Tennessee bills

Tennessee legislators · Data: Open States

State bill data last updated Oct 25, 2026, 12:01 PM.

9,112 bills

SJR 811 Adopted 114
Memorials, Recognition - Duane Grieve -

Mar 18, 2026: Signed by Governor.
HB 476 In committee 114
Comptroller, State - As introduced, increases from $50,000 to $100,000 the bond amount that every insurance company doing a workers' compensation business in this state must furnish with a surety company; increases from $100,000 to $200,000 the certificate amount that such a company may deposit with the commissioner of labor and workforce development in lieu of the bond. - Amends TCA Title 12; Title 29; Title 50 and Title 56.

Mar 18, 2026: Taken off notice for cal in s/c Insurance Subcommittee of Insurance Committee
HB 2213 In committee 114
Employees, Employers - As introduced, creates the "Anti-Retaliation for Reporting Unsafe Work Act." - Amends TCA Title 50.

Mar 18, 2026: No Action Taken
SJR 755 Adopted 114
Memorials, Sports - Aidyn Evely, All-Region 1-3A first team -

Mar 18, 2026: Signed by Governor.
SJR 781 Adopted 114
Memorials, Sports - Graven Wilson -

Mar 18, 2026: Signed by Governor.
SJR 743 Adopted 114
Memorials, Sports - Kyler Hooper, All-Region 1-3A second team -

Mar 18, 2026: Signed by Governor.
HJR 1051 Adopted 114
Memorials, Sports - U.S women's hockey team, Olympic gold medalists -

Mar 18, 2026: Signed by Governor.
HJR 1046 Adopted 114
Memorials, Professional Achievement - Bobbie Ford, Cannon County Grades 5-8 Teacher of the Year -

Mar 18, 2026: Signed by Governor.
SJR 770 Adopted 114
Memorials, Sports - Mia Woodrick -

Mar 18, 2026: Signed by Governor.
SJR 778 Adopted 114
Memorials, Sports - Nathan Patterson -

Mar 18, 2026: Signed by Governor.
HB 2248 In committee 114
Salaries and Benefits - As introduced, requires employers to pay employees an hourly wage of at least $20 beginning January 1, 2027, with annual adjustments by the commissioner of labor and workforce development based on increases in the consumer price index; establishes posting mandates, civil liability for violations, and a two-to-three-year statute of limitations for recovery actions. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 9; Title 13; Title 29; Title 47; Title 50; Title 57; Title 58; Title 65; Title 67 and Title 68.

Mar 18, 2026: Failed in s/c Banking and Consumer Affairs Subcommittee of Commerce Committee
SJR 763 Adopted 114
Memorials, Sports - Dominic Hahnlen, All-Region 1-3A first team -

Mar 18, 2026: Signed by Governor.
HB 955 In committee 114
Housing - As introduced, enacts the "Affordable Housing and Tenant Protection Act"; allows local governments to adopt ordinances and resolutions to control rent for private residential rental units; creates the increased housing program and increased housing fund; authorizes the Tennessee housing development agency to make grants from the fund to eligible developers and first-time homebuyers to assist in gap financing and down payment assistance. - Amends TCA Title 7, Chapter 53; Title 9; Title 12; Title 13; Title 66 and Title 67.

Mar 18, 2026: Action Def. in s/c Cities & Counties Subcommittee to January 2027 Calendar
HB 2587 In committee 114
Zoning - As introduced, reduces from 21 to 14 calendar days, the duration of the notice that a chief governing body must provide to the public before holding a public hearing to adopt a zoning ordinance or amendment. - Amends TCA Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 13 and Title 67.

Mar 18, 2026: Taken off notice for cal in s/c Cities & Counties Subcommittee of State & Local Government Committee
HB 1931 In committee 114
Sheriffs - As introduced, prohibits the county legislative body of a county with a charter form of government from adopting a budget that reduces the budget for the sheriff below the budgeted amount for the previous fiscal year unless the reduction is approved in writing by the sheriff; authorizes a sheriff to approve or disapprove a budget amendment that would reduce personnel, operational, or capital expenditures below the level proposed by the sheriff; authorizes the county legislative body to override the sheriff's disapproval by a two-thirds vote. - Amends TCA Title 5, Chapter 1, Part 2; Title 5, Chapter 9, Part 4 and Title 8, Chapter 20, Part 1.

Mar 18, 2026: Taken off notice for cal. in State & Local Government Committee
SB 2675 In committee 114
Children - As introduced, exempts a school social worker, licensed by the state board of education, who provides preventative and developmental counseling, from having to obtain the consent of a parent of a minor prior to rendering such services. - Amends TCA Title 36, Chapter 8; Title 49 and Title 63, Chapter 1.

