Tennessee House Bill HB1337

Tennessee 2025-2026 Regular Session

• Introduced: 2/6/25
• Refer: 2/12/25
• Refer: 2/18/25
• Refer: 2/26/25
• Refer: 3/5/25
• Refer: 3/18/25
• Chaptered: 4/8/25
• Passed: 4/8/25

Caption

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 3, Chapter 17, relative to charitable gaming.

Summary

HB1337 amends Tennessee’s charitable gaming law to create a limited, temporary additional application window for nonprofit organizations seeking approval to operate annual charitable gaming events. For the annual event periods beginning July 1, 2024, and July 1, 2025, eligible nonprofits may submit an annual event application within five calendar days after the act becomes effective, even if they missed the ordinary filing deadline. The bill also requires the secretary to prepare and transmit an additional omnibus list of organizations approved under this special filing window to the clerks of the House and Senate within ten calendar days after the act takes effect. It removes certain existing statutory provisions in Tennessee Code Annotated § 3-17-103, including specific subdivisions and a subsection, to conform the statute to the new temporary process.

Impact

The bill makes targeted changes to Title 3, Chapter 17 of the Tennessee Code, which governs charitable gaming and nonprofit annual event approvals. Its practical effect is to open a short, one-time or limited-duration remedial filing opportunity for nonprofits that operate charitable gaming events, while also imposing a corresponding reporting requirement on the secretary to update legislative leadership on approved organizations. The changes affect nonprofit organizations seeking annual event authorization, the secretary administering charitable gaming applications, and the House and Senate clerks receiving the omnibus listings.

Sentiment

The available voting history shows strong, unanimous support at each House committee stage, with no recorded opposition in the votes provided. That pattern suggests the bill was viewed as a routine administrative adjustment rather than a controversial policy change. No committee transcripts were provided, so there is no recorded floor or committee debate indicating significant concern.

Contention

There is little evidence of substantive contention in the available record. The only potentially notable issue is that the bill creates a special post-effective-date application window for specific annual event periods, which could be seen as a deadline exception benefiting nonprofits that missed the standard filing timeline. However, the unanimous committee votes indicate that any such concern did not generate visible opposition in committee. No named opponents or competing viewpoints appear in the provided materials.