Tennessee Bills

sponsored by Joey Hensley

Bill Title Introduced Latest Action↓
SB 156 (114th Regular Session (2025-2026))
Military - As introduced, prohibits the Tennessee national guard, or a member of the national guard, from being released from state duty into federal active duty combat unless the United States congress has passed an official declaration of war or has taken an official action pursuant to Article 1, Section 8, Clause 15, of the United States Constitution to explicitly call forth the Tennessee national guard or a member of the national guard for the enumerated purposes to expressly execute the laws of the union, repel an invasion, or suppress an insurrection. - Amends TCA Title 58, Chapter 1.
Jan 15 2025 Introduced, Passed On First Consideration
Jan 16 2025
SB 161 (114th Regular Session (2025-2026))
Local Education Agencies - As introduced, requires the board of education for an LEA that operates at least one high school to adopt a policy for the selection of, and to select for the 2025-2026 school year and for each subsequent school year, at least one junior or senior student to serve as a nonvoting student member on the board for at least one one-year term that coincides with the school year for which the student is selected. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 2.
Jan 15 2025 Introduced, Passed On First Consideration
Jan 16 2025
SB 162 (114th Regular Session (2025-2026))
Utilities, Utility Districts - As introduced, prohibits public water system operators from adding fluoride to their water systems. - Amends TCA Title 68, Chapter 221.
Jan 15 2025 Introduced, Passed On First Consideration
Jan 16 2025
SB 160 (114th Regular Session (2025-2026))
Local Government, General - As introduced, requires a municipality that does not provide ambulance service to reimburse the county for such service in proportion to the municipality's population to the population of the county, up to 50 percent of the total cost of providing the service. - Amends TCA Title 7, Chapter 61.
Jan 15 2025 Introduced, Passed On First Consideration
Jan 16 2025
SB 163 (114th Regular Session (2025-2026))
Criminal Offenses - As introduced, increases the penalty for reckless endangerment when the offense is committed by discharging a firearm or antique firearm into a motor vehicle from a Class E felony to a Class C felony, if the motor vehicle is occupied, or a Class D felony, if the motor vehicle is unoccupied. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 13, Part 1.
Jan 15 2025 Introduced, Passed On First Consideration
Jan 16 2025
SB 158 (114th Regular Session (2025-2026))
Local Education Agencies - As introduced, increases, from 130 minutes per full school week to 60 minutes per school day, the minimum amount of physical activity required for elementary school students; establishes additional requirements for the minimum amount of physical activity required for elementary school students. - Amends TCA Title 49.
Jan 15 2025 Introduced, Passed On First Consideration
Jan 16 2025
SB 157 (114th Regular Session (2025-2026))
Education, Dept. of - As introduced, requires the department to use student performance on career readiness assessments administered to high school seniors as part of the school grading system if the department uses student performance on postsecondary readiness assessments for such purpose; directs the department to only consider student performance on the assessment type for which the student achieved the highest score for school grading purposes, if the student was administered a postsecondary readiness assessment and a career readiness assessment. - Amends TCA Title 49.
Jan 15 2025 Introduced, Passed On First Consideration
Jan 16 2025
SB 159 (114th Regular Session (2025-2026))
Election Laws - As introduced, prohibits using voting machines or voting equipment to cast, receive, or transmit an election ballot via the internet, except for military personnel and citizens abroad. - Amends TCA Title 2, Chapter 6, Part 5 and Title 2, Chapter 9.
Jan 15 2025 Introduced, Passed On First Consideration
Jan 16 2025
SB 194 (114th Regular Session (2025-2026))
Abortion - As introduced, enacts the "Unborn Child Protection Act of 2025." - Amends TCA Title 29; Title 39, Chapter 15, Part 2; Title 53; Title 63 and Title 68.
Jan 15 2025 Introduced, Passed On First Consideration
Jan 16 2025
SB 5 (114th Regular Session (2025-2026))
