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State bill data last updated Oct 30, 2026, 12:04 AM.

9,112 bills

• HJR 495 Adopted 114
  Memorials, Sports - Bradley Central Bearettes, Class 4A girls' basketball state champions -
  Apr 9, 2025: Signed by Governor.
• HJR 480 Adopted 114
  Memorials, Recognition - Mark Goins, Coordinator of Elections -
  Apr 9, 2025: Signed by Governor.
• HJR 507 Adopted 114
  Memorials, Sports - Hillsboro Burros boys' basketball team, Class 4A state champions -
  Apr 8, 2025: Signed by Governor.
• HB 113 In committee 114
  Criminal Offenses - As enacted, makes permanent the exclusion of narcotic testing equipment used to determine whether a controlled substance contains a synthetic opioid, unless the narcotic testing equipment is possessed for purposes of the commission of a drug offense, from the definition of drug paraphernalia; removes the July 1, 2025, repeal date for that exclusion. - Amends TCA Section 39-17-402.
  Apr 8, 2025: Comp. became Pub. Ch. 128
• HB 584 In committee 114
  Hospitals and Health Care Facilities - As enacted, extends by four years to June 30, 2029, the current 125-bed limitation on the number of new nursing home beds for which the health facilities commission may issue a certificate of need per fiscal year. - Amends TCA Section 68-11-1619.
  Apr 8, 2025: Comp. became Pub. Ch. 65
• HR 99 Adopted 114
  Memorials, Sports - Sam Johnson, 2024 WILLCO Awards Male Golfer of the Year -
  Apr 8, 2025: Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.
• HB 786 In committee 114
  Criminal Offenses - As enacted, creates the Class B misdemeanor offenses of criminal impersonation of a transportation network company driver and criminal impersonation of a private passenger-for-hire vehicle driver. - Amends TCA Title 7, Chapter 51; Title 39 and Title 65, Chapter 15.
  Apr 8, 2025: Comp. became Pub. Ch. 117
• SB 819 In committee 114
  Remedies and Special Proceedings - As introduced, creates a civil action against any person or government entity that infringes upon a person's right to bear arms under the Tennessee or United States Constitutions; requires the person or entity to be liable for actual or statutory damages, punitive damages, attorney's fees, and court costs. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 54.
  Apr 8, 2025: Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Judiciary Committee
• HB 781 In committee 114
  Real Property - As enacted, requires a buyer engaged in wholesaling real property to disclose certain information related to the buyer's equitable interest in the real property to the seller and a subsequent purchaser. - Amends TCA Title 47 and Title 66.
  Apr 8, 2025: Comp. became Pub. Ch. 72
• HB 824 In committee 114
  Taxes, Hotel Motel - As enacted, extends by six years the period in which Davidson County may charge an additional $0.50 privilege tax on the occupancy of a hotel room and in which such county may allocate the tax revenue for the purposes of direct promotion of tourism; extends by six years the terms of the committee members that oversee the fund in which the additional tax is deposited. - Amends TCA Section 7-4-202.
  Apr 8, 2025: Comp. became Pub. Ch. 120
• HB 1340 In committee 114
  Notary Public - As enacted, adds that a person must complete a course of instruction and pass an examination to qualify to be commissioned as an online notary public; clarifies that an application to be commissioned requires a certification that the applicant has reviewed, understands, and will comply with the applicable rules and requirements promulgated by the secretary of state; adds that a course of instruction for online notarization must include, at a minimum, notarial laws, technology procedures of online notarizations, and ethical requirements for online notaries. - Amends TCA Title 8, Chapter 16, Part 3.
  Apr 8, 2025: Comp. became Pub. Ch. 124
• HB 1226 In committee 114
  Infectious Diseases - As enacted, deletes all references to the world health organization; requires a pandemic to be declared by the federal centers for disease and prevention control, rather than the world health organization, with a subsequent declaration of a state of emergency by the governor for the governor to have exclusive jurisdiction to issue executive orders and directives related to the pandemic until the pandemic ceases to exist. - Amends TCA Title 7 and Title 68.
