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• SB 1748 Became law 114
  Motor Vehicles - As enacted, revises law relative to out-of-service orders issued to commercial drivers and related penalties. - Amends TCA Title 55 and Title 65, Chapter 15.
  Jun 18, 2026: Pub. Ch. 1087
• SB 2707 In committee 114
  Winchester - Subject to local approval, expands the board of public utilities' jurisdiction to wastewater treatment systems; requires the mayor to serve as a standing member of the board during the mayor's term; creates four-year terms for members; and makes various other changes. - Amends Chapter 34 of the Private Acts of 2019.
  May 27, 2026: Comp. became Pr. Ch. 59
• SB 1747 Became law 114
  Criminal Offenses - As enacted, creates an offense of recklessly discharging a firearm into the air, ground, a body of water, or an object in close proximity to the person if the firearm is discharged at a place of public gathering or at a public event where there are at least 25 people in attendance at the time of the discharge; punishes the offense as a Class A misdemeanor; specifies certain exceptions to the offense. - Amends TCA Title 39.
  May 27, 2026: Pub. Ch. 1086
• SB 2730 In committee 114
  Grundy County - Subject to local approval, creates the Southern Cumberland Plateau Regional Water and Wastewater Authority. -
  May 27, 2026: Comp. became Pr. Ch. 71
• SB 2726 In committee 114
  Tullahoma - Subject to local approval, allocates 3.8 percent of each annual operating budget, but not less than $1.5 million, to the maintenance of streets and roads within the city limits of the City of Tullahoma. - Amends Chapter 553 of the Acts of 1903.
  May 27, 2026: Comp. became Pr. Ch. 67
• SB 468 Became law 114
  Safety - As enacted, enacts the "Riley Gaines Women's Safety and Protection Act." - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 37; Title 41; Title 49 and Title 68.
  May 27, 2026: Pub. Ch. 1052
• SB 2566 In committee 114
  Sexual Offenses - As enacted, provides that a person commits the offense of grooming of a minor when the person engages in a course of grooming conduct directed at a minor with the specific intent to commit, or facilitate the commission by another person of, a sexual offense or violent sexual offense against the minor; or to cause or induce the minor to engage in simulated sexual activity that is patently offensive or sexual activity; makes related changes. - Amends TCA Title 39 and Title 40.
  May 26, 2026: Comp. became Pub. Ch. 1021
• SB 2481 In committee 114
  Obscenity and Pornography - As enacted, prohibits the issuance of a license to operate certain adult-oriented establishments unless certain signage is posted. - Amends TCA Title 7, Chapter 51 and Title 39.
  May 26, 2026: Comp. became Pub. Ch. 1020
• SB 1890 Became law 114
  Local Education Agencies - As enacted, requires, beginning with the next adoption of academic standards in the subject of social studies, the standards recommendation committee to include in their final recommendations of academic standards in the subject of social studies to the state board of education, and the state board, to adopt, grade-appropriate academic standards on the history of communism. - Amends TCA Title 49.
  May 5, 2026: Pub. Ch. 708
• SB 2483 Became law 114
  Veterans Services, Dept. of - As enacted, requires the department to conduct a study that includes an evaluation of county veterans service office resources; the identification of underserved areas; operational capacity; local outreach efforts, community outreach events, partnerships, and other entities providing, or sources of, assistance for veterans at the local level; and the identification of potential funding mechanisms to support local veterans service offices; requires the department to compile a report of the study by December 31, 2026. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 25 and Title 58, Chapter 3.
  May 4, 2026: Pub. Ch. 872
• SJR 1075 Adopted 114
  Memorials, Interns - Kermina Wadeh -
  Apr 30, 2026: Signed by Governor.
• SB 485 Became law 114
  Children - As enacted, requires certain procedures currently found in the federal Indian Child Welfare Act to be applied by courts in child custody proceedings involving an Indian child. - Amends TCA Title 36 and Title 37.
  Apr 24, 2026: Pub. Ch. 682
• SB 478 In committee 114
  Law Enforcement - As introduced, requires an annual training pay bonus supplement for eligible campus police officers and public safety officers in the amount of $800. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 38 and Section 49-7-118.
  Apr 20, 2026: Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 4/21/2026
• SB 2485 In committee 114
  Local Education Agencies - As introduced, allows an LEA or public charter school to install, maintain, and use, subject to parental approval, a video camera surveillance system in the special education classrooms operated by the LEA or public charter school to continuously monitor students, teachers, and staff in the classroom while special education or related services are being provided. - Amends TCA Title 10 and Title 49.
