114 session

Teachers, Principals and School Personnel - As enacted, prohibits an educator from engaging in any sexually related behavior with certain students enrolled, graduated, or withdrawn from school; requires violations to be reported to the state board of education. - Amends TCA Title 49.

2026-05-18 — Comp. became Pub. Ch. 898

Law Enforcement - As enacted, requires TACIR to conduct a study of the salaries and other benefits paid to state and local law enforcement officers in this state; authorizes the commissioner of safety to establish a hazardous duty designation for members of the highway patrol that may be used to authorize additional compensation for designated members. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 8; Title 9 and Title 38.

2026-05-27 — Comp. became Pub. Ch. 1121

Sunset Laws - As enacted, extends the board of occupational therapy to June 30, 2029. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 29 and Title 63, Chapter 13.

2025-03-24 — Pub. Ch. 43

Public Funds and Financing - As enacted, specifies the conditions that must be satisfied for monies from the governor's response and recovery fund to be provided to eligible local governmental entities and to eligible individuals in qualifying counties following an emergency or disaster. - Amends TCA Section 9-4-216.

2026-05-05 — Comp. became Pub. Ch. 855

Highway Signs - As enacted, requires the department of transportation to install signs or markers displaying language or an appropriate symbol indicating to motorists that a rest area or welcome center has a family restroom; requires the department to post on its website rest areas and welcome centers that have family restrooms. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 3; Title 12 and Title 54.

2025-05-15 — Comp. became Pub. Ch. 412

Memorials, Professional Achievement - Bobbie Ford, Cannon County Grades 5-8 Teacher of the Year -

2026-03-18 — Signed by Governor.

Memorials, Academic Achievement - Alany Lopez, Top Ten Senior, Spring Hill High School -

2026-04-01 — Signed by Governor.

Memorials, Academic Achievement - Sophie Lawson, Top Ten Senior, Hampshire Unit School -

2026-04-14 — Signed by Governor.

Memorials, Recognition - Tactical Medicals Justin Krantz and Jason Kile -

2026-04-14 — Signed by Governor.

Memorials, Death - Lois Johnson Bates -

2025-02-21 — Signed by Governor.

Memorials, Recognition - Izabella Gansore, Boys & Girls Club of the Cumberland Plateau Youth of the Year -

2026-04-30 — Signed by Governor.

General Assembly, Statement of Intent or Position - Urges the naming of the Blue Springs Boat Ramp in Speedwell in honor of Army Staff Sergeant Terry William Prater. -

2026-02-27 — Signed by Governor.

Memorials, Academic Achievement - Elizabeth Grace Denning, Salutatorian, Trousdale County High School -

2025-04-24 — Signed by Governor.

Memorials, Academic Achievement - Marisela Ventura Alonso, Salutatorian, Morristown-Hamblen High School East -

2025-05-05 — Signed by Governor.

Memorials, Death - Thomas Hayes "Tommy" Schumpert -

2026-02-12 — Signed by Governor.

Memorials, Professional Achievement - Kate Oliver, Marshall County School System and Westhill Elementary School Teacher of the Year -

2026-02-12 — Signed by Governor.

Memorials, Sports - Huntingdon High School football team, Division 1, Class 2A state champions -

2026-02-12 — Signed by Governor.

Memorials, Personal Occasion - Lois Goins LeFlore, 100th birthday -

2026-03-11 — Signed by Governor.

Memorials, Retirement - Dr. Jon Forlines -

2026-03-11 — Signed by Governor.

Education - As introduced, requires local boards of education to notify the department of education when a board declares itself to be a high performing school district; requires the department to maintain a list of high performing school districts on the department's website. - Amends TCA Title 49.

2026-03-11 — Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Education Committee

Domestic Violence - As introduced, requires a person who is convicted of domestic assault or subject to an order of protection to dispossess any firearm in the person's possession by transferring the firearm to a law enforcement agency and to provide the court with an affidavit of dispossession of firearms and a receipt from the law enforcement agency. - Amends TCA Title 36; Title 39 and Title 40.

2025-04-08 — Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Judiciary Committee

Sunset Laws - As enacted, extends the committee for providing competitive integrated employment for individuals with severe disabilities to June 30, 2032. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 29 and Title 71, Chapter 4, Part 7.

2026-03-16 — Pub. Ch. 536

State Government - As introduced, authorizes a governmental entity to publish notices of public meetings on a secure website of the governmental body; authorizes a person to request an electronic or hard copy of an e-newsletter or notice published by the governmental body if the governmental body provides such documents electronically. - Amends TCA Title 8, Chapter 44, Part 1.

2026-02-05 — Withdrawn.

Insurance, Health, Accident - As introduced, requires that a health plan, or an insurer offering a health plan, include coverage for clinical genetic testing for an inherited gene mutation for an individual with a personal or family history of cancer that is recommended by a healthcare professional, and evidence-based cancer imaging for an individual with an increased risk of cancer as recommended by National Comprehensive Cancer Network clinical practice guidelines. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 56 and Title 71.

