Tennessee bills

Tennessee legislators · Data: Open States

State bill data last updated Oct 24, 2026, 4:05 PM.

9,112 bills

• HJR 1142 Adopted 114
  Memorials, Recognition - Valerie June -
  Apr 9, 2026: Signed by Governor.
• SR 361 Adopted 114
  Memorials, Death - James Harding Pratt -
  Apr 9, 2026: Adopted, Ayes 33, Nays 0
• HJR 1137 Adopted 114
  Memorials, Death - Geneva Bartlett -
  Apr 9, 2026: Signed by Governor.
• SJR 936 Adopted 114
  Memorials, Retirement - Samuel Milton Leslie, South Harriman Baptist Church music minister -
  Apr 8, 2026: Signed by Governor.
• HB 608 In committee 114
  Real Property - As introduced, prohibits the state or a local or municipal government from requiring a builder or developer of real property to pay for the building or development of infrastructure that is nonessential to the development, maintenance, or growth of the builder's development property. - Amends TCA Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 13; Title 54 and Title 66.
  Apr 8, 2026: Taken off notice for cal. in State & Local Government Committee
• HR 188 Adopted 114
  Memorials, Recognition - Tennessee Scholastic Clay Target Program, 25th anniversary -
  Apr 8, 2026: Sponsor(s) Added.
• HB 1670 In committee 114
  Taxes, Ad Valorem - As introduced, clarifies that a notification sent by email from the assessor to a taxpayer of a change in the classification or assessed valuation of the taxpayer's property is effective when electronically sent. - Amends TCA Title 67, Chapter 5.
  Apr 8, 2026: Taken off notice for cal. in State & Local Government Committee
• HB 2104 In committee 114
  County Government - As introduced, increases from two to three days, the minimum notice period required for a county mayor to convene a special session of the county legislative body for emergency purposes. - Amends TCA Title 5 and Title 6.
  Apr 8, 2026: Taken off notice for cal. in State & Local Government Committee
• SB 997 Passed Senate 114
  Annexation - As introduced, specifies circumstances in which a referendum will not be required to effectuate annexation of territory; removes repealer provision for exceptions to the referendum requirement. - Amends TCA Section 6-51-104.
  Apr 8, 2026: Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
• HB 2063 In committee 114
  General Assembly - As introduced, requires the speakers of the senate and house of representatives to determine an equivalent number of legislative conferences, or number of legislative conference days, for which a member of the senate or house of representatives is entitled to attend for purposes of receiving expense and mileage allowances. - Amends TCA Title 3, Chapter 1.
  Apr 8, 2026: Taken off notice for cal. in State & Local Government Committee
• SJR 935 Adopted 114
  Memorials, Death - Anna Armstrong Coile Durham -
  Apr 8, 2026: Signed by Governor.
• SB 2599 Passed Senate 114
  Local Education Agencies - As introduced, allows certain school employees to conduct physical searches of students and searches of vehicles, containers, packages, lockers, or other enclosures used for storage by students or visitors in certain circumstances; narrows, from all threats of violence or significantly disruptive behavior at a public school that are reported to a state or local law enforcement agency to only those first determined by the LEA to be credible, the threats or behavior for which an LEA must notify parents and guardians within 48 hours. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 6.
  Apr 8, 2026: Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
• HB 1862 In committee 114
  Public Officials - As introduced, requires that certain personally identifying information of elected state and local public officials be maintained confidentially with limited exceptions. - Amends TCA Title 2 and Title 10, Chapter 7.
  Apr 8, 2026: Action def. in State & Local Government Committee to First January Calendar
• SJR 937 Adopted 114
  Memorials, Professional Achievement - Tabitha Bates, 2026 Extraordinary Educator -
  Apr 8, 2026: Signed by Governor.
• HB 912 In committee 114
  Education - As introduced, deletes an obsolete section requiring the Howard H. Baker Jr. Center for Public Policy at the University of Tennessee to, by December 15, 2014, perform a study on the economic feasibility of creating and utilizing a statewide comprehensive energy policy and submit its final report to the energy task force of the house of representatives. - Amends TCA Title 4 and Title 49.
  Apr 8, 2026: No Action Taken
• HR 187 Adopted 114
  Memorials, Recognition - Mickie Whitaker -
  Apr 8, 2026: Adopted, Ayes 95, Nays 0, PNV 0
• HB 1947 In committee 114
  Correction, Dept. of - As introduced, enacts the "Tennessee Women's Childbirth Alternatives, Resources, and Education Act." - Amends TCA Title 24; Title 33; Title 39; Title 40; Title 41; Title 63; Title 68 and Title 71.
  Apr 8, 2026: Taken off notice for cal. in State & Local Government Committee
• SB 2610 In committee 114
  Taxes, Privilege - As introduced, authorizes municipalities to levy a tax on the privilege of engaging in the act of development within the boundaries of the municipality; requires such tax to be levied at the rate and under the terms, conditions, and limitations contained in present law that apply to counties. - Amends TCA Title 67, Chapter 4, Part 29.
