# Tennessee HB 2038: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 9, Chapter 1, relative to precious metals.

Tennessee HB 2038, AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 9, Chapter 1, relative to precious metals., is a 114th General Assembly (2025-2026) House bill sponsored by no sponsor on record; status failed, last action 2026-04-22 (Received from House, Passed on First Consideration) (as of 2026-11-01).

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## Facts
- Bill: Tennessee HB 2038
- State: Tennessee
- Session: 114th General Assembly (2025-2026)
- Title: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 9, Chapter 1, relative to precious metals.
- Status: failed
- Chamber: House
- Introduced: 2026-01-22
- Last action: 2026-04-22, Received from House, Passed on First Consideration
- Sponsors: no sponsor on record
- Cosponsors: 14
- Subjects: Public Funds and Financing
- Touches household money: no
- Roll calls: 6 (308 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

- Cosponsor: Jody Barrett (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Rush Bricken (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Elaine Davis (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Clay Doggett (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Rick Eldridge (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Monty Fritts (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Tim Hicks (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Kelly Keisling (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Susan M. Lynn (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Debra Moody (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Michele Reneau (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Paul Sherrell (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Tom Stinnett (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Bryan Terry (Republican), House

## Roll call votes

| Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026-04-22 | House | FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/22/2026 | pass | 90 | 0 |   |
| 2026-04-22 | House | FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR MOTION TO ADOPT AMENDMENT # 2 BY VAUGHAN AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/22/2026 | pass | 92 | 0 |   |
| 2026-04-22 | House | FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR MOTION TO CONSIDER AMENDMENT # 2 BY VAUGHAN AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/22/2026 | pass | 88 | 0 |   |
| 2026-04-21 | House | HOUSE CALENDAR &amp; RULES COMMITTEE | fail | 0 | 0 |   |
| 2026-04-20 | House | HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS COMMITTEE | pass | 26 | 0 |   |
| 2026-04-20 | House | HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS SUBCOMMITTEE | pass | 12 | 0 |   |

## Actions (23)

- 2026-04-22: Received from House, Passed on First Consideration (Senate)
- 2026-04-22: Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen. (House)
- 2026-04-22: Sponsor(s) Added. (House)
- 2026-04-22: Passed H., as am., Ayes 90, Nays 0, PNV 2 (House)
- 2026-04-22: H. adopted am. (Amendment 2 - HA1241) (House)
- 2026-04-22: H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA1236) (House)
- 2026-04-20: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/21/2026 (House)
- 2026-04-20: Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/20/2026 (House)
- 2026-04-20: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee (House)
- 2026-04-20: Placed on cal. Finance, Ways, and Means Committee for 4/20/2026 (House)
- 2026-04-20: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee (House)
- 2026-04-16: Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 4/20/2026 (House)
- 2026-04-15: Taken off notice for cal in s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee of Finance, Ways, and Means Committee (House)
- 2026-04-09: Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 4/14/2026 (House)
- 2026-03-11: Sponsor(s) Added. (House)
- 2026-03-11: Placed behind the budget (House)
- 2026-03-04: Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 3/11/2026 (House)
- 2026-03-04: Action Def. in s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee to 3/11/2026 (House)
- 2026-02-26: Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 3/4/2026 (House)
- 2026-02-04: Assigned to s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee (House)
- 2026-02-04: P2C, ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee (House)
- 2026-02-02: Intro., P1C. (House)
- 2026-01-22: Filed for introduction (House)

## Bill text

- HA1236 (Substitute), 2026-04-22: [PDF](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/HA1236.pdf)
- HA1241, 2026-04-22: [PDF](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/HA1241.pdf)
- Fiscal Note: [PDF](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Fiscal/SB1827.pdf)
- Introduced: [PDF](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Bill/HB2038.pdf)
- SA0479: [PDF](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/SA0479.pdf)
- SA1061: [PDF](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/SA1061.pdf)

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## Sources
- [HA1236 (Substitute) (PDF)](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/HA1236.pdf)
- [HA1241 (PDF)](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/HA1241.pdf)
- [Fiscal Note (PDF)](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Fiscal/SB1827.pdf)
- [Introduced (PDF)](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Bill/HB2038.pdf)
- [SA0479 (PDF)](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/SA0479.pdf)
- [SA1061 (PDF)](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/SA1061.pdf)

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- [HB 1906: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 8, Chapter 34, Part 6, relative…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/TN-HB1906-2025-2026)
- [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)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/TN-HB2038-2025-2026 (as of 2026-11-01).
