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

9,112 bills

SB 1357 In committee 114
Salaries and Benefits - As introduced, increases, from $7.25 to $20, the minimum hourly wage for employees within this state. - Amends TCA Section 8-23-203; Title 12 and Title 50, Chapter 2.

Mar 25, 2025: Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Commerce and Labor Committee
SB 475 In committee 114
Sentencing - As introduced, reduces the percentage of sentence that a person convicted of first degree murder on or after July 1, 1995, and sentenced to life imprisonment is required to serve before becoming eligible for release from 100 percent of 60 years less sentence credits earned and retained to 60 percent of 60 years less sentence credits earned and retained; prohibits a defendant becoming eligible for parole before serving 25 years of the sentence, if the defendant was 25 years of age or younger at the time of the offense, or 30 years of the sentence, if the defendant was 26 years of age or older at the time of the offense. - Amends TCA Title 37; Title 39, Chapter 13, Part 2 and Title 40.

Mar 25, 2025: Failed in Senate Judiciary Committee
HJR 156 Adopted 114
General Assembly, Confirmation of Appointment - Jeffery Norfleet, Tennessee State University Board of Trustees -

Mar 25, 2025: Signed by Governor.
HJR 185 Adopted 114
General Assembly, Confirmation of Appointment - Thomas Lehrman, Public Charter School Commission -

Mar 25, 2025: Signed by Governor.
HB 1006 In committee 114
State Universities - As introduced, expands the list of those who are prohibited from serving on a state university board to include those who hold the position of a member of a governing body for another institution of higher education, not just public institutions of higher education. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 29; Title 49, Chapter 7; Title 49, Chapter 8 and Title 49, Chapter 9.

Mar 25, 2025: Taken off notice for cal. in Education Committee
SJR 42 Adopted 114
Memorials, Recognition - "Arts in Education Week," March 2-8, 2025 -

Mar 25, 2025: Signed by Governor.
SB 327 In committee 114
Taxes, Ad Valorem - As introduced, revises the definition of "residential property" for purposes of classification and assessment of property taxes to include property that can be sold and purchased as a single unit fee simple title, regardless of whether it is vacant, owner-occupied, rented, or detached or attached. - Amends TCA Title 67, Chapter 5.

Mar 25, 2025: Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate State & Local Government Committee
HJR 176 In committee 114
General Assembly, Statement of Intent or Position - Authorizes the Speaker of the House of Representatives to appoint a committee to meet with a like committee from the Senate to consider the removal of Steven J. Mulroy from the office of District Attorney General for the Thirtieth Judicial District by the Tennessee General Assembly acting pursuant to Article VI, Section 6 of the Constitution of Tennessee. -

Mar 25, 2025: Taken off notice for cal in s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee of Judiciary Committee
HB 309 In committee 114
Veterans - As introduced, requires the bureau of parks and conservation to designate at least one day per year, instead of just one day per year, during which access to and use of all state parks, including campgrounds and golf courses, must be free of charge for all veterans. - Amends TCA Title 58, Chapter 3.

Mar 25, 2025: Taken off notice for cal in s/c Departments & Agencies Subcommittee of State & Local Government Committee
SR 54 Adopted 114
Memorials, Personal Occasion - Lillian Dagner, 100th birthday -

Mar 25, 2025: Enrolled and ready for signatures
SJR 199 Adopted 114
Memorials, Personal Occasion - Cecil Renner, 103rd birthday -

Mar 25, 2025: Signed by Governor.
SJR 196 Adopted 114
Memorials, Recognition - Elena Pate, Kiwanis Club Teacher of the Year -

Mar 25, 2025: Signed by Governor.
SB 645 In committee 114
Election Laws - As introduced, prohibits online voting, except for the electronic provision of voting materials to military members and citizens abroad; prohibits the use of a post office box for establishing residency for voting purposes; requires a registered voter who moves to a different county in this state to vote based on current residence regardless of whether the voter has updated the voter's registration. - Amends TCA Title 2.

