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SB2082 • 2026

Appropriations

AN ACT to make appropriations for the purpose of defraying the expenses of the state government for the fiscal years beginning July 1, 2025, and July 1, 2026, in the administration, operation, and maintenance of the legislative, executive, and judicial branches of the various departments, institutions, offices, and agencies of the state; for certain state aid and obligations; for capital outlay, for the service of the public debt, for emergency and contingency; to repeal certain appropriations and any acts inconsistent herewith; to provide provisional continuing appropriations; and to establish certain provisions, limitations, and restrictions under which appropriations may be obligated and expended. This act makes appropriations for the purposes described above for the fiscal years beginning July 1, 2025, and July 1, 2026.

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Sponsor
Watson, Hicks G
Last action
2026-04-14
Official status
Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 4/15/2026
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The bill summary does not provide specific details on the exact amount or number of memorials to be funded, leaving these aspects uncertain.

State Budget Act

This bill sets aside money from state funds to pay for naming highways and bridges after service members who died in action during fiscal years starting July 1, 2025, and July 1, 2026.

What This Bill Does

  • Sets aside enough money from the Department of Transportation's budget to name highways or bridges as memorials for service members killed while on duty.

Who It Names or Affects

  • The Department of Transportation
  • Service members and their families who may have highways or bridges named after them

Terms To Know

Appropriations
Money set aside for specific uses by the government.
Fiscal Year
A period of one year used for budgeting and financial reporting, starting July 1 in Tennessee.

Limits and Unknowns

  • The exact amount of money set aside is not specified.
  • It does not say how many highways or bridges will be named as memorials.

Bill History

  1. 2026-04-14 Tennessee General Assembly

    Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 4/15/2026

  2. 2026-04-14 Tennessee General Assembly

    Action deferred in Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee to 4/15/2026

  3. 2026-04-08 Tennessee General Assembly

    Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 4/14/2026

  4. 2026-02-05 Tennessee General Assembly

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

  5. 2026-02-04 Tennessee General Assembly

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

  6. 2026-02-04 Tennessee General Assembly

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

  7. 2026-02-02 Tennessee General Assembly

    Introduced, Passed on First Consideration

  8. 2026-02-02 Tennessee General Assembly

    Intro., P1C.

  9. 2026-01-22 Tennessee General Assembly

    Filed for introduction

  10. 2026-01-22 Tennessee General Assembly

    Filed for introduction

Official Summary Text

Abstract summarizes the bill.

Current Bill Text

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HOUSE BILL 1908
By Hicks G

SENATE BILL 2082
By Watson
SB2082
012111
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AN ACT to make appropriations for the purpose of
defraying the expenses of the state government
for the fiscal years beginning July 1, 2025, and
July 1, 2026, in the administration, operation, and
maintenance of the legislative, executive, and
judicial branches of the various departments,
institutions, offices, and agencies of the state; for
certain state aid and obligations; for capital outlay,
for the service of the public debt, for emergency
and contingency; to repeal certain appropriations
and any acts inconsistent herewith; to provide
provisional continuing appropriations; and to
establish certain provisions, limitations, and
restrictions under which appropriations may be
obligated and expended. This act makes
appropriations for the purposes described above
for the fiscal years beginning July 1, 2025, and
July 1, 2026.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE:
SECTION 1. From the funds available to the Department of Transportation, there is
earmarked a sum sufficient for the sole purpose of funding any general bill or resolution, duly
enacted by the 2026 session of the One Hundred Fourteenth General Assembly, which
designates an interstate, United States highway, or state highway as a memorial highway or
designates a bridge on such routes as a memorial bridge for certain individuals killed in the line
of duty, as described in Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 54-1-133.
SECTION 2. It is the legislative intent to recognize a revenue loss from bills duly
enacted by the 2026 session of the One Hundred Fourteenth General Assembly that result in no
expenditure increase but forgo revenue that has not been collected previously.
SECTION 3. This act takes effect upon becoming a law, the public welfare requiring it.