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• HB 1878 In committee 114
  Industrial Development - As enacted, revises law relative to industrial development corporations. - Amends TCA Title 7 and Title 48.
  May 27, 2026: Comp. became Pub. Ch. 987
• HB 1455 In committee 114
  Computers and Electronic Processing - As enacted, requires TACIR to study artificial intelligence and submit a report to the governor and both speakers by January 31, 2027. - Amends TCA Title 29; Title 33; Title 39 and Title 47.
  May 27, 2026: Comp. became Pub. Ch. 1066
• HB 2080 In committee 114
  Lottery, Corporation - As enacted, vacates and reconstitutes the board of directors of the Tennessee education lottery corporation; requires certain information maintained by the corporation to be subject to a public records request; terminates the lottery corporation on June 30, 2030. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 10 and Title 49.
  May 27, 2026: Comp. became Pub. Ch. 1084
• HB 2079 In committee 114
  Criminal Offenses - As enacted, creates a Class E felony offense when a person, for the purpose of deriving a pecuniary benefit, engages in conduct intended to influence the occurrence or nonoccurrence of an event while the person, or another acting in active concert with the person, is a party to a contract traded on a prediction-market by which the person will derive such pecuniary benefit directly from the settlement of that contract based on the occurrence or a nonoccurrence of the event. - Amends TCA Title 39.
  May 27, 2026: Comp. became Pub. Ch. 1109
• HB 2081 Became law 114
  Children - As enacted, adds the commissioner of mental health and substance abuse services, and one at large member with experience advocating for children, to the Tennessee second look commission; revises certain severe and aggravated child abuse offenses to include offenses involving strangulation; authorizes a court to order a child's custodian to submit certain documentation of compliance with preventative pediatric care consistent with the periodicity schedule of the American Academy of Pediatrics in certain situations; authorizes the department of children's services to initiate a visit to ascertain the wellbeing of a child if such documentation contains allegations of abuse or neglect. - Amends TCA Title 37; Title 38; Title 39 and Title 40.
  May 26, 2026: Pub. Ch. 1003
• HB 1354 In committee 114
  Criminal Offenses - As enacted, makes various changes to law relative to human trafficking. - Amends TCA Title 37; Title 39 and Title 40.
  May 18, 2026: Comp. became Pub. Ch. 886
• HB 2013 In committee 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: Comp. became Pub. Ch. 897
• HB 1787 Became law 114
  Criminal Offenses - As enacted, increases the penalty for patronizing prostitution from a Class A misdemeanor to a Class B or Class A felony under certain circumstances that are currently punished as trafficking for a commercial sex act. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 13.
  May 18, 2026: Pub. Ch. 959
• HJR 1539 Adopted 114
  Memorials, Retirement - Dickson County Mayor Robert "Bob" Rial -
  May 7, 2026: Signed by Governor.
• HJR 1540 Adopted 114
  Memorials, Recognition - Vice President Anna Beth Thompson, University of Tennessee's 105th year of SGA -
  May 7, 2026: Signed by Governor.
• HB 2350 In committee 114
  Foster Care - As enacted, requires the department of children's services to provide a copy of a petition to terminate parental rights for a child in the custody of the department to the child's foster parent, if the foster parent has served as the physical placement for the child for a period of nine or more consecutive months; requires the department to provide the required copy within seven days of the filing or being served with the petition. - Amends TCA Section 36-1-113 and Section 37-2-415.
  May 5, 2026: Comp. became Pub. Ch. 802
• HJR 1515 Adopted 114
  Memorials, Retirement - Dickson County Mayor Robert "Bob" Rial -
  May 5, 2026: Signed by Governor.
• HJR 1517 Adopted 114
  Memorials, Recognition - Mary Clement -
  May 5, 2026: Signed by Governor.
• HJR 1516 Adopted 114
  Memorials, Recognition - Robert Nelson Clement -
  May 5, 2026: Signed by Governor.
• HB 2082 In committee 114
  Children - As enacted, specifies that a parent's or legal guardian's action of raising, guiding, or instructing the parent's or legal guardian's child in a manner consistent with the child's biological sex is not a basis for certain findings or actions by the court, does not constitute the criminal offense of child abuse, child neglect, or child endangerment, and must not be considered as a negative factor by a court in determining a custody arrangement in the best interest of the child. - Amends TCA Title 36, Chapter 6; Title 37, Chapter 1 and Title 39, Chapter 15.
  May 5, 2026: Comp. became Pub. Ch. 846
• HB 2014 In committee 114
  Criminal Offenses - As enacted, requires a person convicted of vehicular homicide proximately resulting from the person's intoxication to be punished as no lower than a Range II offender if the person, as a result of the same course of conduct, is also convicted of leaving the scene of the accident. - Amends TCA Title 39; Title 40 and Title 55.
  May 5, 2026: Comp. became Pub. Ch. 715
• HB 2626 In committee 114
  Cheatham County - Subject to local approval, requires the existing impact fee of $7,500 in Cheatham County, known as the Cheatham County Development Tax, to be allocated as follows: $3,500 to the county Education Debt Service Fund; $3,500 to the county Education Debt Service Fund reserved for school building construction and renovation; and $500 to the Highway and Public Works Fund. - Amends Chapter 28 of the Private Acts of 1997.
