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• SJR 690 Adopted 114
  Memorials, Retirement - Dr. Randy Wykoff -
  Mar 6, 2026: Signed by Governor.
• SJR 691 Adopted 114
  Memorials, Death - Robert Chris "Bob" Carroll -
  Mar 6, 2026: Signed by Governor.
• SJR 621 Adopted 114
  Memorials, Retirement - Robert Allan Clark -
  Feb 20, 2026: Signed by H. Speaker
• SB 2436 In committee 114
  Insurance, Health, Accident - As introduced, requires a health insurance entity to approve a healthcare provider's completed credentialing application within two weeks of receipt when the healthcare provider is credentialed by the health insurance entity and relocates to a new practice group or facility that is also credentialed by the same health insurance entity. - Amends TCA Title 56, Chapter 7.
  Feb 5, 2026: Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Commerce and Labor Committee
• SB 2425 In committee 114
  TennCare - As introduced, requires an eligibility determination of an individual for residential facility benefits to evaluate the individual's physical condition and mental condition separately. - Amends TCA Title 71, Chapter 5.
  Feb 5, 2026: Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Health and Welfare Committee
• SB 2091 In committee 114
  Education - As introduced, authorizes, instead of requires, local education agencies and public charter schools to retain a student in the third grade if the student has not shown a basic understanding of the curriculum and an ability to perform the skills required in the subject of reading or English language arts. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 1 and Title 49, Chapter 6.
  Feb 5, 2026: Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee
• SB 2089 In committee 114
  Motor Vehicles - As introduced, creates a Class B misdemeanor offense for a motor vehicle dealer or salesperson to knowingly retain a copy, in an electronic or other format, of a person's identification. - Amends TCA Title 39; Title 47 and Title 55.
  Feb 5, 2026: Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Transportation and Safety Committee
• SB 2093 In committee 114
  Recreational Areas - As introduced, creates an administrative attachment for the Doe Mountain Recreation Authority with the department of environment and conservation, while preserving the Authority's autonomy and powers in all other aspects. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 11, Chapter 25 and Title 70.
  Feb 5, 2026: Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Energy, Ag., and Nat. Resources Committee
• SB 2432 In committee 114
  Education, Dept. of - As introduced, changes from February 1 to October 1, the annual reporting date by which the commissioner of education and the commissioner of safety shall jointly report to the governor and the general assembly the implementation of and compliance with the "Schools Against Violence in Education Act." - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 6.
  Feb 5, 2026: Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee
• SB 2435 In committee 114
  TennCare - As introduced, increases from seven to 10 days, the mandatory public inspection period for a hospital's marketing and strategic planning records prior to a vote by its board to adopt such plans. - Amends TCA Title 3; Title 4; Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 33; Title 41; Title 47; Title 53; Title 56; Title 63; Title 68 and Title 71.
  Feb 5, 2026: Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Commerce and Labor Committee
• SB 2583 In committee 114
  Election Laws - As introduced, reduces the period for early voting from 15 days to seven days. - Amends TCA Title 2.
  Feb 5, 2026: Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate State and Local Government Committee
• SJR 566 Adopted 114
  Memorials, Recognition - Cristy Dunn -
  Feb 3, 2026: Signed by Governor.
• SB 646 In committee 114
  Public Funds and Financing - As enacted, authorizes use of the Hurricane Helene interest payment fund to pay local governments' loan charges; makes related changes. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 9 and Title 58.
  May 27, 2025: Comp. became Pub. Ch. 521
• SB 654 In committee 114
  Health Care - As enacted, extends the termination date for the Alzheimer's and dementia respite care pilot program from December 31, 2025, to December 31, 2026. - Amends TCA Title 9; Title 33; Title 52; Title 67 and Title 68.
  May 27, 2025: Comp. became Pub. Ch. 497
• SB 652 Became law 114
  Correction, Dept. of - As enacted, requires the department to pay from existing budgeted funds a monthly amount to a department employee for the medical care of a retired canine that served the department if the canine is given to the care and custody of the employee. - Amends TCA Title 4.
