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• HB 1664 In committee 114
  State Government - As enacted, requires either the executive head or president of each public institution of higher education, or the chief executive head of any of its campuses to submit an annual attestation of compliance to the comptroller of the treasury no later than January 1, 2027, and each January 1 thereafter, that such entity has not implemented a discriminatory preference to increase diversity, equity, or inclusion; authorizes the attorney general to make certain related investigations. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 5; Title 6; Title 7 and Title 49.
  May 27, 2026: Comp. became Pub. Ch. 1083
• HB 1666 In committee 114
  Civil Procedure - As enacted, clarifies that the same immunities from civil liability, adverse action, and disciplinary action, and duties, that apply to this state, state employees, public schools, LEAs, public school students, public school teachers, public school employees, public school contractors, public institutions of higher education, public higher education students, public higher education faculty, public higher education employees, and public higher education contractors with regard to the use of a pronoun consistent with an individual's sex apply when using an honorific that is consistent with an individual's sex. - Amends TCA Title 8, Chapter 50; Title 49, Chapter 7, Part 24 and Title 49, Chapter 6, Part 51.
  May 27, 2026: Comp. became Pub. Ch. 1076
• HB 1667 In committee 114
  Local Government, General - As enacted, authorizes municipalities and metropolitan governments to adopt a tiered system of monetary penalties for repeated violations of the same municipal ordinance by the same person or entity within a 12-month period. - Amends TCA Title 6 and Title 7.
  May 27, 2026: Comp. became Pub. Ch. 1078
• HB 1895 In committee 114
  Teachers, Principals and School Personnel - As enacted, requires the principal or the principal's designee to provide notification to the parent or legal guardian of each student who was in the classroom or instructional area at the time that a classroom evacuation occurred by the end of the day in which the classroom evacuation occurred unless the event that prompted the classroom evacuation is an ongoing emergency or is otherwise under investigation by a state or local law enforcement agency, in which case the notification must not be provided to parents and legal guardians until the emergency event is resolved or the principal or the principal's designee determines that providing the notification does not impede an ongoing investigation, as applicable. - Amends TCA Title 49.
  May 5, 2026: Comp. became Pub. Ch. 850
• HB 1725 In committee 114
  Local Education Agencies - As enacted, revises law relative to LEAs providing enrollment and services to certain students who are the dependent children of service members. - Amends TCA Title 49.
  May 5, 2026: Comp. became Pub. Ch. 834
• HB 1663 Became law 114
  Human Resources, Department of - As enacted, excludes a person or entity that operates a family child care home and obtains a United States department of defense certificate to operate from being subject to licensure as long as such family child care home provides child care services only to an eligible patron. - Amends TCA Title 71, Chapter 3.
  Apr 24, 2026: Pub. Ch. 747
• HB 1665 Became law 114
  Health Care - As enacted, prohibits certain healthcare providers from knowingly or willfully asking a minor, or a health insurance issuer, managed care organization, or entity providing reimbursement for healthcare services from requiring or requesting a healthcare provider or facility to ask, certain gender-related questions for any purpose; makes other related changes. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 33; Title 47; Title 56; Title 63; Title 68 and Title 71.
  Apr 23, 2026: Pub. Ch. 748
• HJR 1207 Adopted 114
  Memorials, Death - Nathan Dwain Clark -
  Apr 14, 2026: Signed by Governor.
• HB 2226 In committee 114
  Teachers, Principals and School Personnel - As introduced, prohibits professional employees and local boards of education from collaborative conferencing; prohibits a local board of education from allowing a professional employees' organization to use or access facilities when such use or access is otherwise prohibited by the local board's policies or procedures for community use. - Amends TCA Title 49.
  Mar 31, 2026: Taken off notice for cal. in Education 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
• HB 1894 In committee 114
  Education, Higher - As introduced, allows a public institution of higher education to suspend a faculty member, including tenured faculty members, without pay during the pendency of any investigation or hearings conducted to determine whether adequate cause for the faculty member's termination exists; requires the president or chief executive officer for a public institution of higher education who is selected or appointed by the institution's governing board on or after July 1, 2026, to be confirmed by the senate and house of representatives. - Amends TCA Title 49.
