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State Representative
William Lamberth
(R) - Tennessee
Tennessee House District 44
In Office - Started: 01/08/2013

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Nashville, TN 37243
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HB1302 AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 53, Chapter 7 and Chapter 380 of the Public Acts of 2023, relative to the inspection of food derived from animals. As enacted, renames the "Tennessee Meat and Poultry Inspection Act" as the "Tennessee Meat Inspection Act"; revises the act to facilitate the implementation of a state meat inspection program. - Amends TCA Title 53, Chapter 7 and Chapter 380 of the Public Acts of 2023. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
HB1431 AN ACT to amend Chapter 568 of the Private Acts of 1939; as amended by Chapter 107 of the Private Acts of 1981; Chapter 129 of the Private Acts of 2006; Chapter 66 of the Private Acts of 2014; and any other acts amendatory thereto, relative to the City of Portland. Subject to local approval, deletes obsolete and superseded provisions of the city charter. - Amends Chapter 568 of the Private Acts of 1939; as amended. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
HB1407 AN ACT to authorize the state of Tennessee, acting by resolutions of its funding board, to issue and sell its bonds and bond anticipation notes to provide for acquisition of equipment and sites, and erection, construction, and equipment of sites and buildings, expressly including the acquisition of existing structures for expansion, improvements, betterments, and extraordinary repairs to existing structures, for construction of highways, and repair, replacement, or rehabilitation of bridges, and As enacted, authorizes the state to issue and sell bonds. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
HB1408 AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 3; Title 4; Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 8; Title 9; Title 10; Title 11; Title 12; Title 13; Title 16; Title 17; Title 18; Title 29; Title 33; Title 36; Title 37; Title 38; Title 39; Title 40; Title 41; Title 43; Title 44; Title 45; Title 47; Title 48; Title 49; Title 50; Title 53; Title 54; Title 55; Title 56; Title 57; Title 58; Title 59; Title 60; Title 61; Title 62; Title 63; Title 64; Title 65; Title 66; Title 67; Title 68; Title 69; Title As enacted, authorizes, in the fiscal year ending June 30, 2025, transfers from the Access Tennessee health insurance program fund, created or referenced in the Access Tennessee Act of 2006. - Amends TCA Title 3; Title 4; Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 8; Title 9; Title 10; Title 11; Title 12; Title 13; Title 16; Title 17; Title 18; Title 29; Title 33; Title 36; Title 37; Title 38; Title 39; Title 40; Title 41; Title 43; Title 44; Title 45; Title 47; Title 48; Title 49; Title 50; Title 53; Title 54; Title 55; Title 56; Title 57; Title 58; Title 59; Title 60; Title 61; Title 62; Title 63; Title 64; Title 65; Title 66; Title 67; Title 68; Title 69; Title 70 and Title 71. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
HB1409 AN ACT to make appropriations for the purpose of defraying the expenses of the state government for the fiscal years beginning July 1, 2024, and July 1, 2025, in the administration, operation and maintenance of the legislative, executive and judicial branches of the various departments, institutions, offices and agencies of the state; for certain state aid and obligations; for capital outlay, for the service of the public debt, for emergency and contingency; to repeal certain appropriations and As enacted, makes appropriations for the fiscal years beginning July 1, 2024, and July 1, 2025. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
HB1330 AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4; Title 8; Title 20; Title 33; Title 38; Title 40; Title 52; Title 55; Title 62; Title 63; Title 68; Title 70 and Title 76, relative to the Less is More Act of 2025. As enacted, enacts the "Less is More Act of 2025." - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 8; Title 20; Title 33; Title 38; Title 40; Title 52; Title 55; Title 62; Title 63; Title 68; Title 70 and Title 76. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
HB1314 AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 39, Chapter 13, Part 8 and Title 39, Chapter 17, Part 3, relative to criminal offenses. As enacted, creates the criminal offense of threatening to commit an act of mass violence; creates the criminal offense of posting on a publicly accessible website the telephone number or home address of an individual with the intent to cause harm or a threat of harm to the individual or a member of the individual's family or household. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 13, Part 8 and Title 39, Chapter 17, Part 3. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
HB1321 AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4, Chapter 3, Part 22, relative to tourism. As enacted, creates a marketing division within the department to replace the tourism division; authorizes the department to enter into agreements with the department of transportation to assist with maintenance of welcome center facilities; creates a welcome centers division within the department to oversee such centers throughout the state; directs the commissioner of finance and administration to transfer from highway user taxes allocated to the highway fund an amount sufficient to support the annual appropriation for implementation and administration of all welcome centers in the state. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 3, Part 22. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
HB1376 AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 39; Title 40; Title 43, Chapter 27; Title 53, Chapter 11; Title 57 and Title 67, relative to the regulation of hemp-derived cannabinoid products. As enacted, provides for the regulation of the manufacturing, supplying, wholesale distribution, and retail sale of hemp-derived cannabinoid products by the commission and department of revenue; creates licenses for suppliers, wholesalers, and retailers; establishes taxes for such products and the manner in which such taxes are collected and allocated; establishes civil and criminal penalties for violations. - Amends TCA Title 39; Title 40; Title 43, Chapter 27; Title 53, Chapter 11; Title 57 and Title 67. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
HB0069 AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 2; Title 4; Title 38; Title 39; Title 41 and Title 55, relative to determining voter eligibility. As enacted, requires the coordinator of elections, in collaboration with the department of safety, prior to January 1, 2028, to create a secure, electronic portal through which each county administrator of elections may access information to verify, prior to processing an applicant's application to register to vote, whether the applicant is a United States citizen based upon records on file at the time of issuance of the most recent driver license or identification card or other credential from the department of safety; makes related changes. - Amends TCA Title 2; Title 4; Title 38; Title 39; Title 41 and Title 55. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
HB0578 AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 39, Chapter 17, Part 13, relative to criminal offenses. As enacted, adds certain criminal offenses to the list of dangerous felonies for purposes of the offense of possessing a firearm or antique firearm during commission or attempt to commit a dangerous felony. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 17, Part 13. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
HB0622 AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 8 and Title 49, relative to hiring practices of governmental entities. As enacted, enacts "Dismantle DEI in Employment Act." - Amends TCA Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 8 and Title 49. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
HB0641 AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 9; Title 12; Title 37; Title 39 and Title 49, relative to funding of child advocacy centers. As enacted, enacts the "Savannah Grace Copeland Act." - Amends TCA Title 9; Title 12; Title 37; Title 39 and Title 49. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
HB0969 AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4; Title 54; Title 55; Title 65 and Title 67, relative to transportation. As enacted, generally requires that all monies received under the sales and use tax from the sale, use, consumption, or distribution of new or used tires on or after July 1, 2025, must be earmarked and allocated to the highway fund. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 54; Title 55; Title 65 and Title 67. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
HB1177 AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 33; Title 40 and Title 52, relative to persons found incompetent to stand trial. As enacted, increases from 11 months and 29 days to two years from the date of arrest the time within which misdemeanor charges against a defendant who has been found incompetent must be retired unless the defendant is restored to competency; adds to present law that, when a defendant whose misdemeanor charges were retired due to a finding of incompetency is released into the community, the chief officer is required to notify the court of the defendant's discharge and provide the court and the sheriff with an outpatient treatment plan that accounts for the safety of the community. - Amends TCA Title 33; Title 40 and Title 52. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
HB1133 AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 67, relative to energy. As enacted, allows nuclear energy production facilities to seek pollution control tax credits for certain machinery and equipment. - Amends TCA Title 67. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
HB1232 AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 10, Chapter 7, Part 5; Title 36; Title 37; Title 38; Title 39; Title 40 and Title 53, relative to criminal justice. As enacted, makes various changes to present law concerning criminal justice. - Amends TCA Title 10, Chapter 7, Part 5; Title 36; Title 37; Title 38; Title 39; Title 40 and Title 53. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
HB0923 AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4; Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 8 and Title 49, Chapter 7, relative to the "Dismantling DEI Departments Act." As enacted, enacts the "Dismantling DEI Departments Act." - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 8 and Title 49, Chapter 7. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
HB0675 AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 8 and Title 49, relative to education. As enacted, creates an advisory committee on innovations in K-12 education . - Amends TCA Title 8 and Title 49. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
HB0370 AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 39, relative to harassment. As enacted, expands the criminal offense of harassment to include harassment that occurs by communicating in the physical presence of the victim, in addition to in writing, by telephone, or electronically. - Amends TCA Title 39. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
HB0055 AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 39; Title 40; Title 54 and Title 55, relative to criminal offenses. As enacted, creates new misdemeanor offenses, including intentionally giving a false or fictitious name to a law enforcement officer who has lawfully detained or arrested such person. - Amends TCA Title 39; Title 40; Title 54 and Title 55. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
HB0190 AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 39, Chapter 13, relative to vehicular offenses. As enacted, decreases from 0.20 to 0.15 percent the minimum weight of alcohol concentration in a defendant's blood or breath as an element of the offense of aggravated vehicular assault and in a defendant's blood as an element of the offense of aggravated vehicular homicide. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 13. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
HB0322 AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 39, relative to criminal offenses. As enacted, creates the offense of human smuggling; makes related changes. - Amends TCA Title 39. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
HB0482 AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 7-51-201, relative to compensation paid to firefighters for certain conditions or injuries. As enacted, adds prostate cancer, breast cancer, and pancreatic cancer to the list of cancers for which a presumption is created that certain conditions or impairments of full-time firefighters caused by prostate cancer, breast cancer, pancreatic cancer, or other listed cancers arose out of employment unless the contrary is shown by competent medical evidence. - Amends TCA Section 7-51-201. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
HB1371 AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 39, Chapter 17, relative to unlawful exposure. As enacted, clarifies that a person commits the offense of unlawful exposure by distributing a private, intimate image of another identifiable person with intent to cause emotional distress, regardless of whether the person who distributes the image was a party to the original agreement or understanding that the image would remain private. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 17. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
HB1325 AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 43, Chapter 1, Part 1, relative to the farmland preservation fund. As enacted, establishes a fund for the development and implementation of programs that benefit Tennesseans by preserving farmland and forestland, including a grant program for conservation easements. - Amends TCA Title 43, Chapter 1, Part 1. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
HB1344 AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4; Title 8; Title 9; Title 10; Title 12; Title 49; Title 66 and Title 67, relative to higher education. As enacted, authorizes, subject to appropriation, an institution of higher education to request to redirect the institution's capital outlay funds for purposes other than those set out in the 2022 appropriations act; makes related revisions. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 8; Title 9; Title 10; Title 12; Title 49; Title 66 and Title 67. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
HB1299 AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 28 and Title 39, Chapter 17, relative to the unauthorized use of deepfake or actual likeness. As enacted, creates a civil and criminal action for individuals who are the subject of an intimate digital depiction that is intentionally disclosed without the individual's consent under certain circumstances. - Amends TCA Title 28 and Title 39, Chapter 17. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
HB1307 AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 49, relative to priority schools. As enacted, requires the department to implement a transition plan to close the achievement school district (ASD) and to release all schools currently assigned to the ASD before the start of the 2026-2027 school year; requires the department to establish a different intervention system for priority schools; makes related changes. - Amends TCA Title 49. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
HB1326 AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 13, relative to planning. As enacted, creates a vested property right upon the submission, rather than the approval, of a development plan or building permit; specifies that the vesting period applicable when it is based on the submission of a building permit is three years. - Amends TCA Title 13. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
HB1323 AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 49, Chapter 5 and Title 49, Chapter 6, relative to teacher licensure. As enacted, makes various changes to certain teacher licensure requirements. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 5 and Title 49, Chapter 6. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
