# Tennessee SB 1914: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 40 and Title 41, relative to state inmates.

Tennessee SB 1914, AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 40 and Title 41, relative to state inmates., is a 114th General Assembly (2025-2026) Senate bill sponsored by no sponsor on record; status signed, last action 2026-05-05 (Effective date(s) 04/27/2026) (as of 2026-11-01).

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## Facts
- Bill: Tennessee SB 1914
- State: Tennessee
- Session: 114th General Assembly (2025-2026)
- Title: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 40 and Title 41, relative to state inmates.
- Status: signed
- Chamber: Senate
- Introduced: 2026-01-21
- Last action: 2026-05-05, Effective date(s) 04/27/2026
- Sponsors: no sponsor on record
- Cosponsors: 0
- Subjects: Correction, Dept. of
- Touches household money: no
- Roll calls: 2 (42 yes, 0 no in all)
- Economic provisions PRIA read: 1

## Summary

No summary available.

## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read

- Transfer limits protect jail program participants: benefit, low. The law protects Tennessee inmates in local jails who take part in work release or re-entry programs. The Department of Correction cannot transfer them to state facilities simply to move them there. Transfers are allowed only for failure to meet work release or in-house duty requirements, or discip…

## Sponsors and cosponsors

- (none)

## Roll call votes

| Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026-03-30 | Senate | FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 3/30/2026 | pass | 33 | 0 |   |
| 2026-03-25 | Senate | SENATE STATE & LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE | pass | 9 | 0 |   |

## Actions (25)

- 2026-05-05: Effective date(s) 04/27/2026
- 2026-05-05: Pub. Ch. 841
- 2026-04-27: Signed by Governor. (Senate)
- 2026-04-17: Transmitted to Governor for action. (Senate)
- 2026-04-16: Signed by H. Speaker (House)
- 2026-04-15: Signed by Senate Speaker (Senate)
- 2026-04-15: Enrolled and ready for signatures (Senate)
- 2026-04-13: Passed H., Ayes 94, Nays 0, PNV 0 (House)
- 2026-04-13: Subst. for comp. HB. (House)
- 2026-04-02: Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk. (House)
- 2026-03-30: Engrossed; ready for transmission to House (Senate)
- 2026-03-30: Passed Senate, Ayes 33, Nays 0 (Senate)
- 2026-03-27: Placed on Senate Consent Calendar 2 for 3/30/2026 (Senate)
- 2026-03-25: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee (Senate)
- 2026-03-25: Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 3/25/2026 (Senate)
- 2026-03-24: Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 3/25/2026 (Senate)
- 2026-03-24: Action deferred in Senate State and Local Government Committee to 3/25/2026 (Senate)
- 2026-03-18: Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 3/24/2026 (Senate)
- 2026-03-17: Action deferred in Senate State and Local Government Committee to 3/24/2026 (Senate)
- 2026-03-11: Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 3/17/2026 (Senate)
- 2026-03-10: Action deferred in Senate State and Local Government Committee to 3/17/2026 (Senate)
- 2026-03-03: Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 3/10/2026 (Senate)
- 2026-02-02: Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate State and Local Government Committee (Senate)
- 2026-01-22: Introduced, Passed on First Consideration (Senate)
- 2026-01-21: Filed for introduction (Senate)

## Bill text

- Enrolled / Public Chapter: [PDF](https://publications.tnsosfiles.com/acts/114/pub/pc0841.pdf)
- Fiscal Note: [PDF](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Fiscal/HB1839.pdf)
- Introduced: [PDF](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Bill/SB1914.pdf)

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## Sources
- [Enrolled / Public Chapter (PDF)](https://publications.tnsosfiles.com/acts/114/pub/pc0841.pdf)
- [Fiscal Note (PDF)](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Fiscal/HB1839.pdf)
- [Introduced (PDF)](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Bill/SB1914.pdf)

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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/TN-SB1914-2025-2026 (as of 2026-11-01).