Tennessee bills

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State bill data last updated Oct 24, 2026, 8:04 AM.

9,112 bills

• SB 2216 In committee 114
  Firefighters - As introduced, requires this state's employee assistance program, including components for mental health and wellness, to be available to all active members of a volunteer fire department and all active volunteer members of a combination fire department; makes various other changes. - Amends TCA Section 8-50-119 and Title 68, Chapter 102.
  Apr 20, 2026: Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 4/21/2026
• SB 1091 In committee 114
  Taxes - As introduced, adds the office of legislative budget analysis as a recipient of the annual report submitted by the commissioner of revenue to the members of the committees of the house of representatives and the senate with subject matter jurisdiction over finance-related matters on franchise and excise tax credits claimed under present law. - Amends TCA Title 55 and Title 67.
  Apr 20, 2026: Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Finance, Ways and Means Committee
• SB 2349 In committee 114
  Health, Dept. of - As introduced, directs the department to create an outreach campaign regarding the ongoing research of Charcot-Marie-Tooth Disease; terminates the outreach campaign on July 1, 2027. - Amends TCA Title 68.
  Apr 20, 2026: Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 4/21/2026
• SB 719 In committee 114
  Lottery, Scholarships and Programs - As introduced, adds William R. Moore College of Technology as an eligible institution for receipt of the Wilder-Naifeh reconnect grant and Wilder-Naifeh technical skills grant; specifies that the amount of the scholarship for such students enrolled is the average cost of tuition and mandatory fees at TCATs less all other gift aid. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 4.
  Apr 20, 2026: Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 4/21/2026
• SB 222 In committee 114
  Criminal Procedure - As introduced, increases, from 30 to 45, the number of days a sheriff has to provide the department of safety with any information that is within the knowledge of the sheriff concerning an applicant's truthfulness on an application for an enhanced handgun carry permit. - Amends TCA Title 38; Title 39 and Title 40.
  Apr 20, 2026: Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 4/21/2026
• SB 2110 In committee 114
  Sentencing - As introduced, makes the offense of sexual battery by an authority figure ineligible for probation. - Amends TCA Title 39 and Title 40.
  Apr 20, 2026: Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 4/21/2026
• HJR 1316 Adopted 114
  Memorials, Heroism - Engineer J.P. Durham, Signal Mountain Fire Department -
  Apr 20, 2026: Signed by Governor.
• HJR 1276 Adopted 114
  Memorials, Professional Achievement - Sharon Kozlowski, Centennial High School Teacher of the Year -
  Apr 20, 2026: Signed by Governor.
• SB 740 In committee 114
  Education - As introduced, requires local boards of education to establish a program to provide free school breakfast and lunch to disadvantaged students; subject to funding, requires the state to reimburse LEAs for providing such free breakfasts and lunches after all federal funds have been applied. - Amends TCA Title 49.
  Apr 20, 2026: Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 4/21/2026
• SB 1077 In committee 114
  Education, Higher - As introduced, requires the institute of American civics at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, to develop materials and curricula for a course in a baccalaureate degree program including American government or American history; requires each student enrolled in a public institution of higher education to complete a course of instruction that includes such curricula prior to the student obtaining a baccalaureate degree. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 7; Title 49, Chapter 8 and Title 49, Chapter 9.
  Apr 20, 2026: Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Finance, Ways and Means Committee
• SB 1982 In committee 114
  Sentencing - As introduced, states that there is a rebuttable presumption that a defendant convicted of aggravated assault is not a favorable candidate for probation if the offense involved the use or display of a firearm during the commission of the offense. - Amends TCA Title 40, Chapter 35.
  Apr 20, 2026: Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 4/21/2026
• SB 1123 In committee 114
  Sexual Offenses - As introduced, establishes a sexual assault response team coordinator for the purpose of providing statewide training, support, and technical assistance to and oversight of sexual assault response teams. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 8 and Title 38.
  Apr 20, 2026: Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 4/21/2026
• HJR 1254 Adopted 114
  Memorials, Recognition - Will Taylor -
  Apr 20, 2026: Signed by Governor.
