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SB 171 Became law 114
Tattoos and Piercings - As enacted, enacts "The Ink of Hope Act"; requires tattoo operators and tattoo artists to complete up to one hour of training on recognizing and reporting signs of human trafficking. - Amends TCA Title 62, Chapter 38.

Mar 21, 2025: Pub. Ch. 19
SB 803 In committee 114
Scholarships and Financial Aid - As introduced, adds an institution accredited by the National Accrediting Commission of Career Arts and Sciences (NACCAS) that has its primary campus domiciled in this state as an eligible postsecondary institution in which a student may be enrolled for purposes of receiving a Tennessee Promise scholarship; conditions the availability of the scholarship at such an institution on there being no available enrollment slots in a Tennessee college of applied technology in the student's county of residence for the student's desired program of study. - Amends TCA Title 49.

Mar 19, 2025: Failed in Senate Education Committee
SB 200 In committee 114
Motor Vehicles - As introduced, authorizes the department of safety to publish biannually, instead of annually, statistical information regarding the number, cause, and location of highway accidents based on its analysis of accident reports that it receives. - Amends TCA Title 54; Title 55; Title 65 and Title 67.

Mar 19, 2025: Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Transportation and Safety Committee
SJR 215 In committee 114
Memorials, Recognition - Osteoporosis Awareness and Prevention Month, May 2025 -

Mar 19, 2025: Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Health & Welfare Committee
SB 1243 In committee 114
Insurance Companies, Agents, Brokers, Policies - As introduced, requires an insurance company that is admitted to do business in this state and insures the tangible personal property of a policyholder who resides in this state to provide a discount to the policyholder through the policyholder's homeowners or renters insurance policy if the policyholder secures the policyholder's firearms in a firearm safe or uses a firearm safety device for the firearms and requests to receive the annual discount. - Amends TCA Title 56.

Mar 18, 2025: Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Commerce and Labor Committee
SB 325 In committee 114
Health Care - As introduced, requires the Tennessee council on autism spectrum disorder to submit an annual report by February 1 of each year to legislative committees that details, at a minimum, the council's findings, progress on the comprehensive statewide plan and system of care, and recommendations for legislation. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 56 and Title 71.

Mar 18, 2025: Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Commerce and Labor Committee
SJR 155 Adopted 114
Memorials, Retirement - Bob Kesling -

Mar 12, 2025: Signed by Governor.
SJR 156 Adopted 114
Memorials, Retirement - Johnnie Sharp, Jr. -

Mar 12, 2025: Signed by Governor.
SJR 157 Adopted 114
Memorials, Recognition - Remote Area Medical, 40th anniversary -

Mar 12, 2025: Signed by Governor.
SB 451 In committee 114
Sexual Offenders - As introduced, requires sexual and violent sexual offenders to disclose the name, address, and phone number of any church, temple, or other religious group or organization in this state where the offender is a registered member; specifies that this information is considered public information; requires the TBI to provide all public information about an offender to any church, temple, or other religious group or organization in this state where the offender is a registered member when an offender registers as a sexual or violent sexual offender or updates a registration. - Amends TCA Title 40, Chapter 39, Part 2.

Mar 11, 2025: Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Judiciary Committee
SJR 44 Adopted 114
Memorials, Recognition - 1175th Transportation Company, Tennessee Army National Guard -

Mar 4, 2025: Signed by Governor.
SJR 46 Adopted 114
Memorials, Recognition - Sally Sparks, 2024 REALTOR of the Year -

Mar 4, 2025: Signed by Governor.
SJR 43 Adopted 114
Memorials, Recognition - Hurricane Helene recovery efforts -

Mar 4, 2025: Signed by Governor.
SJR 50 Adopted 114
Memorials, Recognition - Dolly Parton's Imagination Library, 30th anniversary -

Mar 4, 2025: Signed by Governor.
SJR 57 Adopted 114
Memorials, Death - Jack E. Williams -

Mar 4, 2025: Signed by Governor.
SJR 64 Adopted 114
Memorials, Recognition - Area Agencies on Aging in Tennessee -

Mar 4, 2025: Signed by Governor.
SB 802 In committee 114
Lottery, Scholarships and Programs - As introduced, establishes the promising futures early learning scholarship program and a fund to provide scholarships for high-quality early learning programs from excess lottery revenues. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 51; Title 37, Chapter 5, Part 5; Title 49 and Title 71, Chapter 3.

Feb 26, 2025: Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Education Committee
SB 611 In committee 114
Education - As introduced, designates October as "Fentanyl Poisoning Awareness Month" in all public schools; requires local education agencies and public charter schools to provide age-appropriate, research-based instruction related to fentanyl abuse prevention and drug poisoning awareness to students in grades six through 12. - Amends TCA Title 15 and Title 49.

Feb 12, 2025: Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee
SB 781 In committee 114
Motor Vehicles - As introduced, increases, to the extent permissible under federal law, the maximum gross vehicle weight of a vehicle with an axle group of three axles that can be operated on the public highways of this state to 85,000 pounds. - Amends TCA Title 55.

