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• SJR 302 Adopted 114
  Memorials, Recognition - Lynn Daugherty -
  Apr 10, 2025: Signed by Governor.
• SJR 303 Adopted 114
  Memorials, Recognition - Jim Hysen -
  Apr 10, 2025: Signed by Governor.
• SJR 326 Adopted 114
  Memorials, Recognition - Brian Glenn Wilson -
  Apr 10, 2025: Signed by Governor.
• SB 734 Became law 114
  Taxes, Hotel Motel - As enacted, extends by six years the period in which Davidson County may charge an additional $0.50 privilege tax on the occupancy of a hotel room and in which such county may allocate the tax revenue for the purposes of direct promotion of tourism; extends by six years the terms of the committee members that oversee the fund in which the additional tax is deposited. - Amends TCA Section 7-4-202.
  Apr 8, 2025: Pub. Ch. 120
• SB 152 Passed Senate 114
  Health Care - As introduced, authorizes a patient with a severe chronic disease or terminal illness to access, and a physician to recommend, investigational stem cell treatment; requires the commissioner of health to promulgate rules to, among other things, list the medical conditions that constitute a qualifying severe chronic disease or terminal illness. - Amends TCA Title 53; Title 63 and Title 68.
  Apr 3, 2025: Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
• SJR 3 Adopted 114
  General Assembly, Statement of Intent or Position - Establishes a definition of antisemitism and encourages departments and agencies of state government to use such definition in determining discriminatory intent for any law or policy in this state that prohibits discrimination based on race, color, religion, or national origin. -
  Apr 1, 2025: Assigned to s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee
• SB 731 In committee 114
  Public Contracts - As introduced, requires a local government to send back any requested changes on a contractor's or developer's application for development site plans or inspections in a single deliverable document or set of documents, or to remit related fees back to the developer for subsequent change requests; prohibits a local government from requiring a developer or contractor to fund, develop, or contribute to the development of nonessential infrastructure, unless otherwise agreed upon by the parties. - Amends TCA Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 9; Title 12; Title 13 and Title 66.
  Apr 1, 2025: Failed in Senate State and Local Government Committee
• SB 1058 In committee 114
  Livestock - As introduced, requires the commissioner of agriculture and the state veterinarian to receive prior approval from the joint government operations committee of the house of representatives and the senate to order vaccinations and tests for animals in this state; removes the requirement that an owner of a dead animal be liable for the sanitary disposition of the animal; clarifies indemnity procedures for a destroyed animal. - Amends TCA Title 44 and Title 58.
  Mar 26, 2025: Failed in Senate Energy, Ag., and Nat. Resources Committee
• SJR 158 Adopted 114
  Memorials, Recognition - B.J. Keener -
  Mar 12, 2025: Signed by Governor.
• SJR 35 Adopted 114
  Memorials, Retirement - Dr. Christopher E. Townson -
  Mar 4, 2025: Signed by Governor.
• SJR 36 Adopted 114
  Memorials, Recognition - Robert Andrew Huddleston -
  Mar 4, 2025: Signed by Governor.
• SB 839 In committee 114
  Health Care - As introduced, extends from March 1 to April 1, the date by which the department of health must submit to the governor, the speaker of the senate, the speaker of the house of representatives, and legislative committees with subject matter jurisdiction over health a report with de-identified aggregate claims data on every inpatient and outpatient discharge that includes coded drug poisonings as reported for the calendar year two years prior to the current year by licensed hospitals to the commissioner of health. - Amends TCA Title 33; Title 37; Title 44; Title 47; Title 49; Title 53; Title 63 and Title 68.
  Feb 12, 2025: Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Health and Welfare Committee
• SB 567 In committee 114
  Election Laws - As introduced, makes certain election documents available for public inspection after an election. - Amends TCA Title 2.
  Feb 12, 2025: Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate State and Local Government Committee
• SB 1231 In committee 114
  State Government - As introduced, prohibits a nongovernmental or intergovernmental entity in this state from infringing upon or restricting private property rights without due process or an individual's constitutional rights by virtue of pursuing a policy recommendation originating from or traceable to the United Nations, a subsidiary entity thereof, or an international policymaking organization; makes it an offense for the state or an official or political subdivision in this state to infringe upon or restrict private property rights without due process or an individual's constitutional rights in pursuing United Nations or international policymaking organizational policy. - Amends TCA Section 4-1-422.
  Feb 12, 2025: Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee
• SB 838 In committee 114
  State Government - As introduced, requires the Tennessee advisory commission on intergovernmental relations (TACIR) to conduct a study and propose several steps to protect Tennessee's financial security and soundness and ensure state sovereignty and resiliency. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 9; Title 12; Title 45 and Title 47.
  Feb 12, 2025: Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Commerce and Labor Committee
• SB 736 In committee 114
  Scholarships and Financial Aid - As introduced, extends from March 1 to March 30, the date by which not-for-profit corporations and associations that administer an educational cooperative plan or scholarship plan must file a statement of financial condition with the commissioner of commerce and insurance. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 4.
  Feb 12, 2025: Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee
• SB 732 In committee 114
  Election Laws - As introduced, makes changes to the forms of identification used to verify a person's identity for voting purposes. - Amends TCA Title 2.
  Feb 12, 2025: Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate State and Local Government Committee
• SB 733 In committee 114
  Education - As introduced, requires the department of education to submit an early grades reading report to legislative committees with jurisdiction over subject matter pertaining to education by December 31 of each year. - Amends TCA Title 49.
