Sunset Laws - As enacted, extends the department of human services to June 30, 2030. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 29 and Title 4, Chapter 3. Companion bill has been assigned Public Chapter Number 785 by the Secretary of, the official text

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                             PUBLIC CHAPTER NO. 785

                                                    SENATE BILL NO. 1517

                                                             By Jackson

                                            Substituted for: House Bill No. 1575
                                                             By Lafferty

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4, Chapter 29 and Title 4, Chapter 3, relative to
          the department of human services.

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 (22).
          SECTION 2. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 4-29-251 (a), is amended by inserting the

following as a new subdivision:
                    ( ) Department of human services, created by §§ 4-3-101 and 4-3-1201;

          SECTION 3. This act takes effect upon becoming a law, the public welfare requiring it.
         SENATE BILL NO. 1517

PASSED:  April 6, 2026

                                                   RANDY
                                      SPEAKER OF THE

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                                CAMERON SEXTON, SPEAKER
                               HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

!J?r APPROVED this  day of A()r~ I         2026

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                       BILL LEE, GOVERNOR