SB1712

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

Tennessee SB1712 allows county mayors and municipal chief executive officers to order flags to half-staff for prominent citizens' deaths.

Tennessee SB1712 amends state 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. Similarly, it allows the chief executive officer of a municipality to order flags on municipal property to be lowered to half-staff for the same purpose. The act takes effect immediately upon becoming law.

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Roll Call Votes

32 Yea

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0 Nay

Calendar

Feb 17

8:30 AM

Senate Finance, Ways And Means Hearing

History

May 4

Pub. Ch. 828

May 4

Effective date(s) 04/27/2026

Apr 27

Senate

Signed by Governor.