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HB 1718 Became law 114
Correctional Programs - As enacted, requires each correctional officer at Trousdale Turner Correctional Center to utilize a body camera that is recording at all times while the officer is on duty at the facility and is in contact with or may reasonably anticipate contact or interaction with an inmate; makes other related changes. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 10 and Title 41.

May 18, 2026: Pub. Ch. 956
HB 2215 In committee 114
Tennessee Fish & Wildlife Commission - As enacted, authorizes the executive director of the wildlife resources agency to enter into agreements with local law enforcement agencies for the purpose of enforcing wildlife management laws and rules; creates a criminal offense for feeding black bears under certain circumstances. - Amends TCA Title 70.

May 4, 2026: Comp. became Pub. Ch. 738
HJR 1343 Adopted 114
Memorials, Recognition - Jere Loveday and Loveday Family Bridge -

Apr 30, 2026: Signed by Governor.
HJR 1397 Adopted 114
Memorials, Retirement - Judge Rex Henry Ogle -

Apr 30, 2026: Signed by Governor.
HJR 1344 Adopted 114
Memorials, Recognition - Dolly Parton Parkway -

Apr 30, 2026: Signed by Governor.
HB 1644 In committee 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: Comp. became Pub. Ch. 702
HB 590 In committee 114
Child Custody and Support - As enacted, requires a court to consider the extent to which a parenting schedule provides each parent a meaningful opportunity to participate in the child's life, consistent with the child's best interest, in addition to the other relevant factors, when making a child custody determination. - Amends TCA Title 36 and Title 37.

Apr 24, 2026: Comp. became Pub. Ch. 683
HB 1871 Became law 114
Criminal Offenses - As enacted, requires a person convicted of second degree murder by knowingly killing another to be sentenced as no lower than a Range II offender. - Amends TCA Section 39-13-210 and Title 40.

Apr 24, 2026: Pub. Ch. 752
HB 1542 In committee 114
Criminal Offenses - As introduced, prohibits the use of a telecommunication device, with intent to deprive the owner of property, to fraudulently obtain or exercise control over the property of another without the owner's effective consent, which is punishable as theft, but in no event less than a Class E felony. - Amends TCA Title 39.

Apr 15, 2026: Taken off notice for cal in s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee of Finance, Ways, and Means Committee
HJR 751 Adopted 114
Naming and Designating - Designates City of Gatlinburg as the official Gateway to the Smokies. -

Apr 9, 2026: Signed by Governor.
HJR 1149 Adopted 114
Memorials, Retirement - Rose Gainey, Clinical Director of Safe Harbor Child Advocacy Center -

Apr 9, 2026: Signed by Governor.
HB 2208 In committee 114
State Government - As enacted, clarifies that the four trustees for other post-employment benefits may appoint a designee in their absence. - Amends TCA Section 8-27-801.

Apr 6, 2026: Comp. became Pub. Ch. 660
HJR 790 Adopted 114
General Assembly, Statement of Intent or Position - Recognizes fire protection services as an essential service in this state; encourages local governments to ensure that fire protection services are available to all residents of this state. -

Mar 31, 2026: Signed by Governor.
HJR 1090 Adopted 114
Memorials, Retirement - Rose Gainey, Clinical Director of Safe Harbor Child Advocacy Center -

Mar 31, 2026: Signed by Governor.
HJR 937 Adopted 114
Memorials, Retirement - Chief John Linsenbigler -

Mar 11, 2026: Signed by Governor.
HJR 777 Adopted 114
Memorials, Death - Lieutenant Gordon Gwathney, Knoxville Police Department -

Feb 11, 2026: Signed by Governor.
HJR 716 Adopted 114
Memorials, Retirement - Captain Dennis Adams -

Feb 11, 2026: Signed by Governor.
HJR 715 Adopted 114
Memorials, Sports - Ty Glasper, Class 2A Mr. Basketball -

Feb 11, 2026: Signed by Governor.
HJR 750 Adopted 114
Memorials, Retirement - Sevier County Mayor Larry Waters -

Feb 10, 2026: Signed by Governor.
HB 2447 Introduced 114
Election Laws - As introduced, authorizes the county election commission to notify individuals filing a petition for recall, referendum, or initiative to notify the individuals of a defect in the petition that must be cured prior to certification for final approval. - Amends TCA Title 2.

Feb 5, 2026: P2C, caption bill, held on desk - pending amdt.
HB 1541 In committee 114
Police - As introduced, authorizes qualified companies to maintain a company police force that may exercise law enforcement authority within the confines of the company's properties; prescribes qualifications for police officers of a company police agency. - Amends TCA Title 29, Chapter 20; Title 38, Chapter 8 and Title 39, Chapter 17.

