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State bill data last updated Oct 30, 2026, 4:16 AM.

9,112 bills

• SB 1050 In committee 114
  Secretary of State - As enacted, establishes a complaint process with the secretary of state for any person who contends that the person’s name or address was included on a document filed with the secretary of state without the person’s consent. - Amends TCA Title 48.
  Apr 4, 2025: Comp. became Pub. Ch. 152
• SR 81 Adopted 114
  Memorials, Professional Achievement - Michael Grader, Johnson Alternative Learning Center Teacher of the Year -
  Apr 4, 2025: Enrolled and ready for signatures
• SR 106 Adopted 114
  Memorials, Professional Achievement - Dr. Angela McShepard-Ray, Metro Nashville Public Schools Principal of the Year finalist -
  Apr 4, 2025: Enrolled and ready for signatures
• SB 329 In committee 114
  Computers and Electronic Processing - As enacted, requires each department, agency, office, commission, institution, or instrumentality of the executive branch to accept electronic transmissions; defines the meaning of electronic transmission as applicable to this state's code; removes the terms "fax" or "facsimile" in certain statutes and replaces the terms with electronic transmission. - Amends TCA Title 1; Title 2; Title 3; Title 4; Title 5; Title 7; Title 8; Title 9; Title 10; Title 11; Title 12; Title 13; Title 16; Title 20; Title 22; Title 24; Title 31; Title 33; Title 36; Title 38; Title 39; Title 40; Title 43; Title 44; Title 45; Title 47; Title 48; Title 49; Title 50; Title 53; Title 54; Title 55; Title 56; Title 61; Title 62; Title 63; Title 64; Title 65; Title 66; Title 67; Title 68; Title 69 and Title 71.
  Apr 4, 2025: Comp. became Pub. Ch. 94
• SR 85 Adopted 114
  Memorials, Professional Achievement - Jameon D. Hatcher, Thurgood Marshall Middle School Teacher of the Year -
  Apr 4, 2025: Enrolled and ready for signatures
• SR 83 Adopted 114
  Memorials, Professional Achievement - Nikki Boleyjack, Martin Luther King, Jr., School Teacher of the Year -
  Apr 4, 2025: Enrolled and ready for signatures
• HB 297 Became law 114
  Real Property - As enacted, clarifies that property that is qualified as agricultural, forest land, or open space land, owned by two individuals, and held under the titles of tenancy by the entireties or of joint tenancy with right of survivorship, is deemed to have unchanged ownership upon the death of an owner if the property is retained by the other owner through a right of survivorship or upon the divorce of the owners if the property is retained by either owner through division and distribution of property in the divorce proceeding. - Amends TCA Title 11, Chapter 14, Part 2; Title 11, Chapter 15 and Title 67, Chapter 5.
  Apr 4, 2025: Pub. Ch. 138
• SB 98 In committee 114
  Sunset Laws - As enacted, extends the Tennessee opioid abatement council to June 30, 2029. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 29 and Title 33, Chapter 11.
  Apr 4, 2025: Comp. became Pub. Ch. 92
• HB 621 Became law 114
  Motor Vehicles - As enacted, specifies that a vehicle protection product warrantor applying for renewal is not required to file a copy of a warranty that has already been registered for use; requires such warrantor to provide written notification of any change to the information contained in the original registration within 30 days of the change; provides that such notification does not require the submission of a new registration application. - Amends TCA Title 56, Chapter 55.
  Apr 4, 2025: Pub. Ch. 146
• HB 275 Became law 114
  Sunset Laws - As enacted, extends the Tennessee monuments and memorials commission to June 30, 2029. - Amends TCA Section 4-1-412 and Title 4, Chapter 29.
  Apr 4, 2025: Pub. Ch. 91
• SB 772 In committee 114
  Utilities, Utility Districts - As enacted, authorizes the members of the board of directors of energy authorities formed under the Municipal Energy Authority Act to receive certain additional compensation for attendance at meetings for each additional utility system over which the board has jurisdiction and health insurance coverage. - Amends TCA Title 7, Chapter 34; Title 7, Chapter 36 and Title 7, Chapter 52.
