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State bill data last updated Oct 30, 2026, 4:05 PM.

9,112 bills

SB 803 In committee 114
Scholarships and Financial Aid - As introduced, adds an institution accredited by the National Accrediting Commission of Career Arts and Sciences (NACCAS) that has its primary campus domiciled in this state as an eligible postsecondary institution in which a student may be enrolled for purposes of receiving a Tennessee Promise scholarship; conditions the availability of the scholarship at such an institution on there being no available enrollment slots in a Tennessee college of applied technology in the student's county of residence for the student's desired program of study. - Amends TCA Title 49.

Mar 19, 2025: Failed in Senate Education Committee
HJR 264 Adopted 114
Memorials, Professional Achievement - Edward Knauss, The Academy at Hickory Hollow Teacher of the Year -

Mar 19, 2025: Signed by Governor.
SB 283 In committee 114
Water Pollution - As introduced, removes requirement that installers of subsurface sewage disposal systems pay a renewal fee as a condition to renewing a septic system installer license; maintains initial permit and fee requirement for such installers. - Amends TCA Title 68, Chapter 221.

Mar 19, 2025: Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Energy, Ag., and Nat. Resources Committee
HB 719 In committee 114
Labor and Workforce Development, Dept. of - As introduced, requires the chief elevator inspector to perform a final acceptance inspection upon completion of the installation, modification, or alteration of a private residence elevator prior to such elevator entering service; requires a homeowner to register a private residence elevator with the department; directs the chief elevator inspector to develop and maintain a database of private residence elevators. - Amends TCA Title 68, Chapter 121.

Mar 19, 2025: Taken off notice for cal in s/c Banking and Consumer Affairs Subcommittee of Commerce Committee
HB 907 In committee 114
Criminal Procedure - As introduced, creates a law enforcement investigatory privilege; prohibits a subpoena from being issued for a civil or criminal proceeding for information protected by the law enforcement privilege. - Amends TCA Title 24, Chapter 1, Part 2 and Title 40, Chapter 17, Part 1.

Mar 19, 2025: Taken off notice for cal in s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee of Judiciary Committee
HJR 270 Adopted 114
Memorials, Professional Achievement - Charity Allen, John F. Kennedy Middle School Teacher of the Year -

Mar 19, 2025: Signed by Governor.
HJR 191 Adopted 114
General Assembly, Confirmation of Appointment - Rosemary McIlhenny, Fish and Wildlife Commission -

Mar 19, 2025: Signed by Governor.
SB 1147 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 19, 2025: Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Education Committee
SB 514 In committee 114
Education, Curriculum - As introduced, requires local education agencies and public charter schools to provide age-appropriate instruction to students on how to access, utilize, and critically evaluate various artificial intelligence tools within the curriculum taught by the educator; requires the department of education to issue guidance on how to implement the required instruction; requires the department to provide a professional development program in artificial intelligence education for educators, subject to available funding. - Amends TCA Title 49.

Mar 19, 2025: Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Education Committee
HB 532 In committee 114
Employees, Employers - As introduced, requires a person who employs an unemancipated minor and who knows or has reasonable cause to suspect that the minor has been subjected to child sexual abuse or attempted child sexual abuse in the course of the minor’s employment or on the premises of the employer to report such knowledge or suspicion to the minor’s parent within 24 hours of discovering the abuse or attempted abuse; imposes a penalty of $1,000 for a first violation or $2,000 for a second or subsequent violation, to be paid to the commissioner of labor and workforce development. - Amends TCA Title 37 and Title 50.

Mar 19, 2025: Taken off notice for cal in s/c Banking and Consumer Affairs Subcommittee of Commerce Committee
SB 200 In committee 114
Motor Vehicles - As introduced, authorizes the department of safety to publish biannually, instead of annually, statistical information regarding the number, cause, and location of highway accidents based on its analysis of accident reports that it receives. - Amends TCA Title 54; Title 55; Title 65 and Title 67.

Mar 19, 2025: Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Transportation and Safety Committee
HJR 297 Adopted 114
Memorials, Recognition - Marjie Mahar -

Mar 19, 2025: Signed by Governor.
HB 926 In committee 114
General Assembly - As introduced, requires the speakers of the senate and house of representatives to determine an equivalent number of legislative conferences, or number of legislative conference days, for which a member of the senate or house of representatives is entitled to attend for purposes of receiving expense and mileage allowances. - Amends TCA Title 3, Chapter 1.

Mar 19, 2025: Failed in s/c Public Service Subcommittee of State & Local Government Committee
HB 742 In committee 114
Purchasing and Procurement - As introduced, requires local governments to obtain, when possible, three written quotations for purchases costing less than the threshold established pursuant to law but more than 40 percent of such threshold, or some lower amount as may be established by the governing body of the local government. - Amends TCA Section 5-14-204; Section 5-14-205 and Section 6-56-305.

