| TN | SB2238 | Pass | As enacted, enacts the "Hunting for Heroes Act"; creates the Tennessee national guard sportsman license. - Amends TCA Title 70, Chapter 2.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-05
Effective date(s) 07/01/2026 |
| TN | HB2550 | Pass | As enacted, enacts the "Hunting for Heroes Act"; creates the Tennessee national guard sportsman license. - Amends TCA Title 70, Chapter 2.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-05
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 856 |
| TN | SB1704 | Pass | As enacted, repeals statutory requirements related to raccoon hunting, thereby permitting the Tennessee fish and wildlife commission to regulate such activities through proclamations and rules. - Amends TCA Title 70, Chapter 4.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-27
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 774 |
| TN | HB2030 | Pass | As enacted, repeals statutory requirements related to raccoon hunting, thereby permitting the Tennessee fish and wildlife commission to regulate such activities through proclamations and rules. - Amends TCA Title 70, Chapter 4.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-27
Effective date(s) 07/01/2026 |
| TN | SB2028 | Pass | As enacted, clarifies that local governmental entities shall not regulate the manner and means of taking wildlife, including the discharge of a firearm while lawfully hunting, and that such taking is regulated pursuant to rules promulgated and procla...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-13
Effective date(s) 04/07/2026 |
| TN | HB2017 | Pass | As enacted, clarifies that local governmental entities shall not regulate the manner and means of taking wildlife, including the discharge of a firearm while lawfully hunting, and that such taking is regulated pursuant to rules promulgated and procla...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-13
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 673 |
| TN | SB0891 | Intro
Sine Die | As introduced, requires, by January 15 of each year, the office of the governor to submit a report to legislative committees with subject matter jurisdiction over natural resources detailing all such lands and waters set apart and dedicated by the go...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-03-11
To Senate Energy, Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee |
| TN | HB0024 | Pass | As enacted, increases the criminal classification for hunting on the land of another without permission from a Class C misdemeanor to a Class B misdemeanor, punishable by a fine only, not to exceed $500 per violation. - Amends TCA Title 70.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-05-15
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 407 |
| TN | SB0014 | Pass | As enacted, increases the criminal classification for hunting on the land of another without permission from a Class C misdemeanor to a Class B misdemeanor, punishable by a fine only, not to exceed $500 per violation. - Amends TCA Title 70.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-05-15
Effective date(s) 07/01/2025 |
| TN | SB1038 | Pass | As enacted, increases the fee that county clerks and other agents are authorized to collect from purchases of hunting and fishing licenses from $1.00 to $3.00 for annual licenses and $.50 to $3.00 for temporary licenses. - Amends TCA Section 70-2-106...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-05-08
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 349 |
| TN | HB1060 | Pass | As enacted, increases the fee that county clerks and other agents are authorized to collect from purchases of hunting and fishing licenses from $1.00 to $3.00 for annual licenses and $.50 to $3.00 for temporary licenses. - Amends TCA Section 70-2-106...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-05-08
Effective date(s) 05/02/2025 |
| TN | SB0206 | Pass | As enacted, authorizes persons to wear daylight fluorescent pink as a substitute for daylight fluorescent orange when hunting big game during gun hunts; deletes statutory definition of daylight fluorescent orange. - Amends TCA Title 39 and Title 70.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-04-29
Effective date(s) 07/01/2025 |
| TN | HB0646 | Pass | As enacted, authorizes persons to wear daylight fluorescent pink as a substitute for daylight fluorescent orange when hunting big game during gun hunts; deletes statutory definition of daylight fluorescent orange. - Amends TCA Title 39 and Title 70.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-04-29
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 220 |
| TN | SB0297 | Pass | As enacted, extends the time within which the guardian for an adoptee who is less than 13 may apply for a lifetime sportsman license for adopted children from 36 months immediately following the adoption date to any time following the adoption that i...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-03-31
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 57 |
| TN | HB0752 | Pass | As enacted, extends the time within which the guardian for an adoptee who is less than 13 may apply for a lifetime sportsman license for adopted children from 36 months immediately following the adoption date to any time following the adoption that i...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-03-31
Effective date(s) 03/26/2025 |
| TN | SB0969 | Intro
Sine Die | As introduced, extends from January 1 to 15, the deadline by which the wildlife resources agency must submit to legislative committees with subject matter jurisdiction over natural resources a written report containing the estimated acreage managed b...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-12
To Senate Energy, Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee |
| TN | HB1063 | Intro
Sine Die | As introduced, extends from January 1 to 15, the deadline by which the wildlife resources agency must submit to legislative committees with subject matter jurisdiction over natural resources a written report containing the estimated acreage managed b...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-10
P2C, caption bill, held on desk - pending amdt. |
| TN | HB0891 | Intro
Sine Die | As introduced, requires, by January 15 of each year, the office of the governor to submit a report to legislative committees with subject matter jurisdiction over natural resources detailing all such lands and waters set apart and dedicated by the go...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-06
P2C, caption bill, held on desk - pending amdt. |
