Tennessee · 114th Regular Session (2025-2026) / 114th First Extraordinary Session (January 2025) / 114th Second Extraordinary Session (May 2026)
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| Bill | Title | Stage | Last action | Primary sponsor |
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| SB 7002 | Redistricting, Congressional - As enacted, removes prohibition on changing congressional districts between apportionments. - Amends TCA Title 2, Chapter 16. | In committee | July 27, 2026 | Johnson |
| SB 7001 | Congress - As enacted, makes various changes to election law to facilitate the changes made in the composition of congressional districts in this state for the 2026 primary or general election, including, but not limited to, requiring the coordinator of elections to provide notice of such revised districts and the special qualifying deadline to the qualified candidates and county election commissions. - Amends TCA Title 2. | In committee | July 27, 2026 | Johnson |
| HB 7002 | Redistricting, Congressional - As enacted, removes prohibition on changing congressional districts between apportionments. - Amends TCA Title 2, Chapter 16. | Enacted | July 27, 2026 | Cameron SextonRepublican |
| HB 7001 | Congress - As enacted, makes various changes to election law to facilitate the changes made in the composition of congressional districts in this state for the 2026 primary or general election, including, but not limited to, requiring the coordinator of elections to provide notice of such revised districts and the special qualifying deadline to the qualified candidates and county election commissions. - Amends TCA Title 2. | Enacted | July 27, 2026 | Cameron SextonRepublican |
| SB 1748 | Motor Vehicles - As enacted, revises law relative to out-of-service orders issued to commercial drivers and related penalties. - Amends TCA Title 55 and Title 65, Chapter 15. | Enacted | June 18, 2026 | Janice BowlingRepublican |
| HB 1817 | Motor Vehicles - As enacted, revises law relative to out-of-service orders issued to commercial drivers and related penalties. - Amends TCA Title 55 and Title 65, Chapter 15. | In committee | June 18, 2026 | Lowell RussellRepublican |
| SB 7005 | Appropriations - As enacted, makes appropriations sufficient for the payment of any lawful expenses of the second extraordinary session of the 114th General Assembly; makes other appropriations related to such extraordinary session. - | In committee | June 3, 2026 | Johnson |
| SB 7004 | Redistricting, Congressional - As enacted, revises the boundaries for Tennessee's congressional districts. - Amends TCA Title 2, Chapter 16 and Chapter 742 of the Public Acts of 2026. | In committee | June 3, 2026 | Johnson |
| HB 7005 | Appropriations - As enacted, makes appropriations sufficient for the payment of any lawful expenses of the second extraordinary session of the 114th General Assembly; makes other appropriations related to such extraordinary session. - | Enacted | June 3, 2026 | Cameron SextonRepublican |
| HB 7003 | Redistricting, Congressional - As enacted, revises the boundaries for Tennessee's congressional districts. - Amends TCA Title 2, Chapter 16 and Chapter 742 of the Public Acts of 2026. | Enacted | June 3, 2026 | Cameron SextonRepublican |
| SB 2693 | Millington - Subject to local approval, requires a candidate for the office of mayor to be a resident of the City of Millington for one year preceding the election rather than 60 days to qualify to run for such office. - Amends Chapter 238 of the Acts of 1903; as amended and rewritten. | Enacted | June 3, 2026 | Raumesh AkbariDemocratic |
| HB 2634 | Millington - Subject to local approval, requires a candidate for the office of mayor to be a resident of the City of Millington for one year preceding the election rather than 60 days to qualify to run for such office. - Amends Chapter 238 of the Acts of 1903; as amended and rewritten. | In committee | June 3, 2026 | Tom LeatherwoodRepublican |
| SB 879 | Human Services, Dept. of - As enacted, requires the commissioner to provide the commissioner of correction with a form application for food assistance for use by inmates who are preparing for release. - Amends TCA Title 71, Chapter 5, Part 3. | Enacted | May 27, 2026 | Reeves |