  Apr 8, 2025: Comp. became Pub. Ch. 69
• HB 115 In committee 114
  Taxes, Franchise - As enacted, clarifies that the imposition of a criminal offense, penalty, or dismissal from employment does not apply to an officer or employee of the department of revenue or other employee or officer of the state who in good faith acts in accordance with present law requiring the department to publish on its website in June 2025 the names of certain taxpayers issued franchise tax refunds. - Amends TCA Section 67-1-1709.
  Apr 8, 2025: Comp. became Pub. Ch. 75
• HR 74 Adopted 114
  Memorials, Interns - Alie Tunks -
  Apr 8, 2025: Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.
• HB 1413 In committee 114
  Gallatin - Subject to local approval, authorizes the city council to impose impact fees on new development. - Amends Chapter 67 of the Private Acts of 1953; as amended and rewritten.
  Apr 8, 2025: Failed in State & Local Government Committee
• HR 82 Adopted 114
  Memorials, Professional Achievement - Emily Lucas, Woodland Middle School Teacher of the Year -
  Apr 8, 2025: Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.
• HR 89 Adopted 114
  Memorials, Professional Achievement - Rachel Engel, Grassland Elementary School Teacher of the Year -
  Apr 8, 2025: Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.
• HB 1000 In committee 114
  TennCare - As enacted, makes revisions regarding determining when the annual coverage assessment is implemented and imposed; sets limits on the expenditures for directed payments to hospitals in certain circumstances. - Amends TCA Title 71, Chapter 5.
  Apr 8, 2025: Comp. became Pub. Ch. 115
• SB 941 Became law 114
  Charitable Institutions - As enacted, establishes a five-day period after the effective date of this act during which a nonprofit organization may apply to operate a charitable gaming event during the annual period beginning July 1, 2025, until June 30, 2026. - Amends TCA Title 3, Chapter 17.
  Apr 8, 2025: Pub. Ch. 111
• HR 93 Adopted 114
  Memorials, Sports - Hudson Allain, 2024 WILLCO Awards Male Track and Field Athlete of the Year -
  Apr 8, 2025: Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.
• SB 595 In committee 114
  Bail, Bail Bonds - As introduced, requires a sheriff to accept the surrender of a criminal defendant on pretrial release by a bail bondsman or surety for good cause, pending a hearing by a court with jurisdiction to admit to bail to determine whether there is good cause for the surrender. - Amends TCA Title 40, Chapter 11.
  Apr 8, 2025: Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Judiciary Committee
• HR 77 Adopted 114
  Memorials, Interns - Spencer Webb -
  Apr 8, 2025: Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.
• SB 320 Became law 114
  Alcoholic Beverages - As enacted, lowers the county population threshold, from in excess of 500,000 to in excess of 350,000, for a sports authority facility to be eligible to obtain a liquor-by-the-drink license; prohibits a facility located in Hamilton County from being issued a license after March 1, 2030, and requires the law enforcement agency that has jurisdiction over a facility located in Hamilton County to provide an annual report to the general assembly detailing any public safety issues related to the facility. - Amends TCA Section 57-4-102.
  Apr 8, 2025: Pub. Ch. 61
• HR 79 Adopted 114
  Memorials, Professional Achievement - Nancy Hollingsworth, Franklin High School Teacher of the Year -
  Apr 8, 2025: Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.
• HB 122 In committee 114
  Safety, Dept. of - As enacted, specifies that the Tennessee Advanced Communications Network is the division of the department of safety that operates, maintains, and oversees the statewide P25 interoperable communications system; authorizes the department to collect and use fees and assessments for the improvement of the system in addition to collection and use of such fees for the system's use and maintenance. - Amends TCA Section 4-3-2018.
  Apr 8, 2025: Comp. became Pub. Ch. 129
• SB 577 Became law 114
  TennCare - As enacted, makes revisions regarding determining when the annual coverage assessment is implemented and imposed; sets limits on the expenditures for directed payments to hospitals in certain circumstances. - Amends TCA Title 71, Chapter 5.
