# Tennessee SB 1970: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 10, Chapter 7, relative to public records.

Tennessee SB 1970, AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 10, Chapter 7, relative to public records., is a 114th General Assembly (2025-2026) Senate bill sponsored by no sponsor on record; status signed, last action 2026-04-24 (Effective date(s) 07/01/2026) (as of 2026-11-01).

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## Facts
- Bill: Tennessee SB 1970
- State: Tennessee
- Session: 114th General Assembly (2025-2026)
- Title: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 10, Chapter 7, relative to public records.
- Status: signed
- Chamber: Senate
- Introduced: 2026-01-22
- Last action: 2026-04-24, Effective date(s) 07/01/2026
- Sponsors: no sponsor on record
- Cosponsors: 1
- Subjects: Public Records
- Touches household money: no
- Roll calls: 4 (151 yes, 1 no in all)
- Economic provisions PRIA read: 1

## Summary

No summary available.

## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read

- Non-Tennessee citizens gain personal police records access: mixed, low. Beginning July 1, 2026, people who are not Tennessee citizens can inspect or get copies of qualifying law enforcement records. The records must concern only the requester, including arrest, incident, and crash reports, as well as citations. You must submit a written request naming the record and a…

## Sponsors and cosponsors

- Cosponsor: Heidi Campbell (Democrat), 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 | 32 | 0 |   |
| 2026-03-26 | House | FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/26/2026 | pass | 80 | 0 |   |
| 2026-03-12 | Senate | FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 3/12/2026 | pass | 33 | 0 |   |
| 2026-03-03 | Senate | SENATE STATE & LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE | pass | 6 | 1 |   |

## Actions (23)

- 2026-04-24: Effective date(s) 07/01/2026
- 2026-04-24: Pub. Ch. 711
- 2026-04-14: 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 32, Nays 0 (Amendment 1 - HA0732) (Senate)
- 2026-03-27: Placed on Senate Message Calendar for 3/30/2026 (Senate)
- 2026-03-26: Passed H., as am., Ayes 80, Nays 0, PNV 8 (House)
- 2026-03-26: H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0732) (House)
- 2026-03-26: Subst. for comp. HB. (House)
- 2026-03-16: Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk. (House)
- 2026-03-12: Sponsor(s) Added. (Senate)
- 2026-03-12: Engrossed; ready for transmission to House (Senate)
- 2026-03-12: Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 33, Nays 0 (Senate)
- 2026-03-12: Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0551) (Senate)
- 2026-03-10: Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 3/12/2026 (Senate)
- 2026-03-03: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 6, Nays 1 PNV 1 (Senate)
- 2026-02-24: Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 3/3/2026 (Senate)
- 2026-02-05: Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate State and Local Government Committee (Senate)
- 2026-02-02: Introduced, Passed on First Consideration (Senate)
- 2026-01-22: Filed for introduction (Senate)

## Bill text

- HA0732 (Substitute), 2026-03-26: [PDF](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/HA0732.pdf)
- Enrolled / Public Chapter: [PDF](https://publications.tnsosfiles.com/acts/114/pub/pc0711.pdf)
- Fiscal Note: [PDF](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Fiscal/SB1970.pdf)
- Introduced: [PDF](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Bill/SB1970.pdf)
- SA0551: [PDF](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/SA0551.pdf)

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## Sources
- [HA0732 (Substitute) (PDF)](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/HA0732.pdf)
- [Enrolled / Public Chapter (PDF)](https://publications.tnsosfiles.com/acts/114/pub/pc0711.pdf)
- [Fiscal Note (PDF)](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Fiscal/SB1970.pdf)
- [Introduced (PDF)](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Bill/SB1970.pdf)
- [SA0551 (PDF)](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/SA0551.pdf)

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