114 session

Tickets, Admission - As introduced, enacts the "Fair Access to Non-Inflated Seats (FANS) Act." - Amends TCA Title 47.

2026-03-18 — Failed for lack of second in: Banking & Consumer Affairs Subcommittee

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

2025-03-24 — Effective date(s) 3/14/2025

Sentencing - As introduced, makes the offense of sexual battery by an authority figure ineligible for probation. - Amends TCA Title 39 and Title 40.

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

School Vouchers - As introduced, expands eligibility for an education freedom scholarship to students who are enrolled in an out-of-district public school. - Amends TCA Title 49.

2026-03-24 — Taken off notice for cal in s/c K-12 Subcommittee of Education Committee

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.

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

Local Education Agencies - As enacted, requires each LEA and public charter school serving students in any of the grades K–5 to adopt a policy governing the age-appropriate and instructional use of digital devices by students to minimize unnecessary screen time while preserving instructional effectiveness. - Amends TCA Title 49.

2026-04-29 — Comp. became Pub. Ch. 808

Utilities, Utility Districts - As introduced, prohibits public water system operators from adding fluoride to their water systems. - Amends TCA Title 68, Chapter 221.

2026-03-24 — Taken off notice for cal. in Agriculture & Natural Resources Committee

Child Abuse - As introduced, adds the speaker of the senate and speaker of the house of representatives to whom the recipients of funding from the child abuse fund and its subsidiary funds, the child advocacy centers fund, the CASA fund, and the child abuse prevention fund shall report to annually regarding their use of child abuse fund moneys, their collaborative efforts to address the spectrum of child abuse issues, and their recommendations for additional improvements in the child abuse prevention and response system in this state. - Amends TCA Title 33 and Title 39.

2026-02-05 — P2C, caption bill, held on desk - pending amdt.

Taxes, Real Property - As introduced, increases exemption to a maximum of 400 acres for certain nonprofit entities. - Amends TCA Section 67-5-212.

2026-04-13 — Taken off notice for cal. in State & Local Government Committee

Health Care - As introduced, deletes an obsolete section regarding the creation of a task force to study methods on how to best prevent cardiovascular disease, hypertension, and diabetes in this state. - Amends TCA Title 53 and Title 68.

2026-03-31 — Sponsor(s) Added.

Children - As introduced, prohibits private schools participating in the individualized education account program, education savings account program, or that enroll recipients of an education freedom scholarship from employing an individual that has committed child abuse, severe child abuse, child sexual abuse, or child neglect; requires the department of human services to review, upon the request of certain child care agencies, an employee or potential employee to determine whether the individual has a record of perpetrating the abuse or neglect of children or adults. - Amends TCA Title 10, Chapter 7, Part 5; Title 37; Title 49 and Title 71.

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

Education - As introduced, creates the task force for educational leadership to publish a comprehensive plan for the state to assume full responsibility for education programs currently administered by the United States department of education; requires the department of education to conduct an inventory of all existing federal education programs and grants administered by the state; requires the attorney general and reporter to conduct a review of all state statutes and rules that reference or incorporate federal education statutes or regulations for purposes of implementing the comprehensive plan. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 8 and Title 49.

2026-03-10 — Taken off notice for cal in s/c Education Administration Subcommittee of Education Committee

Local Government, General - As introduced, authorizes the board of directors of a rail service authority to submit each annual report electronically. - Amends TCA Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 45; Title 49; Title 54 and Title 67.

2026-02-05 — P2C, caption bill, held on desk - pending amdt.

Children - As introduced, requires certain commercial online platforms, websites, and applications to maintain a content moderation system that allows users to report material harmful to minors that is not properly marked or age-restricted; makes other changes related to platform content and minors. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 17, Part 9 and Title 47, Chapter 18.

2026-02-05 — Assigned to s/c Banking & Consumer Affairs Subcommittee

Child Abuse - As enacted, requires, rather than permits, the child protective team for a case involving a human trafficking offense to include a representative from a non-governmental agency specialized in combatting the commercial sexual exploitation of minors; extends the time within which the department or child protective team must determine whether reported abuse was indicated or unfounded from 60 days to 90 days or, in cases involving a child fatality, 180 days. - Amends TCA Title 37, Chapter 1.

2026-05-05 — Comp. became Pub. Ch. 723

Health Care - As enacted, makes revisions to health law, including, but not limited to, revising certain reporting requirements, requiring a person licensed by the board of examiners in psychology to complete certain suicide prevention training, defining palliative care, and clarifying certain rulemaking authority of health boards and the commissioner of health. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 8; Title 33; Title 36; Title 37; Title 48; Title 49; Title 52; Title 53; Title 55; Title 56; Title 62; Title 63 and Title 68.

2026-05-27 — Effective date(s) 07/01/2026

Local Government, General - As enacted, requires a local government responsible for reviewing a development application, development plan, or a site inspection submitted by a developer for the purpose of developing real property in this state, within 60 business days of the submission, to approve the application, plan, or site inspection or add the submission to the next available agenda of either the planning commission or the governing body; makes other related changes. - Amends TCA Title 7.