  Apr 8, 2025: Pub. Ch. 115
• HB 177 In committee 114
  Immigration - As introduced, urges the department of safety to study the enforcement of federal immigration laws, detentions and removals, investigations in this state, and immigration-related progress and challenges; requires the department to submit a report to the governor and general assembly on or before January 1, 2026. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 7; Title 8; Title 38; Title 39; Title 40 and Title 55.
  Apr 8, 2025: Taken off notice for cal. in State & Local Government Committee
• HR 80 Adopted 114
  Memorials, Professional Achievement - Jennifer Beasley, Centennial High School Teacher of the Year -
  Apr 8, 2025: Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.
• HR 78 Adopted 114
  Memorials, Professional Achievement - Rachel Lytle, Outstanding Biology Teacher -
  Apr 8, 2025: Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.
• HB 1074 In committee 114
  Insurance Companies, Agents, Brokers, Policies - As enacted, removes the requirement that a provider notify a patient of communication between the provider and a health insurance entity or healthcare facility concerning additional information needed to process a prior authorization request for the patient; removes the requirement that an utilization review agent notify the enrollee and the provider or healthcare facility when additional information is needed from the enrollee, provider, or healthcare facility to make a determination on the request for prior authorization. - Amends TCA Title 56 and Title 63, Chapter 1.
  Apr 8, 2025: Comp. became Pub. Ch. 125
• HB 700 In committee 114
  Real Estate Agents and Brokers - As enacted, exempts a real estate broker licensee who was originally licensed prior to January 1, 2005, and does not supervise any affiliate brokers from the requirement to furnish certification of satisfactory completion of 16 classroom hours in real estate courses for reissuance of a license for a licensure period after the period in which the licensee completed the required 120 classroom hours in real estate. - Amends TCA Title 62, Chapter 13.
  Apr 8, 2025: Comp. became Pub. Ch. 122
• SB 696 Became law 114
  Insurance Companies, Agents, Brokers, Policies - As enacted, revises the criteria by which certain domestic insurance companies may invest or acquire an interest in foreign investment assets, real property, and certain money market funds. - Amends TCA Title 56, Chapter 3, Part 4.
  Apr 8, 2025: Pub. Ch. 71
• SB 1377 Became law 114
  Insurance, Health, Accident - As enacted, enacts the "Voluntary Portable Benefit Plan Act"; makes related changes. - Amends TCA Title 50 and Title 65, Chapter 15, Part 3.
  Apr 8, 2025: Pub. Ch. 131
• HB 975 In committee 114
  Traffic Safety - As enacted, authorizes counties to delegate authority to the chief administrative officer of the county highway department to set lower speed limits on county roads if the department employs an engineer who is capable of completing required engineering and traffic investigations. - Amends TCA Title 55, Chapter 8.
  Apr 8, 2025: Comp. became Pub. Ch. 123
• SB 507 Became law 114
  Gas, Petroleum Products, Volatile Oils - As enacted, changes the sponsoring entity for safety and handling training classes needed to satisfy the education requirement for a liquified petroleum gas dealer license from only the National Propane Gas Association to any state or national association representing the liquified petroleum industry. - Amends TCA Title 68.
  Apr 8, 2025: Pub. Ch. 64
• SB 1194 In committee 114
  Codes - As enacted, clarifies that, as of July 1, 2025, the roof solar reflectance and thermal emittance requirements of the International Energy Conservation Code for low-sloped roofs do not apply to the 2021 International Code Council adoption; authorizes the state fire marshal to promulgate rules to that effect. - Amends TCA Title 68, Chapter 120.
  Apr 8, 2025: Comp. became Pub. Ch. 149
• HB 110 In committee 114
  Financial Institutions, Dept. of - As enacted, authorizes the commissioner to determine the type, amounts, and other characteristics of deposit insurance required to be maintained by each state bank; describes criteria the commissioner must consider in making the determinations. - Amends TCA Title 45, Chapter 2.