Mar 19, 2025: Taken off notice for cal in s/c Cities & Counties Subcommittee of State & Local Government Committee
SB 264 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 19, 2025: Action deferred in Senate Health & Welfare Committee to first calendar of 2026
HB 1327 In committee 114
Tennessee Housing Development Agency - As introduced, deletes provision requiring Tennessee rural and workforce housing tax credits to be authorized by joint resolution of the general assembly. - Amends TCA Section 13-23-134 and Chapter 971 of the Public Acts of 2024.

Mar 19, 2025: Taken off notice for cal. in State & Local Government Committee
HJR 272 Adopted 114
Memorials, Professional Achievement - Erica T. Hayes Schultz, Antioch Middle School Teacher of the Year -

Mar 19, 2025: Signed by Governor.
HB 1206 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 19, 2025: Ref. to Health Committee
SB 278 In committee 114
Parks, Natural Areas Preservation - As introduced, designates certain portions of the Duck River and certain portions of various creeks as Class II pastoral river areas. - Amends TCA Title 11, Chapter 13.

Mar 19, 2025: Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Energy, Ag., and Nat. Resources Committee
HB 2 In committee 114
Taxes - As introduced, enacts the "End the Grocery Tax by Closing Corporate Loopholes Act." - Amends TCA Title 57 and Title 67.

Mar 19, 2025: Def. to Summer Study in Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee
SB 1355 In committee 114
Human Services, Dept. of - As introduced, enacts the "Guaranteed Basic Income Act" or the "Protection Against Automation Act," which requires the department to develop and implement a program in which eligible residents are awarded an annual guaranteed basic income grant beginning in 2026. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 9; Title 67, Chapter 4 and Title 71.

Mar 19, 2025: Placed on Senate Health and Welfare Committee calendar for 3/26/2025
SB 820 In committee 114
Education - As introduced, authorizes the board of regents to produce and make available a copy of the board's tenure policy in an electronic format or in a printed, physical medium. - Amends TCA Title 8; Title 49 and Title 62.

Mar 19, 2025: Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Education Committee
HJR 276 Adopted 114
Memorials, Professional Achievement - Kimberly Therber, J.E. Moss Elementary School Teacher of the Year -

Mar 19, 2025: Signed by Governor.
HJR 284 Adopted 114
Memorials, Sports - Lobelville Middle School Hornets boys' basketball team, 2025 James C. Haile State Tournament Class A champion -

Mar 19, 2025: Signed by Governor.
HJR 294 Adopted 114
Memorials, Sports - Chloe Collins, 1,000th point -

Mar 19, 2025: Signed by Governor.
HJR 265 Adopted 114
Memorials, Professional Achievement - Mikeal Trump, Hillsboro High School Teacher of the Year -

Mar 19, 2025: Signed by Governor.
HJR 267 Adopted 114
Memorials, Professional Achievement - Likisha Rhodes, Cane Ridge High School Teacher of the Year -

Mar 19, 2025: Signed by Governor.
SB 1373 In committee 114
Driver Licenses - As introduced, requires all written driver license examinations to be administered in English only; prohibits the use of a translation dictionary, electronic device, or interpreter to assist a person taking the examination. - Amends TCA Title 55, Chapter 50, Part 3.

Mar 19, 2025: Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Transportation and Safety Committee
SJR 215 In committee 114
Memorials, Recognition - Osteoporosis Awareness and Prevention Month, May 2025 -

Mar 19, 2025: Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Health & Welfare Committee
HJR 188 Adopted 114
General Assembly, Confirmation of Appointment - Nancy Dishner, Lottery Corporation Board of Directors -

Mar 19, 2025: Signed by Governor.
HJR 290 Adopted 114
Memorials, Retirement - Curt Masters -

Mar 19, 2025: Signed by Governor.
HB 925 In committee 114
General Assembly - As introduced, entitles a member of the general assembly to expense and mileage allowances for a Saturday or Sunday during a regular or special session if the member is arriving on such day to attend, or in anticipation of attending, a meeting germane to the business of the general assembly for the regular or special session. - Amends TCA Title 3, Chapter 1.

Mar 19, 2025: Failed in s/c Public Service Subcommittee of State & Local Government Committee
SB 125 In committee 114
Education, Higher - As introduced, requires the Tennessee higher education commission, in consultation with the department of labor and workforce development, to study all state-funded financial aid and scholarship programs in this state to determine whether programs may be expanded to provide greater financial aid opportunities for individuals interested in pursuing a workforce credential; requires the commission to report its findings and any legislative recommendations to the committee of the house of representatives having jurisdiction over higher education and to the education committee of the senate no later than January 15, 2026. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 49 and Title 50.

Mar 19, 2025: Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Education Committee
SB 583 In committee 114
Education, Dept. of - As introduced, requires the department to award grants to local education agencies that operate or authorize at least one public school located in a county with a county juvenile offense rate that is at least 10 percent higher than the statewide juvenile offense rate to enable such LEAs to provide after school programs for students in grades K-12. - Amends TCA Title 37 and Title 49.

