114 session

Driver Licenses - As introduced, lowers the minimum age, from 25 to 21, that is necessary to receive an initial school bus endorsement. - Amends TCA Section 5-8-102; Title 49 and Title 55.

2025-03-19 — Failed in Senate Transportation and Safety Committee

Parks, Natural Areas Preservation - As introduced, designates the new swimming pool at Henry Horton State Park as the "Riley Gaines Aquatic Center." -

2025-02-12 — Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Energy, Ag., and Nat. Resources Committee

Local Education Agencies - As introduced, requires a parent or guardian who wishes to enroll the parent's or guardian's student into an LEA or public charter school to submit one of the listed documents to the LEA or public charter school upon enrollment of the student unless the parent or guardian pays an amount equal to the amount representing the per pupil state and local funds generated and required through the Tennessee investment in student achievement formula for the LEA in which the participating student resides. - Amends TCA Title 49.

2025-03-19 — Failed in Senate Education Committee

Real Property - As introduced, prohibits the state or a local or municipal government from requiring a builder or developer of real property to pay for the building or development of infrastructure that is nonessential to the development, maintenance, or growth of the builder's development property. - Amends TCA Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 13; Title 54 and Title 66.

2026-03-31 — Deferred to Summer Study

Civil Procedure - As introduced, specifies that an unauthorized alien does not have standing to commence or appear as a plaintiff in any civil action in this state. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 8; Title 16; Title 20; Title 28 and Title 29.

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

Campaigns and Campaign Finance - As introduced, prohibits foreign entities and domestic entities that receive funding from foreign entities from making contributions to a candidate or a political campaign committee; prohibits the speakers of the senate and the house of representatives and the secretary of state from accepting funds from foreign entities and domestic entities that receive funding from foreign entities for conducting elections. - Amends TCA Title 2 and Title 3.

2025-04-02 — Failed in Senate State and Local Government Committee

State Government - As introduced, prohibits a person, political subdivision, or public official, in connection with a state emergency, from categorizing or proclaiming by order, rule, or regulation that a lawful occupation is non-essential, or otherwise proclaiming by order, rule, or regulation that a lawful occupation is prohibited from operating based on what the lawful occupation is; specifies that a person harmed by a violation of the prohibition may bring a civil action for actual damages or declaratory relief. - Amends TCA Title 58, Chapter 2.

2026-03-25 — Failed in Senate State and Local Government Committee

Insurance Companies, Agents, Brokers, Policies - As introduced, requires an insurance company that increases its premiums to give 45 days' notice rather than 30 days' notice of the increase to a customer who has an account paid by bank draft or preauthorized check. - Amends TCA Title 56.

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

Secretary of State - As enacted, establishes a complaint process with the secretary of state for any person who contends that the person’s name or address was included on a document filed with the secretary of state without the person’s consent. - Amends TCA Title 48.

2025-04-04 — Comp. became Pub. Ch. 152

Notary Public - As enacted, adds that a person must complete a course of instruction and pass an examination to qualify to be commissioned as an online notary public; clarifies that an application to be commissioned requires a certification that the applicant has reviewed, understands, and will comply with the applicable rules and requirements promulgated by the secretary of state; adds that a course of instruction for online notarization must include, at a minimum, notarial laws, technology procedures of online notarizations, and ethical requirements for online notaries. - Amends TCA Title 8, Chapter 16, Part 3.

2025-04-08 — Effective date(s) 01/01/2026

Children - As enacted, specifies that a biological father or alleged biological father who makes token financial support to or for the benefit of a child or the child's mother during the pregnancy or when the mother had physical custody of the child is not a putative father; makes various other changes regarding final orders of adoption. - Amends TCA Title 36 and Title 63.

2025-05-13 — Effective date(s) 05/05/2025

TennCare - As introduced, requires the director to take such actions as the director deems necessary to enable the bureau to make available to an enrollee in Part A of the Katie Beckett program the option to use the wraparound home- and community-based services funds allotted to the enrollee by means of a health reimbursement arrangement, including seeking a waiver amendment or new amendment. - Amends TCA Title 71, Chapter 5.

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

Medical Occupations - As introduced, limits a foreign training license of limited duration to an internationally licensed physician who meets certain listed criteria. - Amends TCA Title 63.

2025-04-08 — Sponsor(s) Added.

Expunction - As enacted, reorganizes present statutes concerning expunction and specifies that facilitation, attempt, or solicitation of an offense that is presently eligible for expunction is also eligible for expunction. - Amends TCA Title 7; Title 16; Title 38; Title 40; Title 55 and Title 57.

