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SR 79 Adopted 114
Memorials, Professional Achievement - LaQuesha Anderson, Jere Baxter Middle School Teacher of the Year -

Apr 4, 2025: Enrolled and ready for signatures
SR 89 Adopted 114
Memorials, Professional Achievement - Meghan Condlin, Hunters Lane High School Teacher of the Year -

Apr 4, 2025: Enrolled and ready for signatures
SR 86 Adopted 114
Memorials, Professional Achievement - Janie Macklin, Antioch High School Teacher of the Year -

Apr 4, 2025: Enrolled and ready for signatures
SR 116 Adopted 114
Memorials, Professional Achievement - Elizabeth Tingler, Paragon Mills Elementary School Teacher of the Year -

Apr 4, 2025: Enrolled and ready for signatures
SR 103 Adopted 114
Memorials, Professional Achievement - Dr. Cheryl Bowman, Metro Nashville Public Schools Principal of the Year finalist -

Apr 4, 2025: Enrolled and ready for signatures
SR 98 Adopted 114
Memorials, Professional Achievement - Lily Joy, 2024-2025 Head Middle School Teacher of the Year and Metro Nashville Public Schools Teacher of the Year finalist -

Apr 4, 2025: Enrolled and ready for signatures
SR 81 Adopted 114
Memorials, Professional Achievement - Michael Grader, Johnson Alternative Learning Center Teacher of the Year -

Apr 4, 2025: Enrolled and ready for signatures
SR 106 Adopted 114
Memorials, Professional Achievement - Dr. Angela McShepard-Ray, Metro Nashville Public Schools Principal of the Year finalist -

Apr 4, 2025: Enrolled and ready for signatures
SR 85 Adopted 114
Memorials, Professional Achievement - Jameon D. Hatcher, Thurgood Marshall Middle School Teacher of the Year -

Apr 4, 2025: Enrolled and ready for signatures
SR 83 Adopted 114
Memorials, Professional Achievement - Nikki Boleyjack, Martin Luther King, Jr., School Teacher of the Year -

Apr 4, 2025: Enrolled and ready for signatures
SJR 258 Adopted 114
Memorials, Recognition - Every Student Known: The Creation of an Anthem -

Mar 31, 2025: Signed by H. Speaker
SB 1014 In committee 114
Local Education Agencies - As introduced, requires an LEA in which a child care facility operates to submit a comprehensive list of all underutilized or vacant property to the department of human services and the comptroller of the treasury and to make the list available to each child care facility operating in the LEA; grants certain owners of a child care facility that operates in an LEA a first or second right of refusal to lease or purchase underutilized or vacant property listed by the LEA. - Amends TCA Title 49 and Title 71.

Mar 27, 2025: Re-refer to S. Cal Comm
SB 270 In committee 114
Education - As introduced, enacts the "Universal Pre-K Funding Act." - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 51; Title 49 and Title 67.

Mar 26, 2025: Failed in Senate Education Committee
SB 1228 In committee 114
Election Laws - As introduced, requires county election commissions to publish office hours for early voting 30 days rather than 25 days prior to the day of the election. - Amends TCA Title 2.

Mar 25, 2025: Failed in Senate State and Local Government Committee
SJR 203 Adopted 114
Memorials, Recognition - Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc., South Eastern Regional Director Dr. Tracey Morant Adams and AKA Day at the Capitol -

Mar 25, 2025: Signed by Governor.
SJR 202 Adopted 114
Memorials, Recognition - Tennessee State University Speech and Debate Team -

Mar 25, 2025: Signed by Governor.
SB 1011 In committee 114
Abortion - As introduced, creates an exception to the offense of criminal abortion if the person who performed or attempted to perform the abortion was a licensed physician and the patient's pregnancy was the result of rape or incest. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 15, Part 2.

Mar 24, 2025: Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Judiciary Committee
SR 69 Adopted 114
Memorials, Death - Commander Anthony William McClain -

Mar 20, 2025: Filed for introduction
SB 1009 In committee 114
Economic and Community Development, Dept. of - As introduced, creates the small business recovery grant fund, to be administered by the department, to assist eligible small businesses temporarily with costs incurred as a result of extenuating circumstances. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 9; Title 50 and Title 67.

