Tennessee bills

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State bill data last updated Oct 23, 2026, 12:20 AM.

9,112 bills

• HJR 1325 Adopted 114
  Memorials, Recognition - Rujena Dotson, Governor's Volunteer Stars Award -
  Apr 20, 2026: Signed by Governor.
• SB 2143 In committee 114
  Taxes, Sales - As introduced, expands sales tax exemptions on repair and refurbishment of aircraft and aircraft components, including equipment and parts used, performed by Tennessee-based aircraft repair companies from only large or transport category aircraft to include all aircraft, including helicopters, that will be removed outside the state following repair. - Amends TCA Title 67, Chapter 6, Part 3.
  Apr 20, 2026: Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 4/21/2026
• HJR 1286 Adopted 114
  Memorials, Sports - Stephen Smith -
  Apr 20, 2026: Signed by Governor.
• SB 2485 In committee 114
  Local Education Agencies - As introduced, allows an LEA or public charter school to install, maintain, and use, subject to parental approval, a video camera surveillance system in the special education classrooms operated by the LEA or public charter school to continuously monitor students, teachers, and staff in the classroom while special education or related services are being provided. - Amends TCA Title 10 and Title 49.
  Apr 20, 2026: Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 4/21/2026
• SB 989 In committee 114
  Education - As introduced, corrects the name of the Cumberland Museum and Science Center to the Adventure Science Center for purposes of receipt of appropriations of state funds made for educational grants-in-aid under allotments of the commissioner of finance and administration. - Amends TCA Title 49.
  Apr 20, 2026: Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 4/21/2026
• SB 2584 In committee 114
  Taxes, Sales - As introduced, authorizes a qualified data center that applies for job tax credits to certify electronically that it has not, within the previous 12 months, been found to be in violation of the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN) Act, the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938, or federal immigration laws. - Amends TCA Title 67, Chapter 6.
  Apr 20, 2026: Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 4/21/2026
• HJR 1297 Adopted 114
  Memorials, Academic Achievement - Dominic Santiago, Valedictorian, Cordova High School -
  Apr 20, 2026: Signed by Governor.
• SB 2051 In committee 114
  Scholarships and Financial Aid - As introduced, adds Western Governors University as an educational institution at which an active member of a federally recognized unit of the Tennessee national guard may receive tuition reimbursement through the Tennessee Support, Training, and Renewing Opportunity for National Guardsmen (STRONG) Act of 2017. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 4.
  Apr 20, 2026: Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 4/21/2026
• HR 198 Adopted 114
  Memorials, Personal Occasion - Reverend Al Green, 80th birthday -
  Apr 20, 2026: Adopted, Ayes 96, Nays 0, PNV 0
• SB 2135 In committee 114
  Taxes, Sales - As introduced, urges the department of revenue to study the amount of revenue derived during the previous five fiscal years from the sales tax imposed on retail sales of non-prepared food, and from the general sales tax imposed on retail sales of prepared food; requires a report be submitted to the chairs of the finance, ways and means committees and the office of legislative budget analysis. - Amends TCA Title 67, Chapter 6.
  Apr 20, 2026: Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 4/21/2026
• SB 2169 In committee 114
  Public Defenders - As introduced, creates five additional social worker positions in the public defender system. - Amends TCA Title 8, Chapter 14 and Title 9, Chapter 4.
  Apr 20, 2026: Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee
• SB 482 In committee 114
  Criminal Offenses - As introduced, expands the offense of unlawful photography to include a photograph that the defendant knew would include the victim engaged in sexual activity; increases the penalty for the offense of unlawful photography from a Class A misdemeanor or a Class E felony to a Class D felony in certain circumstances; authorizes the issuance of an order of protection for a person who has been subjected to, threatened with, or placed in fear of unlawful photography. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 13 and Title 40.
  Apr 20, 2026: Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 4/21/2026
• SB 2498 In committee 114
  Finance and Administration, Dept. of - As introduced, requires the department to promulgate rules relating to cash transaction rounding. - Amends TCA Title 47, Chapter 18 and Title 67.
  Apr 20, 2026: Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 4/21/2026
• SB 2277 In committee 114
  Taxes, Sales - As introduced, exempts the retail sale of generic food products from the food retail sales tax. - Amends TCA Title 67, Chapter 6.
  Apr 20, 2026: Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 4/21/2026
• HJR 1287 Adopted 114
  Memorials, Sports - Gavin Johnson -
  Apr 20, 2026: Signed by Governor.
• HJR 1323 Adopted 114
  Memorials, Recognition - Brandi Smith, Governor's Volunteer Stars Award -
  Apr 20, 2026: Signed by Governor.
• HJR 1298 Adopted 114
  Memorials, Interns - Seth Koenes -
  Apr 20, 2026: Signed by Governor.
• HJR 1315 Adopted 114
  Memorials, Recognition - Tennessee veterans -
  Apr 20, 2026: Signed by Governor.
