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Sunset Laws - As enacted, extends the Tennessee higher education commission to June 30, 2030. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 29 and Title 49, Chapter 7, Part 2.

2026-03-16 — Pub. Ch. 549

Sunset Laws - As enacted, extends the Tennessee-Ireland trade commission to June 30, 2028. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 29 and Title 4, Chapter 3, Part 7.

2026-03-16 — Comp. became Pub. Ch. 575

Sunset Laws - As enacted, extends the Tennessee motor vehicle commission to June 30, 2030. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 29 and Title 55, Chapter 17, Part 1.

2026-03-16 — Effective date(s) 02/25/2026

Sunset Laws - As enacted, extends the Tennessee public charter school commission to June 30, 2030. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 29 and Title 49, Chapter 13.

2026-04-06 — Comp. became Pub. Ch. 646

Sunset Laws - As enacted, extends the Tennessee soil and water conservation commission to June 30, 2030. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 29 and Title 43, Chapter 14, Part 2.

2026-03-16 — Comp. became Pub. Ch. 576

Sunset Laws - As enacted, extends the Tennessee sports hall of fame to June 30, 2030. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 29 and Title 4, Chapter 3, Part 54.

2026-03-16 — Effective date(s) 02/25/2026

Sunset Laws - As enacted, extends the Tennessee State University, board of trustees to June 30, 2029. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 29 and Title 49, Chapter 8.

2026-04-28 — Comp. became Pub. Ch. 786

Sunset Laws - As enacted, extends the Tennessee state veterans' homes board to June 30, 2028; requires the board to report back to the government operations committee by December 31, 2026, to update the committee on its progress in addressing the findings and observations set forth in the December 2025 performance audit report. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 29 and Title 58, Chapter 7.

2026-05-27 — Comp. became Pub. Ch. 1068

Sunset Laws - As enacted, repeals the defunct Tennessee student assistance corporation, board of directors from the sunset law. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 29 and Title 49, Chapter 4.

2026-03-16 — Comp. became Pub. Ch. 577

Sunset Laws - As enacted, extends the Upper Cumberland human resource agency to June 30, 2030. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 29 and Title 13, Chapter 26.

2026-03-16 — Comp. became Pub. Ch. 578

Sunset Laws - As enacted, extends the post-conviction defender oversight commission to June 30, 2032. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 29 and Title 40, Chapter 30, Part 2.

2026-03-16 — Pub. Ch. 587

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 — Effective date(s) 04/13/2026

Criminal Offenses - As enacted, creates a criminal offense of knowingly violating a no contact order issued as part of a defendant's sentence or conditions of probation or parole following conviction for certain criminal offenses in which the alleged victim of the offense is a domestic abuse victim; punishes a violation as a Class A misdemeanor. - Amends TCA Title 39 and Title 40.

2026-05-15 — Effective date(s) 07/01/2026

Sunset Laws - As enacted, extends the department of education to June 30, 2030. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 3; Title 4, Chapter 29 and Title 49.

2026-04-28 — Comp. became Pub. Ch. 784

Bail, Bail Bonds - As introduced, requires bondsmen to file the quarterly reports on number of bonds issued by the bondsman in the preceding quarter by the thirtieth day of January, April, July, and October, rather than the twenty-fifth day; requires court clerks to file the quarterly reports on number of bonds accepted by the clerk in the preceding quarter by the thirtieth day of January, April, July, and October, rather than the twenty-fifth day. - Amends TCA Title 40, Chapter 11.

2026-01-21 — P2C, caption bill, held on desk - pending amdt.

Human Services, Dept. of - As enacted, deletes the requirements that the department establish, advertise, and maintain a statewide toll-free telephone line to receive and respond to citizen inquiries and complaints concerning child support collections and disbursements and the department establish satellite offices for the state's central collection and disbursement unit. - Amends TCA Section 36-5-118 and Section 36-5-119.

2026-04-06 — Comp. became Pub. Ch. 615

Tourist Development, Dept. of - As enacted, requires the department to annually confirm the nonprofit, membership-based organizations or tax-exempt public agencies to act as regional tourism organizations for each of the nine development districts; requires department approval of regional tourism organization's planned marketing initiatives prior to the organization receiving matching state funds; provides definitions related to tourism. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 3, Part 22.

2026-04-28 — Comp. became Pub. Ch. 707

Holidays and Days of Special Observance - As enacted, designates February to be observed as "Tennessee Songwriters Month." - Amends TCA Section 15-2-129.