  May 15, 2025: Pub. Ch. 436
• SB 644 Became law 114
  Nurses, Nursing - As enacted, requires the board of nursing to permit a student to enroll in a practical nursing program offered by a public institution of higher education governed by the Tennessee board of regents if the student meets the qualifications for a high school diploma or its equivalent and meets other requirements; requires the board of nursing to permit a student enrolled in a practical nursing program to sit for the national council licensure exam for practical nurses (NCLEX-PN) upon completion of a practical nursing program. - Amends TCA Title 49 and Title 63.
  May 15, 2025: Pub. Ch. 435
• SB 1143 Became law 114
  Election Laws - As enacted, requires the coordinator of elections to include, in the coordinator's minimum standards for educating election officials, training on temporary forms of identification issued to non-United States citizens that may not be used as evidence of identification on an application for ballot. - Amends TCA Title 2.
  May 13, 2025: Pub. Ch. 394
• SB 293 In committee 114
  Military - As enacted, specifies that the state guard is a separate entity within the military department for budgetary purposes. - Amends TCA Title 9, Chapter 4 and Title 58.
  May 8, 2025: Comp. became Pub. Ch. 331
• SJR 402 Adopted 114
  Memorials, Death - James W. "Jim" Ayers -
  May 2, 2025: Signed by Governor.
• SJR 412 Adopted 114
  Memorials, Interns - Connor Shaw -
  May 2, 2025: Signed by Governor.
• SJR 411 Adopted 114
  Memorials, Recognition - Dr. William Turney Williams, Washington County Republican Party Chairman -
  May 2, 2025: Signed by Governor.
• SB 1155 Became law 114
  Alcoholic Beverages - As enacted, authorizes Johnson City to set the hours that licensees within a downtown district designated by the municipality are authorized to sell or give away alcoholic beverages. - Amends TCA Title 57.
  Apr 30, 2025: Pub. Ch. 181
• SB 1140 Became law 114
  Tennessee Fish & Wildlife Commission - As enacted, makes changes relative to temporary group hunting event permits. - Amends TCA Title 58 and Title 70.
  Apr 29, 2025: Pub. Ch. 216
• SB 1146 Became law 114
  Drugs, Prescription - As enacted, requires a county medical examiner to test for, and obtain certain information concerning, the presence of any drugs in a decedent in certain situations; requires the health science center to conduct certain studies regarding drug interactions and submit quarterly reports to the general assembly. - Amends TCA Title 38; Title 53; Title 63 and Title 68.
  Apr 29, 2025: Pub. Ch. 272
• SB 332 Became law 114
  Nurses, Nursing - As enacted, requires the board of nursing to develop a survey to collect certain information from nurse practitioners who have been issued a certificate of fitness from the board; requires the board to submit a report regarding the survey to legislative committees. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 8; Title 14; Title 29; Title 33; Title 37; Title 39; Title 53; Title 63; Title 68 and Title 71.
  Apr 29, 2025: Pub. Ch. 222
• SB 1148 In committee 114
  Traffic Safety - As enacted, defines "fully enclosed" as having side panels, a roll bar or roof, and a windshield with regard to crash helmet requirements not applying to autocycles that are fully enclosed. - Amends TCA Title 55.
  Apr 28, 2025: Comp. became Pub. Ch. 197
• SB 1149 In committee 114
  Funeral Directors and Embalmers - As enacted, authorizes a funeral director applicant who was not previously licensed in this state to substitute one year of apprenticeship with an associate degree from a college accredited by the American Board of Funeral Service Education or completion of a program of study in funeral service education. - Amends TCA Title 62, Chapter 5.
  Apr 28, 2025: Comp. became Pub. Ch. 198
• SJR 376 Adopted 114
  Memorials, Recognition - Tennessee Federation of Republican Women, 70th anniversary -
  Apr 10, 2025: Signed by Governor.
• SJR 321 Adopted 114
  Memorials, Recognition - Dean Holmen and The Music City Hayride -
  Apr 10, 2025: Signed by Governor.
• SB 515 Became law 114
  Hospitals and Health Care Facilities - As enacted, extends by four years to June 30, 2029, the current 125-bed limitation on the number of new nursing home beds for which the health facilities commission may issue a certificate of need per fiscal year. - Amends TCA Section 68-11-1619.
