# Tennessee SB 2645: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 5; Title 8 and Title 38, relative to constables.

Tennessee SB 2645, AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 5; Title 8 and Title 38, relative to constables., is a 114th General Assembly (2025-2026) Senate bill sponsored by no sponsor on record; status failed, last action 2026-04-21 (Deferred to Summer Study) (as of 2026-11-01).

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## Facts
- Bill: Tennessee SB 2645
- State: Tennessee
- Session: 114th General Assembly (2025-2026)
- Title: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 5; Title 8 and Title 38, relative to constables.
- Status: failed
- Chamber: Senate
- Introduced: 2026-02-02
- Last action: 2026-04-21, Deferred to Summer Study
- Sponsors: no sponsor on record
- Cosponsors: 1
- Subjects: County Officers
- Touches household money: no
- Roll calls: 1 (7 yes, 0 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: Ferrell Haile (Republican), Senate

## Roll call votes

| Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026-03-16 | Senate | SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE | pass | 7 | 0 |   |

## Actions (17)

- 2026-04-21: Deferred to Summer Study (Senate)
- 2026-04-20: Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 4/21/2026 (Senate)
- 2026-04-20: Rule #83(8) Suspended, to be heard in Senate Finance, Ways & Means Committee on 4/21/2026 (Senate)
- 2026-04-15: Action deferred in Senate Finance, Ways and Means Committee to next calendar (Senate)
- 2026-04-14: Sponsor(s) Added. (Senate)
- 2026-04-14: Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 4/15/2026 (Senate)
- 2026-04-14: Action deferred in Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee to 4/15/2026 (Senate)
- 2026-04-08: Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 4/14/2026 (Senate)
- 2026-04-08: Action deferred in Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee to 4/14/2026 (Senate)
- 2026-04-07: Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 4/8/2026 (Senate)
- 2026-04-07: Action deferred in Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee to 4/8/2026 (Senate)
- 2026-04-01: Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 4/7/2026 (Senate)
- 2026-03-16: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee (Senate)
- 2026-03-11: Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 3/16/2026 (Senate)
- 2026-02-05: Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee (Senate)
- 2026-02-02: Introduced, Passed on First Consideration (Senate)
- 2026-02-02: Filed for introduction (Senate)

## Bill text

- Fiscal Note: [PDF](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Fiscal/HB1820.pdf)
- HA0666: [PDF](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/HA0666.pdf)
- Introduced: [PDF](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Bill/SB2645.pdf)
- SA1102: [PDF](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/SA1102.pdf)

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## Sources
- [Fiscal Note (PDF)](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Fiscal/HB1820.pdf)
- [HA0666 (PDF)](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/HA0666.pdf)
- [Introduced (PDF)](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Bill/SB2645.pdf)
- [SA1102 (PDF)](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/SA1102.pdf)

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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/TN-SB2645-2025-2026 (as of 2026-11-01).