Tennessee bills

Tennessee legislators · Data: Open States

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

9,112 bills

HJR 347 Adopted 114
Memorials, Professional Achievement - Stephanie Tillman, Cornersville Elementary School Teacher of the Year -

Apr 1, 2025: Signed by Governor.
HJR 120 Adopted 114
Memorials, Government Officials - Urges Department of Health to implement voluntary reporting system for Charcot-Marie-Tooth Disease cases. -

Apr 1, 2025: Signed by Governor.
SR 70 Adopted 114
Memorials, Recognition - Alyssa Trent -

Apr 1, 2025: Enrolled and ready for signatures
HJR 351 Adopted 114
Memorials, Professional Achievement - Kathryn Haurez, Grades K-6 Novice Teacher of the Year -

Apr 1, 2025: Signed by Governor.
SB 914 In committee 114
Handgun Permits - As introduced, extends the time, from 30 to 45 days, within which a person whose handgun carry permit has been suspended or revoked may petition the chancery court for judicial review of the department of safety's final determination. - Amends TCA Title 39.

Apr 1, 2025: Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Judiciary Committee
HB 167 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 1, 2025: Taken off notice for cal in s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee of Judiciary Committee
HB 1292 In committee 114
Firearms and Ammunition - As introduced, expands the circumstances under which a law enforcement agency may petition a court for permission to destroy a firearm that has been confiscated by a law enforcement officer and declared to be contraband by a court, to any firearm, rather than only a firearm that is inoperable or unsafe. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 17, Part 13.

Apr 1, 2025: Taken off notice for cal in s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee of Judiciary Committee
HJR 342 Adopted 114
Memorials, Professional Achievement - Christy Pennington, Westhills Elementary School Teacher of the Year -

Apr 1, 2025: Signed by Governor.
HJR 344 Adopted 114
Memorials, Professional Achievement - Sara Fowler, Lewisburg Middle School Teacher of the Year -

Apr 1, 2025: Signed by Governor.
SB 771 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 1, 2025: Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate State & Local Gov't. Committee
HJR 345 Adopted 114
Memorials, Professional Achievement - Kristina Rogers, Marshall County High School Teacher of the Year -

Apr 1, 2025: Signed by Governor.
SR 71 Adopted 114
Memorials, Sports - Fayette-Ware Wildcats boys' basketball team -

Apr 1, 2025: Enrolled and ready for signatures
HJR 346 Adopted 114
Memorials, Professional Achievement - Danny Adams, Spot Lowe Technical School Teacher of the Year -

Apr 1, 2025: Signed by Governor.
HJR 363 Adopted 114
Memorials, Recognition - Dair Grubb -

Apr 1, 2025: Signed by Governor.
HJR 298 Adopted 114
Memorials, Recognition - AARP Tennessee Day -

Apr 1, 2025: Signed by Governor.
SJR 3 Adopted 114
General Assembly, Statement of Intent or Position - Establishes a definition of antisemitism and encourages departments and agencies of state government to use such definition in determining discriminatory intent for any law or policy in this state that prohibits discrimination based on race, color, religion, or national origin. -

Apr 1, 2025: Assigned to s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee
SB 731 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 1, 2025: Failed in Senate State and Local Government Committee
HR 69 Adopted 114
Memorials, Death - Keither "Dale" Hood -

Apr 1, 2025: Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.
SB 268 In committee 114
Immigration - As introduced, requires a financial institution to verify the immigration status of a person sending funds electronically outside of the United States and its territories; changes the definition of resident or citizen of this state to mean citizens of the United States and aliens lawfully present in this state; requires the parent, guardian, or legal custodian of a pupil who is not lawfully residing in this state, but who attends a public school in this state, to pay tuition. - Amends TCA Title 1; Title 4; Title 7; Title 45 and Title 49.

Apr 1, 2025: Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate State and Local Government Committee
SB 427 In committee 114
Taxes, Sales - As introduced, requires the department of economic and community development to revise and certify the population of each county and municipality, and the aggregate population of the state, prior to July 1 each year during the interim between the regular decennial federal census to ensure equitable allocation and distribution of the local share of state sales tax revenue; requires the Boyd Center for Business and Economic Research at the University of Tennessee, through the Tennessee state data center, to generate annual population estimates for each county and municipality and provide the estimates to the department of economic and community development for review and certification. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 3, Part 7; Section 9-16-101 and Title 67, Chapter 6.

