Tennessee HB 1226: Infectious Diseases - As enacted, deletes all references to the world health organization; requires a pandemic to be declared by the federal centers for disease and prevention control, rather than the world health organization, with a subsequent declaration of a state of emergency by the governor for the governor to have exclusive jurisdiction to issue executive orders and directives related to the pandemic until the pandemic ceases to exist. - Amends TCA Title 7 and Title 68.

Status: Comp. became Pub. Ch. 69 (as of 2025-04-08)

State: Tennessee · Session: 114 · Bill: HB 1226

Subjects: Infectious Diseases

Sponsors: Lafferty

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