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State bill data last updated Oct 15, 2026, 8:04 PM.

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• HB 1525 Became law 114
  Sentencing - As enacted, requires a sentencing court to order the sentences for two or more offenses involving more than one minor victim to run consecutively unless the court finds by a preponderance of the evidence that the facts of the case do not warrant the imposition of consecutive sentences and the imposition of consecutive sentences would not be in the best interest of justice. - Amends TCA Title 40.
  May 15, 2026: Pub. Ch. 945
• HB 2398 In committee 114
  Children - As enacted, allows a high school student who is older than 16 but younger than 19 to work in a child care center outside of school hours or during school hours through a work-based learning program if the student meets certain criteria. - Amends TCA Title 37; Title 49; Title 50, Chapter 5 and Title 71.
  May 5, 2026: Comp. became Pub. Ch. 873
• HJR 1532 Adopted 114
  Memorials, Death - Charles Dwight Bailey -
  May 5, 2026: Signed by Governor.
• HB 878 Became law 114
  Taxes, Privilege - As enacted, clarifies that all privilege taxes on litigation that clerks of certain courts fail to collect and pay to the department of revenue are debts of the clerks; adds certain reporting requirements. - Amends TCA Title 40 and Title 67.
  Apr 27, 2026: Pub. Ch. 743
• HB 1526 In committee 114
  Naming and Designating - As enacted, renames the Army National Guard Armory located on U.S. Highway 321 in Maryville the "CSM William O. Gregory National Guard Armory." - Amends TCA Title 58, Chapter 1.
  Apr 27, 2026: Comp. became Pub. Ch. 691
• HB 1538 In committee 114
  Criminal Offenses - As introduced, increases the penalty for knowingly using an unmanned aircraft over any portion of a property that includes a correctional facility from a Class C misdemeanor to a Class C felony; authorizes a correctional facility employee to disable an unmanned aircraft that is operating over property that includes a correctional facility and states that the correctional facility and the correctional facility employee are not liable for damage to the unmanned aircraft as a result of being disabled. - 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 1055 Adopted 114
  Memorials, Death - Tom Greene -
  Mar 18, 2026: Signed by Governor.
• HB 1674 In committee 114
  Assessors - As enacted, expands the duties of the division of property assessments to supervise and direct all reappraisals and revaluation programs beyond the cost of which the state contributes. - Amends TCA Section 67-1-202(a)(1).
  Mar 16, 2026: Comp. became Pub. Ch. 583
• HB 1732 In committee 114
  Teachers, Principals and School Personnel - As introduced, compiles a list of certain training requirements and opportunities for certain school staff and volunteers; changes the required frequency for certain de-escalation training, child abuse training, and training on harassment, intimidation, bullying, or cyberbullying policies. - Amends TCA Section 37-1-408; Title 49 and Section 68-6-103.
  Mar 3, 2026: Taken off notice for cal in s/c Education Administration Subcommittee of Education Committee
• HJR 918 Adopted 114
  Memorials, Personal Occasion - Thomas William Taylor, 80th birthday -
  Feb 27, 2026: Signed by Governor.
• HJR 844 Adopted 114
  Memorials, Professional Achievement - Horace Stephens, Alcoa City Schools Foundation Legacy of Service Award -
  Feb 11, 2026: Signed by Governor.
• HJR 747 Adopted 114
  Memorials, Personal Occasion - Charles and Iva Jean Cooper Endsley, 70th wedding anniversary -
  Feb 11, 2026: Signed by Governor.
• HB 140 In committee 114
  Auditing - As enacted, removes a requirement that audits and working papers prepared by independent public accountants for annual reports by a governing board operating under the Human Resource Agency Act of 1973 be reviewed by the comptroller of the treasury prior to payment by the human resource agency. - Amends TCA Title 13.
  May 2, 2025: Comp. became Pub. Ch. 155
• HB 368 In committee 114
  Education, Curriculum - As enacted, adds instruction for public high school students on this state's safe haven law to the required components of a family life curriculum. - Amends TCA Title 49.
  May 2, 2025: Comp. became Pub. Ch. 164
• HB 379 In committee 114
  Charitable Solicitations - As enacted, clarifies, by removing certain language, that a professional solicitor includes servants or employees specially employed by or for a charitable organization who are engaged in the solicitation of contributions. - Amends TCA Title 48, Chapter 101.
  Apr 30, 2025: Comp. became Pub. Ch. 169
• HJR 593 Adopted 114
  Memorials, Recognition - Blount Memorial Foundation's Downtown Dash for Breast Cancer Charitable 5k -
  Apr 29, 2025: Signed by Governor.
• HB 676 Became law 114
  Education - As enacted, requires that certain employees of state special schools receive the same leave and certain other benefits as employees of LEAs and public charter schools. - Amends TCA Title 8, Chapter 50 and Title 49.
  Apr 28, 2025: Pub. Ch. 284
• HB 980 In committee 114
  Municipal Government - As introduced, authorizes a tourism development authority to petition for deannexation of property owned by the authority. - Amends TCA Title 6, Chapter 51 and Title 7, Chapter 69.
  Apr 2, 2025: Taken off notice for cal. in State & Local Government Committee
• HB 880 In committee 114
  Education, Dept. of - As introduced, requires the department to compile a list of all of the educator preparation providers' teacher training requirements for licensed educators to teach students in any of the grades K-12 who are employees of a local education agency or public charter school; requires the department to publish the list on the department's website and submit the list to the education committee of the senate and the committee of the house of representatives having jurisdiction over educator licensure by June 30 of each year. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 1 and Title 49, Chapter 5.
  Mar 25, 2025: Taken off notice for cal. in Education Committee
• HB 677 In committee 114
  Psychologists - As introduced, requires that test materials and test data from psychological or neuropsychological testing be kept secure to avoid compromising the validity of the testing; makes other changes related to security of psychological or neuropsychological test materials and test data. - Amends TCA Title 63, Chapter 11.
  Feb 10, 2025: Assigned to s/c Health Subcommittee
• HB 678 Introduced 114
  Education, Dept. of - As introduced, specifies that the office of early learning is required, by February 1, to provide an annual report to the governor and the general assembly on the status of pre-kindergarten programs, which must include, at a minimum, the number, location, and types of providers of pre-kindergarten classrooms and the number of at-risk children served. - Amends TCA Title 49.
  Feb 6, 2025: P2C, caption bill, held on desk - pending amdt.
• HJR 26 Adopted 114
  Memorials, Recognition - Anderson Lumber Company, 100th anniversary -
  Feb 4, 2025: Signed by Governor.