  Apr 8, 2026: Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Finance, Ways & Means Committee
• SB 2122 Passed Senate 114
  General Assembly, Directed Studies - As introduced, establishes a nine-member Tennessee K-12 nutrition task force to evaluate the prevalence of ultra-processed foods (UPFs) and other substances in public school meal programs and the impact of UPFs on student health, to report its findings by December 1, 2026, and to terminate January 31, 2027. - Amends TCA Title 49.
  Apr 8, 2026: Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
• SJR 941 Adopted 114
  Memorials, Recognition - Michael Patrick Leahy -
  Apr 8, 2026: Signed by Governor.
• SJR 942 Adopted 114
  Memorials, Recognition - Sattler Foundation, 10th anniversary -
  Apr 8, 2026: Signed by Governor.
• HB 2589 In committee 114
  Taxes, Sales - As introduced, changes the date, from February 1 to February 15, by which the department of revenue must submit its annual report regarding information and findings and any recommendations concerning sales taxes the department collects on the sale of electronic nicotine delivery devices to the speaker of the senate, speaker of the house of representatives, and chairs of the finance, ways and means committees of the senate and house of representatives. - Amends TCA Title 67, Chapter 6.
  Apr 8, 2026: Taken off notice for cal in s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee of Finance, Ways, and Means Committee
• SJR 938 Adopted 114
  Memorials, Death - Robert Bliss Walker Harris -
  Apr 8, 2026: Signed by Governor.
• HB 2427 In committee 114
  Public Funds and Financing - As introduced, enacts the "Tennessee Transactional Gold and Silver Act," which recognizes gold and silver as legal tender for private transactions and, when accepted, for paying state and local taxes or fees; authorizes the creation of a secure bullion depository and an electronic payment system to support the use of gold and silver; exempts gold and silver transactions from state and local taxation. - Amends TCA Title 9, Chapter 4.
  Apr 8, 2026: No Action Taken
• HB 1657 In committee 114
  Zoning - As introduced, removes requirement that a structure rebuilt on a site must conform to the zoning regulations existing at the time of the new construction. - Amends TCA Title 13, Chapter 7.
  Apr 8, 2026: Taken off notice for cal. in State & Local Government Committee
• HB 1920 In committee 114
  General Assembly - As introduced, beginning November 3, 2026, increases the monthly office expense allowance to $2,251; requires such allowance to be adjusted monthly based on the consumer price index. - Amends TCA Title 3.
  Apr 8, 2026: Taken off notice for cal. in State & Local Government Committee
• SJR 940 Adopted 114
  Memorials, Recognition - Novamet -
  Apr 8, 2026: Signed by Governor.
• SB 2137 In committee 114
  Sentencing - As introduced, requires a defendant to be sentenced to imprisonment for life as a repeat violent offender under certain circumstances. - Amends TCA Title 38; Title 39; Title 40 and Title 41.
  Apr 8, 2026: Failed in Senate Judiciary Committee
• HB 2449 In committee 114
  Libraries - As introduced, requires public libraries established by a county, city, or town to adopt a materials reconsideration policy that provides a process by which any legal resident of the county where the library is located may request that the library withdraw an item from the library's collection or reclassify or move the item to a different area in the library. - Amends TCA Title 10.
  Apr 8, 2026: Taken off notice for cal. in State & Local Government Committee
• HB 1480 In committee 114
  Holidays and Days of Special Observance - As introduced, designates September 10 of each year as "Charlie Kirk Day." - Amends TCA Title 15, Chapter 2.
  Apr 8, 2026: Taken off notice for cal. in State & Local Government Committee
• HB 1873 In committee 114
  Taxes, Real Property - As introduced, requires a local governmental entity to hold a referendum to approve a property tax increase that exceeds specified thresholds. - Amends TCA Title 48 and Title 67, Chapter 5.
  Apr 8, 2026: Taken off notice for cal. in State & Local Government Committee
• HB 1521 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 8, 2026: Taken off notice for cal in s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee of Finance, Ways, and Means Committee
• HB 1961 In committee 114
  Veterans - As introduced, enacts the “Tennessee Veteran Protection and Due Process Act.” - Amends TCA Title 7; Title 8; Title 38 and Title 58.
  Apr 8, 2026: Taken off notice for cal. in State & Local Government Committee
• SB 1962 In committee 114
  Water Authorities - As introduced, establishes that public water systems have a maximum allowable hardwater level of 180 mg/L, measured as calcium carbonate equivalents; creates compliance and reporting requirements; exempts measurements that exceed the limit due to seasonal runoff in certain circumstances. - Amends TCA Title 68, Chapter 221, Part 7.
  Apr 8, 2026: Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee
• HB 2397 In committee 114
  Veterans - As introduced, requires local governmental entities to invite honorably discharged veterans who apply for employment or promotion to interview; requires preference be given to such veteran if the minimum qualifications and the skills, abilities, competencies, and knowledge of the veteran and any another applicant being interviewed for the position are equal; requires state and local application forms to provide the option for an applicant to declare veteran status. - Amends TCA Title 7, Chapter 51; Title 8, Chapter 30, Part 3 and Title 58, Chapter 2.
