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PUBLIC CHAPTER NO. 549
HOUSE BILL NO. 1612
By Representatives Lafferty, Todd
Substituted for: Senate Bill No. 1555
By Senator Jackson
AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4, Chapter 29 and Title 49, Chapter
7, Part 2, relative to the Tennessee higher education commission.
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 (61 ).
SECTION 2. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 4-29-251 (a), is amended by inserting
the following as a new subdivision:
() Tennessee higher education commission, created by§ 49-7-201;
SECTION 3. This act takes effect upon becoming a law, the public welfare requiring it.
HOUSE BILL NO. 1612
PASSED: February 9, 2026
CAMEl«m SEXTON, SPEAKER
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
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SPEAKER OF THE SENATE
:Fi.bu~ APPROVED this ;;E;.ti- day of 2026
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