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• HJR 1646 Adopted 114
  Memorials, Recognition - South Side Class of 1976, 50th reunion -
  May 11, 2026: Signed by Governor.
• HJR 1551 Adopted 114
  Memorials, Interns - Suzy Bengin -
  May 7, 2026: Signed by Governor.
• HJR 1550 Adopted 114
  Memorials, Interns - Tania Humphrey -
  May 7, 2026: Signed by Governor.
• HJR 1552 Adopted 114
  Memorials, Recognition - Memphis Massacre of 1866, 160th anniversary -
  May 7, 2026: Signed by Governor.
• HB 2598 In committee 114
  Nurses, Nursing - As enacted, requires the commissioner of health to use existing resources to conduct a study of neighboring states to examine the varying levels of practice independence that may or may not be granted to certified nurse midwives in such states; requires the commissioner to compile the findings of the study and any recommendations in a report and transmit the report to the general assembly no later than December 31, 2026. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 29; Title 56, Chapter 32, Part 1; Title 56, Chapter 7, Part 24; Title 63; Title 68 and Title 71, Chapter 5.
  May 4, 2026: Comp. became Pub. Ch. 728
• HJR 1439 Adopted 114
  Memorials, Recognition - Representative Harold M. Love, Jr., induction into the Board of Preachers at the 41st Annual Martin Luther King, Jr. College of Ministers and Laity at Morehouse College -
  May 1, 2026: Signed by Governor.
• HJR 1440 Adopted 114
  Memorials, Recognition - Top Ladies of Distinction, Inc., National President Lady Eddie Lee Marsh -
  May 1, 2026: Signed by Governor.
• HB 1219 In committee 114
  Health, Dept. of - As introduced, requires the department to establish and administer a pilot program for the placement of hygiene vending machines that dispense feminine hygiene products to students at no cost to the student in women's restrooms or locker rooms in each eligible school selected to participate in the program. - Amends TCA Title 49 and Title 68.
  Apr 20, 2026: Taken off notice for cal in s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee of Finance, Ways, and Means Committee
• HB 686 In committee 114
  Historical Sites and Preservation - As introduced, enacts the "African American Cultural and Historical Grant Act." - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 9 and Title 13.
  Apr 15, 2026: Taken off notice for cal in s/c Finance, Ways and Means Subcommittee of Finance, Ways and Means Committee
• HB 1108 In committee 114
  Licenses - As introduced, enacts the "Ola Mae Ransom Reintegration Act," which exempts veterans of the United States military, including the national guard and reserves, from payment of the $15 fee for a business license. - Amends TCA Title 5; Title 6; Title 7 and Title 67.
  Apr 15, 2026: Taken off notice for cal in s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee of Finance, Ways, and Means Committee
• HB 687 In committee 114
  Election Laws - As enacted, revises present law that prohibits a person convicted of an infamous crime after May 18, 1981, from being eligible to have the right to vote restored unless the person meets certain requirements, including having been compliant with all child support orders for the previous 12 months, including orders related to child support arrearages. - Amends TCA Title 2 and Title 40.
  Apr 6, 2026: Comp. became Pub. Ch. 605
• HJR 1058 Adopted 114
  Memorials, Recognition - AARP Tennessee Day, March 18, 2026 -
  Mar 31, 2026: Signed by Governor.
• HJR 1068 Adopted 114
  Memorials, Death - Colby Jacob Palmer -
  Mar 26, 2026: Signed by Governor.
• HB 940 Became law 114
  Boats, Boating - As enacted, generally increases from 12 to 14, the age that a person must be to lawfully operate a personal watercraft upon the waters of Tennessee without being under the direct supervision of an adult, except that persons 12 and 13 may continue to operate a personal watercraft upon the waters of Tennessee without being under the direct supervision of an adult on Monday through Friday, excepting legal holidays. - Amends TCA Title 69, Chapter 9.
  Mar 16, 2026: Pub. Ch. 584
• HB 689 In committee 114
  Expunction - As introduced, authorizes court clerks in certain counties to implement an automatic expunction processing program that initiates processing the expunction of public records without petition by the person, certification of eligibility from the TBI, or court order in certain limited circumstances. - Amends TCA Title 40, Chapter 32.
