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

HB 2659: Gaming - As enacted, creates a five-day window after the effective date of this act for nonprofit organizations seeking to operate an annual event for the annual event period beginning on July 1, 2026, and ending June 30, 2027, to submit its annual event application to the secretary of state. - Amends TCA Title 3, Chapter 17.

In committee Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

HB 2659 is a bill introduced in the Tennessee House on March 4, 2026. According to its official title, it concerns: Gaming - As enacted, creates a five-day window after the effective date of this act for nonprofit organizations seeking to operate an annual event for the annual event period beginning on July 1, 2026, and ending June 30, 2027, to submit its annual event application to the secretary of state. - Amends TCA Title 3, Chapter 17. Primary sponsor: William Lamberth (Republican). Most recent recorded action (April 13, 2026): Comp. became Pub. Ch. 680.

Generated automatically from the official title, sponsor list, and status record only. It does not characterize the bill’s purpose or effects. How summaries are written

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Republican 1

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
William LamberthPrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse44

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

  1. Comp. became Pub. Ch. 680
  2. Sponsor(s) Added.
  3. Comp. SB subst.
  4. H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/6/2026
  5. Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/2/2026
  6. Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee
  7. Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee
  8. Placed on cal. Finance, Ways, and Means Committee for 3/31/2026
  9. Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee
  10. Assigned to s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee
  11. Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 3/25/2026
  12. Placed on cal. State & Local Government Committee for 3/24/2026

Showing 12 most recent of 21 actions. Full history

Sources

  1. Open States / Plural (data from the official legislature website)
  2. Official legislature source