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State bill data last updated Oct 26, 2026, 12:06 PM.

9,112 bills

• SB 2432 In committee 114
  Education, Dept. of - As introduced, changes from February 1 to October 1, the annual reporting date by which the commissioner of education and the commissioner of safety shall jointly report to the governor and the general assembly the implementation of and compliance with the "Schools Against Violence in Education Act." - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 6.
  Feb 5, 2026: Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee
• SB 2666 In committee 114
  Elder Abuse - As introduced, requires the court to set a date for a deposition to preserve testimony in a case in which an alleged offense against an elderly or vulnerable adult has been committed within 45 days, rather than 60 days, of the filing of the original motion to preserve testimony. - Amends TCA Title 39 and Title 71.
  Feb 5, 2026: Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee
• SB 2536 In committee 114
  Pensions and Retirement Benefits - As introduced, requires the governing body of a political subdivision that passes a resolution authorizing a supplemental retirement benefit for hazardous duty to forward such resolution to the board of trustees of the Tennessee consolidated retirement system. - Amends TCA Title 8, Chapter 36.
  Feb 5, 2026: Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate State and Local Government Committee
• SB 2007 In committee 114
  Sewage - As introduced, implements a system of graduated periods of suspension of a person's license to engage in the business of removing accumulated wastes from subsurface sewage disposal systems following conviction for offenses involving illegal dumping of sewage. - Amends TCA Title 39 and Title 68, Chapter 221.
  Feb 5, 2026: Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Energy, Ag., and Nat. Resources Committee
• SB 2604 In committee 114
  Motor Vehicles - As introduced, requires the department of safety to update the advisory guidelines for best behaviors of drivers during traffic stops developed under present law; requires the updated guidelines to be included in driver education programs, driver improvement courses, and in the driver license manual. - Amends TCA Title 39; Title 40 and Title 55.
  Feb 5, 2026: Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Transportation and Safety Committee
• SB 2607 In committee 114
  Autopsies - As introduced, requires a county medical examiner to report certain instances of the natural death of an infant or young person under 20 to the federal Sudden Unexpected Infant Death and Sudden Death in the Young Case Registry; requires the county medical examiner to review the deceased infant's or young person's immunization and medical records; authorizes civil penalties and license sanctions for violations. - Amends TCA Title 38; Title 63 and Title 68.
  Feb 5, 2026: Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Health and Welfare Committee
• HB 2559 In committee 114
  Economic and Community Development, Dept. of - As introduced, requires the commissioner to research the feasibility of establishing a development corridor, to be called the Oak Ridge Energy Park, located in and spanning parts of Anderson and Roane counties. -
  Feb 5, 2026: P2C, ref. to Commerce Committee
• SB 2107 In committee 114
  Local Education Agencies - As introduced, allows certain searches of containers, packages, and certain enclosures used for storage by students or visitors to be conducted by a school employee who has been designated by the school principal to conduct such searches and who has completed an orientation and training program developed by the department of education. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 6.
  Feb 5, 2026: Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee
• SB 2134 In committee 114
  Banks and Financial Institutions - As introduced, increases, from 24 hours to 48 hours, the time that a state bank has to report to the commissioner of financial institutions any change in chief executive officers. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 12; Title 45; Title 46; Title 47; Title 48; Title 50; Title 61; Title 62; Title 65; Title 66 and Title 68.
  Feb 5, 2026: Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Commerce and Labor Committee
• HB 2433 In committee 114
  Taxes, Sales - As introduced, exempts books from sales tax on the annual sales tax holiday. - Amends TCA Title 67, Chapter 6.
  Feb 5, 2026: P2C, ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee
• SB 2187 In committee 114
  Local Education Agencies - As introduced, allows a student to be denied the privilege of participating in physical activity during the school day if the student engages in certain prohibited conduct or behavior; allows a teacher or administrator, as a form of discipline, to remove a student from, or deny a student participation in, any physical activity or physical activity period, or to assign a student alternative lessons, assignments, or activities, including physical activities, to improve the student's conduct or behavior. - Amends TCA Section 49-6-1021.
  Feb 5, 2026: Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee
• HB 2312 Introduced 114
  Criminal Offenses - As introduced, clarifies that the criminal offense of knowingly accessing a communication or computer system for the purpose of fraud or theft includes accessing a cloud computing service. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 10; Title 35; Title 37; Title 38; Title 39; Title 40; Title 45; Title 47; Title 65; Title 66; Title 67 and Title 71.
  Feb 5, 2026: P2C, caption bill, held on desk - pending amdt.
