Tennessee bills

Tennessee legislators · Data: Open States

State bill data last updated Oct 25, 2026, 8:06 AM.

9,112 bills

SJR 759 Adopted 114
Memorials, Sports - Colt Shull, All-Region 1-3A second team -

Mar 18, 2026: Signed by Governor.
SJR 785 Adopted 114
Memorials, Sports - Todd Loveday -

Mar 18, 2026: Signed by Governor.
SJR 757 Adopted 114
Memorials, Sports - Gustavo Alvarez, All-Region 1-3A first team -

Mar 18, 2026: Signed by Governor.
HB 1518 In committee 114
Lottery, Scholarships and Programs - As introduced, allows a student who was ineligible for the Tennessee HOPE scholarship as an entering freshman based on their high school grade point average or composite ACT score to regain their eligibility for the HOPE scholarship as a transfer student if the student meets certain requirements. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 4.

Mar 18, 2026: Taken off notice for cal in s/c Higher Education Subcommittee of Education Committee
SJR 733 Adopted 114
Memorials, Sports - John Keohane, All-Region 1-3A first team -

Mar 18, 2026: Signed by Governor.
SJR 705 Adopted 114
Memorials, Recognition - Columbia Rotary Club's 250th anniversary of the United States celebration -

Mar 18, 2026: Signed by Governor.
SJR 641 Adopted 114
General Assembly, Confirmation of Appointment - Dr. Tyler Forrest, Heritage Conservation Trust Fund Board of Trustees -

Mar 18, 2026: Signed by Governor.
HJR 1041 Adopted 114
Memorials, Personal Occasion - Dr. Hyran E. Barefoot, 98th birthday -

Mar 18, 2026: Signed by Governor.
HJR 1034 Adopted 114
Memorials, Death - Aaron Stokes and Andrew Huskey -

Mar 18, 2026: Signed by Governor.
SJR 798 Adopted 114
Memorials, Sports - Zaydyn Anderson -

Mar 18, 2026: Signed by Governor.
HB 2169 In committee 114
Planning, Public - As introduced, enacts the "Electric Grid Resilience, Transparency, and Planning Act." - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 13; Title 58 and Title 65.

Mar 18, 2026: Failed in s/c Business and Utilities Subcommittee of Commerce Committee
SJR 764 Adopted 114
Memorials, Sports - Braden Greene, All-Region 1-3A first team -

Mar 18, 2026: Signed by Governor.
HJR 1050 Adopted 114
Memorials, Recognition - Sam Houston -

Mar 18, 2026: Signed by Governor.
SJR 754 Adopted 114
Memorials, Sports - Isaac Harris, All-Region 1-3A first team -

Mar 18, 2026: Signed by Governor.
SB 2387 In committee 114
School Vouchers - As introduced, requires private schools that participate in the education savings account program or the individualized education account program, or that enroll recipients of an education freedom scholarship, to publish various items on the school's website; requires such private schools to ensure educators hold a valid license to teach and are evaluated in the same manner as public school teachers; requires students participating in any such program to be administered various assessments; requires the department of education to assign a school letter grade to such private schools. - Amends TCA Title 49.

Mar 18, 2026: Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Education Committee
SJR 752 Adopted 114
Memorials, Sports - Blaze Rice, All-Region 1-3A first team -

Mar 18, 2026: Signed by Governor.
SJR 808 Adopted 114
Memorials, Retirement - Blount County Mayor Ed Mitchell -

Mar 18, 2026: Signed by Governor.
HJR 1025 Adopted 114
Memorials, Academic Achievement - Caroline Grace Holden, Valedictorian, Zion Christian Academy -

Mar 18, 2026: Signed by Governor.
HJR 1049 Adopted 114
Memorials, Sports - Emry Jones -

Mar 18, 2026: Signed by Governor.
SJR 822 Adopted 114
Memorials, Sports - Westview High School, girls' soccer state champions -

