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SB1429 • 2026

Budget Procedures

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 3; Title 4; Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 8; Title 9; Title 10; Title 11; Title 12; Title 13; Title 16; Title 17; Title 18; Title 29; Title 33; Title 36; Title 37; Title 38; Title 39; Title 40; Title 41; Title 43; Title 44; Title 45; Title 47; Title 48; Title 49; Title 50; Title 53; Title 54; Title 55; Title 56; Title 57; Title 58; Title 59; Title 60; Title 61; Title 62; Title 63; Title 64; Title 65; Title 66; Title 67; Title 68; Title 69; Title 70 and Title 71, relative to statutory revisions required for implementation of the annual appropriations act.

Budget Taxes
Enacted

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

Sponsor
Johnson, Lamberth
Last action
2025-05-27
Official status
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 529
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The exact details of how each title is updated are not provided in the official source material.

Budget Procedures Act

This act allows transfers from the Access Tennessee health insurance program fund in fiscal year ending June 30, 2025, and updates reporting requirements to allow monthly or quarterly reports.

What This Bill Does

  • Allows transfers from the Access Tennessee health insurance program fund in fiscal year ending June 30, 2025.
  • Updates reporting requirements to allow either monthly or quarterly reports.

Who It Names or Affects

  • State agencies and departments that manage budgets and funds.
  • Recipients of Access Tennessee health insurance program services.

Terms To Know

Access Tennessee
A state health insurance program in Tennessee.
Fiscal Year
The period used for budgeting and financial reporting, typically ending on June 30th for Tennessee.

Limits and Unknowns

  • Does not specify the exact amount or purpose of transfers from the Access Tennessee health insurance program fund.
  • Updates to various titles of the Tennessee Code Annotated are broad and do not detail specific changes in each title.

Amendments

These notes stay tied to the official amendment files and metadata from the legislature.

Amendment 1-0 to HB1408

Plain English: The amendment authorizes transfers from the Access Tennessee health insurance program fund and changes how tire-related tax revenue is allocated to the highway fund in fiscal year 2025-2026.

  • Transfers are authorized from the Access Tennessee health insurance program fund for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2025.
  • Tire-related tax revenues collected after July 1, 2025, must be allocated to the highway fund up to a limit of $80 million during the 2025-2026 fiscal year.
  • The amendment does not specify how much money will actually be transferred from the Access Tennessee health insurance program fund.
  • Details on how excess tire-related tax revenue over $80 million will be handled are not provided in this amendment.
Amendment 2-0 to HB1408

Plain English: The amendment allows for transfers from the Access Tennessee health insurance program fund to be made during the fiscal year ending June 30, 2025.

  • Adds new subsection (m) to Tennessee Code Annotated Section 4-3-1016, authorizing transfers from the Access Tennessee health insurance program fund in the fiscal year ending June 30, 2025.
  • The amendment does not specify how much money can be transferred or what the funds will be used for.
Amendment 1-0 to SB1429

Plain English: The amendment allows for specific financial transfers in Tennessee's budget and alters how tire-related tax revenue is allocated to the highway fund.

  • Authorizes transfers from the Access Tennessee health insurance program fund to other parts of the budget for fiscal year ending June 30, 2025.
  • Requires all money received from tire sales taxes on or after July 1, 2025, to be allocated to the highway fund up to a limit of $80 million during the 2025-2026 fiscal year.
  • The amendment does not specify how much money can be transferred from the Access Tennessee health insurance program fund or where it will go.
  • Details about the exact impact on other tax allocations and budget items are unclear without additional context.
Amendment 2-0 to SB1429

Plain English: The amendment allows for transfers from the Access Tennessee health insurance program fund to be made during the fiscal year ending June 30, 2025.

  • Adds new subsection (m) to Tennessee Code Annotated Section 4-3-1016, authorizing transfers from the Access Tennessee health insurance program fund in the fiscal year ending June 30, 2025.
  • The amendment does not specify how much money can be transferred or what the funds will be used for.

Bill History

  1. 2025-05-27 Tennessee General Assembly

    Comp. became Pub. Ch. 529

  2. 2025-05-27 Tennessee General Assembly

    Effective date(s) 05/21/2025

  3. 2025-05-27 Tennessee General Assembly

    Pub. Ch. 529

  4. 2025-05-21 Tennessee General Assembly

    Signed by Governor.

