114 session

Memorials, Sports - Jaden Evans, state wrestling champion -

2025-04-24 — Signed by Governor.

Memorials, Sports - University of Memphis Tigers -

2025-04-24 — Signed by Governor.

Memorials, Recognition - Allan Dale Hannah -

2026-02-12 — Signed by Governor.

Local Education Agencies - As introduced, requires LEAs and public charter schools to adopt a policy to prohibit students from using wireless communication devices during instructional time except in certain circumstances. - Amends TCA Title 49.

2026-02-18 — Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Education Committee

Search & Seizure - As introduced, requires officials who are employed or contracted by the federal government, the state government, or a local government within this state, or an agency or department thereof, to obtain a search warrant that identifies the person or property that is the subject of the search before entering private property, unless a judicially recognized exception to the warrant requirement exists. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 8; Title 38; Title 39; Title 40 and Title 44.

2026-03-24 — Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Judiciary Committee

Assessors - As enacted, expands the duties of the division of property assessments to supervise and direct all reappraisals and revaluation programs beyond the cost of which the state contributes. - Amends TCA Section 67-1-202(a)(1).

2026-03-16 — Pub. Ch. 583

Law Enforcement - As introduced, requires law enforcement agencies and officials to communicate with federal officials regarding the immigration status only for an individual who has been arrested for a criminal offense; sets a civil penalty of up to $1,000 for a law enforcement agency that does not comply to be enforced by the attorney general and reporter. - Amends TCA Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 8; Title 40 and Chapter 716 of the Public Acts of 2024.

2025-03-17 — Failed in Senate Judiciary Committee

Public Health - As introduced, requires healthcare provider regulatory authorities to report quarterly to the department of health the number and type of disciplinary actions taken against a healthcare provider for knowingly performing or offering to perform on a minor, or administering or offering to administer to a minor, a prohibited medical procedure. - Amends TCA Title 63 and Title 68, Chapter 33.

2026-02-05 — Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Health and Welfare Committee

Energy - As introduced, authorizes the state energy policy council to submit electronically its annual comprehensive reports on its assessment of the state's energy sector and comprehensive state energy policy plan to the governor, the speaker of the senate, and the speaker of the house of representatives. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 29, Part 2; Title 4, Chapter 3 and Title 68, Chapter 204, Part 1.

2026-03-04 — Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Energy, Ag., and Nat. Resources Committee

District Attorneys - As enacted, authorizes the district attorneys general conference to pay the licensing fees for software applications used by the office of the district attorney general within a judicial district, regardless of whether the district attorney general office staff member using the application has a position funded by the state or another entity. - Amends TCA Title 8; Title 9; Title 16 and Title 40.

2026-04-29 — Pub. Ch. 807

Judicial Districts - As introduced, requires the advisory task force to review composition of judicial districts to submit its findings and recommendations by January 15, 2027, rather than January 1, 2027. - Amends TCA Title 16.

2026-03-25 — Failed in Senate Judiciary Committee

Taxes - As introduced, requires every taxpayer eligible for an excise tax exemption under present law to file the application for, or renewal of, the exemption on or before the 20th day, instead of the 15th day, of the fourth month following the close of the first tax year for which the person claims the exemption. - Amends TCA Title 67.

2026-04-06 — Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Finance, Ways & Means Committee

Business and Commerce - As introduced, creates the "Tennessee Data Center Impact Review Act." - Amends TCA Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 10; Title 62; Title 65; Title 68 and Title 69.

2026-04-07 — Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Commerce and Labor Committee

Tobacco, Tobacco Products - As introduced, regulates retail vapor product stores and makes various changes to provisions regarding youth access to tobacco, smoking hemp, and vapor products. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 17, Part 15 and Title 43, Chapter 27, Part 2.

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

Pensions and Retirement Benefits - As introduced, authorizes a retired campus police officer to be reemployed in a position covered by TCRS as a law enforcement officer without the loss or suspension of the retired officer's TCRS benefits; extends the repeal date for the provision authorizing retired law enforcement officers to be reemployed without the loss or suspension of retirement benefits from June 30, 2025, to June 30, 2027. - Amends TCA Title 8, Chapter 36, Part 8.

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

Driver Licenses - As enacted, authorizes an honorably discharged member of the national guard to receive "veteran" designation on driver license; specifies documentation that must be provided to receive such designation. - Amends TCA Section 55-50-354.

2025-04-04 — Comp. became Pub. Ch. 148

Sunset Laws - As introduced, extends the Tennessee board of court reporting to June 30, 2027. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 29 and Title 20, Chapter 9.

2025-02-03 — Sponsor(s) Added.

