Tennessee bills

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

9,112 bills

• HB 1810 In committee 114
  Sewage - As introduced, implements a system of graduated periods of suspension of a person's license to engage in the business of removing accumulated wastes from subsurface sewage disposal systems following conviction for offenses involving illegal dumping of sewage. - Amends TCA Title 39 and Title 68, Chapter 221.
  Feb 2, 2026: P2C, ref. to Agriculture & Natural Resources Committee
• SB 1949 In committee 114
  Criminal Offenses - As introduced, enacts the "mRNA Bioweapons Prohibition Act," which prohibits the manufacture, acquisition, possession, or making accessible to others of mRNA injections and products; requires state and local government officials to use all lawful means necessary to investigate or enforce suspected violations; punishes violations the same as manufacturing, acquiring, possessing, or transferring a weapon of mass destruction, which is a Class B felony. - Amends TCA Title 8; Title 14; Title 39; Title 40; Title 53; Title 63 and Title 68.
  Feb 2, 2026: Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee
• SB 2408 Introduced 114
  Criminal Offenses - As introduced, adds insects to the offense of displaying, exhibiting, handling, or using a venomous or dangerous snake or reptile in a manner that endangers the life or health of another person. - Amends TCA Title 39.
  Feb 2, 2026: Filed for introduction
• HB 1829 In committee 114
  Criminal Offenses - As introduced, prohibits a person who is convicted of a felony from running for public office, regardless of whether the person receives a presidential pardon; prohibits a public employee from receiving retirement benefits from the Tennessee consolidated retirement system, any superseded retirement system, or any other public pension system, if such employee or official is convicted of a felony. - Amends TCA Title 2; Title 8; Title 39 and Title 40.
  Feb 2, 2026: P2C, ref. to State & Local Government Committee
• HJR 804 In committee 114
  Memorials, Government Officials - Urges the Secretary of State to include "The Old Men" by T.L. Jones in the Blue Book. -
  Jan 23, 2026: Assigned to s/c Departments & Agencies Subcommittee
• HJR 757 Adopted 114
  Memorials, Death - Elizabeth Lorenza McPhee -
  Jan 23, 2026: Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.
• SB 1583 In committee 114
  Controlled Substances - As introduced, requires reports submitted by the medical cannabis commission on or after January 1, 2027, to include an analysis of the effects of Exec. Order No. 14370 and any subsequent federal action on increasing medical marijuana and cannabidiol research. - Amends TCA Title 38; Title 39; Title 40; Title 43; Title 53; Title 67 and Title 68.
  Jan 23, 2026: Withdrawn.
• SB 2125 Introduced 114
  Fees - As introduced, enacts the "Tennessee Live Music Support Act." - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 47 and Title 67.
  Jan 23, 2026: Withdrawn.
• HJR 742 Adopted 114
  General Assembly, Joint Conventions - Calls joint convention to hear State of the State address by Governor Lee; authorizes transmittal of budget document by February 2, 2026, and filing of legislation implementing the budget by February 9, 2026. -
  Jan 23, 2026: Signed by Governor.
• HJR 741 Adopted 114
  General Assembly, Recess & Reconvene - Recesses 2026 session of the 114th General Assembly from close of business on January 15, 2026, until January 21, 2026, at 8:30 a.m. -
  Jan 23, 2026: Signed by Governor.
• SB 1719 In committee 114
  Local Education Agencies - As introduced, authorizes counties and cities to create by majority vote of the local legislative body the elected office of school superintendent. - Amends TCA Title 2 and Title 49.
  Jan 22, 2026: Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee
• HB 1750 In committee 114
  Motor Vehicles, Titling and Registration - As introduced, requires the validation or revalidation tab, sticker, or other device issued for a calendar year that is affixed to a registration plate must be a different color scheme than the color scheme of the validation or revalidation tab, sticker, or device issued for the previous calendar year. - Amends TCA Section 5-8-102 and Title 55, Chapter 4.
  Jan 22, 2026: P2C, ref. to Transportation Committee
• SB 1801 In committee 114
  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.
