William Lamberth
RepublicanState Representative, Tennessee State House District 44
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State Representative, Tennessee State House District 44
Elected · 2-year term
Represents a House district in the Tennessee General Assembly, which writes state law and passes the state budget.
Bills sponsored
- HB 2533: Education - As enacted, makes various revisions to education law, including, but not limited to, prohibiting parents from using funds deposited in a participating student's IEA to make contributions to an achieving a better life experience account for purposes of the ABLE Act, and requiring the Title VI coordinator for a LEA or public charter school to investigate certain complaints of antisemitic discrimination and harassment reported to the LEA or public charter school before formally reporting the incidents and complaints to the Title VI coordinator designated by the department of education. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 29; Title 5, Chapter 21; Title 8, Chapter 50, Part 8; Title 49, Chapter 10, Part 1; Title 49, Chapter 10, Part 14; Title 49, Chapter 11, Part 1; Title 49, Chapter 11, Part 8; Title 49, Chapter 13; Title 49, Chapter 15, Part 1; Title 49, Chapter 16, Part 2; Title 49, Chapter 17; Section 49-2-203; Title 49, Chapter 3, Part 1; Title 49, Chapter 5, Part 4; Title 49, Chapter 50, Part 10; Title 49, Chapter 50, Part 16; Title 49, Chapter 50, Part 18; Title 49, Chapter 6, Part 10; Title 49, Chapter 6, Part 15; Title 49, Chapter 6, Part 22; Title 49, Chapter 6, Part 23; Title 49, Chapter 6, Part 30; Title 49, Chapter 6, Part 34; Title 49, Chapter 6, Part 42; Title 49, Chapter 6, Part 81; Title 49, Chapter 1, Part 2; Title 49, Chapter 1, Part 3 and Section 68-204-110.
Sponsorsigned· May 21, 2026· 114th General Assembly
- HB 2532: Education - As enacted, revises education law, including, but not limited to, increasing, from 25,000 to 35,000, the maximum number of education freedom scholarships that may be awarded to eligible students. - Amends TCA Title 49.
Sponsorsigned· May 7, 2026· 114th General Assembly
- HB 2562: Boards and Commissions - As enacted, requires at least one hour of the board of medical examiners' required continuing education hours to be completed on topics related to nutrition; requires the same of the board of osteopathic examination. - Amends TCA Title 63, Chapter 6 and Title 63, Chapter 9.
Sponsorin committee· Mar 18, 2026· 114th General Assembly
- HB 2549: Ethics - As introduced, enacts the "Foreign Agent Registration Act." - Amends TCA Title 3, Chapter 6 and Title 4.
Sponsorin committee· Mar 18, 2026· 114th General Assembly
- HB 2548: State Government - As introduced, enacts the "Critical Infrastructure Protection Act" and the "Protection of State Land from Foreign Adversaries Act." - Amends TCA Title 12, Chapter 3 and Title 66, Chapter 2.
Sponsorin committee· Feb 5, 2026· 114th General Assembly
- HB 69: Election Laws - As enacted, requires the coordinator of elections, in collaboration with the department of safety, prior to January 1, 2028, to create a secure, electronic portal through which each county administrator of elections may access information to verify, prior to processing an applicant's application to register to vote, whether the applicant is a United States citizen based upon records on file at the time of issuance of the most recent driver license or identification card or other credential from the department of safety; makes related changes. - Amends TCA Title 2; Title 4; Title 38; Title 39; Title 41 and Title 55.
Sponsorsigned· May 21, 2025· 114th General Assembly
- HB 1407: Bond Issues - As enacted, authorizes the state to issue and sell bonds. -
Sponsorsigned· May 21, 2025· 114th General Assembly
- HB 1330: Boards and Commissions - As enacted, enacts the "Less is More Act of 2025." - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 8; Title 20; Title 33; Title 38; Title 40; Title 52; Title 55; Title 62; Title 63; Title 68; Title 70 and Title 76.
Sponsorsigned· May 21, 2025· 114th General Assembly
- HB 1232: Criminal Offenses - As enacted, makes various changes to present law concerning criminal justice. - Amends TCA Title 10, Chapter 7, Part 5; Title 36; Title 37; Title 38; Title 39; Title 40 and Title 53.
Sponsorin committee· Apr 8, 2025· 114th General Assembly
- HB 297: Real Property - As enacted, clarifies that property that is qualified as agricultural, forest land, or open space land, owned by two individuals, and held under the titles of tenancy by the entireties or of joint tenancy with right of survivorship, is deemed to have unchanged ownership upon the death of an owner if the property is retained by the other owner through a right of survivorship or upon the divorce of the owners if the property is retained by either owner through division and distribution of property in the divorce proceeding. - Amends TCA Title 11, Chapter 14, Part 2; Title 11, Chapter 15 and Title 67, Chapter 5.
