2025-2026 Regular Session • Tennessee Legislature
HB6003: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 9, Chapter 4, Part 2, relative to disaster relief funds.
Legislative Summary
As enacted, creates two funds within the state treasury to be known as the Hurricane Helene interest payment fund and the governor's response and recovery fund; authorizes moneys in each fund to be used to assist with the response to and the recovery from certain declared emergencies. - Amends TCA Title 9, Chapter 4, Part 2.
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Bill History
1/22/2025
Filed for introduction
House of Representatives
1/27/2025
Intro., P1C.
House of Representatives
1/27/2025
Sponsor(s) Added.
House of Representatives
1/28/2025
P2C, ref. to Disaster Relief Committee--Government Operations for review
House of Representatives
1/28/2025
Placed on cal. Disaster Relief Committee of Extraordinary Session for 1/28/2025
House of Representatives
1/28/2025
Rec. for pass; ref to Government Operations Committee
House of Representatives
1/28/2025
Placed on cal. Government Operations Committee of 1st Extraordinary Session for 1/28/2025
House of Representatives
1/28/2025
Rec. for pass; ref to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee of 1st Extraordinary Session
House of Representatives
1/28/2025
Placed on cal. Finance, Ways, and Means Committee of 1st Extraordinary Session for 1/28/2025
House of Representatives
1/28/2025
Sponsor(s) Added.
House of Representatives
1/28/2025
Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee of 1st Extraordinary Session
House of Representatives
1/28/2025
Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee of 1st Extraordinary Session for 1/28/2025
House of Representatives
1/28/2025
H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 1/29/25
House of Representatives
1/29/2025
Comp. SB subst.
House of Representatives
1/29/2025
Sponsor(s) Added.
House of Representatives
1/30/2025
Sponsor(s) Added.
House of Representatives
2/25/2025
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 2
Amendments
HA6037
Amendment 3-0 to HB6003
1/29/2025Not Adopted
HA6005
Amendment 1-0 to HB6003
1/28/2025Not Adopted
HA6006
Amendment 2-0 to HB6003
1/28/2025Not Adopted
Roll Call Votes
HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS COMMITTEE OF EXTRAORDINARY SESSION: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee of 1st Extraordinary Session
1/29/2025
26
Yea
0
Nay
0
Not Voting
0
Absent
Result: PASSED
HOUSE GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS COMMITTEE OF EXTRAORDINARY SESSION: Rec. for pass; ref to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee of 1st Extraordinary Session
1/29/2025
20
Yea
1
Nay
0
Not Voting
0
Absent
Result: PASSED
HOUSE DISASTER RELIEF COMMITTEE OF EXTRAORDINARY SESSION: Rec. for pass; ref to Government Operations Committee of 1st Extraordinary Session
1/29/2025
21
Yea
0
Nay
0
Not Voting
0
Absent
Result: PASSED
Status Information
Current Status
Passed(2/25/2025)
Chamber
House of Representatives
Sponsors
Republican: 37
Democrat: 5
Primary Sponsor
William Lamberth
Republican
Co-Sponsors (41)
Mark Cochran
Republican
Tim Hicks
Republican
Jeremy Faison
Republican
Bryan Terry
Republican
Mary Littleton
Republican
Gary Hicks
Republican
Rebecca Alexander
Republican
Renea Jones
Republican
Pat Marsh
Republican
Esther Helton-Haynes
Republican
Jerome Moon
Republican
Rush Bricken
Republican
John Clemmons
Democrat
Mark White
Republican
Jeff Burkhart
Republican
Lowell Russell
Republican
Paul Sherrell
Republican
Bob Freeman
Democrat
Antonio Parkinson
Democrat
Ryan Williams
Republican
Timothy Hill
Republican
Scott Cepicky
Republican
Kirk Haston
Republican
Tom Leatherwood
Republican
Sabi Kumar
Republican
Kip Capley
Republican
Karen Camper
Democrat
Elaine Davis
Republican
David Hawk
Republican
Dan Howell
Republican
Debra Moody
Republican
Mike Sparks
Republican
Clay Doggett
Republican
Harold Love
Democrat
Rick Eldridge
Republican
Michael Hale
Republican
Jay Reedy
Republican
Dennis Powers
Republican
Justin Lafferty
Republican
Jake McCalmon
Republican
Ed Butler
Republican