# Tennessee SB 1115: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 8; Title 12; Title 40 and Title 41, relative to private prisons.

Tennessee SB 1115, AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 8; Title 12; Title 40 and Title 41, relative to private prisons., is a 114th General Assembly (2025-2026) Senate bill sponsored by no sponsor on record; status signed, last action 2025-05-15 (Effective date(s) 05/09/2025) (as of 2026-11-01).

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## Facts
- Bill: Tennessee SB 1115
- State: Tennessee
- Session: 114th General Assembly (2025-2026)
- Title: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 8; Title 12; Title 40 and Title 41, relative to private prisons.
- Status: signed
- Chamber: Senate
- Introduced: 2025-02-06
- Last action: 2025-05-15, Effective date(s) 05/09/2025
- Sponsors: no sponsor on record
- Cosponsors: 9
- Subjects: Correction, Dept. of
- Touches household money: no
- Roll calls: 4 (166 yes, 0 no in all)
- Economic provisions PRIA read: 1

## Summary

No summary available.

## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read

- Contracted prisons must shrink after high deaths: benefit, low. 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 a…

## Sponsors and cosponsors

- Cosponsor: Paul Bailey (Republican), Senate
- Cosponsor: Janice Bowling (Republican), Senate
- Cosponsor: Heidi Campbell (Democrat), Senate
- Cosponsor: Todd Gardenhire (Republican), Senate
- Cosponsor: Tom Hatcher (Republican), Senate
- Cosponsor: Ed Jackson (Republican), Senate
- Cosponsor: Charlane Oliver (Democrat), Senate
- Cosponsor: Paul Rose (Republican), Senate
- Cosponsor: Jeff Yarbro (Democrat), Senate

## Roll call votes

| Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2025-04-22 | Senate | FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Concur House Amendment # 3 4/22/2025 | pass | 33 | 0 |   |
| 2025-04-21 | House | FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/21/2025 | pass | 93 | 0 |   |
| 2025-04-07 | Senate | FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 4/7/2025 | pass | 31 | 0 |   |
| 2025-03-25 | Senate | SENATE STATE & LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE | pass | 9 | 0 |   |

## Actions (30)

- 2025-05-15: Effective date(s) 05/09/2025
- 2025-05-15: Pub. Ch. 460
- 2025-05-09: Signed by Governor. (Senate)
- 2025-05-01: Transmitted to Governor for action. (Senate)
- 2025-04-30: Signed by H. Speaker (House)
- 2025-04-29: Signed by Senate Speaker (Senate)
- 2025-04-28: Enrolled and ready for signatures (Senate)
- 2025-04-22: Concurred, Ayes 33, Nays 0 (Amendment 3 - HA0503) (Senate)
- 2025-04-21: Placed on Senate Message Calendar for 4/22/2025 (Senate)
- 2025-04-21: Passed H., as am., Ayes 93, Nays 0, PNV 0 (House)
- 2025-04-21: H. adopted am. (Amendment 3 - HA0503) (House)
- 2025-04-21: Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 2 - HA0212) (House)
- 2025-04-21: Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0211) (House)
- 2025-04-21: Subst. for comp. HB. (House)
- 2025-04-09: Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk. (House)
- 2025-04-07: Sponsor(s) Added. (Senate)
- 2025-04-07: Engrossed; ready for transmission to House (Senate)
- 2025-04-07: Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 31, Nays 0 (Senate)
- 2025-04-07: Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0229) (Senate)
- 2025-04-04: Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 4/7/2025 (Senate)
- 2025-04-03: Sponsor(s) Added. (Senate)
- 2025-04-03: Senate Reset on calendar for 4/7/2025 (Senate)
- 2025-04-01: Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 4/3/2025 (Senate)
- 2025-03-27: Sponsor(s) Added. (Senate)
- 2025-03-25: Sponsor(s) Added. (Senate)
- 2025-03-25: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0 (Senate)
- 2025-03-19: Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 3/25/2025 (Senate)
- 2025-02-12: Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate State and Local Government Committee (Senate)
- 2025-02-10: Introduced, Passed on First Consideration (Senate)
- 2025-02-06: Filed for introduction (Senate)

## Bill text

- HA0503 (Substitute), 2025-04-21: [PDF](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/HA0503.pdf)
- Enrolled / Public Chapter: [PDF](https://publications.tnsosfiles.com/acts/114/pub/pc0460.pdf)
- Fiscal Note: [PDF](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Fiscal/HB1144.pdf)
- HA0211: [PDF](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/HA0211.pdf)
- HA0212: [PDF](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/HA0212.pdf)
- Introduced: [PDF](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Bill/SB1115.pdf)
- SA0229: [PDF](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/SA0229.pdf)

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## Sources
- [HA0503 (Substitute) (PDF)](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/HA0503.pdf)
- [Enrolled / Public Chapter (PDF)](https://publications.tnsosfiles.com/acts/114/pub/pc0460.pdf)
- [Fiscal Note (PDF)](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Fiscal/HB1144.pdf)
- [HA0211 (PDF)](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/HA0211.pdf)
- [HA0212 (PDF)](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/HA0212.pdf)
- [Introduced (PDF)](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Bill/SB1115.pdf)
- [SA0229 (PDF)](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/SA0229.pdf)

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- [SB 0198: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 67, relative to taxes.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/TN-SB0198-2025-2026)
- [HB 2666: AN ACT to amend Chapter 131 of the Private Acts of 1969; as amended by Chapter…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/TN-HB2666-2025-2026)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/TN-SB1115-2025-2026 (as of 2026-11-01).