Mar 18, 2025: Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Commerce and Labor Committee
SB 1008 In committee 114
Housing - As introduced, authorizes municipalities to create, implement, and enforce a rental property registry for all residential rental dwelling units within the municipality's jurisdiction; requires owners of residential rental dwelling units to register; requires a municipality that adopts a registry to send an annual report containing certain information to the department of economic and community development. - Amends TCA Title 13, Chapter 21.

Mar 18, 2025: Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate State and Local Government Committee
SB 1012 Passed Senate 114
Day Care - As introduced, treats nieces and nephews of the whole or half-blood of a primary caregiver as being related to the caregiver for purposes of present laws governing child care agencies. - Amends TCA Title 71, Chapter 3, Part 5.

Mar 17, 2025: Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
SJR 186 Adopted 114
Memorials, Recognition - Shugga Hi Bakery and Cafe -

Mar 13, 2025: Signed by Governor.
SJR 165 Adopted 114
Memorials, Recognition - Jefferson Street Historical Society -

Mar 13, 2025: Signed by Governor.
SJR 162 Adopted 114
Memorials, Recognition - Dr. Charles Edward Dudley, Sr. -

Mar 13, 2025: Signed by Governor.
SJR 166 Adopted 114
Memorials, Sports - East Nashville High School Lady Eagles girls' track and field team, 2024 Class A state champions -

Mar 13, 2025: Signed by Governor.
SJR 163 Adopted 114
Memorials, Recognition - Haynes Park Neighborhood Association, 20th anniversary -

Mar 13, 2025: Signed by Governor.
SB 204 Passed Senate 114
Consumer Protection - As introduced, enacts the "Tennessee Homebuyer Harassment Prevention Act"; limits the number of times that a real estate developer, business entity, or individual working on behalf of the developer or business entity is permitted to contact a property owner to make an unsolicited offer to buy the property owner's property; makes other changes related to telephone and text message solicitations. - Amends TCA Title 40, Chapter 33, Part 2; Title 47; Title 65 and Title 66.

Mar 13, 2025: Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
SJR 161 Adopted 114
Memorials, Retirement - Mary's Old Fashioned Pit Bar-B-Que -

Mar 13, 2025: Signed by Governor.
SJR 187 Adopted 114
Memorials, Recognition - Silver Sands Cafe -

Mar 13, 2025: Signed by Governor.
SJR 164 Adopted 114
Memorials, Recognition - Rho Psi Alumni Chapter of Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, 95th anniversary -

Mar 13, 2025: Signed by Governor.
SB 1013 In committee 114
Real Property - As introduced, makes void and unenforceable a restriction in a homeowners’ association declaration that would prohibit the operation of a family child care home at a property that is the site of a proposed family child care home, if the operator of the proposed family child care home has obtained a license from the department of human services and any necessary permits or licenses from the applicable local government for the operation of the family child care home. - Amends TCA Title 13 and Title 66.

Mar 11, 2025: Failed in Senate Commerce and Labor Committee / no second
SB 1010 In committee 114
Birth Control - As introduced, enacts the "Tennessee Contraceptive Freedom Act." - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 8; Title 53; Title 56; Title 63; Title 68 and Title 71.

Mar 11, 2025: Failed in Senate Commerce and Labor Committee / no second
SB 902 In committee 114
Day Care - As introduced, enacts the "Child Care Workforce Improvement Act," which directs the commissioner of human services to develop a program to provide longevity payments to eligible child care workers and a program to provide child care assistance payments to certain early childhood educators. - Amends TCA Title 71, Chapter 3.

Mar 5, 2025: Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Health and Welfare Committee
SB 1221 In committee 114
Local Education Agencies - As introduced, authorizes LEAs and public charter schools to create a physical education through community service program by partnering with a community service partner to provide students in grades nine through 12 the opportunity to earn one-half credit in physical education by completing yardwork projects for older persons and persons with disabilities within the community served by the LEA or public charter school. - Amends TCA Title 49.

