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IntroducedJan 22, 2026
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Passed House
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Passed Senate
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Became Law
Tennessee House Bill
Criminal Offenses - As introduced, creates a new offense of coercive suicide; specifies that a person or entity commits the offense of coercive suicide if such person or entity owns an artificial intelligence system and the artificial intelligence system advises or encourages a person to commit or attempt to commit suicide. - Amends TCA Title 39.
Last Action See all actions
House • Apr 21, 2026: Sponsor(s) Added.
Latest Bill Text See all bill texts
House Calendar: 4/20/2026 Regular Calendar (4:00 PM CDT)
Position: 53
Summary
Comments on HB 1951
Tweets
Whip Lists
Sponsors
- Traviscosponsor
- Alexandercosponsor
- Russellcosponsor
- Daviscosponsor
- Scarbroughcosponsor
- Doggettcosponsor
- Townscosponsor
- Reneaucosponsor
- Moodycosponsor
- Cochrancosponsor
- Freemancosponsor
- Sparkscosponsor
- Brickencosponsor
- Hawkcosponsor
- Helton-Haynescosponsor
- Terrycosponsor
- Hastoncosponsor
- Powerscosponsor
- Whitecosponsor
- Howellcosponsor
- Campercosponsor
Votes
YES: 8
NO: 0
OTHER: 0
YES: 22
NO: 0
OTHER: 0
YES: 9
NO: 0
OTHER: 0
YES: 32
NO: 0
OTHER: 0
YES: 26
NO: 0
OTHER: 0
YES: 13
NO: 0
OTHER: 0
YES: 0
NO: 0
OTHER: 0
YES: 93
NO: 0
OTHER: 0
YES: 94
NO: 0
OTHER: 0
YES: 31
NO: 0
OTHER: 0
Actions
- Apr 21, 2026 | House
- Comp. SB subst.
- Sponsor(s) Added.
- Apr 16, 2026 | House
- H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/20/2026
- Apr 15, 2026 | House
- Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 4/15/2026
- Rec for adopt by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee
- Placed on cal. Finance, Ways, and Means Committee for 4/15/2026
- Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee
- Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/16/2026
- Apr 08, 2026 | House
- Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 4/14/2026
- Mar 18, 2026 | House
- Placed behind the budget
- Mar 11, 2026 | House
- Action Def. in s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee to 3/18/2026
- Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 3/18/2026
- Mar 04, 2026 | House
- Action Def. in s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee to 3/11/2026
- Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 3/11/2026
- Feb 25, 2026 | House
- Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 3/4/2026
- Feb 18, 2026 | House
- Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee
- Sponsor(s) Added.
- Assigned to s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee
- Feb 11, 2026 | House
- Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Judiciary Committee
- Sponsor(s) Added.
- Placed on cal. Judiciary Committee for 2/18/2026
- Feb 04, 2026 | House
- P2C, ref. to Judiciary Committee
- Assigned to s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee
- Placed on s/c cal Criminal Justice Subcommittee for 2/11/2026
- Feb 02, 2026 | House
- Intro., P1C.
- Jan 22, 2026 | House
- Filed for introduction
Documents
- Fiscal Memo for HA0572 (13175) - Amendment 1-0 to HB1951
- House Fiscal Note (Dashboard): Fiscal Note for HB1951 -- Criminal Justice Subcommittee 02/11/2026PDF
- House Supplemental (Dashboard): Scanned Fiscal Memo HB1951_(013175).pdf -- Criminal Justice Subcommittee 02/11/2026PDF
- Video: Calendar & Rules Committee Apr 16, 2026 (00h 50m)HTML
- Video: Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee Apr 15, 2026 (01h 21m)HTML
- Video: Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee Mar 18, 2026 (01h 27m)HTML
- Video: Judiciary Committee Feb 18, 2026 (01h 25m)HTML
- Video: Criminal Justice Subcommittee Feb 11, 2026 (01h 20m)HTML
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