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

9,112 bills

• SB 295 In committee 114
  Education, Higher - As introduced, extends to the dependent children and spouses of veterans who sustained a permanent and total service-connected disability during a qualifying period of armed conflict the same waiver of all tuition and fees at public institutions of higher education being provided to the dependent children and spouses of veterans who were killed, died due to injuries received, or reported as prisoners of war or missing in action during a qualifying period of armed conflict. - Amends TCA Title 49.
  Mar 26, 2025: Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Education Committee
• HB 206 In committee 114
  Mental Illness - As introduced, requires the chief officer of an inpatient mental health treatment resource to notify the committing court if a patient who was involuntarily committed for mental health treatment becomes eligible for discharge; permits the court to hold a hearing to determine whether to order the person's return to the hospital under the original commitment or order the person's release from involuntary commitment in accordance with the recommendations of the chief officer. - Amends TCA Title 33 and Title 52.
  Mar 26, 2025: Returned to the Clerk's Desk.
• HB 145 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.
  Mar 26, 2025: Failed in s/c Banking and Consumer Affairs Subcommittee of Commerce Committee
• HB 1099 In committee 114
  Food and Food Products - As introduced, prohibits the sale of food containing nanotechnology created by humans that is capable of collecting and transmitting data unless the food is labeled as containing nanotechnology. - Amends TCA Title 47, Chapter 18 and Title 53.
  Mar 26, 2025: Action Def. in s/c Agriculture and Natural Resources Subcommittee to Special Calendar 37
• HJR 326 Adopted 114
  Memorials, Sports - Creek Wood Lady Red Hawks girls' bowling team -
  Mar 26, 2025: Signed by Governor.
• HB 1397 In committee 114
  Environment and Conservation, Department of - As introduced, requires the department to create and maintain an informational tool on the department's website that provides data related to the presence of facilities that are required to submit toxic release inventory data to the environmental protection agency. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 59; Title 60; Title 68 and Title 69.
  Mar 26, 2025: Action Def. in s/c Agriculture and Natural Resources Subcommittee to Special Calendar 37
• HB 1112 Passed House 114
  Air Pollution - As introduced, designates the intentional injection, release, or dispersion, by any means, of chemicals, chemical compounds, substances, or apparatus within the borders of this state into the atmosphere with the express purpose of affecting temperature, weather, or the intensity of the sunlight, or supplying or otherwise providing the chemicals, chemical compounds, substances, or apparatus required for the conduct, as a Class A misdemeanor; makes other changes related to investigations and enforcement related to weather modification. - Amends TCA Title 58, Chapter 2 and Title 68, Chapter 201.
  Mar 26, 2025: Received from House, Passed on First Consideration
• HJR 321 Adopted 114
  Memorials, Recognition - Davis House Child Advocacy Center, 25th anniversary -
  Mar 26, 2025: Signed by Governor.
• HB 791 In committee 114
  Employees, Employers - As introduced, enacts the "Workers' Right to Live Act." - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 8; Title 29 and Title 50.
  Mar 26, 2025: Failed for lack of second in: Banking & Consumer Affairs Subcommittee
• SB 553 In committee 114
  Physicians and Surgeons - As introduced, extends from 30 to 60 days the period of time following a change in the address listed on a physician's registration certificate within which a physician licensed by the board of medical examiners must notify the board of such change. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 49; Title 63 and Title 68.
  Mar 26, 2025: Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Health and Welfare Committee
• SB 461 In committee 114
  Medical Occupations - As introduced, establishes the scope of practice for anesthesiologist assistants, subject to regulatory oversight by the board of medical examiners as part of such practice. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 63 and Title 68.
  Mar 26, 2025: Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Health and Welfare Committee
• SB 1419 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.
  Mar 26, 2025: Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Education Committee
• HB 127 In committee 114
  Highways, Roads and Bridges - As introduced, extends the authority for local governments to levy a surcharge on local privilege taxes to fund a transportation improvement program to all cities instead of only Chattanooga, Clarksville, Knoxville, Nashville, and Memphis, and to all counties instead of only Wilson, Washington, Blount, Sullivan, Sumner, Montgomery, Williamson, Rutherford, Hamilton, Knox, Davidson, and Shelby counties; expands the use of such local surcharge revenue for highway and bridge projects, in addition to mass transit projects. - Amends TCA Section 67-3-901 and Title 67, Chapter 4, Part 32.
