Tennessee · Current officeholder
Michele Reneau
Republican Tennessee House, District 27
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Sponsored legislation
78 bills in the current data (78 as primary sponsor), sorted by most recent official action. Linked by Open States person ID.
| Bill | Title | Role | Stage | Last action |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HB 853 | Children - As enacted, clarifies that a child's parent, legal guardian, or legal custodian may, to the extent allowable by federal law, access and review all health and medical records of the child, including those records related to treatments available to unemancipated minors without parental consent; makes other related changes. - Amends TCA Title 33; Title 36; Title 37; Title 49; Title 63 and Title 68. | Primary sponsor | In committee | May 18, 2026 |
| HJR 1566 | Memorials, Recognition - Walden's Ridge Emergency Service, 50th anniversary - | Primary sponsor | Enacted | May 7, 2026 |
| HJR 1495 | Memorials, Recognition - Komatsu Chattanooga Manufacturing Operations, 40th anniversary - | Primary sponsor | Enacted | May 5, 2026 |
| HJR 1494 | Memorials, Recognition - Historical marker honoring WWII Veteran Russell LeRoy Pickett - | Primary sponsor | Enacted | May 5, 2026 |
| HB 1692 | Adoption - As enacted, clarifies that a court may waive the requirement for a home study in an adoption when the prospective adoptive parent or parents are not related to the child if certain requirements are met. - Amends TCA Title 36 and Title 37. | Primary sponsor | Enacted | May 5, 2026 |
| HJR 1468 | Memorials, Professional Achievement - Anna Cat Shepard, Mountain Education Foundation High School Educator of the Year - | Primary sponsor | Enacted | May 1, 2026 |
| HJR 1467 | Memorials, Professional Achievement - Shannon Roddy, Mountain Education Foundation Middle School Educator of the Year - | Primary sponsor | Enacted | May 1, 2026 |
| HJR 1425 | Memorials, Recognition - Firefighters - | Primary sponsor | Enacted | April 30, 2026 |
| HB 2393 | Local Education Agencies - As enacted, requires each LEA and public charter school serving students in any of the grades K–5 to adopt a policy governing the age-appropriate and instructional use of digital devices by students to minimize unnecessary screen time while preserving instructional effectiveness. - Amends TCA Title 49. | Primary sponsor | In committee | April 29, 2026 |
| HB 849 | Statutes and Codification - As enacted, clarifies that a "person," as used in Tennessee Code Annotated, does not include artificial intelligence, a computer algorithm, a software program, computer hardware, or any type of machine. - Amends TCA Title 1. | Primary sponsor | In committee | April 28, 2026 |
| HB 1694 | Medical Occupations - As enacted, enacts the "Tennessee K-9 Emergency Medical Care and Transport Act." - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 14, Part 2; Title 44, Chapter 17; Title 63, Chapter 12 and Title 68, Chapter 140. | Primary sponsor | In committee | April 28, 2026 |
| HJR 1322 | Memorials, Recognition - Walden's Ridge Civic Center, National Register of Historic Places - | Primary sponsor | Enacted | April 20, 2026 |
| HJR 1321 | Memorials, Heroism - Captain William Maxwell, Signal Mountain Fire Department - | Primary sponsor | Enacted | April 20, 2026 |
| HJR 1320 | Memorials, Heroism - Firefighter Matthew McDowell, Signal Mountain Fire Department - | Primary sponsor | Enacted | April 20, 2026 |
| HJR 1319 | Memorials, Heroism - Lieutenant Christopher Wieniewitz, Signal Mountain Fire Department - | Primary sponsor | Enacted | April 20, 2026 |
| HJR 1318 | Memorials, Heroism - Firefighter Etta Schafer, Signal Mountain Fire Department - | Primary sponsor | Enacted | April 20, 2026 |
| HJR 1317 | Memorials, Heroism - Lieutenant Jay Sharp, Signal Mountain Fire Department - | Primary sponsor | Enacted | April 20, 2026 |
| HJR 1316 | Memorials, Heroism - Engineer J.P. Durham, Signal Mountain Fire Department - | Primary sponsor | Enacted | April 20, 2026 |
| HJR 1315 | Memorials, Recognition - Tennessee veterans - | Primary sponsor | Enacted | April 20, 2026 |
| HJR 1248 | Memorials, Recognition - Association of Environmental and Engineering Geologists, 69th Annual Meeting - | Primary sponsor | Enacted | April 16, 2026 |
| HB 1247 | Taxes, Sales - As introduced, exempts from sales tax, the first $20 of the sales price on a sale of tangible personal property paid for with physical cash declared legal tender, including gold and silver. - Amends TCA Title 67, Chapter 6, Part 3. | Primary sponsor | In committee | April 15, 2026 |
| HJR 1205 | Memorials, Recognition - Sam Wofford - | Primary sponsor | Enacted | April 14, 2026 |
| HJR 1204 | Memorials, Recognition - Seven Mingo - | Primary sponsor | Enacted | April 14, 2026 |