  Apr 4, 2025: Comp. became Pub. Ch. 78
• HB 105 Became law 114
  Children - As enacted, removes the requirement that grants under the child care improvement pilot program be provided explicitly to nonprofit organizations in order to establish or make improvements to a child care agency. - Amends TCA Title 71.
  Apr 4, 2025: Pub. Ch. 80
• HR 68 Adopted 114
  Memorials, Recognition - Jerry Byrd, 2024 Master Logger of the Year -
  Apr 3, 2025: Sponsor(s) Added.
• SR 16 Adopted 114
  General Assembly, Confirmation of Appointment - Marsha Johnson, State Board of Education -
  Apr 3, 2025: Sponsor(s) Added.
• SR 119 In committee 114
  General Assembly, Statement of Intent or Position - Recognizes Black Maternal Health Week, April 11-17, 2025. -
  Apr 3, 2025: Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Health & Welfare Committee
• HB 1201 Passed House 114
  Medical Occupations - As introduced, limits a foreign training license of limited duration to an internationally licensed physician who meets certain listed criteria. - Amends TCA Title 63.
  Apr 3, 2025: Received from House, Passed on First Consideration
• HR 72 Adopted 114
  Memorials, Recognition - Peyton Woodard, Good Neighbor Award -
  Apr 3, 2025: Sponsor(s) Added.
• HB 1016 Passed House 114
  Education, Dept. of - As introduced, establishes October 15 of each year as the date by which the department must submit an early grades reading report; updates the committees for which the department must submit the early grades reading report to be the education committee of the senate and the committee of the house of representatives having jurisdiction over education. - Amends Chapter __ of the Public Acts of 2025 (1st Ex. Sess. – SB 6001 / HB 6004); and TCA Title 4; Title 8 and Title 49.
  Apr 3, 2025: Received from House, Passed on First Consideration
• HR 71 Adopted 114
  Memorials, Recognition - Sofia Jenna-Lee Bodenhamer, Good Neighbor Award -
  Apr 3, 2025: Sponsor(s) Added.
• HR 70 Adopted 114
  Memorials, Recognition - Kitiana Jade Poteat, Good Neighbor Award -
  Apr 3, 2025: Sponsor(s) Added.
• SB 434 Passed Senate 114
  Education, Dept. of - As introduced, requires the department to compile an annual report on the number of students who complete the early graduation program to the education committee of the senate and the committee of the house of representatives having jurisdiction over kindergarten through grade 12 education by September 1 of each year. - Amends TCA Title 49.
  Apr 3, 2025: Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
• SJR 346 In committee 114
  General Assembly, Statement of Intent or Position - Supports regulation or ban on the sale of Kratom in Tennessee. -
  Apr 3, 2025: Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee
• SB 152 Passed Senate 114
  Health Care - As introduced, authorizes a patient with a severe chronic disease or terminal illness to access, and a physician to recommend, investigational stem cell treatment; requires the commissioner of health to promulgate rules to, among other things, list the medical conditions that constitute a qualifying severe chronic disease or terminal illness. - Amends TCA Title 53; Title 63 and Title 68.
  Apr 3, 2025: Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
• SB 141 Passed Senate 114
  Traffic Safety - As introduced, requires the department of transportation to establish and administer a student pedestrian protection grant program; under certain conditions, authorizes grants to be awarded to local governments for designing, constructing, and repairing sidewalk infrastructure around public schools. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 49; Title 54 and Title 55.
  Apr 3, 2025: Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
• HB 611 In committee 114
  Campaigns and Campaign Finance - As introduced, prohibits foreign entities and domestic entities that receive funding from foreign entities from making contributions to a candidate or a political campaign committee; prohibits the speakers of the senate and the house of representatives and the secretary of state from accepting funds from foreign entities and domestic entities that receive funding from foreign entities for conducting elections. - Amends TCA Title 2 and Title 3.
