Tennessee · Current officeholder
Paul Rose
Republican Tennessee Senate, District 32
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Sponsored legislation
130 bills in the current data (130 as primary sponsor), sorted by most recent official action. Linked by Open States person ID.
| Bill | Title | Role | Stage | Last action |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SB 2372 | Criminal Offenses - As enacted, makes revisions to the offense of adulteration of food, liquids, or pharmaceuticals. - Amends TCA Title 39; Title 40 and Title 57. | Primary sponsor | Enacted | May 27, 2026 |
| SB 2367 | County Government - As enacted, applies the Neighborhood Preservation Act to Tipton County; authorizes Montgomery County and Tipton County to participate in the Tennessee Local Land Bank Program. - Amends TCA Title 5 and Title 13. | Primary sponsor | Enacted | May 27, 2026 |
| SB 1774 | Students - As enacted, creates a criminal offense for certain school employees who intentionally engage in bullying or cyberbullying of a student; clarifies that a teacher or school employee of a local education agency who is found to have committed an act of harassment, intimidation, bullying, or cyberbullying is subject to dismissal or suspension. - Amends TCA Title 37; Title 39, Chapter 17, Part 3; Title 40; Title 49 and Title 55, Chapter 10, Part 7. | Primary sponsor | Enacted | May 27, 2026 |
| SB 1665 | Civil Procedure - As enacted, clarifies that the same immunities from civil liability, adverse action, and disciplinary action, and duties, that apply to this state, state employees, public schools, LEAs, public school students, public school teachers, public school employees, public school contractors, public institutions of higher education, public higher education students, public higher education faculty, public higher education employees, and public higher education contractors with regard to the use of a pronoun consistent with an individual's sex apply when using an honorific that is consistent with an individual's sex. - Amends TCA Title 8, Chapter 50; Title 49, Chapter 7, Part 24 and Title 49, Chapter 6, Part 51. | Primary sponsor | Enacted | May 27, 2026 |
| SB 1952 | Immigration - As enacted, requires, until February 1, 2029, each court to cooperate with the U.S. department of homeland security and federal immigration authorities acting in the enforcement of federal immigration law; authorizes, until February 1, 2029, a judge who obstructs lawful operations by such department and such authorities acting in the enforcement of federal immigration law to be referred to the board of judicial conduct for proceedings; clarifies that any findings by the board that the judge committed judicial misconduct may be cause for removal. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 7; Title 8; Title 16; Title 17 and Title 38. | Primary sponsor | In committee | May 18, 2026 |
| SB 1225 | Criminal Offenses - As enacted, makes various changes to law relative to human trafficking. - Amends TCA Title 37; Title 39 and Title 40. | Primary sponsor | Enacted | May 18, 2026 |
| SB 936 | State Government - As enacted, requires each governmental entity to revise any existing ordinance, resolution, rule, policy, and procedure that includes a reference to a natural person's sex or gender to state that those terms are defined as the immutable characteristics of the person's reproductive system that identify the person as male or female, as determined by anatomy and genetics testing at the time of birth; makes related changes. - Amends TCA Title 1; Title 3; Title 4; Title 5; Title 6; Title 7 and Title 8. | Primary sponsor | In committee | May 15, 2026 |
| SB 375 | Criminal Offenses - As enacted, defines "serious bodily injury" for the purposes of the present law offense of vehicular assault, which occurs when a person who, as the proximate result of the person's intoxication, recklessly causes serious bodily injury to another person by the operation of a motor vehicle or vessel subject to registration; makes related changes. - Amends TCA Title 39 and Title 55. | Primary sponsor | In committee | May 5, 2026 |
| SB 1989 | Children - As enacted, specifies that a parent's or legal guardian's action of raising, guiding, or instructing the parent's or legal guardian's child in a manner consistent with the child's biological sex is not a basis for certain findings or actions by the court, does not constitute the criminal offense of child abuse, child neglect, or child endangerment, and must not be considered as a negative factor by a court in determining a custody arrangement in the best interest of the child. - Amends TCA Title 36, Chapter 6; Title 37, Chapter 1 and Title 39, Chapter 15. | Primary sponsor | Enacted | May 5, 2026 |
| SB 1741 | Education, Higher - As enacted, enacts the "Charlie Kirk Act." - Amends TCA Title 49. | Primary sponsor | Enacted | May 5, 2026 |
| SB 1663 | State Government - As enacted, enacts the "Recognizing Judea and Samaria Act." - Amends TCA Title 3; Title 4 and Title 8. | Primary sponsor | In committee | May 5, 2026 |
| SB 2365 | Courts - As enacted, enacts the "Parental Rights Protection Act." - Amends TCA Title 36, Chapter 8 and Title 40, Chapter 11. | Primary sponsor | Enacted | May 4, 2026 |
