Tennessee bills

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

9,112 bills

• SB 2357 In committee 114
  Boards and Commissions - As introduced, creates the Tennessee council for research of deaf, deaf-blind, and hard of hearing children. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 29; Title 49; Title 68 and Title 71.
  Mar 17, 2026: Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Health and Welfare Committee
• SJR 809 Adopted 114
  Memorials, Recognition - AARP Tennessee Day on the Hill, March 16-17, 2026 -
  Mar 17, 2026: Ref. to Delayed Bills Committee
• HB 1168 In committee 114
  Motor Vehicles - As introduced, excludes automated driving system (ADS)-operated vehicles used to transport property for hire in interstate commerce or to transport passengers for hire from the exemption allowing ADS-operated vehicles to be operated without a human driver physically present. - Amends TCA Title 55 and Title 65.
  Mar 17, 2026: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee
• HB 1896 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 17, 2026: Failed in s/c K-12 Subcommittee of Education Committee
• SB 2287 In committee 114
  Health Care - As introduced, requires TennCare to create a methodology to make medicaid facility fee reimbursement rates for birthing centers comparable to rates for similar services provided at a hospital; requires the department of health to give priority to allocating federal rural health transformation program grant funds to birthing centers in rural counties and urban counties that serve residents of rural counties. - Amends TCA Title 68 and Title 71.
  Mar 17, 2026: Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Health and Welfare Committee
• SB 2460 In committee 114
  Mental Health & Substance Abuse Services, Dept. of - As introduced, adds the legislative librarian to the list the department of mental health and substance abuse services must submit its quarterly report to on the implementation and impact of available suitable accommodations, including the number and length of any delayed admissions, in state owned or operated hospitals or treatment resources. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 33; Title 52; Title 63 and Title 68.
  Mar 17, 2026: Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Health and Welfare Committee
• SB 1354 In committee 114
  Mental Health & Substance Abuse Services, Dept. of - As introduced, directs the department to develop and implement a suicide prevention program; requires the department to submit a report to legislative committees with jurisdiction over health-related matters on this program and any suggestions from the department based upon the research conducted from the previous calendar year. - Amends TCA Title 33; Title 63 and Title 68.
  Mar 17, 2026: Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Health and Welfare Committee
• SJR 79 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: Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Judiciary Committee
• SB 2568 In committee 114
  Taxes, Sales - As introduced, applies the sales and use tax to advertising services purchased by or on behalf of a business entity that generates annual revenue in amount equal to or greater than $100 million. - Amends TCA Title 67.
  Mar 17, 2026: Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate FW&M Revenue Subcommittee
• HB 1713 In committee 114
  Traffic Safety - As introduced, authorizes a tow truck to display a single, steady-burning or flashing blue light to the rear, but not the front, of the tow truck when stationary and engaged in the recovery of, or otherwise providing assistance to, another vehicle. - Amends TCA Title 55, Chapter 9, Part 4.
  Mar 17, 2026: Taken off notice for cal in s/c Transportation Subcommittee of Transportation Committee
• HB 867 In committee 114
  Women - As introduced, creates a pilot program to be administered by the bureau of TennCare to provide pregnant TennCare recipients improved maternal health care through remote patient monitoring for maternal hypertension and maternal diabetes. - Amends TCA Title 56; Title 63; Title 68 and Title 71.
  Mar 17, 2026: Sponsor(s) Added.
• SB 2111 In committee 114
  Children's Services, Dept. of - As introduced, changes the caseload requirement for case managers in the department from a monthly average of 20 active cases or 20 children monitored to a cap of no more than 12 active cases involving no more than 12 families or 20 children monitored; requires the department to resolve each active case within 12 months and a status review hearing to be held if the case is not resolved within 12 months. - Amends TCA Section 37-5-132.
  Mar 17, 2026: Failed in Senate Judiciary Committee
• SB 2516 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 17, 2026: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 8, Nays 1 PNV 0
• SB 2290 In committee 114
  Probate Law - As introduced, permits a petitioner or affiant to proceed pro se in the administration of a small estate if the personal property consists exclusively of one or more life insurance policies that do not exceed $15,000 in value and are intended to be used for the decedent's burial, funeral, or final expenses; specifies that a person who files for a small estate affidavit or limited letters of authority is deemed to be acting in an individual capacity; requires the court clerk to provide a standardized form for filers. - Amends TCA Title 30; Section 56-7-206 and Title 62, Chapter 5.
