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| Bill | Title | Status | Momentum | Last action | Docs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HB 2189 | Criminal Procedure - As introduced, requires the clerk of the court in which a person charged with a violent felony and for whom a biological specimen is taken for the purpose of DNA analysis to submit the clerk's notification to the TBI of the final disposition of the criminal proceeding against the person in writing. - Amends TCA Title 38, Chapter 6; Title 39 and Title 40. | Introduced | 16 | Feb 9, 2026 | 1 |
| HB 1990 | Health, Dept. of - As introduced, directs the department to conduct a study on health concerns of, and identifying obstacles for receiving better care for, persons whose biological sex is female; requires the department to submit a report to the members of the general assembly on the results of the study on or before January 1, 2027. - Amends TCA Title 28; Title 29; Title 49; Title 56; Title 63 and Title 68. | Introduced | 16 | Feb 9, 2026 | 1 |
| SB 1857 | Education, Curriculum - As introduced, authorizes LEAs and public charter schools to offer students in any of the grades five through 12 a hunter education course that is approved by the wildlife resources agency as part of physical education, health, or safety instruction. - Amends TCA Title 49 and Title 70, Chapter 2, Part 1. | Failed | 5 | Feb 9, 2026 | 1 |
| SB 1846 | Recreational Areas - As introduced, expands the purposes for which monies from the Ocoee River recreation and economic development fund may be expended by the Ocoee River recreation and economic development fund board; replaces the park manager member of the board with the director of the division of state parks. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 3, Part 10 and Title 11, Chapter 8. | Failed | 5 | Feb 9, 2026 | 1 |
| HB 2362 | Motor Vehicles - As introduced, prohibits governmental entities that regulate entertainment transportation from denying the transfer of a permit, establishing certain noise ordinances, requiring an entertainment transportation vehicle to be enclosed, and taking other actions under certain circumstances. - Amends TCA Section 7-51-1008. | Failed | 5 | Feb 9, 2026 | 1 |
| HJR 781 | Memorials, Recognition - Trust for Public Land - | Enacted | 81 | Feb 5, 2026 | 1 |
| HJR 713 | Memorials, Recognition - First Baptist Church of Jacksboro - | Enacted | 80 | Feb 5, 2026 | 1 |
| SR 283 | Memorials, Recognition - Dobyns-Bennett High School Band Centennial - | Passed First Chamber | 54 | Feb 5, 2026 | 1 |
| HR 148 | Memorials, Death - Chesna Jeane Hulsey - | Passed First Chamber | 53 | Feb 5, 2026 | 1 |
| SR 291 | Memorials, Recognition - Congresswoman Maxine Waters, Nashville Branch - NAACP Freedom Fund Banquet - | Passed First Chamber | 52 | Feb 5, 2026 | 1 |
| HB 2430 | Welfare - As introduced, requires the commissioner of human services to provide to the commissioner of correction an application for food assistance to be used by inmates in state correctional institutions prior to release; requires the application to contain an option for the inmate to indicate a denial to apply for food assistance and reasons for doing so; requires the commissioner of correction to supply the application to each inmate prior to release; requires reports to the general assembly on certain data collected from the applications and on the number of inmates leaving incarceration who are approved for food assistance. - Amends TCA Title 41 and Title 71. | In Committee | 29 | Feb 5, 2026 | 1 |
| HB 2591 | Funeral Directors and Embalmers - As introduced, establishes organic human reduction as a legally permissible method to dispose of human remains, with oversight by and pursuant to rules promulgated by the board of funeral directors and embalmers. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 11, Chapter 6, Part 1; Title 62, Chapter 5; Title 63 and Title 68. | In Committee | 29 | Feb 5, 2026 | 1 |
| HB 1774 | Health Care - As introduced, requires the secretary of state to place an advisory ballot question on the November general election ballot in 2026 regarding the legalization of a regulated medical cannabis program. - Amends TCA Title 2; Title 4; Title 39; Title 43; Title 53; Title 57; Title 63; Title 67 and Title 68. | In Committee | 29 | Feb 5, 2026 | 1 |
| SB 2605 | Codes - As introduced, increases the period of temporary validity of a service release inspection from 45 days to nine months. - Amends TCA Title 68, Chapter 102. | In Committee | 28 | Feb 5, 2026 | 1 |
| HB 2553 | Education, Dept. of - As introduced, requires the department to review and propose revisions to the physical education standards to incorporate guidance published by the President's Council on Sports, Fitness, and Nutrition to reestablish the presidential fitness test pursuant to Executive Order No. 14327 of the president of the United States on July 31, 2025. - Amends TCA Title 49. | In Committee | 28 | Feb 5, 2026 | 1 |
| HB 2282 | Public Employees - As introduced, allows up to five days' leave for any eligible employee who is a foster parent or kinship caregiver regarding appearances in court or counseling sessions related to the placement of the foster child. - Amends TCA Title 8, Chapter 50. | In Committee | 28 | Feb 5, 2026 | 1 |
| HB 2233 | Consumer Protection - As introduced, enacts the "Junk Fee Prevention Act." - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 3, Part 19 and Title 47, Chapter 18. | In Committee | 28 | Feb 5, 2026 | 2 |
| HB 2161 | Eminent Domain - As introduced, adds to the definition of "public use" for eminent domain a sidewalk, public greenway, bicycle lane, pedestrian way, or proper slope development associated with a road, highway, bridge, or other structure, facility, or project used for public transportation. - Amends TCA Section 29-17-102. | In Committee | 28 | Feb 5, 2026 | 1 |
| HB 2181 | Corporations, Not for Profit - As introduced, requires a nonprofit organization that receives state or federal grants to compile, maintain, and publish in a publicly available location the salaries of the nonprofit organization's employees. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 10, Chapter 7; Title 35; Title 48 and Title 50. | In Committee | 28 | Feb 5, 2026 | 1 |
| SB 2606 | Agriculture - As introduced, under certain conditions, requires the department of agriculture to purchase and distribute round hay baling machines to applicants in the hay equipment portion of the Tennessee agricultural enhancement program in lieu of making cost-share grants associated with the purchase of the machines. - Amends TCA Title 43. | In Committee | 28 | Feb 5, 2026 | 1 |