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

HB 1514: Local Government, General - As enacted, clarifies that the general assembly occupies the entire field of the regulation of shopping carts, including their purchase, use, taxation, manufacture, ownership, sale, storage, and transportation, to the exclusion of all county or metropolitan government laws, ordinances, resolutions, enactments, or regulations; prohibits a county or metropolitan government, or any agency, department, or official of a county or metropolitan government, from adopting an ordinance, resolution, or other regulation requiring a business to adopt a shopping cart policy of any nature or imposing a fee or fine on a business related to shopping carts. - Amends TCA Title 5, Chapter 1 and Title 6, Chapter 54.

In committee Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

HB 1514 is a bill introduced in the Tennessee House on January 12, 2026. According to its official title, it concerns: Local Government, General - As enacted, clarifies that the general assembly occupies the entire field of the regulation of shopping carts, including their purchase, use, taxation, manufacture, ownership, sale, storage, and transportation, to the exclusion of all county or metropolitan government laws, ordinances, resolutions, enactments, or regulations; prohibits a county or metropolitan government, or any agency, department, or official of a county or metropolitan government, from adopting an ordinance, resolution, or other regulation requiring a business to adopt a shopping cart policy of any nature or imposing a fee or fine on a business related to shopping carts. - Amends TCA Title 5, Chapter 1 and Title 6, Chapter 54. Primary sponsor: Jake McCalmon (Republican). Most recent recorded action (May 27, 2026): Comp. became Pub. Ch. 1085.

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Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Republican 1

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Jake McCalmonPrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse63

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

  1. Comp. became Pub. Ch. 1085
  2. Comp. SB subst.
  3. Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee
  4. Placed on cal. Finance, Ways, and Means Committee for 4/14/2026
  5. Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee
  6. Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/14/2026
  7. H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/16/2026
  8. Assigned to s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee
  9. Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 4/14/2026
  10. Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee
  11. Action def. in State & Local Government Committee to 3/31/2026
  12. Placed on cal. State & Local Government Committee for 3/31/2026

Showing 12 most recent of 27 actions. Full history

Sources

  1. Open States / Plural (data from the official legislature website)
  2. Official legislature source