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PUBLIC CHAPTER NO. 958

HOUSE BILL NO. 1760

                                         By Representatives Gant, Cepicky

                                       Substituted for: Senate Bill No. 1784

                                 By Senators Johnson, Rose, Stevens, Taylor

         AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4 and Title 68, relative to building
inspections.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE:

          SECTION 1. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 68-120-101 (k)(3)(B), is amended by
deleting subdivision (i) and substituting:

                    (i) Utilize a third-party inspector to conduct any subsequent inspections in the
          inspection category for which a third-party inspector was initially utilized. If a person
          engages a third-party inspector to complete locally required building inspections as
          authorized by subdivision (k)(3)(A), then the person, or the person's designee, must
          utilize a third-party inspector to conduct any subsequent inspection related to the locally
          required building inspection for which the person initially engaged the third-party
          inspector. This subdivision (k)(3)(B)(i) does not require a person who engages a third-
          party inspector to complete a locally required building inspection to engage a third-party
          inspector for another locally required building inspection other than an inspection related
          to the locally required building inspection for which the person initially engaged the third-
          party inspector;

          SECTION 2. This act takes effect July 1, 2026, the public welfare requiring it, and
applies to actions taken, and conduct occurring, on or after that date.
         HOUSE BILL NO. 1760

PASSED:  April 16, 2026

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                         CAMERONSEXTON,SPEAKER
                         HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

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                            SPEAKER OF THE SENAT

0,.. ~ APPROVED this 7-rL. day of• 2026

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BILL LEE, GOVERNOR