Tennessee House Bill HB1035

Tennessee 2025-2026 Regular Session

• Introduced: 2/5/25
• Refer: 2/10/25
• Refer: 2/19/25
• Chaptered: 3/21/25
• Passed: 3/21/25

Caption

AN ACT to revise and codify the general and public statutes of the State of Tennessee, to the extent incorporated herein, as a part of Tennessee Code Annotated; to provide in case of any conflict between Acts of the regular or any extraordinary 2025 Session of the General Assembly and this Act, the former shall be controlling, regardless of the respective dates of passage or approval; and to repeal all acts or parts of acts codified in this Act.

Summary

HB1035 is Tennessee’s annual codification bill, which updates Tennessee Code Annotated by incorporating general and public acts enacted during the prior session. The bill is expressly described as a non-substantive measure: it does not change policy or create new law, but instead reorganizes and reenacts existing permanent statutes so the official code reflects the most recent legislative changes. It also provides that if there is any conflict between this codification act and other acts passed in the 2025 regular or extraordinary sessions, the other acts control. The bill is lengthy because it compiles the statutory text of nearly all general bills passed in the preceding year, and the legislature made the contents available electronically rather than printing the full text in the bill itself. Section 1 incorporates the revised and codified laws into the Tennessee Code, and Section 2 makes the act effective immediately upon becoming law due to the public welfare requirement.

Impact

The bill’s legal effect is to update and restate Tennessee’s general and public statutes within Tennessee Code Annotated, while repealing prior acts or parts of acts that have been codified into the new compilation. It does not independently alter substantive rights or duties, but it does affect how the state’s laws are organized, published, and referenced, and it establishes that any direct session law conflict overrides the codification text.

Sentiment

The bill appears to have been treated as routine and noncontroversial. It passed the House Judiciary Committee 18-0 and later passed the House on third consideration by consent calendar with 92-0, indicating broad bipartisan support and no recorded opposition in the available voting history. The absence of committee transcript debate also suggests it was viewed as a standard housekeeping measure rather than a policy dispute.

Contention

There is little evidence of substantive contention in the available record because codification bills are generally administrative and are intended not to change policy. The only notable legal point is the conflict clause, which makes clear that if the codification text differs from another 2025 act, the other act controls; this is a technical safeguard rather than a policy disagreement. No specific stakeholder opposition or amendment disputes are reflected in the provided materials.