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• HB 1514 In committee 114
  Local Government, General - As enacted, clarifies that the general assembly occupies the entire field of the regulation of shopping carts, including their purchase, use, taxation, manufacture, ownership, sale, storage, and transportation, to the exclusion of all county or metropolitan government laws, ordinances, resolutions, enactments, or regulations; prohibits a county or metropolitan government, or any agency, department, or official of a county or metropolitan government, from adopting an ordinance, resolution, or other regulation requiring a business to adopt a shopping cart policy of any nature or imposing a fee or fine on a business related to shopping carts. - Amends TCA Title 5, Chapter 1 and Title 6, Chapter 54.
  May 27, 2026: Comp. became Pub. Ch. 1085
• HB 1696 In committee 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: Comp. became Pub. Ch. 894
• HJR 1542 Adopted 114
  Memorials, Recognition - Page High School, 50th anniversary -
  May 7, 2026: Signed by Governor.
• HB 2337 In committee 114
  Hospitals and Health Care Facilities - As enacted, requires the attorney general, in making a decision as to whether to object to a public benefit hospital conveyance transaction, to consider whether the proceeds will be controlled as funds independently of the acquiring or related entities; makes certain exemptions. - Amends TCA Title 48, Chapter 68 and Title 68, Chapter 11.
  May 5, 2026: Comp. became Pub. Ch. 718
• HB 1803 In committee 114
  Alcoholic Beverages - As enacted, adds the bottling of distilled spirits to the definition of "manufacture" for purposes of licensing and regulation of the manufacturing of alcoholic beverages. - Amends TCA Title 57, Chapter 3.
  May 5, 2026: Comp. became Pub. Ch. 833
• HB 1697 In committee 114
  Flags - As enacted, authorizes a county mayor and the chief executive officer of a municipality to order the flags flown on county or municipal property to be lowered to half-staff to honor the death of a prominent citizen of that county or municipality. - Amends TCA Title 5; Title 6 and Title 7.
  May 4, 2026: Comp. became Pub. Ch. 828
• HB 2646 In committee 114
  Williamson County - Subject to local approval, authorizes the board of the Williamson County hospital district to sell real property owned or operated by the hospital district and lease substantially all of the facilities owned or operated by the hospital district if approved by the Williamson County board of commissioners. - Amends Chapter 107 of the Private Acts of 1957; as amended.
  May 1, 2026: Comp. became Pr. Ch. 37
• HB 2048 In committee 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: Comp. became Pub. Ch. 812
• HB 1798 In committee 114
  Garnishments and Executions - As enacted, clarifies that the sheriff or other person authorized by law to serve garnishments is authorized to demand that the fee for performing service of a garnishment be paid in advance of such performance. - Amends TCA Title 8, Chapter 21, Part 9.
  Apr 27, 2026: Comp. became Pub. Ch. 692
• HB 1527 Became law 114
  Education, Curriculum - As enacted, requires public schools and public charter schools to provide instruction in child trafficking awareness and prevention to students in grades kindergarten through 12 through health education, instead of being provided through a family life curriculum. - Amends TCA Title 49.
  Apr 23, 2026: Pub. Ch. 744
• HR 251 Adopted 114
  Memorials, Sports - Robert Malloy -
  Apr 22, 2026: Sponsor(s) Added.
• HJR 1215 Adopted 114
  Memorials, Recognition - Club America, Independence High School -
  Apr 20, 2026: Signed by Governor.
• HJR 1216 Adopted 114
  Memorials, Recognition - Club America, Nolensville High School -
  Apr 20, 2026: Signed by Governor.
• HJR 1218 Adopted 114
  Memorials, Recognition - Club America, Brentwood High School -
  Apr 20, 2026: Signed by Governor.
• HJR 1217 Adopted 114
  Memorials, Recognition - Club America, Page High School -
  Apr 20, 2026: Signed by Governor.
• HB 2047 In committee 114
  Taxes, Sales - As introduced, authorizes a qualified data center that applies for job tax credits to certify electronically that it has not, within the previous 12 months, been found to be in violation of the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN) Act, the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938, or federal immigration laws. - Amends TCA Title 67, Chapter 6.
  Apr 15, 2026: Taken off notice for cal in s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee of Finance, Ways, and Means Committee
• HB 1907 In committee 114
  Pensions and Retirement Benefits - As enacted, revises provisions relating to the production of documents in certain proceedings relating to the retirement of a member of the Tennessee consolidated retirement system (TCRS); revises provisions relating to the temporary reemployment of such a member upon retirement. - Amends TCA Title 8, Chapter 25; Title 8, Chapter 34; Title 8, Chapter 35 and Title 8, Chapter 36.
  Apr 6, 2026: Comp. became Pub. Ch. 658
• HJR 1083 Adopted 114
  Memorials, Recognition - Jordan Feliz -
  Mar 31, 2026: Signed by Governor.
• HJR 1070 Adopted 114
  Memorials, Recognition - Williamson Health -
  Mar 26, 2026: Signed by Governor.
