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

9,112 bills

• SB 230 In committee 114
  Consumer Protection - As introduced, prohibits consumer reporting agencies from including on a consumer report a record of a medical debt judgment that is filed in this state. - Amends TCA Title 9, Chapter 8; Title 16; Title 18; Title 20; Title 21; Title 27; Title 28; Title 29; Title 45 and Title 47.
  Feb 10, 2025: Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Commerce and Labor Committee
• SB 665 Introduced 114
  Environment and Conservation, Department of - As introduced, requires the department to submit an annual report regarding the number of applications filed pursuant to the Water Quality Control Act; requires the department to include information on the mechanism of compensatory mitigation provided for in permits that are required to have a provision for adequate compensatory mitigation; requires additional information when the mechanism of compensatory mitigation is an in-lieu fee program or mitigation banking. - Amends TCA Title 69.
  Feb 10, 2025: Introduced, Passed on First Consideration
• SB 197 In committee 114
  Medical Occupations - As introduced, deletes transitional language pertaining to the appointment and length of terms of members of the former board of medical examiners’ committee on physician assistants who were transferred to the new board of physician assistants in 2021, with the longest remaining term expiring in 2024; removes language limiting former committee members to a maximum of two consecutive four-year terms on the new board, inclusive of time as a member of the former committee. - Amends TCA Title 56 and Title 63.
  Feb 10, 2025: Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Commerce and Labor Committee
• SB 675 Introduced 114
  Local Government, General - As introduced, requires the attorney general and reporter, at the request of a member of the general assembly, to investigate an ordinance, regulation, order, or other official action adopted or taken by the chief executive officer or governing body of a political subdivision or any written policy, written rule, or written regulation adopted by any agency, department, or other entity of the political subdivision that the member alleges violates state law or the Constitution of Tennessee; creates penalties for violations. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 8 and Title 67.
  Feb 10, 2025: Introduced, Passed on First Consideration
• HB 1015 Introduced 114
  Comptroller, State - As introduced, deletes antiquated language that required the office of research and education accountability in the office of the comptroller to submit a report by November 1, 2018, to the education committees of the senate and house of representatives regarding the formation and operation of community schools. - Amends Chapter __ of the Public Acts of 2025 (1st Ex. Sess. – SB 6001 / HB 6004); and TCA Title 4; Title 8 and Title 49.
  Feb 10, 2025: P2C, caption bill, held on desk - pending amdt.
• HB 1031 Introduced 114
  Criminal Procedure - As introduced, creates an exception to the requirement that a petitioner pay the costs of a petition to restore the person's citizenship rights if the court finds that the petitioner is indigent. - Amends TCA Title 2; Title 4; Title 22; Title 36; Title 39 and Title 40.
  Feb 10, 2025: P2C, caption bill, held on desk - pending amdt.
• HB 720 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.
  Feb 10, 2025: Assigned to s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee
• HB 1115 Introduced 114
  Wine & Wineries - As introduced, requires the Tennessee wine and grape board to coordinate with wineries across this state in an effort to create a statewide wine trail. - Amends TCA Title 57.
  Feb 10, 2025: P2C, caption bill, held on desk - pending amdt.
• SB 543 Introduced 114
  Secretary of State - As introduced, allows a litigation financier that is not a business entity or partnership to withdraw its registration with the secretary of state by filing a form prescribed by the secretary of state, along with a filing fee of $20. - Amends TCA Title 47, Chapter 16.
  Feb 10, 2025: Introduced, Passed on First Consideration
• SB 271 In committee 114
  Bonding, Surety and Professional - As introduced, prohibits a person from acting as a professional bondsman, directly or indirectly, while owning, operating, or being employed by a qualified contract service provider that supervises persons who have been released prior to trial with conditions of release that include using an electronic monitoring device. - Amends TCA Title 40.
  Feb 10, 2025: Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee
• SB 266 In committee 114
  Flags - As introduced, prohibits state and local government entities from displaying or allowing display of flags other than Tennessee and U.S. flags on courthouses and public roads and sidewalks; prohibits LEAs and public charter schools from displaying in public schools flags other than the official United States flag and the official Tennessee state flag. - Amends TCA Title 4; Section 5-5-114; Section 6-54-144; Title 7; Section 15-2-116; Title 49; Title 55; Title 58 and Title 65, Chapter 31, Part 1.
