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114 session

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Subjects

  • Memorials1397
  • Memorials, Recognition1005
  • Memorials, Academic Achievement771
  • Recognition401
  • Memorials, Sports399
  • Memorials, Professional Achievement379
  • Academic Achievement346
  • Memorials, Death332
  • Criminal Offenses263
  • Education257
  • Sunset Laws256
  • Memorials, Retirement208
  • Sports166
  • Death144
  • General Assembly, Confirmation of Appointment141
  • Professional Achievement

Bills

  • SB 1092Signed into law

    Landlord and Tenant - As introduced, changes, from three days to three business days from the date written notice is received by a tenant, the date on which a landlord may terminate a rental agreement if the tenant or another person on the premises with the tenant's consent willfully or intentionally commits a violent act; behaves in a manner which constitutes or threatens to be a real and present danger to the health, safety, or welfare of the life or property of other tenants or persons on the premises; creates a hazardous or unsanitary condition on the property that affects the health, safety, or welfare or the life or property of other tenants or persons on the premises; or refuses to vacate the premises after entering the premises as an unauthorized subtenant or other unauthorized occupant. - Amends TCA Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 13; Title 56; Title 62; Title 66; Title 67 and Title 68.

    2026-03-03 — Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Commerce and Labor Committee

  • SB 1120Signed into law

    Contracts - As introduced, requires that contracts entered into between a personal seat license (PSL) holder of 10 or more years and a professional sports franchise for the purchase of a subsequent PSL with an upgraded or improved seating classification include a provision that enables the PSL holder to purchase the subsequent PSL for the same price as the previous PSL; applies to all contracts for subsequent PSL purchases entered into for seating at stadiums in certain counties on or after the effective date of the act. - Amends TCA Title 7; Title 9; Title 16; Title 47 and Title 67.

    2025-03-18 — Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Commerce and Labor Committee

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  • Local Education Agencies135
  • Memorials, Interns123
  • Health Care115
  • General Assembly111
  • Election Laws102
  • Taxes97
  • Dept. of92
  • Retirement87
    • SB 1123In committeeRedline

    Sexual Offenses - As introduced, establishes a sexual assault response team coordinator for the purpose of providing statewide training, support, and technical assistance to and oversight of sexual assault response teams. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 8 and Title 38.

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

  • SB 1139In committeeRedline

    Utilities, Utility Districts - As enacted, makes revisions to present law relative to utilities. - Amends TCA Title 7; Title 13, Chapter 7; Title 65 and Title 68.

    2025-05-27 — Comp. became Pub. Ch. 490

  • SB 1165Passed chamber

    Election Laws - As introduced, requires county election commissions to include on the ballot for the November 2026 election a non-binding question related to the legalization of the sale, possession, and use of medical marijuana; requires the secretary of state to compile the results of the public policy opinion poll and forward the results to the members of the general assembly. - Amends TCA Title 2.

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

  • SB 1228DeadRedline

    Election Laws - As introduced, requires county election commissions to publish office hours for early voting 30 days rather than 25 days prior to the day of the election. - Amends TCA Title 2.

    2025-03-25 — Failed in Senate State and Local Government Committee

  • SB 1239Signed into lawRedline

    Children - As enacted, enacts the "End Childhood Hunger Act." - Amends TCA Title 36 and Title 37.

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

  • SB 1248Passed chamber

    Insurance, Health, Accident - As introduced, requires health insurance carriers to provide mental health coverage in parity with alcoholism and drug dependence coverage. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 8; Title 33; Title 39; Title 49; Title 53; Title 56; Title 63; Title 68 and Title 71.

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

  • SB 1352In committee

    Environment and Conservation, Department of - As introduced, requires the department to create and maintain an informational tool on the department's website that provides data related to the presence of facilities that are required to submit toxic release inventory data to the environmental protection agency. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 59; Title 60; Title 68 and Title 69.

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

  • SB 1362Signed into law

    Boards and Commissions - As introduced, provides for a new definition for the term "artificial intelligence" for the Tennessee artificial intelligence advisory council act; expands, from 24 to at least 24 and at most 27, the number of members on the council; directs the council to make various other changes. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 3, Part 31.

    2026-02-18 — Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Commerce & Labor Committee

  • SB 1368Signed into lawRedline

    Tennessee Higher Education Commission - As enacted, adds the executive director of the commission to the statutorily prescribed selection process for chief executive officers of public institutions of higher education and removes the repeal date for that process; revises various reporting and other duties of the commission; allows the commission to delegate its approval authority to its executive director in certain areas; expands the quality non-degree credentials for which a student may receive the Wilder-Naifeh technical skills grant. - Amends TCA Title 49.