| SB 1740 | Courts, Juvenile - As enacted, expands the disposition allowed when a person under 21 is found to have unlawfully purchased, possessed, accepted receipt of, or presented fraudulent proof of age to purchase tobacco, smoking hemp, a vapor product, or a smokeless nicotine product to include requiring community service work, the successful completion of a prescribed court program, or placing the person on an informal adjustment for a period of 90 days for a first violation, and, for a second or subsequent violation, placing the person on probation for up to six months in addition to requiring community service and the successful completion of a prescribed court program focusing on the dangers of tobacco and vapor products. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 17, Part 15. | Primary sponsor | Enacted | May 4, 2026 |
| SB 1489 | Mason - Subject to local approval, revises the charter of the Town of Mason to provide grounds for vacating certain offices, to prescribe the oath for office; to fix the time, place, and notice requirements for meetings of the board of mayor and aldermen, to establish the rules of procedure for meetings, to prescribe additional duties of the mayor and the board, to provide for the administration of government and personnel, to prescribe the duties of the town administrator and town attorney, to prescribe the budget process, and to make various other changes. - Amends Chapter 120 of the Private Acts of 1915; as amended and rewritten. | Primary sponsor | In committee | May 1, 2026 |
| SB 1483 | Tipton County - Subject to local approval, authorizes the legislative body of Tipton County to designate a division of the county's general sessions court as the environmental court to hear cases involving the alleged violation of any ordinance relating to health, housing, fire, land subdivision, building, or zoning. - | Primary sponsor | In committee | May 1, 2026 |
| SB 2041 | Remedies and Special Proceedings - As enacted, creates a civil action for individuals who are the subject of an intimate image that is intentionally disclosed without the individual's consent under certain circumstances. - Amends TCA Title 28 and Title 39, Chapter 17. | Primary sponsor | Enacted | April 28, 2026 |
| SB 1828 | Education - As enacted, enacts the "Charlie Kirk American Heritage Act." - Amends TCA Title 49. | Primary sponsor | Enacted | April 28, 2026 |
| SB 394 | Insurance Companies, Agents, Brokers, Policies - As enacted, requires title insurance agencies that separately represent the buyer and seller in a real estate transaction and agree to an arrangement to share the title insurance premiums, commissions, or other fees paid by the buyer and seller, to provide written notice to the buyer and seller of such sharing arrangement and to receive signed, written acknowledgement from the buyer and seller confirming that they were so notified in writing; makes other related changes. - Amends TCA Title 56, Chapter 35 and Title 66. | Primary sponsor | In committee | April 27, 2026 |
| SB 377 | Purchasing and Procurement - As enacted, enacts the "Tennessee Procurement Protection Act." - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 56. | Primary sponsor | In committee | April 27, 2026 |
| SB 1850 | Children's Services, Dept. of - As enacted, prohibits the department from requiring a relative caregiver, including relatives in the kinship foster care program, to provide a child with the child's own bedroom in determining whether to place the child in the custody of the relative caregiver. - Amends TCA Title 37. | Primary sponsor | Enacted | April 24, 2026 |
| SB 1664 | Health Care - As enacted, prohibits certain healthcare providers from knowingly or willfully asking a minor, or a health insurance issuer, managed care organization, or entity providing reimbursement for healthcare services from requiring or requesting a healthcare provider or facility to ask, certain gender-related questions for any purpose; makes other related changes. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 33; Title 47; Title 56; Title 63; Title 68 and Title 71. | Primary sponsor | In committee | April 23, 2026 |
| SB 373 | Highways, Roads and Bridges - As introduced, clarifies that the plans for an acquisition of a right-of-way by the state must be filed and recorded with the office of the register in each county where the project is located if the project is located in multiple counties. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 54 and Title 55. | Primary sponsor | In committee | April 20, 2026 |
| SB 1988 | General Assembly - As introduced, decreases from 50 to 25 miles a member's principal residence is from the capitol for purposes of the member receiving the hotel portion of per diem; prohibits such members from receiving a daily mileage allowance. - Amends TCA Section 3-1-106. | Primary sponsor | In committee | April 20, 2026 |
| SJR 990 | Memorials, Sports - Bartlett High School boys' basketball team, Class 4A state champions - | Primary sponsor | Enacted | April 16, 2026 |
| SR 388 | Memorials, Academic Achievement - Matthew Kurrus, Salutatorian, Covington High School - | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | April 15, 2026 |
