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• SB 2709 In committee 114
  Jonesborough - Subject to local approval, authorizes the board of mayor and alderman for the Town of Jonesborough to elect a mayor from among the aldermen to fill a vacancy; authorizes the Town recorder to carry liability insurance rather than be bonded in an amount prescribed by Town ordinance; updates the election dates for the mayor and board of aldermen. - Amends Chapter 135 of the Acts of 1903; as amended.
  May 27, 2026: Comp. became Pr. Ch. 60
• SB 2654 In committee 114
  State Government - As enacted, designates the Rhododendron and Fall-O-Dendron festivals of Roan Mountain as the official Rhododendron and Fall-O-Dendron festivals in this state in recognition of the festivals' contributions to the preservation of the heritage, history, and beautiful landscapes of this state. - Amends TCA Title 3; Title 4; Title 8 and Title 9.
  May 27, 2026: Comp. became Pub. Ch. 1047
• SB 1849 Became law 114
  Local Government, General - As enacted, enacts the "Essential Governmental Employee Housing Act of 2026"; makes related changes. - Amends TCA Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 8; Title 9; Title 12 and Title 67.
  May 27, 2026: Pub. Ch. 1101
• SB 2088 Became law 114
  Drugs, Prescription - As enacted, authorizes a law enforcement officer to cause to be administered a blood or urine test on a person for the presence of a psychotropic drug if such officer has probable cause to believe that the person committed a mass shooting and the person consents to such test; clarifies that if the person is a minor, then a parent or legal guardian must consent; directs the health science center to study the drug interactions between any drugs found in the person's blood or urine. - Amends TCA Title 38; Title 40; Title 53; Title 63 and Title 68.
  May 18, 2026: Pub. Ch. 897
• SB 1777 In committee 114
  Health Care - As enacted, enacts the "Caring for Caregivers Act." - Amends TCA Title 9; Title 33; Title 52; Title 67 and Title 68.
  May 18, 2026: Comp. became Pub. Ch. 940
• SB 1153 In committee 114
  Physicians and Surgeons - As enacted, makes various changes relative to the authority of a physician or podiatrist to prescribe, dispense, or administer medication to the provider's own self or immediate family; makes related changes. - Amends TCA Title 33; Title 39; Title 53; Title 63 and Title 68.
  May 15, 2026: Comp. became Pub. Ch. 935
• SJR 1276 Adopted 114
  Memorials, Recognition - Randall Franks and A Zippedy Doodle Day: American Folk Songs -
  May 11, 2026: Signed by Governor.
• SJR 1141 Adopted 114
  Memorials, Interns - Alvin Cole III -
  May 11, 2026: Signed by Governor.
• SJR 1242 Adopted 114
  Memorials, Death - R.L. McKinney -
  May 11, 2026: Signed by Governor.
• SJR 1241 Adopted 114
  Memorials, Recognition - Jackson Bridge Celebration -
  May 7, 2026: Signed by Governor.
• SB 2013 Became law 114
  Nurses, Nursing - As enacted, enacts the "Tennessee Nursing Education Integrity and Oversight Act." - Amends TCA Title 49 and Title 63.
  May 5, 2026: Pub. Ch. 848
• SB 2087 Became law 114
  Teachers, Principals and School Personnel - As enacted, requires the principal or the principal's designee to provide notification to the parent or legal guardian of each student who was in the classroom or instructional area at the time that a classroom evacuation occurred by the end of the day in which the classroom evacuation occurred unless the event that prompted the classroom evacuation is an ongoing emergency or is otherwise under investigation by a state or local law enforcement agency, in which case the notification must not be provided to parents and legal guardians until the emergency event is resolved or the principal or the principal's designee determines that providing the notification does not impede an ongoing investigation, as applicable. - Amends TCA Title 49.
  May 5, 2026: Pub. Ch. 850
• SB 2434 Became law 114
  Criminal Offenses - As enacted, creates the Class C misdemeanor offense of knowingly using an unmanned aircraft over the grounds of a school. - Amends TCA Title 39 and Title 49.
