TN — 114S1 | Bill Commons

9,112 bills

SB 2541 — Courts, Administrative Office of the - As introduced, requires the administrative office of the courts to post the monthly reports on the number of personal injury or death cases filed claiming money damages, the number of such cases proceeding to trial, and the number of such cases resulting in damages on the website of the administrative office of the courts. - Amends TCA Title 8; Title 16; Title 17; Title 18; Title 20; Title 21; Title 24; Title 25; Title 26; Title 27; Title 28 and Title 29.died on adjournment
Latest action 2026-02-02: Filed for introduction
HB 1647 — Criminal Offenses - As introduced, enacts "Matthew Davenport's Law," which creates a Class D felony offense of knowingly possessing Kratom; creates a Class B felony offense of knowingly manufacturing, delivering, or selling Kratom, or of knowingly possessing Kratom with intent to manufacture, deliver, or sell Kratom; punishes a violation of the offense as a Class A felony if the offense involved the delivery or sale of Kratom to a minor; requires toxicology tests in certain circumstances to include testing for Kratom; requires the commissioner of labor and workforce development to promulgate a rule to add Kratom to the definition of a drug in regard to workers' compensation claims. - Amends TCA Title 33, Chapter 2; Title 38; Title 39; Title 50; Title 63 and Title 68.died on adjournment
Latest action 2026-02-02: Sponsor(s) Added.
HB 1868 — Education, Higher - As introduced, waives, for the dependent child of a law enforcement officer or firefighter who was killed or who died as a direct result of injuries received while performing their official duties, the tuition and fees charged by the public institution of higher education at which the dependent child is enrolled as a student. - Amends TCA Title 49.died on adjournment
Latest action 2026-02-02: P2C, ref. to Education Committee
SB 1686 — Correction, Dept. of - As introduced, requires the department to develop and implement a performance-based contracting program for each contractor with which it contracts to operate prison facilities; requires the program to make the payment of an amount equal to 25 percent of the total funds appropriated to the contractor during a fiscal year conditional upon yearly performance improvements based upon a set of performance measures. - Amends TCA Title 41.died on adjournment
Latest action 2026-02-02: Recalled from Senate Judiciary Committee
SB 2630 — Comptroller, State - As introduced, requires the comptroller of the treasury to publish a copy of an audit conducted of the energy efficient schools council on the comptroller's website. - Amends TCA Title 49.died on adjournment
Latest action 2026-02-02: Filed for introduction
SB 2374 — Child Abuse - As introduced, adds the speaker of the senate and speaker of the house of representatives to whom the recipients of funding from the child abuse fund and its subsidiary funds, the child advocacy centers fund, the CASA fund, and the child abuse prevention fund shall report to annually regarding their use of child abuse fund moneys, their collaborative efforts to address the spectrum of child abuse issues, and their recommendations for additional improvements in the child abuse prevention and response system in this state. - Amends TCA Title 33 and Title 39.died on adjournment
Latest action 2026-02-02: Filed for introduction
HB 1701 — Local Education Agencies - As introduced, requires each LEA and public charter school to install, maintain, and use, subject to parental approval, a video camera surveillance system in the special education classrooms operated by the LEA or public charter school to continuously monitor students, teachers, and staff in the classroom while special education or related services are being provided. - Amends TCA Title 10 and Title 49.withdrawn
Latest action 2026-02-02: Withdrawn.
HB 1840 — Local Education Agencies - As introduced, requires each LEA to submit a report to the department of education by July 31 each year that includes, for the immediately preceding school year, the number of students the LEA provided with information on the career and technical education opportunities offered by the LEA after the students were administered a career aptitude assessment in grade seven or eight. - Amends TCA Title 49.died on adjournment
Latest action 2026-02-02: P2C, caption bill, held on desk - pending amdt.
HB 2033 — Sentencing - As introduced, requires a sentencing court to order every convicted person to perform a certain number of community service hours in addition to any other punishment imposed for the criminal violation. - Amends TCA Title 40.withdrawn
Latest action 2026-02-02: Intro., P1C.
