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

9,112 bills

SB 1307 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: Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Transportation and Safety Committee
SB 1327 In committee 114
Education - As introduced, removes a provision that required the board of regents, the University of Tennessee, and the Tennessee Independent Colleges and Universities Association to provide a report by April 1, 2009, to the Tennessee higher education commission on the reasonable efforts their institutions have taken to attempt to deter infringement of copyrighted works over the school's computer and network resources. - Amends TCA Title 49.

Mar 26, 2025: Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Education Committee
SB 1338 In committee 114
Comptroller, State - As introduced, requires the office of research and education accountability in the office of the comptroller of the treasury to annually report information about the students participating in the education freedom scholarship program to the general assembly by October 30. - Amends Chapter __ of the Public Acts of 2025 (1st Ex. Sess. – SB 6001 / HB 6004); and TCA Title 49, Chapter 10, Part 14 and Title 49, Chapter 6.

Mar 26, 2025: Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Education Committee
SB 852 In committee 114
Physicians and Surgeons - As introduced, increases from 10 to 30 business days, the period of time that must be included in a non-compete agreement between an employing entity and a physician regarding the time after which, if no agreement on the fair market value of the practice can be determined when an attempt to repurchase the practice is made, the physician may remove any restrictions on the physician’s ability to practice by tendering the amount that was paid to the physician for the sale of the practice. - Amends TCA Title 63 and Title 68.

Mar 26, 2025: Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Health and Welfare Committee
HJR 323 Adopted 114
Memorials, Academic Achievement - Connor Britt, perfect score on ACT -

Mar 26, 2025: Signed by Governor.
HB 420 In committee 114
Consumer Protection - As introduced, enacts the "Tennessee Consumer Protection and Subscription Renewal Act," which prohibits a business from requiring submission of credit or debit card information, or other payment information for an automatic renewal offer or continuous service offer containing a free gift or trial; makes other changes related to automatic renewal offers and continuous service offers. - Amends TCA Title 45; Title 47; Title 56 and Title 65.

Mar 26, 2025: Taken off notice for cal in s/c Banking and Consumer Affairs Subcommittee of Commerce Committee
HJR 320 Adopted 114
Memorials, Retirement - Reverend Kenneth Hill -

Mar 26, 2025: Signed by Governor.
SB 1132 In committee 114
School Vouchers - As introduced, increases the required assessments of students participating in the education savings account program or the individualized education account program to include all Tennessee comprehensive assessment program tests, Tennessee universal reading screeners or universal reading screeners approved by the state board of education, and the assessment administered to public school students in grade 11 that assesses student readiness for postsecondary education and approved by the commissioner of education. - Amends TCA Title 49.

Mar 26, 2025: Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Education Committee
HB 792 In committee 114
Sexual Offenses - As introduced, enacts the "Tennessee Sexual Violence Justice Act," making various changes to the requirements for investigating sexual offenses. - Amends TCA Title 29; Title 38; Title 39; Title 40 and Title 67.

Mar 26, 2025: Def. to Summer Study in Criminal Justice Subcommittee
SB 1058 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: Failed in Senate Energy, Ag., and Nat. Resources Committee
SB 1033 In committee 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: Failed in Senate Energy, Ag., and Nat. Resources Committee
HB 1190 In committee 114
Criminal Offenses - As introduced, creates a Class E felony that is committed when a person exercises control over a motor vehicle knowing that the person does not have the permission of the owner of the motor vehicle; creates a Class A misdemeanor of possessing a firearm that the person knows or reasonably should know has been stolen. - Amends TCA Title 39.

Mar 26, 2025: Ref. to Judiciary Committee
HB 1132 In committee 114
Consumer Protection - As introduced, changes, from 45 to 50 days from receipt of a request, the time that a controller has to inform a consumer of the controller's decision to decline to take action regarding the consumer's authenticated request under the Tennessee Information Protection Act. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 8; Title 10; Title 29; Title 39; Title 47 and Title 48.

Mar 26, 2025: Taken off notice for cal in s/c Banking and Consumer Affairs Subcommittee of Commerce Committee
SB 9 In committee 114
Hospitals and Health Care Facilities - As introduced, removes the restriction on the direct employment of radiologists, pathologists, anesthesiologists, and emergency physicians by hospitals and certain healthcare facilities. - Amends TCA Title 47; Title 63 and Title 68.

Mar 26, 2025: Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Health and Welfare Committee
HB 1051 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: Failed in s/c K-12 Subcommittee of Education Committee
SB 709 In committee 114
Education - As introduced, deletes a pilot program, which was established to improve parent-teacher engagement in any grade from kindergarten through grade two in public schools, that expired in 2021. - Amends TCA Title 49.

