Tennessee Bills

sponsored by Charlane Oliver

Bill Title Introduced Latest Action↓
SB 1013 (114th Regular Session (2025-2026))
Real Property - As introduced, makes void and unenforceable a restriction in a homeowners’ association declaration that would prohibit the operation of a family child care home at a property that is the site of a proposed family child care home, if the operator of the proposed family child care home has obtained a license from the department of human services and any necessary permits or licenses from the applicable local government for the operation of the family child care home. - Amends TCA Title 13 and Title 66.
Feb 05 2025 Failed In Senate Commerce And Labor Committee / No Second
Mar 11 2025
SB 1010 (114th Regular Session (2025-2026))
Birth Control - As introduced, enacts the "Tennessee Contraceptive Freedom Act." - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 8; Title 53; Title 56; Title 63; Title 68 and Title 71.
Feb 05 2025 Failed In Senate Commerce And Labor Committee / No Second
Mar 11 2025
SB 902 (114th Regular Session (2025-2026))
Day Care - As introduced, enacts the "Child Care Workforce Improvement Act," which directs the commissioner of human services to develop a program to provide longevity payments to eligible child care workers and a program to provide child care assistance payments to certain early childhood educators. - Amends TCA Title 71, Chapter 3.
Feb 05 2025 Assigned To General Subcommittee Of Senate Health And Welfare Committee
Mar 05 2025
SB 1221 (114th Regular Session (2025-2026))
Local Education Agencies - As introduced, authorizes LEAs and public charter schools to create a physical education through community service program by partnering with a community service partner to provide students in grades nine through 12 the opportunity to earn one-half credit in physical education by completing yardwork projects for older persons and persons with disabilities within the community served by the LEA or public charter school. - Amends TCA Title 49.
Feb 06 2025 Sponsor(S) Added.
Feb 18 2025
SB 1220 (114th Regular Session (2025-2026))
Employees, Employers - As introduced, enacts the "Workers' Right to Live Act." - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 8; Title 29 and Title 50.
Feb 06 2025 Passed On Second Consideration, Refer To Senate Commerce And Labor Committee
Feb 12 2025
SB 1215 (114th Regular Session (2025-2026))
Education - As introduced, creates the school safety grant fund to be administered by the department of education; requires that school safety grants be used to support local education agencies and public charter schools with prevention, reduction, and response efforts with regard to school shootings. - Amends TCA Title 9 and Title 49.
Feb 06 2025 Passed On Second Consideration, Refer To Senate Education Committee
Feb 12 2025
SB 1222 (114th Regular Session (2025-2026))
Agriculture, Dept. of - As introduced, authorizes the commissioner to designate an existing organizational unit of the department as the office of rural prosperity and consolidate within that office some or all of the department's duties related to improving the well-being of rural communities in this state. - Amends TCA Section 1-3-105; Title 4; Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 9; Title 13; Title 43; Title 44; Title 48; Title 49; Title 50; Title 61; Title 64; Title 66; Title 67; Title 68 and Title 69.
Feb 06 2025 Passed On Second Consideration, Refer To Senate Energy, Ag., And Nat. Resources Committee
Feb 12 2025
SB 1136 (114th Regular Session (2025-2026))
Safety, Dept. of - As introduced, requires the department to provide a person with a free photo identification license at each location where the department issues a driver license or photo identification license if the person signs an affidavit stating that the person does not have a valid government issued photo identification. - Amends TCA Title 5; Title 8 and Title 55, Chapter 50, Part 3.
Feb 06 2025 Passed On Second Consideration, Refer To Senate Transportation And Safety Committee
Feb 12 2025
SB 1217 (114th Regular Session (2025-2026))
Correction, Dept. of - As introduced, adds the availability of services relating to housing as an issue that must be addressed in the orientation that the department is required to conduct before an inmate is released from confinement. - Amends TCA Title 39 and Title 40.
Feb 06 2025 Passed On Second Consideration, Refer To Senate Judiciary Committee
Feb 12 2025
SB 1213 (114th Regular Session (2025-2026))
Education - As introduced, empowers a student who is an English language learner and who received language assistance services in the classroom during the school year to receive the same language assistance services while taking a Tennessee comprehensive assessment program test or an end-of-course assessment, as long as the receipt of language assistance services does not invalidate the assessment. - Amends TCA Title 49.
