HB1640

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 10, Chapter 7, Part 5, relative to confidentiality of department of safety records.

Complete·5/5/26

HB1640 amends Tennessee law to classify certain records of the Office of Homeland Security as confidential.

HB1640 amends Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 10-7-504(a)(2), to add a new subdivision that specifies certain records of the Office of Homeland Security must be treated as confidential and not open to public inspection. These records include those describing protected critical infrastructure, analyses, warnings, interdependency studies, and records relating to the prevention, disruption, response, and defense against terrorist or criminal threats against Tennessee's critical infrastructure. The act takes effect immediately upon becoming law.

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Sponsors

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Roll Call Votes

20 Yea

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1 Nay

D

History

May 5

Comp. became Pub. Ch. 837

Apr 13

House

Sponsor(s) Added.

Apr 13

House

Comp. SB subst.