Tennessee 2025-2026 Regular Session

Tennessee Senate Bill SB0991 Compare Versions

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2	2	HOUSE BILL 1041
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13	13	AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 2 and
14	14	Title 3, relative to the general assembly.
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16	16	BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE:
17	17	SECTION 1. Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 3, Chapter 1, is amended by adding the
18	18	following language as a new part:
19	19	3-1-301. The general assembly shall convene for a September session on the
20	20	Tuesday immediately following Labor Day in each odd-numbered year and shall adjourn
21	21	no later than September 30 of the same year.
22	22	3-1-302. At the conclusion of the first annual session of each general assembly,
23	23	the adjournment resolution must provide that the general assembly will reconvene at
24	24	twelve o'clock (12:00) noon central daylight time (CDT) on the Tuesday immediately
25	25	following Labor Day in September of each odd-numbered year.
26	26	3-1-303.
27	27	(a) Notwithstanding any rule of the senate or house of representatives to
28	28	the contrary, this part governs the biennial September sessions of the general
29	29	assembly.
30	30	(b) All procedural provisions of this title and all rules of the senate and
31	31	house of representatives not inconsistent with this part are applicable to biennial
32	32	September sessions of the general assembly.
33	33	(c) The committee on rules for each house shall meet prior to the
34	34	Thursday following Labor Day in September of each odd-numbered year to
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39	39	consider additional rule amendments and suspensions necessary for the
40	40	effective and efficient operation of the September session.
41	41	(d) The September session must be funded through the existing budget
42	42	for the general assembly's legislative session.
43	43	3-1-304.
44	44	(a) During the September session, the general assembly may consider
45	45	the following:
46	46	(1) All bills and resolutions filed prior to adjournment of the first
47	47	annual session of the general assembly;
48	48	(2) Ninety-nine (99) bills and resolutions filed for the September
49	49	session of the general assembly in accordance with subsection (b); and
50	50	(3) Other matters deemed appropriate and necessary by the
51	51	general assembly, including, but not limited to, bills and resolutions
52	52	excluded from the limitation imposed in subdivision (a)(2) and repassage
53	53	of bills and resolutions over an executive veto.
54	54	(b)
55	55	(1) For the purposes of this section, "ninety-nine (99) bills and
56	56	resolutions" does not include:
57	57	(A) General bills with local application and private acts;
58	58	(B) Resolutions that are memorializing or congratulatory in
59	59	nature and are not referred to a standing committee;
60	60	(C) Resolutions that are procedural in nature and are not
61	61	referred to a standing committee; and
62	62	(D) Supplemental appropriations bills, bond bills, index
63	63	bills, and bills that contain the following language in their caption:
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68	68	Relative to statutory revisions required for implementation
69	69	of the supplemental appropriations act.
70	70	(2)
71	71	(A) The ninety-nine (99) bills and resolutions for the
72	72	September session of the general assembly must be pre-filed for
73	73	introduction by twelve o'clock (12:00) noon central daylight time
74	74	(CDT) on the third Thursday in August prior to the September
75	75	session. Each member of the house of representatives may file
76	76	one (1) bill or resolution and each member of the senate may file
77	77	up to three (3) bills or resolutions. Bills and resolutions introduced
78	78	for the September session may be acted upon during the
79	79	September session or during the second annual session of the
80	80	general assembly beginning in January of the following year.
81	81	(B) Bills described in subdivision (b)(1)(D) must be pre-
82	82	filed for introduction by twelve o'clock (12:00) noon central daylight
83	83	time (CDT) on the third Thursday in August prior to the September
84	84	session.
85	85	(C) Bills and resolutions described in subdivisions
86	86	(b)(1)(A)-(C) may be filed at any time prior to the conclusion of the
87	87	September session.
88	88	(D) No bills or resolutions required to be pre-filed in
89	89	accordance with subdivisions (b)(2)(A) or (B) may be introduced
90	90	through the delayed bills committee of either house.
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95	95	3-1-305. For purposes of appointments and confirmations of any person to a
96	96	board, commission, or other entity, the September session of the general assembly will
97	97	not be considered an annual legislative session or a regular session.
98	98	SECTION 2. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 2-10-310, is amended by adding the
99	99	following as a new subsection:
100	100	( ) As used in this section, "general assembly session period" means the period
101	101	from:
102	102	(1) The convening of the general assembly in organizational session to
103	103	the earlier of the last day of regular session or June 1, in odd years;
104	104	(2) The convening of the general assembly in regular session to the
105	105	earlier of May 15 or the conclusion of the annual session in even years; and
106	106	(3) The convening of the general assembly in any extraordinary or
107	107	September session through the conclusion of such extraordinary or September
108	108	session.
109	109	SECTION 3. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 2-10-310(a)(1), is amended by
110	110	deleting the subdivision and substituting the following:
111	111	Except as provided in subdivisions (a)(2) and (3), during the general assembly
112	112	session period, a member of the general assembly or a member's campaign committee
113	113	or the governor or the governor's campaign committee shall not conduct a fundraiser or
114	114	solicit or accept contributions for the benefit of the caucus, any caucus member, or
115	115	member or candidate of the general assembly or governor.
116	116	SECTION 4. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 2-10-310(b), is amended by deleting
117	117	the subsection and substituting the following:
118	118	During the general assembly session period, a political campaign committee
119	119	controlled by a political party on the national, state, or local level, or controlled by a
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124	124	caucus of such political party established by members of either house of the general
125	125	assembly, or established or controlled by any member of the general assembly, that
126	126	makes contributions to a candidate for the general assembly or governor for election or
127	127	to defray the expenses of such person's office shall not conduct a fundraiser or solicit or
128	128	accept contributions for the benefit of the caucus, any caucus member, or candidate for
129	129	the general assembly or governor.
130	130	SECTION 5. This act takes effect upon becoming a law, the public welfare requiring it.