  May 1, 2026: Comp. became Pr. Ch. 34
• HB 2657 Became law 114
  Ashland City - Subject to local approval, requires the position of mayor to be voted on by electors from the town at large; requires the position of councilman to be voted on by electors in their ward; requires elections to be nonpartisan; makes various other changes. - Amends Chapter 121 of the Private Acts of 2004; as amended.
  May 1, 2026: Pr. Ch. 53
• HB 2625 In committee 114
  Cheatham County - Subject to local approval, increases from six to seven the number of school districts and school board members in Cheatham County. -
  May 1, 2026: Comp. became Pr. Ch. 33
• HB 2658 Became law 114
  White Bluff - Subject to local approval, authorizes persons who reside outside the boundaries of White Bluff but within the boundaries of Dickson County, and who own real property located within the boundaries of White Bluff, to vote in all White Bluff municipal elections; non-resident real property owners must own at least one-half interest in such real property, and such real property must be at least 5,000 square feet. - Amends Chapter 257 of the Private Acts of 1923; as amended and rewritten.
  May 1, 2026: Pr. Ch. 54
• HJR 1349 Adopted 114
  Memorials, Death - Stephanie Jan Halaiko Chivers -
  Apr 30, 2026: Signed by Governor.
• HB 2352 In committee 114
  Court Rules - As enacted, requires each juvenile court, through the juvenile court clerk or juvenile court staff, each month within the statewide juvenile case management system prescribed by the administrative office of the courts to report to the administrative office of the courts each new dependency and neglect case, including for each child named in the petition, certain information. - Amends TCA Title 37, Chapter 1.
  Apr 29, 2026: Comp. became Pub. Ch. 805
• HB 2351 In committee 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: Comp. became Pub. Ch. 813
• HB 2188 In committee 114
  Children's Services, Dept. of - As enacted, requires the department and the department of disability and aging to collaborate to ensure that children with an intellectual or developmental disability who are in the custody of the department of children's services or at risk of entering the custody of the department receive appropriate services and supports for individuals with a disability; makes other related changes. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 8; Title 9; Title 33; Title 37 and Title 52.
  Apr 29, 2026: Comp. became Pub. Ch. 811
• HB 1786 In committee 114
  Boats, Boating - As enacted, creates the Class C misdemeanor offense of mooring a recreational vessel for more than 14 consecutive days at any one place along the water's edge of a reservoir or at any place within one mile of the water's edge; makes other related revisions. - Amends TCA Title 69, Chapter 9.
  Apr 28, 2026: Comp. became Pub. Ch. 696
• HB 2012 In committee 114
  Remedies and Special Proceedings - As enacted, creates a civil action for individuals who are the subject of an intimate image that is intentionally disclosed without the individual's consent under certain circumstances. - Amends TCA Title 28 and Title 39, Chapter 17.
  Apr 28, 2026: Comp. became Pub. Ch. 712
• HB 2349 In committee 114
  Children's Services, Dept. of - As introduced, requires the department to create and maintain a website that includes certain information about child care agencies. - Amends TCA Title 37, Chapter 5, Part 5.
  Apr 21, 2026: Held on desk.
• HB 1765 In committee 114
  Orders of Protection - As introduced, increases from a Class A misdemeanor to a Class E felony the penalty for the criminal offense of violation of an order of protection if the order violated was a lifetime order of protection and the conviction that the lifetime order of protection was based on involved the use of force against a victim. - Amends TCA Title 36 and 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 1160 Adopted 114
  Memorials, Death - Shipp Robbley Weems -
  Apr 15, 2026: Signed by Governor.
• HB 2353 In committee 114
  Welfare - As introduced, clarifies that the department of human services must provide applicants with a written notice of temporary assistance eligibility determinations. - Amends TCA Title 4 and Title 71.
  Apr 15, 2026: Taken off notice for cal in s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee of Finance, Ways, and Means Committee
• HB 2354 In committee 114
  Sentencing - As introduced, makes the offense of sexual battery by an authority figure ineligible for probation. - Amends TCA Title 39 and Title 40.
  Apr 15, 2026: Taken off notice for cal in s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee of Finance, Ways, and Means Committee
• HJR 939 Adopted 114
  Memorials, Recognition - Taiwan -
  Apr 9, 2026: Signed by Governor.
• HB 2104 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.
  Apr 8, 2026: Taken off notice for cal. in State & Local Government Committee
• HB 2083 In committee 114
  Courts, Juvenile - As enacted, expands the goals of zero to three court programs to include cases involving children five years of age or younger, with priority given to cases involving children younger than three years of age. - Amends TCA Title 37.
  Apr 6, 2026: Comp. became Pub. Ch. 611
• HJR 1074 Adopted 114
  Memorials, Recognition - Cheatham County, 170th anniversary -
  Mar 26, 2026: Signed by Governor.
• HJR 1027 Adopted 114
  Memorials, Recognition - Local Emergency Management Agencies -
  Mar 18, 2026: Signed by Governor.
