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

9,112 bills

HB 2456 In committee 114
Utilities, Utility Districts - As introduced, requires certain data centers to register with the department of revenue; requires fuel suppliers, and electric and water utilities that provide fuel and service respectively to registered data centers to report usage and rates to the department; requires the commissioner to compile and publish certain information based on reports received from utilities. - Amends TCA Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 10; Title 62; Title 65; Title 68 and Title 69.

Mar 18, 2026: Failed in s/c Business and Utilities Subcommittee of Commerce Committee
HB 1923 In committee 114
Notary Public - As introduced, requires the secretary of state to appoint notaries public to commissions in this state; prescribes additional requirements to be commissioned as a notary public in this state. - Amends TCA Title 8, Chapter 16 and Title 23.

Mar 18, 2026: Taken off notice for cal in s/c Civil Justice Subcommittee of Judiciary Committee
SJR 728 Adopted 114
Memorials, Sports - Elijah Spence, All-Region 1-3A first team -

Mar 18, 2026: Signed by Governor.
SJR 820 Adopted 114
Memorials, Sports - Abigail Wallace, TSSAA girls' cross country individual runner-up -

Mar 18, 2026: Signed by Governor.
HB 2346 In committee 114
Criminal Offenses - As introduced, enacts the "Fair Background Check and Due Process Act." - Amends TCA Title 37; Title 38; Title 39; Title 40; Title 47; Title 50; Title 62; Title 66 and Title 71.

Mar 18, 2026: Taken off notice for cal in s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee of Judiciary Committee
SJR 760 Adopted 114
Memorials, Sports - Parker McMurry, All-Region 1-3A second team -

Mar 18, 2026: Signed by Governor.
HB 2235 In committee 114
Human Rights - As introduced, enacts the "Tennessee Fair Chance Housing Act." - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 21 and Title 66.

Mar 18, 2026: Reset on Final cal. 2 of Business and Utilities Subcommittee
SB 2448 In committee 114
Education - As introduced, enacts the "Tennessee Career Readiness Enhancement Act," which requires public high schools to integrate career readiness tools that enable students to earn credentials related to job readiness into career technical education; establishes a pilot program to obtain feedback from the business sector; makes other additions and changes to present law related to the provision and evaluation of career readiness tools. - Amends TCA Title 49.

Mar 18, 2026: Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Education Committee
SJR 826 Adopted 114
Memorials, Academic Achievement - Rushil Patel, Salutatorian, Chester County High School -

Mar 18, 2026: Signed by Governor.
HJR 1044 Adopted 114
Memorials, Death - Coy Richard Tinsley -

Mar 18, 2026: Signed by Governor.
SJR 660 Adopted 114
Memorials, Recognition - "Arts in Education Week," March 1-7, 2026 -

Mar 18, 2026: Signed by Governor.
HB 2576 In committee 114
Insurance, Health, Accident - As introduced, removes an obsolete reference to reimbursement requirements related to anatomic pathology services applying to anatomic pathology services billed by gastroenterologists only applying on and after July 1, 2014. - Amends TCA Title 8; Title 47; Title 56; Title 63; Title 68 and Title 71.

Mar 18, 2026: Taken off notice for cal in s/c Insurance Subcommittee of Insurance Committee
SJR 824 Adopted 114
Memorials, Recognition - Alvin C. York Agricultural Institute, 100th anniversary -

Mar 18, 2026: Signed by Governor.
HB 1689 In committee 114
Traffic Safety - As introduced, authorizes the seizure and impoundment of a motor vehicle used in drag racing, based on probable cause, for a maximum of 72 hours; authorizes owner of motor vehicle to contest seizure in administrative or judicial hearing. - Amends TCA Title 6; Title 7; Title 16; Title 40 and Title 55, Chapter 10, Part 5.

Mar 18, 2026: Taken off notice for cal in s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee of Judiciary Committee
SJR 793 Adopted 114
Memorials, Recognition - Eli Archer, TMEA All-State choir -

Mar 18, 2026: Signed by Governor.
SB 1690 In committee 114
Public Funds and Financing - As introduced, authorizes school districts to establish fund pools for the investment of school district funds. - Amends TCA Title 9 and Title 49.

Mar 18, 2026: Failed in Senate Education Committee
SB 2195 In committee 114
Education - As introduced, requires the state to elect to participate in the federal tax credit established under federal law for individuals who make qualified contributions to scholarship granting organizations. - Amends TCA Title 49.

