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• SB 1847 Became law 114
  Firearms and Ammunition - As enacted, lowers the standard for the use of deadly force to protect property. - Amends TCA Title 39.
  May 27, 2026: Pub. Ch. 1100
• SB 2318 Became law 114
  Schools, Charter - As enacted, allows private postsecondary institutions, including those that are religiously affiliated, to operate a public charter school; allows such institutions to apply to the local board of education or directly to the Tennessee public charter school commission to open a public charter school and to give an enrollment preference to children of the institution's employees or members of its governing body in the same manner afforded to public institutions of higher education. - Amends TCA Title 49.
  May 27, 2026: Pub. Ch. 1128
• SB 821 Became law 114
  Education, Curriculum - As enacted, establishes a pilot program that provides grants to local education agencies to advance substance abuse and violence prevention programs. - Amends TCA Title 49.
  May 27, 2026: Pub. Ch. 1058
• SB 2385 In committee 114
  Tennessee Investment in Student Achievement (TISA) - As enacted, requires the TISA review committee to study and include in its annual report recommendations for how this state may revise the ways in which it identifies economically disadvantaged students to ensure this state is accurately identifying the students in need of additional resources and recommendations for how this state may better support economically disadvantaged students through the TISA. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 1 and Title 49, Chapter 3.
  May 27, 2026: Comp. became Pub. Ch. 1032
• SB 599 Became law 114
  State Government - As enacted, terminates the James K. Polk Memorial Association and requires the Tennessee historical commission to enter into good faith negotiations for the purchase and transfer of the James K. Polk Home in Columbia. - Amends TCA Title 4.
  May 27, 2026: Pub. Ch. 1054
• SB 2388 In committee 114
  Criminal Procedure - As enacted, revises present law that authorizes the attorney general to bring an action to enforce compliance with the Tennessee Abortion-Inducing Drug Risk Protocol Act or intervene as a matter of right in a case in which the constitutionality of such act is challenged. - Amends TCA Title 38; Title 39 and Title 40.
  May 26, 2026: Comp. became Pub. Ch. 1025
• SB 1912 In committee 114
  Local Education Agencies - As enacted, requires each LEA and public charter school to adopt an internet acceptable use policy; makes other related changes. - Amends TCA Title 49.
  May 26, 2026: Comp. became Pub. Ch. 992
• SB 2352 In committee 114
  Firearms and Ammunition - As enacted, states that if the possession of a handgun is restricted or prohibited at a county courthouse, then the sheriff of the county may provide secure storage lockers for those individuals who are lawfully carrying a firearm to store the firearm in separate secured, lockable storage units at or near a designated public entrance to the building or structure at no cost to the individual. - Amends TCA Title 5; Title 7; Title 8, Chapter 8 and Title 39, Chapter 17, Part 13.
  May 18, 2026: Comp. became Pub. Ch. 919
• SB 2412 Became law 114
  Abortion - As enacted, revises present law that authorizes the attorney general to bring an action to enforce compliance with the Tennessee Abortion-Inducing Drug Risk Protocol Act or intervene as a matter of right in a case in which the constitutionality of such act is challenged; makes related changes. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 18; Title 29, Chapter 39 and Title 63, Chapter 6, Part 11.
  May 18, 2026: Pub. Ch. 903
• SB 2366 Became law 114
  Physicians and Surgeons - As enacted, requires the board of medical examiners to issue a provisional foreign training license of two years, which may be extended for an additional one year, to an internationally trained physician who has successfully completed the examination described in current law upon finding sufficient evidence that the internationally trained physician has met certain listed criteria; makes related changes. - Amends TCA Title 63.
  May 18, 2026: Pub. Ch. 900
• SB 2375 Became law 114
  Education - As enacted, revises law concerning math education; requires the state board of education, in developing and adopting a uniform grading system for students in grades 9-12, to include in such system the high school course grades achieved by students in eighth grade; specifies that the uniform grading system for students in grades K-8 must include K-8 course work. - Amends TCA Title 49.
  May 18, 2026: Pub. Ch. 901
• SB 1716 In committee 114
  Education - As enacted, expands the prescribed forms of epinephrine that an LEA or nonpublic school is authorized to administer when a student is believed to be experiencing a life-threatening allergic or anaphylactic reaction to any prescribed form of epinephrine, not just epinephrine auto-injectors. - Amends TCA Title 49 and Title 68, Chapter 140, Part 5.
  May 15, 2026: Comp. became Pub. Ch. 947
• SB 1717 In committee 114
  Criminal Offenses - As enacted, creates a criminal offense of knowingly violating a no contact order issued as part of a defendant's sentence or conditions of probation or parole following conviction for certain criminal offenses in which the alleged victim of the offense is a domestic abuse victim; punishes a violation as a Class A misdemeanor. - Amends TCA Title 39 and Title 40.
