Tennessee
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Children - As enacted, requires on or before June 30, 2026, and each June 30 thereafter, the council on children's mental health care to submit a report to certain officials regarding the status of the statewide system of care for children's mental health and the service delivery system and the status of children's mental health in this state. - Amends TCA Title 37, Chapter 3.
2025-04-04 — Pub. Ch. 109
Portland - Subject to local approval, deletes obsolete and superseded provisions of the city charter. - Amends Chapter 568 of the Private Acts of 1939; as amended.
2025-06-04 — Pr. Ch. 22
Sunset Laws - As enacted, extends the board of osteopathic examination to June 30, 2029. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 29 and Title 63, Chapter 9.
2025-03-24 — Pub. Ch. 23
Local Education Agencies - As enacted, requires at least one full-time employee at each school under the jurisdiction of an LEA or public charter school to annually receive training in seizure safety and first aid. - Amends TCA Title 49; Title 50 and Title 71.
2025-05-02 — Comp. became Pub. Ch. 165
Interest Rates - As enacted, increases, from 30 to 36 percent per annum, the maximum permitted effective rate of interest that may be contracted for by an industrial loan and thrift company on an unpaid balance where the amount financed is $100 or more; makes other related changes. - Amends TCA Title 45, Chapter 5.
2025-04-08 — Comp. became Pub. Ch. 70
Memorials, Sports - Hamilton Middle School Wildcats boys' basketball team, MSCIAA Class A Champions -
2026-03-31 — Signed by Governor.
Memorials, Academic Achievement - Taylor Rae Troutman, Salutatorian, Hampshire Unit School -
2026-04-16 — Signed by Governor.
Memorials, Sports - Tristiano Alfano -
2026-04-20 — Signed by Governor.
Memorials, Retirement - Judge Rex Henry Ogle -
2026-04-30 — Signed by Governor.
Memorials, Recognition - Greenfield School, Anne Dallas Dudley Award -
2026-05-05 — Signed by Governor.
Memorials, Sports - Nashville Christian School football team, 2024 TSSAA Division II-A State Champions -
2025-03-12 — Signed by Governor.
Memorials, Professional Achievement - Michael Todd Henderson, John Trotwood Moore Middle School Teacher of the Year -
2025-03-19 — Signed by Governor.
Memorials, Death - Major Richard Wayne Brandt, U.S. Air Force (ret.) -
2025-04-01 — Signed by Governor.
Memorials, Academic Achievement - Carstan Drew Bevis, Top Ten Senior, Wayne County High School -
2025-04-07 — Signed by Governor.
Memorials, Academic Achievement - Mali F. Wood, Salutatorian, Spring Hill High School -
2025-04-09 — Signed by Governor.
Memorials, Interns - Derryus Shaw -
2025-05-02 — Signed by Governor.
Insurance Companies, Agents, Brokers, Policies - As introduced, removes an obsolete reference to the length of the validity for an insurance producer license issued on or after January 1, 2007; changes, from March 1 to March 15, the date that a business entity license under the Tennessee Insurance Producer Licensing Act of 2002 expires biennially. - Amends TCA Title 8; Title 56; Title 63; Title 68 and Title 71.
2025-02-12 — Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Commerce and Labor Committee
Campaigns and Campaign Finance - As introduced, prohibits out-of-state political campaign committees from making contributions to influence a state or local primary election for the Republican Party. - Amends TCA Title 2 and Title 3.
2025-04-02 — Failed in Senate State and Local Government Committee
Education, Dept. of - As introduced, requires the department to develop or approve a policy allowing for the retake of a TCAP test, including each end-of-course assessment, if the administration of one or more of the state-mandated TCAP tests is interrupted due to an act of God or other circumstance beyond the control of the school. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 6.
2025-03-05 — Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Education Committee
Lottery, Scholarships and Programs - As introduced, expands eligibility for a helping heroes grant to include veterans who have received any medal authorized by congress for the armed forces of the United States that is awarded for combat or heroism; allows eligible veterans to receive a helping heroes grant in pursuit of a certificate at an eligible postsecondary institution. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 4.
2025-02-12 — Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee
Adoption - As enacted, changes from 21 to 18 the age at which certain adoption records must be made available to certain adopted persons; makes various other changes regarding adoption records. - Amends TCA Title 36, Chapter 1, Part 1.
2025-04-04 — Comp. became Pub. Ch. 79
Henry County - Subject to local approval, repeals an obsolete private act regarding the acquisition and operation of a nursing home. - Repeals Chapter 158 of the Private Acts of 1961.
2025-04-28 — Comp. became Pr. Ch. 4
Process, Service of - As introduced, clarifies that the name and address required pursuant to the receipt of a deed of conveyance of real property may be used as the basis for obtaining service of process upon either party as an agent thereof, for failure to pay real property taxes. - Amends TCA Title 66, Chapter 24.
2026-01-22 — Withdrawn.
Local Education Agencies - As introduced, authorizes counties and cities to create by majority vote of the local legislative body the elected office of school superintendent. - Amends TCA Title 2 and Title 49.
2026-01-22 — Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee
Gaming - As introduced, requires a licensee offering interactive sports wagering in this state to restrict access to such wagering on certain campuses of public institutions of higher education; requires certain public institutions of higher education to restrict internet access to interactive sports wagering on campus. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 49, Part 1 and Title 49.
2026-02-02 — Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate State and Local Government Committee
Evidence - As introduced, permits the introduction into evidence of a video recording of a child victim being interviewed by a forensic interviewer regarding sexual or physically violent contact with the child if the forensic interviewer is an employee of the department of children's services and meets certain requirements. - Amends TCA Title 9, Chapter 4, Part 2 and Title 24, Chapter 7, Part 1.