  5. 2025-05-09 Tennessee General Assembly

    Transmitted to Governor for his action.

  6. 2025-05-08 Tennessee General Assembly

    Signed by Senate Speaker

  7. 2025-04-30 Tennessee General Assembly

    Signed by H. Speaker

  8. 2025-04-29 Tennessee General Assembly

    Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.

  9. 2025-04-16 Tennessee General Assembly

    Sponsor(s) Added.

  10. 2025-04-16 Tennessee General Assembly

    Companion House Bill substituted

  11. 2025-04-16 Tennessee General Assembly

    Passed Senate, Ayes 33, Nays 0

  12. 2025-04-16 Tennessee General Assembly

    Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 2 - SA0423)

  13. 2025-04-16 Tennessee General Assembly

    Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - SA0422)

  14. 2025-04-16 Tennessee General Assembly

    Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill.

  15. 2025-04-16 Tennessee General Assembly

    Received from House, Passed on First Consideration

  16. 2025-04-16 Tennessee General Assembly

    Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen.

  17. 2025-04-16 Tennessee General Assembly

    Passed H., as am., Ayes 85, Nays 9, PNV 0

  18. 2025-04-16 Tennessee General Assembly

    Sponsor(s) Added.

  19. 2025-04-16 Tennessee General Assembly

    H. adopted am. (Amendment 2 - HA0443)

  20. 2025-04-16 Tennessee General Assembly

    H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0441)

  21. 2025-04-15 Tennessee General Assembly

    Sponsor(s) Added.

  22. 2025-04-15 Tennessee General Assembly

    Placed on Senate Regular Calendar 2 for 4/16/2025

  23. 2025-04-15 Tennessee General Assembly

    Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 10, Nays 0 PNV 0

  24. 2025-04-15 Tennessee General Assembly

    H. Placed on Appropriations Calendar for 4/16/2025

  25. 2025-04-15 Tennessee General Assembly

    Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/15/2025

  26. 2025-04-15 Tennessee General Assembly

    Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee

  27. 2025-04-15 Tennessee General Assembly

    Placed on cal. Finance, Ways, and Means Committee for 4/15/2025

  28. 2025-04-15 Tennessee General Assembly

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

  29. 2025-04-09 Tennessee General Assembly

    Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 4/14/2025

  30. 2025-04-08 Tennessee General Assembly

    Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 4/15/2025

  31. 2025-02-24 Tennessee General Assembly

    Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Finance, Ways & Means Committee

  32. 2025-02-24 Tennessee General Assembly

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

  33. 2025-02-24 Tennessee General Assembly

    P2C, ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee

  34. 2025-02-20 Tennessee General Assembly

    Introduced, Passed on First Consideration

  35. 2025-02-20 Tennessee General Assembly

    Intro., P1C.

  36. 2025-02-18 Tennessee General Assembly

    Sponsor(s) Added.

  37. 2025-02-14 Tennessee General Assembly

    Filed for introduction

  38. 2025-02-14 Tennessee General Assembly

    Filed for introduction

Official Summary Text

ON
APRIL 16, 2025, THE HOUSE ADOPTED AMENDMENTS # 1 AND 2 AND PASSED HOUSE BILL 1408, AS AMENDED.

ON APRIL 16, 2025, THE SENATE SUBSTITUTED HOUSE BILL 1408 FOR SENATE BILL 1429 AND PASSED HOUSE BILL 1408.

Current Bill Text

Read the full stored bill text 
HOUSE BILL 1408
By Lamberth

SENATE BILL 1429
By Johnson

SB1429
003645
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AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 3;
Title 4; Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 8; Title 9; Title
10; Title 11; Title 12; Title 13; Title 16; Title 17;
Title 18; Title 29; Title 33; Title 36; Title 37; Title
38; Title 39; Title 40; Title 41; Title 43; Title 44;
Title 45; Title 47; Title 48; Title 49; Title 50; Title
53; Title 54; Title 55; Title 56; Title 57; Title 58;
Title 59; Title 60; Title 61; Title 62; Title 63; Title
64; Title 65; Title 66; Title 67; Title 68; Title 69;
Title 70 and Title 71, relative to statutory revisions
required for implementation of the annual
appropriations act.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE:
SECTION 1. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 71-5-1305, is amended by deleting
the language "monthly" and substituting instead the language "monthly or quarterly".
SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon becoming a law, the public welfare requiring it.