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State bill data last updated Oct 25, 2026, 12:02 AM.

9,112 bills

SJR 888 Adopted 114
Memorials, Sports - Prescott South Middle School boys basketball team, TMSAA Class 2A state champion -

Mar 25, 2026: Signed by Governor.
SJR 623 Adopted 114
Memorials, Recognition - Safari Club International Day, February 18, 2026 -

Mar 25, 2026: Signed by Governor.
HB 2558 In committee 114
Hospitals and Health Care Facilities - As introduced, increases from 15 to 30 days, the time before the originally scheduled health facilities commission meeting at which an applicant's certificate of need application is to be heard by the commission by which a healthcare institution wishing to oppose such application must file written notice with the commission, and about which the applicant's published letter of intent in a newspaper of general circulation in the proposed service area of the project must contain a statement of notice. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 33; Title 56; Title 63; Title 68, Title 71 and Chapter 985 of the Public Acts of 2024.

Mar 25, 2026: Sponsor change.
SJR 841 Adopted 114
Memorials, Retirement - Irene Ward -

Mar 25, 2026: Signed by Governor.
HB 1053 In committee 114
Criminal Procedure - As introduced, allows certain persons deprived of the right of suffrage to apply for a voter registration card and have the right of suffrage provisionally restored if the person enters into a payment plan to become current on all child support obligations. - Amends TCA Title 40, Chapter 29.

Mar 25, 2026: Taken off notice for cal in s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee of Judiciary Committee
SJR 869 Adopted 114
Memorials, Sports - Sevier County High School football team -

Mar 25, 2026: Signed by Governor.
HB 2321 In committee 114
Abortion - As introduced, states that the report a physician is required to submit to the commissioner of health after performing an abortion may be submitted electronically. - Amends TCA Title 36; Title 37; Title 38; Title 39; Title 40; Title 41; Title 55; Title 62; Title 63 and Title 71.

Mar 25, 2026: Taken off notice for cal in s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee of Judiciary Committee
SB 833 In committee 114
Law Enforcement - As introduced, requires a law enforcement officer who becomes aware that an order of protection has been entered against a person in the officer’s presence but has not been served on the person to take appropriate steps to facilitate service of the order of protection, including notifying the sheriff’s department of the person’s immediate location; requires the curriculum of the Tennessee peace officer standards and training commission to include instruction on such requirements. - Amends TCA Title 36, Chapter 3, Part 6; Title 38 and Title 40.

Mar 25, 2026: Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Judiciary Committee
SJR 892 Adopted 114
Memorials, Sports - United States men's hockey team, 2026 Olympic gold medalists, and Jack Hughes -

Mar 25, 2026: Signed by Governor.
SJR 855 Adopted 114
Memorials, Sports - Craig Huskey, All-County football team -

Mar 25, 2026: Signed by Governor.
SJR 896 Adopted 114
Memorials, Public Service - Lt. Governor Randy McNally -

Mar 25, 2026: Signed by Governor.
HB 2315 In committee 114
Psychologists - As introduced, creates prescribing authority for certain psychologists if certain conditions and prerequisites are met. - Amends TCA Title 39; Title 53; Title 63 and Title 68.

Mar 25, 2026: Taken off notice for cal in s/c Health Subcommittee of Health Committee
SB 1186 In committee 114
Children - As introduced, authorizes a juvenile court to order a child who is accused of being delinquent or unruly and released prior to a hearing to wear a global positioning monitoring system device; if the court issues such an order, requires the entity operating the global positioning monitoring system to notify the probation officer or other entity ordered to take charge of the child if the child violates the instructions issued by the court upon release; requires students who are expelled for committing a zero tolerance offense for threatening mass violence on school property or at a school-related activity to undergo counseling and a mental health evaluation before returning to school. - Amends TCA Title 37; Title 39; Title 40, Chapter 11 and Title 49.

Mar 25, 2026: Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Judiciary Committee
HB 989 In committee 114
Criminal Offenses - As introduced, requires the administrative office of the courts to report by October 1, 2025, to the speaker of the senate and the speaker of the house of representatives the number of persons found guilty of the Class A misdemeanor of, as an employer, dismissing from employment an employee because of jury service by that employee, from January 1, 1990, until January 1, 2025. - Amends TCA Title 39.

Mar 25, 2026: Taken off notice for cal in s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee of Judiciary Committee
HB 1286 In committee 114
Death - As introduced, requires, if the person or government agency assuming custody of a body for the purposes of burial does not request an autopsy, or that the body be embalmed, the person or agency to ensure that the body is buried within 48 hours from the time when the person or agency waives the ability to request an autopsy or embalming of the body. - Amends TCA Title 34, Chapter 6, Part 37; Title 38; Title 50; Title 56; Title 62, Chapter 5; Title 62, Chapter 6 and Title 68.

