Tennessee bills

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

9,112 bills

• HB 2586 Introduced 114
  State Government - As introduced, expands the requirements of the 2026 and 2027 annual reports to be submitted by the artificial intelligence advisory council to the governor, speaker of the senate, and speaker of the house of representatives by requiring such reports to include recommendations on strategies to detect and minimize the risk of fraud committed by persons using artificial intelligence. - Amends TCA Title 2; Title 4; Title 8; Title 10; Title 16; Title 29; Title 36; Title 37; Title 38; Title 39; Title 40; Title 45; Title 47; Title 48; Title 49; Title 53; Title 62; Title 63; Title 65; Title 67; Title 68 and Title 71.
  Feb 5, 2026: P2C, caption bill, held on desk - pending amdt.
• HB 2122 In committee 114
  Hamblen County - Subject to local approval, moves the election of the county attorney by the county commission from July to September; changes who reviews the compensation of and reimbursement of expenses to the county attorney, from the finance committee to the county legislative body. - Amends Chapter 677 of the Private Acts of 1949; as amended.
  Feb 5, 2026: P2C, ref. to Private Acts Committee - State & Local Government Committee
• HB 2131 Introduced 114
  Health, Dept. of - As introduced, requires the commissioner to use existing resources to conduct a study of the requirements to obtain prescription medications via telehealth in neighboring states in order to determine the restrictions upon prescribers issuing prescription medications via telehealth and compare such restrictions to those on prescribers in this state; requires the commissioner to compile the findings from the study into a report and transmit a copy of the report to the general assembly no later than December 31, 2026. - Amends TCA Title 39; Title 53; Title 56; Title 63; Title 68 and Title 71.
  Feb 5, 2026: P2C, caption bill, held on desk - pending amdt.
• SB 2356 In committee 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: Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Health and Welfare Committee
• HR 148 Adopted 114
  Memorials, Death - Chesna Jeane Hulsey -
  Feb 5, 2026: Adopted, Ayes 94, Nays 0, PNV 0
• SB 2115 In committee 114
  Criminal Offenses - As introduced, expands the offense of adulteration of food, liquids, or pharmaceuticals to include adulteration for the purpose of making the user of the food, liquid, or pharmaceutical involuntarily intoxicated; classifies the offense as a Class D felony. - Amends TCA Title 39 and Title 40.
  Feb 5, 2026: Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee
• HB 2137 Introduced 114
  Controlled Substances - As introduced, changes from January 1 to January 15 the deadline for the medical cannabis commission to submit its annual report. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 29; Title 39; Title 43; Title 53; Title 57; Title 67 and Title 68.
  Feb 5, 2026: P2C, caption bill, held on desk - pending amdt.
• HB 2582 In committee 114
  Sentencing - As introduced, increases from one year to three years the amount of time a defendant receiving a split sentence of confinement and probation may be required to serve a portion of the sentence in continuous confinement in the local jail or workhouse; specifies that the state is responsible for all costs of incarceration after the first year. - Amends TCA Title 40 and Title 41.
  Feb 5, 2026: P2C, ref. to Judiciary Committee
• SB 2526 In committee 114
  County Government - As introduced, authorizes a county to sell surplus, obsolete, or unusable real property in an arms-length transaction to a third party for a price not less than its fair market value as determined by at least two state-licensed appraisers without requiring public auction or sealed bids, upon approval by a majority vote of the county legislative body. - Amends TCA Title 5, Chapter 14, Part 1 and Section 5-21-130.
  Feb 5, 2026: Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate State and Local Government Committee
• SB 2618 In committee 114
  Computers and Electronic Processing - As introduced, requires the joint chairs of the artificial intelligence advisory council to publish their annual findings regarding the economic, labor, and ethical impacts of artificial intelligence on an appropriate page of the general assembly's website, in addition to the existing requirement to submit these reports to the governor and legislative speakers. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 10; Title 16; Title 36; Title 37; Title 38; Title 39; Title 40; Title 45; Title 47; Title 48; Title 49; Title 53; Title 63; Title 67; Title 68 and Title 71.
  Feb 5, 2026: Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Delayed Bills Committee
• HJR 870 Introduced 114
  Memorials, Recognition - Larry Bushart -
  Feb 5, 2026: Objected to on Consent Calendar.