Mar 18, 2026: Sponsor(s) Added.
HJR 1015 Adopted 114
Memorials, Recognition - United States of America, 250th anniversary -

Mar 18, 2026: Signed by Governor.
SJR 721 Adopted 114
Memorials, Sports - Jessica McClintock, state bowling champion -

Mar 18, 2026: Signed by Governor.
HB 2555 In committee 114
Medical Occupations - As introduced, reduces from 45 to 35 days, the amount of time the board of physician assistants has to either render a decision on a licensure application submitted by an individual licensed, registered, or certified as a physician assistant in another jurisdiction or inform the licensure applicant from another jurisdiction of the need to appear before the board. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 7; Title 24; Title 33; Title 38; Title 49; Title 53; Title 55; Title 56; Title 63; Title 68; Title 71 and Chapter 1042 of the Public Acts of 2024.

Mar 18, 2026: Taken off notice for cal in s/c Health Subcommittee of Health Committee
SJR 719 Adopted 114
Memorials, Sports - Maggie Crosslin, TSSAA Division II, Class A girls' cross country individual champion -

Mar 18, 2026: Signed by Governor.
SJR 702 Adopted 114
Memorials, Recognition - Hannah Haley, 2026 Miss Tennessee Fairest of the Fair -

Mar 18, 2026: Signed by Governor.
SB 2445 In committee 114
Teachers, Principals and School Personnel - As introduced, prohibits professional employees and local boards of education from collaborative conferencing; prohibits a local board of education from allowing a professional employees' organization to use or access facilities when such use or access is otherwise prohibited by the local board's policies or procedures for community use. - Amends TCA Title 49.

Mar 18, 2026: Failed in Senate Education Committee
SJR 636 Adopted 114
General Assembly, Confirmation of Appointment - Dr. Gary A. Passons, University of Tennessee Health Science Center -

Mar 18, 2026: Signed by Governor.
HJR 1053 Adopted 114
Memorials, Recognition - Individuals and organizations addressing adolescent mental health, bullying, and the harmful effects of social media on Tennessee's young people -

Mar 18, 2026: Signed by Governor.
SB 2674 In committee 114
Education - As introduced, enacts the "Public Education Investments Act"; increases, from $50,000 to $50,290, the minimum base salary in the state salary schedule for teachers; increases from 5 percent to 10 percent the weighted allocation for a student who is a member in a school that is eligible for Title I schoolwide designation in the Tennessee Investment in Student Achievement Act; increases the amount of a Tennessee middle college scholarship by 3 percent each academic year for 10 academic years. - Amends TCA Title 49.

Mar 18, 2026: Sponsor(s) Added.
SJR 740 Adopted 114
Memorials, Sports - Brayden Maples, Region 1-3A Co-Offensive Player of the Year -

Mar 18, 2026: Signed by Governor.
HB 1300 In committee 114
State Government - As introduced, requires state departments and agencies to submit annual reports on achieving economic efficiency to the governor in addition to committees of the general assembly. - Amends TCA Title 3; Title 4; Title 8 and Title 9.

Mar 18, 2026: Taken off notice for cal. in State & Local Government Committee
HB 1022 In committee 114
Criminal Procedure - As introduced, specifies that for purposes of carrying out a sentence of death, lethal injection protocol may include the use of pharmaceutical fentanyl. - Amends TCA Title 40.

Mar 18, 2026: Taken off notice for cal in s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee of Judiciary Committee
SJR 799 Adopted 114
Memorials, Sports - Bishop Merriweather -

Mar 18, 2026: Signed by Governor.
HJR 1064 Adopted 114
Memorials, Death - Thomas Cory Myers Gunnels -

Mar 18, 2026: Signed by Governor.
SB 975 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 18, 2026: Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Education Committee
HB 2057 In committee 114
Internet and e-Commerce - As introduced, requires that if an account holder deletes the account holder's account on a social media platform, the social media platform shall delete all personal information pertaining to the deleted account or collected directly through the use of the social media platform through the deleted account by the account holder or another user. - Amends TCA Title 4 and Title 47, Chapter 18.

Mar 18, 2026: No Action Taken
SJR 771 Adopted 114
Memorials, Sports - Cooper Newman -

Mar 18, 2026: Signed by Governor.
SJR 814 Adopted 114
Memorials, Retirement - Howard J. Kittell -

Mar 18, 2026: Signed by Governor.
HB 2394 In committee 114
Public Funds and Financing - As introduced, expresses the legislative intent that a county in which a county-wide fire department is established, or in which a volunteer fire department provides services, direct priority for the appropriation and allocation of county funds to fund the activities of the county-wide or volunteer fire department. - Amends TCA Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 8; Title 38 and Title 68, Chapter 102, Part 3.