• HJR 727 Adopted 114
  Memorials, Congress - Urges Congress to bring home the remains of the USS Intrepid sailors entombed in Libya. -
  Apr 20, 2026: Signed by Governor.
• HJR 1258 Adopted 114
  Memorials, Recognition - Nashville Alumni Chapter of Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc., 100th Anniversary -
  Apr 20, 2026: Signed by Governor.
• SB 2639 In committee 114
  Public Funds and Financing - As introduced, enacts the "Tennessee Strategic Bitcoin Reserve Act." - Amends TCA Title 9, Chapter 4.
  Apr 20, 2026: Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 4/21/2026
• SB 1392 In committee 114
  Bond Issues - As introduced, authorizes the state, acting by resolution of its funding board, to issue and sell its bonds and bond anticipation notes for certain purposes. -
  Apr 20, 2026: Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Finance, Ways and Means Committee
• SB 2082 In committee 114
  Appropriations - As introduced, makes appropriations for the purpose of defraying the expenses of certain legislative enactments passed during the 2026 session of the 114th General Assembly; earmarks sufficient state funds for the purpose of funding any bill naming a highway or bridge in honor of a service member killed in action. -
  Apr 20, 2026: Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Finance, Ways and Means Committee
• SB 294 In committee 114
  Taxes, Exemption and Credits - As introduced, exempts from the sales and use tax the purchase of a motor vehicle that is registered in this state by a qualifying member of the Tennessee national guard; applies the sales tax exemption only to the first $15,000 of the sales price and only to one vehicle sold to such individual within a five-year period. - Amends TCA Title 67, Chapter 6, Part 3.
  Apr 20, 2026: Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 4/21/2026
• HJR 1295 Adopted 114
  Memorials, Academic Achievement - Dariana Sanchez Arredondo, Salutatorian, Raleigh-Egypt High School -
  Apr 20, 2026: Signed by Governor.
• SB 1394 In committee 114
  Budget Procedures - As introduced, deletes requirements that budget document includes personal income statement for calendar year 1977 and actual state appropriations for fiscal year 1977-1978. - Amends TCA Title 9, Chapter 4, Part 52.
  Apr 20, 2026: Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Finance, Ways and Means Committee
• HJR 1281 Adopted 114
  Memorials, Sports - Houston Fulks -
  Apr 20, 2026: Signed by Governor.
• SB 650 In committee 114
  TennCare - As introduced, enacts "Emma's Bill," which requires that when making a determination of medical necessity, the bureau shall take into consideration the patient's overall condition and use such overall condition as a factor to determine the level of funding and what medical items and services the patient receives, even if such determination does not result in the least costly course of diagnosis or treatment. - Amends TCA Title 4 and Title 71.
  Apr 20, 2026: Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 4/21/2026
• SB 473 In committee 114
  Veterans - As introduced, enacts the "Veterans Assistance for Livelihood, Opportunity, and Relief (VALOR) Act," which exempts disabled veterans who have 100 percent permanent and total disability from a service-connected cause from the payment of certain taxes and fees. - Amends TCA Section 5-8-102; Title 55, Chapter 4; Title 67 and Title 70, Chapter 2.
  Apr 20, 2026: Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 4/21/2026
• SB 2406 In committee 114
  Health Care - As introduced, permits a healthcare organization's quality improvement committee to evaluate the security measures in place at a healthcare organization to ensure the safety of patients and staff. - Amends TCA Title 8; Title 38; Title 62 and Title 68.
  Apr 20, 2026: Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 4/21/2026
• SB 155 In committee 114
  Local Education Agencies - As introduced, enacts the "Menstrual Hygiene Products Accessibility Act," which requires, instead of authorizes, LEAs and public charter schools to provide feminine hygiene products at no charge in all women's and girls' bathrooms, in all locker rooms, and with school nurses at each public senior high school for student use only. - Amends TCA Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 49 and Title 67.
  Apr 20, 2026: Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 4/21/2026
• SB 163 In committee 114
  Criminal Offenses - As introduced, increases the penalty for reckless endangerment when the offense is committed by discharging a firearm or antique firearm into a motor vehicle from a Class E felony to a Class C felony, if the motor vehicle is occupied, or a Class D felony, if the motor vehicle is unoccupied. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 13, Part 1.
  Apr 20, 2026: Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 4/21/2026
• SB 185 In committee 114
  TennCare - As introduced, establishes TennCare minimum and maximum reimbursement rate levels for rural hospitals and requires that the reimbursement rate is based on the rural hospital's current federal fiscal year. - Amends TCA Title 63; Title 68 and Title 71, Chapter 5.
  Apr 20, 2026: Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 4/21/2026
• SB 15 In committee 114
  State Inmates - As introduced, requires the state to pay for autopsies of deceased inmates and for any transportation associated with the autopsy. - Amends TCA Title 38, Chapter 7; Title 41, Chapter 21 and Title 68, Chapter 4.
