114 session

Students - As enacted, creates a criminal offense for certain school employees who intentionally engage in bullying or cyberbullying of a student; clarifies that a teacher or school employee of a local education agency who is found to have committed an act of harassment, intimidation, bullying, or cyberbullying is subject to dismissal or suspension. - Amends TCA Title 37; Title 39, Chapter 17, Part 3; Title 40; Title 49 and Title 55, Chapter 10, Part 7.

2026-05-27 — Comp. became Pub. Ch. 1093

Public Funds and Financing - As enacted, creates the joint capital tourism board; makes other related changes. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 8; Title 9 and Title 67.

2026-05-27 — Comp. became Pub. Ch. 1079

Foster Care - As enacted, requires the department of children's services to provide a copy of a petition to terminate parental rights for a child in the custody of the department to the child's foster parent, if the foster parent has served as the physical placement for the child for a period of nine or more consecutive months; requires the department to provide the required copy within seven days of the filing or being served with the petition. - Amends TCA Section 36-1-113 and Section 37-2-415.

2026-05-05 — Comp. became Pub. Ch. 802

Hospitals and Health Care Facilities - As enacted, rewrites the fee limits for a party requesting a patient's medical record in either paper or electronic format from a provider or the provider's third-party release of information provider. - Amends TCA Title 63 and Title 68.

2025-05-08 — Pub. Ch. 339

Pensions and Retirement Benefits - As enacted, requires the TCRS board of trustees to divest the retirement system from investment activity it has in a company known to be majority-owned by China; requires a local governing body to divest its political subdivision pension plan from investment activity it has in a company known to be majority-owned by China. - Amends TCA Title 9, Chapter 4, Part 15.

2025-04-28 — Pub. Ch. 289

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

Memorials, Personal Occasion - Jim and Karen Bradfield, 50th wedding anniversary -

2026-04-20 — Signed by Governor.

Memorials, Professional Achievement - Gabrielle Key, Grassland Middle School Teacher of the Year -

2026-04-20 — Signed by Governor.

Memorials, Recognition - Keep Tennessee Beautiful, Great American Cleanup -

2025-04-07 — Signed by Governor.

Memorials, Personal Occasion - Andrew and Rose Pollard, 60th wedding anniversary -

2025-04-15 — Signed by Governor.

Memorials, Academic Achievement - Keara Lanae Rivers, Valedictorian, Raleigh-Egypt High School -

2025-04-29 — Signed by Governor.

Memorials, Academic Achievement - Addison Woods, Valedictorian, Cosby High School -

2025-05-05 — Signed by Governor.

Memorials, Death - David Samuel "Sammy" Scott -

2026-02-12 — Signed by Governor.

Memorials, Death - Kenneth Hollis Choate, Jr. -

2026-02-12 — Signed by Governor.

Licenses - As introduced, extends to smoking hemp the existing licensure and certain other requirements for hemp-derived cannabinoid products; imposes a tax on the privilege of engaging in the business of selling smoking hemp and products containing a hemp-derived cannabinoid in this state. - Amends TCA Section 1-3-113; Title 39, Chapter 17, Part 15; Title 43, Chapter 27; Section 53-11-451 and Title 67.

2025-12-01 — Withdrawn.

Handgun Permits - As enacted, clarifies that an applicant who has a DUI conviction that occurred within five years from the date of application or renewal is not eligible for an enhanced handgun carry permit; lowers the age for an applicant for an enhanced handgun carry permit from 21 to 18 if other eligibility requirements for issuance of the permit are met. - Amends TCA Title 39 and Title 40.

2025-05-08 — Comp. became Pub. Ch. 356

Driver Licenses - As introduced, requires all written driver license examinations to be administered in English only; prohibits the use of a translation dictionary, electronic device, or interpreter to assist a person taking the examination. - Amends TCA Title 55, Chapter 50, Part 3.

2025-03-19 — Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Transportation and Safety Committee

Public Health - As enacted, requires a medical laboratory supervisor to be readily available for consultations during all hours when tests are performed; prohibits a medical laboratory supervisor from being required to be on laboratory premises. - Amends TCA Title 68.

2025-04-29 — Pub. Ch. 232

Sunset Laws - As enacted, extends the state capitol commission to June 30, 2031. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 29 and Title 4, Chapter 8, Part 3.

2026-03-16 — Comp. became Pub. Ch. 547

Criminal Offenses - As enacted, creates an offense of recklessly discharging a firearm into the air, ground, a body of water, or an object in close proximity to the person if the firearm is discharged at a place of public gathering or at a public event where there are at least 25 people in attendance at the time of the discharge; punishes the offense as a Class A misdemeanor; specifies certain exceptions to the offense. - Amends TCA Title 39.

2026-05-27 — Pub. Ch. 1086

Courts, Juvenile - As introduced, requires the department of children's services, and others, to provide certain information to court-appointed special advocates in order to provide judicial officers with the most comprehensive information to be used in the consideration of the placement and custody of a child. - Amends TCA Title 37, Chapter 1, Part 1.

2026-03-10 — Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Judiciary Committee

Local Education Agencies - As enacted, revises law relative to LEAs providing enrollment and services to certain students who are the dependent children of service members. - Amends TCA Title 49.

