TN — 114S1 | Bill Commons

9,112 bills

SB 1827 — Public Funds and Financing - As introduced, adds certain definitions concerning precious metals; makes precious metal coins legal tender; prohibits a person from compelling another to accept precious metal coins as legal tender. - Amends TCA Title 9, Chapter 1.died on adjournment
Latest action 2026-04-20: Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 4/21/2026
SB 2082 — Appropriations - As introduced, makes appropriations for the purpose of defraying the expenses of certain legislative enactments passed during the 2026 session of the 114th General Assembly; earmarks sufficient state funds for the purpose of funding any bill naming a highway or bridge in honor of a service member killed in action. -died on adjournment
Latest action 2026-04-20: Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Finance, Ways and Means Committee
SB 2254 — Taxes, Sales - As introduced, exempts the retail sale of fresh fruit and vegetables for human consumption 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 2109 — Teachers, Principals and School Personnel - As introduced, allows the state board of education to waive the educator licensure requirement for an individual who does not hold a bachelor's degree from an accredited four-year institution, but who has at least five years of teaching experience at a church-related school or private school approved to operate in this state, if the individual meets certain requirements. - 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 1164 — Taxes, Sales - As introduced, exempts the retail sale of fresh, frozen, and canned fruit and vegetables for human consumption from the food retail sales tax. - Amends TCA Section 67-6-228.died on adjournment
Latest action 2026-04-20: Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 4/21/2026
HJR 1272 — Memorials, Professional Achievement - Brittany Richardson, Crockett Elementary School Teacher of the Year -enacted
Latest action 2026-04-20: Signed by Governor.
SB 1577 — Lottery, Scholarships and Programs - As introduced, allows a student who was ineligible for the Tennessee HOPE scholarship as an entering freshman based on their high school grade point average or composite ACT score to regain their eligibility for the HOPE scholarship as a transfer student if the student meets certain requirements. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 4.died on adjournment
Latest action 2026-04-20: Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 4/21/2026
SB 1392 — Bond Issues - As introduced, authorizes the state, acting by resolution of its funding board, to issue and sell its bonds and bond anticipation notes for certain purposes. -died on adjournment
Latest action 2026-04-20: Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Finance, Ways and Means Committee
SB 478 — Law Enforcement - As introduced, requires an annual training pay bonus supplement for eligible campus police officers and public safety officers in the amount of $800. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 38 and Section 49-7-118.died on adjournment
Latest action 2026-04-20: Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 4/21/2026
SB 249 — Parks, Natural Areas Preservation - As introduced, requires that veterans who are Tennessee residents be offered the same discounts at state parks at the same rates and with the same frequency as discounts offered to state employees at state parks. - Amends TCA Title 11, Chapter 3 and Title 58.died on adjournment
Latest action 2026-04-20: Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 4/21/2026
SB 1954 — Sexual Offenses - As introduced, revises the offense of continuous sexual abuse of a child, including the required number of victims, required number of incidents of sexual abuse, and time frame within which the incidents must have occurred. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 13, Part 5.died on adjournment
Latest action 2026-04-20: Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 4/21/2026
HJR 1302 — Memorials, Retirement - Gwyn Jennings -enacted
Latest action 2026-04-20: Signed by Governor.
SB 1151 — Lottery, Scholarships and Programs - As introduced, removes the requirement that a student with a documented intellectual disability be admitted to, and enrolled in, an eligible postsecondary institution in an eligible postsecondary program no later than 16 months after completing high school in order to be eligible to receive a Tennessee STEP UP scholarship. - Amends TCA Title 8, Chapter 50, Part 1; Title 49, Chapter 7 and Title 49, Chapter 4.died on adjournment
Latest action 2026-04-20: Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 4/21/2026
SB 334 — TennCare - As introduced, enacts the "Tennessee Medicaid Modernization and Access Act of 2025," which aligns TennCare's current Medicaid reimbursement rates for obstetrics/gynecology, primary care, outpatient mental health, and substance use disorder treatment with the Medicare fee schedule or average commercial rates, whichever is higher. - Amends TCA Title 63; Title 68 and Title 71.died on adjournment
Latest action 2026-04-20: Action deferred in Senate Finance, Ways & Means Committee to 4/21/2026
SB 2080 — TennCare - As introduced, directs the first $150 million of tax revenue generated by the health maintenance organization tax on or after July 1, 2026, to be utilized to draw down federal funds to reimburse a physician, advanced practice registered nurse, or physician assistant who is entitled to receive TennCare reimbursement for a CPT code for evaluation and management, obstetrics and gynecology, or anesthesia. - Amends TCA Title 56; Title 63; Title 68 and Title 71.died on adjournment
Latest action 2026-04-20: Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 4/21/2026
HJR 1294 — Memorials, Academic Achievement - Lilliana Mendez Medina, Valedictorian, Raleigh-Egypt High School -enacted
Latest action 2026-04-20: Signed by Governor.
HJR 1296 — Memorials, Academic Achievement - Mason Marchan, Salutatorian, Cordova High School -enacted
Latest action 2026-04-20: Signed by Governor.
SJR 399 — Memorials, Public Service - Tennessee's retailers that collect sales taxes for the State -died on adjournment
Latest action 2026-04-20: Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Finance, Ways and Means Committee
SB 397 — Taxes - As introduced, repeals the professional privilege tax for tax years that begin on and after June 1, 2026. - Amends TCA Title 67, Chapter 4, Part 17.died on adjournment
Latest action 2026-04-20: Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 4/21/2026
SB 341 — Education, Dept. of - As introduced, requires the department to allocate to each local education agency sufficient funds for the LEA to employ one full-time licensed professional school counselor at each high school in the LEA that enrolls at least 600 students in grades 10 through 12; requires each LEA to employ one full-time licensed professional school counselor at each high school for which the LEA receives such funding from the department. - 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
SJR 160 — General Assembly, Statement of Intent or Position - Encourages Tennessee's teachers to use the names Gulf of America and Mount McKinley in classroom instruction. -died on adjournment
Latest action 2026-04-20: Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee
SB 1715 — Teachers, Principals and School Personnel - As introduced, requires LEAs to classify school nurses as licensed personnel for salary purposes; requires an LEA to pay a school nurse the base salary established for licensed teachers for the respective school year in certain circumstances; requires an LEA to pay a school nurse more or less than the established base salary per school year if the nurse has more or less training and experience than that required for the base salary. - Amends TCA Title 49 and Title 68.died on adjournment
Latest action 2026-04-20: Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 4/21/2026
SB 1842 — Taxes, Privilege - As introduced, reduces professional privilege tax from $400 to $200 per year for attorneys in tax years that begin on and after June 1, 2027. - Amends TCA Title 67, Chapter 4, Part 17.died on adjournment
Latest action 2026-04-20: Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 4/21/2026
HJR 1314 — Memorials, Professional Achievement - Jessica Antoniak, DeKalb West Elementary School Teacher of the Year -enacted
Latest action 2026-04-20: Signed by Governor.
SB 2329 — Judges and Chancellors - As introduced, increases base salaries for trial and appellate level judges and supreme court justices effective September 1, 2030; revises compensation and other requirements for general sessions judges on or after September 1, 2030. - Amends TCA Section 8-23-103; Title 16 and Title 67.died on adjournment
Latest action 2026-04-20: Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 4/21/2026