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Tennessee Senate · Mar 30, 2026

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

Result: pass

HB 1705: Employees, Employers - As enacted, generally requires, beginning July 1, 2026, all state and local governmental employers to verify the work authorization status of each prospective employee through the federal E-Verify program prior to employment; authorizes the attorney general to enforce compliance with the requirement against local governments and subjects a noncompliant local government to the withholding of all funds of this state allocated to the local government via grant, contract, or statute, including, but not limited to, state-shared taxes. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 8; Title 12 and Title 50.

State vote data last updated Oct 15, 2026, 8:04 PM.

Totals

YeaNay
Democratic15
Republican260
Total275

Party rows count only voters matched to a legislator.

All voters

LegislatorPosition
Raumesh Akbari(Democratic)Nay
Paul Bailey(Republican)Yea
Janice Bowling(Republican)Yea
Richard Briggs(Republican)Yea
Heidi Campbell(Democratic)Nay
Rusty Crowe(Republican)Yea
Todd Gardenhire(Republican)Yea
Ferrell Haile(Republican)Yea
Bobby Harshbarger(Republican)Yea
Tom Hatcher(Republican)Yea
Joey Hensley(Republican)Yea
Ed Jackson(Republican)Yea
Gloria Johnson(Democratic)Yea
Sara Kyle(Democratic)Nay
Adam Lowe(Republican)Yea
Becky Massey(Republican)Yea
Randy McNally(Republican)Yea
Charlane Oliver(Democratic)Nay
Mark Pody(Republican)Yea
Dennis Powers(Republican)Yea
Lee Reeves(Republican)Yea
Kerry Roberts(Republican)Yea
Paul Rose(Republican)Yea
Jessie Seal(Republican)Yea
Steve Southerland(Republican)Yea
Robert Stevens(Republican)Yea
Brent Taylor(Republican)Yea
Page Walley(Republican)Yea
Bo Watson(Republican)Yea
Mark White(Republican)Yea
Ken Yager(Republican)Yea
Jeff Yarbro(Democratic)Nay