HB1310 AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 53-8-103; Title 68, Chapter 110; Title 68, Chapter 111; Title 68, Chapter 14 and Title 68, Chapter 15, relative to health. As enacted, deletes present laws pertaining to rented premises unfit for habitation and quick fast food establishment delivery vehicles; removes the statutorily set permit fees to operate food service establishments and requires such permit fees to be set by rule; makes other revisions to present laws pertaining to food service and safety. - Amends TCA Section 53-8-103; Title 68, Chapter 110; Title 68, Chapter 111; Title 68, Chapter 14 and Title 68, Chapter 15. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
HB0194 AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 49, relative to education. As enacted, revises present law relative to an intercollegiate athlete's name, image, or likeness. - Amends TCA Title 49. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
HB0124 AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 68, Chapter 203, Part 1 and Title 68, Chapter 211, Part 1, relative to environmental regulatory programs. As enacted, makes various changes related to fees set by the department for environmental regulatory programs; makes changes to the regulation of coal combustion residuals disposal units. - Amends TCA Title 68, Chapter 203, Part 1 and Title 68, Chapter 211, Part 1. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
HB0547 AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 40, relative to public safety. As enacted, requires the clerk of every court having jurisdiction of criminal offenses to include a $12.50 charge in every cost bill, to be remitted to the county government to provide support services for the purpose of promoting public safety at the sole discretion of the district attorney general; takes effect upon two-thirds vote of the county legislative body; requires a district attorney general receiving funding to submit an annual report. - Amends TCA Title 40. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
HB0873 AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 29, Chapter 42 and Title 39, relative to weapons. As enacted, removes the ability to bring a civil liability action for negligence per se against a seller of a qualified product; expands "qualified products" to include knives, body armor, pepper spray, silencers, and other certain products; requires physical injury for a negligent entrustment action rather than an unreasonable risk of physical injury; specifies that a person who will be subject to an ordinance in the future or reasonably intends to be physically present in the political subdivision is an adversely affected party for purposes of filing certain actions; makes various other changes regarding civil actions against arms dealers, manufacturers, and sellers and the preemption of local regulation of firearms. - Amends TCA Title 29, Chapter 42 and Title 39. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
HB0968 AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 10, Chapter 7, Part 5; Title 39, Chapter 17, Part 15; Title 47, Chapter 25; Title 67, Chapter 4, Part 10 and Title 67, Chapter 4, Part 26, relative to regulated consumable products. As enacted, requires the department of revenue to maintain a directory on its website that lists all vapor products certified as authorized to be sold in this state; levies certain privilege taxes. - Amends TCA Title 10, Chapter 7, Part 5; Title 39, Chapter 17, Part 15; Title 47, Chapter 25; Title 67, Chapter 4, Part 10 and Title 67, Chapter 4, Part 26. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
HB0683 AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4; Title 39 and Title 62, Chapter 35, relative to private protective services. As enacted, creates the enhanced armed guard registration that may be obtained upon completion of certain training and other requirements by an armed security guard/officer who has at least five years of full-time experience as a law enforcement officer or four years of active duty military experience in a combat arms military occupational specialty; directs the commissioner of commerce and insurance to approve an enhanced armed guard training course. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 39 and Title 62, Chapter 35. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
HB1073 AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 2, relative to elections. As enacted, revises the definition of "contribution," for purposes of financial disclosures under the state's campaign finance laws, to include an activity done independently of or in coordination with a candidate, candidate's political campaign committee, or agent, related to the development, production, and use of canvassing literature and scripts to be used in a door-knocking campaign for a candidate's election. - Amends TCA Title 2. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
HB0117 AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 67-6-410, relative to wholesaler information reports. As enacted, extends indefinitely the authority of the commissioner of revenue to require persons selling food, candy, or nonalcoholic beverages, including bottled soft drinks, to retailers to file an information report of such net sales with the department by deleting the July 1, 2025, termination date. - Amends TCA Section 67-6-410. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
HB0125 AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 67-4-409, relative to the local parks land acquisition fund. As enacted, requires a county or municipal government that receives a grant from the local parks land acquisition fund for a project located within a county designated as distressed or at-risk by the Appalachian Regional Commission at the time of the grant application to match the grant with an amount of money equal to 25 percent of the project, instead of requiring a match with an amount of money equal to the grant. - Amends TCA Section 67-4-409. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
HB0114 AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 49, Chapter 4, Part 10, relative to tuition assistance for members of the Tennessee national guard. As enacted, makes various changes to the Tennessee Support, Training, and Renewing Opportunity for National Guardsmen (STRONG) Act. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 4, Part 10. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
HB0103 AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 37; Title 49 and Title 55, relative to department of children's services programs. As enacted, expands the provision of voluntary extended foster care services by the department of children's services to include young adults between 20 and 23 who were in the custody of the department at the time of the young adult's eighteenth birthday and young adults who were adopted from, or approved for subsidized permanent guardianship by, the department of children's services at 16 or older. - Amends TCA Title 37; Title 49 and Title 55. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
HB1328 AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 40-38-507, relative to the criminal proceedings notification system. As enacted, establishes a permanent criminal proceedings notification system, rather than a pilot project; removes the July 1, 2025, termination date for the criminal proceedings notification system. - Amends TCA Section 40-38-507. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
HB1329 AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 67, Chapter 4; Title 67, Chapter 6 and Title 67, Chapter 7, relative to state administration fee on tax collection. As enacted, reduces from 1.125 percent to 0.75 percent the administrative fee percentage the department takes from the proceeds of the business tax, short-term rental unit occupancy tax, local tax surcharge, coal severance tax, and local option sales tax to assist in defraying the expenses of administration and collection, before remitting proceeds to the appropriate county, city, or town. - Amends TCA Title 67, Chapter 4; Title 67, Chapter 6 and Title 67, Chapter 7. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
HB1306 AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 7, Chapter 53; Title 9, Chapter 21 and Title 9, Chapter 23, relative to economic development. As enacted, clarifies that certain definitions concerning housing facilities and developments with regard to industrial development corporations include affordable and workforce housing; authorizes a municipality or county to approve amendments to an economic impact plan when approving the plan. - Amends TCA Title 7, Chapter 53; Title 9, Chapter 21 and Title 9, Chapter 23. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
HB1332 AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 39 and Title 40, relative to criminal justice. As enacted, clarifies that an applicant who has a DUI conviction that occurred within five years from the date of application or renewal is not eligible for an enhanced handgun carry permit; lowers the age for an applicant for an enhanced handgun carry permit from 21 to 18 if other eligibility requirements for issuance of the permit are met. - Amends TCA Title 39 and Title 40. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
HJR0486 A RESOLUTION to honor Elon Musk and SpaceX for their historic rescue mission of two American astronauts who were stranded on the International Space Station. to honor Elon Musk and SpaceX for their historic rescue mission of two American astronauts who were stranded on the International Space Station. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
HJR0646 A RESOLUTION to commemorate Run for the Wall Week in Tennessee. to commemorate Run for the Wall Week in Tennessee. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
HJR0662 A RESOLUTION to recognize and honor Heather Ayres for her astute service to the State of Tennessee as founder of the Giles County Rehab Unit. to recognize and honor Heather Ayres for her astute service to the State of Tennessee as founder of the Giles County Rehab Unit. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
HJR0670 A RESOLUTION to honor Bobbie Patray for her many years of service to Eagle Forum and leadership in the State of Tennessee. to honor Bobbie Patray for her many years of service to Eagle Forum and leadership in the State of Tennessee. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
HJR0674 A RESOLUTION commemorating the fiftieth anniversary of the end of the Vietnam War. commemorating the fiftieth anniversary of the end of the Vietnam War. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
HJR0318 A RESOLUTION relative to naming the new entrance to the Motlow Tunnel at the Tennessee State Capitol. relative to naming the new entrance to the Motlow Tunnel at the Tennessee State Capitol. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
HB1304 AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 56 and Section 68-1-115, relative to insurance. As enacted, requires a health benefit plan issuer to provide no later than 30 days after a health benefit plan issuer receives a written request for a claims experience report from a plan, plan sponsor, or plan administrator, the report to the requesting party; prohibits coverage by a commercial risk insurance policy of farm risks or real or personal property used in farming from being considered in determining whether property is classified as farm or agricultural property under another law or rule in this state; revises provisions relating to reinsurance and risk insurance; revises provisions relating to the readability, content, and style of life and health insurance policies. - Amends TCA Title 56 and Section 68-1-115. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
HJR0051 A RESOLUTION to seek Almighty God's hand of ever-present mercy and healing on Tennessee. to seek Almighty God's hand of ever-present mercy and healing on Tennessee. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
HJR0147 A RESOLUTION relative to the regulation of Kratom. relative to the regulation of Kratom. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
HB1038 AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 8; Title 16; Title 18 and Title 37, relative to juvenile courts. As enacted, requires the administrative office of the courts to maintain a criminal justice information services compliant centralized statewide juvenile case management system; requires all juvenile court clerks to adopt and convert to the new juvenile case management system on a schedule to be determined in consultation with the administrative office of the courts; makes related changes. - Amends TCA Title 8; Title 16; Title 18 and Title 37. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
HB0871 AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 66, relative to the use of escrow funds for condominium projects. As enacted, adds requirements for declarant access to and use of deposits made in connection with the purchase or reservation of a condominium unit; makes other similar changes. - Amends TCA Title 66. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
HB1342 AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 47, relative to Uniform Commercial Code financing statement filings. As enacted, specifies that a filing office in receipt of a petition for review filed by a secured party contesting a public official's affidavit that a financing statement was filed without legal cause submit the UCC financing statement that is the subject of the petition and the notarized affidavit of the public official to the administrative procedures division of the office of the secretary of state, in addition to the existing requirement that the petition itself be submitted; requires the prevailing party in the contested case hearing to provide the filing office with a copy of the administrative law judge's determination. - Amends TCA Title 47. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
HB1315 AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 55-10-417 and Section 55-10-425, relative to ignition interlock devices. As enacted, requires an ignition interlock provider to permit a person to appear for calibration, monitoring, or inspection of the device at any time within a two-week period; authorizes a court to order reinstatement of a person’s driver license if the person has no other revocations or suspensions on the person’s driving record and the person’s only noncompliance with ignition interlock requirements has been with regard to the required calibration, monitoring, or inspection of the ignition interlock device; makes various other changes in regard to ignition interlock devices and the ignition interlock usage period. - Amends TCA Section 55-10-417 and Section 55-10-425. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
HB1318 AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 56-7-2916, relative to the repeal date of the Access Tennessee Act of 2006. As enacted, extends the Access Tennessee health insurance program from June 30, 2025, to June 30, 2030. - Amends TCA Section 56-7-2916. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
HB1322 AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 49, Chapter 13, relative to charter schools. As enacted, establishes a process by which the governing body of an existing public charter school may replicate that public charter school in the same district by applying to the local board of education or directly to the Tennessee public charter school commission; allows, in certain circumstances, a public charter school sponsor to apply directly to the commission to open a new public charter school; makes various changes to the state agencies responsible for performing certain functions in the Tennessee Public Charter Schools Act of 2002. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 13. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
HB1309 AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 64-9-107, relative to the management of utility systems. As enacted, requires that interest income accruing on investments and deposits as a result of the Megasite Authority of West Tennessee's collection of rates to customers of a water system or wastewater system operated by the authority be credited to a separate account and carried forward into each subsequent fiscal year. - Amends TCA Section 64-9-107. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
