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State bill data last updated Oct 19, 2026, 8:04 PM.

9,112 bills

• SB 2670 Became law 114
  Public Contracts - As enacted, enacts the "Higher Education Purchasing Act." - Amends TCA Title 12 and Title 49.
  Apr 29, 2026: Pub. Ch. 816
• HB 2351 In committee 114
  Nurses, Nursing - As enacted, revises various provisions regarding medication aides, including allowing for a student in good standing enrolled in an approved school of nursing to be eligible to receive a medication aide certificate. - Amends TCA Title 63, Chapter 7.
  Apr 29, 2026: Comp. became Pub. Ch. 813
• SB 2280 Became law 114
  District Attorneys - As enacted, authorizes the district attorneys general conference to pay the licensing fees for software applications used by the office of the district attorney general within a judicial district, regardless of whether the district attorney general office staff member using the application has a position funded by the state or another entity. - Amends TCA Title 8; Title 9; Title 16 and Title 40.
  Apr 29, 2026: Pub. Ch. 807
• SB 2233 Became law 114
  Real Property - As enacted, makes changes to law regarding restrictions on land purchases by sanctioned aliens or foreign entities. - Amends TCA Title 66, Chapter 2, Part 3.
  Apr 29, 2026: Pub. Ch. 806
• SB 2175 Became law 114
  Water - As enacted, requires the department of environment and conservation to add water system projects located in counties having a population of less than 57,000 according to the 2020 census, or a subsequent census, to the priority list for consideration for loans from the water system revolving loan fund. - Amends TCA Title 68, Chapter 221.
  Apr 29, 2026: Pub. Ch. 803
• SB 2362 Became law 114
  Children's Services, Dept. of - As enacted, requires the department and the department of disability and aging to collaborate to ensure that children with an intellectual or developmental disability who are in the custody of the department of children's services or at risk of entering the custody of the department receive appropriate services and supports for individuals with a disability; makes other related changes. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 8; Title 9; Title 33; Title 37 and Title 52.
  Apr 29, 2026: Pub. Ch. 811
• HB 2516 In committee 114
  Solid Waste Disposal - As enacted, makes various changes to law relative to solid waste disposal, including, but not limited to, declaring that it is the policy of this state to plan for sufficient landfill capacity to dispose of solid waste that is not recovered or recycled; requiring each solid waste region to develop a plan that includes a narrative identifying where waste will be disposed and managed for the next 10 years; and requiring each solid waste region to submit a new or revised plan by July 1, 2028. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 5; Title 6; Title 7 and Title 68, Chapter 211.
  Apr 29, 2026: Comp. became Pub. Ch. 814
• HB 2432 In committee 114
  Statutes of Limitations and Repose - As enacted, requires prosecution for vehicular homicide committed on or after July 1, 2026, to commence within 10 years from the date the offense occurs. - Amends TCA Title 28; Title 39 and Title 40.
  Apr 29, 2026: Comp. became Pub. Ch. 793
• HB 1639 In committee 114
  Safety, Dept. of - As enacted, creates the office of homeland security within the department of safety. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 29; Title 4, Chapter 3, Part 20 and Section 38-3-114.
  Apr 29, 2026: Comp. became Pub. Ch. 706
• HB 2564 In committee 114
  Victims' Rights - As enacted, requires a notification of a restorative justice option, which is a voluntary, victim-centered process that may include facilitated communication, conferencing, community repair agreements, or other structured accountability and repair practices, to be provided through a program for victims in Davidson and Shelby counties. - Amends TCA Title 29; Title 36; Title 37; Title 39 and Title 40.
  Apr 29, 2026: Comp. became Pub. Ch. 815
• SB 1840 Became law 114
  Statutes of Limitations and Repose - As enacted, requires prosecution for vehicular homicide committed on or after July 1, 2026, to commence within 10 years from the date the offense occurs. - Amends TCA Title 28; Title 39 and Title 40.
  Apr 29, 2026: Pub. Ch. 793
• SB 1843 Became law 114
  Drugs, Synthetic or Analogue - As enacted, enacts the "Nitrous Oxide Abuse Prevention and Retail Sale Prohibition Act"; makes related changes. - Amends TCA Title 39; Title 57, Chapter 7; Title 63 and Title 67, Chapter 4, Part 10.