  Jan 22, 2026: Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate State and Local Government Committee
• HB 1742 Introduced 114
  Campaigns and Campaign Finance - As introduced, requires the registry of election finance to provide a nonexclusive list of the various categories of contributions that constitute in-kind contributions requiring disclosure to each member of the general assembly at the beginning of each yearly session and each candidate for state office within one week of the candidate certifying a treasurer with the registry. - Amends TCA Title 2, Chapter 10.
  Jan 22, 2026: P2C, caption bill, held on desk - pending amdt.
• HB 1778 In committee 114
  Taxes, Sales - As introduced, urges the department of revenue to study the amount of revenue derived during the previous five fiscal years from the sales tax imposed on retail sales of non-prepared food, and from the general sales tax imposed on retail sales of prepared food; requires a report be submitted to the chairs of the finance, ways and means committees and the office of legislative budget analysis. - Amends TCA Title 67, Chapter 6.
  Jan 22, 2026: P2C, ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee
• HB 1763 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.
  Jan 22, 2026: P2C, ref. to Naming & Designating Committee - State & Local Government Committee
• SB 1485 In committee 114
  Process, Service of - As introduced, clarifies that the name and address required pursuant to the receipt of a deed of conveyance of real property may be used as the basis for obtaining service of process upon either party as an agent thereof, for failure to pay real property taxes. - Amends TCA Title 66, Chapter 24.
  Jan 22, 2026: Withdrawn.
• HB 1008 In committee 114
  Tobacco, Tobacco Products - As introduced, increases, from a Class C to a Class A misdemeanor, the penalty for selling or distributing a vapor product to an individual under 21 years of age; requires retailers of vapor products to obtain a license for such retail sales from the department of commerce and insurance; provides for civil penalties for violations by licensees. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 17, Part 15 and Title 62.
  Jan 22, 2026: Withdrawn.
• HB 1651 In committee 114
  General Assembly - As introduced, prohibits the biennial increase in the office expense allowance for members of the general assembly from exceeding 50 percent of the principal amount of the current allowance. - Amends TCA Title 3.
  Jan 22, 2026: Withdrawn.
• HB 1724 In committee 114
  Water Pollution - As introduced, requires local approval of a tipping fee for application of sludge from water treatment plants onto agricultural lands, with proceeds earmarked for water treatment facilities, as a condition of such applications continuing in a locality; places a moratorium on certain permits in jurisdictions that do not provide such local approval. - Amends TCA Section 1-3-105; Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 13, Chapter 7; Title 43; Title 68 and Title 69.
  Jan 22, 2026: P2C, ref. to Agriculture & Natural Resources Committee
• HB 1727 In committee 114
  State Employees - As introduced, requires certain government employers to provide job-protected unpaid leave for a qualifying medical emergency to employees that meet certain criteria. - Amends TCA Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 8; Title 49 and Title 50.
  Jan 22, 2026: P2C, ref. to State & Local Government Committee
• HB 1703 In committee 114
  Real Property - As introduced, requires corporations, limited liability companies, limited partnerships, and limited liability partnerships that purchase or acquire residential rental property in this state to register the property with the secretary of state. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 13; Title 47; Title 48; Title 61 and Title 66.
  Jan 22, 2026: P2C, ref. to State & Local Government Committee- Government Operations for Review
• HB 1699 In committee 114
  Children - As introduced, adds to the definition of a dependent and neglected child a child whose parent or guardian is unable to provide care and control of the child due to circumstances beyond the parent's or guardian's control; requires this finding to be made by a court at an adjudicatory hearing. - Amends TCA Title 36 and Title 37.
  Jan 22, 2026: P2C, ref. to Judiciary Committee
• SB 1727 In committee 114
  TennCare - As introduced, deletes an obsolete provision that required the comptroller of the treasury, in conjunction with any appropriate TennCare drug utilization review committees, to study the use of prescription drugs in nursing homes and the costs of those prescription drugs for residents of nursing homes; to examine prescription use overall; to focus on any practices that would improve the quality of resident care while reducing costs to the TennCare program; and to report by January 1, 2005, to the speaker of the senate and the speaker of the house of representatives. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 56 and Title 71.