Mar 25, 2026: Taken off notice for cal in s/c Health Subcommittee of Health Committee
SJR 872 Adopted 114
Memorials, Professional Achievement - Patricia Jones, NFIB Small Business Champion Award -

Mar 25, 2026: Signed by Governor.
SB 2380 In committee 114
Criminal Procedure - As introduced, allows a misdemeanor offender to petition to have the offender's criminal history records sealed after completion of all requirements of sentencing and at least five years without being convicted of a new offense; excludes domestic assault and driving under the influence from eligibility to be sealed. - Amends TCA Title 39 and Title 40.

Mar 25, 2026: Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Judiciary Committee
SJR 864 Adopted 114
Memorials, Death - Wesley Hazen Rucker -

Mar 25, 2026: Signed by Governor.
SB 1825 In committee 114
Election Laws - As introduced, prohibits a person from qualifying as a candidate in a primary election for federal office who holds dual citizenship or is not a natural-born citizen of the United States. - Amends TCA Title 2.

Mar 25, 2026: Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 3/25/2026
SB 1721 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.

Mar 25, 2026: Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 3/25/2026
SJR 834 Adopted 114
General Assembly, Confirmation of Appointment - Dr. Clay R. Good, public utility commission -

Mar 25, 2026: Signed by Governor.
SJR 865 Adopted 114
Memorials, Sports - Rusty Provins, 2012-2014 TSSAA Class A-AA Boys' Track and Field Discus and Shot Put state champion -

Mar 25, 2026: Signed by Governor.
SB 1977 In committee 114
Probation and Parole - As introduced, specifies that if the trial judge finds by a preponderance of the evidence that the defendant has violated conditions of probation and suspension of sentence for a felony offense by engaging in conduct that constitutes a drug offense, then for the first instance of such a violation, the trial judge must order the defendant to attend a substance abuse treatment program and must not revoke the defendant's probation and suspension of sentence. - Amends TCA Title 40, Chapter 35.

Mar 25, 2026: Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Judiciary Committee
SJR 879 Adopted 114
Memorials, Public Service - Don Lindsey, John J. Duncan Sr. Award for Senior Advocacy -

Mar 25, 2026: Signed by Governor.
SB 1675 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.

Mar 25, 2026: Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 3/25/2026
SJR 883 Adopted 114
Memorials, Death - Charles R. Harr -

Mar 25, 2026: Signed by Governor.
SJR 891 Adopted 114
Memorials, Recognition - 251st anniversary of the Battles of Lexington and Concord -

Mar 25, 2026: Signed by Governor.
SJR 867 Adopted 114
Memorials, Sports - Lindsey Snodgrass, 2011 TSSAA Division I, Class A-AA Girls' Track and Field 300-Meter Hurdles state champion -

Mar 25, 2026: Signed by Governor.
SJR 856 Adopted 114
Memorials, Recognition - Isaac Drinnon, Hamblen County Spelling Bee champion -

Mar 25, 2026: Signed by Governor.
SB 1830 In committee 114
Criminal Offenses - As introduced, enacts "The Intercollegiate Student-Athlete Protection Act," which creates a criminal offense of student athlete harassment; punishes the first offense as a Class A misdemeanor and a second or subsequent offense as a Class E felony; and specifies that a student athlete who is the victim of student athlete harassment has a private right of action against a person convicted of the offense. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 49; Title 39 and Title 49.

Mar 25, 2026: Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Judiciary Committee
SB 2235 In committee 114
Ethics - As introduced, enacts the "Foreign Agent Registration Act." - Amends TCA Title 3, Chapter 6 and Title 4.

Mar 25, 2026: Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 3/25/2026
SB 1182 In committee 114
Sentencing - As introduced, requires a local community corrections advisory board to provide its annual report to the county legislative body on the progress of community corrections programs by February 1 of each year. - Amends TCA Title 8; Title 16; Title 37; Title 39; Title 40 and Title 41.

Mar 25, 2026: Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Judiciary Committee
HB 1458 In committee 114
Local Education Agencies - As introduced, requires each local school board to establish a school lunch program and a school breakfast program that provide a free breakfast and lunch to each student enrolled in a school under the board's jurisdiction; requires the state to reimburse each LEA for the cost of providing a free breakfast and lunch to each student enrolled in the LEA after all available federal funds have been applied. - Amends TCA Title 49.

Mar 24, 2026: Taken off notice for cal. in Education Committee
SR 285 Adopted 114
General Assembly, Confirmation of Appointment - Dwayne Thompson, Tennessee Ethics Commission -

Mar 24, 2026: Enrolled and ready for signatures
SB 2370 In committee 114
Criminal Offenses - As introduced, increases the penalty for vehicular homicide from a Class C felony to a Class B felony if the offense occurred as the proximate result of the driver's extreme and excessive rate of speed; defines "extreme and excessive rate of speed" as traveling at more than 20 miles per hour over the posted speed limit. - Amends TCA Title 39 and Title 55.

Mar 24, 2026: Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Judiciary Committee
SB 2389 In committee 114
Registers of Deeds - As introduced, creates a two-year pilot program that requires the register of deeds in Shelby County to verify and record the government-issued photo identification of individuals presenting documents for in-person property transfers. - Amends TCA Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 8; Title 10; Title 66 and Title 67.

