All Roll Calls
Yes: 166 • No: 0
TennesseeSB 1115114th General Assembly (2025-2026)Senate
AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 8; Title 12; Title 40 and Title 41, relative to private prisons.
Sponsored By: Sponsor information unavailable
Signed by Governor
Correction, Dept. of
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Bill Overview
Analyzed Economic Effects
1 provisions identified: 1 benefits, 0 costs, 0 mixed.
Contracted prisons must shrink after high deaths
The law takes effect upon becoming law and covers facilities operated under contracts to provide correctional services. It also covers county facilities contracted to hold state inmates when the county hires a contractor for correctional services. The trigger is an inmate death rate twice that of an equivalent state-run facility, reported in the department’s annual statistical abstract. Tennessee’s Department of Correction must cut the facility’s inmate population by 10% within 90 days after issuing that report. The cut stays in place until the department determines that the conditions causing the higher death rate are corrected.
Sponsors & Cosponsors
Sponsors
There is no primary sponsor on record.
Cosponsors
Paul Bailey
Republican • Senate
Janice Bowling
Republican • Senate
Heidi Campbell
Democrat • Senate
Todd Gardenhire
Republican • Senate
Tom Hatcher
Republican • Senate
Ed Jackson
Republican • Senate
Charlane Oliver
Democrat • Senate
Paul Rose
Republican • Senate
Jeff Yarbro
Democrat • Senate
Roll Call Votes
Senate vote • 4/22/2025
FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Concur House Amendment # 3 4/22/2025
Yes: 33 • No: 0
House vote • 4/21/2025
FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/21/2025
Yes: 93 • No: 0
Senate vote • 4/7/2025
FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 4/7/2025
Yes: 31 • No: 0
Senate vote • 3/25/2025
SENATE STATE & LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE
Yes: 9 • No: 0
Actions Timeline
Effective date(s) 05/09/2025
5/15/2025Pub. Ch. 460
5/15/2025Signed by Governor.
5/9/2025SenateTransmitted to Governor for action.
5/1/2025SenateSigned by H. Speaker
4/30/2025HouseSigned by Senate Speaker
4/29/2025SenateEnrolled and ready for signatures
4/28/2025SenateConcurred, Ayes 33, Nays 0 (Amendment 3 - HA0503)
4/22/2025SenatePlaced on Senate Message Calendar for 4/22/2025
4/21/2025SenatePassed H., as am., Ayes 93, Nays 0, PNV 0
4/21/2025HouseH. adopted am. (Amendment 3 - HA0503)
4/21/2025HouseAm. withdrawn. (Amendment 2 - HA0212)
4/21/2025HouseAm. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0211)
4/21/2025HouseSubst. for comp. HB.
4/21/2025HouseRcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
4/9/2025HouseSponsor(s) Added.
4/7/2025SenateEngrossed; ready for transmission to House
4/7/2025SenatePassed Senate as amended, Ayes 31, Nays 0
4/7/2025SenateSenate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0229)
4/7/2025SenatePlaced on Senate Regular Calendar for 4/7/2025
4/4/2025SenateSponsor(s) Added.
4/3/2025SenateSenate Reset on calendar for 4/7/2025
4/3/2025SenatePlaced on Senate Regular Calendar for 4/3/2025
4/1/2025SenateSponsor(s) Added.
3/27/2025SenateSponsor(s) Added.
3/25/2025Senate
Bill Text
HA0503 (Substitute)
4/21/2025
Enrolled / Public Chapter
Fiscal Note
HA0211
HA0212
Introduced
SA0229
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