  Jan 22, 2026: Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Commerce and Labor Committee
• SB 1781 In committee 114
  Election Laws - As introduced, authorizes the county election commission to notify individuals filing a petition for recall, referendum, or initiative to notify the individuals of a defect in the petition that must be cured prior to certification for final approval. - Amends TCA Title 2.
  Jan 22, 2026: Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate State and Local Government Committee
• SJR 547 Adopted 114
  Memorials, Death - Jeffery Alan Hartline -
  Jan 22, 2026: Sponsor(s) Added.
• HB 434 In committee 114
  Public Officials - As introduced, prohibits a public facility from being named for a local public official who is in office, for two years after the public official leaves office, or if the public official has been convicted of a felony or a crime of moral turpitude; prohibits a local public official from making charitable donations in the public official's name if the donation is from public funds. - Amends TCA Title 3; Title 4; Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 8; Title 9 and Title 12.
  Jan 22, 2026: Withdrawn.
• SB 1806 In committee 114
  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.
  Jan 22, 2026: Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee
• HB 1728 In committee 114
  Criminal Offenses - As introduced, creates an offense for a vape shop retailer, or a distributor, wholesaler, or importer, who sells or offers for sale a vapor product for retail sale in this state to sell Kratom and nitrous oxides. - Amends TCA Title 39; Title 57, Chapter 7 and Title 67.
  Jan 22, 2026: P2C, ref. to Judiciary Committee
• HB 1736 In committee 114
  Alcoholic Beverages - As introduced, authorizes a retail alcohol licensee in a terminal building of a commercial air carrier airport to offer complimentary tastings for samples of the products it sells. - Amends TCA Title 57.
  Jan 22, 2026: P2C, ref. to State & Local Government Committee
• HJR 709 In committee 114
  Naming and Designating - "Charlie Kirk Day," September 10, 2026 -
  Jan 22, 2026: Withdrawn.
• SJR 590 In committee 114
  Constitutional Amendments - Proposes an amendment to Article XI, Section 5 of the Constitution of Tennessee, to allow for bingo games conducted by 501(c)(3) or 501(c)(19) organizations to meet a charitable, nonprofit, or community service purpose. -
  Jan 22, 2026: Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee
• SB 1729 In committee 114
  State Government - As introduced, requires governor to cause proposed legislation that transfers functions between state departments be forwarded to the chairs of the government operations committees of both houses. - Amends TCA Title 4.
  Jan 22, 2026: Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate State and Local Government Committee
• HB 1719 Introduced 114
  Unclaimed Property - As introduced, allows the treasurer to file the annual report regarding the total amount and value of abandoned or unclaimed property with certain executive and legislative branch officials electronically. - Amends TCA Title 66.
  Jan 22, 2026: P2C, caption bill, held on desk - pending amdt.
• HB 1781 Introduced 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.
  Jan 22, 2026: P2C, caption bill, held on desk - pending amdt.
• HB 1524 In committee 114
  Teachers, Principals and School Personnel - As introduced, authorizes designated school employees who complete training to search containers, packages, and other enclosures in the possession of a student or visitor that triggers an alert by the school's weapons detection system. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 6.
  Jan 22, 2026: Withdrawn.
• HB 1780 Introduced 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.
  Jan 22, 2026: P2C, caption bill, held on desk - pending amdt.
• SB 1763 In committee 114
  Real Property - As introduced, prohibits a homeowners' association from prohibiting a first responder from parking an emergency vehicle at the first responder's residence or on a roadway adjacent to the first responder's real property or from penalizing or threatening to penalize a first responder for parking an emergency vehicle at the first responder's residence or on a roadway adjacent to the first responder's real property. - Amends TCA Title 47 and Title 66.
  Jan 22, 2026: Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Commerce and Labor Committee
• SJR 553 Adopted 114
  Memorials, Public Service - Representative Mary Littleton -
  Jan 22, 2026: Held on desk.
