Tennessee Bills

sponsored by Todd Gardenhire

Bill Title Introduced Latest Action↓
SB 215 (114th Regular Session (2025-2026))
Criminal Offenses - As introduced, establishes mandatory minimum penalties of 48 hours in jail and a $500 fine for a person convicted of knowingly selling or distributing a product containing a hemp-derived cannabinoid to a person who is under 21; prohibits a retailer from knowingly allowing an employee younger than 21 to access, handle, or sell any product containing a hemp-derived cannabinoid on the premises of the retail establishment. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 17; Title 43, Chapter 27 and Title 49, Chapter 6.
Jan 16 2025 Filed For Introduction
Jan 16 2025
SB 214 (114th Regular Session (2025-2026))
Public Officials - As introduced, prohibits a public facility from being named for a local public official who is in office, for two years after the public official leaves office, or if the public official has been convicted of a felony or a crime of moral turpitude; prohibits a local public official from making charitable donations in the public official's name if the donation is from public funds. - Amends TCA Title 3; Title 4; Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 8; Title 9 and Title 12.
Jan 16 2025 Filed For Introduction
Jan 16 2025
SB 211 (114th Regular Session (2025-2026))
Taxes, Sales - As introduced, 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 local sales tax revenue derived from the sale of admission to events occurring within the stadium and from all sales of food, drinks, merchandise, and parking sold on the premises of the stadium to fund capital and operation expenses for the stadium. - Amends TCA Title 67, Chapter 6.
Jan 16 2025 Filed For Introduction
Jan 16 2025
SB 212 (114th Regular Session (2025-2026))
Open Meetings - As introduced, expands the requirement that state and local governing bodies make an agenda available to the public prior to regular public meetings of the body to include the governing bodies of certain nonprofit organizations, including nonprofit community organizations that receive federal funding, nonprofit organizations that receive community grant funds from this state or certain funding from local governments, nonprofit organizations created for the benefit of local governments, and nonprofit organizations that provide the metropolitan government of Nashville/Davidson County with certain utility services; requires, rather than permits, such governing bodies that maintain a website to post the agenda to the website. - Amends TCA Section 8-44-110.
Jan 16 2025 Filed For Introduction
Jan 16 2025
SB 213 (114th Regular Session (2025-2026))
Motor Vehicles - As introduced, authorizes the sale or purchase of previously titled antique or unique motor vehicles without a motor vehicle dealer license through auction formats held in Hamilton County that meet certain criteria. - Amends TCA Title 55, Chapter 17 and Title 62, Chapter 19.
Jan 16 2025 Filed For Introduction
Jan 16 2025
SB 11 (114th Regular Session (2025-2026))
Education, Dept. of - As introduced, requires the department to make the standardized form for reporting student allergies to the school in which the student is enrolled publicly available on its website. - Amends TCA Title 49.
Dec 09 2024 Introduced, Passed On First Consideration
Jan 14 2025
SB 19 (114th Regular Session (2025-2026))
Attorney General and Reporter - As introduced, authorizes the attorney general and reporter to conduct an investigation and initiate criminal prosecution of a judicial elected official or district attorney general whenever the attorney general and reporter has probable cause to investigate whether an official may have violated any state criminal law and either a decision to prosecute the official by the district attorney general may result in a personal, financial, or political conflict of interest or the attorney general and reporter receives a report of a violation of the prohibition on nepotism within state government entities. - Amends TCA Title 8, Chapter 6.
Dec 18 2024 Introduced, Passed On First Consideration
Jan 14 2025
SB 17 (114th Regular Session (2025-2026))
Law Enforcement - As introduced, requires law enforcement agencies and officials to communicate with federal officials regarding the immigration status only for an individual who has been arrested for a criminal offense; sets a civil penalty of up to $1,000 for a law enforcement agency that does not comply to be enforced by the attorney general and reporter. - Amends TCA Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 8; Title 40 and Chapter 716 of the Public Acts of 2024.
Dec 18 2024 Introduced, Passed On First Consideration
Jan 14 2025
SB 18 (114th Regular Session (2025-2026))