• HB 2508 Introduced 114
  Real Property - As introduced, increases, from 10 days to 10 business days, the time that a clerk and master has to send by certified mail a copy of the notice that the clerk and master has received a complaint of claim of abandoned mineral interest identifying the recipient as the owner of the mineral interest and that the interest will lapse in 60 days after publication of the complaint once a week for three consecutive weeks in a newspaper of general circulation in the county in which the mineral interest is located. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 12; Title 13; Title 29; Title 54; Title 55; Title 59; Title 60; Title 66 and Title 68.
  Feb 5, 2026: P2C, caption bill, held on desk - pending amdt.
• SB 2487 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.
  Feb 5, 2026: Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate State and Local Government Committee
• HB 2584 In committee 114
  Divorce, Annulment and Alimony - As introduced, states that a divorce proceeding shall not be stayed or delayed due to the pregnancy of one of the parties if the court can determine or both parties can agree to stipulate as to whether the other party is the parent of the unborn child and, if applicable, the court enters an agreed parenting plan and child support order. - Amends TCA Title 36.
  Feb 5, 2026: P2C, ref. to Judiciary Committee
• SB 2393 In committee 114
  Public Utilities - As introduced, requires the supervisory body of municipal electric plants to make the current schedule of rates and charges and all rules and regulations relating to electric service available to the public in an electronic format online. - Amends TCA Title 6; Title 7 and Title 65.
  Feb 5, 2026: Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate State and Local Government Committee
• HB 2291 Introduced 114
  Judicial Districts - As introduced, deletes obsolete statute creating the advisory task force to review composition of judicial districts, which ceased to exist upon completion of the task force's report and recommendations in 2019. - Amends TCA Title 16 and Title 17.
  Feb 5, 2026: P2C, caption bill, held on desk - pending amdt.
• SB 2435 In committee 114
  TennCare - As introduced, increases from seven to 10 days, the mandatory public inspection period for a hospital's marketing and strategic planning records prior to a vote by its board to adopt such plans. - Amends TCA Title 3; Title 4; Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 33; Title 41; Title 47; Title 53; Title 56; Title 63; Title 68 and Title 71.
  Feb 5, 2026: Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Commerce and Labor Committee
• SB 2120 In committee 114
  Eminent Domain - As introduced, enacts the "Tennessee Just Compensation for Property Owners Act," which requires an airport authority that exercises eminent domain to acquire private property to pay enhanced damages and costs to the owner of the subject real property. - Amends TCA Title 29 and Title 42.
  Feb 5, 2026: Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee
• HB 2593 Introduced 114
  Public Utility Commission - As introduced, authorizes the commission to electronically provide to the general assembly its annual report of all matters relating to the commissioner's office for the preceding year, including practical workings of companies under its jurisdiction in this state and an abstract of the minutes of all of the commission's meetings. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 8; Title 12; Title 13; Title 54; Title 64; Title 65; Title 68 and Title 69.
  Feb 5, 2026: P2C, caption bill, held on desk - pending amdt.
• HB 2384 Introduced 114
  Consumer Protection - As introduced, extends from five to 10 business days the period during which a financial service provider may refuse or delay financial transactions not involving securities due to suspected financial exploitation. - Amends TCA Title 45 and Title 47.
  Feb 5, 2026: P2C, caption bill, held on desk - pending amdt.
• SB 2075 In committee 114
  Taxes, Real Property - As introduced, requires the comptroller of the treasury to provide required cost and income limit estimates for property tax relief to the directors of the office of legislative budget analysis in addition to the members of the general assembly. - Amends TCA Title 48 and Title 67.
  Feb 5, 2026: Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate State and Local Government Committee
• HB 2228 In committee 114
  Criminal Offenses - As introduced, creates an offense for a vape shop retailer, or a distributor, wholesaler, or importer, who sells or offers for sale a vapor product for retail sale in this state to sell nitrous oxides. - Amends TCA Title 39; Title 57, Chapter 7 and Title 67.
  Feb 5, 2026: P2C, ref. to Judiciary Committee
• SB 2119 In committee 114
  Children - As introduced, enacts the "Parental Rights Protection Act," which makes various changes to the termination of parental rights, including raising the burden of proof the state must show to beyond a reasonable doubt and establishing the right to a trial by jury. - Amends TCA Title 36 and Title 37.
  Feb 5, 2026: Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee
• HB 2217 Introduced 114
  Regional Authorities and Special Districts - As introduced, removes provision that allows speakers to alternatively appoint a senator or representative whose district was in a central business improvement district as of January 1, 1999, as ex officio board of directors member. - Amends TCA Title 7; Title 9, Chapter 21 and Title 67.
