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Posted by: Stacey Shrader Joslin on Mar 24, 2026

Gov. Bill Lee’s administration has unveiled his annual budget amendment, which is usually a sign that the legislature is within less than month of wrapping up its business for the year. According to the Tennessee Journal, the proposal details $40 million in recurring funding and $190 million in one-time expenditures. Finance Commissioner Jim Bryson noted that the totals were less that officials have become accustomed to because of flat revenues. Funding in the amendment includes money for health programs, including TennCare, Rural Health Clinics and Strong Families Pregnancy Center Grants; housing programs; safety and security programs such as the K-12 School Safety Grants and House of Worship Safety Grants; and a number of tourism projects, including design of an expansion of the National Civil Right Museum. See the full list of proposed spending.