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SB1586 • 2026

Statutes and Codification

AN ACT to revise and codify the general and public statutes of the State of Tennessee, to the extent incorporated herein, as a part of Tennessee Code Annotated; to provide in case of any conflict between Acts of the regular or any extraordinary 2026 Session of the General Assembly and this Act, the former shall be controlling, regardless of the respective dates of passage or approval; and to repeal all acts or parts of acts codified in this Act.

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Sponsor
Johnson, Lamberth
Last action
2026-04-06
Official status
Effective date(s) 03/25/2026
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The exact list of repealed statutes is not provided, only the general statement that all acts or parts of acts incorporated into this Act will be repealed.

Tennessee Statute Codification Act

This act revises and incorporates Tennessee's general and public statutes into the Tennessee Code Annotated.

What This Bill Does

  • Revises and codifies the general and public statutes of Tennessee as part of the Tennessee Code Annotated.
  • Provides that in case of any conflict between this Act and other Acts passed during the regular or extraordinary 2026 Session, those other Acts will be controlling regardless of when they were approved.
  • Repeals all acts or parts of acts that are now included in this new codification.

Who It Names or Affects

  • The State of Tennessee
  • Legislative staff and members who need to access the updated code

Terms To Know

Codify
To organize laws into a systematic form, making them easier to understand and use.
Tennessee Code Annotated
The official collection of Tennessee's laws organized in an easy-to-read format.

Limits and Unknowns

  • This act does not make any substantive changes to the content of existing laws; it only integrates recent public acts into the code.
  • The full text of the codified statutes is available electronically for legislative staff and members, but specific details about public access are limited.

Bill History

  1. 2026-04-06 Tennessee General Assembly

    Effective date(s) 03/25/2026

  2. 2026-04-06 Tennessee General Assembly

    Pub. Ch. 608

  3. 2026-04-06 Tennessee General Assembly

    Comp. became Pub. Ch. 608

  4. 2026-03-25 Tennessee General Assembly

    Signed by Governor.

  5. 2026-03-13 Tennessee General Assembly

    Transmitted to Governor for action.

  6. 2026-03-12 Tennessee General Assembly

    Signed by H. Speaker

  7. 2026-03-11 Tennessee General Assembly

    Enrolled and ready for signatures

  8. 2026-03-09 Tennessee General Assembly

    Passed H., Ayes 95, Nays 0, PNV 0

  9. 2026-03-09 Tennessee General Assembly

    Subst. for comp. HB.

  10. 2026-03-09 Tennessee General Assembly

    Comp. SB subst.

  11. 2026-03-05 Tennessee General Assembly

    H. Placed on Consent Calendar for 3/9/2026

  12. 2026-03-04 Tennessee General Assembly

    Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/5/2026

  13. 2026-03-04 Tennessee General Assembly

    Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee

  14. 2026-02-25 Tennessee General Assembly

    Placed on cal. Judiciary Committee for 3/4/2026

  15. 2026-02-12 Tennessee General Assembly

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

  16. 2026-02-09 Tennessee General Assembly

    Engrossed; ready for transmission to House

  17. 2026-02-09 Tennessee General Assembly

    Passed Senate, Ayes 32, Nays 0

  18. 2026-02-06 Tennessee General Assembly

    Placed on Senate Consent Calendar 2 for 2/9/2026

  19. 2026-02-03 Tennessee General Assembly

    Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee

  20. 2026-02-02 Tennessee General Assembly

    P2C, ref. to Judiciary Committee

  21. 2026-01-27 Tennessee General Assembly

    Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 2/3/2026

  22. 2026-01-22 Tennessee General Assembly

    Intro., P1C.

  23. 2026-01-21 Tennessee General Assembly

    Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 1/27/2026

  24. 2026-01-21 Tennessee General Assembly

    Filed for introduction

  25. 2026-01-14 Tennessee General Assembly

    Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee

  26. 2026-01-13 Tennessee General Assembly

    Introduced, Passed on First Consideration

  27. 2026-01-12 Tennessee General Assembly

    Filed for introduction

Official Summary Text

Abstract summarizes the bill.

Current Bill Text

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HOUSE BILL 1811
By Lamberth

SENATE BILL 1586
By Johnson
SB1586
010598
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AN ACT to revise and codify the general and
public statutes of the State of Tennessee, to the
extent incorporated herein, as a part of Tennessee
Code Annotated; to provide in case of any conflict
between Acts of the regular or any extraordinary
2026 Session of the General Assembly and this
Act, the former shall be controlling, regardless of
the respective dates of passage or approval; and
to repeal all acts or parts of acts codified in this
Act.

WHEREAS, each year, the General Assembly passes a codification bill, which reenacts
the general acts of a permanent nature that were enacted by the General Assembly in the
preceding year; and
WHEREAS, the annual codification bill makes no substantive changes to the content of
the State's body of law; the bill simply integrates recent public acts into the Tennessee Code to
make such code, in its updated form, the official compilation of the laws of this State; and
WHEREAS, because it contains the statutory text of almost every general bill passed by
the preceding year's General Assembly, the annual codification bill is always quite lengthy; the
2026 codification bill is composed of two volumes, which total more than 2,592 pages; and
WHEREAS, because of the length of the bill, its contents are being made available
electronically; the contents may be accessed by legislative staff and members on the "common
(G)" drive, in the folder entitled "Codification Bill." The volumes may also be accessed by
legislative staff, members, and the public on the legislature's website at the following link:
http://www.capitol.tn.gov/legislation/publications/index.html; now, therefore,
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE:
SECTION 1. The General and Public Laws of the State of Tennessee, to the extent
incorporated herein, on revisal shall be a part of Tennessee Code Annotated as follows, to wit:

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(Contents of bill attached)
SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon becoming a law, the public welfare requiring it.