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SB0382 • 2026

Local Government, General

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 7, Chapter 51, relative to guaranteed income.

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Sponsor
Taylor
Last action
2025-02-10
Official status
Withdrawn.
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The bill was withdrawn on 2025-02-10, but it is still listed as active or awaiting another formal step according to the official status label.

Ban on Local Guaranteed Income Programs

This bill stops local governments in Tennessee from creating programs that give people regular unconditional cash payments.

What This Bill Does

  • Defines what a guaranteed income program is: giving individuals regular, unconditional cash payments for any purpose.
  • Lists examples of local government actions it covers like ordinances and policies.
  • Prohibits local governments from making or enforcing rules to create guaranteed income programs.

Who It Names or Affects

  • Local governments such as counties, cities, towns, and other political subdivisions of Tennessee.

Terms To Know

Guaranteed income program
A program that gives individuals regular cash payments without any conditions on how the money is spent.
Local government
Includes counties, cities, towns, and other political subdivisions of Tennessee.

Limits and Unknowns

  • The bill does not specify what happens if a local government tries to create such a program despite the ban.
  • It is unclear how this will affect existing or future discussions about guaranteed income programs at the state level.

Bill History

  1. Date Tennessee General Assembly

  2. 2025-02-10 Tennessee General Assembly

    Withdrawn.

  3. 2025-02-10 Tennessee General Assembly

    Introduced, Passed on First Consideration

  4. 2025-01-28 Tennessee General Assembly

    Filed for introduction

Official Summary Text

Abstract summarizes the bill.

Current Bill Text

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SENATE BILL 382
By Taylor

SB0382
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AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 7,
Chapter 51, relative to guaranteed income.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE:
SECTION 1. Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 7, Chapter 51, is amended by adding
the following as a new part:
7-51-2601. Part definitions.
As used in this part:
(1) "Guaranteed income program":
(A) Means a program under which an individual is issued an
unconditional cash payment on a regular basis to be used for any
purpose by the individual; and
(B) Does not include a program under which an individual is
required to seek reemployment, perform work, or attend work training as
a condition of a cash payment; and
(2) "Local government" means a county, incorporated city or town,
metropolitan government, or an agency or unit thereof, or other political
subdivision of the state.
7-51-2602. Local governments prohibited from implementing guaranteed income
programs.
Notwithstanding another law to the contrary, a local government shall not adopt
or enforce an ordinance, resolution, regulation, code, requirement, or policy that has the
purpose or effect of making a payment to an individual under a guaranteed income
program.

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SECTION 2. The headings in this act are for reference purposes only and do not
constitute a part of the law enacted by this act. However, the Tennessee Code Commission is
requested to include the headings in any compilation or publication containing this act.
SECTION 3. This act takes effect upon becoming a law, the public welfare requiring it.