2026-03-23 — Comp. became Pub. Ch. 593

Workers Compensation - As enacted, authorizes the chief administrative officer of the bureau of workers' compensation of the department of labor and workforce development to disburse funds from the subsequent injury and vocational recovery fund for costs associated with implementing and maintaining a computer system for the bureau of workers' compensation; makes other changes related to workers' compensation. - Amends TCA Title 50, Chapter 6, Part 2.

2026-05-05 — Comp. became Pub. Ch. 705

Fairs - As enacted, enacts the "Tennessee Agricultural Fair and Livestock Show Act" and the "Tennessee State Fair Act." - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 57; Title 43, Chapter 21 and Section 48-101-502.

2026-04-28 — Comp. became Pub. Ch. 670

Hazardous Materials - As enacted, makes various changes to the "Tennessee Drycleaner's Environmental Response Act." - Amends TCA Title 68, Chapter 217, Part 1.

2026-05-18 — Comp. became Pub. Ch. 970

Public Records - As enacted, specifies that certain bank account information of individuals held by a state agency is confidential. - Amends TCA Section 10-7-504.

2026-03-23 — Comp. became Pub. Ch. 592

Law Enforcement Training Academy - As enacted, authorizes the commissioner of general services to commission the director or a staff member of a law enforcement training academy; authorizes the department of general services to operate a sale facility at a law enforcement training academy for purposes of funding its operations. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 3, Part 11 and Title 38, Chapter 8, Part 2.

2026-05-18 — Comp. became Pub. Ch. 964

Cemeteries - As enacted, clarifies eligibility and required documentation for interment in state veterans' cemeteries for military service members and veterans, including certain members of a reserve component of the armed forces of the United States, the army national guard, or the air national guard, and spouses and children of such service members and veterans. - Amends TCA Title 46, Chapter 6.

2026-05-05 — Comp. became Pub. Ch. 839

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.

2026-01-21 — Assigned to s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee

Children's Services, Dept. of - As introduced, changes from January 31 to February 15 the date by which the commissioner shall publish an annual report regarding operation of the department and the services and programs under its supervision. - Amends TCA Title 36 and Title 37.

2026-01-21 — P2C, caption bill, held on desk - pending amdt.

Correction, Dept. of - As introduced, increases from 90 to 100 days of receiving a valid judgment of conviction for when the department has to notify the victim witness coordinator of the scheduled parole hearing date when the inmate will be eligible for parole consideration. - Amends TCA Title 39 and Title 40.

2026-01-21 — P2C, caption bill, held on desk - pending amdt.

Safety, Dept. of - As enacted, creates the office of homeland security within the department of safety. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 29; Title 4, Chapter 3, Part 20 and Section 38-3-114.

2026-04-29 — Comp. became Pub. Ch. 706

Public Records - As enacted, designates records of the office of homeland security related to critical infrastructure as confidential and exempts such records from public records requests; makes related changes. - Amends TCA Title 10, Chapter 7, Part 5.

2026-05-05 — Comp. became Pub. Ch. 837

Transportation, Dept. of - As introduced, extends for one year the annual report the department must submit to committees of the general assembly regarding blocked highway-rail grade crossings data collected by the federal railroad administration. - Amends TCA Title 55 and Title 65.

2026-04-20 — Assigned to s/c Transportation Subcommittee

Public Records - As enacted, deletes expiration dates for certain public record exemptions. - Amends TCA Section 10-7-504.

2026-04-13 — Comp. became Pub. Ch. 672

Financial Responsibility Law - As introduced, changes the amount of time that proof of financial responsibility must be maintained from the period of the suspension or revocation to one year or the period of the suspension or revocation, whichever is longer, when a person's driver license or motor vehicle registration has been suspended or revoked because of the person's failure to furnish proof of financial responsibility. - Amends TCA Section 55-12-126.

2026-03-17 — Taken off notice for cal in s/c Transportation Subcommittee of Transportation Committee

Drugs, Synthetic or Analogue - As enacted, enacts the "Nitrous Oxide Abuse Prevention and Retail Sale Prohibition Act"; makes related changes. - Amends TCA Title 39; Title 57, Chapter 7; Title 63 and Title 67, Chapter 4, Part 10.