2026-05-27 — Effective date(s) 01/01/2027

Firearms and Ammunition - As introduced, enacts the "Reckless Bullet Prevention Act," which 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 where other people are or may be present; punishes the offense as a Class A misdemeanor; specifies certain exceptions to the offense; requires handgun safety courses for enhanced handgun carry permits to instruct on the offense. - Amends TCA Title 39.

2026-03-18 — Taken off notice for cal in s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee of Judiciary Committee

Funeral Directors and Embalmers - As introduced, establishes organic human reduction as a legally permissible method to dispose of human remains, with oversight by and pursuant to rules promulgated by the board of funeral directors and embalmers. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 11, Chapter 6, Part 1; Title 62, Chapter 5; Title 63 and Title 68.

2026-02-05 — Assigned to s/c Business & Utilities Subcommittee

Immigration - As introduced, affords an individual detained pursuant to a federal detention agreement certain rights while detained. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 7; Title 10; Title 38; Title 39 and Title 40.

2026-03-17 — Failed in s/c Departments & Agencies Subcommittee of State & Local Government Committee

Hamblen County - Subject to local approval, abolishes the Hamblen County Road Commission, effective August 31, 2028. - Repeals Chapter 313 of the Private Acts of 1949; as amended.

2026-05-27 — Pr. Ch. 57

Lafayette - Subject to local approval, moves the date of elections from coinciding with the primary in May to coinciding with the general election in November; increases the compensation of the council members from $100 to $150 for each council meeting and from $50 to $75 for each committee meeting; increases the annual salary of the mayor from $45,000 to $75,000; authorizes the mayor, subject to confirmation of the city council, a superintendent of streets and a superintendent of sanitation. - Amends Chapter 325 of the Private Acts of 1945; as amended.

2026-05-27 — Pr. Ch. 64

Housing - As introduced, authorizes local governments to regulate sober living homes for recovery from alcohol, drug, and substance abuse to the extent such regulation complies with the Fair Housing Act and the Americans with Disabilities Act, including prescribing a distance requirement for such homes from primary schools, preschools, and daycares, regulating the location and operation of such homes, and requiring that prospective residents receive a clinical referral for placement in a sober living home. - Amends TCA Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 13 and Title 33.

2025-02-05 — Withdrawn.

Veterans - As introduced, requires the bureau of parks and conservation to designate at least one day per year, instead of just one day per year, during which access to and use of all state parks, including campgrounds and golf courses, must be free of charge for all veterans. - Amends TCA Title 58, Chapter 3.

2025-03-25 — Taken off notice for cal in s/c Departments & Agencies Subcommittee of State & Local Government Committee

Marriage - As introduced, enacts the "Tennessee Covenant Marriage Act" to create covenant marriage, which is entered into by one male and one female, who understand and agree that marriage is a lifelong relationship; permits a spouse in a covenant marriage to obtain a judgment of divorce under certain circumstances. - Amends TCA Title 8; Title 10; Title 16; Title 36; Title 39; Title 67 and Title 68.

2026-04-01 — Taken off notice for cal. in Judiciary Committee

Taxes, Ad Valorem - As introduced, revises the definition of "residential property" for purposes of classification and assessment of property taxes to include property that can be sold and purchased as a single unit fee simple title, regardless of whether it is vacant, owner-occupied, rented, or detached or attached. - Amends TCA Title 67, Chapter 5.

2025-03-19 — Def. to Summer Study in Cities & Counties Subcommittee

State Government - As introduced, enacts the "Government Serves the People Act." - Amends TCA Title 4 and Title 8.

2025-02-03 — Assigned to s/c Departments & Agencies Subcommittee

Naming and Designating - As introduced, names the desk of house chamber seat number 60 as the “Legislative Desk of Representative John J. Deberry, Jr.”; directs the chief clerk of the house of representatives, or the chief clerk’s designee, to design and provide for the installation of a commemorative plaque on the side of the desk of house chamber seat number 60 to recognize the official name of such desk. - Amends TCA Title 3, Chapter 1 and Title 4, Chapter 8.

2025-04-16 — Sponsor(s) Added.

Children - As enacted, clarifies that the economic disadvantage of a parent or guardian alone is not a ground for termination of parental rights; clarifies that, for purposes of laws relative to juvenile courts and proceedings, "neglect" does not exist solely on the basis of economic disadvantage. - Amends TCA Title 36; Title 37 and Title 39.

2025-05-13 — Comp. became Pub. Ch. 322

State Government - As introduced, requires the Tennessee advisory commission on intergovernmental relations (TACIR) to conduct a study and propose several steps to protect Tennessee's financial security and soundness and ensure state sovereignty and resiliency. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 9; Title 12; Title 45 and Title 47.

2025-03-25 — Taken off notice for cal in s/c Departments & Agencies Subcommittee of State & Local Government Committee

Taxes, Exemption and Credits - As introduced, exempts a nonprofit religious institution from property taxes, under certain circumstances; applicable in Davidson County. - Amends TCA Section 67-5-212.

