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Memorials, Recognition - Sergeant Cody Cloud and Deputy Kyle Cupples of the Chester County Sheriff's Office -

2026-04-17 — Enrolled and ready for signatures

Insurance, Health, Accident - As enacted, expands the definition of a health benefit plan; requires a health benefit plan that amends, renews, or delivers a policy of coverage on or after January 1, 2026, and that provides coverage for prescription contraceptives, to provide coverage for a 12-month refill of contraceptives obtained at one time by an insured person. - Amends TCA Title 56 and Title 71.

2026-03-23 — Pub. Ch. 595

Insurance Companies, Agents, Brokers, Policies - As enacted, increases from $100,000 to $250,000 the retained risk limit for a single risk covered by a policy of insurance issued by a county mutual insurance company. - Amends TCA Title 56, Chapter 22.

2026-05-04 — Comp. became Pub. Ch. 739

Education - As enacted, extends reporting deadline for the advisory committee on innovations in K-12 education from December 31, 2025, to June 1, 2026. - Amends Chapter 426 of the Public Acts of 2025.

2026-03-16 — Comp. became Pub. Ch. 579

Chiropractors - As enacted, requires certain insurers to reimburse chiropractic physicians at the same rate as physicians for the same services. - Amends TCA Title 56, Chapter 7 and Title 63.

2026-05-14 — Pub. Ch. 923

Planning, Public - As enacted, revises the present law provision requiring all multi-family facilities, buildings, and structures constructed under a voluntary attainable housing incentive program to be deed-restricted to ensure that the attainable housing continues for at least 30 years, instead of in perpetuity. - Amends TCA Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 8; Title 9; Title 10; Title 13 and Title 67.

2025-05-08 — Pub. Ch. 348

Criminal Procedure - As enacted, prohibits a defendant charged with certain offenses from being released on the defendant's personal recognizance or upon execution of an unsecured bond. - Amends TCA Title 40.

2026-05-15 — Pub. Ch. 933

Memorials, Recognition - Local Emergency Management Agencies -

2026-03-18 — Signed by Governor.

Memorials, Death - Fred Hime Gillham -

2026-04-14 — Signed by Governor.

Memorials, Recognition - Peer Support Team -

2026-04-14 — Signed by Governor.

Memorials, Recognition - Investigator Daryl Slaughter -

2026-04-14 — Signed by Governor.

Memorials, Recognition - Overton Park Shell, 90th anniversary -

2026-05-07 — Signed by Governor.

General Assembly, Confirmation of Appointment - Sharon Jean-Phillipe, State Forestry Commission -

2025-03-12 — Signed by Governor.

Memorials, Recognition - 2025 Great Smoky Mountain Council Good Scout Award -

2025-03-12 — Signed by Governor.

Memorials, Recognition - Certified Government Financial Manager Month -

2025-04-07 — Signed by Governor.

General Assembly, Statement of Intent or Position - Recognizes emergency telecommunicators as first responders. -

2025-04-15 — Signed by Governor.

Memorials, Personal Occasion - Velma Christine Tidwell Bates, 100th birthday -

2025-03-25 — Signed by Governor.

Memorials, Professional Achievement - Pam Oakes, Jefferson County Schools District Level Teacher of the Year and Piedmont Elementary School Teacher of the Year -

2025-04-07 — Signed by Governor.

Memorials, Recognition - Elon Musk and SpaceX -

2025-05-05 — Signed by Governor.

Memorials, Recognition - Nick Davis -

2025-04-15 — Signed by Governor.

Memorials, Academic Achievement - Lily Crook, Salutatorian, Cannon County High School -

2025-04-15 — Signed by Governor.

Memorials, Recognition - Jamestown Rotary Club, 80th anniversary -

2025-05-07 — Signed by Governor.

Memorials, Death - William J. Chism, Sr. -

2025-02-21 — Signed by Governor.

Employees, Employers - As introduced, increases the hourly minimum wage to $20.00, or the federal minimum wage established pursuant to the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938, whichever rate is greater. - Amends TCA Title 8, Chapter 23; Title 12, Chapter 4, Part 4 and Title 50, Chapter 2.

2025-03-25 — Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Commerce and Labor Committee

Education, Higher - As introduced, changes the reporting requirements for the board of regents, each state university board, and the board of trustees of the University of Tennessee summarizing grievance activities of the previous year from annually to upon the request of the education committee of the senate or the committee of the house of representatives having jurisdiction over education. - Amends TCA Title 49.