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

  • SB 1380Signed into law

    Safety - As introduced, decreases from five to three the number of business days an ambulance service provider has to furnish to a patient or their authorized representative a copy of the patient's run record upon written request; decreases from five to three the number of business days an ambulance service provider has to furnish a copy of the patient's run record to a surveyor employed by the health facilities commission upon written request. - Amends TCA Title 56; Title 68 and Title 71.

    2026-02-18 — Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Commerce & Labor Committee

  • SB 146In committee

    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

  • SB 147Signed into lawRedline

    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

  • SB 1506Signed into law

    Sunset Laws - As enacted, extends the board of social worker licensure to June 30, 2031. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 29 and Title 63, Chapter 23.

    2026-03-16 — Effective date(s) 03/06/2026

  • SB 1531Signed into law

    Sunset Laws - As enacted, extends the Northwest Tennessee human resource agency to June 30, 2030. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 29 and Title 13, Chapter 26.

    2026-03-16 — Effective date(s) 03/06/2026

  • SB 1552Signed into law

    Sunset Laws - As enacted, extends the Tennessee council on autism spectrum disorder to June 30, 2031. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 29 and Title 4, Chapter 3, Part 27.

    2026-03-16 — Effective date(s) 02/23/2026

  • SB 1562Signed into lawRedline

    Sunset Laws - As enacted, extends the Tennessee state veterans' homes board to June 30, 2028; requires the board to report back to the government operations committee by December 31, 2026, to update the committee on its progress in addressing the findings and observations set forth in the December 2025 performance audit report. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 29 and Title 58, Chapter 7.

    2026-05-27 — Pub. Ch. 1068

  • SB 1607Passed chamber

    Criminal Offenses - As introduced, increases the penalty for assault against a first responder from a Class A misdemeanor to a Class E felony with a mandatory fine of $10,000 and a mandatory minimum sentence of 60 days. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 13.

    2026-01-15 — Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee

  • SB 1643Signed into law

    School Vouchers - As introduced, requires the department of education to submit an annual report to the general assembly on information about the education freedom scholarship program. - Amends TCA Title 49.

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

  • SB 1685In committee

    Zoning - As introduced, removes requirement that a structure rebuilt on a site must conform to the zoning regulations existing at the time of the new construction. - Amends TCA Title 13, Chapter 7.

    2026-03-30 — Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 3/31/2026

  • SB 1692Signed into lawRedline

    Licenses - As enacted, enacts the "Military Families Licensing Recognition Act." - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 58; Title 62; Title 63 and Title 68.

    2026-05-27 — Effective date(s) 05/22/2026, 07/01/2026

  • SB 1694DeadRedline

    Commerce and Insurance, Dept. of - As introduced, extends from 30 days to 30 business days the period of time within which an insurer must respond to the department's request for information in regard to a complaint filed against the insurer. - Amends TCA Title 33; Title 39; Title 52; Title 56; Title 58; Title 68 and Title 71.

    2026-04-07 — Failed in Senate Commerce and Labor Committee (no second)

  • SB 1725Signed into lawRedline

    Boats, Boating - As enacted, creates the Class C misdemeanor offense of mooring a recreational vessel for more than 14 consecutive days at any one place along the water's edge of a reservoir or at any place within one mile of the water's edge; makes other related revisions. - Amends TCA Title 69, Chapter 9.

    2026-04-28 — Effective date(s) 07/01/2026

  • SB 1748Signed into lawRedline

    Motor Vehicles - As enacted, revises law relative to out-of-service orders issued to commercial drivers and related penalties. - Amends TCA Title 55 and Title 65, Chapter 15.

    2026-06-18 — Effective date(s) contingent

  • SB 1757In committeeRedline

    Election Laws - As enacted, authorizes, if a candidate changes treasurers and notifies the registry of election finance of the change, the candidate to continue to use print communication that includes the identification of the former treasurer until the print communication is exhausted. - Amends TCA Title 2.

    2026-05-18 — Comp. became Pub. Ch. 913

  • SB 179In committeeRedline

    Election Laws - As enacted, defines "district," for purposes of municipal elections, to mean a district, region, precinct, sector, territory, ward, or other geographical area prescribed for the purposes of nominating and electing candidates. - Amends TCA Title 2 and Title 6, Chapter 53.

