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• SB 2725 In committee 114
  Niota - Subject to local approval, rewrites the charter of the City of Niota. - Amends Chapter 48 of the Private Acts of 1919; as amended and rewritten.
  May 27, 2026: Comp. became Pr. Ch. 65
• SB 1771 Became law 114
  Zoning - As enacted, authorizes certain counties to adopt a resolution prohibiting a municipality or regional zoning commission from exercising zoning authority outside of the boundaries of the municipality. - Amends TCA Title 5; Title 6; Title 7 and Title 13.
  May 27, 2026: Pub. Ch. 1090
• SB 2025 In committee 114
  Judges and Chancellors - As enacted, creates a pilot project to provide for criminal magistrates in the 10 counties in which the criminal courts experience the highest judicial caseload, if authorized by the legislative body of an eligible county; authorizes the judges of the county with criminal jurisdiction to appoint the criminal magistrate, who shall serve at the pleasure of the majority of the judges of the county with criminal jurisdiction. - Amends TCA Title 16; Title 17 and Title 40.
  May 26, 2026: Comp. became Pub. Ch. 1017
• SB 2027 In committee 114
  Highways, Roads and Bridges - As enacted, authorizes a county or municipality to request the department of transportation to conduct a highway traffic noise study for residential properties located along the sound propagation path of a state or interstate highway if certain criteria are met. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 3 and Title 54.
  May 26, 2026: Comp. became Pub. Ch. 1000
• SB 1822 Became law 114
  Local Education Agencies - As enacted, requires an LEA that operates a public high school that meets certain criteria to permit certain high school students who are enrolled in private schools to participate in interscholastic athletics at the public high school. - Amends TCA Title 49.
  May 18, 2026: Pub. Ch. 893
• SB 2030 Became law 114
  Sexual Offenders - As enacted, requires sexual offenders and violent sexual offenders to notify the owner or operator of any campground on which the offender intends to stay overnight of the offender's status as a sexual offender or violent sexual offender prior to beginning the stay; creates the offense of knowingly staying overnight at a campground without providing the required notice, which is punished as a Class E felony. - Amends TCA Title 40, Chapter 39, Part 2.
  May 18, 2026: Pub. Ch. 972
• SB 1823 Became law 114
  Public Contracts - As enacted, requires a state department, agency, or official who contracts with a business to acquire property or services to make payments under the contract to the business within a certain time frame after receipt of the invoice; requires such state departments, agencies, and officials to annually report to the chairs of the appropriate standing committees of the senate and house of representatives the number and aggregate amount of late payments made for the preceding fiscal year and the amount of interest paid and outstanding on such late payments. - Amends TCA Title 12, Chapter 4.
  May 18, 2026: Pub. Ch. 894
• SJR 1156 Adopted 114
  Memorials, Sports - Bradley Central High School girls' basketball team -
  May 11, 2026: Signed by Governor.
• SJR 1206 Adopted 114
  Memorials, Retirement - Dina Swafford, Bradley County Register of Deeds -
  May 11, 2026: Signed by Governor.
• SJR 1164 Adopted 114
  Memorials, Sports - Meigs Middle School girls' basketball team, TMSAA District 8-AA Championship -
  May 11, 2026: Signed by Governor.
• SJR 1121 Adopted 114
  Memorials, Retirement - Michael J. "Mike" Smith, Bradley County Trustee -
  May 11, 2026: Signed by Governor.
• SJR 1161 Adopted 114
  Memorials, Public Service - Thomas Crye -
  May 11, 2026: Signed by Governor.
• SJR 1159 Adopted 114
  Memorials, Sports - Cleveland High School, Class AA state boys' dual wrestling champions -
  May 11, 2026: Signed by Governor.
• SJR 1163 Adopted 114
  Memorials, Public Service - Bill Winters -
  May 11, 2026: Signed by Governor.
