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State bill data last updated Oct 26, 2026, 4:03 PM.

9,112 bills

• SB 2417 Introduced 114
  Controlled Substances - As introduced, enacts the "Tennessee Kratom Consumer Protection Act." - Amends TCA Title 33; Title 39, Chapter 17, Part 4; Title 43 and Title 57.
  Feb 2, 2026: Filed for introduction
• SB 2021 Introduced 114
  Welfare - As introduced, requires the commissioner of human services to provide to the commissioner of correction an application for food assistance to be used by inmates in state correctional institutions prior to release; requires the application to contain an option for the inmate to indicate a denial to apply for food assistance and reasons for doing so; requires the commissioner of correction to supply the application to each inmate prior to release; requires reports to the general assembly on certain data collected from the applications and on the number of inmates leaving incarceration who are approved for food assistance. - Amends TCA Title 41 and Title 71.
  Feb 2, 2026: Withdrawn.
• HB 1819 In committee 114
  Sentencing - As introduced, increases the penalty for failing to stop at the scene of an accident when the person knew or should reasonably have known that death resulted from the accident by requiring a mandatory period of confinement of not less than one year and a minimum fine of $10,000. - Amends TCA Title 39; Title 40 and Title 55.
  Feb 2, 2026: P2C, ref. to Judiciary Committee
• HB 1869 Introduced 114
  Health Care - As introduced, changes from March 1 to February 1, the date by which a managed care organization that participates in the TennCare program must submit its annual report to the bureau of TennCare. - Amends TCA Title 71, Chapter 5, Part 1.
  Feb 2, 2026: P2C, caption bill, held on desk - pending amdt.
• SB 1867 In committee 114
  Evidence - As introduced, permits the introduction into evidence of a video recording of a child victim being interviewed by a forensic interviewer regarding sexual or physically violent contact with the child if the forensic interviewer is an employee of the department of children's services and meets certain requirements. - Amends TCA Title 9, Chapter 4, Part 2 and Title 24, Chapter 7, Part 1.
  Feb 2, 2026: Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee
• SB 2677 Introduced 114
  Tort Liability and Reform - As introduced, establishes a cause of action through which a person who suffers injury, death, or property damage caused by the negligent action of an agent of the federal government engaged in an immigration enforcement action may file a suit against the federal agency to recover compensatory damages and reasonable attorney's fees and costs of bringing the action; requires the person to file a claim within one year of the cause of action accruing. - Amends TCA Title 28 and Title 29.
  Feb 2, 2026: Filed for introduction
• SB 1854 In committee 114
  Adoption - As introduced, changes from 100 years to 90 years the amount of time that must elapse from the date the adoption was finalized before confidential adoption records become public records open to inspection. - Amends TCA Title 18; Title 36, Chapter 1; Title 37; Title 49, Chapter 4, Part 9; Title 49, Chapter 5, Part 7 and Section 49-6-1304.
  Feb 2, 2026: Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee
• HB 2293 Introduced 114
  Ethics - As introduced, requires Shelby County to create a county ethics commission. - Amends TCA Title 3, Chapter 6 and Title 5.
  Feb 2, 2026: Filed for introduction
• HB 1854 In committee 114
  Criminal Offenses - As introduced, expands the offense of adulteration of food, liquids, or pharmaceuticals to include adulteration for the purpose of making the user of the food, liquid, or pharmaceutical involuntarily intoxicated; classifies the offense as a Class D felony. - Amends TCA Title 39 and Title 40.
  Feb 2, 2026: P2C, ref. to Judiciary Committee
• SB 2541 Introduced 114
  Courts, Administrative Office of the - As introduced, requires the administrative office of the courts to post the monthly reports on the number of personal injury or death cases filed claiming money damages, the number of such cases proceeding to trial, and the number of such cases resulting in damages on the website of the administrative office of the courts. - Amends TCA Title 8; Title 16; Title 17; Title 18; Title 20; Title 21; Title 24; Title 25; Title 26; Title 27; Title 28 and Title 29.
  Feb 2, 2026: Filed for introduction
• HB 1808 In committee 114
  District Attorneys - As introduced, 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. - Amends TCA Title 8; Title 9; Title 16 and Title 40.
  Feb 2, 2026: P2C, ref. to Judiciary Committee
• SB 2271 Introduced 114
  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.
