Tennessee House Bill HB0273

Tennessee 2025-2026 Regular Session

• Introduced: 1/21/25
• Refer: 2/3/25
• Refer: 2/10/25
• Engrossed: 2/20/25
• Enrolled: 3/4/25
• Passed: 3/26/25
• Chaptered: 3/31/25

Caption

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4, Chapter 11, Part 1 and Title 4, Chapter 29, relative to the Tennessee historical commission.

Summary

HB0273 makes a narrow administrative change to Tennessee law concerning the Tennessee Historical Commission. The bill amends Title 4, Chapter 29, which governs state boards and commissions, to remove the commission from one statutory list and add it to another list of entities that are scheduled for periodic review and continuation under the state’s sunset/review framework. In practical terms, the measure keeps the Tennessee Historical Commission in the state’s active commission structure and aligns its statutory placement with the current organizational review provisions. The bill does not change the commission’s core duties, powers, or membership; it primarily updates cross-references in the Tennessee Code Annotated to reflect the commission’s status under state administrative law.

Impact

The bill affects Tennessee Code Annotated sections in Title 4 by deleting the Tennessee Historical Commission from one subsection of the state’s entity-review statute and inserting it into another subsection that continues the commission. This preserves the commission’s legal existence within the state’s boards and commissions framework and ensures it remains subject to the applicable continuation provisions. No substantive policy changes are made to the commission’s historic preservation functions or operations.

Sentiment

The bill appears to have been noncontroversial and broadly supported. It passed the House Government Operations Committee unanimously, then cleared the House on the consent calendar with 89 yeas and 0 nays, and later passed the final House motion unanimously as well. The voting pattern suggests general agreement that the measure was a routine housekeeping update rather than a substantive policy debate.

Contention

There is little evidence of contention in the available record. Because the bill is a technical amendment dealing with statutory placement of the Tennessee Historical Commission in the state’s review/continuation scheme, there were no recorded committee objections or floor opposition. Any potential concern would likely have been limited to administrative oversight or the mechanics of the sunset-review process, but no such dispute appears in the votes or bill history provided.