Administrative Procedure (UAPA) - As enacted, generally establishes that permanent rules filed in the office of the secretary of state on or after January 1, 2025, that are in effect on the effective date of this act, and that are scheduled for expiration on June 30, 2026, do not expire on June 30, 2026, but remain in effect until repealed or amended by subsequent rule of the appropriate rulemaking agency or until otherwise superseded by legislative enactment. -

HB 2043 prevents certain state agency rules from automatically expiring on June 30, 2026. Specifically, it keeps permanent rules filed with the Secretary of State on or after January 1, 2025 - those in effect when the bill passes and scheduled to expire on June 30, 2026 - active until the agency repeals, amends them, or new legislation supersedes them. This directly affects Tennessee state agencies that create these rules and the public subject to them, as it avoids an automatic lapse of existing regulations. The bill does not change the rules themselves but extends their validity through standard rulemaking processes. It explicitly states rules cannot remain in effect if they conflict with other laws outside the Uniform Administrative Procedures Act.