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SB0073 • 2026

Sunset Laws

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4, Chapter 29 and Title 40, Chapter 31, relative to the Interstate Compact on Detainers.

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Sponsor
Jackson, Lafferty
Last action
2025-03-21
Official status
Effective date(s) 03/10/2025
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The bill summary text indicates an extension of the compact until 2033 rather than a change in when it stops working.

Sunset Laws for Detainers

This bill changes Tennessee's law to extend and then terminate the Interstate Compact on Detainers by June 30, 2033.

What This Bill Does

  • Extends the effectiveness of the Interstate Compact on Detainers until June 30, 2033.
  • Removes a part of an existing law related to the compact.
  • Allows for the re-establishment or restructuring of the compact after it ends.

Who It Names or Affects

  • People and agencies involved in detainer agreements between states.

Terms To Know

Interstate Compact on Detainers
An agreement between states about how to handle people who are arrested while waiting for a court hearing or trial.

Limits and Unknowns

  • The bill does not specify what will happen after June 30, 2033.
  • It is unclear if the compact will be re-established and in what form.

Bill History

  1. 2025-03-21 Tennessee General Assembly

    Effective date(s) 03/10/2025

  2. 2025-03-21 Tennessee General Assembly

    Pub. Ch. 10

  3. 2025-03-21 Tennessee General Assembly

    Comp. became Pub. Ch. 10

  4. 2025-03-10 Tennessee General Assembly

    Signed by Governor.

  5. 2025-02-27 Tennessee General Assembly

    Transmitted to Governor for action.

  6. 2025-02-25 Tennessee General Assembly

    Signed by H. Speaker

  7. 2025-02-24 Tennessee General Assembly

    Signed by Senate Speaker

  8. 2025-02-20 Tennessee General Assembly

    Enrolled and ready for signatures

  9. 2025-02-20 Tennessee General Assembly

    Passed H., Ayes 90, Nays 0, PNV 1

  10. 2025-02-20 Tennessee General Assembly

    Subst. for comp. HB.

  11. 2025-02-20 Tennessee General Assembly

    Engrossed; ready for transmission to House

  12. 2025-02-20 Tennessee General Assembly

    Passed Senate, Ayes 32, Nays 0

  13. 2025-02-20 Tennessee General Assembly

    Comp. SB subst.

  14. 2025-02-18 Tennessee General Assembly

    Placed on Senate Consent Calendar 2 for 2/20/2025

  15. 2025-02-13 Tennessee General Assembly

    H. Placed on Consent Calendar for 2/20/2025

  16. 2025-02-12 Tennessee General Assembly

    Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee

  17. 2025-02-12 Tennessee General Assembly

    Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 2/13/2025

  18. 2025-02-10 Tennessee General Assembly

    Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee

  19. 2025-02-05 Tennessee General Assembly

    Placed on Senate Government Operations Committee calendar for 2/12/2025

  20. 2025-02-05 Tennessee General Assembly

    Placed on cal. Government Operations Committee for 2/10/2025

  21. 2025-02-03 Tennessee General Assembly

    Sponsor(s) Added.

  22. 2025-02-03 Tennessee General Assembly

    P2C, ref. to Government Operations Committee

  23. 2025-01-31 Tennessee General Assembly

    Sponsor change.

  24. 2025-01-27 Tennessee General Assembly

    Intro., P1C.

  25. 2025-01-21 Tennessee General Assembly

    Filed for introduction

  26. 2025-01-15 Tennessee General Assembly

    Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Government Operations Committee

  27. 2025-01-14 Tennessee General Assembly

    Introduced, Passed on First Consideration

  28. 2025-01-09 Tennessee General Assembly

    Filed for introduction

Official Summary Text

Abstract summarizes the bill.

Current Bill Text

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HOUSE BILL 251
By Lafferty

SENATE BILL 73
By Jackson

SB0073
000331
- 1 -

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4,
Chapter 29 and Title 40, Chapter 31, relative to
the Interstate Compact on Detainers.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE:
SECTION 1. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 4-29-246(a), is amended by deleting
subdivision (26).
SECTION 2. Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4, Chapter 29, Part 2, is amended by
adding the following as a new section:
4-29-254.
(a) The following governmental entities terminate on June 30, 2033:
( ) Interstate Compact on Detainers, created by § 40-31-101;
(b) Each department, commission, board, agency, or council of state
government created during calendar year 2031 terminates on June 30, 2033.
(c) Any governmental entity that has been terminated under this section may be
continued, reestablished, or restructured in accordance with this chapter.
SECTION 3. This act takes effect upon becoming a law, the public welfare requiring it.