Apr 1, 2025: Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate State & Local Gov't. Committee
SB 627 In committee 114
Campaigns and Campaign Finance - As introduced, prohibits the registry of election finance from charging a member of the public more than the registry's actual costs when providing a copy of a report regarding a required disclosure statement filed with the registry. - Amends TCA Title 2; Title 39 and Title 47.

Apr 1, 2025: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 6, Nays 2 PNV 0
HJR 338 Adopted 114
Memorials, Professional Achievement - Tracy Martin, Forrest School 9-12 Teacher of the Year -

Apr 1, 2025: Signed by Governor.
SB 1325 In committee 114
Criminal Offenses - As introduced, makes it an offense for farmers to keep breeding pigs and veal calves in certain small enclosures, subject to certain exceptions, effective July 1, 2030. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 14; Title 40, Chapter 39; Title 43; Title 44 and Title 53.

Apr 1, 2025: Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Judiciary Committee
HJR 331 Adopted 114
Memorials, Sports - MTSU Blue Raiders, Ameritrans Cup and College Hockey South Conference champions -

Apr 1, 2025: Signed by Governor.
HB 1222 In committee 114
Orders of Protection - As introduced, allows a court to issue an emergency protection order upon a finding that a person poses an imminent risk of harm to the person or others if allowed to purchase or possess a firearm; authorizes a family member, household member, intimate partner, or law enforcement officer to petition for such an order. - Amends TCA Title 36 and Title 39.

Apr 1, 2025: Failed in s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee of Judiciary Committee
HB 433 In committee 114
Criminal Offenses - As introduced, expands the offense of unlawful exposure to include the distribution, with the intent to cause emotional distress, of an image of the intimate parts of another identifiable person or an image of an identifiable person engaged in sexually explicit conduct and the image was created or modified by means of a computer software program, artificial intelligence application, or other digital editing tools. - Amends TCA Title 39.

Apr 1, 2025: Taken off notice for cal in s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee of Judiciary Committee
HB 1024 In committee 114
Forfeiture of Assets - As introduced, increases the burden of proof required to be met by the state in civil asset forfeiture proceedings from a preponderance of evidence standard to a clear and convincing evidence standard. - Amends TCA Title 40, Chapter 33.

Apr 1, 2025: Taken off notice for cal in s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee of Judiciary Committee
HJR 314 Adopted 114
Memorials, Recognition - Sudden Unexplained Death in Children Awareness Month -

Apr 1, 2025: Signed by Governor.
HJR 362 Adopted 114
Memorials, Recognition - Jeff Zentner -

Apr 1, 2025: Signed by Governor.
HJR 366 Adopted 114
Memorials, Personal Occasion - Martha Powell, 90th birthday -

Apr 1, 2025: Signed by Governor.
HJR 336 Adopted 114
Memorials, Professional Achievement - Ashley Moorehead, Delk-Henson Intermediate School Grades K-4 Teacher of the Year -

Apr 1, 2025: Signed by Governor.
HB 981 In committee 114
Controlled Substances - As introduced, decriminalizes the possession of less than one ounce of marijuana or less than five marijuana plants; authorizes municipalities and counties to impose civil penalties on the possession of marijuana in certain circumstances. - Amends TCA Title 16, Chapter 18, Part 3; Title 39, Chapter 17, Part 4 and Title 40.

Apr 1, 2025: Taken off notice for cal in s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee of Judiciary Committee
HJR 343 Adopted 114
Memorials, Professional Achievement - Sara Perry, Westhills Elementary School Teacher of the Year -

Apr 1, 2025: Signed by Governor.
HJR 367 Adopted 114
Memorials, Recognition - WQMV, 20th anniversary -

Apr 1, 2025: Signed by Governor.
SB 311 In committee 114
Election Laws - As introduced, directs the state coordinator of elections to promulgate rules regulating the spacing of political campaign signs by candidates seeking election to state and local offices. - Amends TCA Title 2.