• HB 2553 In committee 114
  Education, Dept. of - As introduced, requires the department to review and propose revisions to the physical education standards to incorporate guidance published by the President's Council on Sports, Fitness, and Nutrition to reestablish the presidential fitness test pursuant to Executive Order No. 14327 of the president of the United States on July 31, 2025. - Amends TCA Title 49.
  Feb 5, 2026: P2C, ref. to Education Committee
• SB 2623 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.
  Feb 5, 2026: Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate State and Local Government Committee
• HB 2274 Introduced 114
  Election Laws - As introduced, changes the deadline, from January 31 to January 15, for the coordinator of elections to file a report with the state and local government committee of the senate and the local government committee of the house of representatives following an election conducted under a convenience voting pilot project. - Amends TCA Title 2.
  Feb 5, 2026: P2C, caption bill, held on desk - pending amdt.
• HB 2379 Introduced 114
  Anatomical Gifts - As introduced, changes from July to January, the month when a medical facility and research institution covered under the Tennessee Genomic Security and End Organ Harvesting Act must certify to the commissioner of health that the facility and institution are compliant with the requirements in the act. - Amends TCA Title 63 and Title 68.
  Feb 5, 2026: P2C, caption bill, held on desk - pending amdt.
• HB 2099 In committee 114
  Evidence - As introduced, adds a rebuttable presumption that the criteria for a child victim to testify by two-way closed circuit television in a criminal matter involving certain offenses are met if the child is under 13 years of age. - Amends TCA Title 24, Chapter 7 and Title 39.
  Feb 5, 2026: P2C, ref. to Judiciary Committee
• SB 2006 In committee 114
  Sewage - As introduced, increases, from a Class C to Class B misdemeanor, the classification of offenses involving unlawful disposal of sewage if the person commits the offense while engaged in the business of removing accumulated wastes from subsurface sewage disposal systems. - 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
• HB 2222 Introduced 114
  Education, Dept. of - As introduced, changes from September 1 to November 1 the day by which the department is required to compile and publish to its website a directory of the name and contact information for the apprenticeship training program contact for each public high school. - Amends TCA Title 49.
  Feb 5, 2026: P2C, caption bill, held on desk - pending amdt.
• SB 2678 In committee 114
  Education - As introduced, requires each elementary and secondary school to post the toll-free telephone number operated by the department of children's services to receive reports of child abuse or neglect in a conspicuous location on the school's website. - Amends TCA Title 49.
  Feb 5, 2026: Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee
• HB 2165 Introduced 114
  Local Government, General - As introduced, deletes the provision that classifies a local government official's affirmative vote for adoption of a prohibited sanctuary policy as a Class E felony. - Amends TCA Title 7 and Title 8.
  Feb 5, 2026: P2C, caption bill, held on desk - pending amdt.
• HB 2142 In committee 114
  Civil Procedure - As introduced, enacts the "Tennessee Foreign Law Non-Recognition Act." - Amends TCA Title 20 and Title 29.
  Feb 5, 2026: P2C, ref. to Judiciary Committee
• SB 2580 In committee 114
  Health, Dept. of - As introduced, requires the commissioner to use existing resources to conduct a study of the requirements to obtain prescription medications via telehealth in neighboring states in order to determine the restrictions upon prescribers issuing prescription medications via telehealth and compare such restrictions to those on prescribers in this state; requires the commissioner to compile the findings from the study into a report and transmit a copy of the report to the general assembly no later than December 31, 2026. - Amends TCA Title 39; 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 2052 In committee 114
  Planning, Public - As introduced, authorizes the City of Clarksville and Montgomery County to participate in the Tennessee local land bank program. - Amends TCA Title 13, Chapter 30.
  Feb 5, 2026: Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate State and Local Government Committee
• SB 2437 In committee 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: Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Commerce and Labor Committee
• HB 2522 In committee 114
  Children - As introduced, requires certain commercial online platforms, websites, and applications to maintain a content moderation system that allows users to report material harmful to minors that is not properly marked or age-restricted; makes other changes related to platform content and minors. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 17, Part 9 and Title 47, Chapter 18.