• SB 1474 In committee 114
  Criminal Offenses - As introduced, restates the criminal offense of drag racing as street drag racing; expands the offense to include acts committed on commercial property; authorizes a vehicle used in the commission of the offense or to flee after commission of the offense to be impounded for the purpose of collecting evidence; makes various other changes regarding the offense of street drag racing. - Amends TCA Title 7; Title 39; Title 40; Title 55 and Title 68.
  Apr 20, 2026: Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 4/21/2026
• HJR 1282 Adopted 114
  Memorials, Sports - Ava Sandberg -
  Apr 20, 2026: Signed by Governor.
• HB 2115 In committee 114
  County Boundaries - As introduced, increases from 90 days to 100 days the amount of time that a joint committee on county consolidation has following its receipt of a petition of consolidation to report its findings and recommendations on the feasibility of consolidation of the petitioning county with another county. - Amends TCA Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 8; Title 9; Title 12 and Title 67.
  Apr 20, 2026: Sponsor(s) Added.
• SB 1709 In committee 114
  Teachers, Principals and School Personnel - As introduced, enacts the "Tennessee Civics Education Act," which requires persons seeking the first issuance of a practitioner teacher license or practitioner occupational teacher license to achieve a passing score on a United States civics test prepared by the department of education in order to obtain the license. - Amends TCA Title 49.
  Apr 20, 2026: Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 4/21/2026
• HJR 1260 Adopted 114
  Memorials, Recognition - Josie Brown, Distinguished Tennessean Scholar -
  Apr 20, 2026: Signed by Governor.
• SB 2683 In committee 114
  Taxes, Sales - As introduced, exempts the sale or use of feminine hygiene products from sales and use tax; directs the department of education to ensure feminine hygiene products are placed into and made available to students for free in a public school upon the request of a public school administrator, board, or director of schools. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 49 and Title 67, Chapter 6.
  Apr 20, 2026: Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 4/21/2026
• SB 2150 In committee 114
  Safety - As introduced, requires a private residence elevator that is newly constructed and accepted on and after July 1, 2027, to register with the department of labor and workforce development within seven days of being placed into service; makes certain other changes relative to private residence elevators. - Amends TCA Title 68, Chapter 121.
  Apr 20, 2026: Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 4/21/2026
• SR 402 Adopted 114
  Memorials, Recognition - Nicole Herschberger -
  Apr 17, 2026: Enrolled and ready for signatures
• SR 424 In committee 114
  Memorials, Recognition - 250th Celebration of the Revolutionary War Veterans buried in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park and surrounding areas -
  Apr 17, 2026: Withdrawn.
• SB 405 In committee 114
  Taxes, Excise - As introduced, enacts the "CEO Pay Disparity Tax Act," which imposes a pay disparity surcharge in the amount of an additional 0.1 percent to the standard 6.5 percent excise tax rate on each company whose top executive is paid at least 100 times more than the median income of the company's employees. - Amends TCA Title 67, Chapter 4.
  Apr 17, 2026: Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Finance, Ways & Means Committee
• SR 393 Adopted 114
  Memorials, Academic Achievement - Kylie Miller, Valedictorian, McNairy Central High School -
  Apr 17, 2026: Enrolled and ready for signatures
• SR 389 Adopted 114
  Memorials, Sports - Kady Johnson -
  Apr 17, 2026: Enrolled and ready for signatures
• SR 403 Adopted 114
  Memorials, Interns - Brant Edward Hall II -
  Apr 17, 2026: Enrolled and ready for signatures
• SR 392 Adopted 114
  Memorials, Academic Achievement - Taiyona Foster, Salutatorian, Fayette-Ware High School -
  Apr 17, 2026: Enrolled and ready for signatures
• SR 390 Adopted 114
  Memorials, Recognition - Sergeant Cody Cloud and Deputy Kyle Cupples of the Chester County Sheriff's Office -
  Apr 17, 2026: Enrolled and ready for signatures
• SR 400 Adopted 114
  Memorials, Recognition - Kori Atkins, 2026 Boys & Girls Club of Chattanooga Youth of the Year -
  Apr 17, 2026: Enrolled and ready for signatures
• SR 398 Adopted 114
  Memorials, Interns - Jasmine Heard -
  Apr 17, 2026: Enrolled and ready for signatures
• SB 1328 In committee 114
  Taxes - As introduced, extends from December 31 to January 15, the date by which the department of finance and administration must annually report in writing to the chairs of the committees of both houses having subject matter jurisdiction over finance-related matters and transportation matters, the total amount of aviation fuel tax revenues collected for the preceding fiscal year. - Amends TCA Title 67.
