# Tennessee HB 1706: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 55, Chapter 50, relative to unlawful presence in the United States. Tennessee HB 1706, AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 55, Chapter 50, relative to unlawful presence in the United States., is a 114th General Assembly (2025-2026) House bill sponsored by no sponsor on record; status failed, last action 2026-05-27 (Comp. became Pub. Ch. 1070) (as of 2026-11-01). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/TN-HB1706-2025-2026 - 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 1706 - State: Tennessee - Session: 114th General Assembly (2025-2026) - Title: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 55, Chapter 50, relative to unlawful presence in the United States. - Status: failed - Chamber: House - Introduced: 2026-01-15 - Last action: 2026-05-27, Comp. became Pub. Ch. 1070 - Sponsors: no sponsor on record - Cosponsors: 66 - Subjects: Immigration - Touches household money: no - Roll calls: 5 (54 yes, 13 no in all) - Economic provisions PRIA read: 0 ## Summary No summary available. ## Bill overview No economic impacts identified for this bill. ## Sponsors and cosponsors - Cosponsor: Rebecca K. Alexander (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Fred Atchley (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Jody Barrett (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: Jeremy Faison (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: William Lamberth (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: Lowell Russell (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: Greg Vital (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Todd Warner (Republican), House - Cosponsor: White - Cosponsor: Dave Wright (Republican), House ## Roll call votes | Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2026-04-20 | House | HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE | fail | 0 | 3 | | | 2026-04-15 | House | HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS SUBCOMMITTEE | pass | 10 | 3 | | | 2026-04-15 | House | HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS COMMITTEE | pass | 21 | 4 | | | 2026-03-03 | House | HOUSE TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE | pass | 15 | 2 | | | 2026-02-17 | House | HOUSE TRANSPORTATION SUBCOMMITTEE | pass | 8 | 1 | | ## Bill text - Enrolled / Public Chapter: [PDF](https://publications.tnsosfiles.com/acts/114/pub/pc1070.pdf) - Fiscal Note: [PDF](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Fiscal/SB1587.pdf) - HA0583: [PDF](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/HA0583.pdf) - Introduced: [PDF](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Bill/HB1706.pdf) - SA0565: [PDF](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/SA0565.pdf) - SA0836: [PDF](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/SA0836.pdf) ## Related bills - HB 1720: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 5; Title 6; Title 7 and Title 13, relative to zoning outside of municipal boundaries. 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(failed) ## Sources - [Enrolled / Public Chapter (PDF)](https://publications.tnsosfiles.com/acts/114/pub/pc1070.pdf) - [Fiscal Note (PDF)](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Fiscal/SB1587.pdf) - [HA0583 (PDF)](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/HA0583.pdf) - [Introduced (PDF)](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Bill/HB1706.pdf) - [SA0565 (PDF)](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/SA0565.pdf) - [SA0836 (PDF)](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/SA0836.pdf) ## Related - [HB 1720: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 5; Title 6; Title 7 and Title 1…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/TN-HB1720-2025-2026) - [HB 1710: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4, Chapter 1 and Title 4, Chapt…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/TN-HB1710-2025-2026) - [HB 1667: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 6 and Title 7, relative to pena…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/TN-HB1667-2025-2026) - [HB 1690: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 29; Title 55 and Title 56, rela…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/TN-HB1690-2025-2026) - [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) - [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) - [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-HB1706-2025-2026 (as of 2026-11-01).