- HA1115: [PDF](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/HA1115.pdf)
- HA1116: [PDF](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/HA1116.pdf)
- Introduced: [PDF](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Bill/HB1640.pdf)
- SA0862: [PDF](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/SA0862.pdf)

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- 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)
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## Sources
- [Enrolled / Public Chapter (PDF)](https://publications.tnsosfiles.com/acts/114/pub/pc0837.pdf)
- [Fiscal Note (PDF)](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Fiscal/HB1640.pdf)
- [HA1102 (PDF)](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/HA1102.pdf)
- [HA1115 (PDF)](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/HA1115.pdf)
- [HA1116 (PDF)](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/HA1116.pdf)
- [Introduced (PDF)](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Bill/HB1640.pdf)
- [SA0862 (PDF)](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/SA0862.pdf)

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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-HB1640-2025-2026 (as of 2026-11-01).