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State bill data last updated Oct 17, 2026, 8:27 PM.

9,112 bills

• SB 550 Became law 114
  Health Care - As enacted, increases the number of members on the medical cannabis commission from nine to 10, and provides that the additional member must be a member who is a specialist in the area of substance abuse prevention and serve as a nonvoting member. - Amends TCA Title 4 and Title 68, Chapter 7.
  May 5, 2026: Pub. Ch. 817
• HJR 1518 Adopted 114
  Memorials, Recognition - Barry Clingan -
  May 5, 2026: Signed by Governor.
• SB 2210 In committee 114
  Courts - As enacted, requires the clerks of the criminal courts to provide the Tennessee sheriffs' association with all court data necessary for the administration of the criminal proceedings notification system. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 8; Title 16; Title 18; Title 40 and Title 67, Chapter 4, Part 6.
  May 5, 2026: Comp. became Pub. Ch. 882
• SB 564 In committee 114
  Sewage - As enacted, makes revision to present law concerning sewerage systems using land application; exempts Hamilton County from the provisions requiring the developer of a subdivision or neighborhood that proposes to construct a treatment works to submit an application to the utility serving the area in which the system is located. - Amends TCA Title 7; Title 8; Title 9; Title 62, Chapter 2; Title 65; Title 68, Chapter 221 and Title 69.
  May 5, 2026: Comp. became Pub. Ch. 876
• HJR 1478 Adopted 114
  Memorials, Academic Achievement - Pazley G. Rose, Valedictorian, Hardin County High School -
  May 5, 2026: Signed by Governor.
• SB 2225 Became law 114
  Child Abuse - As enacted, requires, rather than permits, the child protective team for a case involving a human trafficking offense to include a representative from a non-governmental agency specialized in combatting the commercial sexual exploitation of minors; extends the time within which the department or child protective team must determine whether reported abuse was indicated or unfounded from 60 days to 90 days or, in cases involving a child fatality, 180 days. - Amends TCA Title 37, Chapter 1.
  May 5, 2026: Pub. Ch. 723
• HB 2527 In committee 114
  Child Abuse - As enacted, requires, rather than permits, the child protective team for a case involving a human trafficking offense to include a representative from a non-governmental agency specialized in combatting the commercial sexual exploitation of minors; extends the time within which the department or child protective team must determine whether reported abuse was indicated or unfounded from 60 days to 90 days or, in cases involving a child fatality, 180 days. - Amends TCA Title 37, Chapter 1.
  May 5, 2026: Comp. became Pub. Ch. 723
• HB 2350 In committee 114
  Foster Care - As enacted, requires the department of children's services to provide a copy of a petition to terminate parental rights for a child in the custody of the department to the child's foster parent, if the foster parent has served as the physical placement for the child for a period of nine or more consecutive months; requires the department to provide the required copy within seven days of the filing or being served with the petition. - Amends TCA Section 36-1-113 and Section 37-2-415.
  May 5, 2026: Comp. became Pub. Ch. 802
• HJR 1492 Adopted 114
  Memorials, Death - Melvin Duley Cooper, Jr. -
  May 5, 2026: Signed by Governor.
• HB 2074 In committee 114
  Employees, Employers - As enacted, requires a public safety employer to provide an employee or prospective employee with reasonable access to the employee's or prospective employee's full employment record, including the results of any mental health evaluation or screening; makes certain other changes relative to employment by a public safety employer. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 8; Title 38; Title 50; Title 62 and Title 68.
  May 5, 2026: Comp. became Pub. Ch. 849
• SB 2167 Became law 114
  Boards and Commissions - As enacted, integrates the bureau of TennCare into the statewide planning and policy council’s structure and mission by adding the director of long-term care services and a managed care organization representative to its membership; expands the council’s advisory and reporting duties to include TennCare’s director, services, and waiver implementation alongside existing department programs. - Amends TCA Title 52, Chapter 5, Part 6 and Title 71, Chapter 5.
  May 5, 2026: Pub. Ch. 716
• SB 1788 Became law 114
  Local Government, General - As enacted, prohibits local governmental entities from relocating homeless individuals unless the relocation meets certain criteria; authorizes the receiving jurisdiction to seek damages and injunctive relief for violations. - Amends TCA Title 5; Title 6; Title 7 and Title 71, Chapter 5.
  May 5, 2026: Pub. Ch. 832
• HB 1476 In committee 114
  Education, Higher - As enacted, enacts the "Charlie Kirk Act." - Amends TCA Title 49.
  May 5, 2026: Comp. became Pub. Ch. 831
• HB 1952 In committee 114
  Optometry - As enacted, redefines the practice of optometry. - Amends TCA Title 63, Chapter 8.
  May 5, 2026: Comp. became Pub. Ch. 714
• HJR 1479 Adopted 114
  Memorials, Recognition - Carnton, 200th anniversary -
  May 5, 2026: Signed by Governor.
• SB 2232 Became law 114
  Public Funds and Financing - As enacted, specifies the conditions that must be satisfied for monies from the governor's response and recovery fund to be provided to eligible local governmental entities and to eligible individuals in qualifying counties following an emergency or disaster. - Amends TCA Section 9-4-216.
