114 session

Municipal Government - As enacted, authorizes a city incorporated under a city manager-commission charter to contract with a private entity for the development, construction, management, or operation of an indoor or outdoor sports facility under terms acceptable to the city if certain conditions are met. - Amends TCA Title 6.

2025-04-28 — Effective date(s) 04/24/2025

Public Buildings - As enacted, expands public records exception to include residential information of local government employees. - Amends TCA Section 10-7-504.

2025-04-28 — Effective date(s) 04/24/2025

Education, Dept. of - As introduced, requires the department to compile an annual report on the number of students who complete the early graduation program to the education committee of the senate and the committee of the house of representatives having jurisdiction over kindergarten through grade 12 education by September 1 of each year. - Amends TCA Title 49.

2025-04-09 — Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 4/14/2025

Education, Dept. of - As introduced, changes the date, from October 15 to October 1, by which the department must notify local education agencies (LEAs) of all state and federal grants available to assist the LEA in expanding mental health services and resources in schools. - Amends TCA Title 49.

2025-01-15 — caption bill, held on desk - pending amdt.

Election Laws - As enacted, requires the coordinator of elections, in collaboration with the department of safety, prior to January 1, 2028, to create a secure, electronic portal through which each county administrator of elections may access information to verify, prior to processing an applicant's application to register to vote, whether the applicant is a United States citizen based upon records on file at the time of issuance of the most recent driver license or identification card or other credential from the department of safety; makes related changes. - Amends TCA Title 2; Title 4; Title 38; Title 39; Title 41 and Title 55.

2025-05-27 — Effective date(s) 05/21/2025

Education, Higher - As introduced, establishes the hunger-free campus grant program; provides grants to higher education institutions to address student hunger. - Amends TCA Title 49.

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

TennCare - As introduced, requires a TennCare health benefit plan renewed or issued on or after July 1, 2025, by a health insurance carrier to provide coverage and reimbursement for biomarker testing for preeclampsia in pregnant women. - Amends TCA Title 56; Title 63; Title 68 and Title 71.

2025-01-28 — Assigned to s/c Tenncare Subcommittee

District Attorneys - As introduced, allows an assistant district attorney general to receive year-for-year service credit for prior law enforcement experience upon recommendation of the hiring district attorney general and subject to the approval of the executive director of the district attorneys general conference; defines prior law enforcement experience as full-time employment with a law enforcement agency as a POST-certified law enforcement officer; requires an employment record from the law enforcement agency to be used to establish the law enforcement experience. - Amends TCA Title 8, Chapter 7.

2025-03-12 — Def. to Summer Study in Criminal Justice Subcommittee

Criminal Offenses - As enacted, establishes mandatory minimum penalties of 48 hours in jail and a $500 fine for a person convicted of knowingly selling or distributing a product containing a hemp-derived cannabinoid to a person who is under 21; prohibits a retailer from knowingly allowing an employee younger than 21 to access, handle, or sell any product containing a hemp-derived cannabinoid on the premises of the retail establishment. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 17; Title 43, Chapter 27 and Title 49, Chapter 6.

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

Historical Commission - As enacted, prohibits the commission, and any other state entity other than the state building commission engaged in the historic preservation of real property, from regulating the renovation, alteration, or demolition of improved public or private real property that is not listed on the Tennessee register of historic places, or taking any adverse action against the owner of such real property, if the real property meets certain criteria. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 7; Title 8; Title 13 and Title 66.

2025-05-13 — Comp. became Pub. Ch. 301

Criminal Offenses - As introduced, establishes mandatory minimum penalties of 48 hours in jail and a $500 fine for a person convicted of knowingly selling or distributing a product containing a hemp-derived cannabinoid to a person who is under 21 years of age. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 17; Title 43, Chapter 27 and Title 49, Chapter 6.

2025-01-15 — Withdrawn.

Education - As introduced, allows students to use their score on the Classic Learning Test (CLT) to satisfy the eligibility requirements for certain grants and scholarships funded using net proceeds of the state lottery; requires the Tennessee student assistance corporation to include information concerning testing dates for the CLT when informing students about lottery scholarship opportunities; allows public institutions of higher education to accept student scores on the CLT for admissions purposes. - Amends TCA Title 49.