Expunction - As introduced, lowers the period of time that must elapse after completion of the sentence imposed before a petitioner may have an eligible criminal offense expunged, for misdemeanors or Class E felonies, from five years to three years, and for Class D felonies, from 10 years to six years. - Amends TCA Title 39 and Title 40.

2025-03-17 — Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.

Memorials, Academic Achievement - Xavier Wesley Shook, Top Ten Senior, Lewis County High School -

2026-05-11 — Signed by Governor.

Memorials, Retirement - Rogers C. Anderson, Mayor of Williamson County -

2026-05-11 — Signed by Governor.

Memorials, Academic Achievement - Belle Blanchard, Salutatorian, Rossville Christian Academy -

2026-05-11 — Signed by Governor.

Memorials, Academic Achievement - Geneva Carlene Gunn, Valedictorian, McEwen High School -

2026-05-11 — Signed by Governor.

Memorials, Death - Felix Guignard -

2025-03-12 — Signed by Governor.

Memorials, Recognition - Karina Laureano Ruiz -

2025-05-07 — Signed by Governor.

Constitutional Amendments - Proposes an amendment to Article VI, Section 4 of the Constitution of Tennessee to change the residency requirements for a judge from being a resident of the circuit or district for one year to being a resident of a county of the respective circuit or district to which the judge is to be assigned for one year. -

2026-05-07 — Signed by H. Speaker

Memorials, Sports - Kylee Renner -

2026-03-18 — Signed by Governor.

Memorials, Retirement - Phil Rogers -

2026-03-18 — Signed by Governor.

Memorials, Public Service - Don Lindsey, John J. Duncan Sr. Award for Senior Advocacy -

2026-03-25 — Signed by Governor.

General Assembly, Confirmation of Appointment - Todd Womack, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga Advisory Board -

2025-04-30 — Signed by Governor.

Memorials, Recognition - Officer Thomas Wills -

2026-03-19 — Adopted, Ayes 33, Nays 0

Memorials, Academic Achievement - Taiyona Foster, Salutatorian, Fayette-Ware High School -

2026-04-17 — Enrolled and ready for signatures

Memorials, Death - Commander Anthony William McClain -

2025-03-20 — Filed for introduction

Environment and Conservation, Department of - As enacted, makes various changes related to fees set by the department for environmental regulatory programs; makes changes to the regulation of coal combustion residuals disposal units. - Amends TCA Title 68, Chapter 203, Part 1 and Title 68, Chapter 211, Part 1.

2025-05-13 — Comp. became Pub. Ch. 399

Hardeman County - Subject to local approval, requires the school board in Hardeman County to submit its budget specifying the funds that the school board estimates will be necessary to fund the upcoming school year on or before the first Monday in May rather than the first Monday in April. - Amends Chapter 68 of the Private Acts of 1937.

2025-06-04 — Pr. Ch. 11

Sunset Laws - As enacted, extends the board of chiropractic examiners to June 30, 2031. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 29 and Title 63, Chapter 4.

2026-04-06 — Comp. became Pub. Ch. 634

Education, Dept. of - As enacted, prohibits an individual from serving as a teacher or assistant teacher in a child care program for children who are four or younger unless the individual is at least 18. - Amends TCA Title 49 and Title 71, Chapter 3, Part 5.

2026-04-13 — Comp. became Pub. Ch. 679

Purchasing and Procurement - As enacted, authorizes a local government to execute a cooperative purchasing agreement with other local, state, and federal governmental entities for purposes of purchasing materials, labor, and services used for maintenance, operations, component replacement, or repairs of existing facilities and grounds owned or operated by a local education agency or by a local government agency. - Amends TCA Section 12-3-1205.

2025-04-04 — Pub. Ch. 98

Education - As enacted, specifies that in an educational neglect case a subpoena may be issued for a student's attendance record, including all previous school years that the student attended a public school, in accordance with relevant privacy laws. - Amends TCA Title 37 and Title 49.

2025-04-04 — Pub. Ch. 133

TennCare - As enacted, extends the nursing home annual assessment fee to June 30, 2026. - Amends TCA Title 71, Chapter 5.

2025-05-08 — Pub. Ch. 345

Memorials, Death - Byrd Douglas Cain, Jr. -

2026-04-14 — Signed by Governor.

Memorials, Recognition - Officer Dresdyn Johnson -

2026-04-14 — Signed by Governor.

Memorials, Recognition - Music Therapy Week -

2025-04-15 — Signed by Governor.

Memorials, Academic Achievement - Orianna Harris, Top Ten Senior, Frank Hughes School -

2026-04-30 — Signed by Governor.

Memorials, Recognition - Overton Park Conservancy, 15th anniversary -

2026-05-07 — Signed by Governor.

Memorials, Interns - Indian Clay -

2026-05-07 — Signed by Governor.