  Feb 10, 2025: Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate State and Local Government Committee
• HB 1078 Introduced 114
  Insurance Companies, Agents, Brokers, Policies - As introduced, removes an obsolete reference to January 1, 2010, as the date by which group health plans and health insurance issuers were required to begin providing electronic health insurance claims data for state residents to the commissioner of commerce and insurance or a designated entity authorized by the commissioner each month. - Amends TCA Title 8; Title 56; Title 63; Title 68 and Title 71.
  Feb 10, 2025: P2C, caption bill, held on desk - pending amdt.
• SJR 20 Adopted 114
  Memorials, Retirement - Linda Sklar -
  Feb 10, 2025: Signed by Governor.
• SJR 18 Adopted 114
  Memorials, Heroism - Tom Lee -
  Feb 10, 2025: Signed by Governor.
• SJR 6002 Adopted 114S1
  Memorials, Professional Achievement - Shawn and Christy Hackinson, Rutherford County Chamber of Commerce 2024 Business People of the Year -
  Feb 10, 2025: Signed by Governor.
• SB 382 Introduced 114
  Local Government, General - As introduced, prohibits local governments from adopting or enforcing an ordinance, resolution, regulation, code, requirement, or policy that creates a program under which an individual is issued an unconditional cash payment on a regular basis to be used for any purpose by the individual. - Amends TCA Title 7, Chapter 51.
  Feb 10, 2025: Introduced, Passed on First Consideration
• HB 827 In committee 114
  Employees, Employers - As introduced, requires an employer that terminates the employment of an employee who the employer knows to be pregnant and who is covered under an employer-sponsored health benefit plan to continue to provide coverage under the plan until the employee’s pregnancy ends. - Amends TCA Title 8, Chapter 27; Title 50; Title 56 and Title 71.
  Feb 10, 2025: Assigned to s/c Banking & Consumer Affairs Subcommittee
• HB 1063 Introduced 114
  Game and Fish Laws - As introduced, extends from January 1 to 15, the deadline by which the wildlife resources agency must submit to legislative committees with subject matter jurisdiction over natural resources a written report containing the estimated acreage managed by the agency that has been closed to recreational hunting and fishing during the previous fiscal year and the reasons for the closures; the estimated acreage managed by the agency that was opened to recreational hunting and fishing to compensate for the acreage that was so closed; and the estimated acreage of new public hunting and fishing lands added. - Amends TCA Title 70.
  Feb 10, 2025: P2C, caption bill, held on desk - pending amdt.
• HB 1077 Introduced 114
  Insurance Companies, Agents, Brokers, Policies - As introduced, removes an obsolete reference to the length of the validity for an insurance producer license issued on or after January 1, 2007; changes, from March 1 to March 15, the date that a business entity license under the Tennessee Insurance Producer Licensing Act of 2002 expires biennially. - Amends TCA Title 8; Title 56; Title 63; Title 68 and Title 71.
  Feb 10, 2025: P2C, caption bill, held on desk - pending amdt.
• SB 253 In committee 114
  Criminal Offenses - As introduced, lessens, from 90 calendar days to 60 calendar days, the time within which a clerk of court must notify the health facilities commission of a conviction for certain offenses committed against elderly or vulnerable adults for inclusion on the registry of persons who have abused, neglected, misappropriated, or exploited the property of vulnerable individuals. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 15.
  Feb 10, 2025: Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee
• HB 707 In committee 114
  Local Education Agencies - As introduced, allows a third grade student who achieves a performance level rating of "approaching" on the English language arts portion of the student's most recent Tennessee comprehensive assessment program test, and who has earned an overall letter grade of A or B in the student's third grade ELA class, to be promoted to fourth grade if promotion is recommended by a majority of the categories of participants in a conference convened by the student's LEA or public charter school; requires a student promoted to fourth grade through such process to receive tutoring services for the entirety of the student's fourth grade year. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 6.
