Tennessee · Senate Bill 1421 · 113th General Assembly

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4, Chapter 58, relative to the Eligibility Verification for Entitlements Act.

  1. Introduced Feb 1, 2023
  2. In committee Feb 6, 2023
  3. Died  
  4. Passed the House  
  5. To the governor  
  6. Became law  

What it does

The legislature's own summary of the bill, or its official long title.

State Government - As introduced, rewrites the Eligibility Verification for Entitlements Act to include a professional or commercial license as a public benefit for purposes of the citizenship verification requirement; removes requirement that an applicant for a professional or commercial license must show that the applicant is either a United States citizen or authorized under federal law to work in the United States as verified by the SAVE program. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 58.

Every action

3 steps, oldest first, as the legislature records them.

  1. SenateFiled for introduction
  2. SenateIntroduced, Passed on First Consideration
  3. CommitteePassed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate State and Local Government Committee · Senate State and Local Government Committee

Roll calls

No recorded votes on this bill yet.

Sponsors

The member who introduced it.

From Tennessee's official records (wapp.capitol.tn.gov), checked Nov 1, 2026. Text links go to the official versions; LegiList does not copy bill text.