| SR 387 | Memorials, Academic Achievement - Briana Mason, Valedictorian, Covington High School - | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | April 15, 2026 |
| SR 386 | Memorials, Academic Achievement - Abigail Mitchell, Valedictorian, Halls High School - | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | April 15, 2026 |
| SR 385 | Memorials, Academic Achievement - Neylan Walker, Valedictorian, Tipton Christian Academy - | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | April 15, 2026 |
| SR 384 | Memorials, Academic Achievement - Samuel Beasley, Valedictorian, Halls High School - | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | April 15, 2026 |
| SR 383 | Memorials, Academic Achievement - Mattie Bridges, Salutatorian, Tipton Christian Academy - | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | April 15, 2026 |
| SR 382 | Memorials, Academic Achievement - Caroline Morrison, Valedictorian, Lakeland High School - | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | April 15, 2026 |
| SR 381 | Memorials, Academic Achievement - Colin Walker, Salutatorian, Lakeland High School - | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | April 15, 2026 |
| SR 380 | Memorials, Academic Achievement - Jeremy Leggett, Valedictorian, Arlington High School - | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | April 15, 2026 |
| SR 379 | Memorials, Academic Achievement - Alexander Li, Salutatorian, Arlington High School - | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | April 15, 2026 |
| SR 378 | Memorials, Academic Achievement - Gibson Stubbs, Salutatorian, Bartlett High School - | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | April 15, 2026 |
| SR 377 | Memorials, Academic Achievement - Dennise Alfonso, Valedictorian, Bartlett High School - | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | April 15, 2026 |
| SR 376 | Memorials, Academic Achievement - Belen Castro-Hair, Valedictorian, Tipton-Rosemark Academy - | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | April 15, 2026 |
| SR 375 | Memorials, Academic Achievement - Landon Hatchel, Salutatorian, Tipton-Rosemark Academy - | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | April 15, 2026 |
| SR 374 | Memorials, Academic Achievement - Noelle Minton, Salutatorian, Munford High School - | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | April 15, 2026 |
| SR 373 | Memorials, Academic Achievement - Andrea Sena, Valedictorian, Munford High School - | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | April 15, 2026 |
| SR 372 | Memorials, Academic Achievement - Maleah Torres, Salutatorian, Brighton High School - | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | April 15, 2026 |
| SR 371 | Memorials, Academic Achievement - Jonathan Kelly, Valedictorian, Brighton High School - | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | April 15, 2026 |
| SR 370 | Memorials, Academic Achievement - Neelium Prayun, Valedictorian, Ripley High School - | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | April 15, 2026 |
| SR 369 | Memorials, Academic Achievement - Jaime Stinnett, Valedictorian, Halls High School - | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | April 15, 2026 |
| SR 368 | Memorials, Academic Achievement - Luke Land, Valedictorian, Halls High School - | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | April 15, 2026 |
| SR 367 | Memorials, Interns - Joel Cline - | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | April 15, 2026 |
| SB 2364 | Human Rights - As enacted, repeals rules transferred from the defunct human rights commission to the attorney general and reporter; clarifies that complaints filed with the attorney general pursuant to a human rights investigation must not be produced for inspection by or disclosed to a person, other than an authorized representative of the attorney general, without the consent of the person who filed the complaint. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 21. | Primary sponsor | Enacted | April 6, 2026 |
| SB 1594 | Public Records - As enacted, adds provider reimbursement information that is provided to the comptroller of the treasury to the existing list of examples of proprietary information types that are not subject to disclosure as public records. - Amends TCA Section 71-5-142. | Primary sponsor | Enacted | April 6, 2026 |
| SR 352 | Memorials, Interns - Joel Cline - | Primary sponsor | In committee | April 2, 2026 |
| SJR 898 | Memorials, Retirement - Dr. John Combs - | Primary sponsor | Enacted | March 31, 2026 |
| SB 938 | State Employees - As enacted, grants eligible state employees mandatory paid leave for fostering a minor child. - Amends TCA Title 8, Chapter 50, Part 8. | Primary sponsor | In committee | March 30, 2026 |
| SB 2369 | Education, Curriculum - As enacted, authorizes LEAs and public charter schools to offer students in any of the grades five through 12 a hunter education course that is approved by the wildlife resources agency as part of physical education, health, or safety instruction. - Amends TCA Title 49 and Title 70, Chapter 2, Part 1. | Primary sponsor | In committee | March 30, 2026 |
