Tennessee · 114th Regular Session (2025-2026) · Bill

HB 1718: Correctional Programs - As enacted, requires each correctional officer at Trousdale Turner Correctional Center to utilize a body camera that is recording at all times while the officer is on duty at the facility and is in contact with or may reasonably anticipate contact or interaction with an inmate; makes other related changes. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 10 and Title 41.

Enacted Last action May 18, 2026: Pub. Ch. 956

Plain-language summary

HB 1718 is a bill introduced in the Tennessee House on January 20, 2026. According to its official title, it concerns: Correctional Programs - As enacted, requires each correctional officer at Trousdale Turner Correctional Center to utilize a body camera that is recording at all times while the officer is on duty at the facility and is in contact with or may reasonably anticipate contact or interaction with an inmate; makes other related changes. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 10 and Title 41. Primary sponsor: Fred Atchley (Republican). Most recent recorded action (May 18, 2026): Pub. Ch. 956.

Sponsors

Primary sponsor: Fred Atchley (Republican).