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State bill data last updated Oct 15, 2026, 8:04 PM.

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• HB 1380 In committee 114
  Taxes, Real Property - As enacted, provides that a collecting official or the division of property assessments is not required to request documentation verifying the income of an elderly person seeking tax relief if the applicant is at least 80 years old and meets certain other requirements. - Amends TCA Title 67, Chapter 5, Part 7.
  May 27, 2026: Comp. became Pub. Ch. 1063
• HB 2343 Became law 114
  Teachers, Principals and School Personnel - As enacted, revises law relative to leave for teachers. - Amends TCA Title 49.
  May 26, 2026: Pub. Ch. 1022
• HJR 1578 Adopted 114
  Memorials, Interns - Indian Clay -
  May 7, 2026: Signed by Governor.
• HJR 1579 Adopted 114
  Memorials, Interns - Taylor Sinclair -
  May 7, 2026: Signed by Governor.
• HB 2034 In committee 114
  Courts, Municipal - As enacted, prohibits a municipality from remediating a property maintenance violation if the cost may negatively impact the municipality's financial position, or if the cost is budgetarily prohibitive; specifies that, in addition to assessing remediation costs against a property owner in the form of a lien, a municipality may recover remediation costs through all other legal means. - Amends TCA Title 6; Title 7; Title 13; Title 16, Chapter 18 and Title 29, Chapter 3.
  May 4, 2026: Comp. became Pub. Ch. 821
• HJR 1222 Adopted 114
  Memorials, Recognition - National Pencil Day -
  May 1, 2026: Signed by Governor.
• HB 2032 In committee 114
  Public Contracts - As enacted, enacts the "Higher Education Purchasing Act." - Amends TCA Title 12 and Title 49.
  Apr 29, 2026: Comp. became Pub. Ch. 816
• HJR 1209 Adopted 114
  Memorials, Recognition - PENCIL -
  Apr 14, 2026: Signed by Governor.
• HJR 1208 Adopted 114
  Memorials, Recognition - Dr. Christiane Buggs -
  Apr 14, 2026: Signed by Governor.
• HJR 908 Adopted 114
  Memorials, Recognition - HPV Awareness Day, March 4, 2026 -
  Mar 26, 2026: Signed by Governor.
• HB 2035 In committee 114
  Judicial Districts - As introduced, creates an additional criminal court in the thirtieth judicial district to be designated as part IX; requires the governor to appoint a criminal court judge to serve until the person's successor is elected at the August 2028 general election. - Amends TCA Title 16, Chapter 2.
  Mar 25, 2026: Taken off notice for cal. in Judiciary Committee
• HB 2346 In committee 114
  Criminal Offenses - As introduced, enacts the "Fair Background Check and Due Process Act." - Amends TCA Title 37; Title 38; Title 39; Title 40; Title 47; Title 50; Title 62; Title 66 and Title 71.
  Mar 18, 2026: Taken off notice for cal in s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee of Judiciary Committee
• HB 2347 In committee 114
  Health, Dept. of - As introduced, requires the commissioner to use existing resources to conduct a study of the use of designated caregivers for admitted patients in hospitals in neighboring states in order to determine the prevalence of and identify the best practices for the use of designated caregivers; requires the commissioner to compile study findings and any legislative recommendations into a report to the general assembly no later than December 31, 2026. - Amends TCA Title 68.
  Mar 11, 2026: Taken off notice for cal in s/c Health Subcommittee of Health Committee
• HB 2457 In committee 114
  TennCare - As introduced, requires a managed care organization or pharmacy benefits manager that is contracted with the bureau to reimburse a claim for a long-acting injectable drug intended for treatment and prevention of human immunodeficiency virus and administered in a pharmacy, physician's office, clinic, ambulatory surgical treatment center, or hospital. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 56 and Title 71.
  Mar 3, 2026: Taken off notice for cal in s/c Tenncare Subcommittee of Insurance Committee
• HB 1275 Introduced 114
  Local Education Agencies - As introduced, requires the department of education, by July 31 each year, to list on its website each LEA designated as a high performing school district for the upcoming school year and how long the LEA will be designated a high performing school district before having to meet the criteria for re-designation. - Amends TCA Title 49.
  Feb 25, 2026: Sponsor change.
• HB 2344 In committee 114
  Public Contracts - As introduced, enacts the "Tennessee Businesses First Act," which requires local governmental entities to provide a 30-day local bidding period for certain contracts, during which only local businesses may submit bids; creates a bidding preference for local businesses. - Amends TCA Title 9 and Title 12.
  Feb 18, 2026: Taken off notice for cal in s/c Cities & Counties Subcommittee of State & Local Government Committee
• HB 2345 In committee 114
  Insurance, Motor Vehicles - As introduced, enacts the "Community Faith Transportation and Service Protection Act," which establishes secondary vehicle liability insurance provided by the state to a faith-based organization for vehicles used by the faith-based organization for community service use. - Amends TCA Title 9, Chapter 8; Title 55 and Title 56.
  Feb 5, 2026: P2C, ref. to Insurance Committee - Government Operations for Review
• HB 2342 Introduced 114
  Criminal Offenses - As introduced, allows the warden or chief administrative officer's report to the district attorney general of certain offenses that occur within a penal institution to be submitted electronically. - Amends TCA Title 38; Title 39; Title 40; Title 55; Title 64 and Title 65.