  Feb 2, 2026: Filed for introduction
• SB 1878 In committee 114
  Criminal Offenses - As introduced, reduces, from five to four business days, the amount of time a warden has to report an offense in a penal institution to the appropriate district attorney generals. - Amends TCA Title 39.
  Feb 2, 2026: Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee
• SB 2630 Introduced 114
  Comptroller, State - As introduced, requires the comptroller of the treasury to publish a copy of an audit conducted of the energy efficient schools council on the comptroller's website. - Amends TCA Title 49.
  Feb 2, 2026: Filed for introduction
• SB 1834 In committee 114
  Traffic Safety - As introduced, authorizes a tow truck to display a single, steady-burning or flashing blue light to the rear, but not the front, of the tow truck when stationary and engaged in the recovery of, or otherwise providing assistance to, another vehicle. - Amends TCA Title 55, Chapter 9, Part 4.
  Feb 2, 2026: Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Transportation and Safety Committee
• SB 2475 Introduced 114
  Taxes - As introduced, requires the commissioner of revenue to report to the general assembly on an annual basis, beginning July 1, 2027, the amount of sales and use tax refunds on purchases of major appliances, residential furniture, and residential building supplies issued to persons receiving federal disaster assistance. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 9; Title 12; Title 54; Title 55 and Title 67.
  Feb 2, 2026: Filed for introduction
• HB 1877 In committee 114
  Privacy, Confidentiality - As introduced, prohibits a state or local government entity from requiring implantation of a microchip or other permanent identification marker as a condition to receive benefits or services, or participate in assistance programs, offered or otherwise provided by the entity; makes other related changes. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 8; Title 40; Title 47; Title 50 and Title 56.
  Feb 2, 2026: P2C, ref. to State & Local Government Committee
• HB 1841 In committee 114
  Local Education Agencies - As introduced, adds sixth grade to the grade levels for which a local board of education is required to establish an alternative school for students who have been suspended or expelled from the regular school program; requires a student in sixth grade who has been suspended for more than 10 days or expelled from the regular school program to attend an alternative school if there is space and staff available, with certain exceptions. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 6.
  Feb 2, 2026: P2C, ref. to Education Committee
• SB 1855 In committee 114
  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.
  Feb 2, 2026: Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee
• HB 1840 Introduced 114
  Local Education Agencies - As introduced, requires each LEA to submit a report to the department of education by July 31 each year that includes, for the immediately preceding school year, the number of students the LEA provided with information on the career and technical education opportunities offered by the LEA after the students were administered a career aptitude assessment in grade seven or eight. - Amends TCA Title 49.
  Feb 2, 2026: P2C, caption bill, held on desk - pending amdt.
• HB 1483 In committee 114
  Tort Liability and Reform - As introduced, creates a cause of action through which a victim can recover from a person, other than a professional bondsman or person with a bailable interest, who posts bail for a defendant and the defendant is subsequently convicted for a criminal offense that occurred while the defendant was on bail; allows the victim to recover for damage to property, injury, or death arising from the subsequent criminal offense. - Amends TCA Title 40.
  Feb 2, 2026: Withdrawn.
• HB 2033 Introduced 114
  Sentencing - As introduced, requires a sentencing court to order every convicted person to perform a certain number of community service hours in addition to any other punishment imposed for the criminal violation. - Amends TCA Title 40.
  Feb 2, 2026: Intro., P1C.
• HB 2002 Introduced 114
  Environment and Conservation, Department of - As introduced, requires the department to ensure that certain safety signage is placed at new trails or trails under renovation within the state's trail system; requires the same for jogging trails. - Amends TCA Title 11.
  Feb 2, 2026: Intro., P1C.
• SB 1839 In committee 114
  Motor Vehicles, Titling and Registration - As introduced, subjects plug-in hybrid electric vehicles, instead of all hybrid electric vehicles, to the $100 additional vehicle registration fee for electric vehicles. - Amends TCA Section 55-4-116.
  Feb 2, 2026: Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Transportation and Safety Committee
• HB 1726 In committee 114
  Foster Care - As introduced, enacts the "Stable Homes for Foster Youth Act." - Amends TCA Title 37.
  Feb 2, 2026: Withdrawn.
• SB 1852 In committee 114
  TennCare - As introduced, enacts the "TennCare Buy-In Act." - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 3, Part 10 and Title 71, Chapter 5.