  Feb 10, 2025: Assigned to s/c K-12 Subcommittee
• SJR 6001 Adopted 114S1
  Memorials, Recognition - Ernest Burgess, Rutherford County Chamber of Commerce 2024 Business Legend of the Year -
  Feb 10, 2025: Signed by Governor.
• HB 879 In committee 114
  Business and Commerce - As introduced, prohibits an individual without a valid transportation network license from accepting or transporting a prearranged ride originating in this state; requires the department of commerce and insurance to issue transportation network licenses to eligible individuals; limits the issuance of transportation network licenses to residents of this state and residents of certain out-of-state counties adjacent to this state. - Amends TCA Title 55 and Title 65, Chapter 15, Part 3.
  Feb 10, 2025: Assigned to s/c Business & Utilities Subcommittee
• HB 937 In committee 114
  Election Laws - As introduced, establishes automatic restoration of voting rights for people who complete their sentence, including any parole or probationary period. - Amends TCA Title 2; Title 40 and Title 41.
  Feb 10, 2025: Assigned to s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee
• HJR 77 Adopted 114
  Memorials, Recognition - TVA-affiliated distributors -
  Feb 10, 2025: Received from House, refer to Senate Energy, Ag., & Natural Resources Committee
• HB 714 In committee 114
  Taxes, Sales - As introduced, requires the commissioner of revenue to establish a sales tax remittance schedule that allows dealers making sales to reasonably offset the burden of transaction fees associated with the collection of sales tax. - Amends TCA Title 67, Chapter 6.
  Feb 10, 2025: Assigned to s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee
• HB 872 In committee 114
  Health Care - As introduced, enacts the "Tennessee Medical Cannabis Act," which establishes a medical cannabis program to be administered by the Tennessee medical cannabis program commission. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 38, Chapter 3; Title 39, Chapter 17; Title 43; Title 50; Title 53; Title 63; Title 67 and Title 68.
  Feb 10, 2025: Assigned to s/c Health Subcommittee
• HB 828 In committee 114
  Health, Dept. of - As introduced, directs the commissioner to conduct a study on creating new or streamlining existing pathways to careers as primary care providers in this state for individuals who have medical training as noncommissioned officers in the armed forces of the United States; requires the commissioner to conduct the study using existing department resources; requires the commissioner to deliver findings and recommendations from the study to the chief clerk of the senate, chief clerk of the house of representatives, and the legislative librarian no later than December 31, 2025. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 33; Title 63 and Title 68.
  Feb 10, 2025: Assigned to s/c Health Subcommittee
• SJR 6005 Adopted 114S1
  General Assembly, Adjournment - Adjourns sine die First Extraordinary Session of One Hundred Fourteenth General Assembly on January 30, 2025. -
  Feb 10, 2025: Signed by Governor.
• HB 677 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 10, 2025: Assigned to s/c Health Subcommittee
• HB 428 In committee 114
  TennCare - As introduced, requires TennCare to provide eligible covered enrollees with continuous glucose monitoring; establishes criteria for eligibility. - Amends TCA Title 56 and Title 71.
  Feb 10, 2025: Sponsor(s) Added.
• HJR 61 Adopted 114
  General Assembly, Recess & Reconvene - Recesses 2025 regular session of 114th General Assembly on January 27, 2025, and reconvenes on February 3, 2025. -
  Feb 10, 2025: Received from House, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
• SJR 23 Adopted 114
  Memorials, Professional Achievement - Kayla Brooks, Tennessee Charter School Center, Teacher of the Year -
  Feb 10, 2025: Signed by Governor.
• SB 234 In committee 114
  Law Enforcement - As introduced, expands the notification and uniform requirements for peace officers who provide security or other duties outside of their primary jurisdiction to apply statewide rather than only in certain counties. - Amends TCA Title 62, Chapter 35.
  Feb 10, 2025: Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee
• HB 976 Introduced 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 10, 2025: P2C, caption bill, held on desk - pending amdt.
• SJR 31 Adopted 114
  Memorials, Recognition - School Custodians -
  Feb 10, 2025: Signed by Governor.