2026-04-29 — Comp. became Pub. Ch. 702

Tipton County - Subject to local approval, authorizes the legislative body of Tipton County to designate a division of the county's general sessions court as the environmental court to hear cases involving the alleged violation of any ordinance relating to health, housing, fire, land subdivision, building, or zoning. -

2026-05-01 — Pr. Ch. 39

Insurance, Health, Accident - As introduced, requires health benefit plans entered into, amended, or renewed on or after January 1, 2027, to provide coverage for services related to acquired brain injury; requires the commissioner of commerce and insurance to promulgate rules to provide a process for an expedited appeal of an adverse determination related to such coverage. - Amends TCA Title 8; Title 56 and Title 71.

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

Criminal Offenses - As introduced, enacts "Matthew Davenport's Law," which creates a Class D felony offense of knowingly possessing Kratom; creates a Class B felony offense of knowingly manufacturing, delivering, or selling Kratom, or of knowingly possessing Kratom with intent to manufacture, deliver, or sell Kratom; punishes a violation of the offense as a Class A felony if the offense involved the delivery or sale of Kratom to a minor; requires toxicology tests in certain circumstances to include testing for Kratom; requires the commissioner of labor and workforce development to promulgate a rule to add Kratom to the definition of a drug in regard to workers' compensation claims. - Amends TCA Title 33, Chapter 2; Title 38; Title 39; Title 50; Title 63 and Title 68.

2026-02-02 — Sponsor(s) Added.

Auditing - As enacted, clarifies that, as of November 1, 2026, a non-governmental entity receiving in-kind funding from the state or a political subdivision of the state pursuant to the federal Public Health Service Act is eligible to qualify as a 340B entity, only if the entity is also a recipient of one or more state or federal grant awards that are subject to audit, reporting, and oversight requirements under state and federal law; authorizes the comptroller of the treasury and any state agency or political subdivision providing in-kind funding to verify eligibility and enforce compliance. - Amends TCA Title 8, Chapter 4; Title 9; Title 47, Chapter 18; Title 56 and Title 63.

2026-04-27 — Comp. became Pub. Ch. 790

Criminal Offenses - As enacted, enacts "Matthew Davenport's Law," which creates certain criminal offenses and testing requirements related to Kratom. - Amends TCA Title 33, Chapter 2; Title 38; Title 39; Title 50; Title 63 and Title 68.

2026-05-15 — Pub. Ch. 950

Health Care - As introduced, requires the annual report by the board of dentistry to be made by February 1 each year and sent to the general assembly, in addition to the governor. - Amends TCA Title 33; Title 63; Title 68 and Title 71.

2026-01-21 — P2C, caption bill, held on desk - pending amdt.

General Assembly - As introduced, prohibits the biennial increase in the office expense allowance for members of the general assembly from exceeding 50 percent of the principal amount of the current allowance. - Amends TCA Title 3.

2026-01-22 — Withdrawn.

Alcoholic Beverages - As enacted, establishes new premier type tourist resorts, restaurants, community theaters, clubs, retirement centers, premises, and commercial passenger boat companies that can offer liquor by the drink; makes related changes. - Amends TCA Title 57.

2026-05-27 — Comp. became Pub. Ch. 1074

Human Resources, Department of - As introduced, urges the department to allocate a minimum of $16,000 annually in vocational rehabilitation funds for the purpose of supporting accessible information services for blind persons in this state. - Amends TCA Title 4 and Title 71.

2026-02-26 — Sponsor(s) Added.

State Government - As introduced, requires governor to cause proposed legislation that transfers functions between state departments be forwarded to the chairs of the government operations committees of both houses. - Amends TCA Title 4.

2026-01-21 — P2C, caption bill, held on desk - pending amdt.

Health Care - As introduced, adds clinical informatics, lifestyle medicine, and medical virtualist to the list of words or abbreviations that a person may attach to a name to indicate or induce another person to believe that the person is engaged in the practice of medicine or osteopathic medicine. - Amends TCA Title 63, Chapter 6.

2026-01-21 — Withdrawn.

Criminal Offenses - As introduced, increases the penalty for assault against a firefighter, emergency services personnel, or other person who responds to calls for emergency assistance from a Class A misdemeanor with a mandatory minimum 30-day sentence and $5,000 fine to a Class E felony with a mandatory minimum 60-day sentence and $10,000 fine. - Amends TCA Title 39 and Title 40.

2026-01-21 — Sponsor(s) Added.

Zoning - As introduced, removes requirement that a structure rebuilt on a site must conform to the zoning regulations existing at the time of the new construction. - Amends TCA Title 13, Chapter 7.

2026-04-08 — Taken off notice for cal. in State & Local Government Committee