Tennessee General Assembly· SB 1826Signed by Governor.

Open Meetings - As enacted, authorizes emergency communications district boards of directors to participate in board meetings electronically under the open meetings law. - Amends TCA Title 7, Chapter 86, Part 3 and Title, the official text

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                            PUBLIC CHAPTER NO. 1099

                                                    SENATE BILL NO. 1826

                                                              By Taylor

                                            Substituted for: House Bill No. 1773

                                                         By Leatherwood

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 7, Chapter 86, Part 3 and Title 8, Chapter 44,
          Part 1, relative to emergency communications district boards of directors.

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

          SECTION 1. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 8-44-108(a)(2), is amended by deleting
the subdivision and substituting:

                    (2) "Governing body" means the governing body of a board, agency, or commission
          of state government and includes emergency communications district boards of directors
          assisted by the emergency communications board, created by § 7-86-302; and

          SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon becoming a law, the public welfare requiring it.
         SENATE BILL NO. 1826

PASSED:  April 21, 2026

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                         , - - - ~ - ~ RAN~Y McNALLY
                                    SPEAKER OF THE SENATE

                         CAMl!MJNSEXTON,SPEAKER
                         HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

r APPROVED this a;J..wJ. day of t'Y)a,vo  2026

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                      BILL LEE, GOVERNOR

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