Artificial Intelligence legislation in TN

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HB 1455 — Computers and Electronic Processing - As enacted, requires TACIR to study artificial intelligence and submit a report to the governor and both speakers by January 31, 2027. - Amends TCA Title 29; Title 33; Title 39 and Title 47.died on adjournment
Latest action 2026-05-27: Comp. became Pub. Ch. 1066
HB 1946 — Consumer Protection - As enacted, requires the Tennessee advisory commission on intergovernmental relations (TACIR) to conduct a study of the potential regulation of artificial intelligence systems and generative artificial intelligence chatbots in this state. - Amends TCA Title 29; Title 37 and Title 47.died on adjournment
Latest action 2026-05-27: Comp. became Pub. Ch. 1082
HB 545 — Education, Dept. of - As enacted, requires the department to provide at least one professional development course that provides asynchronous instruction on the use of artificial intelligence in the classroom and that is made available, at no cost, to teachers in grades 6-12; requires such teachers to complete at least one department-approved professional development course on the use of artificial intelligence in the classroom by the later of August 1, 2028, or within two years of becoming licensed as a teacher in this state. - Amends TCA Title 49.died on adjournment
Latest action 2026-05-27: Comp. became Pub. Ch. 1056
HB 849 — Statutes and Codification - As enacted, clarifies that a "person," as used in Tennessee Code Annotated, does not include artificial intelligence, a computer algorithm, a software program, computer hardware, or any type of machine. - Amends TCA Title 1.died on adjournment
Latest action 2026-04-28: Comp. became Pub. Ch. 781
HB 1898 — Safety - As introduced, enacts the "Artificial Intelligence Public Safety and Child Protection Transparency Act." - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 10, Chapter 7; Title 47; Title 58 and Title 68.died on adjournment
Latest action 2026-04-20: Received from House, Passed on First Consideration
SB 2171 — Safety - As introduced, enacts the "Artificial Intelligence Public Safety and Child Protection Transparency Act." - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 10, Chapter 7; Title 47; Title 58 and Title 68.died on adjournment
Latest action 2026-04-15: Re-refer to Senate Commerce & Labor Committee
SB 2010 — Insurance, Health, Accident - As introduced, creates the "Regulate Artificial Intelligence (AI) In Health Care Act." - Amends TCA Title 8, Chapter 27; Title 56 and Title 71.died on adjournment
Latest action 2026-04-07: Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Commerce and Labor Committee
HB 1470 — Health Care - As enacted, prohibits a person from developing or deploying an artificial intelligence system that advertises or represents to the public that such system is or is able to act as a qualified mental health professional. - Amends TCA Title 33; Title 47 and Title 63.died on adjournment
Latest action 2026-04-06: Comp. became Pub. Ch. 647
HB 1866 — Insurance, Health, Accident - As introduced, creates the "Regulate Artificial Intelligence (AI) In Health Care Act." - Amends TCA Title 8, Chapter 27; Title 56 and Title 71.died on adjournment
Latest action 2026-03-11: Taken off notice for cal in s/c Insurance Subcommittee of Insurance Committee
SB 1363 — Consumer Protection - As introduced, requires the office of the attorney general and reporter to submit to the chair of the house committee having jurisdiction over consumer protection and the chair of the commerce and labor committee of the senate a report on the number of investigations into violations of the Tennessee Consumer Protection Act of 1977 in which artificial intelligence was used to effectuate an unfair or deceptive act or practice affecting the conduct of any trade or commerce between January 1, 2024, and December 31, 2025; requires the report to be submitted no later than July 1, 2026; allows the report to be submitted electronically. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 12; Title 39; Title 45; Title 47; Title 48; Title 50; Title 55; Title 61; Title 62; Title 65; Title 66; Title 67 and Title 68.died on adjournment
Latest action 2026-03-10: Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Commerce and Labor Committee
SB 2521 — State Government - As introduced, expands the requirements of the 2026 and 2027 annual reports to be submitted by the artificial intelligence advisory council to the governor, speaker of the senate, and speaker of the house of representatives by requiring such reports to include recommendations on strategies to detect and minimize the risk of fraud committed by persons using artificial intelligence. - Amends TCA Title 2; Title 4; Title 8; Title 10; Title 16; Title 29; Title 36; Title 37; Title 38; Title 39; Title 40; Title 45; Title 47; Title 48; Title 49; Title 53; Title 62; Title 63; Title 65; Title 67; Title 68 and Title 71.died on adjournment
Latest action 2026-03-10: Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Commerce and Labor Committee
SB 1999 — Energy - As introduced, enacts the "Data Center, Artificial Intelligence, and Clean Transition Tariff Accountability Act." - Amends TCA Title 7 and Title 65.died on adjournment
Latest action 2026-03-10: Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Commerce and Labor Committee
HB 2054 — Energy - As introduced, enacts the "Data Center, Artificial Intelligence, and Clean Transition Tariff Accountability Act." - Amends TCA Title 7 and Title 65.died on adjournment
Latest action 2026-03-04: Taken off notice for cal in s/c Business and Utilities Subcommittee of Commerce Committee
SB 1362 — Boards and Commissions - As introduced, provides for a new definition for the term "artificial intelligence" for the Tennessee artificial intelligence advisory council act; expands, from 24 to at least 24 and at most 27, the number of members on the council; directs the council to make various other changes. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 3, Part 31.died on adjournment
Latest action 2026-02-18: Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Commerce & Labor Committee
HB 2586 — State Government - As introduced, expands the requirements of the 2026 and 2027 annual reports to be submitted by the artificial intelligence advisory council to the governor, speaker of the senate, and speaker of the house of representatives by requiring such reports to include recommendations on strategies to detect and minimize the risk of fraud committed by persons using artificial intelligence. - Amends TCA Title 2; Title 4; Title 8; Title 10; Title 16; Title 29; Title 36; Title 37; Title 38; Title 39; Title 40; Title 45; Title 47; Title 48; Title 49; Title 53; Title 62; Title 63; Title 65; Title 67; Title 68 and Title 71.died on adjournment
Latest action 2026-02-05: P2C, caption bill, held on desk - pending amdt.