  Feb 2, 2026: Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Commerce and Labor Committee
• HB 2042 Introduced 114
  Local Education Agencies - As introduced, authorizes local boards of education and public charter school governing bodies to implement programs to reward persons who report the illegal presence of a gun on school property; authorizes the use of private funding sources to fund the reward programs. - Amends TCA Title 40, Chapter 8 and Title 49.
  Feb 2, 2026: Intro., P1C.
• SB 2438 Introduced 114
  Education, Higher - As introduced, deletes an obsolete requirement that the governing board of each public institution of higher education submit a report on the institution's implementation of a research security policy by July 1, 2025, to the chairs of the education committee of the senate and the education committees of the house of representatives. - Amends TCA Title 9 and Title 49.
  Feb 2, 2026: Filed for introduction
• SJR 543 Adopted 114
  Memorials, Recognition - Human Trafficking Awareness Month, January 2026 -
  Feb 2, 2026: Ref. to Naming & Designating Committee - Judiciary Committee
• HB 1876 In committee 114
  Taxes, Sales - As introduced, exempts from the sales and use tax the retail sale of infant formula and diapers and wipes designed to be used by infants and children. - Amends TCA Title 67, Chapter 6, Part 3.
  Feb 2, 2026: P2C, ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee
• SB 1903 In committee 114
  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.
  Feb 2, 2026: Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate State and Local Government Committee
• SB 2592 Introduced 114
  Business Organizations - As introduced, increases, from two to three, the number of days' notice that a for-profit corporation must give of the date, time, and place of a meeting to elect directors and complete the organization of the corporation or elect a board of directors to complete the organization of the corporation, if the initial directors are not named in the charter of the corporation. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 29; Title 39; Title 46; Title 47; Title 48; Title 50; Title 61; Title 62 and Title 66.
  Feb 2, 2026: Filed for introduction
• SB 2297 Introduced 114
  TennCare - As introduced, removes an obsolete reference to July 1, 2000, as the initial date after which the department of health must ensure that application forms for TennCare uninsured or uninsurable coverage under the Medical Assistance Act apprise applicants of the requirements of the act. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 7; Title 8; Title 12; Title 14; Title 33; Title 47; Title 52; Title 56; Title 62; Title 63; Title 68 and Title 71.
  Feb 2, 2026: Filed for introduction
• HB 1701 In committee 114
  Local Education Agencies - As introduced, requires each LEA and public charter school to install, maintain, and use, subject to parental approval, a video camera surveillance system in the special education classrooms operated by the LEA or public charter school to continuously monitor students, teachers, and staff in the classroom while special education or related services are being provided. - Amends TCA Title 10 and Title 49.
  Feb 2, 2026: Withdrawn.
• SB 1941 In committee 114
  Criminal Offenses - As introduced, increases the penalty for assault against a firefighter, emergency services personnel, or other person who responds to calls for emergency assistance from a Class A misdemeanor with a mandatory minimum 30-day sentence and $5,000 fine to a Class E felony with a mandatory minimum 60-day sentence and $10,000 fine. - Amends TCA Title 39 and Title 40.
  Feb 2, 2026: Sponsor(s) Added.
• HB 1988 Introduced 114
  Planning, Public - As introduced, authorizes the City of Clarksville and Montgomery County to participate in the Tennessee local land bank program. - Amends TCA Title 13, Chapter 30.
  Feb 2, 2026: Intro., P1C.
• SB 2489 Introduced 114
  TennCare - As introduced, increases from 60 to 65 days the period after the close of each fiscal year within which the department of finance and administration must submit a report to the governor and members of the general assembly that includes an account of the operations and expenditures of all funds under the Medical Assistance Act of 1968, statistics by county about all medical assistance within the state, rules promulgated to carry out the act, and other information the department deems advisable. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 7; Title 8; Title 12; Title 14; Title 33; Title 47; Title 52; Title 53; Title 56; Title 62; Title 63; Title 68 and Title 71.
  Feb 2, 2026: Filed for introduction
• SB 1856 In committee 114
  Education, Dept. of - As introduced, changes, beginning in 2027, the deadline for the department to submit its annual report on the school safety alert grant pilot fund from February 1 to January 15. - Amends TCA Title 49.
  Feb 2, 2026: Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee
• SB 1844 In committee 114
  Naming and Designating - As introduced, redesignates the Legislative Plaza and War Memorial Plaza, respectively, in front of the War Memorial Building as the "Winfield Dunn War Memorial Plaza." - Amends TCA Title 3, Chapter 1; Title 4 and Title 58, Chapter 4.
