Tennessee bills

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State bill data last updated Oct 26, 2026, 4:06 AM.

9,112 bills

• HB 1250 In committee 114
  Teachers, Principals and School Personnel - As introduced, authorizes a local board of education and public charter school governing body to employ or accept as a volunteer a school chaplain to provide support, services, and programs for students, school staff, and students' parents. - Amends TCA Title 49.
  Feb 26, 2026: Sponsor(s) withdrawn.
• HB 1653 In committee 114
  Human Resources, Department of - As introduced, urges the department to allocate a minimum of $16,000 annually in vocational rehabilitation funds for the purpose of supporting accessible information services for blind persons in this state. - Amends TCA Title 4 and Title 71.
  Feb 26, 2026: Sponsor(s) Added.
• SJR 619 Adopted 114
  General Assembly, Statement of Intent or Position - Recognizes importance of substance abuse prevention education. -
  Feb 26, 2026: Ref. to Health Committee
• SB 738 In committee 114
  State Government - As introduced, directs the state capitol commission to be responsible for the upkeep and maintenance of the monument to unborn children through funds appropriated to the commission. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 8; Title 20; Title 29; Title 36; Title 39; Title 40; Title 41; Title 49; Title 56; Title 63; Title 68 and Title 71.
  Feb 26, 2026: Sponsor(s) Added.
• HR 164 Adopted 114
  Memorials, Death - Karen D. Williford Rogers -
  Feb 26, 2026: Sponsor(s) Added.
• HJR 990 Adopted 114
  Memorials, Recognition - Bring David Crockett Home Week, March 2-6, 2026 -
  Feb 26, 2026: Received from House, refer to Senate State & Local Government Committee
• SJR 204 Adopted 114
  State Symbols - Recognizes the Christian Heritage Flag as the official flag representing Christian Heritage Month in Tennessee. -
  Feb 26, 2026: Held on desk.
• SJR 580 Adopted 114
  Naming and Designating - Designates July 2026 as "Uterine Fibroid Awareness Month." -
  Feb 26, 2026: Ref. to Health Committee
• HR 163 Adopted 114
  Memorials, Recognition - Animation Day, April 11, 2026 -
  Feb 26, 2026: Sponsor(s) Added.
• HB 2158 In committee 114
  Tobacco, Tobacco Products - As introduced, establishes the "Tobacco Product Retail Licensing Act," under which the alcoholic beverage commission is required to license and regulate tobacco product retailers. - Amends TCA Title 39; Title 43; Title 47; Title 57; Title 67 and Title 68.
  Feb 26, 2026: Sponsor(s) Added.
• HB 1793 In committee 114
  Real Property - As introduced, enacts the "Tennessee Uniform Real Property Transfer on Death Act." - Amends TCA Title 8; Title 30; Title 31; Title 32; Title 35; Title 55; Title 66 and Section 67-4-409.
  Feb 25, 2026: Sponsor change.
• SB 1487 In committee 114
  Local Education Agencies - As introduced, requires, with certain exceptions, each LEA and public charter school to implement a computer-based system that must be used by its teachers and school staff to collect data of early warning signs demonstrated by students enrolled in the LEA or public charter school. - Amends TCA Title 16; Title 37 and Title 49.
  Feb 25, 2026: Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Education Committee
• HB 1275 Introduced 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.
  Feb 25, 2026: Sponsor change.
• HB 2603 In committee 114
  TennCare - As introduced, increases from 60 to 65 days the period after the close of each fiscal year within which the department of finance and administration must submit a report to the governor and members of the general assembly that includes an account of the operations and expenditures of all funds under the Medical Assistance Act of 1968, statistics by county about all medical assistance within the state, rules promulgated to carry out the act, and other information the department deems advisable. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 7; Title 8; Title 12; Title 14; Title 33; Title 47; Title 52; Title 53; Title 56; Title 62; Title 63; Title 68 and Title 71.
  Feb 25, 2026: Ref. to Insurance Committee
• SR 293 Adopted 114
  Memorials, Death - Bobby Lynn Jarnagin -
  Feb 24, 2026: Enrolled and ready for signatures
• HR 161 Adopted 114
  Memorials, Recognition - Tennessee Black Caucus of State Legislators Living Legend Award honorees, Reverend Ann Jones-Pierre, Dr. Carolyn Baldwin Tucker, and Representative Johnny Shaw -
  Feb 24, 2026: Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.
• SB 2117 In committee 114
  Prisons and Reformatory Institutions - As introduced, authorizes the Tennessee rehabilitative initiative in correction (TRICOR) program to operate commissary programs within state prisons. - Amends TCA Title 41, Chapter 22.