    2025-04-28 — Comp. became Pub. Ch. 187

  • SB 1801Passed chamber

    Election Laws - As introduced, restores a person's right of suffrage automatically upon the person's discharge from custody by reason of service or expiration of the maximum sentence imposed by the court for the infamous crime. - Amends TCA Title 2 and Title 40.

    2026-01-22 — Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate State and Local Government Committee

  • SB 1806Passed chamber

    Healthcare Liability - As introduced, removes the three-year statute of repose for a healthcare liability action based on an injury that was not discovered when the negligent act or injury occurred so that the action may be brought within one year from the date of such discovery. - Amends TCA Title 28 and Title 29.

    2026-01-22 — Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee

  • SB 1820In committeeRedline

    Correctional Programs - As enacted, requires each correctional officer at Trousdale Turner Correctional Center to utilize a body camera that is recording at all times while the officer is on duty at the facility and is in contact with or may reasonably anticipate contact or interaction with an inmate; makes other related changes. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 10 and Title 41.

    2026-05-18 — Comp. became Pub. Ch. 956

  • SB 1855Passed chamber

    Education, Higher - As introduced, extends, from January 1 to January 15, the deadline for the department of correction to submit its annual report on higher education opportunities available to incarcerated individuals to the chairs of the judiciary and education committees of the senate and the criminal justice and education administration committees of the house of representatives. - Amends TCA Title 49.

    2026-02-02 — Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee

  • SB 1930In committee

    Criminal Offenses - As enacted, requires a person convicted of second degree murder by knowingly killing another to be sentenced as no lower than a Range II offender. - Amends TCA Section 39-13-210 and Title 40.

    2026-04-24 — Comp. became Pub. Ch. 752

  • SB 1969Signed into law

    Health Care - As introduced, creates the state uterine fibroids commission. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 63 and Title 68.

    2026-03-04 — Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Health and Welfare Committee

  • SB 1977Signed into law

    Probation and Parole - As introduced, specifies that if the trial judge finds by a preponderance of the evidence that the defendant has violated conditions of probation and suspension of sentence for a felony offense by engaging in conduct that constitutes a drug offense, then for the first instance of such a violation, the trial judge must order the defendant to attend a substance abuse treatment program and must not revoke the defendant's probation and suspension of sentence. - Amends TCA Title 40, Chapter 35.

    2026-03-25 — Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Judiciary Committee

  • SB 2005Signed into lawRedline

    Fire Prevention and Investigation - As enacted, requires certification from the peace officer standards and training commission and certain other criteria to be met in order for the commissioner of commerce and insurance, the commissioner's deputies, a municipal fire investigator, or a salaried county fire investigator to exercise police powers, including the power to arrest, relative to cases of arson or suspected arson. - Amends TCA Title 5; Title 6; Title 38 and Title 68.

    2026-05-05 — Effective date(s) 01/01/2028

  • SB 2010Signed into law

    Insurance, Health, Accident - As introduced, creates the "Regulate Artificial Intelligence (AI) In Health Care Act." - Amends TCA Title 8, Chapter 27; Title 56 and Title 71.

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

  • SB 2028Signed into lawRedline

    Game and Fish Laws - As enacted, clarifies that local governmental entities shall not regulate the manner and means of taking wildlife, including the discharge of a firearm while lawfully hunting, and that such taking is regulated pursuant to rules promulgated and proclamations issued by the fish and wildlife commission. - Amends TCA Section 39-17-1314; Section 70-1-206 and Section 70-4-107.

    2026-04-13 — Effective date(s) 04/07/2026

  • SB 2043Signed into law

    Sheriffs - As introduced, prohibits the county legislative body of a county with a charter form of government from adopting a budget that reduces the budget for the sheriff below the budgeted amount for the previous fiscal year unless the reduction is approved in writing by the sheriff; authorizes a sheriff to approve or disapprove a budget amendment that would reduce personnel, operational, or capital expenditures below the level proposed by the sheriff; authorizes the county legislative body to override the sheriff's disapproval by a two-thirds vote. - Amends TCA Title 5, Chapter 1, Part 2; Title 5, Chapter 9, Part 4 and Title 8, Chapter 20, Part 1.

