SB 1490
(114th Regular Session (2025-2026))
Historical Sites and Preservation - As introduced, authorizes local historical boards to lease land owned or managed by such boards for agricultural purposes, with all proceeds received by the boards to be used for the preservation of historic sites and structures. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 11; Title 12; Title 29 and Title 43.
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Dec 18 2025 |
Filed For Introduction
Dec 18 2025
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SB 1482
(114th Regular Session (2025-2026))
Portland - Subject to local approval, deletes provisions requiring a referendum to sell, lease, or otherwise dispose of the city's water or light plant. - Amends Chapter 568 of the Private Acts of 1939; as amended.
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Dec 12 2025 |
Filed For Introduction
Dec 12 2025
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SB 1453
(114th Regular Session (2025-2026))
Gallatin - Subject to local approval, removes charter provision restricting appointed officers from being employed outside of city business hours. - Amends Chapter 67 of the Private Acts of 1953; as amended.
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Mar 10 2025 |
Comp. Became Pr. Ch. 17
Jun 04 2025
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SB 1457
(114th Regular Session (2025-2026))
Portland - Subject to local approval, deletes obsolete and superseded provisions of the city charter. - Amends Chapter 568 of the Private Acts of 1939; as amended.
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Mar 12 2025 |
Comp. Became Pr. Ch. 22
Jun 04 2025
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SB 1245
(114th Regular Session (2025-2026))
Bonding, Surety and Professional - As enacted, makes revisions to law relative to bondsmen. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 3, Part 13; Title 39; Title 40; Title 41; Title 56; Title 62 and Title 67, Chapter 4, Part 8.
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Feb 06 2025 |
Comp. Became Pub. Ch. 491
May 27 2025
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SB 901
(114th Regular Session (2025-2026))
Education, Dept. of - As enacted, extends the school turnaround pilot program for priority schools administered by the department and that is scheduled to conclude at the end of the 2024-2025 school year to a permanent school turnaround program for priority schools; increases, from five to 15, the maximum number of priority schools that may participate in the school turnaround program. - Amends TCA Title 49.
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Feb 05 2025 |
Comp. Became Pub. Ch. 525
May 27 2025
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SB 416
(114th Regular Session (2025-2026))
Education, Curriculum - As enacted, requires the state textbook and instructional materials quality commission, in consultation with the department of education, to develop a plan for the commission to review and submit to the state board of education for approval of electronic textbooks and instructional materials for use by virtual schools established by LEAs. - Amends TCA Title 49.
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Jan 28 2025 |
Pub. Ch. 427
May 15 2025
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SB 262
(114th Regular Session (2025-2026))
Children - As enacted, increases the age of an infant from 14 days or younger to 45 days or younger who can be received by a facility without the mother being subject to criminal liability. - Amends TCA Title 36, Chapter 1, Part 1 and Title 68, Chapter 11, Part 2.
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Jan 23 2025 |
Pub. Ch. 420
May 15 2025
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SB 1002
(114th Regular Session (2025-2026))
Cooperatives - As enacted, specifies that the privilege tax exemption for subsidiaries of agricultural cooperatives applies without regard to whether the subsidiary was formed as a corporation, limited liability company, limited liability partnership, or other legal entity, association, or body vested with the power or function of a legal entity. - Amends TCA Title 43, Chapter 16, Part 1 and Section 67-4-102.
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Feb 05 2025 |
Pub. Ch. 455
May 15 2025
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SB 252
(114th Regular Session (2025-2026))
Treasurer, State - As enacted, sets the maximum award of compensation under the Criminal Injuries Compensation Act of 1976 at 105% of the national average of the maximum compensation award provided by the 50 states within the United States, the District of Columbia, and the United States Virgin Islands, rounded up to the nearest $100; requires the state treasurer to publish on the department of treasury website the maximum compensation award for claims filed for crimes occurring on or after July 1, 2025. - Amends TCA Section 29-13-106.
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Jan 22 2025 |
Pub. Ch. 313
May 13 2025
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SB 245
(114th Regular Session (2025-2026))
District Attorneys - As enacted, expands the proceedings for which a district attorney general pro tem may be appointed to include certain civil proceedings; declares meetings of the district attorneys general conference to be open meetings except for meetings related to certain matters; specifies that the executive director of the district attorneys general conference must provide legal counsel and advice to district attorneys general and their staff and that the legal counsel and advice may be provided by attorneys employed with the district attorneys general conference. - Amends TCA Title 8, Chapter 7, Part 1 and Title 8, Chapter 7, Part 3.
