# Tennessee SB 1909: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 16, Chapter 22, relative to drug courts. Tennessee SB 1909, AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 16, Chapter 22, relative to drug courts., 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) 07/01/2026) (as of 2026-11-01). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/TN-SB1909-2025-2026 - 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 1909 - State: Tennessee - Session: 114th General Assembly (2025-2026) - Title: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 16, Chapter 22, relative to drug courts. - Status: signed - Chamber: Senate - Introduced: 2026-01-21 - Last action: 2026-05-27, Effective date(s) 07/01/2026 - Sponsors: no sponsor on record - Cosponsors: 0 - Subjects: Courts - Touches household money: no - Roll calls: 8 (328 yes, 1 no in all) - Economic provisions PRIA read: 1 ## Summary No summary available. ## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read - New entry rules for Tennessee drug courts: cost, low. Beginning July 1, 2026, the law changes Tennessee drug court entry rules. One rule refers to a felony offense within the previous 10 years, replacing the broader reference to an offense. The law also removes another eligibility rule. The supplied text does not explain the removed rule, so the overa… ## Sponsors and cosponsors - (none) ## Roll call votes | Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2026-04-23 | Senate | FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Concur House Amendment # 2 4/23/2026 | pass | 29 | 0 | | | 2026-04-23 | Senate | FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Concur House Amendment # 1 4/23/2026 | pass | 29 | 0 | | | 2026-04-22 | House | FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/22/2026 | pass | 91 | 1 | | | 2026-04-06 | House | FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR MOTION TO ADOPT AMENDMENT # 2 BY HICKS T PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/6/2026 | pass | 95 | 0 | | | 2026-03-19 | Senate | FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 3/19/2026 | pass | 33 | 0 | | | 2026-03-19 | Senate | FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 3/19/2026 | pass | 33 | | | | 2026-03-16 | Senate | SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE | pass | 9 | | | | 2026-03-16 | Senate | SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE | pass | 9 | 0 | | ## Actions (29) - 2026-05-27: Effective date(s) 07/01/2026 - 2026-05-27: Pub. Ch. 1105 - 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: Concurred, Ayes 29, Nays 0 (Amendment 2 - HA0900) (Senate) - 2026-04-23: Concurred, Ayes 29, Nays 0 (Amendment 1 - HA0751) (Senate) - 2026-04-23: Placed on Senate Message Calendar 2 for 4/23/2026 (Senate) - 2026-04-22: Sponsor(s) Added. (House) - 2026-04-22: Passed H. as am., Ayes 91, Nays 1, PNV 2 (House) - 2026-04-20: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/21/2026 (House) - 2026-04-20: Reset on next available calendar (Senate) - 2026-04-17: Sponsor(s) Added. (House) - 2026-04-06: Held on desk. (House) - 2026-04-06: H. adopted am. (Amendment 2 - HA0900) Ayes 95, Nays 0, PNV 1 (House) - 2026-03-30: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/6/2026 (House) - 2026-03-30: H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0751) (House) - 2026-03-30: Subst. for comp. HB. (House) - 2026-03-23: Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk. (House) - 2026-03-19: Engrossed; ready for transmission to House (Senate) - 2026-03-19: Passed Senate, Ayes 33, Nays 0 (Senate) - 2026-03-17: Placed on Senate Consent Calendar 2 for 3/19/2026 (Senate) - 2026-03-16: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee (Senate) - 2026-03-11: Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 3/16/2026 (Senate) - 2026-02-02: Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee (Senate) - 2026-01-22: Introduced, Passed on First Consideration (Senate) - 2026-01-21: Filed for introduction (Senate) ## Bill text - HA0900 (Substitute), 2026-04-06: [PDF](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/HA0900.pdf) - HA0751 (Substitute), 2026-03-30: [PDF](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/HA0751.pdf) - Enrolled / Public Chapter: [PDF](https://publications.tnsosfiles.com/acts/114/pub/pc1105.pdf) - Fiscal Note: [PDF](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Fiscal/HB1471.pdf) - Introduced: [PDF](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Bill/SB1909.pdf) ## Related bills - SB 1915: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4, Chapter 1 and Title 4, Chapter 58, relative to public benefits. 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(signed) ## Sources - [HA0900 (Substitute) (PDF)](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/HA0900.pdf) - [HA0751 (Substitute) (PDF)](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/HA0751.pdf) - [Enrolled / Public Chapter (PDF)](https://publications.tnsosfiles.com/acts/114/pub/pc1105.pdf) - [Fiscal Note (PDF)](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Fiscal/HB1471.pdf) - [Introduced (PDF)](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Bill/SB1909.pdf) ## Related - [SB 1915: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4, Chapter 1 and Title 4, Chapt…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/TN-SB1915-2025-2026) - [SB 1900: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 39 and Title 40, relative to fi…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/TN-SB1900-2025-2026) - [SB 1766: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 7; Title 9; Title 12; Title 13;…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/TN-SB1766-2025-2026) - [SB 1771: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 5; Title 6; Title 7 and Title 1…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/TN-SB1771-2025-2026) - [SB 1668: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 6 and Title 7, relative to pena…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/TN-SB1668-2025-2026) - [SB 1667: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 29; Title 55 and Title 56, rela…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/TN-SB1667-2025-2026) - [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-SB1909-2025-2026 (as of 2026-11-01).