KLS Keeping Law Simple Legislation in plain English

Straight-ahead summaries built from the official bill text. We keep the source links front and center and leave the decision up to you.

Back to Tennessee

HB2043 • 2026

Administrative Procedure (UAPA)

AN ACT relative to agency rules scheduled to expire pursuant to the provisions of the Uniform Administrative Procedures Act, compiled in Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4, Chapter 5.

Education
Active

The official status still shows this bill as active or still awaiting another formal step.

Sponsor
Lafferty, Jackson
Last action
2026-04-13
Official status
Comp. SB subst.
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The official source material does not provide details about the specific impact on people who follow these rules.

Act about Rules That Don't Expire

This act changes when certain rules made by agencies in Tennessee must end.

What This Bill Does

  • Makes sure that permanent rules created after January 1, 2025, do not stop working on June 30, 2026.

Who It Names or Affects

  • Agencies that make rules for Tennessee
  • People who follow these rules

Terms To Know

Permanent Rules
Rules made by agencies that are meant to last a long time.
Rulemaking Agency
An agency with the power to create rules.

Limits and Unknowns

  • The act does not specify what happens if a rule is changed or replaced.
  • It's unclear how this will affect specific rules made by different agencies.

Amendments

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

Amendment 1-0 to HB2043

Plain English: This amendment changes when certain rules expire by extending their validity until they are repealed or amended, except for specific charter school commission rules which will expire immediately.

  • Rules filed after January 1, 2025, and scheduled to expire on June 30, 2026, will not expire then but remain in effect until changed by the agency or new laws.
  • Three specific charter school rules from November 26, 2025, are set to expire immediately when this amendment becomes law.
  • The exact impact of these changes on existing rules is unclear without knowing which rules will be affected and how they align with other laws.
Amendment 1-0 to SB2132

Plain English: This amendment changes when certain rules expire by extending their validity until they are repealed or amended, except for specific charter school rules which will expire immediately.

  • Rules filed after January 1, 2025, and scheduled to expire on June 30, 2026, will not expire but remain in effect until changed by the agency or new laws.
  • Three specific charter school rules will expire when this amendment becomes law.
  • The exact impact of these changes is unclear without knowing which rules are affected and how they might conflict with other laws.

Bill History

  1. 2026-04-13 Tennessee General Assembly

    Comp. SB subst.

  2. 2026-04-13 Tennessee General Assembly

    Passed H., Ayes 90, Nays 2, PNV 1

  3. 2026-04-13 Tennessee General Assembly

    Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA1045)

  4. 2026-04-13 Tennessee General Assembly

    Subst. for comp. HB.

  5. 2026-04-09 Tennessee General Assembly

    H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/13/2026

  6. 2026-04-08 Tennessee General Assembly

    Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/9/2026

  7. 2026-04-06 Tennessee General Assembly

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

  8. 2026-04-01 Tennessee General Assembly

    Placed on cal. Government Operations Committee for 4/6/2026

  9. 2026-03-19 Tennessee General Assembly

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

  10. 2026-03-16 Tennessee General Assembly

    Engrossed; ready for transmission to House

  11. 2026-03-16 Tennessee General Assembly

    Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 32, Nays 0

  12. 2026-03-16 Tennessee General Assembly

    Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0644)

  13. 2026-03-13 Tennessee General Assembly

    Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 3/16/2026

  14. 2026-03-11 Tennessee General Assembly

    Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 8, Nays 0 PNV 0

  15. 2026-03-04 Tennessee General Assembly

    Placed on Senate Government Operations Committee calendar for 3/11/2026

  16. 2026-02-05 Tennessee General Assembly

    Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Government Operations Committee

  17. 2026-02-04 Tennessee General Assembly

    P2C, ref. to Government Operations Committee

  18. 2026-02-02 Tennessee General Assembly

    Intro., P1C.

  19. 2026-02-02 Tennessee General Assembly

    Introduced, Passed on First Consideration

  20. 2026-01-23 Tennessee General Assembly

    Filed for introduction

  21. 2026-01-23 Tennessee General Assembly

    Filed for introduction

Official Summary Text

ON MARCH 16, 2026, THE SENATE ADOPTED AMENDMENT #1 AND PASSED SENATE BILL 2132, AS AMENDED.

AMENDMENT #1 clarifies that all of the following emergency rules of the Tennessee public charter school commission expire upon the date that the bill becomes a law:



Rule Number 1185-01-04-.01, which
governs the submission of an initial replication application.


Rule Number 1185-01-04-.02, which governs the commission's review of an initial replication application.


Rule Number 1185-01-01-.03, which governs the submission and review of an amended replication application.

Current Bill Text

Read the full stored bill text 
SENATE BILL 2132
By Jackson

HOUSE BILL 2043
By Lafferty
HB2043
010123
- 1 -

AN ACT relative to agency rules scheduled to expire
pursuant to the provisions of the Uniform
Administrative Procedures Act, compiled in
Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4, Chapter 5.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE:
SECTION 1.
(a) All permanent rules filed in the office of secretary of state on or after January
1, 2025, that are in effect on the effective date of this act, and that are scheduled for
expiration under Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 4-5-226, on June 30, 2026, do not
expire on June 30, 2026, but remain in effect until repealed or amended by subsequent
rule of the appropriate rulemaking agency or until otherwise superseded by legislative
enactment.
(b) This section is not to be construed to justify the continued effectiveness of
any rule that remains in effect under subsection (a) if the rule conflicts with the
provisions of any legislative enactment other than the Uniform Administrative
Procedures Act, compiled in Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4, Chapter 5.
SECTION 2. If any provision of this act or the application of any provision of this act to
any person or circumstance is held invalid, then the invalidity does not affect other provisions or
applications of the act that can be given effect without the invalid provision or application, and to
that end, the provisions of this act are severable.
SECTION 3. This act takes effect upon becoming a law, the public welfare requiring it.