SB1076 • 2026

Redistricting, Legislative

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 2, Chapter 16 and Title 3, Chapter 1, relative to redistricting.

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Sponsor: Johnson, Marsh
Last action: 2026-03-30
Official status: Sponsor(s) Added.
Effective date: Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The candidate explanation included details about updating Tennessee Code Annotated which were not directly stated in the provided official summary text.

Archiving Redistricting Information

This bill requires the Office of Legislative Information Systems to archive and maintain an accessible webpage for the House Select Committee on Redistricting from the 112th General Assembly.

What This Bill Does

Requires the Office of Legislative Information Systems to archive the webpage of the House Select Committee on Redistricting from the 112th General Assembly.
Strives to ensure that all videos, documents, maps, and other information on the archived webpage remain functional and accessible to the general public.

Who It Names or Affects

The Office of Legislative Information Systems
The general public who will have access to the archived information

Terms To Know

Redistricting: The process of redrawing electoral district boundaries.

Limits and Unknowns

The bill does not specify how long the archived webpage must be kept.
It is unclear if there are any penalties for failing to comply with this requirement.

Amendments

These notes stay tied to the official amendment files and metadata from the legislature.

HA0669

Amendment 1-0 to HB0166

Plain English: This amendment changes Tennessee's laws to clarify that geographic descriptions affecting parts of the boundary between Fayette County and Shelby County should be interpreted according to § 5-2-118.

Adds a provision in Section 2-16-103(a)(1) of Title 2, Chapter 16 of Tennessee Code Annotated to clarify geographic descriptions for the boundary line between Fayette County and Shelby County.
Adds similar provisions in Sections 3-1-102(b)(1) and 3-1-103(a)(1) of Title 3, Chapter 1 of Tennessee Code Annotated.

The amendment text does not provide specific details about the geographic descriptions or § 5-2-118, which limits a full understanding of how this change will be applied in practice.

SA0930

Amendment 1-0 to SB1076

Plain English: This amendment changes three sections of Tennessee's laws to clarify that geographic descriptions affecting parts of the boundary between Fayette County and Shelby County should be interpreted based on an existing state statute.

Adds a new clause in Section 2-16-103(a)(1) of Title 2, Chapter 16 of Tennessee Code Annotated to clarify how geographic descriptions affecting parts of the boundary between Fayette and Shelby counties should be interpreted.
Adds a similar new clause in Section 3-1-102(b)(1) of Title 3, Chapter 1 to provide clarity on interpreting geographic descriptions for the same county boundaries.
Includes another identical addition in Section 3-1-103(a)(1) of Title 3, Chapter 1 to ensure consistent interpretation across relevant sections.

The amendment text does not provide specific details about what geographic descriptions or the exact nature of the boundary line established by § 5-2-118 refer to.
It is unclear how this change will affect existing redistricting efforts in Tennessee.

Bill History

2026-04-07 Tennessee General Assembly
Transmitted to Governor for his action.
2026-04-06 Tennessee General Assembly
Signed by Senate Speaker
2026-04-06 Tennessee General Assembly
Signed by H. Speaker
2026-04-01 Tennessee General Assembly
Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.
2026-03-30 Tennessee General Assembly
Sponsor(s) Added.
2026-03-30 Tennessee General Assembly
Companion House Bill substituted
2026-03-30 Tennessee General Assembly
Passed Senate, Ayes 32, Nays 0
2026-03-30 Tennessee General Assembly
Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - SA0930)
2026-03-30 Tennessee General Assembly
Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill.
2026-03-27 Tennessee General Assembly
Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 3/30/2026
2026-03-24 Tennessee General Assembly
Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0
2026-03-23 Tennessee General Assembly
Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 3/24/2026
2026-03-23 Tennessee General Assembly
Action deferred in Senate Judiciary Committee to 3/24/2026
2026-03-23 Tennessee General Assembly
Sponsor(s) Added.
2026-03-19 Tennessee General Assembly
Received from House, Passed on First Consideration
2026-03-18 Tennessee General Assembly
Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 3/23/2026
2026-03-17 Tennessee General Assembly
Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen.
2026-03-16 Tennessee General Assembly
Passed H., as am., Ayes 93, Nays 0, PNV 0
2026-03-16 Tennessee General Assembly
H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0669)
2026-03-12 Tennessee General Assembly
H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/16/2026
2026-03-11 Tennessee General Assembly
Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/12/2026
2026-03-11 Tennessee General Assembly
Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee
2026-03-04 Tennessee General Assembly
Placed on cal. State & Local Government Committee for 3/11/2026
2026-03-04 Tennessee General Assembly
Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to State & Local Government Committee
2026-02-25 Tennessee General Assembly
Placed on s/c cal Public Service Subcommittee for 3/4/2026
2026-02-19 Tennessee General Assembly
Sponsor(s) Added.
2025-02-12 Tennessee General Assembly
Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee
2025-02-10 Tennessee General Assembly
Introduced, Passed on First Consideration
2025-02-05 Tennessee General Assembly
Filed for introduction
2025-01-28 Tennessee General Assembly
Assigned to s/c Public Service Subcommittee
2025-01-27 Tennessee General Assembly
P2C, ref. to State & Local Government Committee
2025-01-16 Tennessee General Assembly
Intro., P1C.
2025-01-15 Tennessee General Assembly
Filed for introduction

Official Summary Text

ON MARCH 16, 2026, THE HOUSE ADOPTED AMENDMENT #1 AND PASSED HOUSE BILL 166, AS AMENDED.

AMENDMENT #1 rewrites the bill to, instead, add
that geographic descriptions affecting part of the boundary line between Fayette County and Shelby County
is to
be construed as the boundary line established by
present law when a
ll census descriptions, counties, voting districts (VTDs), tracts, blocks, census delineations, census district lines, and other census designations are those established for or by the United States department of commerce, bureau of the census, for taking
the 2020 federal decennial c
ensus in
this state
as contained in the automated geographic database, known as the topologically integrated geographic encoding and referencing
(TIGER)
system
for the composition of state congressional districts, state senatorial districts, and state house of representative districts.

Current Bill Text

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HOUSE BILL 166
By Marsh

SENATE BILL 1076
By Johnson

SB1076
000279
- 1 -

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 2,
Chapter 16 and Title 3, Chapter 1, relative to
redistricting.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE:
SECTION 1. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 3-1-103, is amended by adding the
following language as a new subsection:
(f) The office of legislative information systems shall archive the webpage of the
house select committee on redistricting for the 112th general assembly. The office of
legislative information systems shall strive to ensure that all videos, documents, maps,
and other information on the archived webpage remain functional and accessible to the
general public.
SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon becoming a law, the public welfare requiring it.