SB 2618 — Computers and Electronic Processing - As introduced, requires the joint chairs of the artificial intelligence advisory council to publish their annual findings regarding the economic, labor, and ethical impacts of artificial intelligence on an appropriate page of the general assembly's website, in addition to the existing requirement to submit these reports to the governor and legislative speakers. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 10; Title 16; Title 36; Title 37; Title 38; Title 39; Title 40; Title 45; Title 47; Title 48; Title 49; Title 53; Title 63; Title 67; Title 68 and Title 71.died on adjournment
Latest action 2026-02-05: Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Delayed Bills Committee
HB 2416 — 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: P2C, ref. to Education 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 433 — Criminal Offenses - As introduced, expands the offense of unlawful exposure to include the distribution, with the intent to cause emotional distress, of an image of the intimate parts of another identifiable person or an image of an identifiable person engaged in sexually explicit conduct and the image was created or modified by means of a computer software program, artificial intelligence application, or other digital editing tools. - Amends TCA Title 39.died on adjournment
Latest action 2025-04-01: Taken off notice for cal in s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee of Judiciary Committee
SB 514 — Education, Curriculum - As introduced, requires local education agencies and public charter schools to provide age-appropriate instruction to students on how to access, utilize, and critically evaluate various artificial intelligence tools within the curriculum taught by the educator; requires the department of education to issue guidance on how to implement the required instruction; requires the department to provide a professional development program in artificial intelligence education for educators, subject to available funding. - Amends TCA Title 49.died on adjournment
Latest action 2025-03-19: Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Education Committee
HB 531 — Education, Curriculum - As introduced, requires local education agencies and public charter schools to provide age-appropriate instruction to students on how to access, utilize, and critically evaluate various artificial intelligence tools within the curriculum taught by the educator; requires the department of education to issue guidance on how to implement the required instruction; requires the department to provide a professional development program in artificial intelligence education for educators, subject to available funding. - Amends TCA Title 49.died on adjournment
Latest action 2025-03-18: Taken off notice for cal. in Education Committee
HB 933 — Education, Dept. of - As introduced, requires the department to establish and administer a three-year artificial intelligence weapons detection system grant pilot program to award grants to eligible LEAs for the purchase of artificial intelligence weapons detection systems for schools without an artificial intelligence weapons detection system. - Amends TCA Title 49.died on adjournment
Latest action 2025-03-18: Taken off notice for cal in s/c Education Administration Subcommittee of Education Committee
SB 814 — Education, Dept. of - As introduced, requires the department to establish and administer a three-year artificial intelligence weapons detection system grant pilot program to award grants to eligible LEAs for the purchase of artificial intelligence weapons detection systems for schools without an artificial intelligence weapons detection system. - Amends TCA Title 49.died on adjournment
Latest action 2025-02-24: Re-refer to S. Cal Comm
SB 1261 — Insurance Companies, Agents, Brokers, Policies - As introduced, imposes requirements for health insurance issuers using artificial intelligence, algorithms, or other software for utilization review or utilization management functions. - Amends TCA Title 8, Chapter 27; Title 56 and Title 71.died on adjournment
Latest action 2025-02-12: Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Commerce and Labor Committee
HB 1209 — Boards and Commissions - As introduced, provides for a new definition for the term "artificial intelligence" for the Tennessee artificial intelligence advisory council act; expands, from 24 to at least 24 and at most 27, the number of members on the council; directs the council to make various other changes. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 3, Part 31.died on adjournment
Latest action 2025-02-12: P2C, ref. to State & Local Government Committee- Government Operations for Review
SB 404 — Criminal Offenses - As introduced, expands the offense of unlawful exposure to include the distribution, with the intent to cause emotional distress, of an image of the intimate parts of another identifiable person or an image of an identifiable person engaged in sexually explicit conduct and the image was created or modified by means of a computer software program, artificial intelligence application, or other digital editing tools. - Amends TCA Title 39.died on adjournment
Latest action 2025-02-12: Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee
HB 1382 — Insurance Companies, Agents, Brokers, Policies - As introduced, imposes requirements for health insurance issuers using artificial intelligence, algorithms, or other software for utilization review or utilization management functions. - Amends TCA Title 8, Chapter 27; Title 56 and Title 71.died on adjournment
Latest action 2025-02-12: P2C, ref. to Insurance Committee - Government Operations for Review
HB 1246 — Consumer Protection - As introduced, requires the office of the attorney general and reporter to submit to the chair of the house committee having jurisdiction over consumer protection and the chair of the commerce and labor committee of the senate a report on the number of investigations into violations of the Tennessee Consumer Protection Act of 1977 in which artificial intelligence was used to effectuate an unfair or deceptive act or practice affecting the conduct of any trade or commerce between January 1, 2024, and December 31, 2025; requires the report to be submitted no later than July 1, 2026; allows the report to be submitted electronically. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 12; Title 39; Title 45; Title 47; Title 48; Title 50; Title 55; Title 61; Title 62; Title 65; Title 66; Title 67 and Title 68.died on adjournment
Latest action 2025-02-12: P2C, caption bill, held on desk - pending amdt.