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PUBLIC CHAPTER NO. 1001
HOUSE BILL NO. 2018
By Representatives Cochran, Grills, Moody, Zachary, Barrett, Cepicky, Reeves,
Renea Jones
Substituted for: Senate Bill No. 1486
By Senators Taylor, Bowling, Rose
AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4; Title 7; Title 38 and Title 41,
relative to enforcement of immigration laws.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE:
SECTION 1. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 7-68-105, is amended by adding the
following new subsection:
(d) A sheriff's department that is currently operating pursuant to a memorandum
of agreement under an available federal 287(9) program must accept and honor any
immigration detainer received from federal immigration authorities. As used in this
subsection (d), "accept and honor" means to comply with the requested conditions in the
immigration detainer and includes maintaining custody of the subject of an immigration
detainer for forty-eight (48) hours, excluding Saturdays, Sundays, and holidays, beyond
the time when the subject would have otherwise been released from the sheriffs
department's custody to allow federal immigration authorities to take custody of the
subject and notifying federal immigration authorities as soon as possible prior to
releasing the subject of the immigration detainer.
SECTION 2. This act takes effect July 1, 2026, the public welfare requiring it.
HOUSE BILL NO. 2018
PASSED: April 16, 2026
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CAMERON SEXTON, SPEAKER
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
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