SB 1037
(114th Regular Session (2025-2026))
Open Meetings - As introduced, increases, from 30 to 45, the number of days the office of open records counsel has to acknowledge and approve a plan submitted by a governing body detailing how the body plans to comply with electronic communication requirements that address meeting by means of an internet forum. - Amends TCA Title 8, Chapter 44.
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Feb 05 2025 |
Recommended For Passage With Amendment/S, Refer To Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 5, Nays 4 Pnv 0
Apr 02 2025
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SB 493
(114th Regular Session (2025-2026))
Forfeiture of Assets - As introduced, increases the burden of proof required to be met by the state in civil asset forfeiture proceedings from a preponderance of evidence standard to a clear and convincing evidence standard. - Amends TCA Title 40, Chapter 33.
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Jan 29 2025 |
Assigned To General Subcommittee Of Senate Judiciary Committee
Apr 01 2025
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SB 1032
(114th Regular Session (2025-2026))
Search & Seizure - As introduced, requires officials who are employed or contracted by the federal government, the state government, or a local government within this state, or an agency or department thereof, to obtain a search warrant that identifies the person or property that is the subject of the search before entering private property, unless a judicially recognized exception to the warrant requirement exists. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 8; Title 38; Title 39; Title 40 and Title 44.
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Feb 05 2025 |
Assigned To General Subcommittee Of Senate Judiciary Committee
Mar 31 2025
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SB 474
(114th Regular Session (2025-2026))
Medical Occupations - As introduced, prohibits a healthcare provider from inquiring as to a patient's ownership, possession of, or access to firearm ammunition or firearm accessories; subjects the healthcare provider to disciplinary action and a fine of $1,000 if the healthcare provider makes such inquires. - Amends TCA Title 63 and Title 68.
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Jan 29 2025 |
Action Deferred In Senate Health & Welfare Committee To Second Calendar Of 2026
Mar 26 2025
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SB 1263
(114th Regular Session (2025-2026))
Solid Waste Disposal - As introduced, creates exception to the state regulation of biosolids by authorizing the legislative body of Grundy County to regulate such activities. - Amends TCA Title 5; Title 68, Chapter 211; Title 68, Chapter 221 and Title 69.
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Feb 06 2025 |
Recommended For Passage, Refer To Senate Calendar Committee
Mar 26 2025
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SB 1033
(114th Regular Session (2025-2026))
Air Pollution - As introduced, designates the intentional injection, release, or dispersion, by any means, of chemicals, chemical compounds, substances, or apparatus within the borders of this state into the atmosphere with the express purpose of affecting temperature, weather, or the intensity of the sunlight, or supplying or otherwise providing the chemicals, chemical compounds, substances, or apparatus required for the conduct, as a Class A misdemeanor; makes other changes related to investigations and enforcement related to weather modification. - Amends TCA Title 58, Chapter 2 and Title 68, Chapter 201.
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Feb 05 2025 |
Failed In Senate Energy, Ag., And Nat. Resources Committee
Mar 26 2025
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SB 1039
(114th Regular Session (2025-2026))
Controlled Substances - As introduced, prohibits a healthcare facility from authorizing a licensed healthcare professional from performing a drug or alcohol test or screen on a patient who is pregnant, less than one year postpartum, or a newborn without written and oral consent; allows for a drug or alcohol test or screen to be performed without the consent of the patient in certain listed situations. - Amends TCA Title 33; Title 63 and Title 68.
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Feb 05 2025 |
Action Deferred In Senate Health & Welfare Committee To First Calendar Of 2026
Mar 26 2025
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SB 475
(114th Regular Session (2025-2026))
Sentencing - As introduced, reduces the percentage of sentence that a person convicted of first degree murder on or after July 1, 1995, and sentenced to life imprisonment is required to serve before becoming eligible for release from 100 percent of 60 years less sentence credits earned and retained to 60 percent of 60 years less sentence credits earned and retained; prohibits a defendant becoming eligible for parole before serving 25 years of the sentence, if the defendant was 25 years of age or younger at the time of the offense, or 30 years of the sentence, if the defendant was 26 years of age or older at the time of the offense. - Amends TCA Title 37; Title 39, Chapter 13, Part 2 and Title 40.
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Jan 29 2025 |
Failed In Senate Judiciary Committee
Mar 25 2025
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SB 483
(114th Regular Session (2025-2026))
Aircraft and Airports - As introduced, prohibits public airports that provide commercial services from entering into an agreement that authorizes a private third-party vendor that provides expedited security screening to use the standard security lane or the transportation security administration PreCheck security lane; exempts an agreement between a public airport and a private third-party vendor if the private third-party vendor has obtained dedicated transportation security administration security lanes solely for use by the private third-party vendor at that public airport. - Amends TCA Title 42.
