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State bill data last updated Oct 24, 2026, 8:14 PM.

9,112 bills

• HB 2208 In committee 114
  State Government - As enacted, clarifies that the four trustees for other post-employment benefits may appoint a designee in their absence. - Amends TCA Section 8-27-801.
  Apr 6, 2026: Comp. became Pub. Ch. 660
• SB 1993 Became law 114
  Landlord and Tenant - As enacted, prohibits certain persons from publishing, transmitting, or broadcasting any video of the service of civil process related to an eviction proceeding without the express written permission of the individual being served with civil process; specifies that an individual who is a victim of the publication, transmission, or broadcast of such a video without the individual's permission has a private right of action against the person violating the prohibition. - Amends TCA Title 13; Title 29 and Title 66.
  Apr 6, 2026: Pub. Ch. 657
• SB 1537 Became law 114
  Sunset Laws - As enacted, extends the Sequatchie Valley educational development agency to June 30, 2032. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 29 and Title 64, Chapter 1, Part 5.
  Apr 6, 2026: Pub. Ch. 644
• HB 1856 In committee 114
  School Transportation - As enacted, authorizes a school bus that is used exclusively to transport students from school to an after-school program to be used until the bus reaches the 20th year from the in-service date of the bus, or until the bus accumulates 300,000 miles of recorded travel, whichever occurs later; requires the owner of a bus that reaches the later of 20 years of service or 300,000 miles of recorded travel to, at the conclusion of the school year, discontinue use of, or replace, the bus; requires certain notice to, and inspections by, the commissioner for certain buses. - Amends TCA Title 49.
  Apr 6, 2026: Comp. became Pub. Ch. 656
• SB 1865 Became law 114
  Fire Prevention and Investigation - As enacted, creates the rescue squad grant program to provide annual grants to rescue squads for the purchase of firefighting equipment and training; directs the commissioner of commerce and insurance to evaluate grant requests and select grant award recipients each year. - Amends TCA Title 68, Chapter 102.
  Apr 6, 2026: Pub. Ch. 652
• SB 1605 Became law 114
  Courts, Juvenile - As enacted, expands the goals of zero to three court programs to include cases involving children five years of age or younger, with priority given to cases involving children younger than three years of age. - Amends TCA Title 37.
  Apr 6, 2026: Pub. Ch. 611
• SB 1594 Became law 114
  Public Records - As enacted, adds provider reimbursement information that is provided to the comptroller of the treasury to the existing list of examples of proprietary information types that are not subject to disclosure as public records. - Amends TCA Section 71-5-142.
  Apr 6, 2026: Pub. Ch. 610
• SB 1580 Became law 114
  Health Care - As enacted, prohibits a person from developing or deploying an artificial intelligence system that advertises or represents to the public that such system is or is able to act as a qualified mental health professional. - Amends TCA Title 33; Title 47 and Title 63.
  Apr 6, 2026: Pub. Ch. 647
• SB 2313 Became law 114
  Utilities, Utility Districts - As enacted, clarifies that commissioners for utility districts created pursuant to the Utility District Law of 1937 in Gibson County are not prohibited from serving more than two consecutive terms. - Amends TCA Title 7, Chapter 82, Part 3.
  Apr 6, 2026: Pub. Ch. 618
• HB 1478 In committee 114
  Public Records - As enacted, adds provider reimbursement information that is provided to the comptroller of the treasury to the existing list of examples of proprietary information types that are not subject to disclosure as public records. - Amends TCA Section 71-5-142.
  Apr 6, 2026: Comp. became Pub. Ch. 610
• SB 1735 Became law 114
  Consumer Protection - As enacted, removes the requirement that an assurance of voluntary compliance with the Tennessee Consumer Protection Act of 1977 be in writing, and filed and subject to the approval of the circuit or chancery court of Davidson County; makes other changes related to consumer protection. - Amends TCA Title 47.
  Apr 6, 2026: Pub. Ch. 614
• SB 350 Became law 114
  Landlord and Tenant - As enacted, generally restricts a landlord from prohibiting a residential tenant from lawfully possessing, carrying, transporting, or storing a firearm, any part of a firearm, or firearm ammunition in the tenant's residential property; a vehicle located in a parking area provided for tenants or tenants' guests; or other locations controlled by the landlord necessary to enter or exit any such location in leases entered into, amended, extended, or renewed on or after January 1, 2027. - Amends TCA Title 66.