• SJR 1120 Adopted 114
  Memorials, Death - Charles Richard Riggs -
  May 11, 2026: Signed by Governor.
• SJR 1119 Adopted 114
  Memorials, Sports - Walker Valley High School boys' basketball team -
  May 11, 2026: Signed by Governor.
• SJR 1160 Adopted 114
  Memorials, Sports - Cleveland High School, Class AA state girls' dual wrestling champions -
  May 11, 2026: Signed by Governor.
• SJR 1162 Adopted 114
  Memorials, Public Service - Josh Rogers -
  May 11, 2026: Signed by Governor.
• SB 2032 Became law 114
  Employees, Employers - As enacted, requires a public safety employer to provide an employee or prospective employee with reasonable access to the employee's or prospective employee's full employment record, including the results of any mental health evaluation or screening; makes certain other changes relative to employment by a public safety employer. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 8; Title 38; Title 50; Title 62 and Title 68.
  May 5, 2026: Pub. Ch. 849
• SB 1968 Became law 114
  Local Education Agencies - As enacted, requires a director of schools to refer to juvenile court certain students who were formerly enrolled in the LEA, who were receiving certain truancy interventions, who withdrew from the LEA, and who did not transfer to another LEA; makes related changes. - Amends TCA Title 37, Chapter 1, Part 1; Title 49, Chapter 1; Title 49, Chapter 2 and Title 49, Chapter 6.
  May 5, 2026: Pub. Ch. 844
• SB 2652 Became law 114
  Agriculture, Dept. of - As enacted, requires the department to promulgate rules to implement and administer a voluntary program for the promotion of meat and byproducts from livestock raised in Tennessee, which may be labeled with an appropriate statement that indicates the meat or byproduct is a Tennessee meat or byproduct. - Amends TCA Title 43; Title 44 and Title 53.
  May 4, 2026: Pub. Ch. 874
• SB 1593 Became law 114
  Taxes, Severance - As enacted, extends from 30 to 90 days, the time following the end of a county's fiscal year within which a county must submit an annual report to the commissioner of transportation and the chairs of the house and senate transportation committees regarding mineral severance tax revenue the county deposits into its county road fund; removes the comptroller of the treasury as a recipient of the report; subjects the report to audit by the comptroller. - Amends TCA Section 67-7-207.
  May 4, 2026: Pub. Ch. 825
• SB 2262 Became law 114
  Consumer Protection - As enacted, authorizes a small business that believes an online search engine has blacklisted the small business to contact the online search engine and request a response concerning the action; authorizes a small business affected by an online search engine's failure to comply with the response requirement to bring a civil action. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 29; Title 47 and Title 65.
  May 4, 2026: Pub. Ch. 858
• SJR 1087 Adopted 114
  Memorials, Retirement - Dewey V. Woody, Jr. -
  May 1, 2026: Signed by Governor.
• SJR 1085 Adopted 114
  Memorials, Death - Johnny Ray Aikman -
  May 1, 2026: Signed by Governor.
• SB 2699 In committee 114
  Athens - Subject to local approval, sets compensation of mayor and council members by ordinance rather than specific dollar amounts; does not alter compensation amounts of current mayor or council members. - Amends Chapter 455 of the Private Acts of 1953; as amended.
  May 1, 2026: Comp. became Pr. Ch. 46
• SJR 1088 Adopted 114
  Memorials, Retirement - Howard Thompson, Bradley County Commissioner -
  May 1, 2026: Signed by Governor.
• SJR 1077 Adopted 114
  Memorials, Recognition - Aubri Whaley, Boys & Girls Clubs of Tennessee Youth of the Year -
  May 1, 2026: Signed by Governor.
• SJR 1084 Adopted 114
  Memorials, Professional Achievement - Dr. Charles Paul Conn -
  May 1, 2026: Signed by Governor.
• SJR 1086 Adopted 114
  Memorials, Death - Captain Phillip Shelton -
  May 1, 2026: Signed by Governor.