  Mar 17, 2026: Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Judiciary Committee
• HB 1941 In committee 114
  Appropriations - As introduced, prohibits this state from obligating, appropriating, or otherwise expending state funds, personnel, or other state resources to support any United States immigration and customs enforcement activities in this state. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 3, Part 10; Title 4, Chapter 4; Title 8; Title 9; Title 38 and Title 39.
  Mar 17, 2026: Failed in s/c Departments & Agencies Subcommittee of State & Local Government Committee
• HB 2198 In committee 114
  State Government - As introduced, enacts the "DEI Compliance Certification Act." - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 8 and Title 49.
  Mar 17, 2026: Taken off notice for cal in s/c Departments & Agencies Subcommittee of State & Local Government Committee
• SB 2243 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 17, 2026: Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Health and Welfare Committee
• HB 1643 In committee 114
  Financial Responsibility Law - As introduced, changes the amount of time that proof of financial responsibility must be maintained from the period of the suspension or revocation to one year or the period of the suspension or revocation, whichever is longer, when a person's driver license or motor vehicle registration has been suspended or revoked because of the person's failure to furnish proof of financial responsibility. - Amends TCA Section 55-12-126.
  Mar 17, 2026: Taken off notice for cal in s/c Transportation Subcommittee of Transportation Committee
• HB 2568 In committee 114
  Election Laws - As introduced, enacts the "Election Integrity Act of 2026"; creates a process by which a candidate in a local election may challenge the results of the election prior to certification of the election if the candidate has reason to believe errors were made in the adminstration of the election. - Amends TCA Title 2 and Title 49.
  Mar 17, 2026: Failed in s/c Elections & Campaign Finance Subcommittee of State & Local Government Committee
• SB 617 In committee 114
  Campaigns and Campaign Finance - As introduced, authorizes the use of campaign funds for the payment of fines, fees, and penalties assessed for the violation of campaign finance or ethics laws. - Amends TCA Title 2, Chapter 10.
  Mar 17, 2026: Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate State and Local Government Committee
• HB 1883 In committee 114
  Traffic Safety - As introduced, enacts the "Super Speeder Accountability Act," which requires intelligent speed assistance devices to be installed on motor vehicles operated by persons convicted of certain driving offenses where speed was a factor; creates a licensing system for device providers; requires compliance-based device removal; authorizes indigent users to apply for assistance from the electronic monitoring indigency fund; makes other revisions. - Amends TCA Title 55.
  Mar 17, 2026: Failed for lack of motion in: Transportation Subcommittee
• SB 2322 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 17, 2026: Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate State & Local Gov't
• SB 2307 In committee 114
  Hospitals and Health Care Facilities - As introduced, enacts the "The Frank J. Lake III Act"; requires a long-term care ombudsman for an assisted-care living facility to notify all residents of such facility if the facility contacts the ombudsman; directs the health facilities commission to post a certain specified notice on the commission's website if an assisted-care living facility is placed on probation; makes other related changes. - Amends TCA Title 68, Chapter 11.
  Mar 17, 2026: Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Health and Welfare Committee
• HB 942 In committee 114
  Alcoholic Beverages - As introduced, authorizes the issuance of a retail package store license to an operator within the general services district of a metropolitan government that has approved the retail sale of liquor for off-premises consumption by local option election. - Amends TCA Title 7 and Title 57.
  Mar 17, 2026: Taken off notice for cal in s/c Departments & Agencies Subcommittee of State & Local Government Committee
• HB 1252 In committee 114
  Taxes, Alcoholic Beverages - As introduced, deletes an obsolete provision relating to a tax credit for beer or ale that was destroyed in a flood occurring between May 1, 2010, and May 8, 2010. - Amends TCA Title 57 and Title 67.
