All Roll Calls
Yes: 196 • No: 44
TennesseeHB 1705114th General Assembly (2025-2026)House
AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4; Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 8; Title 12 and Title 50, relative to employment.
Sponsored By: Sponsor information unavailable
Signed by Governor
Employees, Employers
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Bill Overview
Analyzed Economic Effects
2 provisions identified: 0 benefits, 1 costs, 1 mixed.
Stronger penalties for local E-Verify violations
Beginning July 1, 2026, the Tennessee Attorney General can investigate credible complaints that a county, city, their agencies, or a school system failed to follow the E-Verify rule. The state can enforce compliance by withholding state-allocated funds, including grants, contracts, or state-shared taxes, from the local government. For school violations, the action can target the government that approves the school system’s budget. The law also expands what counts as a local government action to include failures to follow the new E-Verify rule and other immigration enforcement duties, allowing more alleged failures to trigger the state’s withholding process.
New E-Verify checks for public hires
Beginning July 1, 2026, Tennessee state agencies, counties, cities, and school systems must use E-Verify before appointing or hiring any new employee. The rule covers part-time and short-shift workers too. Employers that now use a third-party for Form I-9 may keep using it until January 1, 2027; after that they must use E-Verify. Employers must keep the E-Verify result for each verified worker for as long as that person is employed.
Sponsors & Cosponsors
Sponsors
There is no primary sponsor on record.
Cosponsors
Rebecca K. Alexander
Republican • House
Fred Atchley
Republican • House
Jody Barrett
Republican • House
Clark Boyd
Republican • House
Rush Bricken
Republican • House
Gino Bulso
Republican • House
Ed Butler
Republican • House
Kip Capley
Republican • House
Michele Carringer
Republican • House
Mark Cochran
Republican • House
John Crawford
Republican • House
Tandy Darby
Republican • House
Elaine Davis
Republican • House
Clay Doggett
Republican • House
Rick Eldridge
Republican • House
Jeremy Faison
Republican • House
Andrew Farmer
Republican • House
Monty Fritts
Republican • House
Ron M. Gant
Republican • House
Johnny Garrett
Republican • House
Rusty Grills
Republican • House
Michael Hale
Republican • House
Kirk Haston
Republican • House
David B. Hawk
Republican • House
Esther Helton-Haynes
Republican • House
Gary Hicks
Republican • House
Tim Hicks
Republican • House
Timothy Hill
Republican • House
Dan Howell
Republican • House
Renea Jones
Republican • House
Kelly Keisling
Republican • House
Sabi 'Doc' Kumar
Republican • House
Justin Lafferty
Republican • House
William Lamberth
Republican • House
Michael Lankford
Republican • House
Tom Leatherwood
Republican • House
Mary Littleton
Republican • House
Aron Maberry
Republican • House
Pat Marsh
Republican • House
Brock Martin
Republican • House
Greg Martin
Republican • House
Jake McCalmon
Republican • House
Debra Moody
Republican • House
Jerome Moon
Republican • House
Powers
Affiliation unavailable
Kevin D. Raper
Republican • House
Jay D. Reedy
Republican • House
Reeves
Affiliation unavailable
Michele Reneau
Republican • House
Iris Rudder
Republican • House
Lowell Russell
Republican • House
Rick Scarbrough
Republican • House
Cameron Sexton
Republican • House
Paul Sherrell
Republican • House
William Slater
Republican • House
Stevens
Affiliation unavailable
Tom Stinnett
Republican • House
Bryan Terry
Republican • House
Chris Todd
Republican • House
Kevin Vaughan
Republican • House
Todd Warner
Republican • House
White
Affiliation unavailable
Ryan Williams
Republican • House
Dave Wright
Republican • House
Jason Zachary
Republican • House
Roll Call Votes
House vote • 4/6/2026
FLOOR VOTE: MESSAGE CALENDAR CONCUR IN SENATE AMENDMENT # 1 4/6/2026
Yes: 76 • No: 14
Senate vote • 3/30/2026
FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 3/30/2026
Yes: 27 • No: 5
House vote • 3/16/2026
FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/16/2026
Yes: 73 • No: 21
House vote • 3/16/2026
HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE
Yes: 0 • No: 0
House vote • 3/11/2026
HOUSE COMMERCE COMMITTEE
Yes: 14 • No: 4
House vote • 2/18/2026
HOUSE BANKING AND CONSUMER AFFAIRS SUBCOMMITTEE
Yes: 6 • No: 0
Bill Text
Enrolled / Public Chapter
Fiscal Note
Introduced
SA0749
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