• SB 2031 Became law 114
  Healthcare Liability - As enacted, authorizes a person to bring a civil action against a healthcare professional for an injury that is a result of a medical procedure, if the procedure was for enabling the person to identify with, or live as, a purported identity inconsistent with the person's sex or treating purported discomfort or distress from a discordance between the person's sex and asserted identity, and the person consented; or if the person was a minor at the time of the procedure, the person's parent, guardian, or representative consented due to an act of coercion by the professional. - Amends TCA Title 29; Title 63 and Title 68.
  Apr 28, 2026: Pub. Ch. 794
• SB 1704 In committee 114
  Game and Fish Laws - As enacted, repeals statutory requirements related to raccoon hunting, thereby permitting the Tennessee fish and wildlife commission to regulate such activities through proclamations and rules. - Amends TCA Title 70, Chapter 4.
  Apr 27, 2026: Comp. became Pub. Ch. 774
• SB 2259 In committee 114
  Education, Higher - As enacted, requires the board of regents, state university boards, and the board of trustees for the University of Tennessee system to adopt and implement policies that clearly distinguish between tenure decisions and disciplinary actions for faculty members. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 7; Title 49, Chapter 8 and Title 49, Chapter 9.
  Apr 27, 2026: Comp. became Pub. Ch. 761
• SB 2118 In committee 114
  TennCare - As enacted, prohibits the division from providing coverage or reimbursement for a medical procedure performed on, or administered to, an individual if the performance or administration of the procedure is for the purpose of enabling the individual to identify with, or live as, a purported identity inconsistent with the individual's sex, or treat purported discomfort or distress from a discordance between the individual's sex and asserted identity. - Amends TCA Title 71, Chapter 5.
  Apr 24, 2026: Comp. became Pub. Ch. 765
• SB 777 In committee 114
  Election Laws - As introduced, specifies that the reasonable period for candidates to remove signs, posters, or placards advocating their candidacy is two weeks after the election instead of three weeks. - Amends TCA Title 2.
  Apr 24, 2026: Sponsor(s) Added.
• SB 2220 In committee 114
  Children's Services, Dept. of - As enacted, requires the department to make an initial screening, and potentially an assessment, upon receiving a report of harm that includes a report of harm alleging facts that involve a caregiver; makes other related changes. - Amends TCA Title 37 and Title 71.
  Apr 24, 2026: Comp. became Pub. Ch. 762
• SB 1821 In committee 114
  Food and Food Products - As enacted, clarifies that a person 19 or older does not need a license or permit to sell bakery goods, homemade or otherwise; soft drinks; or other similar food commodities if the person is supporting a 501(c)(3) organization, and a component of such organization's mission is to provide temporary accommodations for children in relationship to their placement in the custody of the department of children's services. - Amends TCA Title 68, Chapter 14.
  Apr 24, 2026: Comp. became Pub. Ch. 754
• SB 2264 Passed Senate 114
  Lobbying, Lobbyists - As introduced, provides that a school board, municipal utility, utility district, and department, agency, or entity of county or municipal government that employs a contractor, subcontractor, or representative for purposes of lobbying is deemed to be an employer of a lobbyist. - Amends TCA Title 2; Title 3 and Title 8.
  Apr 22, 2026: Sponsor(s) Added.
• SB 1954 In committee 114
  Sexual Offenses - As introduced, revises the offense of continuous sexual abuse of a child, including the required number of victims, required number of incidents of sexual abuse, and time frame within which the incidents must have occurred. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 13, Part 5.
  Apr 20, 2026: Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 4/21/2026
• SB 341 In committee 114
  Education, Dept. of - As introduced, requires the department to allocate to each local education agency sufficient funds for the LEA to employ one full-time licensed professional school counselor at each high school in the LEA that enrolls at least 600 students in grades 10 through 12; requires each LEA to employ one full-time licensed professional school counselor at each high school for which the LEA receives such funding from the department. - Amends TCA Title 49.