Mar 24, 2026: Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate State and Local Government Committee
SB 2440 In committee 114
Controlled Substances - As introduced, enacts the "Pot for Potholes Act"; establishes a regulatory structure for the cultivation, processing, and retail sale of marijuana and marijuana products in this state to be administered by the department of agriculture. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 29; Title 33; Title 38; Title 39; Title 40; Title 41; Title 43; Title 45; Title 50; Title 53; Title 54; Title 63; Title 67; Title 68 and Title 71.

Mar 24, 2026: Failed in Senate Judiciary Committee
SB 960 In committee 114
Election Laws - As introduced, requires county election commissions to include three non-binding questions related to the legalization of marijuana on the November 2026 ballot; requires the secretary of state to compile the results of the non-binding, advisory referendum, publish the results on the secretary of state's website, and forward the results to the members of the general assembly. - Amends TCA Title 2.

Mar 24, 2026: Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate State and Local Government Committee
SB 2390 In committee 114
Immigration - As introduced, affords an individual detained pursuant to a federal detention agreement certain rights while detained. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 7; Title 10; Title 38; Title 39 and Title 40.

Mar 24, 2026: Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate State and Local Government Committee
HB 154 In committee 114
Education - As introduced, deletes obsolete pilot program to improve parent-teacher engagement that terminated at the end of the 2020-2021 school year. - Amends TCA Title 49.

Mar 24, 2026: Taken off notice for cal in s/c K-12 Subcommittee of Education Committee
SB 2497 In committee 114
Immigration - As introduced, prohibits the bureau of immigration and customs enforcement of the United States department of homeland security from entering into and conducting law enforcement activities in a healthcare facility, physician's office, or a shelter located in this state. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 33; Title 38; Title 52; Title 63; Title 68 and Title 71.

Mar 24, 2026: Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate State and Local Government Committee
SJR 906 Adopted 114
Memorials, Professional Achievement - Kimberly Lewis, White County Middle School Teacher of the Year -

Mar 24, 2026: Withdrawn.
SB 2620 In committee 114
Funeral Directors and Embalmers - As introduced, establishes organic human reduction as a legally permissible method to dispose of human remains, with oversight by and pursuant to rules promulgated by the board of funeral directors and embalmers. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 11, Chapter 6, Part 1; Title 62, Chapter 5; Title 63 and Title 68.

Mar 24, 2026: Sponsor(s) Added.
SB 1699 In committee 114
Immigration - As introduced, prohibits the use of certain public properties, schools, and religious institutions for certain civil immigration enforcement activities; requires state departments and agencies to make available to the public certain information concerning person's rights with regard to federal agents. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 7, Chapter 68; Title 12; Title 38; Title 49 and Title 50, Chapter 1.

Mar 24, 2026: Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate State and Local Government Committee
SB 1032 In committee 114
Search & Seizure - As introduced, requires officials who are employed or contracted by the federal government, the state government, or a local government within this state, or an agency or department thereof, to obtain a search warrant that identifies the person or property that is the subject of the search before entering private property, unless a judicially recognized exception to the warrant requirement exists. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 8; Title 38; Title 39; Title 40 and Title 44.

Mar 24, 2026: Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Judiciary Committee
SR 292 Adopted 114
General Assembly, Confirmation of Appointment - Cathy Kolb, State Board of Education -

Mar 24, 2026: Enrolled and ready for signatures
HB 1948 In committee 114
Education - As introduced, establishes that a public institution of education may provide an opportunity or benefit exclusively to one sex through a program if the institution provides a substantially similar or reasonably comparable opportunity or benefit to the opposite sex through a different program. - Amends TCA Title 49.

Mar 24, 2026: Taken off notice for cal. in Education Committee
SB 2311 In committee 114
Annexation - As introduced, requires a municipality to obtain approval of a proposed annexation from the county legislative body; requires the municipality to submit certain reports to the county legislative body regarding the proposed annexation. - Amends TCA Title 6, Chapter 51, Part 1.

Mar 24, 2026: Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate State and Local Government Committee
SB 2484 In committee 114
Election Laws - As introduced, enacts the "Tennessee Ballot Access Act." - Amends TCA Title 2.

Mar 24, 2026: Failed in Senate State and Local Government Committee
HB 864 In committee 114
Motor Vehicles, Titling and Registration - As introduced, requires evidence of compliance with the financial responsibility law prior to registering vehicles; increases from $25 to $50 the coverage failure fee imposed by the department of revenue for the first failure to comply with the James Lee Atwood Jr. Law; increases that fee to $250 for a second failure to comply and to $500 for a third or subsequent failure to comply; allocates 50 percent of the fees to county clerks. - Amends TCA Title 55, Chapter 12 and Title 55, Chapter 4.

Mar 24, 2026: Taken off notice for cal. in Transportation Committee