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Current trends in Tennessee legislation over the last 72 hours as measured by public interest and activity.
| Position | Bill | Status | Summary | Action |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | HB1857 | Passed | As enacted, requires each director of schools for an LEA and each director of a public charter school to annually ensure that students in grades K-12 enrolled in the LEA or public charter school observe the Fourth of July during the school year by re... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-18 Effective date(s) 05/07/2026 |
| #2 | HB2552 | Passed | As enacted, requires a local government responsible for reviewing a development application, development plan, or a site inspection submitted by a developer for the purpose of developing real property in this state, within 60 business days of the sub... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-27 Effective date(s) 01/01/2027 |
| #3 | SB1513 | Passed | As enacted, extends the department of children's services to June 30, 2028; requires the department to report back to the government operations committee by December 31, 2026, to update the committee on its progress in addressing the findings and obs... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-27 Effective date(s) 05/22/2026 |
| #4 | SB1468 | Passed | As enacted, designates the national guard armory in McNairy County as the "Brigadier General Donald F. Hawkins Army National Guard Armory." - Amends TCA Title 58, Chapter 1. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-27 Effective date(s) 05/22/2026 |
| #5 | HB2533 | Passed | As enacted, makes various revisions to education law, including, but not limited to, prohibiting parents from using funds deposited in a participating student's IEA to make contributions to an achieving a better life experience account for purposes o... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-27 Effective date(s) 07/01/2026 |
| #6 | HB1885 | Passed | As enacted, clarifies that gambling, the operation or possession of gambling devices, and the operation, conducting, or commercial promoting of online sweepstakes games and other forms of online or app-based gambling are unlawful and a violation of t... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-27 Comp. became Pub. Ch. 1117 |
| #7 | HB1702 | Passed | As enacted, directs the Tennessee advisory commission on intergovernmental relations (TACIR) to perform a study of this state's emergency communications system. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-27 Comp. became Pub. Ch. 1103 |
| #8 | SB2295 | Passed | As enacted, imposes an additional 10% tax on a hemp-derived cannabinoid product's wholesale cost if the product is inhalable in cartridge form. - Amends TCA Title 57 and Title 67. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-27 Effective date(s) 07/01/2026 |
| #9 | HB2526 | Passed | As enacted, requires a child placed in the custody of the department to remain in custody so long as necessary to complete treatment or services, which must be evidence-based and provided by a qualified provider; makes other changes to child custody ... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-27 Comp. became Pub. Ch. 1102 |
| #10 | HB2507 | Passed | As enacted, vacates the present board of commissioners of each existing authority for metropolitan and regional airports, and reconstitute a new governing body; makes related changes. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 7 and Title 42. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-27 Comp. became Pub. Ch. 978 |
| #11 | SB2473 | Passed | As enacted, vacates the present board of commissioners of each existing authority for metropolitan and regional airports, and reconstitute a new governing body; makes related changes. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 7 and Title 42. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-27 Effective date(s) 05/19/2026, 07/01/2026 |
| #12 | SB0639 | Passed | As enacted, authorizes municipal water and sewer systems to undertake certain projects on private property. - Amends TCA Title 7; Title 63; Title 65; Title 68 and Title 69. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-27 Effective date(s) 07/01/2026 |
| #13 | SB1467 | Passed | As enacted, enacts "The Memphis Safe Task Force Accountability Act." - Amends TCA Title 8, Chapter 7 and Title 39. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-15 Comp. became Pub. Ch. 943 |
| #14 | SB2227 | Passed | As enacted, makes revisions to health law, including, but not limited to, revising certain reporting requirements, requiring a person licensed by the board of examiners in psychology to complete certain suicide prevention training, defining palliativ... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-27 Comp. became Pub. Ch. 1041 |
| #15 | HB2560 | Passed | As enacted, creates the department of Tennessee emergency management assistance ("TEMA") to authorize the creation of local organizations for emergency management in the political subdivisions of the state, and to authorize cooperation with the feder... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-27 Effective date(s) 07/01/2026 |
| #16 | SB2161 | Passed | As enacted, removes the requirement to place a defendant on a state or federal list or database as a fugitive from justice for failure to appear, unless it's on a felony; authorizes a court to relieve the surety of liability for an undertaking if the... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-26 Comp. became Pub. Ch. 1026 |
