| TN | SB0004 | Pass | As enacted, establishes a deaf mentor and parent advisor program to assist families in implementing bilingual and bicultural home-based programming for young children who are deaf, hard of hearing, or deaf-blind at the Tennessee Schools for the Deaf ... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-17 Effective date(s) 07/01/2023 |
| TN | SB0011 | Pass | As enacted, makes permanent various provisions regarding COVID-19. - Amends TCA Title 9; Title 14; Title 29, Chapter 20 and Section 49-7-159 and Chapter 896 of the Public Acts of 2022. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-17 Effective date(s) 03/21/2023 |
| TN | SB0355 | Pass | As enacted, requires the department to conduct a statewide needs analysis of preschool education in this state; requires the department to establish the Tennessee preschool task force to assist in developing a strategic plan for preschool education i... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-17 Effective date(s) 05/05/2023 |
| TN | SB0300 | Pass | As enacted, revises various provisions of present law pertaining to the promotion of students from third grade. - Amends TCA Title 49. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-17 Effective date(s) 05/05/2023 |
| TN | SB1391 | Pass | As enacted, adds certain exceptions to the prohibition that members of the general assembly may not bid on, sell, or offer for sale any service to a state entity or have a financial interest in the bid, sale, or offer for sale of any service to a sta... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-04 Effective date(s) 07/01/2023 |
| TN | SJR0648 | Pass | Gallatin Rotary [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-04 Signed by Governor. |
| TN | SB0148 | Pass | As enacted, removes the authority of the state board of equalization to create an assessment appeals commission to hear and act upon complaints and appeals regarding the assessment, classification, and value of property for purposes of taxation. - Am... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-03 Effective date(s) 07/01/2023 |
| TN | SB0027 | Pass | As enacted, requires a legislative body for a municipal, metropolitan, or county government to make available to the public, at no charge and at least 48 hours prior to a meeting, the agenda for the upcoming meeting in a place accessible to the publi... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-03 Effective date(s) 04/25/2023 |
| TN | SB0329 | Pass | As enacted, revises law requiring the governor to appoint three members to the medical cannabis commission, such that at least one member must be a patient who has been diagnosed with a qualifying medical disease or condition and who can establish th... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-03 Effective date(s) 04/28/2023, 07/01/2023 |
| TN | SB0400 | Pass | As enacted, rewrites the provisions for requests for review of a juvenile court case heard by a magistrate by changing the right from a de novo hearing by the juvenile court judge to a review by the juvenile court judge with a presumption of correctn... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-03 Comp. became Pub. Ch. 241 |
| TN | SB0292 | Pass | As enacted, applies on a statewide basis, rather than only in Nashville, Chattanooga, Knoxville, and Memphis, the distance parameter for the prohibition on needle and hypodermic syringe exchange programs being operated within 1,000 feet of a school o... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-03 Effective date(s) 07/01/2023 |
| TN | SB0537 | Pass | As enacted, adds to the grounds upon which initiation of termination of parental or guardianship rights may be based that the parent has been confined in a correctional or detention facility of any type, by order of the court as a result of one or mo... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-03 Effective date(s) 07/01/2023 |
| TN | SB0528 | Pass | As enacted, makes various changes to adoption law. - Amends TCA Title 36; Title 37 and Title 68, Chapter 3, Part 3. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-03 Effective date(s) 04/28/2023 |
| TN | SB0532 | Pass | As enacted, states that the goal of the department must be to act in the best interest of the child at all times and that goal must be reflected in any mission statement or motto established by the department. - Amends TCA Title 36 and Title 37. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-03 Comp. became Pub. Ch. 305 |
| TN | SB0838 | Pass | As enacted, authorizes an LEA to award a high school student credit for a course offered by the LEA's high school if the student attains a qualifying score on the course's final examination without requiring the student to enroll in the course. - Ame... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-03 Effective date(s) 04/28/2023 |
| TN | SB0264 | Pass | As enacted, makes various changes in regard to maintaining and securing documents in certain parental rights proceedings and the grounds for termination of parental rights. - Amends TCA Title 36, Chapter 1, Part 1. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-03 Effective date(s) 07/01/2023 |
| TN | SB0270 | Pass | As enacted, revises present law provisions governing adoption and foster care. - Amends TCA Title 36, Chapter 1, Part 1 and Title 37, Chapter 2, Part 4. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-03 Effective date(s) 07/01/2023 |
| TN | SB0854 | Pass | As enacted, allows a candidate to demand and receive a list of all voters who changed their residential address at the polling place; requires a recount to include the verification of any address of residence changed at the polling place. - Amends TC... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-03 Effective date(s) 04/24/2023 |
| TN | SB0776 | Pass | As enacted, prohibits a state agency, local agency, or law enforcement agency from purchasing or acquiring a drone or other covered telecommunications equipment or service produced by a manufacturer banned under the federal National Defense Authoriza... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-03 Effective date(s) 01/01/2023 |