  Apr 20, 2026: Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 4/21/2026
• SB 482 In committee 114
  Criminal Offenses - As introduced, expands the offense of unlawful photography to include a photograph that the defendant knew would include the victim engaged in sexual activity; increases the penalty for the offense of unlawful photography from a Class A misdemeanor or a Class E felony to a Class D felony in certain circumstances; authorizes the issuance of an order of protection for a person who has been subjected to, threatened with, or placed in fear of unlawful photography. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 13 and Title 40.
  Apr 20, 2026: Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 4/21/2026
• SB 473 In committee 114
  Veterans - As introduced, enacts the "Veterans Assistance for Livelihood, Opportunity, and Relief (VALOR) Act," which exempts disabled veterans who have 100 percent permanent and total disability from a service-connected cause from the payment of certain taxes and fees. - Amends TCA Section 5-8-102; Title 55, Chapter 4; Title 67 and Title 70, Chapter 2.
  Apr 20, 2026: Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 4/21/2026
• SB 486 In committee 114
  Appropriations - As introduced, appropriates $25 million to the legislature for planning and construction of a new parking garage that has at least 400 parking spaces, is attached to the Cordell Hull Building, and is used solely by legislative employees. - Amends TCA Title 3; Title 4; Title 8; Title 9 and Title 12.
  Apr 20, 2026: Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 4/21/2026
• SB 1896 In committee 114
  Local Education Agencies - As introduced, requires boards of education that contract for transportation services with persons owning equipment to provide school transportation facilities to all students who live more than 1.5 miles by the nearest accessible route from the school to which they are assigned by the board of education and in which they are enrolled. - Amends TCA Title 49; Title 55, Chapter 4; Title 55, Chapter 50 and Title 55, Chapter 8.
  Apr 20, 2026: Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 4/21/2026
• SB 2480 In committee 114
  Public Funds and Financing - As introduced, enacts the "Greenbelt Initiative Fund Transfer (GIFT) Act," which creates the rural revenue equity fund; authorizes the commissioner of economic and community development to distribute amounts from the fund to rural counties based on certain agricultural, demographic, and fiscal criteria, including greenbelt acreage. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 9 and Title 67.
  Apr 20, 2026: Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 4/21/2026
• SJR 593 Adopted 114
  Naming and Designating - Designates Marlene Edwards Tidwell as "Poet Laureate Emerita of Tennessee." -
  Apr 16, 2026: Signed by Governor.
• SB 2122 Passed Senate 114
  General Assembly, Directed Studies - As introduced, establishes a nine-member Tennessee K-12 nutrition task force to evaluate the prevalence of ultra-processed foods (UPFs) and other substances in public school meal programs and the impact of UPFs on student health, to report its findings by December 1, 2026, and to terminate January 31, 2027. - Amends TCA Title 49.
  Apr 8, 2026: Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
• SB 1891 Became law 114
  Education, Dept. of - As enacted, allows a local board of education or public charter school governing body that has not received funding from the department for purposes of awarding its teachers the bonus authorized in the Education Freedom Act of 2025 to pass the required resolution and notify the department of the same within 21 calendar days from the date the Act becomes a law, to receive funding from the department to award bonuses to teachers employed in the 2024-2025 school year. - Amends Chapter 7 of the Public Acts of the First Extraordinary Session of 2025.
  Apr 6, 2026: Pub. Ch. 655
• SJR 611 Adopted 114
  General Assembly, Statement of Intent or Position - Recognizes the first Thursday in May each year as the "National Day of Prayer." -
  Mar 26, 2026: Ref. to Naming & Designating Committee - State & Local Government Committee
• SB 1048 In committee 114
  State Government - As introduced, prohibits a person, political subdivision, or public official, in connection with a state emergency, from categorizing or proclaiming by order, rule, or regulation that a lawful occupation is non-essential, or otherwise proclaiming by order, rule, or regulation that a lawful occupation is prohibited from operating based on what the lawful occupation is; specifies that a person harmed by a violation of the prohibition may bring a civil action for actual damages or declaratory relief. - Amends TCA Title 58, Chapter 2.
  Mar 25, 2026: Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 3/25/2026
• SB 2657 In committee 114
  General Assembly - As introduced, enacts the "Restoring State Sovereignty Through Nullification Act," which establishes processes by which the general assembly may nullify an unconstitutional federal statute, regulation, agency order, or executive order. - Amends TCA Title 3 and Title 4.
  Mar 25, 2026: Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 3/25/2026
• SB 1029 In committee 114
  Election Laws - As introduced, makes changes to the process for voting absentee under the federal Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act. - Amends TCA Title 2, Chapter 6, Part 5.