Mar 25, 2025: Recalled from Senate State & Local Government Committee
SJR 194 Adopted 114
Memorials, Retirement - Ken Rea, First Tennessee Development District -

Mar 25, 2025: Signed by Governor.
SB 243 In committee 114
Criminal Offenses - As introduced, creates a Class E felony for altering or defacing a permanent distinguishing number on a firearm and selling, purchasing, or possessing such a firearm with a mandatory minimum sentence of 180 days incarceration. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 14, Part 1; Title 39, Chapter 17, Part 13 and Title 40.

Mar 25, 2025: Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Finance, Ways & Means Committee
SR 57 Adopted 114
Memorials, Recognition - Jasmine Smith -

Mar 25, 2025: Enrolled and ready for signatures
SB 873 In committee 114
Appropriations - As introduced, appropriates funds to the department of education for the purpose of providing school safety grants to LEAs, public charter schools, and nonpublic schools to be used for walk-through detectors and scanners in schools. - Amends TCA Title 9; Title 39, Chapter 17, Part 13 and Title 49.

Mar 25, 2025: Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Finance, Ways & Means Committee
HJR 164 Adopted 114
General Assembly, Confirmation of Appointment - Todd Skelton, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Advisory Board -

Mar 25, 2025: Signed by Governor.
SJR 214 Adopted 114
Memorials, Retirement - Jeff Lyash -

Mar 25, 2025: Signed by Governor.
HJR 159 Adopted 114
General Assembly, Confirmation of Appointment - Charles Traughber, Tennessee State University Board of Trustees -

Mar 25, 2025: Signed by Governor.
HJR 303 Adopted 114
Memorials, Death - Antonio "Tony" Santini -

Mar 25, 2025: Signed by Governor.
SJR 213 Adopted 114
Memorials, Recognition - Barbara Towns, Governor's Volunteer Stars Award -

Mar 25, 2025: Signed by Governor.
HB 880 In committee 114
Education, Dept. of - As introduced, requires the department to compile a list of all of the educator preparation providers' teacher training requirements for licensed educators to teach students in any of the grades K-12 who are employees of a local education agency or public charter school; requires the department to publish the list on the department's website and submit the list to the education committee of the senate and the committee of the house of representatives having jurisdiction over educator licensure by June 30 of each year. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 1 and Title 49, Chapter 5.

Mar 25, 2025: Taken off notice for cal. in Education Committee
HB 218 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 25, 2025: Taken off notice for cal in s/c K-12 Subcommittee of Education Committee
SJR 197 Adopted 114
Memorials, Recognition - Tamara Yelton, Kiwanis Club Teacher of the Year -

Mar 25, 2025: Signed by Governor.
HB 90 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 25, 2025: Taken off notice for cal in s/c K-12 Subcommittee of Education Committee
SB 853 In committee 114
Hospitals and Health Care Facilities - As introduced, enacts the "Tennessee Healthcare Quality and Access Act of 2025." - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 34; Title 42; Title 56; Title 63; Title 68; Title 71 and Chapter 985 of the Public Acts of 2024.

Mar 25, 2025: Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Commerce and Labor Committee
SB 1125 In committee 114
Consumer Protection - As introduced, prohibits an online payment system from freezing the funds of a user without first providing the user with a written notice of the online payment system's intent to freeze the user's funds; designates a violation as an unfair or deceptive act or practice pursuant to the Tennessee Consumer Protection Act of 1977. - Amends TCA Title 45 and Title 47, Chapter 18.

Mar 25, 2025: Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Commerce and Labor Committee
HB 655 In committee 114
Special License Plates - As introduced, exempts new specialty earmarked license plates for which the funds are allocated to, and used by, a nonprofit organization to support state historic sites from meeting the minimum initial issuance requirement of 1,000 plates and the minimum issuance requirement of 800 plates upon renewal. - Amends TCA Title 55, Chapter 4.