  May 15, 2026: Comp. became Pub. Ch. 949
• SJR 1124 Adopted 114
  Memorials, Academic Achievement - Breonna Lashay Grinder, Top Ten Senior, Lewis County High School -
  May 11, 2026: Signed by Governor.
• SJR 1131 Adopted 114
  Memorials, Academic Achievement - Brylee Whitehead, Top Ten Senior, Lewis County High School -
  May 11, 2026: Signed by Governor.
• SJR 1130 Adopted 114
  Memorials, Academic Achievement - McKinley Sullivan, Top Ten Senior, Lewis County High School -
  May 11, 2026: Signed by Governor.
• SJR 1129 Adopted 114
  Memorials, Academic Achievement - Clara Tanner, Top Ten Senior, Lewis County High School -
  May 11, 2026: Signed by Governor.
• SJR 1123 Adopted 114
  Memorials, Academic Achievement - Geena Caprio, Top Ten Senior, Lewis County High School -
  May 11, 2026: Signed by Governor.
• SJR 1125 Adopted 114
  Memorials, Academic Achievement - Addison Osborne, Top Ten Senior, Lewis County High School -
  May 11, 2026: Signed by Governor.
• SJR 1128 Adopted 114
  Memorials, Academic Achievement - Xavier Wesley Shook, Top Ten Senior, Lewis County High School -
  May 11, 2026: Signed by Governor.
• SJR 1236 Adopted 114
  Memorials, Retirement - Reverend Jeff Kane -
  May 11, 2026: Signed by Governor.
• SJR 1127 Adopted 114
  Memorials, Academic Achievement - Emma Riffe, Top Ten Senior, Lewis County High School -
  May 11, 2026: Signed by Governor.
• SJR 1122 Adopted 114
  Memorials, Academic Achievement - Ashlee Wilson, Top Ten Senior, Lewis County High School -
  May 11, 2026: Signed by Governor.
• SJR 1126 Adopted 114
  Memorials, Academic Achievement - Amarissa Jayne Grinder, Top Ten Senior, Lewis County High School -
  May 11, 2026: Signed by Governor.
• SB 1940 In committee 114
  Holidays and Days of Special Observance - As enacted, designates January 22 of each year as "Sanctity of Life Day." - Amends TCA Title 15, Chapter 2.
  May 5, 2026: Comp. became Pub. Ch. 879
• SB 2371 Became law 114
  Teachers, Principals and School Personnel - As enacted, clarifies that tenure and the process for dismissing a nontenured, licensed employee by a director of schools does not apply to individuals who hold a temporary academic permit or temporary clinical permit. - Amends TCA Title 49.
  May 4, 2026: Pub. Ch. 867
• SB 2310 Became law 114
  Local Education Agencies - As enacted, requires each LEA and public charter school serving students in any of the grades K–5 to adopt a policy governing the age-appropriate and instructional use of digital devices by students to minimize unnecessary screen time while preserving instructional effectiveness. - Amends TCA Title 49.
  Apr 29, 2026: Pub. Ch. 808
• SB 2354 Became law 114
  Tennessee Fish & Wildlife Commission - As enacted, authorizes a person to possess a raccoon without the payment of the $150 personal possession permit fee if the raccoon is obtained from a legal source and has been vaccinated; the raccoon is non-native and was not captured from the wild; and a possession permit for the raccoon has been issued by TWRA. - Amends TCA Title 39; Title 44 and Title 70.
  Apr 29, 2026: Pub. Ch. 809
• SB 419 Passed House 114
  Remedies and Special Proceedings - As introduced, increases the amount of compensation an injured plaintiff in a civil action may receive for noneconomic damages from $750,000 to $1.5 million; increases the amount of compensation an injured plaintiff in a civil action may receive for noneconomic damages, if the injury or loss is catastrophic in nature, from $1 million to $2 million. - Amends TCA Section 29-39-102.
  Apr 23, 2026: Placed on Senate Message Calendar 3 for 4/23/2026
• SJR 1036 Adopted 114
  Memorials, Recognition - Phynlee Ryan Keeling, 2026 Mule Day Court First Runner-Up -
  Apr 22, 2026: Signed by Governor.
• SJR 1037 Adopted 114
  Memorials, Recognition - Ava Grayson Sykes, 2026 Mule Day Queen -
  Apr 22, 2026: Signed by Governor.
• SJR 1033 Adopted 114
  Memorials, Recognition - LaiLah Webster, Fourth Runner-Up, 2026 Mule Day Court -
  Apr 22, 2026: Signed by Governor.
• SJR 1035 Adopted 114
  Memorials, Recognition - Graciee Katherine English, 2026 Mule Day Court Second Runner-Up -
  Apr 22, 2026: Signed by Governor.
