TN — 114S1 | Bill Commons

9,112 bills

SB 2393 — Public Utilities - As introduced, requires the supervisory body of municipal electric plants to make the current schedule of rates and charges and all rules and regulations relating to electric service available to the public in an electronic format online. - Amends TCA Title 6; Title 7 and Title 65.died on adjournment
Latest action 2026-02-05: Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate State and Local Government Committee
HB 2492 — Finance and Administration, Dept. of - As introduced, requires the department to promulgate rules relating to cash transaction rounding. - Amends TCA Title 47, Chapter 18 and Title 67.died on adjournment
Latest action 2026-02-05: P2C, ref. to Commerce Committee - Government Operations for Review - Finance, Ways & Means Committee
SB 2396 — Criminal Offenses - As introduced, creates the new criminal offenses of systematic unauthorized employment and aggravated systematic unauthorized employment; establishes the tort of unfair competition. - Amends TCA Title 29 and Title 39.died on adjournment
Latest action 2026-02-05: Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee
HB 2299 — Elder Abuse - As introduced, requires the court to set a date for a deposition to preserve testimony in a case in which an alleged offense against an elderly or vulnerable adult has been committed within 45 days, rather than 60 days, of the filing of the original motion to preserve testimony. - Amends TCA Title 39 and Title 71.died on adjournment
Latest action 2026-02-05: P2C, caption bill, held on desk - pending amdt.
SB 2119 — Children - As introduced, enacts the "Parental Rights Protection Act," which makes various changes to the termination of parental rights, including raising the burden of proof the state must show to beyond a reasonable doubt and establishing the right to a trial by jury. - Amends TCA Title 36 and Title 37.died on adjournment
Latest action 2026-02-05: Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee
SB 2527 — Pensions and Retirement Benefits - As introduced, requires the board of trustees of TCRS to include in its annual report to the general assembly a certification of the amount of normal contributions, accumulated liability contributions, and cost of living contributions required from the employer to meet the funding needs of retirements for state judges and attorneys general participating in Groups 1, 3, and 4 of the consolidated retirement system. - Amends TCA Title 4 and Title 8.died on adjournment
Latest action 2026-02-05: Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate State and Local Government Committee
HB 2217 — Regional Authorities and Special Districts - As introduced, removes provision that allows speakers to alternatively appoint a senator or representative whose district was in a central business improvement district as of January 1, 1999, as ex officio board of directors member. - Amends TCA Title 7; Title 9, Chapter 21 and Title 67.died on adjournment
Latest action 2026-02-05: P2C, caption bill, held on desk - pending amdt.
HB 2237 — Education - As introduced, requires the office of research and education accountability in the office of the comptroller of the treasury to submit a copy of its annual report detailing the results of certain tests administered to recipients of education freedom scholarships to the legislative librarian. - Amends TCA Title 49.died on adjournment
Latest action 2026-02-05: P2C, caption bill, held on desk - pending amdt.
SB 2148 — Professions and Occupations - As introduced, enacts the "Responsible Welding for Tennessean’s Safety Act," which requires general contractors, project managers, and subcontractors to ensure that welders performing structural steel welding are tested and certified by an accredited facility or individual and that the work meets applicable standards whenever a design professional includes D1.1 or D1.5 codes in the job specifications, subject to an exemption for work performed on the premises of a homeowner or farmer. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 15; Title 56; Title 62; Title 64 and Title 68.died on adjournment
Latest action 2026-02-05: Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Commerce and Labor Committee
SB 2524 — Hotels and Restaurants - As introduced, creates a voluntary community storm emergency relief program administered by the department of tourist development in collaboration with the department of agriculture to authorize hotels and food service establishments to better serve the needs of their communities during a declared state or local emergency based upon a severe weather event. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 8; Title 53, Chapter 8; Title 58, Chapter 2; Title 62, Chapter 7 and Title 67, Chapter 4, Part 14.died on adjournment
Latest action 2026-02-05: Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Energy, Ag., and Nat. Resources Committee
SB 2303 — Criminal Offenses - As introduced, creates an offense to knowingly inhale, ingest, use, or possess any compound, liquid, gas, or chemical that contains nitrous oxide. - Amends TCA Title 39; Title 57, Chapter 7; Title 63 and Title 67, Chapter 4, Part 10.died on adjournment
Latest action 2026-02-05: Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee
HJR 870 — Memorials, Recognition - Larry Bushart -withdrawn
Latest action 2026-02-05: Objected to on Consent Calendar.
