# Tennessee SB 1952: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4; Title 7; Title 8; Title 16; Title 17 and Title 38, relative to immigration.

Tennessee SB 1952, AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4; Title 7; Title 8; Title 16; Title 17 and Title 38, relative to immigration., is a 114th General Assembly (2025-2026) Senate bill sponsored by no sponsor on record; status failed, last action 2026-05-18 (Comp. became Pub. Ch. 953) (as of 2026-11-01).

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## Facts
- Bill: Tennessee SB 1952
- State: Tennessee
- Session: 114th General Assembly (2025-2026)
- Title: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4; Title 7; Title 8; Title 16; Title 17 and Title 38, relative to immigration.
- Status: failed
- Chamber: Senate
- Introduced: 2026-01-21
- Last action: 2026-05-18, Comp. became Pub. Ch. 953
- Sponsors: no sponsor on record
- Cosponsors: 7
- Subjects: Immigration
- Touches household money: no
- Roll calls: 1 (7 yes, 2 no in all)
- Economic provisions PRIA read: 0

## Summary

No summary available.

## Bill overview

No economic impacts identified for this bill.

## Sponsors and cosponsors

- Cosponsor: Janice Bowling (Republican), Senate
- Cosponsor: Rusty Crowe (Republican), Senate
- Cosponsor: Todd Gardenhire (Republican), Senate
- Cosponsor: Joey Hensley (Republican), Senate
- Cosponsor: Adam Lowe (Republican), Senate
- Cosponsor: Mark Pody (Republican), Senate
- Cosponsor: Brent Taylor (Republican), Senate

## Roll call votes

| Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026-04-08 | Senate | SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE | pass | 7 | 2 |   |

## Actions (23)

- 2026-05-18: Comp. became Pub. Ch. 953
- 2026-04-20: Sponsor(s) Added. (Senate)
- 2026-04-20: Companion House Bill substituted (Senate)
- 2026-04-17: Sponsor(s) Added. (Senate)
- 2026-04-17: Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 4/20/2026 (Senate)
- 2026-04-17: Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 4/20/2026 (Senate)
- 2026-04-08: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 7, Nays 2 PNV 0 (Senate)
- 2026-04-02: Sponsor(s) Added. (Senate)
- 2026-04-01: Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 4/8/2026 (Senate)
- 2026-03-30: Refer to Senate Judiciary Committee (Senate)
- 2026-03-30: Recalled from Senate State & Local Gov't Committee (Senate)
- 2026-03-30: Sponsor change. (Senate)
- 2026-03-25: Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 3/31/2026 (Senate)
- 2026-03-25: Action deferred in Senate State and Local Government Committee to 3/31/2026 (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)
- 2026-02-02: 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/pc0953.pdf)
- Fiscal Note: [PDF](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Fiscal/HB1707.pdf)
- HA0758: [PDF](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/HA0758.pdf)
- HA1002: [PDF](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/HA1002.pdf)
- Introduced: [PDF](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Bill/SB1952.pdf)
- SA0938: [PDF](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/SA0938.pdf)
- SA0999: [PDF](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/SA0999.pdf)

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## Sources
- [Enrolled / Public Chapter (PDF)](https://publications.tnsosfiles.com/acts/114/pub/pc0953.pdf)
- [Fiscal Note (PDF)](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Fiscal/HB1707.pdf)
- [HA0758 (PDF)](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/HA0758.pdf)
- [HA1002 (PDF)](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/HA1002.pdf)
- [Introduced (PDF)](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Bill/SB1952.pdf)
- [SA0938 (PDF)](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/SA0938.pdf)
- [SA0999 (PDF)](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/SA0999.pdf)

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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/TN-SB1952-2025-2026 (as of 2026-11-01).