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• HB 2654 Became law 114
  Sardis - Subject to local approval, removes archaic references to debtor's prisons, city marshal, the original members of the board of mayor and aldermen, and city recorder authority; sets salaries of board members by ordinance rather than by charter; authorizes the board to set meeting dates by ordinance rather than by charter, increases terms of the mayor and aldermen from two to four years; and removes certain residency requirements for legal qualified voters who live within the municipality. - Amends Chapter 833 of the Private Acts of 1949; as amended.
  May 27, 2026: Pr. Ch. 63
• HB 2485 Became law 114
  Tennessee Investment in Student Achievement (TISA) - As enacted, requires the TISA review committee to study and include in its annual report recommendations for how this state may revise the ways in which it identifies economically disadvantaged students to ensure this state is accurately identifying the students in need of additional resources and recommendations for how this state may better support economically disadvantaged students through the TISA. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 1 and Title 49, Chapter 3.
  May 27, 2026: Pub. Ch. 1032
• HJR 1478 Adopted 114
  Memorials, Academic Achievement - Pazley G. Rose, Valedictorian, Hardin County High School -
  May 5, 2026: Signed by Governor.
• HB 1839 In committee 114
  Correction, Dept. of - As enacted, prohibits the department from removing a state inmate from a local jail facility for the purpose of relocating the inmate to a state facility if the inmate is participating in a work release or re-entry program unless the inmate has failed to meet the work release or in-house duty requirements, or the inmate's disciplinary records warrant the inmate's removal from participation in the work release or re-entry program. - Amends TCA Title 40 and Title 41.
  May 5, 2026: Comp. became Pub. Ch. 841
• HJR 1477 Adopted 114
  Memorials, Academic Achievement - Emma R. Shelby, Salutatorian, Hardin County High School -
  May 5, 2026: Signed by Governor.
• HJR 1346 Adopted 114
  Memorials, Academic Achievement - Connor Foster, Salutatorian, Scotts Hill High School -
  Apr 30, 2026: Signed by Governor.
• HJR 1347 Adopted 114
  Memorials, Academic Achievement - Ian Patterson, Valedictorian, Scotts Hill High School -
  Apr 30, 2026: Signed by Governor.
• HJR 1301 Adopted 114
  Memorials, Death - Gayle Duncan Gilmer -
  Apr 20, 2026: Signed by Governor.
• HB 1838 In committee 114
  Education - As introduced, requires local education agencies and public charter schools to provide all high school students, instead of only high school seniors, the opportunity to take a nationally recognized career readiness assessment; requires the board of regents to establish a framework for institutions governed by the board to provide transcribable credit to students who earned a credential on a nationally recognized career readiness assessment in high school that may be applied toward the student's attainment of a postsecondary degree. - Amends TCA Title 49.
  Apr 15, 2026: Taken off notice for cal in s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee of Finance, Ways, and Means Committee
• HB 226 In committee 114
  Tennessee Investment in Student Achievement (TISA) - As introduced, creates a 3 percent weighted allocation for a student who resides in a school district with a membership between 1,001 and 1,250, both inclusive. - Amends TCA Title 49.
  Apr 15, 2026: Taken off notice for cal in s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee of Finance, Ways, and Means Committee
• HJR 1096 Adopted 114
  Memorials, Death - Gretchen Qualls Sadler -
  Mar 31, 2026: Signed by Governor.
• HB 225 In committee 114
  Local Education Agencies - As introduced, repeals the "Tennessee Community Schools Act"; enacts the "Tennessee Full Service Community Schools Act." - Amends TCA Title 49.
  Mar 17, 2026: Taken off notice for cal. in Education Committee
• HJR 923 Adopted 114
  Memorials, Sports - Hardin County High School, girls' bowling state champions -
  Mar 11, 2026: Signed by Governor.
• HJR 922 Adopted 114
  Memorials, Sports - Libby Bromley, girls' bowling state finalist -
  Mar 11, 2026: Signed by Governor.
