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HB1408 • 2026

Budget Procedures

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 3; Title 4; Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 8; Title 9; Title 10; Title 11; Title 12; Title 13; Title 16; Title 17; Title 18; Title 29; Title 33; Title 36; Title 37; Title 38; Title 39; Title 40; Title 41; Title 43; Title 44; Title 45; Title 47; Title 48; Title 49; Title 50; Title 53; Title 54; Title 55; Title 56; Title 57; Title 58; Title 59; Title 60; Title 61; Title 62; Title 63; Title 64; Title 65; Title 66; Title 67; Title 68; Title 69; Title 70 and Title 71, relative to statutory revisions required for implementation of the annual appropriations act.

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Sponsor
Lamberth, Johnson
Last action
2025-05-27
Official status
Effective date(s) 05/21/2025
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The official source material does not provide specific details on how money will be transferred from the Access Tennessee health insurance program fund.

Budget Procedures Act

This act allows for transfers from the Access Tennessee health insurance program fund and updates certain sections of Tennessee's laws to permit monthly or quarterly payments.

What This Bill Does

  • Allows for transfers from the Access Tennessee health insurance program fund in the fiscal year ending June 30, 2025.
  • Updates several sections of Tennessee Code Annotated to allow for monthly or quarterly payments.

Who It Names or Affects

  • People and organizations involved in the state's budget process.
  • Recipients of health insurance through Access Tennessee

Terms To Know

Access Tennessee
A health insurance program for people who need help paying for healthcare.
Fiscal Year
The period of time used by the government to organize its budget and financial records, usually from July 1st to June 30th.

Limits and Unknowns

  • This act only applies for the fiscal year ending on June 30, 2025.
  • The exact details of how money will be transferred are not specified in this summary.

Amendments

These notes stay tied to the official amendment files and metadata from the legislature.

Amendment 1-0 to HB1408

Plain English: The amendment allows for specific financial transfers in Tennessee and modifies how tire-related tax revenue is allocated to the highway fund.

  • Authorizes transfers from the Access Tennessee health insurance program fund to other funds during fiscal year ending June 30, 2025.
  • Specifies that all money received from new or used tires sold on or after July 1, 2025, must go into the highway fund up to $80 million in the 2025-2026 fiscal year.
  • Ensures that certain education-related tax revenues are not reallocated to the highway fund.
  • The exact details of how the transfers from Access Tennessee health insurance program fund will be used are not specified in this amendment text.
Amendment 2-0 to HB1408

Plain English: The amendment allows for transfers from the Access Tennessee health insurance program fund to be made during the fiscal year ending June 30, 2025.

  • Adds new subsection (m) to Tennessee Code Annotated Section 4-3-1016, authorizing transfers from the Access Tennessee health insurance program fund in the fiscal year ending June 30, 2025.
  • The amendment does not specify how much money can be transferred or what the funds will be used for.
Amendment 1-0 to SB1429

Plain English: The amendment allows for specific financial changes including transferring funds from the Access Tennessee health insurance program to other uses and earmarking tire-related tax revenue for highway funding with certain limits.

  • Transfers are authorized from the Access Tennessee health insurance program fund in fiscal year ending June 30, 2025.
  • Tire sales taxes collected on or after July 1, 2025, must be allocated to the highway fund up to $80 million during the 2025-2026 fiscal year.
  • The exact details of how funds will be transferred from the Access Tennessee health insurance program are not fully explained in the amendment text.
  • Revenue from certain sales and use tax increases cannot be allocated to highway funding as per existing laws.
Amendment 2-0 to SB1429

Plain English: The amendment allows for transfers from the Access Tennessee health insurance program fund to be made during the fiscal year ending June 30, 2025.

  • Adds new subsection (m) to Tennessee Code Annotated Section 4-3-1016, authorizing transfers from the Access Tennessee health insurance program fund in the fiscal year ending June 30, 2025.
  • The amendment does not specify how much money can be transferred or what the funds will be used for.

Bill History

  1. 2025-05-27 Tennessee General Assembly

    Effective date(s) 05/21/2025

  2. 2025-05-27 Tennessee General Assembly

    Pub. Ch. 529

  3. 2025-05-27 Tennessee General Assembly

    Comp. became Pub. Ch. 529

  4. 2025-05-21 Tennessee General Assembly

    Signed by Governor.

