# Tennessee SB 1993: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 13; Title 29 and Title 66, relative to evictions.

Tennessee SB 1993, AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 13; Title 29 and Title 66, relative to evictions., is a 114th General Assembly (2025-2026) Senate bill sponsored by no sponsor on record; status signed, last action 2026-04-06 (Effective date(s) 04/01/2026) (as of 2026-11-01).

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## Facts
- Bill: Tennessee SB 1993
- State: Tennessee
- Session: 114th General Assembly (2025-2026)
- Title: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 13; Title 29 and Title 66, relative to evictions.
- Status: signed
- Chamber: Senate
- Introduced: 2026-01-22
- Last action: 2026-04-06, Effective date(s) 04/01/2026
- Sponsors: no sponsor on record
- Cosponsors: 0
- Subjects: Landlord and Tenant
- Touches household money: no
- Roll calls: 3 (132 yes, 0 no in all)
- Economic provisions PRIA read: 2

## Summary

No summary available.

## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read

- Ban and $25,000 damages for eviction videos: benefit, high. Private participants in an eviction cannot livestream or post a near real-time video of serving or carrying out an eviction. Posting is allowed only if it is solely for legal documentation and the person shown gives express written permission. Victims can sue. Courts can award at least $25,000 for…
- Landlords and officials can share eviction videos: benefit, low. The general ban on real-time eviction videos does not apply to certain parties. The landlord or property owner, their lawyers, the court, law enforcement agencies, and the property management company may publish or broadcast these videos.

## Sponsors and cosponsors

- (none)

## Roll call votes

| Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026-03-16 | House | FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/16/2026 | pass | 91 | 0 |   |
| 2026-03-16 | Senate | FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 3/16/2026 | pass | 32 | 0 |   |
| 2026-03-10 | Senate | SENATE STATE & LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE | pass | 9 | 0 |   |

## Actions (19)

- 2026-04-06: Effective date(s) 04/01/2026
- 2026-04-06: Pub. Ch. 657
- 2026-04-01: Signed by Governor. (Senate)
- 2026-03-20: Transmitted to Governor for action. (Senate)
- 2026-03-19: Signed by H. Speaker (House)
- 2026-03-18: Signed by Senate Speaker (Senate)
- 2026-03-17: Enrolled and ready for signatures (Senate)
- 2026-03-16: Passed H., Ayes 91, Nays 0, PNV 3 (House)
- 2026-03-16: Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0601) (House)
- 2026-03-16: Subst. for comp. HB. (House)
- 2026-03-16: Engrossed; ready for transmission to House (Senate)
- 2026-03-16: Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 32, Nays 0 (Senate)
- 2026-03-16: Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0625) (Senate)
- 2026-03-13: Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 3/16/2026 (Senate)
- 2026-03-10: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0 (Senate)
- 2026-03-03: Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 3/10/2026 (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

- Enrolled / Public Chapter: [PDF](https://publications.tnsosfiles.com/acts/114/pub/pc0657.pdf)
- Fiscal Note: [PDF](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Fiscal/SB1993.pdf)
- HA0601: [PDF](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/HA0601.pdf)
- Introduced: [PDF](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Bill/SB1993.pdf)
- SA0625: [PDF](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/SA0625.pdf)

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## Sources
- [Enrolled / Public Chapter (PDF)](https://publications.tnsosfiles.com/acts/114/pub/pc0657.pdf)
- [Fiscal Note (PDF)](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Fiscal/SB1993.pdf)
- [HA0601 (PDF)](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/HA0601.pdf)
- [Introduced (PDF)](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Bill/SB1993.pdf)
- [SA0625 (PDF)](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/SA0625.pdf)

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