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| Bill | Title | Status | Momentum | Last action | Docs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HB 2521 | Firefighters - As introduced, increases from one year to two years post the duration of employment, the period of which a criminal background required as a condition of employment as a paid or volunteer fire protection personnel, or applicant for such position, must be maintained by the employer. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 8; Title 38; Title 50 and Title 68. | Reported from Committee | 46 | Apr 9, 2026 | 3 |
| HB 2431 | South Pittsburg - Subject to local approval, removes the requirement that the city administrator reside within the municipal limits to instead require residence within a 50-mile radius of the municipal limits. - Amends Chapter 213 of the Private Acts of 1992; as amended. | Reported from Committee | 42 | Apr 9, 2026 | 1 |
| SB 34 | Criminal Offenses - As introduced, creates a Class A misdemeanor for knowingly giving, selling, lending, delivering, or otherwise transferring a firearm to a person when the transferor knows or reasonably should know that the person receiving the firearm is prohibited from purchasing or possessing a firearm under state or federal law. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 17, Part 13. | In Committee | 36 | Apr 9, 2026 | 3 |
| SB 1714 | Public Employees - As introduced, enacts the "Protecting Religious Liberty and Expression in Public Schools Act." - Amends TCA Title 8; Title 16; Title 20 and Title 49. | In Committee | 33 | Apr 9, 2026 | 4 |
| SB 1707 | Registers of Deeds - As introduced, requires that a deed of conveyance of real property be prepared by an attorney licensed to practice in this state, a title insurance agent licensed in this state, the owner of the real property being transferred, or a person with legal authority to act on behalf of the owner of the real property being transferred; makes other changes related to deeds of conveyance. - Amends TCA Title 8, Chapter 13; Title 23, Chapter 3; Title 66, Chapter 5, Part 1 and Title 66, Chapter 24. | In Committee | 32 | Apr 9, 2026 | 4 |
| SJR 877 | Memorials, Recognition - Women Veterans Appreciation Day - | Enacted | 82 | Apr 8, 2026 | 1 |
| SJR 939 | Memorials, Recognition - Home Builders Association of Greater Knoxville, 75th anniversary - | Enacted | 82 | Apr 8, 2026 | 1 |
| SJR 935 | Memorials, Death - Anna Armstrong Coile Durham - | Enacted | 81 | Apr 8, 2026 | 1 |
| SJR 941 | Memorials, Recognition - Michael Patrick Leahy - | Enacted | 81 | Apr 8, 2026 | 1 |
| SJR 942 | Memorials, Recognition - Sattler Foundation, 10th anniversary - | Enacted | 81 | Apr 8, 2026 | 1 |
| SJR 937 | Memorials, Professional Achievement - Tabitha Bates, 2026 Extraordinary Educator - | Enacted | 81 | Apr 8, 2026 | 1 |
| SJR 938 | Memorials, Death - Robert Bliss Walker Harris - | Enacted | 81 | Apr 8, 2026 | 1 |
| SJR 940 | Memorials, Recognition - Novamet - | Enacted | 81 | Apr 8, 2026 | 1 |
| SJR 936 | Memorials, Retirement - Samuel Milton Leslie, South Harriman Baptist Church music minister - | Enacted | 80 | Apr 8, 2026 | 1 |
| SB 172 | Education, Higher - As introduced, establishes the hunger-free campus grant program; provides grants to higher education institutions to address student hunger. - Amends TCA Title 49. | Passed First Chamber | 60 | Apr 8, 2026 | 5 |
| SB 2599 | Local Education Agencies - As introduced, allows certain school employees to conduct physical searches of students and searches of vehicles, containers, packages, lockers, or other enclosures used for storage by students or visitors in certain circumstances; narrows, from all threats of violence or significantly disruptive behavior at a public school that are reported to a state or local law enforcement agency to only those first determined by the LEA to be credible, the threats or behavior for which an LEA must notify parents and guardians within 48 hours. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 6. | Passed First Chamber | 57 | Apr 8, 2026 | 4 |
| SB 2122 | General Assembly, Directed Studies - As introduced, establishes a nine-member Tennessee K-12 nutrition task force to evaluate the prevalence of ultra-processed foods (UPFs) and other substances in public school meal programs and the impact of UPFs on student health, to report its findings by December 1, 2026, and to terminate January 31, 2027. - Amends TCA Title 49. | Passed First Chamber | 57 | Apr 8, 2026 | 3 |
| SB 997 | Annexation - As introduced, specifies circumstances in which a referendum will not be required to effectuate annexation of territory; removes repealer provision for exceptions to the referendum requirement. - Amends TCA Section 6-51-104. | Passed First Chamber | 57 | Apr 8, 2026 | 1 |
| HR 186 | Memorials, Retirement - Reuben Henry Sanders, House Sergeant at Arms - | Passed First Chamber | 54 | Apr 8, 2026 | 1 |
| HR 188 | Memorials, Recognition - Tennessee Scholastic Clay Target Program, 25th anniversary - | Passed First Chamber | 53 | Apr 8, 2026 | 1 |