# Tennessee SB 1880: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4, Chapter 29; Title 4, Chapter 3, Part 20 and Section 38-3-114, relative to the office of homeland security.

Tennessee SB 1880, AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4, Chapter 29; Title 4, Chapter 3, Part 20 and Section 38-3-114, relative to the office of homeland security., is a 114th General Assembly (2025-2026) Senate bill sponsored by no sponsor on record; status signed, last action 2026-04-29 (Effective date(s) 04/13/2026) (as of 2026-11-01).

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## Facts
- Bill: Tennessee SB 1880
- State: Tennessee
- Session: 114th General Assembly (2025-2026)
- Title: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4, Chapter 29; Title 4, Chapter 3, Part 20 and Section 38-3-114, relative to the office of homeland security.
- Status: signed
- Chamber: Senate
- Introduced: 2026-01-21
- Last action: 2026-04-29, Effective date(s) 04/13/2026
- Sponsors: no sponsor on record
- Cosponsors: 3
- Subjects: Safety, Dept. of
- Touches household money: no
- Roll calls: 7 (227 yes, 124 no in all)
- Economic provisions PRIA read: 1

## Summary

No summary available.

## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read

- Tennessee creates homeland security office with safeguards: benefit, medium. Beginning April 16, 2026, the law creates Tennessee's Office of Homeland Security within the Department of Safety. The commissioner appoints its leader, and the office may hire commissioned agents and other staff. It leads state security planning and operations, develops a strategy against terroris…

## Sponsors and cosponsors

- Cosponsor: Tom Hatcher (Republican), Senate
- Cosponsor: Kerry Roberts (Republican), Senate
- Cosponsor: Paul Rose (Republican), Senate

## Roll call votes

| Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026-03-30 | Senate | FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Concur House Amendment # 1 3/30/2026 | pass | 27 | 5 |   |
| 2026-03-26 | House | FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/26/2026 | pass | 68 | 24 |   |
| 2026-03-26 | House | FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AMENDMENT # 2 BY JONES J AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/26/2026 | fail | 25 | 65 |   |
| 2026-03-26 | House | FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PREVIOUS QUESTION AMENDMENT # 2 BY JONES J AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/26/2026 | pass | 68 | 21 |   |
| 2026-03-19 | Senate | FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 3/19/2026 | pass | 25 | 6 |   |
| 2026-03-11 | Senate | TRANSPORTATION AND SAFETY COMMITTEE | pass | 8 | 1 |   |
| 2026-03-04 | Senate | SENATE GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS COMMITTEE | pass | 6 | 2 |   |

## Actions (27)

- 2026-04-29: Effective date(s) 04/13/2026
- 2026-04-29: Pub. Ch. 706
- 2026-04-13: Signed by Governor. (Senate)
- 2026-04-02: Transmitted to Governor for action. (Senate)
- 2026-04-02: Signed by H. Speaker (House)
- 2026-04-01: Signed by Senate Speaker (Senate)
- 2026-04-01: Enrolled and ready for signatures (Senate)
- 2026-03-30: Concurred, Ayes 27, Nays 5 (Amendment 1 - HA0736) (Senate)
- 2026-03-27: Placed on Senate Message Calendar for 3/30/2026 (Senate)
- 2026-03-26: Passed H., as am., Ayes 68, Nays 24, PNV 0 (House)
- 2026-03-26: Failed to adopt am. (Amendment 2 - HA0847), Ayes 25, Nays 65, PNV 0 (House)
- 2026-03-26: H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0736) (House)
- 2026-03-26: Subst. for comp. HB. (House)
- 2026-03-23: Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk. (House)
- 2026-03-19: Sponsor(s) Added. (Senate)
- 2026-03-19: Engrossed; ready for transmission to House (Senate)
- 2026-03-19: Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 25, Nays 6 (Senate)
- 2026-03-19: Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0574) (Senate)
- 2026-03-17: Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 3/19/2026 (Senate)
- 2026-03-11: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee (Senate)
- 2026-03-04: Placed on Senate Transportation and Safety Committee calendar for 3/11/2026 (Senate)
- 2026-03-04: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Transportation and Safety Committee Ayes 6, Nays 2 PNV 0 (Senate)
- 2026-03-03: Sponsor(s) Added. (Senate)
- 2026-02-25: Placed on Senate Government Operations Committee calendar for 3/4/2026 (Senate)
- 2026-02-02: Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Government Operations Committee (Senate)
- 2026-01-22: Introduced, Passed on First Consideration (Senate)
- 2026-01-21: Filed for introduction (Senate)

## Bill text

- HA0736 (Substitute), 2026-03-26: [PDF](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/HA0736.pdf)
- Enrolled / Public Chapter: [PDF](https://publications.tnsosfiles.com/acts/114/pub/pc0706.pdf)
- Fiscal Note: [PDF](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Fiscal/HB1639.pdf)
- HA0847: [PDF](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/HA0847.pdf)
- HA0848: [PDF](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/HA0848.pdf)
- Introduced: [PDF](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Bill/SB1880.pdf)
- SA0574: [PDF](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/SA0574.pdf)

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## Sources
- [HA0736 (Substitute) (PDF)](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/HA0736.pdf)
- [Enrolled / Public Chapter (PDF)](https://publications.tnsosfiles.com/acts/114/pub/pc0706.pdf)
- [Fiscal Note (PDF)](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Fiscal/HB1639.pdf)
- [HA0847 (PDF)](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/HA0847.pdf)
- [HA0848 (PDF)](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/HA0848.pdf)
- [Introduced (PDF)](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Bill/SB1880.pdf)
- [SA0574 (PDF)](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/SA0574.pdf)

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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/TN-SB1880-2025-2026 (as of 2026-11-01).