HB1343 AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 55-10-419, relative to the electronic monitoring indigency fund. As enacted, requires the state treasurer to deem a person ordered by a court to use a functioning ignition interlock device to be indigent and unable to pay the costs of the device if the person receives funds from the supplemental nutrition assistance, temporary assistance for needy families, or state medicaid program; removes the requirement that a court determine whether a person asserting inability to pay for a functioning ignition interlock device is indigent; revises other provisions relative to the electronic monitoring indigency fund. - Amends TCA Section 55-10-419. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
HB1339 AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 47, Chapter 16, relative to relative to litigation financiers. As enacted, allows a litigation financier that is not a business entity or partnership to amend or withdraw its registration with the secretary of state by filing a form prescribed by the secretary of state, along with a filing fee of $20. - Amends TCA Title 47, Chapter 16. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
HB1308 AN ACT, to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 8, Chapter 50, Part 8; Title 49, Chapter 1, Part 6; Title 49, Chapter 1, Part 9; Title 49, Chapter 10, Part 14; Title 49, Chapter 16, Part 2; Title 49, Chapter 18, Part 1; Title 49, Chapter 2, Part 1; Title 49, Chapter 3, Part 1; Title 49, Chapter 3, Part 3; Title 49, Chapter 6, Part 10; Title 49, Chapter 6, Part 30; Title 49, Chapter 6, Part 31; Title 49, Chapter 6, Part 41; Title 49, Chapter 6, Part 50; Title 49, Chapter 1, Part 2 and Chapter 10 As enacted, makes various changes to reporting requirements, school and district accountability, the accumulation of excess instructional time, remote instruction, the immunization status of students in state custody, the individualized education account program, public virtual school enrollment, and certain course access program requirements imposed on the department of education. - Amends TCA Title 8, Chapter 50, Part 8; Title 49, Chapter 1, Part 6; Title 49, Chapter 1, Part 9; Title 49, Chapter 10, Part 14; Title 49, Chapter 16, Part 2; Title 49, Chapter 18, Part 1; Title 49, Chapter 2, Part 1; Title 49, Chapter 3, Part 1; Title 49, Chapter 3, Part 3; Title 49, Chapter 6, Part 10; Title 49, Chapter 6, Part 30; Title 49, Chapter 6, Part 31; Title 49, Chapter 6, Part 41; Title 49, Chapter 6, Part 50; Title 49, Chapter 1, Part 2 and Chapter 1005 of the Public Acts of 2024. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
HB1338 AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 9-21-133 and Title 9, Chapter 21, Part 4, relative to local government debt. As enacted, redefines "local government" to include a water, wastewater, or energy authority for purposes of the present law applicable to bonds and notes issued by local governments; makes other related revisions. - Amends TCA Section 9-21-133 and Title 9, Chapter 21, Part 4. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
HJR0707 A RESOLUTION to provide for the adjournment of the 2025 session of the One Hundred Fourteenth General Assembly. to provide for the adjournment of the 2025 session of the One Hundred Fourteenth General Assembly. Passed
HB0579 AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 39, Chapter 17, Part 13, relative to public safety. As enacted, adds the offense of robbery to the definition of crime of violence. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 17, Part 13. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
HB0646 AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 39 and Title 70, relative to the use of certain colors while hunting. As enacted, authorizes persons to wear daylight fluorescent pink as a substitute for daylight fluorescent orange when hunting big game during gun hunts; deletes statutory definition of daylight fluorescent orange. - Amends TCA Title 39 and Title 70. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
HB0854 AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 24; Title 39 and Title 40, relative to criminal procedure. As enacted, allows a magistrate to consider hearsay evidence when determining whether a defendant should be released on bail pending trial and the amount of bail necessary to reasonably assure the appearance of the defendant while at the same time protecting the safety of the public. - Amends TCA Title 24; Title 39 and Title 40. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
HB1137 AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4; Title 68, Chapter 221 and Title 69, Chapter 3, relative to subsurface sewage disposal systems. As enacted, establishes a deadline for consideration of certain subsurface sewage disposal system applications submitted by soil scientists. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 68, Chapter 221 and Title 69, Chapter 3. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
HB0896 AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4, Chapter 5, relative to regulatory actions. As enacted, generally prohibits a governmental agency from adopting a rule or establishing numeric criteria or numeric limitations applicable to a contaminant, pollutant, hazardous substance, solid waste, or hazardous waste that relates to drinking water, water pollution control, hazardous substances, contaminated site remediation, air quality, or solid or hazardous waste handling unless certain conditions are met. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 5. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
HB0307 AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 5, relative to constitutional officer duties. As enacted, declares that the offices of sheriff, register, county clerk, assessor of property, and trustee are the constitutional officers of a county that has adopted a charter form of government; specifies the duties for each constitutional officer. - Amends TCA Title 5. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
HB0342 AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 47 and Title 58, relative to veteran benefits. As enacted, enacts the "Safeguarding American Veteran Empowerment (SAVE) Act." - Amends TCA Title 47 and Title 58. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
HB0126 AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 11, Chapter 14, Part 1, relative to state natural areas. As enacted, revises the descriptions of existing state natural areas and designates new natural areas. - Amends TCA Title 11, Chapter 14, Part 1. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
HB0123 AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 59, Chapter 8, Part 3, relative to abandoned mine lands. As enacted, revises certain requirements to file liens for the reclamation of abandoned coal mining lands. - Amends TCA Title 59, Chapter 8, Part 3. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
HB0749 AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 55, Chapter 50, relative to driver licenses issued to persons without lawful presence. As enacted, creates the Class B misdemeanor offense of operating a motor vehicle in this state with an invalid driver license; designates out-of-state driver licenses issued exclusively to illegal aliens as invalid driver licenses in this state. - Amends TCA Title 55, Chapter 50. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
HB0604 AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 55 and Title 57, relative to the alcoholic beverage commission. As enacted, requires a law enforcement agency to provide records related to an accident, the persons involved in such accident, and persons involved in providing or selling alcoholic beverages to persons involved in an accident upon receipt of a request for such records by the commission; makes related changes. - Amends TCA Title 55 and Title 57. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
HB0901 AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 43, relative to century farms. As enacted, enacts the "Tennessee Century Farms Act" for the purpose of recognizing the historical significance of family farms that have been in continuous operation in this state for over 100 years and to highlight their contribution to agriculture in and the economy of this state. - Amends TCA Title 43. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
HB1316 AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 2-7-112 and Title 55, Chapter 50, relative to licenses. As enacted, prohibits the use of digital driver licenses and digital photo identification licenses for voter identification purposes; regulates the use, retention, and disclosure of data submitted by persons participating in the digital driver license system, including biometric identifiers; prohibits geolocation data from being collected for purposes of the digital driver license system; revises other provisions related to driver licenses. - Amends TCA Section 2-7-112 and Title 55, Chapter 50. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
HB1303 AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 43, Chapter 1, Part 1; Section 43-10-118; Section 43-11-405; Section 43-8-104; Section 44-10-203; Section 44-11-105; Section 44-6-104; Section 47-26-1010; Section 53-1-204; Section 53-3-105; Section 53-3-106; Section 53-7-216 and Section 53-8-106, relative to authorization to engage in regulated activities. As enacted, establishes June 30 as the expiration date for certain licenses issued by the department. - Amends TCA Title 43, Chapter 1, Part 1; Section 43-10-118; Section 43-11-405; Section 43-8-104; Section 44-10-203; Section 44-11-105; Section 44-6-104; Section 47-26-1010; Section 53-1-204; Section 53-3-105; Section 53-3-106; Section 53-7-216 and Section 53-8-106. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
HJR0190 A RESOLUTION to confirm the appointment of Rick Spell to the advisory board for the University of Tennessee Health Science Center. to confirm the appointment of Rick Spell to the advisory board for the University of Tennessee Health Science Center. In Committee
HJR0195 A RESOLUTION to confirm the appointment of Lynn Richardson of Elizabethton to the Tennessee Ethics Commission. to confirm the appointment of Lynn Richardson of Elizabethton to the Tennessee Ethics Commission. In Committee
HJR0198 A RESOLUTION to confirm the appointment of Annie Dockery to the standards recommendation committee for English language arts. to confirm the appointment of Annie Dockery to the standards recommendation committee for English language arts. In Committee
HR0110 A RESOLUTION to approve annual events by certain 501(c) organizations in accordance with the provisions of Article XI, Section 5 of the Constitution of Tennessee, and pursuant to the Tennessee Nonprofit Gaming Law. to approve annual events by certain 501(c) organizations in accordance with the provisions of Article XI, Section 5 of the Constitution of Tennessee, and pursuant to the Tennessee Nonprofit Gaming Law. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
HJR0626 A RESOLUTION to urge the appointment of highly qualified individuals to the board of directors of the Tennessee Valley Authority who understand the growing energy needs of Tennessee and the importance of reliable, affordable power for the State's economic future. to urge the appointment of highly qualified individuals to the board of directors of the Tennessee Valley Authority who understand the growing energy needs of Tennessee and the importance of reliable, affordable power for the State's economic future. In Committee
HB0527 AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 40, Chapter 35, Part 5, relative to parole. As introduced, removes the limitations on the board of parole's authority to deny parole based solely on the seriousness of the offense for certain offenses to allow denial based on the seriousness of the offense for any offense. - Amends TCA Title 40, Chapter 35, Part 5. In Committee
HJR0166 A RESOLUTION to confirm the appointment of Todd Womack to the advisory board for the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga. to confirm the appointment of Todd Womack to the advisory board for the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga. In Committee
HJR0049 A RESOLUTION to propose an amendment to Article I, Section 15 of the Constitution of Tennessee, relative to bail. to propose an amendment to Article I, Section 15 of the Constitution of Tennessee, relative to bail. In Committee
HJR0035 A RESOLUTION to recognize emergency telecommunicators as first responders. to recognize emergency telecommunicators as first responders. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
HJR0543 A RESOLUTION to honor Joi Wasill upon receiving the Strong and Courageous Award. to honor Joi Wasill upon receiving the Strong and Courageous Award. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
HJR0509 A RESOLUTION to commemorate the 250th anniversary of the Battles of Lexington and Concord. to commemorate the 250th anniversary of the Battles of Lexington and Concord. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
HJR0374 A RESOLUTION to honor Penny Hardaway upon being selected as the American Athletic Conference's 2024-2025 Coach of the Year. to honor Penny Hardaway upon being selected as the American Athletic Conference's 2024- 2025 Coach of the Year. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
HJR0375 A RESOLUTION to honor PJ Haggerty of the Memphis Tigers on being named American Athletic Conference Player of the Year. to honor PJ Haggerty of the Memphis Tigers on being named American Athletic Conference Player of the Year. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
HB0649 AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 67-4-409, relative to the recordation tax. As introduced, requires 50 percent of collections of the recordation tax levied on transfers of realty to be remitted to each county; requires counties to use such funds for transportation infrastructure, schools, and other nonrecurring expenses. - Amends TCA Section 67-4-409. In Committee
HB0793 AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4 and Title 49, relative to persons unlawfully present in the United States. As introduced, authorizes LEAs and public charter schools to refuse to enroll students who are unlawfully present in the United States. - Amends TCA Title 4 and Title 49. In Committee
HB0555 AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 39 and Title 40, relative to burglary. As introduced, increases from a Class E felony to a Class D felony the offense of burglary of a conveyance. - Amends TCA Title 39 and Title 40. In Committee
HB0403 AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 39, Chapter 13 and Title 40, relative to criminal offenses. As introduced, expands the offense of unlawful photography to include a photograph that the defendant knew would include the victim engaged in sexual activity; increases the penalty for the offense of unlawful photography from a Class A misdemeanor or a Class E felony to a Class D felony in certain circumstances; authorizes the issuance of an order of protection for a person who has been subjected to, threatened with, or placed in fear of unlawful photography. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 13 and Title 40. In Committee
HB0473 AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 18; Title 38, Chapter 6; Title 39 and Title 40, Chapter 35, relative to the collection of DNA samples. As introduced, requires a person arrested for a felony offense to have a biological specimen taken by the arresting authority for the purpose of DNA analysis to determine identification characteristics specific to the person. - Amends TCA Title 18; Title 38, Chapter 6; Title 39 and Title 40, Chapter 35. In Committee
HB0962 AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 39 and Title 43, Chapter 27, relative to hemp. As introduced, authorizes local governments to create local boards for the purpose of permitting retailers of hemp-derived cannabinoid products. - Amends TCA Title 39 and Title 43, Chapter 27. In Committee
