| TN | SB2588 | Pass | As introduced, requires state regulatory boards within the department of commerce and insurance and state health related boards within the department of health to issue advisory opinions upon request. - Amends TCA Title 62 and Title 63.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-06
Signed by Governor. |
| TN | SJR1436 | Pass | Jeffrey "J.R." Russell
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-02
Signed by Governor. |
| TN | SJR1525 | Enroll
75% | Rhedona Rose
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-02
Transmitted to Governor for action. |
| TN | SJR1557 | Enroll
75% | Morgan Price, NCAA gymnastics champion
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-02
Transmitted to Governor for action. |
| TN | SB1490 | Pass | As enacted, requires the wildlife resources agency, if contracting with a farmer to farm lands owned or under the control of this state, to offer, not less than 60 days before the expiration of the contract, the farmer the opportunity to renegotiate ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-01
Effective date(s) 07/01/2024 |
| TN | SB1688 | Pass | As enacted, authorizes a parent or guardian of a student enrolled in grades K-2 to elect to retain the parent's or guardian's student in the student's current grade level if the student has a documented academic or behavioral delay and the parent or ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-01
Signed by Governor. |
| TN | SB1723 | Pass | As enacted, enacts the "Uniform Faithful Presidential Electors Act." - Amends TCA Title 2.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-01
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 787 |
| TN | SB1887 | Pass | As enacted, makes bullying and cyber-bullying offenses subject to the same penalties as harassment; requires an officer to make a report of bullying and notify a parent or guardian when victim is a minor. - Amends TCA Title 37; Title 38; Title 39 and...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-01
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 797 |
| TN | SB2129 | Pass | As enacted, makes changes to the law relative to intoxicating liquors. - Amends TCA Title 57.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-01
Signed by Governor. |
| TN | SB2127 | Pass | As enacted, clarifies, with regard to a teen court having the authority to conduct proceedings and to receive evidence and hear testimony related to the dispositional stage, that such authority includes the authority to request detailed documentation...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-01
Signed by Governor. |
| TN | SB2222 | Pass | As enacted, establishes that it is unlawful for a person to intentionally initiate or circulate a report of a past, present, or impending active shooter and hostage situation, knowing that the report is false or baseless if certain information is kno...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-01
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 794 |
| TN | SB2648 | Pass | As enacted, designates Memphis barbecue as an official state food. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 1, Part 3.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-01
Signed by Governor. |
| TN | SB1868 | Pass | As enacted, enacts the "Laken Riley Act of 2024," which generally prohibits a public institution of higher education from prohibiting adults lawfully present on the institution's property from carrying a non-lethal weapon for purposes of self-defense...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-01
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 791 |
| TN | SB1708 | Pass | As enacted, clarifies that a private school serving students in any of the grades pre-K through 12 is authorized to adopt a handgun carry policy for the private school's property. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 17, Part 13; Title 49, Chapter 1 and Ti...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-01
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 738 |
| TN | SB2306 | Pass | As enacted, designates November as "Christian Heritage Month." - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 1.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-01
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 750 |
| TN | SB2923 | Pass | As enacted, requires, beginning with the 2025-2026 school year, each local education agency and public charter school to provide students with age-appropriate and grade-appropriate instruction on firearm safety. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 6.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-01
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 800 |
| TN | SB2743 | Pass | As enacted, requires a political subdivision to provide a written attestation with the political subdivision's annual audit to the comptroller of the treasury certifying that the political subdivision has not sought or received a grant in intentional...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-01
Signed by Governor. |
| TN | SB2363 | Pass | As enacted, requires hospitals and physicians to accept electronic insurance cards as valid proof of an insurance policy, plan, or contract. - Amends TCA Title 8; Title 56; Title 63 and Title 71.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-01
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 789 |
| TN | SB2508 | Pass | As enacted, requires the Tennessee film, entertainment and music commission, or a subcontracted nonprofit organization, to provide grants to eligible live music and performance venues, performers, and promoters to be used to support live music perfor...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-01
Signed by Governor. |
| TN | SB2507 | Pass | As enacted, requires a child who has been admitted to a juvenile detention facility, prior to being adjudicated for an alleged delinquent act, to be allowed at least one telephone call and one 30-minute in-person visit with the child's parent, guardi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-01
Signed by Governor. |
| TN | SB2610 | Pass | As enacted, establishes a Class E felony for an entity that is supported in whole or in part by public funds to knowingly provide meeting spaces or other forums, including electronic and print platforms, to certain groups or organizations for the pur...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-01
Signed by Governor. |
| TN | SR0326 | Pass | Dr. Joseph Wasmond
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-30
Signed by Senate Speaker |
| TN | SB0624 | Enroll
75% | As introduced, allows a juvenile court to impose a blended sentence on a child 16 years of age or older for a juvenile offense that would be a Class A, B, or C felony if committed by an adult; defines blended sentencing as a combination of any dispos...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-29
Enrolled and ready for signatures |
| TN | SB2133 | Enroll
75% | As introduced, declares that an intrastate commercial good that is produced in this state and that remains within the borders of this state is not subject to federal law or federal regulation under the authority of congress to regulate interstate com...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-29
Enrolled and ready for signatures |
| TN | SB2243 | Pass | As enacted, expands the definition of "victim" for the purposes of restitution to include a reciprocal, as defined by current law, when the reciprocal has compensated a subscriber for loss incurred as a result of the offense to the extent that the re...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-29
