Tennessee bills

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State bill data last updated Oct 21, 2026, 8:30 AM.

9,112 bills

• HJR 1348 Adopted 114
  Memorials, Interns - Sheeva Chourazghi-Azad -
  Apr 24, 2026: Signed by Governor.
• SB 1666 In committee 114
  Human Resources, Department of - As enacted, excludes a person or entity that operates a family child care home and obtains a United States department of defense certificate to operate from being subject to licensure as long as such family child care home provides child care services only to an eligible patron. - Amends TCA Title 71, Chapter 3.
  Apr 24, 2026: Comp. became Pub. Ch. 747
• SB 2140 In committee 114
  Education, Dept. of - As introduced, changes from July 31 to July 1 the date by which an LEA director of schools must send a report to the department if the LEA did not contract for or employ at least one school nurse for every 750 students. - Amends TCA Title 49 and Title 68.
  Apr 24, 2026: Sponsor(s) Added.
• HB 1825 In committee 114
  Food and Food Products - As enacted, increases from 150 gallons to 835 gallons the annual threshold amount of honey at or above which a honey producer is subject to food manufacturing and inspection requirements. - Amends TCA Title 44, Chapter 15 and Title 53.
  Apr 24, 2026: Comp. became Pub. Ch. 740
• HR 297 Adopted 114
  Memorials, Public Service - Representative G.A. Hardaway -
  Apr 24, 2026: Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.
• SB 1213 Became law 114
  Education - As enacted, empowers a student who is an English language learner and who received language assistance services in the classroom during the school year to receive the same language assistance services while taking a Tennessee comprehensive assessment program test or an end-of-course assessment, as long as the receipt of language assistance services does not invalidate the assessment. - Amends TCA Title 49.
  Apr 24, 2026: Pub. Ch. 685
• HJR 1660 Adopted 114
  Memorials, Recognition - Workers killed in the AES explosion -
  Apr 24, 2026: Sponsor(s) Added.
• SB 485 Became law 114
  Children - As enacted, requires certain procedures currently found in the federal Indian Child Welfare Act to be applied by courts in child custody proceedings involving an Indian child. - Amends TCA Title 36 and Title 37.
  Apr 24, 2026: Pub. Ch. 682
• SB 1850 Became law 114
  Children's Services, Dept. of - As enacted, prohibits the department from requiring a relative caregiver, including relatives in the kinship foster care program, to provide a child with the child's own bedroom in determining whether to place the child in the custody of the relative caregiver. - Amends TCA Title 37.
  Apr 24, 2026: Pub. Ch. 703
• HB 2112 In committee 114
  Charitable Solicitations - As enacted, establishes a process to notify a charitable organization that it has been designated as a beneficiary in an instrument that provides for payment or transfer at death without probate; makes related changes. - Amends TCA Title 35 and Title 48.
  Apr 24, 2026: Comp. became Pub. Ch. 741
• HB 2089 Became law 114
  Education - As enacted, requires LEAs and public charter schools to recognize Victims of Communism Day to honor the people who have fallen victim to communist regimes by providing high school students enrolled in a world history and geography course with at least 45 minutes of instruction on such topic. - Amends TCA Title 15; Title 49, Chapter 1 and Title 49, Chapter 6.
  Apr 24, 2026: Pub. Ch. 757
• SB 2222 Became law 114
  Damages - As enacted, establishes a cause of action for persons to seek damages from persons who compensate others to participate in demonstrations when the paid demonstrators' conduct satisfies the elements of the criminal offense of rioting, or other similar offenses. - Amends TCA Title 29; Title 38 and Title 50.
  Apr 24, 2026: Pub. Ch. 722
• HB 2262 Became law 114
  Children's Services, Dept. of - As enacted, requires the department to make an initial screening, and potentially an assessment, upon receiving a report of harm that includes a report of harm alleging facts that involve a caregiver; makes other related changes. - Amends TCA Title 37 and Title 71.