2026-03-18 — No Action Taken

Animal Cruelty and Abuse - As enacted, prohibits the abandonment of an animal in a person's custody and provides that it is not a defense to prosecution that the person abandoned the animal at or near an animal shelter, veterinary clinic, or other place of shelter if the person did not make reasonable arrangements for the care of the animal. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 14, Part 2.

2025-05-15 — Comp. became Pub. Ch. 428

Juvenile Offenders - As introduced, requires a juvenile 16 years of age or older accused of a delinquent act to be transferred from juvenile court to criminal court to be tried as an adult if the juvenile has a prior adjudication of delinquency for any offense and the juvenile court finds probable cause to believe the juvenile committed the delinquent act. - Amends TCA Title 37; Title 39 and Chapter 1007 of the Public Acts of 2024.

2025-01-28 — Assigned to s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee

Bail, Bail Bonds - As enacted, specifies that venue for prosecution of the offense of knowingly violating a condition of release is generally the county in which the conduct constituting the violation of a condition of release occurred; clarifies that if one or more elements of the offense are committed in different counties, then the offense may be prosecuted in either county. - Amends TCA Title 39 and Title 40.

2025-04-28 — Effective date(s) 04/11/2025

Economic and Community Development - As introduced, enacts the "Courthouse Square Revitalization Act." - Amends TCA Title 6 and Title 67, Chapter 6.

2025-04-08 — Taken off notice for cal. in State & Local Government Committee

Law Enforcement - As introduced, requires an annual training pay bonus supplement for eligible campus police officers and public safety officers in the amount of $800. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 38 and Section 49-7-118.

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

Tickets, Admission - As introduced, prohibits a third-party reseller from selling or offering for sale a speculative ticket; requires the division of consumer affairs in the attorney general's office to enforce the prohibition; authorizes an individual or entity that believes that a third-party reseller has sold or offered for sale a speculative ticket to bring a cause of action. - Amends TCA Title 47.

2025-02-05 — Withdrawn.

Students - As enacted, requires local education agencies to transfer a student's record, including the student's disciplinary record, to the school to which the student is transferring within five business days of the date on which the student's records request was received by the LEA. - Amends TCA Title 49.

2025-05-02 — Comp. became Pub. Ch. 156

Ethics - As introduced, specifies that an impermissible indirect gift to candidates for public office and certain officials and their family members includes a gift provided by an entity that is related to, and its business or political activities are intertwined with, an employer of a lobbyist; requires the governor and officers of the governor's cabinet to disclose certain travel expenses. - Amends TCA Title 3, Chapter 6 and Title 8, Chapter 50, Part 5.

2025-01-15 — Withdrawn.

Local Government, General - As enacted, requires TACIR to study the economic impact on local jurisdictions that are required to provide ambulance services and emergency and non-emergency transport reimbursement; requires TACIR to submit a report of the findings and recommendations. - Amends TCA Title 7, Chapter 61.

2025-05-15 — Comp. became Pub. Ch. 413

Driver Licenses - As introduced, lowers the minimum age, from 25 to 21, that is necessary to receive an initial school bus endorsement. - Amends TCA Section 5-8-102; Title 49 and Title 55.

2025-03-24 — Sponsor(s) withdrawn.

Local Education Agencies - As enacted, increases, from 130 minutes per full school week to 40 minutes per school day, the minimum amount of physical activity required for elementary school students; establishes additional requirements for the minimum amount of physical activity required for elementary school students. - Amends TCA Title 49.

2025-05-13 — Comp. became Pub. Ch. 306

Local Education Agencies - As introduced, specifies that the comptroller of the treasury is authorized to determine how soon after June 30 of each year charter schools are required to submit audits of their accounts and records. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 13.

2025-03-18 — Taken off notice for cal in s/c Education Administration Subcommittee of Education Committee

Education, Dept. of - As enacted, enacts the "The Learning Pod Protection Act." - Amends TCA Title 4 and Title 49.

