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• SB 1609 In committee 114
  Public Health - As introduced, establishes a deadline of no later than December 31 each year for the department of agriculture to report to the general assembly on its enforcement efforts under the Prevention of Youth Access to Tobacco, Smoking Hemp, and Vapor Products Act. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 17, Part 15; Title 47, Chapter 25 and Title 57, Chapter 7.
  Feb 3, 2026: Withdrawn.
• SB 2630 Introduced 114
  Comptroller, State - As introduced, requires the comptroller of the treasury to publish a copy of an audit conducted of the energy efficient schools council on the comptroller's website. - Amends TCA Title 49.
  Feb 2, 2026: Filed for introduction
• SB 2475 Introduced 114
  Taxes - As introduced, requires the commissioner of revenue to report to the general assembly on an annual basis, beginning July 1, 2027, the amount of sales and use tax refunds on purchases of major appliances, residential furniture, and residential building supplies issued to persons receiving federal disaster assistance. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 9; Title 12; Title 54; Title 55 and Title 67.
  Feb 2, 2026: Filed for introduction
• SB 1903 In committee 114
  Pensions and Retirement Benefits - As introduced, clarifies that the notification provided by a retiree's new employer to the retirement system concerning the reemployment of the retiree as a law enforcement officer must be provided in writing. - Amends TCA Title 8.
  Feb 2, 2026: Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate State and Local Government Committee
• SB 2592 Introduced 114
  Business Organizations - As introduced, increases, from two to three, the number of days' notice that a for-profit corporation must give of the date, time, and place of a meeting to elect directors and complete the organization of the corporation or elect a board of directors to complete the organization of the corporation, if the initial directors are not named in the charter of the corporation. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 29; Title 39; Title 46; Title 47; Title 48; Title 50; Title 61; Title 62 and Title 66.
  Feb 2, 2026: Filed for introduction
• SB 1905 In committee 114
  Insurance, Health, Accident - As introduced, deletes an obsolete requirement that the department of commerce and insurance conduct a study to determine the appropriateness of a separate premium rating for medicare supplement policies for populations under 65 years of age upon the expiration of five years from May 27, 2010. - Amends TCA Title 8; Title 56 and Title 71.
  Feb 2, 2026: Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Commerce and Labor Committee
• SB 2125 Introduced 114
  Fees - As introduced, enacts the "Tennessee Live Music Support Act." - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 47 and Title 67.
  Jan 23, 2026: Withdrawn.
• SB 1806 In committee 114
  Healthcare Liability - As introduced, removes the three-year statute of repose for a healthcare liability action based on an injury that was not discovered when the negligent act or injury occurred so that the action may be brought within one year from the date of such discovery. - Amends TCA Title 28 and Title 29.
  Jan 22, 2026: Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee
• SB 1607 In committee 114
  Criminal Offenses - As introduced, increases the penalty for assault against a first responder from a Class A misdemeanor to a Class E felony with a mandatory fine of $10,000 and a mandatory minimum sentence of 60 days. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 13.
  Jan 15, 2026: Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee
• SB 1461 In committee 114
  Crossville - Subject to local approval, realigns salaries of mayor and city council to be set at a percentage of salary earned by the county mayor; establishes new meeting schedule for mayor and city council; creates process for holding administrative hearings by the city; increases maximum occupancy tax that may be imposed, from 2 percent to 3 percent. - Amends Chapter 519 of the Private Acts of 1953; as amended and rewritten.
  Jun 4, 2025: Comp. became Pr. Ch. 28
• SB 1447 In committee 114
  Putnam County - Subject to local approval, sets the salary of general session court judges at an amount equal to the amount received annually by the circuit court judges and chancellors as of September 1, 2030. - Amends Chapter 125 of the Private Acts of 1949; as amended.
  Jun 4, 2025: Comp. became Pr. Ch. 19
• SB 409 In committee 114
  Clerks, Court - As enacted, revises present law concerning court clerks' fees. - Amends TCA Title 8; Title 18; Title 55 and Title 67.
  May 27, 2025: Comp. became Pub. Ch. 486
• SB 1135 In committee 114
  Nuisances - As enacted, revises nuisance laws. - Amends TCA Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 13; Title 16; Title 29; Title 39; Title 67 and Title 68.
  May 27, 2025: Comp. became Pub. Ch. 510
• SB 764 In committee 114
  Health Care - As enacted, establishes licensure of anesthesiologist assistants; revises provisions authorizing hospitals to employ certain licensed physicians for certain medical services. - Amends TCA Title 47; Title 63 and Title 68.
