114 session

Memorials, Recognition - Foothills Land Conservancy, 40th anniversary -

2025-03-31 — Signed by Governor.

Memorials, Professional Achievement - Kendra Bradford, The Academy at Opry Mills Teacher of the Year -

2025-04-10 — Signed by Governor.

Memorials, Recognition - Juno Frankie Pierce -

2025-04-10 — Signed by Governor.

Memorials, Sports - Tyler Myatt, TCCAA Baseball Player of the Week -

2025-04-10 — Signed by Governor.

Memorials, Recognition - Mary Decker -

2025-05-01 — Signed by Governor.

Memorials, Professional Achievement - Ashlee Sexton, Southside Elementary School Teacher of the Year -

2025-05-05 — Signed by Governor.

Memorials, Academic Achievement - Owen Brown, Valedictorian, Cumberland County High School -

2025-05-07 — Signed by Governor.

Memorials, Academic Achievement - Jaden Brymer, Valedictorian, Van Buren High School -

2025-05-07 — Signed by Governor.

Memorials, Death - Susan O. Binns -

2026-02-03 — Signed by Governor.

Memorials, Recognition - George Washington's birthday -

2026-02-03 — Signed by Governor.

Memorials, Professional Achievement - Nicole McMahan, 2025-2026 Chester County Schools District Teacher of the Year for Grades 5-8 -

2026-02-12 — Signed by Governor.

Memorials, Death - Billy Ray Helton, Sr. -

2025-03-04 — Signed by Governor.

Memorials, Death - Darek Tanner -

2025-03-04 — Signed by Governor.

Memorials, Sports - Upperman Lady Bees basketball team -

2026-03-06 — Signed by Governor.

Memorials, Sports - Will Johnson, Region 1-3A All-Region Academic Team -

2026-03-06 — Signed by Governor.

Memorials, Death - Robert Earl "Bob" Nelson -

2026-03-06 — Signed by Governor.

Memorials, Sports - Craig Huskey, Region 1-3A Co-Defensive Player of the Year -

2026-03-18 — Signed by Governor.

Memorials, Retirement - Coach Jason Lowe -

2025-03-04 — Signed by Governor.

Memorials, Sports - Marley VanBuskirk -

2026-03-18 — Signed by Governor.

Memorials, Recognition - George Washington Day in Tennessee, February 22, 2025 -

2026-01-13 — Ref. to Naming & Designating Committee - State & Local Government Committee

Memorials, Recognition - Nehemiah Alliance -

2026-03-26 — Ref. to Delayed Bills Committee

Memorials, Sports - John Keohane, All-County football team -

2026-03-25 — Signed by Governor.

Constitutional Amendments - Proposes an amendment to Article VI, Section 14, of the Tennessee Constitution to authorize municipalities to impose a civil penalty for a violation of a municipal ordinance not to exceed an amount prescribed by the general assembly. -

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

Memorials, Sports - Jerry Nichols -

2026-04-16 — Signed by Governor.

Memorials, Professional Achievement - Chara Rand, 2024–2025 Metro Nashville Public Schools Principal of the Year and Middle School Principal of the Year -

2025-04-04 — Signed by Senate Speaker

Memorials, Academic Achievement - Vanessa Murrey, Salutatorian, Power Center Academy High School -

2025-04-25 — Enrolled and ready for signatures

Memorials, Sports - Taquez Butler, Class 4A Mr. Basketball -

2025-04-25 — Enrolled and ready for signatures

Memorials, Academic Achievement - Ellie Clark, Salutatorian, Greenbrier High School -

2025-04-25 — Enrolled and ready for signatures

Memorials, Retirement - Trooper Jeff Webb -

2026-01-21 — Signed by Senate Speaker

Memorials, Death - Bill R. Dunlap -

2026-02-27 — Enrolled and ready for signatures

Memorials, Professional Achievement - Robert Glenn Officer, Most Excellent Great Chief of The Grand Council of Knight Masons -

