(a)Reenactment of the Acts of the 2023 Session of the General Assembly.
Terms Used In Tennessee Code 1-2-114
Code: includes the Tennessee Code and all amendments and revisions to the code and all additions and supplements to the code. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
Dependent: A person dependent for support upon another.
Litigation: A case, controversy, or lawsuit. Participants (plaintiffs and defendants) in lawsuits are called litigants.
State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the several territories of the United States. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
(1) This compilation of laws together with the supplemental reenactments set out in subdivision (b)(1) shall be deemed amendatory.(2) This compilation shall be deemed a reenactment of the general acts of a permanent nature enacted at the 2023 regular session of the general assembly to the extent codified by the codification act. The sections so reenacted shall be construed as continuations of the previous laws so reenacted, and pending litigation, criminal prosecutions and statutes of limitations shall not be affected by such reenactments.(3) Each section of this reenactment bearing the same number as a section appearing in the Tennessee Code as enacted in 1955 or in supplemental reenactments of the code is deemed to be in substitution for such section. Statutory references in any title, chapter, or section of the Tennessee Code shall be deemed to be references to the applicable provisions of law, and any change or rearrangements in numbering, division, or placement of the actual title, chapter, or section referred to shall not affect the validity of such references. Where only a portion of a section appears in this reenactment, such portion is deemed to be either in substitution of the same portion appearing in the Tennessee Code or supplemental reenactment or an addition to such section. Where section numbers of the Tennessee Code or supplemental reenactments are followed by “Repealed” or “Superseded”, they are deemed repealed unless limiting or restricting language follows the word “Repealed” or “Superseded”, in which latter event such repeal or supersession shall be limited or restricted in accordance with such language. Where section numbers of the Tennessee Code or supplemental reenactments are followed by “Unconstitutional” or are noted as having been found unconstitutional, this is reflective of a definitive court decision on the constitutionality of that section. Clauses, preambles, captions, statements of legislative intent, severability or reverse-severability clauses omitted from codification pursuant to § 1-1-108, remain valid in construing legislative intent of the codified portions of the act notwithstanding that the omitted portions of the act were not codified.(4) All public acts of a general and permanent nature passed at the 2023 session of the general assembly, to the extent codified in the code, are repealed except those laws excepted by § 1-2-105 of the Tennessee Code.(5) The enrolled draft of this reenactment shall, upon approval of this statute by the governor, be deposited in the office of the secretary of state, and shall be carefully preserved by that officer as an official reenactment of supplemental material to the Tennessee Code.(6) All provisions of the Tennessee Code as enacted by chapter 6 of the Public Acts of 1955 and the supplemental reenactments set out in subdivision (b)(1) referring generally to such code, including the provisions of chapter 3 of this title, shall be likewise applicable to the sections of this reenactment and to prior supplemental reenactments.(7) In case of any conflict between the acts of the 2024 session of the general assembly, or any extraordinary session occurring after the 2023 regular session of the general assembly, and this reenactment, the former shall be controlling regardless of the respective dates of passage or approval.(8) All references and amendments in the acts of the 2024 session of the general assembly to code sections included in this reenactment shall be deemed to be references or amendments to provisions of law as stated in this reenactment.(b)Reenactment of the Acts of the 1955 Through 2023 Sessions of the General Assembly.