  Apr 6, 2026: Pub. Ch. 606
• SB 1635 Became law 114
  Motor Vehicles, Titling and Registration - As enacted, clarifies that stuttering and other types of communication disorders are qualifying medical conditions for purposes of the "2021 Precious Cargo Act," which authorizes drivers who have certain medical conditions to apply for a designation in the Tennessee Vehicle Title and Registration System (VTRS) database of a need for assistance in communicating with first responders during traffic stops. - Amends TCA Title 55, Chapter 21, Part 3.
  Apr 6, 2026: Pub. Ch. 648
• SB 1505 Became law 114
  Sunset Laws - As enacted, extends the board of podiatric medical examiners to June 30, 2031. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 29 and Title 63, Chapter 3.
  Apr 6, 2026: Pub. Ch. 639
• HB 2083 In committee 114
  Courts, Juvenile - As enacted, expands the goals of zero to three court programs to include cases involving children five years of age or younger, with priority given to cases involving children younger than three years of age. - Amends TCA Title 37.
  Apr 6, 2026: Comp. became Pub. Ch. 611
• HB 1557 In committee 114
  Sunset Laws - As enacted, extends the board of chiropractic examiners to June 30, 2031. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 29 and Title 63, Chapter 4.
  Apr 6, 2026: Comp. became Pub. Ch. 634
• HB 1611 In committee 114
  Sunset Laws - As enacted, extends the Tennessee fish and wildlife commission to June 30, 2030. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 29 and Title 70, Chapter 1, Part 2.
  Apr 6, 2026: Comp. became Pub. Ch. 645
• HB 369 In committee 114
  Criminal Offenses - As enacted, clarifies that a school employee does not commit the criminal offense of falsifying educational and academic documents for altering, creating, or duplicating the grade of a student in an educational or academic document if the alteration, creation, or duplication is due to the student obtaining the grade through a program that allows students to retake a failed course, exam, or assignment and earn credit. - Amends TCA Section 39-14-136 and Title 49.
  Apr 6, 2026: Comp. became Pub. Ch. 632
• HR 179 Adopted 114
  Memorials, Interns - Amelia Margaret "Millie" Haymaker -
  Apr 6, 2026: Adopted, Ayes 90, Nays 0, PNV 2
• SB 273 Became law 114
  Criminal Offenses - As enacted, clarifies that a school employee does not commit the criminal offense of falsifying educational and academic documents for altering, creating, or duplicating the grade of a student in an educational or academic document if the alteration, creation, or duplication is due to the student obtaining the grade through a program that allows students to retake a failed course, exam, or assignment and earn credit. - Amends TCA Section 39-14-136 and Title 49.
  Apr 6, 2026: Pub. Ch. 632
• SB 1295 In committee 114
  Revenue, Dept. of - As introduced, extends from 2030 to 2031, the time period in which the department is to submit annual reports to the general assembly regarding sales taxes the department collects on all electronic nicotine delivery devices. - Amends TCA Title 67.
  Apr 6, 2026: Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Finance, Ways & Means Committee
• SB 1504 Became law 114
  Sunset Laws - As enacted, extends the board of optometry to June 30, 2031. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 29 and Title 63, Chapter 8.
  Apr 6, 2026: Pub. Ch. 638
• HB 1470 In committee 114
  Health Care - As enacted, prohibits a person from developing or deploying an artificial intelligence system that advertises or represents to the public that such system is or is able to act as a qualified mental health professional. - Amends TCA Title 33; Title 47 and Title 63.
  Apr 6, 2026: Comp. became Pub. Ch. 647
• HB 2267 In committee 114
  Traffic Safety - As enacted, exempts utility terrain vehicles being operated for agricultural purposes from the restriction that such vehicles are authorized to operate only on certain state highways and county roads with a speed limit of 45 miles per hour or less. - Amends TCA Section 55-8-185.
  Apr 6, 2026: Comp. became Pub. Ch. 663
• SB 1875 Became law 114
  Taxes - As enacted, requires a person using a liquified gas propelled motor vehicle to pay the liquified gas tax on delivery of the liquified gas into the vehicle's fuel supply tank instead of prepaying the tax on an annual basis; eliminates the annual renewal requirement for the liquified gas user permit, instead making it a permanent and valid permit dependent on timely reports and remittance of taxes or until surrendered or canceled; makes other tax-related changes. - Amends TCA Title 67, Chapter 1, Part 18; Title 67, Chapter 3, Part 11 and Title 67, Chapter 6.