  Feb 12, 2025: Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee
• SB 565 In committee 114
  Education, Curriculum - As introduced, requires each local education agency and public charter school to review any new family life curricula recommended by the joint task force on children's justice and child sexual abuse prior to the start of each school year. - Amends TCA Title 39 and Title 49.
  Feb 12, 2025: Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee
• SB 260 In committee 114
  Food and Food Products - As introduced, specifies that meat may be labeled as being free of mRNA vaccine if the animals from which the meat was derived were not administered an mRNA vaccine. - Amends TCA Title 44; Title 47, Chapter 18 and Title 53.
  Feb 10, 2025: Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Health and Welfare Committee
• SB 257 In committee 114
  Local Education Agencies - As introduced, authorizes LEAs and public charter schools to employ retired law enforcement officers who are retired from a federal, state, or local law enforcement agency and honorably discharged veterans of the United States armed forces to serve as school resource officers on school premises; requires local boards of education and public charter school governing bodies to adopt policies to effectuate same. - Amends TCA Title 8; Title 10, Chapter 7, Part 5; Title 37; Title 38; Title 49; Section 55-8-151 and Title 62.
  Feb 10, 2025: Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee
• SB 149 In committee 114
  Safety - As introduced, decreases from 10 business days to 10 calendar days the amount of time the state fire marshal or another state agency, department, or entity must conduct a requested inspection for new construction or the renovation of an existing building. - Amends TCA Title 5; Title 7; Title 13; Title 68 and Title 69.
  Jan 27, 2025: Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Commerce and Labor Committee
• SB 153 In committee 114
  Election Laws - As introduced, provides a method for a nonrecognized minor party seeking recognition as a recognized minor party that notified the coordinator of elections that it seeks to nominate by primary election to rescind that notification; corrects a statutory reference. - Amends TCA Title 2.
  Jan 27, 2025: Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate State and Local Government Committee
• SB 151 In committee 114
  Local Education Agencies - As introduced, requires each local board of education and governing body of a public charter school to display the Ten Commandments, the first sentence of the second paragraph of the preamble to the Declaration of Independence, and the preamble to the United States Constitution in a prominent location in each school building. - Amends TCA Title 49.
  Jan 27, 2025: Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee
• SB 148 In committee 114
  Food and Food Products - As introduced, excludes a cell-cultured food product from the definitions of meat and poultry for purposes of the Tennessee Meat and Poultry Inspection Act; prohibits local education agencies (LEAs), public charter schools, and public institutions of higher education from offering or distributing a cell-cultured food product through its school nutrition program, food service center, or another source through which the LEA, public charter school, or public institution of higher education provides food to students. - Amends TCA Title 40; Title 44; Title 47; Title 49 and Title 53.
  Jan 27, 2025: Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee
• SB 154 In committee 114
  Taxes, Hotel Motel - As introduced, extends by 12 years the period in which Davidson County may charge an additional $0.50 privilege tax on the occupancy of a hotel room and in which such county may allocate the tax revenue for the purposes of direct promotion of tourism; extends by 12 years the terms of the committee members that oversee the fund in which the additional tax is deposited. - Amends TCA Section 7-4-202.
  Jan 27, 2025: Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate State and Local Government Committee
• SB 22 In committee 114
  Prisons and Reformatory Institutions - As introduced, specifies that the reimbursement of travel expenses incurred by members of the inmate disciplinary oversight board must be administered in accordance with the comprehensive travel regulations promulgated by the department of finance and administration and approved by the attorney general and reporter. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 29 and Title 41.
  Jan 15, 2025: Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate State and Local Government Committee
• SB 25 In committee 114
  Children - As introduced, clarifies that a child's parent, legal guardian, or legal custodian may access and review all health and medical records of the child, including those records related to treatments available to unemancipated minors without parental consent; allows an employee of a local education agency to provide bandages, gauze, or ice packs for the treatment of minor cuts, scrapes, bumps, and bruises. - Amends TCA Title 33; Title 36; Title 37; Title 49; Title 63 and Title 68.
  Jan 15, 2025: Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee
• SB 29 In committee 114
  Criminal Offenses - As introduced, increases the penalty for civil rights intimidation from a Class D felony to a Class C felony if the victim of the offense was a minor or was selected by the defendant based on the victim’s status as a minister, preacher, pastor, priest, rabbi, or other spiritual leader of a religious belief who has been ordained or otherwise designated in conformity with the customs of a church, temple, or other religious group or organization. - Amends TCA Title 39.
  Jan 15, 2025: Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee
• SB 21 In committee 114
  State Government - As introduced, declares that international policymaking organizations have no jurisdiction or authority within this state; declares that a federal law or rule based upon a policy or guideline of an international policymaking organization has no authority in this state; prohibits state governmental entities from adopting or enforcing a law or rule based upon a recommendation of an international policymaking organization unless authorized by state law. - Amends TCA Title 1; Title 3; Title 4; Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 8; Title 13; Title 14; Title 43; Title 45; Title 49; Title 50; Title 53; Title 59; Title 60; Title 62; Title 63; Title 65; Title 66; Title 68; Title 69 and Title 70.
  Jan 15, 2025: Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate State and Local Government Committee
• SB 23 Introduced 114
  Taxes, Hotel Motel - As introduced, extends by six years the period in which Davidson County may charge an additional $0.50 privilege tax on the occupancy of a hotel room and in which such county may allocate the tax revenue for the purposes of direct promotion of tourism; extends by six years the terms of the committee members that oversee the fund in which the additional tax is deposited. - Amends TCA Section 7-4-202.
  Jan 7, 2025: Withdrawn.