  Apr 20, 2026: Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 4/21/2026
• SB 1480 In committee 114
  Autopsies - As introduced, requires the expenses of an autopsy ordered by a district attorney general to be paid by this state. - Amends TCA Title 38, Chapter 7.
  Apr 20, 2026: Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 4/21/2026
• SB 1465 In committee 114
  Taxes, Sales - As introduced, exempts from sales and use tax labor and service costs made as part of the sale of a taxable item of tangible personal property; exempts from sales and use tax repair and installation labor performed on tangible personal property. - Amends TCA Title 67, Chapter 6.
  Apr 20, 2026: Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 4/21/2026
• SB 1967 In committee 114
  Education - As introduced, requires local education agencies and public charter schools to provide all high school students, instead of only high school seniors, the opportunity to take a nationally recognized career readiness assessment; requires the board of regents to establish a framework for institutions governed by the board to provide transcribable credit to students who earned a credential on a nationally recognized career readiness assessment in high school that may be applied toward the student's attainment of a postsecondary degree. - Amends TCA Title 49.
  Apr 20, 2026: Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 4/21/2026
• SB 1577 In committee 114
  Lottery, Scholarships and Programs - As introduced, allows a student who was ineligible for the Tennessee HOPE scholarship as an entering freshman based on their high school grade point average or composite ACT score to regain their eligibility for the HOPE scholarship as a transfer student if the student meets certain requirements. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 4.
  Apr 20, 2026: Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 4/21/2026
• SB 417 In committee 114
  Criminal Offenses - As introduced, decreases from 150 grams to 50 grams or more the amount of any substance containing fentanyl, carfentanil, remifentanil, alfentanil, thiafentanil, or any fentanyl derivative or analogue that is punished as a Class A felony for the knowing manufacture, delivery, or sale of the substance, or possession with intent to manufacture, deliver, or sell the substance. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 17.
  Apr 20, 2026: Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 4/21/2026
• SJR 28 Adopted 114
  Memorials, Congress - Expresses support for the Constitutional Concealed Carry Reciprocity Act of the 119th U.S. Congress. -
  Apr 17, 2026: Sponsor(s) Added.
• SB 2026 Passed Senate 114
  Agriculture, Dept. of - As introduced, bases indemnity payments for an animal that is destroyed to prevent the spread of disease on the fair market value of the animal, subject to available funds. - Amends TCA Title 44.
  Apr 13, 2026: Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
• SB 2028 Became law 114
  Game and Fish Laws - As enacted, clarifies that local governmental entities shall not regulate the manner and means of taking wildlife, including the discharge of a firearm while lawfully hunting, and that such taking is regulated pursuant to rules promulgated and proclamations issued by the fish and wildlife commission. - Amends TCA Section 39-17-1314; Section 70-1-206 and Section 70-4-107.
  Apr 13, 2026: Pub. Ch. 673
• SB 1649 In committee 114
  State Universities - As introduced, requires all gubernatorial appointments to a state university board to be confirmed by joint resolution of the senate and house of representatives prior to commencing a term of office; requires the terms of all state university board members to commence on February 1. - Amends TCA Title 49.
  Apr 13, 2026: Companion House Bill substituted
• SB 1951 To Governor 114
  School Transportation - As enacted, authorizes a school bus that is used exclusively to transport students from school to an after-school program to be used until the bus reaches the 20th year from the in-service date of the bus, or until the bus accumulates 300,000 miles of recorded travel, whichever occurs later; requires the owner of a bus that reaches the later of 20 years of service or 300,000 miles of recorded travel to, at the conclusion of the school year, discontinue use of, or replace, the bus; requires certain notice to, and inspections by, the commissioner for certain buses. - Amends TCA Title 49.
  Apr 6, 2026: Pub. Ch. 656