  Apr 29, 2026: Pub. Ch. 702
• SB 2310 Became law 114
  Local Education Agencies - As enacted, requires each LEA and public charter school serving students in any of the grades K–5 to adopt a policy governing the age-appropriate and instructional use of digital devices by students to minimize unnecessary screen time while preserving instructional effectiveness. - Amends TCA Title 49.
  Apr 29, 2026: Pub. Ch. 808
• HJR 1430 Adopted 114
  Memorials, Recognition - Stratton Bone Made in Tennessee Building -
  Apr 29, 2026: Signed by Governor.
• SB 2427 Became law 114
  Nurses, Nursing - As enacted, revises various provisions regarding medication aides, including allowing for a student in good standing enrolled in an approved school of nursing to be eligible to receive a medication aide certificate. - Amends TCA Title 63, Chapter 7.
  Apr 29, 2026: Pub. Ch. 813
• SB 2219 Became law 114
  Court Rules - As enacted, requires each juvenile court, through the juvenile court clerk or juvenile court staff, each month within the statewide juvenile case management system prescribed by the administrative office of the courts to report to the administrative office of the courts each new dependency and neglect case, including for each child named in the petition, certain information. - Amends TCA Title 37, Chapter 1.
  Apr 29, 2026: Pub. Ch. 805
• HB 2154 In committee 114
  Courts, Juvenile - As enacted, generally requires a guardian ad litem appointed by the court to complete training appropriate to that role, including training in early childhood, child, and adolescent development. - Amends TCA Title 16; Title 20; Title 33; Title 34; Title 36 and Title 37.
  Apr 29, 2026: Comp. became Pub. Ch. 810
• SB 2355 Became law 114
  Courts, Juvenile - As enacted, generally requires a guardian ad litem appointed by the court to complete training appropriate to that role, including training in early childhood, child, and adolescent development. - Amends TCA Title 16; Title 20; Title 33; Title 34; Title 36 and Title 37.
  Apr 29, 2026: Pub. Ch. 810
• HB 2032 In committee 114
  Public Contracts - As enacted, enacts the "Higher Education Purchasing Act." - Amends TCA Title 12 and Title 49.
  Apr 29, 2026: Comp. became Pub. Ch. 816
• SB 2354 Became law 114
  Tennessee Fish & Wildlife Commission - As enacted, authorizes a person to possess a raccoon without the payment of the $150 personal possession permit fee if the raccoon is obtained from a legal source and has been vaccinated; the raccoon is non-native and was not captured from the wild; and a possession permit for the raccoon has been issued by TWRA. - Amends TCA Title 39; Title 44 and Title 70.
  Apr 29, 2026: Pub. Ch. 809
• SB 2207 Became law 114
  Education - As enacted, creates a safe school design advisory board to recommend to the commissioner of commerce and insurance safe school design guidelines for LEAs and public charter schools to consider when constructing or remodeling K-12 public school facilities. - Amends TCA Title 10, Chapter 7; Title 49; Title 62, Chapter 35 and Title 68.
  Apr 29, 2026: Pub. Ch. 804
• SB 2650 Became law 114
  Victims' Rights - As enacted, requires a notification of a restorative justice option, which is a voluntary, victim-centered process that may include facilitated communication, conferencing, community repair agreements, or other structured accountability and repair practices, to be provided through a program for victims in Davidson and Shelby counties. - Amends TCA Title 29; Title 36; Title 37; Title 39 and Title 40.
  Apr 29, 2026: Pub. Ch. 815
• HB 2048 In committee 114
  Education, Dept. of - As enacted, authorizes LEAs with a voluntary pre-K program to enroll children who are not at-risk but who live in the LEA's geographic area, are three on or before August 15 and who have a parent employed by the LEA, and certain children who are five on or before August 15 to be eligible for IEP and who have not previously been enrolled in an LEA's voluntary pre-K program, if certain criteria are met. - Amends TCA Title 49.
  Apr 29, 2026: Comp. became Pub. Ch. 812
• HB 2499 In committee 114
  Tennessee Fish & Wildlife Commission - As enacted, authorizes a person to possess a raccoon without the payment of the $150 personal possession permit fee if the raccoon is obtained from a legal source and has been vaccinated; the raccoon is non-native and was not captured from the wild; and a possession permit for the raccoon has been issued by TWRA. - Amends TCA Title 39; Title 44 and Title 70.