Mar 25, 2025: Returned to the Clerk's Desk.
HJR 305 Adopted 114
Memorials, Personal Occasion - Caroline Mae Crawford, 1st birthday -

Mar 25, 2025: Signed by Governor.
HB 1214 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 25, 2025: Failed in s/c K-12 Subcommittee of Education Committee
HJR 302 Adopted 114
Memorials, Retirement - Pat Nolan -

Mar 25, 2025: Signed by Governor.
SB 1339 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 25, 2025: Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Commerce and Labor Committee
HJR 304 Adopted 114
Memorials, Recognition - Day of Mourning -

Mar 25, 2025: Signed by Governor.
HJR 316 Adopted 114
Memorials, Recognition - Murfreesboro Anesthesia Group, Physician Champion Award from the Ascension Saint Thomas Rutherford Foundation -

Mar 25, 2025: Signed by Governor.
HB 358 In committee 114
Bail, Bail Bonds - As introduced, requires a court or magistrate to impose global positioning monitoring as a condition of release for a defendant accused of certain offenses, unless the court or magistrate enters written findings that the defendant does not pose a threat to the victim or public safety; requires the administrative office of the courts to compile an annual report of the number of defendants subject to such an order. - Amends TCA Title 39; Title 40; Title 55; Chapter 969 of the Public Acts of 2024 and Chapter 1033 of the Public Acts of 2024.

Mar 25, 2025: Def. to Summer Study in Criminal Justice Subcommittee
SB 159 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: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 7, Nays 1 PNV 1
SB 858 In committee 114
State Employees - As introduced, requires the attorney general to annually report by January 15 of each year to the governor, speaker of the senate, and speaker of the house of representatives the number of injunctions brought against persons who committed harassment against a state employee in the preceding calendar year. - Amends TCA Title 50, Chapter 1.

Mar 25, 2025: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
SJR 202 Adopted 114
Memorials, Recognition - Tennessee State University Speech and Debate Team -

Mar 25, 2025: Signed by Governor.
HJR 376 Adopted 114
Memorials, Recognition - Colbey Dawn Fritts, 2025 Mule Day Queen -

Mar 25, 2025: Signed by Governor.
SB 528 In committee 114
Veterans - As introduced, requires the bureau of parks and conservation to designate at least one day per year, instead of just one day per year, during which access to and use of all state parks, including campgrounds and golf courses, must be free of charge for all veterans. - Amends TCA Title 58, Chapter 3.

Mar 25, 2025: Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Judiciary Committee
HJR 160 Adopted 114
General Assembly, Confirmation of Appointment - Dakasha Winton, Tennessee State University Board of Trustees -

Mar 25, 2025: Signed by Governor.
HB 9 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 25, 2025: Failed in s/c K-12 Subcommittee of Education Committee
HJR 311 Adopted 114
Memorials, Death - Shirley Maxine Winfree -

Mar 25, 2025: Signed by Governor.
HR 64 Adopted 114
Memorials, Interns - Yamia Ward -

Mar 25, 2025: Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.
SB 804 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: Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Judiciary Committee
HJR 301 Adopted 114
Memorials, Retirement - Marta W. Aldrich -

Mar 25, 2025: Signed by Governor.
HB 385 In committee 114
Taxes - As introduced, requires TennCare to certify an eligible healthcare provider's unreimbursed costs in a calendar year as charitable contributions made exclusively for public purposes to TennCare; requires eligible healthcare providers to pay TennCare $25 annually to receive such certification. - Amends TCA Title 67, Chapter 4.

Mar 25, 2025: Taken off notice for cal. in Insurance Committee
HB 337 In committee 114
Local Government, General - As introduced, requires county and city attorneys to consult with and advise elected county and city officials, the officials' deputies, and the officials' employees as to the proper application and enforcement of federal and state laws that are pertinent to carrying out the duties of the officials' respective offices. - Amends TCA Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 8; Title 12 and Title 13.

Mar 25, 2025: Sponsor(s) Added.
HJR 224 Adopted 114
Memorials, Recognition - Read Across America Week -

Mar 25, 2025: Signed by Governor.