2025-03-19 — Returned to the Clerk's Desk.

Criminal Offenses - As introduced, designates a person impersonating a transportation network company driver or falsely representing that the person is responding to a passenger ride request for a transportation network company as a Class E felony when the conduct occurs during the commission of a separate felony offense, or as a Class C misdemeanor when the conduct does not occur during the commission of a felony offense. - Amends TCA Title 7, Chapter 51; Title 39 and Title 65, Chapter 15.

2025-02-03 — Withdrawn.

Employees, Employers - As introduced, increases, from two to three, the number of conspicuous places in which an employer is required to post and maintain notices setting forth the regular pay day established by the employer. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 8; Title 39; Title 49; Title 50 and Title 62.

2025-02-05 — P2C, caption bill, held on desk - pending amdt.

Uniform Commercial Code - As introduced, changes, from the local law of the securities intermediary's jurisdiction to the law of this state, the law governing certain aspects of an investment security transaction; makes other related changes. - Amends TCA Title 47.

2025-03-05 — Failed in s/c Banking and Consumer Affairs Subcommittee of Commerce Committee

Criminal Offenses - As enacted, increases the penalty from a Class A misdemeanor to a Class E felony for a person who commits child abuse by knowingly treating a child between 9 and 17 in such a manner as to inflict injury. - Amends TCA Title 36; Title 37; Title 39 and Title 40.

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

Lottery, Corporation - As introduced, requires each county to levy a tax at the rate of 5 percent of the sales price of lottery tickets or shares when sold at retail within the jurisdiction of the county; requires the state to administer the collection of the tax. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 9; Title 49 and Title 67.

2025-01-28 — Assigned to s/c Departments & Agencies Subcommittee

Environment and Conservation, Department of - As introduced, changes, from January 31 to February 15, the date by which the commissioner must submit reports related to the administration of the Water Quality Control Act of 1977 to legislative committees with jurisdiction over environmental matters. - Amends TCA Title 1, Chapter 3; Title 43; Title 44; Title 68 and Title 69.

2025-02-05 — P2C, caption bill, held on desk - pending amdt.

Remedies and Special Proceedings - As introduced, creates a civil action against any person or government entity that infringes upon a person's right to bear arms under the Tennessee or United States Constitutions; requires the person or entity to be liable for actual or statutory damages, punitive damages, attorney's fees, and court costs. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 54.

2025-04-02 — Failed in s/c Civil Justice Subcommittee of Judiciary Committee

Natural Disasters - As introduced, creates the State Disaster Relief Program to be administered by TEMA for the purpose of providing grants to local governments where a natural disaster has occurred that does not exceed the threshold for federal disaster relief. - Amends TCA Title 58, Chapter 2, Part 1.

2025-04-02 — Taken off notice for cal. in State & Local Government Committee

Evidence - As enacted, permits the introduction into evidence of a video recording of a child victim being interviewed by a forensic interviewer regarding sexual or physically violent contact with the child if the forensic interviewer confirms the accuracy of the recording and the child is available for cross examination; makes other changes relative to forensic interviews. - Amends TCA Title 24, Chapter 7.

2025-05-02 — Comp. became Pub. Ch. 162

State Employees - As introduced, authorizes an employee who has been employed full-time with this state for at least 12 months to receive up to 15 hours of paid leave for certain qualified volunteer work. - Amends TCA Title 8.

2025-02-26 — Failed in Public Service Subcommittee

Alcoholic Beverage Commission - As introduced, changes from March 1 to February 15 the date by which the executive director of the commission must file an annual report concerning rules promulgated during the prior year with the appropriate standing committees of the general assembly. - Amends TCA Title 57.

2025-03-18 — Taken off notice for cal in s/c Departments & Agencies Subcommittee of State & Local Government Committee

Nurses, Nursing - As introduced, requires all hospitals licensed by the health facilities commission or by the department of mental health and substance abuse services to report annually to the department of health, on a form promulgated by the department, the number of advanced practice registered nurses who are working in the hospital for each month. - Amends TCA Title 29; Title 33; Title 53; Title 56; Title 63 and Title 68.

2025-03-26 — Taken off notice for cal in s/c Health Subcommittee of Health Committee

Teachers, Principals and School Personnel - As enacted, extends present law concerning compensated unused leave for teachers to all employees of LEAs and public charter schools. - Amends TCA Title 4 and Title 49.

2026-05-14 — Effective date(s) 05/01/2026

Health Care - As enacted, extends the termination date for the Alzheimer's and dementia respite care pilot program from December 31, 2025, to December 31, 2026. - Amends TCA Title 9; Title 33; Title 52; Title 67 and Title 68.

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

Medical Occupations - As introduced, establishes the scope of practice for anesthesiologist assistants, subject to regulatory oversight by the board of medical examiners as part of such practice. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 63 and Title 68.

2025-02-13 — Sponsor(s) Added.