  Apr 29, 2026: Comp. became Pub. Ch. 809
• SB 2547 Became law 114
  Solid Waste Disposal - As enacted, makes various changes to law relative to solid waste disposal, including, but not limited to, declaring that it is the policy of this state to plan for sufficient landfill capacity to dispose of solid waste that is not recovered or recycled; requiring each solid waste region to develop a plan that includes a narrative identifying where waste will be disposed and managed for the next 10 years; and requiring each solid waste region to submit a new or revised plan by July 1, 2028. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 5; Title 6; Title 7 and Title 68, Chapter 211.
  Apr 29, 2026: Pub. Ch. 814
• HB 2205 In committee 114
  Water - As enacted, requires the department of environment and conservation to add water system projects located in counties having a population of less than 57,000 according to the 2020 census, or a subsequent census, to the priority list for consideration for loans from the water system revolving loan fund. - Amends TCA Title 68, Chapter 221.
  Apr 29, 2026: Comp. became Pub. Ch. 803
• HB 2188 In committee 114
  Children's Services, Dept. of - As enacted, requires the department and the department of disability and aging to collaborate to ensure that children with an intellectual or developmental disability who are in the custody of the department of children's services or at risk of entering the custody of the department receive appropriate services and supports for individuals with a disability; makes other related changes. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 8; Title 9; Title 33; Title 37 and Title 52.
  Apr 29, 2026: Comp. became Pub. Ch. 811
• SJR 1205 Adopted 114
  Memorials, Public Service - Sheriff Tom Spangler -
  Apr 28, 2026: Signed by Governor.
• SB 837 Became law 114
  Statutes and Codification - As enacted, clarifies that a "person," as used in Tennessee Code Annotated, does not include artificial intelligence, a computer algorithm, a software program, computer hardware, or any type of machine. - Amends TCA Title 1.
  Apr 28, 2026: Pub. Ch. 781
• HB 1747 In committee 114
  Education - As enacted, requires public high schools to provide students who are enrolled in a United States government and civics course the opportunity to participate in three civic engagement field days and similar opportunities, one for each branch of government, to observe each branch of government. - Amends TCA Title 49.
  Apr 28, 2026: Comp. became Pub. Ch. 700
• HB 1535 In committee 114
  Naming and Designating - As enacted, designates the facility providing water and wastewater services to the Megasite of West Tennessee as the "Michael Banks Water Treatment Facility." - Amends TCA Title 64, Chapter 9.
  Apr 28, 2026: Comp. became Pub. Ch. 787
• HB 1797 In committee 114
  Open Meetings - As enacted, adds the governing body of a local education agency and certain other local governing bodies of a public body with the authority to make binding decisions or the ability to appropriate funds to the list of governing bodies that are required to make meeting agendas available to the public in advance of such meetings. - Amends TCA Section 8-44-110.
  Apr 28, 2026: Comp. became Pub. Ch. 699
• SB 1828 Became law 114
  Education - As enacted, enacts the "Charlie Kirk American Heritage Act." - Amends TCA Title 49.
  Apr 28, 2026: Pub. Ch. 701
• SB 1761 Became law 114
  Agriculture - As enacted, makes various changes relative to the regulation of hemp-derived cannabinoid products. - Amends TCA Title 1, Chapter 3; Title 39; Title 43, Chapter 27; Title 53; Title 57, Chapter 7 and Title 67, Chapter 6.
  Apr 28, 2026: Pub. Ch. 698
• SB 1860 Became law 114
  Fairs - As enacted, enacts the "Tennessee Agricultural Fair and Livestock Show Act" and the "Tennessee State Fair Act." - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 57; Title 43, Chapter 21 and Section 48-101-502.
  Apr 28, 2026: Pub. Ch. 670
• SB 591 Became law 114
  Criminal Offenses - As enacted, clarifies, for purposes of criminal offenses relative to threats of mass violence on school property or at a school-related activity or failing to report such threats, that a threat of mass violence is credible if the threat causes another to reasonably expect the commission of an act of mass violence. - Amends TCA Title 39.
  Apr 28, 2026: Pub. Ch. 780
• HB 1631 In committee 114
  Fairs - As enacted, enacts the "Tennessee Agricultural Fair and Livestock Show Act" and the "Tennessee State Fair Act." - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 57; Title 43, Chapter 21 and Section 48-101-502.
