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State bill data last updated Oct 31, 2026, 8:08 AM.

9,112 bills

• SB 983 In committee 114
  Utilities, Utility Districts - As introduced, removes the requirement that each year the Tennessee public utility commission submit to the general assembly a report describing the competitive nature of the telecommunications market in this state. - Amends TCA Title 65, Chapter 1 and Title 65, Chapter 5.
  Feb 12, 2025: Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Commerce and Labor Committee
• SB 733 In committee 114
  Education - As introduced, requires the department of education to submit an early grades reading report to legislative committees with jurisdiction over subject matter pertaining to education by December 31 of each year. - Amends TCA Title 49.
  Feb 12, 2025: Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee
• SB 1157 In committee 114
  Pensions and Retirement Benefits - As introduced, allows a retirement allowance increase equal to the percentage increase in the consumer price index if there is an over-collection of state tax revenue; requires this allowance increase to be used instead of the allowance increase in present law, which cannot exceed 3 percent. - Amends TCA Section 8-36-701.
  Feb 12, 2025: Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate State and Local Government Committee
• SB 730 In committee 114
  Public Records - As introduced, authorizes records custodians to charge a fee to view records if the records requested reasonably require more than one hour of an employee's time to collect for inspection by the requestor; specifies that the hourly rate for inspection be set in proportion to the rate of pay of the employee who is collecting the records. - Amends TCA Title 10, Chapter 7.
  Feb 12, 2025: Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate State and Local Government Committee
• SB 605 In committee 114
  Real Property - As introduced, extends from 10 to 20 days, the time within which a non-contracting spouse must serve the prime contractor with written notice of that spouse's objection to a contract for improving real property after learning of the contract when the contract is made with a husband or a wife who is not separated and living apart from that person's spouse, and the property is owned by the other spouse or by both spouses, in order to avoid the other spouse being deemed the agent of the objecting spouse. - Amends TCA Title 66, Chapter 11.
  Feb 12, 2025: Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Commerce and Labor Committee
• SB 1371 In committee 114
  Housing - As introduced, authorizes local governments to regulate sober living homes for recovery from alcohol, drug, and substance abuse to the extent such regulation complies with the Fair Housing Act and the Americans with Disabilities Act, including prescribing a distance requirement for such homes from primary schools, preschools, and daycares, regulating the location and operation of such homes, and requiring that prospective residents receive a clinical referral for placement in a sober living home. - Amends TCA Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 13 and Title 33.
  Feb 12, 2025: Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Health and Welfare Committee
• SB 767 In committee 114
  Economic and Community Development, Dept. of - As introduced, requires that a broadband ready community’s ordinance or policy for reviewing applications must contain a provision that all applications related to the project be either approved or denied within 30 calendar days, rather than 30 business days, after the applications are submitted. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 7; Title 13; Title 65 and Title 67.
  Feb 12, 2025: Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Commerce and Labor Committee
• HB 1266 Introduced 114
  Criminal Offenses - As introduced, requires notice of the Class B misdemeanor of transferring dangerous materials to a metals recycling facility without first obtaining a signed written acknowledgment that the item has been transferred to be posted in a conspicuous location at each public entrance to the facility. - Amends TCA Title 36, Chapter 3, Part 6; Title 39; Title 40 and Title 55.
  Feb 12, 2025: P2C, caption bill, held on desk - pending amdt.
• SB 1370 In committee 114
  State Government - As introduced, increases membership of the information systems council by adding a state employee with experience in the field of cybersecurity, to be appointed by the governor. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 3.
  Feb 12, 2025: Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate State and Local Government Committee
• HB 1313 In committee 114
  Employees, Employers - As introduced, changes the maximum penalty amount from $7,000 for each violation by an employer of the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1972, and from $70,000 for each willful and repeated violation of the act, to the maximum penalty allowed by the federal occupational safety and health administration. - Amends TCA Title 50, Chapter 3, Part 4.
  Feb 12, 2025: P2C, ref. to Commerce Committee
• SB 1386 In committee 114
  Municipal Government - As introduced, expands the criteria for real property that is eligible for the property owner to petition a municipality to deannex. - Amends TCA Section 6-51-201.
