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State bill data last updated Oct 25, 2026, 8:05 PM.

9,112 bills

HJR 967 Adopted 114
Memorials, Sports - Oakland High School Patriots football team, TSSAA Division I, Class 6A state champion -

Mar 11, 2026: Signed by Governor.
HB 1487 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 11, 2026: Failed in s/c Health Subcommittee of Health Committee
SB 1027 In committee 114
Education, Dept. of - As introduced, establishes October 15 of each year as the date by which the department must submit an early grades reading report; updates the committees for which the department must submit the early grades reading report to be the education committee of the senate and the committee of the house of representatives having jurisdiction over education. - Amends Chapter __ of the Public Acts of 2025 (1st Ex. Sess. – SB 6001 / HB 6004); and TCA Title 4; Title 8 and Title 49.

Mar 11, 2026: Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Education Committee
HJR 955 Adopted 114
Memorials, Recognition - YMCA of Middle Tennessee, 150th anniversary -

Mar 11, 2026: Signed by Governor.
HB 1082 In committee 114
Firearms and Ammunition - As introduced, prohibits the possession, manufacture, transport, repair, or sale of a switch or auto sear device designed, made, or adapted for the purpose of converting a weapon to shoot automatically more than one shot, without manual reloading, by a single function of the trigger unless certain exceptions apply. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 17, Part 13.

Mar 11, 2026: Taken off notice for cal in s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee of Judiciary Committee
HB 2623 In committee 114
Consumer Protection - As introduced, increases, from 60 to 65 days, the time that a controller has after receipt of an appeal from a consumer regarding the controller's refusal to take action on a consumer request under the Tennessee Information Protection Act to inform the consumer in writing of action taken or not taken in response to the appeal, including a written explanation of the reasons for the decision. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 39 and Title 47.

Mar 11, 2026: Taken off notice for cal in s/c Banking and Consumer Affairs Subcommittee of Commerce Committee
HJR 988 Adopted 114
Memorials, Personal Achievement - Andrew Jason Kumm Sonnichsen, Eagle Scout -

Mar 11, 2026: Signed by Governor.
HJR 968 Adopted 114
Memorials, Death - Troy Wayne Poteete -

Mar 11, 2026: Signed by Governor.
HB 2049 In committee 114
Health Care - As introduced, creates the state uterine fibroids commission. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 63 and Title 68.

Mar 11, 2026: Taken off notice for cal in s/c Health Subcommittee of Health Committee
SB 2572 In committee 114
Local Government, General - As introduced, creates the "Tennessee Outdoor Stewardship Trust Fund," with monies from the fund to be expended for grants and loans to counties, municipalities, state agencies, and nongovernmental entities for improvement and restoration projects; creates the board of trustees for the trust fund. - Amends TCA Title 68 and Title 70.

Mar 11, 2026: Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Government Operations Committee
HJR 965 Adopted 114
Memorials, Retirement - East Ridge City Manager J. Scott Miller -

Mar 11, 2026: Signed by Governor.
HB 2605 In committee 114
Tort Liability and Reform - As introduced, establishes a cause of action through which a person who suffers injury, death, or property damage caused by the negligent action of an agent of the federal government engaged in an immigration enforcement action may file a suit against the federal agency to recover compensatory damages and reasonable attorney's fees and costs of bringing the action; requires the person to file a claim within one year of the cause of action accruing. - Amends TCA Title 28 and Title 29.

Mar 11, 2026: Failed in s/c Civil Justice Subcommittee of Judiciary Committee
HB 2155 In committee 114
Evidence - As introduced, states that in certain civil actions a licensed nurse practitioner or licensed physician assistant who is properly qualified as an expert witness may testify as to certain medical findings. - Amends TCA Title 24; Title 29, Chapter 26 and Title 50, Chapter 6.

Mar 11, 2026: Taken off notice for cal in s/c Civil Justice Subcommittee of Judiciary Committee
HJR 921 Adopted 114
Memorials, Sports - Page High School girls' golf team, TSSAA Division I, Class AA State Championship -

Mar 11, 2026: Signed by Governor.
HJR 957 Adopted 114
Memorials, Sports - Antonio Gibson -

Mar 11, 2026: Signed by Governor.
HJR 800 Adopted 114
Memorials, Recognition - Certified Government Financial Manager Month -

Mar 11, 2026: Signed by Governor.
SB 2555 In committee 114
Health Care - As introduced, authorizes an individual to submit a request for a pre-application determination of eligibility for an occupational license based on criminal history either in writing or electronically, rather than exclusively in writing, and updates the provision regarding judicial review to clarify that the 30-day window to petition the Davidson County chancery court is triggered by the receipt of either written or electronic notice of disqualification. - Amends TCA Title 63 and Title 68.