• HB 1700 In committee 114
  Local Education Agencies - As introduced, requires director of schools to report a student who was formally truant and now enrolled in a home school to juvenile court; establishes that unexcused absences accumulated by a transfer student at their former school or LEA during the school year in which they transfer follow the student to the receiving school or LEA to determine habitual truancy, to implement a progressive truancy plan, and to identify cases of educational neglect. - Amends TCA Title 37, Chapter 1, Part 1; Title 49, Chapter 1; Title 49, Chapter 2 and Title 49, Chapter 6.
  Jan 22, 2026: P2C, ref. to Education Committee
• SB 1764 In committee 114
  Criminal Offenses - As introduced, removes the limitation on the penalty for illegally possessing a telecommunication device in a penal institution that required the Class E felony to be punished by a fine only. - Amends TCA Title 39.
  Jan 22, 2026: Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee
• SB 1703 In committee 114
  Children - As introduced, adds to the definition of a dependent and neglected child a child whose parent or guardian is unable to provide care and control of the child due to circumstances beyond the parent's or guardian's control; requires this finding to be made by a court at an adjudicatory hearing. - Amends TCA Title 36 and Title 37.
  Jan 22, 2026: Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee
• SB 1792 In committee 114
  Highways, Roads and Bridges - As introduced, requires the commissioner of transportation to establish rules governing reimbursement of relocation costs to a utility; requires reimbursement of at least $2.5 million for projects with utility relocation costs exceeding $2.5 million; requires the department to approve a utility owner's plan to accomplish the proposed new location of utility facilities in highway rights-of-way if the proposal would effectuate the relocation at the lowest cost to the utility's ratepayers; makes other related revisions. - Amends TCA Title 4 and Title 54.
  Jan 22, 2026: Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Transportation and Safety Committee
• HB 809 In committee 114
  Pest Control - As introduced, specifies that a manufacturer or seller of a pesticide registered with the commissioner of agriculture and with the environmental protection agency under the federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) is not liable in a civil action related to the labeling of the pesticide, if the pesticide bore a label approved by the EPA under FIFRA at the time of sale. - Amends TCA Title 43, Chapter 8.
  Jan 22, 2026: Sponsor(s) Added.
• SB 1756 In committee 114
  Campaigns and Campaign Finance - As introduced, requires the registry of election finance to provide a nonexclusive list of the various categories of contributions that constitute in-kind contributions requiring disclosure to each member of the general assembly at the beginning of each yearly session and each candidate for state office within one week of the candidate certifying a treasurer with the registry. - Amends TCA Title 2, Chapter 10.
  Jan 22, 2026: Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate State and Local Government Committee
• HB 1776 Introduced 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.
  Jan 22, 2026: P2C, caption bill, held on desk - pending amdt.
• SB 1818 In committee 114
  Food and Food Products - As introduced, prohibits the sale, delivery for sale, holding for sale, or offering for sale of food that contains forever chemicals, unless the food is labeled as containing forever chemicals and discloses the known or possible health effects of the chemical; defines forever chemicals as per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS). - Amends TCA Title 47, Chapter 18 and Title 53.
  Jan 22, 2026: Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Health and Welfare Committee
• SB 1802 In committee 114
  Safety, Dept. of - As introduced, directs the department to develop and design for a driver who has a developmental or intellectual disability a blue envelope that holds the driver's essential documents, including a driver license, vehicle registration, and contact card. - Amends TCA Title 38; Title 52 and Title 55.
  Jan 22, 2026: Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Transportation and Safety Committee
• SB 1701 In committee 114
  Women - As introduced, requires the department of health to maintain a database of demographic information of women diagnosed with uterine fibroids; requires the department to publish on its website existing resources and educational materials on uterine fibroids to increase public awareness of uterine fibroids and treatment options. - Amends TCA Title 68.
  Jan 22, 2026: Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Health and Welfare Committee
• SB 1789 In committee 114
  Alcoholic Beverages - As introduced, requires each officer who takes possession of intoxicating liquor to file within 10 days, rather than five days, a written statement with the circuit or criminal court clerk identifying the kind and quantity of the liquor taken, and from whom the liquor was taken, if known. - Amends TCA Title 57 and Title 67.
  Jan 22, 2026: Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate State and Local Government Committee