Tennessee House Bill HB1586

Tennessee 2025-2026 Regular Session

• Introduced: 1/13/26
• Refer: 1/21/26
• Refer: 2/2/26
• Engrossed: 2/9/26
• Enrolled: 2/10/26
• Passed: 2/25/26
• Chaptered: 3/16/26

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AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4, Chapter 29 and Title 8, Chapter 27, Part 7, relative to the local government insurance committee.

Summary

HB1586 makes a narrow technical change to Tennessee law governing state boards and commissions. It removes the Local Government Insurance Committee from one statutory list of entities that are subject to automatic repeal and adds it to the list of entities that are expressly continued in law. The bill references the committee created in Tennessee Code Annotated § 8-27-701 and does not otherwise change the committee’s duties, membership, or operations. In practical terms, the bill ensures that the Local Government Insurance Committee remains a valid, ongoing governmental entity rather than expiring under the state’s sunset provisions. The measure is administrative in nature and appears designed to preserve continuity for the committee’s oversight role related to local government insurance matters.

Impact

The bill amends Title 4, Chapter 29 and Title 8, Chapter 27 of the Tennessee Code by deleting the Local Government Insurance Committee from the list of entities scheduled for repeal and adding it to the list of entities that are continued. This preserves the committee’s statutory existence and prevents it from being automatically terminated under Tennessee’s board and commission review framework. No new regulatory powers, funding changes, or substantive insurance policy changes are created by the bill.

Sentiment

The available voting history shows strong, unanimous support for the bill. It passed the House Government Operations Committee 10-0 and later passed the House on the consent calendar by a 94-0 floor vote. The absence of recorded opposition or committee transcript concerns suggests the measure was viewed as routine and noncontroversial.

Contention

There is no evidence of significant contention in the available materials. Because the bill is a technical continuation measure, any discussion would likely have centered on whether the Local Government Insurance Committee should remain subject to sunset review, but the recorded votes indicate no organized opposition. The bill’s supporters appear to have treated it as a housekeeping measure to keep an existing committee in place.