# Tennessee HB 1961: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 7; Title 8; Title 38 and Title 58, relative to the "Tennessee Veteran Protection and Due Process Act."

Tennessee HB 1961, AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 7; Title 8; Title 38 and Title 58, relative to the "Tennessee Veteran Protection and Due Process Act.", is a 114th General Assembly (2025-2026) House bill sponsored by no sponsor on record; status failed, last action 2026-04-08 (Taken off notice for cal. in State & Local Government Committee) (as of 2026-11-01).

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## Facts
- Bill: Tennessee HB 1961
- State: Tennessee
- Session: 114th General Assembly (2025-2026)
- Title: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 7; Title 8; Title 38 and Title 58, relative to the "Tennessee Veteran Protection and Due Process Act."
- Status: failed
- Chamber: House
- Introduced: 2026-01-22
- Last action: 2026-04-08, Taken off notice for cal. in State & Local Government Committee
- Sponsors: no sponsor on record
- Cosponsors: 0
- Subjects: Veterans
- Touches household money: no
- Roll calls: 1 (7 yes, 0 no in all)
- Economic provisions PRIA read: 0

## Summary

No summary available.

## Bill overview

No economic impacts identified for this bill.

## Sponsors and cosponsors

- (none)

## Roll call votes

| Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026-03-10 | House | HOUSE DEPARTMENTS & AGENCIES SUBCOMMITTEE | pass | 7 | 0 |   |

## Actions (18)

- 2026-04-08: Taken off notice for cal. in State & Local Government Committee (House)
- 2026-04-01: Placed on cal. State & Local Government Committee for 4/8/2026 (House)
- 2026-04-01: Action def. in State & Local Government Committee to 4/8/2026 (House)
- 2026-03-25: Placed on cal. State & Local Government Committee for 3/31/2026 (House)
- 2026-03-25: Action def. in State & Local Government Committee to 3/31/2026 (House)
- 2026-03-18: Placed on cal. State & Local Government Committee for 3/24/2026 (House)
- 2026-03-18: Action def. in State & Local Government Committee to 3/24/2026 (House)
- 2026-03-11: Placed on cal. State & Local Government Committee for 3/18/2026 (House)
- 2026-03-10: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to State & Local Government Committee (House)
- 2026-03-04: Placed on s/c cal Departments & Agencies Subcommittee for 3/10/2026 (House)
- 2026-03-03: Action Def. in s/c Departments & Agencies Subcommittee to 3/10/2026 (House)
- 2026-02-25: Placed on s/c cal Departments & Agencies Subcommittee for 3/3/2026 (House)
- 2026-02-17: Action Def. in s/c Departments & Agencies Subcommittee to 3/3/2026 (House)
- 2026-02-11: Placed on s/c cal Departments & Agencies Subcommittee for 2/17/2026 (House)
- 2026-02-04: Assigned to s/c Departments & Agencies Subcommittee (House)
- 2026-02-04: P2C, ref. to State & Local Government Committee (House)
- 2026-02-02: Intro., P1C. (House)
- 2026-01-22: Filed for introduction (House)

## Bill text

- Fiscal Note: [PDF](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Fiscal/SB1972.pdf)
- Introduced: [PDF](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Bill/HB1961.pdf)

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## Sources
- [Fiscal Note (PDF)](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Fiscal/SB1972.pdf)
- [Introduced (PDF)](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Bill/HB1961.pdf)

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- [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)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/TN-HB1961-2025-2026 (as of 2026-11-01).