| SB 2373 | Jails, Local Lock-ups - As introduced, specifies that a jailer's authorization to evaluate a person confined in the county jail for purposes of the person's care includes evaluating the person's need for medical attention. - Amends TCA Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 8, Chapter 8; Title 29; Title 40 and Title 41. | Primary sponsor | In committee | March 24, 2026 |
| SB 2370 | Criminal Offenses - As introduced, increases the penalty for vehicular homicide from a Class C felony to a Class B felony if the offense occurred as the proximate result of the driver's extreme and excessive rate of speed; defines "extreme and excessive rate of speed" as traveling at more than 20 miles per hour over the posted speed limit. - Amends TCA Title 39 and Title 55. | Primary sponsor | In committee | March 24, 2026 |
| SB 2572 | Local Government, General - As introduced, creates the "Tennessee Outdoor Stewardship Trust Fund," with monies from the fund to be expended for grants and loans to counties, municipalities, state agencies, and nongovernmental entities for improvement and restoration projects; creates the board of trustees for the trust fund. - Amends TCA Title 68 and Title 70. | Primary sponsor | In committee | March 11, 2026 |
| SR 316 | Memorials, Recognition - Associated Builder and Contractors West Tennessee Chapter, 50th anniversary - | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | March 3, 2026 |
| SB 2439 | Taxes, Real Property - As introduced, urges the comptroller of the treasury to study the feasibility and potential impacts of establishing the value of all residential property as the most recent price paid for the property in lieu of assessors of property appraising the value through the use of assessment manuals; requires a report, if the study is conducted, to be submitted to the finance, ways and means committee of the senate and the committee of the house of representatives having jurisdiction over finance matters. - Amends TCA Title 67, Chapter 5. | Primary sponsor | In committee | March 2, 2026 |
| SJR 658 | Memorials, Public Service - Representative Debra Moody - | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | February 23, 2026 |
| SB 1857 | Education, Curriculum - As introduced, authorizes LEAs and public charter schools to offer students in any of the grades five through 12 a hunter education course that is approved by the wildlife resources agency as part of physical education, health, or safety instruction. - Amends TCA Title 49 and Title 70, Chapter 2, Part 1. | Primary sponsor | In committee | February 9, 2026 |
| SB 2376 | Elder Abuse - As introduced, extends from 10 to 20 days, the time within which a court must schedule a hearing on a petition to freeze the funds of a criminal defendant charged with financial exploitation of an elderly or vulnerable adult involving the taking more than $5,000 of property while the criminal proceeding is pending for purposes of restitution to the victim. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 15. | Primary sponsor | In committee | February 5, 2026 |
| SB 2368 | Public Funds and Financing - As introduced, requires the state treasurer to use existing resources to conduct a study of the use of public funds by neighboring states to facilitate gender transition procedures to determine what restrictions neighboring states place upon public funding of such procedures; requires the treasurer to compile the findings of the study into a report and transmit the report to the general assembly no later than December 31, 2026. - Amends TCA Title 5, Chapter 9, Part 1; Title 6, Chapter 56, Part 1; Title 7, Chapter 3, Part 1; Title 8, Chapter 27; Title 9, Chapter 4, Part 51; Title 37; Title 39; Title 63; Title 68 and Title 71. | Primary sponsor | In committee | February 5, 2026 |
| SB 2146 | Judicial Districts - As introduced, enacts the "Violent Criminal Court Act," which adds two additional criminal courts to the thirtieth judicial district for the purpose of hearing cases involving certain violent criminal offenses. - Amends TCA Title 2; Title 8; Title 16; Title 17; Title 18; Title 22; Title 23; Title 24; Title 25; Title 26; Title 27; Title 37; Title 38; Title 39 and Title 40. | Primary sponsor | In committee | February 5, 2026 |
| SB 2438 | Education, Higher - As introduced, deletes an obsolete requirement that the governing board of each public institution of higher education submit a report on the institution's implementation of a research security policy by July 1, 2025, to the chairs of the education committee of the senate and the education committees of the house of representatives. - Amends TCA Title 9 and Title 49. | Primary sponsor | Introduced | February 2, 2026 |
| SB 2408 | Criminal Offenses - As introduced, adds insects to the offense of displaying, exhibiting, handling, or using a venomous or dangerous snake or reptile in a manner that endangers the life or health of another person. - Amends TCA Title 39. | Primary sponsor | Introduced | February 2, 2026 |
| SB 2374 | Child Abuse - As introduced, adds the speaker of the senate and speaker of the house of representatives to whom the recipients of funding from the child abuse fund and its subsidiary funds, the child advocacy centers fund, the CASA fund, and the child abuse prevention fund shall report to annually regarding their use of child abuse fund moneys, their collaborative efforts to address the spectrum of child abuse issues, and their recommendations for additional improvements in the child abuse prevention and response system in this state. - Amends TCA Title 33 and Title 39. | Primary sponsor | Introduced | February 2, 2026 |
