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• SB 1482 In committee 114
  Portland - Subject to local approval, deletes provisions requiring a referendum to sell, lease, or otherwise dispose of the city's water or light plant. - Amends Chapter 568 of the Private Acts of 1939; as amended.
  Apr 6, 2026: Comp. became Pr. Ch. 31
• SB 1589 Became law 114
  Jails, Local Lock-ups - As enacted, authorizes the Tennessee corrections institute to establish certification requirements for corrections officers and to inspect and certify local correctional training academies; makes various changes regarding plans of action that may be submitted by a local certified facility following annual inspection; allows the director and full-time employees of the Tennessee corrections institute to carry a handgun under certain circumstances. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 38; Title 39 and Title 41.
  Apr 6, 2026: Pub. Ch. 609
• SB 1605 Became law 114
  Courts, Juvenile - As enacted, expands the goals of zero to three court programs to include cases involving children five years of age or younger, with priority given to cases involving children younger than three years of age. - Amends TCA Title 37.
  Apr 6, 2026: Pub. Ch. 611
• SR 357 Adopted 114
  Memorials, Interns - Cicely Tharp -
  Apr 1, 2026: Signed by Senate Speaker
• SB 2570 In committee 114
  Psychologists - As introduced, creates prescribing authority for certain psychologists if certain conditions and prerequisites are met. - Amends TCA Title 39; Title 53; Title 63 and Title 68.
  Apr 1, 2026: Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Health and Welfare Committee
• SB 2337 In committee 114
  Taxes, Sales - As introduced, enacts the "Healthy Tennessee Grocery Tax Reform of 2026." - Amends TCA Title 67, Chapter 6.
  Mar 27, 2026: Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Finance, Ways & Means Committee
• SB 1591 Passed Senate 114
  Traffic Safety - As introduced, imposes state and local litigation taxes on a person who violates the prohibition against using a wireless telecommunications device or stand-alone electronic device while operating a motor vehicle; removes the ten-dollar cap on court costs imposed for such violations. - Amends TCA Section 55-8-199.
  Mar 26, 2026: Subst. for comp. HB.
• SB 459 In committee 114
  Controlled Substances - As introduced, changes from January 1 to January 15 the date by which the medical cannabis commission must submit its annual findings and recommendations to the general assembly. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 9; Title 38; Title 39; Title 40; Title 43; Title 49; Title 50; Title 53; Title 63; Title 67 and Title 68.
  Mar 25, 2026: Deferred to Summer Study
• SB 2328 In committee 114
  Judicial Districts - As introduced, requires the advisory task force to review composition of judicial districts to submit its findings and recommendations by January 15, 2027, rather than January 1, 2027. - Amends TCA Title 16.
  Mar 25, 2026: Failed in Senate Judiciary Committee
• SJR 823 Adopted 114
  Memorials, Recognition - Sumner County and Trousdale County emergency services agencies and volunteers in Senate District 18 for their efforts during Winter Storm Fern -
  Mar 18, 2026: Signed by Governor.
• SB 2568 In committee 114
  Taxes, Sales - As introduced, applies the sales and use tax to advertising services purchased by or on behalf of a business entity that generates annual revenue in amount equal to or greater than $100 million. - Amends TCA Title 67.
  Mar 17, 2026: Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate FW&M Revenue Subcommittee
• SB 2322 In committee 114
  Zoning - As introduced, reduces from 21 to 14 calendar days, the duration of the notice that a chief governing body must provide to the public before holding a public hearing to adopt a zoning ordinance or amendment. - Amends TCA Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 13 and Title 67.
  Mar 17, 2026: Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate State & Local Gov't
• SB 1596 In committee 114
  Taxes, Exemption and Credits - As introduced, during a five-year period, authorizes excise and franchise tax credit for businesses that make monetary contributions to eligible charitable organizations approved by the governor's office of faith-based and community initiatives. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 56 and Title 67, Chapter 4.
  Mar 17, 2026: Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate FW&M Revenue Subcommittee
• SB 2131 In committee 114
  Housing - As introduced, provides for the regulation of accessory dwelling units. - Amends TCA Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 13; Title 66 and Title 68.