  Feb 12, 2025: Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate State and Local Government Committee
• SB 1043 In committee 114
  Parks, Natural Areas Preservation - As introduced, designates the new swimming pool at Henry Horton State Park as the "Riley Gaines Aquatic Center." -
  Feb 12, 2025: Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Energy, Ag., and Nat. Resources Committee
• HB 1167 In committee 114
  Hospitals and Health Care Facilities - As introduced, requires the dissolution and reconstitution, upon appointments by the governor, of the board of directors of any hospital that is part of a certificate of public advantage. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 8; Title 56; Title 63 and Title 68.
  Feb 12, 2025: P2C, ref. to Health Committee
• HB 1374 In committee 114
  Tickets, Admission - As introduced, prohibits a third-party reseller from selling or offering for sale a speculative ticket; requires the division of consumer affairs in the attorney general's office to enforce the prohibition and assess a penalty of $5,000 per violation. - Amends TCA Title 47.
  Feb 12, 2025: P2C, ref. to Commerce Committee
• SB 565 In committee 114
  Education, Curriculum - As introduced, requires each local education agency and public charter school to review any new family life curricula recommended by the joint task force on children's justice and child sexual abuse prior to the start of each school year. - Amends TCA Title 39 and Title 49.
  Feb 12, 2025: Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee
• SB 812 In committee 114
  District Attorneys - As introduced, allows an assistant district attorney general to receive year-for-year service credit for prior law enforcement experience upon recommendation of the hiring district attorney general and subject to the approval of the executive director of the district attorneys general conference; defines prior law enforcement experience as full-time employment with a law enforcement agency as a POST-certified law enforcement officer; requires an employment record from the law enforcement agency to be used to establish the law enforcement experience. - Amends TCA Title 8, Chapter 7.
  Feb 12, 2025: Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee
• SB 974 In committee 114
  Banks and Financial Institutions - As introduced, reduces, from 60 days to 45 days, the time within which, after the end of the calendar year, the commissioner of financial institutions must submit the department's annual report to the governor. - Amends TCA Title 45.
  Feb 12, 2025: Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Commerce and Labor Committee
• SJR 52 In committee 114
  General Assembly, Statement of Intent or Position - Reaffirms the General Assembly's intent to protect pregnant people, their friends, and their families. -
  Feb 12, 2025: Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee
• SB 786 In committee 114
  Psychologists - As introduced, requires that test materials and test data from psychological or neuropsychological testing be kept secure to avoid compromising the validity of the testing; makes other changes related to security of psychological or neuropsychological test materials and test data. - Amends TCA Title 63, Chapter 11.
  Feb 12, 2025: Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Health and Welfare Committee
• SB 423 In committee 114
  Employees, Employers - As introduced, increases, from two to three, the number of conspicuous places in which an employer is required to post and maintain notices setting forth the regular pay day established by the employer. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 8; Title 39; Title 49; Title 50 and Title 62.
  Feb 12, 2025: Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Commerce and Labor Committee
• HB 1057 In committee 114
  Correction, Dept. of - As introduced, enacts "The Parole Advancement and Reintegration Act," which requires the department to develop an early parole termination program for parolees meeting certain requirements. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 40 and Title 41.
  Feb 11, 2025: Assigned to s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee
• HB 1019 In committee 114
  Public Records - As introduced, requires personal information of certain state and local officials to be maintained confidentially upon request; authorizes the release of such information by court order, subpoena, or pursuant to an active law enforcement investigation. - Amends TCA Title 10, Chapter 7.
  Feb 11, 2025: Assigned to s/c Public Service Subcommittee
• HB 951 In committee 114
  Energy - As introduced, enacts the "Clean Energy and Jobs Act"; creates the Clean Energy Workforce Training Grant Fund; establishes a tax credit for certain systems, methods, improvements, structures, devices, or appliances used by renewable energy businesses, and small businesses to implement or improve the business's sustainable practices. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 3, Part 5 and Title 67.
  Feb 11, 2025: Assigned to s/c Agriculture & Natural Resources Subcommittee
• HR 6 Adopted 114
  Memorials, Recognition - Myositis Awareness Month -
  Feb 11, 2025: Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.
• HB 1033 In committee 114
  Civil Procedure - As introduced, creates an affirmative defense that may be utilized by a covered entity that is the subject of a data breach, if the covered entity’s cybersecurity program meets certain criteria at the time the breach occurs. - Amends TCA Title 20; Title 29 and Title 47, Chapter 18.