| SB 1856 | Education, Dept. of - As introduced, changes, beginning in 2027, the deadline for the department to submit its annual report on the school safety alert grant pilot fund from February 1 to January 15. - Amends TCA Title 49. | Primary sponsor | In committee | February 2, 2026 |
| SB 1855 | Education, Higher - As introduced, extends, from January 1 to January 15, the deadline for the department of correction to submit its annual report on higher education opportunities available to incarcerated individuals to the chairs of the judiciary and education committees of the senate and the criminal justice and education administration committees of the house of representatives. - Amends TCA Title 49. | Primary sponsor | In committee | February 2, 2026 |
| SB 1854 | Adoption - As introduced, changes from 100 years to 90 years the amount of time that must elapse from the date the adoption was finalized before confidential adoption records become public records open to inspection. - Amends TCA Title 18; Title 36, Chapter 1; Title 37; Title 49, Chapter 4, Part 9; Title 49, Chapter 5, Part 7 and Section 49-6-1304. | Primary sponsor | In committee | February 2, 2026 |
| SB 1844 | Naming and Designating - As introduced, redesignates the Legislative Plaza and War Memorial Plaza, respectively, in front of the War Memorial Building as the "Winfield Dunn War Memorial Plaza." - Amends TCA Title 3, Chapter 1; Title 4 and Title 58, Chapter 4. | Primary sponsor | In committee | February 2, 2026 |
| SB 1459 | Bartlett - Subject to local approval, repeals the animal control program. - Amends Chapter 55 of the Private Acts of 1993; as amended. | Primary sponsor | In committee | June 4, 2025 |
| SB 1455 | Bartlett - Subject to local approval, establishes that the offices of mayor and Alderman are limited to a maximum of three four-year terms; makes other changes to the charter regarding elections, the mayor, and administration. - Amends Chapter 55 of the Private Acts of 1993; as amended. | Primary sponsor | In committee | June 4, 2025 |
| SB 1446 | Lauderdale County - Subject to local approval, provides for the orderly transfer of the Probate and Juvenile Court in Lauderdale County from the County Courthouse to the Justice Complex. - Amends Chapter 262 of the Private Acts of 1963; as amended. | Primary sponsor | In committee | June 4, 2025 |
| SB 1442 | Tipton County - Subject to local approval, establishes litter abatement and control requirements. - | Primary sponsor | In committee | June 4, 2025 |
| SB 396 | Governor - As enacted, authorizes, if the governor issues or extends an executive order or proclamation of a state of emergency, the general assembly to terminate such state of emergency by joint resolution of both houses. - Amends TCA Section 58-2-107. | Primary sponsor | In committee | May 27, 2025 |
| SB 937 | Education - As enacted, prohibits a public school, LEA, or teacher, employee, or contractor of a public school or LEA from requiring a student, teacher, employee, or contractor of the public school or LEA to provide the individual's preferred pronouns; makes related revisions. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 8; Title 9, Chapter 8; Title 29, Chapter 20 and Title 49. | Primary sponsor | Enacted | May 15, 2025 |
| SB 933 | Boards and Commissions - As enacted, makes various revisions to the governing boards of public higher education institutions. - | Primary sponsor | Enacted | May 15, 2025 |
| SB 932 | DUI Offenses - As enacted, creates a distance to drive program study committee to help determine the feasibility of implementing a distance to drive program that would facilitate reinstatement of suspended and revoked driver licenses for criminal defendants based on meeting the objectives set by the court and completing all the requirements set by the department of safety. - Amends TCA Title 16; Title 39; Title 40 and Title 55. | Primary sponsor | Enacted | May 15, 2025 |
| SB 931 | Food and Food Products - As enacted, prohibits labeling a cell-cultured food product as meat or a meat food product. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 39; Title 40; Title 43; Title 44; Title 47 and Title 53. | Primary sponsor | Enacted | May 15, 2025 |
| SB 457 | Criminal 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. | Primary sponsor | Enacted | May 15, 2025 |
| SB 503 | Holidays and Days of Special Observance - As enacted, designates the month of June as "Celebration of Life" month, the month of July as "Celebration of Liberty" month, and the month of August as "Celebration of the Pursuit of Happiness" month in Tennessee. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 1, Part 4. | Primary sponsor | Enacted | May 13, 2025 |
| SB 390 | Public Records - As enacted, authorizes the comptroller of the treasury to publish certain survey data that is otherwise deemed confidential. - Amends TCA Section 10-7-504. | Primary sponsor | Enacted | May 13, 2025 |
| SB 455 | Probation and 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. | Primary sponsor | Vetoed | May 5, 2025 |