  Mar 26, 2025: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee
• SB 810 In committee 114
  Education, Higher - As introduced, changes the date, from October to November 1, by which a public institution of higher education that receives funds from the distribution of credit cards to students or any percentage from the use of cards bearing the college or university name or logo to report the amount of such funds or percentage that it received as well as how the funds were expended during the previous fiscal year. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 8 and Title 49.
  Mar 26, 2025: Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Education Committee
• HB 1191 In committee 114
  Firearms and Ammunition - As introduced, enacts the "Anti-Road Rage Act of 2024," which creates a Class E felony for the reckless discharge of a firearm while operating, or as a passenger in, a motor vehicle; creates a Class A misdemeanor for the reckless brandishing or display of a firearm while operating, or as a passenger in, a motor vehicle. - Amends TCA Title 39 and Title 55.
  Mar 26, 2025: Def. to Summer Study in Criminal Justice Subcommittee
• HB 1348 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: Taken off notice for cal in s/c Higher Education Subcommittee of Education Committee
• SB 1154 In committee 114
  Human Resources, Department of - As introduced, enacts the "Tennessee Health SNAP Act," which requires the department to submit a request for a waiver from the United States department of agriculture's food and nutrition service to seek authorization to prohibit the use of SNAP benefits for the purchase of candy and soft drinks. - Amends TCA Title 71.
  Mar 26, 2025: Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Health & Welfare
• SB 1324 In committee 114
  Education, Higher - As introduced, changes the reporting requirements for the board of regents, each state university board, and the board of trustees of the University of Tennessee summarizing grievance activities of the previous year from annually to upon the request of the education committee of the senate or the committee of the house of representatives having jurisdiction over education. - Amends TCA Title 49.
  Mar 26, 2025: Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Education Committee
• SB 911 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.
  Mar 26, 2025: Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Health and Welfare Committee
• SB 501 In committee 114
  TennCare - As introduced, authorizes the governor to expand medicaid eligibility solely for the purpose of providing treatment for a patient with a diagnosis of sickle cell disease in accordance with the federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and to negotiate with the centers for medicare and medicaid services with respect to the terms of such expansion. - Amends TCA Title 4 and Title 71, Chapter 5.
  Mar 26, 2025: Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Health and Welfare Committee
• HB 509 In committee 114
  Physicians and Surgeons - As introduced, extends from 30 to 60 days the period of time following a change in the address listed on a physician's registration certificate within which a physician licensed by the board of medical examiners must notify the board of such change. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 49; Title 63 and Title 68.
  Mar 26, 2025: Ref. to Health Committee - Government Operations for Review
• HJR 319 Adopted 114
  Memorials, Sports - Mark Burns, five-time martial arts world champion -
  Mar 26, 2025: Signed by Governor.
• SB 860 In committee 114
  Anatomical Gifts - As introduced, creates a process by which an individual or terminal patient can refuse to make an anatomical gift that cannot be amended by another person; requires a procurement organization to follow certain procedures for contacting a decedent's family member or other authorized person. - Amends TCA Title 63 and Title 68.
  Mar 26, 2025: Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Health and Welfare Committee
• HB 316 In committee 114
  Consumer Protection - As introduced, reduces, from $100 billion to $50 billion, the amount of assets held by a state or national bank, savings and loan association, savings bank, credit union, industrial loan and thrift, or mortgage lender that are necessary to fall within the definition of a financial institution for purposes of the application of certain consumer protections. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 9; Title 45; Title 47 and Title 56.
  Mar 26, 2025: Taken off notice for cal in s/c Banking and Consumer Affairs Subcommittee of Commerce Committee
• HB 1103 In committee 114
  Education, Higher - As introduced, enacts the "Tennessee for Tampons Act," which requires public institutions of higher education to provide feminine hygiene products in all women's and girl's bathrooms and locker rooms. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 7; Title 49, Chapter 8 and Title 49, Chapter 9.
  Mar 26, 2025: Failed for lack of second in: Higher Education Subcommittee
• HJR 328 Adopted 114
  Memorials, Recognition - Holden Farms, U.S. Poultry and Egg Association's Family Farm Environmental Excellence Award -
  Mar 26, 2025: Signed by Governor.