  Apr 24, 2026: Pub. Ch. 762
• SB 1970 Became law 114
  Public Records - As enacted, entitles an individual who is not a citizen of this state to inspect or receive a copy of any law enforcement record or report pertaining solely to that individual. - Amends TCA Title 10, Chapter 7.
  Apr 24, 2026: Pub. Ch. 711
• HB 734 In committee 114
  Statutes of Limitations and Repose - As enacted, specifies that a party filing a counterclaim, third-party complaint, or cross-claim related to the design, planning, supervision, or construction of an improvement of real property is not subject to the four-year statute of repose. - Amends TCA Title 28.
  Apr 24, 2026: Comp. became Pub. Ch. 684
• HJR 1331 Adopted 114
  Memorials, Recognition - Sideline cheerleading -
  Apr 24, 2026: Signed by Governor.
• HB 2149 Became law 114
  Education - As enacted, authorizes an LEA or public charter school to continue a disciplinary investigation of a student who, during the investigation, withdraws from the LEA or public charter school; authorizes, if the student later reenrolls, the LEA or public charter school to discipline the student in accordance with the LEA's or public charter school's policy based on the results of the investigation. - Amends TCA Title 49.
  Apr 24, 2026: Pub. Ch. 760
• SB 2560 In committee 114
  Energy - As enacted, creates the "Tennessee Energy Freedom Act." - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 60 and Title 68.
  Apr 24, 2026: Comp. became Pub. Ch. 756
• HJR 1335 Adopted 114
  Memorials, Interns - Abigail Neeley -
  Apr 24, 2026: Signed by Governor.
• SB 1724 In committee 114
  Jails, Local Lock-ups - As enacted, authorizes a sheriff, jail administrator, or deputy jailer to refuse or delay acceptance into the jail of an arrestee if the arrestee has not received medical treatment for obvious serious physical injuries or conditions of an emergency nature; makes other related changes. - Amends TCA Title 8, Chapter 8; Title 29; Title 40 and Title 41.
  Apr 24, 2026: Comp. became Pub. Ch. 751
• SB 609 Became law 114
  Child Custody and Support - As enacted, requires a court to consider the extent to which a parenting schedule provides each parent a meaningful opportunity to participate in the child's life, consistent with the child's best interest, in addition to the other relevant factors, when making a child custody determination. - Amends TCA Title 36 and Title 37.
  Apr 24, 2026: Pub. Ch. 683
• HB 1904 In committee 114
  Children - As enacted, requires certain procedures currently found in the federal Indian Child Welfare Act to be applied by courts in child custody proceedings involving an Indian child. - Amends TCA Title 36 and Title 37.
  Apr 24, 2026: Comp. became Pub. Ch. 682
• HB 2127 Became law 114
  Child Custody and Support - As enacted, requires a court to include written findings of fact as to whether certain limitations in parenting plans apply in a child custody order, whether temporary or permanent. - Amends TCA Title 29; Title 36 and Title 37.
  Apr 24, 2026: Pub. Ch. 758
• HB 2536 Became law 114
  Public Employees - As enacted, replaces certain members of the state insurance committee, the local education insurance committee, and the local government insurance committee. - Amends TCA Section 8-27-201; Section 8-27-301 and Section 8-27-701.
  Apr 24, 2026: Pub. Ch. 767
• HB 2109 In committee 114
  Damages - As enacted, establishes a cause of action for persons to seek damages from persons who compensate others to participate in demonstrations when the paid demonstrators' conduct satisfies the elements of the criminal offense of rioting, or other similar offenses. - Amends TCA Title 29; Title 38 and Title 50.
  Apr 24, 2026: Comp. became Pub. Ch. 722
• SB 1524 In committee 114
  Sunset Laws - As enacted, extends the Interstate Compact for Juveniles to June 30, 2034. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 29 and Title 37, Chapter 4, Part 1.
  Apr 24, 2026: Comp. became Pub. Ch. 745
• HB 2070 Became law 114
  Energy - As enacted, creates the "Tennessee Energy Freedom Act." - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 60 and Title 68.
