TN — 114S1 | Bill Commons

9,112 bills

HB 503 — Local Education Agencies - As introduced, exempts an LEA or public charter school from having to assign a third-grade student who is not proficient in English language arts a tutor through the Tennessee accelerating literacy and learning corps if the state does not appropriate sufficient funds to allow each LEA and public charter school to provide the required tutoring; conditions the requirement that LEAs participate in the learning loss remediation and student acceleration program on the availability of state appropriations for the program. - Amends TCA Title 49.died on adjournment
Latest action 2026-03-10: Action Def. in s/c K-12 Subcommittee to 3/17/2026
SB 2603 — Taxes, Exemption and Credits - As introduced, exempts the retail sale of food and food ingredients from the sales tax if sold to a person who is 65 or older and a Tennessee resident. - Amends TCA Section 67-6-228.died on adjournment
Latest action 2026-03-10: Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate F,W&M Revenue Subcommittee
SB 1999 — Energy - As introduced, enacts the "Data Center, Artificial Intelligence, and Clean Transition Tariff Accountability Act." - Amends TCA Title 7 and Title 65.died on adjournment
Latest action 2026-03-10: Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Commerce and Labor Committee
HB 1032 — Local Education Agencies - As introduced, requires directors of schools and directors of public charter schools to immediately notify all students, parents, educators, employees, and contractors of the local education agency or public charter school of the presence of an immigration officer on school grounds. - Amends Chapter __ of the Public Acts of 2025 (1st Ex. Sess. – SB 6002 / HB 6001); and TCA Title 4; Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 8 and Title 49.died on adjournment
Latest action 2026-03-10: Taken off notice for cal in s/c Education Administration Subcommittee of Education Committee
HB 953 — Education - As introduced, enacts the "School Safety and Mental Health Act." - Amends TCA Title 49.died on adjournment
Latest action 2026-03-10: Taken off notice for cal in s/c Education Administration Subcommittee of Education Committee
SB 1832 — Computers and Electronic Processing - As introduced, requires high performance computing (HPC) facility operators to devote 50 percent of the computing and data processing output of the facility for a public benefit; requires HPC facility operators to produce an annual report of the facility's energy consumption and carbon footprint; requires such operators to conduct an annual internal compliance audit and submit to an audit upon request by certain governmental entities. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 8 and Title 68.died on adjournment
Latest action 2026-03-10: Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Commerce and Labor Committee
SB 1693 — Real Property - As introduced, requires corporations, limited liability companies, limited partnerships, and limited liability partnerships that purchase or acquire residential rental property in this state to register the property with the secretary of state. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 13; Title 47; Title 48; Title 61 and Title 66.died on adjournment
Latest action 2026-03-10: Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Commerce and Labor Committee
HR 159 — General Assembly, Review Or Ratification of Rules - Ratifies and approves the amendments and revisions to the Tennessee Rules of Criminal Procedure, as promulgated by the Supreme Court. -enrolled
Latest action 2026-03-10: Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.
HR 158 — General Assembly, Review Or Ratification of Rules - Ratifies and approves the amendments and revisions to the Tennessee Rules of Appellate Procedure, as promulgated by the Supreme Court. -enrolled
Latest action 2026-03-10: Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.
HB 870 — Insurance, Health, Accident - As introduced, prohibits an insurer, pharmacy benefits manager, or third-party administrator from changing or conditioning the terms of health plan coverage based on availability of financial or other product assistance for a prescription drug; establishes certain procedures for calculating an enrollee's contribution to an applicable cost sharing requirement. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 8; Title 10; Title 53; Title 56; Title 63; Title 68 and Title 71.died on adjournment
Latest action 2026-03-10: Sponsor(s) Added.
