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Sunset Laws - As enacted, extends the board of social worker licensure to June 30, 2031. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 29 and Title 63, Chapter 23. Companion bill has been assigned Public Chapter Number 555 by the Secret, the official text

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                             PUBLIC CHAPTER NO. 555

                                                    SENATE BILL NO. 1506

                                                             By Jackson

                                            Substituted for: House Bill No. 1565
                                                             By Lafferty

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4, Chapter 29 and Title 63, Chapter 23, relative
          to the board of social worker licensure.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE:
          SECTION 1. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 4-29-247(a), is amended by deleting

subdivision (11 ).
          SECTION 2. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 4-29-252(a), is amended by inserting the

following as a new subdivision:
                    ( ) Board of social worker licensure, created by § 63-23-101;

          SECTION 3. This act takes effect upon becoming a law, the public welfare requiring it.
         SENATE BILL NO. 1506

PASSED:  February 19, 2026

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                                   SPEAKER OF THE SENATE

                            CAMIIT8'1SEXTON,SPEAKER
                            HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

fJfL APPROVED this day of (Y)Ovrih  2026

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         BILL LEE, GOVERNOR
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