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HB 2210 In committee 114
Natural Disasters - As enacted, enacts the "Local Disaster Displacement Tax Relief Act." - Amends TCA Title 7, Chapter 4; Title 58 and Title 67, Chapter 4.

May 27, 2026: Comp. became Pub. Ch. 979
HJR 1402 Adopted 114
Memorials, Sports - Valor College Prep volleyball team, TSSAA Division I, Class AA state champion -

Apr 30, 2026: Signed by Governor.
HJR 1406 Adopted 114
Memorials, Recognition - Japan Men's National Team -

Apr 30, 2026: Signed by Governor.
HJR 1407 Adopted 114
Memorials, Recognition - Germany and Tennessee's friendship and partnership -

Apr 30, 2026: Signed by Governor.
HJR 1405 Adopted 114
Memorials, Recognition - Spain Men's National Team -

Apr 30, 2026: Signed by Governor.
HJR 1247 Adopted 114
Memorials, Death - Lawrence Richard Ahern III -

Apr 16, 2026: Signed by Governor.
HB 1289 In committee 114
Recreational Areas - As introduced, changes from January 8 to January 31 the date by which the executive director of the Tennessee wildlife resources agency must submit an annual report on the administration of Reelfoot Lake natural area. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 11; Section 28-3-117; Title 39 and Title 70, Chapter 5.

Apr 15, 2026: Taken off notice for cal in s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee of Finance, Ways, and Means Committee
HB 2001 In committee 114
Criminal Offenses - As introduced, adds as an affirmative defense to the offense of criminal exposure of another to human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), proof by a preponderance of the evidence that a person infected with HIV was in compliance with a treatment regime prescribed by the person's healthcare provider to medically suppress the risk of HIV transmission. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 13.

Mar 25, 2026: Taken off notice for cal in s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee of Judiciary Committee
HB 2212 In committee 114
Privacy, Confidentiality - As introduced, enacts the "Fourth Amendment is Not for Sale Act"; creates a Class B misdemeanor offense for officers, employees, or contractors of a state agency or local governmental entity that is required by law to be issued a warrant prior to obtaining personal information or sensitive data about an individual to knowingly purchase, license, or otherwise obtain the personal information or sensitive data from a controller in lieu of the warrant requirement. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 8; Title 39 and Title 47.

Mar 25, 2026: Taken off notice for cal in s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee of Judiciary Committee
HB 2209 In committee 114
Tennessee Bureau of Investigation - As introduced, enacts the "Federal Enforcement Accountability and Community Protection Act." - Amends TCA Title 8; Title 38 and Title 50.

Mar 25, 2026: Taken off notice for cal in s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee of Judiciary Committee
HB 1288 In committee 114
Education - As introduced, creates the school safety grant fund to be administered by the department of education; requires that school safety grants be used to support local education agencies and public charter schools with prevention, reduction, and response efforts with regard to school shootings. - Amends TCA Title 9 and Title 49.

Mar 24, 2026: Taken off notice for cal. in Education Committee
HB 2169 In committee 114
Planning, Public - As introduced, enacts the "Electric Grid Resilience, Transparency, and Planning Act." - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 13; Title 58 and Title 65.

Mar 18, 2026: Failed in s/c Business and Utilities Subcommittee of Commerce Committee
HB 2213 In committee 114
Employees, Employers - As introduced, creates the "Anti-Retaliation for Reporting Unsafe Work Act." - Amends TCA Title 50.

Mar 18, 2026: No Action Taken
HB 2211 In committee 114
State Government - As introduced, enacts the "Safe Access to Schools and Child Services Act," which prohibits the following entities from conditioning enrollment, attendance, or receipt of services for a child under 18 on the disclosure of the child's immigration status, except as explicitly required by federal or state law or court order: a county, municipality, or branch or agency thereof; public utility, utility district, entity created pursuant to any interlocal agreement, or any other political subdivision thereof; LEA, public school, or public charter school; and state board, commission, committee, department, office, or other unit of state government; clarifies that the prohibition does not limit compliance with federal immigration law or limit cooperation with federal authorities as required by law. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 33; Title 37; Title 49; Title 68 and Title 71.

Mar 17, 2026: Failed in s/c Departments & Agencies Subcommittee of State & Local Government Committee
HJR 955 Adopted 114
Memorials, Recognition - YMCA of Middle Tennessee, 150th anniversary -

Mar 11, 2026: Signed by Governor.
HJR 997 Adopted 114
Memorials, Sports - Nashville SC, 2025 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup champions -

Mar 11, 2026: Signed by Governor.
HB 2214 In committee 114
Criminal Offenses - As introduced, prohibits a person or entity from distributing an electoral deepfake within 90 days of an election that the person or entity knows or should have known is a deceptive and fraudulent depiction of a candidate or political party; creates civil penalties and outlines exceptions. - Amends TCA Title 2 and Title 39, Chapter 17.

