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• SB 2461 Became law 114
  Hospitals and Health Care Facilities - As enacted, requires each fertility clinic operating in this state to obtain a certificate from the department of health to perform assisted reproductive technology services. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 29; Title 36; Title 63 and Title 68.
  May 27, 2026: Pub. Ch. 1139
• SB 2453 In committee 114
  Taxes, Sales - As enacted, extends the deadline by which a county that borders at least three distressed rural counties must apply to be eligible to retain the sales and use tax generated from a commercial development district from December 31, 2026, to December 31, 2040; extends the deadline for the commissioner of finance and administration to approve a commercial development district from June 30, 2031, to June 30, 2041. - Amends TCA Title 67, Chapter 6.
  May 27, 2026: Comp. became Pub. Ch. 1038
• SB 1814 Became law 114
  Criminal Offenses - As enacted, creates a Class A misdemeanor offense of intentionally moving, altering, destroying, or removing a monument the person knows, or reasonably should know, is a property corner monument, historic land surveying monument, or geodetic control monument. - Amends TCA Title 39; Title 62, Chapter 18 and Title 66.
  May 27, 2026: Pub. Ch. 1097
• SB 2732 In committee 114
  Monterey - Subject to local approval, deletes obsolete provisions authorizing the mayor to serve as the ex officio recorder for the town of Monterey; establishes the position of Town Administrator and prescribes the Administrator's powers, duties, and functions. - Amends Chapter 492 of the Acts of 1901; as amended.
  May 27, 2026: Comp. became Pr. Ch. 72
• SB 1900 Became law 114
  Criminal Offenses - As enacted, increases the penalty for assaulting a first responder from a Class A misdemeanor with a mandatory fine of $5,000 and a mandatory minimum of 30 days incarceration to a Class E felony with a mandatory fine of $10,000 and a mandatory minimum of 60 days incarceration. - Amends TCA Title 39 and Title 40.
  May 27, 2026: Pub. Ch. 1104
• SB 2468 Became law 114
  Criminal Offenses - As enacted, makes revisions to law relative to offenses occurring at a house of worship. - Amends TCA Title 29 and Title 39.
  May 27, 2026: Pub. Ch. 1140
• SB 2473 Became law 114
  Regional Authorities and Special Districts - As enacted, vacates the present board of commissioners of each existing authority for metropolitan and regional airports and reconstitutes a new governing body; makes related changes. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 7 and Title 42.
  May 27, 2026: Pub. Ch. 978
• SB 2469 Became law 114
  Firearms and Ammunition - As enacted, revises the exemption for judges to the offense of carrying weapons during judicial proceedings. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 17, Part 13.
  May 27, 2026: Pub. Ch. 1141
• SB 1815 Became law 114
  Criminal Offenses - As enacted, enacts the "Grace Anne Sparks Coercive Suicide Prevention Law of 2026." - Amends TCA Title 39.
  May 27, 2026: Pub. Ch. 1098
• SB 1610 Became law 114
  Local Government, General - As enacted, authorizes Putnam County and incorporated cities within the county to regulate sober living homes for recovery from alcohol, drug, and substance abuse to the extent such regulation complies with the Fair Housing Act and the Americans with Disabilities Act. - Amends TCA Title 7, Chapter 51, Part 26.
  May 27, 2026: Pub. Ch. 1073
• SB 2458 In committee 114
  Motor Vehicles - As enacted, requires a delivery network company or delivery network company driver to comply with certain automobile liability insurance requirements. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 7; Title 55; Title 56 and Title 65.
  May 26, 2026: Comp. became Pub. Ch. 1011
• SB 1612 Became law 114
  State Employees - As enacted, removes the requirement for waivers to be used only one course at a time for academic courses that full-time state employees are eligible to take without paying tuition charges, maintenance fees, student activity fees, registration fees, or online course fees; authorizes the waiver to be used for more than one course at a time. - Amends TCA Title 4 and Title 8.
  May 22, 2026: Signed by Governor.
• SB 2471 Became law 114
  Criminal Offenses - As enacted, includes in the offense of criminal trespass intrusion on property, or any portion of property, without the consent of the owner, by driving, parking, or otherwise operating a motorized vehicle or bicycle. - Amends TCA Title 11; Title 29; Title 39; Title 40; Title 44; Title 45; Title 46; Title 59; Title 66; Title 68 and Title 70.
  May 18, 2026: Pub. Ch. 907
• SB 608 Became law 114
  Motor Vehicles - As enacted, prohibits the motor vehicle commission from denying an application for a license, or revoking or suspending the license, of a manufacturer, distributor, distributor branch or factory branch or officer, agent or other representative because such person has failed to deliver motor vehicles within 60 days of a dealer's order due to an act of God, a work stoppage or delay due to a strike or other labor action, a lack of available manufacturing capacity, a freight embargo, or other cause or material issue over which the person has no control; makes related changes. - Amends TCA Title 55.
