# Tennessee HB 1645: AN ACT relative to the designation of a division of the General Sessions Court of Tipton County as the Environmental Court. Tennessee HB 1645, AN ACT relative to the designation of a division of the General Sessions Court of Tipton County as the Environmental Court., is a 114th General Assembly (2025-2026) House bill sponsored by no sponsor on record; status signed, last action 2026-05-01 (Pr. Ch. 39); PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-11-01). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/TN-HB1645-2025-2026 - 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 1645 - State: Tennessee - Session: 114th General Assembly (2025-2026) - Title: AN ACT relative to the designation of a division of the General Sessions Court of Tipton County as the Environmental Court. - Status: signed - Chamber: House - Introduced: 2026-01-14 - Last action: 2026-05-01, Pr. Ch. 39 - Sponsors: no sponsor on record - Cosponsors: 0 - Subjects: Tipton County - Touches household money: yes - Roll calls: 5 (157 yes, 2 no in all) - Economic provisions PRIA read: 1 ## Summary No summary available. ## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read - Environmental court option for Tipton County: mixed, low. The law lets Tipton County designate a General Sessions Court division as its Environmental Court, with two-thirds county legislative approval. Once designated, the court handles county and municipal violations involving health, housing, fire, land subdivision, building, or zoning. Its judge can or… ## Sponsors and cosponsors - (none) ## Roll call votes | Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2026-03-23 | Senate | FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 3/23/2026 | pass | 30 | 0 | | | 2026-03-16 | House | FLOOR VOTE: CONSENT CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/16/2026 | pass | 94 | 0 | | | 2026-03-12 | House | HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE | fail | 0 | 2 | | | 2026-03-04 | House | HOUSE STATE & LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE | pass | 21 | 0 | | | 2026-02-09 | House | HOUSE PRIVATE ACTS COMMITTEE | pass | 12 | 0 | | ## Actions (20) - 2026-05-01: Pr. Ch. 39 - 2026-04-16: Signed by Governor. - 2026-04-07: Transmitted to Governor for his action. (House) - 2026-04-01: Signed by Senate Speaker (Senate) - 2026-04-01: Signed by H. Speaker (House) - 2026-03-24: Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker. (House) - 2026-03-23: Passed Senate, Ayes 30, Nays 0 (Senate) - 2026-03-23: Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill. (Senate) - 2026-03-19: Received from House, Passed on First Consideration (Senate) - 2026-03-17: Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen. (House) - 2026-03-16: Passed H., Ayes 94, Nays 0, PNV 0 (House) - 2026-03-12: H. Placed on Consent Calendar for 3/16/2026 (House) - 2026-03-11: Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/12/2026 (House) - 2026-03-04: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee (House) - 2026-02-25: Placed on cal. State & Local Government Committee for 3/4/2026 (House) - 2026-02-09: Rec. for pass; ref to State & Local Government Committee (House) - 2026-02-04: Placed on cal. Private Acts Committee for 2/9/2026 (House) - 2026-01-21: P2C, ref. to Private Acts Committee - State & Local Government Committee (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/priv/pr0039.pdf) - Introduced: [PDF](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Bill/HB1645.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 - [Enrolled / Public Chapter (PDF)](https://publications.tnsosfiles.com/acts/114/priv/pr0039.pdf) - [Introduced (PDF)](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Bill/HB1645.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-HB1645-2025-2026 (as of 2026-11-01).