  Feb 5, 2026: P2C, ref. to Commerce Committee
• SB 2514 In committee 114
  Criminal Offenses - As introduced, requires TACIR to study and prepare a report on marijuana arrests made in this state from 2015 to 2025, including data on race, age, gender, and the location of arrest. - Amends TCA Title 4.
  Feb 5, 2026: Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee
• HB 2237 Introduced 114
  Education - As introduced, requires the office of research and education accountability in the office of the comptroller of the treasury to submit a copy of its annual report detailing the results of certain tests administered to recipients of education freedom scholarships to the legislative librarian. - Amends TCA Title 49.
  Feb 5, 2026: P2C, caption bill, held on desk - pending amdt.
• HB 2403 Introduced 114
  Child Abuse - As introduced, adds the speaker of the senate and speaker of the house of representatives to whom the recipients of funding from the child abuse fund and its subsidiary funds, the child advocacy centers fund, the CASA fund, and the child abuse prevention fund shall report to annually regarding their use of child abuse fund moneys, their collaborative efforts to address the spectrum of child abuse issues, and their recommendations for additional improvements in the child abuse prevention and response system in this state. - Amends TCA Title 33 and Title 39.
  Feb 5, 2026: P2C, caption bill, held on desk - pending amdt.
• HB 2621 Introduced 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: P2C, caption bill, held on desk - pending amdt.
• SB 2420 In committee 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: Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee
• SB 2444 In committee 114
  Motor Vehicles - As introduced, requires the notification submitted by the department of safety to the department of revenue of reports of the theft or recovery of motor vehicles to be in writing. - Amends TCA Title 55.
  Feb 5, 2026: Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Transportation and Safety Committee
• SB 2517 In committee 114
  Election Laws - As introduced, changes the deadline, from January 31 to January 15, for the coordinator of elections to file a report with the state and local government committee of the senate and the local government committee of the house of representatives following an election conducted under a convenience voting pilot project. - Amends TCA Title 2.
  Feb 5, 2026: Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate State and Local Government Committee
• HB 1994 In committee 114
  Natural Disasters - As introduced, requires TACIR to perform a comprehensive evaluation on the preparedness and response of local and state officials, departments, and agencies to the Hurricane Helene natural disaster. - Amends TCA Title 3; Title 4, Chapter 10 and Title 58.
  Feb 4, 2026: P2C, ref. to State & Local Government Committee
• HB 1295 In committee 114
  Criminal Offenses - As introduced, enacts the "Shielding Tennesseans from Oligarchic Power and Eliminating Lawless Obstruction of Necessities Act (STOP ELON Act)," which creates a new offense of interfering with an individual's or entity's receipt of a loan, grant, or financial assistance that the individual or entity is lawfully entitled to receive from the federal, state, or local government, with intent to deprive the individual of the loan, grant, or financial assistance, which is punished as theft; authorizes a victim of an offense to bring a civil action to recover the funds that the victim did not receive because of the offense. - Amends TCA Title 29 and Title 39.
  Feb 4, 2026: Taken off notice for cal in s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee of Judiciary Committee
• HJR 726 In committee 114
  General Assembly, Statement of Intent or Position - Expresses support for the reconstruction of the Columbia Dam Project on the Duck River and recognizes it as a critical priority to establish an adequate water supply system for sustained growth, economic development, and recreational use. -
  Feb 4, 2026: Taken off notice for cal in s/c Agriculture and Natural Resources Subcommittee of Agriculture & Natural Resources Committee
• HR 145 Adopted 114
  Memorials, Recognition - Lafayette Chapter #4 Royal Arch Masons of Tennessee, Bicentennial -
  Feb 4, 2026: Sponsor(s) Added.
• HB 1996 In committee 114
  Controlled Substances - As introduced, permits a person to possess cannabis that was obtained directly from, or pursuant to a diagnosis of a qualifying medical condition by, a licensed physician; specifies the sentences permitted for possessing certain amounts of cannabis that was not obtained directly from, or pursuant to a diagnosis of a qualifying medical condition by, a licensed physician. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 17, Part 4.
