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HJR 1554 Adopted 114
Memorials, Academic Achievement - Seth Sparks, Salutatorian, Austin-East High School -

May 7, 2026: Signed by Governor.
HJR 1553 Adopted 114
Memorials, Academic Achievement - Harshita Nagar, Valedictorian, L&N STEM Academy -

May 7, 2026: Signed by Governor.
HJR 1556 Adopted 114
Memorials, Academic Achievement - Jelena Armsworth, Salutatorian, L&N STEM Academy -

May 7, 2026: Signed by Governor.
HJR 1555 Adopted 114
Memorials, Academic Achievement - Lily Seaton, Valedictorian, Austin-East High School -

May 7, 2026: Signed by Governor.
HB 2438 In committee 114
Holidays and Days of Special Observance - As enacted, designates November 9 of each year as "Gold Star Father's Day," to honor and recognize fathers who have lost children in service to the United States as members of the United States armed forces. - Amends TCA Title 15, Chapter 2.

May 4, 2026: Comp. became Pub. Ch. 859
HB 2432 In committee 114
Statutes of Limitations and Repose - As enacted, requires prosecution for vehicular homicide committed on or after July 1, 2026, to commence within 10 years from the date the offense occurs. - Amends TCA Title 28; Title 39 and Title 40.

Apr 29, 2026: Comp. became Pub. Ch. 793
HB 2437 In committee 114
Taxes, Sales - As introduced, exempts the retail sale of generic food products from the food retail sales tax. - Amends TCA Title 67, Chapter 6.

Apr 15, 2026: Taken off notice for cal in s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee of Finance, Ways, and Means Committee
HJR 1235 Adopted 114
Memorials, Retirement - Beverly Renée Holland -

Apr 14, 2026: Signed by Governor.
HJR 1220 Adopted 114
Memorials, Death - Juanita Usher Cannon -

Apr 14, 2026: Signed by Governor.
HB 2436 In committee 114
Law Enforcement - As introduced, requires a law enforcement agency that uses body cameras to adopt a written policy for the use of the cameras by its law enforcement officers; establishes certain requirements for the policies. - Amends TCA Title 38, Chapter 1.

Apr 8, 2026: Taken off notice for cal. in State & Local Government Committee
HB 778 In committee 114
Teachers, Principals and School Personnel - As introduced, requires the office of research and education accountability (OREA), in the office of the comptroller of the treasury, to study and make recommendations for the implementation of an incentive program for educators who have 15 or more years' experience in education; requires OREA to report its findings and recommendations for implementation of the incentive program by December 31, 2025. - Amends TCA Title 8 and Title 49.

Mar 25, 2026: Taken off notice for cal. in Education Committee
HB 2439 In committee 114
Safety, Dept. of - As introduced, enacts the “Oral-Fluid DUI Testing and Evidence-Based Enforcement Safeguards Act." - Amends TCA Title 55, Chapter 10, Part 4.

Mar 25, 2026: Taken off notice for cal in s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee of Judiciary Committee
HB 1053 In committee 114
Criminal Procedure - As introduced, allows certain persons deprived of the right of suffrage to apply for a voter registration card and have the right of suffrage provisionally restored if the person enters into a payment plan to become current on all child support obligations. - Amends TCA Title 40, Chapter 29.

Mar 25, 2026: Taken off notice for cal in s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee of Judiciary Committee
HB 2435 In committee 114
Libraries - As introduced, clarifies that the Age-Appropriate Materials Act of 2022 does not apply to any materials in the Tennessee Electronic Library. - Amends TCA Title 10, Chapter 1, Part 3 and Title 49, Chapter 6.

Mar 24, 2026: Taken off notice for cal in s/c K-12 Subcommittee of Education Committee
HJR 1032 Adopted 114
Memorials, Death - Wesley Hazen Rucker -

Mar 18, 2026: Signed by Governor.
HB 2434 In committee 114
Education - As introduced, prohibits local boards of education and public charter school governing bodies from allowing, through their policies, a material in a library collection to be removed while it is being evaluated by the local board, governing body, or the state textbook and instructional materials quality commission, if applicable, until a determination is made as to whether the material is appropriate for the age and maturity level of the students who may access it, and whether the material is suitable for, and consistent with, the educational mission of the school. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 6.

Mar 17, 2026: Failed in s/c K-12 Subcommittee of Education Committee
HJR 926 Adopted 114
Memorials, Recognition - Lonsdale Elementary School -

Mar 11, 2026: Signed by Governor.
HJR 925 Adopted 114
Memorials, Recognition - Austin-East High School, TVAAS Level 5 -

Mar 11, 2026: Signed by Governor.
HJR 931 Adopted 114
Memorials, Personal Occasion - Lois Goins LeFlore, 100th birthday -

Mar 11, 2026: Signed by Governor.
HJR 978 Adopted 114
Memorials, Death - Diane Jordan -

Mar 11, 2026: Signed by Governor.
HJR 848 Adopted 114
Memorials, Death - Randy Tyree -

Feb 18, 2026: Signed by Governor.
HB 1052 In committee 114
Comptroller, State - As introduced, requires the office of research and education accountability in the office of the comptroller of the treasury to annually report information about the students participating in the education freedom scholarship program to the general assembly by October 30. - Amends Chapter __ of the Public Acts of 2025 (1st Ex. Sess. – SB 6001 / HB 6004); and TCA Title 49, Chapter 10, Part 14 and Title 49, Chapter 6.

