114 session

Children - As enacted, increases the age of an infant from 14 days or younger to 45 days or younger who can be received by a facility without the mother being subject to criminal liability. - Amends TCA Title 36, Chapter 1, Part 1 and Title 68, Chapter 11, Part 2.

2025-05-15 — Effective date(s) 05/09/2025

Charitable Solicitations - As enacted, establishes a process to notify a charitable organization that it has been designated as a beneficiary in an instrument that provides for payment or transfer at death without probate; makes related changes. - Amends TCA Title 35 and Title 48.

2026-04-24 — Effective date(s) 07/01/2026

Child Custody and Support - As introduced, authorizes a court to order additional parenting time to compensate for previously denied parenting time; requires a court to order additional parenting time to compensate for time that was denied on the basis of an investigation that did not result in a finding of abuse or neglect if the affected parent can show that the other parent intentionally made or participated in false allegations of abuse against the affected parent. - Amends TCA Title 36, Chapter 6, Part 5.

2026-03-16 — Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Judiciary Committee

Welfare - As introduced, directs TACIR to conduct a study into homelessness and ways to combat the rise of homelessness; requires TACIR to file the report with the health and welfare committee of the senate, the committee in the house of representatives with jurisdiction over matters pertaining to homelessness, and the legislative librarian before January 31, 2027. - Amends TCA Title 4 and Title 71.

2026-03-17 — Action deferred in Senate Health and Welfare Committee to 3/18/2026

Elder Abuse - As introduced, requires the court to set a date for a deposition to preserve testimony in a case in which an alleged offense against an elderly or vulnerable adult has been committed within 45 days, rather than 60 days, of the filing of the original motion to preserve testimony. - Amends TCA Title 39 and Title 71.

2026-02-05 — Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee

Economic and Community Development - As introduced, creates the "Automotive Supply Chain Resilience and Expansion Act." - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 3, Part 7; Title 9; Title 12 and Title 67.

2026-02-05 — Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Commerce and Labor Committee

Bristol - Subject to local approval, revises election provisions for city council and the board of education to comply with changes to general election law; reduces the time after final passage for an ordinance to take effect from 17 days to seven days; changes the due dates for property taxes; creates a department of education. - Amends Chapter 84 of the Private Acts of 1991; as amended.

2026-05-27 — Comp. became Pr. Ch. 61

Traffic Safety - As enacted, authorizes a law enforcement officer to seize or impound a motor vehicle that is found with an installed license plate flipper; requires that the owner or operator of the motor vehicle, if present, be provided the opportunity to promptly remove the license plate flipper if it can be removed safely. - Amends TCA Title 38; Title 40 and Title 55, Chapter 10.

2025-03-31 — Comp. became Pub. Ch. 55

Education, Curriculum - As enacted, makes various changes to the approval process and notice requirements for nonsectarian, nonreligious Bible courses; clarifies that public charter schools are authorized to provide nonsectarian, nonreligious Bible courses in the same manner as local education agencies. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 6.

2025-05-13 — Effective date(s) 07/01/2025

Public Employees - As enacted, authorizes an eligible education employee to qualify for paid leave during the legal process for adopting a newly placed minor child, specifically during that period of time beginning with the filing of a petition for adoption when a minor child is initially placed within the residence of a prospective adoptive parent pursuant to a court-ordered parental power of attorney or guardianship or custodial order until the issuance of a final order of adoption by the court. - Amends TCA Title 8, Chapter 50; Title 36 and Title 37, Chapter 1.

2025-05-02 — Effective date(s) 04/11/2025

TennCare - As introduced, removes the requirement that the governor receive authorization by the general assembly prior to making any decision or obligating the state with regard to the expansion of optional enrollment in the medical assistance program. - Amends TCA Title 71.

2025-02-12 — Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Health and Welfare Committee

Election Laws - As introduced, requires the officers of a party to file with the secretary of state and with the coordinator of elections a copy of the rules under which the party and its subdivisions operate within 15 days, instead of 30 days, following adoption in order for the party to have nominees on a ballot or exercise other rights of a political party. - Amends TCA Title 2; Title 3; Title 4; Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 8; Title 9; Title 10; Title 17; Title 27; Title 39; Title 40; Title 49; Title 54; Title 57 and Title 67.