| SJR 432 | Memorials, Interns - Sydney Farrell - | Primary sponsor | Enacted | May 1, 2025 |
| SB 601 | Bail, Bail Bonds - As enacted, makes various changes regarding global positioning monitoring and the pretrial release of certain defendants. - Amends TCA Title 8; Title 39; Title 40 and Title 55, Chapter 10. | Primary sponsor | Enacted | April 29, 2025 |
| SB 525 | Election Laws - As enacted, requires a three-judge panel to hear any civil action in which it is alleged that a proposed charter amendment ordinance that is to be submitted to qualified voters at an election is in violation of the Constitution or state law; prohibits an amendment to the charter of a home rule municipality from being placed on any ballot if the amendment is in violation of the Constitution or state law. - Amends TCA Title 2; Title 5; Title 6; Title 7 and Title 20, Chapter 18. | Primary sponsor | Enacted | April 29, 2025 |
| SB 456 | Criminal Offenses - As enacted, adds the offense of robbery to the definition of crime of violence. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 17, Part 13. | Primary sponsor | Enacted | April 29, 2025 |
| SB 376 | Education, Higher - As enacted, prohibits institutions of higher education from excluding a person from benefits, activities, and employment, or making decisions, based on a person's race, color, ethnicity, or national origin; requires such institutions to provide notice of such prohibitions; authorizes injunctive and declaratory relief for violations. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 7. | Primary sponsor | Enacted | April 29, 2025 |
| SB 1235 | Boards and Commissions - As enacted, prohibits the exclusion of persons from membership on state regulatory and health-related boards on the basis of race, color, ethnicity, and national origin; prohibits such boards from establishing or operating under race-based policies pertaining to their composition; removes requirement that appointing authorities strive to ensure certain boards and commissions are represented by members of racial minorities. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 21; Title 9; Title 62; Title 63 and Title 68. | Primary sponsor | In committee | April 28, 2025 |
| SB 1209 | Education - As enacted, prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, ethnicity, national origin, sex, or religion against a student or an employee in a public institution of education; requires public institutions of education to treat harassment or discrimination against students or employees, or resulting from institutional policies or programs on their campuses, motivated by or including antisemitic intent in an identical manner to discrimination motivated by race; requires Title VI coordinators to be designated to monitor antisemitic discrimination and harassment at K-12 schools and institutions of higher education. - Amends TCA Title 49. | Primary sponsor | In committee | April 28, 2025 |
| SB 1127 | Estates - As enacted, removes the cap on the amount of wages or other compensation owed a deceased employee at the time of the employee's death that an employer shall pay directly to the surviving spouse of the decedent or, if there is no surviving spouse, to the surviving children of the decedent as tenants in common. - Amends TCA Title 30 and Title 31. | Primary sponsor | In committee | April 28, 2025 |
| SR 177 | Memorials, Academic Achievement - Anna Harchfield, Valedictorian, Tipton Christian Academy - | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | April 25, 2025 |
| SR 176 | Memorials, Academic Achievement - Lacy Wolfe, Salutatorian, Tipton Christian Academy - | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | April 25, 2025 |
| SR 175 | Memorials, Academic Achievement - Jesse Zheng, Valedictorian, Bartlett High School - | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | April 25, 2025 |
| SR 174 | Memorials, Academic Achievement - Leah Cordray, Salutatorian, Bartlett High School - | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | April 25, 2025 |
| SR 173 | Memorials, Academic Achievement - Justice Cook, Valedictorian, Halls High School - | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | April 25, 2025 |
| SR 172 | Memorials, Academic Achievement - Ashton Hardy, Valedictorian, Halls High School - | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | April 25, 2025 |
| SR 171 | Memorials, Academic Achievement - Katie Kissell, Valedictorian, Halls High School - | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | April 25, 2025 |
| SR 170 | Memorials, Academic Achievement - Owen Pridmore, Valedictorian, Halls High School - | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | April 25, 2025 |
| SR 169 | Memorials, Academic Achievement - Ava Rasp, Valedictorian, Halls High School - | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | April 25, 2025 |
| SR 168 | Memorials, Academic Achievement - Sarah Wilke, Valedictorian, Halls High School - | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | April 25, 2025 |
| SR 167 | Memorials, Academic Achievement - Haley Henderson, Valedictorian, Covington High School - | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | April 25, 2025 |
