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PUBLIC CHAPTER NO. 567
SENATE BILL NO. 1538
By Jackson
Substituted for: House Bill No. 1595
By Lafferty
AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4, Chapter 29 and Title 39, Chapter 13, Part 7,
relative to the sex offender treatment board.
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 (44).
SECTION 2. Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4, Chapter 29, Part 2, is amended by adding
the following as a new section:
4-29-255.
(a) The following governmental entities terminate on June 30, 2034:
() Sex offender treatment board, created by§ 39-13-704;
(b) Each department, commission, board, agency, or council of state government
created during calendar year 2032 terminates on June 30, 2034.
(c) Any governmental entity that has been terminated under this section may be
continued, reestablished, or restructured in accordance with this chapter.
SECTION 3. This act takes effect upon becoming a law, the public welfare requiring it.
SENATE BILL NO. 1538
PASSED: February 19, 2026
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SPEAKER OF THE SENATE
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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
APPROVED this t,-k. day of (V\:uccL 2026
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