Tennessee bills

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

9,112 bills

• HJR 759 Adopted 114
  Memorials, Death - Robert Earl Dudgeon -
  Jan 22, 2026: Re-refer to Senate Calendar Committee
• HB 1638 Introduced 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.
  Jan 21, 2026: P2C, caption bill, held on desk - pending amdt.
• SR 260 Adopted 114
  Memorials, Sports - Ben Hill, West Tennessee All-Star Game -
  Jan 21, 2026: Adopted, Ayes 32, Nays 0
• HB 1656 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.
  Jan 21, 2026: P2C, ref. to Judiciary Committee
• SR 256 Adopted 114
  Memorials, Recognition - Cassidy Dickson -
  Jan 21, 2026: Adopted, Ayes 32, Nays 0
• SR 253 Adopted 114
  Memorials, Retirement - Trooper Jeff Webb -
  Jan 21, 2026: Adopted, Ayes 32, Nays 0
• SB 1688 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 21, 2026: Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate State and Local Government Committee
• SB 1648 In committee 114
  Regional Authorities and Special Districts - As introduced, revises various provisions of the Real Estate Infrastructure Development Act of 2025. - Amends TCA Title 7; Title 9; Title 12; Title 13; Title 66; Title 67 and Title 68.
  Jan 21, 2026: Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate State and Local Government Committee
• HB 1654 Introduced 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 21, 2026: P2C, caption bill, held on desk - pending amdt.
• HB 1636 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.
  Jan 21, 2026: P2C, ref. to Judiciary Committee
• HB 1650 Introduced 114
  Health Care - As introduced, requires the annual report by the board of dentistry to be made by February 1 each year and sent to the general assembly, in addition to the governor. - Amends TCA Title 33; Title 63; Title 68 and Title 71.
  Jan 21, 2026: P2C, caption bill, held on desk - pending amdt.
• SB 1496 In committee 114
  Health Care - As introduced, adds clinical informatics, lifestyle medicine, and medical virtualist to the list of words or abbreviations that a person may attach to a name to indicate or induce another person to believe that the person is engaged in the practice of medicine or osteopathic medicine. - Amends TCA Title 63, Chapter 6.
  Jan 21, 2026: Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Health and Welfare Committee
• HB 777 In committee 114
  Lottery, Scholarships and Programs - As introduced, allows a private postsecondary institution that is a candidate for accreditation by a regional accrediting association and that has its primary campus domiciled in this state to serve as an institution at which a student may be enrolled for purposes of receiving financial aid funded using net proceeds of the state lottery. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 4, Part 9.
  Jan 21, 2026: Taken off notice for cal in s/c Higher Education Subcommittee of Education Committee
• HB 1469 In committee 114
  Taxes, Exemption and Credits - As introduced, exempts the retail sale of food and food ingredients purchased with an EBT card by a recipient of SNAP benefits from the sales and use tax. - Amends TCA Title 67, Chapter 6.
  Jan 21, 2026: Withdrawn.
• HB 1587 In committee 114
  Sunset Laws - As introduced, extends the local government planning advisory committee to June 30, 2027. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 29 and Title 4, Chapter 3, Part 7.
  Jan 21, 2026: P2C, ref. to Government Operations Committee
• HB 1682 In committee 114
  Taxes, Sales - As introduced, exempts from sales and use tax labor and service costs made as part of the sale of a taxable item of tangible personal property; exempts from sales and use tax repair and installation labor performed on tangible personal property. - Amends TCA Title 67, Chapter 6.
  Jan 21, 2026: P2C, ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee
• HB 1386 In committee 114
  Education, Higher - As introduced, requires institutions of higher education to conduct various programs for intercollegiate athletes covering name, image, and likeness; authorizes institutions of higher education to collect talent fees; makes various other changes to intercollegiate athletes' name, image, and likeness authorizations and requirements. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 29; Title 49, Chapter 7; Title 49, Chapter 8 and Title 49, Chapter 9.
  Jan 21, 2026: Taken off notice for cal in s/c Higher Education Subcommittee of Education Committee
• SB 1646 In committee 114
  Nuisances - As introduced, prohibits any cause of action for nuisance, taking, or another claim against a racing facility or racetrack by the owner of a surrounding real property if the racing facility or racetrack was built before the owner of the surrounding real property purchased the real property or built in the area of the racing facility or racetrack, regardless of the date on which the cause of action is alleged to have arisen; prohibits a political subdivision from adopting or enforcing any ordinance, resolution, or regulation that would restrict, limit, or prohibit the operation of a racing facility or racetrack in a manner inconsistent. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 5; Title 6; Title 7 and Title 29.
  Jan 21, 2026: Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee
• HB 1602 In committee 114
  Sunset Laws - As introduced, extends the state energy policy council to June 30, 2027. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 29 and Title 68, Chapter 204.
