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Local Education Agencies - As introduced, requires each local school board to establish a school lunch program and a school breakfast program that provide a free breakfast and lunch to each student enrolled in a school under the board's jurisdiction; requires the state to reimburse each LEA for the cost of providing a free breakfast and lunch to each student enrolled in the LEA after all available federal funds have been applied. - Amends TCA Title 49.

2025-01-16 — Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee

Health Care - As introduced, requires the department of health to provide free diapers for new mothers and working parents of children less than two years old; requires LEAs and public charter schools to provide free feminine hygiene products in all women's and girl's bathrooms and locker rooms used by students in grades four through 12 in certain schools; requires public health campaigns dedicated to both purposes. - Amends TCA Title 49; Title 63; Title 67 and Title 68.

2025-01-16 — Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee

Public Funds and Financing - As enacted, generally requires that all monies received under the sales and use tax from the sale, use, consumption, or distribution of new or used tires on or after July 1, 2025, must be earmarked and allocated to the highway fund. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 54; Title 55; Title 65 and Title 67.

2025-05-27 — Comp. became Pub. Ch. 508

Municipal Government - As enacted, extends from June 30, 2028 to June 30, 2038, the deadline by which a municipality that continues to receive an allocation of state sales tax revenue pursuant to the now-repealed Courthouse Square Revitalization Pilot Project Act of 2005, will continue to receive the allocation of the revenue. - Amends TCA Title 6 and Title 67, Chapter 6.

2026-05-14 — Comp. became Pub. Ch. 926

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 — Comp. became Pub. Ch. 133

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 — Effective date(s) 05/09/2025, 07/01/2025

Food and Food Products - As introduced, excludes a cell-cultured food product from the definitions of meat and poultry for purposes of the Tennessee Meat and Poultry Inspection Act; prohibits local education agencies (LEAs), public charter schools, and public institutions of higher education from offering or distributing a cell-cultured food product through its school nutrition program, food service center, or another source through which the LEA, public charter school, or public institution of higher education provides food to students. - Amends TCA Title 40; Title 44; Title 47; Title 49 and Title 53.

2025-01-27 — Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee

Safety - As introduced, decreases from 10 business days to 10 calendar days the amount of time the state fire marshal or another state agency, department, or entity must conduct a requested inspection for new construction or the renovation of an existing building. - Amends TCA Title 5; Title 7; Title 13; Title 68 and Title 69.

2025-01-27 — Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Commerce and Labor Committee

Education - As introduced, allows students to use their score on the Classic Learning Test (CLT) to satisfy the eligibility requirements for certain grants and scholarships funded using net proceeds of the state lottery; requires the Tennessee student assistance corporation to include information concerning testing dates for the CLT when informing students about lottery scholarship opportunities; allows public institutions of higher education to accept student scores on the CLT for admissions purposes. - Amends TCA Title 49.

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

Local Education Agencies - As introduced, requires each local board of education and governing body of a public charter school to display the Ten Commandments, the first sentence of the second paragraph of the preamble to the Declaration of Independence, and the preamble to the United States Constitution in a prominent location in each school building. - Amends TCA Title 49.

2025-01-27 — Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee

Health Care - As introduced, authorizes a patient with a severe chronic disease or terminal illness to access, and a physician to recommend, investigational stem cell treatment; requires the commissioner of health to promulgate rules to, among other things, list the medical conditions that constitute a qualifying severe chronic disease or terminal illness. - Amends TCA Title 53; Title 63 and Title 68.

2025-04-03 — Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.

Election Laws - As introduced, provides a method for a nonrecognized minor party seeking recognition as a recognized minor party that notified the coordinator of elections that it seeks to nominate by primary election to rescind that notification; corrects a statutory reference. - Amends TCA Title 2.

2025-01-27 — Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate State and Local Government Committee

Taxes, Hotel Motel - As introduced, extends by 12 years the period in which Davidson County may charge an additional $0.50 privilege tax on the occupancy of a hotel room and in which such county may allocate the tax revenue for the purposes of direct promotion of tourism; extends by 12 years the terms of the committee members that oversee the fund in which the additional tax is deposited. - Amends TCA Section 7-4-202.

