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SB0628 • 2026

Regional Authorities and Special Districts

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4; Title 49 and Title 64, relative to regional authorities.

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Sponsor
Briggs, Gant
Last action
2025-02-12
Official status
Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate State and Local Government Committee
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The official source does not provide specific details on the impacts of the bill on existing regional authorities or how it updates the code, leaving these points uncertain.

Annual Reports for Regional Authorities

This bill requires the Tennessee Department of Economic and Community Development to submit an annual report about regional authorities to certain legislative committees.

What This Bill Does

  • Requires the department to send a yearly report to specific committees in the state legislature.
  • Includes information on municipalities involved in creating regional authorities, land acquired or improved, project financing details, and other relevant data.

Who It Names or Affects

  • The Tennessee Department of Economic and Community Development
  • Legislative committees dealing with finance

Terms To Know

Regional Authorities
Special government bodies created for specific purposes in a defined area.
Municipalities
Local governments such as cities and towns.

Limits and Unknowns

  • The bill does not specify what happens if the department fails to submit the report.
  • It is unclear how this new reporting requirement will impact existing regional authorities or their operations.

Bill History

  1. 2025-02-12 Tennessee General Assembly

    Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate State and Local Government Committee

  2. 2025-02-10 Tennessee General Assembly

    Introduced, Passed on First Consideration

  3. 2025-02-03 Tennessee General Assembly

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

  4. 2025-01-31 Tennessee General Assembly

    Filed for introduction

  5. 2025-01-27 Tennessee General Assembly

    Intro., P1C.

  6. 2025-01-21 Tennessee General Assembly

    Filed for introduction

Official Summary Text

Abstract summarizes the bill.

Current Bill Text

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HOUSE BILL 292
By Gant

SENATE BILL 628
By Briggs

SB0628
001765
- 1 -

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4;
Title 49 and Title 64, relative to regional
authorities.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE:
SECTION 1. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 64-6-101, is amended by adding the
following as a new subsection:
The department of economic and community development shall submit an
annual report to the finance, ways and means committee of the senate and the
committee of the house of representatives with jurisdiction over subject matters
pertaining to finance that includes the names of the municipalities involved in the
creation of an authority in the prior fiscal year, the amount of land acquired and
improved, specific details about the financing of the project, and any other information
the department deems relevant.
SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon becoming a law, the public welfare requiring it.