114 session

General Assembly, Recess & Reconvene - Recesses 2025 regular session from January 27, 2025, until February 3, 2025, for the House and February 10, 2025, for the Senate. -

2025-02-04 — Signed by Governor.

General Assembly, Joint Conventions - Calls joint convention to hear State of the State address by Governor Lee; authorizes transmittal of budget document by February 10, 2025, and filing of legislation implementing the budget by February 14, 2025. -

2025-02-04 — Signed by Governor.

Memorials, Sports - Macon County High School football team, TSSAA Division I, 4A state champions -

2025-02-12 — Signed by Governor.

Memorials, Congress - Urges Congress to pass the SCREEN Act, -

2025-02-06 — Withdrawn.

General Assembly, Statement of Intent or Position - Encourages each local education agency that operates a high school to participate in the Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery Career Exploration Program and make the Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery tests widely available to all high school students in Tennessee. -

2026-03-03 — Signed by Governor.

Memorials, Sports - Eagleville High School baseball team, TSSAA Class A state champions -

2025-02-21 — Signed by Governor.

Memorials, Recognition - Old Time Bluegrass Fiddlers’ Jamboree -

2025-02-21 — Signed by Governor.

General Assembly, Statement of Intent or Position - Urges State to adopt a plan to make Tennessee healthy. -

2025-04-01 — Signed by Governor.

Memorials, Recognition - Gladeville Middle School, Reward School -

2025-02-21 — Signed by Governor.

Memorials, Retirement - Lieutenant Wesley Neely, Mt. Juliet Police Department -

2025-02-21 — Signed by Governor.

Memorials, Recognition - Wilson County, 225th anniversary -

2025-02-21 — Signed by Governor.

Memorials, Recognition - PANDAS Awareness Day -

2025-03-12 — Signed by Governor.

Constitutional Amendments - Proposes adding a provision establishing the right to clean air, pure water, and the preservation of the natural, scenic, historic, and esthetic values of the state's environment. -

2025-02-05 — Assigned to s/c Agriculture & Natural Resources Subcommittee

Memorials, Death - Ellie Claire Young -

2025-02-21 — Signed by Governor.

General Assembly, Statement of Intent or Position - Expresses support for faith-based recovery programs. -

2025-02-03 — Withdrawn.

Memorials, Recognition - TVA-affiliated distributors -

2025-02-10 — Received from House, refer to Senate Energy, Ag., & Natural Resources Committee

Memorials, Recognition - Native Plant Month -

2025-04-07 — Signed by Governor.

Memorials, Death - William Reid Sanders, Sr. -

2025-02-21 — Signed by Governor.

Naming and Designating - Designates May 2025 as "National Hypertension Month" and advocates for greater access to innovative therapies. -

2025-04-01 — Signed by Governor.

Memorials, Recognition - Abigail Whicker, 2024 American Legion Department of Tennessee Oratorical Contest -

2025-02-21 — Signed by Governor.

Memorials, Death - Don Dallenbach -

2025-02-21 — Signed by Governor.

Memorials, Death - William J. Chism, Sr. -

2025-02-21 — Signed by Governor.

Memorials, Recognition - Tennessee Department of Transportation, Project Milkweed -

2025-02-21 — Signed by Governor.

Memorials, Death - Franklin Dewey Shaffer -

2025-02-21 — Signed by Governor.

Memorials, Recognition - Dolly Parton's Imagination Library, 30th anniversary -

2025-02-21 — Signed by Governor.

Memorials, Death - Ridley Wills II -

2025-02-21 — Signed by Governor.

Memorials, Death - Dr. Harold Willoughby Jordan -

2025-03-31 — Sponsor(s) Added.

Memorials, Recognition - Tennessee Tree Day -

2025-03-12 — Signed by Governor.

Memorials, Professional Achievement - Melanie R. Bean, 2024 – 2025 Tennessee Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (TACDL) President -

2025-02-21 — Signed by Governor.

General Assembly, Statement of Intent or Position - Expresses support for SREB Crisis Recovery Network. -

2026-03-03 — Signed by Governor.