| SR 166 | Memorials, Academic Achievement - Madison Hamm, Salutatorian, Covington High School - | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | April 25, 2025 |
| SR 165 | Memorials, Academic Achievement - Anthony Tran, Valedictorian, Arlington High School - | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | April 25, 2025 |
| SR 164 | Memorials, Academic Achievement - James Nguyen, Salutatorian, Arlington High School - | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | April 25, 2025 |
| SR 163 | Memorials, Academic Achievement - Audrey Horton, Valedictorian, Munford High School - | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | April 25, 2025 |
| SR 162 | Memorials, Academic Achievement - Alexis Hale, Salutatorian, Munford High School - | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | April 25, 2025 |
| SR 161 | Memorials, Academic Achievement - Olivia Balyeat, Valedictorian, Brighton High School - | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | April 25, 2025 |
| SR 160 | Memorials, Academic Achievement - Olivia Prescott, Salutatorian, Brighton High School - | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | April 25, 2025 |
| SR 159 | Memorials, Academic Achievement - Olivia McCalla, Valedictorian, Tipton Rosemark Academy - | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | April 25, 2025 |
| SR 158 | Memorials, Academic Achievement - Lizzie Crowe, Salutatorian, Tipton Rosemark Academy - | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | April 25, 2025 |
| SJR 353 | Memorials, Personal Achievement - Dr. John Combs, 2025 Coordinated School Health Superintendent of the Year - | Primary sponsor | Enacted | April 24, 2025 |
| SB 374 | Children - As introduced, requires the department of children's services to study the need for a new juvenile detention facility to be constructed in the western grand division of this state that would serve the detention and treatment needs of juveniles in that grand division; requires the department to report its findings and recommendations to the judiciary committee of the senate and the committee having jurisdiction over criminal justice in the house of representatives on or before January 1, 2026. - Amends TCA Title 9; Title 12; Title 16; Title 37; Title 39 and Title 40. | Primary sponsor | In committee | April 21, 2025 |
| SB 371 | DNA and Genetic Testing - As enacted, requires collection of a biological specimen from certain convicted offenders to be collected within 30 days of sentencing to be used for DNA analysis; requires a law enforcement agency to submit a biological specimen from an offender who dies while incarcerated and was previously convicted of a qualifying offense. - Amends TCA Title 40, Chapter 35, Part 3. | Primary sponsor | Enacted | April 8, 2025 |
| SB 600 | Criminal Procedure - As introduced, specifies that the administrative office of the courts may distribute to the courts electronically the discharge from conditions of release form that is required to be sent to law enforcement agencies by the court when a defendant upon whom conditions of release have been imposed is discharged or released from those conditions. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 9; Title 16; Title 18; Title 38; Title 39; Title 40; Title 55; Title 56; Title 62; Title 68 and Title 71. | Primary sponsor | In committee | April 1, 2025 |
| SB 504 | Naming and Designating - As introduced, names the desk of house chamber seat number 60 as the “Legislative Desk of Representative John J. Deberry, Jr.”; directs the chief clerk of the house of representatives, or the chief clerk’s designee, to design and provide for the installation of a commemorative plaque on the side of the desk of house chamber seat number 60 to recognize the official name of such desk. - Amends TCA Title 3, Chapter 1 and Title 4, Chapter 8. | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | March 31, 2025 |
| SB 1252 | Education - As introduced, makes various changes to the categories of individuals who are not required to use a preferred pronoun, and for whom a preferred pronoun can be disregarded, if the pronoun is inconsistent with the person's biological sex; makes various changes to the civil liability and adverse action protections as it relates to the use of, or the refusal to use, a pronoun or preferred pronoun. - Amends TCA Title 49. | Primary sponsor | In committee | March 26, 2025 |
| SR 44 | Memorials, Personal Occasion - Zelma Hall, 108th birthday - | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | March 11, 2025 |
| SB 1443 | Mason - Subject to local approval, authorizes the town to appoint a town administrator; requires the town administrator to perform some of the duties previously performed by the mayor. - Amends Chapter 120 of the Private Acts of 1915; as amended and rewritten. | Primary sponsor | In committee | March 10, 2025 |
| SB 372 | Health Care - As introduced, urges the human rights commission to study problems of discrimination against healthcare providers in this state because of their decision to decline to participate in a healthcare service on the basis of religious, moral, or ethical beliefs. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 20; Title 29; Title 39; Title 49; Title 50; Title 56; Title 63; Title 68 and Title 71. | Primary sponsor | In committee | March 5, 2025 |