  Apr 2, 2025: Taken off notice for cal. in State & Local Government Committee
• SJR 235 Adopted 114
  Memorials, Death - Meredith Ann Stokes -
  Apr 2, 2025: Transmitted to Governor for action.
• SB 823 In committee 114
  Election Laws - As introduced, clarifies that the county election commissions have the duty to purge the permanent registration records of certain voters unless otherwise prohibited by federal law. - Amends TCA Section 2-2-132.
  Apr 2, 2025: Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate State and Local Government Committee
• SB 722 In committee 114
  Pensions and Retirement Benefits - As introduced, requires the board of trustees of the Tennessee consolidated retirement system to convert a person's participation in the retirement system, for service as a member of the general assembly and as a participant in the hybrid plan, from the hybrid plan to the legacy plan upon the person completing 10 years of service as a member of the general assembly if the person became a member of the general assembly on or after July 1, 2014; requires retiree health benefit coverage be made available to retired members of the general assembly with 10 or more years of service. - Amends TCA Title 3; Title 8, Chapter 27, Part 2; Title 8, Chapter 34; Title 8, Chapter 35 and Title 8, Chapter 36.
  Apr 2, 2025: Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate State & Local Gov't. Committee
• HJR 7 In committee 114
  Constitutional Amendments - Proposes an amendment to Article I of the Constitution of Tennessee to declare that a person shall not be deprived of life, liberty, or property without due process of law, nor shall a person be denied equal protection of the law; defines "person" to include every human being from fertilization to natural death. -
  Apr 2, 2025: Returned to the Clerk's Desk.
• SB 643 In committee 114
  Taxes, Exemption and Credits - As introduced, exempts a nonprofit religious institution from property taxes, under certain circumstances; applicable in Davidson County. - Amends TCA Section 67-5-212.
  Apr 2, 2025: Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate State & Local Gov't. Committee
• SJR 234 Adopted 114
  Memorials, Sports - Randi Delong -
  Apr 2, 2025: Transmitted to Governor for action.
• HB 1166 In committee 114
  Law Enforcement - As introduced, requires law enforcement agencies to investigate for the presence of workplace bullying concurrent with investigations of crimes of violence in the workplace; requires law enforcement agencies to report findings to the TBI; requires the TBI to annually submit a report to legislative committees concerning workplace bullying and violence. - Amends TCA Title 38; Title 39; Title 40 and Title 50.
  Apr 2, 2025: Taken off notice for cal. in Judiciary Committee
• SJR 231 Adopted 114
  Memorials, Professional Achievement - Dr. Erika Stevens, Distance Learning Teaching Award -
  Apr 2, 2025: Transmitted to Governor for action.
• HB 722 In committee 114
  Election Laws - As introduced, clarifies that the county election commissions have the duty to purge the permanent registration records of certain voters unless otherwise prohibited by federal law. - Amends TCA Section 2-2-132.
  Apr 2, 2025: Taken off notice for cal. in State & Local Government Committee
• HB 795 In committee 114
  Public Contracts - As introduced, requires a local government to send back any requested changes on a contractor's or developer's application for development site plans or inspections in a single deliverable document or set of documents, or to remit related fees back to the developer for subsequent change requests; prohibits a local government from requiring a developer or contractor to fund, develop, or contribute to the development of nonessential infrastructure, unless otherwise agreed upon by the parties. - Amends TCA Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 9; Title 12; Title 13 and Title 66.
  Apr 2, 2025: Taken off notice for cal. in State & Local Government Committee
• SB 1087 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 2, 2025: Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate State & Local Gov't. Committee
• SB 1037 In committee 114
  Open Meetings - As introduced, increases, from 30 to 45, the number of days the office of open records counsel has to acknowledge and approve a plan submitted by a governing body detailing how the body plans to comply with electronic communication requirements that address meeting by means of an internet forum. - Amends TCA Title 8, Chapter 44.
  Apr 2, 2025: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 5, Nays 4 PNV 0
• SB 1047 In committee 114
  Campaigns and Campaign Finance - As introduced, prohibits foreign entities and domestic entities that receive funding from foreign entities from making contributions to a candidate or a political campaign committee; prohibits the speakers of the senate and the house of representatives and the secretary of state from accepting funds from foreign entities and domestic entities that receive funding from foreign entities for conducting elections. - Amends TCA Title 2 and Title 3.