Mar 18, 2026: Signed by Governor.
HJR 1016 Adopted 114
Memorials, Academic Achievement - Lindsey Brooke Warren, Top Ten Senior, Zion Christian Academy -

Mar 18, 2026: Signed by Governor.
HJR 901 Adopted 114
General Assembly, Confirmation of Appointment - Tom Boyd, Middle Tennessee State University Board of Trustees -

Mar 18, 2026: Signed by Governor.
SJR 738 Adopted 114
Memorials, Sports - Luke Stuart, Region 1-3A Co-Lineman of the Year -

Mar 18, 2026: Signed by Governor.
HJR 895 Adopted 114
General Assembly, Confirmation of Appointment - Jennifer Hampton, University of Tennessee at Martin Advisory Board -

Mar 18, 2026: Signed by Governor.
HJR 1039 Adopted 114
Memorials, Recognition - Tennessee's African-American-owned Century Farms -

Mar 18, 2026: Signed by Governor.
SJR 726 Adopted 114
Memorials, Sports - Jackson Younger, All-Region 1-3A first team -

Mar 18, 2026: Signed by Governor.
SJR 816 Adopted 114
Memorials, Retirement - Phil Rogers -

Mar 18, 2026: Signed by Governor.
HB 789 In committee 114
Lottery, Scholarships and Programs - As introduced, removes the requirement that a student with a documented intellectual disability be admitted to, and enrolled in, an eligible postsecondary institution in an eligible postsecondary program no later than 16 months after completing high school in order to be eligible to receive a Tennessee STEP UP scholarship. - Amends TCA Title 8, Chapter 50, Part 1; Title 49, Chapter 7 and Title 49, Chapter 4.

Mar 18, 2026: Taken off notice for cal in s/c Higher Education Subcommittee of Education Committee
HB 1646 In committee 114
Insurance, Health, Accident - As introduced, requires health benefit plans entered into, amended, or renewed on or after January 1, 2027, to provide coverage for services related to acquired brain injury; requires the commissioner of commerce and insurance to promulgate rules to provide a process for an expedited appeal of an adverse determination related to such coverage. - Amends TCA Title 8; Title 56 and Title 71.

Mar 18, 2026: Taken off notice for cal in s/c Insurance Subcommittee of Insurance Committee
SJR 795 Adopted 114
Memorials, Recognition - Eden Gibson, TMEA All-State choir -

Mar 18, 2026: Signed by Governor.
SJR 777 Adopted 114
Memorials, Sports - Jaxson Perry -

Mar 18, 2026: Signed by Governor.
HJR 1056 Adopted 114
Memorials, Recognition - Joe Northington, U.S. Marine Corps veteran -

Mar 18, 2026: Signed by Governor.
SB 2298 In committee 114
Education - As introduced, prohibits local boards of education and public charter school governing bodies from allowing, through their policies, a material in a library collection to be removed while it is being evaluated by the local board, governing body, or the state textbook and instructional materials quality commission, if applicable, until a determination is made as to whether the material is appropriate for the age and maturity level of the students who may access it, and whether the material is suitable for, and consistent with, the educational mission of the school. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 6.

Mar 18, 2026: Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Education Committee
SB 1175 In committee 114
Local Education Agencies - As introduced, requires the department of education, by July 31 each year, to list on its website each LEA designated as a high performing school district for the upcoming school year and how long the LEA will be designated a high performing school district before having to meet the criteria for re-designation. - Amends TCA Title 49.

Mar 18, 2026: Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Education Committee
SJR 806 Adopted 114
Memorials, Sports - Kylee Renner -

Mar 18, 2026: Signed by Governor.
HB 952 In committee 114
Economic and Community Development - As introduced, enacts the "Small Business Growth and Empowerment Act"; authorizes business tax credits for small businesses hiring locally or providing workforce training; creates grants for minority-owned and women-owned businesses in underserved areas. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 3, Part 7 and Title 67, Chapter 4.

