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| Bill | Title | Status | Momentum | Last action | Docs |
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| HB 1781 | Adoption - As introduced, changes from 100 years to 90 years the amount of time that must elapse from the date the adoption was finalized before confidential adoption records become public records open to inspection. - Amends TCA Title 18; Title 36, Chapter 1; Title 37; Title 49, Chapter 4, Part 9; Title 49, Chapter 5, Part 7 and Section 49-6-1304. | Introduced | 15 | Jan 22, 2026 | 1 |
| HB 1780 | Education, Higher - As introduced, extends, from January 1 to January 15, the deadline for the department of correction to submit its annual report on higher education opportunities available to incarcerated individuals to the chairs of the judiciary and education committees of the senate and the criminal justice and education administration committees of the house of representatives. - Amends TCA Title 49. | Introduced | 15 | Jan 22, 2026 | 1 |
| HB 1719 | Unclaimed Property - As introduced, allows the treasurer to file the annual report regarding the total amount and value of abandoned or unclaimed property with certain executive and legislative branch officials electronically. - Amends TCA Title 66. | Introduced | 15 | Jan 22, 2026 | 1 |
| HB 1742 | Campaigns and Campaign Finance - As introduced, requires the registry of election finance to provide a nonexclusive list of the various categories of contributions that constitute in-kind contributions requiring disclosure to each member of the general assembly at the beginning of each yearly session and each candidate for state office within one week of the candidate certifying a treasurer with the registry. - Amends TCA Title 2, Chapter 10. | Introduced | 15 | Jan 22, 2026 | 1 |
| HB 1700 | Local Education Agencies - As introduced, requires director of schools to report a student who was formally truant and now enrolled in a home school to juvenile court; establishes that unexcused absences accumulated by a transfer student at their former school or LEA during the school year in which they transfer follow the student to the receiving school or LEA to determine habitual truancy, to implement a progressive truancy plan, and to identify cases of educational neglect. - Amends TCA Title 37, Chapter 1, Part 1; Title 49, Chapter 1; Title 49, Chapter 2 and Title 49, Chapter 6. | Failed | 5 | Jan 22, 2026 | 1 |
| SB 1485 | Process, Service of - As introduced, clarifies that the name and address required pursuant to the receipt of a deed of conveyance of real property may be used as the basis for obtaining service of process upon either party as an agent thereof, for failure to pay real property taxes. - Amends TCA Title 66, Chapter 24. | Failed | 5 | Jan 22, 2026 | 1 |
| HB 1651 | General Assembly - As introduced, prohibits the biennial increase in the office expense allowance for members of the general assembly from exceeding 50 percent of the principal amount of the current allowance. - Amends TCA Title 3. | Failed | 5 | Jan 22, 2026 | 1 |
| HB 434 | Public Officials - As introduced, prohibits a public facility from being named for a local public official who is in office, for two years after the public official leaves office, or if the public official has been convicted of a felony or a crime of moral turpitude; prohibits a local public official from making charitable donations in the public official's name if the donation is from public funds. - Amends TCA Title 3; Title 4; Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 8; Title 9 and Title 12. | Failed | 5 | Jan 22, 2026 | 1 |
| HJR 709 | Naming and Designating - "Charlie Kirk Day," September 10, 2026 - | Failed | 5 | Jan 22, 2026 | 1 |
| SB 1792 | Highways, Roads and Bridges - As introduced, requires the commissioner of transportation to establish rules governing reimbursement of relocation costs to a utility; requires reimbursement of at least $2.5 million for projects with utility relocation costs exceeding $2.5 million; requires the department to approve a utility owner's plan to accomplish the proposed new location of utility facilities in highway rights-of-way if the proposal would effectuate the relocation at the lowest cost to the utility's ratepayers; makes other related revisions. - Amends TCA Title 4 and Title 54. | Failed | 5 | Jan 22, 2026 | 1 |
| HB 1008 | Tobacco, Tobacco Products - As introduced, increases, from a Class C to a Class A misdemeanor, the penalty for selling or distributing a vapor product to an individual under 21 years of age; requires retailers of vapor products to obtain a license for such retail sales from the department of commerce and insurance; provides for civil penalties for violations by licensees. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 17, Part 15 and Title 62. | Failed | 5 | Jan 22, 2026 | 1 |
| HB 1728 | Criminal Offenses - As introduced, creates an offense for a vape shop retailer, or a distributor, wholesaler, or importer, who sells or offers for sale a vapor product for retail sale in this state to sell Kratom and nitrous oxides. - Amends TCA Title 39; Title 57, Chapter 7 and Title 67. | Failed | 5 | Jan 22, 2026 | 1 |
| HB 1524 | Teachers, Principals and School Personnel - As introduced, authorizes designated school employees who complete training to search containers, packages, and other enclosures in the possession of a student or visitor that triggers an alert by the school's weapons detection system. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 6. | Failed | 5 | Jan 22, 2026 | 1 |
| SJR 253 | Memorials, Academic Achievement - Dean Estes, Valedictorian, Chester County High School - | Enacted | 81 | Jan 21, 2026 | 1 |
| SR 253 | Memorials, Retirement - Trooper Jeff Webb - | Passed First Chamber | 54 | Jan 21, 2026 | 1 |
| SR 252 | Memorials, Retirement - Trooper Thomas Bayless - | Passed First Chamber | 53 | Jan 21, 2026 | 1 |
| SR 260 | Memorials, Sports - Ben Hill, West Tennessee All-Star Game - | Passed First Chamber | 53 | Jan 21, 2026 | 1 |
| SR 256 | Memorials, Recognition - Cassidy Dickson - | Passed First Chamber | 53 | Jan 21, 2026 | 1 |
| SR 255 | Memorials, Sports - Caleb Murphy, West Tennessee All-Star Game - | Passed First Chamber | 53 | Jan 21, 2026 | 1 |
| SR 254 | Memorials, Professional Achievement - Amy Wooley, 2025-2026 West Grand Division Principal of the Year - | Passed First Chamber | 53 | Jan 21, 2026 | 1 |