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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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