# Tennessee SB 1553: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4, Chapter 29 and Title 43, Chapter 13, relative to the Tennessee equine health advisory commission.

Tennessee SB 1553, AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4, Chapter 29 and Title 43, Chapter 13, relative to the Tennessee equine health advisory commission., 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 1553
- State: Tennessee
- Session: 114th General Assembly (2025-2026)
- Title: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4, Chapter 29 and Title 43, Chapter 13, relative to the Tennessee equine health advisory commission.
- 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

- Tennessee keeps horse health advisory commission active: benefit, low. Beginning February 19, 2026, the law keeps the Tennessee Equine Health Advisory Commission in place. It moves the commission from a termination list to a list of continued state bodies. It creates no new funding or household payments and does not change who qualifies for benefits.

## 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/pc0574.pdf)
- Fiscal Note: [PDF](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Fiscal/SB1553.pdf)
- Introduced: [PDF](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Bill/SB1553.pdf)

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## Sources
- [Enrolled / Public Chapter (PDF)](https://publications.tnsosfiles.com/acts/114/pub/pc0574.pdf)
- [Fiscal Note (PDF)](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Fiscal/SB1553.pdf)
- [Introduced (PDF)](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Bill/SB1553.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-SB1553-2025-2026 (as of 2026-11-01).