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• SB 2162 In committee 114
  Open Meetings - As enacted, authorizes a governing body to conduct an executive session for the purpose of interviewing applicants for employment as director-level staff of the body without providing public notice of such session. - Amends TCA Title 8.
  May 27, 2026: Comp. became Pub. Ch. 1048
• SB 2283 Became law 114
  Tourism - As enacted, requires revenue that is received by a municipality and that is used to fund a destination marketing entity engaged in tourism promotion on behalf of the municipality be released to the destination marketing entity no later than 120 days after the municipality approves its final budget. - Amends TCA Title 5; Title 6; Title 7 and Title 67.
  May 27, 2026: Pub. Ch. 1125
• SB 1620 Became law 114
  Alcoholic Beverages - As enacted, establishes new premier type tourist resorts, restaurants, community theaters, clubs, retirement centers, premises, and commercial passenger boat companies that can offer liquor by the drink; makes related changes. - Amends TCA Title 57.
  May 27, 2026: Pub. Ch. 1074
• SB 2019 In committee 114
  Alcoholic Beverages - As enacted, revises law relative to alcoholic beverages. - Amends TCA Title 57.
  May 26, 2026: Comp. became Pub. Ch. 999
• SB 1944 Became law 114
  Open Meetings - As enacted, authorizes local governmental bodies to conduct certain community meetings via electronic means of communication. - Amends TCA Title 5; Title 6; Title 7 and Title 8, Chapter 44.
  May 18, 2026: Pub. Ch. 895
• SB 1760 In committee 114
  Real Property - As enacted, authorizes a tax increment agency to enter into a taxpayer agreement relative to a plan area after obtaining a written statement executed by each holder of an existing, previously recorded mortgage or deed of trust on the property securing indebtedness and in which each holder consents to the taxpayer agreement and indicates that the assessment does not constitute an event of default under the existing mortgage or deed of trust. - Amends TCA Title 9, Chapter 23 and Title 67, Chapter 5.
  May 18, 2026: Comp. became Pub. Ch. 915
• SB 1757 In committee 114
  Election Laws - As enacted, authorizes, if a candidate changes treasurers and notifies the registry of election finance of the change, the candidate to continue to use print communication that includes the identification of the former treasurer until the print communication is exhausted. - Amends TCA Title 2.
  May 18, 2026: Comp. became Pub. Ch. 913
• SB 2163 In committee 114
  Alcoholic Beverages - As enacted, changes present law concerning common ownership of entities involved in the alcoholic beverages industry. - Amends TCA Title 57.
  May 18, 2026: Comp. became Pub. Ch. 917
• SJR 1135 Adopted 114
  Memorials, Academic Achievement - Ruhaan Singh, Salutatorian, Farragut High School -
  May 11, 2026: Signed by Governor.
• SJR 1255 Adopted 114
  Memorials, Academic Achievement - Harshita Nagar, Valedictorian, L&N STEM Academy -
  May 11, 2026: Signed by Governor.
• SJR 1177 Adopted 114
  Memorials, Academic Achievement - Barrett Lemons, Valedictorian, Central High School -
  May 11, 2026: Signed by Governor.
• SJR 1178 Adopted 114
  Memorials, Academic Achievement - Isabella Huddleston, Salutatorian, Central High School -
  May 11, 2026: Signed by Governor.
• SJR 1180 Adopted 114
  Memorials, Academic Achievement - Yejoon Ham, Valedictorian, Bearden High School -
  May 11, 2026: Signed by Governor.
• SJR 1136 Adopted 114
  Memorials, Academic Achievement - James Le Nguyen, Salutatorian, Farragut High School -
  May 11, 2026: Signed by Governor.
• SJR 1181 Adopted 114
  Memorials, Academic Achievement - Leo Nishizawa, Salutatorian, Bearden High School -
  May 11, 2026: Signed by Governor.
• SJR 1179 Adopted 114
  Memorials, Academic Achievement - Mery Diaz, Valedictorian, Bearden High School -
  May 11, 2026: Signed by Governor.
• SJR 1254 Adopted 114
  Memorials, Academic Achievement - Jelena Armsworth, Salutatorian, L&N STEM Academy -
  May 11, 2026: Signed by Governor.
• SJR 1176 Adopted 114
  Memorials, Academic Achievement - Charlotte Lopez, Valedictorian, Karns High School -
  May 11, 2026: Signed by Governor.
• SJR 1175 Adopted 114
  Memorials, Academic Achievement - Brady Reed, Salutatorian, Karns High School -
  May 11, 2026: Signed by Governor.
• SJR 1134 Adopted 114
  Memorials, Academic Achievement - Sophia Chen, Valedictorian, Farragut High School -
  May 11, 2026: Signed by Governor.