2025-02-13 — Enrolled and ready for signatures

Memorials, Academic Achievement - Adriauna Jones, Salutatorian, Middleton High School -

2026-04-30 — Signed by Senate Speaker

Memorials, Academic Achievement - Emily McKell, Valedictorian, Millington Central High School -

2026-04-30 — Signed by Senate Speaker

Memorials, Academic Achievement - Mikel Van Pelt, Valedictorian, Gibbs High School -

2026-04-30 — Signed by Senate Speaker

Memorials, Personal Occasion - Lillian Dagner, 100th birthday -

2025-03-25 — Signed by Senate Speaker

Memorials, Professional Achievement - LaQuesha Anderson, Jere Baxter Middle School Teacher of the Year -

2025-04-04 — Signed by Senate Speaker

Memorials, Professional Achievement - Montrell Williams, Whites Creek High School Teacher of the Year -

2025-04-04 — Signed by Senate Speaker

Driver Licenses - As introduced, requires an enforcement officer to issue an out-of-service order to a driver issued a commercial driver license if the officer determines during a safety inspection that the driver is unable to read and speak the English language in violation of federal requirements for commercial driver license holders; applies penalties against employers of such drivers. - Amends TCA Title 55 and Title 65, Chapter 15.

2025-04-14 — Taken off notice for cal in s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee of Finance, Ways, and Means Committee

Intellectual & Developmental Disabilities - As enacted, revises record retention requirements for records regarding services and supports received by persons with intellectual and developmental disabilities by the department of disability and aging's contracted providers and departmental facilities and clinics, updates outdated cross-references. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 12; Title 33; Title 34; Title 36; Title 39; Title 49; Title 52; Title 68; Title 71 and Chapter 688 of the Public Acts of 2024.

2025-03-31 — Effective date(s) 03/26/2025, 07/01/2025

Local Education Agencies - As enacted, requires an LEA that receives credible information regarding a threat of violence or significantly disruptive behavior directed toward, or occurring on the grounds of, a public school in the LEA, and that reports the threat or disruptive behavior to a state or local law enforcement agency, to notify the parents and guardians of students enrolled in the public school of the same threat or disruptive behavior within 48 hours of the LEA making its report to law enforcement. - Amends TCA Title 49.

2025-04-29 — Comp. became Pub. Ch. 215

Law Enforcement Training Academy - As enacted, requires the peace officer standards and training commission to issue a certificate of compliance to a person appointed as a private special deputy on or after January 1, 2026, if the person meets the qualifications for employment as a police officer and satisfactorily completes an approved recruit training program; requires annual in-service training sessions to retain such certification. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 8; Title 38 and Title 49.

2025-04-04 — Effective date(s) 03/28/2025

Lottery, Scholarships and Programs - As introduced, expands eligibility for a dual enrollment grant to include students who are sophomores in high school and admitted to an eligible postsecondary institution as a dual enrollment student. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 4.

2026-03-18 — Taken off notice for cal in s/c Higher Education Subcommittee of Education Committee

Highways, Roads and Bridges - As enacted, lifts certain restrictions on temporary borrow pits used to source material for a road work construction project performed in a FEMA-certified county under a contract for construction work entered into with the state that is part of a state or local Hurricane Helene recovery effort. - Amends TCA Title 54, Chapter 1.

2025-04-29 — Comp. became Pub. Ch. 230

Sewage - As enacted, establishes a deadline for consideration of certain subsurface sewage disposal system applications submitted by soil scientists. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 68, Chapter 221 and Title 69, Chapter 3.

2025-04-29 — Comp. became Pub. Ch. 229

Health Care - As enacted, adds that the governor's appointee for the health facilities commission who is a representative of the assisted-care living facility industry may be appointed from lists of qualified persons submitted by interested groups, including the Tennessee Center for Assisted Living; requires the commission to submit certain reports to the general assembly. - Amends TCA Title 68.

2025-04-29 — Comp. became Pub. Ch. 263