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type: "Bill"
title: "Administrative Procedure (UAPA) - As enacted, precludes certain boards administratively attached to the department of environment and conservation from voting to review the initial order of an administrative law judge in an administrative proceeding, but preserves the right of a party to appeal an initial order directly to the board; reduces from 180 to 90 days the period of time from the completion of the record of a contested case hearing within which an administrative law judge must issue an initial order in a hearing involving such boards. - Amends TCA Title 60; Title 68 and Title 69."
description: "Administrative Procedure (UAPA) - As enacted, precludes certain boards administratively attached to the department of environment and conservation from voting to review the initial order of an administrative law judge in an administrative proceeding, but preserves the right of a party to appeal an initial order directly to the board; reduces from 180 to 90 days the period of time from the completion of the record of a contested case hearing within which an administrative law judge must issue an initial order in a hearing involving such boards. - Amends TCA Title 60; Title 68 and Title 69."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "114"
identifier: "SB 1883"
citation: "Tennessee SB 1883 (114)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Administrative Procedure (UAPA)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Johnson"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 23
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2026-01-21"
last_action: "2026-05-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a9f65d00-aee1-4cb9-99a0-6d53023b3fdb"
source_url: "https://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/Default?BillNumber=SB1883&ga=114"
source_hash: "2108d6d5a299e55839b978765f1a5e1b05e241c62fbd4915fdb439982b2653a4"
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 SB 1883 (114) — Administrative Procedure (UAPA) - As enacted, precludes certain boards administratively attached to the department of environment and conservation from voting to review the initial order of an administrative law judge in an administrative proceeding, but preserves the right of a party to appeal an initial order directly to the board; reduces from 180 to 90 days the period of time from the completion of the record of a contested case hearing within which an administrative law judge must issue an initial order in a hearing involving such boards. - Amends TCA Title 60; Title 68 and Title 69.
## 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/SB1883.pdf)
## Votes
- SENATE ENERGY, AGRICULTURE AND NATURAL RESOURCES COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 3/11/2026 Passed — **72** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 3/19/2026 Passed — **276** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/7/2026 Passed (1) — **7520** (pass) · lower
- SENATE GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Energy, Ag., and Nat. Resources Committee 2/18/2026 Passed — **72** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Johnson — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2026-01-21** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2026-01-22** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2026-02-02** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Government Operations Committee `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-11** Placed on Senate Government Operations Committee calendar for 2/18/2026
- **2026-02-11** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2026-02-18** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Energy, Ag., and Nat. Resources Committee
- **2026-02-25** Placed on Senate Energy, Ag., and Nat. Resources Committee calendar for 3/4/2026
- **2026-03-04** Action deferred in Senate Energy, Ag., and Nat. Resources Committee to 3/11/2026
- **2026-03-05** Placed on Senate Energy, Ag., and Nat. Resources Committee calendar for 3/11/2026
- **2026-03-11** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
- **2026-03-17** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 3/19/2026
- **2026-03-19** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House `receipt`
- **2026-03-19** Passed Senate, Ayes 27, Nays 6 `passage`
- **2026-03-23** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2026-04-07** Passed H., Ayes 75, Nays 20, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2026-04-07** Subst. for comp. HB. `substitution`
- **2026-04-08** Enrolled and ready for signatures `enrolled`
- **2026-04-14** Signed by Senate Speaker `passage`
- **2026-04-16** Signed by H. Speaker `passage`
- **2026-04-17** Transmitted to Governor for action. `executive-receipt`
- **2026-04-27** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2026-05-05** Effective date(s) 04/27/2026
- **2026-05-05** Pub. Ch. 838
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a9f65d00-aee1-4cb9-99a0-6d53023b3fdb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).