Tennessee Senate Bill SB1529

Tennessee 2025-2026 Regular Session

• Introduced: 1/7/26

Caption

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4, Chapter 29 and Title 4, Chapter 3, Part 7, relative to the local government planning advisory committee.

Summary

SB1529 makes a narrow statutory housekeeping change related to the Local Government Planning Advisory Committee. The bill removes the committee from one section of Tennessee’s general sunset/review statute and adds it to another section that lists entities exempted or separately treated under the state’s advisory committee framework. In practical terms, the measure updates how the committee is categorized in state law without changing the committee’s substantive duties. The bill amends Tennessee Code Annotated Title 4, Chapter 29 and Title 4, Chapter 3, Part 7. Specifically, it deletes subdivision (35) from § 4-29-247(a) and adds the Local Government Planning Advisory Committee, created by § 4-3-727, to § 4-29-248(a). The effect is to align the committee’s legal status with the state’s committee-review structure and ensure it is listed in the correct statutory section going forward.

Impact

SB1529 has a limited but direct impact on Tennessee administrative law by revising the statutory placement of the Local Government Planning Advisory Committee. It does not create new powers, duties, or funding obligations; instead, it changes how the committee is referenced within the state code and how it is treated under the advisory committee/sunset provisions in Title 4. The affected parties are primarily state agencies and the committee itself, with indirect relevance to local government planning stakeholders who interact with the committee’s work.

Sentiment

There is no recorded committee debate, vote history, or opposition in the provided materials, so the available context suggests the bill was likely noncontroversial and procedural in nature. The text reflects a technical statutory cleanup rather than a policy shift, which typically draws little public or legislative contention. Overall sentiment appears neutral to favorable, with the measure serving an administrative clarification function.

Contention

No specific points of contention are documented in the available transcripts or voting history. Because the bill is a narrow technical amendment concerning committee classification, any disagreement would likely have centered on whether the Local Government Planning Advisory Committee should remain in or be removed from the relevant review/sunset list. However, the provided record does not show any such dispute or identify any opposing stakeholders.