---
type: "Bill"
title: "Sunset Laws - As enacted, creates sunrise provisions for certain governmental entities created during the 2025 legislative session. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 29; Title 8, Chapter 4, Part 6; Title 34, Chapter 3 and Title 40, Chapter 11, Part 3."
description: "Sunset Laws - As enacted, creates sunrise provisions for certain governmental entities created during the 2025 legislative session. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 29; Title 8, Chapter 4, Part 6; Title 34, Chapter 3 and Title 40, Chapter 11, Part 3."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "114"
identifier: "HB 1623"
citation: "Tennessee HB 1623 (114)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Sunset Laws"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Lafferty"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 19
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2026-01-13"
last_action: "2026-04-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/53819d35-f600-474a-8b76-cbbc154b0057"
source_url: "https://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/Default?BillNumber=HB1623&ga=114"
source_hash: "25497c4ee54be430aeb0117597cb2e5f7f70aeaafaef4a53cee6722d3674e469"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-tn"]
---

# Tennessee HB 1623 (114) — Sunset Laws - As enacted, creates sunrise provisions for certain governmental entities created during the 2025 legislative session. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 29; Title 8, Chapter 4, Part 6; Title 34, Chapter 3 and Title 40, Chapter 11, Part 3.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Bill/HB1623.pdf)

## Votes

- FLOOR VOTE: CONSENT CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/16/2026 Passed (1) — **94–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Consent Calendar 3/12/2026 Failed (2) — **0–2** (fail) · lower
- HOUSE GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/2/2026 Passed (3) — **11–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Lafferty — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2026-01-13** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2026-01-15** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2026-01-21** P2C, ref. to Government Operations Committee `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-25** Placed on cal. Government Operations Committee for 3/2/2026
- **2026-03-02** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-11** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/12/2026
- **2026-03-12** H. Placed on Consent Calendar for 3/16/2026
- **2026-03-16** Passed Senate, Ayes 32, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2026-03-16** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill. `substitution`
- **2026-03-16** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2026-03-16** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen. `receipt`
- **2026-03-16** Passed H., Ayes 94, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2026-03-17** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker. `enrolled`
- **2026-03-24** Signed by Senate Speaker `passage`
- **2026-03-24** Signed by H. Speaker `passage`
- **2026-04-01** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2026-04-13** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2026-04-23** Effective date(s) 04/13/2026
- **2026-04-23** Pub. Ch. 746

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/53819d35-f600-474a-8b76-cbbc154b0057`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).