Driver Licenses - As introduced, requires the department of safety to redesign driver licenses, instruction permits, intermediate driver licenses, and photo identification cards issued to lawful permanent residents of the United States, and temporary driver licenses and permits and temporary photo identification licenses issued to qualified noncitizens, so that the licenses and permits may be easily distinguished from driver and photo identification licenses issued to residents of this state who are United States citizens. - Amends TCA Title 55, Chapter 50.
Nov 19 2024 Introduced, Passed On First Consideration
Jan 14 2025
SB 10 (114th Regular Session (2025-2026))
Local Education Agencies - As introduced, requires LEAs and public charter schools to adopt a policy to prohibit students from using wireless communication devices during instructional time except in certain circumstances. - Amends TCA Title 49.
Dec 04 2024 Introduced, Passed On First Consideration
Jan 14 2025
SB 6 (114th Regular Session (2025-2026))
Immigration - As introduced, requires a law enforcement agency in custody of an individual unlawfully present in the United States to request an immigration detainer and detain such individual for the maximum period as specified in the detainer; requires such agency to transport such individuals not taken into federal custody to a sanctuary city; requires department of revenue to request reimbursement for costs of detention and transportation of illegal aliens and to withhold federal petroleum taxes collected in this state if such reimbursement is not received. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 7; Title 38; Title 39; Title 55 and Title 67.
Nov 19 2024 Introduced, Passed On First Consideration
Jan 14 2025
SB 1866 (113th Regular Session (2023-2024))
Labor - As enacted, clarifies that in determining whether a person is an illegal alien for employment purposes, the person's status is considered with respect to the employment of the person at a particular time. - Amends TCA Title 50.
Jan 23 2024 Pub. Ch. 1026
May 31 2024
SB 2032 (113th Regular Session (2023-2024))
Teachers, Principals and School Personnel - As enacted, authorizes the issuance of temporary teaching permits to teach physical education classes in elementary schools. - Amends TCA Title 49.
Jan 25 2024 Pub. Ch. 843
May 13 2024
SB 1867 (113th Regular Session (2023-2024))
Education, Dept. of - As enacted, enacts the "Beyond Ordinary Learning Opportunities (BOLO) Act," which requires the department to establish a one-year pilot program to place a therapy dog in five public schools in the 2024-2025 school year. - Amends TCA Title 49.
Jan 23 2024 Pub. Ch. 954
May 13 2024
SJR 1615 (113th Regular Session (2023-2024))
Memorials, Academic Achievement - David Gunner Moffo, Top Ten Senior, Forrest High School -
Apr 23 2024 Signed By Governor.
May 13 2024
SB 2172 (113th Regular Session (2023-2024))
Taxes, Ad Valorem - As enacted, authorizes municipal tax collectors and taxing entities to also accept partial payments of delinquent property taxes in the same manner as county trustees; requires such officials to include in their plan for accepting partial payments a description of the accounting system technology or manual processes to be used to record partial payments of delinquent property taxes and a statement indicating that funds received as partial payments on delinquent property taxes will reduce the amount of delinquent property tax, interest, statutory fees, and court costs, by relative amounts on a pro-rata basis. - Amends TCA Section 67-5-2001.
Jan 30 2024 Comp. Became Pub. Ch. 913
May 13 2024
SB 137 (113th Regular Session (2023-2024))
Election Laws - As enacted, requires the coordinator of elections to compare the statewide voter registration database with the department of safety database to ensure non-United States citizens are not registered to vote in this state. - Amends TCA Section 2-2-106 and Section 2-2-141.
Jan 11 2023 Comp. Became Pub. Ch. 900
May 13 2024
SB 1709 (113th Regular Session (2023-2024))
Criminal Offenses - As enacted, enacts "Dr. Benjamin Mauck Act," which creates new criminal offenses of assault within a healthcare facility and aggravated assault within a healthcare facility. - Amends TCA Title 39.
Jan 10 2024 Pub. Ch. 928
May 13 2024
SB 1720 (113th Regular Session (2023-2024))
Health Care - As enacted, enacts the "Healthcare Provider Advertising Law." - Amends TCA Title 47; Title 63 and Title 68.
Jan 10 2024 Comp. Became Pub. Ch. 893
May 13 2024

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