Signed by Governor. |
| TN | SB2204 | Enroll
75% | As introduced, authorizes available funds in the Ocoee River recreation and economic development fund to be paid to the Tennessee Valley Authority for additional releases of water on the Ocoee River. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 11; Title 65, Chapter ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-29
Enrolled and ready for signatures |
| TN | SB2749 | Enroll
75% | As introduced, enacts the “Families’ Rights and Responsibilities Act." - Amends TCA Title 33; Title 36; Title 37; Title 49; Title 63 and Title 68.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-29
Enrolled and ready for signatures |
| TN | SB2557 | Enroll
75% | As introduced, changes from November 1 to October 15 the deadline for the comptroller to annually submit a report concerning the implementation of the Tennessee Literacy Success Act. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 8; Title 9; ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-29
Enrolled and ready for signatures |
| TN | SB2229 | Enroll
75% | As introduced, requires the sheriff's department's and municipal law enforcement department's annual audit report of the disposition of goods seized and forfeited and fines imposed in relation to offenses involving controlled substances to be posted ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-29
Transmitted to Governor for action. |
| TN | SJR1485 | Enroll
75% | Dr. Keith Norman, 25th pastoral anniversary
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-29
Transmitted to Governor for action. |
| TN | SB2183 | Intro
25% | As introduced, changes, from 10 days to 10 business days, the maximum amount of time the commissioner of education can suspend schools in a year when the commissioner requires all teachers to attend county institutes or educational meetings. - Amends...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-25
Conf. comm. report adopted, Ayes 82, Nays 3 PNV 0 |
| TN | SJR1389 | Pass | Mayfield Dairy, 100th anniversary
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-24
Signed by Governor. |
| TN | SJR1382 | Pass | Cheri Doane, Ms. Tennessee Senior America 2023
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-24
Signed by Governor. |
| TN | SJR1362 | Pass | Hannah-Kate McFadden
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-24
Signed by Governor. |
| TN | SJR1363 | Pass | Jasmine Thomas, 2024 Boys & Girls Club of Tennessee State Youth of the Year
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-24
Signed by Governor. |
| TN | SJR1489 | Pass | Officer Joseph McKinney, Memphis Police Department
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-24
Signed by Governor. |
| TN | SB2639 | Intro
25% | As introduced, restricts certain foreign investments in land located within this state through the creation of two separate prohibitions, one that restricts a prohibited foreign-party-controlled business from acquiring real property and another that ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-24
Sponsor(s) Added. |
| TN | SB2530 | Intro
25% | As introduced, creates the artificial intelligence advisory council to recommend an action plan to guide awareness, education, and usage of artificial intelligence in state government that aligns with the state’s policies and goals and that support...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-24
Sponsor(s) Added. |
| TN | SB2791 | Intro
25% | As introduced, enacts the "TennCare for Working Individuals with Disabilities Act." - Amends TCA Title 71, Chapter 5.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-24
Sponsor(s) Added. |
| TN | SB2062 | Intro
25% | As introduced, increases the penalty for assault against a law enforcement officer from a Class A misdemeanor with a mandatory minimum 30-day sentence and $5,000 fine to a Class E felony with a mandatory minimum 60-day sentence and $10,000 fine. - Am...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-24
Sponsor(s) Added. |
| TN | SB2155 | Intro
25% | As introduced, increases the penalty for a third or subsequent domestic assault conviction from a Class A misdemeanor to a Class E felony; upgrades the offense classification for certain qualifying misdemeanor offenses to a Class E felony upon a defe...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-24
Sponsor(s) Added. |
| TN | SB2538 | Intro
25% | As introduced, changes from three to four the number of members the governor is authorized to appoint to an enrolling board in each county to act in lieu of the county assessor for purposes of enrolling county residents in the state militia. - Amends...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-23
Sponsor(s) Added. |
| TN | SB2589 | Intro
25% | As introduced, authorizes the bureau to provide a defendant with a certified copy of an order expunging the public records of a criminal offense following the dismissal of charges entered on behalf of the defendant; allows the bureau to charge a reas...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-22
Companion House Bill substituted |
| TN | SB0207 | Intro
25% | As introduced, increases, from $27,000 to $50,000, the maximum market value on which property tax relief is calculated for elderly, low-income homeowners. - Amends TCA Title 67, Chapter 5, Part 7.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-19
To Senate Finance, Ways and Means Committee |
| TN | SB0536 | Intro
25% | As introduced, adds, for purposes of juvenile court proceedings and termination of parental rights proceedings, certain offenses to those that constitute severe child abuse if the act was committed toward the child or there was a knowing failure to p...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-19
To Senate Finance, Ways and Means Committee |
| TN | SB1350 | Intro
25% | As introduced, requires as a qualification for office that a constable be certified by a qualified healthcare provider as being free from any mental impairment that would affect the constable's ability to perform an essential function of the job with...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-19
To Senate Finance, Ways and Means Committee |
| TN | SB0112 | Intro
25% | As introduced, expands the definition of "eligible postsecondary institution" to include certain private postsecondary institutions for purposes of a Tennessee HOPE scholarship, Tennessee HOPE access grant, Tennessee HOPE teacher's scholarship, or Wi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-19
To Senate Finance, Ways and Means Committee |
| TN | SB0529 | Intro
25% | As introduced, eliminates the sales and use tax on infant diapers, wipes, and formula. - Amends TCA Title 67, Chapter 6, Part 3.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-19
To Senate Finance, Ways and Means Committee |
| TN | SB1754 | Intro
25% | As introduced, makes various changes to criminal offenses involving fentanyl; increases the penalty one classification for criminal offenses involving fentanyl if the defendant crossed county lines in the course of the criminal offense; requires cert...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-19
To Senate Finance, Ways and Means Committee |
| TN | SB2282 | Intro
25% | As introduced, requires the department of health to reimburse an applicant's first attempt fee for taking the NREMT examination, a condition for an initial EMT or paramedic license to be issued, so long as the applicant has current or pending employm...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-19
To Senate Finance, Ways and Means Committee |
