# Tennessee HB 1704: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4; Title 7; Title 38; Title 39; Title 40 and Title 41, relative to immigration.

Tennessee HB 1704, AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4; Title 7; Title 38; Title 39; Title 40 and Title 41, relative to immigration., 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) 07/01/2026) (as of 2026-11-01).

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## Facts
- Bill: Tennessee HB 1704
- State: Tennessee
- Session: 114th General Assembly (2025-2026)
- Title: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4; Title 7; Title 38; Title 39; Title 40 and Title 41, relative to immigration.
- Status: signed
- Chamber: House
- Introduced: 2026-01-15
- Last action: 2026-04-27, Effective date(s) 07/01/2026
- Sponsors: no sponsor on record
- Cosponsors: 62
- Subjects: Immigration
- Touches household money: no
- Roll calls: 6 (193 yes, 57 no in all)
- Economic provisions PRIA read: 2

## Summary

No summary available.

## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read

- Crime for reentering Tennessee after removal: cost, low. Noncitizens age 18 or older who were denied admission, excluded, deported, or removed—or who left while such an order was outstanding—commit a Class A misdemeanor if they intentionally enter or try to enter Tennessee again. They are not guilty if the U.S. Attorney General gave express consent to re…
- New crime for not leaving after removal: cost, low. Noncitizens age 18 or older with a valid final federal removal order commit a Class A misdemeanor if they intentionally stay in Tennessee more than 90 days after the final order. If they sought judicial review, the 90 days run from the court’s final order. Courts must pause the case until all feder…

## Sponsors and cosponsors

- Cosponsor: Rebecca K. Alexander (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Fred Atchley (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Clark Boyd (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Rush Bricken (Republican), House
- 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: Mark Cochran (Republican), 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: Andrew Farmer (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Monty Fritts (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Ron M. Gant (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Johnny Garrett (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Rusty Grills (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Michael Hale (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Kirk Haston (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: David B. Hawk (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Esther Helton-Haynes (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Gary Hicks (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Tim Hicks (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Timothy Hill (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Dan Howell (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Renea Jones (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Kelly Keisling (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Sabi 'Doc' Kumar (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Justin Lafferty (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Michael Lankford (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Tom Leatherwood (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Mary Littleton (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Aron Maberry (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Pat Marsh (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Brock Martin (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Greg Martin (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Jake McCalmon (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Debra Moody (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Jerome Moon (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Powers
- Cosponsor: Kevin D. Raper (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Jay D. Reedy (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Reeves
- Cosponsor: Michele Reneau (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Tim Rudd (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Iris Rudder (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Rick Scarbrough (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Cameron Sexton (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Paul Sherrell (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: William Slater (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Stevens
- Cosponsor: Tom Stinnett (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Bryan Terry (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Chris Todd (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Kevin Vaughan (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Todd Warner (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: White
- Cosponsor: Dave Wright (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Jason Zachary (Republican), House

## Roll call votes

| Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026-04-06 | Senate | FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 4/6/2026 | pass | 26 | 6 |   |
| 2026-03-16 | House | FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/16/2026 | pass | 73 | 22 |   |
| 2026-03-16 | House | FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PREVIOUS QUESTION AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/16/2026 | pass | 73 | 22 |   |
| 2026-03-16 | House | HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE | fail | 0 | 0 |   |
| 2026-03-11 | House | HOUSE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE | pass | 15 | 5 |   |
| 2026-02-11 | House | HOUSE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SUBCOMMITTEE | pass | 6 | 2 |   |

## Bill text

- HA0650 (Substitute), 2026-03-16: [PDF](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/HA0650.pdf)
- Enrolled / Public Chapter: [PDF](https://publications.tnsosfiles.com/acts/114/pub/pc0771.pdf)
- Fiscal Note: [PDF](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Fiscal/HB1704.pdf)
- Introduced: [PDF](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Bill/HB1704.pdf)
- SA0934: [PDF](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/SA0934.pdf)

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## Sources
- [HA0650 (Substitute) (PDF)](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/HA0650.pdf)
- [Enrolled / Public Chapter (PDF)](https://publications.tnsosfiles.com/acts/114/pub/pc0771.pdf)
- [Fiscal Note (PDF)](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Fiscal/HB1704.pdf)
- [Introduced (PDF)](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Bill/HB1704.pdf)
- [SA0934 (PDF)](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/SA0934.pdf)

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- [HB 1681: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 7; Title 9; Title 12; Title 13;…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/TN-HB1681-2025-2026)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/TN-HB1704-2025-2026 (as of 2026-11-01).