  Mar 10, 2026: Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate State & Local Government Committee
• SB 1755 In committee 114
  Courts, Juvenile - As introduced, requires the department of children's services, and others, to provide certain information to court-appointed special advocates in order to provide judicial officers with the most comprehensive information to be used in the consideration of the placement and custody of a child. - Amends TCA Title 37, Chapter 1, Part 1.
  Mar 10, 2026: Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Judiciary Committee
• SB 1601 In committee 114
  Local Government, General - As introduced, authorizes a municipality to create and require the use of a landlord registry for a real estate investment trust that owns, operates, or finances 10 or more dwelling units located within the municipality. - Amends TCA Title 66.
  Mar 10, 2026: Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Commerce and Labor Committee
• SB 1987 In committee 114
  Children - As introduced, requires, in contested child custody, dependency and neglect, adoption, and guardianship proceedings in which the court has appointed a guardian ad litem, a court to order the child to be evaluated by a qualified expert unless the court determines an examination is unnecessary; requires the expert to submit a report containing certain information; specifies that the submitted report constitutes prima facie evidence of the child's condition and the factors relevant to the child's best interest; specifies various other requirements for the guardian ad litem's consideration of the report and the allocation of the examination costs. - Amends TCA Title 36 and Title 37.
  Mar 10, 2026: Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Judiciary Committee
• SJR 875 Adopted 114
  Memorials, Death - Donald Kenton Wright -
  Feb 27, 2026: Transmitted to Governor for action.
• SJR 557 Adopted 114
  Memorials, Personal Occasion - Robert Earl Dudgeon, 90th birthday -
  Feb 3, 2026: Signed by Governor.
• SJR 552 Adopted 114
  Memorials, Death - Susan O. Binns -
  Feb 3, 2026: Signed by Governor.
• SB 1496 In committee 114
  Health Care - As introduced, adds clinical informatics, lifestyle medicine, and medical virtualist to the list of words or abbreviations that a person may attach to a name to indicate or induce another person to believe that the person is engaged in the practice of medicine or osteopathic medicine. - Amends TCA Title 63, Chapter 6.
  Jan 21, 2026: Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Health and Welfare Committee
• SB 1453 In committee 114
  Gallatin - Subject to local approval, removes charter provision restricting appointed officers from being employed outside of city business hours. - Amends Chapter 67 of the Private Acts of 1953; as amended.
  Jun 4, 2025: Comp. became Pr. Ch. 17
• SB 1457 In committee 114
  Portland - Subject to local approval, deletes obsolete and superseded provisions of the city charter. - Amends Chapter 568 of the Private Acts of 1939; as amended.
  Jun 4, 2025: Comp. became Pr. Ch. 22
• SB 901 In committee 114
  Education, Dept. of - As enacted, extends the school turnaround pilot program for priority schools administered by the department and that is scheduled to conclude at the end of the 2024-2025 school year to a permanent school turnaround program for priority schools; increases, from five to 15, the maximum number of priority schools that may participate in the school turnaround program. - Amends TCA Title 49.
  May 27, 2025: Comp. became Pub. Ch. 525
• SB 1245 In committee 114
  Bonding, Surety and Professional - As enacted, makes revisions to law relative to bondsmen. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 3, Part 13; Title 39; Title 40; Title 41; Title 56; Title 62 and Title 67, Chapter 4, Part 8.
  May 27, 2025: Comp. became Pub. Ch. 491
• SB 1002 Became law 114
  Cooperatives - As enacted, specifies that the privilege tax exemption for subsidiaries of agricultural cooperatives applies without regard to whether the subsidiary was formed as a corporation, limited liability company, limited liability partnership, or other legal entity, association, or body vested with the power or function of a legal entity. - Amends TCA Title 43, Chapter 16, Part 1 and Section 67-4-102.
  May 15, 2025: Pub. Ch. 455
• SB 416 Became law 114
  Education, Curriculum - As enacted, requires the state textbook and instructional materials quality commission, in consultation with the department of education, to develop a plan for the commission to review and submit to the state board of education for approval of electronic textbooks and instructional materials for use by virtual schools established by LEAs. - Amends TCA Title 49.
