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SB0090 • 2026

Sunset Laws

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 1, Chapter 1 and Title 4, Chapter 29, relative to the Tennessee code commission.

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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 does not provide specific details on what happens after June 30, 2033 if entities are not restarted.

Sunset Laws for Tennessee Code Commission

This bill sets an end date of June 30, 2033, for certain government entities including the Tennessee code commission and allows them to be restarted after that date.

What This Bill Does

  • Sets a termination date of June 30, 2033, for the Tennessee code commission and other similar government groups created in calendar year 2031.
  • Allows these entities to be continued, reestablished, or restructured after their termination if deemed necessary.

Who It Names or Affects

  • The Tennessee code commission and other government entities created during calendar year 2031.

Terms To Know

Sunset Laws
Laws that set a date when certain government programs or agencies must end their work.
Tennessee Code Commission
A group in Tennessee that helps make and update laws for the state.

Limits and Unknowns

  • The bill does not specify what happens to these entities after June 30, 2033 if they are not restarted.
  • It is unclear how many other government groups besides those created in calendar year 2031 this law affects.

Bill History

  1. 2025-03-21 Tennessee General Assembly

    Effective date(s) 03/10/2025

  2. 2025-03-21 Tennessee General Assembly

    Pub. Ch. 14

  3. 2025-03-21 Tennessee General Assembly

    Comp. became Pub. Ch. 14

  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 268
By Lafferty

SENATE BILL 90
By Jackson

SB0090
000349
- 1 -

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 1,
Chapter 1 and Title 4, Chapter 29, relative to the
Tennessee code commission.

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 (44).
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:
( ) Tennessee code commission, created by § 1-1-101;
(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.