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

SB 2021: 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.

Introduced Last action February 2, 2026: Withdrawn.

Plain-language summary

SB 2021 is a bill introduced in the Tennessee Senate on January 22, 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: Reeves. Most recent recorded action (February 2, 2026): Withdrawn.

Sponsors

Primary sponsor: Reeves.