• SB 257 In committee 114
  Local Education Agencies - As introduced, authorizes LEAs and public charter schools to employ retired law enforcement officers who are retired from a federal, state, or local law enforcement agency and honorably discharged veterans of the United States armed forces to serve as school resource officers on school premises; requires local boards of education and public charter school governing bodies to adopt policies to effectuate same. - Amends TCA Title 8; Title 10, Chapter 7, Part 5; Title 37; Title 38; Title 49; Section 55-8-151 and Title 62.
  Feb 10, 2025: Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee
• HB 617 In committee 114
  Education - As introduced, designates October as "Fentanyl Poisoning Awareness Month" in all public schools; requires local education agencies and public charter schools to provide age-appropriate, research-based instruction related to fentanyl abuse prevention and drug poisoning awareness to students in grades six through 12. - Amends TCA Title 15 and Title 49.
  Feb 10, 2025: Sponsor(s) Added.
• HB 1080 Introduced 114
  Insurance Companies, Agents, Brokers, Policies - As introduced, increases, from 30 to 35 days, the time that an insurance company has to remove a person as an officer or director of the company after receipt of an order from the commissioner of commerce and insurance to do so. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 56 and Title 71.
  Feb 10, 2025: P2C, caption bill, held on desk - pending amdt.
• HB 1028 Introduced 114
  Medical Occupations - As introduced, deletes transitional language pertaining to the appointment and length of terms of members of the former board of medical examiners’ committee on physician assistants who were transferred to the new board of physician assistants in 2021, with the longest remaining term expiring in 2024; removes language limiting former committee members to a maximum of two consecutive four-year terms on the new board, inclusive of time as a member of the former committee. - Amends TCA Title 56 and Title 63.
  Feb 10, 2025: P2C, caption bill, held on desk - pending amdt.
• SJR 33 Adopted 114
  Memorials, Recognition - Pastor Ted Clower -
  Feb 10, 2025: Signed by Governor.
• HB 812 In committee 114
  Veterans Services, Dept. of - As introduced, allocates 1 percent of the revenue from sports gaming in this state to the department to be used to support veterans services in this state. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 49; Title 58; Title 68 and Title 71.
  Feb 10, 2025: Assigned to s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee
• HB 1087 Introduced 114
  District Attorneys - As introduced, extends the time within which each district attorney general must submit a funding report to the district attorneys general conference from 90 days after the end of the fiscal year to 120 days after the end of the fiscal year. - Amends TCA Title 8; Title 10 and Title 17.
  Feb 10, 2025: P2C, caption bill, held on desk - pending amdt.
• SJR 21 Adopted 114
  Memorials, Death - Linda Ann Harkey Bowling -
  Feb 10, 2025: Signed by Governor.
• SB 216 In committee 114
  Criminal Offenses - As introduced, raises from $3,000 to $4,000, the maximum fine that a jury may impose for the offense of conveyance by general warranty deed with knowledge of existing liens. - Amends TCA Title 8; Title 39; Title 62 and Title 66.
  Feb 10, 2025: Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee
• HB 1029 Introduced 114
  Correction, Dept. of - As introduced, adds the availability of services relating to housing as an issue that must be addressed in the orientation that the department is required to conduct before an inmate is released from confinement. - Amends TCA Title 39 and Title 40.
  Feb 10, 2025: P2C, caption bill, held on desk - pending amdt.
• HB 643 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.
  Feb 10, 2025: Assigned to s/c Health Subcommittee
• SB 546 Introduced 114
  Notary Public - As introduced, adds that a person must complete a course of instruction and pass an examination to qualify to be commissioned as an online notary public; clarifies that an application to be commissioned as an online notary public requires a certification that the applicant has reviewed, understands, and will comply with the applicable rules and requirements promulgated by the secretary of state; adds that a course of instruction for online notarization must include, at a minimum, notarial laws, technology procedures of online notarizations, and ethical requirements for online notaries. - Amends TCA Title 8, Chapter 16, Part 3.
  Feb 10, 2025: Introduced, Passed on First Consideration
• SR 4 Introduced 114
  Memorials, Recognition - Delta Days at the Capitol -
  Feb 10, 2025: Introduced, Passed on First Consideration
• SJR 39 Adopted 114
  Memorials, Death - Josseline Jeanneth Escalante Vega -
  Feb 10, 2025: Signed by Governor.