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PUBLIC CHAPTER NO. 828
SENATE BILL NO. 1712
By Johnson
Substituted for: House Bill No. 1697
By McCalmon, Reeves, Reedy, Davis, Russell
AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 5; Title 6 and Title 7, relative to lowering flags
to half-staff.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE:
SECTION 1. Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 5, Chapter 1, Part 1, is amended by adding
the following as a new section:
A county mayor may order the flags flown on county property to be lowered to half-
staff to honor the death of a prominent citizen of that county.
SECTION 2. Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 6, Chapter 54, Part 1, is amended by adding
the following as a new section:
The chief executive officer of a municipality may order the flags flown on municipal
property to be lowered to half-staff to honor the death of a prominent citizen of that
municipality.
SECTION 3. This act takes effect upon becoming a law, the public welfare requiring it.
SENATE BILL NO. 1712
PASSED: April 13, 2026
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- 'RANDYMc~ALLY
SPEAKER OF THE SENATE
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CAMERONSEXTON,SPEAKER
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
APPROVED this 2]~ day of tlp,-.'"I 2026
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