  Feb 5, 2026: P2C, caption bill, held on desk - pending amdt.
• SB 2306 In committee 114
  Professions and Occupations - As introduced, exempts a person whose occupation or practice is confined solely to makeup application services from the requirement to be licensed as a cosmetologist or aesthetician if the person meets the requirements to obtain a certificate to provide makeup application services. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 62, Chapter 3; Title 62, Chapter 38 and Title 62, Chapter 4.
  Feb 5, 2026: Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Commerce and Labor Committee
• SB 2686 Introduced 114
  Environmental Preservation - As introduced, enacts the "Climate Resilient Tennessee Act." - Amends TCA Title 4 and Title 68.
  Feb 5, 2026: Refer to Senate Delayed Bills Committee
• SB 2203 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.
  Feb 5, 2026: Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Transportation and Safety Committee
• SB 2617 In committee 114
  Consumer Protection - As introduced, requires the district attorneys general conference to collect data and submit a report to the governor, speakers of the senate and house of representatives, and legislative librarian by December 15, 2026, regarding the number of prosecutions and convictions for unlawful automated calls. - Amends TCA Title 2; Title 4; Title 8; Title 29; Title 38; Title 39; Title 47; Title 62 and Title 65.
  Feb 5, 2026: Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Commerce and Labor Committee
• HB 2203 Introduced 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.
  Feb 5, 2026: P2C, caption bill, held on desk - pending amdt.
• HB 2218 Introduced 114
  Zoning - As introduced, requires a person to reside in the county at least 12 months prior to being eligible to be appointed to a county board of zoning appeals. - Amends TCA Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 12 and Title 13.
  Feb 5, 2026: P2C, caption bill, held on desk - pending amdt.
• HB 2163 Introduced 114
  Health Care - As introduced, directs the commissioner of health to conduct a study of legislative developments occurring in neighboring states within the last five years concerning patient access to and patient safety in the use of assisted reproductive technology; requires the commissioner to publish and transmit to the general assembly the commissioner's findings and recommendations no later than December 31, 2026. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 29; Title 36; Title 63 and Title 68.
  Feb 5, 2026: P2C, caption bill, held on desk - pending amdt.
• SB 2368 In committee 114
  Public Funds and Financing - As introduced, requires the state treasurer to use existing resources to conduct a study of the use of public funds by neighboring states to facilitate gender transition procedures to determine what restrictions neighboring states place upon public funding of such procedures; requires the treasurer to compile the findings of the study into a report and transmit the report to the general assembly no later than December 31, 2026. - Amends TCA Title 5, Chapter 9, Part 1; Title 6, Chapter 56, Part 1; Title 7, Chapter 3, Part 1; Title 8, Chapter 27; Title 9, Chapter 4, Part 51; Title 37; Title 39; Title 63; Title 68 and Title 71.
  Feb 5, 2026: Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee
• HB 2620 Introduced 114
  Comptroller, State - As introduced, requires the comptroller of the treasury to publish a copy of an audit conducted of the energy efficient schools council on the comptroller's website. - Amends TCA Title 49.
  Feb 5, 2026: P2C, caption bill, held on desk - pending amdt.
• SB 2001 In committee 114
  Consumer Protection - As introduced, enacts "The Tennessee Safe Stores and Staffed Stores Act;" requires drug and food retail establishments using self-service checkout stations to maintain a minimum staffing ratio, limits self-service transactions to no more than 15 items, and prohibits the purchase of age-restricted or security-tagged merchandise at self-service checkout stations. - Amends TCA Title 47, Chapter 18 and Title 50.
  Feb 5, 2026: Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Commerce and Labor Committee
• SB 1966 In committee 114
  Health Care - As introduced, requires the board of medical examiners, board of nursing, and board of osteopathic examination to initiate a criminal background check for each applicant for a renewal of licensure. - Amends TCA Title 38 and Title 63.
  Feb 5, 2026: Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Health and Welfare Committee
• HB 2487 Introduced 114
  Planning, Public - As introduced, requires an establishment resolution adopted by the governing body of a municipality to form an infrastructure development district to include an itemization of the funded costs for infrastructure related to each utility service that will serve the development district. - Amends TCA Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 13; Title 65 and Title 66.
  Feb 5, 2026: P2C, caption bill, held on desk - pending amdt.