  Mar 11, 2026: Taken off notice for cal in s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee of Judiciary Committee
• HB 1082 In committee 114
  Firearms and Ammunition - As introduced, prohibits the possession, manufacture, transport, repair, or sale of a switch or auto sear device designed, made, or adapted for the purpose of converting a weapon to shoot automatically more than one shot, without manual reloading, by a single function of the trigger unless certain exceptions apply. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 17, Part 13.
  Mar 11, 2026: Taken off notice for cal in s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee of Judiciary Committee
• HB 2049 In committee 114
  Health Care - As introduced, creates the state uterine fibroids commission. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 63 and Title 68.
  Mar 11, 2026: Taken off notice for cal in s/c Health Subcommittee of Health Committee
• HB 1081 In committee 114
  Expunction - As introduced, lowers the period of time that must elapse after completion of the sentence imposed before a petitioner may have an eligible criminal offense expunged, for misdemeanors or Class E felonies, from five years to three years, and for Class D felonies, from 10 years to six years. - Amends TCA Title 39 and Title 40.
  Mar 11, 2026: Failed in s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee of Judiciary Committee
• HR 167 Adopted 114
  Memorials, Recognition - The Links Day on the Hill, March 9-10, 2026 -
  Mar 10, 2026: Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.
• HJR 1029 Adopted 114
  Memorials, Recognition - Deborah Manning Thomas -
  Mar 6, 2026: Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.
• HB 2052 In committee 114
  Consumer Protection - As introduced, requires certain food retail establishments to use a nondigital presentation of price; prohibits a food retail establishment from using personalized algorithmic pricing; makes other changes related to food retail establishments. - Amends TCA Title 47 and Title 53.
  Mar 4, 2026: Taken off notice for cal in s/c Banking and Consumer Affairs Subcommittee of Commerce Committee
• HB 688 In committee 114
  Health, Dept. of - As introduced, authorizes the commissioner to develop and maintain an essential buffer stock of necessary medicines and healthcare supplies to be distributed during a natural or man-made disaster, mass casualty event, or public health emergency. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 53; Title 58; Title 63; Title 68 and Title 71.
  Mar 4, 2026: Taken off notice for cal in s/c Health Subcommittee of Health Committee
• HB 2051 In committee 114
  Consumer Protection - As introduced, enacts "The Tennessee Safe Stores and Staffed Stores Act;" requires drug and food retail establishments using self-service checkout stations to maintain a minimum staffing ratio, limits self-service transactions to no more than 15 items, and prohibits the purchase of age-restricted or security-tagged merchandise at self-service checkout stations. - Amends TCA Title 47, Chapter 18 and Title 50.
  Mar 4, 2026: Taken off notice for cal in s/c Banking and Consumer Affairs Subcommittee of Commerce Committee
• HB 2054 In committee 114
  Energy - As introduced, enacts the "Data Center, Artificial Intelligence, and Clean Transition Tariff Accountability Act." - Amends TCA Title 7 and Title 65.
  Mar 4, 2026: Taken off notice for cal in s/c Business and Utilities Subcommittee of Commerce Committee
• HB 2053 In committee 114
  Women - As introduced, requires the department of health to maintain a database of demographic information of women diagnosed with uterine fibroids; requires the department to publish on its website existing resources and educational materials on uterine fibroids to increase public awareness of uterine fibroids and treatment options. - Amends TCA Title 68.
  Mar 4, 2026: Taken off notice for cal in s/c Health Subcommittee of Health Committee
• HB 2050 In committee 114
  Campaigns and Campaign Finance - As introduced, authorizes the use of unexpended campaign funds by an officeholder to procure home security equipment and monitoring services for the officeholder's personal residence. - Amends TCA Title 2, Chapter 10.
  Mar 3, 2026: Taken off notice for cal in s/c Elections & Campaign Finance Subcommittee of State & Local Government Committee
• HB 698 In committee 114
  Local Education Agencies - As introduced, requires an LEA in which a child care facility operates to submit a comprehensive list of all underutilized or vacant property to the department of human services and the comptroller of the treasury and to make the list available to each child care facility operating in the LEA; grants certain owners of a child care facility that operates in an LEA a first or second right of refusal to lease or purchase underutilized or vacant property listed by the LEA. - Amends TCA Title 49 and Title 71.
  Mar 3, 2026: Taken off notice for cal. in Education Committee
• HB 1276 In committee 114
  Education - As introduced, removes a provision that required the board of regents, the University of Tennessee, and the Tennessee Independent Colleges and Universities Association to provide a report by April 1, 2009, to the Tennessee higher education commission on the reasonable efforts their institutions have taken to attempt to deter infringement of copyrighted works over the school's computer and network resources. - Amends TCA Title 49.