2025-05-13 — Comp. became Pub. Ch. 305

Tennessee Investment in Student Achievement (TISA) - As introduced, increases, from $200 to $500, the amount each LEA and public charter school is required to pay each teacher in kindergarten through grade 12 for the purchase of instructional supplies. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 3.

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

Law Enforcement - As introduced, expands the notification and uniform requirements for peace officers who provide security or other duties outside of their primary jurisdiction to apply statewide rather than only in certain counties. - Amends TCA Title 62, Chapter 35.

2025-03-05 — Failed in s/c Public Service Subcommittee of State & Local Government Committee

Tennessee Investment in Student Achievement (TISA) - As introduced, revises the weighted allocations generated by a student for purposes of the TISA based on the number of student members of the LEA in which the student resides; establishes a $50 direct allocation for each student member of each LEA to assist each LEA with maintenance and infrastructure. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 3.

2025-03-25 — Failed in s/c K-12 Subcommittee of Education Committee

Education, Dept. of - As introduced, requires the department to use student performance on career readiness assessments administered to high school seniors as part of the school grading system if the department uses student performance on postsecondary readiness assessments for such purpose; directs the department to only consider student performance on the assessment type for which the student achieved the highest score for school grading purposes, if the student was administered a postsecondary readiness assessment and a career readiness assessment. - Amends TCA Title 49.

2025-03-25 — Taken off notice for cal in s/c K-12 Subcommittee of Education Committee

Education, Dept. of - As introduced, requires the department to submit a request to the United States department of education to amend this state's Every Student Succeeds Act plan to remove all end-of-course assessment requirements for students in grades nine through 12 and to allow the ACT, SAT, or another postsecondary readiness assessment approved by the commissioner to be annually administered to students in such grades and for student performance on such assessments to be used for student, school, and district accountability purposes. - Amends TCA Title 49.

2025-04-02 — Taken off notice for cal. in Education Committee

Public Officials - As introduced, authorizes local governments to adopt a process by which local elected officials may be removed from office in a recall election. - Amends TCA Title 2; Title 8, Chapter 47 and Title 49, Chapter 2.

2026-03-11 — Placed on s/c cal Cities & Counties Subcommittee for 3/18/2026

Election Laws - As introduced, directs the state coordinator of elections to promulgate rules regulating the spacing of political campaign signs by candidates seeking election to state and local offices. - Amends TCA Title 2.

2025-02-18 — Taken off notice for cal in s/c Elections & Campaign Finance Subcommittee of State & Local Government Committee

State Inmates - As introduced, requires the state to pay for autopsies of deceased inmates and for any transportation associated with the autopsy. - Amends TCA Title 38, Chapter 7; Title 41, Chapter 21 and Title 68, Chapter 4.

2025-04-14 — Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 4/14/2025

Taxes, Real Property - As introduced, requires half the revenue collected from recordation taxes be returned to the county in which the real property is located on a recurring basis; applies to transfers of real property on or after July 1, 2025. - Amends TCA Section 67-4-409.

2025-01-28 — Assigned to s/c Cities & Counties Subcommittee

Attorney General and Reporter - As enacted, authorizes the attorney general and reporter to conduct an investigation and initiate criminal prosecution of a judicial elected official or district attorney general whenever the attorney general and reporter has probable cause to investigate whether an official may have violated any state criminal law and either a decision to prosecute the official by the district attorney general may result in a personal, financial, or political conflict of interest or the attorney general and reporter receives a report of a violation of the prohibition on nepotism within state government entities. - Amends TCA Title 8, Chapter 6.

2025-04-08 — Comp. became Pub. Ch. 58

State Employees - As introduced, defines "working day" for purposes of determining the military leave and compensation available to a state employee who is a member of any reserve component of the armed forces of the United States who is called to active military service. - Amends TCA Title 8, Chapter 33.

2025-01-27 — Withdrawn.

Human Services, Dept. of - As introduced, increases the amount of funding the state is authorized to match local contributions for funding of human resource agencies. - Amends TCA Title 13, Chapter 26.

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

Criminal Offenses - As enacted, revises present law relative to unlawful photography. - Amends TCA Section 39-13-605 and Title 40, Chapter 39, Part 2.

2025-05-27 — Effective date(s) 07/01/2025