HB1697

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

Complete·5/4/26

Allows county mayors and municipal chief executive officers to order flags to half-staff for prominent citizens' deaths.

This bill amends Tennessee law to allow county mayors to order flags on county property to be lowered to half-staff in honor of a prominent citizen's death. It also allows the chief executive officer of a municipality to order flags on municipal property to be lowered to half-staff for the same reason. The act takes effect immediately upon becoming law.

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Sponsors

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Roll Call Votes

94 Yea

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0 Nay

History

May 4

Comp. became Pub. Ch. 828

Apr 13

House

Sponsor(s) Added.

Apr 13

House

Comp. SB subst.