  Apr 8, 2025: Comp. became Pub. Ch. 126
• SB 954 Became law 114
  Traffic Safety - As enacted, authorizes counties to delegate authority to the chief administrative officer of the county highway department to set lower speed limits on county roads if the department employs an engineer who is capable of completing required engineering and traffic investigations. - Amends TCA Title 55, Chapter 8.
  Apr 8, 2025: Pub. Ch. 123
• HB 155 In committee 114
  Death - As enacted, removes the limitation that a death must have been anticipated for a registered nurse to make the actual determination and pronouncement of death if a deceased was a patient or resident at a nursing home, hospital, or assisted-care living facility. - Amends TCA Title 68.
  Apr 8, 2025: Comp. became Pub. Ch. 116
• HR 81 Adopted 114
  Memorials, Professional Achievement - Kate Burgun, Brentwood High School Teacher of the Year -
  Apr 8, 2025: Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.
• HR 84 Adopted 114
  Memorials, Professional Achievement - Lindsey Sizemore, Brentwood Middle School Teacher of the Year -
  Apr 8, 2025: Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.
• SR 118 Adopted 114
  Memorials, Interns - Marie Garroway -
  Apr 8, 2025: Enrolled and ready for signatures
• SB 1284 Became law 114
  Boards and Commissions - As enacted, removes requirement that a license issued by a health related board be signed by members of the board prior to such issuance; authorizes the presiding officer to divide the board into panels to conduct contested case hearings or disciplinary matters; includes patient billing records as part of the medical and practice records that providers must make available for inspection upon the department's request; clarifies that identifying information of certain parties to a contested case hearing involving disciplinary charges filed against a provider must only be produced by the provider in response to a subpoena from a law enforcement agency. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 63 and Title 68.
  Apr 8, 2025: Pub. Ch. 127
• HB 303 In committee 114
  Motor Vehicles - As enacted, authorizes the sale or purchase of previously titled antique or unique motor vehicles without a motor vehicle dealer license through auction formats held in Hamilton County that meet certain criteria. - Amends TCA Title 55, Chapter 17 and Title 62, Chapter 19.
  Apr 8, 2025: Comp. became Pub. Ch. 60
• SB 797 Became law 114
  State Employees - As enacted, clarifies that full-time employees of the general assembly are eligible for a waiver of tuition and fees for purposes of continuing education for more than one course at a time if the employees work more hours each week than typically required of full-time employment for at least four weeks per year. - Amends TCA Title 8, Chapter 50.
  Apr 8, 2025: Pub. Ch. 121
• HR 102 Adopted 114
  Memorials, Sports - Ella Ryan, 2024 WILLCO Awards Female Basketball Player of the Year -
  Apr 8, 2025: Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.
• SB 715 Became law 114
  Cemeteries - As enacted, changes the way that the fair market value of an improvement care trust fund is calculated for certain purposes; clarifies that the fee that a cemetery company charges for the memorial care of a commodity installed in the cemetery cannot exceed the fee charged by the company for installation of the commodity; makes other changes related to cemeteries. - Amends TCA Title 46.
  Apr 8, 2025: Pub. Ch. 119
• SB 1176 In committee 114
  Firearms and Ammunition - As introduced, permits the largest municipality in Shelby, Davidson, Knox, or Hamilton county to regulate the manner of storage of firearms, firearm ammunition, and firearm accessories by ordinance, resolution, policy, rule, or other enactment. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 17, Part 13.
  Apr 8, 2025: Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Judiciary Committee
• HB 79 In committee 114
  Economic and Community Development - As introduced, enacts the "Courthouse Square Revitalization Act." - Amends TCA Title 6 and Title 67, Chapter 6.
  Apr 8, 2025: Taken off notice for cal. in State & Local Government Committee
• SB 1301 Became law 114
  Safety, Dept. of - As enacted, specifies that the Tennessee Advanced Communications Network is the division of the department of safety that operates, maintains, and oversees the statewide P25 interoperable communications system; authorizes the department to collect and use fees and assessments for the improvement of the system in addition to collection and use of such fees for the system's use and maintenance. - Amends TCA Section 4-3-2018.
  Apr 8, 2025: Pub. Ch. 129