Tennessee bills

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State bill data last updated Oct 22, 2026, 4:13 PM.

9,112 bills

• SB 672 In committee 114
  Criminal Offenses - As introduced, increases the penalty for obstruction of a highway, street, sidewalk, railway, waterway, elevator, aisle, hallway, or other place used for the passage of persons or vehicles from a Class A misdemeanor to a Class E felony; establishes an increased penalty of a Class D felony if the offense was committed by intentionally obstructing a highway, street, or other place used for the passage of vehicles. - Amends TCA Title 39.
  Apr 23, 2026: Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Finance, Ways & Means Committee
• HB 2585 Passed House 114
  Damages - As introduced, states that the amount of damages awarded as noneconomic damages must not exceed $1 million in a health care liability action arising from obstetric or maternity negligence resulting in the death or permanent injury of a pregnant or postpartum woman. - Amends TCA Section 29-39-102.
  Apr 23, 2026: Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill.
• SJR 1226 Adopted 114
  Memorials, Academic Achievement - Julia Long, Valedictorian, South Haven Christian School -
  Apr 23, 2026: Adopted, Ayes 33, Nays 0
• SB 2330 In committee 114
  State Government - As introduced, requires departments, agencies, and other state governmental entities to make information and records available, including by means of direct electronic access, to the staff of the general assembly's fiscal review committee; requires the department of finance and administration to provide the office of legislative budget analysis with access to applicable state budget formulation and management systems. - Amends TCA Title 3, Chapter 13; Title 3, Chapter 14 and Title 3, Chapter 7.
  Apr 23, 2026: Sponsor change.
• HB 1799 Became law 114
  Comptroller, State - As enacted, deletes the reports the comptroller is required to submit to the general assembly regarding the provision of broadband services in historically unserved areas and the Tennessee Helping Heroes Scholarship Program; revises the information the comptroller is required to submit to the general assembly regarding the property tax relief program. - Amends TCA Section 7-59-316; Section 49-4-938 and Section 67-5-701.
  Apr 23, 2026: Pub. Ch. 750
• HR 279 Adopted 114
  Memorials, Recognition - Demario Hollowell -
  Apr 23, 2026: Sponsor(s) Added.
• SJR 1257 Introduced 114
  Memorials, Personal Occasion - John Patrick Hallet and Susan Marie Hallet, 45th wedding anniversary -
  Apr 23, 2026: Re-refer to Senate Calendar Committee
• HR 273 Adopted 114
  Memorials, Recognition - Raven Moody -
  Apr 23, 2026: Sponsor(s) Added.
• HR 269 Adopted 114
  Memorials, Recognition - Dr. Samuel Bachelor -
  Apr 23, 2026: Sponsor(s) Added.
• HR 290 Adopted 114
  Memorials, Recognition - Phyllis Williams -
  Apr 23, 2026: Sponsor(s) Added.
• HB 562 In committee 114
  State Government - As introduced, prohibits a person, political subdivision, or public official, in connection with a state emergency, from categorizing or proclaiming by order, rule, or regulation that a lawful occupation is non-essential, or otherwise proclaiming by order, rule, or regulation that a lawful occupation is prohibited from operating based on what the lawful occupation is; specifies that a person harmed by a violation of the prohibition may bring a civil action for actual damages or declaratory relief. - Amends TCA Title 58, Chapter 2.
  Apr 23, 2026: Held on desk.
• SR 423 In committee 114
  Memorials, Recognition - Arab American Heritage Month -
  Apr 23, 2026: Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Finance, Ways & Means Committee
• HJR 863 Adopted 114
  Memorials, Congress - Urges the U.S. Congress to enact H.R. 2350 (S. 1137), which permits states to deploy cell-phone jamming systems in prisons. -
  Apr 23, 2026: Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Finance, Ways & Means Committee
• HB 1971 Became law 114
  Remedies and Special Proceedings - As enacted, removes the right of a cause of action for any affected person who seeks declaratory and injunctive relief in any action brought regarding the legality or constitutionality of a state governmental action; authorizes such an action against a political subdivision of this state; does not limit any other cause of action or waiver of sovereign immunity to vindicate rights under the Tennessee Constitution or the United States Constitution. - Amends TCA Title 1, Chapter 3 and Title 49.
  Apr 23, 2026: Pub. Ch. 664
• HR 289 Adopted 114
  Memorials, Recognition - Dr. Nicole Gates-Golden -
  Apr 23, 2026: Sponsor(s) Added.
• HR 271 Adopted 114
  Memorials, Recognition - Marcus Brown -
  Apr 23, 2026: Sponsor(s) Added.
• SB 2621 In committee 114
  Damages - As introduced, states that the amount of damages awarded as noneconomic damages must not exceed $1 million in a health care liability action arising from obstetric or maternity negligence resulting in the death or permanent injury of a pregnant or postpartum woman. - Amends TCA Section 29-39-102.