(1)(A) The supplemental material enacted by chapter 1 of the Public Acts of 1959, chapter 1 of the Public Acts of 1961, chapter 1 of the Public Acts of 1963, chapter 1 of the Public Acts of 1965, chapter 1 of the Public Acts of 1967, chapter 1 of the Public Acts of 1969, chapter 354 of the Public Acts of 1970, chapter 1 of the Public Acts of 1971, chapter 441 of the Public Acts of 1972, chapter 1 of the Public Acts of 1973, chapter 414 of the Public Acts of 1974, chapter 1 of the Public Acts of 1975, chapter 382 of the Public Acts of 1976, chapter 1 of the Public Acts of 1977, chapter 496 of the Public Acts of 1978, chapters 1 and 145 of the Public Acts of 1979, chapter 444 of the Public Acts of 1980, chapter 1 of the Public Acts of 1981, chapter 543 of the Public Acts of 1982, chapter 1 of the Public Acts of 1983, chapter 483 of the Public Acts of 1984, chapter 2 of the Public Acts of 1985, chapters 523 and 786 of the Public Acts of 1986, chapter 4 of the Public Acts of 1987, chapter 458 of the Public Acts of 1988, chapter 5 of the Public Acts of 1989, chapter 668 of the Public Acts of 1990, chapter 28 of the Public Acts of 1991, chapter 528 of the Public Acts of 1992, chapter 1 of the Public Acts of 1993, chapter 543 of the Public Acts of 1994, chapter 1 of the Public Acts of 1995, chapter 554 of the Public Acts of 1996, chapter 1 of the Public Acts of 1997, chapter 574 of the Public Acts of 1998, chapter 235 of the Public Acts of 1999, chapter 574 of the Public Acts of 2000, chapter 52 of the Public Acts of 2001, chapter 491 of the Public Acts of 2002, chapter 1 of the Public Acts of 2003, chapter 437 of the Public Acts of 2004, chapter 1 of the Public Acts of 2005, chapter 507 of the Public Acts of 2006, chapter 1 of the Public Acts of 2007, chapter 607 of the Public Acts of 2008, chapter 2 of the Public Acts of 2009, chapter 624 of the Public Acts of 2010, chapter 41 of the Public Acts of 2011, chapter 582 of the Public Acts of 2012, chapter 1 of the Public Acts of 2013, chapter 530 of the Public Acts of 2014, chapter 27 of the Public Acts of 2015, chapter 569 of the Public Acts of 2016, chapter 30 of the Public Acts of 2017, chapter 536 of the Public Acts of 2018, chapter 1 of the Public Acts of 2019, chapter 518 of the Public Acts of 2020, chapter 33 of the Public Acts of 2021, chapter 620 of the Public Acts of 2022, and chapter 49 of the Public Acts of 2023 shall be deemed amendatory of, supplemental to and become part of the Tennessee Code enacted as chapter 6 of the Public Acts of 1955.(B) The supplemental material reenacted by chapters 450 and 802 of the Public Acts of 1980, by chapters 5 through 13 of the Public Acts of 1981, by chapters 2, 3, 6, and 7 of the Public Acts of 1983, by chapters 487 and 488 of the Public Acts of 1984, by chapters 4 through 6 of the Public Acts of 1985, by chapters 1 through 3 of the Public Acts of 2006, and chapters 1 through 4 of the Public Acts of 2010 shall be deemed amendatory of, supplemental to and become part of the Tennessee Code enacted as chapter 6 of the Public Acts of 1955.(C) The material contained in replacement volumes 9A (1983 edition), 12A (1983 edition), 6 (1984 edition), 2 (1985 edition), 2A (1985 edition), 2B (1985 edition), 11 (1986 edition), 3A (1987 edition), 12A (1987 edition), 12B (1987 edition), 8 (1987 edition), 8B (1988 edition), 3 (1988 edition), 10 (1988 edition), 10A (1989 edition), 10B (1989 edition), 12 (1989 edition), 9 (1990 edition), 10C (1990 edition), 11 (1990 edition), 7A (1990 edition), 6A (1991 edition), 7 (1991 edition), 2A (1991 edition), 9A (1991 edition), 12A (1992 edition), 3A (1992 edition), 2B (1992 edition), 8A (1992 edition), 11A (1993 edition), 10 (1993 edition), 3 (1993 edition), 8 (1993 edition), 4 (1994 edition), 10A (1994 edition), 2 (1994 edition), 12 (1994 edition), 8B (1995 edition), 12B (1995 edition), 6A (1996 edition), 8A (1996 edition), 9 (1996 edition), 12A (1996 edition), 7 (1997 edition), 7A (1997 edition), 10C (1997 edition), 11 (1997 edition), 2A (1998 edition), 2B (1998 edition), 10 (1998 edition), 12 (1998 edition), 3A (1999 edition), 3B (1999 edition), 9A (1999 edition), 4A (2000 edition), 5 (2000 edition), 8 (2000 edition), 10A (2000 edition), 6 (2001 edition), 6A (2001 edition), 8A (2001 edition), 8B (2001 edition), 12A (2001 edition), 3 (2002 edition), 8C (2002 edition), 9 (2002 edition), 10B (2002 edition), 2 (2003 edition), 7 (2003 edition), 7A (2003 edition), 12 (2003 edition), 10 (2004 edition), 11 (2004 edition), 11A (2004 edition), 12B (2004 edition), 2A (2005 edition), 2B (2005 edition), 6A (2005 edition) 9A (2005 edition), 7 (2006 edition), 7A (2006 edition), 7B (2006 edition), 12 (2006 edition), 12A (2006 edition), 1 (2007 edition), 1A (2007 edition), 6 (2007 edition), 8 (2007 edition), 8A (2007 edition), 9A (2008 edition), 9B (2008 edition), 9C (2008 edition), 10 (2008 edition), 10A (2008 edition), 4 (2009 edition), 9 (2009 edition), 10C (2009 edition), 13 (2009 edition), 6A (2010 edition), 7 (2010 edition), 7B (2010 edition), 11 (2010 edition), 2A (2011 edition), 2B (2011 edition), 3 (2011 edition), 3B (2011 edition), 12 (2011 edition), 12A (2011 edition), 3A (2012 edition), 5 (2012 edition), 7A (2012 edition), 8D (2012 edition), 9C (2012 edition), 12B (2012 edition), 8C (2013 edition), 9 (2013 edition), 10B (2013 edition), 11B (2013 edition), 11C (2013 edition), 12 (2013 edition) 12A (2013 edition), 2 (2014 edition), 6A (2014 edition), 6B (2014 edition), 7 (2014 edition), 7B (2014 edition), 9A (2014 edition), 2A (2015 edition), 2B (2015 