TN — 114S1 | Bill Commons

9,112 bills

HB 701 — Utilities, Utility Districts - As introduced, removes the requirement that each year the Tennessee public utility commission submit to the general assembly a report describing the competitive nature of the telecommunications market in this state. - Amends TCA Title 65, Chapter 1 and Title 65, Chapter 5.died on adjournment
Latest action 2026-02-05: Sponsor change.
HB 2448 — Firearms and Ammunition - As introduced, changes from February 1 to February 15 the date by which the Tennessee bureau of investigation must report excess money collected pursuant to background check fees charged to gun dealers. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 8; Title 10; Title 16; Title 33; Title 36; Title 37; Title 38; Title 39; Title 40; Title 45; Title 49; Title 50; Title 55; Title 62; Title 67 and Title 70.died on adjournment
Latest action 2026-02-05: P2C, caption bill, held on desk - pending amdt.
SB 2296 — Education - As introduced, creates the task force for educational leadership to publish a comprehensive plan for the state to assume full responsibility for education programs currently administered by the United States department of education; requires the department of education to conduct an inventory of all existing federal education programs and grants administered by the state; requires the attorney general and reporter to conduct a review of all state statutes and rules that reference or incorporate federal education statutes or regulations for purposes of implementing the comprehensive plan. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 8 and Title 49.died on adjournment
Latest action 2026-02-05: Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee
SB 2517 — Election Laws - As introduced, changes the deadline, from January 31 to January 15, for the coordinator of elections to file a report with the state and local government committee of the senate and the local government committee of the house of representatives following an election conducted under a convenience voting pilot project. - Amends TCA Title 2.died on adjournment
Latest action 2026-02-05: Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate State and Local Government Committee
SB 2514 — Criminal Offenses - As introduced, requires TACIR to study and prepare a report on marijuana arrests made in this state from 2015 to 2025, including data on race, age, gender, and the location of arrest. - Amends TCA Title 4.died on adjournment
Latest action 2026-02-05: Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee
SB 2520 — Gaming - As introduced, allocates 2 percent of revenue from sports gaming in this state to programs that serve rural and urban at-risk youth. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 49 and Title 67.died on adjournment
Latest action 2026-02-05: Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate State and Local Government Committee
SB 2089 — Motor Vehicles - As introduced, creates a Class B misdemeanor offense for a motor vehicle dealer or salesperson to knowingly retain a copy, in an electronic or other format, of a person's identification. - Amends TCA Title 39; Title 47 and Title 55.died on adjournment
Latest action 2026-02-05: Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Transportation and Safety Committee
SB 2500 — Judicial Districts - As introduced, deletes obsolete statute creating the advisory task force to review composition of judicial districts, which ceased to exist upon completion of the task force's report and recommendations in 2019. - Amends TCA Title 16 and Title 17.died on adjournment
Latest action 2026-02-05: Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee
SB 2096 — Human Resources, Department of - As introduced, excludes a child care agency that provides child care services through a child development program and is accredited by the United States department of defense from being subject to licensure as long as such child care agency provides child care services only to an eligible patron. - Amends TCA Title 71, Chapter 3.died on adjournment
Latest action 2026-02-05: Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Health and Welfare Committee
SB 2256 — Livestock - As introduced, authorizes sheep producer associations to submit their annual reports electronically. - Amends TCA Title 44.died on adjournment
Latest action 2026-02-05: Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Energy, Ag., and Nat. Resources Committee
SB 2394 — Mental Health & Substance Abuse Services, Dept. of - As introduced, requires the report detailing strategies the department intends to use to increase resources for services and supports, including those funded by Medicaid, TennCare, or other public and private sources, to be submitted in an electronic format. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 33; Title 34; Title 52; Title 56; Title 63; Title 68 and Title 71.died on adjournment