Feb 12, 2025: Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Transportation and Safety Committee
SB 801 In committee 114
Dentists and Dentistry - As introduced, clarifies that the board of dentistry must submit the board's annual report on or before January 1 of each year; adds the legislative librarian as a recipient of the report. - Amends TCA Title 63.

Feb 12, 2025: Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Health and Welfare Committee
SB 610 In committee 114
TennCare - As introduced, requires TennCare to provide eligible covered enrollees with continuous glucose monitoring; establishes criteria for eligibility. - Amends TCA Title 56 and Title 71.

Feb 12, 2025: Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Commerce and Labor Committee
SB 310 In committee 114
Motor Vehicles - As introduced, excludes automated driving system (ADS)-operated vehicles used to transport property for hire in interstate commerce or to transport passengers for hire from the exemption allowing ADS-operated vehicles to be operated without a human driver physically present. - Amends TCA Title 55 and Title 65.

Feb 12, 2025: Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Transportation and Safety Committee
SB 446 In committee 114
Highways, Roads and Bridges - As introduced, requires TACIR to study overall road safety and submit its recommendations to the chair of the committee in the house of representatives with jurisdiction over transportation matters, the chair of the transportation and safety committee of the senate, and the legislative librarian on or before January 15, 2026. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 54 and Title 55.

Feb 12, 2025: Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Transportation and Safety Committee
SJR 30 Adopted 114
Memorials, Death - Sara "Lillian" Garrett Bean -

Feb 10, 2025: Signed by Governor.
SJR 23 Adopted 114
Memorials, Professional Achievement - Kayla Brooks, Tennessee Charter School Center, Teacher of the Year -

Feb 10, 2025: Signed by Governor.
SB 199 In committee 114
Traffic Safety - As introduced, authorizes the commissioner of revenue to take reasonable measures to publicize the availability of the option to designate in the Vehicle Title and Registration System (VTRS) database a driver's need for assistance with expressive language or communicating needs due to an intellectual or developmental disability or medical condition; authorizes the department of safety to take such measures with respect to the voluntary designation on a driver license or identification of an intellectual or developmental disability or medical condition. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 8; Title 54; Title 55; Title 65 and Title 67.

Feb 10, 2025: Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Transportation and Safety Committee
SJR 24 Adopted 114
Memorials, Recognition - Tennessee Federation of Republican Women, 70th anniversary -

Feb 10, 2025: Signed by Governor.
SB 205 In committee 114
TennCare - As introduced, requires a TennCare health benefit plan renewed or issued on or after July 1, 2025, by a health insurance carrier to provide coverage and reimbursement for biomarker testing for preeclampsia in pregnant women. - Amends TCA Title 56; Title 63; Title 68 and Title 71.

Feb 10, 2025: Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Commerce and Labor Committee
SB 201 In committee 114
Highways, Roads and Bridges - As introduced, changes from January 1 to January 15 the date by which the department of transportation must submit its annual report on the status of projects funded by the transportation modernization fund. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 54; Title 55; Title 65 and Title 67.

Feb 10, 2025: Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Transportation and Safety Committee
SB 708 Introduced 114
Driver Licenses - As introduced, requires the department of safety to report to the transportation and safety committee of the senate and the committee in the house of representatives having jurisdiction over driver license matters on the extent to which current fees imposed on applications for an original or renewal of a driver license are used to offset processing costs for driver license issuance and reinstatements, information technology upgrades, and any ongoing costs to maintain the driver license issuance system. - Amends TCA Title 55.

Feb 5, 2025: Withdrawn.
SB 613 Introduced 114
Expunction - As introduced, allows an eligible petitioner to have the records of a conviction for driving under the influence of an intoxicant expunged if the person has no other criminal convictions and 20 years have elapsed since the completion of the sentence imposed; requires the petitioner to pay an additional $50.00 fee to be used by the county for certain alcohol, drug, and mental health treatment purposes. - Amends TCA Title 40, Chapter 32 and Title 55, Chapter 10, Part 4.

Feb 4, 2025: Withdrawn.
SJR 22 In committee 114
Memorials, Recognition - Hurricane Helene recovery efforts -

Jan 28, 2025: Sponsor(s) Added.
SB 173 In committee 114
Mobile Homes and Manufactured Buildings - As introduced, requires the department of transportation to submit a brief written summary to the committee of the house of representatives with jurisdiction over transportation matters and the transportation and safety committee of the senate no later than March 15, 2026, and March 15 of each subsequent year, concerning placards issued to transporters of manufactured homes pursuant to this section, including data on unsafe and erratic driving reported to the department using the telephone number that appears on the placards. - Amends TCA Title 55; Title 62; Title 67 and Title 68.

Jan 27, 2025: Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Transportation and Safety Committee
SJR 8 Adopted 114
Memorials, Sports - University of Tennessee baseball team, 2024 NCAA Men's College World Series Champions -

Jan 17, 2025: Enrolled and ready for signatures