2026-05-05 — Pub. Ch. 834

Local Education Agencies - As introduced, allows a student to be denied the privilege of participating in physical activity during the school day if the student engages in certain prohibited conduct or behavior; allows a teacher or administrator, as a form of discipline, to remove a student from, or deny a student participation in, any physical activity or physical activity period, or to assign a student alternative lessons, assignments, or activities, including physical activities, to improve the student's conduct or behavior. - Amends TCA Section 49-6-1021.

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

Planning, Public - As introduced, requires an establishment resolution adopted by the governing body of a municipality to form an infrastructure development district to include an itemization of the funded costs for infrastructure related to each utility service that will serve the development district. - Amends TCA Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 13; Title 65 and Title 66.

2026-03-24 — Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate State and Local Government Committee

Tort Liability and Reform - As enacted, allows a charitable organization that provides housing to a person whom the charitable organization knows is unlawfully present in the United States to be held liable for a loss, damages, injury, or death resulting from a criminal offense committed by the person who is unlawfully present in the United States while the person is receiving housing services from the charitable organization if the charitable organization's conduct in providing housing constitutes negligence, gross negligence, or willful and wanton misconduct. - Amends TCA Title 29, Chapter 34.

2025-05-13 — Pub. Ch. 311

Insurance, Health, Accident - As introduced, increases from quarterly to monthly, the frequency with which licensed hospitals must report claims data to the commissioner of health and adjusts the delinquency deadline to require submission within 60 days following the end of the month, rather than the end of the quarter. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 29; Title 33; Title 56; Title 63; Title 68 and Title 71.

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

Medical Occupations - As enacted, allows a physician assistant to delegate medication administration to a certified medical assistant; adds categories of medications to the list of medications that a certified medical assistant is authorized to administer or prepare, and makes other related changes. - Amends TCA Title 63; Title 68, Chapter 11, Part 2 and Chapter 1042 of the Public Acts of 2024.

2026-04-23 — Comp. became Pub. Ch. 755

Criminal Offenses - As enacted, enacts the "Crush Transnational Repression in Tennessee Act." - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 38 and Title 39.

2026-04-27 — Comp. became Pub. Ch. 777

Flags - As introduced, prohibits state and local government entities from displaying or allowing display of flags other than Tennessee and U.S. flags on courthouses and public roads and sidewalks; prohibits LEAs and public charter schools from displaying in public schools flags other than the official United States flag and the official Tennessee state flag. - Amends TCA Title 4; Section 5-5-114; Section 6-54-144; Title 7; Section 15-2-116; Title 49; Title 55; Title 58 and Title 65, Chapter 31, Part 1.

2025-02-10 — Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate State and Local Government Committee

Criminal Offenses - As introduced, expands the offense of unlawful photography to include a photograph that the defendant knew would include the victim engaged in sexual activity; increases the penalty for the offense of unlawful photography from a Class A misdemeanor or a Class E felony to a Class D felony in certain circumstances; authorizes the issuance of an order of protection for a person who has been subjected to, threatened with, or placed in fear of unlawful photography. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 13 and Title 40.

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

Energy - As introduced, requires an applicant and an electric utility service to perform and submit to the locality a site assessment prior to the approval of a rezoning request, special exception, or special use permit for the siting of a new high energy use facility (HEUF). - Amends TCA Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 13; Title 54; Title 65 and Title 68.

2026-03-24 — Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate State and Local Government Committee

Memorials, Recognition - Dr. Christiane Buggs -

2026-05-01 — Signed by Governor.

Memorials, Death - Michael Timme -

2025-03-12 — Signed by Governor.

Memorials, Recognition - Troop B, 1st Squadron, 278th Armored Cavalry Regiment, first place, 2024 Sullivan Cup Competition -

2025-03-12 — Signed by Governor.

Memorials, Recognition - Cumberland Medical Center, 75th anniversary -

2025-04-10 — Signed by Governor.

Memorials, Sports - Stone Memorial Middle School Lady Panthers, Class AA state champions -

2025-04-10 — Signed by Governor.

Memorials, Retirement - Michael Gunter -

2025-05-01 — Signed by Governor.

Memorials, Recognition - Silver Alert Program, fifth anniversary -

2026-03-06 — Signed by Governor.

Memorials, Recognition - Jabo's All-Wood Products, LLC -

2026-02-12 — Signed by Governor.

Memorials, Sports - Jessica McClintock, state bowling champion -

2026-03-18 — Signed by Governor.

Memorials, Sports - Colt Shull, All-Region 1-3A second team -

2026-03-18 — Signed by Governor.

Memorials, Recognition - Andrew Jackson Foundation, 125th anniversary -

2026-03-18 — Signed by Governor.

Memorials, Academic Achievement - Bryson Shivers, Salutatorian, Rossville Christian Academy -

2025-04-23 — Signed by Senate Speaker

Memorials, Academic Achievement - Victoria Olachi Madu, Valedictorian, Antioch High School -

2025-04-25 — Signed by Senate Speaker

Memorials, Recognition - Lisa Sherman Luna -

2025-03-04 — Signed by Senate Speaker

Memorials, Professional Achievement - Audrey Duncan, South Lawrence School Teacher of the Year -

2026-02-27 — Signed by Senate Speaker