  Apr 2, 2025: Failed in Senate State and Local Government Committee
• SJR 230 Adopted 114
  Memorials, Sports - David Painter -
  Apr 2, 2025: Transmitted to Governor for action.
• HB 711 In committee 114
  TennCare - As introduced, enacts the "TennCare Network Reporting Reform Act." - Amends TCA Title 71.
  Apr 2, 2025: Taken off notice for cal. in Insurance Committee
• SJR 263 Adopted 114
  Memorials, Recognition - Bacon & Company, Inc., 100th anniversary -
  Apr 2, 2025: Transmitted to Governor for action.
• SJR 313 Adopted 114
  Memorials, Recognition - Tracy Cannon, 2025 Westmoreland Citizen of the Year -
  Apr 2, 2025: Transmitted to Governor for action.
• HB 1426 In committee 114
  Loudon - Subject to local approval, authorizes the City to regulate construction, maintenance, and operation of public utilities, and assess fees for the use and impact of such services; authorizes the City to establish, maintain, and regulate certain infrastructure, public grounds, and public facilities, assess fees for the use of or impact upon such property and facilities, and condemn property for such purposes in accordance with state law. - Amends Chapter 74 of the Private Acts of 1975; as amended.
  Apr 2, 2025: Def. to Summer Study in State & Local Government Committee
• SB 349 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.
  Apr 2, 2025: Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Judiciary Committee
• HB 733 In committee 114
  Taxes, Ad Valorem - As introduced, removes the condition that a taxpayer or owner must obtain consent of the assessor of property before appealing the valuation of industrial and commercial real and tangible personal property directly to the state board of equalization; makes other related revisions. - Amends TCA Title 67, Chapter 5.
  Apr 2, 2025: Taken off notice for cal. in State & Local Government Committee
• SB 337 In committee 114
  Taxes, Sales - As introduced, authorizes certain counties to levy a local option sales tax at the rate of 3.75 percent, instead of a maximum of 2.75 percent, if the revenue from the increase in such tax is used by the county exclusively for the construction of a new county jail or to retire debt, including principal and interest and related expenses, on such construction. - Amends TCA Title 67, Chapter 6, Part 7.
  Apr 2, 2025: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee
• SJR 229 Adopted 114
  Memorials, Sports - Grassland Middle School Game Day Cheer Team, national champions -
  Apr 2, 2025: Transmitted to Governor for action.
• SB 469 In committee 114
  Taxes, Privilege - As introduced, increases from 2.4 to 5 percent, the amount of realty transfer tax and mortgage tax collections retained as commission by county registers for collecting and reporting those taxes; requires 50 percent of such collections to be deposited in the county general fund; allocates the remaining balance to the wetland acquisition fund, local parks land acquisition fund, state lands acquisition fund, agricultural resources conservation fund, and state general fund. - Amends TCA Section 67-4-409.
  Apr 2, 2025: Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate State and Local Government Committee
• SB 1416 In committee 114
  General Assembly - As introduced, requires the board of trustees of the Tennessee consolidated retirement system to convert a person's participation in the retirement system, for service as a member of the general assembly and as a participant in the hybrid plan, from the hybrid plan to the legacy plan upon the person completing 10 years of service as a member of the general assembly if the person became a member of the general assembly on or after July 1, 2014. - Amends TCA Title 3; Title 8, Chapter 34; Title 8, Chapter 35 and Title 8, Chapter 36.
  Apr 2, 2025: Failed in Senate State and Local Government Committee
• SB 33 In committee 114
  Criminal Offenses - As introduced, enacts "MaKayla's Law," which amends the offense of reckless endangerment to specifically include a person's reckless failure to render inoperable or safely secure or lock a firearm, resulting in a child under 13 gaining possession of the firearm and injuring or killing the child or another. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 13.
  Apr 2, 2025: Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Judiciary Committee