# Tennessee SB 1592: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 6, Chapter 56, Part 1 and Title 6, Chapter 56, Part 2, relative to municipal budgets.

Tennessee SB 1592, AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 6, Chapter 56, Part 1 and Title 6, Chapter 56, Part 2, relative to municipal budgets., is a 114th General Assembly (2025-2026) Senate bill sponsored by no sponsor on record; status signed, last action 2026-05-27 (Effective date(s) 05/22/2026) (as of 2026-11-01).

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## Facts
- Bill: Tennessee SB 1592
- State: Tennessee
- Session: 114th General Assembly (2025-2026)
- Title: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 6, Chapter 56, Part 1 and Title 6, Chapter 56, Part 2, relative to municipal budgets.
- Status: signed
- Chamber: Senate
- Introduced: 2026-01-12
- Last action: 2026-05-27, Effective date(s) 05/22/2026
- Sponsors: no sponsor on record
- Cosponsors: 0
- Subjects: Municipal Government
- Touches household money: no
- Roll calls: 3 (132 yes, 0 no in all)
- Economic provisions PRIA read: 2

## Summary

No summary available.

## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read

- School funding protected during municipal budget disputes: benefit, low. Beginning April 21, 2026, Tennessee municipalities with their own school agency face a default school budget rule. If municipal lawmakers and the school board fail to adopt a school budget by August 31, minimum funding applies. That minimum covers the required local share and maintenance of effort…
- Municipal services continue with temporary spending limits: mixed, low. Beginning April 21, 2026, a municipality without a budget on its fiscal year's first day automatically continues last year's budget and spending ordinance. This temporary budget lasts up to two months. Funded agencies cannot commit more each month than that month's prior-year allotment. Municipal l…

## Sponsors and cosponsors

- (none)

## Roll call votes

| Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026-04-21 | House | FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/21/2026 | pass | 91 | 0 |   |
| 2026-02-12 | Senate | FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 2/12/2026 | pass | 32 | 0 |   |
| 2026-02-03 | Senate | SENATE STATE & LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE | pass | 9 | 0 |   |

## Actions (19)

- 2026-05-27: Effective date(s) 05/22/2026
- 2026-05-27: Pub. Ch. 1071
- 2026-05-22: Signed by Governor. (Senate)
- 2026-05-11: Transmitted to Governor for action. (Senate)
- 2026-05-07: Signed by H. Speaker (House)
- 2026-04-30: Signed by Senate Speaker (Senate)
- 2026-04-27: Enrolled and ready for signatures (Senate)
- 2026-04-21: Passed H., Ayes 91, Nays 0, PNV 0 (House)
- 2026-04-21: Subst. for comp. HB. (House)
- 2026-02-19: Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk. (House)
- 2026-02-12: Engrossed; ready for transmission to House (Senate)
- 2026-02-12: Passed Senate, Ayes 32, Nays 0 (Senate)
- 2026-02-10: Placed on Senate Consent Calendar 2 for 2/12/2026 (Senate)
- 2026-02-03: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee (Senate)
- 2026-01-28: Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 2/3/2026 (Senate)
- 2026-01-21: Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 1/27/2026 (Senate)
- 2026-01-14: Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate State and Local Government Committee (Senate)
- 2026-01-13: Introduced, Passed on First Consideration (Senate)
- 2026-01-12: Filed for introduction (Senate)

## Bill text

- Enrolled / Public Chapter: [PDF](https://publications.tnsosfiles.com/acts/114/pub/pc1071.pdf)
- Fiscal Note: [PDF](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Fiscal/SB1592.pdf)
- Introduced: [PDF](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Bill/SB1592.pdf)

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## Sources
- [Enrolled / Public Chapter (PDF)](https://publications.tnsosfiles.com/acts/114/pub/pc1071.pdf)
- [Fiscal Note (PDF)](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Fiscal/SB1592.pdf)
- [Introduced (PDF)](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Bill/SB1592.pdf)

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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/TN-SB1592-2025-2026 (as of 2026-11-01).