  Mar 25, 2026: Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 3/25/2026
• SB 1032 In committee 114
  Search & Seizure - As introduced, requires officials who are employed or contracted by the federal government, the state government, or a local government within this state, or an agency or department thereof, to obtain a search warrant that identifies the person or property that is the subject of the search before entering private property, unless a judicially recognized exception to the warrant requirement exists. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 8; Title 38; Title 39; Title 40 and Title 44.
  Mar 24, 2026: Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Judiciary Committee
• SB 2484 In committee 114
  Election Laws - As introduced, enacts the "Tennessee Ballot Access Act." - Amends TCA Title 2.
  Mar 24, 2026: Failed in Senate State and Local Government Committee
• SB 1743 In committee 114
  Tort Liability and Reform - As introduced, expands the definition of a person for whom a wrongful death action may be brought to include an unborn child beginning at fertilization, rather than in utero; extends the period of time from two to three years after which a spouse is rebuttably presumed to have abandoned a deceased spouse for purposes of bringing a wrongful death claim. - Amends TCA Title 20 and Section 63-6-1102.
  Mar 24, 2026: Failed in Senate Judiciary Committee
• SB 1749 In committee 114
  Criminal Offenses - As introduced, increases from a Class A misdemeanor to a Class C felony the available sentence for an aggravated criminal trespass if, while in commission of the trespass, the trespasser encounters the owner using or displaying a firearm in self-defense; upgrades trespass offenses to Class C felonies. - Amends TCA Section 39-11-611; Title 39, Chapter 13, Part 10 and Title 39, Chapter 14, Part 4.
  Mar 24, 2026: Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Judiciary Committee
• SB 1895 In committee 114
  DUI Offenses - As introduced, allows a person convicted of driving under the influence of an intoxicant involving alcohol or opioids to agree to receive naltrexone injections at the person's own expense for a period of 12 continuous months in lieu of being required to operate only a motor vehicle equipped with an ignition interlock device. - Amends TCA Title 39; Title 40 and Title 55, Chapter 10.
  Mar 24, 2026: Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Judiciary Committee
• SB 2479 In committee 114
  Safety - As introduced, requires newly installed storm drains and culverts constructed after July 1, 2026, to be equipped with a safety cover or grate if the opening is large enough that a child could reasonably fall into or become trapped within the structure. - Amends TCA Title 12 and Title 68.
  Mar 24, 2026: Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate State and Local Government Committee
• SB 1035 In committee 114
  Criminal Offenses - As introduced, requires the administrative office of the courts to report by October 1, 2025, to the speaker of the senate and the speaker of the house of representatives the number of persons found guilty of the Class A misdemeanor of, as an employer, dismissing from employment an employee because of jury service by that employee, from January 1, 1990, until January 1, 2025. - Amends TCA Title 39.
  Mar 24, 2026: Failed in Senate Judiciary Committee
• SB 1893 Became law 114
  Juries and Jurors - As enacted, requires a breastfeeding mother to be excused from jury service upon submitting to the jury coordinator a written request to be excused and a supporting medical statement from a licensed physician or a certified professional midwife. - Amends TCA Title 22, Chapter 1 and Title 22, Chapter 2.
  Mar 23, 2026: Pub. Ch. 594
• SB 1746 In committee 114
  Marriage - As introduced, states that private citizens and organizations are not bound by the Fourteenth Amendment or the Supreme Court’s decision in Obergefell v. Hodges to recognize a marriage between individuals of the same sex; prohibits the board of professional responsibility from disciplining or sanctioning an attorney for declining to officiate a marriage between two persons of the same sex. - Amends TCA Title 17, Chapter 5 and Title 36.
  Mar 23, 2026: Action deferred in Senate Judiciary Committee to 2027
• SB 1745 In committee 114
  Sex Discrimination - As introduced, enacts the "Banning Bostock Act." - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 21.
  Mar 23, 2026: Action deferred in Senate Judiciary Committee to 2027
• SB 2121 Passed Senate 114
  School Transportation - As introduced, lowers the minimum age, from 25 to 23, that is necessary to receive an initial school bus endorsement; authorizes local boards of education and public charter school governing bodies to adopt policies prescribing the qualifications of school bus drivers in the interest of the safety and health of school pupils. - Amends TCA Section 5-8-102; Title 49 and Title 55.
  Mar 19, 2026: Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
• SB 474 In committee 114
  Medical Occupations - As introduced, prohibits a healthcare provider from inquiring as to a patient's ownership, possession of, or access to firearm ammunition or firearm accessories; subjects the healthcare provider to disciplinary action and a fine of $1,000 if the healthcare provider makes such inquires. - Amends TCA Title 63 and Title 68.
