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HB0098 • 2026

Human Services, Dept. of

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 13, Chapter 26, relative to human resource agencies.

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Sponsor
Hicks G, Walley
Last action
2026-04-08
Official status
Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 4/14/2026
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The bill summary and official digest do not provide information on removing previous limits or requiring local government willingness to contribute financially as a condition for receiving state funding. The exact impact of these changes is also uncertain due to lack of specific details.

Changing State Funding for Human Resource Agencies

This bill updates the state's contribution schedule to match local funding for human resource agencies in Tennessee.

What This Bill Does

  • Revises the current contribution schedule that matches state funds with local contributions to human resource agencies based on a new scale.

Who It Names or Affects

  • Local and state government officials involved with human resource agencies.

Terms To Know

Human Resource Agencies
Special groups created to help manage resources for economic development in certain areas of Tennessee.

Limits and Unknowns

  • The exact increase in state and local spending cannot be predicted because it depends on how many counties choose to participate.
  • There is no clear timeline for when this bill will become law or start affecting funding.

Bill History

  1. 2026-04-08 Tennessee General Assembly

    Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 4/14/2026

  2. 2026-03-25 Tennessee General Assembly

    Placed behind the budget

  3. 2026-03-18 Tennessee General Assembly

    Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 3/25/2026

  4. 2026-01-13 Tennessee General Assembly

    Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.

  5. 2025-04-21 Tennessee General Assembly

    Engrossed; ready for transmission to House

  6. 2025-04-21 Tennessee General Assembly

    Passed Senate, Ayes 33, Nays 0

  7. 2025-04-17 Tennessee General Assembly

    Placed on Senate Consent Calendar 2 for 4/21/2025

  8. 2025-04-15 Tennessee General Assembly

    Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee

  9. 2025-04-09 Tennessee General Assembly

    Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 4/14/2025

  10. 2025-04-08 Tennessee General Assembly

    Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 4/15/2025

  11. 2025-04-07 Tennessee General Assembly

    Refer to Senate Finance, Ways & Means Committee

  12. 2025-04-07 Tennessee General Assembly

    Recalled from Senate Calendar Committee

  13. 2025-04-04 Tennessee General Assembly

    Placed on Senate Consent Calendar 2 for 4/7/2025

  14. 2025-04-01 Tennessee General Assembly

    Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee

  15. 2025-03-26 Tennessee General Assembly

    Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 4/1/2025

  16. 2025-03-25 Tennessee General Assembly

    Action deferred in Senate State and Local Government Committee to 4/1/2025

  17. 2025-03-19 Tennessee General Assembly

    Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 3/25/2025

  18. 2025-03-18 Tennessee General Assembly

    Action deferred in Senate State and Local Government Committee to 3/25/2025

  19. 2025-03-12 Tennessee General Assembly

    Placed behind the budget

  20. 2025-03-11 Tennessee General Assembly

    Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 3/18/2025

  21. 2025-03-05 Tennessee General Assembly

    Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 3/12/2025

  22. 2025-03-05 Tennessee General Assembly

    Assigned to s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee

  23. 2025-03-05 Tennessee General Assembly

    Rec. for pass; ref to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee

  24. 2025-03-04 Tennessee General Assembly

    Action deferred in Senate State & Local Government Committee to 3/11/2025

  25. 2025-02-26 Tennessee General Assembly

    Placed on cal. State & Local Government Committee for 3/5/2025

  26. 2025-02-26 Tennessee General Assembly

    Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to State & Local Government Committee

  27. 2025-02-25 Tennessee General Assembly

    Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 3/4/2025

  28. 2025-02-25 Tennessee General Assembly

    Action deferred in Senate State and Local Government Committee to 3/4/2025

  29. 2025-02-19 Tennessee General Assembly

    Placed on s/c cal Cities & Counties Subcommittee for 2/26/2025

  30. 2025-02-18 Tennessee General Assembly

    Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 2/25/2025

  31. 2025-01-28 Tennessee General Assembly

    Assigned to s/c Cities & Counties Subcommittee

  32. 2025-01-27 Tennessee General Assembly

    Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate State and Local Government Committee

  33. 2025-01-16 Tennessee General Assembly

    Ref. to State & Local Government Committee

  34. 2025-01-16 Tennessee General Assembly

    Introduced, Passed on First Consideration

  35. 2025-01-15 Tennessee General Assembly

    P2C held on desk, pending appointment of Standing Committees

  36. 2025-01-15 Tennessee General Assembly

    Filed for introduction

  37. 2025-01-14 Tennessee General Assembly

    Intro., P1C.

  38. 2025-01-13 Tennessee General Assembly

    Filed for introduction

Official Summary Text

Present law provides that the chief elected public officials of various counties or cities of the economic development districts are empowered to create a human resource agency. The four metropolitan human resource agencies created under present law are
Memphis-Shelby, Nashville-Davidson, Knoxville-Knox, and Chattanooga-Hamilton, and there can be no more than nine rural human resource agencies, coterminous with the boundary lines of the development districts.

Present law authorizes the governing boards of such agencies to (i) adopt bylaws, (ii) appoint an executive director, (iii) determine major personnel, fiscal, and program policies, (iv) approve overall program plans and priorities, (v) assure compliance
with conditions of and approve proposals for financial assistance under present law, (vi) jointly adopt statewide uniform travel regulations and reimburse the governing board's officers and employees for official travel in conformance with such regulation
s,
(vii) develop a system of competitive bidding on purchases of supplies and equipment, and other contracts, and submit the written procedures governing the system to the state procurement commission for approval, and (viii) develop written personnel proce
dures.

Present law provides that any funds appropriated for such human resource agencies are subject to the approval of the governor and the commissioner of finance and administration. Such approval must be given only after review by the office of the governor
of the annual work program developed by the human resource agency to assure that such program is in accordance with the development plans of the state. After the creation of a governing board and when the local governments have indicated a willingness t
o
contribute financially by adopting a budget requiring a certain per capita assessment, the state is authorized to match the local contributions to the following schedule:

Local Assessment

Annual State

Contribution

Cents/ Capita

Contribution

Cap/County

1-5

$40,000

$7,500

6-10

$70,000

$7,500

11-14

$100,000

$10,000

16-20

$150,000

$12,500

This bill revises the contribution schedule to, instead, be the following:

Local Assessment

Annual State

Cents/ Capita

Contribution

1-20

$295,000

21-30

$340,000

31 and over

$370,000

Current Bill Text

Read the full stored bill text 
SENATE BILL 165
By Walley

HOUSE BILL 98
By Hicks G

HB0098
000749
- 1 -

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 13,
Chapter 26, relative to human resource agencies.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE:
SECTION 1. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 13-26-107(c), is amended by
deleting the subsection and substituting instead:
(c) It is the intent of the state to assist financially with the delivery of human
resources for residents. After the creation of any such board as provided in this chapter
and when the local governments have indicated a willingness to contribute financially by
adopting a budget requiring a certain per capita assessment, the state is authorized to
match the local contributions according to the following schedule:
Local Assessment Annual State
Cents/Capita Contribution
1-20 $295,000
21-30 $340,000
31 and over $370,000
SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon becoming a law, the public welfare requiring it.