Constitutional Amendments - Proposes an amendment to Article XI, Section 12 of the Constitution of Tennessee to establish that parents have the inherent right to direct the education of the parent's child; prohibits the state from interfering with such rights through the adoption or enforcement of any law or rule that abridges, infringes upon, or restricts a parent's right to provide home-based education. -

2026-03-17 — Failed in s/c K-12 Subcommittee of Education Committee

General Assembly, Directed Studies - Requests the governor, the department of education, and appropriate committees of the general assembly to examine ways in which to reduce the administrative burdens on local education agencies and to submit recommendations to the general assembly for making such reductions by December 31, 2025. -

2025-02-05 — Withdrawn.

Constitutional Amendments - Proposes amendments to Article II of the Constitution of Tennessee to establish an independent redistricting commission for state senate districts, state house of representative districts, and congressional districts. -

2025-02-05 — Assigned to s/c Public Service Subcommittee

Memorials, Death - Joyce Gregory -

2025-02-21 — Signed by Governor.

Memorials, Retirement - Bob Kesling -

2025-02-21 — Signed by Governor.

Memorials, Death - Yolande Cornelia "Nikki" Giovanni, Jr. -

2025-02-21 — Signed by Governor.

Memorials, Congress - Urges Congress to require the Department of Veterans Affairs to add certain COVID-19 treatments and anthrax vaccinations as pre-qualifying for care under the PACT Act. -

2025-05-05 — Signed by Governor.

Memorials, Death - Representative Curtis Halford -

2025-02-21 — Signed by Governor.

Taxes - As introduced, requires every taxpayer eligible for an excise tax exemption under present law to file the application for, or renewal of, the exemption on or before the 20th day, instead of the 15th day, of the fourth month following the close of the first tax year for which the person claims the exemption. - Amends TCA Title 67.

2026-02-05 — P2C, caption bill, held on desk - pending amdt.

Immigration - As introduced, affords an individual detained pursuant to a federal detention agreement certain rights while detained. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 7; Title 10; Title 38; Title 39 and Title 40.

2026-03-17 — Failed in s/c Departments & Agencies Subcommittee of State & Local Government Committee

TennCare - As introduced, increases from 60 to 65 days the period after the close of each fiscal year within which the department of finance and administration must submit a report to the governor and members of the general assembly that includes an account of the operations and expenditures of all funds under the Medical Assistance Act of 1968, statistics by county about all medical assistance within the state, rules promulgated to carry out the act, and other information the department deems advisable. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 7; Title 8; Title 12; Title 14; Title 33; Title 47; Title 52; Title 53; Title 56; Title 62; Title 63; Title 68 and Title 71.

2026-02-25 — Assigned to s/c Tenncare Subcommittee

TennCare - As introduced, removes an obsolete reference to July 1, 2000, as the initial date after which the department of health must ensure that application forms for TennCare uninsured or uninsurable coverage under the Medical Assistance Act apprise applicants of the requirements of the act. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 7; Title 8; Title 12; Title 14; Title 33; Title 47; Title 52; Title 56; Title 62; Title 63; Title 68 and Title 71.

2026-02-05 — P2C, caption bill, held on desk - pending amdt.

Tort Liability and Reform - As introduced, establishes a cause of action through which a person who suffers injury, death, or property damage caused by the negligent action of an agent of the federal government engaged in an immigration enforcement action may file a suit against the federal agency to recover compensatory damages and reasonable attorney's fees and costs of bringing the action; requires the person to file a claim within one year of the cause of action accruing. - Amends TCA Title 28 and Title 29.

2026-03-11 — Failed in s/c Civil Justice Subcommittee of Judiciary Committee

Tennessee Bureau of Investigation - As introduced, requires the TBI to establish a cold case division, to be divided into three geographic regions, each staffed by a regional director and no fewer than five cold case detectives; requires each local law enforcement agency to submit unsolved missing person or homicide cases to the cold case division following the passage of 10 years without resolution. - Amends TCA Title 38; Title 39 and Title 40.

2026-04-15 — Taken off notice for cal in s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee of Finance, Ways, and Means Committee

Taxes, Real Property - As introduced, limits the setting of the tax rate on property by a county, municipality, metropolitan government, or other taxing entity in any fiscal year at a rate that would render in total receipts from all levies an amount more than the receipts from that source from the immediately preceding fiscal year for the county, municipality, metropolitan government, or other taxing jurisdiction, plus an additional 2 percent, subject to certain exceptions; establishes a procedure by which the 2 percent increase may be exceeded by passage of a referendum. - Amends TCA Title 67, Chapter 5.

2026-03-11 — Taken off notice for cal in s/c Cities & Counties Subcommittee of State & Local Government Committee