• HB 2299 Introduced 114
  Elder Abuse - As introduced, requires the court to set a date for a deposition to preserve testimony in a case in which an alleged offense against an elderly or vulnerable adult has been committed within 45 days, rather than 60 days, of the filing of the original motion to preserve testimony. - Amends TCA Title 39 and Title 71.
  Feb 5, 2026: P2C, caption bill, held on desk - pending amdt.
• SB 1980 In committee 114
  Children - As introduced, establishes when a minor is engaged in the work of content creation; creates protections and requirements related to a minor engaged in the work of content creation. - Amends TCA Title 35; Title 37; Title 47 and Title 50.
  Feb 5, 2026: Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee
• SB 2376 In committee 114
  Elder Abuse - As introduced, extends from 10 to 20 days, the time within which a court must schedule a hearing on a petition to freeze the funds of a criminal defendant charged with financial exploitation of an elderly or vulnerable adult involving the taking more than $5,000 of property while the criminal proceeding is pending for purposes of restitution to the victim. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 15.
  Feb 5, 2026: Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee
• SB 2563 In committee 114
  Anatomical Gifts - As introduced, prohibits a procurement organization from contacting a deceased individual's family, next of kin, or authorized representative to procure an anatomical gift from the deceased unless the deceased authorized such a gift in a documented anatomical gift authorization. - Amends TCA Title 68, Chapter 30.
  Feb 5, 2026: Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Health and Welfare Committee
• HB 2173 Introduced 114
  Drugs, Prescription - As introduced, authorizes an owner or person in legal possession of drugs or devices deemed adulterated to request a show cause hearing electronically, rather than strictly in writing. - Amends TCA Title 47; Title 53; Title 56; Title 63 and Title 68.
  Feb 5, 2026: P2C, caption bill, held on desk - pending amdt.
• HB 2497 Introduced 114
  Civil Emergencies - As introduced, requires state agencies charged with responsibilities in connection with healthcare facilities to study emergency mitigation at the direction of the governor as part of the state and local comprehensive emergency management plans. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 8; Title 9; Title 13; Title 14; Title 49; Title 54; Title 55; Title 58; Title 64; Title 65; Title 66; Title 68 and Title 71.
  Feb 5, 2026: P2C, caption bill, held on desk - pending amdt.
• HB 1774 In committee 114
  Health Care - As introduced, requires the secretary of state to place an advisory ballot question on the November general election ballot in 2026 regarding the legalization of a regulated medical cannabis program. - Amends TCA Title 2; Title 4; Title 39; Title 43; Title 53; Title 57; Title 63; Title 67 and Title 68.
  Feb 5, 2026: Sponsor(s) Added.
• SB 2631 In committee 114
  Cemeteries - As introduced, requires a cemetery company to include in its record of each burial in the cemetery the precise geographical location using latitudinal and longitudinal coordinates; requires the cemetery company to transmit a copy of the record to the funeral establishment responsible for the arrangements of the person buried at the interment site within 15 days after the date of burial. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 46 and Title 62, Chapter 5.
  Feb 5, 2026: Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Commerce and Labor Committee
• SB 2538 In committee 114
  Children - As introduced, establishes that children have equal protection under the law and possess fundamental rights to safety, protection from harm, and consideration of their best interests as the paramount concern in all legal proceedings, governmental actions, and policy decisions affecting their welfare. - Amends TCA Title 36 and Title 37.
  Feb 5, 2026: Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee
• HB 2580 Introduced 114
  Professions and Occupations - As introduced, decreases from 30 to 21 days the time in which a licensed polygraph examiner or company must notify the commissioner of commerce and insurance of a change in business address. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 62 and Title 63.
  Feb 5, 2026: P2C, caption bill, held on desk - pending amdt.
• SB 2189 In committee 114
  Local Education Agencies - As introduced, allows time spent by students in a physical education class to meet physical activity time requirements if the students are physically active in the class; clarifies that physical activity may include structured movement breaks; allows a teacher to prevent a student from participating in unstructured play and to assign activities to students during periods of physical activity to improve or correct student behavior. - Amends TCA Title 49.
  Feb 5, 2026: Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee
• HB 2311 Introduced 114
  Sentencing - As introduced, reduces the time within which a sentencing hearing must be held from within 45 days after a finding of guilt to within 30 days after the finding of guilt. - Amends TCA Title 38; Title 39 and Title 40.
  Feb 5, 2026: P2C, caption bill, held on desk - pending amdt.
• HB 2493 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.
  Feb 5, 2026: P2C, ref. to Government Operations for Review - Finance, Ways & Means Committee