HB1148 AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 39, Chapter 17, Part 4 and Title 43, Chapter 27, relative to cannabis products. As introduced, removes Tetrahydrocannabinolic acid (THCa) and Tetrahydrocannabiphorol (THCp) from the list of authorized hemp-derived cannabinoids. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 17, Part 4 and Title 43, Chapter 27. In Committee
HB0173 AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 63; Title 68 and Title 71, Chapter 5, relative to hospital reimbursement. As introduced, establishes TennCare minimum and maximum reimbursement rate levels for rural hospitals and requires that the reimbursement rate is based on the rural hospital's current federal fiscal year. - Amends TCA Title 63; Title 68 and Title 71, Chapter 5. In Committee
HB0193 AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 67, Chapter 6, Part 3, relative to exemption from sales tax on motor vehicles for members of the national guard. As introduced, exempts from the sales and use tax the purchase of a motor vehicle that is registered in this state by a qualifying member of the Tennessee national guard; applies the sales tax exemption only to the first $15,000 of the sales price and only to one vehicle sold to such individual within a five-year period. - Amends TCA Title 67, Chapter 6, Part 3. In Committee
HB0359 AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 39 and Title 55, relative to criminal offenses involving driving. As introduced, increases the penalty for driving upon a highway without a valid driver license for the vehicle being driven from a Class C misdemeanor to a Class B misdemeanor for a first offense and a Class A misdemeanor for a second or subsequent offense committed within 10 years of a prior offense. - Amends TCA Title 39 and Title 55. In Committee
HB0177 AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4; Title 7; Title 8; Title 38; Title 39; Title 40 and Title 55, relative to illegal immigration. As introduced, urges the department of safety to study the enforcement of federal immigration laws, detentions and removals, investigations in this state, and immigration-related progress and challenges; requires the department to submit a report to the governor and general assembly on or before January 1, 2026. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 7; Title 8; Title 38; Title 39; Title 40 and Title 55. In Committee
HB0463 AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 3; Title 8, Chapter 27, Part 2; Title 8, Chapter 34; Title 8, Chapter 35 and Title 8, Chapter 36, relative to retirement benefits for members of the general assembly. As introduced, requires the board of trustees of the Tennessee consolidated retirement system to convert a person's participation in the retirement system, for service as a member of the general assembly and as a participant in the hybrid plan, from the hybrid plan to the legacy plan upon the person completing 10 years of service as a member of the general assembly if the person became a member of the general assembly on or after July 1, 2014; requires retiree health benefit coverage be made available to retired members of the general assembly with 10 or more years of service. - Amends TCA Title 3; Title 8, Chapter 27, Part 2; Title 8, Chapter 34; Title 8, Chapter 35 and Title 8, Chapter 36. In Committee
HB0005 AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 29-39-102, relative to civil damage awards. As introduced, increases the amount of compensation an injured plaintiff in a civil action may receive for noneconomic damages from $750,000 to $1.5 million; increases the amount of compensation an injured plaintiff in a civil action may receive for noneconomic damages, if the injury or loss is catastrophic in nature, from $1 million to $2 million. - Amends TCA Section 29-39-102. In Committee
HB0008 AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4; Title 38 and Section 49-7-118, relative to commissioned police officers on college and university campuses. As introduced, requires an annual training pay bonus supplement for eligible campus police officers and public safety officers in the amount of $800. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 38 and Section 49-7-118. In Committee
HB0021 AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 57, Chapter 3 and Title 67, relative to taxation. As introduced, exempts from the state sales and use tax the retail sale of food and food ingredients. - Amends TCA Title 57, Chapter 3 and Title 67. In Committee
HJR0480 A RESOLUTION to recognize and honor Coordinator of Elections Mark Goins for his ongoing service to the State of Tennessee. to recognize and honor Coordinator of Elections Mark Goins for his ongoing service to the State of Tennessee. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
HB1324 AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4; Title 49, Chapter 4 and Title 49, Chapter 7, relative to higher education. As introduced, terminates the governing board of directors for the Tennessee student assistance corporation (TSAC); requires the Tennessee higher education commission to be the governing board for TSAC; changes the name of the "Wilder-Naifeh technical skills grant" to "TennesseeWORKS scholarship." - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 49, Chapter 4 and Title 49, Chapter 7. In Committee
HB1311 AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4; Title 63 and Title 68, relative to health related licensure. As enacted, removes requirement that a license issued by a health related board be signed by members of the board prior to such issuance; authorizes the presiding officer to divide the board into panels to conduct contested case hearings or disciplinary matters; includes patient billing records as part of the medical and practice records that providers must make available for inspection upon the department's request; clarifies that identifying information of certain parties to a contested case hearing involving disciplinary charges filed against a provider must only be produced by the provider in response to a subpoena from a law enforcement agency. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 63 and Title 68. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
HB1312 AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 8, Chapter 50, Part 1, relative to state employment bereavement leave. As enacted, expands bereavement leave for certain state officers and employees upon the death of certain relatives. - Amends TCA Title 8, Chapter 50, Part 1. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
HB1320 AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4; Title 12 and Title 54, relative to transportation. As enacted, in the event of a transportation system failure or other emergency, grants the commissioner emergency contracting authority to enter into contracts for design-build, construction manager/general contractor (CM/GC), and progressive design-build (PDB) services for the delivery of transportation projects; exempts the department from having to identify such contracts exceeding $100 million in its transportation improvement program submitted annually to the general assembly in support of its annual funding recommendations, if they are issued under such emergency contracting authority; makes other revisions to the CM/GC and PDB process. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 12 and Title 54. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
HB1340 AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 8, Chapter 16, Part 3, relative to online notaries public. As enacted, adds that a person must complete a course of instruction and pass an examination to qualify to be commissioned as an online notary public; clarifies that an application to be commissioned requires a certification that the applicant has reviewed, understands, and will comply with the applicable rules and requirements promulgated by the secretary of state; adds that a course of instruction for online notarization must include, at a minimum, notarial laws, technology procedures of online notarizations, and ethical requirements for online notaries. - Amends TCA Title 8, Chapter 16, Part 3. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
HB1319 AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 71-3-1113, relative to the repeal date of the CoverKids Act of 2006. As enacted, extends the CoverKids program from June 30, 2025, to June 30, 2030. - Amends TCA Section 71-3-1113. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
HB1337 AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 3, Chapter 17, relative to charitable gaming. As enacted, establishes a five-day period after the effective date of this act during which a nonprofit organization may apply to operate a charitable gaming event during the annual period beginning July 1, 2025, until June 30, 2026. - Amends TCA Title 3, Chapter 17. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
HR0074 A RESOLUTION to commend Alie Tunks for exemplary service as a legislative intern. to commend Alie Tunks for exemplary service as a legislative intern. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
HB0122 AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 4-3-2018, relative to the P25 interoperable communications system. As enacted, specifies that the Tennessee Advanced Communications Network is the division of the department of safety that operates, maintains, and oversees the statewide P25 interoperable communications system; authorizes the department to collect and use fees and assessments for the improvement of the system in addition to collection and use of such fees for the system's use and maintenance. - Amends TCA Section 4-3-2018. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
HB0113 AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 39-17-402, relative to testing equipment used to determine the presence of a synthetic opioid. As enacted, makes permanent the exclusion of narcotic testing equipment used to determine whether a controlled substance contains a synthetic opioid, unless the narcotic testing equipment is possessed for purposes of the commission of a drug offense, from the definition of drug paraphernalia; removes the July 1, 2025, repeal date for that exclusion. - Amends TCA Section 39-17-402. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
HB0115 AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 67-1-1709, relative to the disclosure of tax information. As enacted, clarifies that the imposition of a criminal offense, penalty, or dismissal from employment does not apply to an officer or employee of the department of revenue or other employee or officer of the state who in good faith acts in accordance with present law requiring the department to publish on its website in June 2025 the names of certain taxpayers issued franchise tax refunds. - Amends TCA Section 67-1-1709. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
HB0110 AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 45, Chapter 2, relative to banking. As enacted, authorizes the commissioner to determine the type, amounts, and other characteristics of deposit insurance required to be maintained by each state bank; describes criteria the commissioner must consider in making the determinations. - Amends TCA Title 45, Chapter 2. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
HB0184 AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 39, Chapter 13 and Title 40, Chapter 35, relative to community terrorism. As introduced, creates a Class C felony of reckless endangerment involving community terrorism, which is committed against a population within a geographic territory by members of a criminal gang or within 1,000 feet of a school or park; requires the sentencing court to revoke or prohibit the issuance of a driver license to individuals convicted of such offense for a five-year period following conviction. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 13 and Title 40, Chapter 35. In Committee
HB0775 AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 45, Chapter 5, relative to industrial loan and thrift companies. As enacted, increases, from 30 to 36 percent per annum, the maximum permitted effective rate of interest that may be contracted for by an industrial loan and thrift company on an unpaid balance where the amount financed is $100 or more; makes other related changes. - Amends TCA Title 45, Chapter 5. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
HB0602 AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 28; Title 29; Title 36, Chapter 3, Part 6; Title 39 and Title 40, Chapter 2, relative to invasion of privacy. As enacted, enacts the "Voyeurism Victims Act." - Amends TCA Title 28; Title 29; Title 36, Chapter 3, Part 6; Title 39 and Title 40, Chapter 2. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
HJR0175 A RESOLUTION relative to free speech and civil discourse on Tennessee's university and college campuses. relative to free speech and civil discourse on Tennessee's university and college campuses. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
HJR0150 A RESOLUTION urging the University of Tennessee Institute of Agriculture to complete a comprehensive economic study about the effect of Bradford pear trees on agriculture and forestry in the State. urging the University of Tennessee Institute of Agriculture to complete a comprehensive economic study about the effect of Bradford pear trees on agriculture and forestry in the State. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
HB1096 AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4, relative to community benefits agreements. As enacted, prohibits an employer seeking to receive an economic development incentive from the state from entering into a community benefits agreement or similar legal contract if the agreement or contract imposes obligations or conditions on the employer regarding employment practices, benefits, or operations that are not directly related to the performance of the employer’s duties under the economic development incentive. - Amends TCA Title 4. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
HB0498 AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4; Title 62 and Title 63, relative to state agencies. As enacted, creates the advisory task force on state reimbursement rates to make recommendations on annual adjustments to the reimbursement rates paid to agencies that perform healthcare functions and services, the purpose of which is to ensure such reimbursement rates are adequate. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 62 and Title 63. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
HB0932 AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 49, relative to communication devices at schools. As enacted, requires local boards of education and public charter school governing bodies to adopt a policy to prohibit students from using wireless communication devices during instructional time, except in certain circumstances; makes related changes. - Amends TCA Title 49. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
HB0121 AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 65-6-133, relative to the commissioning of railroad police officers. As enacted, changes, from the governor to the commissioner of safety, the authority to whom a railroad company may apply to and who commissions an agent or employee as a railroad police officer. - Amends TCA Section 65-6-133. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
HB0191 AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 39, relative to criminal offenses. As enacted, creates a Class B misdemeanor for knowingly activating and pointing a laser pointer or other device utilizing a laser beam at a person driving an automobile, boat, aircraft, or any other motor vehicle. - Amends TCA Title 39. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
HB0216 AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 29 and Title 66, relative to real property. As enacted, creates a legal process through which a person may request the immediate removal of an unlawful occupant of the person's commercial real property by filing a complaint with the sheriff for the county in which the property is located. - Amends TCA Title 29 and Title 66. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