  Mar 3, 2026: Taken off notice for cal in s/c Education Administration Subcommittee of Education Committee
• HB 732 In committee 114
  Education, Dept. of - As introduced, requires the department to develop or approve a policy allowing for the retake of a TCAP test, including each end-of-course assessment, if the administration of one or more of the state-mandated TCAP tests is interrupted due to an act of God or other circumstance beyond the control of the school. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 6.
  Mar 3, 2026: Taken off notice for cal in s/c K-12 Subcommittee of Education Committee
• HJR 877 In committee 114
  General Assembly, Confirmation of Appointment - Dewey Branstetter, Jr., Tennessee Ethics Commission -
  Mar 2, 2026: Sponsor(s) Added.
• HJR 811 Adopted 114
  Memorials, Recognition - Black History Month, 100th anniversary -
  Feb 18, 2026: Signed by Governor.
• HB 2596 Introduced 114
  Election Laws - As introduced, requires a county election commission, upon receipt of a bona fide complaint of a violation of a person's right to vote in an election, to document the details of the complaint and electronically submit the complaint to the state election commission. - Amends TCA Title 2; Title 4; Title 8; Title 29; Title 39 and Title 41.
  Feb 5, 2026: P2C, caption bill, held on desk - pending amdt.
• HB 2597 Introduced 114
  Health Care - As introduced, requires TennCare to create a methodology to make medicaid facility fee reimbursement rates for birthing centers comparable to rates for similar services provided at a hospital; requires the department of health to give priority to allocating federal rural health transformation program grant funds to birthing centers in rural counties and urban counties that serve residents of rural counties. - Amends TCA Title 68 and Title 71.
  Feb 5, 2026: P2C, caption bill, held on desk - pending amdt.
• HJR 690 Adopted 114
  Memorials, Interns - Taylor Adkins -
  May 7, 2025: Signed by Governor.
• HJR 691 Adopted 114
  Memorials, Interns - Derryus Shaw -
  May 7, 2025: Signed by Governor.
• HJR 647 Adopted 114
  Memorials, Death - Kimberley Nicole Maclin -
  May 5, 2025: Signed by Governor.
• HB 537 In committee 114
  Motor Vehicles, Titling and Registration - As enacted, enacts the "Law Enforcement’s Safer Tennessee Electronic Registration (LESTER) Act," which clarifies that law enforcement is required to accept a digital copy of vehicle registration as proof of registration. - Amends TCA Title 38 and Title 55.
  May 2, 2025: Comp. became Pub. Ch. 157
• HJR 669 Adopted 114
  Memorials, Interns - Taylor Adkins -
  May 2, 2025: Signed by Governor.
• HJR 668 Adopted 114
  Memorials, Interns - Derryus Shaw -
  May 2, 2025: Signed by Governor.
• HJR 541 Adopted 114
  Memorials, Personal Occasion - Andrew and Rose Pollard, 60th wedding anniversary -
  Apr 15, 2025: Signed by Governor.
• HJR 374 Adopted 114
  Memorials, Sports - Penny Hardaway, AAC Coach of the Year -
  Apr 15, 2025: Signed by Governor.
• HJR 375 Adopted 114
  Memorials, Sports - PJ Haggerty, AAC Player of the Year -
  Apr 15, 2025: Signed by Governor.
• HJR 285 Adopted 114
  Memorials, Personal Occasion - Barbara Joyce Driver-Rice, 70th birthday -
  Mar 19, 2025: Signed by Governor.
• HJR 225 Adopted 114
  Memorials, Personal Occasion - Andrew Pollard, 80th birthday -
  Mar 13, 2025: Sponsor(s) Added.
• HJR 250 Adopted 114
  Memorials, Recognition - John Jones -
  Mar 12, 2025: Signed by Governor.
• HB 1249 In committee 114
  Holidays and Days of Special Observance - As introduced, designates December 14 of each year as "Hazel Moore Day." - Amends TCA Title 3 and Title 4.
  Mar 3, 2025: Taken off notice for cal. in Naming & Designating Committee
• HB 690 Introduced 114
  Holidays and Days of Special Observance - As introduced, designates December 14 of each year as "Hazel Moore Day." - Amends TCA Title 3 and Title 4.
  Feb 5, 2025: Intro., P1C.