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PUBLIC CHAPTER NO. 541
HOUSE BILL NO. 1578
By Representatives Lafferty, Todd
Substituted for: Senate Bill No. 1520
• By Senator Jackson
AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4, Chapter 29 and Title 13, Chapter
26, relative to the East Tennessee human resource agency.
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 (25).
SECTION 2. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 4-29-251 (a), is amended by inserting
the following as a new subdivision:
( ) East Tennessee human resource agency, created by § 13-26-102;
SECTION 3. This act takes effect upon becoming a law, the public welfare requiring it.
HOUSE BILL NO. 1578
PASSED: February 9, 2026
CAM'=""N SEXTON, SPEAKER
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
RANDY MC~ALLY
SPEAKER OF THE S~NATE
astJ._ APPROVED this Fe.bnm day of /(\_,a 2026
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