HB 2580 — Professions and Occupations - As introduced, decreases from 30 to 21 days the time in which a licensed polygraph examiner or company must notify the commissioner of commerce and insurance of a change in business address. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 62 and Title 63.died on adjournment
Latest action 2026-02-05: P2C, caption bill, held on desk - pending amdt.
HB 2493 — Taxes, Sales - As introduced, applies the sales and use tax to advertising services purchased by or on behalf of a business entity that generates annual revenue in amount equal to or greater than $100 million. - Amends TCA Title 67.died on adjournment
Latest action 2026-02-05: P2C, ref. to Government Operations for Review - Finance, Ways & Means Committee
HB 2280 — Education, Higher - As introduced, deletes an obsolete requirement that the governing board of each public institution of higher education submit a report on the institution's implementation of a research security policy by July 1, 2025, to the chairs of the education committee of the senate and the education committees of the house of representatives. - Amends TCA Title 9 and Title 49.died on adjournment
Latest action 2026-02-05: P2C, caption bill, held on desk - pending amdt.
SB 2420 — Sentencing - As introduced, reduces the time within which a sentencing hearing must be held from within 45 days after a finding of guilt to within 30 days after the finding of guilt. - Amends TCA Title 38; Title 39 and Title 40.died on adjournment
Latest action 2026-02-05: Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee
SB 2635 — Highways, Roads and Bridges - As introduced, designates East Robertson Road in Robertson County as a state route. - Amends TCA Title 54.died on adjournment
Latest action 2026-02-05: Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Transportation and Safety Committee
SB 2687 — Agriculture - As introduced, enacts the "Tennessee Agriculture Recovery and Investment in Family Farm (TARIFF) Relief Act," which creates a fund within the state treasury for the purpose of making grants to family farmers who have struggled with high input costs and market losses resulting from tariffs on agricultural goods, equipment, and machinery. - Amends TCA Title 9 and Title 43.died on adjournment
Latest action 2026-02-05: Refer to Senate Delayed Bills Committee
HB 2222 — Education, Dept. of - As introduced, changes from September 1 to November 1 the day by which the department is required to compile and publish to its website a directory of the name and contact information for the apprenticeship training program contact for each public high school. - Amends TCA Title 49.died on adjournment
Latest action 2026-02-05: P2C, caption bill, held on desk - pending amdt.
SB 2008 — Environment and Conservation, Department of - As introduced, enacts the "Climate Resiliency Fund Act." - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 3, Part 5; Title 9; Title 60; Title 67 and Title 68.died on adjournment
Latest action 2026-02-05: Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Energy, Ag., and Nat. Resources Committee
SB 2345 — Boards and Commissions - As introduced, creates a rebuttable presumption that a license or renewal should be denied by the board of nursing if the applicant or licensee has a conviction for certain alcohol-related offenses that involved injury to another person. - Amends TCA Title 63.died on adjournment
Latest action 2026-02-05: Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Health and Welfare Committee
HB 2512 — Education - As introduced, requires the state to elect to participate in the federal tax credit established under federal law for individuals who make qualified contributions to scholarship granting organizations. - Amends TCA Title 49.died on adjournment
Latest action 2026-02-05: P2C, ref. to Education Committee
SB 2415 — Civil Emergencies - As introduced, requires state agencies charged with responsibilities in connection with healthcare facilities to study emergency mitigation at the direction of the governor as part of the state and local comprehensive emergency management plans. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 8; Title 9; Title 13; Title 14; Title 49; Title 54; Title 55; Title 58; Title 64; Title 65; Title 66; Title 68 and Title 71.died on adjournment
Latest action 2026-02-05: Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate State and Local Government Committee
SB 2203 — Driver Licenses - As introduced, clarifies that the report made by a participant in the digital driver license system that the participant's electronic device has been lost or stolen must be made to the department of safety for purposes of terminating the person's participation in the system. - Amends TCA Title 55, Chapter 50.died on adjournment
Latest action 2026-02-05: Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Transportation and Safety Committee
SB 2686 — Environmental Preservation - As introduced, enacts the "Climate Resilient Tennessee Act." - Amends TCA Title 4 and Title 68.died on adjournment
Latest action 2026-02-05: Refer to Senate Delayed Bills Committee