  Mar 17, 2026: Taken off notice for cal in s/c Departments & Agencies Subcommittee of State & Local Government Committee
• SJR 844 Adopted 114
  Memorials, Recognition - National Health Facility Surveyor Week -
  Mar 17, 2026: Ref. to Delayed Bills Committee
• SR 346 Adopted 114
  Memorials, Death - Martha Carolyn Swanson Sundquist -
  Mar 17, 2026: Enrolled and ready for signatures
• HB 1830 In committee 114
  Railroads - As introduced, prohibits a railroad company from allowing a train to obstruct a railroad crossing for more than 30 consecutive minutes; subjects the railroad company to civil penalties for violations. - Amends TCA Title 39; Title 40; Title 54 and Title 65.
  Mar 17, 2026: Taken off notice for cal in s/c Transportation Subcommittee of Transportation Committee
• SB 2656 In committee 114
  Welfare - As introduced, directs TACIR to conduct a study into homelessness and ways to combat the rise of homelessness; requires TACIR to file the report with the health and welfare committee of the senate, the committee in the house of representatives with jurisdiction over matters pertaining to homelessness, and the legislative librarian before January 31, 2027. - Amends TCA Title 4 and Title 71.
  Mar 17, 2026: Action deferred in Senate Health and Welfare Committee to 3/18/2026
• HB 2483 In committee 114
  Schools, Charter - As introduced, changes from December 11 to December 15, the date by which the state board of education is required to post the information received from each local education agency regarding the total amount of authorizer fees collected by the LEA in the previous school year and the authorizing obligations fulfilled using the authorizer fees collected on its website. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 13.
  Mar 17, 2026: Taken off notice for cal in s/c K-12 Subcommittee of Education Committee
• SB 2245 In committee 114
  Nurses, Nursing - As introduced, reduces from 30 to 15 days the period following an election of the officers of the board of nursing within which the executive director must certify to the governor the names of the officers elected; reduces from 30 to 15 days the period following a vacancy in any office or in the board of nursing within which the executive director must certify such vacancy to the governor. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 7; Title 33; Title 38; Title 53; Title 55; Title 63 and Title 68.
  Mar 17, 2026: Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Health and Welfare Committee
• HB 1889 In committee 114
  School Vouchers - As introduced, establishes various audit and reporting requirements for the department of education and private schools that enroll recipients of an education freedom scholarship; limits eligibility for the scholarship program to students who are members of a family with an annual household income that does not exceed 300 percent of the amount required for a student to qualify for free or reduced lunch; requires scholarship recipients to be administered the same TCAP tests administered to public school students enrolled in the same grade level or course subject. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 29; Title 8, Chapter 44; Title 10, Chapter 7 and Title 49, Chapter 6.
  Mar 17, 2026: Failed in s/c K-12 Subcommittee of Education Committee
• SB 1329 In committee 114
  State Government - As introduced, reduces from 30 to 21 days the period by which a state department or agency, prior to executing a state professional facilities management contract for services within a state legislative district that would result in the outsourcing of facilities management services to private, nonstate government entities, must notify each member of the general assembly representing such district of the contract. - Amends TCA Title 3; Title 4; Title 8; Title 9; Title 10; Title 12; Title 13; Title 15; Title 41; Title 52; Title 57; Title 58; Title 66 and Title 67.
  Mar 17, 2026: Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate State and Local Government Committee
• SB 1406 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 17, 2026: Failed in Senate State and Local Government Committee
• SB 317 In committee 114
  Ethics - As introduced, prohibits a person from acting as an agent of a hostile foreign principal unless the person has filed a registration statement with the Tennessee ethics commission; requires each foreign-supported political organization to register with the Tennessee ethics commission. - Amends TCA Title 3, Chapter 6 and Title 4.
  Mar 17, 2026: Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate State and Local Government Committee
• SB 2491 In committee 114
  State Government - As introduced, enacts the "Safe Access to Schools and Child Services Act," which prohibits the following entities from conditioning enrollment, attendance, or receipt of services for a child under 18 on the disclosure of the child's immigration status, except as explicitly required by federal or state law or court order: a county, municipality, or branch or agency thereof; public utility, utility district, entity created pursuant to any interlocal agreement, or any other political subdivision thereof; LEA, public school, or public charter school; and state board, commission, committee, department, office, or other unit of state government; clarifies that the prohibition does not limit compliance with federal immigration law or limit cooperation with federal authorities as required by law. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 33; Title 37; Title 49; Title 68 and Title 71.