  May 27, 2025: Comp. became Pub. Ch. 509
• SB 289 In committee 114
  Workers Compensation - As enacted, creates a presumption that the diagnosis of a law enforcement officer or emergency medical responder with post-traumatic stress disorder as the result of responding to certain incidents was incurred in the line of duty for purposes of workers' compensation coverage. - Amends TCA Title 7, Chapter 51 and Title 50, Chapter 6.
  May 27, 2025: Comp. became Pub. Ch. 480
• SB 602 Became law 114
  Education - As enacted, requires the department of education to develop guidelines and criteria for determining how long a student must have been present in a teacher's classroom before the student's record is attributable to the teacher for purposes of evaluating the teacher; authorizes an LEA or public charter school to compensate the estate of a teacher who, on the teacher's death, was in the employ of the LEA or public charter school for the teacher's unused and accrued annual and sick leave in the same manner that the estates of deceased state employees are compensated under present law. - Amends Chapter __ of the Public Acts of 2025 (1st Ex. Sess. – SB 6001 / HB 6004); and TCA Title 4, Chapter 49; Title 8 and Title 49.
  May 15, 2025: Pub. Ch. 433
• SB 411 Became law 114
  State Employees - As enacted, classifies as state employees for purposes of defense and other related provisions, soil and water conservation district board of supervisors, employees, officers, and agents, and persons designated by a soil and water conservation district as participants in volunteer programs authorized by such districts. - Amends TCA Title 8, Chapter 42 and Title 9, Chapter 8.
  May 15, 2025: Pub. Ch. 425
• SB 288 Became law 114
  Firefighters - As enacted, adds prostate cancer, breast cancer, and pancreatic cancer to the list of cancers for which a presumption is created that certain conditions or impairments of full-time firefighters caused by prostate cancer, breast cancer, pancreatic cancer, or other listed cancers arose out of employment unless the contrary is shown by competent medical evidence. - Amends TCA Section 7-51-201.
  May 15, 2025: Pub. Ch. 422
• SB 769 Became law 114
  Criminal Offenses - As enacted, makes the offense of possession of a used, detached catalytic converter by an unauthorized person punishable by a term of imprisonment not greater than 11 months, 29 days; a fine not to exceed $2,500; or both, instead of only subject to a fine. - Amends TCA Title 38; Title 39; Title 55 and Title 62.
  May 15, 2025: Pub. Ch. 439
• SB 128 Became law 114
  Professions and Occupations - As enacted, makes various changes relative to the practice of chiropractors, including animal chiropractic practice. - Amends TCA Title 4 and Title 63.
  May 13, 2025: Pub. Ch. 304
• SB 408 Became law 114
  Tort Liability and Reform - As enacted, prohibits governmental entities or local boards of education from extending immunity granted to independent school bus contractors rather than independent school bus owners and operators for providing school-related transportation services; requires liability insurance coverage in a contract or agreement between a local board of education and an independent school bus contractor for such services to be in an amount sufficient to satisfy applicable law; permits evidence of such coverage to include a certificate of insurance from an insurance provider that lists the local board of education as an additional insured. - Amends TCA Title 29, Chapter 20.
  May 13, 2025: Pub. Ch. 299
• SB 606 In committee 114
  Hospitals and Health Care Facilities - As enacted, rewrites the fee limits for a party requesting a patient's medical record in either paper or electronic format from a provider or the provider's third-party release of information provider. - Amends TCA Title 63 and Title 68.
  May 8, 2025: Comp. became Pub. Ch. 339
• SJR 508 Adopted 114
  Memorials, Retirement - Trooper Shane Moore -
  May 7, 2025: Signed by Governor.
• SJR 527 Adopted 114
  Memorials, Academic Achievement - Cosby King, Valedictorian, Upperman High School -
  May 7, 2025: Signed by Governor.
• SJR 523 Adopted 114
  Memorials, Academic Achievement - Landon Brown, Salutatorian, Cookeville High School -
  May 7, 2025: Signed by Governor.
• SJR 531 Adopted 114
  Memorials, Academic Achievement - Bishop Higgins, Salutatorian, Cumberland County High School -
  May 7, 2025: Signed by Governor.
• SJR 522 Adopted 114
  Memorials, Academic Achievement - Katherine Smith, Valedictorian, Cookeville High School -
  May 7, 2025: Signed by Governor.
• SJR 532 Adopted 114
  Memorials, Academic Achievement - Jaden Brymer, Valedictorian, Van Buren High School -
  May 7, 2025: Signed by Governor.
• SJR 526 Adopted 114
  Memorials, Academic Achievement - Emma Conley, Salutatorian, Upperman High School -
  May 7, 2025: Signed by Governor.
• SJR 524 Adopted 114
  Memorials, Academic Achievement - Logan Montgomery, Salutatorian, Monterey High School -
  May 7, 2025: Signed by Governor.