| TN | SB0745 | Pass | As enacted, makes various changes relative to abortion. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 29; Title 33; Title 37; Title 38; Title 39; Title 40; Title 53; Title 56; Title 62; Title 63; Title 68 and Title 71. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-03 Comp. became Pub. Ch. 313 |
| TN | SB0656 | Pass | As enacted, requires the department to conduct an assessment of the home to determine whether the child will receive proper care and supervision, including a visit to the home, prior to the department notifying a court in writing of its intention to ... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-03 Effective date(s) 04/24/2023 |
| TN | SJR0594 | Pass | Shelley T. Gardner, 2022-2023 President, Tennessee District Public Defenders Conference [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-03 Signed by Governor. |
| TN | SJR0781 | Pass | Theron Ira Louis Lacy [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-03 Signed by Governor. |
| TN | SB0289 | Pass | As enacted, enacts the "Annual Coverage Assessment Act of 2023." - Amends TCA Title 71, Chapter 5. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-02 Comp. became Pub. Ch. 232 |
| TN | SB0534 | Pass | As enacted, authorizes a court to waive certain waiting periods and expedite certain proceedings relative to the adoption of children abandoned or voluntarily left at a facility or in a newborn safety device if certain conditions are met. - Amends TC... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-02 Comp. became Pub. Ch. 293 |
| TN | SJR0557 | Pass | David Hicks Lillard, Sr. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-02 Signed by Governor. |
| TN | SB0511 | Pass | As enacted, designates "The Tennessee in Me" by Debbie Mathis Watts as an official state song. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 1, Part 3. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-04-25 Effective date(s) 04/17/2023 |
| TN | SB0273 | Pass | As enacted, enacts the "Transportation Modernization Act of 2023." - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 29, Part 2; Section 12-2-112; Title 54 and Title 55. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-04-25 Effective date(s) 04/17/2023 |
| TN | SJR0522 | Pass | Former Tennessee First Lady Honey Alexander [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-04-25 Signed by Governor. |
| TN | SJR0533 | Pass | Women Veterans Appreciation Day [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-04-25 Signed by Governor. |
| TN | SJR0534 | Pass | Great Smoky Mountains National Park Honoring Our Veterans Day [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-04-25 Signed by Governor. |
| TN | SR0121 | Pass | Elizabeth McNish Holiway [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-04-25 Signed by Senate Speaker |
| TN | SR0156 | Pass | Dr. Melissa Collins, Tennessee Teacher of the Year [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-04-25 Signed by Senate Speaker |
| TN | SJR0372 | Pass | Grace Lynne Fleming, Rucker-Stewart Middle School Teacher of the Year [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-04-21 Signed by Governor. |
| TN | SJR0380 | Pass | Jan Cornwell, Westmoreland Elementary School Teacher of the Year [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-04-21 Signed by Governor. |
| TN | SJR0440 | Pass | Rhonda Jernigan, Sumner County Schools Central Office Support Employee of the Year [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-04-21 Signed by Governor. |
| TN | SJR0463 | Pass | Bobby Bell, Westmoreland Elementary School Support Employee of the Year [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-04-21 Signed by Governor. |
| TN | SJR0453 | Pass | Frank Omiyale, T.W. Hunter Middle School Support Employee of the Year [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-04-21 Signed by Governor. |
| TN | SJR0416 | Pass | Regina Dickinson, Bethpage Elementary School Support Employee of the Year [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-04-21 Signed by Governor. |
| TN | SJR0379 | Pass | Jill Swanson, Ellis Middle School Teacher of the Year [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-04-21 Signed by Governor. |
| TN | SJR0470 | Pass | Jacqueline English, Oakmont Elementary School Support Employee of the Year [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-04-21 Signed by Governor. |
| TN | SJR0447 | Pass | Kavonya Keeler, Liberty Creek High School Support Employee of the Year [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-04-21 Signed by Governor. |
| TN | SJR0429 | Pass | Sheryl Godsey, Indian Lake Elementary School Support Employee of the Year [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-04-21 Signed by Governor. |
| TN | SJR0444 | Pass | Phyllis Bennett, R.T. Fisher High School Support Employee of the Year [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-04-21 Signed by Governor. |
| TN | SJR0375 | Pass | Johnna Hutchison, Liberty Creek Middle School Teacher of the Year [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-04-21 Signed by Governor. |
| TN | SJR0365 | Pass | Charles Miller, Jim B. Satterfield Middle School Teacher of the Year [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-04-21 Signed by Governor. |
| TN | SJR0469 | Pass | Tammi Calvert, Portland Gateview Elementary School Support Employee of the Year [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-04-21 Signed by Governor. |
| TN | SJR0424 | Pass | Dianne Schneider, Madison Creek Elementary School Support Employee of the Year [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-04-21 Signed by Governor. |
| TN | SJR0395 | Pass | Julianna Bennett, Benny Bills Elementary School Teacher of the Year [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-04-21 Signed by Governor. |
| TN | SJR0407 | Pass | Katie Brown, Sumner County Schools Supervisor of the Year [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-04-21 Signed by Governor. |