| #17 | HB2157 | Passed | As enacted, establishes a Tennessee safe initiative task force, which is administratively attached to the Tennessee bureau of investigation. - Amends TCA Title 8; Title 38 and Title 39. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-26 Effective date(s) 05/19/2026, 07/01/2026 |
| #18 | SB1584 | Passed | As enacted, lowers the age of an inpatient from 65 to 50 or older when a hospital, each year from October 1 through March 1, must offer immunization against influenza disease prior to discharge; requires a hospital to offer immunization against pneum... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-18 Comp. became Pub. Ch. 922 |
| #19 | HB2422 | Passed | As enacted, requires the department of education to implement a pilot program to evaluate whether administering fewer district- and state-mandated assessments results in students achieving greater academic success; adds an additional method by which ... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-27 Effective date(s) 05/21/2026 |
| #20 | SB2223 | Passed | As enacted, requires the sheriff of each county to enter into an agreement under an available federal 287(g) program, and expands the powers of the board of control of the Tennessee corrections institute. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 7; Title 8; Title... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-26 Comp. became Pub. Ch. 1015 |
| #21 | HB1677 | Passed | As enacted, enacts the "Military Families Licensing Recognition Act." - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 58; Title 62; Title 63 and Title 68. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-27 Comp. became Pub. Ch. 1081 |
| #22 | SB2377 | Passed | As enacted, requires the state board of education to establish a qualified dyslexia interventionist endorsement to allow an educator to provide targeted instructional intervention, academic support, behavioral support, or related services to students... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-18 Effective date(s) 07/01/2026 |
| #23 | HB2317 | Passed | As enacted, provides that a person commits the offense of grooming of a minor when the person engages in a course of grooming conduct directed at a minor with the specific intent to commit, or facilitate the commission by another person of, a sexual ... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-26 Effective date(s) 07/01/2026 |
| #24 | HB1847 | Passed | As enacted, generally prohibits a municipality or electric utility to pay or absorb the cost of electrical infrastructure incurred to serve a data center; makes related changes. - Amends TCA Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 13 and Title 65. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-18 Effective date(s) 05/07/2026 |
| #25 | HB2259 | Passed | As enacted, specifies that a good faith disclosure of information related to an activity of a quality improvement committee (QIC) made by a healthcare provider or healthcare organization to a patient or a family member of a patient is not a waiver of... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-26 Effective date(s) 05/19/2026 |
| #26 | SB0145 | Passed | As enacted, extends from June 30, 2028 to June 30, 2038, the deadline by which a municipality that continues to receive an allocation of state sales tax revenue pursuant to the now-repealed Courthouse Square Revitalization Pilot Project Act of 2005, ... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-14 Comp. became Pub. Ch. 926 |
| #27 | HB0162 | Passed | As enacted, authorizes, until June 30, 2041, a county or municipality that levies a property tax to pay a property tax refund owed to a taxpayer through annual installments applied as credits against the taxpayer's future property taxes if certain cr... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-27 Comp. became Pub. Ch. 1049 |
| #28 | SB0198 | Passed | As enacted, authorizes, until June 30, 2041, a county or municipality that levies a property tax to pay a property tax refund owed to a taxpayer through annual installments applied as credits against the taxpayer's future property taxes if certain cr... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-27 Effective date(s) 05/22/2026 |
| #29 | SB0225 | Passed | As enacted, requires certain insurers to reimburse chiropractic physicians at the same rate as physicians for the same services. - Amends TCA Title 56, Chapter 7 and Title 63. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-14 Comp. became Pub. Ch. 923 |
| #30 | HB0220 | Passed | As enacted, expands the areas served by the West Tennessee River Basin Authority to include Perry, Stewart, Houston, and Humphreys counties. - Amends TCA Title 64, Chapter 1, Part 11. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-18 Comp. became Pub. Ch. 966 |
| #31 | SB0254 | Passed | As enacted, requires a defendant who is ordered to wear a transdermal monitoring device or alternative device, including other alternative alcohol or drug monitoring device, or global positioning monitoring device, as a condition of pretrial release,... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-27 Effective date(s) 07/01/2026 |
| #32 | HB0354 | Passed | As enacted, grants the bureau discretion to investigate reports of suspected elder financial exploitation. - Amends TCA Title 8; Title 38; Title 39; Title 45; Title 68 and Title 71. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-14 Effective date(s) 05/01/2026 |
| #33 | SB0326 | Passed | As enacted, grants the bureau discretion to investigate reports of suspected elder financial exploitation. - Amends TCA Title 8; Title 38; Title 39; Title 45; Title 68 and Title 71. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-14 Comp. became Pub. Ch. 908 |