  May 4, 2026: Pub. Ch. 868
• SB 2424 Became law 114
  Real Property - As enacted, enacts the "Sen. Frank Niceley National Security and Economic Protection Act." - Amends TCA Title 66, Chapter 2, Part 3.
  May 4, 2026: Pub. Ch. 733
• SJR 1095 Adopted 114
  Memorials, Recognition - Appalachian Fair, 100th anniversary -
  May 1, 2026: Signed by Governor.
• SJR 1096 Adopted 114
  Memorials, Recognition - Jaden Yoder, 2026 Boys & Girls Club of Elizabethton/Carter County Youth of the Year -
  May 1, 2026: Signed by Governor.
• SB 2426 Became law 114
  Education, Dept. of - As enacted, authorizes LEAs with a voluntary pre-K program to enroll children who are not at-risk but who live in the LEA's geographic area, are three on or before August 15 and who have a parent employed by the LEA, and certain children who are five on or before August 15 to be eligible for IEP and who have not previously been enrolled in an LEA's voluntary pre-K program, if certain criteria are met. - Amends TCA Title 49.
  Apr 29, 2026: Pub. Ch. 812
• SB 2427 Became law 114
  Nurses, Nursing - As enacted, revises various provisions regarding medication aides, including allowing for a student in good standing enrolled in an approved school of nursing to be eligible to receive a medication aide certificate. - Amends TCA Title 63, Chapter 7.
  Apr 29, 2026: Pub. Ch. 813
• SB 1679 Became law 114
  Local Government, General - As enacted, makes changes to the process by which local governments may issue and sell grant anticipation notes; authorizes the comptroller to approve certain notes issued by a local government if the local government demonstrates that a natural disaster has caused economic distress. - Amends TCA Title 9, Chapter 13, Part 2 and Title 9, Chapter 21, Part 7.
  Apr 27, 2026: Pub. Ch. 694
• SB 2433 In committee 114
  Education - As enacted, authorizes an LEA or public charter school to continue a disciplinary investigation of a student who, during the investigation, withdraws from the LEA or public charter school; authorizes, if the student later reenrolls, the LEA or public charter school to discipline the student in accordance with the LEA's or public charter school's policy based on the results of the investigation. - Amends TCA Title 49.
  Apr 24, 2026: Comp. became Pub. Ch. 760
• SB 1150 In committee 114
  Architects, Engineers and Designers - As introduced, requires the state board of examiners for architects and engineers to publish the time and place at which examinations to receive an engineer intern certificate or to register as a professional engineer are held and the acceptable grade necessary for passage of the examinations on the board's website. - Amends TCA Title 49; Title 62 and Title 63.
  Apr 23, 2026: Re-refer to S. Cal Comm
• SJR 1031 Adopted 114
  Memorials, Recognition - Fallen veterans of Happy Valley High School -
  Apr 22, 2026: Signed by Governor.
• SJR 1167 Adopted 114
  Memorials, Sports - Milligan University Disc Golf national champions -
  Apr 22, 2026: Signed by Governor.
• SB 334 In committee 114
  TennCare - As introduced, enacts the "Tennessee Medicaid Modernization and Access Act of 2025," which aligns TennCare's current Medicaid reimbursement rates for obstetrics/gynecology, primary care, outpatient mental health, and substance use disorder treatment with the Medicare fee schedule or average commercial rates, whichever is higher. - Amends TCA Title 63; Title 68 and Title 71.
  Apr 20, 2026: Action deferred in Senate Finance, Ways & Means Committee to 4/21/2026
• SB 1152 In committee 114
  Licenses - As introduced, enacts the "Ola Mae Ransom Reintegration Act," which exempts veterans of the United States military, including the national guard and reserves, from payment of the $15 fee for a business license. - Amends TCA Title 5; Title 6; Title 7 and Title 67.