2026-02-02 — Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee
Education, Higher - As introduced, requires the governing board for each public institution of higher education to install and maintain a "Charlie Kirk Memorial Courtyard for Civil Debate" at the main campus of each public institution of higher education governed by the board. - Amends TCA Title 4 and Title 49.
2026-03-11 — Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Education Committee
Correction, Dept. of - As introduced, enacts the "Tennessee Women's Childbirth Alternatives, Resources, and Education Act." - Amends TCA Title 24; Title 33; Title 39; Title 40; Title 41; Title 63; Title 68 and Title 71.
2026-03-18 — Failed in Senate Health and Welfare Committee
Landlord and Tenant - As introduced, states that unlawful detainer actions are confidential and shielded from public inspection if the action was filed on or after July 1, 2026, the case was dismissed by the court or a party, an appeal is not pending in the case, and three years have passed since the date the action was filed or the parties have agreed in writing to shield the records from public disclosure. - Amends TCA Title 10, Chapter 7, Part 5; Title 29, Chapter 18 and Title 66.
2026-03-23 — Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Judiciary Committee
Juvenile Offenders - As introduced, requires a juvenile court, upon finding a child has committed a third or subsequent delinquent act, to enter an order of restitution against the parent, legal custodian, or guardian who had custody of the child at the time of the act for the expenses incurred by any law enforcement agency in responding to and investigating the delinquent act. - Amends TCA Title 37.
2025-03-17 — Failed in Senate Judiciary Committee
Professions and Occupations - As introduced, enacts the "Tennessee Professionals' Freedom of Religion Act." - Amends TCA Title 4.
2026-03-10 — Failed (no motion) in Senate Commerce and Labor Committee
Professions and Occupations - As introduced, exempts a person whose occupation or practice is confined solely to makeup application services from the requirement to be licensed as a cosmetologist or aesthetician if the person meets the requirements to obtain a certificate to provide makeup application services. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 62, Chapter 3; Title 62, Chapter 38 and Title 62, Chapter 4.
2026-02-05 — Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Commerce and Labor Committee
Education - As introduced, requires the office of research and education accountability in the office of the comptroller of the treasury to submit a copy of its annual report detailing the results of certain tests administered to recipients of education freedom scholarships to the legislative librarian. - Amends TCA Title 49.
2026-02-05 — Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee
Health, Dept. of - As introduced, directs the department to submit a report on the feasibility of creating and implementing a graduate physician licensure program that would allow a person who has graduated from an allopathic medical school and passed the United States Medical Licensing Examination, but who has not completed an accredited postgraduate residency program, to provide medical services within a framework of a continuous collaboration and supervision agreement with a licensed physician to the chair of the health and welfare committee of the senate and the chair of the committee of the house of representatives having jurisdiction over health-related matters on or before January 1, 2027. - Amends TCA Title 63 and Title 68.
2026-03-18 — Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Health and Welfare Committee
Oakland - Subject to local approval, transfers authority to appoint and remove all directors and department heads, excluding the town recorder, from the board of mayor and aldermen to the town manager. - Amends Chapter 167 of the Private Acts of 1994; as amended.
2026-05-01 — Comp. became Pr. Ch. 51
Dentists and Dentistry - As introduced, adds the legislative librarian to the list of persons the commissioner of health must submit an annual report to on the work done by and under the commissioner regarding the general supervision of dentists and dental equipment in the various state institutions. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 8; Title 14; Title 29; Title 33; Title 37; Title 39; Title 53; Title 56; Title 63; Title 68 and Title 71.
2025-03-18 — Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Commerce and Labor Committee
Education, Curriculum - As introduced, requires each local education agency and public charter school to review any new family life curricula recommended by the joint task force on children's justice and child sexual abuse prior to the start of each school year. - Amends TCA Title 39 and Title 49.
2025-02-12 — Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee
Sunset Laws - As enacted, extends the industrial development division, building finance committee to June 30, 2031. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 14 and Title 4, Chapter 29.
2025-03-21 — Pub. Ch. 9
Memorials, Recognition - Rosalie Clement -
2026-05-11 — Signed by Governor.
Memorials, Recognition - Kayla Markwei, 2026 Boys & Girls Club of Rutherford County Youth of the Year -
2026-05-11 — Signed by Governor.
Memorials, Personal Occasion - Faye Colyer, 105th birthday -
2026-05-11 — Signed by Governor.
Memorials, Recognition - Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc., South Eastern Regional Director Dr. Tracey Morant Adams and AKA Day at the Capitol -
2025-03-25 — Signed by Governor.
Memorials, Recognition - Franklin High School Band -
2025-04-10 — Signed by Governor.
Memorials, Public Service - Tennessee's retailers that collect sales taxes for the State -
2026-04-20 — Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Finance, Ways and Means Committee
Memorials, Recognition - 1175th Transportation Company, Tennessee Army National Guard -
2025-03-04 — Signed by Governor.
Memorials, Academic Achievement - Katherine Smith, Valedictorian, Cookeville High School -
2025-05-07 — Signed by Governor.
Memorials, Recognition - Abigail Goddard, founder of Spikey -
2026-02-03 — Signed by Governor.
Memorials, Sports - Bobby Broyles, TSSAA Hall of Fame -
2026-03-25 — Signed by Governor.
Memorials, Recognition - T. Wayne Williams, National FFA Southern Region vice president -
2026-03-18 — Signed by Governor.
Memorials, Professional Achievement - Dr. Tonya Dennis, Metro Nashville Public Schools Principal of the Year finalist -
2025-04-04 — Enrolled and ready for signatures