# Tennessee HB 1707: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4; Title 7; Title 8; Title 16; Title 17 and Title 38, relative to immigration.

Tennessee HB 1707, AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4; Title 7; Title 8; Title 16; Title 17 and Title 38, relative to immigration., is a 114th General Assembly (2025-2026) House bill sponsored by no sponsor on record; status signed, last action 2026-05-18 (Effective date(s) 05/07/2026) (as of 2026-11-01).

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## Facts
- Bill: Tennessee HB 1707
- State: Tennessee
- Session: 114th General Assembly (2025-2026)
- Title: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4; Title 7; Title 8; Title 16; Title 17 and Title 38, relative to immigration.
- Status: signed
- Chamber: House
- Introduced: 2026-01-15
- Last action: 2026-05-18, Effective date(s) 05/07/2026
- Sponsors: no sponsor on record
- Cosponsors: 62
- Subjects: Immigration
- Touches household money: no
- Roll calls: 13 (432 yes, 178 no in all)
- Economic provisions PRIA read: 1

## Summary

No summary available.

## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read

- Tennessee courts must aid immigration enforcement: cost, low. Every Tennessee court must work with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and other federal immigration officers. This applies when those officers are enforcing federal immigration law. A judge who blocks lawful federal actions can be sent to the Tennessee Board of Judicial Conduct. If the boar…

## 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: 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: Chris Hurt (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: Iris Rudder (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Lowell Russell (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Cameron Sexton (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Paul Sherrell (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 |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026-04-23 | House | FLOOR VOTE: MOTION TO ADOPT CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REPORT 4/23/2026 | pass | 72 | 17 |   |
| 2026-04-23 | Senate | FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt Conference Committee Report 4/23/2026 | pass | 26 | 5 |   |
| 2026-04-20 | Senate | FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 4/20/2026 | pass | 27 | 3 |   |
| 2026-04-20 | Senate | FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 4/20/2026 | pass | 27 | 3 |   |
| 2026-04-02 | House | FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/2/2026 | pass | 71 | 24 |   |
| 2026-04-02 | House | FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/2/2026 | pass | 71 | 24 |   |
| 2026-04-02 | House | FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PREVIOUS QUESTION AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/2/2026 | pass | 72 | 23 |   |
| 2026-04-02 | House | FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR MOTION TO CONSIDER AMENDMENT # 2 BY BEHN AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/2/2026 | fail | 24 | 69 |   |
| 2026-04-02 | House | HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE | fail | 0 | 0 |   |
| 2026-03-23 | House | HOUSE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE | pass | 15 | 4 |   |
| 2026-03-23 | House | HOUSE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE | pass | 15 | 4 |   |
| 2026-03-11 | House | HOUSE CIVIL JUSTICE SUBCOMMITTEE | pass | 6 | 1 |   |
| 2026-03-11 | House | HOUSE CIVIL JUSTICE SUBCOMMITTEE | pass | 6 | 1 |   |

## Bill text

- HA0758 (Substitute), 2026-04-02: [PDF](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/HA0758.pdf)
- Enrolled / Public Chapter: [PDF](https://publications.tnsosfiles.com/acts/114/pub/pc0953.pdf)
- Fiscal Note: [PDF](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Fiscal/HB1707.pdf)
- HA1002: [PDF](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/HA1002.pdf)
- Introduced: [PDF](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Bill/HB1707.pdf)
- SA0938: [PDF](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/SA0938.pdf)
- SA0999: [PDF](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/SA0999.pdf)

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## Sources
- [HA0758 (Substitute) (PDF)](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/HA0758.pdf)
- [Enrolled / Public Chapter (PDF)](https://publications.tnsosfiles.com/acts/114/pub/pc0953.pdf)
- [Fiscal Note (PDF)](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Fiscal/HB1707.pdf)
- [HA1002 (PDF)](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/HA1002.pdf)
- [Introduced (PDF)](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Bill/HB1707.pdf)
- [SA0938 (PDF)](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/SA0938.pdf)
- [SA0999 (PDF)](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/SA0999.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-HB1707-2025-2026 (as of 2026-11-01).