Sponsorsigned· Apr 3, 2025· 114th General Assembly
- HB 1337: Charitable Institutions - As enacted, establishes a five-day period after the effective date of this act during which a nonprofit organization may apply to operate a charitable gaming event during the annual period beginning July 1, 2025, until June 30, 2026. - Amends TCA Title 3, Chapter 17.
Sponsorin committee· Feb 26, 2025· 114th General Assembly
- SB 6001: Education - As enacted, enacts the "Education Freedom Scholarship Act."
Sponsorsigned· Feb 12, 2025· 114th General Assembly
- HB 6001: Immigration - As enacted, creates within the department of safety the centralized immigration enforcement division, to be administered by the chief immigration enforcement officer…
Sponsorsigned· Feb 12, 2025· 114th General Assembly
Recent votes
- SB 2102: Public Utility Commission - As enacted, requires, for an electric utility providing services outside the corporate limits of the home municipality, expansion of the utility board to provide representation on the board for such outside locality. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 8; Title 12; Title 13; Title 54; Title 64; Title 65; Title 68 and Title 69.YES
FLOOR VOTE: PREVIOUS QUESTION MOTION TO ADOPT CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REPORT 4/23/2026 Passed · House · Apr 23, 2026 · pass
- SB 2102: Public Utility Commission - As enacted, requires, for an electric utility providing services outside the corporate limits of the home municipality, expansion of the utility board to provide representation on the board for such outside locality. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 8; Title 12; Title 13; Title 54; Title 64; Title 65; Title 68 and Title 69.YES
FLOOR VOTE: MOTION TO ADOPT CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REPORT 4/23/2026 Passed · House · Apr 23, 2026 · pass
- SB 2283: Tourism - As enacted, requires revenue that is received by a municipality and that is used to fund a destination marketing entity engaged in tourism promotion on behalf of the municipality be released to the destination marketing entity no later than 120 days after the municipality approves its final budget. - Amends TCA Title 5; Title 6; Title 7 and Title 67.YES
FLOOR VOTE: PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/23/2026 Passed · House · Apr 23, 2026 · pass
- HB 2314: Obscenity and Pornography - As enacted, prohibits the issuance of a license to operate certain adult-oriented establishments unless certain signage is posted. - Amends TCA Title 7, Chapter 51 and Title 39.YES
FLOOR VOTE: MESSAGE CALENDAR 2 MOTION TO ADOPT CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REPORT 4/23/2026 Passed · House · Apr 23, 2026 · pass
- HB 1707: Immigration - As enacted, requires, until February 1, 2029, each court to cooperate with the U.S. department of homeland security and federal immigration authorities acting in the enforcement of federal immigration law; authorizes, until February 1, 2029, a judge who obstructs lawful operations by such department and such authorities acting in the enforcement of federal immigration law to be referred to the board of judicial conduct for proceedings; clarifies that any findings by the board that the judge committed judicial misconduct may be cause for removal. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 7; Title 8; Title 16; Title 17 and Title 38.YES
FLOOR VOTE: MOTION TO ADOPT CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REPORT 4/23/2026 Passed · House · Apr 23, 2026 · pass
- SB 539: Taxes, Real Property - As enacted, establishes the process for property tax assessment and valuation of multi-unit rental housing that receives a federal, state, or local incentive based on low-income renter restrictions. - Amends TCA Title 7; Title 13; Title 48; Title 49; Title 67 and Title 68.YES
FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/22/2026 Passed · House · Apr 22, 2026 · pass
- HB 397: Taxes, Sales - As enacted, authorizes an entity designated to operate a stadium designed to host games of an intercollegiate football team that competes in the NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision (FCS) to receive a special allocation of state and local sales tax revenue derived from the sale of admission to events occurring within the stadium and from all sales of food, drinks, merchandise, and parking sold on the premises of the stadium to fund capital and operation expenses for the stadium. - Amends TCA Title 67, Chapter 6.YES
FLOOR VOTE: MESSAGE CALENDAR 2 CONCUR IN SENATE AMENDMENT # 1 4/22/2026 Passed · House · Apr 22, 2026 · pass
- SB 1622: Children's Services, Dept. of - As enacted, requires the commissioner to develop a statewide quality assurance program to ensure quality control through monitoring, evaluation, and feedback on the performance of the best practices in the service delivery system and utilizing both qualitative and quantitative data in outcomes-based approaches at the regional level. - Amends TCA Title 37, Chapter 5.YES
FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/22/2026 Passed · House · Apr 22, 2026 · pass
- HB 2502: Banks and Financial Institutions - As enacted, clarifies that the service of transmitting money from a location originating in this state to a location outside of the United States or its territories is a taxable service and that such a tax is generally levied on the amount of money transmitted; requires revenues generated from such a tax to be allocated to certain funds and purposes. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 38; Title 39; Title 45; Title 47; Title 49 and Title 67.YES
FLOOR VOTE: MESSAGE CALENDAR CONCUR IN SENATE AMENDMENT # 2 4/22/2026 Passed · House · Apr 22, 2026 · pass
- HB 2038: Public Funds and Financing - As introduced, adds certain definitions concerning precious metals; makes precious metal coins legal tender; prohibits a person from compelling another to accept precious metal coins as legal tender. - Amends TCA Title 9, Chapter 1.YES
FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR MOTION TO CONSIDER AMENDMENT # 2 BY VAUGHAN AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/22/2026 Passed · House · Apr 22, 2026 · pass
- HB 2038: Public Funds and Financing - As introduced, adds certain definitions concerning precious metals; makes precious metal coins legal tender; prohibits a person from compelling another to accept precious metal coins as legal tender. - Amends TCA Title 9, Chapter 1.YES
FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/22/2026 Passed · House · Apr 22, 2026 · pass
- HB 2038: Public Funds and Financing - As introduced, adds certain definitions concerning precious metals; makes precious metal coins legal tender; prohibits a person from compelling another to accept precious metal coins as legal tender. - Amends TCA Title 9, Chapter 1.YES
FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR MOTION TO ADOPT AMENDMENT # 2 BY VAUGHAN AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/22/2026 Passed · House · Apr 22, 2026 · pass
- HB 397: Taxes, Sales - As enacted, authorizes an entity designated to operate a stadium designed to host games of an intercollegiate football team that competes in the NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision (FCS) to receive a special allocation of state and local sales tax revenue derived from the sale of admission to events occurring within the stadium and from all sales of food, drinks, merchandise, and parking sold on the premises of the stadium to fund capital and operation expenses for the stadium. - Amends TCA Title 67, Chapter 6.YES
FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PREVIOUS QUESTION AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/21/2026 Passed · House · Apr 21, 2026 · pass
- HB 397: Taxes, Sales - As enacted, authorizes an entity designated to operate a stadium designed to host games of an intercollegiate football team that competes in the NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision (FCS) to receive a special allocation of state and local sales tax revenue derived from the sale of admission to events occurring within the stadium and from all sales of food, drinks, merchandise, and parking sold on the premises of the stadium to fund capital and operation expenses for the stadium. - Amends TCA Title 67, Chapter 6.YES
FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/21/2026 Passed · House · Apr 21, 2026 · pass
- SB 1814: Criminal Offenses - As enacted, creates a Class A misdemeanor offense of intentionally moving, altering, destroying, or removing a monument the person knows, or reasonably should know, is a property corner monument, historic land surveying monument, or geodetic control monument. - Amends TCA Title 39; Title 62, Chapter 18 and Title 66.YES
FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/21/2026 Passed · House · Apr 21, 2026 · pass
- SB 2452: Alcoholic Beverages - As enacted, authorizes the consumption of alcoholic beverages and beer on the premises of a temporary special event zone located in Davidson County, subject to certain requirements. - Amends TCA Title 7 and Title 57.YES
FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/21/2026 Passed · House · Apr 21, 2026 · pass
- SB 1665: Civil Procedure - As enacted, clarifies that the same immunities from civil liability, adverse action, and disciplinary action, and duties, that apply to this state, state employees, public schools, LEAs, public school students, public school teachers, public school employees, public school contractors, public institutions of higher education, public higher education students, public higher education faculty, public higher education employees, and public higher education contractors with regard to the use of a pronoun consistent with an individual's sex apply when using an honorific that is consistent with an individual's sex. - Amends TCA Title 8, Chapter 50; Title 49, Chapter 7, Part 24 and Title 49, Chapter 6, Part 51.YES
FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/21/2026 Passed · House · Apr 21, 2026 · pass
- SB 855: Utilities, Utility Districts - As enacted, establishes a process for a municipality that operates a sewerage system outside of its corporate boundaries and has imposed a moratorium on new sewer connections outside of its corporate boundaries for a period of five or more consecutive years to extend sanitary sewer service or allow sewer connection only to property located within an adjacency area if the property owner or developer agrees to pay, or the municipality assesses, a housing surcharge. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 8; Title 12; Title 13; Title 29; Title 54; Title 64; Title 65; Title 68 and Title 69.YES
FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/21/2026 Passed · House · Apr 21, 2026 · pass
- SB 1665: Civil Procedure - As enacted, clarifies that the same immunities from civil liability, adverse action, and disciplinary action, and duties, that apply to this state, state employees, public schools, LEAs, public school students, public school teachers, public school employees, public school contractors, public institutions of higher education, public higher education students, public higher education faculty, public higher education employees, and public higher education contractors with regard to the use of a pronoun consistent with an individual's sex apply when using an honorific that is consistent with an individual's sex. - Amends TCA Title 8, Chapter 50; Title 49, Chapter 7, Part 24 and Title 49, Chapter 6, Part 51.YES
FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PREVIOUS QUESTION AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/21/2026 Passed · House · Apr 21, 2026 · pass
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