114 session

Memorials, Death - Eugene John Burke -

2026-02-11 — Signed by Governor.

Memorials, Recognition - National Vending Day -

2026-03-18 — Signed by Governor.

Civil Procedure - As introduced, specifies that an unauthorized alien does not have standing to commence or appear as a plaintiff in any civil action in this state. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 8; Title 16; Title 20; Title 28 and Title 29.

2025-02-12 — Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee

Codes - As introduced, allows an existing place of worship to be used for educational purposes without reclassification of the building's occupancy type if certain conditions are met. - Amends TCA Title 49 and Title 68, Chapter 120.

2025-03-18 — Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Commerce and Labor Committee

Taxes, Real Property - As introduced, revises the property tax relief program for elderly, low-income homeowners to provide tiered property tax reimbursements based on the taxpayer's age. - Amends TCA Title 67, Chapter 5, Part 7.

2025-02-12 — Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate State and Local Government Committee

Economic and Community Development - As introduced, enacts the "Small Business Growth and Empowerment Act"; authorizes business tax credits for small businesses hiring locally or providing workforce training; creates grants for minority-owned and women-owned businesses in underserved areas. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 3, Part 7 and Title 67, Chapter 4.

2026-04-07 — Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Commerce and Labor Committee

Firearms and Ammunition - As introduced, deletes the criminal offenses of carrying a firearm or club with intent to go armed and carrying a weapon in a public park with the intent to go armed; prohibits a juvenile from carrying a firearm with intent to go armed except in certain circumstances. - Amends TCA Title 36; Title 37; Title 39; Title 49; Title 50 and Title 55.

2026-01-15 — Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee

Human Resources, Department of - As enacted, excludes a person or entity that operates a family child care home and obtains a United States department of defense certificate to operate from being subject to licensure as long as such family child care home provides child care services only to an eligible patron. - Amends TCA Title 71, Chapter 3.

2026-04-24 — Comp. became Pub. Ch. 747

Open Meetings - As enacted, authorizes local governmental bodies to conduct certain community meetings via electronic means of communication. - Amends TCA Title 5; Title 6; Title 7 and Title 8, Chapter 44.

2026-05-18 — Pub. Ch. 895

Education - As introduced, enacts the "Tennessee Career Readiness Enhancement Act," which requires public high schools to integrate career readiness tools that enable students to earn credentials related to job readiness into career technical education; establishes a pilot program to obtain feedback from the business sector; makes other additions and changes to present law related to the provision and evaluation of career readiness tools. - Amends TCA Title 49.

2026-03-18 — Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Education Committee

Public Contracts - As enacted, enacts the "Higher Education Purchasing Act." - Amends TCA Title 12 and Title 49.

2026-04-29 — Pub. Ch. 816

Stanton - Subject to local approval, revises the general powers of the town; revises provisions related to the town judge. - Amends Chapter 142 of the Private Acts of 1990.

2026-02-23 — Passed on Second Consideration, held on desk. Local Bill

Utilities, Utility Districts - As enacted, authorizes certain utility systems to borrow money in anticipation of revenue collections and to issue negotiable notes to evidence such borrowing to provide emergency cash flow for such systems, with oversight of such actions by the comptroller of the treasury; establishes deadline for the payment of such notes. - Amends TCA Section 7-34-111; Section 7-36-113; Section 7-82-501; Section 7-82-702; Section 68-221-1311 and Section 68-221-611.

2025-04-30 — Pub. Ch. 170

Immigration - As introduced, requires a law enforcement agency in custody of an individual unlawfully present in the United States to request an immigration detainer and detain such individual for the maximum period as specified in the detainer; requires such agency to transport such individuals not taken into federal custody to a sanctuary city; requires department of revenue to request reimbursement for costs of detention and transportation of illegal aliens and to withhold federal petroleum taxes collected in this state if such reimbursement is not received. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 7; Title 38; Title 39; Title 55 and Title 67.

2025-01-15 — Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee

Special License Plates - As introduced, exempts new specialty earmarked license plates for which the funds are allocated to, and used by, a nonprofit organization to support state historic sites from meeting the minimum initial issuance requirement of 1,000 plates and the minimum issuance requirement of 800 plates upon renewal. - Amends TCA Title 55, Chapter 4.

2025-03-19 — Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Transportation and Safety Committee

Public Funds and Financing - As introduced, creates in the department of human services a community grant advisory board for the purpose of administering the community-based organizations grant program to financially support eligible nonprofit organizations that serve communities in the areas of education, public health, housing, social issues, and economic and workforce development. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 9; Title 67 and Title 71.

2025-03-12 — Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Government Operations Committee

Memorials, Academic Achievement - Grace Ann Hanna, Valedictorian, Northwest High School -

2026-04-16 — Signed by Governor.

Memorials, Recognition - Love's Way Church -

2026-04-22 — Signed by Governor.

Memorials, Recognition - Bobby Taft -

2026-05-01 — Signed by Governor.

