114 session

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

School Vouchers - As introduced, requires private schools that enroll recipients of an education freedom scholarship, students participating in the individualized education account program, or students participating in the education savings account program to conduct background checks prior to employing a teacher or person who will have direct contact with school children or access to school grounds when children are present. - Amends Chapter __ of the Public Acts of 2025 (1st Ex. Sess. – SB 6001 / HB 6004); and TCA Title 49, Chapter 10, Part 14 and Title 49, Chapter 6, Part 26.

2025-03-26 — Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Education Committee

Bail, Bail Bonds - As introduced, makes various changes to criminal law, including requiring defendants accused of certain offenses to be subject to a global positioning monitoring system as condition of bail. - Amends TCA Title 10; Title 38; Title 39; Title 40; Chapter 969 of the Public Acts of 2024 and Chapter 1033 of the Public Acts of 2024.

2026-03-25 — Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Judiciary Committee

Workers Compensation - As enacted, increases, from 30 to 35, the minimum age for an individual to serve as a judge on the workers' compensation appeals board; increases, from two to three, the number of additional terms to which a judge of the workers' compensation appeals board may be reappointed; makes other changes related to workers' compensation. - Amends TCA Title 50, Chapter 6, Part 2.

2025-04-04 — Comp. became Pub. Ch. 86

Taxes, Hotel Motel - As introduced, extends by 12 years the period in which Davidson County may charge an additional $0.50 privilege tax on the occupancy of a hotel room and in which such county may allocate the tax revenue for the purposes of direct promotion of tourism; extends by 12 years the terms of the committee members that oversee the fund in which the additional tax is deposited. - Amends TCA Section 7-4-202.

2025-01-27 — Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate State and Local Government Committee

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 — Pub. Ch. 578

Highways, Roads and Bridges - As introduced, requires 95.3970 percent, instead of 100 percent, of sales and use tax revenue generated from the sale of new or used tires to be deposited in the highway fund; adds 95.3970 percent of sales and use tax revenue generated from the sale of new or used motor vehicles to be deposited in the highway fund; requires the remaining 4.6030 percent of such revenue to be allocated to the several incorporated municipalities; allocates single article sales tax collections on the retail sale of new or used motor vehicles to the highway fund. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 54; Title 55; Title 65 and Title 67.

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

Consumer Protection - As introduced, authorizes the attorney general to establish a do not call registry; places certain restrictions upon telephone solicitations and robocallers; authorizes the attorney general to enforce restrictions and sets monetary amounts for penalties imposed by a court that makes a finding of a violation. - Amends TCA Title 39; Title 47 and Title 65.

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

Dentists and Dentistry - As introduced, changes from at least five years to at least six years, the period of residency and practice in this state that each of the two dental hygienist members appointed to the board of dentistry on or after July 1, 2026, must have prior to such appointment. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 56; Title 63, Chapter 5; Title 68 and Title 71.

2026-03-17 — Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Health and Welfare Committee

Motor Vehicles - As introduced, prohibits governmental entities that regulate entertainment transportation from denying the transfer of a permit, establishing certain noise ordinances, requiring an entertainment transportation vehicle to be enclosed, and taking other actions under certain circumstances. - Amends TCA Section 7-51-1008.

2026-02-05 — Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate State and Local Government Committee

Immigration - As introduced, requires a financial institution to verify the immigration status of a person sending funds electronically outside of the United States and its territories; changes the definition of resident or citizen of this state to mean citizens of the United States and aliens lawfully present in this state; requires the parent, guardian, or legal custodian of a pupil who is not lawfully residing in this state, but who attends a public school in this state, to pay tuition. - Amends TCA Title 1; Title 4; Title 7; Title 45 and Title 49.

2025-04-01 — Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate State and Local Government Committee

Public Health - As introduced, adds the legislative librarian as a party to which the department of health must submit an annual report based on data received by a county or district health department that operates a needle and hypodermic syringe exchange program, including the number of people served, number of needles, syringes, and supplies dispensed and returned to the program, number of naloxone kits distributed, and the number and type of treatment referrals provided. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 8; Title 14; Title 29; Title 33; Title 37; Title 39; Title 53; Title 56; Title 63; Title 68 and Title 71.

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

Evidence - As introduced, increases from $4,000 to $10,000 the amount of medical, hospital, or doctor bills that may be attached as an exhibit in a civil complaint or civil warrant as prima facie evidence that the bills so paid or incurred were necessary or reasonable. - Amends TCA Title 16 and Title 24.

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

Sunset Laws - As enacted, extends the emergency communications board to June 30, 2031. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 29 and Title 7, Chapter 86.

2025-03-21 — Pub. Ch. 7