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Jan 29 2025 |
Assigned To General Subcommittee Of Senate Transportation And Safety Committee
Mar 19 2025
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SB 1044
(114th Regular Session (2025-2026))
Local Education Agencies - As introduced, requires a parent or guardian who wishes to enroll the parent's or guardian's student into an LEA or public charter school to submit one of the listed documents to the LEA or public charter school upon enrollment of the student unless the parent or guardian pays an amount equal to the amount representing the per pupil state and local funds generated and required through the Tennessee investment in student achievement formula for the LEA in which the participating student resides. - Amends TCA Title 49.
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Feb 05 2025 |
Failed In Senate Education Committee
Mar 19 2025
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SB 492
(114th Regular Session (2025-2026))
Driver Licenses - As introduced, requires an enforcement officer to issue an out-of-service order to a driver issued a commercial driver license if the officer determines during a safety inspection that the driver is unable to read and speak the English language in violation of federal requirements for commercial driver license holders; applies penalties against employers of such drivers. - Amends TCA Title 55 and Title 65, Chapter 15.
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Jan 29 2025 |
Failed In Senate Transportation And Safety Committee
Mar 19 2025
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SB 1041
(114th Regular Session (2025-2026))
Teachers, Principals and School Personnel - As introduced, authorizes a local board of education and public charter school governing body to employ or accept as a volunteer a school chaplain to provide support, services, and programs for students, school staff, and students' parents. - Amends TCA Title 49.
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Feb 05 2025 |
Assigned To General Subcommittee Of Senate Education Committee
Mar 19 2025
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SB 1108
(114th Regular Session (2025-2026))
Education - As introduced, requires local boards of education to notify the department of education when a board declares itself to be a high performing school district; requires the department to maintain a list of high performing school districts on the department's website. - Amends TCA Title 49.
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Feb 05 2025 |
Assigned To General Subcommittee Of Senate Education Committee
Mar 19 2025
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SB 1042
(114th Regular Session (2025-2026))
Driver Licenses - As introduced, lowers the minimum age, from 25 to 21, that is necessary to receive an initial school bus endorsement. - Amends TCA Section 5-8-102; Title 49 and Title 55.
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Feb 05 2025 |
Failed In Senate Transportation And Safety Committee
Mar 19 2025
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SB 467
(114th Regular Session (2025-2026))
Obscenity and Pornography - As introduced, specifies that a commercial entity that knowingly possesses, promotes, purchases, produces, sells, sends, transports, or distributes obscene matter in violation of state law may be held civilly liable to an individual for nominal damages, actual damages, punitive damages, court costs, and reasonable attorney fees. - Amends TCA Title 28 and Title 39.
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Jan 29 2025 |
Assigned To General Subcommittee Of Senate Judiciary Committee
Mar 18 2025
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SB 466
(114th Regular Session (2025-2026))
Civil Procedure - As introduced, specifies the damages that may be awarded against a person or commercial entity that publishes or distributes a website containing a substantial portion of content harmful to minors includes actual damages, nominal damages, and punitive damages; specifies that a person or entity that violates certain obscenity laws may be found civilly liable to an injured party for nominal damages, actual damages, court costs, reasonable attorney fees, and punitive damages; provides that the attorney general and reporter may issue guidance to assist commercial entities in complying with age requirements for websites containing a substantial portion of content that is harmful to minors. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 17, Part 9; Title 47, Chapter 18 and Chapter 1021 of the Public Acts of 2024.
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Jan 29 2025 |
Assigned To General Subcommittee Of Senate Judiciary Committee
Mar 18 2025
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SB 479
(114th Regular Session (2025-2026))
General Assembly - As introduced, enacts the "Restoring State Sovereignty Through Nullification Act," which establishes processes by which the general assembly may nullify an unconstitutional federal statute, regulation, agency order, or executive order. - Amends TCA Title 3 and Title 4.
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Jan 29 2025 |
Assigned To General Subcommittee Of Senate State And Local Government Committee
Mar 11 2025
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SB 490
(114th Regular Session (2025-2026))
Expunction - As introduced, permits the expunction of a Class E felony conviction for official misconduct. - Amends TCA Title 39 and Title 40, Chapter 32.
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Jan 29 2025 |
Failed In Senate Judiciary Committee
Mar 11 2025
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SB 489
(114th Regular Session (2025-2026))
Health Care - As introduced, enacts the "Tennessee Medical Cannabis Act," which establishes a medical cannabis program to be administered by the Tennessee medical cannabis program commission. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 38, Chapter 3; Title 39, Chapter 17; Title 43; Title 50; Title 53; Title 63; Title 67 and Title 68.
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Jan 29 2025 |
Failed In Senate Judiciary Committee / No Second
Feb 25 2025
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SB 1043
(114th Regular Session (2025-2026))
Parks, Natural Areas Preservation - As introduced, designates the new swimming pool at Henry Horton State Park as the "Riley Gaines Aquatic Center." -
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Feb 05 2025 |
Passed On Second Consideration, Refer To Senate Energy, Ag., And Nat. Resources Committee
Feb 12 2025
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