Bill Commons

TN HB 1718

enacted

Correctional Programs - As enacted, requires each correctional officer at Trousdale Turner Correctional Center to utilize a body camera that is recording at all times while the officer is on duty at the facility and is in contact with or may reasonably anticipate contact or interaction with an inmate; makes other related changes. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 10 and Title 41.

Tennessee · 114S1 · lower

Follow this bill’s action updates (Atom)

Subscribe in a feed reader. The feed covers recorded actions from the last 30 days; Bill Commons may record an action after it happened at the legislature.

Quick answers

Did TN HB 1718 pass?

Yes. TN HB 1718 has been enacted into law. Latest recorded action (2026-05-18): Pub. Ch. 956

What is TN HB 1718 about?

TN HB 1718 is a bill in the 114S1 titled “Correctional Programs - As enacted, requires each correctional officer at Trousdale Turner Correctional Center to utilize a body camera that is recording at all times while the officer is on duty at the facility and is in contact with or may reasonably anticipate contact or interaction with an inmate; makes other related changes. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 10 and Title 41.”.

Who sponsors TN HB 1718?

Atchley is the primary sponsor of TN HB 1718.

Introduced
2026-01-21
Latest action
2026-05-18 — Pub. Ch. 956
Bill type
bill
Last updated
—

Subjects

Sponsors

  • Atchleyprimary

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

Newest first

  1. 2026-05-18

    Pub. Ch. 956

  2. 2026-05-18

    Effective date(s) 07/01/2026

  3. 2026-05-07

    Signed by Governor.

    executive-signature

  4. 2026-05-06

    Transmitted to Governor for his action.

    executive-receipt

  5. 2026-05-05

    Signed by Senate Speaker

    passage

  6. 2026-04-30

    Signed by H. Speaker

    passage

  7. 2026-04-28

    Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.

    enrolled

  8. 2026-04-22

    Received from House, Passed on First Consideration

    introduction

  9. 2026-04-22

    Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill.

    substitution

  10. 2026-04-22

    Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 2 - SA1075)

  11. 2026-04-22

    Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - SA0815)

  12. 2026-04-22

    Passed Senate, Ayes 31, Nays 0

    passage

  13. 2026-04-21

    Sponsor(s) Added.

    sponsorship

  14. 2026-04-21

    Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0916)

    amendment-withdrawal

  15. 2026-04-21

    H. adopted am. (Amendment 2 - HA1149)

    amendment-passage

  16. 2026-04-21

    Passed H., as am., Ayes 84, Nays 2, PNV 0

    passage

  17. 2026-04-21

    Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen.

    receipt

  18. 2026-04-14

    Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee

    referral-committee

  19. 2026-04-14

    Placed on cal. Finance, Ways, and Means Committee for 4/14/2026

  20. 2026-04-14

    Sponsor(s) Added.

    sponsorship

  21. 2026-04-14

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

    committee-passage-favorable

  22. 2026-04-14

    Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/14/2026

  23. 2026-04-14

    H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/16/2026

  24. 2026-04-08

    Action Def. in s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee to 4/15/2026

  25. 2026-04-08

    Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 4/14/2026

  26. 2026-04-01

    Assigned to s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee

    referral-committee

  27. 2026-04-01

    Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 4/8/2026

  28. 2026-03-31

    Sponsor(s) Added.

    sponsorship

  29. 2026-03-31

    Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee

    committee-passage-favorable

  30. 2026-03-25

    Sponsor(s) Added.

    sponsorship

  31. 2026-03-25

    Action def. in State & Local Government Committee to 3/31/2026

  32. 2026-03-25

    Placed on cal. State & Local Government Committee for 3/31/2026

  33. 2026-03-24

    Sponsor(s) Added.

    sponsorship

  34. 2026-03-23

    Sponsor(s) Added.

    sponsorship

  35. 2026-03-19

    Sponsor(s) Added.

    sponsorship

  36. 2026-03-18

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

    referral-committee

  37. 2026-03-18

    Sponsor(s) Added.

    sponsorship

  38. 2026-03-18

    Placed on cal. State & Local Government Committee for 3/24/2026

  39. 2026-03-12

    Placed on s/c cal Public Service Subcommittee for 3/18/2026

  40. 2026-02-04

    Sponsor(s) Added.

    sponsorship

  41. 2026-02-02

    Sponsor(s) Added.

    sponsorship

  42. 2026-01-22

    Sponsor(s) Added.

    sponsorship

  43. 2026-01-22

    P2C, ref. to State & Local Government Committee

    referral-committee

  44. 2026-01-22

    Assigned to s/c Public Service Subcommittee

    referral-committee

  45. 2026-01-21

    Intro., P1C.

    introduction

  46. 2026-01-20

    Filed for introduction

    filing

Versions

Documents

Votes

  • HOUSE PUBLIC SERVICE SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to State & Local Government Committee 3/18/2026 Passed (6)

    2026-03-18 · pass · 6-0

  • HOUSE STATE & LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 3/31/2026 Passed (5)

    2026-03-31 · pass · 23-0

  • HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 4/14/2026 Passed (3)

    2026-04-14 · pass · 25-0

  • HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 4/14/2026 Passed (4)

    2026-04-14 · pass · 12-0

  • HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/16/2026 4/14/2026 (2)

    2026-04-16 · fail · 0-0

  • FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/21/2026 Passed (1)

    2026-04-21 · pass · 84-2

  • FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 4/22/2026 Passed (1)

    2026-04-22 · pass · 31-0

Related bills

Official source

https://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/Default?BillNumber=HB1718&ga=114

Attribution

Data from openstates_bulk_csv, retrieved 2026-07-24T05:32:51.339172Z

Inspect retained evidence for changes recorded after evidence tracking began:

Source and document changesStatus and relationship changes

Session-wide evidence can include changes to other bills:

Bulk imports for this sessionSession dates and activity

Use this data

Every field on this page is available from the free public API — no key or licence required. Fetch this bill as JSON: GET /api/v1/bills?jurisdiction=TN&identifier=HB 1718. See the API docs or the MCP server for AI assistants.

Known limitations

  • Sponsor party and chamber affiliation are not yet captured by this API.
  • Committee referrals are not yet captured.
  • Some documents have no extracted text yet, so version comparison may be limited.

See the methodology page for data sources and limitations.