  May 15, 2025: Pub. Ch. 427
• SB 262 Became law 114
  Children - As enacted, increases the age of an infant from 14 days or younger to 45 days or younger who can be received by a facility without the mother being subject to criminal liability. - Amends TCA Title 36, Chapter 1, Part 1 and Title 68, Chapter 11, Part 2.
  May 15, 2025: Pub. Ch. 420
• SB 252 Became law 114
  Treasurer, State - As enacted, sets the maximum award of compensation under the Criminal Injuries Compensation Act of 1976 at 105% of the national average of the maximum compensation award provided by the 50 states within the United States, the District of Columbia, and the United States Virgin Islands, rounded up to the nearest $100; requires the state treasurer to publish on the department of treasury website the maximum compensation award for claims filed for crimes occurring on or after July 1, 2025. - Amends TCA Section 29-13-106.
  May 13, 2025: Pub. Ch. 313
• SB 1015 Became law 114
  Foster Care - As enacted, requires the department of children's services, to the extent not otherwise prohibited by state or federal law, to promulgate rules to implement certain rights for any foster child in the custody of the department or an agency that contracts with the department to place children in foster care. - Amends TCA Title 36; Title 37; Title 49 and Title 71.
  May 13, 2025: Pub. Ch. 387
• SB 1237 Became law 114
  Bail, Bail Bonds - As enacted, requires every bondsman licensed in this state to file a quarterly report with the department of revenue detailing the total number of bonds issued by the bondsman in the preceding quarter, the number of bonds issued in each county in which the bondsman operated, and the total amount of the bondsman's liability in each county; requires each clerk of a court that admits defendants to bail to file a quarterly report with the department detailing the total number of bonds accepted from bondsmen and the total amount of the bonds accepted from bondsmen in the preceding quarter; authorizes the department to use the reports to complete audits on the bail bonding tax. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 3, Part 13; Title 39; Title 40; Title 41; Title 56; Title 62 and Title 67, Chapter 4, Part 8.
  May 13, 2025: Pub. Ch. 396
• SB 1114 Became law 114
  Public Records - As enacted, deletes the automatic repeal on July 1, 2025, of a provision that authorizes records custodians to seek an injunction against a person who makes requests to view or copy public records with the intent to disrupt government operations. - Amends TCA Title 10, Chapter 7, Part 5.
  May 13, 2025: Pub. Ch. 392
• SB 1005 Became law 114
  Adoption - As enacted, allows petitioners to include all children in one adoption petition if the petitioners are seeking to adopt more than one child at the same time, unless the court issues a written order finding that it is in the best interest of the children that separate petitions be filed; specifies that the clerk of court must charge only one filing fee for such a petition. - Amends TCA Title 18; Title 36 and Title 37.
  May 13, 2025: Pub. Ch. 386
• SB 245 Became law 114
  District Attorneys - As enacted, expands the proceedings for which a district attorney general pro tem may be appointed to include certain civil proceedings; declares meetings of the district attorneys general conference to be open meetings except for meetings related to certain matters; specifies that the executive director of the district attorneys general conference must provide legal counsel and advice to district attorneys general and their staff and that the legal counsel and advice may be provided by attorneys employed with the district attorneys general conference. - Amends TCA Title 8, Chapter 7, Part 1 and Title 8, Chapter 7, Part 3.
  May 13, 2025: Pub. Ch. 312
• SB 1116 Became law 114
  Vital Records - As enacted, requires certain records or papers for a person relating to the adoption or attempted adoption of a person in the possession of the office of the clerk of the adoption court; the offices of the department of health; the office of any child-placing agency, whether or not it is chartered or licensed; or any other information source, to be made available to the department of children's services for the purpose of searching for a kinship foster care placement. - Amends TCA Title 36 and Title 68.
  May 13, 2025: Pub. Ch. 393
• SB 48 Became law 114
  Opioids - As enacted, adds Amneal Pharmaceuticals LLC, Hikma Pharmaceuticals USA Inc., Sun Pharmaceutical Industries, Inc., Indivior Inc., Viatris Inc., and Purdue Pharma L.P. to the list of companies that may be released by the attorney general and reporter for pending or future claims regarding opioids. - Amends TCA Title 20 and Title 33.