2025-04-29 — Effective date(s) 04/24/2025

Education - As introduced, requires LEAs to screen all students for dyslexia and use the Orton-Gillingham method to teach students who exhibit characteristics of dyslexia; adds training in the Orton-Gillingham method to in-service training subjects for educators. - Amends TCA Title 49.

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

Drugs, Prescription - As introduced, deletes an obsolete provision that required the comptroller of the treasury, in conjunction with any appropriate TennCare drug utilization review committees, to study the use of prescription drugs in nursing homes and the costs of those prescription drugs for residents of nursing homes; to examine prescription use overall; to focus on any practices that would improve the quality of resident care while reducing costs to the TennCare program; and to report by January 1, 2005, to speaker of the senate and the speaker of the house of representatives. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 33 and Title 71.

2025-02-10 — Withdrawn.

Livestock - As introduced, requires the commissioner of agriculture and the state veterinarian to receive prior approval from the joint government operations committee of the house of representatives and the senate to order vaccinations and tests for animals in this state; removes the requirement that an owner of a dead animal be liable for the sanitary disposition of the animal; clarifies indemnity procedures for a destroyed animal. - Amends TCA Title 44 and Title 58.

2025-03-26 — Failed in Senate Energy, Ag., and Nat. Resources Committee

Election Laws - As enacted, revises the definition of "contribution," for purposes of financial disclosures under the state's campaign finance laws, to include an activity done independently of or in coordination with a candidate, candidate's political campaign committee, or agent, related to the development, production, and use of canvassing literature and scripts to be used in a door-knocking campaign for a candidate's election. - Amends TCA Title 2.

2025-05-08 — Comp. became Pub. Ch. 350

Campaigns and Campaign Finance - As enacted, prohibits political campaign committees formed to support or oppose a measure from receiving, soliciting, or accepting contributions or expenditures from a foreign national; requires such political campaign committees and persons making independent expenditures supporting or opposing a measure to file certain disclosures regarding funding sources with the registry of election finance. - Amends TCA Title 2, Chapter 10.

2025-05-27 — Comp. became Pub. Ch. 506

Taxes, Personal Property - As introduced, authorizes, subject to a two-thirds vote of the legislative body, the county trustee or other property tax collecting official in Hamilton County to decline to bill or refer for collection a de minimis personal property tax totaling less than $20 under certain circumstances. - Amends TCA Section 67-5-2013.

2025-04-01 — Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee

Employees, Employers - As introduced, deletes obsolete language referring to the date by which a private employer was required to be in compliance with the Tennessee Lawful Employment Act to receive an economic development incentive. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 8 and Title 50.

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

Insurance Companies, Agents, Brokers, Policies - As enacted, removes the requirement that a provider notify a patient of communication between the provider and a health insurance entity or healthcare facility concerning additional information needed to process a prior authorization request for the patient; removes the requirement that an utilization review agent notify the enrollee and the provider or healthcare facility when additional information is needed from the enrollee, provider, or healthcare facility to make a determination on the request for prior authorization. - Amends TCA Title 56 and Title 63, Chapter 1.

2025-04-08 — Effective date(s) 04/03/2025

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

County Officers - As enacted, revises present law relative to constables. - Amends TCA Title 8, Chapter 10 and Title 38, Chapter 8.

2025-05-27 — Comp. became Pub. Ch. 516

Education, State Board of - As introduced, requires the state board to publish the curriculum implemented for the statewide drug abuse resistance education (DARE) program on the state board's website. - Amends TCA Title 49.

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

Education, Curriculum - As introduced, requires each local education agency (LEA) to publish the character education curriculum on the LEA's website. - Amends TCA Title 49.

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

Motor Vehicles - As enacted, revises various provisions of the Modernization of Towing, Immobilization, and Oversight Normalization Act. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 39; Title 47; Title 48; Title 55; Title 56; Title 62; Title 66 and Title 67.

2025-05-15 — Effective date(s) 05/09/2025

Motor Vehicles - As enacted, provides that a motor vehicle dealer license is not required to sell or purchase certain antique vehicles or unique motor vehicles through an auction being held at a venue with a permanent seating capacity of at least 20,000 located in Wilson County, the auction operator conducts no more than one auction in this state per year, the action offers no less than 400 vehicles and no more than 2,000 vehicles for any one auction, and the operator has a minimum net worth of $25 million. - Amends TCA Title 55, Chapter 17 and Title 62, Chapter 19.

2026-03-16 — Comp. became Pub. Ch. 540

Statutes of Limitations and Repose - As enacted, extends the statute of limitations for criminal prosecution of certain child sexual abuse felonies from 25 years from the child's eighteenth birthday to 30 years from the child's eighteenth birthday; extends the statute of limitations for a civil action based on child sexual abuse from 15 years from the child's eighteenth birthday to 30 years from the child's eighteenth birthday. - Amends TCA Title 28 and Title 40, Chapter 2.