  Feb 2, 2026: Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate State and Local Government Committee
• SB 1905 In committee 114
  Insurance, Health, Accident - As introduced, deletes an obsolete requirement that the department of commerce and insurance conduct a study to determine the appropriateness of a separate premium rating for medicare supplement policies for populations under 65 years of age upon the expiration of five years from May 27, 2010. - Amends TCA Title 8; Title 56 and Title 71.
  Feb 2, 2026: Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Commerce and Labor Committee
• HB 928 In committee 114
  Food and Food Products - As introduced, prohibits the sale or offering for sale of any food that contains a live vaccine. - Amends TCA Title 47, Chapter 18 and Title 53.
  Feb 2, 2026: Withdrawn.
• SB 1862 In committee 114
  Correction, Dept. of - As introduced, increases from 90 to 100 days of receiving a valid judgment of conviction for when the department has to notify the victim witness coordinator of the scheduled parole hearing date when the inmate will be eligible for parole consideration. - Amends TCA Title 39 and Title 40.
  Feb 2, 2026: Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee
• SB 1686 In committee 114
  Correction, Dept. of - As introduced, requires the department to develop and implement a performance-based contracting program for each contractor with which it contracts to operate prison facilities; requires the program to make the payment of an amount equal to 25 percent of the total funds appropriated to the contractor during a fiscal year conditional upon yearly performance improvements based upon a set of performance measures. - Amends TCA Title 41.
  Feb 2, 2026: Recalled from Senate Judiciary Committee
• SB 2374 Introduced 114
  Child Abuse - As introduced, adds the speaker of the senate and speaker of the house of representatives to whom the recipients of funding from the child abuse fund and its subsidiary funds, the child advocacy centers fund, the CASA fund, and the child abuse prevention fund shall report to annually regarding their use of child abuse fund moneys, their collaborative efforts to address the spectrum of child abuse issues, and their recommendations for additional improvements in the child abuse prevention and response system in this state. - Amends TCA Title 33 and Title 39.
  Feb 2, 2026: Filed for introduction
• SB 1831 In committee 114
  Gaming - As introduced, requires a licensee offering interactive sports wagering in this state to restrict access to such wagering on certain campuses of public institutions of higher education; requires certain public institutions of higher education to restrict internet access to interactive sports wagering on campus. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 49, Part 1 and Title 49.
  Feb 2, 2026: Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate State and Local Government Committee
• HB 1783 In committee 114
  Courts, Juvenile - As introduced, requires the department of children's services, and others, to provide certain information to court-appointed special advocates in order to provide judicial officers with the most comprehensive information to be used in the consideration of the placement and custody of a child. - Amends TCA Title 37, Chapter 1, Part 1.
  Feb 2, 2026: P2C, ref. to Judiciary Committee
• HB 2067 Introduced 114
  Education, Curriculum - As introduced, authorizes LEAs and public charter schools to offer students in any of the grades five through 12 a hunter education course that is approved by the wildlife resources agency as part of physical education, health, or safety instruction. - Amends TCA Title 49 and Title 70, Chapter 2, Part 1.
  Feb 2, 2026: Intro., P1C.
• HB 1868 In committee 114
  Education, Higher - As introduced, waives, for the dependent child of a law enforcement officer or firefighter who was killed or who died as a direct result of injuries received while performing their official duties, the tuition and fees charged by the public institution of higher education at which the dependent child is enrolled as a student. - Amends TCA Title 49.
  Feb 2, 2026: P2C, ref. to Education Committee
• SB 2490 Introduced 114
  TennCare - As introduced, removes an obsolete reference to department of health beginning development of a demonstration project to provide cost effective alternatives to long-term care under the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1981 on July 1, 1982. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 7; Title 8; Title 12; Title 14; Title 33; Title 47; Title 52; Title 53; Title 56; Title 62; Title 63; Title 68 and Title 71.
  Feb 2, 2026: Filed for introduction
• SB 1869 In committee 114
  Children's Services, Dept. of - As introduced, changes from January 31 to February 15 the date by which the commissioner shall publish an annual report regarding operation of the department and the services and programs under its supervision. - Amends TCA Title 36 and Title 37.
  Feb 2, 2026: Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee