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TennesseeSB 2232114th General Assembly (2025-2026)SenateWALLET
AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 9-4-216, relative to the governor's response and recovery fund.
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Signed by Governor
Public Funds and Financing
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Bill Overview
Analyzed Economic Effects
4 provisions identified: 0 benefits, 1 costs, 3 mixed.
Disaster aid for residents has limits
Beginning July 1, 2026, Tennessee’s Governor’s Response and Recovery Fund can help eligible residents after disasters. Residents must show Tennessee residency, lawful presence in the United States, and proof of loss or need. The governor and the resident’s county or metropolitan government must declare an emergency; a governor’s disaster declaration also qualifies. Statewide damage must be unlikely to meet the federal threshold for individual aid. County costs, excluding public-property damage, must exceed an amount set by the Tennessee Emergency Management Agency (TEMA). The local chief elected official must request aid in writing; the law sets no individual award amount. For all recipients, the fund cannot pay insurance deductibles, losses eligible for insurance or other government coverage, or losses already funded.
Local recovery projects face deadlines and limits
Beginning July 1, 2026, local disaster aid pays only for listed recovery projects. These include debris removal, emergency protection, and reducing immediate threats of significant additional property damage. Aid also covers repair or replacement of roads, bridges, other transportation systems, buildings, equipment, vehicles, and public utilities. Recipients must follow federal purchasing rules under 2 CFR Part 200. Projects must finish within 18 months of the award; without a TEMA extension, costs incurred afterward cannot be reimbursed.
Local disaster aid requires federal shortfalls
Beginning July 1, 2026, TEMA’s director replaces the finance commissioner as administrator of the Governor’s Response and Recovery Fund. The fund can give grants or loans to counties, cities, municipalities, metropolitan governments, and local education agencies. Aid requires a governor’s emergency or disaster declaration, a local emergency declaration, and unavailable or inadequate federal Stafford Act aid. TEMA-approved county costs must exceed its latest published countywide per-person impact threshold, and the local chief elected official must request aid in writing. Loan repayments stay in the fund for authorized disaster aid.
Local disaster recipients face costs and waivers
Beginning July 1, 2026, local disaster-project grants require a local share based on the county’s economic status when the disaster began. Shares are 50% for Attainment, 40% for Competitive, 30% for Transitional, 20% for At-Risk, and 12.5% for Distressed counties. These classifications come from the state Department of Economic and Community Development’s index. The governor can waive some or all of the share. Local entities approved for aid must obtain full all-risk property and flood insurance within 120 days; TEMA’s director can extend that deadline for reasonable need.
Sponsors & Cosponsors
Sponsors
There is no primary sponsor on record.
Cosponsors
Paul Bailey
Republican • Senate
Janice Bowling
Republican • Senate
Rusty Crowe
Republican • Senate
Joey Hensley
Republican • Senate
Ed Jackson
Republican • Senate
Mark Pody
Republican • Senate
Kerry Roberts
Republican • Senate
Paul Rose
Republican • Senate
Stevens
Affiliation unavailable
Page Walley
Republican • Senate
Ken Yager
Republican • Senate
Roll Call Votes
Senate vote • 4/13/2026
FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Concur House Amendment # 1 4/13/2026
Yes: 30 • No: 0
House vote • 4/7/2026
FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/7/2026
Yes: 85 • No: 4
Senate vote • 2/26/2026
FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 2/26/2026
Yes: 29 • No: 1
Senate vote • 2/24/2026
SENATE FINANCE, WAYS AND MEANS COMMITTEE
Yes: 10 • No: 1
Bill Text
HA0914 (Substitute)
4/7/2026
Enrolled / Public Chapter
Fiscal Note
Introduced
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