  Jan 21, 2026: P2C, ref. to Government Operations Committee
• HB 663 In committee 114
  Education - As introduced, deletes a pilot program, which was established to improve parent-teacher engagement in any grade from kindergarten through grade two in public schools, that expired in 2021. - Amends TCA Title 49.
  Jan 21, 2026: Taken off notice for cal in s/c Higher Education Subcommittee of Education Committee
• SR 252 Adopted 114
  Memorials, Retirement - Trooper Thomas Bayless -
  Jan 21, 2026: Adopted, Ayes 32, Nays 0
• HB 1637 Introduced 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.
  Jan 21, 2026: P2C, caption bill, held on desk - pending amdt.
• HB 1549 In committee 114
  Uniform Commercial Code - As introduced, incorporates amendments adopted to the Uniform Commercial Code by the Uniform Law Commission in 2018 and 2022. - Amends TCA Title 47.
  Jan 21, 2026: Withdrawn.
• HB 1655 In committee 114
  Health Care - As introduced, adds clinical informatics, lifestyle medicine, and medical virtualist to the list of words or abbreviations that a person may attach to a name to indicate or induce another person to believe that the person is engaged in the practice of medicine or osteopathic medicine. - Amends TCA Title 63, Chapter 6.
  Jan 21, 2026: P2C, ref. to Health Committee
• SB 1644 In committee 114
  Foster Care - As introduced, enacts the "Stable Homes for Foster Youth Act." - Amends TCA Title 37.
  Jan 21, 2026: Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee
• HJR 779 Introduced 114
  Memorials, Recognition - Chattanooga Gas Company -
  Jan 21, 2026: Objected to on Consent Calendar.
• SR 254 Adopted 114
  Memorials, Professional Achievement - Amy Wooley, 2025-2026 West Grand Division Principal of the Year -
  Jan 21, 2026: Adopted, Ayes 32, Nays 0
• SR 257 Adopted 114
  Memorials, Retirement - Doris Watkins Henderson -
  Jan 21, 2026: Adopted, Ayes 32, Nays 0
• HB 1693 Introduced 114
  State Government - As introduced, adds a certificate of release or discharge from active duty (DD-214) issued by the United States department of defense to the list of items an applicant for a federal, state, or local public benefit may produce to a state governmental entity or local health department to verify the applicant's United States citizenship. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 58 and Title 49.
  Jan 21, 2026: Intro., P1C.
• SB 1689 In committee 114
  Public Records - As introduced, creates an offense for using or selling an individual's personal identifying information obtained from a governmental entity for commercial use, punishable as a Class B misdemeanor. -
  Jan 21, 2026: Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate State and Local Government Committee
• SR 258 Adopted 114
  Memorials, Recognition - David Baker -
  Jan 21, 2026: Adopted, Ayes 32, Nays 0
• SB 1652 In committee 114
  Controlled Substances - As introduced, revises the definition of hemp to align with the federal definition as enacted in the Continuing Appropriations, Agriculture, Legislative Branch, Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, and Extensions Act of 2026. - Amends TCA Title 39; Title 43 and Title 57.
  Jan 21, 2026: Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee
• SB 1671 In committee 114
  Education, Higher - As introduced, increases, from 30 to 45 days before the start of the academic term, the time by which a state government entity that establishes a scholarship using an educational investment plan must select the scholarship beneficiary and notify the board of trustees of the college savings trust fund program of the beneficiary. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 8; Title 9; Title 10; Title 12; Title 49 and Title 50.
  Jan 21, 2026: Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee
• HB 1047 In committee 114
  Economic and Community Development - As introduced, enacts the "Employee Ownership, Empowerment, and Expansion Act" to support the growth and expansion of employee-owned businesses. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 8; Title 9; Title 12, Chapter 3; Title 45; Title 50; Title 56, Chapter 1 and Title 67.
  Jan 21, 2026: Taken off notice for cal in s/c Business and Utilities Subcommittee of Commerce Committee
• SJR 253 Adopted 114
  Memorials, Academic Achievement - Dean Estes, Valedictorian, Chester County High School -
  Jan 21, 2026: Sponsor(s) Added.
• SR 259 Adopted 114
  Memorials, Sports - Kady Johnson, Hayley Sims, Brooklynn McCoy, and Natilee Wilkerson, All-West Tennessee Soccer Teams -
  Jan 21, 2026: Adopted, Ayes 32, Nays 0
• HB 378 In committee 114
  Law Enforcement - As introduced, specifies that a commissioned reserve deputy sheriff or commissioned reserve or auxiliary police officer receiving compensation for services as a guard, patrol, or watchperson under a contract with a private business that is properly licensed by the state is exempt from the private protective services licensing and regulation requirements. - Amends TCA Title 38; Title 39 and Title 62, Chapter 35.
  Jan 21, 2026: Withdrawn.