  May 5, 2026: Pub. Ch. 855
• HB 2096 In committee 114
  Education - As enacted, revises the requirements for electronic participation in school board meetings under certain circumstances. - Amends TCA Title 49.
  May 5, 2026: Comp. became Pub. Ch. 852
• HB 2337 In committee 114
  Hospitals and Health Care Facilities - As enacted, requires the attorney general, in making a decision as to whether to object to a public benefit hospital conveyance transaction, to consider whether the proceeds will be controlled as funds independently of the acquiring or related entities; makes certain exemptions. - Amends TCA Title 48, Chapter 68 and Title 68, Chapter 11.
  May 5, 2026: Comp. became Pub. Ch. 718
• SB 1904 Became law 114
  Professions and Occupations - As enacted, decreases from 18 to 16, the minimum age an individual must be to apply for a license to be a bid caller auctioneer. - Amends TCA Title 62, Chapter 19.
  May 5, 2026: Pub. Ch. 840
• HB 1823 In committee 114
  Local Education Agencies - As enacted, requires a director of schools to refer to juvenile court certain students who were formerly enrolled in the LEA, who were receiving certain truancy interventions, who withdrew from the LEA, and who did not transfer to another LEA; makes related changes. - Amends TCA Title 37, Chapter 1, Part 1; Title 49, Chapter 1; Title 49, Chapter 2 and Title 49, Chapter 6.
  May 5, 2026: Comp. became Pub. Ch. 844
• HB 1635 In committee 114
  Cemeteries - As enacted, clarifies eligibility and required documentation for interment in state veterans' cemeteries for military service members and veterans, including certain members of a reserve component of the armed forces of the United States, the army national guard, or the air national guard, and spouses and children of such service members and veterans. - Amends TCA Title 46, Chapter 6.
  May 5, 2026: Comp. became Pub. Ch. 839
• SB 2447 In committee 114
  Professions and Occupations - As enacted, authorizes graduates of certain accredited engineering technology curriculums to apply for and become registered as engineers, provided, that such persons have prior engineering experience and meet certain examination requirements. - Amends TCA Title 4 and Title 62, Chapter 2, Part 4.
  May 5, 2026: Comp. became Pub. Ch. 881
• HB 2528 In committee 114
  Private Protective Services - As enacted, adds stalking to the crimes for which an individual who has been convicted must have completed serving the individual's sentence or court-ordered probation at least five years prior to applying for a registration card to perform the duties of a security guard or officer; makes other changes related to security guards and officers. - Amends TCA Title 62, Chapter 35.
  May 5, 2026: Comp. became Pub. Ch. 836
• SB 1989 Became law 114
  Children - As enacted, specifies that a parent's or legal guardian's action of raising, guiding, or instructing the parent's or legal guardian's child in a manner consistent with the child's biological sex is not a basis for certain findings or actions by the court, does not constitute the criminal offense of child abuse, child neglect, or child endangerment, and must not be considered as a negative factor by a court in determining a custody arrangement in the best interest of the child. - Amends TCA Title 36, Chapter 6; Title 37, Chapter 1 and Title 39, Chapter 15.
  May 5, 2026: Pub. Ch. 846
• HB 2404 In committee 114
  Health Care - As enacted, increases the number of members on the medical cannabis commission from nine to 10, and provides that the additional member must be a member who is a specialist in the area of substance abuse prevention and serve as a nonvoting member. - Amends TCA Title 4 and Title 68, Chapter 7.
  May 5, 2026: Comp. became Pub. Ch. 817
• HJR 1509 Adopted 114
  Memorials, Academic Achievement - Isaiah Mitchell, Salutatorian, South-Doyle High School -
  May 5, 2026: Signed by Governor.
• SB 2231 Became law 114
  Gas, Petroleum Products, Volatile Oils - As enacted, makes various changes concerning oil and gas drilling operations; specifies procedural requirements for review of certain administrative actions. - Amends TCA Title 59; Title 60 and Title 68.
  May 5, 2026: Pub. Ch. 725
• HB 2398 In committee 114
  Children - As enacted, allows a high school student who is older than 16 but younger than 19 to work in a child care center outside of school hours or during school hours through a work-based learning program if the student meets certain criteria. - Amends TCA Title 37; Title 49; Title 50, Chapter 5 and Title 71.
  May 5, 2026: Comp. became Pub. Ch. 873
• HJR 1511 Adopted 114
  Memorials, Academic Achievement - Mery Diaz, Valedictorian, Bearden High School -
  May 5, 2026: Signed by Governor.
• SB 2238 Became law 114
  Game and Fish Laws - As enacted, enacts the "Hunting for Heroes Act"; creates the Tennessee national guard sportsman license. - Amends TCA Title 70, Chapter 2.
  May 5, 2026: Pub. Ch. 856
• HJR 1497 Adopted 114
  Memorials, Sports - Knoxville Central High school boys' basketball team -
  May 5, 2026: Signed by Governor.
• HJR 1533 Adopted 114
  Memorials, Academic Achievement - Yahir Ozny Miranda Gonzalez, Salutatorian, East Ridge High School -
  May 5, 2026: Signed by Governor.