  Feb 24, 2026: Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate State and Local Government Committee
• SJR 558 Adopted 114
  Memorials, Recognition - Great American Prayer Revival -
  Feb 24, 2026: Enrolled and ready for signatures
• HR 162 Adopted 114
  Memorials, Personal Achievement - Harlan Paul Whitehorn, Eagle Scout -
  Feb 24, 2026: Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.
• HR 160 Adopted 114
  Memorials, Recognition - Dr. Carolyn Baldwin Tucker -
  Feb 24, 2026: Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.
• HB 2150 In committee 114
  Livestock - As introduced, broadens the definition of alternative livestock under the Tennessee Livestock Dealer Act to include non-traditional livestock without hooves. - Amends TCA Title 44, Chapter 10.
  Feb 24, 2026: Ref. to Agriculture & Natural Resources Committee
• SB 2049 In committee 114
  Criminal Offenses - As introduced, removes from the offense of violation of a protective order or restraining order the requirement that the person violating the order must have had an opportunity to appear and be heard in connection with the order of protection or restraining order and that the court must have made specific findings of fact in the order that the person committed a certain offense. - Amends TCA Title 36 and Title 39.
  Feb 23, 2026: Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Judiciary Committee
• HJR 944 Adopted 114
  Memorials, Recognition - Nuclear Energy in Tennessee -
  Feb 23, 2026: Received from House, refer to Senate Energy, Ag., & Natural Resources Committee
• HB 1473 Passed House 114
  Marriage - As introduced, states that private citizens and organizations are not bound by the Fourteenth Amendment or the Supreme Court’s decision in Obergefell v. Hodges to recognize a marriage between individuals of the same sex; prohibits the board of professional responsibility from disciplining or sanctioning an attorney for declining to officiate a marriage between two persons of the same sex. - Amends TCA Title 17, Chapter 5 and Title 36.
  Feb 23, 2026: Received from House, Passed on First Consideration
• SB 2698 In committee 114
  Stanton - Subject to local approval, revises the general powers of the town; revises provisions related to the town judge. - Amends Chapter 142 of the Private Acts of 1990.
  Feb 23, 2026: Passed on Second Consideration, held on desk. Local Bill
• SJR 658 Adopted 114
  Memorials, Public Service - Representative Debra Moody -
  Feb 23, 2026: Held on desk.
• SB 1650 Passed Senate 114
  Real Property - As introduced, expands existing statutory authority of a masonic lodge to take real property by deed by extending the same authority to a masonic lodge-sponsored corporation or limited liability company that is created for such purpose; authorizes a masonic lodge-sponsored corporation or limited liability company to lease or rent real or personal property to a masonic lodge or other entity. - Amends TCA Title 48, Chapter 102.
  Feb 23, 2026: Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
• HB 1501 Passed House 114
  Local Government, General - As introduced, authorizes a municipality to create and require the use of a landlord registry for a real estate investment trust that owns, operates, or finances 10 or more dwelling units located within the municipality. - Amends TCA Title 66.
  Feb 23, 2026: Received from House, Passed on First Consideration
• HJR 936 Adopted 114
  Memorials, Recognition - Read Across America Week -
  Feb 23, 2026: Received from House, refer to Senate Education Committee
• SB 1655 In committee 114
  Criminal Offenses - As introduced, enacts "Matthew Davenport's Law," which creates a Class D felony offense of knowingly possessing Kratom; creates a Class B felony offense of knowingly manufacturing, delivering, or selling Kratom, or of knowingly possessing Kratom with intent to manufacture, deliver, or sell Kratom; punishes a violation of the offense as a Class A felony if the offense involved the delivery or sale of Kratom to a minor; requires toxicology tests in certain circumstances to include testing for Kratom; requires the commissioner of labor and workforce development to promulgate a rule to add Kratom to the definition of a drug in regard to workers' compensation claims. - Amends TCA Title 33, Chapter 2; Title 38; Title 39; Title 50; Title 63 and Title 68.
  Feb 20, 2026: Sponsor(s) Added.
• SJR 692 Adopted 114
  Memorials, Recognition - Norman Brown, 2025 Business Legend -
  Feb 20, 2026: Signed by H. Speaker
• SJR 694 Adopted 114
  Memorials, Recognition - Dow Smith, Business at Its Best award -
  Feb 20, 2026: Signed by H. Speaker
• HB 1216 In committee 114
  Employees, Employers - As introduced, increases the hourly minimum wage to $20.00, or the federal minimum wage established pursuant to the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938, whichever rate is greater. - Amends TCA Title 8, Chapter 23; Title 12, Chapter 4, Part 4 and Title 50, Chapter 2.
