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TennesseeSB 1778114th General Assembly (2025-2026)SenateWALLET

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 58-2-109, relative to disaster grants.

Sponsored By: Rusty Crowe (Republican)

Became Law

Tennessee Emergency Management Agency (TEMA)

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Bill Overview

Analyzed Economic Effects

1 provisions identified: 1 benefits, 0 costs, 0 mixed.

Quicker disaster grants and clear rules

The law exempts state-run disaster grants from normal state purchasing rules in Title 12, Chapter 3, including Section 12-3-602. This helps speed up disaster response and recovery work. The agency must set disaster response procedures and monitor recipients and subrecipients to enforce grant terms. The law defines what a “disaster grant” is, and who counts as a recipient or subrecipient, including grants the state gets from federal or state agencies and grants the state awards to others. These changes are now in effect.

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Sponsors & Cosponsors

Sponsor

  • Rusty Crowe

    Republican • Senate

Cosponsors

  • Sara Kyle

    Democrat • Senate

Roll Call Votes

All Roll Calls

Yes: 40 • No: 0

Senate vote • 2/26/2026

FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 2/26/2026

Yes: 32 • No: 0

Senate vote • 2/24/2026

SENATE STATE & LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE

Yes: 8 • No: 0

Actions Timeline

  1. Pub. Ch. 591

    3/23/2026

  2. Effective date(s) 03/18/2026

    3/23/2026

  3. Signed by Governor.

    3/18/2026Senate

  4. Transmitted to Governor for action.

    3/6/2026Senate

  5. Signed by H. Speaker

    3/5/2026House

  6. Signed by Senate Speaker

    3/4/2026Senate

  7. Enrolled and ready for signatures

    3/3/2026Senate

  8. Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.

    3/2/2026House

  9. Subst. for comp. HB.

    3/2/2026House

  10. Passed H., Ayes 94, Nays 0, PNV 0

    3/2/2026House

  11. Passed Senate, Ayes 32, Nays 0

    2/26/2026Senate

  12. Sponsor(s) Added.

    2/26/2026Senate

  13. Engrossed; ready for transmission to House

    2/26/2026Senate

  14. Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee

    2/24/2026Senate

  15. Placed on Senate Consent Calendar 2 for 2/26/2026

    2/24/2026Senate

  16. Action deferred in Senate State and Local Government Committee to 2/24/2026

    2/17/2026Senate

  17. Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 2/24/2026

    2/17/2026Senate

  18. Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 2/17/2026

    2/10/2026Senate

  19. Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate State and Local Government Committee

    1/22/2026Senate

  20. Introduced, Passed on First Consideration

    1/21/2026Senate

  21. Filed for introduction

    1/20/2026Senate

Bill Text

  • Enrolled / Public Chapter

    PDF

  • Fiscal Note

    PDF

  • Introduced

    PDF

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