  Apr 6, 2026: Pub. Ch. 653
• HB 2546 In committee 114
  Sports - As enacted, makes changes relative to the Tennessee Sports Hall of Fame, including reducing membership on the executive committee from seven to six members; adding to board responsibilities by requiring it to direct the mission of the hall of fame; and making other related changes. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 3, Part 54.
  Apr 6, 2026: Comp. became Pub. Ch. 654
• SB 1872 Became law 114
  Human Services, Dept. of - As enacted, deletes the requirements that the department establish, advertise, and maintain a statewide toll-free telephone line to receive and respond to citizen inquiries and complaints concerning child support collections and disbursements and the department establish satellite offices for the state's central collection and disbursement unit. - Amends TCA Section 36-5-118 and Section 36-5-119.
  Apr 6, 2026: Pub. Ch. 615
• HR 183 Adopted 114
  Memorials, Interns - David Brisco -
  Apr 6, 2026: Adopted, Ayes 90, Nays 0, PNV 2
• HR 181 Adopted 114
  Memorials, Death - Evelyn McQueen Cook -
  Apr 6, 2026: Adopted, Ayes 90, Nays 0, PNV 2
• SB 1891 Became law 114
  Education, Dept. of - As enacted, allows a local board of education or public charter school governing body that has not received funding from the department for purposes of awarding its teachers the bonus authorized in the Education Freedom Act of 2025 to pass the required resolution and notify the department of the same within 21 calendar days from the date the Act becomes a law, to receive funding from the department to award bonuses to teachers employed in the 2024-2025 school year. - Amends Chapter 7 of the Public Acts of the First Extraordinary Session of 2025.
  Apr 6, 2026: Pub. Ch. 655
• HB 1676 In committee 114
  Regional Authorities and Special Districts - As enacted, adds Claiborne, Union, and Grainger counties to the membership of the North East Tennessee Railroad Authority if certain requirements are met; makes other related revisions. - Amends TCA Title 7, Chapter 56, Part 2 and Title 64, Chapter 2.
  Apr 6, 2026: Comp. became Pub. Ch. 650
• SB 496 In committee 114
  Taxes - As introduced, clarifies that the monthly list of taxpayers delinquent in paying professional privilege tax that the commissioner of revenue transmits to licensing boards and agencies is subject to such restrictions on use as determined by the commissioner. - Amends TCA Title 67.
  Apr 6, 2026: Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Finance, Ways & Means Committee
• SB 1498 Became law 114
  Sunset Laws - As enacted, extends the board of chiropractic examiners to June 30, 2031. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 29 and Title 63, Chapter 4.
  Apr 6, 2026: Pub. Ch. 634
• SB 2267 Became law 114
  State Government - As enacted, clarifies that the four trustees for other post-employment benefits may appoint a designee in their absence. - Amends TCA Section 8-27-801.
  Apr 6, 2026: Pub. Ch. 660
• HB 1958 In committee 114
  Employees, Employers - As enacted, exempts from the requirement that wages earned by employees in private employment are due and payable no later than the fifth day of the succeeding month those employees who are employed on a piece-work or commission basis, and requires that compensation for such employees is due and payable by the last day of the succeeding month; makes certain other changes relative to employee compensation. - Amends TCA Title 50, Chapter 2, Part 1.
  Apr 6, 2026: Comp. became Pub. Ch. 617
• HB 1942 In committee 114
  Motor Vehicles, Titling and Registration - As enacted, clarifies that stuttering and other types of communication disorders are qualifying medical conditions for purposes of the "2021 Precious Cargo Act," which authorizes drivers who have certain medical conditions to apply for a designation in the Tennessee Vehicle Title and Registration System (VTRS) database of a need for assistance in communicating with first responders during traffic stops. - Amends TCA Title 55, Chapter 21, Part 3.
  Apr 6, 2026: Comp. became Pub. Ch. 648
• HB 469 In committee 114
  Landlord and Tenant - As enacted, generally restricts a landlord from prohibiting a residential tenant from lawfully possessing, carrying, transporting, or storing a firearm, any part of a firearm, or firearm ammunition in the tenant's residential property; a vehicle located in a parking area provided for tenants or tenants' guests; or other locations controlled by the landlord necessary to enter or exit any such location in leases entered into, amended, extended, or renewed on or after January 1, 2027. - Amends TCA Title 66.