Mar 18, 2026: Def. to Summer Study in Business & Utilities Subcommittee
SJR 704 Adopted 114
Memorials, Recognition - Chris Garrett -

Mar 18, 2026: Signed by Governor.
HB 2192 In committee 114
Agriculture, Dept. of - As introduced, requires the department to prohibit the sale of a food product that includes certain chemical ingredients, unless it has a warning label, if the FDA requires the ingredient to be disclosed and the food product is intended to be consumed by humans. - Amends TCA Title 47, Chapter 18 and Title 53.

Mar 18, 2026: Reset on Final cal. 2 of Agriculture and Natural Resources Subcommittee
SB 912 In committee 114
Education - As introduced, deletes obsolete provisions regarding implementation of the school grading system. - Amends Chapter __ of the Public Acts of 2025 (1st Ex. Sess. – SB 6001 / HB 6004); and TCA Title 4, Chapter 49; Title 8 and Title 49.

Mar 18, 2026: Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Education Committee
HB 2132 In committee 114
Safety - As introduced, requires newly installed storm drains and culverts constructed after July 1, 2026, to be equipped with a safety cover or grate if the opening is large enough that a child could reasonably fall into or become trapped within the structure. - Amends TCA Title 12 and Title 68.

Mar 18, 2026: Def. to Summer Study in Business & Utilities Subcommittee
HB 565 In committee 114
Consumer Protection - As introduced, enacts the "Tennessee Homebuyer Harassment Prevention Act"; limits the number of times that a real estate developer, business entity, or individual working on behalf of the developer or business entity is permitted to contact a property owner to make an unsolicited offer to buy the property owner's property; makes other changes related to telephone and text message solicitations. - Amends TCA Title 40, Chapter 33, Part 2; Title 47; Title 65 and Title 66.

Mar 18, 2026: Failed for lack of second in: Banking & Consumer Affairs Subcommittee
SJR 742 Adopted 114
Memorials, Sports - Elijah Valentine, All-Region 1-3A second team -

Mar 18, 2026: Signed by Governor.
HJR 889 Adopted 114
General Assembly, Confirmation of Appointment - Dr. Elaine Swafford, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga Advisory Board -

Mar 18, 2026: Signed by Governor.
SB 1223 In committee 114
Sports - As introduced, requires each student who participates in a school youth athletic activity to file with the local education agency (LEA) or public charter school a preparticipation medical evaluation or an exemption; creates the safe stars advisory committee. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 6, Part 36 and Title 68, Chapter 6.

Mar 18, 2026: Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Government Operations Committee
SJR 773 Adopted 114
Memorials, Sports - Colt Campbell -

Mar 18, 2026: Signed by Governor.
SJR 805 Adopted 114
Memorials, Sports - Brylee Catron -

Mar 18, 2026: Signed by Governor.
SB 2449 In committee 114
Schools, Private - As introduced, prohibits the state board of education from requiring a private school that provides a fully online, self-paced educational program to annually administer a nationally standardized achievement test in English language arts and mathematics to each student each year; directs the state board to require such private schools that provide a high school program to administer a nationally standardized achievement test in English language arts and mathematics to certain students based on the percentage of their high school program that the student has completed. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 1 and Title 49, Chapter 50.

Mar 18, 2026: Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Education Committee
HB 2575 In committee 114
Firearms and Ammunition - As introduced, enacts the "Reckless Bullet Prevention Act," which creates an offense of recklessly discharging a firearm into the air, ground, a body of water, or an object in close proximity to the person if the firearm is discharged at a place where other people are or may be present; punishes the offense as a Class A misdemeanor; specifies certain exceptions to the offense; requires handgun safety courses for enhanced handgun carry permits to instruct on the offense. - Amends TCA Title 39.

Mar 18, 2026: Taken off notice for cal in s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee of Judiciary Committee
SJR 807 Adopted 114
Memorials, Retirement - Gaye Hasty -

Mar 18, 2026: Signed by Governor.
HJR 1060 Adopted 114
Memorials, Recognition - Ken Tarkington, Jr. -

Mar 18, 2026: Signed by Governor.