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SB0180 • 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.

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Sponsor
Jackson, Lafferty
Last action
2025-05-13
Official status
Effective date(s) 05/02/2025
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The candidate explanation included an unsupported claim that the act ensures rules stay in effect unless they conflict with new laws. The official source material does not provide this level of detail.

Act Extending Expiration Dates for Certain Rules

This act changes when certain rules expire and keeps them in place until they are changed or removed by new laws.

What This Bill Does

  • Extends the expiration date of permanent rules filed after January 1, 2024, that were set to end on June 30, 2025.
  • Keeps these rules active until a rulemaking agency changes or removes them.

Who It Names or Affects

  • State agencies that make and enforce rules.
  • People who follow the rules made by state agencies.

Terms To Know

Permanent Rules
Rules set by government agencies that last for a long time unless changed or removed.
Rulemaking Agency
A part of the government that makes rules to help run things better.

Limits and Unknowns

  • Does not apply to rules that conflict with new laws passed after June 30, 2025.
  • The act does not specify what happens if a rule is changed by another law before it expires.

Bill History

  1. 2025-05-13 Tennessee General Assembly

    Effective date(s) 05/02/2025

  2. 2025-05-13 Tennessee General Assembly

    Pub. Ch. 307

  3. 2025-05-13 Tennessee General Assembly

    Comp. became Pub. Ch. 307

  4. 2025-05-02 Tennessee General Assembly

    Signed by Governor.

  5. 2025-04-22 Tennessee General Assembly

    Transmitted to Governor for action.

  6. 2025-04-21 Tennessee General Assembly

    Signed by H. Speaker

  7. 2025-04-21 Tennessee General Assembly

    Signed by Senate Speaker

  8. 2025-04-17 Tennessee General Assembly

    Enrolled and ready for signatures

  9. 2025-04-15 Tennessee General Assembly

    Passed H., Ayes 88, Nays 3, PNV 1

  10. 2025-04-15 Tennessee General Assembly

    Subst. for comp. HB.

  11. 2025-04-15 Tennessee General Assembly

    Comp. SB subst.

  12. 2025-04-10 Tennessee General Assembly

    H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/14/2025

  13. 2025-04-09 Tennessee General Assembly

    Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/10/2025

  14. 2025-04-07 Tennessee General Assembly

    Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee

  15. 2025-04-02 Tennessee General Assembly

    Placed on cal. Government Operations Committee for 4/7/2025

  16. 2025-03-20 Tennessee General Assembly

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

  17. 2025-03-17 Tennessee General Assembly

    Engrossed; ready for transmission to House

  18. 2025-03-17 Tennessee General Assembly

    Passed Senate, Ayes 32, Nays 0

  19. 2025-03-14 Tennessee General Assembly

    Placed on Senate Consent Calendar 2 for 3/17/2025

  20. 2025-03-12 Tennessee General Assembly

    Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee

  21. 2025-03-12 Tennessee General Assembly

    Ref. to Government Operations Committee

  22. 2025-03-05 Tennessee General Assembly

    Placed on Senate Government Operations Committee calendar for 3/12/2025

  23. 2025-02-03 Tennessee General Assembly

    Sponsor(s) Added.

  24. 2025-02-03 Tennessee General Assembly

    P2C, caption bill, held on desk - pending amdt.

  25. 2025-01-31 Tennessee General Assembly

    Sponsor change.

  26. 2025-01-27 Tennessee General Assembly

    Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Government Operations Committee

  27. 2025-01-27 Tennessee General Assembly

    Intro., P1C.

  28. 2025-01-21 Tennessee General Assembly

    Filed for introduction

  29. 2025-01-16 Tennessee General Assembly

    Introduced, Passed on First Consideration

  30. 2025-01-15 Tennessee General Assembly

    Filed for introduction

Official Summary Text

Abstract summarizes the bill.

Current Bill Text

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HOUSE BILL 285
By Lafferty

SENATE BILL 180
By Jackson

SB0180
000366
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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, 2024, 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, 2025, do not
expire on June 30, 2025, 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.