Feb 10, 2026: Failed in s/c K-12 Subcommittee of Education Committee
HB 2441 In committee 114
Gaming - As introduced, allocates 2 percent of revenue from sports gaming in this state to programs that serve rural and urban at-risk youth. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 49 and Title 67.

Feb 5, 2026: P2C, ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee
HB 2433 In committee 114
Taxes, Sales - As introduced, exempts books from sales tax on the annual sales tax holiday. - Amends TCA Title 67, Chapter 6.

Feb 5, 2026: P2C, ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee
HB 2440 In committee 114
Criminal Offenses - As introduced, requires TACIR to study and prepare a report on marijuana arrests made in this state from 2015 to 2025, including data on race, age, gender, and the location of arrest. - Amends TCA Title 4.

Feb 5, 2026: P2C, ref. to Judiciary Committee
HJR 638 Adopted 114
Memorials, Academic Achievement - Jacob Anderson, Salutatorian, L&N STEM Academy -

Apr 29, 2025: Signed by Governor.
HJR 636 Adopted 114
Memorials, Academic Achievement - Al'isha Roach, Salutatorian, Austin-East Magnet High School -

Apr 29, 2025: Signed by Governor.
HJR 625 Adopted 114
Memorials, Interns - Alex Nelson -

Apr 29, 2025: Signed by Governor.
HJR 635 Adopted 114
Memorials, Academic Achievement - Javen Blanks, Valedictorian, Austin-East Magnet High School -

Apr 29, 2025: Signed by Governor.
HJR 637 Adopted 114
Memorials, Academic Achievement - Yuqi Wang, Valedictorian, L&N STEM Academy -

Apr 29, 2025: Signed by Governor.
HJR 510 Adopted 114
Memorials, Recognition - Trinity Tabernacle Church of God in Christ, 59th anniversary -

Apr 15, 2025: Signed by Governor.
HJR 494 Adopted 114
Memorials, Death - Mary Elizabeth Goins -

Apr 9, 2025: Signed by Governor.
HJR 361 Adopted 114
Memorials, Personal Occasion - Mary Elizabeth Goins, 104th birthday -

Apr 1, 2025: Signed by Governor.
HB 1051 In committee 114
Education - As introduced, enacts the "Freedom to Read Act"; repeals the "Age-Appropriate Materials Act of 2022." - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 1 and Title 49, Chapter 6.

Mar 26, 2025: Failed in s/c K-12 Subcommittee of Education Committee
HB 742 In committee 114
Purchasing and Procurement - As introduced, requires local governments to obtain, when possible, three written quotations for purchases costing less than the threshold established pursuant to law but more than 40 percent of such threshold, or some lower amount as may be established by the governing body of the local government. - Amends TCA Section 5-14-204; Section 5-14-205 and Section 6-56-305.

Mar 19, 2025: Taken off notice for cal in s/c Cities & Counties Subcommittee of State & Local Government Committee
HB 741 In committee 114
Law Enforcement - As introduced, requires a law enforcement agency that uses body cameras to adopt a written policy for the use of the cameras by its law enforcement officers; establishes certain requirements for the policies. - Amends TCA Title 38, Chapter 1.

Mar 12, 2025: Failed in s/c Public Service Subcommittee of State & Local Government Committee
HJR 184 Adopted 114
Memorials, Recognition - Knoxville Alumnae Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Inc., Founder's Day -

Feb 27, 2025: Signed by Governor.
HJR 97 Adopted 114
Memorials, Death - Yolande Cornelia "Nikki" Giovanni, Jr. -

Feb 21, 2025: Signed by Governor.
HJR 96 Adopted 114
Memorials, Retirement - Bob Kesling -

Feb 21, 2025: Signed by Governor.
HB 1234 In committee 114
Local Education Agencies - As introduced, excludes materials obtained by an individual teacher that are made available in the teacher's classroom to students assigned to the teacher's class from having to be identified in a list of library collection materials posted on the school's website; requires each local board of education and public charter school governing body to adopt a policy for developing and reviewing classroom libraries. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 6.

Feb 12, 2025: P2C, ref. to Education Committee
HB 1260 In committee 114
Drugs, Prescription - As introduced, requires the department of finance and administration, in collaboration with the department of health and the bureau of TennCare, to apply for federal approval to import prescription drugs from Canada. - Amends TCA Title 8; Title 33; Title 53; Title 56; Title 63; Title 68 and Title 71.

Feb 12, 2025: P2C, ref. to Health Committee- Government Operations for Review
HB 1054 In committee 114
Local Government, General - As introduced, authorizes a local government having a population of 100,000 or more and having centralized purchasing with a full-time purchasing agent to use any project delivery method that the local government determines most effectively meets the needs of the local government for the construction of local projects or additions to existing buildings. - Amends TCA Title 12, Chapter 3, Part 12.

Feb 11, 2025: Assigned to s/c Cities & Counties Subcommittee
HB 1055 Introduced 114
Traffic Safety - As introduced, raises, from 70 mph to 75 mph, the maximum statutory speed limit on a highway of the interstate and defense highway system or a four-lane controlled-access highway which are federal or state highways; raises, from 55 mph to 60 mph, the minimum statutory speed limit in the left lane of such highways; makes other related revisions. - Amends TCA Title 55, Chapter 8.

Feb 6, 2025: Intro., P1C.