HB0321 AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 1; Title 2; Title 3; Title 4; Title 5; Title 7; Title 8; Title 9; Title 10; Title 11; Title 12; Title 13; Title 16; Title 20; Title 22; Title 24; Title 31; Title 33; Title 36; Title 38; Title 39; Title 40; Title 43; Title 44; Title 45; Title 47; Title 48; Title 49; Title 50; Title 53; Title 54; Title 55; Title 56; Title 61; Title 62; Title 63; Title 64; Title 65; Title 66; Title 67; Title 68; Title 69 and Title 71, relative to electronic transmissi As enacted, requires each department, agency, office, commission, institution, or instrumentality of the executive branch to accept electronic transmissions; defines the meaning of electronic transmission as applicable to this state's code; removes the terms "fax" or "facsimile" in certain statutes and replaces the terms with electronic transmission. - Amends TCA Title 1; Title 2; Title 3; Title 4; Title 5; Title 7; Title 8; Title 9; Title 10; Title 11; Title 12; Title 13; Title 16; Title 20; Title 22; Title 24; Title 31; Title 33; Title 36; Title 38; Title 39; Title 40; Title 43; Title 44; Title 45; Title 47; Title 48; Title 49; Title 50; Title 53; Title 54; Title 55; Title 56; Title 61; Title 62; Title 63; Title 64; Title 65; Title 66; Title 67; Title 68; Title 69 and Title 71. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
HB0297 AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 11, Chapter 14, Part 2; Title 11, Chapter 15 and Title 67, Chapter 5, relative to the Agricultural, Forest and Open Space Land Act of 1976. As enacted, clarifies that property that is qualified as agricultural, forest land, or open space land, owned by two individuals, and held under the titles of tenancy by the entireties or of joint tenancy with right of survivorship, is deemed to have unchanged ownership upon the death of an owner if the property is retained by the other owner through a right of survivorship or upon the divorce of the owners if the property is retained by either owner through division and distribution of property in the divorce proceeding. - Amends TCA Title 11, Chapter 14, Part 2; Title 11, Chapter 15 and Title 67, Chapter 5. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
HB0120 AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4 and Title 39, relative to criminal offenses. As enacted, creates the offense of intentionally impeding or obstructing a member of the division of protective services from ingress to, egress from, or movement about a location where the member is responsible for a person protected by the division of protective services; creates the offense of intentionally refusing to vacate an area where access has been restricted by a member of the division of protective services for the purpose of maintaining the safety or security of the person being protected. - Amends TCA Title 4 and Title 39. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
HB0108 AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 8, Chapter 23, Part 2, relative to state employee pay periods. As enacted, requires the pay period for state employees be no less than twice per month as determined by the commissioner of finance and administration; removes the requirement that the pay period be semimonthly. - Amends TCA Title 8, Chapter 23, Part 2. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
HB0207 AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 39, Chapter 14, relative to organized retail crime. As enacted, expands the offense of organized retail crime to include certain acts, including knowingly using an online marketplace or social media platform to coordinate a meeting with one or more persons to sell, barter, or trade stolen merchandise for monetary or other gain; increases the punishment for the offense under certain circumstances. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 14. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
HB0106 AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4 and Title 71, Chapter 3, Part 5, relative to exemptions from child care licensing. As enacted, makes various changes to the licensing exemption categories for programs and activities that fall within the definition of a child care agency; makes related changes, such as exempting home schools from licensure. - Amends TCA Title 4 and Title 71, Chapter 3, Part 5. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
HB0119 AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 55-12-139, relative to proof of financial responsibility. As enacted, requires the commissioner of revenue, instead of the commissioner of safety, to issue a certificate stating that a cash deposit or bond in the amount required by the Tennessee Financial Responsibility Law of 1977 has been paid or filed with the commissioner of revenue. - Amends TCA Section 55-12-139. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
HB0105 AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 71, relative to the child care improvement fund. As enacted, removes the requirement that grants under the child care improvement pilot program be provided explicitly to nonprofit organizations in order to establish or make improvements to a child care agency. - Amends TCA Title 71. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
HB0107 AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 71, relative to personal responsibility plans. As enacted, removes the requirement that a parent or caretaker enter a personal responsibility plan that requires a child to attend school and receive immunizations and health checks; removes certain requirements for a parent or caretaker regarding personal responsibility plans; removes a 20 percent reduction in temporary assistance payments for failure to comply with certain personal responsibility plan requirements. - Amends TCA Title 71. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
HB0102 AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 36, Chapter 1, Part 1, relative to adoption records. As enacted, changes from 21 to 18 the age at which certain adoption records must be made available to certain adopted persons; makes various other changes regarding adoption records. - Amends TCA Title 36, Chapter 1, Part 1. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
HB0128 AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 50, Chapter 6, Part 2, relative to workers' compensation. As enacted, increases, from 30 to 35, the minimum age for an individual to serve as a judge on the workers' compensation appeals board; increases, from two to three, the number of additional terms to which a judge of the workers' compensation appeals board may be reappointed; makes other changes related to workers' compensation. - Amends TCA Title 50, Chapter 6, Part 2. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
HB0056 AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 5, relative to county legislative bodies. As enacted, authorizes certain county legislative bodies, by a two-thirds vote, to remove any member of an appointed board or commission, if such removal is recommended by the appointing authority and the member of the board or commission is given at least five business days' notice of the meeting when the vote on removal will occur. - Amends TCA Title 5. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
HB1341 AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 48, relative to unauthorized filings with the secretary of state. As enacted, establishes a complaint process with the secretary of state for any person who contends that the person’s name or address was included on a document filed with the secretary of state without the person’s consent. - Amends TCA Title 48. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
HB0091 AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 49, relative to assessments. As introduced, requires the department to submit a request to the United States department of education to amend this state's Every Student Succeeds Act plan to remove all end-of-course assessment requirements for students in grades nine through 12 and to allow the ACT, SAT, or another postsecondary readiness assessment approved by the commissioner to be annually administered to students in such grades and for student performance on such assessments to be used for student, school, and district accountability purposes. - Amends TCA Title 49. In Committee
HB0306 AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 5, relative to constitutional officer budgets. As introduced, requires the offices of sheriff, register, county clerk, assessor of property, and trustee in a county that has adopted a charter form of government to independently develop the budget for such office and submit the budget directly to the county legislative body; authorizes such offices to approve transfers between line items within the total amount of each category of personnel and operational maintenance; prohibits the county legislative body from implementing any kind of personnel restriction or operational maintenance restrictions on these offices. - Amends TCA Title 5. Dead
HB0819 AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4; Title 33; Title 68; Title 71 and Chapter 985 of the Public Acts of 2024, relative to certificates of need. As introduced, removes acute care hospitals from the requirement of obtaining a certificate of need beginning July 1, 2028. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 33; Title 68; Title 71 and Chapter 985 of the Public Acts of 2024. In Committee
HR0073 A RESOLUTION to approve annual events by certain 501(c) organizations in accordance with the provisions of Article XI, Section 5 of the Constitution of Tennessee, and pursuant to the Tennessee Nonprofit Gaming Law. to approve annual events by certain 501(c) organizations in accordance with the provisions of Article XI, Section 5 of the Constitution of Tennessee, and pursuant to the Tennessee Nonprofit Gaming Law. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
HJR0186 A RESOLUTION to confirm the appointment of DeWitt Booth to the advisory board for the University of Tennessee Southern. to confirm the appointment of DeWitt Booth to the advisory board for the University of Tennessee Southern. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
HB0104 AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4; Title 12; Title 33; Title 34; Title 36; Title 39; Title 49; Title 52; Title 68; Title 71 and Chapter 688 of the Public Acts of 2024, relative to the department of disability and aging. As enacted, revises record retention requirements for records regarding services and supports received by persons with intellectual and development disabilities by the department of disability and aging's contracted providers and departmental facilities and clinics, updates outdated cross-references. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 12; Title 33; Title 34; Title 36; Title 39; Title 49; Title 52; Title 68; Title 71 and Chapter 688 of the Public Acts of 2024. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
HB0111 AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 68-5-602, relative to maternal health screening. As enacted, adds as a disease for which a laboratory must test during a standard serological test of a pregnant woman hepatitis C antibody (anti-HCV) with automatic reflex to HCV RNA if anti-HCV is reactive, and makes certain other changes to the process of conducting required pregnancy serological tests. - Amends TCA Section 68-5-602. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
HB0127 AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 67-3-901 and Title 67, Chapter 4, Part 32, relative to local tax surcharges. As introduced, extends the authority for local governments to levy a surcharge on local privilege taxes to fund a transportation improvement program to all cities instead of only Chattanooga, Clarksville, Knoxville, Nashville, and Memphis, and to all counties instead of only Wilson, Washington, Blount, Sullivan, Sumner, Montgomery, Williamson, Rutherford, Hamilton, Knox, Davidson, and Shelby counties; expands the use of such local surcharge revenue for highway and bridge projects, in addition to mass transit projects. - Amends TCA Section 67-3-901 and Title 67, Chapter 4, Part 32. In Committee
HJR0329 A RESOLUTION to honor and commend Agape Child & Family Services on the occasion of its fifty-fifth anniversary. to honor and commend Agape Child & Family Services on the occasion of its fifty-fifth anniversary. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
HB1001 AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 49, relative to high school graduation requirements. As introduced, requires the state board of education to authorize a student who is working toward completing a career and technical education elective focus to substitute up to four career and technical education course credits for the required chemistry course credit, computer science course credit, world language course credit, and Algebra II course credit necessary to earn a full diploma upon graduation from high school. - Amends TCA Title 49. Dead
HJR0165 A RESOLUTION to confirm the appointment of Allen Carter of McMinn County to the advisory board for the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. to confirm the appointment of Allen Carter of McMinn County to the advisory board for the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
HJR0154 A RESOLUTION to confirm the appointment of Dimeta Smith Knight to the state university board of Tennessee State University. to confirm the appointment of Dimeta Smith Knight to the state university board of Tennessee State University. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
HJR0160 A RESOLUTION to confirm the appointment of Dakasha Winton to the state university board of Tennessee State University. to confirm the appointment of Dakasha Winton to the state university board of Tennessee State University. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
HJR0156 A RESOLUTION to confirm the appointment of Jeffery Norfleet to the state university board of Tennessee State University. to confirm the appointment of Jeffery Norfleet to the state university board of Tennessee State University. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
HJR0194 A RESOLUTION to confirm the appointment of Stefan Maupin to the advisory board for the University of Tennessee at Martin. to confirm the appointment of Stefan Maupin to the advisory board for the University of Tennessee at Martin. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
HJR0185 A RESOLUTION to confirm the appointment of Thomas D. Lehrman to the Public Charter School Commission. to confirm the appointment of Thomas D. Lehrman to the Public Charter School Commission. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
HJR0302 A RESOLUTION to recognize Pat Nolan of NewsChannel 5 on the occasion of his retirement. to recognize Pat Nolan of NewsChannel 5 on the occasion of his retirement. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
HJR0157 A RESOLUTION to confirm the appointment of Terica Smith to the state university board of Tennessee State University. to confirm the appointment of Terica Smith to the state university board of Tennessee State University. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
HJR0169 A RESOLUTION to confirm the appointment of John Compton to the board of trustees of the University of Tennessee. to confirm the appointment of John Compton to the board of trustees of the University of Tennessee. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
HJR0158 A RESOLUTION to confirm the appointment of Marquita Qualls to the state university board of Tennessee State University. to confirm the appointment of Marquita Qualls to the state university board of Tennessee State University. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
HJR0159 A RESOLUTION to confirm the appointment of Charles Traughber to the state university board of Tennessee State University. to confirm the appointment of Charles Traughber to the state university board of Tennessee State University. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
HJR0164 A RESOLUTION to confirm the appointment of Todd Skelton to the advisory board for the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. to confirm the appointment of Todd Skelton to the advisory board for the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