Feb 06 2025 Passed On Second Consideration, Refer To Senate Education Committee
Feb 12 2025
SB 1412 (114th Regular Session (2025-2026))
Contractors - As introduced, clarifies that an applicant for a license under the "Contractors Licensing Act of 1994" who has been advised to appear before the board at a scheduled time and place must provide notice to the board of the applicant's inability to appear three business days in advance, rather than three calendar days. - Amends TCA Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 47, Chapter 18; Title 62, Chapter 6 and Title 67, Chapter 4.
Feb 06 2025 Passed On Second Consideration, Refer To Senate Commerce And Labor Committee
Feb 12 2025
SB 1361 (114th Regular Session (2025-2026))
Economic and Community Development - As introduced, extends, from December 1 to January 1, the date by which the office of business enterprise in the department of economic and community development must submit to the general assembly its annual report on advisements to the commissioner regarding disadvantaged businesses and the number of or amount of community block grants received by disadvantaged businesses. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 9 and Title 67.
Feb 06 2025 Passed On Second Consideration, Refer To Senate Commerce And Labor Committee
Feb 12 2025
SB 1224 (114th Regular Session (2025-2026))
Expunction - As introduced, reduces from 15 years to 10 years the amount of time that must have elapsed since the completion of the sentence imposed for illegal registration or voting before filing a petition for expunction. - Amends TCA Title 2, Chapter 19 and Title 40, Chapter 32.
Feb 06 2025 Passed On Second Consideration, Refer To Senate Judiciary Committee
Feb 12 2025
SB 1223 (114th Regular Session (2025-2026))
Sports - As introduced, requires each student who participates in a school youth athletic activity to file with the local education agency (LEA) or public charter school a preparticipation medical evaluation or an exemption; creates the safe stars advisory committee. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 6, Part 36 and Title 68, Chapter 6.
Feb 06 2025 Passed On Second Consideration, Refer To Senate Government Operations Committee
Feb 12 2025
SB 1218 (114th Regular Session (2025-2026))
Probation and Parole - As introduced, enacts the "Parole Relief and Opportunity Act"; expands the definition of hardship for purposes of determining the ability of a parolee to contribute to the cost of the person's supervision and release. - Amends TCA Title 40 and Title 41.
Feb 06 2025 Passed On Second Consideration, Refer To Senate Judiciary Committee
Feb 12 2025
SB 1211 (114th Regular Session (2025-2026))
Election Laws - As introduced, establishes automatic restoration of voting rights for people who complete their sentence, including any parole or probationary period. - Amends TCA Title 2; Title 40 and Title 41.
Feb 06 2025 Passed On Second Consideration, Refer To Senate State And Local Government Committee
Feb 12 2025
SB 1212 (114th Regular Session (2025-2026))
Scholarships and Financial Aid - As introduced, enacts the "Speak UP, Tennessee Scholarship Act"; requires the Tennessee student assistance corporation to establish by rules a program that provides scholarships for students in grade 12 and at public institutions of higher education in this state who demonstrate artistic excellence in spoken word poetry through a competitive, performance-based selection process to pursue higher education to further develop their literary and performance skills. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 4 and Title 49, Chapter 7.
Feb 06 2025 Passed On Second Consideration, Refer To Senate Education Committee
Feb 12 2025
SB 1214 (114th Regular Session (2025-2026))
Criminal Procedure - As introduced, enacts the "Bearing Witness to the Death Penalty Act." - Amends TCA Title 40, Chapter 23.
Feb 06 2025 Passed On Second Consideration, Refer To Senate Judiciary Committee
Feb 12 2025
SB 1219 (114th Regular Session (2025-2026))
Local Education Agencies - As introduced, requires directors of schools and directors of public charter schools to immediately notify all students, parents, educators, employees, and contractors of the local education agency or public charter school of the presence of an immigration officer on school grounds. - Amends Chapter __ of the Public Acts of 2025 (1st Ex. Sess. – SB 6002 / HB 6001); and TCA Title 4; Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 8 and Title 49.
Feb 06 2025 Passed On Second Consideration, Refer To Senate Education Committee
Feb 12 2025
SJR 39 (114th Regular Session (2025-2026))
Memorials, Death - Josseline Jeanneth Escalante Vega -
Jan 27 2025 Signed By Governor.
Feb 10 2025

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