Mar 10, 2026: Taken off notice for cal in s/c Elections & Campaign Finance Subcommittee of State & Local Government Committee
HB 2003 In committee 114
Education, Dept. of - As introduced, enacts the "School Mental Health Transparency Act"; requires the department to consult relevant agencies to compile a list of mental health resources; requires public schools to use the department's list to compile lists of mental health resources available to enrolled students and provide the lists to students' parents; requires that lists of mental health resources be published on the website of the department and each public school. - Amends TCA Title 10, Chapter 7; Title 33 and Title 49.

Mar 3, 2026: Taken off notice for cal in s/c Education Administration Subcommittee of Education Committee
HJR 810 Adopted 114
Memorials, Recognition - Wright Middle School Mariachi Ensemble and Director Maikel Rodriguez -

Feb 18, 2026: Signed by Governor.
HB 2492 In committee 114
Finance and Administration, Dept. of - As introduced, requires the department to promulgate rules relating to cash transaction rounding. - Amends TCA Title 47, Chapter 18 and Title 67.

Feb 5, 2026: P2C, ref. to Commerce Committee - Government Operations for Review - Finance, Ways & Means 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
HB 2002 Introduced 114
Environment and Conservation, Department of - As introduced, requires the department to ensure that certain safety signage is placed at new trails or trails under renovation within the state's trail system; requires the same for jogging trails. - Amends TCA Title 11.

Feb 2, 2026: Intro., P1C.
HJR 672 Adopted 114
Memorials, Sports - Broadway Block Party -

May 2, 2025: Signed by Governor.
HB 1292 In committee 114
Firearms and Ammunition - As introduced, expands the circumstances under which a law enforcement agency may petition a court for permission to destroy a firearm that has been confiscated by a law enforcement officer and declared to be contraband by a court, to any firearm, rather than only a firearm that is inoperable or unsafe. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 17, Part 13.

Apr 1, 2025: Taken off notice for cal in s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee of Judiciary Committee
HB 1290 In committee 114
Economic and Community Development - As introduced, enacts the "Hollyssee Act." - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 3 and Title 64.

Mar 19, 2025: Failed in s/c Business and Utilities Subcommittee of Commerce Committee
HB 1291 In committee 114
Insurance, Health, Accident - As introduced, requires health insurance carriers to provide mental health coverage in parity with alcoholism and drug dependence coverage. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 8; Title 33; Title 39; Title 49; Title 53; Title 56; Title 63; Title 68 and Title 71.

Mar 19, 2025: Taken off notice for cal in s/c Insurance Subcommittee of Insurance Committee
HB 1296 In committee 114
Pensions and Retirement Benefits - As introduced, allows a retirement allowance increase equal to the percentage increase in the consumer price index if there is an over-collection of state tax revenue; requires this allowance increase to be used instead of the allowance increase in present law, which cannot exceed 3 percent. - Amends TCA Section 8-36-701.

Mar 19, 2025: Failed in s/c Public Service Subcommittee of State & Local Government Committee
HJR 211 Adopted 114
Memorials, Sports - Valor College Prep girls' volleyball team, Class AA state champions -

Feb 27, 2025: Transmitted to Governor for his action.
HB 1298 In committee 114
Scholarships and Financial Aid - As introduced, enacts the "Speak UP, Tennessee Scholarship Act"; requires the Tennessee student assistance corporation to establish by rules a program that provides scholarships for students in grade 12 and at public institutions of higher education in this state who demonstrate artistic excellence in spoken word poetry through a competitive, performance-based selection process to pursue higher education to further develop their literary and performance skills. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 4 and Title 49, Chapter 7.

Feb 12, 2025: P2C, ref. to Education Committee- Government Operations for Review
HB 1297 Introduced 114
Landlord and Tenant - As introduced, changes, from three days to three business days from the date written notice is received by a tenant, the date on which a landlord may terminate a rental agreement if the tenant or another person on the premises with the tenant's consent willfully or intentionally commits a violent act; behaves in a manner which constitutes or threatens to be a real and present danger to the health, safety, or welfare of the life or property of other tenants or persons on the premises; creates a hazardous or unsanitary condition on the property that affects the health, safety, or welfare or the life or property of other tenants or persons on the premises; or refuses to vacate the premises after entering the premises as an unauthorized subtenant or other unauthorized occupant. - Amends TCA Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 13; Title 56; Title 62; Title 66; Title 67 and Title 68.

Feb 12, 2025: P2C, caption bill, held on desk - pending amdt.
HB 1294 In committee 114
Correction, Dept. of - As introduced, prohibits the department from denying the dissemination or availability of books and materials donated by book vendors to state inmates, with certain exceptions for depictions of nudity and sexually explicit material. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 3; Title 40 and Title 41.

Feb 12, 2025: P2C, ref. to State & Local Government Committee