  Apr 20, 2026: Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 4/21/2026
• SB 294 In committee 114
  Taxes, Exemption and Credits - As introduced, exempts from the sales and use tax the purchase of a motor vehicle that is registered in this state by a qualifying member of the Tennessee national guard; applies the sales tax exemption only to the first $15,000 of the sales price and only to one vehicle sold to such individual within a five-year period. - Amends TCA Title 67, Chapter 6, Part 3.
  Apr 20, 2026: Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 4/21/2026
• SB 650 In committee 114
  TennCare - As introduced, enacts "Emma's Bill," which requires that when making a determination of medical necessity, the bureau shall take into consideration the patient's overall condition and use such overall condition as a factor to determine the level of funding and what medical items and services the patient receives, even if such determination does not result in the least costly course of diagnosis or treatment. - Amends TCA Title 4 and Title 71.
  Apr 20, 2026: Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 4/21/2026
• SB 651 In committee 114
  Taxes, Real Property - As introduced, revises the formula for calculating tax relief on real property owned by eligible disabled veterans so that in determining the amount of relief to such a taxpayer, the assessed value on the first $175,000 of full market value is to be multiplied by the ad valorem tax rate of the jurisdiction instead of by a rate that has been adjusted to reflect the relationship between appraised value and market value in that jurisdiction. - Amends TCA Title 67, Chapter 5, Part 7.
  Apr 20, 2026: Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 4/21/2026
• SB 2094 In committee 114
  Education, Higher - As introduced, requires each public institution of higher education to classify a student who is the spouse of a service member who has not resided in this state for at least one year as an in-state student for tuition purposes if the service member's spouse resides in this state while enrolled in the institution; adds dependants of active-duty military personnel or veterans residing outside of this state to those who are eligible to receive the in-state tuition rate at a public institution of higher education; requires, instead of allows, the governing board of each such institution to provide the in-state tuition rate to military-affiliated individuals. - Amends TCA Title 49.
  Apr 20, 2026: Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 4/21/2026
• SB 1151 In committee 114
  Lottery, Scholarships and Programs - As introduced, removes the requirement that a student with a documented intellectual disability be admitted to, and enrolled in, an eligible postsecondary institution in an eligible postsecondary program no later than 16 months after completing high school in order to be eligible to receive a Tennessee STEP UP scholarship. - Amends TCA Title 8, Chapter 50, Part 1; Title 49, Chapter 7 and Title 49, Chapter 4.
  Apr 20, 2026: Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 4/21/2026
• SB 2430 In committee 114
  Criminal Offenses - As introduced, requires a posted sign or notice intended to warn violators that trespassers by motor vehicle will be prosecuted to clearly define the area in which driving, parking, standing, or otherwise operating a motor vehicle is prohibited. - Amends TCA Title 39.
  Apr 20, 2026: Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 4/21/2026
• SB 647 In committee 114
  Public Funds and Financing - As introduced, creates the medical expense relief fund to assist the next of kin and the estate of a decedent who was enrolled in TennCare at the time of death with paying the decedent's medical debt and expenses; requires the department of human services to administer the fund and the awarding of grants. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 3; Title 9 and Title 71.
  Apr 20, 2026: Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 4/21/2026
• SJR 947 Adopted 114
  Memorials, Professional Achievement - David Frizzell, NFIB Small Business Champion Award -
  Apr 16, 2026: Signed by Governor.
• SR 275 Adopted 114
  Memorials, Congress - Urges Congress to rename Dogwood Lane on federal property at Mountain Home VA the "Congressman Phil Roe Boulevard." -
  Apr 9, 2026: Adopted, Ayes 33, Nays 0
• SB 2610 In committee 114
  Taxes, Privilege - As introduced, authorizes municipalities to levy a tax on the privilege of engaging in the act of development within the boundaries of the municipality; requires such tax to be levied at the rate and under the terms, conditions, and limitations contained in present law that apply to counties. - Amends TCA Title 67, Chapter 4, Part 29.
  Apr 8, 2026: Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Finance, Ways & Means Committee
• SB 2423 Became law 114
  Food and Food Products - As enacted, prohibits LEAs and public charter schools from selling, offering for sale, or providing to students on school property through a school nutrition program any food or beverage item that contains Allura Red AC; Erythrosine B; Tartrazine; Sunset Yellow FCF; Erioglaucine disodium salt; Indigo carmine; or Fast Green FCF. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 6.