HJR0168 A RESOLUTION to confirm the appointment of Donnie Smith to the board of trustees of the University of Tennessee. to confirm the appointment of Donnie Smith to the board of trustees of the University of Tennessee. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
HJR0170 A RESOLUTION to confirm the appointment of Billy Bryan of Shelby County to the State Textbook and Instructional Materials Quality Commission. to confirm the appointment of Billy Bryan of Shelby County to the State Textbook and Instructional Materials Quality Commission. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
HJR0155 A RESOLUTION to confirm the appointment of Trevia Chatman to the state university board of Tennessee State University. to confirm the appointment of Trevia Chatman to the state university board of Tennessee State University. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
HJR0167 A RESOLUTION to confirm the appointment of David Watson to the board of trustees of the University of Tennessee. to confirm the appointment of David Watson to the board of trustees of the University of Tennessee. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
HB1035 AN ACT to revise and codify the general and public statutes of the State of Tennessee, to the extent incorporated herein, as a part of Tennessee Code Annotated; to provide in case of any conflict between Acts of the regular or any extraordinary 2025 Session of the General Assembly and this Act, the former shall be controlling, regardless of the respective dates of passage or approval; and to repeal all acts or parts of acts codified in this Act. As enacted, codifies the Acts of the 2024 regular session. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
HB0343 AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 39 and Title 47, relative to lighters. As enacted, prohibits persons from selling, offering for sale, or offering a free sample of counterfeit lighters and unsafe lighters. - Amends TCA Title 39 and Title 47. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
HB1034 AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 50; Title 63 and Title 68, relative to covenants not to compete. As introduced, prohibits the enforcement of any restriction on the right of an employee or contractor to practice the employee's or contractor's profession upon termination or conclusion of the employment or contractual relationship. - Amends TCA Title 50; Title 63 and Title 68. In Committee
HJR0162 A RESOLUTION to confirm the appointment of Hanes Torbett to the fish and wildlife commission. to confirm the appointment of Hanes Torbett to the fish and wildlife commission. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
HJR0163 A RESOLUTION to confirm the appointment of Phillip Fulmer to the board of directors of the Tennessee education lottery corporation. to confirm the appointment of Phillip Fulmer to the board of directors of the Tennessee education lottery corporation. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
HB1240 AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 56, relative to insurance discounts. As introduced, requires an insurance company that is admitted to do business in this state and insures the tangible personal property of a policyholder who resides in this state to provide a discount to the policyholder through the policyholder's homeowners or renters insurance policy if the policyholder secures the policyholder's firearms in a firearm safe or uses a firearm safety device for the firearms and requests to receive the annual discount. - Amends TCA Title 56. In Committee
HB1046 AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 63 and Title 68, relative to anatomical gifts. As introduced, creates a process by which an individual or terminal patient can refuse to make an anatomical gift that cannot be amended by another person; requires a procurement organization to follow certain procedures for contacting a decedent's family member or other authorized person. - Amends TCA Title 63 and Title 68. In Committee
HJR0192 A RESOLUTION to confirm the appointment of John McCarty to the fish and wildlife commission. to confirm the appointment of John McCarty to the fish and wildlife commission. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
HJR0191 A RESOLUTION to confirm the appointment of Rosemary McIlhenny to the fish and wildlife commission. to confirm the appointment of Rosemary McIlhenny to the fish and wildlife commission. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
HJR0188 A RESOLUTION to confirm the appointment of Nancy Dishner to the board of directors of the Tennessee education lottery corporation. to confirm the appointment of Nancy Dishner to the board of directors of the Tennessee education lottery corporation. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
HJR0286 A RESOLUTION to honor the memory of Ann B. Lee of Franklin. to honor the memory of Ann B. Lee of Franklin. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
HJR0187 A RESOLUTION to confirm the appointment of Trey Watkins to the board of directors of the Tennessee education lottery corporation. to confirm the appointment of Trey Watkins to the board of directors of the Tennessee education lottery corporation. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
HB1327 AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 13-23-134 and Chapter 971 of the Public Acts of 2024, relative to tax credits. As introduced, deletes provision requiring Tennessee rural and workforce housing tax credits to be authorized by joint resolution of the general assembly. - Amends TCA Section 13-23-134 and Chapter 971 of the Public Acts of 2024. In Committee
HB0864 AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 55, Chapter 12 and Title 55, Chapter 4, relative to motor vehicle financial responsibility. As introduced, requires evidence of compliance with the financial responsibility law prior to registering vehicles; increases from $25 to $50 the coverage failure fee imposed by the department of revenue for the first failure to comply with the James Lee Atwood Jr. Law; increases that fee to $250 for a second failure to comply and to $500 for a third or subsequent failure to comply; allocates 50 percent of the fees to county clerks. - Amends TCA Title 55, Chapter 12 and Title 55, Chapter 4. In Committee
HB0565 AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 40, Chapter 33, Part 2; Title 47; Title 65 and Title 66, relative to consumer protection. As introduced, enacts the "Tennessee Homebuyer Harassment Prevention Act"; limits the number of times that a real estate developer, business entity, or individual working on behalf of the developer or business entity is permitted to contact a property owner to make an unsolicited offer to buy the property owner's property; makes other changes related to telephone and text message solicitations. - Amends TCA Title 40, Chapter 33, Part 2; Title 47; Title 65 and Title 66. In Committee
HJR0171 A RESOLUTION to confirm the appointment of Michael Bittel of Knoxville to the heritage conservation trust fund board of trustees. to confirm the appointment of Michael Bittel of Knoxville to the heritage conservation trust fund board of trustees. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
HJR0161 A RESOLUTION to confirm the appointment of Sharon Jean-Phillipe to the state forestry commission. to confirm the appointment of Sharon Jean- Phillipe to the state forestry commission. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
HB0071 AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 8, Chapter 7, relative to assistant district attorneys. As introduced, allows an assistant district attorney general to receive year-for-year service credit for prior law enforcement experience upon recommendation of the hiring district attorney general and subject to the approval of the executive director of the district attorneys general conference; defines prior law enforcement experience as full-time employment with a law enforcement agency as a POST-certified law enforcement officer; requires an employment record from the law enforcement agency to be used to establish the law enforcement experience. - Amends TCA Title 8, Chapter 7. In Committee
HJR0189 A RESOLUTION to confirm the appointment of Jake Almond to the state forestry commission. to confirm the appointment of Jake Almond to the state forestry commission. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
HJR0197 A RESOLUTION to confirm the appointment of Britni Singleteary to the standards recommendation committee for English language arts. to confirm the appointment of Britni Singleteary to the standards recommendation committee for English language arts. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
HJR0172 A RESOLUTION to confirm the appointment of David Jones to the Tennessee public utility commission. to confirm the appointment of David Jones to the Tennessee public utility commission. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
HJR0243 A RESOLUTION to honor the memory of Johnny Peterson of Erwin. to honor the memory of Johnny Peterson of Erwin. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
HJR0196 A RESOLUTION to confirm the appointment of Lucas Hilliard to the standards recommendation committee for English language arts. to confirm the appointment of Lucas Hilliard to the standards recommendation committee for English language arts. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
HJR0193 A RESOLUTION to confirm the appointment of Mark Rogers to the state forestry commission. to confirm the appointment of Mark Rogers to the state forestry commission. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
HJR0174 A RESOLUTION to confirm the appointment of Eddie Smith to the Public Charter School Commission. to confirm the appointment of Eddie Smith to the Public Charter School Commission. In Committee
HJR0173 A RESOLUTION to confirm the appointment of Terence Patterson to the Public Charter School Commission. to confirm the appointment of Terence Patterson to the Public Charter School Commission. In Committee
HJR0228 A RESOLUTION to recognize and honor legendary bassist Victor Wooten. to recognize and honor legendary bassist Victor Wooten. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
HJR0212 A RESOLUTION to commemorate the seventy-fifth anniversary of the Sportfish Restoration Program as part of the American System of Conservation Funding. to commemorate the seventy-fifth anniversary of the Sportfish Restoration Program as part of the American System of Conservation Funding. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
HB6001 AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 2; Title 4; Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 8 and Title 55, relative to non-United States citizens. As enacted, creates within the department of safety the centralized immigration enforcement division, to be administered by the chief immigration enforcement officer; establishes a grant program to promote the enforcement of federal immigration laws; creates criminal penalties for officials who adopt sanctuary policies and subsequently requires their removal from office upon conviction; requires the department of safety to issue lawful permanent residents a temporary driver license, instead of a standard license, to aid in determining voter eligibility; makes related changes. - Amends TCA Title 2; Title 4; Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 8 and Title 55. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
HB6002 AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 50-7-302 and Section 58-2-106, relative to emergencies. As enacted, authorizes TEMA to assist a political subdivision or local emergency management agency with recovery from disasters and emergencies on public property at the request of the political subdivision or agency; suspends certain eligibility requirements for unemployment benefits for persons in the area of a declared emergency. - Amends TCA Section 50-7-302 and Section 58-2-106. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
HB6003 AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 9, Chapter 4, Part 2, relative to disaster relief funds. As enacted, creates two funds within the state treasury to be known as the Hurricane Helene interest payment fund and the governor's response and recovery fund; authorizes moneys in each fund to be used to assist with the response to and the recovery from certain declared emergencies. - Amends TCA Title 9, Chapter 4, Part 2. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
HB6005 AN ACT to make appropriations for the purpose of defraying the expenses of the state government for the fiscal years beginning July 1, 2024, and July 1, 2025, in the administration, operation and maintenance of the legislative, executive and judicial branches of the various departments, institutions, offices, and agencies of the state; for certain state aid and obligations; for capital outlay, for the service of the public debt, for emergency and contingency; to repeal certain appropriations and As enacted, makes appropriations sufficient for the payment of any lawful expenses of the first extraordinary session of the 114th General Assembly; makes other appropriations related to such extraordinary session. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
HB6004 AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4, Chapter 49; Title 8 and Title 49, relative to the Education Freedom Act of 2025. As enacted, enacts the "Education Freedom Scholarship Act." - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 49; Title 8 and Title 49. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
HJR0033 A RESOLUTION to honor and commend Riley Gaines of Sumner County. to honor and commend Riley Gaines of Sumner County. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
HJR0055 A RESOLUTION to honor and commend Larry Riggsbee of Sumner County for his dedicated service to the children of Tennessee. to honor and commend Larry Riggsbee of Sumner County for his dedicated service to the children of Tennessee. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
HJR0082 A RESOLUTION to honor the memory of Don Dallenbach of Hendersonville. to honor the memory of Don Dallenbach of Hendersonville. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
HJR0075 A RESOLUTION to honor the memory of Ellie Claire Young. to honor the memory of Ellie Claire Young. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
HJR0132 A RESOLUTION to honor and recognize Raul Lopez and Men of Valor. to honor and recognize Raul Lopez and Men of Valor. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
HJR0112 A RESOLUTION to honor the memory of Robert Cooke Irwin of Knoxville. to honor the memory of Robert Cooke Irwin of Knoxville. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
HJR0099 A RESOLUTION to honor the memory of Representative Ira Curtis Halford of Dyer. to honor the memory of Representative Ira Curtis Halford of Dyer. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
HJR0121 A RESOLUTION to honor the memory of Sarah Lee Best. to honor the memory of Sarah Lee Best. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
HJR0119 A RESOLUTION to honor Adrian Maclin upon being named the 2025 Grammy Music Educator of the Year. to honor Adrian Maclin upon being named the 2025 Grammy Music Educator of the Year. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
HJR0152 A RESOLUTION to recognize and honor the fifteen enslaved persons who helped build the Tennessee State Capitol. to recognize and honor the fifteen enslaved persons who helped build the Tennessee State Capitol. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
HB1331 AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 50-7-302 and Section 58-2-106, relative to emergencies. As introduced, authorizes the suspension of certain requirements for purposes of obtaining unemployment benefits during emergencies; authorizes the agency to assist local governments and local emergency management agencies with recovery from disasters and emergencies on public property. - Amends TCA Section 50-7-302 and Section 58-2-106. In Committee
