TN — 114S1 | Bill Commons

9,112 bills

SB 1835 — Taxes, Sales - As introduced, reduces the rate on the state sales tax on food and food ingredients from 4 percent to 2 percent of the sales price. - Amends TCA Title 67, Chapter 6.died on adjournment
Latest action 2026-04-20: Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 4/21/2026
SB 482 — Criminal Offenses - As introduced, expands the offense of unlawful photography to include a photograph that the defendant knew would include the victim engaged in sexual activity; increases the penalty for the offense of unlawful photography from a Class A misdemeanor or a Class E felony to a Class D felony in certain circumstances; authorizes the issuance of an order of protection for a person who has been subjected to, threatened with, or placed in fear of unlawful photography. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 13 and Title 40.died on adjournment
Latest action 2026-04-20: Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 4/21/2026
HB 1641 — Transportation, Dept. of - As introduced, extends for one year the annual report the department must submit to committees of the general assembly regarding blocked highway-rail grade crossings data collected by the federal railroad administration. - Amends TCA Title 55 and Title 65.died on adjournment
Latest action 2026-04-20: Ref. to Transportation Committee
SB 1938 — Orders of Protection - As introduced, increases from a Class A misdemeanor to a Class E felony the penalty for the criminal offense of violation of an order of protection if the order violated was a lifetime order of protection and the conviction that the lifetime order of protection was based on involved the use of force against a victim. - Amends TCA Title 36 and Title 39.died on adjournment
Latest action 2026-04-20: Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee
SB 1829 — Taxes, Exemption and Credits - As introduced, exempts the retail sale of food and food ingredients from the sales and use tax when purchased by families with qualified dependents that meet certain household income requirements. - Amends TCA Title 67, Chapter 6.died on adjournment
Latest action 2026-04-20: Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 4/21/2026
SB 45 — Sentencing - As introduced, adds as an enhancement factor to be used in determining the sentence within the permissible range for a criminal offense that the defendant is an adult and committed the offense with a minor, regardless of whether the minor was convicted of the offense. - Amends TCA Title 39 and Title 40.died on adjournment
Latest action 2026-04-20: Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 4/21/2026
HJR 1263 — Memorials, Personal Occasion - Jim and Karen Bradfield, 50th wedding anniversary -enacted
Latest action 2026-04-20: Signed by Governor.
HJR 1301 — Memorials, Death - Gayle Duncan Gilmer -enacted
Latest action 2026-04-20: Signed by Governor.
SB 2216 — Firefighters - As introduced, requires this state's employee assistance program, including components for mental health and wellness, to be available to all active members of a volunteer fire department and all active volunteer members of a combination fire department; makes various other changes. - Amends TCA Section 8-50-119 and Title 68, Chapter 102.died on adjournment
Latest action 2026-04-20: Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 4/21/2026
HJR 1286 — Memorials, Sports - Stephen Smith -enacted
Latest action 2026-04-20: Signed by Governor.
HJR 1304 — Memorials, Recognition - Kaycee Mae Pratt -enacted
Latest action 2026-04-20: Signed by Governor.
SB 1465 — Taxes, Sales - As introduced, exempts from sales and use tax labor and service costs made as part of the sale of a taxable item of tangible personal property; exempts from sales and use tax repair and installation labor performed on tangible personal property. - Amends TCA Title 67, Chapter 6.died on adjournment
Latest action 2026-04-20: Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 4/21/2026
SB 2067 — Health Care - As introduced, revises requirement for the department of commerce and insurance to report on coverage for mental health, alcoholism, and drug dependency. - Amends TCA Title 56.died on adjournment
Latest action 2026-04-20: Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 4/21/2026
SB 2277 — Taxes, Sales - As introduced, exempts the retail sale of generic food products from the food retail sales tax. - Amends TCA Title 67, Chapter 6.died on adjournment
Latest action 2026-04-20: Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 4/21/2026
SB 2143 — Taxes, Sales - As introduced, expands sales tax exemptions on repair and refurbishment of aircraft and aircraft components, including equipment and parts used, performed by Tennessee-based aircraft repair companies from only large or transport category aircraft to include all aircraft, including helicopters, that will be removed outside the state following repair. - Amends TCA Title 67, Chapter 6, Part 3.died on adjournment
Latest action 2026-04-20: Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 4/21/2026
HJR 1306 — Memorials, Recognition - Forrest School, Anne Dallas Dudley Award -enacted
Latest action 2026-04-20: Signed by Governor.
HJR 1287 — Memorials, Sports - Gavin Johnson -enacted
Latest action 2026-04-20: Signed by Governor.
HJR 1215 — Memorials, Recognition - Club America, Independence High School -enacted
Latest action 2026-04-20: Signed by Governor.
SB 1709 — Teachers, Principals and School Personnel - As introduced, enacts the "Tennessee Civics Education Act," which requires persons seeking the first issuance of a practitioner teacher license or practitioner occupational teacher license to achieve a passing score on a United States civics test prepared by the department of education in order to obtain the license. - Amends TCA Title 49.died on adjournment
Latest action 2026-04-20: Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 4/21/2026
SB 188 — Taxes, Sales - As introduced, exempts feminine hygiene products from sales tax on the annual sales tax holiday. - Amends TCA Title 67, Chapter 6.died on adjournment
Latest action 2026-04-20: Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 4/21/2026
SB 261 — Prisons and Reformatory Institutions - As introduced, requires the department of correction, in consultation with the inmate disciplinary oversight board, to compose a report detailing the number of inmates who earned sentence reduction credits, and to submit the report to legislative committees. - Amends TCA Title 3; Title 4; Title 40 and Title 41.died on adjournment
Latest action 2026-04-20: Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 4/21/2026
HJR 1271 — Memorials, Professional Achievement - Mary Catherine Flemming, Hunters Bend Elementary School Teacher of the Year -enacted
Latest action 2026-04-20: Signed by Governor.
SB 2183 — Public Funds and Financing - As introduced, requires that 10 percent of the payments paid to or retained by the state from the Tennessee valley authority in lieu of taxes be allocated to the wildlife resources fund and used for boating and wildlife resources purposes. - Amends TCA Title 11; Title 67; Title 69 and Title 70.died on adjournment
Latest action 2026-04-20: Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 4/21/2026
SB 1896 — Local Education Agencies - As introduced, requires boards of education that contract for transportation services with persons owning equipment to provide school transportation facilities to all students who live more than 1.5 miles by the nearest accessible route from the school to which they are assigned by the board of education and in which they are enrolled. - Amends TCA Title 49; Title 55, Chapter 4; Title 55, Chapter 50 and Title 55, Chapter 8.died on adjournment
Latest action 2026-04-20: Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 4/21/2026
HJR 1307 — Memorials, Retirement - Jerry Williams -enacted
Latest action 2026-04-20: Signed by Governor.