  Mar 18, 2026: Failed in Senate Health and Welfare Committee
• SB 1039 In committee 114
  Controlled Substances - As introduced, prohibits a healthcare facility from authorizing a licensed healthcare professional from performing a drug or alcohol test or screen on a patient who is pregnant, less than one year postpartum, or a newborn without written and oral consent; allows for a drug or alcohol test or screen to be performed without the consent of the patient in certain listed situations. - Amends TCA Title 33; Title 63 and Title 68.
  Mar 17, 2026: Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Health and Welfare Committee
• SJR 79 In committee 114
  Constitutional Amendments - Proposes an amendment to Article XI, Section 12 of the Constitution of Tennessee to establish that parents have the inherent right to direct the education of the parent's child; prohibits the state from interfering with such rights through the adoption or enforcement of any law or rule that abridges, infringes upon, or restricts a parent's right to provide home-based education. -
  Mar 17, 2026: Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Judiciary Committee
• SB 1767 In committee 114
  Health Care - As introduced, enacts the "Tennessee mRNA Pharmaceutical Sovereignty and Safety Act," which prohibits individuals, including professional providers of health care and veterinary medicine, from administering any vaccine or other injectable solution that contains an mRNA vaccine or vaccine material. - Amends TCA Title 33; Title 37; Title 44; Title 47; Title 49; Title 53; Title 63 and Title 68.
  Mar 11, 2026: Action deferred in Senate Health and Welfare Committee to 3/18/2026
• SB 1108 In committee 114
  Education - As introduced, requires local boards of education to notify the department of education when a board declares itself to be a high performing school district; requires the department to maintain a list of high performing school districts on the department's website. - Amends TCA Title 49.
  Mar 11, 2026: Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Education Committee
• SB 1750 In committee 114
  Water - As introduced, prohibits the department of environment and conservation from prohibiting a utility that provides drinking water from pumping or otherwise withdrawing water from natural waters for purposes of providing drinking water, including as a prerequisite to renewal of the utility's permit, unless the prohibition is required to comply with federal law. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 68, Chapter 221 and Title 69.
  Mar 11, 2026: Failed in Senate Energy, Ag., and Nat. Resources Committee
• SB 2486 In committee 114
  Agriculture - As introduced, enacts the "Freedom to Farm Act." - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 17, Part 4; Title 40 and Title 43.
  Mar 11, 2026: Failed in Senate Energy, Ag., and Nat. Resources Committee
• SB 1744 In committee 114
  Law Enforcement - As introduced, entitles qualified law enforcement officers upon retirement or separation from service from their employing law enforcement agency to continue to maintain annual POST-certification upon meeting certain requirements. - Amends TCA Title 38, Chapter 8.
  Mar 10, 2026: Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Judiciary Committee
• SB 1897 In committee 114
  Firearms and Ammunition - As introduced, states that a person who has not been convicted of a violent, felony crime and who is lawfully able to own or to possess a firearm under the Constitution of Tennessee is considered to be individually licensed and verified by this state within the meaning of the provisions regarding individual licensure and verification in the federal Gun-Free School Zones Act. - Amends TCA Title 39.
  Mar 10, 2026: Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Judiciary Committee
• SB 1028 In committee 114
  Election Laws - As introduced, requires all ballots cast in an election to have a secure watermark; requires the official tabulation count of a ballot scanner to be based on the text or machine mark portion of a ballot; makes certain other changes related to ballots and elections; creates programs for the scanning and auditing of ballots. - Amends TCA Title 2.
  Mar 10, 2026: Failed in Senate State and Local Government Committee
• SB 2565 In committee 114
  Utilities, Utility Districts - As introduced, requires each public and private electric utility and electric project developer, owner, or operator to conduct a technical assessment of certain electrical transformers to determine vulnerability to geomagnetically induced current; requires such entities to file a report on the assessment with the general assembly, governor, board of utility regulation, and the public utilities commission. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 7 and Title 65.
  Mar 10, 2026: Deferred to Summer Study
• SB 1030 In committee 114
  Children - As introduced, deletes the responsibility of a parent or legal guardian to ensure that such person's child receives vaccines as recommended by guidelines of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention or the American Academy of Pediatrics. - Amends TCA Title 37.
  Mar 9, 2026: Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Judiciary Committee
• SB 2488 In committee 114
  Civil Procedure - As introduced, enacts the "Tennessee Foreign Law Non-Recognition Act." - Amends TCA Title 20 and Title 29.
  Mar 9, 2026: Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Judiciary Committee