Apr 1, 2025: Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate State and Local Government Committee
HJR 357 Adopted 114
Memorials, Retirement - Kathy Jones-Terry -

Apr 1, 2025: Signed by Governor.
SB 441 In committee 114
Firearms and Ammunition - As introduced, specifies that a person does not commit an offense if the person possesses or carries a firearm into an area that is posted if, upon the request of an individual authorized to control access to the property, the person immediately leaves the property or stores the firearm in a personal vehicle in accordance with state law. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 17, Part 13.

Apr 1, 2025: Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Judiciary Committee
HJR 339 Adopted 114
Memorials, Professional Achievement - Sheila Edde, Delk-Henson Intermediate School Grades 5-8 Teacher of the Year -

Apr 1, 2025: Signed by Governor.
HJR 371 Adopted 114
Memorials, Death - Major Richard Wayne Brandt, U.S. Air Force (ret.) -

Apr 1, 2025: Signed by Governor.
HJR 80 Adopted 114
Naming and Designating - Designates May 2025 as "National Hypertension Month" and advocates for greater access to innovative therapies. -

Apr 1, 2025: Signed by Governor.
HJR 348 Adopted 114
Memorials, Professional Achievement - Reva Pierceall, Cornersville Elementary School Teacher of the Year -

Apr 1, 2025: Signed by Governor.
SB 1253 In committee 114
Firearms and Ammunition - As introduced, creates the offense of carrying or possessing a firearm, including a firearm that was privately assembled and does not contain a serial number or other mark that conforms with federal law, if, at the time of carrying or possessing, the person is not a citizen of the United States or a lawful permanent resident. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 17, Part 13 and Title 55, Chapter 50.

Apr 1, 2025: Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Judiciary Committee
HJR 364 Adopted 114
Memorials, Recognition - TailGate Brewery, 10th anniversary -

Apr 1, 2025: Signed by Governor.
HB 1261 In committee 114
Criminal Offenses - As introduced, makes it an offense for farmers to keep breeding pigs and veal calves in certain small enclosures, subject to certain exceptions, effective July 1, 2030. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 14; Title 40, Chapter 39; Title 43; Title 44 and Title 53.

Apr 1, 2025: Taken off notice for cal in s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee of Judiciary Committee
HB 836 In committee 114
Controlled Substances - As introduced, enacts the "Tennessee Cannabis Act." - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 29; Title 33; Title 38; Title 39; Title 40; Title 41; Title 43; Title 45; Title 50; Title 53; Title 63; Title 67; Title 68 and Title 71.

Apr 1, 2025: Failed in s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee of Judiciary Committee
HB 575 In committee 114
Criminal Procedure - As introduced, specifies that the administrative office of the courts may distribute to the courts electronically the discharge from conditions of release form that is required to be sent to law enforcement agencies by the court when a defendant upon whom conditions of release have been imposed is discharged or released from those conditions. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 9; Title 16; Title 18; Title 38; Title 39; Title 40; Title 55; Title 56; Title 62; Title 68 and Title 71.

Apr 1, 2025: Taken off notice for cal in s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee of Judiciary Committee
HB 1135 In committee 114
Education - As introduced, requires the department of education to submit an early grades reading report to legislative committees with jurisdiction over subject matter pertaining to education by December 31 of each year. - Amends TCA Title 49.

Apr 1, 2025: Taken off notice for cal. in Education Committee
HJR 360 Adopted 114
Memorials, Recognition - Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians' efforts to reclaim land -

Apr 1, 2025: Signed by Governor.
HJR 372 Adopted 114
Memorials, Professional Achievement - Dr. Caroline Rogers, TBR 2025 SOAR Community College Faculty Member of the Year -

Apr 1, 2025: Signed by Governor.
SB 296 In committee 114
Traffic Safety - As enacted, authorizes a law enforcement officer to seize or impound a motor vehicle that is found with an installed license plate flipper; requires that the owner or operator of the motor vehicle, if present, be provided the opportunity to promptly remove the license plate flipper if it can be removed safely. - Amends TCA Title 38; Title 40 and Title 55, Chapter 10.

Mar 31, 2025: Comp. became Pub. Ch. 55