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Posted by: Stacey Shrader Joslin on Apr 22, 2026

An effort to give the state attorney general authority to review local government's contingency-fee legal contracts with outside law firms appears to have stalled in both the House and Senate. The Senate Judiciary Committee passed SB2418 on March 16. The full Senate considered the bill on April 2 but deferred final action on it twice. On April 13, it referred it back to the Calendar Committee. The House State & Local Government Committee approved HB2069 on April 1. The House considered the bill on April 9 but failed to garner the constitutional majority vote needed. It was referred back to the Calendar and Rules Committee and to the Judiciary Committee, but was taken off notice there on April 14. Tennessee Journal reports on the developments.