  Apr 24, 2026: Pub. Ch. 756
• SB 2220 In committee 114
  Children's Services, Dept. of - As enacted, requires the department to make an initial screening, and potentially an assessment, upon receiving a report of harm that includes a report of harm alleging facts that involve a caregiver; makes other related changes. - Amends TCA Title 37 and Title 71.
  Apr 24, 2026: Comp. became Pub. Ch. 762
• SB 2230 In committee 114
  Public Employees - As enacted, replaces certain members of the state insurance committee, the local education insurance committee, and the local government insurance committee. - Amends TCA Section 8-27-201; Section 8-27-301 and Section 8-27-701.
  Apr 24, 2026: Comp. became Pub. Ch. 767
• HB 1663 Became law 114
  Human Resources, Department of - As enacted, excludes a person or entity that operates a family child care home and obtains a United States department of defense certificate to operate from being subject to licensure as long as such family child care home provides child care services only to an eligible patron. - Amends TCA Title 71, Chapter 3.
  Apr 24, 2026: Pub. Ch. 747
• SB 2539 In committee 114
  Child Custody and Support - As enacted, requires a court to include written findings of fact as to whether certain limitations in parenting plans apply in a child custody order, whether temporary or permanent. - Amends TCA Title 29; Title 36 and Title 37.
  Apr 24, 2026: Comp. became Pub. Ch. 758
• SB 1930 In committee 114
  Criminal Offenses - As enacted, requires a person convicted of second degree murder by knowingly killing another to be sentenced as no lower than a Range II offender. - Amends TCA Section 39-13-210 and Title 40.
  Apr 24, 2026: Comp. became Pub. Ch. 752
• HB 2283 In committee 114
  Children's Services, Dept. of - As enacted, prohibits the department from requiring a relative caregiver, including relatives in the kinship foster care program, to provide a child with the child's own bedroom in determining whether to place the child in the custody of the relative caregiver. - Amends TCA Title 37.
  Apr 24, 2026: Comp. became Pub. Ch. 703
• HB 590 In committee 114
  Child Custody and Support - As enacted, requires a court to consider the extent to which a parenting schedule provides each parent a meaningful opportunity to participate in the child's life, consistent with the child's best interest, in addition to the other relevant factors, when making a child custody determination. - Amends TCA Title 36 and Title 37.
  Apr 24, 2026: Comp. became Pub. Ch. 683
• SB 1821 In committee 114
  Food and Food Products - As enacted, clarifies that a person 19 or older does not need a license or permit to sell bakery goods, homemade or otherwise; soft drinks; or other similar food commodities if the person is supporting a 501(c)(3) organization, and a component of such organization's mission is to provide temporary accommodations for children in relationship to their placement in the custody of the department of children's services. - Amends TCA Title 68, Chapter 14.
  Apr 24, 2026: Comp. became Pub. Ch. 754
• HB 1871 Became law 114
  Criminal Offenses - As enacted, requires a person convicted of second degree murder by knowingly killing another to be sentenced as no lower than a Range II offender. - Amends TCA Section 39-13-210 and Title 40.
  Apr 24, 2026: Pub. Ch. 752
• SB 2168 In committee 114
  Education - As enacted, requires LEAs and public charter schools to recognize Victims of Communism Day to honor the people who have fallen victim to communist regimes by providing high school students enrolled in a world history and geography course with at least 45 minutes of instruction on such topic. - Amends TCA Title 15; Title 49, Chapter 1 and Title 49, Chapter 6.
  Apr 24, 2026: Comp. became Pub. Ch. 757
• HB 2020 Became law 114
  Food and Food Products - As enacted, clarifies that a person 19 or older does not need a license or permit to sell bakery goods, homemade or otherwise; soft drinks; or other similar food commodities if the person is supporting a 501(c)(3) organization, and a component of such organization's mission is to provide temporary accommodations for children in relationship to their placement in the custody of the department of children's services. - Amends TCA Title 68, Chapter 14.