| SB 855 | Utilities, Utility Districts - As enacted, establishes a process for a municipality that operates a sewerage system outside of its corporate boundaries and has imposed a moratorium on new sewer connections outside of its corporate boundaries for a period of five or more consecutive years to extend sanitary sewer service or allow sewer connection only to property located within an adjacency area if the property owner or developer agrees to pay, or the municipality assesses, a housing surcharge. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 8; Title 12; Title 13; Title 29; Title 54; Title 64; Title 65; Title 68 and Title 69. | Enacted | May 27, 2026 | Brent TaylorRepublican |
| SB 821 | Education, Curriculum - As enacted, establishes a pilot program that provides grants to local education agencies to advance substance abuse and violence prevention programs. - Amends TCA Title 49. | Enacted | May 27, 2026 | Joey HensleyRepublican |
| SB 714 | Education - As enacted, requires an educational oversight board to be created for an LEA that meets certain criteria and is established to annually conduct a comprehensive needs assessment of the LEA to determine the factors that may be contributing to the LEA meeting such criteria; requires the oversight board to develop a transformation plan that identifies performance and operational goals for the LEA and benchmarks for assessing the LEA's progress toward meeting such goals; makes other related changes. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 5; Title 6; Title 7 and Title 49. | Enacted | May 27, 2026 | Brent TaylorRepublican |
| SB 677 | Education, Dept. of - As enacted, requires the department to provide at least one professional development course that provides asynchronous instruction on the use of artificial intelligence in the classroom and that is made available, at no cost, to teachers in grades 6-12; requires such teachers to complete at least one department-approved professional development course on the use of artificial intelligence in the classroom by the later of August 1, 2028, or within two years of becoming licensed as a teacher in this state. - Amends TCA Title 49. | Enacted | May 27, 2026 | White |
| SB 639 | Water - As enacted, authorizes municipal water and sewer systems to undertake certain projects on private property. - Amends TCA Title 7; Title 63; Title 65; Title 68 and Title 69. | Enacted | May 27, 2026 | Page WalleyRepublican |
| SB 599 | State Government - As enacted, terminates the James K. Polk Memorial Association and requires the Tennessee historical commission to enter into good faith negotiations for the purchase and transfer of the James K. Polk Home in Columbia. - Amends TCA Title 4. | Enacted | May 27, 2026 | Joey HensleyRepublican |
| SB 539 | Taxes, Real Property - As enacted, establishes the process for property tax assessment and valuation of multi-unit rental housing that receives a federal, state, or local incentive based on low-income renter restrictions. - Amends TCA Title 7; Title 13; Title 48; Title 49; Title 67 and Title 68. | Enacted | May 27, 2026 | Stevens |
| SB 468 | Safety - As enacted, enacts the "Riley Gaines Women's Safety and Protection Act." - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 37; Title 41; Title 49 and Title 68. | Enacted | May 27, 2026 | Janice BowlingRepublican |
| SB 2733 | Gleason - Subject to local approval, for the term beginning December 2028, increases the mayor's compensation from $200 to $400 per month and compensation for each alderman from $100 to $200 per month. - Amends Chapter 33 of the Private Acts of 1985; as amended. | In committee | May 27, 2026 | Stevens |
| SB 2732 | Monterey - Subject to local approval, deletes obsolete provisions authorizing the mayor to serve as the ex officio recorder for the town of Monterey; establishes the position of Town Administrator and prescribes the Administrator's powers, duties, and functions. - Amends Chapter 492 of the Acts of 1901; as amended. | In committee | May 27, 2026 | Paul BaileyRepublican |
| SB 2731 | Benton County - Subject to local approval, updates the system for the management of county finances, including, but not limited to, budgeting, investment oversight, debt management, and cash management oversight. - Amends Chapter 541 of the Private Acts of 1939; as amended and rewritten. | In committee | May 27, 2026 | Stevens |
| SB 2730 | Grundy County - Subject to local approval, creates the Southern Cumberland Plateau Regional Water and Wastewater Authority. - | In committee | May 27, 2026 | Janice BowlingRepublican |
| SB 2729 | Shelby County - Subject to local approval, changes the conditions under which the occupancy tax will no longer be levied; changes the allocation of the revenue from the occupancy tax if the tenant of the indoor sports facility no longer occupies such facility. - Amends Chapter 131 of the Private Acts of 1969; as amended. | In committee | May 27, 2026 | Brent TaylorRepublican |
