HB 542
(114th Regular Session (2025-2026))
Utilities, Utility Districts - As enacted, makes revisions to present law relative to utilities. - Amends TCA Title 7; Title 13, Chapter 7; Title 65 and Title 68.
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Jan 29 2025 |
Pub. Ch. 490
May 27 2025
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HB 541
(114th Regular Session (2025-2026))
Water Pollution - As enacted, requires the division of water resources in the department of environment and conservation, in collaboration with U.S. army corps of engineers, as necessary, to annually report information concerning compensatory mitigation provisions in aquatic resource alteration permits issued during the prior fiscal year to the governor, the comptroller of the treasury, and the chairpersons of the commerce committees; and to establish four categories of isolated wetlands for regulatory purposes; makes related changes. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 11, Chapter 14, Part 4; Title 66; Title 67, Chapter 4, Part 4 and Title 69.
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Jan 29 2025 |
Comp. Became Pub. Ch. 437
May 15 2025
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HB 543
(114th Regular Session (2025-2026))
Sewage - As enacted, prohibits a municipal sewer system or utility district that has operated a sewerage system outside of the corporate boundaries of the city or town for 25 years or more from ceasing operation of the sewerage system outside the corporate boundaries so long as the sewerage system maintains sufficient capacity; requires a utility system that provides wastewater service to provide a connection to the owner of real property for wastewater service when the utility system meets certain requirements. - Amends TCA Title 7, Chapter 35; Title 7, Chapter 82 and Title 68, Chapter 221.
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Jan 29 2025 |
Comp. Became Pub. Ch. 461
May 15 2025
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HB 1066
(114th Regular Session (2025-2026))
Human Services, Dept. of - As enacted, requires the department to establish a process by which management of a public property may submit formal complaints regarding the conduct or performance of a blind individual who has been licensed to operate a vending facility on such public property through the business enterprise program for the blind; makes other changes relative to such programs for disabled individuals. - Amends TCA Title 71, Chapter 4.
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Feb 05 2025 |
Comp. Became Pub. Ch. 402
May 13 2025
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HB 194
(114th Regular Session (2025-2026))
Sports - As enacted, revises present law relative to an intercollegiate athlete's name, image, or likeness. - Amends TCA Title 49.
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Jan 16 2025 |
Comp. Became Pub. Ch. 300
May 13 2025
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HB 612
(114th Regular Session (2025-2026))
Water Pollution - As enacted, expands from wetlands to all areas that an aquatic resource alteration permit may apply to the areas for which the department of environment and conservation is required to exempt from compensatory mitigation an amount of area equal in size to the area for which mitigation would not be required if the permit applicant qualified for coverage under a general permit, if the only factor that disqualifies an applicant for an aquatic resource alteration permit from having the activities for which a permit is sought covered under a general permit is the size of the area that the permit will apply to. - Amends TCA Title 69, Chapter 3.
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Jan 30 2025 |
Pub. Ch. 342
May 08 2025
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HJR 609
(114th Regular Session (2025-2026))
Memorials, Sports - University of Memphis Tigers football team -
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Apr 08 2025 |
Signed By Governor.
Apr 29 2025
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HB 913
(114th Regular Session (2025-2026))
Election Laws - As enacted, requires a three-judge panel to hear any civil action in which it is alleged that a proposed charter amendment ordinance that is to be submitted to qualified voters at an election is in violation of the Constitution or state law; prohibits an amendment to the charter of a home rule municipality from being placed on any ballot if the amendment is in violation of the Constitution or state law. - Amends TCA Title 2; Title 5; Title 6; Title 7 and Title 20, Chapter 18.
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Feb 04 2025 |
Comp. Became Pub. Ch. 249
Apr 29 2025
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HJR 618
(114th Regular Session (2025-2026))
Memorials, Retirement - Mayor Stan Joyner -
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Apr 09 2025 |
Signed By Governor.
Apr 29 2025
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HB 797
(114th Regular Session (2025-2026))
Courts, Juvenile - As enacted, requires a juvenile court conducting a child custody, detention, or adjudicatory proceeding to conduct the proceeding in a dedicated courtroom provided by the county that is closest in proximity to an approved detention center. - Amends TCA Title 37.
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Feb 04 2025 |
Comp. Became Pub. Ch. 254
Apr 29 2025
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HB 477
(114th Regular Session (2025-2026))
Taxes - As introduced, allows a taxpayer to annually elect to take a bonus depreciation deduction of 40 percent of the cost of assets purchased on or after January 1, 2026, during the tax year in which the assets were purchased when calculating net earnings or net losses for excise tax purposes; allows the taxpayer to take the federal depreciation percentage if it exceeds 40 percent. - Amends TCA Title 67, Chapter 4, Part 20.