• HB 1546 Became law 114
  Driver Licenses - As enacted, removes present law that prohibits a person from being denied a commercial driver license, or being deemed medically unqualified to operate a motor vehicle, based on the failure to meet motor safety carrier regulations because of a medical history or clinical diagnosis of diabetes mellitus currently requiring insulin, but whose medical history indicates that the insulin controls the diabetes to the extent that the condition is not likely to cause any loss of ability to control a motor vehicle. - Amends TCA Title 55, Chapter 50, Part 4.
  Mar 23, 2026: Pub. Ch. 601
• HB 1519 In committee 114
  Criminal Offenses - As introduced, enacts the "Safe Highways and Roads Enforcement (SHARE) Act," which requires the court to assess an additional fine against a person convicted of a moving traffic violation or driving under the influence of an intoxicant; requires the additional fines be deposited into the state highway fund. - Amends TCA Title 39 and Title 55.
  Mar 18, 2026: Taken off notice for cal in s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee of Finance, Ways, and Means Committee
• HJR 1034 Adopted 114
  Memorials, Death - Aaron Stokes and Andrew Huskey -
  Mar 18, 2026: Signed by Governor.
• HB 974 Became law 114
  Motor Vehicles - As enacted, provides that a motor vehicle dealer license is not required to sell or purchase certain antique vehicles or unique motor vehicles through an auction being held at a venue with a permanent seating capacity of at least 20,000 located in Wilson County, the auction operator conducts no more than one auction in this state per year, the auction offers no less than 400 vehicles and no more than 2,000 vehicles for any one auction, and the operator has a minimum net worth of $25 million. - Amends TCA Title 55, Chapter 17 and Title 62, Chapter 19.
  Mar 16, 2026: Pub. Ch. 540
• HJR 921 Adopted 114
  Memorials, Sports - Page High School girls' golf team, TSSAA Division I, Class AA State Championship -
  Mar 11, 2026: Signed by Governor.
• HB 1660 In committee 114
  Nuisances - As introduced, prohibits any cause of action for nuisance, taking, or another claim against a racing facility or racetrack by the owner of a surrounding real property if the racing facility or racetrack was built before the owner of the surrounding real property purchased the real property or built in the area of the racing facility or racetrack, regardless of the date on which the cause of action is alleged to have arisen; prohibits a political subdivision from adopting or enforcing any ordinance, resolution, or regulation that would restrict, limit, or prohibit the operation of a racing facility or racetrack in a manner inconsistent. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 5; Title 6; Title 7 and Title 29.
  Mar 4, 2026: Def. to Summer Study in Civil Justice Subcommittee
• HJR 717 Adopted 114
  Memorials, Sports - Page High School football team, TSSAA Division I, Class 5A State Champion -
  Feb 11, 2026: Signed by Governor.
• HB 378 In committee 114
  Law Enforcement - As introduced, specifies that a commissioned reserve deputy sheriff or commissioned reserve or auxiliary police officer receiving compensation for services as a guard, patrol, or watchperson under a contract with a private business that is properly licensed by the state is exempt from the private protective services licensing and regulation requirements. - Amends TCA Title 38; Title 39 and Title 62, Chapter 35.
  Jan 21, 2026: Withdrawn.
• HB 45 Became law 114
  Criminal Offenses - As enacted, increases the penalty from a Class A misdemeanor to a Class E felony for a person who commits child abuse by knowingly treating a child between 9 and 17 in such a manner as to inflict injury. - Amends TCA Title 36; Title 37; Title 39 and Title 40.
  May 27, 2025: Pub. Ch. 472
• HB 160 Became law 114
  Wine & Wineries - As enacted, exempts the sale of wine for consumption on the premises of a winery or farm wine producer, including the premises of a satellite facility, including tastings and sealed bottles sold at retail for consumption on the premises, from the liquor-by-the-drink tax on alcoholic beverages. - Amends TCA Section 57-3-207.
  May 27, 2025: Pub. Ch. 477
• HB 972 In committee 114
  Motor Vehicles - As enacted, revises various provisions of the Modernization of Towing, Immobilization, and Oversight Normalization Act. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 39; Title 47; Title 48; Title 55; Title 56; Title 62; Title 66 and Title 67.
  May 15, 2025: Comp. became Pub. Ch. 457
• HB 142 In committee 114
  Alcoholic Beverages - As enacted, authorizes a licensee that holds more than a 50 percent ownership interest in a manufacturer and a winery that are located on the same deeded property to offer product tastings and make retail sales for consumption on or off of such premises of its wine or spirits manufactured on such deeded property at a location on the overlapping premises other than on the bonded premises of the manufacturer or winery. - Amends TCA Title 57.
  May 13, 2025: Comp. became Pub. Ch. 358
• HB 1164 In committee 114
  Law Enforcement - As enacted, authorizes uniformed law enforcement officers to wear decorations, medals, service medals, and badges awarded to the officers by the armed forces of the United States, the Tennessee national guard, or the state guard during the week prior to Veterans Day and Memorial Day, the day of Veterans Day and Memorial Day, and the day immediately following Veterans Day and Memorial Day. - Amends TCA Title 38 and Title 58.
