HB1908 • 2026

Appropriations

AN ACT to make appropriations for the purpose of defraying the expenses of the state government for the fiscal years beginning July 1, 2025, and July 1, 2026, in the administration, operation, and maintenance of the legislative, executive, and judicial branches of the various departments, institutions, offices, and agencies of the state; for certain state aid and obligations; for capital outlay, for the service of the public debt, for emergency and contingency; to repeal certain appropriations and any acts inconsistent herewith; to provide provisional continuing appropriations; and to establish certain provisions, limitations, and restrictions under which appropriations may be obligated and expended. This act makes appropriations for the purposes described above for the fiscal years beginning July 1, 2025, and July 1, 2026.

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Sponsor: Hicks G, Watson
Last action: 2026-02-04
Official status: Assigned to s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee
Effective date: Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The official source material does not provide specific details on how much money will be set aside or which highways and bridges may be named after service members.

State Budget Act

This bill sets aside money to fund state expenses and earmarks funds for naming highways or bridges in honor of service members killed in action.

What This Bill Does

Sets aside enough money for the fiscal years beginning July 1, 2025, and July 1, 2026, to cover state government expenses.
Earmarks sufficient funds for naming highways or bridges as memorials for service members who died while serving their country.

Who It Names or Affects

The Department of Transportation
Service members and their families who may have highways or bridges named after them

Terms To Know

Appropriations: Money set aside for specific uses by the government.
Fiscal Year: A period of one year used for budgeting and financial reporting, starting July 1 in Tennessee.

Limits and Unknowns

The bill does not specify how much money will be set aside.
It's unclear which specific highways or bridges might be named after service members.

Bill History

2026-04-08 Tennessee General Assembly
Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 4/14/2026
2026-02-05 Tennessee General Assembly
Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee
2026-02-04 Tennessee General Assembly
Assigned to s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee
2026-02-04 Tennessee General Assembly
P2C, ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee
2026-02-02 Tennessee General Assembly
Intro., P1C.
2026-02-02 Tennessee General Assembly
Introduced, Passed on First Consideration
2026-01-22 Tennessee General Assembly
Filed for introduction
2026-01-22 Tennessee General Assembly
Filed for introduction

Official Summary Text

Abstract summarizes the bill.

Current Bill Text

Read the full stored bill text

SENATE BILL 2082
By Watson

HOUSE BILL 1908
By Hicks G
HB1908
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AN ACT to make appropriations for the purpose of
defraying the expenses of the state government
for the fiscal years beginning July 1, 2025, and
July 1, 2026, in the administration, operation, and
maintenance of the legislative, executive, and
judicial branches of the various departments,
institutions, offices, and agencies of the state; for
certain state aid and obligations; for capital outlay,
for the service of the public debt, for emergency
and contingency; to repeal certain appropriations
and any acts inconsistent herewith; to provide
provisional continuing appropriations; and to
establish certain provisions, limitations, and
restrictions under which appropriations may be
obligated and expended. This act makes
appropriations for the purposes described above
for the fiscal years beginning July 1, 2025, and
July 1, 2026.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE:
SECTION 1. From the funds available to the Department of Transportation, there is
earmarked a sum sufficient for the sole purpose of funding any general bill or resolution, duly
enacted by the 2026 session of the One Hundred Fourteenth General Assembly, which
designates an interstate, United States highway, or state highway as a memorial highway or
designates a bridge on such routes as a memorial bridge for certain individuals killed in the line
of duty, as described in Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 54-1-133.
SECTION 2. It is the legislative intent to recognize a revenue loss from bills duly
enacted by the 2026 session of the One Hundred Fourteenth General Assembly that result in no
expenditure increase but forgo revenue that has not been collected previously.
SECTION 3. This act takes effect upon becoming a law, the public welfare requiring it.