• SJR 1034 Adopted 114
  Memorials, Recognition - Cayley Jordan Crews, 2026 Mule Day Court Third Runner-Up -
  Apr 22, 2026: Signed by Governor.
• SB 1630 In committee 114
  Election Laws - As introduced, requires the legislative body of each municipality to change the date of municipal elections to coincide with the August primary or November general election; makes municipal elections partisan; standardizes the election timetable for referendums for the incorporation of a new municipality. - Amends TCA Title 2; Title 5; Title 6 and Title 7.
  Apr 21, 2026: Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee
• SB 1715 In committee 114
  Teachers, Principals and School Personnel - As introduced, requires LEAs to classify school nurses as licensed personnel for salary purposes; requires an LEA to pay a school nurse the base salary established for licensed teachers for the respective school year in certain circumstances; requires an LEA to pay a school nurse more or less than the established base salary per school year if the nurse has more or less training and experience than that required for the base salary. - Amends TCA Title 49 and Title 68.
  Apr 20, 2026: Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 4/21/2026
• SB 826 In committee 114
  Taxes, Business - As introduced, exempts services furnished by persons engaged in the appraisal of real estate or real property from business tax. - Amends TCA Title 67, Chapter 4, Part 7.
  Apr 20, 2026: Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 4/21/2026
• SB 1409 In committee 114
  Lottery, Scholarships and Programs - As introduced, expands eligibility for a dual enrollment grant to include students who are sophomores in high school and admitted to an eligible postsecondary institution as a dual enrollment student. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 4.
  Apr 20, 2026: Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 4/21/2026
• SB 989 In committee 114
  Education - As introduced, corrects the name of the Cumberland Museum and Science Center to the Adventure Science Center for purposes of receipt of appropriations of state funds made for educational grants-in-aid under allotments of the commissioner of finance and administration. - Amends TCA Title 49.
  Apr 20, 2026: Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 4/21/2026
• SB 163 In committee 114
  Criminal Offenses - As introduced, increases the penalty for reckless endangerment when the offense is committed by discharging a firearm or antique firearm into a motor vehicle from a Class E felony to a Class C felony, if the motor vehicle is occupied, or a Class D felony, if the motor vehicle is unoccupied. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 13, Part 1.
  Apr 20, 2026: Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 4/21/2026
• SB 1095 In committee 114
  Taxes, Sales - As introduced, exempts from sales tax, the first $20 of the sales price on a sale of tangible personal property paid for with physical cash declared legal tender, including gold and silver. - 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 1837 In committee 114
  Taxes, Exemption and Credits - As introduced, exempts from the state sales and use tax the retail sale of food and food ingredients that are voucher-eligible under the Special Supplemental Food Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC). - Amends TCA Title 67, Chapter 6.
  Apr 20, 2026: Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 4/21/2026
• SB 2347 In committee 114
  Taxes, Sales - As introduced, exempts from the state sales and use tax the retail sale of food and food ingredients. - Amends TCA Title 57, Chapter 3 and Title 67, Chapter 6.
  Apr 20, 2026: Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 4/21/2026
• SB 2349 In committee 114
  Health, Dept. of - As introduced, directs the department to create an outreach campaign regarding the ongoing research of Charcot-Marie-Tooth Disease; terminates the outreach campaign on July 1, 2027. - Amends TCA Title 68.
  Apr 20, 2026: Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 4/21/2026
• SB 2391 Became law 114
  Holidays and Days of Special Observance - As enacted, designates October 11 of each year to be observed as "General Pulaski Memorial Day." - Amends TCA Title 15, Chapter 2.
  Apr 13, 2026: Pub. Ch. 676
• SB 1714 In committee 114
  Public Employees - As introduced, enacts the "Protecting Religious Liberty and Expression in Public Schools Act." - Amends TCA Title 8; Title 16; Title 20 and Title 49.
  Apr 9, 2026: Re-refer to S. Cal Comm
• SB 1628 Passed Senate 114
  Handgun Permits - As introduced, extends the fee waiver for a lifetime enhanced handgun carry permit to include a retired law enforcement officer who served for less than 10 years prior to retirement, was POST-certified, or had equivalent training, on the date the officer retired, and retired from service due to an injury received in the line of duty as a law enforcement officer. - Amends TCA Title 38 and Title 39.
  Apr 2, 2026: Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
• SR 349 Adopted 114
  Memorials, Interns - Dylan Binns -
  Apr 1, 2026: Signed by Senate Speaker
• SJR 422 In committee 114
  General Assembly, Directed Studies - Directs feasibility study of implementing medical benefits overlay program to supplement State's current benefit plan offerings. -
  Apr 1, 2026: Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Health and Welfare Committee
• SB 831 In committee 114
  Election Laws - As introduced, requires a voter to designate on the voter registration record a political party with which the voter is affiliated in order to vote in primary elections for such political party. - Amends TCA Title 2.
  Mar 31, 2026: Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate State and Local Government Committee