# Tennessee SB 1493: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 29; Title 33; Title 39 and Title 47, relative to artificial intelligence. Tennessee SB 1493, AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 29; Title 33; Title 39 and Title 47, relative to artificial intelligence., is a 114th General Assembly (2025-2026) Senate bill sponsored by no sponsor on record; status signed, last action 2026-05-27 (Effective date(s) 05/22/2026) (as of 2026-11-01). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/TN-SB1493-2025-2026 - As of: 2026-11-01 - Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts. ## Facts - Bill: Tennessee SB 1493 - State: Tennessee - Session: 114th General Assembly (2025-2026) - Title: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 29; Title 33; Title 39 and Title 47, relative to artificial intelligence. - Status: signed - Chamber: Senate - Introduced: 2025-12-18 - Last action: 2026-05-27, Effective date(s) 05/22/2026 - Sponsors: no sponsor on record - Cosponsors: 1 - Subjects: Computers and Electronic Processing - Touches household money: no - Roll calls: 8 (350 yes, 11 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: Ken Yager (Republican), Senate ## Roll call votes | Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2026-04-23 | Senate | FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 4/23/2026 | pass | 27 | 0 | | | 2026-04-23 | House | FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR MOTION TO CONSIDER AMENDMENT # 4 BY ZACHARY PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/23/2026 | pass | 81 | 7 | | | 2026-04-23 | House | FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/23/2026 | pass | 88 | 0 | | | 2026-04-23 | Senate | FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Concur House Amendment # 4 4/23/2026 | pass | 26 | 4 | | | 2026-04-23 | House | FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR MOTION TO ADOPT AMENDMENT # 4 BY ZACHARY PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/23/2026 | pass | 89 | 0 | | | 2026-04-23 | Senate | FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt Amend# 3 by Senator Lowe 4/23/2026 | pass | 25 | 0 | | | 2026-03-24 | Senate | SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE | pass | 7 | | | | 2026-03-24 | Senate | SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE | pass | 7 | 0 | | ## Actions (30) - 2026-05-27: Effective date(s) 05/22/2026 - 2026-05-27: Pub. Ch. 1066 - 2026-05-22: Signed by Governor. (Senate) - 2026-05-11: Transmitted to Governor for action. (Senate) - 2026-05-07: Signed by H. Speaker (House) - 2026-04-30: Signed by Senate Speaker (Senate) - 2026-04-30: Enrolled and ready for signatures (Senate) - 2026-04-23: Senate concurred in House amendment 4 - HA1260, Ayes 26, Nays 4 (Senate) - 2026-04-23: Passed H., as am., Ayes 88, Nays 0, PNV 0 (House) - 2026-04-23: Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA1146) (House) - 2026-04-23: H. adopted am. (Amendment 4 - HA1260) (House) - 2026-04-23: Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 3 - HA1257) (House) - 2026-04-23: Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 2 - HA1207) (House) - 2026-04-23: Subst. for comp. HB. (House) - 2026-04-23: Engrossed; ready for transmission to House (Senate) - 2026-04-23: Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 27, Nays 0 (Senate) - 2026-04-23: Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 2 - SA1070) (Senate) - 2026-04-23: Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - SA0915) (Senate) - 2026-04-23: Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 3 - SA1113) (Senate) - 2026-04-22: Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 4/23/2026 (Senate) - 2026-04-22: Senate Reset on calendar for 4/23/2026 (Senate) - 2026-04-21: Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 4/22/2026 (Senate) - 2026-04-20: Sponsor(s) Added. (Senate) - 2026-03-24: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 7, Nays 0 PNV 2 (Senate) - 2026-03-23: Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 3/24/2026 (Senate) - 2026-03-23: Action deferred in Senate Judiciary Committee to 3/24/2026 (Senate) - 2026-03-18: Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 3/23/2026 (Senate) - 2026-01-14: Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee (Senate) - 2026-01-13: Introduced, Passed on First Consideration (Senate) - 2025-12-18: Filed for introduction (Senate) ## Bill text - HA1260 (Substitute), 2026-04-23: [PDF](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/HA1260.pdf) - Enrolled / Public Chapter: [PDF](https://publications.tnsosfiles.com/acts/114/pub/pc1066.pdf) - Fiscal Note: [PDF](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Fiscal/HB1455.pdf) - HA1146: [PDF](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/HA1146.pdf) - HA1207: [PDF](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/HA1207.pdf) - HA1257: [PDF](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/HA1257.pdf) - Introduced: [PDF](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Bill/SB1493.pdf) - SA0915: [PDF](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/SA0915.pdf) - SA1070: [PDF](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/SA1070.pdf) - SA1113: [PDF](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/SA1113.pdf) ## Related bills - SB 1326: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 67, Chapter 5, Part 7, relative to property tax relief for elderly persons. 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(signed) ## Sources - [HA1260 (Substitute) (PDF)](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/HA1260.pdf) - [Enrolled / Public Chapter (PDF)](https://publications.tnsosfiles.com/acts/114/pub/pc1066.pdf) - [Fiscal Note (PDF)](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Fiscal/HB1455.pdf) - [HA1146 (PDF)](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/HA1146.pdf) - [HA1207 (PDF)](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/HA1207.pdf) - [HA1257 (PDF)](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/HA1257.pdf) - [Introduced (PDF)](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Bill/SB1493.pdf) - [SA0915 (PDF)](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/SA0915.pdf) - [SA1070 (PDF)](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/SA1070.pdf) - [SA1113 (PDF)](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/SA1113.pdf) ## Related - [SB 1326: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 67, Chapter 5, Part 7, relative…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/TN-SB1326-2025-2026) - [SB 1255: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 37; Title 49; Title 63; Title 6…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/TN-SB1255-2025-2026) - [SB 1232: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 40, Chapter 32, Part 1, relativ…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/TN-SB1232-2025-2026) - [SB 0855: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4; Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; T…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/TN-SB0855-2025-2026) - [SB 0539: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 7; Title 13; Title 48; Title 49…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/TN-SB0539-2025-2026) - [SB 0254: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 38; Title 39; Title 40 and Titl…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/TN-SB0254-2025-2026) - [Tennessee bills](https://policyrisk.com/states/tennessee/bills) - [Tennessee state hub](https://policyrisk.com/states/tennessee) - [All state legislation](https://policyrisk.com/state-bills) Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/TN-SB1493-2025-2026 (as of 2026-11-01).