Mar 19, 2025: Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Education Committee
SB 641 In committee 114
Motor Vehicles - As introduced, authorizes a dealer applicant without an established place of business to be issued a motor vehicle dealer license if the applicant is a nonprofit religious organization that is organized or incorporated in this state, has its certificate of incorporation or authority in good standing with the secretary of state, and has an established program of receiving donations of motor vehicles that it donates to individuals and providing free vehicle repair services to individuals with demonstrated need of a motor vehicle or repair services necessary to the individual's effort to become a self-sufficient member of the workforce. - Amends TCA Title 55, Chapter 17.

Mar 19, 2025: Action deferred in Senate Transportation & Safety Committee to first caledar of 2026
HB 588 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 19, 2025: Taken off notice for cal in s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee of Judiciary Committee
HJR 273 Adopted 114
Memorials, Professional Achievement - Casey Moore, Waverly-Belmont Elementary School Teacher of the Year -

Mar 19, 2025: Signed by Governor.
HB 365 In committee 114
Municipal Government - As introduced, prohibits a municipality, or an instrumentality of a municipality, from taking an action that affects or has the potential to affect the tax obligations, fees, or other costs for real property owners whose property is located outside of a municipality's corporate boundary, unless the action is approved by the county legislative body in which such property is located; requires the membership of joint economic and community development boards to proportionately represent the citizenry over which the board exercises jurisdiction by July 1, 2029. - Amends TCA Title 5 and Title 6.

Mar 19, 2025: Failed in s/c Cities & Counties Subcommittee of State & Local Government Committee
SB 342 In committee 114
Local Education Agencies - As introduced, requires school board members to be elected at the same election beginning in 2028. - Amends TCA Title 49.

Mar 19, 2025: Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Education Committee
HB 766 In committee 114
Taxes, Ad Valorem - As introduced, adds a 5 percent penalty on delinquent property taxes with the penalty to be used to provide tax relief for the homeowners who are elderly low-income, disabled, or a disabled veteran or widow of a disabled veteran. - Amends TCA Title 67, Chapter 5.

Mar 19, 2025: Taken off notice for cal. in State & Local Government Committee
HB 840 In committee 114
General Assembly - As introduced, increases the monthly home office allowance for members of the general assembly from $1,250 per month to $2,250 per month. - Amends TCA Title 3, Chapter 1.

Mar 19, 2025: Failed in s/c Public Service Subcommittee of State & Local Government Committee
HJR 262 Adopted 114
Memorials, Public Service - Shelly Rice -

Mar 19, 2025: Signed by Governor.
SB 743 In committee 114
Environment and Conservation, Department of - As introduced, prohibits the board of water and wastewater operator certification from delegating, by contract or other agreement, to a third-party its authority to determine minimum operator competency or to prepare examinations administered to applicants seeking operator certification; establishes requirements for such examinations and minimum scores required for issuance of a certificate. - Amends TCA Title 68, Chapter 221, Part 9.

Mar 19, 2025: Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Energy, Ag., and Nat. Resources Committee
HB 1161 In committee 114
County Government - As introduced, authorizes certain counties to, by the adoption of a resolution by a two-thirds vote of the county legislative body, impose a moratorium on the development of property, including property within the boundaries of a municipality, for apartment complexes. - Amends TCA Title 5.

Mar 19, 2025: Taken off notice for cal in s/c Cities & Counties Subcommittee of State & Local Government Committee
SB 1144 In committee 114
Traffic Safety - As introduced, requires the driver of a vehicle approaching a slow-moving or stationary farm tractor or implement of husbandry that displays an indicator that it is a slow-moving vehicle to reduce speed and move over, if possible to do so safely. - Amends TCA Title 55.

Mar 19, 2025: Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Transportation and Safety Committee
SB 1141 In committee 114
Water - As introduced, decreases from 1.5 milligrams per liter to 0.4 milligrams per liter the threshold for the presence of fluoride in a public water system that requires an increase in the frequency of fluoride-level testing from quarterly to monthly; requires public water systems to cease adding fluoride to drinking water supplies by May 1, 2025, and provide written notice of cessation of fluoridation to customers. - Amends TCA Title 68, Chapter 221, Part 7.

Mar 19, 2025: Failed in Senate Energy, Ag., and Nat. Resources Committee
HJR 306 Adopted 114
Memorials, Recognition - Major David Wilson Chapter of The Sons of the American Revolution -

Mar 19, 2025: Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.
HJR 291 Adopted 114
Memorials, Public Service - Tom Morton, Tennessee Registry of Election Finance -

Mar 19, 2025: Signed by Governor.
HJR 268 Adopted 114
Memorials, Professional Achievement - Janie Macklin, Antioch High School Teacher of the Year -

Mar 19, 2025: Signed by Governor.
SB 265 In committee 114
Aircraft and Airports - As introduced, establishes a process for renaming an international airport governed by a metropolitan airport authority to Trump International Airport. - Amends TCA Title 42, Chapter 3; Title 42, Chapter 4 and Title 55.

Mar 19, 2025: Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Transportation and Safety Committee