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PUBLIC CHAPTER NO. 587
HOUSE BILL NO. 1622
By Representatives Lafferty, Todd
Substituted for: Senate Bill No. 1535
By Senator Jackson
AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4, Chapter 29 and Title 40, Chapter
30, Part 2, relative to the post-conviction defender oversight 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 (41).
SECTION 2. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 4-29-253(a), is amended by inserting
the following as a new subdivision:
( ) Post-conviction defender oversight commission, created by § 40-30-203;
SECTION 3. This act takes effect upon becoming a law, the public welfare requiring it.
HOUSE BILL NO. 1622
PASSED: February 19, 2026
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