HB1336 AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4, Chapter 49; Title 8 and Title 49, and to amend Chapter __ of the Public Acts of 2025 (1st Ex. Sess. – HB 6004 / SB 6001), relative to education. As introduced, removes an obsolete provision requiring a report be provided by July 1, 2024, from the department of education, after working in partnership with the state board and the Tennessee higher education commission, to legislative committees regarding implementation of legislation concerning student literacy. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 49; Title 8 and Title 49. Introduced
HB1334 AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4 and Title 54, and to amend Chapter __ of the Public Acts of 2025 (1st Ex. Sess. -- HB 6006 / SB 6006), relative to transportation. As introduced, removes obsolete provision requiring the department, in consultation with the department of safety, local law enforcement agencies, and highway safety offices, to submit a report on or before February 15, 2024, of its findings and recommendations regarding the development of a strategic statewide plan to increase pedestrian safety to legislative committees. - Amends TCA Title 4 and Title 54. Introduced
HB1313 AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 50, Chapter 3, Part 4, relative to occupational safety and health penalties. As introduced, changes the maximum penalty amount from $7,000 for each violation by an employer of the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1972, and from $70,000 for each willful and repeated violation of the act, to the maximum penalty allowed by the federal occupational safety and health administration. - Amends TCA Title 50, Chapter 3, Part 4. In Committee
HB1333 AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 2; Title 4; Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 8 and Title 55, and to amend Chapter __ of the Public Acts of 2025 (1st Ex. Sess. -- HB 6001 / SB 6002), relative to non-United States citizens. As introduced, requires, by February 1 of each year, the department to submit a report to the governor, the speaker of the senate, and the speaker of the house of representatives that provides the number of individuals for whom a court enhanced their statutory penalty because either the conviction is for the commission of a violent crime and the defendant was an illegal alien or the conviction involved the use or display of a deadly weapon and the defendant was an illegal alien. - Amends TCA Title 2; Title 4; Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 8 and Title 55. Introduced
HB1335 AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 9, Chapter 4, Part 2; Title 50, Chapter 7, Part 3; Title 58, Chapter 8; Title 58, Chapter 2 and Title 67, Chapter 5, and to amend Chapter __ of the Public Acts of 2025 (1st Ex. Sess. – HB 6002 / SB 6004), Chapter __ of the Public Acts of 2025 (1st Ex. Sess. – HB 6003 / SB 6003), and Chapter __ of the Public Acts of 2025 (1st Ex. Sess. – HB 6007 / SB 6007), relative to recovery from disasters and emergencies. As introduced, requires TEMA to annually submit by February 1 of each year, a report to the governor, speaker of the senate, and speaker of the house of representatives detailing recovery efforts engaged in by the agency during the prior calendar year and recommendations on how to improve the efficiency of future recovery efforts. - Amends TCA Title 9, Chapter 4, Part 2; Title 50, Chapter 7, Part 3; Title 58, Chapter 8; Title 58, Chapter 2 and Title 67, Chapter 5. Introduced
HB1317 AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 55 and Title 65, relative to transportation. As introduced, adds the legislative librarian as a recipient of the annual report submitted by the department to legislative committees on the number of offenders who have had installed on their motor vehicles functioning ignition interlock devices and whether the installation of each device was pursuant to requirements in law. - Amends TCA Title 55 and Title 65. Introduced
HB1305 AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 37 and Title 71, relative to children. As introduced, changes from 10 to 15, the number of days of prior written notice the department must provide to a relative caregiver of any additional requirements for receiving payments as a relative caregiver. - Amends TCA Title 37 and Title 71. Introduced
HJR0061 A RESOLUTION to provide for a recess in the proceedings of the One Hundred Fourteenth General Assembly. to provide for a recess in the proceedings of the One Hundred Fourteenth General Assembly. Crossed Over
HB0112 AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 8-30-102 and Title 8, Chapter 50, Part 1, relative to state employees. As introduced, excludes from state service officers and employees of certain state entities; expands bereavement leave for certain categories of state officers and employees. - Amends TCA Section 8-30-102 and Title 8, Chapter 50, Part 1. In Committee
HJR0022 A RESOLUTION to honor the memory of John Richard "Dick" Lodge, Jr., of Nashville. to honor the memory of John Richard "Dick" Lodge, Jr., of Nashville. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
HJR0024 A RESOLUTION to honor the memory of the legendary Kris Kristofferson. to honor the memory of the legendary Kris Kristofferson. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
HJR0018 A RESOLUTION to honor Trooper Adam Cothron of the Tennessee Highway Patrol. to honor Trooper Adam Cothron of the Tennessee Highway Patrol. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
HJR0009 A RESOLUTION to honor the memory of Margie Lois Shuler Caughron. to honor the memory of Margie Lois Shuler Caughron. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
HJR0063 A RESOLUTION to call a joint convention of the Senate and House of Representatives for the purpose of hearing a State of the State address by Governor Bill Lee and to authorize transmittal of the budget document and legislation implementing the budget for fiscal year 2025-2026. to call a joint convention of the Senate and House of Representatives for the purpose of hearing a State of the State address by Governor Bill Lee and to authorize transmittal of the budget document and legislation implementing the budget for fiscal year 2025- 2026. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
HJR0062 A RESOLUTION to provide for a recess in the proceedings of the One Hundred Fourteenth General Assembly. to provide for a recess in the proceedings of the One Hundred Fourteenth General Assembly. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
HB0109 AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 45, relative to financial institutions. As introduced, requires a state-chartered bank to obtain an annual audit of its financial statements at intervals of no longer than 15 months, unless the bank's financial statements are included in the audit of its holding company's consolidated statements; requires the board to review, discuss, and record the audit in meeting minutes; requires each bank to provide the commissioner of financial institutions with a copy of the external audit within 45 days of receiving the audit; requires each bank to notify the commissioner whenever an independent public accountant is engaged to perform external auditing work, or when a change or termination of the bank's independent accountant occurs. - Amends TCA Title 45. In Committee
HB0001 AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4, Chapter 49 and Title 49, relative to the Education Freedom Act of 2025. As introduced, enacts the "Education Freedom Act of 2025." - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 49 and Title 49. In Committee
HB0101 AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 53, Chapter 3, Part 2, relative to government restrictions on milk sales. As introduced, repeals the Unfair Milk Sales Act; removes the prohibition against selling milk below cost. - Amends TCA Title 53, Chapter 3, Part 2. In Committee
HJR0037 A RESOLUTION to provide for the adjournment of the One Hundred Fourteenth General Assembly organizational session and to provide for the convening of the One Hundred Fourteenth General Assembly 2025 regular session. to provide for the adjournment of the One Hundred Fourteenth General Assembly organizational session and to provide for the convening of the One Hundred Fourteenth General Assembly 2025 regular session. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
HB0116 AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 55, relative to registration of motor vehicles. As introduced, deletes requirement for the department of revenue to report on the status of the computerized titling and registration system to the transportation and safety committee of the senate and transportation committee of the house of representatives. - Amends TCA Title 55. Introduced
HB0118 AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 67, relative to taxation. As introduced, extends from 2030 to 2031, the time period in which the department is to submit annual reports to the general assembly regarding sales taxes the department collects on all electronic nicotine delivery devices. - Amends TCA Title 67. Introduced
Bill Bill Name Motion Vote Date Vote
SB0014 AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 70, relative to wildlife resources. FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR 2 AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 04/22/2025 Yea
SB0102 AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4, Chapter 14, Part 2 and Title 4, Chapter 29, relative to the Tennessee technology development corporation. FLOOR VOTE: MESSAGE CALENDAR CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REPORT 04/22/2025 Yea
HB0099 AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 39-13-605 and Title 40, Chapter 39, Part 2, relative to unlawful photography. FLOOR VOTE: MESSAGE CALENDAR 3 CONCUR IN SENATE AMENDMENT # 1 04/22/2025 Yea
HB0132 AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 58-2-107, relative to emergency management powers of the governor. FLOOR VOTE: MESSAGE CALENDAR 3 CONCUR IN SENATE AMENDMENT # 1 04/22/2025 Yea
SB0221 AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 37 and Title 40, relative to juvenile records. FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 04/22/2025 Yea
HB0212 AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 55, Chapter 4, relative to license plates. FLOOR VOTE: MESSAGE CALENDAR 2 CONCUR IN SENATE AMENDMENT # 2 04/22/2025 Yea
SB0229 AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 2; Title 3 and Title 67, relative to the bureau of ethics and campaign finance. FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 04/22/2025 Yea
SB0229 AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 2; Title 3 and Title 67, relative to the bureau of ethics and campaign finance. FLOOR VOTE: MESSAGE CALENDAR MOTION TO ADOPT CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REPORT 04/22/2025 Yea
SB0322 AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 8-50-813, relative to state employees. FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 04/22/2025 Yea
SB0392 AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 39, relative to criminal offenses. FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PREVIOUS QUESTION PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 04/22/2025 Yea
SB0392 AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 39, relative to criminal offenses. FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 04/22/2025 Yea
SB0392 AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 39, relative to criminal offenses. FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR MOTION TO CONSIDER AMENDMENT # 3 BY BEHN PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 04/22/2025 Nay
SB0392 AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 39, relative to criminal offenses. FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR MOTION TO CONSIDER AMENDMENT # 2 BY BEHN PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 04/22/2025 Nay
HB0411 AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 8; Title 56 and Title 71, relative to pediatric medical disorders. FLOOR VOTE: MESSAGE CALENDAR 2 CONCUR IN SENATE AMENDMENT # 2 04/22/2025 Yea
SB0415 AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 8 and Title 49, relative to education. FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PREVIOUS QUESTION PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 04/22/2025 Yea
SB0415 AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 8 and Title 49, relative to education. FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 04/22/2025 Yea
SB0714 AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4; Title 5; Title 6; Title 7 and Title 49, relative to education. FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR MOTION TO CONSIDER AMENDMENT # 8 BY PARKINSON AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 04/22/2025 Nay
SB0714 AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4; Title 5; Title 6; Title 7 and Title 49, relative to education. FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR MOTION TO CONSIDER AMENDMENT # 6 BY PARKINSON AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 04/22/2025 Nay
SB0714 AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4; Title 5; Title 6; Title 7 and Title 49, relative to education. FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR MOTION TO CONSIDER AMENDMENT # 5 BY PARKINSON AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 04/22/2025 Yea
SB0714 AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4; Title 5; Title 6; Title 7 and Title 49, relative to education. FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR MOTION TO CONSIDER AMENDMENT # 3 BY PARKINSON AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 04/22/2025 Nay
SB0714 AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4; Title 5; Title 6; Title 7 and Title 49, relative to education. FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 04/22/2025 Yea
HB0940 AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 69, Chapter 9, relative to personal watercraft. FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 04/22/2025 Nay
HB0938 AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 70, relative to hunting with bait. HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 04/22/2025 Yea
SB0869 AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 70, relative to hunting with bait. FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR 2 PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 04/22/2025 Yea
HB0979 AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 47; Title 63 and Title 68, relative to health care. FLOOR VOTE: MESSAGE CALENDAR MOTION TO ADOPT CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REPORT 04/22/2025 Yea
SB1019 AN ACT to amend Chapter __ of the Public Acts of 2025 (1st Ex. Sess. – SB 6001 / HB 6004); and Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 49, Chapter 13 and Title 49, Chapter 3, relative to education funding for public charter schools. FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 04/22/2025 Yea
SB0950 AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 49, relative to education. FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PREVIOUS QUESTION AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 04/22/2025 Yea
SB0950 AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 49, relative to education. FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 04/22/2025 Yea
SB0925 AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 67, Chapter 6, Part 3, relative to taxation of broadband equipment and services. FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 04/22/2025 Yea
HB1097 AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4; Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 8 and Title 9, relative to actions of local governments. FLOOR VOTE: MESSAGE CALENDAR MOTION TO ADOPT CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REPORT 04/22/2025 Yea
SB1068 AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4; Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 39; Title 47; Title 48; Title 55; Title 56; Title 62; Title 66 and Title 67, relative to motor vehicles. FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR 2 AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 04/22/2025 Yea
HB1092 AN ACT relative to government applications for federal financial assistance. FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR 2 MOTION TO CONSIDER AMENDMENT # 3 BY HULSEY AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 04/22/2025 Yea