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

Public Funds and Financing - As enacted, generally requires that all monies received under the sales and use tax from the sale, use, consumption, or distribution of new or used tires on or after July 1, 2025, must be earmarked and allocated to the highway fund. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 54; Title 55; Title 65 and Title 67.

2025-05-27 — Comp. became Pub. Ch. 508

Local Government, General - As introduced, authorizes a municipality to create and require the use of a landlord registry for a real estate investment trust that owns, operates, or finances 10 or more dwelling units located within the municipality. - Amends TCA Title 66.

2026-03-10 — Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Commerce and Labor Committee

Water - As introduced, prohibits the department of environment and conservation from prohibiting a utility that provides drinking water from pumping or otherwise withdrawing water from natural waters for purposes of providing drinking water, including as a prerequisite to renewal of the utility's permit, unless the prohibition is required to comply with federal law. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 68, Chapter 221 and Title 69.

2026-03-11 — Failed in Senate Energy, Ag., and Nat. Resources Committee

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.

2026-03-10 — Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Commerce and Labor Committee

Trade Regulation - As introduced, enacts the "Stop Rent Rigging Act." - Amends TCA Title 47 and Title 66.

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

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 — Pub. Ch. 975

Safety - As introduced, enacts the "Artificial Intelligence Public Safety and Child Protection Transparency Act." - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 10, Chapter 7; Title 47; Title 58 and Title 68.

2026-04-15 — Re-refer to Senate Commerce & Labor Committee

Industrial Development - As enacted, revises law relative to industrial development corporations. - Amends TCA Title 7 and Title 48.

2026-05-27 — Pub. Ch. 987

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.

2025-04-03 — Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.

Children - As enacted, requires certain procedures currently found in the federal Indian Child Welfare Act to be applied by courts in child custody proceedings involving an Indian child. - Amends TCA Title 36 and Title 37.

2026-04-24 — Pub. Ch. 682

Taxes - As introduced, adds to the process for requesting an extension of time to file a business tax return that the request may be signed by the person's authorized representative. - Amends TCA Title 67.

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

Taxes, Privilege - As introduced, reduces the rate of tax on bottled soft drinks and barrels of beer; changes the distribution of the revenue from such taxes; provides for the eventual repeal of such taxes. - Amends TCA Title 57, Chapter 5 and Title 67, Chapter 4.

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

Education, Higher - As introduced, requires the Tennessee student assistance corporation to submit an annual report, by July 31 each year, to legislative committees having jurisdiction over postsecondary education detailing, for each of the five immediately preceding academic years for which the corporation awarded scholarships, the amount appropriated by the general assembly for the scholarship program, the total number of scholarship applications received by the corporation, the total number of scholarship recipients, and the average scholarship award amount. - Amends TCA Title 49.

2025-04-21 — Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Finance, Ways & Means Committee

House of Representatives - As introduced, revises the statutory reference to the house committee responsible for approving the Tennessee Code Commission style guidelines from the civil justice committee of the house of representatives to the committee of the house of representatives with jurisdiction over subject matters pertaining to the code commission. - Amends TCA Title 1; Title 2; Title 3; Title 4; Title 7; Title 8; Title 9; Title 10; Title 11; Title 12; Title 13; Title 16; Title 17; Title 29; Title 33; Title 36; Title 37; Title 38; Title 39; Title 40; Title 41; Title 43; Title 47; Title 49; Title 50; Title 52; Title 53; Title 54; Title 55; Title 56; Title 57; Title 58; Title 62; Title 63; Title 64; Title 65; Title 67; Title 68; Title 69; Title 70; Title 71 and Chapter 895 of the Public Acts of 2024.

2025-03-24 — Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Judiciary Committee

Naming and Designating - Designates Miiss Tennessee as an official ambassador for the State of Tennessee. -

2026-04-06 — Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate State & Local Government Committee

Memorials, Academic Achievement - Calli Mae Stephens, Valedictorian, Waverly Central High School -

2026-05-11 — Signed by Governor.

Memorials, Sports - Team Leroy -

2026-05-11 — Signed by Governor.

Memorials, Sports - Randi Delong -

2025-04-02 — Transmitted to Governor for action.

Memorials, Retirement - Sergeant Kevin Ragland, Lebanon Police Department -

2025-04-10 — Signed by Governor.

Memorials, Recognition - South Knox Elementary School, 2024 National ESEA Distinguished School -

2025-05-02 — Signed by Governor.