• SB 1981 Became law 114
  Workers Compensation - As enacted, adds a requirement that an award of attorneys' fees and costs incurred when an employer unreasonably denies a workers' compensation claim or unreasonably fails to timely initiate any of the benefits associated with the claim must be based on a finding by the workers' compensation judge that the employer's conduct was unreasonable; makes related changes. - Amends TCA Title 50, Chapter 6.
  May 5, 2026: Pub. Ch. 845
• SB 550 Became law 114
  Health Care - As enacted, increases the number of members on the medical cannabis commission from nine to 10, and provides that the additional member must be a member who is a specialist in the area of substance abuse prevention and serve as a nonvoting member. - Amends TCA Title 4 and Title 68, Chapter 7.
  May 5, 2026: Pub. Ch. 817
• SB 2273 Became law 114
  Real Property - As enacted, provides that a provision of a document requiring a transferor or transferee to pay a fee, charge, assessment, dues, contribution, deposit, or other amount to purchase, issue, reissue, maintain, or transfer a club membership that is related to the real property or the community in which the property is sited is not a transfer fee covenant. - Amends TCA Title 66.
  May 4, 2026: Pub. Ch. 727
• SB 2285 Became law 114
  Local Education Agencies - As enacted, requires that, in situations where an order of protection is issued to protect a student who is enrolled in a public school from another student in the same school, the school principal and, when reasonably practicable and appropriate, the building-level school safety team with input from the parent or legal guardian of the student who is named as the petitioner in the order of protection, to develop and implement a student safety plan that includes certain protocols; requires such parent or legal guardian to notify the school within 48 hours of any changes to the order of protection. - Amends TCA Title 36 and Title 49.
  May 4, 2026: Pub. Ch. 862
• SB 2279 Became law 114
  Health Care - As enacted, requires the department of health to make available to the public on its website all inspection criteria required for compliance by pain management clinics; makes other changes relative to pain management. - Amends TCA Title 63 and Title 68.
  May 4, 2026: Pub. Ch. 861
• SB 2275 Became law 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: Pub. Ch. 859
• SJR 1076 Adopted 114
  Memorials, Recognition - JoRissah Wright, 2026 Boys & Girls Club of the Tennessee Valley Youth of the Year -
  May 1, 2026: Signed by Governor.
• SR 425 Adopted 114
  Memorials, Interns - John "Jack" Bulmer -
  Apr 30, 2026: Signed by Senate Speaker
• SB 2280 Became law 114
  District Attorneys - As enacted, authorizes the district attorneys general conference to pay the licensing fees for software applications used by the office of the district attorney general within a judicial district, regardless of whether the district attorney general office staff member using the application has a position funded by the state or another entity. - Amends TCA Title 8; Title 9; Title 16 and Title 40.
  Apr 29, 2026: Pub. Ch. 807
• SB 1840 Became law 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: Pub. Ch. 793
• SB 1843 Became law 114
  Drugs, Synthetic or Analogue - As enacted, enacts the "Nitrous Oxide Abuse Prevention and Retail Sale Prohibition Act"; makes related changes. - Amends TCA Title 39; Title 57, Chapter 7; Title 63 and Title 67, Chapter 4, Part 10.
  Apr 29, 2026: Pub. Ch. 702
• SB 1761 Became law 114
  Agriculture - As enacted, makes various changes relative to the regulation of hemp-derived cannabinoid products. - Amends TCA Title 1, Chapter 3; Title 39; Title 43, Chapter 27; Title 53; Title 57, Chapter 7 and Title 67, Chapter 6.
  Apr 28, 2026: Pub. Ch. 698
• SB 1922 In committee 114
  Employees, Employers - As enacted, generally requires, beginning July 1, 2026, all state and local governmental employers to verify the work authorization status of each prospective employee through the federal E-Verify program prior to employment; authorizes the attorney general to enforce compliance with the requirement against local governments and subjects a noncompliant local government to the withholding of all funds of this state allocated to the local government via grant, contract, or statute, including, but not limited to, state-shared taxes. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 8; Title 12 and Title 50.
  Apr 27, 2026: Comp. became Pub. Ch. 772
• SB 1619 Became law 114
  Election Laws - As enacted, makes various changes to election laws, including, but not limited to, requiring certain reimbursements to county election commissions for primary elections to be processed in the same manner as expenses for the presidential preference primary, and eliminating authorization for certain state entities and officers to accept or expend grants, gifts, or funding from private persons, corporations, organizations, or political parties for conducting an election. - Amends TCA Title 2.
  Apr 27, 2026: Pub. Ch. 690
• SB 1691 Became law 114
  Campaigns and Campaign Finance - As enacted, authorizes the executive director of or an attorney employed by the bureau of ethics and campaign finance to conduct a training program for members of the bureau and Tennessee ethics commission. - Amends TCA Title 2, Chapter 10, Part 2 and Title 3, Chapter 6, Part 1.
