Tennessee House Bill HB0685

Tennessee 2025-2026 Regular Session

• Introduced: 2/3/25

Caption

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 29, Chapter 28; Title 43, Chapter 8; Title 53, Chapter 1; Title 53, Chapter 7; Title 62, Chapter 21 and Title 68, Chapter 212, relative to pesticides.

Summary

HB0685 is a narrow technical amendment to Tennessee’s pesticide law. The bill changes one date in Tennessee Code Annotated § 43-8-104(a), moving the deadline from June 30 to July 15. The caption indicates the bill relates to multiple titles of the Tennessee Code involving pesticides, but the text provided contains only this single date change. Because the bill is limited to a date adjustment, it appears to function as a conforming or administrative update rather than a substantive policy overhaul. The practical effect would be to extend the referenced deadline by 15 days for the affected pesticide-related requirement in Title 43, Chapter 8.

Impact

The bill amends Tennessee Code Annotated § 43-8-104(a) by replacing the deadline of June 30 with July 15, thereby altering the timing of the affected pesticide-related statutory requirement. No other statutory language is changed in the text provided, so the bill’s legal impact is limited to that deadline shift within Tennessee’s pesticide regulatory framework.

Sentiment

There is no committee transcript or recorded vote history provided, so the available record does not show debate, support, or opposition. Based on the text alone, HB0685 appears to be a routine, noncontroversial technical bill with a limited administrative purpose.

Contention

No specific points of contention are evident from the materials provided. The bill text is brief and only changes a statutory date, and there are no transcripts or votes indicating disagreement. If any concern existed, it would most likely relate to the practical effect of extending a pesticide-related deadline, but that is not documented in the supplied context.