  Apr 17, 2026: Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Finance, Ways & Means Committee
• SR 396 Adopted 114
  Memorials, Recognition - Michael Odom, 2025-2026 Tennessee Distinguished Service Award winner -
  Apr 17, 2026: Enrolled and ready for signatures
• SR 395 Adopted 114
  Memorials, Academic Achievement - Dylan Lerner, Co-Salutatorian, McNairy Central High School -
  Apr 17, 2026: Enrolled and ready for signatures
• SR 391 Adopted 114
  Memorials, Academic Achievement - Cortez Williams, Valedictorian, Fayette-Ware High School -
  Apr 17, 2026: Enrolled and ready for signatures
• SR 404 Adopted 114
  Memorials, Recognition - Tennessee Society Sons of the American Revolution, 135th anniversary -
  Apr 17, 2026: Sponsor(s) Added.
• SR 397 Adopted 114
  Memorials, Interns - Amaya Garrett -
  Apr 17, 2026: Enrolled and ready for signatures
• SJR 1132 In committee 114
  Memorials, Recognition - 250th Celebration of the Revolutionary War Veterans buried in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park and surrounding areas -
  Apr 17, 2026: Withdrawn.
• SJR 28 Adopted 114
  Memorials, Congress - Expresses support for the Constitutional Concealed Carry Reciprocity Act of the 119th U.S. Congress. -
  Apr 17, 2026: Sponsor(s) Added.
• SR 394 Adopted 114
  Memorials, Recognition - Kathryn Yontz, Co-Salutatorian, McNairy Central High School -
  Apr 17, 2026: Enrolled and ready for signatures
• SJR 1019 Adopted 114
  Memorials, Retirement - Thomas Farmer -
  Apr 16, 2026: Signed by Governor.
• SJR 975 Adopted 114
  Memorials, Sports - Walters State Community College Lady Senators, TCCAA/Region 7 champions -
  Apr 16, 2026: Signed by Governor.
• HB 1977 In committee 114
  Education - As introduced, enacts the "Tennessee Teacher Residency Program Act." - Amends TCA Title 49.
  Apr 16, 2026: Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 4/20/2026
• SJR 1017 Adopted 114
  Memorials, Academic Achievement - Ella Claire Roberts, Salutatorian, Clarksville High School -
  Apr 16, 2026: Signed by Governor.
• HJR 1250 Adopted 114
  Memorials, Sports - Coach Chad Hall, 500th career win -
  Apr 16, 2026: Signed by Governor.
• HJR 1241 Adopted 114
  Memorials, Academic Achievement - Sophia Lawson, Top Ten Senior, Hampshire Unit School -
  Apr 16, 2026: Signed by Governor.
• SJR 955 Adopted 114
  Memorials, Recognition - Debbie Stephens -
  Apr 16, 2026: Signed by Governor.
• HB 2260 In committee 114
  Criminal Offenses - As introduced, increases the penalty for arson committed at a pregnancy resource center from a Class C felony to a Class B felony; defines "pregnancy resource center" as a nonprofit organization that provides care and resources to assist women and families facing difficult or unexpected pregnancies, including providing counseling, financial assistance, food, clothing, and medical assistance to pregnant women and reimbursing social service providers who prepare adoptions throughout the state for services and programs targeting at-risk women and families with immediate and ongoing needs related to unexpected pregnancy. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 14, Part 3.
  Apr 16, 2026: Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 4/20/2026
• SJR 1018 Adopted 114
  Memorials, Academic Achievement - Caroline Annalise Watts, Valedictorian, Clarksville High School -
  Apr 16, 2026: Signed by Governor.
• HJR 1245 Adopted 114
  Memorials, Academic Achievement - Taylor Rae Troutman, Salutatorian, Hampshire Unit School -
  Apr 16, 2026: Signed by Governor.
• SJR 1014 Adopted 114
  Memorials, Academic Achievement - Elizabeth Fay, Valedictorian, Kirkwood High School -
  Apr 16, 2026: Signed by Governor.