Mar 11, 2026: Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Health & Welfare Committee
HJR 997 Adopted 114
Memorials, Sports - Nashville SC, 2025 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup champions -

Mar 11, 2026: Signed by Governor.
HB 2225 In committee 114
Consumer Protection - As introduced, authorizes the attorney general to establish a do not call registry; places certain restrictions upon telephone solicitations and robocallers; authorizes the attorney general to enforce restrictions and sets monetary amounts for penalties imposed by a court that makes a finding of a violation. - Amends TCA Title 39; Title 47 and Title 65.

Mar 11, 2026: Taken off notice for cal in s/c Banking and Consumer Affairs Subcommittee of Commerce Committee
SB 1108 In committee 114
Education - As introduced, requires local boards of education to notify the department of education when a board declares itself to be a high performing school district; requires the department to maintain a list of high performing school districts on the department's website. - Amends TCA Title 49.

Mar 11, 2026: Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Education Committee
SB 1750 In committee 114
Water - As introduced, prohibits the department of environment and conservation from prohibiting a utility that provides drinking water from pumping or otherwise withdrawing water from natural waters for purposes of providing drinking water, including as a prerequisite to renewal of the utility's permit, unless the prohibition is required to comply with federal law. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 68, Chapter 221 and Title 69.

Mar 11, 2026: Failed in Senate Energy, Ag., and Nat. Resources Committee
SB 2180 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 11, 2026: Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Transportation and Safety Committee
SB 1111 In committee 114
Aircraft and Airports - As introduced, requires the Tennessee Aeronautics Commission to study the laws and regulations of other states regarding restrictions on the operation of drones over private property. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 38; Title 39; Title 42; Title 56 and Title 66.

Mar 11, 2026: Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Transportation and Safety Committee
HJR 976 Adopted 114
Memorials, Recognition - Kurdish New Year's celebration of Newroz -

Mar 11, 2026: Signed by Governor.
SB 2063 In committee 114
Parks, Natural Areas Preservation - As introduced, requires playgrounds at Booker T. Washington State Park and Harrison Bay State Park to be built no later than January 1, 2027; requires existing resources of the department of environment and conservation to be used to build the parks. - Amends TCA Title 11, Chapter 3.

Mar 11, 2026: Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Energy, Ag., and Nat. Resources Committee
HJR 980 Adopted 114
Memorials, Public Service - Representative Bud Hulsey -

Mar 11, 2026: Signed by Governor.
HB 848 In committee 114
Aircraft and Airports - As introduced, requires the Tennessee Aeronautics Commission to study the laws and regulations of other states regarding restrictions on the operation of drones over private property. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 38; Title 39; Title 42; Title 56 and Title 66.

Mar 11, 2026: Taken off notice for cal in s/c Agriculture and Natural Resources Subcommittee of Agriculture & Natural Resources Committee
SB 2608 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 and a driver who has a mental illness a green envelope that holds the driver's essential documents, including a driver license, vehicle registration, and contact card. - Amends TCA Title 33; Title 38; Title 52 and Title 55.

Mar 11, 2026: Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Transportation and Safety Committee
SB 2486 In committee 114
Agriculture - As introduced, enacts the "Freedom to Farm Act." - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 17, Part 4; Title 40 and Title 43.

Mar 11, 2026: Failed in Senate Energy, Ag., and Nat. Resources Committee
HB 1688 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 11, 2026: Taken off notice for cal in s/c Health Subcommittee of Health Committee
SB 162 In committee 114
Utilities, Utility Districts - As introduced, prohibits public water system operators from adding fluoride to their water systems. - Amends TCA Title 68, Chapter 221.

Mar 11, 2026: Sponsor(s) Added.
HJR 996 Adopted 114
Memorials, Death - Norman Pauley -

Mar 11, 2026: Signed by Governor.
HJR 952 Adopted 114
Memorials, Academic Achievement - Addelyn Harrison, Top Ten Senior, Santa Fe Unit School -

Mar 11, 2026: Signed by Governor.
HJR 989 Adopted 114
Memorials, Professional Achievement - Matthew McDowell, Signal Mountain Fire Department, 2025 Firefighter of the Year -

Mar 11, 2026: Signed by Governor.
HJR 973 Adopted 114
Memorials, Recognition - Bozo the Clown, 80th anniversary -

Mar 11, 2026: Signed by Governor.
HB 2039 In committee 114
Consumer Protection - As introduced, prohibits a person from requiring another to use programmable money for a transaction; prohibits an issuer of programmable money from denying a transaction based upon certain factors; requires an issuer of programmable money that denies a transaction to provide reasons for the denial to the affected party upon request; designates violations to be violations of the Consumer Protection Act of 1977 and provides for other forms of relief and enforcement. - Amends TCA Title 47.

