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Committee advances TBI sunset bill; Director describes wastewater‑testing pilot to detect emerging drugs
Summary
The committee gave House Bill 266 a positive recommendation to extend the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation’s sunset to 2029 and heard a detailed briefing on a one‑year wastewater testing pilot in East Tennessee aimed at earlier detection of emerging substances.
The House Government Operations Committee advanced House Bill 266 on March 10, sending the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation (TBI) sunset extension to calendar and rules after a committee discussion and a 9–0 recorded vote.
TBI Director David Rausch and Patrick Power, TBI policy director, briefed the committee on the agency’s work and outlined a proposed one‑year wastewater testing pilot in Knoxville. Rausch described wastewater testing as a prevention tool that identifies drugs flowing through a community’s sewage system and provides an early indicator of emerging substances. “The purpose for us…
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