  Mar 4, 2026: Taken off notice for cal in s/c Higher Education Subcommittee of Education Committee
• HB 1182 In committee 114
  State Government - As introduced, requires each state department and agency to post to the department's or agency's website the report provided annually to the general assembly that describes the department's or agency's progress in achieving economic efficiency. - Amends TCA Title 4.
  Mar 4, 2026: Taken off notice for cal in s/c Public Service Subcommittee of State & Local Government Committee
• 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 1990 Introduced 114
  Health, Dept. of - As introduced, directs the department to conduct a study on health concerns of, and identifying obstacles for receiving better care for, persons whose biological sex is female; requires the department to submit a report to the members of the general assembly on the results of the study on or before January 1, 2027. - Amends TCA Title 28; Title 29; Title 49; Title 56; Title 63 and Title 68.
  Feb 9, 2026: Sponsor change.
• HB 310 Became law 114
  Workers Compensation - As enacted, creates a presumption that the diagnosis of a law enforcement officer or emergency medical responder with post-traumatic stress disorder as the result of responding to certain incidents was incurred in the line of duty for purposes of workers' compensation coverage. - Amends TCA Title 7, Chapter 51 and Title 50, Chapter 6.
  May 27, 2025: Pub. Ch. 480
• HB 524 Became law 114
  Montgomery County - As enacted, permits a court to transfer, upon motion by the defendant, a criminal case to the veterans treatment court program in Montgomery County if the veterans treatment court program would have jurisdiction over the case if the offense had been committed in Montgomery County, the defendant files with the court a written waiver of the right to be tried by an impartial jury of the county in which the crime was committed, and the district attorney general for Montgomery County agrees to accept transfer of the case. - Amends TCA Title 16 and Title 40.
  May 27, 2025: Pub. Ch. 489
• HB 622 Became law 114
  Local Government, General - As enacted, enacts "Dismantle DEI in Employment Act." - Amends TCA Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 8 and Title 49.
  May 27, 2025: Pub. Ch. 494
• HB 923 In committee 114
  Human Rights - As enacted, enacts the "Dismantling DEI Departments Act." - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 8 and Title 49, Chapter 7.
  May 15, 2025: Comp. became Pub. Ch. 458
• HJR 642 Adopted 114
  Memorials, Public Service - Doug Englen -
  Apr 29, 2025: Signed by Governor.
• HJR 641 Adopted 114
  Memorials, Recognition - Cadet Kenneth Darden, CSM Darol Walker Award, Austin Peay State University -
  Apr 29, 2025: Signed by Governor.
• HB 779 In committee 114
  Charitable Solicitations - As enacted, corrects a reference in the charitable solicitations law that requires educational institutions be approved as such by the Tennessee public charter school commission rather than the state board of education to be exempt from registration requirements. - Amends TCA Title 48, Chapter 101, Part 5.
  Apr 29, 2025: Comp. became Pub. Ch. 251
• HB 825 Became law 114
  Education, Curriculum - As enacted, enacts the "Teen Social Media and Internet Safety Act." - Amends TCA Title 49.
  Apr 28, 2025: Pub. Ch. 195
• HB 187 In committee 114
  Education - As enacted, reduces the number and frequency of certain reports the comptroller of the treasury is required to submit to the state board of education and to the chairs of the education committees of the senate and house of representatives regarding the Tennessee Literacy Success Act. - Amends TCA Section 49-1-905 and Section 49-1-910.
  Mar 21, 2025: Comp. became Pub. Ch. 21
• HR 10 Adopted 114
  Memorials, Public Service - Araceli White, U.S. Navy, Military Excellence Award -
  Mar 4, 2025: Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.
• HJR 121 Adopted 114
  Memorials, Death - Sarah Lee Best -
  Feb 21, 2025: Signed by Governor.
• HR 4 Adopted 114
  Memorials, Retirement - Caroline Vallejos -
  Feb 5, 2025: Sponsor(s) Added.