2025-04-28 — Comp. became Pub. Ch. 291

Children's Services, Dept. of - As introduced, requires that a reimbursement payment to a child advocacy center be completed within 30 days of receipt of a request for reimbursement; requires payment of a 10 percent late payment fee for failing to make a timely reimbursement to a child advocacy center; requires the department to submit to the general assembly an annual report on the timeliness of reimbursement payments to child advocacy centers. - Amends TCA Title 9 and Title 37.

2025-03-26 — Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Health and Welfare Committee

Wine & Wineries - As enacted, exempts the sale of wine for consumption on the premises of a winery or farm wine producer, including the premises of a satellite facility, including tastings and sealed bottles sold at retail for consumption on the premises, from the liquor-by-the-drink tax on alcoholic beverages. - Amends TCA Section 57-3-207.

2025-05-27 — Comp. became Pub. Ch. 477

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

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

Education - As introduced, deletes obsolete pilot program to improve parent-teacher engagement that terminated at the end of the 2020-2021 school year. - Amends TCA Title 49.

2026-03-18 — Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Education Committee

Tobacco, Tobacco Products - As introduced, urges the department of agriculture to study the effects of the sale and distribution of smokeless nicotine products and other alternative nicotine products to persons under 21; encourages the department to make recommendations to the legislature with regard to reducing such sales and distribution. - Amends TCA Title 1; Title 4; Title 39; Title 43; Title 47; Title 49; Title 62; Title 63; Title 67 and Title 68.

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

Financial Institutions, Dept. of - As introduced, reduces from 60 to 45 days, the time period following the end of each calendar year during which the commissioner must annually report to the governor. - Amends TCA Title 45.

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

Statutes and Codification - As enacted, changes all TCA references from "adult day care" to "adult day services." - Amends TCA Section 4-3-1205; Title 39, Chapter 17, Part 18; Title 52, Chapter 8; Section 68-1-904; Title 68, Chapter 11, Part 2 and Title 71.

2025-04-04 — Comp. became Pub. Ch. 87

Criminal Offenses - As introduced, creates a Class B misdemeanor offense for engaging in harassing behavior against a first responder engaged in official duties under certain circumstances. - Amends TCA Title 39.

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

Surveyors - As enacted, requires a description of real property contained within a deed of conveyance of a property not previously described in a recorded instrument to be prepared by a registered land surveyor; specifies that this requirement will not apply to any deed of conveyance prepared for or by a governmental department or agency. - Amends TCA Title 62 and Title 66, Chapter 5, Part 1.

2025-04-30 — Effective date(s) 04/11/2025

Election Laws - As enacted, authorizes Hamblen County to participate in the convenience voting center pilot project. - Amends TCA Title 2, Chapter 3, Part 3.

2025-05-13 — Effective date(s) 05/05/2025

Motor Vehicles - As enacted, specifies that a vehicle protection product warrantor applying for renewal is not required to file a copy of a warranty that has already been registered for use; requires such warrantor to provide written notification of any change to the information contained in the original registration within 30 days of the change; provides that such notification does not require the submission of a new registration application. - Amends TCA Title 56, Chapter 55.

2025-04-04 — Comp. became Pub. Ch. 146

Utilities, Utility Districts - As introduced, removes the requirement that each year the Tennessee public utility commission submit to the general assembly a report describing the competitive nature of the telecommunications market in this state. - Amends TCA Title 65, Chapter 1 and Title 65, Chapter 5.

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

Real Property - As introduced, enacts the "Uniform Real Property Transfer on Death Act." - Amends TCA Title 8; Title 30; Title 31; Title 32; Title 35; Title 55; Title 66 and Title 67.

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

Public Funds and Financing - As introduced, enacts the Tennessee bullion depository act; makes gold and silver coinage legal tender; authorizes payment of taxes with gold and silver coinage; makes other changes concerning precious metals. - Amends TCA Title 9; Title 45, Chapter 2 and Title 67.

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

Taxes, Real Property - As introduced, requires half the revenue collected from recordation taxes be returned to the county in which the real property is located on a recurring basis; applies to transfers of real property on or after July 1, 2025. - Amends TCA Section 67-4-409.

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

Aircraft and Airports - As introduced, exempts certain motor vehicles from parking fees at airports in this state if the vehicle displays a disabled veteran or military award license plate. - Amends TCA Section 12-10-109 and Title 42.

2025-02-12 — Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Transportation and Safety Committee