• SJR 530 Adopted 114
  Memorials, Academic Achievement - Owen Brown, Valedictorian, Cumberland County High School -
  May 7, 2025: Signed by Governor.
• SJR 529 Adopted 114
  Memorials, Academic Achievement - Camdyn Holbrook, Valedictorian, Stone Memorial High School -
  May 7, 2025: Signed by Governor.
• SJR 525 Adopted 114
  Memorials, Academic Achievement - Madison Smith, Valedictorian, Monterey High School -
  May 7, 2025: Signed by Governor.
• SJR 528 Adopted 114
  Memorials, Academic Achievement - Kayden Hornberger, Salutatorian, Stone Memorial High School -
  May 7, 2025: Signed by Governor.
• SJR 533 Adopted 114
  Memorials, Academic Achievement - Molly Gauvin, Salutatorian, Van Buren High School -
  May 7, 2025: Signed by Governor.
• SB 286 Became law 114
  Insurance Companies, Agents, Brokers, Policies - As enacted, authorizes categorizing certain foreign multiple employer welfare arrangements as domestic multiple employer welfare arrangements if specific conditions are met. - Amends TCA Title 56, Chapter 26.
  May 2, 2025: Pub. Ch. 161
• SJR 456 Adopted 114
  Memorials, Interns - Baileigh Faris -
  May 1, 2025: Signed by Governor.
• SJR 454 Adopted 114
  Memorials, Sports - Upperman Bees, TSSAA Division I, Class 3A state champions -
  May 1, 2025: Signed by Governor.
• SJR 455 Adopted 114
  Memorials, Retirement - Lanny Selby -
  May 1, 2025: Signed by Governor.
• SJR 458 Adopted 114
  Memorials, Retirement - Michael Gunter -
  May 1, 2025: Signed by Governor.
• SB 765 Became law 114
  Banks and Financial Institutions - As enacted, extends, from one to two business days following receipt of a garnishment, the period of time within which a garnishee must determine whether the garnishee possesses or controls money or property of the judgment debtor, place a hold on any available funds, and furnish to the judgment debtor a copy of the garnishment summons and the notice to judgment debtor; makes other changes related to banking. - Amends TCA Title 26; Title 45 and Title 47.
  Apr 30, 2025: Pub. Ch. 174
• SB 794 Became law 114
  State Symbols - As enacted, designates the Southern Stars Symphonic Brass as the official brass band of the state of Tennessee. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 1, Part 3.
  Apr 30, 2025: Pub. Ch. 176
• SB 766 Became law 114
  Banks and Financial Institutions - As enacted, authorizes a premium finance company to impose and collect a convenience fee from an insured for use of certain payment methods; authorizes a premium finance company to charge and collect a handling charge for certain payment instruments when the payment instrument is not paid by the financial institution from which the instrument is drawn. - Amends TCA Title 56, Chapter 37.
  Apr 29, 2025: Pub. Ch. 258
• SB 915 Became law 114
  Highways, Roads and Bridges - As enacted, lifts certain restrictions on temporary borrow pits used to source material for a road work construction project performed in a FEMA-certified county under a contract for construction work entered into with the state that is part of a state or local Hurricane Helene recovery effort. - Amends TCA Title 54, Chapter 1.
  Apr 29, 2025: Pub. Ch. 230
• SB 290 Became law 114
  Search & Seizure - As enacted, specifies that certain physical searches of students and searches of lockers, vehicles, and other property must be conducted by a school resource officer. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 6.
  Apr 29, 2025: Pub. Ch. 244
• SR 142 Adopted 114
  Memorials, Personal Occasion - Alene Gracey, 100th birthday -
  Apr 24, 2025: Signed by Senate Speaker
• SR 141 Adopted 114
  Memorials, Retirement - Paramedic Mike Burdick -
  Apr 24, 2025: Signed by Senate Speaker
• SR 143 Adopted 114
  Memorials, Recognition - The Arc of Cumberland County, 50th anniversary -
  Apr 24, 2025: Signed by Senate Speaker
• SB 168 In committee 114
  Public Funds and Financing - As introduced, creates in the reserve for revenue fluctuations account a restricted account for the purchase and sale of precious metal bullion or specie; authorizes the state treasurer, with approval of the comptroller of the treasury, to purchase and sell precious metal bullion or specie with funds from that account. - Amends TCA Title 9.
  Apr 22, 2025: Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Finance, Ways & Means Committee
• SB 138 In committee 114
  TennCare - As introduced, requires the bureau to reimburse a public or private air ambulance service that bills for transports and has a base of operations in this state that provides a covered emergency or nonemergency service to a TennCare recipient at a rate not less than 67.5 percent of the federal medicare program's allowable charge for participating providers. - Amends TCA Title 68 and Title 71.
  Apr 22, 2025: Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Finance, Ways & Means Committee