  Apr 8, 2026: Taken off notice for cal. in State & Local Government Committee
• HB 1698 In committee 114
  General Assembly - As introduced, authorizes the chair of a committee of the general assembly to require an executive branch employee to take an oath prior to testifying before the committee subject to the penalty of perjury; authorizes the chair of a committee or the executive director of fiscal review to require any documentation submitted by such employee for the purpose of evaluating the merits of a legislative measure or generating a fiscal note to submit an affidavit with such documentation attesting to the accuracy of the information subject to the penalty of perjury. - Amends TCA Title 3; Title 4; Title 29; Title 39 and Title 40.
  Apr 8, 2026: Taken off notice for cal. in State & Local Government Committee
• HR 186 Adopted 114
  Memorials, Retirement - Reuben Henry Sanders, House Sergeant at Arms -
  Apr 8, 2026: Adopted, Ayes 95, Nays 0, PNV 0
• HB 1491 In committee 114
  Public Employees - As introduced, enacts the "Protecting Religious Liberty and Expression in Public Schools Act." - Amends TCA Title 8; Title 16; Title 20 and Title 49.
  Apr 8, 2026: Def. to Summer Study in Education Committee
• HB 2436 In committee 114
  Law Enforcement - As introduced, requires a law enforcement agency that uses body cameras to adopt a written policy for the use of the cameras by its law enforcement officers; establishes certain requirements for the policies. - Amends TCA Title 38, Chapter 1.
  Apr 8, 2026: Taken off notice for cal. in State & Local Government Committee
• HB 905 In committee 114
  Consumer Protection - As introduced, changes the definition of "definable group" for purposes of the Ensuring Likeness, Voice, and Image Security Act of 2024 to include a choral group rather than a glee club. - Amends TCA Title 47, Chapter 25, Part 11.
  Apr 8, 2026: No Action Taken
• SJR 939 Adopted 114
  Memorials, Recognition - Home Builders Association of Greater Knoxville, 75th anniversary -
  Apr 8, 2026: Signed by Governor.
• HB 1890 In committee 114
  General Assembly - As introduced, requires a state governmental entity to disclose records and information to a member of the general assembly to enable the member to determine whether the laws of this state are being complied with and to determine whether the laws of this state need to be changed in accordance with certain procedures. - Amends TCA Title 3; Title 4 and Title 10, Chapter 7, Part 5.
  Apr 8, 2026: Taken off notice for cal. in State & Local Government Committee
• SB 172 Passed Senate 114
  Education, Higher - As introduced, establishes the hunger-free campus grant program; provides grants to higher education institutions to address student hunger. - Amends TCA Title 49.
  Apr 8, 2026: Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
• HB 1851 In committee 114
  Naming and Designating - As introduced, designates the bog turtle as an official state reptile. - Amends TCA Section 4-1-321.
  Apr 8, 2026: Action def. in State & Local Government Committee to First January Calendar
• HB 2117 In committee 114
  Pensions and Retirement Benefits - As introduced, increases the employer contribution under the hybrid retirement plan from 5 percent to 10 percent for current members of the general assembly who have 10 years of creditable service on or after July 1, 2026. - Amends TCA Section 8-36-916.
  Apr 8, 2026: Taken off notice for cal. in State & Local Government Committee
• HB 2469 In committee 114
  Veterans Services, Dept. of - As introduced, requires the department to submit a report on the total number of state and federal benefits, and a synopsis of each benefit, available to a veteran and the veteran's surviving spouse to the speaker of the senate and the speaker of the house of representatives on or before January 1, 2027. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 52; Title 68 and Title 71.
  Apr 8, 2026: Taken off notice for cal. in State & Local Government Committee
• SJR 877 Adopted 114
  Memorials, Recognition - Women Veterans Appreciation Day -
  Apr 8, 2026: Signed by Governor.
• HB 851 In committee 114
  Election Laws - As introduced, makes changes to the process for voting absentee under the federal Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act. - Amends TCA Title 2, Chapter 6, Part 5.
  Apr 8, 2026: Taken off notice for cal. in State & Local Government Committee
• SB 2214 In committee 114
  Uniform Commercial Code - As introduced, changes, from the local law of the securities intermediary's jurisdiction to the law of this state, the law governing certain aspects of an investment security transaction; makes other related changes. - Amends TCA Title 47.
  Apr 7, 2026: Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Commerce and Labor Committee
• SB 2186 In committee 114
  Health Care - As introduced, authorizes electronic filing of the annual report by a sponsoring not-for-profit corporation providing healthcare services to low income individuals pursuant to the Memphis Plan Act of 1991, with the commissioner of commerce and insurance. - Amends TCA Title 56, Chapter 7.
  Apr 7, 2026: Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Commerce and Labor Committee