Tennessee bills

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State bill data last updated Oct 30, 2026, 8:03 AM.

9,112 bills

SJR 217 Adopted 114
Memorials, Recognition - ALStar Youth Leadership Conference, 5th anniversary -

Mar 31, 2025: Signed by H. Speaker
SB 78 In committee 114
Sunset Laws - As enacted, extends the megasite authority of West Tennessee to June 30, 2029. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 29 and Title 64, Chapter 9.

Mar 31, 2025: Comp. became Pub. Ch. 51
SJR 220 Adopted 114
Memorials, Recognition - Seyi Amosun, U.S. Senate Youth Program, 2025 Tennessee Delegate -

Mar 31, 2025: Signed by H. Speaker
SJR 223 Adopted 114
Memorials, Recognition - Westmoreland High School, Reward School -

Mar 31, 2025: Signed by H. Speaker
SB 1026 In committee 114
Children and Youth, Commission on - As introduced, changes from September 1 to October 1 the date by which the commission must make budget recommendations for the following fiscal year to the governor, finance committees of the house and senate, legislative budget offices, and affected state departments. - Amends TCA Title 16; Title 33; Title 37; Title 38; Title 39; Title 40; Title 41 and Title 49.

Mar 31, 2025: Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Judiciary Committee
SB 109 Became law 114
Municipal Government - As enacted, authorizes a certified municipal finance officer who is contracted with a municipality to provide financial oversight on behalf of the municipality to devote fewer than 16 hours per month to such duties, if the municipality seeks and receives written approval from the comptroller of the treasury. - Amends TCA Title 6, Chapter 56, Part 4.

Mar 28, 2025: Pub. Ch. 44
SJR 16 Adopted 114
General Assembly, Statement of Intent or Position - Urges Tennesseans to donate feminine hygiene products to local schools. -

Mar 28, 2025: Assigned to s/c Education Administration Subcommittee
HB 192 In committee 114
Health Care - As enacted, enacts the "Individualized Investigational Treatment Act." - Amends TCA Title 53 and Title 63.

Mar 28, 2025: Comp. became Pub. Ch. 45
SB 1283 Became law 114
Public Health - As enacted, adds as a disease for which a laboratory must test during a standard serological test of a pregnant woman hepatitis C antibody (anti-HCV) with automatic reflex to HCV RNA if anti-HCV is reactive, and makes certain other changes to the process of conducting required pregnancy serological tests. - Amends TCA Section 68-5-602.

Mar 28, 2025: Pub. Ch. 46
HB 185 In committee 114
Municipal Government - As enacted, authorizes a certified municipal finance officer who is contracted with a municipality to provide financial oversight on behalf of the municipality to devote fewer than 16 hours per month to such duties, if the municipality seeks and receives written approval from the comptroller of the treasury. - Amends TCA Title 6, Chapter 56, Part 4.

Mar 28, 2025: Comp. became Pub. Ch. 44
SB 282 Became law 114
Health Care - As enacted, enacts the "Individualized Investigational Treatment Act." - Amends TCA Title 53 and Title 63.

Mar 28, 2025: Pub. Ch. 45
HB 111 In committee 114
Public Health - As enacted, adds as a disease for which a laboratory must test during a standard serological test of a pregnant woman hepatitis C antibody (anti-HCV) with automatic reflex to HCV RNA if anti-HCV is reactive, and makes certain other changes to the process of conducting required pregnancy serological tests. - Amends TCA Section 68-5-602.

Mar 28, 2025: Comp. became Pub. Ch. 46
SJR 318 In committee 114
Naming and Designating - Designates March 13 as "Father Charles Strobel Day." -

Mar 27, 2025: Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate State & Local Government Committee
HJR 496 In committee 114
General Assembly, Confirmation of Appointment - James S. "Steve" Jones, Fish and Wildlife Commission -

Mar 27, 2025: Intro., ref. to State & Local Government Committee
SB 1014 In committee 114
Local Education Agencies - As introduced, requires an LEA in which a child care facility operates to submit a comprehensive list of all underutilized or vacant property to the department of human services and the comptroller of the treasury and to make the list available to each child care facility operating in the LEA; grants certain owners of a child care facility that operates in an LEA a first or second right of refusal to lease or purchase underutilized or vacant property listed by the LEA. - Amends TCA Title 49 and Title 71.