| SB 4 | Courts, Supreme Court of Tennessee - As introduced, requires the expenses of the Tennessee supreme court to include each year an amount sufficient to provide the chief justice with a security detail to transport and accompany the chief justice on all official state business. - Amends TCA Title 16 and Title 17. | Primary sponsor | In committee | February 13, 2025 |
| SB 398 | Boards and Commissions - As introduced, prohibits the exclusion of persons from membership on state regulatory and health related boards on the basis of race, color, ethnicity, and national origin; prohibits such boards from establishing or operating under race-based policies pertaining to their composition; creates a private cause of action against a board and its officers, employees, and agents for such practices. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 21; Title 9; Title 62 and Title 63. | Primary sponsor | In committee | February 13, 2025 |
| SB 935 | Abortion - As introduced, adds the chairs of the judiciary committee of the senate and the committee of the house of representatives with jurisdiction over criminal justice-related matters to whom the department of health shall submit a report of each abortion procedure and the disposition of the aborted fetus or aborted fetal tissue to no later than January 1, April 1, July 1, and October 1 of each year. - Amends TCA Section 39-15-203. | Primary sponsor | In committee | February 12, 2025 |
| SB 934 | Education - As introduced, prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, ethnicity, national origin, sex, disability, religion, or marital status against a student or an employee in a public institution of education; requires public institutions of education to treat harassment or discrimination against students or employees, or resulting from institutional policies or programs on their campuses, motivated by or including antisemitic intent in an identical manner to discrimination motivated by race; requires Title VI coordinators to be designated to monitor antisemitic discrimination and harassment at K-12 schools and institutions of higher education. - Amends TCA Title 49. | Primary sponsor | In committee | February 12, 2025 |
| SB 598 | Public Utilities - As introduced, extends from January 1 to February 1, the deadline for local governments that have adopted local legislation related to wind energy facility siting to submit an annual report. - Amends TCA Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 13; Title 65 and Title 68. | Primary sponsor | In committee | February 12, 2025 |
| SB 597 | Health Care - As introduced, requires, by January 15 of each year, the commissioner of health to annually report to legislative committees on the progress of its statewide strategy for the provision of adult emergency oral health care, utilizing public and private sector resources. - Amends TCA Title 68. | Primary sponsor | In committee | February 12, 2025 |
| SB 570 | Education, Higher - As introduced, deletes an obsolete requirement for the University of Memphis and certain other collaborators on the Memphis Research Consortium to provide a progress report to the general assembly. - Amends TCA Title 3; Title 4; Title 8; Title 9; Title 11; Title 12; Title 49; Title 58; Title 67; Title 68 and Title 71. | Primary sponsor | In committee | February 12, 2025 |
| SB 395 | Traffic Safety - As introduced, creates a Class B misdemeanor for failure to properly adjust headlights by a person or entity that installs tires on a passenger motor vehicle or truck that are larger in total diameter than the original equipment manufacturer's tires installed; creates a Class B misdemeanor for installing such tires so as to cause the bumper or frame to exceed the maximum heights established in present law. - Amends TCA Title 55, Chapter 9. | Primary sponsor | In committee | February 12, 2025 |
| SB 378 | State Government - As introduced, creates the "Tennessee Critical Infrastructure Act." - Amends TCA Title 4. | Primary sponsor | In committee | February 12, 2025 |
| SB 1229 | Sports - As introduced, changes from January 1 to March 1, the date by which each local education agency and public charter school is required to submit documentation to the department of education evidencing its compliance with the requirement to notify an association that regulates interscholastic athletics at the school in which the student is enrolled of a student's placement in foster care; removes the requirement that the department annually submit a report of this information to the education committees of the senate and house of representatives. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 8; Title 48 and Title 49. | Primary sponsor | In committee | February 12, 2025 |
| SB 1126 | Local Education Agencies - As introduced, makes various changes to the categories of individuals who are not required to use a preferred pronoun, and for whom a preferred pronoun be disregarded, if the pronoun is inconsistent with the person's biological sex; makes various changes to the civil liability and adverse action protections as it relates to the use of, or the refusal to use, a pronoun or preferred pronoun. - Amends TCA Title 49. | Primary sponsor | In committee | February 12, 2025 |