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

Foster Care - As introduced, enacts the "Stable Homes for Foster Youth Act." - Amends TCA Title 37.

2026-01-21 — Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee

Domestic Violence - As enacted, makes various changes to the present law pertaining to the persistent domestic violence offender registry. - Amends TCA Title 18; Section 38-6-103; Title 39 and Title 40.

2026-05-18 — Comp. became Pub. Ch. 921

Criminal Offenses - As introduced, adds "a victim" to the definition of an individual involved in the judicial process for purposes of the criminal offense of harming or threatening to harm an individual involved in the judicial process; makes various other changes regarding victims of crime. - Amends TCA Title 29; Title 39 and Title 40.

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

Alcoholic Beverage Commission - As introduced, requires the commission to submit its biennial report on underage drinking, drunk driving, and other harmful uses of alcohol to the governor in addition to members of the general assembly. - Amends TCA Title 57.

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

Computers and Electronic Processing - As enacted, requires each department, agency, office, commission, institution, or instrumentality of the executive branch to accept electronic transmissions; defines the meaning of electronic transmission as applicable to this state's code; removes the terms "fax" or "facsimile" in certain statutes and replaces the terms with electronic transmission. - Amends TCA Title 1; Title 2; Title 3; Title 4; Title 5; Title 7; Title 8; Title 9; Title 10; Title 11; Title 12; Title 13; Title 16; Title 20; Title 22; Title 24; Title 31; Title 33; Title 36; Title 38; Title 39; Title 40; Title 43; Title 44; Title 45; Title 47; Title 48; Title 49; Title 50; Title 53; Title 54; Title 55; Title 56; Title 61; Title 62; Title 63; Title 64; Title 65; Title 66; Title 67; Title 68; Title 69 and Title 71.

2025-04-04 — Comp. became Pub. Ch. 94

Jails, Local Lock-ups - As enacted, requires, if a prisoner is released for paid employment, the cost of the electronic monitoring device to be deducted from the prisoner's wages by the sheriff and paid directly to the electronic monitoring device provider by the county or state, as applicable; requires, if a prisoner is released for unpaid work, the entity utilizing the prisoner for work to pay the costs of the electronic monitoring device. - Amends TCA Title 41.

2025-05-13 — Pub. Ch. 320

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

2025-04-07 — Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Finance, Ways & Means Committee

Wine & Wineries - As introduced, requires the Tennessee wine and grape board to coordinate with wineries across this state in an effort to create a statewide wine trail. - Amends TCA Title 57.

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

Taxes, Ad Valorem - As introduced, changes from March 1 of the second year following a tax year to March 1 of the tenth year following a tax year by which certain corrections to the property tax assessment for that tax year are to be initiated by an assessor or requested by a taxpayer. - Amends TCA Title 67, Chapter 5.

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

Banks and Financial Institutions - As introduced, reduces, from 60 days to 45 days, the time within which, after the end of the calendar year, the commissioner of financial institutions must submit the department's annual report to the governor. - Amends TCA Title 45.

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

Memorials, Recognition - Dr. Stacey Floyd-Thomas -

2026-04-16 — Signed by Governor.

Memorials, Recognition - Alayna Baes, 2026 Boys & Girls Club of Morristown Youth of the Year -

2026-05-01 — Signed by Governor.

Memorials, Academic Achievement - Leslie Pickering, Salutatorian, White County High School -

2026-05-11 — Signed by Governor.

Constitutional Amendments - Proposes an amendment to Article VII, Section 5 of the Constitution of Tennessee to change the date of elections for judicial and other civil officers, excluding assessors of property, from the first Thursday in August to the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November. -

2026-05-07 — Signed by H. Speaker

Constitutional Amendments - Proposes an amendment to Article XI, Section 5 of the Constitution of Tennessee, to allow for bingo games conducted by 501(c)(3) or 501(c)(19) organizations to meet a charitable, nonprofit, or community service purpose. -

2026-01-22 — Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee

Memorials, Recognition - October 7th Coalition and Patricia Heaton -

2025-02-18 — Signed by Governor.

Memorials, Professional Achievement - Kimberly Lewis, White County Middle School Teacher of the Year -

2026-03-24 — Withdrawn.

Memorials, Recognition - Molly Foster, Extraordinary Educator -

2026-04-16 — Signed by Governor.

Memorials, Academic Achievement -  Jason Eric Luo, Salutatorian, Martin Luther King Jr. Magnet High School -

2025-04-25 — Signed by Senate Speaker

Memorials, Academic Achievement - Milan Shailesh Rathod, Valedictorian, McGavock High School -

2025-04-25 — Signed by Senate Speaker

Memorials, Recognition - Judith Clerjeune -

2025-03-04 — Signed by Senate Speaker

Economic and Community Development - As enacted, prohibits an employer seeking to receive an economic development incentive from the state from entering into a community benefits agreement or similar legal contract if the agreement or contract imposes obligations or conditions on the employer regarding employment practices, benefits, or operations that are not directly related to the performance of the employer’s duties under the economic development incentive. - Amends TCA Title 4.

2025-04-04 — Pub. Ch. 151