Tennessee Emergency Management Agency (TEMA)

Plain English Breakdown

The official source material does not specify consequences for failing to submit the report or details about improving recovery efforts based on the reports. The exact chapters of Public Acts from 2025 that will be amended remain unspecified in the provided summary.

Tennessee Emergency Management Agency Reporting Act

This bill requires TEMA to submit an annual report by February 1st detailing its disaster recovery efforts and recommendations for improvement.

What This Bill Does

• Requires TEMA to send a yearly report to the governor, senate speaker, and house speaker by February 1st.
• The report must cover TEMA's disaster recovery activities from the previous year.
• Includes suggestions on how to make future recovery efforts more efficient.

Who It Names or Affects

• Tennessee Emergency Management Agency (TEMA)
• Governor of Tennessee
• Speaker of the Senate in Tennessee
• Speaker of the House in Tennessee

Terms To Know

Tennessee Code Annotated

The official collection of laws for the state of Tennessee.

Public Acts

Laws passed by the Tennessee General Assembly during a specific session.

Limits and Unknowns

• Does not specify what happens if TEMA fails to submit the report on time.
• The bill does not provide details about how recovery efforts will be improved based on the reports.
• It is unclear which chapters of Public Acts from 2025 are being amended.

Official Summary Text

Abstract summarizes the bill.

Current Bill Text

SENATE BILL 1322
By Johnson

HOUSE BILL 1335
By Lamberth

HB1335
002894
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AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 9,
Chapter 4, Part 2; Title 50, Chapter 7, Part 3; Title
58, Chapter 8; Title 58, Chapter 2 and Title 67,
Chapter 5, and to amend Chapter __ of the Public
Acts of 2025 (1st Ex. Sess. – HB 6002 / SB 6004),
Chapter __ of the Public Acts of 2025 (1st Ex.
Sess. – HB 6003 / SB 6003), and Chapter __ of
the Public Acts of 2025 (1st Ex. Sess. – HB 6007 /
SB 6007), relative to recovery from disasters and
emergencies.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE:
SECTION 1. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 58-2-106(b), is amended by adding
the following new subdivision:
( ) Annually submit by February 1 of each year, a report to the governor, the
speaker of the senate, and the speaker of the house of representatives detailing
recovery efforts engaged in by the agency during the prior calendar year and
recommendations on how to improve the efficiency of future recovery efforts;
SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon becoming a law, the public welfare requiring it.