  Apr 24, 2026: Pub. Ch. 754
• SB 2066 In committee 114
  Taxes, Privilege - As introduced, allocates 30 percent of the revenue from taxes on vapor products to counties in equal amounts to be used for youth nicotine prevention programs and services. - Amends TCA Title 67, Chapter 4, Part 10.
  Apr 24, 2026: Sponsor(s) Added.
• HJR 1333 Adopted 114
  Memorials, Retirement - Jim Reed, Rhea County Commissioner -
  Apr 24, 2026: Signed by Governor.
• HB 2141 Became law 114
  Education, Higher - As enacted, prohibits, until July 1, 2033, public disclosure of certain commercial contracts entered into in furtherance of an intercollegiate athletics program; extends the prohibition on public disclosure of certain records containing information relating to game or player integrity beyond July 1, 2026; clarifies that protecting certain intercollegiate athletics program records from disclosure does not create any private right of action or basis for any injunctive or equitable relief, except for certain claims made by a business. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 7, Part 1.
  Apr 24, 2026: Pub. Ch. 759
• SJR 1045 Adopted 114
  Memorials, Recognition - D.T. McCall & Sons -
  Apr 24, 2026: Sponsor(s) Added.
• HJR 1328 Adopted 114
  Memorials, Recognition - Tabernacle Kinfolks Camp Meeting, 200th gathering -
  Apr 24, 2026: Signed by Governor.
• HJR 1330 Adopted 114
  Memorials, Interns - William "Billy" Bunce -
  Apr 24, 2026: Signed by Governor.
• HB 1582 Became law 114
  Sunset Laws - As enacted, extends the Interstate Compact for Juveniles to June 30, 2034. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 29 and Title 37, Chapter 4, Part 1.
  Apr 24, 2026: Pub. Ch. 745
• HB 2498 Became law 114
  TennCare - As enacted, prohibits the division from providing coverage or reimbursement for a medical procedure performed on, or administered to, an individual if the performance or administration of the procedure is for the purpose of enabling the individual to identify with, or live as, a purported identity inconsistent with the individual's sex, or treat purported discomfort or distress from a discordance between the individual's sex and asserted identity. - Amends TCA Title 71, Chapter 5.
  Apr 24, 2026: Pub. Ch. 765
• HJR 1469 Adopted 114
  Memorials, Retirement - Brent Clayton -
  Apr 24, 2026: Signed by Governor.
• SB 1848 In committee 114
  Controlled Substances - As enacted, authorizes additional healthcare providers to directly administer buprenorphine mono or buprenorphine without the use of naloxone; adds that prescribing a buprenorphine product to nursing mother or prescribing an injectable mono product does not restrict certain healthcare providers from prescribing a buprenorphine product for the treatment of opioid use disorder without naloxone. - Amends TCA Title 53, Chapter 11.
  Apr 24, 2026: Comp. became Pub. Ch. 753
• HB 1984 Became law 114
  Controlled Substances - As enacted, authorizes additional healthcare providers to directly administer buprenorphine mono or buprenorphine without the use of naloxone; adds that prescribing a buprenorphine product to nursing mother or prescribing an injectable mono product does not restrict certain healthcare providers from prescribing a buprenorphine product for the treatment of opioid use disorder without naloxone. - Amends TCA Title 53, Chapter 11.
  Apr 24, 2026: Pub. Ch. 753
• SB 2292 In committee 114
  Education, Higher - As enacted, prohibits, until July 1, 2033, public disclosure of certain commercial contracts entered into in furtherance of an intercollegiate athletics program; extends the prohibition on public disclosure of certain records containing information relating to game or player integrity beyond July 1, 2026; clarifies that protecting certain intercollegiate athletics program records from disclosure does not create any private right of action or basis for any injunctive or equitable relief, except for certain claims made by a business. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 7, Part 1.
  Apr 24, 2026: Comp. became Pub. Ch. 759