  Mar 17, 2026: Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate State and Local Government Committee
• HB 1544 In committee 114
  School Vouchers - As introduced, requires the department of education to submit an annual report to the general assembly on information about the education freedom scholarship program. - Amends TCA Title 49.
  Mar 17, 2026: Failed in s/c K-12 Subcommittee of Education Committee
• HB 2434 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 17, 2026: Failed in s/c K-12 Subcommittee of Education Committee
• HB 1921 In committee 114
  Election Laws - As introduced, authorizes senators who have served for at least eight consecutive years and representatives who have served for at least 10 consecutive years to use signatures of registered voters outside of such senator's or representative's district for purposes of completing a nominating petition. - Amends TCA Title 2.
  Mar 17, 2026: Taken off notice for cal in s/c Elections & Campaign Finance Subcommittee of State & Local Government Committee
• SB 2244 In committee 114
  Dentists and Dentistry - As introduced, changes from at least five years to at least six years, the period of residency and practice in this state that each of the two dental hygienist members appointed to the board of dentistry on or after July 1, 2026, must have prior to such appointment. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 56; Title 63, Chapter 5; Title 68 and Title 71.
  Mar 17, 2026: Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Health and Welfare Committee
• HB 1714 In committee 114
  Safety, Dept. of - As introduced, directs the department to develop and design for a driver who has a developmental or intellectual disability a blue envelope that holds the driver's essential documents, including a driver license, vehicle registration, and contact card. - Amends TCA Title 38; Title 52 and Title 55.
  Mar 17, 2026: Taken off notice for cal in s/c Transportation Subcommittee of Transportation Committee
• SB 1471 In committee 114
  Food and Food Products - As introduced, requires retail food stores and food service establishments to provide notice to consumers of whether fish is imported and whether it is farm-raised or wild fish. - Amends TCA Title 47, Chapter 18; Title 53 and Title 68.
  Mar 17, 2026: Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Health and Welfare Committee
• HB 2036 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 17, 2026: Taken off notice for cal in s/c Elections & Campaign Finance Subcommittee of State & Local Government Committee
• SB 1396 In committee 114
  Bail, Bail Bonds - As introduced, permits a professional bondsman to issue and retain the required receipt for money or other consideration received in a digital format. - Amends TCA Title 40, Chapter 11.
  Mar 17, 2026: Failed in Senate Judiciary Committee
• HB 1482 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 17, 2026: Failed in s/c Departments & Agencies Subcommittee of State & Local Government Committee
• HB 2094 In committee 114
  Highways, Roads and Bridges - As introduced, requires the department of transportation to allocate federal and state funds to rural planning organizations in parity with its allocation of such funds to metropolitan planning organizations. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 54 and Title 64, Chapter 8.
  Mar 17, 2026: Taken off notice for cal in s/c Transportation Subcommittee of Transportation Committee
• SB 1596 In committee 114
  Taxes, Exemption and Credits - As introduced, during a five-year period, authorizes excise and franchise tax credit for businesses that make monetary contributions to eligible charitable organizations approved by the governor's office of faith-based and community initiatives. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 56 and Title 67, Chapter 4.
  Mar 17, 2026: Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate FW&M Revenue Subcommittee
• SR 284 Adopted 114
  General Assembly, Confirmation of Appointment - Tammy S. White, Tennessee Ethics Commission -
  Mar 17, 2026: Enrolled and ready for signatures
• HB 2482 In committee 114
  Local Education Agencies - As introduced, allows a nonprofit or for-profit entity that operates an adult high school under a contract with a local board of education to receive state and local funding in years subsequent to the first year of the adult high school's operation based on current enrollment numbers that are reported and adjusted no less than three times per year. - Amends TCA Title 49.
  Mar 17, 2026: Taken off notice for cal in s/c K-12 Subcommittee of Education Committee
• HB 2249 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 17, 2026: Failed in s/c Departments & Agencies Subcommittee of State & Local Government Committee