# Tennessee SB 1731: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 27, Chapter 1, relative to appeals.

Tennessee SB 1731, AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 27, Chapter 1, relative to appeals., is a 114th General Assembly (2025-2026) Senate bill sponsored by no sponsor on record; status signed, last action 2026-04-06 (Effective date(s) 03/26/2026) (as of 2026-11-01).

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## Facts
- Bill: Tennessee SB 1731
- State: Tennessee
- Session: 114th General Assembly (2025-2026)
- Title: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 27, Chapter 1, relative to appeals.
- Status: signed
- Chamber: Senate
- Introduced: 2026-01-15
- Last action: 2026-04-06, Effective date(s) 03/26/2026
- Sponsors: no sponsor on record
- Cosponsors: 0
- Subjects: Appeal and Review
- Touches household money: no
- Roll calls: 4 (152 yes, 59 no in all)
- Economic provisions PRIA read: 1

## Summary

No summary available.

## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read

- State can appeal injunction and immunity rulings: mixed, low. The law lets the State of Tennessee and state officials appeal certain court orders right away, before the case ends. This covers orders from Tennessee circuit or chancery courts that grant, continue, or change an injunction against them, or that refuse to dissolve or change an injunction. It also…

## Sponsors and cosponsors

- (none)

## Roll call votes

| Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026-03-12 | House | FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PREVIOUS QUESTION PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/12/2026 | pass | 64 | 23 |   |
| 2026-03-12 | House | FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/12/2026 | pass | 55 | 28 |   |
| 2026-02-23 | Senate | FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 2/23/2026 | pass | 26 | 6 |   |
| 2026-02-17 | Senate | SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE | pass | 7 | 2 |   |

## Bill text

- Enrolled / Public Chapter: [PDF](https://publications.tnsosfiles.com/acts/114/pub/pc0613.pdf)
- Fiscal Note: [PDF](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Fiscal/SB1731.pdf)
- Introduced: [PDF](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Bill/SB1731.pdf)

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## Sources
- [Enrolled / Public Chapter (PDF)](https://publications.tnsosfiles.com/acts/114/pub/pc0613.pdf)
- [Fiscal Note (PDF)](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Fiscal/SB1731.pdf)
- [Introduced (PDF)](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Bill/SB1731.pdf)

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- [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)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/TN-SB1731-2025-2026 (as of 2026-11-01).