  Apr 2, 2026: Pub. Ch. 619
• SB 1145 In committee 114
  Death - As introduced, requires, if the person or government agency assuming custody of a body for the purposes of burial does not request an autopsy, or that the body be embalmed, the person or agency to ensure that the body is buried within 48 hours from the time when the person or agency waives the ability to request an autopsy or embalming of the body. - Amends TCA Title 34, Chapter 6, Part 37; Title 38; Title 50; Title 56; Title 62, Chapter 5; Title 62, Chapter 6 and Title 68.
  Apr 1, 2026: Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Health and Welfare Committee
• SJR 565 Adopted 114
  Memorials, Recognition - Endometriosis Awareness Month, March 2026 -
  Mar 31, 2026: Signed by Governor.
• SB 2428 In committee 114
  Veterans - As introduced, requires local governmental entities to invite honorably discharged veterans who apply for employment or promotion to interview; requires preference be given to such veteran if the minimum qualifications and the skills, abilities, competencies, and knowledge of the veteran and any another applicant being interviewed for the position are equal; requires state and local application forms to provide the option for an applicant to declare veteran status. - Amends TCA Title 7, Chapter 51; Title 8, Chapter 30, Part 3 and Title 58, Chapter 2.
  Mar 31, 2026: Failed in Senate State and Local Government Committee
• SJR 839 Adopted 114
  General Assembly, Confirmation of Appointment - Steven Emil Johnson, Fish and Wildlife Commission -
  Mar 25, 2026: Transmitted to Governor for action.
• SB 2092 In committee 114
  Natural Disasters - As introduced, requires TACIR to perform a comprehensive evaluation on the preparedness and response of local and state officials, departments, and agencies to the Hurricane Helene natural disaster. - Amends TCA Title 3; Title 4, Chapter 10 and Title 58.
  Mar 24, 2026: Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate State and Local Government Committee
• SB 1778 Became law 114
  Tennessee Emergency Management Agency (TEMA) - As enacted, exempts disaster grants administered by TEMA from statutory requirements related to procurement, except that the state retains the right to inspect places of business and audit books and records for compliance. - Amends TCA Section 58-2-109.
  Mar 23, 2026: Pub. Ch. 591
• SJR 699 Adopted 114
  Memorials, Death - Tracy George Trott -
  Mar 18, 2026: Signed by Governor.
• SJR 660 Adopted 114
  Memorials, Recognition - "Arts in Education Week," March 1-7, 2026 -
  Mar 18, 2026: Signed by Governor.
• SJR 844 Adopted 114
  Memorials, Recognition - National Health Facility Surveyor Week -
  Mar 17, 2026: Ref. to Delayed Bills Committee
• SJR 862 Adopted 114
  Memorials, Recognition - Gina Harjani, National Orator Contest champion -
  Mar 12, 2026: Signed by Governor.
• SJR 863 Adopted 114
  Memorials, Recognition - Cooper Castle, American Legion Boys State -
  Mar 12, 2026: Signed by Governor.
• SB 2090 In committee 114
  Education - As introduced, requires a private school that participates in the Individualized Education Act or the Tennessee Education Savings Account Pilot Program to comply with certain requirements in order to receive public funds through the program; prohibits a student from receiving an education freedom scholarship if the student is enrolled in a private school that doesn't comply with certain requirements. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 10, Part 14; Title 49, Chapter 6, Part 26 and Title 49, Chapter 6, Part 35.
  Mar 11, 2026: Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Education Committee
• SJR 860 Adopted 114
  Memorials, Congress - Urges Congress to rename Dogwood Lane on federal property at Mountain Home VA the"Congressman Phil Roe Boulevard." -
  Mar 9, 2026: Ref. to Delayed Bills Committee
• SJR 661 Adopted 114
  Memorials, Death - Kenneth Harlan Green -
  Mar 6, 2026: Signed by Governor.