114 session

Memorials, Academic Achievement - Nyomi Phillips, Valedictorian, Oakhaven High School -

2025-04-25 — Signed by Senate Speaker

Memorials, Professional Achievement - Kristin Risner, Ingram Sowell Elementary School Teacher of the Year and Lawrence County School System Elementary School Teacher of the Year -

2026-02-27 — Signed by Senate Speaker

Memorials, Academic Achievement - Amir Farmer, Valedictorian, Mitchell High School -

2026-04-30 — Signed by Senate Speaker

Sunset Laws - As enacted, extends the state board of accountancy to June 30, 2030. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 29 and Title 62, Chapter 1.

2026-03-16 — Comp. became Pub. Ch. 569

Veterans - As enacted, authorizes state veterans' homes to provide services other than skilled nursing services to honorably discharged veterans. - Amends TCA Title 58, Chapter 7.

2026-05-18 — Comp. became Pub. Ch. 968

Education, Higher - As enacted, caps at $10 million per fiscal year the total amount of funds in the lottery for education account that may be transferred to the Tennessee Promise scholarship special reserve account. - Amends TCA Section 49-4-708.

2026-05-18 — Comp. became Pub. Ch. 975

Water Pollution - As enacted, expands from wetlands to all areas that an aquatic resource alteration permit may apply to the areas for which the department of environment and conservation is required to exempt from compensatory mitigation an amount of area equal in size to the area for which mitigation would not be required if the permit applicant qualified for coverage under a general permit, if the only factor that disqualifies an applicant for an aquatic resource alteration permit from having the activities for which a permit is sought covered under a general permit is the size of the area that the permit will apply to. - Amends TCA Title 69, Chapter 3.

2025-05-08 — Pub. Ch. 342

Estates - As enacted, removes the cap on the amount of wages or other compensation owed a deceased employee at the time of the employee's death that an employer shall pay directly to the surviving spouse of the decedent or, if there is no surviving spouse, to the surviving children of the decedent as tenants in common. - Amends TCA Title 30 and Title 31.

2025-04-28 — Pub. Ch. 194

Memorials, Retirement - Holly Hatcher, Alcoa Police Department -

2025-02-04 — Signed by Governor.

Memorials, Recognition - Ronald S. Coffin -

2026-03-26 — Signed by Governor.

Memorials, Sports - Gordonsville High School softball team, 2024 Class A state champions -

2025-02-21 — Signed by Governor.

Memorials, Academic Achievement - Alayna Maxwell, Top Ten Senior, Frank Hughes School -

2026-04-30 — Signed by Governor.

Memorials, Recognition - Centennial of the Scopes Trial -

2025-03-19 — Signed by Governor.

Memorials, Death - Walter Glenn Birdwell, Jr. -

2025-04-15 — Signed by Governor.

Memorials, Academic Achievement - Andrew Dakas, Top Ten Senior, DeKalb County High School -

2025-04-24 — Signed by Governor.

Memorials, Sports - University of Memphis Tigers football team -

2025-04-29 — Signed by Governor.

Memorials, Academic Achievement - Al'isha Roach, Salutatorian, Austin-East Magnet High School -

2025-04-29 — Signed by Governor.

Memorials, Death - Charles Maxwell "Charlie" Severance -

2026-02-18 — Signed by Governor.

Memorials, Personal Occasion - Frances Ogeal Halfacre Webster, 100th birthday -

2026-02-27 — Signed by Governor.

Health, Dept. of - As introduced, directs the department on or before January 1, 2026, to submit a report with a list of each drug that is psychotropic medication pursuant to current law and the side effects of each medication to the chair of the health and welfare committee of the senate and the chair of the committee of the house of representatives having jurisdiction over health-related matters. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 33; Title 41; Title 49; Title 53; Title 63; Title 68 and Title 71.

2026-04-01 — Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Health and Welfare Committee

Alcoholic Beverage Commission - As enacted, provides for the regulation of the manufacturing, supplying, wholesale distribution, and retail sale of hemp-derived cannabinoid products by the commission and department of revenue; creates licenses for suppliers, wholesalers, and retailers; establishes taxes for such products and the manner in which such taxes are collected and allocated; establishes civil and criminal penalties for violations. - Amends TCA Title 39; Title 40; Title 43, Chapter 27; Title 53, Chapter 11; Title 57 and Title 67.

2025-05-27 — Comp. became Pub. Ch. 526

Local Education Agencies - As introduced, adds sixth grade to the grade levels for which a local board of education is required to establish an alternative school for students who have been suspended or expelled from the regular school program; requires a student in sixth grade who has been suspended for more than 10 days or expelled from the regular school program to attend an alternative school if there is space and staff available, with certain exceptions. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 6.

2026-02-17 — Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Education Committee

Agriculture, Dept. of - As introduced, bases indemnity payments for an animal that is destroyed to prevent the spread of disease on the value of the animal, subject to available funds; makes the state responsible for cost of disposition of a dead animal when ordered by the commissioner or the state veterinarian. - Amends TCA Title 44.

2026-01-20 — Withdrawn.

Education, Curriculum - As introduced, authorizes LEAs and public charter schools to offer students in any of the grades five through 12 a hunter education course that is approved by the wildlife resources agency as part of physical education, health, or safety instruction. - Amends TCA Title 49 and Title 70, Chapter 2, Part 1.

