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TN HB 166

enacted

Redistricting, Legislative - As enacted, adds that geographic descriptions affecting part of the boundary line between Fayette County and Shelby County are to be construed as the boundary line when census descriptions, counties, voting districts (VTDs), tracts, blocks, census delineations, census district lines, and other census designations are those established for or by the United States department of commerce, bureau of the census, for taking the 2020 federal decennial census in this state as contained in the topologically integrated geographic encoding and referencing system for the composition of state congressional districts, state senatorial districts, and state house of representative districts. - Amends TCA Title 2, Chapter 16 and Title 3, Chapter 1.

Tennessee · 114S1 · lower

Quick answers

Did TN HB 166 pass?

Yes. TN HB 166 has been enacted into law as of 2026-04-23. Latest recorded action (2026-04-23): Pub. Ch. 742

What is TN HB 166 about?

TN HB 166 is a bill in the 114S1 titled “Redistricting, Legislative - As enacted, adds that geographic descriptions affecting part of the boundary line between Fayette County and Shelby County are to be construed as the boundary line when census descriptions, counties, voting districts (VTDs), tracts, blocks, census delineations, census district lines, and other census designations are those established for or by the United States department of commerce, bureau of the census, for taking the 2020 federal decennial census in this state as contained in the topologically integrated geographic encoding and referencing system for the composition of state congressional districts, state senatorial districts, and state house of representative districts. - Amends TCA Title 2, Chapter 16 and Title 3, Chapter 1.”.

Who sponsors TN HB 166?

Marsh is the primary sponsor of TN HB 166.

Introduced
2025-01-16
Latest action
2026-04-23 — Pub. Ch. 742
Bill type
bill
Last updated

Subjects

Sponsors

  • Marshprimary

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2025-01-15

    Filed for introduction

    filing

  2. 2025-01-16

    Intro., P1C.

    introduction

  3. 2025-01-27

    P2C, ref. to State & Local Government Committee

    referral-committee

  4. 2025-01-28

    Assigned to s/c Public Service Subcommittee

    referral-committee

  5. 2026-02-19

    Sponsor(s) Added.

    sponsorship

  6. 2026-02-25

    Placed on s/c cal Public Service Subcommittee for 3/4/2026

  7. 2026-03-04

    Placed on cal. State & Local Government Committee for 3/11/2026

  8. 2026-03-04

    Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to State & Local Government Committee

    referral-committee

  9. 2026-03-11

    Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/12/2026

  10. 2026-03-11

    Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee

    committee-passage-favorable

  11. 2026-03-12

    H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/16/2026

  12. 2026-03-16

    Passed H., as am., Ayes 93, Nays 0, PNV 0

    passage

  13. 2026-03-16

    H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0669)

    amendment-passage

  14. 2026-03-17

    Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen.

    receipt

  15. 2026-03-19

    Received from House, Passed on First Consideration

    introduction

  16. 2026-03-30

    Passed Senate, Ayes 32, Nays 0

    passage

  17. 2026-03-30

    Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - SA0930)

  18. 2026-03-30

    Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill.

    substitution

  19. 2026-04-01

    Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.

    enrolled

  20. 2026-04-06

    Signed by Senate Speaker

    passage

  21. 2026-04-06

    Signed by H. Speaker

    passage

  22. 2026-04-07

    Transmitted to Governor for his action.

    executive-receipt

  23. 2026-04-16

    Signed by Governor.

    executive-signature

  24. 2026-04-23

    Effective date(s) 04/16/2026

  25. 2026-04-23

    Pub. Ch. 742

Versions

Documents

Votes

  • HOUSE PUBLIC SERVICE SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to State & Local Government Committee 3/4/2026 Passed

    2026-03-04 · pass · 5-0

  • HOUSE STATE & LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/11/2026 Passed

    2026-03-11 · pass · 19-1

  • HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/16/2026 3/12/2026 (2)

    2026-03-16 · fail · 0-0

  • FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/16/2026 Passed (1)

    2026-03-16 · pass · 93-0

  • FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 3/30/2026 Passed (1)

    2026-03-30 · pass · 32-0

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