Tennessee · 114th Regular Session (2025-2026) · Bill

HB 2430: Welfare - As introduced, requires the commissioner of human services to provide to the commissioner of correction an application for food assistance to be used by inmates in state correctional institutions prior to release; requires the application to contain an option for the inmate to indicate a denial to apply for food assistance and reasons for doing so; requires the commissioner of correction to supply the application to each inmate prior to release; requires reports to the general assembly on certain data collected from the applications and on the number of inmates leaving incarceration who are approved for food assistance. - Amends TCA Title 41 and Title 71.

In committee Last action February 5, 2026: P2C, ref. to State & Local Government Committee - Government Operations for Review

Plain-language summary

HB 2430 is a bill introduced in the Tennessee House on February 3, 2026. According to its official title, it concerns: Welfare - As introduced, requires the commissioner of human services to provide to the commissioner of correction an application for food assistance to be used by inmates in state correctional institutions prior to release; requires the application to contain an option for the inmate to indicate a denial to apply for food assistance and reasons for doing so; requires the commissioner of correction to supply the application to each inmate prior to release; requires reports to the general assembly on certain data collected from the applications and on the number of inmates leaving incarceration who are approved for food assistance. - Amends TCA Title 41 and Title 71. Primary sponsor: Andrew Farmer (Republican). Most recent recorded action (February 5, 2026): P2C, ref. to State & Local Government Committee - Government Operations for Review.

Sponsors

Primary sponsor: Andrew Farmer (Republican).