Mar 18, 2026: Failed in s/c Cities & Counties Subcommittee of State & Local Government Committee
SJR 727 Adopted 114
Memorials, Sports - Tyson Sutton, All-Region 1-3A first team -

Mar 18, 2026: Signed by Governor.
HJR 1043 Adopted 114
Memorials, Recognition - Nate Bargatze -

Mar 18, 2026: Signed by Governor.
HB 2090 In committee 114
Health, Dept. of - As introduced, excludes from the definition of a public swimming pool subject to regulation in the same manner as a hotel or public swimming pool by the department of health any privately owned, controlled-access, above-ground swimming pool that is installed indoors at a fitness facility and used only by facility staff and students for the purpose of swimming instruction if the pool meets certain criteria. - Amends TCA Title 68.

Mar 18, 2026: Failed in s/c Health Subcommittee of Health Committee
SB 1809 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 18, 2026: Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Education Committee
SB 2379 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: Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Judiciary Committee
HB 2166 In committee 114
Hospitals and Health Care Facilities - As introduced, requires a blood bank to comply with a physician's order for an autologous blood donation or directed blood donation for a specific patient; requires a hospital to allow a patient who is scheduled for a medical procedure to provide an autologous blood donation or directed blood donation upon order of a physician. - Amends TCA Title 68, Chapter 32.

Mar 18, 2026: Failed in s/c Health Subcommittee of Health Committee
HB 2513 In committee 114
Tourist Development, Dept. of - As introduced, requires a copy of an annual audit report prepared by certain organizations under the department to be submitted to the legislative librarian. - Amends TCA Title 2; Title 4; Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 8; Title 9; Title 11; Title 13; Title 24; Title 36; Title 39; Title 42; Title 43; Title 47; Title 49; Title 54; Title 55; Title 56; Title 57; Title 58; Title 64; Title 65; Title 66; Title 67; Title 68; Title 69 and Title 70.

Mar 18, 2026: Reset on Final cal. 2 of Agriculture and Natural Resources Subcommittee
SJR 725 Adopted 114
Memorials, Sports - Dalton Cox, All-Region 1-3A second team -

Mar 18, 2026: Signed by Governor.
SJR 815 Adopted 114
Memorials, Recognition - Andrew Jackson Foundation, 125th anniversary -

Mar 18, 2026: Signed by Governor.
HB 1843 In committee 114
Utilities, Utility Districts - As introduced, prohibits a utility that provides electric, water, wastewater, or natural gas services from increasing the rate charged to customers who are 65 years of age or older upon notice that the customer qualifies for such rate cap pursuant to an age verification process established by the Tennessee public utilities commission (TPUC) by rule; requires notification to customers of the rate cap program within 90 days of a final rule; authorizes TPUC to promulgate a rule to develop an age verification and notification process. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 7; Title 47, Chapter 18; Title 64; Title 65; Title 67 and Title 68.

Mar 18, 2026: Def. to Summer Study in Business & Utilities Subcommittee
SB 2446 In committee 114
Massage Therapy - As introduced, enacts the "Interstate Massage Compact." - Amends TCA Title 4 and Title 63.

Mar 18, 2026: Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Health and Welfare Committee
HB 1940 In committee 114
Landlord and Tenant - As introduced, states that unlawful detainer actions are confidential and shielded from public inspection if the action was filed on or after July 1, 2026, the case was dismissed by the court or a party, an appeal is not pending in the case, and three years have passed since the date the action was filed or the parties have agreed in writing to shield the records from public disclosure. - Amends TCA Title 10, Chapter 7, Part 5; Title 29, Chapter 18 and Title 66.

Mar 18, 2026: Failed in s/c Business and Utilities Subcommittee of Commerce Committee
SJR 783 Adopted 114
Memorials, Sports - Jayden Jarnigan -

Mar 18, 2026: Signed by Governor.
HB 946 In committee 114
Energy - As introduced, requires an applicant and an electric utility service to perform and submit to the locality a site assessment prior to the approval of a rezoning request, special exception, or special use permit for the siting of a new high energy use facility (HEUF). - Amends TCA Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 13; Title 54; Title 65 and Title 68.

Mar 18, 2026: Action Def. in s/c Cities & Counties Subcommittee to January 2027 Calendar
HB 1301 In committee 114
Civil Procedure - As introduced, revives causes of action based on a sexual assault that occurred when the injured party was 18 years of age or older and are time-barred because the applicable statute of limitations has expired; allows such actions to be commenced within a certain time period. - Amends TCA Title 28, Chapter 3; Title 39 and Title 40.

Mar 18, 2026: Taken off notice for cal in s/c Civil Justice Subcommittee of Judiciary Committee