SB 2475 — Taxes - As introduced, requires the commissioner of revenue to report to the general assembly on an annual basis, beginning July 1, 2027, the amount of sales and use tax refunds on purchases of major appliances, residential furniture, and residential building supplies issued to persons receiving federal disaster assistance. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 9; Title 12; Title 54; Title 55 and Title 67.died on adjournment
Latest action 2026-02-02: Filed for introduction
SB 1878 — Criminal Offenses - As introduced, reduces, from five to four business days, the amount of time a warden has to report an offense in a penal institution to the appropriate district attorney generals. - Amends TCA Title 39.died on adjournment
Latest action 2026-02-02: Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee
HB 1869 — Health Care - As introduced, changes from March 1 to February 1, the date by which a managed care organization that participates in the TennCare program must submit its annual report to the bureau of TennCare. - Amends TCA Title 71, Chapter 5, Part 1.died on adjournment
Latest action 2026-02-02: P2C, caption bill, held on desk - pending amdt.
SB 1918 — Union County - Subject to local approval, changes the building permit fee to fifty cents per square foot on all buildings constructed, erected, or reconstructed. - Amends Chapter 87 of the Private Acts of 1973; as amended.died on adjournment
Latest action 2026-02-02: Passed on Second Consideration, held on desk. Local Bill
HJR 749 — General Assembly, Statement of Intent or Position - Recognizes importance of substance abuse prevention education. -withdrawn
Latest action 2026-02-02: Withdrawn.
SB 1854 — Adoption - As introduced, changes from 100 years to 90 years the amount of time that must elapse from the date the adoption was finalized before confidential adoption records become public records open to inspection. - Amends TCA Title 18; Title 36, Chapter 1; Title 37; Title 49, Chapter 4, Part 9; Title 49, Chapter 5, Part 7 and Section 49-6-1304.died on adjournment
Latest action 2026-02-02: Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee
HB 1876 — Taxes, Sales - As introduced, exempts from the sales and use tax the retail sale of infant formula and diapers and wipes designed to be used by infants and children. - Amends TCA Title 67, Chapter 6, Part 3.withdrawn
Latest action 2026-02-02: P2C, ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee
SB 1844 — Naming and Designating - As introduced, redesignates the Legislative Plaza and War Memorial Plaza, respectively, in front of the War Memorial Building as the "Winfield Dunn War Memorial Plaza." - Amends TCA Title 3, Chapter 1; Title 4 and Title 58, Chapter 4.died on adjournment
Latest action 2026-02-02: Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate State and Local Government Committee
SB 1852 — TennCare - As introduced, enacts the "TennCare Buy-In Act." - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 3, Part 10 and Title 71, Chapter 5.died on adjournment
Latest action 2026-02-02: Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Commerce and Labor Committee
HB 2040 — Criminal Offenses - As introduced, creates the criminal offense of intentionally communicating a threat of harm to a public official or a member of the public official's immediate family; punishes a violation as a Class E felony. - Amends TCA Title 39.withdrawn
Latest action 2026-02-02: Intro., P1C.
SB 1862 — Correction, Dept. of - As introduced, increases from 90 to 100 days of receiving a valid judgment of conviction for when the department has to notify the victim witness coordinator of the scheduled parole hearing date when the inmate will be eligible for parole consideration. - Amends TCA Title 39 and Title 40.died on adjournment
Latest action 2026-02-02: Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee
HB 1850 — 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 2026-02-02: P2C, ref. to Agriculture & Natural Resources Committee- Government Operations for Review
HB 1726 — Foster Care - As introduced, enacts the "Stable Homes for Foster Youth Act." - Amends TCA Title 37.withdrawn
Latest action 2026-02-02: Withdrawn.
HB 2067 — Education, Curriculum - As introduced, authorizes LEAs and public charter schools to offer students in any of the grades five through 12 a hunter education course that is approved by the wildlife resources agency as part of physical education, health, or safety instruction. - Amends TCA Title 49 and Title 70, Chapter 2, Part 1.withdrawn
Latest action 2026-02-02: Intro., P1C.
SB 1949 — Criminal Offenses - As introduced, enacts the "mRNA Bioweapons Prohibition Act," which prohibits the manufacture, acquisition, possession, or making accessible to others of mRNA injections and products; requires state and local government officials to use all lawful means necessary to investigate or enforce suspected violations; punishes violations the same as manufacturing, acquiring, possessing, or transferring a weapon of mass destruction, which is a Class B felony. - Amends TCA Title 8; Title 14; Title 39; Title 40; Title 53; Title 63 and Title 68.died on adjournment
Latest action 2026-02-02: Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee
HB 1854 — Criminal Offenses - As introduced, expands the offense of adulteration of food, liquids, or pharmaceuticals to include adulteration for the purpose of making the user of the food, liquid, or pharmaceutical involuntarily intoxicated; classifies the offense as a Class D felony. - Amends TCA Title 39 and Title 40.withdrawn
Latest action 2026-02-02: P2C, ref. to Judiciary Committee