  May 18, 2026: Pub. Ch. 885
• SB 1901 In committee 114
  Professions and Occupations - As enacted, specifies in various provisions that for a person to be eligible for a particular license, certificate, permit, or authorization, the person must be a citizen of the United States or a qualified alien. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 7; Title 20; Title 23; Title 33; Title 37; Title 39; Title 42; Title 43; Title 44; Title 45; Title 46; Title 47; Title 49; Title 52; Title 53; Title 55; Title 56; Title 57; Title 59; Title 60; Title 62; Title 63; Title 67; Title 68; Title 69; Title 70; Title 71 and Chapter 463 of the Public Acts of 2025.
  May 18, 2026: Comp. became Pub. Ch. 955
• SB 343 Became law 114
  Death - As enacted, authorizes, as of January 1, 2027, a licensed paramedic to make an actual determination and pronouncement of death; makes related changes. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 29; Title 33; Title 56; Title 63; Title 68 and Title 71.
  May 18, 2026: Pub. Ch. 965
• SB 2454 Became law 114
  Appropriations - As enacted, authorizes direct and continuing appropriations by certain airport authorities for the issuance of debt that is not a liability of the state and the payment of debt service thereon. - Amends TCA Title 9.
  May 18, 2026: Pub. Ch. 906
• SB 995 In committee 114
  Contracts - As enacted, requires a court to apply rebuttable presumptions when determining the reasonableness in time of a restrictive covenant sought to be enforced after the termination of an employment or business relationship; makes related changes. - Amends TCA Title 50; Title 63 and Title 68.
  May 15, 2026: Comp. became Pub. Ch. 934
• SB 1611 In committee 114
  Aircraft and Airports - As enacted, specifies that a joint board established by two municipalities and two counties pursuant to an interlocal agreement for the purpose of operating an airport is vested with all the powers, rights, duties, and privileges of a regional airport authority. - Amends TCA Title 42, Chapter 5.
  May 15, 2026: Comp. became Pub. Ch. 911
• SB 354 In committee 114
  State Government - As enacted, authorizes the commissioner of environment and conservation, notwithstanding agreements authorized by the commissioner of general services and with approval of the state building commission, to enter into agreements contemplated for the private development, redevelopment, construction, and operation of facilities on lands with Cumberland Mountain State Park, and the department of environment and conservation may supervise the construction. - Amends TCA Title 3; Title 4; Title 8; Title 9; Title 10; Title 12; Title 13; Title 14; Title 15; Title 41; Title 50 and Title 57.
  May 14, 2026: Comp. became Pub. Ch. 925
• SJR 1204 Adopted 114
  Memorials, Retirement - Ricky Anderson -
  May 11, 2026: Signed by Governor.
• SJR 1238 Adopted 114
  Memorials, Death - Edgar "Ed" Royce McCoin -
  May 11, 2026: Signed by Governor.
• SJR 1264 Adopted 114
  Memorials, Academic Achievement - Macie Frazier, Valedictorian, Van Buren County High School -
  May 11, 2026: Signed by Governor.
• SJR 1266 Adopted 114
  Memorials, Academic Achievement - Leslie Pickering, Salutatorian, White County High School -
  May 11, 2026: Signed by Governor.
• SJR 1269 Adopted 114
  Memorials, Academic Achievement - McKenzie Greene, Salutatorian, Van Buren County High School -
  May 11, 2026: Signed by Governor.
• SJR 1270 Adopted 114
  Memorials, Academic Achievement - Jacob Grissom, Salutatorian, Van Buren County High School -
  May 11, 2026: Signed by Governor.
• SJR 1240 Adopted 114
  Memorials, Interns - Aaron Sullivan -
  May 11, 2026: Signed by Governor.
• SJR 1239 Adopted 114
  Memorials, Recognition - Natalie Saxon-Adams -
  May 11, 2026: Signed by Governor.
• SJR 1268 Adopted 114
  Memorials, Academic Achievement - Nicolo Azzani, Salutatorian, Cumberland County High School -
  May 11, 2026: Signed by Governor.
• SJR 1277 Adopted 114
  Memorials, Academic Achievement - Samuel Ryan Ferrell, Salutatorian, Stone Memorial High School -
  May 11, 2026: Signed by Governor.
• SJR 1265 Adopted 114
  Memorials, Academic Achievement - Addy Cocke, Valedictorian, White County High School -
  May 11, 2026: Signed by Governor.
• SJR 1267 Adopted 114
  Memorials, Academic Achievement - Liya Rakeshbhai Patel, Valedictorian, Cumberland County High School -
  May 11, 2026: Signed by Governor.
• SJR 1171 Adopted 114
  Memorials, Death - J.T. Bennett, Jr. -
  May 11, 2026: Signed by Governor.