  Apr 28, 2026: Comp. became Pub. Ch. 670
• HB 1495 In committee 114
  Welfare - As enacted, makes various changes to law relative to respite care services, including, but not limited to, increasing the number of hours an adult may attend a limited respite care services program from 12 to 16 hours in any one week, and authorizing such a program to provide care services for up to 20 adults at the same time, rather than 15. - Amends TCA Title 71, Chapter 2.
  Apr 28, 2026: Comp. became Pub. Ch. 788
• SJR 1115 Adopted 114
  Memorials, Personal Occasion - Almae Ray Chappell, 94th birthday -
  Apr 28, 2026: Signed by Governor.
• SB 1732 Became law 114
  Holidays and Days of Special Observance - As enacted, designates May 1 of each year as "Law Day." - Amends TCA Title 15, Chapter 2.
  Apr 28, 2026: Pub. Ch. 791
• SB 1887 Became law 114
  Tourist Development, Dept. of - As enacted, requires the department to annually confirm the nonprofit, membership-based organizations or tax-exempt public agencies to act as regional tourism organizations for each of the nine development districts; requires department approval of regional tourism organization's planned marketing initiatives prior to the organization receiving matching state funds; provides definitions related to tourism. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 3, Part 22.
  Apr 28, 2026: Pub. Ch. 707
• SB 1803 Became law 114
  Commerce and Insurance, Dept. of - As enacted, directs the commissioner to use existing resources to study recent innovations by neighboring states to address substance use disorder through new health insurance coverage and reimbursement methods, strategies, or models; requires the commissioner to compile the findings and any recommendations from the study into a report for transmission to the general assembly no later than December 31, 2026. - Amends TCA Title 8; Title 33; Title 56 and Title 71.
  Apr 28, 2026: Pub. Ch. 792
• HB 1960 In committee 114
  Education - As enacted, changes, from the department of education to the state board of education upon the recommendation of the department, the party responsible for selecting the intervention option for priority schools receiving tier three interventions through the progressive tiered intervention system. - Amends TCA Title 49.
  Apr 28, 2026: Comp. became Pub. Ch. 795
• HB 1628 In committee 114
  Tourist Development, Dept. of - As enacted, requires the department to annually confirm the nonprofit, membership-based organizations or tax-exempt public agencies to act as regional tourism organizations for each of the nine development districts; requires department approval of regional tourism organization's planned marketing initiatives prior to the organization receiving matching state funds; provides definitions related to tourism. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 3, Part 22.
  Apr 28, 2026: Comp. became Pub. Ch. 707
• HB 1735 In committee 114
  Tennessee Investment in Student Achievement (TISA) - As enacted, makes various changes to the TISA review committee, including, but not limited to, clarifying that the committee may convene a meeting with a majority of all members present, including one or more designees, but a quorum of all voting members of the committee is required to transact any business requiring a formal vote of the committee. - Amends TCA Section 49-3-113.
  Apr 28, 2026: Comp. became Pub. Ch. 798
• SB 2069 Became law 114
  Medical Occupations - As enacted, enacts the "Tennessee K-9 Emergency Medical Care and Transport Act." - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 14, Part 2; Title 44, Chapter 17; Title 63, Chapter 12 and Title 68, Chapter 140.
  Apr 28, 2026: Pub. Ch. 713
• HB 1770 In committee 114
  Health Care - As enacted, 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 and Title 63, Chapter 9.
  Apr 28, 2026: Comp. became Pub. Ch. 697
• HB 1822 In committee 114
  Education - As enacted, enacts the "Charlie Kirk American Heritage Act." - Amends TCA Title 49.
  Apr 28, 2026: Comp. became Pub. Ch. 701
• SB 1110 Became law 114
  Safety - As enacted, enacts the "Rescue Squad Recognition Act." - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 8 and Title 68.
  Apr 28, 2026: Pub. Ch. 782
• HB 849 In committee 114
  Statutes and Codification - As enacted, clarifies that a "person," as used in Tennessee Code Annotated, does not include artificial intelligence, a computer algorithm, a software program, computer hardware, or any type of machine. - Amends TCA Title 1.
  Apr 28, 2026: Comp. became Pub. Ch. 781