  Feb 11, 2025: Assigned to s/c Civil Justice Subcommittee
• HB 1068 In committee 114
  Public Funds and Financing - As introduced, creates in the department of human services a community grant advisory board for the purpose of administering the community-based organizations grant program to financially support eligible nonprofit organizations that serve communities in the areas of education, public health, housing, social issues, and economic and workforce development. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 9; Title 67 and Title 71.
  Feb 11, 2025: Assigned to s/c Health Subcommittee
• HB 1075 In committee 114
  Redistricting, Legislative - As introduced, requires the comptroller of the treasury to report to the general assembly which counties, if any, redrew precinct lines to ensure no split precincts in legislative districts. - Amends TCA Section 2-16-103; Section 3-1-102 and Section 3-1-103.
  Feb 11, 2025: Assigned to s/c Public Service Subcommittee
• HB 966 In committee 114
  Lottery, Scholarships and Programs - As introduced, creates two special accounts in the state treasury, the K-12 lottery capital outlay special account and the early learning program account, for excess lottery funds; requires the comptroller of the treasury to develop and administer a program to provide grants from such accounts to local education agencies to be used for capital outlay projects for K-12 educational facilities and for new or existing pre-K programs. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 51; Title 8, Chapter 4; Title 9 and Title 49.
  Feb 11, 2025: Assigned to s/c K-12 Subcommittee
• HB 1017 In committee 114
  Driver Licenses - As introduced, requires that all driver licenses and photo identification licenses be manufactured and printed in this state; requires the department of safety to review and determine the cost-effectiveness of having such licenses manufactured and printed by the department or another state department or agency or through a contract with a private vendor; requires that licenses be manufactured and printed in this state using the most cost-effective means. - Amends TCA Title 12 and Title 55, Chapter 50.
  Feb 11, 2025: Assigned to s/c Transportation Subcommittee
• HB 1042 Introduced 114
  Employees, Employers - As introduced, deletes obsolete language referring to the date by which a private employer was required to be in compliance with the Tennessee Lawful Employment Act to receive an economic development incentive. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 8 and Title 50.
  Feb 11, 2025: Sponsor(s) withdrawn.
• HB 822 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.
  Feb 11, 2025: Sponsor(s) withdrawn.
• HB 1013 In committee 114
  Insurance Companies, Agents, Brokers, Policies - As introduced, clarifies that the phrase "for the benefit of" includes the beneficiary of the insurance policy or annuity contract for purposes of the exemption from claims of creditors for a policy of life insurance or under an annuity contract made for the benefit of, or assigned to, the spouse or children, or dependent relatives of, the person whose life the policy or annuity contract is based on; clarifies that use of exempt funds does not change the classification of the funds from exempt to nonexempt. - Amends TCA Title 56.
  Feb 11, 2025: Assigned to s/c Insurance Subcommittee
• HB 1054 In committee 114
  Local Government, General - As introduced, authorizes a local government having a population of 100,000 or more and having centralized purchasing with a full-time purchasing agent to use any project delivery method that the local government determines most effectively meets the needs of the local government for the construction of local projects or additions to existing buildings. - Amends TCA Title 12, Chapter 3, Part 12.
  Feb 11, 2025: Assigned to s/c Cities & Counties Subcommittee
• HB 868 In committee 114
  Campaigns and Campaign Finance - As introduced, prohibits out-of-state political campaign committees from making contributions to influence a state or local primary election for the Republican Party. - Amends TCA Title 2 and Title 3.
  Feb 11, 2025: Sponsor(s) withdrawn.
• HB 1065 In committee 114
  Local Education Agencies - As introduced, requires district-wide school safety plans, building-level school safety plans, and the template for such plans to include a process for notifying parents and legal guardians of certain emergencies, incidents of violence, and credible threats of violence made against, or occurring on the grounds of, the LEA or school; requires directors of schools and directors of public charter schools to notify parents and legal guardians of same when reported to the LEA or school by its threat assessment team. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 1 and Title 49, Chapter 6.
  Feb 11, 2025: Assigned to s/c Education Administration Subcommittee
• HB 607 Introduced 114
  Workers Compensation - As introduced, decreases from 10 business days to 10 calendar days, the amount of time the advisory council on workers' compensation has to provide a summary of a meeting after it has been conducted to each member of legislative committees with jurisdiction over commerce. - Amends TCA Title 4 and Title 50.
  Feb 11, 2025: Sponsor(s) withdrawn.