Latest action 2026-02-05: Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Commerce and Labor Committee
SB 2007 — Sewage - As introduced, implements a system of graduated periods of suspension of a person's license to engage in the business of removing accumulated wastes from subsurface sewage disposal systems following conviction for offenses involving illegal dumping of sewage. - Amends TCA Title 39 and Title 68, Chapter 221.died on adjournment
Latest action 2026-02-05: Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Energy, Ag., and Nat. Resources Committee
HB 2591 — Funeral Directors and Embalmers - As introduced, establishes organic human reduction as a legally permissible method to dispose of human remains, with oversight by and pursuant to rules promulgated by the board of funeral directors and embalmers. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 11, Chapter 6, Part 1; Title 62, Chapter 5; Title 63 and Title 68.died on adjournment
Latest action 2026-02-05: P2C, ref. to Commerce Committee - Government Operations for Review
SB 2673 — Economic and Community Development - As introduced, creates the "Automotive Supply Chain Resilience and Expansion Act." - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 3, Part 7; Title 9; Title 12 and Title 67.died on adjournment
Latest action 2026-02-05: Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Commerce and Labor Committee
SB 2113 — 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
HB 2291 — Judicial Districts - As introduced, deletes obsolete statute creating the advisory task force to review composition of judicial districts, which ceased to exist upon completion of the task force's report and recommendations in 2019. - Amends TCA Title 16 and Title 17.died on adjournment
Latest action 2026-02-05: P2C, caption bill, held on desk - pending amdt.
HB 2233 — Consumer Protection - As introduced, enacts the "Junk Fee Prevention Act." - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 3, Part 19 and Title 47, Chapter 18.died on adjournment
Latest action 2026-02-05: P2C, ref. to Commerce Committee
HB 2582 — Sentencing - As introduced, increases from one year to three years the amount of time a defendant receiving a split sentence of confinement and probation may be required to serve a portion of the sentence in continuous confinement in the local jail or workhouse; specifies that the state is responsible for all costs of incarceration after the first year. - Amends TCA Title 40 and Title 41.died on adjournment
Latest action 2026-02-05: P2C, ref. to Judiciary Committee
SB 2120 — Eminent Domain - As introduced, enacts the "Tennessee Just Compensation for Property Owners Act," which requires an airport authority that exercises eminent domain to acquire private property to pay enhanced damages and costs to the owner of the subject real property. - Amends TCA Title 29 and Title 42.died on adjournment
Latest action 2026-02-05: Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee
HR 148 — Memorials, Death - Chesna Jeane Hulsey -died on adjournment
Latest action 2026-02-05: Adopted, Ayes 94, Nays 0, PNV 0
HB 2447 — Election Laws - As introduced, authorizes the county election commission to notify individuals filing a petition for recall, referendum, or initiative to notify the individuals of a defect in the petition that must be cured prior to certification for final approval. - Amends TCA Title 2.died on adjournment
Latest action 2026-02-05: P2C, caption bill, held on desk - pending amdt.
SB 2124 — 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 2026-02-05: Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate State and Local Government Committee
SB 2605 — Codes - As introduced, increases the period of temporary validity of a service release inspection from 45 days to nine months. - Amends TCA Title 68, Chapter 102.died on adjournment
Latest action 2026-02-05: Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Commerce and Labor Committee
HB 2292 — Contractors - As introduced, requires the state board for licensing contractors to notify the department of commerce and insurance of a disciplinary action against a contractor upon posting the notice of disciplinary action on its website. - Amends TCA Title 13; Title 62, Chapter 6 and Title 66.died on adjournment
Latest action 2026-02-05: P2C, caption bill, held on desk - pending amdt.
HB 2565 — Motor Vehicles - As introduced, requires the notification submitted by the department of safety to the department of revenue of reports of the theft or recovery of motor vehicles to be in writing. - Amends TCA Title 55.died on adjournment
Latest action 2026-02-05: P2C, caption bill, held on desk - pending amdt.