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PUBLIC CHAPTER NO. 227
SENATE BILL NO. 835
By Gardenhire, Bowling
Substituted for: House Bill No. 904
By Gant, Hardaway, Clemmons
AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4, Chapter 5; Title 27, Chapter 1 and Title 57,
Chapter 1, relative to recovery of costs.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE:
SECTION 1. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 57-1-213, is amended by adding the
following new subsection:
(d) Notwithstanding this section or another law to the contrary, a judge, hearing officer,
or administrative judge may award a person or entity that prevails in an administrative action
brought against the person or entity by the commission, or challenging the actions of the
commission, the actual and reasonable attorney's fees and costs incurred as a result of the
administrative action.
SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon becoming a law, the public welfare requiring it.
SENATE BILL NO. 835
PASSED: April 7, 2025
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' RANDY llcNALLY
SPEAKER OF THE SENATE
CAMERON SEXTON, SPEAKER
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
/\xi \ ~ APPROVED this
"yr day of 2025
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