Tennessee General Assembly· SB 1610Signed by Governor.

Local Government, General - As enacted, authorizes Putnam County and incorporated cities within the county to regulate sober living homes for recovery from alcohol, drug, and substance abuse to the extent such regulation, the official text

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                            PUBLIC CHAPTER NO. 1073

                                                    SENATE BILL NO. 1610

                                                              By Bailey

                                            Substituted for: House Bill No. 2196

                                                            By Williams

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 7, Chapter 51, Part 26, relative to sober living
          homes.

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

          SECTION 1. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 7-51-2601 (3), is amended by deleting the
subdivision and substituting:

                    (3) "Local government" means a county, and an incorporated city or town within such
          county, with a population of:

                              (A) Not less than three hundred sixty-six thousand two hundred (366,200) and
                    not more than three hundred sixty-six thousand three hundred (366,300), according
                    to the 2020 or a subsequent federal census; and

                              (8) Not less than seventy-nine thousand eight hundred (79,800) and not more
                    than seventy-nine thousand nine hundred (79,900), according to the 2020 or a
                    subsequent federal census;

          SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon becoming a law, the public welfare requiring it.
         SENATE BILL NO. 1610

PASSED:  April 21, 2026

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                            SPEAKER OF THI SENATE

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                         HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

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                 BILL LEE, GOVERNOR

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