    2026-03-23 — Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Judiciary Committee

  • SB 2078Signed into law

    Lottery, Scholarships and Programs - As introduced, requires the Tennessee higher education commission to submit a report to the education and finance committees of the senate and house of representatives identifying any fiscal year, beginning with the 2004 fiscal year, for which net lottery proceeds were insufficient to fully fund certain scholarships and grants, resulting in a pro rata reduction in award amounts or a draw upon the general shortfall reserve subaccount. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 49; Title 4, Chapter 51 and Title 49, Chapter 4.

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

  • SB 2121Passed chamber

    School Transportation - As introduced, lowers the minimum age, from 25 to 23, that is necessary to receive an initial school bus endorsement; authorizes local boards of education and public charter school governing bodies to adopt policies prescribing the qualifications of school bus drivers in the interest of the safety and health of school pupils. - Amends TCA Section 5-8-102; Title 49 and Title 55.

    2026-03-19 — Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.

  • SB 2131Signed into law

    Housing - As introduced, provides for the regulation of accessory dwelling units. - Amends TCA Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 13; Title 66 and Title 68.

    2026-03-10 — Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate State & Local Government Committee

  • SB 215In committeeRedline

    Criminal Offenses - As enacted, establishes mandatory minimum penalties of 48 hours in jail and a $500 fine for a person convicted of knowingly selling or distributing a product containing a hemp-derived cannabinoid to a person who is under 21; prohibits a retailer from knowingly allowing an employee younger than 21 to access, handle, or sell any product containing a hemp-derived cannabinoid on the premises of the retail establishment. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 17; Title 43, Chapter 27 and Title 49, Chapter 6.

    2025-04-04 — Comp. became Pub. Ch. 77

  • SB 2150In committee

    Safety - As introduced, requires a private residence elevator that is newly constructed and accepted on and after July 1, 2027, to register with the department of labor and workforce development within seven days of being placed into service; makes certain other changes relative to private residence elevators. - Amends TCA Title 68, Chapter 121.

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

  • SB 2153Signed into law

    Health, Dept. of - As enacted, authorizes the department to establish and administer an early childhood mental health home visiting program as a voluntary, evidence-based and home-based intervention to promote the mental health, developmental progress, and family stability of children from birth to five years of age and their families. - Amends TCA Title 33 and Title 68, Chapter 1.

    2026-05-01 — Effective date(s) 04/21/2026, 07/01/2026

  • SB 216Passed chamber

    Criminal Offenses - As introduced, raises from $3,000 to $4,000, the maximum fine that a jury may impose for the offense of conveyance by general warranty deed with knowledge of existing liens. - Amends TCA Title 8; Title 39; Title 62 and Title 66.

    2025-02-10 — Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee

  • SB 2166In committeeRedline

    Banks and Financial Institutions - As enacted, clarifies that the service of transmitting money from a location originating in this state to a location outside of the United States or its territories is a taxable service and that such a tax is generally levied on the amount of money transmitted; requires revenues generated from such a tax to be allocated to certain funds and purposes. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 38; Title 39; Title 45; Title 47; Title 49 and Title 67.

    2026-05-27 — Comp. became Pub. Ch. 1035

  • SB 2170Signed into law

    Jails, Local Lock-ups - As introduced, requires the monthly report of the warden of a county workhouse for each prisoner placed under a work release program to be filed with the judge by whom the prisoner was sentenced on or before the fifteenth day of the month immediately following the reporting period. - Amends TCA Title 5; Title 40 and Title 41.

    2026-03-17 — Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate State and Local Government Committee

  • SB 2220In committeeRedline

    Children's Services, Dept. of - As enacted, requires the department to make an initial screening, and potentially an assessment, upon receiving a report of harm that includes a report of harm alleging facts that involve a caregiver; makes other related changes. - Amends TCA Title 37 and Title 71.

    2026-04-24 — Comp. became Pub. Ch. 762

  • SB 2271In committee

    Taxes, Ad Valorem - As introduced, requires the notice submitted by the state board of equalization to a county mayor on whether an extension of time to complete a property reappraisal program is justified to be in writing. - Amends TCA Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 9; Title 12 and Title 67.

    2026-02-02 — Refer to Senate Delayed Bills Committee

  • SB 2283Signed into lawRedline

    Tourism - As enacted, requires revenue that is received by a municipality and that is used to fund a destination marketing entity engaged in tourism promotion on behalf of the municipality be released to the destination marketing entity no later than 120 days after the municipality approves its final budget. - Amends TCA Title 5; Title 6; Title 7 and Title 67.

    2026-05-27 — Pub. Ch. 1125

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