  Apr 20, 2026: Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 4/21/2026
• HJR 1272 Adopted 114
  Memorials, Professional Achievement - Brittany Richardson, Crockett Elementary School Teacher of the Year -
  Apr 20, 2026: Signed by Governor.
• SJR 399 In committee 114
  Memorials, Public Service - Tennessee's retailers that collect sales taxes for the State -
  Apr 20, 2026: Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Finance, Ways and Means Committee
• SB 1642 In committee 114
  Highways, Roads and Bridges - As introduced, requires 95.3970 percent, instead of 100 percent, of sales and use tax revenue generated from the sale of new or used tires to be deposited in the highway fund; adds 95.3970 percent of sales and use tax revenue generated from the sale of new or used motor vehicles to be deposited in the highway fund; requires the remaining 4.6030 percent of such revenue to be allocated to the several incorporated municipalities; allocates single article sales tax collections on the retail sale of new or used motor vehicles to the highway fund. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 54; Title 55; Title 65 and Title 67.
  Apr 20, 2026: Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 4/21/2026
• HB 886 In committee 114
  Election Laws - As introduced, specifies that the reasonable period for candidates to remove signs, posters, or placards advocating their candidacy is two weeks after the election instead of three weeks. - Amends TCA Title 2.
  Apr 20, 2026: Failed in s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee of Finance, Ways, and Means Committee
• SB 924 In committee 114
  District Attorneys - As introduced, adds an additional assistant district attorney general position and criminal investigator position in each judicial district that includes a state correctional facility. - Amends TCA Title 8; Title 16 and Title 41.
  Apr 20, 2026: Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 4/21/2026
• SB 526 In committee 114
  Taxes - As introduced, adds to the process for requesting an extension of time to file a business tax return that the request may be signed by the person's authorized representative. - Amends TCA Title 67.
  Apr 20, 2026: Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 4/21/2026
• SB 1095 In committee 114
  Taxes, Sales - As introduced, exempts from sales tax, the first $20 of the sales price on a sale of tangible personal property paid for with physical cash declared legal tender, including gold and silver. - Amends TCA Title 67, Chapter 6, Part 3.
  Apr 20, 2026: Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 4/21/2026
• SB 261 In committee 114
  Prisons and Reformatory Institutions - As introduced, requires the department of correction, in consultation with the inmate disciplinary oversight board, to compose a report detailing the number of inmates who earned sentence reduction credits, and to submit the report to legislative committees. - Amends TCA Title 3; Title 4; Title 40 and Title 41.
  Apr 20, 2026: Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 4/21/2026
• SB 341 In committee 114
  Education, Dept. of - As introduced, requires the department to allocate to each local education agency sufficient funds for the LEA to employ one full-time licensed professional school counselor at each high school in the LEA that enrolls at least 600 students in grades 10 through 12; requires each LEA to employ one full-time licensed professional school counselor at each high school for which the LEA receives such funding from the department. - Amends TCA Title 49.
  Apr 20, 2026: Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 4/21/2026
• SB 1480 In committee 114
  Autopsies - As introduced, requires the expenses of an autopsy ordered by a district attorney general to be paid by this state. - Amends TCA Title 38, Chapter 7.
  Apr 20, 2026: Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 4/21/2026
• SB 1988 In committee 114
  General Assembly - As introduced, decreases from 50 to 25 miles a member's principal residence is from the capitol for purposes of the member receiving the hotel portion of per diem; prohibits such members from receiving a daily mileage allowance. - Amends TCA Section 3-1-106.
  Apr 20, 2026: Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 4/21/2026
• HJR 1318 Adopted 114
  Memorials, Heroism - Firefighter Etta Schafer, Signal Mountain Fire Department -
  Apr 20, 2026: Signed by Governor.
• SB 1736 In committee 114
  Sentencing - As introduced, increases the penalty for leaving the scene of an accident resulting in injury from a Class A misdemeanor to a Class E felony; increases the penalty for leaving the scene of an accident that the person knew or should reasonably have known resulted in death from a Class E felony to a Class D felony. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 13 and Title 55, Chapter 10.
  Apr 20, 2026: Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 4/21/2026
• SB 612 In committee 114
  Education - As introduced, creates a special fund to provide grants to local education agencies and public charter schools for the acquisition, retention, or expansion of digital career and technical education curricula through platforms containing comprehensive courses with lesson plans, media rich content and activities, and interactive assessments. - Amends TCA Title 9 and Title 49.
  Apr 20, 2026: Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 4/21/2026
• HJR 1277 Adopted 114
  Memorials, Professional Achievement - Blake Lannom, Franklin High School Teacher of the Year -
  Apr 20, 2026: Signed by Governor.
• SB 312 In committee 114
  Children's Services, Dept. of - As introduced, requires the department to conserve any federal funds a child in the department's care is eligible for or may receive for the child's reasonable, foreseeable future needs or use for special needs services not currently being provided by the department. - Amends TCA Title 36 and Title 37.
  Apr 20, 2026: Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 4/21/2026