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                              PUBLIC CHAPTER NO. 111

                                                     SENATE BILL NO. 941

                                                  By Briggs, Powers, Yager

                                            Substituted for: House Bill No. 1337

                            By Lamberth, Cochran, Garrett, Hardaway, Wright, Bricken

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 3, Chapter 17, relative to charitable gaming.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE:

          SECTION 1. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 3-17-103(a)(1)(A)(ii), is amended by
deleting the subdivision and substituting:

                    (ii) In addition to the submission deadline described in subdivision (a)(1 )(A)(i), a
          nonprofit organization seeking to operate an annual event for the benefit of that organization
          located in this state may submit an annual event application to the secretary within five (5)
          calendar days after the effective date of this act, for the annual event period beginning July 1,
          2024, and ending June 30, 2025, and for the annual event period beginning July 1, 2025, and
          ending June 30, 2026.

          SECTION 2. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 3-17-103(b)(2), is amended by deleting the
subdivision and substituting:

                    (2) In addition to the omnibus listing transferred to the clerk of the senate and the clerk
          of the house of representatives pursuant to subdivision (b)(1 ), the secretary shall transfer an
          additional omnibus listing of any organizations approved pursuant to subdivision (a)(1 )(A)(ii)
          for the annual event period beginning July 1, 2024, and ending June 30, 2025, and for the
          annual event period beginning July 1, 2025, and ending June 30, 2026. The list must be
          transferred in a manner consistent with subdivision (b)(1) by twelve o'clock (12:00) noon
          central daylight time (CDT) within ten (10) calendar days after the effective date of this act.

          SECTION 3. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 3-17-103, is amended by deleting
subdivisions (d)(1)(A)(ii) and (iii), and is further amended by deleting subsection (f).

          SECTION 4. This act takes effect upon becoming a law, the public welfare requiring it.
         SENATE BILL NO. 941

PASSED:  March 27, 2025

                                      RANDY McNtf-LY
                         SPEAKER OF THE SEIJA TE

                         CAMERON SEXTON, SPEAKER
                         HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

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         BILL LEE, GOVERNOR