  Feb 4, 2026: P2C, ref. to Health Committee - Judiciary Committee
• SB 795 Passed Senate 114
  Purchasing and Procurement - As introduced, authorizes local governments to purchase goods and services directly, without bid or quotations, from vendors awarded general services administration (GSA) schedule contracts at prices equal to the vendor's current GSA schedule price. - Amends TCA Title 12, Chapter 3.
  Feb 4, 2026: Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
• HB 2005 In committee 114
  TennCare - As introduced, enacts the "TennCare Buy-In Act." - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 3, Part 10 and Title 71, Chapter 5.
  Feb 4, 2026: P2C, ref. to Insurance Committee
• HB 2024 In committee 114
  Utilities, Utility Districts - As introduced, increases, from 15 to 20, the number of calendar days that may pass from the actual date specified in the first notice after a person responsible for excavation or demolition has given the notice of the intent to excavate or demolish before the person is required to serve additional notice if the excavation or demolition has not yet been completed; makes other changes to the Underground Utility Damage Prevention Act. - Amends TCA Title 65, Chapter 31, Part 1.
  Feb 4, 2026: P2C, ref. to Commerce Committee
• HB 1908 In committee 114
  Appropriations - As introduced, makes appropriations for the purpose of defraying the expenses of certain legislative enactments passed during the 2026 session of the 114th General Assembly; earmarks sufficient state funds for the purpose of funding any bill naming a highway or bridge in honor of a service member killed in action. -
  Feb 4, 2026: P2C, ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee
• HB 649 In committee 114
  Taxes - As introduced, requires 50 percent of collections of the recordation tax levied on transfers of realty to be remitted to each county; requires counties to use such funds for transportation infrastructure, schools, and other nonrecurring expenses. - Amends TCA Section 67-4-409.
  Feb 4, 2026: Sponsor(s) Added.
• HB 1993 In committee 114
  Insurance, Health, Accident - As introduced, prohibits a health insurance issuer or managed health insurance issuer from reimbursing for testing services a medical laboratory that is eligible to participate as an in-network participating provider at a rate less than the CMS clinical laboratory fee schedule for medical labs in this state; permits a managed health insurance issuer to require such lab to meet the performance metrics required of in-network labs. - Amends TCA Title 56, Chapter 7, Part 23.
  Feb 4, 2026: P2C, ref. to Insurance Committee
• SB 593 In committee 114
  Local Education Agencies - As introduced, enacts the "School District Capital Improvements Investment Trust Act." - Amends TCA Title 49.
  Feb 4, 2026: Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Education Committee
• HJR 745 In committee 114
  Memorials, Death - Renee Nicole Good -
  Feb 4, 2026: Failed in s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee of Judiciary Committee
• HB 1098 In committee 114
  Firearms and Ammunition - As introduced, creates the offense of carrying or possessing a firearm, including a firearm that was privately assembled and does not contain a serial number or other mark that conforms with federal law, if, at the time of carrying or possessing, the person is not a citizen of the United States or a lawful permanent resident. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 17, Part 13 and Title 55, Chapter 50.
  Feb 4, 2026: Taken off notice for cal in s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee of Judiciary Committee
• HB 1953 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 4, 2026: P2C, ref. to Judiciary Committee
• HJR 842 Introduced 114
  Memorials, Recognition - Larry Bushart -
  Feb 4, 2026: Objected to on Consent Calendar.
• HB 744 In committee 114
  Human Rights - As introduced, prohibits an organization or entity receiving financial assistance from this state for programs or activities from denying benefits to, excluding from participation in, or discriminating against a person otherwise eligible for the program or activity on the basis of race, color, religion, or national origin. - Amends TCA Title 4.
  Feb 4, 2026: Taken off notice for cal. in State & Local Government Committee
• SB 401 In committee 114
  TennCare - As introduced, requires, on and after July 1, 2026, a minor who is enrolled in TennCare medicaid or the CoverKids program to remain eligible for such program until the minor reaches 18; prohibits the division of TennCare from subjecting the minor to a redetermination of eligibility or disenrollment, except under certain circumstances; requires the director of TennCare to submit any necessary federal waiver request by December 31, 2025. - Amends TCA Title 71.
  Feb 4, 2026: Failed in Senate Health and Welfare Committee