Mar 18, 2026: Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Education Committee
HB 1918 In committee 114
Immigration - As introduced, enacts the "Tennessee Private Workplace Due Process and Warrant Protection Act." - Amends TCA Title 7; Title 8; Title 38; Title 50; Title 62 and Title 66.

Mar 18, 2026: Failed in s/c Business and Utilities Subcommittee of Commerce Committee
SJR 789 Adopted 114
Memorials, Sports - Parker Newman -

Mar 18, 2026: Signed by Governor.
SJR 645 Adopted 114
General Assembly, Confirmation of Appointment - Pete Claussen, Heritage Conservation Trust Fund Board of Trustees -

Mar 18, 2026: Signed by Governor.
HB 2098 In committee 114
State Employees - As introduced, creates a procedure for a state employee who has reasonable cause to suspect that improper government conduct or a crime has occurred to report the matter to a supervisor and for the supervisor to report that information to the attorney general and reporter. - Amends TCA Title 8 and Title 50.

Mar 18, 2026: Taken off notice for cal. in State & Local Government Committee
SJR 821 Adopted 114
Memorials, Sports - McKenzie High School Rebels football team -

Mar 18, 2026: Signed by Governor.
SJR 823 Adopted 114
Memorials, Recognition - Sumner County and Trousdale County emergency services agencies and volunteers in Senate District 18 for their efforts during Winter Storm Fern -

Mar 18, 2026: Signed by Governor.
SJR 745 Adopted 114
Memorials, Sports - Cade Peterson, All-Region 1-3A second team -

Mar 18, 2026: Signed by Governor.
HB 982 In committee 114
Courts, General Sessions - As introduced, increases from $25,000 to $50,000 the jurisdictional dollar limit for general sessions courts in civil cases generally. - Amends TCA Title 13; Title 16 and Title 29.

Mar 18, 2026: Taken off notice for cal in s/c Civil Justice Subcommittee of Judiciary Committee
SJR 797 Adopted 114
Memorials, Sports - Caden Baugh, Division 1, Class 4A Mr. Football -

Mar 18, 2026: Signed by Governor.
HJR 1030 Adopted 114
Memorials, Academic Achievement - Tullahoma High School, FBLA national award winners -

Mar 18, 2026: Signed by Governor.
HJR 869 In committee 114
Memorials, Congress - Urges reinstatement of mandatory country of origin labeling for all meat. -

Mar 18, 2026: No Action Taken
SJR 714 Adopted 114
Memorials, Sports - Page High School girls' golf team, TSSAA Division I, Class AA State Champions -

Mar 18, 2026: Signed by Governor.
SJR 769 Adopted 114
Memorials, Sports - Brooks Hamilton -

Mar 18, 2026: Signed by Governor.
HJR 1024 Adopted 114
Memorials, Academic Achievement - Emily Lilian Saban, Salutatorian, Zion Christian Academy -

Mar 18, 2026: Signed by Governor.
HB 2010 In committee 114
Public Contracts - As introduced, requires a tire manufacturer or supplier responding to a solicitation to bid with this state, or who has an existing contract with this state, to indicate each tire, by product, and material number, that is manufactured with 100 percent French process zinc oxide. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 9 and Title 12.

Mar 18, 2026: Failed in s/c Public Service Subcommittee of State & Local Government Committee
SJR 735 Adopted 114
Memorials, Sports - Braxton Lowe, Region 1-3A Underclassman of the Year -

Mar 18, 2026: Signed by Governor.
HJR 836 Adopted 114
Memorials, Recognition - National Vending Day -

Mar 18, 2026: Signed by Governor.
HB 2340 In committee 114
Housing - As introduced, encourages municipalities to study and assess housing affordability and inventory availability, and to adopt a pattern book for purposes of encouraging the construction of medium-density housing. - Amends TCA Title 6; Title 7 and Title 13.

Mar 18, 2026: Sponsor(s) Added.
SB 2035 In committee 114
Safety - As introduced, requires an air medical communication specialist to be certified within six months of employment by certain listed certified flight programs. - Amends TCA Title 68, Chapter 140.

Mar 17, 2026: Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Health and Welfare Committee
HB 2370 In committee 114
Motor Vehicles - As introduced, requires the department of safety to report to the chairs of the transportation and safety committee of the senate and the committee of the house of representatives having jurisdiction over transportation matters, the number of persons who participated in the motorcycle rider education program and the types of expenses for which the funds in the motorcycle rider safety fund were used during the last three years. - Amends TCA Title 55.

