# Tennessee SB 1531: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4, Chapter 29 and Title 13, Chapter 26, relative to the Northwest Tennessee human resource agency.

Tennessee SB 1531, AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4, Chapter 29 and Title 13, Chapter 26, relative to the Northwest Tennessee human resource agency., is a 114th General Assembly (2025-2026) Senate bill sponsored by no sponsor on record; status signed, last action 2026-03-16 (Effective date(s) 03/06/2026) (as of 2026-11-01).

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## Facts
- Bill: Tennessee SB 1531
- State: Tennessee
- Session: 114th General Assembly (2025-2026)
- Title: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4, Chapter 29 and Title 13, Chapter 26, relative to the Northwest Tennessee human resource agency.
- Status: signed
- Chamber: Senate
- Introduced: 2026-01-07
- Last action: 2026-03-16, Effective date(s) 03/06/2026
- Sponsors: no sponsor on record
- Cosponsors: 0
- Subjects: Sunset Laws
- Touches household money: no
- Roll calls: 2 (41 yes, 0 no in all)
- Economic provisions PRIA read: 1

## Summary

No summary available.

## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read

- Later review for Northwest Tennessee service agency: benefit, low. The law moves the Northwest Tennessee human resource agency to a later sunset schedule, delaying its scheduled expiration. This supports continued availability of the agency’s services. The change took effect when the act became law. The text gives no calendar date for the later sunset and provides…

## Sponsors and cosponsors

- (none)

## Roll call votes

| Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026-02-09 | Senate | FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 2/9/2026 | pass | 32 | 0 |   |
| 2026-02-04 | Senate | SENATE GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS COMMITTEE | pass | 9 | 0 |   |

## Bill text

- Enrolled / Public Chapter: [PDF](https://publications.tnsosfiles.com/acts/114/pub/pc0565.pdf)
- Fiscal Note: [PDF](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Fiscal/SB1531.pdf)
- Introduced: [PDF](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Bill/SB1531.pdf)

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## Sources
- [Enrolled / Public Chapter (PDF)](https://publications.tnsosfiles.com/acts/114/pub/pc0565.pdf)
- [Fiscal Note (PDF)](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Fiscal/SB1531.pdf)
- [Introduced (PDF)](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Bill/SB1531.pdf)

## Related
- [SB 1326: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 67, Chapter 5, Part 7, relative…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/TN-SB1326-2025-2026)
- [SB 1255: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 37; Title 49; Title 63; Title 6…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/TN-SB1255-2025-2026)
- [SB 1232: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 40, Chapter 32, Part 1, relativ…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/TN-SB1232-2025-2026)
- [SB 0855: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4; Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; T…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/TN-SB0855-2025-2026)
- [SB 0539: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 7; Title 13; Title 48; Title 49…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/TN-SB0539-2025-2026)
- [SB 0254: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 38; Title 39; Title 40 and Titl…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/TN-SB0254-2025-2026)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/TN-SB1531-2025-2026 (as of 2026-11-01).