• HB 673 In committee 114
  Tennessee Higher Education Commission - As introduced, requires the commission, in consultation with the department of finance and administration, to submit a report to the general assembly of the state appropriations made to each land grant institution in this state from 1987 to 2020, on a per pupil basis, by December 31, 2025. - Amends TCA Title 9 and Title 49.
  Jan 21, 2026: Taken off notice for cal in s/c Higher Education Subcommittee of Education Committee
• HB 1626 Introduced 114
  Bail, Bail Bonds - As introduced, requires bondsmen to file the quarterly reports on number of bonds issued by the bondsman in the preceding quarter by the thirtieth day of January, April, July, and October, rather than the twenty-fifth day; requires court clerks to file the quarterly reports on number of bonds accepted by the clerk in the preceding quarter by the thirtieth day of January, April, July, and October, rather than the twenty-fifth day. - Amends TCA Title 40, Chapter 11.
  Jan 21, 2026: P2C, caption bill, held on desk - pending amdt.
• SR 255 Adopted 114
  Memorials, Sports - Caleb Murphy, West Tennessee All-Star Game -
  Jan 21, 2026: Adopted, Ayes 32, Nays 0
• SB 189 In committee 114
  Education, Higher - As introduced, requires the Tennessee higher education commission to develop a program to award full-time students enrolled in public institutions of higher education in this state a $250 grant for voluntarily obtaining testing for sexually transmitted diseases. - Amends TCA Title 10, Chapter 7 and Title 49.
  Jan 21, 2026: Failed in Senate Education Committee - no second
• HB 738 In committee 114
  Scholarships and Financial Aid - As introduced, adds an institution accredited by the National Accrediting Commission of Career Arts and Sciences (NACCAS) that has its primary campus domiciled in this state as an eligible postsecondary institution in which a student may be enrolled for purposes of receiving a Tennessee Promise scholarship; conditions the availability of the scholarship at such an institution on there being no available enrollment slots in a Tennessee college of applied technology in the student's county of residence for the student's desired program of study. - Amends TCA Title 49.
  Jan 21, 2026: Withdrawn.
• SB 1661 In committee 114
  Health Care - As introduced, requires the annual report by the board of dentistry to be made by February 1 each year and sent to the general assembly, in addition to the governor. - Amends TCA Title 33; Title 63; Title 68 and Title 71.
  Jan 21, 2026: Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Health and Welfare Committee
• HB 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.
  Jan 21, 2026: P2C, ref. to State & Local Government Committee
• HB 996 In committee 114
  Psychologists - As introduced, creates prescribing authority for certain psychologists if certain conditions and prerequisites are met. - Amends TCA Title 39; Title 53; Title 63 and Title 68.
  Jan 20, 2026: Sponsor(s) Added.
• HB 536 In committee 114
  Motor Vehicles - As introduced, authorizes a dealer applicant without an established place of business to be issued a motor vehicle dealer license if the applicant is a nonprofit religious organization that is organized or incorporated in this state, has its certificate of incorporation or authority in good standing with the secretary of state, and has an established program of receiving donations of motor vehicles that it donates to individuals and providing free vehicle repair services to individuals with demonstrated need of a motor vehicle or repair services necessary to the individual's effort to become a self-sufficient member of the workforce. - Amends TCA Title 55, Chapter 17.
  Jan 20, 2026: Taken off notice for cal. in Transportation Committee
• SB 1674 Introduced 114
  Children - As introduced, revises various provisions governing surrendering custody of unwanted infants, including adding an ambulance station that has staff scheduled 24 hours a day to the list of facilities that must receive possession of a newborn infant left on the premises with an employee or member of the professional medical community if certain listed conditions are met. - Amends TCA Title 36, Chapter 1, Part 1 and Title 68, Chapter 11, Part 2.
  Jan 20, 2026: Withdrawn.
• SB 1570 In committee 114
  Agriculture, Dept. of - As introduced, bases indemnity payments for an animal that is destroyed to prevent the spread of disease on the value of the animal, subject to available funds; makes the state responsible for cost of disposition of a dead animal when ordered by the commissioner or the state veterinarian. - Amends TCA Title 44.
  Jan 20, 2026: Withdrawn.
• HB 929 In committee 114
  Campaigns and Campaign Finance - As introduced, authorizes the use of campaign funds for the payment of fines, fees, and penalties assessed for the violation of campaign finance or ethics laws. - Amends TCA Title 2, Chapter 10.
  Jan 20, 2026: Taken off notice for cal in s/c Elections & Campaign Finance Subcommittee of State & Local Government Committee
• SB 402 In committee 114
  Consumer Protection - As introduced, prohibits healthcare providers from reporting a patient's medical debt to a consumer reporting agency; prohibits consumer reporting agencies from including on a consumer report a record of a medical debt. - Amends TCA Title 9, Chapter 8; Title 16; Title 18; Title 20; Title 21; Title 27; Title 28; Title 29; Title 45; Title 47; Title 63 and Title 68.
  Jan 20, 2026: Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Commerce and Labor Committee