  Apr 23, 2026: Companion House Bill substituted
• HR 294 Introduced 114
  Memorials, Recognition - Memphis Community Against Pollution (MCAP) and President KeShaun Pearson -
  Apr 23, 2026: Filed for introduction
• HB 1912 In committee 114
  Highway Signs - As enacted, requires the department of transportation to install signs or markers displaying language or an appropriate symbol indicating to motorists that a rest area or welcome center has an adult-sized changing table; requires the department to publish on its website the locations of rest areas and welcome centers that have an adult-sized changing table. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 3; Title 12 and Title 54.
  Apr 23, 2026: Comp. became Pub. Ch. 734
• HR 292 Adopted 114
  Memorials, Recognition - Anner Echols -
  Apr 23, 2026: Sponsor(s) Added.
• SB 1730 In committee 114
  Sunset Laws - As enacted, creates sunrise provisions for certain governmental entities created during the 2025 legislative session. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 29; Title 8, Chapter 4, Part 6; Title 34, Chapter 3 and Title 40, Chapter 11, Part 3.
  Apr 23, 2026: Comp. became Pub. Ch. 746
• HB 166 Became law 114
  Redistricting, Legislative - As enacted, adds that geographic descriptions affecting part of the boundary line between Fayette County and Shelby County are to be construed as the boundary line when census descriptions, counties, voting districts (VTDs), tracts, blocks, census delineations, census district lines, and other census designations are those established for or by the United States department of commerce, bureau of the census, for taking the 2020 federal decennial census in this state as contained in the topologically integrated geographic encoding and referencing system for the composition of state congressional districts, state senatorial districts, and state house of representative districts. - Amends TCA Title 2, Chapter 16 and Title 3, Chapter 1.
  Apr 23, 2026: Pub. Ch. 742
• HR 280 Adopted 114
  Memorials, Recognition - Davina Jones -
  Apr 23, 2026: Sponsor(s) Added.
• HR 281 Adopted 114
  Memorials, Recognition - Devereau J. Williams -
  Apr 23, 2026: Sponsor(s) Added.
• HB 2566 In committee 114
  Holidays and Days of Special Observance - As enacted, designates August 8 of each year as "Clog Dancing Day in the Volunteer State." - Amends TCA Title 15, Chapter 2.
  Apr 23, 2026: Comp. became Pub. Ch. 665
• SB 2634 In committee 114
  Election Laws - As introduced, requires all public institutions of higher education in this state to observe an academic holiday on each general election day. - Amends TCA Title 2; Title 49, Chapter 11; Title 49, Chapter 7; Title 49, Chapter 8 and Title 49, Chapter 9.
  Apr 23, 2026: Re-refer to S. Cal Comm
• SB 1958 In committee 114
  Remedies and Special Proceedings - As enacted, removes the right of a cause of action for any affected person who seeks declaratory and injunctive relief in any action brought regarding the legality or constitutionality of a state governmental action; authorizes such an action against a political subdivision of this state; does not limit any other cause of action or waiver of sovereign immunity to vindicate rights under the Tennessee Constitution or the United States Constitution. - Amends TCA Title 1, Chapter 3 and Title 49.
  Apr 23, 2026: Comp. became Pub. Ch. 664
• SB 1710 In committee 114
  Education, Curriculum - As enacted, requires public schools and public charter schools to provide instruction in child trafficking awareness and prevention to students in grades kindergarten through 12 through health education, instead of being provided through a family life curriculum. - Amends TCA Title 49.
  Apr 23, 2026: Comp. became Pub. Ch. 744
• SJR 1079 In committee 114
  Memorials, Recognition - National Pencil Day -
  Apr 23, 2026: Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Finance, Ways & Means Committee
• SB 1877 In committee 114
  Transportation, Dept. of - As introduced, extends for one year the annual report the department must submit to committees of the general assembly regarding blocked highway-rail grade crossings data collected by the federal railroad administration. - Amends TCA Title 55 and Title 65.
  Apr 23, 2026: Re-refer to S. Cal Comm
• HR 288 Adopted 114
  Memorials, Recognition - Bryan Carson -
  Apr 23, 2026: Sponsor(s) Added.
• HB 2356 Became law 114
  School Transportation - As enacted, requires a local education agency that installs cameras on the exterior of school buses for the purpose of recording images of motor vehicles that fail to stop upon approaching a school bus to either enter into a memorandum of understanding with local law enforcement that includes the review of evidence from a camera and overall enforcement, or authorize school safety personnel to review evidence from a camera to determine whether a violation has occurred. - Amends TCA Section 55-8-151.