• HB 2010 In committee 114
  Public Contracts - As introduced, requires a tire manufacturer or supplier responding to a solicitation to bid with this state, or who has an existing contract with this state, to indicate each tire, by product, and material number, that is manufactured with 100 percent French process zinc oxide. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 9 and Title 12.
  Mar 18, 2026: Failed in s/c Public Service Subcommittee of State & Local Government Committee
• HJR 913 Adopted 114
  Memorials, Recognition - Jobs for America's Graduates Tennessee (JAGTN) -
  Feb 27, 2026: Signed by Governor.
• HB 2189 Introduced 114
  Criminal Procedure - As introduced, requires the clerk of the court in which a person charged with a violent felony and for whom a biological specimen is taken for the purpose of DNA analysis to submit the clerk's notification to the TBI of the final disposition of the criminal proceeding against the person in writing. - Amends TCA Title 38, Chapter 6; Title 39 and Title 40.
  Feb 9, 2026: Sponsor change.
• HB 1353 In committee 114
  Criminal Offenses - As enacted, creates an offense for a person who harms or threatens to harm an individual involved in the judicial process or a family member of such person with the intent to impede, intimidate, interfere with, or retaliate against the justice system participant in connection with their participation in the judicial process, punishable as a Class E felony. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 16.
  May 15, 2025: Comp. became Pub. Ch. 468
• HB 208 In committee 114
  Naming and Designating - As enacted, designates the National Guard Armory in Cheatham County as the "First Sergeant Charles Anderson Douglas National Guard Armory." -
  May 15, 2025: Comp. became Pub. Ch. 421
• HB 1359 In committee 114
  Foster Care - As enacted, requires the department of children's services, to the extent not otherwise prohibited by state or federal law, to promulgate rules to implement certain rights for any foster child in the custody of the department or an agency that contracts with the department to place children in foster care. - Amends TCA Title 36; Title 37; Title 49 and Title 71.
  May 13, 2025: Comp. became Pub. Ch. 387
• HB 1360 In committee 114
  Child Abuse - As enacted, expands the definition of child abuse to include a person under the age of 18 witnessing either the abuse of another child in the person's immediate family or household or domestic abuse of a member of the person's immediate family or household; specifies that reunification between a parent and a child placed in foster care due to abuse must not occur unless the parent has complied with the parent's statement of responsibilities in the permanency plan and the child has received mental health counseling. - Amends TCA Title 36; Title 37 and Title 39.
  May 13, 2025: Comp. became Pub. Ch. 398
• HB 1351 In committee 114
  Mental Health & Substance Abuse Services, Dept. of - As enacted, revises present law relative to recovery residences and alcohol and drug prevention or treatment facilities under certification by the department. - Amends TCA Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 13; Title 33; Title 47; Title 63 and Title 68.
  May 13, 2025: Comp. became Pub. Ch. 406
• HB 1355 In committee 114
  Children - As enacted, specifies that a biological father or alleged biological father who makes token financial support to or for the benefit of a child or the child's mother during the pregnancy or when the mother had physical custody of the child is not a putative father; makes various other changes regarding final orders of adoption. - Amends TCA Title 36 and Title 63.
  May 13, 2025: Comp. became Pub. Ch. 390
• HB 314 In committee 114
  Treasurer, State - As enacted, sets the maximum award of compensation under the Criminal Injuries Compensation Act of 1976 at 105% of the national average of the maximum compensation award provided by the 50 states within the United States, the District of Columbia, and the United States Virgin Islands, rounded up to the nearest $100; requires the state treasurer to publish on the department of treasury website the maximum compensation award for claims filed for crimes occurring on or after July 1, 2025. - Amends TCA Section 29-13-106.
  May 13, 2025: Comp. became Pub. Ch. 313
• HB 761 In committee 114
  Criminal Offenses - As enacted, removes a definition of "content harmful to minors" from the Protect Tennessee Minors Act. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 17.
  May 13, 2025: Comp. became Pub. Ch. 405
• HB 1357 In committee 114
  Children - As enacted, enacts the "End Childhood Hunger Act." - Amends TCA Title 36 and Title 37.
  May 13, 2025: Comp. became Pub. Ch. 397
• HB 1352 In committee 114
  Sentencing - As enacted, provides that if the victim in an aggravated sexual battery was less than 18 or was mentally defective, mentally incapacitated, or physically helpless, then such battery remains a Class B felony, and the defendant must be punished as a Range II offender; provides that the sentence imposed upon the defendant may, if appropriate, be within Range III but in no case lower than Range II. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 13, Part 5.
  May 13, 2025: Comp. became Pub. Ch. 375
• HB 1356 In committee 114
  Vital Records - As enacted, requires certain records or papers for a person relating to the adoption or attempted adoption of a person in the possession of the office of the clerk of the adoption court; the offices of the department of health; the office of any child-placing agency, whether or not it is chartered or licensed; or any other information source, to be made available to the department of children's services for the purpose of searching for a kinship foster care placement. - Amends TCA Title 36 and Title 68.
  May 13, 2025: Comp. became Pub. Ch. 393