TN — 114S1 | Bill Commons

9,112 bills

SB 2202 — Local Education Agencies - As introduced, changes the timing of when an LEA must file with the local education insurance committee any changes in health benefits offered under a local insurance plan from at least 30 days prior to the effective date of the changes to at least 40 days prior. - Amends TCA Title 8.died on adjournment
Latest action 2026-02-05: Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee
HB 2124 — Education, Dept. of - As introduced, changes from February 1 to October 1, the annual reporting date by which the commissioner of education and the commissioner of safety shall jointly report to the governor and the general assembly the implementation of and compliance with the "Schools Against Violence in Education Act." - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 6.died on adjournment
Latest action 2026-02-05: P2C, caption bill, held on desk - pending amdt.
SB 2356 — Health Care - As introduced, directs the commissioner of health to conduct a study of legislative developments occurring in neighboring states within the last five years concerning patient access to and patient safety in the use of assisted reproductive technology; requires the commissioner to publish and transmit to the general assembly the commissioner's findings and recommendations no later than December 31, 2026. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 29; Title 36; Title 63 and Title 68.died on adjournment
Latest action 2026-02-05: Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Health and Welfare Committee
SB 2107 — 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 2026-02-05: Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee
HB 2595 — Child Custody and Support - As introduced, authorizes a court to order additional parenting time to compensate for previously denied parenting time; requires a court to order additional parenting time to compensate for time that was denied on the basis of an investigation that did not result in a finding of abuse or neglect if the affected parent can show that the other parent intentionally made or participated in false allegations of abuse against the affected parent. - Amends TCA Title 36, Chapter 6, Part 5.died on adjournment
Latest action 2026-02-05: P2C, ref. to Judiciary Committee
HB 2551 — Codes - As introduced, revises authority of state fire marshal to prescribe rules relating to minimum statewide building construction safety standards, specifically for fire prevention for multi-family dwelling units. - Amends TCA Title 68, Chapter 120.died on adjournment
Latest action 2026-02-05: P2C, ref. to State & Local Government Committee
SB 2105 — Education - As introduced, requires each public charter school to publish the policy adopted by its governing board on the use of artificial intelligence by students, teachers, and staff for instructional and assignment purposes on its website; requires each local board of education to direct each school under its management and control to publish the policy adopted by the local board on the use of artificial intelligence by students, teachers, and staff for instructional and assignment purposes on the school's website. - Amends TCA Title 49.died on adjournment
Latest action 2026-02-05: Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee
HB 1935 — Taxes, Real Property - As introduced, prohibits a city or county collecting official from requiring a taxpayer to pay the full tax due for an assessment for which an appeal is pending before the county or state boards of equalization. - Amends TCA Title 67, Chapter 5.died on adjournment
Latest action 2026-02-04: P2C, ref. to State & Local Government Committee
HB 1072 — Water Pollution - As introduced, prohibits the department of environment and conservation from applying criteria that will result in the classification of real property as a wetland if the property is prior converted cropland that is exempt from classification as a wetland under federal law. - Amends TCA Title 11, Chapter 14, Part 4 and Title 69.died on adjournment
Latest action 2026-02-04: Failed in s/c Agriculture and Natural Resources Subcommittee of Agriculture & Natural Resources Committee
HB 650 — Bail, Bail Bonds - As introduced, requires a sheriff to accept the surrender of a criminal defendant on pretrial release by a bail bondsman or surety for good cause, pending a hearing by a court with jurisdiction to admit to bail to determine whether there is good cause for the surrender. - Amends TCA Title 40, Chapter 11.died on adjournment
Latest action 2026-02-04: Taken off notice for cal in s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee of Judiciary Committee
HB 1953 — Criminal Offenses - As introduced, removes from the offense of violation of a protective order or restraining order the requirement that the person violating the order must have had an opportunity to appear and be heard in connection with the order of protection or restraining order and that the court must have made specific findings of fact in the order that the person committed a certain offense. - Amends TCA Title 36 and Title 39.died on adjournment
Latest action 2026-02-04: P2C, ref. to Judiciary Committee
HB 2008 — Education - As introduced, enacts the "Universal Pre-K Funding Act." - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 51; Title 49 and Title 67.died on adjournment
Latest action 2026-02-04: P2C, ref. to Education Committee - Government Operations for Review - Finance, Ways & Means Committee
HB 1976 — Education - As introduced, requires a private school that participates in the Individualized Education Act or the Tennessee Education Savings Account Pilot Program to comply with certain requirements in order to receive public funds through the program; prohibits a student from receiving an education freedom scholarship if the student is enrolled in a private school that doesn't comply with certain requirements. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 10, Part 14; Title 49, Chapter 6, Part 26 and Title 49, Chapter 6, Part 35.died on adjournment
Latest action 2026-02-04: P2C, ref. to Education Committee
HB 2015 — Education, Dept. of - As introduced, requires the department to make the standardized form for reporting student allergies publicly available on its website. - Amends TCA Title 49.died on adjournment
Latest action 2026-02-04: P2C, caption bill, held on desk - pending amdt.
