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HB0320 • 2026

Parks, Natural Areas Preservation

AN ACT to designate a swimming facility at Henry Horton State Park as the "Riley Gaines Aquatic Center".

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Sponsor
Bulso, Bowling
Last action
2025-02-03
Official status
P2C, ref. to Naming & Designating Committee - Agriculture & Natural Resources Committee
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The official text does not provide information about Riley Gaines or the reason for naming the facility after them.

Naming a Swimming Facility at Henry Horton State Park

This bill names an existing swimming facility at Henry Horton State Park as the 'Riley Gaines Aquatic Center'.

What This Bill Does

  • Designates the swimming pool at Henry Horton State Park as the 'Riley Gaines Aquatic Center', even if other laws say something different.
  • Requires the department of environment and conservation to put up signs or markers showing this name.

Who It Names or Affects

  • People who visit Henry Horton State Park and use the swimming facility.
  • The department of environment and conservation, which must put up signs with the new name.

Terms To Know

Designate
To officially give a special name or title to something.

Limits and Unknowns

  • Does not explain who Riley Gaines is or why the swimming facility is named after them.
  • The bill has not yet become a law, so these changes are not in effect yet.

Bill History

  1. 2025-02-12 Tennessee General Assembly

    Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Energy, Ag., and Nat. Resources Committee

  2. 2025-02-10 Tennessee General Assembly

    Introduced, Passed on First Consideration

  3. 2025-02-05 Tennessee General Assembly

    Filed for introduction

  4. 2025-02-03 Tennessee General Assembly

    P2C, ref. to Naming & Designating Committee - Agriculture & Natural Resources Committee

  5. 2025-01-27 Tennessee General Assembly

    Intro., P1C.

  6. 2025-01-22 Tennessee General Assembly

    Filed for introduction

Official Summary Text

Abstract summarizes the bill.

Current Bill Text

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SENATE BILL 1043
By Bowling

HOUSE BILL 320
By Bulso

HB0320
002054
- 1 -

AN ACT to designate a swimming facility at Henry Horton
State Park as the "Riley Gaines Aquatic Center".

BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE:
SECTION 1. Notwithstanding a law to the contrary, the swimming pool that is scheduled
to be constructed at Henry Horton State Park, and for which the State Building Commission
approved the selection of a designer on August 10, 2023, is hereby designated the "Riley
Gaines Aquatic Center".
SECTION 2. The department of environment and conservation is directed to erect
suitable signs or affix suitable markers designating such swimming pool as the "Riley Gaines
Aquatic Center".
SECTION 3. This act takes effect upon becoming a law, the public welfare requiring it.