2025-01-27 — Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate State and Local Government Committee

Local Education Agencies - As introduced, enacts the "Menstrual Hygiene Products Accessibility Act," which requires, instead of authorizes, LEAs and public charter schools to provide feminine hygiene products at no charge in all women's and girls' bathrooms, in all locker rooms, and with school nurses at each public senior high school for student use only. - Amends TCA Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 49 and Title 67.

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

Military - As introduced, prohibits the Tennessee national guard, or a member of the national guard, from being released from state duty into federal active duty combat unless the United States congress has passed an official declaration of war or has taken an official action pursuant to Article 1, Section 8, Clause 15, of the United States Constitution to explicitly call forth the Tennessee national guard or a member of the national guard for the enumerated purposes to expressly execute the laws of the union, repel an invasion, or suppress an insurrection. - Amends TCA Title 58, Chapter 1.

2025-01-31 — Sponsor(s) Added.

Education, Dept. of - As introduced, requires the department to use student performance on career readiness assessments administered to high school seniors as part of the school grading system if the department uses student performance on postsecondary readiness assessments for such purpose; directs the department to only consider student performance on the assessment type for which the student achieved the highest score for school grading purposes, if the student was administered a postsecondary readiness assessment and a career readiness assessment. - Amends TCA Title 49.

2025-03-26 — Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Education Committee

Local Education Agencies - As enacted, increases, from 130 minutes per full school week to 40 minutes per school day, the minimum amount of physical activity required for elementary school students; establishes additional requirements for the minimum amount of physical activity required for elementary school students. - Amends TCA Title 49.

2025-05-13 — Effective date(s) 07/01/2025

Election Laws - As introduced, prohibits using voting machines or voting equipment to cast, receive, or transmit an election ballot via the internet, except for military personnel and citizens abroad. - Amends TCA Title 2, Chapter 6, Part 5 and Title 2, Chapter 9.

2025-03-25 — Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 7, Nays 1 PNV 1

Local Government, General - As enacted, requires TACIR to study the economic impact on local jurisdictions that are required to provide ambulance services and emergency and non-emergency transport reimbursement; requires TACIR to submit a report of the findings and recommendations. - Amends TCA Title 7, Chapter 61.

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

Local Education Agencies - As enacted, requires each board of education for an LEA that operates at least one high school to adopt and implement a policy to authorize a high school student to serve as an advisory, nonvoting representative on the board during meetings that are open to the public. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 2.

2025-05-13 — Effective date(s) 05/05/2025, 07/01/2025

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

2026-03-11 — Failed in Senate Energy, Ag., and Nat. Resources Committee

Criminal Offenses - As introduced, increases the penalty for reckless endangerment when the offense is committed by discharging a firearm or antique firearm into a motor vehicle from a Class E felony to a Class C felony, if the motor vehicle is occupied, or a Class D felony, if the motor vehicle is unoccupied. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 13, Part 1.

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

TennCare - As introduced, directs the bureau to establish a temporary TennCare benefits program to provide medical assistance on a temporary basis to certain individuals who do not qualify for enrollment in TennCare, CoverKids, or a successor program; requires the bureau to submit a waiver to the federal centers for medicare and medicaid services by December 31, 2025. - Amends TCA Title 71, Chapter 5.

2025-01-27 — Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Health and Welfare Committee

Human Services, Dept. of - As introduced, increases the amount of funding the state is authorized to match local contributions for funding of human resource agencies. - Amends TCA Title 13, Chapter 26.

2026-01-13 — Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.

Judicial Districts - As enacted, extends the date by which the advisory task force to review composition of judicial districts has to complete its findings and publish a proposed statewide judicial redistricting plan; extends the date by which the general assembly must reapportion the judicial districts in accordance with such plan. - Amends TCA Title 16, Chapter 2.

2026-04-27 — Effective date(s) 04/16/2026

Treasurer, State - As introduced, allows the state treasurer to enter into an agreement with an entity to carry out certain activities in order to serve as a facility to securely produce, store, process, and ship bullion products for the state's depository. - Amends TCA Title 9, Chapter 4.

2025-04-22 — Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Finance, Ways & Means Committee

Public Funds and Financing - As introduced, creates in the reserve for revenue fluctuations account a restricted account for the purchase and sale of precious metal bullion or specie; authorizes the state treasurer, with approval of the comptroller of the treasury, to purchase and sell precious metal bullion or specie with funds from that account. - Amends TCA Title 9.

