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PUBLIC CHAPTER NO. 841

SENATE BILL NO. 1914

By Jackson

Substituted for: House Bill No. 1839

By Haston, Brock Martin, Russell

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 40 and Title 41, relative to state inmates.

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

SECTION 1. Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 41, Chapter 22, Part 1, is amended by adding
the following as a new section:

Notwithstanding another law to the contrary, if an inmate is housed in a local jail and
the inmate is participating in a work release or re-entry program, then the department of
correction shall not remove the inmate from the local jail facility for the purpose of relocating
the inmate to a state facility unless the inmate has failed to meet the work release or in-
house duty requirements or the inmate's disciplinary records warrant the inmate's removal
from participation in the work release or re-entry program.

SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon becoming a law, the public welfare requiring it.
SENATE BILL NO. 1914

PASSED: April 13, 2026

RANDY I\JcNALLY
SPEAKER OF THESENATE

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CAMERONSEXTON,SPEAKER
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

{±pc.\ APPROVED this a]fl. day of 2026

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BILL LEE, GOVERNOR

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