Mar 27, 2025: Re-refer to S. Cal Comm
SR 62 Adopted 114
Memorials, Recognition - Cassie Kessler, Governor's Volunteer Stars Award -

Mar 27, 2025: Adopted, Ayes 29, Nays 0
SR 66 Adopted 114
Memorials, Recognition - Honor Our Great Smoky Mountain Veterans Day -

Mar 27, 2025: Adopted, Ayes 29, Nays 0
SR 60 Adopted 114
Memorials, Recognition - John Conrad, Governor's Volunteer Stars Award -

Mar 27, 2025: Adopted, Ayes 29, Nays 0
SJR 317 In committee 114
Naming and Designating - Designates March 3 as "Sister Sandra Smithson Day." -

Mar 27, 2025: Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate State & Local Government Committee
SR 59 Adopted 114
Memorials, Sports - Coach James Burkley, 700th career victory -

Mar 27, 2025: Adopted, Ayes 29, Nays 0
SR 63 Adopted 114
Memorials, Recognition - Karly Anderson, Governor's Volunteer Stars Award -

Mar 27, 2025: Adopted, Ayes 29, Nays 0
SB 11 In committee 114
Education, Dept. of - As introduced, requires the department to make the standardized form for reporting student allergies to the school in which the student is enrolled publicly available on its website. - Amends TCA Title 49.

Mar 27, 2025: Re-refer to S. Cal Comm
SR 67 Adopted 114
Memorials, Recognition - U.S. Army, 250th anniversary -

Mar 27, 2025: Adopted, Ayes 29, Nays 0
SJR 316 In committee 114
Memorials, Recognition - Myositis Awareness Month -

Mar 27, 2025: Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Health & Welfare Committee
SR 61 Adopted 114
Memorials, Recognition - Emily Griffis, Governor's Volunteer Stars Award -

Mar 27, 2025: Adopted, Ayes 29, Nays 0
HJR 368 Adopted 114
Memorials, Death - Pastor Ricky Floyd -

Mar 27, 2025: Transmitted to Governor for his action.
HB 1173 In committee 114
Purchasing and Procurement - As introduced, authorizes local governments to purchase goods and services directly, without bid or quotations, from vendors awarded general services administration (GSA) schedule contracts at prices equal to the vendor's current GSA schedule price. - Amends TCA Title 12, Chapter 3.

Mar 27, 2025: Held on desk.
SR 58 Adopted 114
Memorials, Recognition - Byron Conaway, Tennessee Aviation Hall of Fame -

Mar 27, 2025: Adopted, Ayes 29, Nays 0
HJR 325 Adopted 114
Memorials, Sports - Creek Wood Red Hawks, state boys' bowling champions -

Mar 26, 2025: Signed by Governor.
SB 793 In committee 114
Health, Dept. of - As introduced, requires the commissioner to report to the chairs of legislative committees having jurisdiction over health-related matters on the standards and policies for assisted reproductive technology in this state. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 29; Title 36; Title 63 and Title 68.

Mar 26, 2025: Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Health and Welfare Committee
HB 983 In committee 114
Agriculture, Dept. of - As introduced, authorizes the commissioner to designate an existing organizational unit of the department as the office of rural prosperity and consolidate within that office some or all of the department's duties related to improving the well-being of rural communities in this state. - Amends TCA Section 1-3-105; Title 4; Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 9; Title 13; Title 43; Title 44; Title 48; Title 49; Title 50; Title 61; Title 64; Title 66; Title 67; Title 68 and Title 69.

Mar 26, 2025: Taken off notice for cal in s/c Agriculture and Natural Resources Subcommittee of Agriculture & Natural Resources Committee
SB 1122 In committee 114
Mental Health & Substance Abuse Services, Dept. of - As introduced, creates the temporary youth mental health service program. - Amends TCA Title 33 and Title 49.

Mar 26, 2025: Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Health and Welfare Committee
SB 426 In committee 114
Tennessee Investment in Student Achievement (TISA) - As introduced, revises the weighted allocations generated by a student for purposes of the TISA based on the number of student members of the LEA in which the student resides; establishes a $50 direct allocation for each student member of each LEA to assist each LEA with maintenance and infrastructure. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 3.

Mar 26, 2025: Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Education Committee
HB 771 In committee 114
Boats, Boating - As introduced, requires a person to purchase a permit in order to operate a vessel on the intrastate waters of this state that is exempt from being numbered for identification in this state due only to the vessel having a valid number awarded to it pursuant to a federally approved numbering system of another state. - Amends TCA Title 69, Chapter 9.

Mar 26, 2025: Failed in s/c Agriculture and Natural Resources Subcommittee of Agriculture & Natural Resources Committee
HB 198 In committee 114
Criminal Procedure - As introduced, enacts the "Bearing Witness to the Death Penalty Act." - Amends TCA Title 40, Chapter 23.

Mar 26, 2025: Failed in s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee of Judiciary Committee
HB 1391 In committee 114
Expunction - As introduced, requires a clerk of a court with criminal jurisdiction to automatically remove and destroy all public records of a conviction for a Class E felony or misdemeanor that is eligible for expunction, one year after the person has completed any sentence imposed by the court. - Amends TCA Title 10; Title 18 and Title 40.

Mar 26, 2025: Failed in s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee of Judiciary Committee
SB 968 In committee 114
Energy - As introduced, changes the administrative, reporting, oversight, and accountability of the state energy policy council from the state energy policy council to the department of economic and community development and the department of environment and conservation. - Amends TCA Title 68, Chapter 204.

