114 session

Sunset Laws - As enacted, extends the Tennessee film, entertainment and music commission to June 30, 2031. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 29 and Title 4, Chapter 3, Part 50.

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

Sunset Laws - As enacted, extends the Tennessee historical commission to June 30, 2029. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 11, Part 1 and Title 4, Chapter 29.

2025-03-31 — Comp. became Pub. Ch. 54

Sunset Laws - As enacted, extends the Tennessee medical examiner advisory council to June 30, 2029. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 29 and Title 38, Chapter 7, Part 2.

2025-03-24 — Comp. became Pub. Ch. 36

Sunset Laws - As enacted, extends the Tennessee monuments and memorials commission to June 30, 2029. - Amends TCA Section 4-1-412 and Title 4, Chapter 29.

2025-04-04 — Comp. became Pub. Ch. 91

Sunset Laws - As enacted, extends the Tennessee opioid abatement council to June 30, 2029. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 29 and Title 33, Chapter 11.

2025-04-04 — Comp. became Pub. Ch. 92

Sunset Laws - As enacted, extends the Tennessee peace officer standards and training commission to June 30, 2031. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 29 and Title 38, Chapter 8, Part 1.

2025-03-24 — Comp. became Pub. Ch. 37

Memorials, Recognition - Angelic Mister -

2026-04-23 — Signed by H. Speaker

Memorials, Recognition - Marcus Brown -

2026-04-23 — Signed by H. Speaker

Memorials, Recognition - Dr. Levonna Davis -

2026-04-23 — Signed by H. Speaker

Memorials, Recognition - Raven Moody -

2026-04-23 — Signed by H. Speaker

Memorials, Recognition - Jerrad Taylor -

2026-04-23 — Signed by H. Speaker

Memorials, Recognition - Amy Schaftlein -

2026-04-23 — Signed by H. Speaker

Memorials, Recognition - Tony Pree -

2026-04-23 — Signed by H. Speaker

Memorials, Recognition - Dr. Marilyn Peete Hilliard -

2026-04-23 — Signed by H. Speaker

Memorials, Recognition - Portia Moore -

2026-04-23 — Signed by H. Speaker

Memorials, Recognition - Demario Hollowell -

2026-04-23 — Signed by H. Speaker

Memorials, Recognition - Davina Jones -

2026-04-23 — Signed by H. Speaker

Memorials, Recognition - Devereau J. Williams -

2026-04-23 — Signed by H. Speaker

Memorials, Recognition - Adrian Maclin -

2026-04-23 — Signed by H. Speaker

Memorials, Recognition - Farra Hych -

2026-04-23 — Signed by H. Speaker

Memorials, Recognition - Pastor Edrin Alexander -

2026-04-23 — Signed by H. Speaker

Memorials, Recognition - Devin Banks -

2026-04-23 — Signed by H. Speaker

Memorials, Recognition - Beonka Williams -

2026-04-23 — Signed by H. Speaker

Memorials, Recognition - Terry Brown -

2026-04-23 — Signed by H. Speaker

Memorials, Recognition - Bryan Carson -

2026-04-23 — Signed by H. Speaker

Memorials, Recognition - Dr. Nicole Gates-Golden -

2026-04-23 — Signed by H. Speaker

Memorials, Recognition - Phyllis Williams -

2026-04-23 — Signed by H. Speaker

Memorials, Recognition - Denise Williams-Greene -

2026-04-23 — Signed by H. Speaker

Memorials, Recognition - Anner Echols -

2026-04-23 — Signed by H. Speaker

Memorials, Recognition - Johnnie Mosley and Memphis Bus Riders Union -

2026-04-23 — Signed by H. Speaker

Memorials, Recognition - Memphis Community Against Pollution (MCAP) and President KeShaun Pearson -

2026-04-23 — Sponsor(s) Added.

Memorials, Recognition - Sarah Houston -

2026-04-23 — Signed by H. Speaker

Memorials, Recognition - "Veterans Suicide Prevention Day," September 22 -

2026-04-23 — Signed by H. Speaker

Memorials, Public Service - Representative G.A. Hardaway -

2026-04-24 — Signed by H. Speaker

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

Education, Dept. of - As introduced, requires the department to make the standardized form for reporting student allergies to the school in which the student is enrolled publicly available on its website. - Amends TCA Title 49.

2025-03-27 — Re-refer to S. Cal Comm

Taxes, Ad Valorem - As introduced, changes the reimbursement amount for property tax relief for disabled veteran homeowners; increases the reimbursement amount from payment on the first $175,000 of the full market value of the home to payment on the first $200,000 of the full market value. - Amends TCA Title 67, Chapter 5, Part 7.

2025-01-15 — Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate State and Local Government Committee

Boards and Commissions - As introduced, expands, from nine to 11, the number of members appointed to serve on the emergency communications board. - Amends TCA Title 4 and Title 7, Chapter 86, Part 3.

2025-03-18 — Action deferred in Senate State and Local Government Committee to first calendar of 2026

Game and Fish Laws - As enacted, increases the criminal classification for hunting on the land of another without permission from a Class C misdemeanor to a Class B misdemeanor, punishable by a fine only, not to exceed $500 per violation. - Amends TCA Title 70.

2025-05-15 — Effective date(s) 07/01/2025

State Inmates - As introduced, requires the state to pay for autopsies of deceased inmates and for any transportation associated with the autopsy. - Amends TCA Title 38, Chapter 7; Title 41, Chapter 21 and Title 68, Chapter 4.

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

Education - As enacted, generally provide that a middle school student or high school student who transfers from one member school to another is immediately eligible to participate in interscholastic athletics at the member school to which the student transfers if certain criteria is met. - Amends TCA Title 49.

2026-03-16 — Effective date(s) 07/01/2026

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

Education - As introduced, requires each local board of education and public charter school governing body to adopt a wireless communication policy that requires students to keep wireless communication devices turned off and stowed away during a classroom instructional day or during instructional time except in certain circumstances. - Amends TCA Title 49.

2025-02-05 — Withdrawn.

Attorney General and Reporter - As enacted, authorizes the attorney general and reporter to conduct an investigation and initiate criminal prosecution of a judicial elected official or district attorney general whenever the attorney general and reporter has probable cause to investigate whether an official may have violated any state criminal law and either a decision to prosecute the official by the district attorney general may result in a personal, financial, or political conflict of interest or the attorney general and reporter receives a report of a violation of the prohibition on nepotism within state government entities. - Amends TCA Title 8, Chapter 6.

2025-04-08 — Effective date(s) 03/25/2025

Medical Occupations - As introduced, creates an exemption from the requirement that an applicant for licensure as a professional counselor must have completed a graduate course of study of at least 60 credit hours if the applicant has a valid, unencumbered license as a professional counselor issued by another state, territory, or federal district of the United States and the board for professional counselors, marital and family therapists and clinical pastoral therapists judges as acceptable the licensing requirements of that other state, territory, or federal district. - Amends TCA Title 63.

2025-01-15 — Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Health and Welfare Committee