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Jan 22 2025 |
Pub. Ch. 312
May 13 2025
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SB 1116
(114th Regular Session (2025-2026))
Vital Records - As enacted, requires certain records or papers for a person relating to the adoption or attempted adoption of a person in the possession of the office of the clerk of the adoption court; the offices of the department of health; the office of any child-placing agency, whether or not it is chartered or licensed; or any other information source, to be made available to the department of children's services for the purpose of searching for a kinship foster care placement. - Amends TCA Title 36 and Title 68.
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Feb 06 2025 |
Pub. Ch. 393
May 13 2025
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SB 1052
(114th Regular Session (2025-2026))
Children - As enacted, specifies that a biological father or alleged biological father who makes token financial support to or for the benefit of a child or the child's mother during the pregnancy or when the mother had physical custody of the child is not a putative father; makes various other changes regarding final orders of adoption. - Amends TCA Title 36 and Title 63.
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Feb 05 2025 |
Pub. Ch. 390
May 13 2025
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SB 1015
(114th Regular Session (2025-2026))
Foster Care - As enacted, requires the department of children's services, to the extent not otherwise prohibited by state or federal law, to promulgate rules to implement certain rights for any foster child in the custody of the department or an agency that contracts with the department to place children in foster care. - Amends TCA Title 36; Title 37; Title 49 and Title 71.
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Feb 05 2025 |
Pub. Ch. 387
May 13 2025
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SB 1005
(114th Regular Session (2025-2026))
Adoption - As enacted, allows petitioners to include all children in one adoption petition if the petitioners are seeking to adopt more than one child at the same time, unless the court issues a written order finding that it is in the best interest of the children that separate petitions be filed; specifies that the clerk of court must charge only one filing fee for such a petition. - Amends TCA Title 18; Title 36 and Title 37.
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Feb 05 2025 |
Pub. Ch. 386
May 13 2025
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SB 48
(114th Regular Session (2025-2026))
Opioids - As enacted, adds Amneal Pharmaceuticals LLC, Hikma Pharmaceuticals USA Inc., Sun Pharmaceutical Industries, Inc., Indivior Inc., Viatris Inc., and Purdue Pharma L.P. to the list of companies that may be released by the attorney general and reporter for pending or future claims regarding opioids. - Amends TCA Title 20 and Title 33.
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Jan 09 2025 |
Pub. Ch. 302
May 13 2025
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SB 1114
(114th Regular Session (2025-2026))
Public Records - As enacted, deletes the automatic repeal on July 1, 2025, of a provision that authorizes records custodians to seek an injunction against a person who makes requests to view or copy public records with the intent to disrupt government operations. - Amends TCA Title 10, Chapter 7, Part 5.
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Feb 05 2025 |
Pub. Ch. 392
May 13 2025
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SB 1237
(114th Regular Session (2025-2026))
Bail, Bail Bonds - As enacted, requires every bondsman licensed in this state to file a quarterly report with the department of revenue detailing the total number of bonds issued by the bondsman in the preceding quarter, the number of bonds issued in each county in which the bondsman operated, and the total amount of the bondsman's liability in each county; requires each clerk of a court that admits defendants to bail to file a quarterly report with the department detailing the total number of bonds accepted from bondsmen and the total amount of the bonds accepted from bondsmen in the preceding quarter; authorizes the department to use the reports to complete audits on the bail bonding tax. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 3, Part 13; Title 39; Title 40; Title 41; Title 56; Title 62 and Title 67, Chapter 4, Part 8.
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Feb 06 2025 |
Pub. Ch. 396
May 13 2025
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SB 895
(114th Regular Session (2025-2026))
Children - As enacted, makes various changes and additions to the Families' Rights and Responsibilities Act, and to present law concerning parental consent for the treatment of minors. - Amends TCA Title 33; Title 36; Title 37; Title 49; Title 63 and Title 68.
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Feb 05 2025 |
Comp. Became Pub. Ch. 347
May 08 2025
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SB 129
(114th Regular Session (2025-2026))
Tennessee Housing Development Agency - As enacted, increases, from $4 billion to $5 billion, the maximum aggregate principal amount for which the agency may issue bonds and notes at any one time. - Amends TCA Section 13-23-121.
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Jan 14 2025 |
Comp. Became Pub. Ch. 338
May 08 2025
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