# Tennessee HB 1731: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 39 and Title 46, relative to places of burial.

Tennessee HB 1731, AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 39 and Title 46, relative to places of burial., is a 114th General Assembly (2025-2026) House bill sponsored by no sponsor on record; status signed, last action 2026-03-30 (Effective date(s) 07/01/2026) (as of 2026-11-01).

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## Facts
- Bill: Tennessee HB 1731
- State: Tennessee
- Session: 114th General Assembly (2025-2026)
- Title: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 39 and Title 46, relative to places of burial.
- Status: signed
- Chamber: House
- Introduced: 2026-01-20
- Last action: 2026-03-30, Effective date(s) 07/01/2026
- Sponsors: no sponsor on record
- Cosponsors: 3
- Subjects: Criminal Offenses
- Touches household money: no
- Roll calls: 5 (145 yes, 0 no in all)
- Economic provisions PRIA read: 1

## Summary

No summary available.

## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read

- Stronger rules against grave desecration: benefit, low. Beginning July 1, 2026, Tennessee treats more actions as desecrating a grave. Removing items from a burial place counts as desecration if you are not authorized. Family members, authorized cemetery staff, and state archaeology employees doing their job may still remove items, as may others authoriz…

## Sponsors and cosponsors

- Cosponsor: Elaine Davis (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Clay Doggett (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Jerome Moon (Republican), House

## Roll call votes

| Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026-03-09 | House | HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE | fail | 0 | 0 |   |
| 2026-03-09 | House | FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/9/2026 | pass | 90 | 0 |   |
| 2026-03-09 | Senate | FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 3/9/2026 | pass | 32 | 0 |   |
| 2026-03-04 | House | HOUSE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE | pass | 16 | 0 |   |
| 2026-02-11 | House | HOUSE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SUBCOMMITTEE | pass | 7 | 0 |   |

## Bill text

- HA0598 (Substitute), 2026-03-09: [PDF](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/HA0598.pdf)
- Enrolled / Public Chapter: [PDF](https://publications.tnsosfiles.com/acts/114/pub/pc0626.pdf)
- Fiscal Note: [PDF](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Fiscal/HB1731.pdf)
- Introduced: [PDF](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Bill/HB1731.pdf)
- SA0561: [PDF](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/SA0561.pdf)

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## Sources
- [HA0598 (Substitute) (PDF)](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/HA0598.pdf)
- [Enrolled / Public Chapter (PDF)](https://publications.tnsosfiles.com/acts/114/pub/pc0626.pdf)
- [Fiscal Note (PDF)](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Fiscal/HB1731.pdf)
- [Introduced (PDF)](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Bill/HB1731.pdf)
- [SA0561 (PDF)](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/SA0561.pdf)

## Related
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- [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)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/TN-HB1731-2025-2026 (as of 2026-11-01).