Education - As introduced, requires each local board of education and public charter school governing body to adopt a wireless communication policy that requires students to keep wireless communication devices turned off and stowed away during a classroom instructional day or during instructional time except in certain circumstances. - Amends TCA Title 49.
Dec 18 2024 Introduced, Passed On First Consideration
Jan 14 2025
SB 2496 (113th Regular Session (2023-2024))
Housing - As enacted, authorizes the chief legislative body of a municipality to create a voluntary attainable housing incentive program by ordinance for the purpose of authorizing certain incentives to be provided to property owners who seek to build attainable housing. - Amends TCA Title 13 and Title 66.
Jan 30 2024 Pub. Ch. 1051
Jun 03 2024
SB 2304 (113th Regular Session (2023-2024))
Bail, Bail Bonds - As enacted, requires a defendant for whom a bench warrant is issued due to failure to appear on a felony or a Class A or Class B misdemeanor that is violent or sexual in nature as determined by the court, or who is charged with a failure to appear, to be placed on any available state or federal list or database as a fugitive from justice, without limitation, within 10 business days of the defendant's failure to appear; makes related changes. - Amends TCA Section 40-11-139 and Section 40-11-142.
Jan 30 2024 Pub. Ch. 1048
May 31 2024
SB 795 (113th Regular Session (2023-2024))
Real Property - As enacted, enacts anti-squatter laws. - Amends TCA Title 29 and Title 66.
Jan 30 2023 Pub. Ch. 1009
May 29 2024
SB 2205 (113th Regular Session (2023-2024))
Local Government, General - As enacted, removes jurisdictional exceptions to prohibition on discrimination against first responders based upon residency with respect to employment; prohibits all local governments in this state from discriminating against first responders with respect to employment based on residence. - Amends TCA Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 8; Title 41 and Title 68.
Jan 30 2024 Pub. Ch. 851
May 13 2024
SB 2793 (113th Regular Session (2023-2024))
Judges and Chancellors - As enacted, requires a judge who enters into a deferred discipline agreement regarding a matter before the board of judicial conduct to sign an affidavit stating that the judge consents to the recommendation of the investigative panel, the consent is freely and voluntarily rendered, there is a pending proceeding involving allegations of misconduct, which must be specifically set forth in the affidavit, and the facts set forth in the affidavit are true; requires the affidavit to be filed with the board upon its approval by a hearing panel. - Amends TCA Title 16 and Title 17.
Feb 01 2024 Comp. Became Pub. Ch. 922
May 13 2024
SB 2095 (113th Regular Session (2023-2024))
Education, Higher - As enacted, requires each public institution of higher education to establish a policy framework to promote the security of academic research conducted at the institution to mitigate against the risk of foreign influence. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 7.
Jan 29 2024 Pub. Ch. 955
May 13 2024
SB 2202 (113th Regular Session (2023-2024))
Local Education Agencies - As enacted, requires each local board of education and public charter school governing body to adopt a code of conduct for visitors for each school under the authority of the board or governing body that describes the types of acceptable behavior from visitors on school grounds. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 1; Title 49, Chapter 2 and Title 49, Chapter 6.
Jan 30 2024 Pub. Ch. 810
May 09 2024
SJR 1416 (113th Regular Session (2023-2024))
Memorials, Recognition - Tennessee Society of the Sons of the American Revolution -
Apr 09 2024 Signed By Governor.
May 02 2024
SB 2495 (113th Regular Session (2023-2024))
Probation and Parole - As enacted, requires a probation officer to set required in-person meetings at times and locations that reasonably accommodate the work schedule of the probationer; authorizes the probation officer to utilize a technology portal for communication with the probationer in place of an in-person meeting upon approval from the department of correction. - Amends TCA Title 40.
Jan 30 2024 Comp. Became Pub. Ch. 760
May 01 2024
SJR 1363 (113th Regular Session (2023-2024))
Memorials, Recognition - Jasmine Thomas, 2024 Boys & Girls Club of Tennessee State Youth of the Year -
Apr 01 2024 Signed By Governor.
Apr 24 2024
SB 2964 (113th Regular Session (2023-2024))
Pikeville - Subject to local approval, increases the monthly salary for the members of the board of aldermen from $150 to $500 a month. - Amends Chapter 574 of the Private Acts of 1939; as amended.
Feb 20 2024 Comp. Became Pr. Ch. 52
Apr 22 2024

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