• HB 703 In committee 114
  Controlled Substances - As introduced, enacts the "Pot for Potholes Act"; establishes a regulatory structure for the cultivation, processing, and retail sale of marijuana and marijuana products in this state to be administered by the department of agriculture. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 29; Title 33; Title 38; Title 39; Title 40; Title 41; Title 43; Title 45; Title 50; Title 53; Title 54; Title 63; Title 67; Title 68 and Title 71.
  Mar 26, 2025: Failed in s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee of Judiciary Committee
• SB 386 In committee 114
  Education - As introduced, enacts the "Early Behavioral Intervention and Reporting Act"; clarifies that public charter schools are required to have a threat assessment team in the same manner as required of local education agencies. - Amends TCA Title 16; Title 37 and Title 49.
  Mar 26, 2025: Failed in Senate Education Committee
• SB 333 In committee 114
  Nurses, Nursing - As introduced, requires all hospitals licensed by the health facilities commission or by the department of mental health and substance abuse services to report annually to the department of health, on a form promulgated by the department, the number of advanced practice registered nurses who are working in the hospital for each month. - Amends TCA Title 29; Title 33; Title 53; Title 56; Title 63 and Title 68.
  Mar 26, 2025: Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Health and Welfare Committee
• HB 644 In committee 114
  Nurses, Nursing - As introduced, requires all hospitals licensed by the health facilities commission or by the department of mental health and substance abuse services to report annually to the department of health, on a form promulgated by the department, the number of advanced practice registered nurses who are working in the hospital for each month. - Amends TCA Title 29; Title 33; Title 53; Title 56; Title 63 and Title 68.
  Mar 26, 2025: Taken off notice for cal in s/c Health Subcommittee of Health Committee
• SB 851 In committee 114
  TennCare - As introduced, authorizes the governor to expand medicaid pursuant to the federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act; authorizes the governor to negotiate with the federal centers for medicare and medicaid services to determine the terms of the expansion. - Amends TCA Title 71, Chapter 5.
  Mar 26, 2025: Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Health and Welfare Committee
• SB 1252 In committee 114
  Education - As introduced, makes various changes to the categories of individuals who are not required to use a preferred pronoun, and for whom a preferred pronoun can be disregarded, if the pronoun is inconsistent with the person's biological sex; makes various changes to the civil liability and adverse action protections as it relates to the use of, or the refusal to use, a pronoun or preferred pronoun. - Amends TCA Title 49.
  Mar 26, 2025: Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Education Committee
• SB 1378 In committee 114
  Education - As introduced, creates the division of early child care and education within the department of education. - Amends TCA Title 4 and Title 49.
  Mar 26, 2025: Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Education Committee
• SB 157 In committee 114
  Education, Dept. of - As introduced, requires the department to use student performance on career readiness assessments administered to high school seniors as part of the school grading system if the department uses student performance on postsecondary readiness assessments for such purpose; directs the department to only consider student performance on the assessment type for which the student achieved the highest score for school grading purposes, if the student was administered a postsecondary readiness assessment and a career readiness assessment. - Amends TCA Title 49.
  Mar 26, 2025: Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Education Committee
• HJR 381 Adopted 114
  Memorials, Recognition - Vietnam Veterans Day -
  Mar 26, 2025: Signed by Governor.
• HB 1379 In committee 114
  Consumer Protection - As introduced, prohibits sending by mail a fake check or an image of a fake check, for the purpose of advertising. - Amends TCA Title 45 and Title 47.
  Mar 26, 2025: Def. to Special Calendar to be Published with Final Calendar in Banking & Consumer Affairs Subcommittee
• SB 1365 In committee 114
  Children - As introduced, reduces the time in which the department of children's services has to determine whether a temporary childcare licensee has complied with all regulations to receive a permanent childcare license from 90 days from the date the temporary license was issued to 80 days. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 8; Title 13; Title 37; Title 49; Title 62; Title 67; Title 68 and Title 71.
  Mar 26, 2025: Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Health and Welfare Committee
• HB 1392 In committee 114
  Firearms and Ammunition - As introduced, deletes the exception to the criminal offense of unlawfully carrying a firearm with intent to go armed for persons who lawfully possess a handgun, are in a place where the person is lawfully present, and are at least 21 years old or 18 years old with certain military service. - Amends TCA Title 39.
