Sunset Laws - As enacted, extends the state university and community college system, board of regents to June 30, 2030. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 29 and Title 49, Chapter 8. Companion bill has been assigned Public Ch, the official text

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                          PUBLIC CHAPTER NO. 548

                                                  HOUSE BILL NO. 1604

                                By Representatives Lafferty, Todd, Clemmons

                                       Substituted for: Senate Bill No. 1547

                                                   By Senator Jackson

          AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4, Chapter 29 and Title 49, Chapter
8, relative to the state university and community college system, board of regents.
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 (53).

          SECTION 2. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 4-29-251 (a), is amended by inserting
the following as a new subdivision:

                    ( ) State university and community college system, board of regents, created by
          §§ 49-8-101 and 49-8-201;
          SECTION 3. This act takes effect upon becoming a law, the public welfare requiring it.
                    HOUSE BILL NO. 1604

PASSED:  February 9, 2026

                            CAME!MlN SEXTON, SPEAKER
                            HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

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                                         RANDY MC
                            SPEAKER OF THE SE

~ APPROVED this     day of  febb ._,  OJOd' 2026

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BILL LEE, GOVERNOR