• SJR 1278 Adopted 114
  Memorials, Academic Achievement - Emma Sue Gray, Valedictorian, Stone Memorial High School -
  May 11, 2026: Signed by Governor.
• SJR 1168 Adopted 114
  Memorials, Retirement - Mary Denise McNeal -
  May 11, 2026: Signed by Governor.
• SB 1904 Became law 114
  Professions and Occupations - As enacted, decreases from 18 to 16, the minimum age an individual must be to apply for a license to be a bid caller auctioneer. - Amends TCA Title 62, Chapter 19.
  May 5, 2026: Pub. Ch. 840
• SB 2459 Became law 114
  Children's Services, Dept. of - As enacted, generally prohibits the department from requesting information regarding the number or type of firearms or ammunition or identifying information about such firearms or ammunition that a foster parent or prospective foster parent owns or possesses, or requesting a foster parent or prospective foster parent to display or provide access to a firearm or ammunition owned or possessed by the parent. - Amends TCA Title 37.
  May 4, 2026: Pub. Ch. 869
• SB 2466 Became law 114
  Criminal Offenses - As enacted, makes various changes to the law relative to fraudulent freight theft. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 16; Title 17; Title 18; Title 20; Title 22; Title 24; Title 25; Title 26; Title 27; Title 28; Title 37; Title 38; Title 39; Title 40; Title 43; Title 54 and Title 55.
  May 4, 2026: Pub. Ch. 871
• SB 2463 Became law 114
  Child Custody and Support - As enacted, specifies that a parent's obligation for the support of a child does not continue after the child reaches 19 unless the child is handicapped or disabled. - Amends TCA Title 34, Chapter 1; Title 36, Chapter 5 and Title 37, Chapter 1.
  May 4, 2026: Pub. Ch. 870
• SJR 1106 Adopted 114
  Memorials, Death - Bobby Harold Lane -
  May 1, 2026: Signed by Governor.
• SJR 1105 Adopted 114
  Memorials, Death - John Richard Fox -
  May 1, 2026: Signed by Governor.
• SJR 1104 Adopted 114
  Memorials, Recognition - Dr. Chelsea T. Dowell -
  May 1, 2026: Signed by Governor.
• SB 2465 In committee 114
  Criminal Offenses - As introduced, prohibits a juvenile adjudicated delinquent for conduct that, if committed by an adult, would constitute the offense of threatening to commit an act of mass violence from purchasing or possessing a firearm until the juvenile reaches 25; prohibits a person appropriately licensed by the federal government from selling a firearm to a person who is ineligible to possess a firearm pursuant to any court order or under any law of this state; increases penalties for sexual exploitation of a minor offenses. - Amends TCA Title 37 and Title 39.
  Apr 23, 2026: Lay on Desk
• SB 2462 In committee 114
  District Attorneys - As introduced, revises the data that district attorneys general are required to include in the annual report submitted to various officials and the public; requires the clerk of every court having jurisdiction over misdemeanor and felony cases to provide the district attorneys general conference direct and unlimited access to the clerk's case management or reporting system for the purposes of complying with the district attorneys general conference's and district attorneys general's statutory reporting requirements. - Amends TCA Title 4 and Title 8.
  Apr 23, 2026: Companion House Bill substituted
• SJR 1042 Adopted 114
  Memorials, Sports - Upper Cumberland 18U RAMS homeschool basketball team, NCHBC Division 5 National Champions -
  Apr 22, 2026: Signed by Governor.
• SJR 1041 Adopted 114
  Memorials, Sports - White County High School Lady Warriors basketball team, TSSAA Division I, Class 3A state runner-up -
  Apr 22, 2026: Signed by Governor.
• SB 2470 In committee 114
  Boards and Commissions - As introduced, transfers oversight of the board of boiler rules and the elevator and amusement device safety board from the department of labor and workforce development to the department of commerce and insurance. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 62 and Title 68.
  Apr 20, 2026: Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 4/21/2026
• SB 2464 In committee 114
  District Attorneys - As introduced, changes from 10 days to 10 business days the amount of notice the president of the district attorneys general conference must give members before calling a meeting at will. - Amends TCA Title 8, Chapter 7 and Title 9, Chapter 4.
  Apr 20, 2026: Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 4/21/2026
• SB 1805 In committee 114
  TennCare - As introduced, increases from 67.5 percent to 110 percent the rate of reimbursement of the federal medicare program's allowable charges for participating providers the bureau shall reimburse an ambulance service provider; deletes the Ground Ambulance Service Provider Assessment Act. - Amends TCA Title 68 and Title 71.
  Apr 20, 2026: Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 4/21/2026
• SB 1812 In committee 114
  Public Funds and Financing - As introduced, enacts "The Mint Act," which establishes a precious metals enterprise fund to be administered by the state treasurer for the purpose of acquiring, converting, storing, and selling bullion and specie. - Amends TCA Title 9, Chapter 4.
  Apr 20, 2026: Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 4/21/2026