| SB 2728 | Haywood County - Subject to local approval, for county attorney, requires state law license; hiring preference to be given to a resident; oath of office; to advise and represent county commission, the county mayor, and other county officials; authorizes county commission to employ legal counsel other than county attorney; replaces "quarterly county court" with "county commission"; and replaces "county judge" with "county mayor." - Amends Chapter 350 of the Private Acts of 1945; as amended. | In committee | May 27, 2026 | Page WalleyRepublican |
| SB 2727 | Stanton - Subject to local approval, revises the general powers of the town; revises provisions related to the town judge. - Amends Chapter 142 of the Private Acts of 1990. | In committee | May 27, 2026 | Page WalleyRepublican |
| SB 2726 | Tullahoma - Subject to local approval, allocates 3.8 percent of each annual operating budget, but not less than $1.5 million, to the maintenance of streets and roads within the city limits of the City of Tullahoma. - Amends Chapter 553 of the Acts of 1903. | In committee | May 27, 2026 | Janice BowlingRepublican |
| SB 2725 | Niota - Subject to local approval, rewrites the charter of the City of Niota. - Amends Chapter 48 of the Private Acts of 1919; as amended and rewritten. | In committee | May 27, 2026 | Adam LoweRepublican |
| SB 2724 | Lexington - Subject to local approval, clarifies the duties of the mayor as the chief executive officer of the city; authorizes the mayor to suspend an employee; clarifies that office of mayor is a full-time position. - Amends Chapter 402 of the Acts of 1901; as amended and rewritten. | In committee | May 27, 2026 | Ed JacksonRepublican |
| SB 2716 | Lafayette - Subject to local approval, moves the date of elections from coinciding with the primary in May to coinciding with the general election in November; increases the compensation of the council members from $100 to $150 for each council meeting and from $50 to $75 for each committee meeting; increases the annual salary of the mayor from $45,000 to $75,000; authorizes the mayor, subject to confirmation of the city council, a superintendent of streets and a superintendent of sanitation. - Amends Chapter 325 of the Private Acts of 1945; as amended. | In committee | May 27, 2026 | Ken YagerRepublican |
| SB 2713 | Sardis - Subject to local approval, removes archaic references to debtor's prisons, city marshal, the original members of the board of mayor and aldermen, and city recorder authority; sets salaries of board members by ordinance rather than by charter; authorizes the board to set meeting dates by ordinance rather than by charter, increases terms of the mayor and aldermen from two to four years; and removes certain residency requirements for legal qualified voters who live within the municipality. - Amends Chapter 833 of the Private Acts of 1949; as amended. | In committee | May 27, 2026 | Ed JacksonRepublican |
| SB 2712 | Obion County - Subject to local approval, clarifies that the county highway superintendent of the county highway department be appointed by the county commission pursuant to state law. - Amends the private acts of Obion County. | In committee | May 27, 2026 | Stevens |
| SB 2711 | Bristol - Subject to local approval, revises election provisions for city council and the board of education to comply with changes to general election law; reduces the time after final passage for an ordinance to take effect from 17 days to seven days; changes the due dates for property taxes; creates a department of education. - Amends Chapter 84 of the Private Acts of 1991; as amended. | In committee | May 27, 2026 | Bobby HarshbargerRepublican |
| SB 2709 | Jonesborough - Subject to local approval, authorizes the board of mayor and alderman for the Town of Jonesborough to elect a mayor from among the aldermen to fill a vacancy; authorizes the Town recorder to carry liability insurance rather than be bonded in an amount prescribed by Town ordinance; updates the election dates for the mayor and board of aldermen. - Amends Chapter 135 of the Acts of 1903; as amended. | In committee | May 27, 2026 | Rusty CroweRepublican |
| SB 2707 | Winchester - Subject to local approval, expands the board of public utilities' jurisdiction to wastewater treatment systems; requires the mayor to serve as a standing member of the board during the mayor's term; creates four-year terms for members; and makes various other changes. - Amends Chapter 34 of the Private Acts of 2019. | In committee | May 27, 2026 | Janice BowlingRepublican |
