govt.fyi
Back to HB 646
Tennessee General Assembly· HB 646Comp. SB subst.

Game and Fish Laws - As enacted, authorizes persons to wear daylight fluorescent pink as a substitute for daylight fluorescent orange when hunting big game during gun hunts; deletes statutory definition of daylight fluor, the official text

Shown verbatim: the complete text as captured from the official PDF posted by the Tennessee General Assembly, fetched 2026-09-25. Page and line markers are part of the official record; nothing is edited or removed. This is the chaptered version. The official bill page.
0 _.,.,,     •~
:(~fl •                    •
:  ~i\   AGRICt1UU      .
                  jf\(     :
                           :

• .J.,       -      ~'.    &

                   :~.>•o

             •--.;;;;.•*

State ef J efbfle8see

PUBLIC CHAPTER NO. 220

                                                     SENATE BILL NO. 206

                                                       By Massey, Reeves

                                             Substituted for: House Bill No. 646

                             By Garringer, Lamberth, Reedy, Todd, Vital, Renea Jones

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 39 and Title 70, relative to the use of certain
          colors while hunting.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE:

          SECTION 1. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 70-4-124(a), is amended by deleting the
subsection and substituting:

                    Every person hunting big game except turkey during the gun hunts proclaimed by the
          commission shall wear, on both the upper portion of the body and head, outer garments of
          daylight fluorescent orange or daylight fluorescent pink color of not less than a combined five
          hundred square inches (500 sq. in.) and visible from the front and back.

          SECTION 2. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 70-4-124(b), is amended by deleting the
subsection.

          SECTION 3. This act takes effect July 1, 2025, the public welfare requiring it.
         SENATE BILL NO. 206

PASSED:  April 7, 2025

         n. -~, ""'-~«.\\-:,.
                                                    R....A...N.. _n'f_r M---c--N--.~..I IV
                                 SPEAKER OF THE SENATE

                        C~O~N,SPEAKER

                        HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

all::_ I APPROVED this
         day of Aerr          2025

           ~

         BILL LEE, GOVERNOR
Every fact on this page links to its source, starting with the official bill record.