Mar 26, 2025: Assigned to General Subcommittee of Energy, Ag., & Nat. Resources Committee
HB 1059 In committee 114
Criminal Offenses - As introduced, increases from $50 to $500 the maximum fine for selling a vapor product to a person who has not attained 21 years of age. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 17.

Mar 26, 2025: Returned to the Clerk's Desk.
HB 222 In committee 114
Civil Procedure - As introduced, specifies the damages that may be awarded against a person or commercial entity that publishes or distributes a website containing a substantial portion of content harmful to minors includes actual damages, nominal damages, and punitive damages; specifies that a person or entity that violates certain obscenity laws may be found civilly liable to an injured party for nominal damages, actual damages, court costs, reasonable attorney fees, and punitive damages; provides that the attorney general and reporter may issue guidance to assist commercial entities in complying with age requirements for websites containing a substantial portion of content that is harmful to minors. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 17, Part 9; Title 47, Chapter 18 and Chapter 1021 of the Public Acts of 2024.

Mar 26, 2025: Returned to the Clerk's Desk.
SB 523 In committee 114
Welfare - As introduced, requires the department of human services to develop and implement a five-year pilot program in which eligible households are awarded an annual supplemental income grant of $5,000 beginning in 2026. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 9; Title 67, Chapter 4 and Title 71.

Mar 26, 2025: Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Health and Welfare Committee
SB 127 In committee 114
Local Education Agencies - As introduced, specifies that the comptroller of the treasury is authorized to determine how soon after June 30 of each year charter schools are required to submit audits of their accounts and records. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 13.

Mar 26, 2025: Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Education Committee
HB 1287 In committee 114
Tennessee Bureau of Investigation - As introduced, increases, from 15 to 20, the number of background investigations that the speaker of the senate and speaker of the house of representatives may request a year for persons under consideration for appointment to a position of trust and responsibility. - Amends TCA Title 38; Title 39 and Title 67.

Mar 26, 2025: Action Def. in s/c Civil Justice Subcommittee to 4/2/2025
SB 1340 In committee 114
Education, Higher - As introduced, requires the commission to review and update the outcomes-based funding formula model at least once every five years to provide incentives for institutions that offer programs leading to job placement in high-demand fields in this state. - Amends TCA Title 9; Title 49 and Title 62.

Mar 26, 2025: Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Education Committee
SB 270 In committee 114
Education - As introduced, enacts the "Universal Pre-K Funding Act." - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 51; Title 49 and Title 67.

Mar 26, 2025: Failed in Senate Education Committee
SB 887 In committee 114
Education, Dept. of - As introduced, requires the department to publish the Tennessee investment in student achievement formula guide on the department's website. - Amends TCA Title 49.

Mar 26, 2025: Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Education Committee
HB 1049 In committee 114
Health Care - As introduced, requires every year, instead of every other year, the commissioner of health, in consultation with the regulatory boards that license healthcare practitioners, to provide a letter no later than November 1 to the governor, the speaker of the senate, the speaker of the house of representatives, and legislative committees with subject matter jurisdiction over health that includes updated information on the impact and effects of the restrictions and limitations on treating patients with opioids. - Amends TCA Title 8; Title 33; Title 53; Title 56; Title 63; Title 68 and Title 71.

Mar 26, 2025: Taken off notice for cal in s/c Health Subcommittee of Health Committee
SB 1130 In committee 114
Education - As introduced, enacts the "Freedom to Read Act"; repeals the "Age-Appropriate Materials Act of 2022." - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 1 and Title 49, Chapter 6.

Mar 26, 2025: Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Education Committee
SB 1071 In committee 114
Children's Services, Dept. of - As introduced, requires that a reimbursement payment to a child advocacy center be completed within 30 days of receipt of a request for reimbursement; requires payment of a 10 percent late payment fee for failing to make a timely reimbursement to a child advocacy center; requires the department to submit to the general assembly an annual report on the timeliness of reimbursement payments to child advocacy centers. - Amends TCA Title 9 and Title 37.

Mar 26, 2025: Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Health and Welfare Committee
HJR 122 In committee 114
General Assembly, Directed Studies - Directs the Department of Health to conduct a comprehensive study to evaluate and make recommendations regarding anesthesia workforce and staffing across all facilities providing anesthesia services in Tennessee. -

Mar 26, 2025: Taken off notice for cal in s/c Health Subcommittee of Health Committee
HB 221 In committee 114
Obscenity and Pornography - As introduced, specifies that a commercial entity that knowingly possesses, promotes, purchases, produces, sells, sends, transports, or distributes obscene matter in violation of state law may be held civilly liable to an individual for nominal damages, actual damages, punitive damages, court costs, and reasonable attorney fees. - Amends TCA Title 28 and Title 39.

Mar 26, 2025: Returned to the Clerk's Desk.