• HB 2488 In committee 114
  Education - As introduced, creates the task force for educational leadership to publish a comprehensive plan for the state to assume full responsibility for education programs currently administered by the United States department of education; requires the department of education to conduct an inventory of all existing federal education programs and grants administered by the state; requires the attorney general and reporter to conduct a review of all state statutes and rules that reference or incorporate federal education statutes or regulations for purposes of implementing the comprehensive plan. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 8 and Title 49.
  Mar 10, 2026: Taken off notice for cal in s/c Education Administration Subcommittee of Education 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 2486 Introduced 114
  Regional Authorities and Special Districts - As introduced, authorizes the board of directors of the Tennessee Duck River Development Agency to file annual reports electronically. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 14; Title 4, Chapter 31; Title 7; Title 13; Title 64; Title 66; Title 67 and Chapter 68 of the Private Acts of 2024.
  Feb 5, 2026: P2C, caption bill, held on desk - pending amdt.
• HB 224 In committee 114
  Local Education Agencies - As introduced, enacts the "School District Capital Improvements Investment Trust Act." - Amends TCA Title 49.
  Feb 3, 2026: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee
• HB 1841 In committee 114
  Local Education Agencies - As introduced, adds sixth grade to the grade levels for which a local board of education is required to establish an alternative school for students who have been suspended or expelled from the regular school program; requires a student in sixth grade who has been suspended for more than 10 days or expelled from the regular school program to attend an alternative school if there is space and staff available, with certain exceptions. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 6.
  Feb 2, 2026: P2C, ref. to Education Committee
• HB 1840 Introduced 114
  Local Education Agencies - As introduced, requires each LEA to submit a report to the department of education by July 31 each year that includes, for the immediately preceding school year, the number of students the LEA provided with information on the career and technical education opportunities offered by the LEA after the students were administered a career aptitude assessment in grade seven or eight. - Amends TCA Title 49.
  Feb 2, 2026: P2C, caption bill, held on desk - pending amdt.
• HB 1003 In committee 114
  Schools, Private - As enacted, prohibits the state board of education from requiring a private school that provides a fully online, self-paced educational program to comply with certain class size, school calendar, vaccination, and assessment requirements in order to operate in this state as an approved Category III nonpublic school. - Amends TCA Title 49.
  May 13, 2025: Comp. became Pub. Ch. 380
• HB 535 In committee 114
  Pensions and Retirement Benefits - As enacted, establishes that certain public officials, including members of the general assembly, who take office on or after July 1, 2025, have mandatory membership in the Tennessee consolidated retirement system (TCRS); allows a retiree to reannuitize retirement benefits in favor of a new spouse beneficiary following cancellation of a former spouse beneficiary due to divorce; makes other revisions to provisions governing the TCRS. - Amends TCA Title 8, Chapter 25; Title 8, Chapter 34; Title 8, Chapter 35; Title 8, Chapter 36 and Title 8, Chapter 37.
  May 13, 2025: Comp. became Pub. Ch. 367
• HB 1002 In committee 114
  Education - As enacted, requires, if an approved universal reading screener is administered to pre-k students at an LEA or public charter school, the LEA or public charter school to allow the pre-k teacher whose students were administered the screener to use the results as an approved alternative student growth model or the pre-k/kindergarten portfolio growth model to generate individual growth scores for teachers pursuant to the evaluation guidelines developed by the department of education. - Amends TCA Title 49.
  May 13, 2025: Comp. became Pub. Ch. 385
• HB 1415 Became law 114
  Chester County - Subject to local approval, implements new motor vehicle privilege tax. - Amends amend Chapter 234 of the Private Acts of 1972; as amended.
  May 8, 2025: Pr. Ch. 8
• HB 843 Became law 114
  Hospitals and Health Care Facilities - As enacted, declares Perry County Community Hospital in Linden and Decatur County General Hospital in Parsons to be necessary providers for the purpose of critical access hospital designation eligibility in accordance with Section 1820 of the Social Security Act. - Amends TCA Title 68.