  Apr 23, 2026: Pub. Ch. 669
• SB 2591 In committee 114
  County Government - As introduced, prohibits an employee of a local government from serving on the legislative body of the local government for which the employee works. - Amends TCA Title 2; Title 4; Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 8; Title 12 and Title 49.
  Apr 21, 2026: Companion House Bill substituted
• SB 2277 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 20, 2026: Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 4/21/2026
• SB 1842 In committee 114
  Taxes, Privilege - As introduced, reduces professional privilege tax from $400 to $200 per year for attorneys in tax years that begin on and after June 1, 2027. - Amends TCA Title 67, Chapter 4, Part 17.
  Apr 20, 2026: Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 4/21/2026
• SB 177 In committee 114
  Taxes, Sales - As introduced, reallocates the increase in the rate of sales and use tax from 6 percent to 7 percent pursuant to Chapter 856 of the Public Acts of 2002 by apportioning 4.6030 percent of such increase to municipalities. - Amends TCA Section 67-6-103.
  Apr 20, 2026: Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 4/21/2026
• SB 1626 In committee 114
  Insurance, Health, Accident - As introduced, requires that a health plan, or an insurer offering a health plan, include coverage for clinical genetic testing for an inherited gene mutation for an individual with a personal or family history of cancer that is recommended by a healthcare professional, and evidence-based cancer imaging for an individual with an increased risk of cancer as recommended by National Comprehensive Cancer Network clinical practice guidelines. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 56 and Title 71.
  Apr 20, 2026: Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 4/21/2026
• SB 397 In committee 114
  Taxes - As introduced, repeals the professional privilege tax for tax years that begin on and after June 1, 2026. - Amends TCA Title 67, Chapter 4, Part 17.
  Apr 20, 2026: Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 4/21/2026
• SB 368 In committee 114
  Veterans - As introduced, removes the market value cap used for calculating property tax relief on the primary residence for disabled veterans who are eligible for property tax relief and requires the state to fully reimburse such veterans for local property taxes paid for a given tax year on that property. - Amends TCA Title 67, Chapter 5, Part 7.
  Apr 14, 2026: Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 4/20/2026
• SB 2281 In committee 114
  Opioids - As introduced, removes nonresidential substitution-based treatment centers for opiate addiction from the requirement of obtaining a certificate of need beginning July 1, 2026. - Amends TCA Title 68, Chapter 11 and Chapter 985 of the Public Acts of 2024.
  Mar 31, 2026: Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate State and Local Government Committee
• SB 1841 In committee 114
  Criminal Offenses - As enacted, specifies that, in regard to the criminal offense of desecration of a venerated object, "desecrate" includes, but is not limited to, the removal of objects from a place of burial by a person other than a family member of the deceased or an authorized representative of the cemetery. - Amends TCA Title 39 and Title 46.
  Mar 30, 2026: Comp. became Pub. Ch. 626
• SJR 864 Adopted 114
  Memorials, Death - Wesley Hazen Rucker -
  Mar 25, 2026: Signed by Governor.
• SB 2164 In committee 114
  Election Laws - As introduced, enacts the "Election Integrity Act of 2026"; creates a process by which a candidate in a local election may challenge the results of the election prior to certification of the election if the candidate has reason to believe errors were made in the adminstration of the election. - Amends TCA Title 2 and Title 49.
  Mar 24, 2026: Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate State and Local Government Committee
• SB 2282 In committee 114
  Real Property - As introduced, makes void and unenforceable any restrictions on the operation of a family child care home or group child care home that may be in a homeowners' association declaration that applies to a property where a family child care home or group child care home is or will be sited by the property owner; makes other changes relative to restrictions on the use of real property. - Amends TCA Title 66.
  Mar 24, 2026: Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate State and Local Government Committee
• SB 2270 In committee 114
  County Government - As introduced, increases from two to three days, the minimum notice period required for a county mayor to convene a special session of the county legislative body for emergency purposes. - Amends TCA Title 5 and Title 6.
  Mar 24, 2026: Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate State and Local Government Committee
• SB 624 In committee 114
  Public Officials - As enacted, prohibits an individual holding an elected office of a local government from holding another elected office in this state at the same time; grandfathers individuals holding more than one office presently until the terms expire; clarifies that such prohibition does not apply to an office in a political party's state executive committee. - Amends TCA Title 2 and Title 8.
  Mar 23, 2026: Comp. became Pub. Ch. 596
• SJR 614 In committee 114
  Constitutional Amendments - Proposes constitutional amendment to Article XI, Section 5 of the Tennessee Constitution to allow the general assembly to authorize the entity operating the state lottery to develop lottery games to be used exclusively to fund veterans' services. -
  Mar 23, 2026: Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Judiciary Committee