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Jan 28 2025 |
Placed On S/C Cal Finance, Ways, And Means Subcommittee For 4/14/2025
Apr 09 2025
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HB 795
(114th Regular Session (2025-2026))
Public Contracts - As introduced, requires a local government to send back any requested changes on a contractor's or developer's application for development site plans or inspections in a single deliverable document or set of documents, or to remit related fees back to the developer for subsequent change requests; prohibits a local government from requiring a developer or contractor to fund, develop, or contribute to the development of nonessential infrastructure, unless otherwise agreed upon by the parties. - Amends TCA Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 9; Title 12; Title 13 and Title 66.
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Feb 04 2025 |
Taken Off Notice For Cal. In State & Local Government Committee
Apr 02 2025
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HB 905
(114th Regular Session (2025-2026))
Consumer Protection - As introduced, changes the definition of "definable group" for purposes of the Ensuring Likeness, Voice, and Image Security Act of 2024 to include a choral group rather than a glee club. - Amends TCA Title 47, Chapter 25, Part 11.
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Feb 04 2025 |
Action Def. In Commerce Committee To Second Calendar Of 2026
Apr 02 2025
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HB 476
(114th Regular Session (2025-2026))
Comptroller, State - As introduced, increases from $50,000 to $100,000 the bond amount that every insurance company doing a workers' compensation business in this state must furnish with a surety company; increases from $100,000 to $200,000 the certificate amount that such a company may deposit with the commissioner of labor and workforce development in lieu of the bond. - Amends TCA Title 12; Title 29; Title 50 and Title 56.
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Jan 28 2025 |
Action Def. In S/C Insurance Subcommittee To First Calendar Of 2026
Mar 25 2025
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HJR 176
(114th Regular Session (2025-2026))
General Assembly, Statement of Intent or Position - Authorizes the Speaker of the House of Representatives to appoint a committee to meet with a like committee from the Senate to consider the removal of Steven J. Mulroy from the office of District Attorney General for the Thirtieth Judicial District by the Tennessee General Assembly acting pursuant to Article VI, Section 6 of the Constitution of Tennessee. -
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Feb 06 2025 |
Taken Off Notice For Cal In S/C Criminal Justice Subcommittee Of Judiciary Committee
Mar 25 2025
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HB 544
(114th Regular Session (2025-2026))
Taxes, Ad Valorem - As introduced, creates the commercial development board; with respect to new commercial property developed by private entities in certain taxing jurisdictions, authorizes the private entities to enter into agreements for payments in lieu of ad valorem taxes and leases with the commercial development board. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 9; Title 13; Title 48 and Title 67.
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Jan 29 2025 |
Taken Off Notice For Cal In S/C Cities & Counties Subcommittee Of State & Local Government Committee
Mar 19 2025
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HB 474
(114th Regular Session (2025-2026))
Education, Higher - As introduced, requires the Tennessee higher education commission, in consultation with the department of labor and workforce development, to study all state-funded financial aid and scholarship programs in this state to determine whether programs may be expanded to provide greater financial aid opportunities for individuals interested in pursuing a workforce credential; requires the commission to report its findings and any legislative recommendations to the committee of the house of representatives having jurisdiction over higher education and to the education committee of the senate no later than January 15, 2026. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 49 and Title 50.
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Jan 28 2025 |
Taken Off Notice For Cal In S/C Higher Education Subcommittee Of Education Committee
Mar 19 2025
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HB 1246
(114th Regular Session (2025-2026))
Consumer Protection - As introduced, requires the office of the attorney general and reporter to submit to the chair of the house committee having jurisdiction over consumer protection and the chair of the commerce and labor committee of the senate a report on the number of investigations into violations of the Tennessee Consumer Protection Act of 1977 in which artificial intelligence was used to effectuate an unfair or deceptive act or practice affecting the conduct of any trade or commerce between January 1, 2024, and December 31, 2025; requires the report to be submitted no later than July 1, 2026; allows the report to be submitted electronically. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 12; Title 39; Title 45; Title 47; Title 48; Title 50; Title 55; Title 61; Title 62; Title 65; Title 66; Title 67 and Title 68.
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Feb 06 2025 |
P2c, Caption Bill, Held On Desk - Pending Amdt.
Feb 12 2025
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HB 796
(114th Regular Session (2025-2026))
Utilities, Utility Districts - As introduced, requires a public utility to allow a customer of the utility to use a contractor of the customer's choosing for the installation of utility infrastructure; allows the public utility to provide reasonable construction and manufacturer specifications for the utility infrastructure; adds additional requirements related to the use of private contractors for installation of utility infrastructure. - Amends TCA Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 65; Title 68 and Title 69.
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Feb 04 2025 |
Assigned To S/C Business & Utilities Subcommittee
Feb 10 2025
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HB 794
(114th Regular Session (2025-2026))
Utilities, Utility Districts - As introduced, increases, from 10 days to 10 business days, the time after appointment and qualification of members for a board of public utilities appointed under the Municipal Electric Plan Law of 1935 by which the board must elect a chair. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 8; Title 12; Title 13; Title 29; Title 54; Title 64; Title 65; Title 68 and Title 69.
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Feb 04 2025 |
P2c, Caption Bill, Held On Desk - Pending Amdt.
Feb 06 2025
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