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

Highways, Roads and Bridges - As introduced, clarifies that the plans for an acquisition of a right-of-way by the state must be filed and recorded with the office of the register in each county where the project is located if the project is located in multiple counties. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 54 and Title 55.

2026-04-20 — Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 4/21/2026

Taxes, Hotel Motel - As enacted, requires a hotel operator to remit the hotel tax to the municipality when a person has maintained occupancy for 30 continuous days and to cease collecting the tax from the person for the remainder of their stay in the operator's hotel. - Amends TCA Title 67, Chapter 4, Part 14.

2025-06-04 — Effective date(s) 05/05/2025

Criminal Offenses - As introduced, decreases from 150 grams to 50 grams or more the amount of any substance containing fentanyl, carfentanil, remifentanil, alfentanil, thiafentanil, or any fentanyl derivative or analogue that is punished as a Class A felony for the knowing manufacture, delivery, or sale of the substance, or possession with intent to manufacture, deliver, or sell the substance. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 17.

2026-04-20 — Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 4/21/2026

Public Defenders - As enacted, creates five additional assistant district public defender positions effective July 1, 2025. - Amends TCA Title 8, Chapter 14 and Title 9, Chapter 4.

2025-05-27 — Comp. became Pub. Ch. 485

Education - As introduced, enacts the "Family Right to Educational Emancipation (FREE) Act," which creates a new category of independent home schools that are not subject to the data collection, reporting, or assessment requirements applicable to existing independent home school programs and that exempts such home school students and parents from compulsory school attendance requirements; prohibits the department of safety from conditioning the issuance of a driver license or learner's permit on a school-aged applicant's attendance record or enrollment status. - Amends TCA Title 37; Title 49; Title 50 and Title 55.

2025-04-11 — Sponsor(s) Added.

Bail, Bail Bonds - As enacted, makes various changes regarding global positioning monitoring and the pretrial release of certain defendants. - Amends TCA Title 8; Title 39; Title 40 and Title 55, Chapter 10.

2025-04-29 — Effective date(s) 07/01/2025

TennCare - As introduced, requires TennCare to provide eligible covered enrollees with continuous glucose monitoring; establishes criteria for eligibility. - Amends TCA Title 56 and Title 71.

2025-02-12 — Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Commerce and Labor Committee

Food and Food Products - As introduced, prohibits the sale or offering for sale of any food that contains a live vaccine. - Amends TCA Title 47, Chapter 18 and Title 53.

2025-02-12 — Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Health and Welfare Committee

Public Officials - As enacted, prohibits an individual holding an elected office of a local government from holding another elected office in this state at the same time; grandfathers individuals holding more than one office presently until the terms expire; clarifies that such prohibition does not apply to an office in a political party's state executive committee. - Amends TCA Title 2 and Title 8.

2026-03-23 — Comp. became Pub. Ch. 596

Tobacco, Tobacco Products - As introduced, urges the department of agriculture to study the effects of the use of vapor products by persons under 21 and make recommendations to the legislature with regard to reducing such use. - Amends TCA Title 1, Chapter 3; Title 39; Title 43, Chapter 27 and Title 68, Chapter 1, Part 1.

2025-12-01 — Withdrawn.

Employees, Employers - As enacted, clarifies that the general assembly preempts and occupies the entire field of regulating the terms and conditions of employment; prohibits local governments from adopting or enforcing any law, rule, or policy that requires a term or condition of employment that exceeds or conflicts with state or federal law. - Amends TCA Title 7 and Title 50.

2026-03-16 — Effective date(s) 03/06/2026

Soil Conservation - As introduced, enacts the "Healthy Soil Act." - Amends TCA Title 4 and Title 43, Chapter 14.

2025-02-12 — Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Energy, Ag., and Nat. Resources Committee

Sunset Laws - As enacted, extends the information systems council to June 30, 2031. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 29 and Title 4, Chapter 3, Part 55.

2025-04-04 — Comp. became Pub. Ch. 136

Real Property - As enacted, revises present law relative to advertising the sale of land to foreclose a deed of trust, mortgage, or other lien securing the payment of money or other thing of value or under judicial orders or process. - Amends TCA Title 35.

2025-05-27 — Comp. became Pub. Ch. 515

Sunset Laws - As enacted, extends the Interstate Earthquake Compact of 1988 to June 30, 2033. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 29 and Title 58, Chapter 2.