  Mar 26, 2025: Failed in s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee of Judiciary Committee
• HB 409 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 26, 2025: Failed in s/c K-12 Subcommittee of Education Committee
• SB 551 In committee 114
  Physicians and Surgeons - As introduced, allows, instead of requires, the governor to consult with medical groups in making appointments to the board of medical examiners. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 29; Title 63 and Title 68.
  Mar 26, 2025: Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Health and Welfare Committee
• SB 1263 In committee 114
  Solid Waste Disposal - As introduced, creates exception to the state regulation of biosolids by authorizing the legislative body of Grundy County to regulate such activities. - Amends TCA Title 5; Title 68, Chapter 211; Title 68, Chapter 221 and Title 69.
  Mar 26, 2025: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
• HB 563 In committee 114
  Firearms and Ammunition - As introduced, creates the Class C misdemeanor offense of storing a firearm or firearm ammunition in a motor vehicle while the person is not in the motor vehicle unless the firearm or firearm ammunition is kept from ordinary observation and locked within the trunk, utility or glove box, or a locked container securely affixed to the motor vehicle; requires the owner of a firearm to report the loss or theft of the firearm to law enforcement within 24 hours of the discovery of the loss or theft. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 17, Part 13.
  Mar 26, 2025: Failed in s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee of Judiciary Committee
• HJR 382 Adopted 114
  Memorials, Recognition - Middle Tennessee Veterans Support Group -
  Mar 26, 2025: Signed by Governor.
• SB 930 In committee 114
  Environment and Conservation, Department of - As introduced, increases, from three to five days after receipt, the maximum time that the department has to publish on the department's website a notice of intent to appeal a final order by the board of water quality, oil and gas or an administrative judge. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 11; Title 66; Title 67, Chapter 4, Part 4; Title 68 and Title 69.
  Mar 26, 2025: Assigned to General Subcommittee of Energy, Ag., & Nat. Resources Committee
• SB 636 In committee 114
  Education, Dept. of - As introduced, requires the department to submit a request to the United States department of education to amend this state's Every Student Succeeds Act plan to remove all end-of-course assessment requirements for students in grades nine through 12 and to allow the ACT, SAT, or another postsecondary readiness assessment approved by the commissioner to be annually administered to students in such grades and for student performance on such assessments to be used for student, school, and district accountability purposes. - Amends TCA Title 49.
  Mar 26, 2025: Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Education Committee
• SB 742 In committee 114
  Dentists and Dentistry - As introduced, requires the commissioner of health to create programs designed to enhance access to dental services in rural and underserved areas subject to the approval of the commissioner of finance and administration. - Amends TCA Title 63, Chapter 5 and Title 68.
  Mar 26, 2025: Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Health and Welfare Committee
• SB 928 In committee 114
  Education - As introduced, requires the state board of education to authorize a student who is working toward completing a career and technical education elective focus to substitute up to four career and technical education course credits for the required chemistry course credit, computer science course credit, world language course credit, and Algebra II course credit necessary to earn a full diploma upon graduation from high school. - Amends TCA Title 49.
  Mar 26, 2025: Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Education Committee
• HB 1086 In committee 114
  Livestock - As introduced, requires the commissioner of agriculture and the state veterinarian to receive prior approval from the joint government operations committee of the house of representatives and the senate to order vaccinations and tests for animals in this state; removes the requirement that an owner of a dead animal be liable for the sanitary disposition of the animal; clarifies indemnity procedures for a destroyed animal. - Amends TCA Title 44 and Title 58.
  Mar 26, 2025: Taken off notice for cal in s/c Agriculture and Natural Resources Subcommittee of Agriculture & Natural Resources Committee
• SB 331 In committee 114
  Health Care - As introduced, changes from March 1 to January 15 the date by which the bureau of TennCare, in consultation with the perinatal advisory committee and with the assistance of relevant state agencies, must report to legislative committees concerning aspects of quality and outcomes in perinatal care for the last two available fiscal years or calendar years, as may be available. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 8; Title 14; Title 29; Title 33; Title 37; Title 39; Title 53; Title 63; Title 68 and Title 71.
  Mar 26, 2025: Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Health and Welfare Committee
• HJR 322 Adopted 114
  Memorials, Death - Lena Josephine Belesteri Davis -
  Mar 26, 2025: Signed by Governor.