TN HB 1538
died on adjournmentCriminal Offenses - As introduced, increases the penalty for knowingly using an unmanned aircraft over any portion of a property that includes a correctional facility from a Class C misdemeanor to a Class C felony; authorizes a correctional facility employee to disable an unmanned aircraft that is operating over property that includes a correctional facility and states that the correctional facility and the correctional facility employee are not liable for damage to the unmanned aircraft as a result of being disabled. - Amends TCA Title 39.
Tennessee · 114S1 · lower
Quick answers
Did TN HB 1538 pass?
No. TN HB 1538 died when the 114S1 session adjourned without final action on it. Bills that die this way are sometimes reintroduced in a later session. Latest recorded action (2026-04-15): Taken off notice for cal in s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee of Finance, Ways, and Means Committee
What is TN HB 1538 about?
TN HB 1538 is a bill in the 114S1 titled “Criminal Offenses - As introduced, increases the penalty for knowingly using an unmanned aircraft over any portion of a property that includes a correctional facility from a Class C misdemeanor to a Class C felony; authorizes a correctional facility employee to disable an unmanned aircraft that is operating over property that includes a correctional facility and states that the correctional facility and the correctional facility employee are not liable for damage to the unmanned aircraft as a result of being disabled. - Amends TCA Title 39.”.
Who sponsors TN HB 1538?
Stinnett is the primary sponsor of TN HB 1538.
- Introduced
- 2026-01-14
- Latest action
- 2026-04-15 — Taken off notice for cal in s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee of Finance, Ways, and Means Committee
- Bill type
- bill
- Last updated
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Subjects
Sponsors
- Stinnettprimary
Committees
Not provided by source.
Action timeline
2026-01-13
Filed for introduction
filing
2026-01-14
Intro., P1C.
introduction
2026-01-15
Assigned to s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee
referral-committee
2026-01-15
P2C, ref. to Judiciary Committee
referral-committee
2026-02-25
Placed on s/c cal Criminal Justice Subcommittee for 3/4/2026
2026-03-02
Sponsor(s) Added.
sponsorship
2026-03-04
Placed on s/c cal Criminal Justice Subcommittee for 3/11/2026
2026-03-04
Action Def. in s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee to 3/11/2026
2026-03-11
Placed on s/c cal Criminal Justice Subcommittee for 3/18/2026
2026-03-11
Action Def. in s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee to 3/18/2026
2026-03-18
Placed on cal. Judiciary Committee for 3/23/2026
2026-03-18
Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Judiciary Committee
referral-committee
2026-03-25
Placed on cal. Judiciary Committee for 4/1/2026
2026-03-25
Action def. in Judiciary Committee to 4/1/2026
2026-04-01
Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 4/8/2026
2026-04-01
Assigned to s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee
referral-committee
2026-04-01
Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee
committee-passage-favorable
2026-04-08
Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 4/14/2026
2026-04-08
Placed behind the budget
2026-04-08
Sponsor(s) Added.
sponsorship
2026-04-15
Taken off notice for cal in s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee of Finance, Ways, and Means Committee
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Votes
HOUSE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Judiciary Committee 3/18/2026 Passed (2)
2026-03-18 · pass · 8-0
HOUSE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 4/1/2026 Passed (1)
2026-04-01 · pass · 18-0
Member-level votes (1)
- Johnson: not voting
Related bills
- Companion bill: SB 1631
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