Mar 26, 2025: Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Education Committee
SB 1180 In committee 114
School Vouchers - As introduced, requires private schools that enroll recipients of an education freedom scholarship, students participating in the individualized education account program, or students participating in the education savings account program to conduct background checks prior to employing a teacher or person who will have direct contact with school children or access to school grounds when children are present. - Amends Chapter __ of the Public Acts of 2025 (1st Ex. Sess. – SB 6001 / HB 6004); and TCA Title 49, Chapter 10, Part 14 and Title 49, Chapter 6, Part 26.

Mar 26, 2025: Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Education Committee
SB 1249 In committee 114
School Vouchers - As introduced, requires private schools that participate in the education savings account program or the individualized education account program to publish various items on the school's website; requires private schools that participate in either program to ensure educators hold a valid license to teach; requires students participating in either program to be administered various assessments. - Amends TCA Title 49.

Mar 26, 2025: Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Education Committee
HB 992 In committee 114
Day Care - As introduced, enacts the "Child Care Workforce Improvement Act," which directs the commissioner of human services to develop a program to provide longevity payments to eligible child care workers and a program to provide child care assistance payments to certain early childhood educators. - Amends TCA Title 71, Chapter 3.

Mar 26, 2025: Taken off notice for cal in s/c Health Subcommittee of Health Committee
HJR 329 Adopted 114
Memorials, Recognition - Agape Child & Family Services, 55th anniversary -

Mar 26, 2025: Signed by Governor.
HB 415 In committee 114
State Government - As introduced, requires the Tennessee advisory commission on intergovernmental relations (TACIR) to conduct a study and propose several steps to protect Tennessee's financial security and soundness and ensure state sovereignty and resiliency. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 9; Title 12; Title 45 and Title 47.

Mar 25, 2025: Taken off notice for cal in s/c Departments & Agencies Subcommittee of State & Local Government Committee
HB 46 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 25, 2025: Returned to the Clerk's Desk.
SB 1228 In committee 114
Election Laws - As introduced, requires county election commissions to publish office hours for early voting 30 days rather than 25 days prior to the day of the election. - Amends TCA Title 2.

Mar 25, 2025: Failed in Senate State and Local Government Committee
HJR 312 Adopted 114
Memorials, Retirement - Corporal Ray Cobb -

Mar 25, 2025: Signed by Governor.
SJR 203 Adopted 114
Memorials, Recognition - Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc., South Eastern Regional Director Dr. Tracey Morant Adams and AKA Day at the Capitol -

Mar 25, 2025: Signed by Governor.
HB 1116 In committee 114
Treasurer, State - As introduced, creates within the state treasury a fund known as the crime stoppers trust fund to be used for the purpose of grant administration to fund crime stoppers programs within the state; requires an additional fine of $10 to be imposed on offenders convicted of a felony or misdemeanor offense to be deposited in the crime stoppers trust fund. - Amends TCA Title 38; Title 39; Title 40 and Title 67.

Mar 25, 2025: Taken off notice for cal in s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee of Judiciary Committee
SR 56 Adopted 114
Memorials, Personal Occasion - Patricia Pryor Degrafinreid, 70th birthday -

Mar 25, 2025: Enrolled and ready for signatures
SJR 212 Adopted 114
Memorials, Recognition - Austin Spangler, Governor's Volunteer Stars Award -

Mar 25, 2025: Signed by Governor.
SB 1208 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 25, 2025: Failed in Senate Commerce and Labor Committee
HJR 169 Adopted 114
General Assembly, Confirmation of Appointment - John Compton, University of Tennessee Board of Trustees -

Mar 25, 2025: Signed by Governor.
HJR 307 Adopted 114
Memorials, Personal Achievement - Jackson Mark Smith, Eagle Scout -

Mar 25, 2025: Signed by Governor.
HR 66 Adopted 114
Memorials, Death - Douglas L. Atkin -

Mar 25, 2025: Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.
SB 952 In committee 114
Utilities, Utility Districts - As introduced, requires a utility governed by the Utilities' Cut-Off Procedures Act to publish its policy governing the discontinuation of service for nonpayment of service on the utility's website in a publicly accessible location. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 65; Title 68 and Title 69.

