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

HB 557: Natural Disasters - As introduced, creates the State Disaster Relief Program to be administered by TEMA for the purpose of providing grants to local governments where a natural disaster has occurred that does not exceed the threshold for federal disaster relief. - Amends TCA Title 58, Chapter 2, Part 1.

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 557 is a bill introduced in the Tennessee House on January 29, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Natural Disasters - As introduced, creates the State Disaster Relief Program to be administered by TEMA for the purpose of providing grants to local governments where a natural disaster has occurred that does not exceed the threshold for federal disaster relief. - Amends TCA Title 58, Chapter 2, Part 1. Primary sponsor: Kip Capley (Republican). Most recent recorded action (April 2, 2025): Taken off notice for cal. in State & Local Government Committee.

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
Kip CapleyPrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse71

“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. Taken off notice for cal. in State & Local Government Committee
  2. Action def. in State & Local Government Committee to 4/2/2025
  3. Placed on cal. State & Local Government Committee for 4/2/2025
  4. Action def. in State & Local Government Committee to 3/26/2025
  5. Placed on cal. State & Local Government Committee for 3/26/2025
  6. Placed on cal. State & Local Government Committee for 3/19/2025
  7. Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to State & Local Government Committee
  8. Placed on s/c cal Departments & Agencies Subcommittee for 3/11/2025
  9. P2C, ref. to State & Local Government Committee
  10. Assigned to s/c Departments & Agencies Subcommittee
  11. Intro., P1C.
  12. Filed for introduction

Sources

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