2026-02-09 — Withdrawn.

Hospitals and Health Care Facilities - As enacted, enacts the "Annual Coverage Assessment Act of 2026." - Amends TCA Title 71, Chapter 5.

2026-05-26 — Comp. became Pub. Ch. 991

Insurance, Health, Accident - As enacted, enacts the "Stopping Health Insurers from Excluding Legal Decisions (SHIELD) Act." - Amends TCA Title 8; Title 56 and Title 71.

2026-05-01 — Pub. Ch. 797

Statutes of Limitations and Repose - As introduced, specifies that certain statutes of limitation in civil matters apply to the state and the state's political subdivisions. - Amends TCA Title 9; Title 28 and Title 29.

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

Firefighters - As introduced, requires this state's employee assistance program, including components for mental health and wellness, to be available to all active members of a volunteer fire department and all active volunteer members of a combination fire department; makes various other changes. - Amends TCA Section 8-50-119 and Title 68, Chapter 102.

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

Corporations, Not for Profit - As introduced, requires a nonprofit organization that receives state or federal grants to compile, maintain, and publish in a publicly available location the salaries of the nonprofit organization's employees. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 10, Chapter 7; Title 35; Title 48 and Title 50.

2026-03-03 — Failed in Senate Commerce and Labor Committee (no second)

Criminal Offenses - As introduced, creates a Class A misdemeanor for recklessly storing a firearm in a manner that a person knows or reasonably should know will allow a child younger than 18 years of age to access the firearm and the child brings the firearm to a school. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 17, Part 13.

2025-02-10 — Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee

Education, Dept. of - As introduced, requires the department, by July 1 each year, to provide the chairs of the finance, ways, and means committees of the senate and house of representatives, the chairs of the education committees of the senate and house of representatives, and the directors of the office of legislative budget analysis a report to assist the general assembly in evaluating the availability of the individualized education account program. - Amends TCA Title 49.

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

Criminal Offenses - As introduced, enacts the "Fair Background Check and Due Process Act." - Amends TCA Title 37; Title 38; Title 39; Title 40; Title 47; Title 50; Title 62; Title 66 and Title 71.

2026-03-23 — Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Judiciary Committee

Monterey - Subject to local approval, deletes obsolete provisions authorizing the mayor to serve as the ex officio recorder for the town of Monterey; establishes the position of Town Administrator and prescribes the Administrator's powers, duties, and functions. - Amends Chapter 492 of the Acts of 1901; as amended.

2026-05-27 — Comp. became Pr. Ch. 72

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.

2025-01-30 — Withdrawn.

Sunset Laws - As enacted, extends the professional music therapy advisory committee of the board of examiners in psychology to June 30, 2027. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 29 and Title 63, Chapter 11.

2025-03-24 — Comp. became Pub. Ch. 42

Controlled Substances - As introduced, changes from January 1 to January 15 the date by which the medical cannabis commission must submit its annual findings and recommendations to the general assembly. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 9; Title 38; Title 39; Title 40; Title 43; Title 49; Title 50; Title 53; Title 63; Title 67 and Title 68.

2026-03-25 — Deferred to Summer Study

Education - As enacted, authorizes local education agencies and public charter schools to provide up to four days of the required 180 days of classroom instruction via hybrid learning in the event of dangerous or extreme weather conditions, or an emergency, as determined by the director of schools or the director of public charter schools. - Amends TCA Title 49.

2025-05-27 — Comp. became Pub. Ch. 484

Sunset Laws - As enacted, extends the board of pharmacy to June 30, 2029. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 29 and Title 63, Chapter 10.

2025-03-24 — Comp. became Pub. Ch. 24

Education - As introduced, enacts the "Student Comfort through Alternative Restorative Environments (CARE) Act"; requires local education agencies and public charter schools to allow students of a school in the LEA or public charter school where an act of mass violence occurs to voluntarily participate in remote instruction or a virtual education program for at least 31 calendar days. - Amends TCA Title 33; Title 37 and Title 49.

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

Regional Authorities and Special Districts - As enacted, adds the MidSouth development district to the list of development districts to which this state intends to assist financially; specifies an overall state funding level for the nine development districts; changes the calculation for how much funding each development district will receive. - Amends TCA Title 13, Chapter 14, Part 1.

2025-05-08 — Comp. became Pub. Ch. 332

Sunset Laws - As enacted, extends the private probation services council to June 30, 2031. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 29 and Title 16, Chapter 3.

2025-03-24 — Comp. became Pub. Ch. 30

Financial Institutions, Dept. of - As introduced, increases, from 10 to 15 business days, the time that the commissioner has after receipt of an application for a certificate of authority or any accompanying documents for organization of a business authorized to conduct banking business that do not comply with requirements for the documents to return the certificate or documents to the incorporators with notice of the defect in the application. - Amends TCA Title 34; Title 45 and Title 47.

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

Memorials, Recognition - Jaden Yoder, 2026 Boys & Girls Club of Elizabethton/Carter County Youth of the Year -

2026-05-01 — Signed by Governor.

General Assembly, Confirmation of Appointment - James S. "Steve" Jones, Fish and Wildlife Commission -

2025-04-16 — Transmitted to Governor for action.

Memorials, Professional Achievement - Leslie Tomlinson, Barry Tatum Academy Teacher of the Year -

2025-05-05 — Signed by Governor.