2025-03-21 — Effective date(s) 03/10/2025

Sunset Laws - As enacted, extends the local government planning advisory committee to June 30, 2026. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 29 and Title 4, Chapter 3, Part 7.

2025-04-29 — Effective date(s) 04/24/2025

Boards and Commissions - As introduced, vacates and reconstitutes the Tennessee board of water quality, oil and gas effective July 1, 2025. - Amends TCA Title 4 and Title 69, Chapter 3.

2025-03-06 — Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Government Operations Committee

Remedies and Special Proceedings - As introduced, requires that the trial for an unlawful detainer action be held no later than 14 days from the date the plaintiff filed the unlawful detainer motion; limits the scope of a hearing for an unlawful detainer motion based on nonpayment of rent to facts and issues related to nonpayment of rent; makes other changes related to judicial proceedings for unlawful detainer. - Amends TCA Title 29 and Title 66.

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

Drugs, Prescription - As enacted, authorizes a healthcare practitioner to prescribe and a pharmacist to dispense a prescribed, bronchodilator rescue inhaler to an authorized entity to be administered to a person believed to be experiencing asthma symptoms or respiratory distress in an emergency situation, under a standing protocol from the healthcare practitioner; encourages schools in LEAs and public charter schools to keep bronchodilator rescue inhalers to be administered to students believed to be having asthma symptoms or in respiratory distress in an emergency situation. - Amends TCA Title 49; Title 53; Title 63 and Title 68.

2025-05-08 — Comp. became Pub. Ch. 346

Health Care - As introduced, requires a person who collects blood donations for the purpose of providing blood for blood transfusions to require a blood donor to disclose if the donor has received a COVID-19 vaccination; permits a person in need of a blood transfusion in a nonemergent situation to request blood based on the blood donor's COVID-19 vaccination status. - Amends TCA Title 68.

2025-02-12 — Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Health and Welfare Committee

Local Education Agencies - As introduced, authorizes LEAs and public charter schools to refuse to enroll students who are unlawfully present in the United States. - Amends TCA Title 4 and Title 49.

2026-03-26 — Re-refer to S. Cal Comm

Sunset Laws - As enacted, extends the Tennessee board of utility regulation to June 30, 2029. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 29 and Title 7, Chapter 82.

2025-03-24 — Comp. became Pub. Ch. 33

Women - As introduced, creates a pilot program to be administered by the bureau of TennCare to provide pregnant TennCare recipients improved maternal health care through remote patient monitoring for maternal hypertension and maternal diabetes. - Amends TCA Title 56; Title 63; Title 68 and Title 71.

2026-04-20 — Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 4/21/2026

Psychologists - As introduced, creates prescribing authority for certain psychologists if certain conditions and prerequisites are met. - Amends TCA Title 39; Title 53; Title 63 and Title 68.

2025-03-26 — Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Health and Welfare Committee

Sunset Laws - As enacted, extends the Tennessee film, entertainment and music commission to June 30, 2031. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 29 and Title 4, Chapter 3, Part 50.

2025-03-21 — Effective date(s) 03/10/2025

Memorials, Recognition - Phynlee Ryan Keeling, 2026 Mule Day Court First Runner-Up -

2026-04-22 — Signed by Governor.

Memorials, Recognition - Tracy Ayers -

2026-05-01 — Signed by Governor.

Memorials, Recognition - J. I. Baldwin and Son Barbecue, 100th anniversary -

2026-05-01 — Signed by Governor.

Memorials, Recognition - Dr. Chelsea T. Dowell -

2026-05-01 — Signed by Governor.

Memorials, Retirement - Michael Charles Webb -

2026-05-11 — Signed by Governor.

Memorials, Academic Achievement - Katherine Elizabeth Ross, Valedictorian, McEwen High School -

2026-05-11 — Signed by Governor.

Memorials, Personal Occasion - John Patrick Hallet and Susan Marie Hallet, 45th wedding anniversary -

2026-05-11 — Signed by Governor.

Memorials, Retirement - Bob Kesling -

2025-03-12 — Signed by Governor.

Memorials, Recognition - IATRIC Manufacturing Solutions of Morristown, Governor's Award of Excellence -

2025-03-13 — Signed by Governor.

Memorials, Recognition - Peer Power, 20th anniversary -

2025-03-13 — Signed by Governor.