  5. 2025-05-09 Tennessee General Assembly

    Transmitted to Governor for his action.

  6. 2025-05-08 Tennessee General Assembly

    Signed by Senate Speaker

  7. 2025-04-30 Tennessee General Assembly

    Signed by H. Speaker

  8. 2025-04-29 Tennessee General Assembly

    Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.

  9. 2025-04-16 Tennessee General Assembly

    Passed Senate, Ayes 33, Nays 0

  10. 2025-04-16 Tennessee General Assembly

    Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 2 - SA0423)

  11. 2025-04-16 Tennessee General Assembly

    Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - SA0422)

  12. 2025-04-16 Tennessee General Assembly

    Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill.

  13. 2025-04-16 Tennessee General Assembly

    Received from House, Passed on First Consideration

  14. 2025-04-16 Tennessee General Assembly

    Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen.

  15. 2025-04-16 Tennessee General Assembly

    Passed H., as am., Ayes 85, Nays 9, PNV 0

  16. 2025-04-16 Tennessee General Assembly

    Sponsor(s) Added.

  17. 2025-04-16 Tennessee General Assembly

    H. adopted am. (Amendment 2 - HA0443)

  18. 2025-04-16 Tennessee General Assembly

    H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0441)

  19. 2025-04-16 Tennessee General Assembly

    Sponsor(s) Added.

  20. 2025-04-16 Tennessee General Assembly

    Companion House Bill substituted

  21. 2025-04-15 Tennessee General Assembly

    H. Placed on Appropriations Calendar for 4/16/2025

  22. 2025-04-15 Tennessee General Assembly

    Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/15/2025

  23. 2025-04-15 Tennessee General Assembly

    Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee

  24. 2025-04-15 Tennessee General Assembly

    Placed on cal. Finance, Ways, and Means Committee for 4/15/2025

  25. 2025-04-15 Tennessee General Assembly

    Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee

  26. 2025-04-15 Tennessee General Assembly

    Sponsor(s) Added.

  27. 2025-04-15 Tennessee General Assembly

    Placed on Senate Regular Calendar 2 for 4/16/2025

  28. 2025-04-15 Tennessee General Assembly

    Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 10, Nays 0 PNV 0

  29. 2025-04-09 Tennessee General Assembly

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

  30. 2025-04-08 Tennessee General Assembly

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

  31. 2025-02-24 Tennessee General Assembly

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

  32. 2025-02-24 Tennessee General Assembly

    P2C, ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee

  33. 2025-02-24 Tennessee General Assembly

    Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Finance, Ways & Means Committee

  34. 2025-02-20 Tennessee General Assembly

    Intro., P1C.

  35. 2025-02-20 Tennessee General Assembly

    Introduced, Passed on First Consideration

  36. 2025-02-18 Tennessee General Assembly

    Sponsor(s) Added.

  37. 2025-02-14 Tennessee General Assembly

    Filed for introduction

  38. 2025-02-14 Tennessee General Assembly

    Filed for introduction

Official Summary Text

ON
APRIL 16, 2025, THE HOUSE ADOPTED AMENDMENTS # 1 AND 2 AND PASSED HOUSE BILL 1408, AS AMENDED.

ON APRIL 16, 2025, THE SENATE SUBSTITUTED HOUSE BILL 1408 FOR SENATE BILL 1429 AND PASSED HOUSE BILL 1408.

Current Bill Text

Read the full stored bill text 
SENATE BILL 1429
By Johnson

HOUSE BILL 1408
By Lamberth

HB1408
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AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 3;
Title 4; Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 8; Title 9; Title
10; Title 11; Title 12; Title 13; Title 16; Title 17;
Title 18; Title 29; Title 33; Title 36; Title 37; Title
38; Title 39; Title 40; Title 41; Title 43; Title 44;
Title 45; Title 47; Title 48; Title 49; Title 50; Title
53; Title 54; Title 55; Title 56; Title 57; Title 58;
Title 59; Title 60; Title 61; Title 62; Title 63; Title
64; Title 65; Title 66; Title 67; Title 68; Title 69;
Title 70 and Title 71, relative to statutory revisions
required for implementation of the annual
appropriations act.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE:
SECTION 1. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 71-5-1305, is amended by deleting
the language "monthly" and substituting instead the language "monthly or quarterly".
SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon becoming a law, the public welfare requiring it.