HB 1295 — Criminal Offenses - As introduced, enacts the "Shielding Tennesseans from Oligarchic Power and Eliminating Lawless Obstruction of Necessities Act (STOP ELON Act)," which creates a new offense of interfering with an individual's or entity's receipt of a loan, grant, or financial assistance that the individual or entity is lawfully entitled to receive from the federal, state, or local government, with intent to deprive the individual of the loan, grant, or financial assistance, which is punished as theft; authorizes a victim of an offense to bring a civil action to recover the funds that the victim did not receive because of the offense. - Amends TCA Title 29 and Title 39.died on adjournment
Latest action 2026-02-04: Taken off notice for cal in s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee of Judiciary Committee
SB 593 — Local Education Agencies - As introduced, enacts the "School District Capital Improvements Investment Trust Act." - Amends TCA Title 49.died on adjournment
Latest action 2026-02-04: Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Education Committee
HB 2068 — Zoning - As introduced, prohibits the adoption or enforcement of zoning regulations that have the effect of diminishing the value of a property; authorizes property owners to seek compensation for such diminished value. - Amends TCA Title 5; Title 6; Title 7 and Title 13, Chapter 7.died on adjournment
Latest action 2026-02-04: P2C, ref. to State & Local Government Committee
HB 1995 — Education - As introduced, authorizes, instead of requires, local education agencies and public charter schools to retain a student in the third grade if the student has not shown a basic understanding of the curriculum and an ability to perform the skills required in the subject of reading or English language arts. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 1 and Title 49, Chapter 6.died on adjournment
Latest action 2026-02-04: P2C, ref. to Education Committee
HB 2072 — Election Laws - As introduced, requires election officials to meet at the polling place at least one hour ahead of the time for opening the polls rather than 30 minutes. - Amends TCA Title 2.died on adjournment
Latest action 2026-02-04: P2C, caption bill, held on desk - pending amdt.
HB 1098 — Firearms and Ammunition - As introduced, creates the offense of carrying or possessing a firearm, including a firearm that was privately assembled and does not contain a serial number or other mark that conforms with federal law, if, at the time of carrying or possessing, the person is not a citizen of the United States or a lawful permanent resident. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 17, Part 13 and Title 55, Chapter 50.died on adjournment
Latest action 2026-02-04: Taken off notice for cal in s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee of Judiciary Committee
HJR 841 — Constitutional Amendments - Proposes to amend Article I of the Constitution of Tennessee to establish the right to privacy. -died on adjournment
Latest action 2026-02-04: Intro., ref. to Judiciary Committee
HB 882 — Environment and Conservation, Department of - As introduced, prohibits the department from regulating farming activities involving top soil, rock removal, or the building of a pond when the activities are conducted in an area that is less than three acres in size, and the property on which the activities occur has greenbelt classification. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 11; Title 13; Title 43; Title 44; Title 64; Title 66; Title 67; Title 68 and Title 69.died on adjournment
Latest action 2026-02-04: Taken off notice for cal in s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee of Finance, Ways, and Means Committee
HJR 847 — General Assembly, Statement of Intent or Position - Affirms the importance of religious liberty protections for incarcerated individuals under the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act of 2000 (RLUIPA) and recognizes the contributions of Prison Fellowship. -died on adjournment
Latest action 2026-02-04: Intro., ref. to State & Local Government Committee
HR 146 — Memorials, Death - Paul Trowbridge Gillespie, Jr. -died on adjournment
Latest action 2026-02-04: Sponsor(s) Added.
HB 1996 — Controlled Substances - As introduced, permits a person to possess cannabis that was obtained directly from, or pursuant to a diagnosis of a qualifying medical condition by, a licensed physician; specifies the sentences permitted for possessing certain amounts of cannabis that was not obtained directly from, or pursuant to a diagnosis of a qualifying medical condition by, a licensed physician. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 17, Part 4.died on adjournment
Latest action 2026-02-04: P2C, ref. to Health Committee - Judiciary Committee