Feb 18, 2025: Sponsor(s) Added.
SB 1212 In committee 114
Scholarships and Financial Aid - As introduced, enacts the "Speak UP, Tennessee Scholarship Act"; requires the Tennessee student assistance corporation to establish by rules a program that provides scholarships for students in grade 12 and at public institutions of higher education in this state who demonstrate artistic excellence in spoken word poetry through a competitive, performance-based selection process to pursue higher education to further develop their literary and performance skills. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 4 and Title 49, Chapter 7.

Feb 12, 2025: Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee
SB 1136 In committee 114
Safety, Dept. of - As introduced, requires the department to provide a person with a free photo identification license at each location where the department issues a driver license or photo identification license if the person signs an affidavit stating that the person does not have a valid government issued photo identification. - Amends TCA Title 5; Title 8 and Title 55, Chapter 50, Part 3.

Feb 12, 2025: Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Transportation and Safety Committee
SB 1214 In committee 114
Criminal Procedure - As introduced, enacts the "Bearing Witness to the Death Penalty Act." - Amends TCA Title 40, Chapter 23.

Feb 12, 2025: Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee
SB 1220 In committee 114
Employees, Employers - As introduced, enacts the "Workers' Right to Live Act." - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 8; Title 29 and Title 50.

Feb 12, 2025: Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Commerce and Labor Committee
SB 1219 In committee 114
Local Education Agencies - As introduced, requires directors of schools and directors of public charter schools to immediately notify all students, parents, educators, employees, and contractors of the local education agency or public charter school of the presence of an immigration officer on school grounds. - Amends Chapter __ of the Public Acts of 2025 (1st Ex. Sess. – SB 6002 / HB 6001); and TCA Title 4; Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 8 and Title 49.

Feb 12, 2025: Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee
SB 1211 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 12, 2025: Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate State and Local Government Committee
SB 1224 In committee 114
Expunction - As introduced, reduces from 15 years to 10 years the amount of time that must have elapsed since the completion of the sentence imposed for illegal registration or voting before filing a petition for expunction. - Amends TCA Title 2, Chapter 19 and Title 40, Chapter 32.

Feb 12, 2025: Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee
SB 1412 In committee 114
Contractors - As introduced, clarifies that an applicant for a license under the "Contractors Licensing Act of 1994" who has been advised to appear before the board at a scheduled time and place must provide notice to the board of the applicant's inability to appear three business days in advance, rather than three calendar days. - Amends TCA Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 47, Chapter 18; Title 62, Chapter 6 and Title 67, Chapter 4.

Feb 12, 2025: Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Commerce and Labor Committee
SB 1217 In committee 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 12, 2025: Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee
SB 1222 In committee 114
Agriculture, Dept. of - As introduced, authorizes the commissioner to designate an existing organizational unit of the department as the office of rural prosperity and consolidate within that office some or all of the department's duties related to improving the well-being of rural communities in this state. - Amends TCA Section 1-3-105; Title 4; Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 9; Title 13; Title 43; Title 44; Title 48; Title 49; Title 50; Title 61; Title 64; Title 66; Title 67; Title 68 and Title 69.

Feb 12, 2025: Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Energy, Ag., and Nat. Resources Committee
SB 1361 In committee 114
Economic and Community Development - As introduced, extends, from December 1 to January 1, the date by which the office of business enterprise in the department of economic and community development must submit to the general assembly its annual report on advisements to the commissioner regarding disadvantaged businesses and the number of or amount of community block grants received by disadvantaged businesses. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 9 and Title 67.

Feb 12, 2025: Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Commerce and Labor Committee
SB 1218 In committee 114
Probation and Parole - As introduced, enacts the "Parole Relief and Opportunity Act"; expands the definition of hardship for purposes of determining the ability of a parolee to contribute to the cost of the person's supervision and release. - Amends TCA Title 40 and Title 41.

Feb 12, 2025: Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee
SJR 39 Adopted 114
Memorials, Death - Josseline Jeanneth Escalante Vega -

Feb 10, 2025: Signed by Governor.