Mar 17, 2026: Taken off notice for cal in s/c Transportation Subcommittee of Transportation Committee
SB 2147 In committee 114
Regional Authorities and Special Districts - As introduced, authorizes the board of directors of the Tennessee Duck River Development Agency to file annual reports electronically. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 14; Title 4, Chapter 31; Title 7; Title 13; Title 64; Title 66; Title 67 and Chapter 68 of the Private Acts of 2024.

Mar 17, 2026: Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate State and Local Government Committee
HB 1925 In committee 114
Safety, Dept. of - As introduced, enacts the "One America Act," which requires every person who has resided in this state for a period of more than 30 days and who is not lawfully present in the United States to register and submit to an interview with the department at which time the department may issue the person a one-year visa for re-entry into the United States and to this state; if the person does not commit a criminal offense within such one-year period, the person is eligible to apply for permanent resident status upon completion of the one-year period. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 8 and Title 39.

Mar 17, 2026: Def. to Summer Study in Departments & Agencies Subcommittee
HJR 92 In committee 114
Constitutional Amendments - Proposes an amendment to Article XI, Section 12 of the Constitution of Tennessee to establish that parents have the inherent right to direct the education of the parent's child; prohibits the state from interfering with such rights through the adoption or enforcement of any law or rule that abridges, infringes upon, or restricts a parent's right to provide home-based education. -

Mar 17, 2026: Failed in s/c K-12 Subcommittee of Education Committee
HB 1938 In committee 114
Prisons and Reformatory Institutions - As introduced, prohibits this state or a local government from entering into a new contract or renewing an existing contract for the provision of correctional services for an inmate under the custody and care of the department of correction or the local government. - Amends TCA Title 41, Chapter 24.

Mar 17, 2026: Failed in s/c Departments & Agencies Subcommittee of State & Local Government Committee
SB 2182 In committee 114
Criminal Procedure - As introduced, requires the clerk of the court in which a person charged with a violent felony and for whom a biological specimen is taken for the purpose of DNA analysis to submit the clerk's notification to the TBI of the final disposition of the criminal proceeding against the person in writing. - Amends TCA Title 38, Chapter 6; Title 39 and Title 40.

Mar 17, 2026: Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Judiciary Committee
SB 2170 In committee 114
Jails, Local Lock-ups - As introduced, requires the monthly report of the warden of a county workhouse for each prisoner placed under a work release program to be filed with the judge by whom the prisoner was sentenced on or before the fifteenth day of the month immediately following the reporting period. - Amends TCA Title 5; Title 40 and Title 41.

Mar 17, 2026: Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate State and Local Government Committee
HB 225 In committee 114
Local Education Agencies - As introduced, repeals the "Tennessee Community Schools Act"; enacts the "Tennessee Full Service Community Schools Act." - Amends TCA Title 49.

Mar 17, 2026: Taken off notice for cal. in Education Committee
HB 1937 In committee 114
Immigration - As introduced, enacts the “Tennessee Freedom from Unlawful Immigration Detention Act.” - Amends TCA Title 7; Title 8; Title 38; Title 40 and Title 41.

Mar 17, 2026: Failed in s/c Departments & Agencies Subcommittee of State & Local Government Committee
HB 2609 In committee 114
Driver Licenses - As introduced, clarifies that the report made by a participant in the digital driver license system that the participant's electronic device has been lost or stolen must be made to the department of safety for purposes of terminating the person's participation in the system. - Amends TCA Title 55, Chapter 50.

Mar 17, 2026: Action Def. in s/c Transportation Subcommittee to First Calendar of 2027
SB 1039 In committee 114
Controlled Substances - As introduced, prohibits a healthcare facility from authorizing a licensed healthcare professional from performing a drug or alcohol test or screen on a patient who is pregnant, less than one year postpartum, or a newborn without written and oral consent; allows for a drug or alcohol test or screen to be performed without the consent of the patient in certain listed situations. - Amends TCA Title 33; Title 63 and Title 68.

Mar 17, 2026: Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Health and Welfare Committee
SB 1156 In committee 114
Food and Food Products - As introduced, prohibits the sale of food containing nanotechnology created by humans that is capable of collecting and transmitting data unless the food is labeled as containing nanotechnology. - Amends TCA Title 47, Chapter 18 and Title 53.

Mar 17, 2026: Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Health & Welfare Committee
HB 2294 In committee 114
Correction, Dept. of - As introduced, prohibits governmental entities from preventing certain persons from entering correctional institutions used to house aliens for the purpose of conducting oversight. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 3, Part 6; Title 4, Chapter 4; Title 39; Title 40 and Title 41.

Mar 17, 2026: No Action Taken
HB 2247 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 17, 2026: Failed in s/c K-12 Subcommittee of Education Committee