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Posted by: Stacey Shrader Joslin on Feb 19, 2026

A number of immigration bills introduced at the beginning of the session have started to move through the legislative process. According to the Nashville Post, members of the State & Local Government Committee House Departments and Agencies Subcommittee passed three bills earlier this week. Among those was HB1710, which would require local governments to verify the citizenship status of applicants for public benefits, and HB1711, which would require local governments and law enforcement agencies to report on persons not lawfully present in the United States and require state agencies to report annual costs incurred in providing certain services to persons not lawfully present in the United States. The third bill, HB2219, would require local governments to comply with court orders regarding unlawful sanctuary policies. Members of the House Transportation Subcommittee also passed two bills — HB1706 and HB1708 — related to immigrants’ ability to obtain driver's licenses.