| SB 2705 | Hamblen County - Subject to local approval, abolishes the Hamblen County Road Commission, effective August 31, 2028. - Repeals Chapter 313 of the Private Acts of 1949; as amended. | In committee | May 27, 2026 | Steve SoutherlandRepublican |
| SB 2703 | Hamblen County - Subject to local approval, updates appointment provisions, qualifications, and compensation for the office of county attorney. - Amends Chapter 677 of the Private Acts of 1949; as amended. | In committee | May 27, 2026 | Steve SoutherlandRepublican |
| SB 2702 | Charlotte - Subject to local approval, revises various provisions of the charter of the City of Charlotte relating to its corporate powers; the city council; the city clerk; codification of ordinances; duties of mayor; city court, judge, and court clerk; and budgeting, centralized purchasing, and taxes. - Amends Chapter 154 of the Private Acts of 1955; as amended. | In committee | May 27, 2026 | Kerry RobertsRepublican |
| SB 2692 | Bond Issues - As enacted, authorizes the state to issue and sell bonds. - | Enacted | May 27, 2026 | Johnson |
| SB 2690 | Appropriations - As enacted, makes appropriations for the fiscal years beginning July 1, 2025, and July 1, 2026. - | Enacted | May 27, 2026 | Johnson |
| SB 2658 | Utilities, Utility Districts - As enacted, authorizes, during a state of emergency that is based on a natural emergency, an emergency utility worker to travel upon public roads and enter areas subject to curfew or restricted access orders when such access is necessary to perform emergency utilities restoration activities; provides that an emergency utility worker, and the emergency utility worker's employer, are immune from civil liability for injury, death, or property damage resulting from an act or omission of the emergency utility worker committed in good faith while engaged in emergency utilities restoration activities during a state of emergency declared that is based on a natural emergency. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 29; Title 39 and Title 58. | Enacted | May 27, 2026 | Johnson |
| SB 2654 | State Government - As enacted, designates the Rhododendron and Fall-O-Dendron festivals of Roan Mountain as the official Rhododendron and Fall-O-Dendron festivals in this state in recognition of the festivals' contributions to the preservation of the heritage, history, and beautiful landscapes of this state. - Amends TCA Title 3; Title 4; Title 8 and Title 9. | In committee | May 27, 2026 | Rusty CroweRepublican |
| SB 2646 | Industrial Development - As enacted, revises law relative to industrial development corporations. - Amends TCA Title 7 and Title 48. | Enacted | May 27, 2026 | Kerry RobertsRepublican |
| SB 2641 | Public Funds and Financing - As enacted, revises law relative to pension plans and proxy advisors. - Amends TCA Title 9, Chapter 4. | Enacted | May 27, 2026 | Kerry RobertsRepublican |
| SB 2640 | DUI Offenses - As enacted, clarifies present law regarding the revocation of a person's driver license for an implied consent violation. - Amends TCA Section 55-10-407. | In committee | May 27, 2026 | Kerry RobertsRepublican |
| SB 2633 | Taxes - As enacted, adds to the definition of a "qualified public use facility" as used in the Local Tourism Development Zone Business Tax Act a mixed-use development containing a performance venue with a seating capacity of at least 2,500; authorizes a municipality or public authority that has financed a qualified public use facility within a tourism development zone and that qualifies for an allocation of sales tax revenue from within that zone under the Convention Center and Tourism Development Financing Act of 1998 and under other provisions of sales tax law to use the revenue for purposes authorized in the act or other law. - Amends TCA Title 7 and Title 67. | In committee | May 27, 2026 | Jessie SealRepublican |
| SB 2614 | County Government - As enacted, authorizes a county legislative body operating under the County Purchasing Law of 1957 to set the compensation for the director of accounts and budgets. - Amends TCA Title 5 and Title 8. | Enacted | May 27, 2026 | Johnson |
| SB 2613 | Regional Authorities and Special Districts - As enacted, revises the "Convention Center Authorities Act of 2009" as the "Convention Center and Agricultural Exposition Authorities Act." - Amends TCA Title 7, Chapter 89. | Enacted | May 27, 2026 | Becky MasseyRepublican |