  Apr 6, 2026: Comp. became Pub. Ch. 606
• SB 1886 Became law 114
  Sports - As enacted, makes changes relative to the Tennessee Sports Hall of Fame, including reducing membership on the executive committee from seven to six members; adding to board responsibilities by requiring it to direct the mission of the hall of fame; and making other related changes. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 3, Part 54.
  Apr 6, 2026: Pub. Ch. 654
• HB 36 In committee 114
  State Inmates - As enacted, requires by July 1, 2027, and each July 1 thereafter, the commissioner of correction to deliver to the chairs of legislative committees with jurisdiction over the department a report containing data with regard to individuals who may be certified eligible for parole for being chronically debilitated or incapacitated. - Amends TCA Title 40 and Title 41.
  Apr 6, 2026: Comp. became Pub. Ch. 631
• HB 1453 Became law 114
  Portland - Subject to local approval, deletes provisions requiring a referendum to sell, lease, or otherwise dispose of the city's water or light plant. - Amends Chapter 568 of the Private Acts of 1939; as amended.
  Apr 6, 2026: Pr. Ch. 31
• HB 2544 In committee 114
  Taxes - As enacted, requires a person using a liquified gas propelled motor vehicle to pay the liquified gas tax on delivery of the liquified gas into the vehicle's fuel supply tank instead of prepaying the tax on an annual basis; eliminates the annual renewal requirement for the liquified gas user permit, instead making it a permanent and valid permit dependent on timely reports and remittance of taxes or until surrendered or canceled; makes other tax-related changes. - Amends TCA Title 67, Chapter 1, Part 18; Title 67, Chapter 3, Part 11 and Title 67, Chapter 6.
  Apr 6, 2026: Comp. became Pub. Ch. 653
• HB 2453 In committee 114
  Consumer Protection - As enacted, removes the requirement that an assurance of voluntary compliance with the Tennessee Consumer Protection Act of 1977 be in writing, and filed and subject to the approval of the circuit or chancery court of Davidson County; makes other changes related to consumer protection. - Amends TCA Title 47.
  Apr 6, 2026: Comp. became Pub. Ch. 614
• SB 1586 Became law 114
  Statutes and Codification - As enacted, codifies the Acts of the 2025 regular and extraordinary sessions. -
  Apr 6, 2026: Pub. Ch. 608
• HR 177 Adopted 114
  Memorials, Interns - Noelle Porterfield -
  Apr 6, 2026: Adopted, Ayes 90, Nays 0, PNV 2
• HB 1811 In committee 114
  Statutes and Codification - As enacted, codifies the Acts of the 2025 regular and extraordinary sessions. -
  Apr 6, 2026: Comp. became Pub. Ch. 608
• HB 1571 In committee 114
  Sunset Laws - As enacted, extends the department of agriculture to June 30, 2030. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 29; Title 4, Chapter 3, Part 1 and Title 4, Chapter 3, Part 2.
  Apr 6, 2026: Comp. became Pub. Ch. 641
• SB 2360 Became law 114
  Motor Vehicles - As enacted, authorizes enforcement of a garagekeeper's lien on a motor vehicle that was stored for the purpose of repairs without express written authorization from the owner for such storage if the garagekeeper makes a good faith attempt to acquire consent prior to repairs and provides notice to the owner by certified mail. - Amends TCA Title 47; Title 55, Chapter 31 and Title 66, Chapter 19.
  Apr 6, 2026: Pub. Ch. 661
• SB 1731 Became law 114
  Appeal and Review - As enacted, expands when the state may appeal an interlocutory order of a circuit or chancery court. - Amends TCA Title 27, Chapter 1.
  Apr 6, 2026: Pub. Ch. 613
• SB 1641 Became law 114
  Secretary of State - As enacted, requires the secretary of state to omit from each annual publication of agency information mailing addresses and telephone numbers of agency members. - Amends TCA Section 10-7-604.
  Apr 6, 2026: Pub. Ch. 612
• HB 1594 In committee 114
  Sunset Laws - As enacted, extends the Sequatchie Valley educational development agency to June 30, 2032. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 29 and Title 64, Chapter 1, Part 5.
  Apr 6, 2026: Comp. became Pub. Ch. 644