  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.
• HB 2033 Introduced 114
  Sentencing - As introduced, requires a sentencing court to order every convicted person to perform a certain number of community service hours in addition to any other punishment imposed for the criminal violation. - Amends TCA Title 40.
  Feb 2, 2026: Intro., P1C.
• HB 1386 In committee 114
  Education, Higher - As introduced, requires institutions of higher education to conduct various programs for intercollegiate athletes covering name, image, and likeness; authorizes institutions of higher education to collect talent fees; makes various other changes to intercollegiate athletes' name, image, and likeness authorizations and requirements. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 29; Title 49, Chapter 7; Title 49, Chapter 8 and Title 49, Chapter 9.
  Jan 21, 2026: Taken off notice for cal in s/c Higher Education Subcommittee of Education Committee
• HB 1448 In committee 114
  Public Officials - As introduced, authorizes recall elections for elected members of a local legislative body, city and county mayors, sheriffs, trustees, registers, clerks, assessors of property, and members of a school board. - Amends TCA Title 2; Title 8, Chapter 47 and Title 49, Chapter 2.
  Jan 14, 2026: P2C, ref. to State & Local Government Committee
• HB 1383 Became law 114
  Local Education Agencies - As enacted, authorizes a local legislative body for a county that has adopted a charter form of government to require elections for the county board of education to be held at the same time and on the same election cycle as elections for members of the local legislative body for the county, members of the county board of education to have successive terms of office if members of the local legislative body for the county have successive terms of office and members of the county board of education to have the same term limits as members of the local legislative body for the county. - Amends TCA Title 2; Title 5; Title 7; Title 8 and Title 49.
  May 27, 2025: Pub. Ch. 527
• HB 1378 In committee 114
  Driver Licenses - As enacted, requires written examinations administered to applicants for a driver license or intermediate driver license to include questions concerning hand signals used by operators of bicycles to communicate turning, slowing, and stopping. - Amends TCA Title 55, Chapter 50.
  May 15, 2025: Comp. became Pub. Ch. 469
• HB 1377 In committee 114
  Education - As enacted, requires each local board of education and public charter school governing body to develop and implement a policy to provide, with each K-8 student's report card, the student's score on the universal reading screener if administered to the student in the current school year, and the results of the dyslexia screener most recently administered to the student, if applicable. - Amends TCA Title 49.
  May 13, 2025: Comp. became Pub. Ch. 330
• HB 1385 In committee 114
  Education - As enacted, requires a school support organization and a group or organization that collects and raises money, materials, property, or securities while representing itself to be a school support organization to annually provide a detailed report of the organization's receipts and expenditures while representing itself to be a school support organization to the department of education by July 1 each year, unless the school support organization is a booster club, parent teacher association, parent teacher organization, or parent teacher support association; requires the department to publish the reports on the department's website for at least three years from the date on which the report was submitted. - Amends TCA Title 49.
  Apr 29, 2025: Comp. became Pub. Ch. 277
• HJR 591 Adopted 114
  Memorials, Sports - University of Memphis Tigers -
  Apr 24, 2025: Signed by Governor.
• HJR 592 Adopted 114
  Memorials, Sports - University of Memphis Athletics -
  Apr 24, 2025: Signed by Governor.
• HJR 298 Adopted 114
  Memorials, Recognition - AARP Tennessee Day -
  Apr 1, 2025: Signed by Governor.
• HB 1379 In committee 114
  Consumer Protection - As introduced, prohibits sending by mail a fake check or an image of a fake check, for the purpose of advertising. - Amends TCA Title 45 and Title 47.
  Mar 26, 2025: Def. to Special Calendar to be Published with Final Calendar in Banking & Consumer Affairs Subcommittee
• HB 1381 In committee 114
  Housing - As introduced, authorizes municipalities to create, implement, and enforce a rental property registry for all residential rental dwelling units within the municipality's jurisdiction; requires owners of residential rental dwelling units to register; requires a municipality that adopts a registry to send an annual report containing certain information to the department of economic and community development. - Amends TCA Title 13, Chapter 21.
  Mar 19, 2025: Taken off notice for cal in s/c Cities & Counties Subcommittee of State & Local Government Committee
• HB 1384 In committee 114
  Employees, Employers - As introduced, enacts the "Pay Stub Protection Act," which requires an employer to provide a statement to an employee on the employer's payday that contains certain information about the employee and the employee's wages and hours worked during the applicable pay period. - Amends TCA Title 3; Title 4; Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 8 and Title 50.
  Mar 19, 2025: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Government Operations Committee
• HB 1388 In committee 114
  Museums - As introduced, requires the state to enter into good faith negotiations for the purchase of the Cotton Museum in Memphis, subject to approval by the state building commission. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 8; Title 9; Title 10; Title 11 and Title 12.
  Feb 26, 2025: Failed in Public Service Subcommittee
• HB 1382 In committee 114
  Insurance Companies, Agents, Brokers, Policies - As introduced, imposes requirements for health insurance issuers using artificial intelligence, algorithms, or other software for utilization review or utilization management functions. - Amends TCA Title 8, Chapter 27; Title 56 and Title 71.
  Feb 12, 2025: P2C, ref. to Insurance Committee - Government Operations for Review
• HB 1387 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 12, 2025: P2C, ref. to Insurance Committee