• HB 143 In committee 114
  Criminal Offenses - As introduced, expands the Class C felony offense of aggravated assault against a first responder to include knowingly possessing fentanyl, carfentanil, remifentanil, alfentanil, thiafentanil, or a fentanyl analogue in a manner that would be reasonably foreseen to expose a first responder to the substance while the first responder is discharging or attempting to discharge the first responder's official duties and the first responder is exposed resulting in the serious bodily injury or death of the first responder. - Amends TCA Title 39.
  Feb 11, 2025: Sponsor(s) Added.
• SR 1 Adopted 114
  Memorials, Recognition - Tennessee Valley Authority and Memphis Light, Gas and Water, 90th anniversary -
  Feb 11, 2025: Signed by Senate Speaker
• HB 1030 In committee 114
  Probation and Parole - As introduced, enacts the "Parole Relief and Opportunity Act"; expands the definition of hardship for purposes of determining the ability of a parolee to contribute to the cost of the person's supervision and release. - Amends TCA Title 40 and Title 41.
  Feb 11, 2025: Assigned to s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee
• HB 768 In committee 114
  Local Education Agencies - As introduced, requires public charter schools to adopt an internet acceptable use policy in the same manner required for LEAs; prohibits LEAs and public charter schools from tracking or monitoring a person's use of a personal electronic device on school property, except for instances in which a student uses such device during a test. - Amends TCA Title 49.
  Feb 11, 2025: Sponsor(s) withdrawn.
• HB 1041 In committee 114
  General Assembly - As introduced, establishes parameters for biennial September sessions. - Amends TCA Title 2 and Title 3.
  Feb 11, 2025: Assigned to s/c Public Service Subcommittee
• HB 1037 In committee 114
  Civil Procedure - As introduced, specifies that an unauthorized alien does not have standing to commence or appear as a plaintiff in certain civil actions. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 8; Title 16; Title 20; Title 28 and Title 29.
  Feb 11, 2025: Assigned to s/c Civil Justice Subcommittee
• HB 986 In committee 114
  Real Property - As introduced, abolishes various estates and reversion interests in land. - Amends TCA Title 66, Chapter 1.
  Feb 11, 2025: Assigned to s/c Civil Justice Subcommittee
• HB 967 In committee 114
  Credit and Debit Cards - As introduced, requires state and local taxes and fees be excluded from the calculation of interchange fees by payment card networks for electronic payment transactions. - Amends TCA Title 67.
  Feb 11, 2025: Assigned to s/c Banking & Consumer Affairs Subcommittee
• HB 1100 In committee 114
  Food and Food Products - As introduced, prohibits the manufacture, sale, or delivery, holding, or offering for sale in this state of any food that contains an antibiotic, or a vaccine or vaccine material, unless the food labeling contains a conspicuous notification of the presence of the antibiotic, vaccine, or vaccine material in the food; defines food that contains a vaccine or vaccine material as a drug for purposes of the Tennessee Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act. - Amends TCA Title 47, Chapter 18 and Title 53.
  Feb 11, 2025: Assigned to s/c Agriculture & Natural Resources Subcommittee
• HB 685 Introduced 114
  Pest Control - As introduced, changes, from June 30 to July 15, the date on which a pesticide product's annual registration with the department of agriculture expires. - Amends TCA Title 29, Chapter 28; Title 43, Chapter 8; Title 53, Chapter 1; Title 53, Chapter 7; Title 62, Chapter 21 and Title 68, Chapter 212.
  Feb 10, 2025: Sponsor(s) Added.
• SJR 30 Adopted 114
  Memorials, Death - Sara "Lillian" Garrett Bean -
  Feb 10, 2025: Signed by Governor.
• HB 838 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.
  Feb 10, 2025: Assigned to s/c Health Subcommittee
• SB 537 Introduced 114
  Tennessee Fish & Wildlife Commission - As introduced, directs the commission to promulgate rules to create and issue guide licenses for persons who work as guides at Reelfoot Lake. - Amends TCA Title 11, Chapter 14, Part 1 and Title 70.
  Feb 10, 2025: Introduced, Passed on First Consideration
• SB 260 In committee 114
  Food and Food Products - As introduced, specifies that meat may be labeled as being free of mRNA vaccine if the animals from which the meat was derived were not administered an mRNA vaccine. - Amends TCA Title 44; Title 47, Chapter 18 and Title 53.
  Feb 10, 2025: Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Health and Welfare Committee