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HB1697Introduced in the House

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 5; Title 6 and Title 7, relative to lowering flags to half-staff.

Passed

Introduced by Jake McCalmon, District 63

What does this bill do?

Plain-English breakdown

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Official description

As enacted, authorizes a county mayor and the chief executive officer of a municipality to order the flags flown on county or municipal property to be lowered to half-staff to honor the death of a prominent citizen of that county or municipality. - Amends TCA Title 5; Title 6 and Title 7.

Where it stands

Comp. became Pub. Ch. 828

May 4, 2026

How did lawmakers vote?

HouseStage: FLOOR VOTE: CONSENT CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION · April 13, 2026

94

Yes

0

No

0

Absent or Not Voting

94 representatives recorded in this House vote. Colors show vote categories only, not whether a vote was good or bad.

See how each representative voted

RepresentativeDistrictVote
John Crawford1Yes
Bud Hulsey2Yes
Timothy Hill3Yes
Renea Jones4Yes
David Hawk5Yes
Tim Hicks6Yes
Rebecca Alexander7Yes
Jerome Moon8Yes
Gary Hicks9Yes
Rick Eldridge10Yes

Bill history

  1. Filed for introduction

  2. Intro., P1C.

  3. P2C, ref. to State & Local Government Committee

  4. Assigned to s/c Cities & Counties Subcommittee

  5. Placed on s/c cal Cities & Counties Subcommittee for 2/11/2026

  6. Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to State & Local Government Committee

  7. Placed on cal. State & Local Government Committee for 2/18/2026

  8. Action def. in State & Local Government Committee to 3/4/2026

  9. Placed on cal. State & Local Government Committee for 3/4/2026

  10. Action def. in State & Local Government Committee to 3/11/2026

  11. Placed on cal. State & Local Government Committee for 3/11/2026

  12. Action def. in State & Local Government Committee to 3/18/2026

  13. Placed on cal. State & Local Government Committee for 3/18/2026

  14. Action def. in State & Local Government Committee to 3/24/2026

  15. Placed on cal. State & Local Government Committee for 3/24/2026

  16. Action def. in State & Local Government Committee to 3/31/2026

  17. Placed on cal. State & Local Government Committee for 3/31/2026

  18. Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee

  19. Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/9/2026

  20. H. Placed on Consent Calendar for 4/13/2026

  21. Sponsor(s) Added.

  22. Comp. SB subst.

  23. Comp. became Pub. Ch. 828

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