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• SB 577 Became law 114
  TennCare - As enacted, makes revisions regarding determining when the annual coverage assessment is implemented and imposed; sets limits on the expenditures for directed payments to hospitals in certain circumstances. - Amends TCA Title 71, Chapter 5.
  Apr 8, 2025: Pub. Ch. 115
• SB 797 Became law 114
  State Employees - As enacted, clarifies that full-time employees of the general assembly are eligible for a waiver of tuition and fees for purposes of continuing education for more than one course at a time if the employees work more hours each week than typically required of full-time employment for at least four weeks per year. - Amends TCA Title 8, Chapter 50.
  Apr 8, 2025: Pub. Ch. 121
• SB 909 Became law 114
  Real Property - As enacted, requires a buyer engaged in wholesaling real property to disclose certain information related to the buyer's equitable interest in the real property to the seller and a subsequent purchaser. - Amends TCA Title 47 and Title 66.
  Apr 8, 2025: Pub. Ch. 72
• SB 897 In committee 114
  Students - As enacted, requires local boards of education and public charter school governing bodies to adopt a policy to prohibit students from using wireless communication devices during instructional time, except in certain circumstances; makes related changes. - Amends TCA Title 49.
  Apr 4, 2025: Comp. became Pub. Ch. 103
• SB 247 In committee 114
  Real Property - As enacted, clarifies that property that is qualified as agricultural, forest land, or open space land, owned by two individuals, and held under the titles of tenancy by the entireties or of joint tenancy with right of survivorship, is deemed to have unchanged ownership upon the death of an owner if the property is retained by the other owner through a right of survivorship or upon the divorce of the owners if the property is retained by either owner through division and distribution of property in the divorce proceeding. - Amends TCA Title 11, Chapter 14, Part 2; Title 11, Chapter 15 and Title 67, Chapter 5.
  Apr 4, 2025: Comp. became Pub. Ch. 138
• SB 39 In committee 114
  County Government - As enacted, authorizes certain county legislative bodies, by a two-thirds vote, to remove any member of an appointed board or commission, if such removal is recommended by the appointing authority and the member of the board or commission is given at least five business days' notice of the meeting when the vote on removal will occur. - Amends TCA Title 5.
  Apr 4, 2025: Comp. became Pub. Ch. 132
• SB 988 In committee 114
  Local Government, General - As enacted, requires each department, agency, or official of a local government that assesses and collects a fee of more than $250 to document the justification and cost basis of the fee; makes such documentation a public record; subjects such documentation to an annual audit by the comptroller of the treasury. - Amends TCA Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 10 and Title 67, Chapter 4, Part 29.
  Apr 4, 2025: Comp. became Pub. Ch. 140
• SJR 313 Adopted 114
  Memorials, Recognition - Tracy Cannon, 2025 Westmoreland Citizen of the Year -
  Apr 2, 2025: Transmitted to Governor for action.
• SB 297 In committee 114
  Game and Fish Laws - As enacted, extends the time within which the guardian for an adoptee who is less than 13 may apply for a lifetime sportsman license for adopted children from 36 months immediately following the adoption date to any time following the adoption that is prior to the adoptee's thirteenth birthday. - Amends TCA Title 70, Chapter 1, Part 5 and Section 70-2-201.
  Mar 31, 2025: Comp. became Pub. Ch. 57
• SJR 218 Adopted 114
  Memorials, Recognition - Sumner County Museum, 50th anniversary -
  Mar 31, 2025: Signed by H. Speaker
• SB 1234 In committee 114
  Civil Procedure - As introduced, revives causes of action based on a sexual assault that occurred when the injured party was 18 years of age or older and are time-barred because the applicable statute of limitations has expired; allows such actions to be commenced within a certain time period. - Amends TCA Title 28, Chapter 3; Title 39 and Title 40.
  Mar 31, 2025: Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Judiciary Committee
• SJR 223 Adopted 114
  Memorials, Recognition - Westmoreland High School, Reward School -
  Mar 31, 2025: Signed by H. Speaker
• SB 127 In committee 114
  Local Education Agencies - As introduced, specifies that the comptroller of the treasury is authorized to determine how soon after June 30 of each year charter schools are required to submit audits of their accounts and records. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 13.
  Mar 26, 2025: Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Education Committee
• SB 911 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.
  Mar 26, 2025: Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Health and Welfare Committee
• SB 860 In committee 114
  Anatomical Gifts - As introduced, creates a process by which an individual or terminal patient can refuse to make an anatomical gift that cannot be amended by another person; requires a procurement organization to follow certain procedures for contacting a decedent's family member or other authorized person. - Amends TCA Title 63 and Title 68.