  Apr 28, 2025: Pub. Ch. 196
• HB 138 In committee 114
  Education - As introduced, creates a special fund to provide grants to local education agencies and public charter schools for the acquisition, retention, or expansion of digital career and technical education curricula through platforms containing comprehensive courses with lesson plans, media rich content and activities, and interactive assessments. - Amends TCA Title 9 and Title 49.
  Apr 14, 2025: Placed behind the budget
• HJR 485 Adopted 114
  Memorials, Academic Achievement - Aubrey Garton, Valedictorian, Hardin County High School -
  Apr 9, 2025: Signed by Governor.
• HJR 484 Adopted 114
  Memorials, Academic Achievement - Cooper Townley, Salutatorian, Hardin County High School -
  Apr 9, 2025: Signed by Governor.
• HB 91 In committee 114
  Education, Dept. of - As introduced, requires the department to submit a request to the United States department of education to amend this state's Every Student Succeeds Act plan to remove all end-of-course assessment requirements for students in grades nine through 12 and to allow the ACT, SAT, or another postsecondary readiness assessment approved by the commissioner to be annually administered to students in such grades and for student performance on such assessments to be used for student, school, and district accountability purposes. - Amends TCA Title 49.
  Apr 2, 2025: Taken off notice for cal. in Education Committee
• HB 1348 In committee 114
  Education, Higher - As introduced, requires the commission to review and update the outcomes-based funding formula model at least once every five years to provide incentives for institutions that offer programs leading to job placement in high-demand fields in this state. - Amends TCA Title 9; Title 49 and Title 62.
  Mar 26, 2025: Taken off notice for cal in s/c Higher Education Subcommittee of Education Committee
• HB 1001 In committee 114
  Education - As introduced, requires the state board of education to authorize a student who is working toward completing a career and technical education elective focus to substitute up to four career and technical education course credits for the required chemistry course credit, computer science course credit, world language course credit, and Algebra II course credit necessary to earn a full diploma upon graduation from high school. - Amends TCA Title 49.
  Mar 25, 2025: Failed in s/c K-12 Subcommittee of Education Committee
• HB 90 In committee 114
  Education, Dept. of - As introduced, requires the department to use student performance on career readiness assessments administered to high school seniors as part of the school grading system if the department uses student performance on postsecondary readiness assessments for such purpose; directs the department to only consider student performance on the assessment type for which the student achieved the highest score for school grading purposes, if the student was administered a postsecondary readiness assessment and a career readiness assessment. - Amends TCA Title 49.
  Mar 25, 2025: Taken off notice for cal in s/c K-12 Subcommittee of Education Committee
• HJR 284 Adopted 114
  Memorials, Sports - Lobelville Middle School Hornets boys' basketball team, 2025 James C. Haile State Tournament Class A champion -
  Mar 19, 2025: Signed by Governor.
• HB 1091 Introduced 114
  Children - As introduced, reduces the time in which the department of children's services has to determine whether a temporary childcare licensee has complied with all regulations to receive a permanent childcare license from 90 days from the date the temporary license was issued to 80 days. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 8; Title 13; Title 37; Title 49; Title 62; Title 67; Title 68 and Title 71.
  Mar 17, 2025: Sponsor change.
• HB 1238 In committee 114
  Education - As introduced, creates the division of early child care and education within the department of education. - Amends TCA Title 4 and Title 49.
  Mar 11, 2025: Reset on Final cal. of K-12 Subcommittee
• HB 841 In committee 114
  Lottery, Scholarships and Programs - As introduced, establishes the promising futures early learning scholarship program and a fund to provide scholarships for high-quality early learning programs from excess lottery revenues. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 51; Title 37, Chapter 5, Part 5; Title 49 and Title 71, Chapter 3.
  Feb 10, 2025: Assigned to s/c K-12 Subcommittee