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SB1038 • 2026

Game and Fish Laws

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 70-2-106, relative to agent fees.

Enacted

This bill passed the Legislature and reached final enactment based on the latest official action.

Sponsor
Bowling, Howell
Last action
2025-05-08
Official status
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 349
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The bill text and summary do not provide details on who can bid to sell licenses over the phone or online, nor how the additional revenue will be used.

Increasing Fees for Hunting and Fishing License Sales

This bill changes how much county clerks and designated agents can charge when selling hunting and fishing licenses in Tennessee.

What This Bill Does

  • Changes the fee that county clerks and designated agents can collect from people buying annual hunting or fishing licenses to $3.00.
  • Raises the fee for temporary hunting or fishing licenses sold by these agents to $3.00.
  • Allows the executive director to use competitive bidding to set fees for selling licenses over the phone or online.

Who It Names or Affects

  • County clerks and other designated agents who sell hunting and fishing licenses.
  • People buying hunting and fishing licenses in Tennessee.

Terms To Know

Competitive bidding
A process where different companies or individuals bid to get a contract, with the lowest bidder usually winning.
Executive director
The person in charge of managing and running an organization or agency.

Limits and Unknowns

  • Does not specify how the extra money collected will be used.
  • Effective date is not provided in the bill text.

Bill History

  1. 2025-05-08 Tennessee General Assembly

    Comp. became Pub. Ch. 349

  2. 2025-05-08 Tennessee General Assembly

    Effective date(s) 05/02/2025

  3. 2025-05-08 Tennessee General Assembly

    Pub. Ch. 349

  4. 2025-05-02 Tennessee General Assembly

    Signed by Governor.

  5. 2025-04-21 Tennessee General Assembly

    Transmitted to Governor for his action.

  6. 2025-04-17 Tennessee General Assembly

    Signed by Senate Speaker

  7. 2025-04-15 Tennessee General Assembly

    Signed by H. Speaker

  8. 2025-04-15 Tennessee General Assembly

    Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.

  9. 2025-04-14 Tennessee General Assembly

    Sponsor(s) Added.

  10. 2025-04-14 Tennessee General Assembly

    Companion House Bill substituted

  11. 2025-04-14 Tennessee General Assembly

    Passed Senate, Ayes 29, Nays 1

  12. 2025-04-14 Tennessee General Assembly

    Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill.

  13. 2025-04-11 Tennessee General Assembly

    Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 4/14/2025

  14. 2025-04-09 Tennessee General Assembly

    Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee

  15. 2025-04-09 Tennessee General Assembly

    Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 4/9/2025

  16. 2025-04-08 Tennessee General Assembly

    Action deferred in Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee to 4/9/2025

  17. 2025-04-07 Tennessee General Assembly

    Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 4/8/2025

  18. 2025-04-07 Tennessee General Assembly

    Rule #83(8) Suspended, to be heard in Senate Finance, Ways & Means Committee on 4/8/2025

  19. 2025-04-07 Tennessee General Assembly

    Received from House, Passed on First Consideration

  20. 2025-04-03 Tennessee General Assembly

    Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen.

  21. 2025-04-03 Tennessee General Assembly

    Passed H., Ayes 59, Nays 23, PNV 2

  22. 2025-04-03 Tennessee General Assembly

    Sponsor(s) Added.

  23. 2025-03-31 Tennessee General Assembly

    H. Placed on Regular Calendar 4/3/2025

  24. 2025-03-31 Tennessee General Assembly

    Objected to on Consent Calendar.

  25. 2025-03-27 Tennessee General Assembly

    H. Placed on Consent Calendar for 3/31/2025

  26. 2025-03-26 Tennessee General Assembly

    Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee

  27. 2025-03-26 Tennessee General Assembly

    Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/27/2025

  28. 2025-03-25 Tennessee General Assembly

    Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee

  29. 2025-03-19 Tennessee General Assembly

    Placed on Senate Energy, Ag., and Nat. Resources Committee calendar for 3/26/2025

  30. 2025-03-19 Tennessee General Assembly

    Action deferred in Senate Energy, Ag., and Nat. Resources Committee to 3/26/2025

  31. 2025-03-19 Tennessee General Assembly

    Placed on cal. Finance, Ways, and Means Committee for 3/25/2025

  32. 2025-03-19 Tennessee General Assembly

    Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee

  33. 2025-03-13 Tennessee General Assembly

    Placed on Senate Energy, Ag., and Nat. Resources Committee calendar for 3/19/2025

  34. 2025-03-12 Tennessee General Assembly

    Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 3/19/2025

  35. 2025-03-12 Tennessee General Assembly

    Assigned to s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee

  36. 2025-03-11 Tennessee General Assembly

    Rec. for pass; ref to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee

  37. 2025-03-05 Tennessee General Assembly

    Placed on cal. Agriculture & Natural Resources Committee for 3/11/2025

  38. 2025-03-05 Tennessee General Assembly

    Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Agriculture & Natural Resources Committee

  39. 2025-02-26 Tennessee General Assembly

    Placed on s/c cal Agriculture & Natural Resources Subcommittee for 3/5/2025

  40. 2025-02-12 Tennessee General Assembly

    Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Energy, Ag., and Nat. Resources Committee

  41. 2025-02-11 Tennessee General Assembly

    Assigned to s/c Agriculture & Natural Resources Subcommittee

  42. 2025-02-10 Tennessee General Assembly

    Introduced, Passed on First Consideration

  43. 2025-02-10 Tennessee General Assembly

    P2C, ref. to Agriculture & Natural Resources Committee

  44. 2025-02-06 Tennessee General Assembly

    Intro., P1C.

  45. 2025-02-05 Tennessee General Assembly

    Filed for introduction

  46. 2025-02-05 Tennessee General Assembly

    Filed for introduction

Official Summary Text

Abstract summarizes the bill.

Current Bill Text

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HOUSE BILL 1060
By Howell

SENATE BILL 1038
By Bowling

SB1038
002065
- 1 -

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Section
70-2-106, relative to agent fees.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE:
SECTION 1. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 70-2-106(b)(1), is amended by
deleting the subdivision and substituting instead:
(1) The county clerk of each county or any other person, firm, or corporation
designated and appointed by the executive director as such agent is entitled to collect
from the purchaser of all licenses, permits, stamps, tags, registrations, or other privileges
sold, as specified by the agency, a flat fee of three dollars ($3.00) on any one (1) annual
license, permit, stamp, tag, registration, or other privilege sold, as specified by the
agency, and three dollars ($3.00) on any one (1) license, permit, stamp, tag, registration,
or other privilege, as specified by the agency, which is valid for a specified day or
number of days. Alternatively, the executive director may establish an agent fee,
through competitive bidding contract procedures, for the successful bidder to sell
licenses, permits, stamps, tags, registrations, and other privileges, as specified by the
agency, over the telephone or through other electronic means.
SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon becoming a law, the public welfare requiring it.