• SB 2032 Became law 114
  Employees, Employers - As enacted, requires a public safety employer to provide an employee or prospective employee with reasonable access to the employee's or prospective employee's full employment record, including the results of any mental health evaluation or screening; makes certain other changes relative to employment by a public safety employer. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 8; Title 38; Title 50; Title 62 and Title 68.
  May 5, 2026: Pub. Ch. 849
• HB 2450 In committee 114
  Mass Transit - As enacted, enacts the "Subterranean Transportation Infrastructure Coordination Act." -
  May 5, 2026: Comp. became Pub. Ch. 854
• SB 1751 In committee 114
  Adoption - As enacted, clarifies that a court may waive the requirement for a home study in an adoption when the prospective adoptive parent or parents are not related to the child if certain requirements are met. - Amends TCA Title 36 and Title 37.
  May 5, 2026: Comp. became Pub. Ch. 878
• HJR 1526 Adopted 114
  Memorials, Academic Achievement - Lucian Carrick, Top Ten Senior, Gordonsville High School -
  May 5, 2026: Signed by Governor.
• SB 2239 Became law 114
  Boards and Commissions - As enacted, requires at least one hour of the board of medical examiners' required continuing education hours to be completed on topics related to nutrition; requires the same of the board of osteopathic examination. - Amends TCA Title 63, Chapter 6 and Title 63, Chapter 9.
  May 5, 2026: Pub. Ch. 857
• HJR 1523 Adopted 114
  Memorials, Academic Achievement - Anthony Fuller, Top Ten Senior, Gordonsville High School -
  May 5, 2026: Signed by Governor.
• SB 1816 Became law 114
  Alcoholic Beverages - As enacted, adds the bottling of distilled spirits to the definition of "manufacture" for purposes of licensing and regulation of the manufacturing of alcoholic beverages. - Amends TCA Title 57, Chapter 3.
  May 5, 2026: Pub. Ch. 833
• SB 2132 Became law 114
  Administrative Procedure (UAPA) - As enacted, generally establishes that permanent rules filed in the office of the secretary of state on or after January 1, 2025, that are in effect on the effective date of this act, and that are scheduled for expiration on June 30, 2026, do not expire on June 30, 2026, but remain in effect until repealed or amended by subsequent rule of the appropriate rulemaking agency or until otherwise superseded by legislative enactment. -
  May 5, 2026: Pub. Ch. 851
• SB 1890 Became law 114
  Local Education Agencies - As enacted, requires, beginning with the next adoption of academic standards in the subject of social studies, the standards recommendation committee to include in their final recommendations of academic standards in the subject of social studies to the state board of education, and the state board, to adopt, grade-appropriate academic standards on the history of communism. - Amends TCA Title 49.
  May 5, 2026: Pub. Ch. 708
• HJR 1506 Adopted 114
  Memorials, Academic Achievement - Henry Casey, Salutatorian, West High School -
  May 5, 2026: Signed by Governor.
• HJR 1524 Adopted 114
  Memorials, Academic Achievement - Kacie Chiapperini, Top Ten Senior, Gordonsville High School -
  May 5, 2026: Signed by Governor.
• HJR 1505 Adopted 114
  Memorials, Academic Achievement - Kaia Harbick, Valedictorian, West High School -
  May 5, 2026: Signed by Governor.
• HJR 1490 Adopted 114
  Memorials, Recognition - Byrdstown Water Deptartment, Tennessee Association of Utility Districts (TAUD) Region 4 Best Tasting Water Contest Winner -
  May 5, 2026: Signed by Governor.
• SB 1957 Became law 114
  Local Education Agencies - As enacted, enacts the "Tennessee Religious Freedom Act," which authorizes a local board of education to open a meeting of the board with a prayer led by a member of the board as long as the prayer does not require participation of any person in attendance at the meeting and no person is harassed or coerced to participate in the prayer. - Amends TCA Title 49.
  May 5, 2026: Pub. Ch. 710
• HB 359 Became law 114
  Criminal Offenses - As enacted, defines "serious bodily injury" for the purposes of the present law offense of vehicular assault, which occurs when a person who, as the proximate result of the person's intoxication, recklessly causes serious bodily injury to another person by the operation of a motor vehicle or vessel subject to registration; makes related changes. - Amends TCA Title 39 and Title 55.
  May 5, 2026: Pub. Ch. 875
• HJR 1496 Adopted 114
  Memorials, Sports - J.P. Payne, District 3, Class 4A Coach of the Year -
  May 5, 2026: Signed by Governor.
• SB 1864 Became law 114
  Private Protective Services - As enacted, adds stalking to the crimes for which an individual who has been convicted must have completed serving the individual's sentence or court-ordered probation at least five years prior to applying for a registration card to perform the duties of a security guard or officer; makes other changes related to security guards and officers. - Amends TCA Title 62, Chapter 35.
  May 5, 2026: Pub. Ch. 836
• HJR 1476 Adopted 114
  Memorials, Retirement - George Renaudin II -
  May 5, 2026: Signed by Governor.