  Apr 8, 2025: Pub. Ch. 65
• SJR 362 In committee 114
  Memorials, Death - Steve Grindstaff -
  Apr 7, 2025: Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
• SB 1142 Passed Senate 114
  Utilities, Utility Districts - As introduced, requires each utility system to obtain a certificate of analysis for any water sold by the utility system that contains fluoride, and post the certificate and the material safety data sheet for fluoride online. - Amends TCA Title 7, Chapter 36; Title 7, Chapter 82 and Title 68, Chapter 221.
  Mar 31, 2025: Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
• SB 295 In committee 114
  Education, Higher - As introduced, extends to the dependent children and spouses of veterans who sustained a permanent and total service-connected disability during a qualifying period of armed conflict the same waiver of all tuition and fees at public institutions of higher education being provided to the dependent children and spouses of veterans who were killed, died due to injuries received, or reported as prisoners of war or missing in action during a qualifying period of armed conflict. - Amends TCA Title 49.
  Mar 26, 2025: Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Education Committee
• SB 1154 In committee 114
  Human Resources, Department of - As introduced, enacts the "Tennessee Health SNAP Act," which requires the department to submit a request for a waiver from the United States department of agriculture's food and nutrition service to seek authorization to prohibit the use of SNAP benefits for the purchase of candy and soft drinks. - Amends TCA Title 71.
  Mar 26, 2025: Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Health & Welfare
• SB 333 In committee 114
  Nurses, Nursing - As introduced, requires all hospitals licensed by the health facilities commission or by the department of mental health and substance abuse services to report annually to the department of health, on a form promulgated by the department, the number of advanced practice registered nurses who are working in the hospital for each month. - Amends TCA Title 29; Title 33; Title 53; Title 56; Title 63 and Title 68.
  Mar 26, 2025: Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Health and Welfare Committee
• SB 331 In committee 114
  Health Care - As introduced, changes from March 1 to January 15 the date by which the bureau of TennCare, in consultation with the perinatal advisory committee and with the assistance of relevant state agencies, must report to legislative committees concerning aspects of quality and outcomes in perinatal care for the last two available fiscal years or calendar years, as may be available. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 8; Title 14; Title 29; Title 33; Title 37; Title 39; Title 53; Title 63; Title 68 and Title 71.
  Mar 26, 2025: Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Health and Welfare Committee
• 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
• 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 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
• SB 653 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 19, 2025: Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Transportation and Safety Committee
• SJR 167 Adopted 114
  Memorials, Retirement - Jeff Kelly -
  Mar 13, 2025: Signed by Governor.
• SJR 152 Adopted 114
  Memorials, Death - Albert Lee Fatherree II -
  Mar 12, 2025: Signed by Governor.
• SJR 153 Adopted 114
  Memorials, Recognition - Mark Reynolds -
  Mar 12, 2025: Signed by Governor.
• SJR 151 Adopted 114
  Memorials, Death - Felix Guignard -
  Mar 12, 2025: Signed by Governor.
• SB 6007 Became law 114S1
  Public Funds and Financing - As enacted, requires the comptroller to disburse payments to property owners whose real or personal property was destroyed or damaged by a FEMA-certified disaster occurring between September 26, 2024, and September 30, 2024, under certain conditions; authorizes the deployment of a governmental entity's personnel and equipment outside its boundaries to another jurisdiction in response to an emergency under certain conditions. - Amends TCA Title 58, Chapter 8 and Title 67, Chapter 5.
  Feb 25, 2025: Pub. Ch. 6
• SB 648 In committee 114
  Tennessee Emergency Management Agency (TEMA) - As introduced, prohibits the use of the power of eminent domain over real property in an expedited manner during a declared emergency. - Amends TCA Title 29, Chapter 16; Title 29, Chapter 17; Title 54 and Title 58, Chapter 2.
  Feb 12, 2025: Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee
• SB 649 In committee 114
  Local Education Agencies - As introduced, authorizes recall elections in all counties for members of local boards of education. - Amends TCA Title 2 and Title 49, Chapter 2.
  Feb 12, 2025: Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee
• SB 516 In committee 114
  Human Services, Dept. of - As introduced, requires the department to annually report by December 1 of each year to legislative committees with jurisdiction over the subject matter pertaining to health concerning the effectiveness of the drug testing program for TANF applicants. - Amends TCA Title 53; Title 68 and Title 71.
  Feb 12, 2025: Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Health and Welfare Committee