  May 13, 2025: Pub. Ch. 302
• SB 1052 Became law 114
  Children - As enacted, specifies that a biological father or alleged biological father who makes token financial support to or for the benefit of a child or the child's mother during the pregnancy or when the mother had physical custody of the child is not a putative father; makes various other changes regarding final orders of adoption. - Amends TCA Title 36 and Title 63.
  May 13, 2025: Pub. Ch. 390
• SB 129 In committee 114
  Tennessee Housing Development Agency - As enacted, increases, from $4 billion to $5 billion, the maximum aggregate principal amount for which the agency may issue bonds and notes at any one time. - Amends TCA Section 13-23-121.
  May 8, 2025: Comp. became Pub. Ch. 338
• SB 895 In committee 114
  Children - As enacted, makes various changes and additions to the Families' Rights and Responsibilities Act, and to present law concerning parental consent for the treatment of minors. - Amends TCA Title 33; Title 36; Title 37; Title 49; Title 63 and Title 68.
  May 8, 2025: Comp. became Pub. Ch. 347
• SB 304 Became law 114
  Evidence - As enacted, permits the introduction into evidence of a video recording of a child victim being interviewed by a forensic interviewer regarding sexual or physically violent contact with the child if the forensic interviewer confirms the accuracy of the recording and the child is available for cross examination; makes other changes relative to forensic interviews. - Amends TCA Title 24, Chapter 7.
  May 2, 2025: Pub. Ch. 162
• SB 41 Became law 114
  Consumer Protection - As enacted, prohibits a provider of certain services from billing a consumer for an extra billing cycle if the consumer terminates the contract or agreement for services within the first half of a billing cycle; designates a violation as an unfair or deceptive act or practice affecting trade or commerce in violation of the Consumer Protection Act of 1977. - Amends TCA Title 7; Title 47 and Title 65.
  May 2, 2025: Pub. Ch. 154
• SJR 423 Adopted 114
  Memorials, Retirement - Dr. Clint A. Satterfield -
  May 2, 2025: Signed by Governor.
• SJR 1 Adopted 114
  Constitutional Amendments - Proposes additional language in Article II, Section 28 to prohibit the general assembly from levying, authorizing, or otherwise permitting a state tax on property. -
  Apr 30, 2025: Signed by H. Speaker
• SJR 401 Adopted 114
  Memorials, Death - David Roy Baldwin -
  Apr 30, 2025: Signed by Governor.
• SB 992 Became law 114
  Courts, Juvenile - As enacted, requires the administrative office of the courts to maintain a criminal justice information services compliant centralized statewide juvenile case management system; requires all juvenile court clerks to adopt and convert to the new juvenile case management system on a schedule to be determined in consultation with the administrative office of the courts; makes related changes. - Amends TCA Title 8; Title 16; Title 18 and Title 37.
  Apr 30, 2025: Pub. Ch. 179
• SB 299 Became law 114
  Boards and Commissions - As enacted, changes the qualifications for membership on the medical cannabis commission to include a patient caregiver and a subject matter expert with knowledge of how cannabis is cultivated, processed, shipped, distributed, or prescribed for medical use; specifies that the recommendations made by the commission to the general assembly may include policy recommendations. - Amends TCA Title 4 and Title 68, Chapter 7.
  Apr 29, 2025: Pub. Ch. 209
• SB 955 Became law 114
  Health Care - As enacted, enacts the "Medical Ethics Defense Act." - Amends TCA Title 63.
  Apr 29, 2025: Pub. Ch. 266
• SB 916 Became law 114
  Criminal Offenses - As enacted, expands the definition of "racketeering activity" to include committing, conspiring to commit, aiding, attempting to aid, soliciting, coercing, facilitating, or intimidating another person to commit the criminal offense of animal fighting. - Amends TCA Title 39.
  Apr 29, 2025: Pub. Ch. 264
• SB 576 Became law 114
  TennCare - As enacted, revises present law relative to the annual coverage assessment. - Amends TCA Title 71, Chapter 5.
  Apr 29, 2025: Pub. Ch. 252
• SR 138 Adopted 114
  Memorials, Interns - Austin Parker -
  Apr 24, 2025: Signed by Senate Speaker