# Tennessee HB 1913: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4, Chapter 5, relative to administrative rules.

Tennessee HB 1913, AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4, Chapter 5, relative to administrative rules., is a 114th General Assembly (2025-2026) House bill sponsored by no sponsor on record; status signed, last action 2026-05-26 (Effective date(s) 01/01/2027) (as of 2026-11-01).

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## Facts
- Bill: Tennessee HB 1913
- State: Tennessee
- Session: 114th General Assembly (2025-2026)
- Title: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4, Chapter 5, relative to administrative rules.
- Status: signed
- Chamber: House
- Introduced: 2026-01-22
- Last action: 2026-05-26, Effective date(s) 01/01/2027
- Sponsors: no sponsor on record
- Cosponsors: 63
- Subjects: Administrative Procedure (UAPA)
- Touches household money: no
- Roll calls: 4 (112 yes, 21 no in all)
- Economic provisions PRIA read: 4

## Summary

No summary available.

## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read

- Businesses get more notice on new rules: benefit, medium. Beginning January 1, 2027, agencies must post new or changed rules on their homepage during the 45‑day comment period and email known trade groups at least 45 days before the hearing. Agencies must wait until after public comments to write a fiscal impact statement that estimates actual compliance…
- Legislative vote on high-cost rules: benefit, medium. Beginning January 1, 2027, any rule with an estimated negative impact over $1,000,000 across five years (or over one year for an emergency rule) takes effect only after a stand‑alone majority vote in both the House and Senate, following committee review. When an estimate exceeds this cap, the agenc…
- Effective date and rule coverage: benefit, low. This act takes effect January 1, 2027. It applies only to rules where notice was not filed with the Secretary of State before January 1, 2027.
- Tighter limits on emergency rules: mixed, medium. Beginning January 1, 2027, an agency must file a fiscal impact statement within 45 days after an emergency rule starts; if it misses the deadline, the rule ends the next day. If the estimate shows more than $1,000,000 in negative impact in one year, the emergency rule expires on the earlier of 180…

## Sponsors and cosponsors

- Cosponsor: Jody Barrett (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Charlie Baum (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Rush Bricken (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Ed Butler (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Kip Capley (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Michele Carringer (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Scott Cepicky (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Mark Cochran (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: John Crawford (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Tandy Darby (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Elaine Davis (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Clay Doggett (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Rick Eldridge (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Jeremy Faison (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Andrew Farmer (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Ron M. Gant (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Johnny Garrett (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: John Gillespie (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Rusty Grills (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Michael Hale (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Kirk Haston (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: David B. Hawk (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Esther Helton-Haynes (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Tim Hicks (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Timothy Hill (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Dan Howell (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Bud Hulsey (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Renea Jones (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Kelly Keisling (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Sabi 'Doc' Kumar (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Justin Lafferty (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: William Lamberth (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Michael Lankford (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Tom Leatherwood (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Mary Littleton (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Susan M. Lynn (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Aron Maberry (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Pat Marsh (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Brock Martin (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Greg Martin (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Jake McCalmon (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Debra Moody (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Jerome Moon (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Powers
- Cosponsor: Jay D. Reedy (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Reeves
- Cosponsor: Michele Reneau (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Tim Rudd (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Iris Rudder (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Lowell Russell (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Rick Scarbrough (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Cameron Sexton (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Paul Sherrell (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: William Slater (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Mike Sparks (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Stevens
- Cosponsor: Bryan Terry (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Chris Todd (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Kevin Vaughan (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Greg Vital (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Ryan Williams (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Dave Wright (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Jason Zachary (Republican), House

## Roll call votes

| Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026-04-16 | Senate | FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 4/16/2026 | pass | 24 | 4 |   |
| 2026-04-13 | House | HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE | fail | 0 | 0 |   |
| 2026-04-13 | House | FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/13/2026 | pass | 76 | 16 |   |
| 2026-04-06 | House | HOUSE GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS COMMITTEE | pass | 12 | 1 |   |

## Bill text

- HA1046 (Substitute), 2026-04-13: [PDF](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/HA1046.pdf)
- Enrolled / Public Chapter: [PDF](https://publications.tnsosfiles.com/acts/114/pub/pc0994.pdf)
- Fiscal Note: [PDF](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Fiscal/HB1913.pdf)
- Introduced: [PDF](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Bill/HB1913.pdf)
- SA0850: [PDF](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/SA0850.pdf)

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- HB 1720: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 5; Title 6; Title 7 and Title 13, relative to zoning outside of municipal boundaries. (failed)
- HB 1710: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4, Chapter 1 and Title 4, Chapter 58, relative to public benefits. (failed)
- HB 1667: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 6 and Title 7, relative to penalties for violations of ordinances. (failed)
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## Sources
- [HA1046 (Substitute) (PDF)](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/HA1046.pdf)
- [Enrolled / Public Chapter (PDF)](https://publications.tnsosfiles.com/acts/114/pub/pc0994.pdf)
- [Fiscal Note (PDF)](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Fiscal/HB1913.pdf)
- [Introduced (PDF)](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Bill/HB1913.pdf)
- [SA0850 (PDF)](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/SA0850.pdf)

## Related
- [HB 1906: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 8, Chapter 34, Part 6, relative…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/TN-HB1906-2025-2026)
- [HB 1720: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 5; Title 6; Title 7 and Title 1…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/TN-HB1720-2025-2026)
- [HB 1710: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4, Chapter 1 and Title 4, Chapt…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/TN-HB1710-2025-2026)
- [HB 1667: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 6 and Title 7, relative to pena…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/TN-HB1667-2025-2026)
- [HB 1681: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 7; Title 9; Title 12; Title 13;…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/TN-HB1681-2025-2026)
- [HB 1690: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 29; Title 55 and Title 56, rela…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/TN-HB1690-2025-2026)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/TN-HB1913-2025-2026 (as of 2026-11-01).