  Apr 23, 2026: Pub. Ch. 764
• SB 419 Passed House 114
  Remedies and Special Proceedings - As introduced, increases the amount of compensation an injured plaintiff in a civil action may receive for noneconomic damages from $750,000 to $1.5 million; increases the amount of compensation an injured plaintiff in a civil action may receive for noneconomic damages, if the injury or loss is catastrophic in nature, from $1 million to $2 million. - Amends TCA Section 29-39-102.
  Apr 23, 2026: Placed on Senate Message Calendar 3 for 4/23/2026
• HB 2466 Passed Senate 114
  District Attorneys - As introduced, revises the data that district attorneys general are required to include in the annual report submitted to various officials and the public; requires the clerk of every court having jurisdiction over misdemeanor and felony cases to provide the district attorneys general conference direct and unlimited access to the clerk's case management or reporting system for the purposes of complying with the district attorneys general conference's and district attorneys general's statutory reporting requirements. - Amends TCA Title 4 and Title 8.
  Apr 23, 2026: Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill.
• SB 2462 In committee 114
  District Attorneys - As introduced, revises the data that district attorneys general are required to include in the annual report submitted to various officials and the public; requires the clerk of every court having jurisdiction over misdemeanor and felony cases to provide the district attorneys general conference direct and unlimited access to the clerk's case management or reporting system for the purposes of complying with the district attorneys general conference's and district attorneys general's statutory reporting requirements. - Amends TCA Title 4 and Title 8.
  Apr 23, 2026: Companion House Bill substituted
• HB 2338 In committee 114
  Real Property - As enacted, requires a homeowners' association that collects assessments for common expenses to obtain and maintain a blanket fidelity bond to insure the homeowners' association against losses resulting from theft or dishonesty committed by the officers, directors, or persons employed by the homeowners' association, or committed by any managing agent or employees of the managing agent. - Amends TCA Title 66.
  Apr 23, 2026: Comp. became Pub. Ch. 731
• SB 1150 In committee 114
  Architects, Engineers and Designers - As introduced, requires the state board of examiners for architects and engineers to publish the time and place at which examinations to receive an engineer intern certificate or to register as a professional engineer are held and the acceptable grade necessary for passage of the examinations on the board's website. - Amends TCA Title 49; Title 62 and Title 63.
  Apr 23, 2026: Re-refer to S. Cal Comm
• HB 1506 In committee 114
  Campaigns and Campaign Finance - As enacted, authorizes the executive director of or an attorney employed by the bureau of ethics and campaign finance to conduct a training program for members of the bureau and Tennessee ethics commission. - Amends TCA Title 2, Chapter 10, Part 2 and Title 3, Chapter 6, Part 1.
  Apr 23, 2026: Comp. became Pub. Ch. 669
• HR 260 Adopted 114
  Memorials, Academic Achievement - Lily Amelia Huddleston, Top Ten Senior, Smith County High School -
  Apr 22, 2026: Filed for introduction
• HR 265 Adopted 114
  Memorials, Academic Achievement - Emma Conder, Salutatorian, Smith County High School -
  Apr 22, 2026: Filed for introduction
• SJR 1053 Adopted 114
  Memorials, Personal Occasion - Audrey Jean Glodé Campbell, 90th birthday -
  Apr 22, 2026: Signed by Governor.
• HR 247 Adopted 114
  Memorials, Academic Achievement - Miley Vanhook, Honor Graduate, Oneida High School -
  Apr 22, 2026: Sponsor(s) Added.
• SJR 1039 Adopted 114
  Memorials, Recognition - 3rd Annual Tennessee Small Band Association State Championship -
  Apr 22, 2026: Signed by Governor.
• HR 255 Adopted 114
  Memorials, Academic Achievement - River Michelle Bessey, Salutatorian, Cosby High School -
  Apr 22, 2026: Filed for introduction
• HR 268 Adopted 114
  Memorials, Interns - Nehemiah DeMar -
  Apr 22, 2026: Filed for introduction
• SJR 1032 Adopted 114
  Memorials, Recognition - Kehilla Upper School of Nashville -
  Apr 22, 2026: Signed by Governor.
• HR 246 Adopted 114
  Memorials, Academic Achievement - Hannah Foster, Salutatorian, Oneida High School -
  Apr 22, 2026: Sponsor(s) Added.
• HR 257 Adopted 114
  Memorials, Academic Achievement - Joshua Richardson, Top Ten Senior, Smith County High School -
  Apr 22, 2026: Filed for introduction
• SJR 1036 Adopted 114
  Memorials, Recognition - Phynlee Ryan Keeling, 2026 Mule Day Court First Runner-Up -
  Apr 22, 2026: Signed by Governor.
• HB 2038 Passed House 114
  Public Funds and Financing - As introduced, adds certain definitions concerning precious metals; makes precious metal coins legal tender; prohibits a person from compelling another to accept precious metal coins as legal tender. - Amends TCA Title 9, Chapter 1.
  Apr 22, 2026: H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA1236)