Feb 2, 2026: Withdrawn.
HR 141 Adopted 114
Memorials, Death - Lieutenant Gordon Gwathney, Knoxville Police Department -

Jan 14, 2026: Sponsor(s) Added.
HB 1460 Introduced 114
Highway Signs - As introduced, requires the department of transportation to replace or modify a sign located along Interstate 40 eastbound to replace a reference to a stadium formerly located off of Exit 407 with a different traffic generating attraction. - Amends TCA Title 54.

Jan 13, 2026: Intro., P1C.
HB 391 In committee 114
Charitable Solicitations - As enacted, revises notification requirements regarding the provision to the secretary of state of solicitation materials to be used by a professional solicitor on behalf of a nonprofit organization. - Amends TCA Title 48, Chapter 101, Part 5.

Apr 29, 2025: Comp. became Pub. Ch. 248
HJR 35 Adopted 114
General Assembly, Statement of Intent or Position - Recognizes emergency telecommunicators as first responders. -

Apr 15, 2025: Signed by Governor.
HJR 506 Adopted 114
Memorials, Sports - Ty Glasper, Class 2A Mr. Basketball -

Apr 15, 2025: Signed by Governor.
HJR 542 Adopted 114
Memorials, Retirement - Pigeon Forge City Manager Earlene Teaster -

Apr 15, 2025: Signed by Governor.
HB 584 In committee 114
Hospitals and Health Care Facilities - As enacted, extends by four years to June 30, 2029, the current 125-bed limitation on the number of new nursing home beds for which the health facilities commission may issue a certificate of need per fiscal year. - Amends TCA Section 68-11-1619.

Apr 8, 2025: Comp. became Pub. Ch. 65
HB 136 In committee 114
Public Funds and Financing - As enacted, broadens certain disclosure obligations of state and local governmental entities by requiring their disclosure of covenant violations and credit rating downgrades to the comptroller of the treasury or the comptroller's designee. - Amends TCA Section 9-21-134.

Mar 21, 2025: Comp. became Pub. Ch. 17
HJR 310 Adopted 114
Memorials, Death - Carl Dean -

Mar 19, 2025: Signed by Governor.
HB 591 In committee 114
Tobacco, Tobacco Products - As introduced, regulates retail vapor product stores and makes various changes to provisions regarding youth access to tobacco, smoking hemp, and vapor products. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 17, Part 15 and Title 43, Chapter 27, Part 2.

Feb 19, 2025: Meeting Canceled
HB 497 Introduced 114
Public Employees - As introduced, provides a five-day grace period for assistant district attorneys general and criminal investigators to submit expense accounts. - Amends TCA Title 8, Chapter 7.

Feb 5, 2025: P2C, caption bill, held on desk - pending amdt.
HB 585 In committee 114
Criminal Offenses - As introduced, requires the punishment for the offense of misuse of official information to include at least 30 hours of community service work to be determined by the court, in addition to any other punishment authorized by law. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 16, Part 4.

Feb 5, 2025: P2C, ref. to Judiciary Committee
HB 523 In committee 114
Highways, Roads and Bridges - As introduced, requires TACIR to study transportation user fee alternatives and submit its recommendations to the chair of the committee in the house of representatives with jurisdiction over transportation issues, the chair of the transportation and safety committee of the senate, and the legislative librarian on or before January 1, 2026. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 9; Title 54; Title 55 and Title 67.

Feb 5, 2025: P2C, ref. to Transportation Committee
HJR 14 Adopted 114
Memorials, Recognition - Chief Tim Baker, Volunteer Fire Chief of the Year -

Feb 4, 2025: Signed by Governor.
HJR 15 Adopted 114
Memorials, Recognition - Dollywood, 40th Anniversary -

Feb 4, 2025: Signed by Governor.
HJR 16 Adopted 114
Memorials, Recognition - Police Chief Richard Catlett and the Pigeon Forge Police Department, Excellence in Police Services Award -

Feb 4, 2025: Signed by Governor.
HJR 13 Adopted 114
Memorials, Sports - Sevier County High School football team, TSSAA Division I, Class 5A State Champion -

Feb 4, 2025: Signed by Governor.
HB 153 In committee 114
Mobile Homes and Manufactured Buildings - As introduced, requires the department of transportation to submit a brief written summary to the committee of the house of representatives with jurisdiction over transportation matters and the transportation and safety committee of the senate no later than March 15, 2026, and March 15 of each subsequent year, concerning placards issued to transporters of manufactured homes pursuant to this section, including data on unsafe and erratic driving reported to the department using the telephone number that appears on the placards. - Amends TCA Title 55; Title 62; Title 67 and Title 68.

Jan 16, 2025: P2C held on desk pending appointment of Standing Committees