| #34 | HB0388 | Passed | As enacted, extends from June 30, 2028 to June 30, 2038, the deadline by which a municipality that continues to receive an allocation of state sales tax revenue pursuant to the now-repealed Courthouse Square Revitalization Pilot Project Act of 2005, ... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-14 Effective date(s) 05/07/2026 |
| #35 | HB0338 | Passed | As enacted, authorizes the commissioner of environment and conservation, notwithstanding agreements authorized by the commissioner of general services and with approval of the state building commission, to enter into agreements contemplated for the p... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-14 Effective date(s) 05/07/2026 |
| #36 | SB0343 | Passed | As enacted, authorizes, as of January 1, 2027, a licensed paramedic to make an actual determination and pronouncement of death; makes related changes. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 29; Title 33; Title 56; Title 63; Title 68 and Title 71. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-18 Effective date(s) 05/13/2026, 01/01/2027 |
| #37 | HB0398 | Passed | As enacted, authorizes, as of January 1, 2027, a licensed paramedic to make an actual determination and pronouncement of death; makes related changes. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 29; Title 33; Title 56; Title 63; Title 68 and Title 71. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-18 Comp. became Pub. Ch. 965 |
| #38 | SB0354 | Passed | As enacted, authorizes the commissioner of environment and conservation, notwithstanding agreements authorized by the commissioner of general services and with approval of the state building commission, to enter into agreements contemplated for the p... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-14 Comp. became Pub. Ch. 925 |
| #39 | HB0397 | Passed | As enacted, authorizes an entity designated to operate a stadium designed to host games of an intercollegiate football team that competes in the NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision (FCS) to receive a special allocation of state and loca... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-14 Effective date(s) 05/07/2026 |
| #40 | HB0483 | Passed | As enacted, authorizes the attorney general to conduct a study of a district attorney general's disposition of charges and other ancillary matters within the 30th judicial district; authorizes the attorney general to petition the supreme court for ap... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-14 Effective date(s) 05/07/2026 |
| #41 | HB0519 | Passed | As enacted, terminates the James K. Polk Memorial Association and requires the Tennessee historical commission to enter into good faith negotiations for the purchase and transfer of the James K. Polk Home in Columbia. - Amends TCA Title 4. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-27 Comp. became Pub. Ch. 1054 |
| #42 | SB0502 | Passed | As enacted, expands the scope of practice for athletic trainers by authorizing them to treat conditions that limit or prevent a person's participation in certain physical activities rather than just treating injuries that limit or prevent such partic... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-18 Effective date(s) 07/01/2026 |
| #43 | HB0545 | Passed | 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-... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-27 Comp. became Pub. Ch. 1056 |
| #44 | HB0555 | Passed | As enacted, increases from a Class E felony to a Class D felony the offense of burglary of a conveyance. - Amends TCA Title 39 and Title 40. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-14 Effective date(s) 07/01/2026 |
| #45 | SB0520 | Passed | As enacted, expands the areas served by the West Tennessee River Basin Authority to include Perry, Stewart, Houston, and Humphreys counties. - Amends TCA Title 64, Chapter 1, Part 11. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-18 Effective date(s) 05/13/2026 |
| #46 | SB0539 | Passed | As enacted, establishes the process for property tax assessment and valuation of multi-unit rental housing that receives a federal, state, or local incentive based on low-income renter restrictions. - Amends TCA Title 7; Title 13; Title 48; Title 49;... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-27 Effective date(s) 05/22/2026, 07/01/2026 |
| #47 | SB0599 | Passed | As enacted, terminates the James K. Polk Memorial Association and requires the Tennessee historical commission to enter into good faith negotiations for the purchase and transfer of the James K. Polk Home in Columbia. - Amends TCA Title 4. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-27 Effective date(s) 05/22/2026, 07/01/2026 |
| #48 | SB0608 | Passed | As enacted, prohibits the motor vehicle commission from denying an application for a license, or revoking or suspending the license, of a manufacturer, distributor, distributor branch or factory branch or officer, agent or other representative becaus... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-18 Effective date(s) 05/05/2026 |
| #49 | SB0687 | Passed | As enacted, extends present law concerning compensated unused leave for teachers to all employees of LEAs and public charter schools. - Amends TCA Title 4 and Title 49. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-14 Comp. became Pub. Ch. 909 |
| #50 | HB0658 | Passed | As enacted, expands the scope of practice for athletic trainers by authorizing them to treat conditions that limit or prevent a person's participation in certain physical activities rather than just treating injuries that limit or prevent such partic... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-18 Comp. became Pub. Ch. 884 |