Mar 25, 2025: Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate State and Local Government Committee
SR 55 Adopted 114
Memorials, Recognition - Debbie Hamby, Cumberland Medical Center -

Mar 25, 2025: Enrolled and ready for signatures
SB 1372 In committee 114
Insurance, Health, Accident - As introduced, prohibits a health insurance entity or TennCare MCO from including an all-products clause in a network participation agreement with a healthcare provider, and makes certain other changes related to MCO network adequacy. - Amends TCA Title 56 and Title 71.

Mar 25, 2025: Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Commerce and Labor Committee
HB 1110 In committee 114
Election Laws - As introduced, requires county election commissions to publish office hours for early voting 30 days rather than 25 days prior to the day of the election. - Amends TCA Title 2.

Mar 25, 2025: Taken off notice for cal in s/c Elections & Campaign Finance Subcommittee of State & Local Government Committee
HB 1109 In committee 114
School Vouchers - As introduced, requires private schools that enroll recipients of an education freedom scholarship, students participating in the individualized education account program, or students participating in the education savings account program to conduct background checks prior to employing a teacher or person who will have direct contact with school children or access to school grounds when children are present. - Amends Chapter __ of the Public Acts of 2025 (1st Ex. Sess. – SB 6001 / HB 6004); and TCA Title 49, Chapter 10, Part 14 and Title 49, Chapter 6, Part 26.

Mar 25, 2025: Failed in s/c K-12 Subcommittee of Education Committee
HJR 389 Adopted 114
Memorials, Personal Occasion - Velma Christine Tidwell Bates, 100th birthday -

Mar 25, 2025: Signed by Governor.
SJR 201 Adopted 114
Memorials, Death - Margaret Jewel "Margie" Ison -

Mar 25, 2025: Signed by Governor.
HB 1213 In committee 114
School Vouchers - As introduced, increases the required assessments of students participating in the education savings account program or the individualized education account program to include all Tennessee comprehensive assessment program tests, Tennessee universal reading screeners or universal reading screeners approved by the state board of education, and the assessment administered to public school students in grade 11 that assesses student readiness for postsecondary education and approved by the commissioner of education. - Amends TCA Title 49.

Mar 25, 2025: Failed in s/c K-12 Subcommittee of Education Committee
HJR 170 Adopted 114
General Assembly, Confirmation of Appointment - Billy Bryan, Textbook and Instructional Materials Quality Commission -

Mar 25, 2025: Signed by Governor.
HJR 317 Adopted 114
Memorials, Recognition - Lee and Susan Moss, Dr. Liz Rhea Philanthropist Award from the Ascension Saint Thomas Rutherford Foundation -

Mar 25, 2025: Signed by Governor.
HJR 158 Adopted 114
General Assembly, Confirmation of Appointment - Marquita Qualls, Tennessee State University Board of Trustees -

Mar 25, 2025: Signed by Governor.
HB 746 In committee 114
Local Education Agencies - As introduced, requires a parent or guardian who wishes to enroll the parent's or guardian's student into an LEA or public charter school to submit one of the listed documents to the LEA or public charter school upon enrollment of the student unless the parent or guardian pays an amount equal to the amount representing the per pupil state and local funds generated and required through the Tennessee investment in student achievement formula for the LEA in which the participating student resides. - Amends TCA Title 49.

Mar 25, 2025: Taken off notice for cal in s/c K-12 Subcommittee of Education Committee
HJR 155 Adopted 114
General Assembly, Confirmation of Appointment - Trevia Chatman, Tennessee State University Board of Trustees -

Mar 25, 2025: Signed by Governor.
HB 139 In committee 114
Election Laws - As introduced, prohibits using voting machines or voting equipment to cast, receive, or transmit an election ballot via the internet, except for military personnel and citizens abroad. - Amends TCA Title 2, Chapter 6, Part 5 and Title 2, Chapter 9.

Mar 25, 2025: No Action Taken
HJR 194 Adopted 114
General Assembly, Confirmation of Appointment - Stefan Maupin, University of Tennessee at Martin Advisory Board -

Mar 25, 2025: Signed by Governor.
HB 1001 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 25, 2025: Failed in s/c K-12 Subcommittee of Education Committee
SB 1190 In committee 114
Employees, Employers - As introduced, increases the hourly minimum wage to $20.00, or the federal minimum wage established pursuant to the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938, whichever rate is greater. - Amends TCA Title 8, Chapter 23; Title 12, Chapter 4, Part 4 and Title 50, Chapter 2.

Mar 25, 2025: Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Commerce and Labor Committee
HJR 165 Adopted 114
General Assembly, Confirmation of Appointment - Allen Carter, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Advisory Board -

Mar 25, 2025: Signed by Governor.