# Tennessee SB 1610: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 7, Chapter 51, Part 26, relative to sober living homes. Tennessee SB 1610, AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 7, Chapter 51, Part 26, relative to sober living homes., 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-SB1610-2025-2026 - 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 1610 - State: Tennessee - Session: 114th General Assembly (2025-2026) - Title: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 7, Chapter 51, Part 26, relative to sober living homes. - Status: signed - Chamber: Senate - Introduced: 2026-01-13 - Last action: 2026-05-27, Effective date(s) 05/22/2026 - Sponsors: no sponsor on record - Cosponsors: 0 - Subjects: Local Government, General - Touches household money: no - Roll calls: 3 (121 yes, 1 no in all) - Economic provisions PRIA read: 1 ## Summary No summary available. ## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read - Population rules change local sober living coverage: mixed, low. The law changes which Tennessee local governments fall under the sober living home law. The definition covers a county and incorporated cities or towns within it, using population ranges of 366,200–366,300 or 79,800–79,900. Population counts come from the 2020 or a later federal census. The change… ## Sponsors and cosponsors - (none) ## Roll call votes | Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2026-04-21 | House | FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/21/2026 | pass | 80 | 1 | | | 2026-03-09 | Senate | FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 3/9/2026 | pass | 32 | 0 | | | 2026-03-04 | Senate | SENATE HEALTH AND WELFARE COMMITTEE | pass | 9 | 0 | | ## Actions (18) - 2026-05-27: Effective date(s) 05/22/2026 - 2026-05-27: Pub. Ch. 1073 - 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) - 2026-04-27: Enrolled and ready for signatures (Senate) - 2026-04-21: Passed H., Ayes 80, Nays 1, PNV 5 (House) - 2026-04-21: Subst. for comp. HB. (House) - 2026-03-12: Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk. (House) - 2026-03-09: Engrossed; ready for transmission to House (Senate) - 2026-03-09: Passed Senate, Ayes 32, Nays 0 (Senate) - 2026-03-06: Placed on Senate Consent Calendar 2 for 3/9/2026 (Senate) - 2026-03-04: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee (Senate) - 2026-02-25: Placed on Senate Health and Welfare Committee calendar for 3/4/2026 (Senate) - 2026-01-15: Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Health and Welfare Committee (Senate) - 2026-01-14: Introduced, Passed on First Consideration (Senate) - 2026-01-13: Filed for introduction (Senate) ## Bill text - Enrolled / Public Chapter: [PDF](https://publications.tnsosfiles.com/acts/114/pub/pc1073.pdf) - Fiscal Note: [PDF](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Fiscal/SB1610.pdf) - Introduced: [PDF](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Bill/SB1610.pdf) ## Related bills - SB 1602: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 39, Chapter 13 and Title 55, Chapter 10, relative to leaving the scene of an accident. 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(signed) ## Sources - [Enrolled / Public Chapter (PDF)](https://publications.tnsosfiles.com/acts/114/pub/pc1073.pdf) - [Fiscal Note (PDF)](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Fiscal/SB1610.pdf) - [Introduced (PDF)](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Bill/SB1610.pdf) ## Related - [SB 1602: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 39, Chapter 13 and Title 55, Ch…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/TN-SB1602-2025-2026) - [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) - [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-SB1610-2025-2026 (as of 2026-11-01).