2025-04-22 — Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Finance, Ways & Means Committee

Pensions and Retirement Benefits - As introduced, clarifies that the notification provided by a retiree's new employer to the retirement system concerning the reemployment of the retiree as a law enforcement officer must be provided in writing. - Amends TCA Title 8.

2025-01-27 — Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate State and Local Government Committee

Juvenile Offenders - As enacted, requires suspension of a minor's driving privileges or ability to obtain a driver license for a period of one year as part of the disposition if a minor is adjudicated delinquent for an act that would constitute the offense of harassment by bullying or cyber-bullying. - Amends TCA Title 37; Title 39 and Title 55, Chapter 10, Part 7.

2025-04-28 — Comp. became Pub. Ch. 292

Tattoos and Piercings - As enacted, enacts "The Ink of Hope Act"; requires tattoo operators and tattoo artists to complete up to one hour of training on recognizing and reporting signs of human trafficking. - Amends TCA Title 62, Chapter 38.

2025-03-21 — Effective date(s) 03/12/2025, 01/01/2026

Education, Higher - As introduced, establishes the hunger-free campus grant program; provides grants to higher education institutions to address student hunger. - Amends TCA Title 49.

2026-04-08 — Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.

Sunset Laws - As enacted, extends the Interstate Compact on Detainers to June 30, 2033. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 29 and Title 40, Chapter 31.

2025-03-21 — Effective date(s) 03/10/2025

Sunset Laws - As enacted, extends the Interstate Corrections Compact to June 30, 2033. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 29 and Title 41, Chapter 23, Part 1.

2025-03-21 — Effective date(s) 03/10/2025

Sunset Laws - As enacted, extends the Interstate Earthquake Compact of 1988 to June 30, 2033. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 29 and Title 58, Chapter 2.

2025-03-21 — Effective date(s) 03/10/2025

Sunset Laws - As enacted, extends the local government planning advisory committee to June 30, 2026. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 29 and Title 4, Chapter 3, Part 7.

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

Sunset Laws - As enacted, extends the medical cannabis commission to June 30, 2029. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 29 and Title 68, Chapter 7.

2025-03-31 — Comp. became Pub. Ch. 50

Sunset Laws - As enacted, extends the megasite authority of West Tennessee to June 30, 2029. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 29 and Title 64, Chapter 9.

2025-03-31 — Comp. became Pub. Ch. 51

Sunset Laws - As enacted, extends the perinatal advisory committee to June 30, 2029. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 29 and Title 68, Chapter 1, Part 8.

2025-03-24 — Comp. became Pub. Ch. 29

Sunset Laws - As enacted, extends the private probation services council to June 30, 2031. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 29 and Title 16, Chapter 3.

2025-03-24 — Comp. became Pub. Ch. 30

Sunset Laws - As enacted, extends the second look commission to June 30, 2029. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 29 and Title 37, Chapter 3.

2025-03-31 — Comp. became Pub. Ch. 52

Sunset Laws - As enacted, extends the standards committee, department of human services to June 30, 2031. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 29 and Title 71, Chapter 3.

2025-03-24 — Comp. became Pub. Ch. 31

Sunset Laws - As enacted, extends the statewide planning and policy council for the department of mental health and substance abuse services to June 30, 2029. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 29 and Title 33, Chapter 1.

2025-03-21 — Effective date(s) 03/10/2025

Sunset Laws - As enacted, extends the Tennessee athletic commission to June 30, 2031. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 29 and Title 68, Chapter 115.

2025-03-24 — Comp. became Pub. Ch. 32

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.

Sunset Laws - As enacted, extends the Tennessee board of judicial conduct to June 30, 2031. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 29 and Title 17, Chapter 5.

2025-04-04 — Comp. became Pub. Ch. 137

Sunset Laws - As enacted, extends the Tennessee board of utility regulation to June 30, 2029. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 29 and Title 7, Chapter 82.

2025-03-24 — Comp. became Pub. Ch. 33

Sunset Laws - As enacted, extends the Tennessee bureau of investigation to June 30, 2029. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 29 and Title 38, Chapter 6.

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