  Mar 26, 2025: Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Health and Welfare Committee
• SB 852 In committee 114
  Physicians and Surgeons - As introduced, increases from 10 to 30 business days, the period of time that must be included in a non-compete agreement between an employing entity and a physician regarding the time after which, if no agreement on the fair market value of the practice can be determined when an attempt to repurchase the practice is made, the physician may remove any restrictions on the physician’s ability to practice by tendering the amount that was paid to the physician for the sale of the practice. - Amends TCA Title 63 and Title 68.
  Mar 26, 2025: Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Health and Welfare Committee
• SJR 212 Adopted 114
  Memorials, Recognition - Austin Spangler, Governor's Volunteer Stars Award -
  Mar 25, 2025: Signed by Governor.
• SJR 213 Adopted 114
  Memorials, Recognition - Barbara Towns, Governor's Volunteer Stars Award -
  Mar 25, 2025: Signed by Governor.
• SB 945 In committee 114
  Comptroller, State - As introduced, deletes antiquated language that required the office of research and education accountability in the office of the comptroller to submit a report by November 1, 2018, to the education committees of the senate and house of representatives regarding the formation and operation of community schools. - Amends Chapter __ of the Public Acts of 2025 (1st Ex. Sess. – SB 6001 / HB 6004); and TCA Title 4; Title 8 and Title 49.
  Mar 19, 2025: Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Education Committee
• SB 125 In committee 114
  Education, Higher - As introduced, requires the Tennessee higher education commission, in consultation with the department of labor and workforce development, to study all state-funded financial aid and scholarship programs in this state to determine whether programs may be expanded to provide greater financial aid opportunities for individuals interested in pursuing a workforce credential; requires the commission to report its findings and any legislative recommendations to the committee of the house of representatives having jurisdiction over higher education and to the education committee of the senate no later than January 15, 2026. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 49 and Title 50.
  Mar 19, 2025: Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Education Committee
• SJR 171 Adopted 114
  Memorials, Recognition - SRO Chris Jennings -
  Mar 13, 2025: Signed by Governor.
• SR 29 Adopted 114
  Memorials, Public Service - Carragan Laine Fields -
  Mar 7, 2025: Enrolled and ready for signatures
• SB 1435 In committee 114
  Gallatin - Subject to local approval, authorizes the city council to impose impact fees on new development. - Amends Chapter 67 of the Private Acts of 1953; as amended and rewritten.
  Feb 27, 2025: Passed on Second Consideration, held on desk. Local Bill
• SB 6006 Became law 114S1
  Public Funds and Financing - As enacted, creates the Tennessee transportation financing authority to provide financing and refinancing for the development, maintenance, and improvement of transportation facilities within the state; makes related revisions. - Amends TCA Title 4 and Title 54.
  Feb 25, 2025: Pub. Ch. 5
• SB 1242 In committee 114
  Drugs, Prescription - As introduced, deletes an obsolete provision that required the comptroller of the treasury, in conjunction with any appropriate TennCare drug utilization review committees, to study the use of prescription drugs in nursing homes and the costs of those prescription drugs for residents of nursing homes; to examine prescription use overall; to focus on any practices that would improve the quality of resident care while reducing costs to the TennCare program; and to report by January 1, 2005, to the speaker of the senate and the speaker of the house of representatives. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 33 and Title 71.
  Feb 12, 2025: Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Health and Welfare Committee
• SB 590 In committee 114
  Campaigns and Campaign Finance - As introduced, requires, by September 1, 2025, the registry of election finance to issue a report to the speakers, the legislative librarian, and the office of legislative budget analysis on the use of digital currency being contributed to candidates and political campaign committees throughout the last five years. - Amends TCA Title 2, Chapter 10; Title 2, Chapter 19; Title 3, Chapter 6; Title 4, Chapter 29; Title 4, Chapter 55 and Title 8, Chapter 50, Part 5.
  Feb 12, 2025: Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate State and Local Government Committee
• SB 1057 Introduced 114
  Drugs, Prescription - As introduced, deletes an obsolete provision that required the comptroller of the treasury, in conjunction with any appropriate TennCare drug utilization review committees, to study the use of prescription drugs in nursing homes and the costs of those prescription drugs for residents of nursing homes; to examine prescription use overall; to focus on any practices that would improve the quality of resident care while reducing costs to the TennCare program; and to report by January 1, 2005, to speaker of the senate and the speaker of the house of representatives. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 33 and Title 71.
  Feb 10, 2025: Withdrawn.
• SB 414 Introduced 114
  Local Education Agencies - As introduced, requires LEAs and public charter schools to prohibit students from displaying, using, or accessing an electronic device during the school day unless an exception applies; requires local boards of education and public charter school governing bodies to develop and adopt a policy to implement the prohibition and to submit its policy to the department of education no later than July 31, 2025. - Amends TCA Title 49.
  Feb 4, 2025: Withdrawn.
• SB 131 In committee 114
  Taxes, Privilege - As introduced, 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.
  Feb 4, 2025: Withdrawn.