  May 13, 2025: Comp. became Pub. Ch. 391
• HJR 681 Adopted 114
  Memorials, Professional Achievement - Laura Quering, Down Syndrome Association of Middle Tennessee Educator of the Year Award -
  May 2, 2025: Signed by Governor.
• HJR 680 Adopted 114
  Memorials, Recognition - Rex Teixeira and the Association for Frontotemporal Degeneration -
  May 2, 2025: Signed by Governor.
• HJR 679 Adopted 114
  Memorials, Recognition - William Zabka -
  May 2, 2025: Signed by Governor.
• HB 623 Became law 114
  Education - As enacted, requires the department of education to establish enrollment deadlines for voluntary pre-kindergarten programs so that at-risk students who will be four years old by August 15 must be enrolled by the beginning of the school year and students who are four-year-olds who do not have a disability or who meet the qualifications for enrollment at three years of age must be enrolled by August 30. - Amends TCA Title 49.
  Apr 28, 2025: Pub. Ch. 192
• HB 973 Became law 114
  Statutes of Limitations and Repose - As enacted, extends the statute of limitations for criminal prosecution of certain child sexual abuse felonies from 25 years from the child's eighteenth birthday to 30 years from the child's eighteenth birthday; extends the statute of limitations for a civil action based on child sexual abuse from 15 years from the child's eighteenth birthday to 30 years from the child's eighteenth birthday. - Amends TCA Title 28 and Title 40, Chapter 2.
  Apr 28, 2025: Pub. Ch. 291
• HB 861 Became law 114
  Local Education Agencies - As enacted, requires LEAs to notify parents or guardians of a student at least 10 days before the student's individualized education program (IEP) meeting; requires LEAs to provide a copy of all evaluations and assessments of a student conducted for purposes of the student's IEP and, if created, a copy of a student's draft IEP, unless previously declined, to the student's parent or guardian at least 48 hours prior to a scheduled IEP team meeting. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 10 and Title 49, Chapter 6.
  Apr 28, 2025: Pub. Ch. 199
• HJR 17 Adopted 114
  Memorials, Congress - Urges Congress to enact H.R. 25, the Fair Tax Act of 2023. -
  Apr 24, 2025: Signed by Governor.
• HB 161 In committee 114
  Insurance Companies, Agents, Brokers, Policies - As enacted, revises the criteria by which certain domestic insurance companies may invest or acquire an interest in foreign investment assets, real property, and certain money market funds. - Amends TCA Title 56, Chapter 3, Part 4.
  Apr 8, 2025: Comp. became Pub. Ch. 71
• HJR 333 Adopted 114
  Memorials, Death - Robert Fitzgerald -
  Apr 1, 2025: Signed by Governor.
• HJR 381 Adopted 114
  Memorials, Recognition - Vietnam Veterans Day -
  Mar 26, 2025: Signed by Governor.
• HJR 382 Adopted 114
  Memorials, Recognition - Middle Tennessee Veterans Support Group -
  Mar 26, 2025: Signed by Governor.
• HB 46 In committee 114
  Children's Services, Dept. of - As introduced, requires that a reimbursement payment to a child advocacy center be completed within 30 days of receipt of a request for reimbursement; requires payment of a 10 percent late payment fee for failing to make a timely reimbursement to a child advocacy center; requires the department to submit to the general assembly an annual report on the timeliness of reimbursement payments to child advocacy centers. - Amends TCA Title 9 and Title 37.
  Mar 25, 2025: Returned to the Clerk's Desk.
• HJR 247 Adopted 114
  Memorials, Recognition - Williamson County Fair -
  Mar 12, 2025: Signed by Governor.
• HJR 231 Adopted 114
  Memorials, Retirement - Nolensville Fire Chief David Windrow -
  Mar 12, 2025: Signed by Governor.
• HJR 248 Adopted 114
  Memorials, Death - Jay Ward Williams -
  Mar 12, 2025: Signed by Governor.
• HB 606 In committee 114
  Alcoholic Beverage Commission - As introduced, requires the commission to submit its biennial report on underage drinking, drunk driving, and other harmful uses of alcohol to the governor in addition to members of the general assembly. - Amends TCA Title 57.
  Mar 11, 2025: Failed in s/c Departments & Agencies Subcommittee of State & Local Government Committee
• HJR 113 Adopted 114
  Memorials, Death - William "Billy" Earl Knight -
  Feb 21, 2025: Signed by Governor.
• HB 619 In committee 114
  Local Education Agencies - As introduced, requires LEAs to provide a copy of a student's education records, upon request, and a copy of a student's draft individualized education program, unless previously declined, to the student's parent or guardian prior to a scheduled IEP team meeting. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 10 and Title 49, Chapter 6, Part 1.
  Feb 5, 2025: P2C, ref. to Education Committee