Mar 11, 2026: Failed in s/c Banking and Consumer Affairs Subcommittee of Commerce Committee
HJR 938 Adopted 114
Memorials, Retirement - Steve Gaston -

Mar 11, 2026: Signed by Governor.
SB 1917 In committee 114
Teachers, Principals and School Personnel - As introduced, creates a pathway for a person to obtain an alternative instructional leader license for purposes of serving as a principal, an assistant principal, or an instructional supervisor. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 5.

Mar 11, 2026: Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Education Committee
SB 2552 In committee 114
Solid Waste Disposal - As introduced, enacts the "Tennessee Secondary Aluminum Waste Management Act." - Amends TCA Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 62, Chapter 9 and Title 68.

Mar 11, 2026: Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Energy, Ag., and Nat. Resources Committee
SB 891 In committee 114
Game and Fish Laws - As introduced, requires, by January 15 of each year, the office of the governor to submit a report to legislative committees with subject matter jurisdiction over natural resources detailing all such lands and waters set apart and dedicated by the governor for wildlife preserves, including the limits fixed of the lands and waters for such state wildlife preserves. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 8; Title 10; Title 11; Title 12; Title 43; Title 44; Title 55; Title 64; Title 67; Title 69 and Title 70.

Mar 11, 2026: Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Energy, Ag., and Nat. Resources Committee
HJR 887 Adopted 114
General Assembly, Confirmation of Appointment - John H. Weston, Jr., State Textbook and Instructional Materials Quality Commission -

Mar 11, 2026: Signed by Governor.
HJR 899 Adopted 114
General Assembly, Confirmation of Appointment - Tony Treadway, East Tennessee State University Board of Trustees -

Mar 11, 2026: Signed by Governor.
HB 2607 In committee 114
Taxes, Real Property - As introduced, limits the setting of the tax rate on property by a county, municipality, metropolitan government, or other taxing entity in any fiscal year at a rate that would render in total receipts from all levies an amount more than the receipts from that source from the immediately preceding fiscal year for the county, municipality, metropolitan government, or other taxing jurisdiction, plus an additional 2 percent, subject to certain exceptions; establishes a procedure by which the 2 percent increase may be exceeded by passage of a referendum. - Amends TCA Title 67, Chapter 5.

Mar 11, 2026: Taken off notice for cal in s/c Cities & Counties Subcommittee of State & Local Government Committee
HJR 991 Adopted 114
Memorials, Death - Judge John P. Brown -

Mar 11, 2026: Signed by Governor.
HJR 999 Adopted 114
Memorials, Personal Occasion - Mabel Chandler Edwards, 106th birthday -

Mar 11, 2026: Signed by Governor.
HJR 974 Adopted 114
Memorials, Recognition - Cheryl McKissack Daniel and the McKissack family -

Mar 11, 2026: Signed by Governor.
SB 1959 In committee 114
Education, Higher - As introduced, requires the governing board for each public institution of higher education to install and maintain a "Charlie Kirk Memorial Courtyard for Civil Debate" at the main campus of each public institution of higher education governed by the board. - Amends TCA Title 4 and Title 49.

Mar 11, 2026: Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Education Committee
SB 877 In committee 114
Environment and Conservation, Department of - As introduced, requires the department to make available a list of the registered withdrawals of 10,000 or more gallons of water per day from a surface water or a groundwater source in a publicly accessible place on the department's website. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 7; Title 59; Title 65; Title 66; Title 68 and Title 69.

Mar 11, 2026: Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Energy, Ag., and Nat. Resources Committee
HB 1866 In committee 114
Insurance, Health, Accident - As introduced, creates the "Regulate Artificial Intelligence (AI) In Health Care Act." - Amends TCA Title 8, Chapter 27; Title 56 and Title 71.

Mar 11, 2026: Taken off notice for cal in s/c Insurance Subcommittee of Insurance Committee
HJR 930 Adopted 114
Memorials, Death - Dominican Sister of Peace Marina Gibbons, OP -

Mar 11, 2026: Signed by Governor.