SB 1987 — Children - As introduced, requires, in contested child custody, dependency and neglect, adoption, and guardianship proceedings in which the court has appointed a guardian ad litem, a court to order the child to be evaluated by a qualified expert unless the court determines an examination is unnecessary; requires the expert to submit a report containing certain information; specifies that the submitted report constitutes prima facie evidence of the child's condition and the factors relevant to the child's best interest; specifies various other requirements for the guardian ad litem's consideration of the report and the allocation of the examination costs. - Amends TCA Title 36 and Title 37.died on adjournment
Latest action 2026-03-10: Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Judiciary Committee
HB 1998 — Local Education Agencies - As introduced, allows certain searches of containers, packages, and certain enclosures used for storage by students or visitors to be conducted by a school employee who has been designated by the school principal to conduct such searches and who has completed an orientation and training program developed by the department of education. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 6.died on adjournment
Latest action 2026-03-10: Taken off notice for cal in s/c Education Administration Subcommittee of Education Committee
HB 934 — Election Laws - As introduced, makes changes to the forms of identification used to verify a person's identity for voting purposes. - Amends TCA Title 2.died on adjournment
Latest action 2026-03-10: Taken off notice for cal in s/c Elections & Campaign Finance Subcommittee of State & Local Government Committee
HB 1117 — Teachers, Principals and School Personnel - As introduced, creates a pathway for a person to obtain an alternative instructional leader license for purposes of serving as a principal, an assistant principal, or an instructional supervisor. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 5.died on adjournment
Latest action 2026-03-10: Taken off notice for cal in s/c Education Administration Subcommittee of Education Committee
HB 2523 — Health Care - As introduced, enacts the "Maternal Health Care Protection Act," which prohibits the exercise of a healthcare provider's right of conscience under the Medical Ethics Defense Act from allowing the provider to refuse to participate in or pay for pregnancy-related healthcare procedures, treatments, or services that are within the scope of the provider's license and professional obligations; prohibits the exercise of such right from allowing a healthcare institution or healthcare payer to adopt or enforce a policy, guideline, or contractual provision that results in the denial of pregnancy-related healthcare procedures, treatments, or services. - Amends TCA Title 63, Chapter 1, Part 9.died on adjournment
Latest action 2026-03-10: Sponsor(s) Added.
SB 499 — Consumer Protection - As introduced, enacts the "Agricultural Right to Repair Act." - Amends TCA Title 43 and Title 47, Chapter 18.died on adjournment
Latest action 2026-03-10: Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Commerce and Labor Committee
SB 1579 — Workers Compensation - As introduced, enacts the "Zero Estimated Exposure Policy Act." - Amends TCA Title 50, Chapter 6.died on adjournment
Latest action 2026-03-10: Deferred to Summer Study
SB 1998 — Consumer Protection - As introduced, requires certain food retail establishments to use a nondigital presentation of price; prohibits a food retail establishment from using personalized algorithmic pricing; makes other changes related to food retail establishments. - Amends TCA Title 47 and Title 53.died on adjournment
Latest action 2026-03-10: Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Commerce and Labor Committee
HB 2304 — Election Laws - As introduced, repeals convenience voting; provides requirements for satellite voting locations during early voting. - Amends TCA Title 2.died on adjournment
Latest action 2026-03-10: Failed in s/c Elections & Campaign Finance Subcommittee of State & Local Government Committee
SB 2565 — 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.died on adjournment
Latest action 2026-03-10: Deferred to Summer Study
SB 2499 — TennCare - As introduced, requires a managed care organization or pharmacy benefits manager that is contracted with the bureau to reimburse a claim for a long-acting injectable drug intended for treatment and prevention of human immunodeficiency virus and administered in a pharmacy, physician's office, clinic, ambulatory surgical treatment center, or hospital. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 56 and Title 71.died on adjournment
Latest action 2026-03-10: Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Commerce and Labor Committee
HR 166 — Memorials, Recognition - Kailei Beeler, appointment to U.S. Naval Academy -enrolled
Latest action 2026-03-10: Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.
HB 999 — 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.died on adjournment
Latest action 2026-03-10: Taken off notice for cal in s/c Elections & Campaign Finance Subcommittee of State & Local Government Committee
HB 1897 — Election Laws - As introduced, requires each county election commission to check each applicant with the systematic alien verification for entitlements (SAVE) program database prior to placing a registrant on the voter rolls in order to ensure non-United States citizens are not registered to vote in the county; requires, at least once each quarter, the county election commission to check the county's entire voter registration list through the SAVE program database to ensure that non-United States citizens are not on the voter rolls in the county. - Amends TCA Title 2.died on adjournment
Latest action 2026-03-10: Failed in s/c Elections & Campaign Finance Subcommittee of State & Local Government Committee
SB 2616 — Consumer Protection - As introduced, increases, from 60 to 65 days, the time that a controller has after receipt of an appeal from a consumer regarding the controller's refusal to take action on a consumer request under the Tennessee Information Protection Act to inform the consumer in writing of action taken or not taken in response to the appeal, including a written explanation of the reasons for the decision. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 39 and Title 47.died on adjournment
Latest action 2026-03-10: Failed (no second) in Senate Commerce and Labor Committee