edition), 2C (2015 edition), 6 (2015 edition), 11A (2015 edition), 3 (2016 edition), 9 (2016 edition), 9A (2016 edition), 10 (2016 edition), 10A (2016 edition), 1A (2017 edition), 4A (2017 edition), 6A (2017 edition), 9D (2017 edition), 11 (2017 edition), 7 (2018 edition), 7A (2018 edition), 7B (2018 edition), 10B (2018 edition), 11C (2018 edition), 3B (2019 edition), 7C (2019 edition), 8D (2019 edition), 10C (2019 edition), 12B (2019 edition), 3A (2020 edition), 8A (2020 edition), 9 (2020 edition), 9A (2020 edition), 9D (2020 edition), 2A (2021 edition), 4 (2021 edition), 6 (2021 edition), 6A (2021 edition), 6B (2021 edition), 9B (2022 edition), 9C (2022 edition), 11A (2022 edition), 11B (2022 edition), 11C (2022 edition), 11D (2022 edition), 2 (2023 edition), 9 (2023 edition), 11 (2023 edition), 12 (2023 edition) and 12A (2023 edition) shall be deemed amendatory of, supplemental to and become part of the Tennessee Code enacted as chapter 6 of the Public Acts of 1955, as though such material were specifically reenacted in its entirety.(2) The supplemental reenactments set out in subdivision (b)(1) shall be deemed reenactments of the general acts of a permanent nature enacted at the sessions of the general assembly held in the years 1955 through 2023 which were codified therein. The sections so reenacted shall be construed as continuations of the previous laws so reenacted, and pending litigation, criminal prosecutions and statutes of limitations shall not be affected by such reenactments.(3) Each section of the supplemental reenactments bearing the same number as a section appearing in the Tennessee Code as enacted in 1955 or in prior supplemental reenactments of the code is deemed to be in substitution for such section. Where only a portion of a section appears, such portion is deemed to be either in substitution of the same portion appearing in the Tennessee Code or prior supplemental reenactments or an addition to such section. Where section numbers of the Tennessee Code or supplemental reenactments are followed by “Repealed” or “Superseded”, they are deemed repealed unless limiting or restricting language follows the word “Repealed” or “Superseded”, in which latter event such repeal or supersession shall be limited or restricted in accordance with such language. Where section numbers of the Tennessee Code or supplemental reenactments are followed by “Unconstitutional” or are noted as having been found unconstitutional, this is reflective of a definitive court decision on the constitutionality of that section. Clauses, preambles, captions, statements of legislative intent, severability or reverse-severability clauses omitted from codification pursuant to § 1-1-108, remain valid in construing legislative intent of the codified portions of the act notwithstanding that the omitted portions of the act were not codified.(4) All public acts of a general and permanent nature, to the extent codified in this act and the supplemental reenactments set out in subdivision (b)(1), which were passed prior to the 2023 session of the general assembly and after the 1953 session are repealed, except chapters 6 and 121 of the Public Acts of 1955, all of the supplemental reenactments set out in subdivision (b)(1), and those laws excepted by § 1-2-105 of the Tennessee Code.(5) The enrolled draft of each supplemental reenactment shall, upon approval of the statute by the governor, be deposited in the office of the secretary of state, and shall be carefully preserved by that officer as an official enactment of supplemental material to the Tennessee Code.(6) Title 47 of the Tennessee Code as enacted by chapter 6 of the Public Acts of 1955, as amended and supplemented by chapter 1 of the Public Acts of 1961 and chapter 1 of the Public Acts of 1963, is repealed in its entirety except as provided in [former] § 47-1-110 [repealed]; provided, that the sections appearing in title 47, chapters 11-15 in the reenactment by chapter 1 of the Public Acts of 1965 shall be construed as continuations of the similar sections appearing in the former title 47, and pending litigation, criminal prosecutions and statutes of limitation shall not be affected by such repeal and reenactment.(7) In case any act or portion of an act codified and reenacted as provided in subdivision (b)(1) is thereafter deleted from this code for reasons other than repeal, supersession, or unconstitutionality, the original act or portion of an act so removed from the code shall be revived and continued in the same force and effect it had as a separate act prior to codification, notwithstanding any action occurring under subsection (a).(8) Legislative intent or effect which is dependent on the proposed placement of an act in the Tennessee Code shall not be affected by the actual codification of such material, and the general repealer contained in subdivision (a)(4) shall not affect such presumed intent.
