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| Bill | Title | Status | Momentum | Last action | Docs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HB 912 | Education - As introduced, deletes an obsolete section requiring the Howard H. Baker Jr. Center for Public Policy at the University of Tennessee to, by December 15, 2014, perform a study on the economic feasibility of creating and utilizing a statewide comprehensive energy policy and submit its final report to the energy task force of the house of representatives. - Amends TCA Title 4 and Title 49. | In Committee | 34 | Apr 8, 2026 | 1 |
| HB 1657 | Zoning - As introduced, removes requirement that a structure rebuilt on a site must conform to the zoning regulations existing at the time of the new construction. - Amends TCA Title 13, Chapter 7. | In Committee | 33 | Apr 8, 2026 | 1 |
| HB 2427 | Public Funds and Financing - As introduced, enacts the "Tennessee Transactional Gold and Silver Act," which recognizes gold and silver as legal tender for private transactions and, when accepted, for paying state and local taxes or fees; authorizes the creation of a secure bullion depository and an electronic payment system to support the use of gold and silver; exempts gold and silver transactions from state and local taxation. - Amends TCA Title 9, Chapter 4. | In Committee | 33 | Apr 8, 2026 | 2 |
| HB 2469 | Veterans Services, Dept. of - As introduced, requires the department to submit a report on the total number of state and federal benefits, and a synopsis of each benefit, available to a veteran and the veteran's surviving spouse to the speaker of the senate and the speaker of the house of representatives on or before January 1, 2027. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 52; Title 68 and Title 71. | In Committee | 32 | Apr 8, 2026 | 2 |
| HB 1920 | General Assembly - As introduced, beginning November 3, 2026, increases the monthly office expense allowance to $2,251; requires such allowance to be adjusted monthly based on the consumer price index. - Amends TCA Title 3. | In Committee | 32 | Apr 8, 2026 | 2 |
| HB 1698 | General Assembly - As introduced, authorizes the chair of a committee of the general assembly to require an executive branch employee to take an oath prior to testifying before the committee subject to the penalty of perjury; authorizes the chair of a committee or the executive director of fiscal review to require any documentation submitted by such employee for the purpose of evaluating the merits of a legislative measure or generating a fiscal note to submit an affidavit with such documentation attesting to the accuracy of the information subject to the penalty of perjury. - Amends TCA Title 3; Title 4; Title 29; Title 39 and Title 40. | In Committee | 32 | Apr 8, 2026 | 1 |
| SB 2610 | Taxes, Privilege - As introduced, authorizes municipalities to levy a tax on the privilege of engaging in the act of development within the boundaries of the municipality; requires such tax to be levied at the rate and under the terms, conditions, and limitations contained in present law that apply to counties. - Amends TCA Title 67, Chapter 4, Part 29. | In Committee | 31 | Apr 8, 2026 | 2 |
| SB 1962 | Water Authorities - As introduced, establishes that public water systems have a maximum allowable hardwater level of 180 mg/L, measured as calcium carbonate equivalents; creates compliance and reporting requirements; exempts measurements that exceed the limit due to seasonal runoff in certain circumstances. - Amends TCA Title 68, Chapter 221, Part 7. | In Committee | 31 | Apr 8, 2026 | 2 |
| SB 2137 | Sentencing - As introduced, requires a defendant to be sentenced to imprisonment for life as a repeat violent offender under certain circumstances. - Amends TCA Title 38; Title 39; Title 40 and Title 41. | In Committee | 29 | Apr 8, 2026 | 3 |
| HB 2589 | Taxes, Sales - As introduced, changes the date, from February 1 to February 15, by which the department of revenue must submit its annual report regarding information and findings and any recommendations concerning sales taxes the department collects on the sale of electronic nicotine delivery devices to the speaker of the senate, speaker of the house of representatives, and chairs of the finance, ways and means committees of the senate and house of representatives. - Amends TCA Title 67, Chapter 6. | In Committee | 29 | Apr 8, 2026 | 2 |
| SJR 960 | Memorials, Recognition - Wyatt Poole and Joseph Tosh, JAGTN's State Career Development Conference - | Enacted | 79 | Apr 7, 2026 | 1 |
| HR 184 | Memorials, Death - Edward Allen Hickman - | Passed First Chamber | 53 | Apr 7, 2026 | 1 |
| SR 359 | Memorials, Academic Achievement - Kaden Gritzmaker, Valedictorian, Fairley High School - | Passed First Chamber | 53 | Apr 7, 2026 | 1 |
| SR 358 | Memorials, Academic Achievement - Jamarcus Olden, Salutatorian, Fairley High School - | Passed First Chamber | 53 | Apr 7, 2026 | 1 |
| HR 185 | Memorials, Recognition - Reverend Dr. William Seth Martin - | Passed First Chamber | 52 | Apr 7, 2026 | 1 |
| HB 625 | Mental Illness - As introduced, establishes a rebuttable presumption that a person poses an imminent substantial likelihood of serious harm and needs emergency detention and examination if the person was charged with one of certain criminal offenses and ordered by the criminal, circuit, or general sessions court to undergo an evaluation to determine whether the person is incompetent to stand trial or the person's mental capacity at the time of the commission of the crime; requires clear and convincing evidence to rebut the presumption. - Amends TCA Title 33; Title 40 and Title 52. | Reported from Committee | 48 | Apr 7, 2026 | 1 |
| HB 2323 | Taxes, Privilege - As introduced, authorizes municipalities to levy a tax on the privilege of engaging in the act of development within the boundaries of the municipality; requires such tax to be levied at the rate and under the terms, conditions, and limitations contained in present law that apply to counties. - Amends TCA Title 67, Chapter 4, Part 29. | Reported from Committee | 47 | Apr 7, 2026 | 2 |
| HB 2296 | Bail, Bail Bonds - As introduced, requires a court or magistrate to impose global positioning monitoring as a condition of release for a defendant accused of certain offenses, unless the court or magistrate enters written findings that the defendant does not pose a threat to the victim or public safety; requires the administrative office of the courts to compile an annual report of the number of defendants subject to such an order. - Amends TCA Title 39; Title 40 and Title 55. | Reported from Committee | 46 | Apr 7, 2026 | 1 |
| HB 1444 | Criminal Offenses - As introduced, increases the penalty for aggravated cruelty to animals from a Class E felony to a Class D felony; adds aggravated cruelty to animals as an offense for which a juvenile may be classified as a serious youthful offender. - Amends TCA Title 37 and Title 39. | Reported from Committee | 46 | Apr 7, 2026 | 1 |
| HB 931 | Criminal Offenses - As introduced, specifies that a person using force intended or likely to cause death or serious bodily injury from within the person's residence or dwelling is presumed to have acted in self-defense when that force is used against an individual armed with a deadly weapon who is unlawfully present on the person's property and outside of the enclosed structure of the person's residence or dwelling. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 11 and Title 40. | In Committee | 36 | Apr 7, 2026 | 1 |