HB 1353
(114th Regular Session (2025-2026))
Criminal Offenses - As introduced, creates an offense for a person who harms or threatens to harm an individual involved in the judicial process or a family member of such person with the intent to impede, intimidate, interfere with, or retaliate against the justice system participant in connection with their participation in the judicial process, punishable as a Class E felony. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 16.
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Feb 06 2025 |
Comp. Became Pub. Ch. 468
May 15 2025
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HB 208
(114th Regular Session (2025-2026))
Naming and Designating - As introduced, designates the National Guard Armory in Cheatham County as the "First Sergeant Charles Anderson Douglas National Guard Armory." -
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Jan 16 2025 |
Comp. Became Pub. Ch. 421
May 15 2025
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HB 761
(114th Regular Session (2025-2026))
Criminal Offenses - As introduced, removes a definition of "content harmful to minors" from the Protect Tennessee Minors Act. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 17.
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Feb 04 2025 |
Comp. Became Pub. Ch. 405
May 13 2025
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HB 1356
(114th Regular Session (2025-2026))
Vital Records - As introduced, increases from 45 to 60 days the period within which the state registrar must issue a new certificate of birth to a requesting party following receipt of the required paperwork and any applicable fee. - Amends TCA Title 36 and Title 68.
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Feb 06 2025 |
Comp. Became Pub. Ch. 393
May 13 2025
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HB 1355
(114th Regular Session (2025-2026))
Children - As introduced, 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 06 2025 |
Comp. Became Pub. Ch. 390
May 13 2025
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HB 1351
(114th Regular Session (2025-2026))
Mental Health & Substance Abuse Services, Dept. of - As introduced, changes the deadline for the department to submit its annual report of data collected related to the use of medication-assisted treatment for opiate addiction by department-funded providers in this state for the prior fiscal year, from February 15 to March 1. - Amends TCA Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 13; Title 33; Title 47; Title 63 and Title 68.
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Feb 06 2025 |
Comp. Became Pub. Ch. 406
May 13 2025
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HB 314
(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 |
Comp. Became Pub. Ch. 313
May 13 2025
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HB 1360
(114th Regular Session (2025-2026))
Child Abuse - As introduced, expands the definition of child abuse to include a person under the age of 18 witnessing the abuse of another child in the person's immediate family or household or domestic abuse of a member of the person's immediate family or household; specifies that reunification between a parent and a child placed in foster care due to abuse must not occur unless the parent has complied with the parent's statement of responsibilities in the permanency plan and the child has received mental health counseling. - Amends TCA Title 36; Title 37 and Title 39.
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Feb 06 2025 |
Comp. Became Pub. Ch. 398
May 13 2025
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HB 1352
(114th Regular Session (2025-2026))
Sentencing - As introduced, increases the penalty for aggravated sexual battery from a Class B felony to a Class A felony if the victim was less than 18 years of age or was mentally defective, mentally incapacitated, or physically helpless. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 13, Part 5.
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Feb 06 2025 |
Comp. Became Pub. Ch. 375
May 13 2025
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HB 1359
(114th Regular Session (2025-2026))
Foster Care - As introduced, deletes obsolete requirement that employees of the department of children's services who come in contact with foster parents must be trained on foster parents' statutory rights by February 1, 2010. - Amends TCA Title 36; Title 37; Title 49 and Title 71.
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Feb 06 2025 |
Comp. Became Pub. Ch. 387
May 13 2025
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HB 1357
(114th Regular Session (2025-2026))
Children's Services, Dept. of - As introduced, requires the department's report on foster care in this state to be prepared and issued by March 1 of each year. - Amends TCA Title 36 and Title 37.
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Feb 06 2025 |
Comp. Became Pub. Ch. 397
May 13 2025
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HJR 664
(114th Regular Session (2025-2026))
Memorials, Recognition - Savannah Williams, Governor's Volunteer Stars Award -
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Apr 16 2025 |
Signed By Governor.
May 02 2025
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HJR 665
(114th Regular Session (2025-2026))
Memorials, Recognition - Norma Binkley, Governor's Volunteer Stars Award -
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Apr 16 2025 |
Signed By Governor.
May 02 2025
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HJR 666
(114th Regular Session (2025-2026))
Memorials, Recognition - Rachel Ahlheit, Governor's Volunteer Stars Award -
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Apr 16 2025 |
Signed By Governor.
May 02 2025
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HB 762
(114th Regular Session (2025-2026))
Witnesses - As enacted, establishes procedures for the use of certified facility dogs during witness testimony and other court proceedings; establishes standards for certified facility dogs. - Amends TCA Title 24; Title 36; Title 37 and Title 40.
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Feb 04 2025 |
Comp. Became Pub. Ch. 167
Apr 30 2025
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HB 763
(114th Regular Session (2025-2026))
Tort Liability and Reform - As enacted, clarifies that any governmental entity may purchase any of the insurance authorized under state law, without the necessity of public bidding, as required by any public or private act or charter restriction, if such insurance is purchased through a plan authorized and approved by any organization of cities, counties, or other governmental entities as contemplated by state law. - Amends TCA Title 12; Title 12, Chapter 3 and Title 29.
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Feb 04 2025 |
Comp. Became Pub. Ch. 260
Apr 29 2025
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HB 1349
(114th Regular Session (2025-2026))
Drugs, Prescription - As enacted, requires a county medical examiner to test for, and obtain certain information concerning, the presence of any drugs in a decedent in certain situations; requires the health science center to conduct certain studies regarding drug interactions and submit quarterly reports to the general assembly. - Amends TCA Title 38; Title 53; Title 63 and Title 68.
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Feb 06 2025 |
Comp. Became Pub. Ch. 272
Apr 29 2025
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HB 769
(114th Regular Session (2025-2026))
Criminal Offenses - As enacted, creates a criminal offense of possessing, distributing, or producing technology, software, or digital tools designed for the purpose of creating material that includes a minor engaged in sexual activity or simulated sexual activity that is patently offensive; establishes relevant factors to be considered in determining whether artificial technology, software, or digital tools are used or possessed with intent to create material that includes a minor engaged in sexual activity or simulated sexual activity that is patently offensive. - Amends TCA Title 39.
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Feb 04 2025 |
Comp. Became Pub. Ch. 257
Apr 29 2025
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HB 501
(114th Regular Session (2025-2026))
Children and Youth, Commission on - As enacted, creates the Tennessee juvenile justice review commission to review an appropriate sampling of juvenile justice cases and any critical incidents involving juveniles in order to provide the general assembly with findings and legislative recommendations. - Amends TCA Title 4 and Title 37.
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Jan 29 2025 |
Pub. Ch. 281
Apr 28 2025
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HJR 582
(114th Regular Session (2025-2026))
Memorials, Recognition - Ashland City's Troop B, 1st Squadron, 278th Armored Cavalry Regiment, Tennessee Army National Guard, 1st place, U.S. Army's 2024 Sullivan Cup Competition. -
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Apr 03 2025 |
Signed By Governor.
Apr 24 2025
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