HB1092 AN ACT relative to government applications for federal financial assistance. FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR 2 MOTION TO ADOPT AMENDMENT # 3 BY HULSEY AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 04/22/2025 Yea
HB1092 AN ACT relative to government applications for federal financial assistance. FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR 2 AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 04/22/2025 Yea
SB1089 AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 16, Chapter 18 and Title 17, Chapter 3, relative to municipal courts. FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 04/22/2025 Yea
SB1084 AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4; Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 8 and Title 49, Chapter 7, relative to the "Dismantling DEI Departments Act." FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR REREFER TO COMMITTEE PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 04/22/2025 Nay
SB1084 AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4; Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 8 and Title 49, Chapter 7, relative to the "Dismantling DEI Departments Act." FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 04/22/2025 Yea
SB1084 AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4; Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 8 and Title 49, Chapter 7, relative to the "Dismantling DEI Departments Act." FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR MOTION TO CONSIDER AMENDMENT # 6 BY JONES J PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 04/22/2025 Nay
SB1084 AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4; Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 8 and Title 49, Chapter 7, relative to the "Dismantling DEI Departments Act." FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR MOTION TO CONSIDER AMENDMENT # 5 BY POWELL PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 04/22/2025 Nay
SB1084 AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4; Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 8 and Title 49, Chapter 7, relative to the "Dismantling DEI Departments Act." FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR MOTION TO CONSIDER AMENDMENT # 4 BY PEARSON PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 04/22/2025 Nay
SB1084 AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4; Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 8 and Title 49, Chapter 7, relative to the "Dismantling DEI Departments Act." FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR LAY ON THE TABLE MOTION TO ADOPT AMENDMENT # 3 BY SALINAS PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 04/22/2025 Yea
SB1084 AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4; Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 8 and Title 49, Chapter 7, relative to the "Dismantling DEI Departments Act." FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR LAY ON THE TABLE MOTION TO ADOPT AMENDMENT # 2 BY MILLER PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 04/22/2025 Yea
HB1177 AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 33; Title 40 and Title 52, relative to persons found incompetent to stand trial. FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 04/22/2025 Yea
SB1233 AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 10, Chapter 7, Part 5; Title 36; Title 37; Title 38; Title 39; Title 40 and Title 53, relative to criminal justice. FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 04/22/2025 Yea
SB1359 AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4; Title 8; Title 9; Title 10; Title 12; Title 49; Title 66 and Title 67, relative to higher education. FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 04/22/2025 Yea
HB1383 AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 2; Title 5; Title 7; Title 8 and Title 49, relative to boards of education. FLOOR VOTE: MESSAGE CALENDAR 3 CONCUR IN SENATE AMENDMENT # 1 04/22/2025 Yea
HB1440 AN ACT to amend Chapter 467 of the Private Acts of 1951; as amended by Chapter 233 of the Private Acts of 1976; and any other acts amendatory thereto, relative to Morgan County. FLOOR VOTE: CONSENT CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 04/22/2025 Yea
HJR0672 A RESOLUTION to recognize the inaugural Broadway Block Party in Nashville. FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR MOTION TO ADOPT 04/22/2025 Yea
HJR0685 A RESOLUTION to commend Osie B. Lewis, Jr., for his service to the State of Tennessee. FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR MOTION TO ADOPT 04/22/2025 Yea
SJR0484 A RESOLUTION to honor and commend Kimberly Stone, 2024–2025 Watertown Middle School Teacher of the Year. FLOOR VOTE: CONSENT CALENDAR 3 PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 04/22/2025 Yea
SJR0507 A RESOLUTION to honor and commend Charisse Carter, 2024–2025 Springdale Elementary School Teacher of the Year and Wilson County Schools Teacher of the Year. FLOOR VOTE: CONSENT CALENDAR 3 PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 04/22/2025 Yea
SJR0505 A RESOLUTION to honor and commend Brittney Osburne, 2024–2025 Mt. Juliet Middle School Teacher of the Year. FLOOR VOTE: CONSENT CALENDAR 3 PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 04/22/2025 Yea
SJR0483 A RESOLUTION to honor and commend Paige Allmond, 2024–2025 Watertown High School Teacher of the Year. FLOOR VOTE: CONSENT CALENDAR 3 PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 04/22/2025 Yea
SJR0499 A RESOLUTION to honor and congratulate Melissa Prince, the 2024-2025 Green Hill High School Teacher of the Year. FLOOR VOTE: CONSENT CALENDAR 3 PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 04/22/2025 Yea
SJR0482 A RESOLUTION to honor and congratulate Tammy Tucker, the 2024-2025 Watertown Elementary School Teacher of the Year. FLOOR VOTE: CONSENT CALENDAR 3 PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 04/22/2025 Yea
SJR0501 A RESOLUTION to recognize Allen Davis on his selection as the 2024–2025 Lebanon High School Teacher of the Year. FLOOR VOTE: CONSENT CALENDAR 3 PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 04/22/2025 Yea
SJR0496 A RESOLUTION to honor and congratulate Jonathan Stricklin on his selection as the 2024–2025 Carroll-Oakland Elementary School Teacher of the Year. FLOOR VOTE: CONSENT CALENDAR 3 PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 04/22/2025 Yea
SJR0485 A RESOLUTION to honor and commend Jennifer Crockett, 2024–2025 West Elementary School Teacher of the Year. FLOOR VOTE: CONSENT CALENDAR 3 PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 04/22/2025 Yea
SJR0498 A RESOLUTION to recognize Jamie Wallmark on her selection as the 2024–2025 Jones Brummett Elementary School Teacher of the Year. FLOOR VOTE: CONSENT CALENDAR 3 PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 04/22/2025 Yea
SJR0487 A RESOLUTION to recognize Jessica Agee on her selection as the 2024–2025 Wilson Central High School Teacher of the Year. FLOOR VOTE: CONSENT CALENDAR 3 PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 04/22/2025 Yea
HJR0688 A RESOLUTION to honor the memory of the victims of the Waffle House shooting in Nashville on the seventh anniversary of the tragedy. FLOOR VOTE: CONSENT CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 04/22/2025 Yea
SJR0488 A RESOLUTION to recognize Amy Richards on her selection as the 2024–2025 Wilson County Adult High School Teacher of the Year. FLOOR VOTE: CONSENT CALENDAR 3 PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 04/22/2025 Yea
SJR0504 A RESOLUTION to honor and commend Sergeant Major Jonathan W. Clark, 2024–2025 Mt. Juliet High School Teacher of the Year. FLOOR VOTE: CONSENT CALENDAR 3 PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 04/22/2025 Yea
SJR0495 A RESOLUTION to honor and congratulate Jessica Brooke Lipshie on her selection as the 2024–2025 Castle Heights Elementary School Teacher of the Year. FLOOR VOTE: CONSENT CALENDAR 3 PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 04/22/2025 Yea
SJR0502 A RESOLUTION to recognize Erin Clark on her selection as the 2024–2025 Mt. Juliet Christian Academy Teacher of the Year. FLOOR VOTE: CONSENT CALENDAR 3 PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 04/22/2025 Yea
SJR0479 A RESOLUTION to honor and commend Erica Douglass, 2024–2025 Tuckers Crossroads Elementary School Teacher of the Year. FLOOR VOTE: CONSENT CALENDAR 3 PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 04/22/2025 Yea
SJR0492 A RESOLUTION to honor and congratulate Ashley Broomfield, the 2024-2025 Friendship Christian School Teacher of the Year. FLOOR VOTE: CONSENT CALENDAR 3 PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 04/22/2025 Yea
SJR0489 A RESOLUTION to recognize Sarah Savannah Howard on her selection as the 2024–2025 Winfree Bryant Middle School Teacher of the Year. FLOOR VOTE: CONSENT CALENDAR 3 PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 04/22/2025 Yea
SJR0478 A RESOLUTION to honor and commend Kimberly McPeak, 2024–2025 Stoner Creek Elementary School Teacher of the Year. FLOOR VOTE: CONSENT CALENDAR 3 PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 04/22/2025 Yea
SJR0480 A RESOLUTION to honor and commend April Downing, 2024–2025 W.A. Wright Elementary School Teacher of the Year. FLOOR VOTE: CONSENT CALENDAR 3 PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 04/22/2025 Yea
SJR0506 A RESOLUTION to honor and congratulate Jennifer Bamford, the 2024-2025 Gladeville Middle School Teacher of the Year. FLOOR VOTE: CONSENT CALENDAR 3 PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 04/22/2025 Yea
SJR0497 A RESOLUTION to honor and congratulate Dalton Teel on his selection as the 2024–2025 Byars-Dowdy Elementary School Teacher of the Year. FLOOR VOTE: CONSENT CALENDAR 3 PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 04/22/2025 Yea
SJR0475 A RESOLUTION to honor and commend Ashlee Sexton, 2024–2025 Southside Elementary School Teacher of the Year. FLOOR VOTE: CONSENT CALENDAR 3 PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 04/22/2025 Yea
SJR0476 A RESOLUTION to honor and commend Vicki Davis, 2024–2025 Sam Houston Elementary School Teacher of the Year. FLOOR VOTE: CONSENT CALENDAR 3 PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 04/22/2025 Yea
SJR0500 A RESOLUTION to recognize Melissa Cole on her selection as the 2024–2025 Lakeview Elementary School Teacher of the Year. FLOOR VOTE: CONSENT CALENDAR 3 PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 04/22/2025 Yea
SJR0486 A RESOLUTION to honor and commend Tara Palmer, 2024–2025 West Wilson Middle School Teacher of the Year. FLOOR VOTE: CONSENT CALENDAR 3 PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 04/22/2025 Yea
SJR0474 A RESOLUTION to honor Thomas Allen "T.A." Bryan, Sr., on his lifetime of service to his community and the State of Tennessee. FLOOR VOTE: CONSENT CALENDAR 3 PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 04/22/2025 Yea
SJR0481 A RESOLUTION to honor and commend Kristina L. Hobbs, 2024–2025 Walter J. Baird Middle School Teacher of the Year. FLOOR VOTE: CONSENT CALENDAR 3 PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 04/22/2025 Yea
SJR0490 A RESOLUTION to honor and congratulate Leslie Tomlinson on her selection as the 2024–2025 Barry Tatum Academy Teacher of the Year. FLOOR VOTE: CONSENT CALENDAR 3 PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 04/22/2025 Yea
SJR0493 A RESOLUTION to honor and congratulate Julie T. Smith, the 2024-2025 Elzie D. Patton Elementary School Teacher of the Year. FLOOR VOTE: CONSENT CALENDAR 3 PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 04/22/2025 Yea
SJR0494 A RESOLUTION to honor and congratulate Ashley Arledge on her selection as the 2024–2025 Coles Ferry Elementary School Teacher of the Year. FLOOR VOTE: CONSENT CALENDAR 3 PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 04/22/2025 Yea
SJR0491 A RESOLUTION to honor and congratulate Kala Ealy, the 2024-2025 Gladeville Elementary School Teacher of the Year. FLOOR VOTE: CONSENT CALENDAR 3 PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 04/22/2025 Yea
SJR0503 A RESOLUTION to recognize Elizabeth Elgin on her selection as the 2024–2025 Mt. Juliet Elementary School Teacher of the Year. FLOOR VOTE: CONSENT CALENDAR 3 PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 04/22/2025 Yea
SJR0477 A RESOLUTION to honor and commend Rachael Agnew, 2024–2025 Rutland Elementary School Teacher of the Year. FLOOR VOTE: CONSENT CALENDAR 3 PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 04/22/2025 Yea
HJR0692 A RESOLUTION to honor Craig Norris upon the occasion of his retirement from the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency. FLOOR VOTE: CONSENT CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 04/22/2025 Yea
HJR0693 A RESOLUTION to recognize Billy Robbins on the occasion of his retirement. FLOOR VOTE: CONSENT CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 04/22/2025 Yea
HJR0696 A RESOLUTION to honor and recognize the fiftieth anniversary of the Chattanooga Allergy Clinic. FLOOR VOTE: CONSENT CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 04/22/2025 Yea
SJR0508 A RESOLUTION to recognize Trooper Shane Moore on the occasion of his retirement. FLOOR VOTE: CONSENT CALENDAR 3 PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 04/22/2025 Yea
HR0135 A RESOLUTION to honor the Tennessee Valley Authority for its legacy of service to the people of Tennessee and the broader region. FLOOR VOTE: CONSENT CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 04/22/2025 Yea
SJR0513 A RESOLUTION to honor and commend Ellieonna Stetson for her outstanding achievement in the Baileyton Veterans Memorial design contest. FLOOR VOTE: CONSENT CALENDAR 3 PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 04/22/2025 Yea
SJR0510 A RESOLUTION to recognize and honor Fay Martin on the occasion of her ninetieth birthday. FLOOR VOTE: CONSENT CALENDAR 3 PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 04/22/2025 Yea
SJR0516 A RESOLUTION to commend and congratulate Keegan Grills of Walters State Community College. FLOOR VOTE: CONSENT CALENDAR 3 PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 04/22/2025 Yea
SJR0509 A RESOLUTION to honor and congratulate Tracy Solomon of Greeneville upon his receipt of the Veteran Owned Small Business of the Year award. FLOOR VOTE: CONSENT CALENDAR 3 PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 04/22/2025 Yea
SJR0518 A RESOLUTION to commend and congratulate Abigail Weaver of Walters State Community College. FLOOR VOTE: CONSENT CALENDAR 3 PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 04/22/2025 Yea
SJR0511 A RESOLUTION to honor the members of Unicoi County High School's Future Health Professionals chapter for their volunteer work during Hurricane Helene. FLOOR VOTE: CONSENT CALENDAR 3 PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 04/22/2025 Yea
SJR0515 A RESOLUTION to honor and commend Lily Brake for her outstanding achievement in the Baileyton Veterans Memorial design contest. FLOOR VOTE: CONSENT CALENDAR 3 PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 04/22/2025 Yea
SJR0521 A RESOLUTION to honor and congratulate Karina Laureano Ruiz of Walters State Community College on being named to the All-Tennessee Academic Team. FLOOR VOTE: CONSENT CALENDAR 3 PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 04/22/2025 Yea
SJR0519 A RESOLUTION to commend and congratulate Ava Kelly of Walters State Community College. FLOOR VOTE: CONSENT CALENDAR 3 PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 04/22/2025 Yea
HJR0695 A RESOLUTION to honor 3H Group on the occasion of its twenty-fifth anniversary. FLOOR VOTE: CONSENT CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 04/22/2025 Yea
SJR0517 A RESOLUTION to commend and congratulate Macy Greenlee of Walters State Community College. FLOOR VOTE: CONSENT CALENDAR 3 PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 04/22/2025 Yea
  Committee Position Rank
Detail Tennessee House Calendar and Rules Committee 16
Detail Tennessee House Finance, Ways and Means Committee 19
Detail Tennessee House Government Operations Committee 9
Detail Tennessee House Select Rules Committee Chair 1
Detail Tennessee Joint Government Operations Committee 9
State District Chamber Party Status Start Date End Date
TN Tennessee House District 44 House Republican In Office 01/08/2013