General Assembly, Confirmation of Appointment - Thomas Lehrman, Public Charter School Commission -

2025-03-13 — Companion HJR 185 substituted for SJR

Memorials, Academic Achievement - Christopher Heath Foster, Valedictorian, Creek Wood High School -

2026-05-11 — Signed by Governor.

Memorials, Recognition - "General Pulaski Memorial Day" in Pulaski -

2025-03-24 — Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate State & Local Government Committee

Memorials, Retirement - Carolyn McMahan -

2025-03-04 — Signed by Governor.

Memorials, Sports - Dominique Athcison, All-Region 1-3A first team -

2026-03-18 — Signed by Governor.

Memorials, Recognition - Putnam County Chamber of Commerce, 80th anniversary -

2026-03-25 — Signed by Governor.

Memorials, Sports - Jackson Younger, All-County football team -

2026-03-25 — Signed by Governor.

Memorials, Recognition - Aryanna Smith, Boys & Girls Clubs Tennessee State Youth of the Year -

2026-03-31 — Signed by Governor.

General Assembly, Confirmation of Appointment - Michael Bittel, Heritage Conservation Trust Fund Board of Trustees -

2025-03-03 — Companion HJR 171 substituted for SJR

Memorials, Professional Achievement - Dr. Cheryl Bowman, Metro Nashville Public Schools Principal of the Year finalist -

2025-04-04 — Enrolled and ready for signatures

Sunset Laws - As enacted, creates sunrise provisions for certain governmental entities created during the 2025 legislative session. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 29; Title 8, Chapter 4, Part 6; Title 34, Chapter 3 and Title 40, Chapter 11, Part 3.

2026-04-23 — Pub. Ch. 746

Jonesborough - Subject to local approval, authorizes the board of mayor and alderman for the Town of Jonesborough to elect a mayor from among the aldermen to fill a vacancy; authorizes the Town recorder to carry liability insurance rather than be bonded in an amount prescribed by Town ordinance; updates the election dates for the mayor and board of aldermen. - Amends Chapter 135 of the Acts of 1903; as amended.

2026-05-27 — Pr. Ch. 60

Sunset Laws - As enacted, extends the Tennessee claims commission to June 30, 2031. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 29 and Title 9, Chapter 8.

2025-03-24 — Pub. Ch. 34

Secretary of State - As enacted, clarifies that administrative dissolution is permitted for certain entities if the entity files a signed document with the secretary of state knowing that it contained materially false information; permits administrative dissolution of certain entities if the entity is owned or controlled by a foreign government or foreign non-government person determined to be a foreign adversary by the United States secretary of commerce. - Amends TCA Title 43, Chapter 38; Title 48, Chapter 24; Title 48, Chapter 245; Title 48, Chapter 246; Title 48, Chapter 249; Title 48, Chapter 25; Title 48, Chapter 64; Title 48, Chapter 65 and Title 61, Chapter 3.

2025-04-08 — Comp. became Pub. Ch. 113

Memorials, Recognition - Mt. Juliet Fire Department's Station 3 grand opening -

2026-03-26 — Signed by Governor.

Memorials, Sports - Sevier County High School football team, TSSAA Division I, Class 5A State Champion -

2025-02-04 — Signed by Governor.

Memorials, Academic Achievement - Alex Whiteside, Top Ten Senior, Forrest School -

2026-04-30 — Signed by Governor.

Memorials, Academic Achievement - Bailey Renee Keene, Salutatorian, East Hamilton High School -

2026-04-30 — Signed by Governor.

Memorials, Academic Achievement - Ellie Reese Blalock, Top Ten Senior, Collinwood High School -

2026-05-07 — Signed by Governor.

Memorials, Recognition - WQMV, 20th anniversary -

2025-04-01 — Signed by Governor.

Memorials, Interns - Thomas Rudolph Draper -

2025-04-07 — Signed by Governor.

General Assembly, Statement of Intent or Position - Designates the period of July 1, 2025, through July 31, 2025, as a time of prayer and fasting in Tennessee and seeks God’s hand of mercy and healing on Tennessee. -

2025-05-02 — Signed by Governor.

Memorials, Academic Achievement - Eleanor Wood, Salutatorian, Central High School -

2025-04-29 — Signed by Governor.

Memorials, Death - Ridley Wills II -

2025-02-21 — Signed by Governor.

Real Property - As introduced, prohibits the state or a local or municipal government from requiring a builder or developer of real property to pay for the building or development of infrastructure that is nonessential to the development, maintenance, or growth of the builder's development property. - Amends TCA Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 13; Title 54 and Title 66.

2026-03-31 — Deferred to Summer Study

Traffic Safety - As introduced, requires the driver of a vehicle approaching a slow-moving or stationary farm tractor or implement of husbandry that displays an indicator that it is a slow-moving vehicle to reduce speed and move over, if possible to do so safely. - Amends TCA Title 55.

2025-03-19 — Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Transportation and Safety Committee