  Feb 20, 2026: Sponsor(s) Added.
• SJR 7 Adopted 114
  Naming and Designating - Designates Sunday, February 2, 2025, and the first Sunday in February thereafter "Four Chaplains Day." -
  Feb 20, 2026: Signed by H. Speaker
• SJR 621 Adopted 114
  Memorials, Retirement - Robert Allan Clark -
  Feb 20, 2026: Signed by H. Speaker
• SJR 693 Adopted 114
  Memorials, Recognition - Jimmy Pitts, Leadership Rutherford 2025 Pinnacle Award -
  Feb 20, 2026: Signed by H. Speaker
• SB 2272 In committee 114
  Eminent Domain - As introduced, adds to the definition of "public use" for eminent domain a sidewalk, public greenway, bicycle lane, pedestrian way, or proper slope development associated with a road, highway, bridge, or other structure, facility, or project used for public transportation. - Amends TCA Section 29-17-102.
  Feb 19, 2026: Withdrawn.
• HB 2399 In committee 114
  Hotels and Restaurants - As introduced, creates a voluntary community storm emergency relief program administered by the department of tourist development in collaboration with the department of agriculture to authorize hotels and food service establishments to better serve the needs of their communities during a declared state or local emergency based upon a severe weather event. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 8; Title 53, Chapter 8; Title 58, Chapter 2; Title 62, Chapter 7 and Title 67, Chapter 4, Part 14.
  Feb 19, 2026: Sponsor(s) Added.
• HR 156 Adopted 114
  Memorials, Recognition - LuLu's Tea Room, 20th anniversary -
  Feb 19, 2026: Sponsor(s) Added.
• HR 157 Adopted 114
  Memorials, Retirement - James Bennett -
  Feb 19, 2026: Sponsor(s) Added.
• SR 296 Adopted 114
  Memorials, Death - Diane Jordan -
  Feb 19, 2026: Introduced, Passed on First Consideration
• HJR 865 Adopted 114
  Memorials, Death - Carl Edward Tallant -
  Feb 18, 2026: Signed by Governor.
• HJR 885 Adopted 114
  Memorials, Death - Charles Maxwell "Charlie" Severance -
  Feb 18, 2026: Signed by Governor.
• SB 284 In committee 114
  Insurance, Motor Vehicles - As introduced, prohibits an insurance company from requiring a visually impaired owner of a motor vehicle to obtain a commercial motor vehicle liability policy in lieu of a standard owner's policy of liability insurance if the covered motor vehicle is not used for commercial purposes. - Amends TCA Title 55, Chapter 12.
  Feb 18, 2026: Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Commerce & Labor Committee
• HB 2344 In committee 114
  Public Contracts - As introduced, enacts the "Tennessee Businesses First Act," which requires local governmental entities to provide a 30-day local bidding period for certain contracts, during which only local businesses may submit bids; creates a bidding preference for local businesses. - Amends TCA Title 9 and Title 12.
  Feb 18, 2026: Taken off notice for cal in s/c Cities & Counties Subcommittee of State & Local Government Committee
• HJR 866 Adopted 114
  Memorials, Retirement - Greer Tidwell -
  Feb 18, 2026: Signed by Governor.
• HJR 874 Adopted 114
  Memorials, Public Service - Tennessee Wildlife Federation, 80th anniversary -
  Feb 18, 2026: Signed by Governor.
• HJR 873 Adopted 114
  Memorials, Death - Deputy Derrick Bonham -
  Feb 18, 2026: Signed by Governor.
• HJR 875 Adopted 114
  Memorials, Recognition - Michael Aaron Butler, Tennessee Wildlife Federation -
  Feb 18, 2026: Signed by Governor.
• HB 1955 In committee 114
  Insurance, Health, Accident - As introduced, directs the commissioner of commerce and insurance to publish and submit to the general assembly on or before October 1, 2026, a report containing data on alleged statutory violations by pharmacy benefits managers during the previous fiscal year for failing to meet requirements for timely reimbursements to pharmacies; the report must include data on the number of alleged violations reported, the commissioner's findings from any ensuing investigations, and any penalties imposed for findings of violations. - Amends TCA Title 56, Chapter 7, Part 31 and Title 56, Chapter 7, Part 32.
  Feb 18, 2026: Sponsor(s) Added.