| HJR 1203 | Memorials, Recognition - Officer Adam Williams - | Primary sponsor | Enacted | April 14, 2026 |
| HJR 1202 | Memorials, Recognition - Officer Andrew Irwin - | Primary sponsor | Enacted | April 14, 2026 |
| HJR 1201 | Memorials, Recognition - Investigator Daryl Slaughter - | Primary sponsor | Enacted | April 14, 2026 |
| HJR 1200 | Memorials, Recognition - Sergeant Jeremiah Cook - | Primary sponsor | Enacted | April 14, 2026 |
| HJR 1199 | Memorials, Recognition - Lieutenant Billy Atwell - | Primary sponsor | Enacted | April 14, 2026 |
| HJR 1198 | Memorials, Recognition - Officer Kurtis Bacha - | Primary sponsor | Enacted | April 14, 2026 |
| HJR 1197 | Memorials, Recognition - Tactical Medicals Justin Krantz and Jason Kile - | Primary sponsor | Enacted | April 14, 2026 |
| HJR 1196 | Memorials, Recognition - FTO Jared Wilcox and Officer Joel Crawford - | Primary sponsor | Enacted | April 14, 2026 |
| HJR 1195 | Memorials, Recognition - Officer Codi Monroy - | Primary sponsor | Enacted | April 14, 2026 |
| HJR 1194 | Memorials, Recognition - FTO Kristen Thomas - | Primary sponsor | Enacted | April 14, 2026 |
| HJR 1193 | Memorials, Recognition - Officer Ryan Berg - | Primary sponsor | Enacted | April 14, 2026 |
| HJR 1192 | Memorials, Recognition - Hamilton County Schools - | Primary sponsor | Enacted | April 14, 2026 |
| HJR 1191 | Memorials, Recognition - Clifford and Carol Ackerson - | Primary sponsor | Enacted | April 14, 2026 |
| HJR 1190 | Memorials, Recognition - Ed Caram - | Primary sponsor | Enacted | April 14, 2026 |
| HJR 1189 | Memorials, Recognition - University of Tennessee at Chattanooga (UTC) Police Department - | Primary sponsor | Enacted | April 14, 2026 |
| HJR 1188 | Memorials, Recognition - United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Tennessee - | Primary sponsor | Enacted | April 14, 2026 |
| HJR 1187 | Memorials, Recognition - Sergeant Robin Davenport - | Primary sponsor | Enacted | April 14, 2026 |
| HJR 1186 | Memorials, Recognition - Auto Crimes Unit - | Primary sponsor | Enacted | April 14, 2026 |
| HJR 1185 | Memorials, Recognition - Peer Support Team - | Primary sponsor | Enacted | April 14, 2026 |
| HJR 1184 | Memorials, Recognition - Sergeant Jasin Holmes - | Primary sponsor | Enacted | April 14, 2026 |
| HJR 1183 | Memorials, Recognition - Officer Dresdyn Johnson - | Primary sponsor | Enacted | April 14, 2026 |
| HJR 1182 | Memorials, Recognition - Investigator Joshua Branam - | Primary sponsor | Enacted | April 14, 2026 |
| HJR 1181 | Memorials, Recognition - Co-Responder Amanda Finn - | Primary sponsor | Enacted | April 14, 2026 |
| HJR 1180 | Memorials, Recognition - Shea Jefferson - | Primary sponsor | Enacted | April 14, 2026 |
| HB 985 | Firearms and Ammunition - As introduced, removes the criminal offense of possession of a weapon in a building or on property that is properly posted; removes the requirement that the department of safety suspend or revoke a handgun carry permit for a violation of that offense by a handgun permit holder. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 17, Part 13. | Primary sponsor | In committee | April 14, 2026 |
| HJR 1140 | Memorials, Recognition - Siskin Children's Institute, 75th anniversary - | Primary sponsor | Enacted | April 9, 2026 |
| HB 851 | Election Laws - As introduced, makes changes to the process for voting absentee under the federal Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act. - Amends TCA Title 2, Chapter 6, Part 5. | Primary sponsor | In committee | April 8, 2026 |
| HB 2397 | Veterans - As introduced, requires local governmental entities to invite honorably discharged veterans who apply for employment or promotion to interview; requires preference be given to such veteran if the minimum qualifications and the skills, abilities, competencies, and knowledge of the veteran and any another applicant being interviewed for the position are equal; requires state and local application forms to provide the option for an applicant to declare veteran status. - Amends TCA Title 7, Chapter 51; Title 8, Chapter 30, Part 3 and Title 58, Chapter 2. | Primary sponsor | In committee | April 8, 2026 |
| HB 850 | Search & Seizure - As introduced, requires officials who are employed or contracted by the federal government, the state government, or a local government within this state, or an agency or department thereof, to obtain a search warrant that identifies the person or property that is the subject of the search before entering private property, unless a judicially recognized exception to the warrant requirement exists. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 8; Title 38; Title 39; Title 40 and Title 44. | Primary sponsor | In committee | April 7, 2026 |
| HB 1853 | Food and Food Products - As enacted, prohibits LEAs and public charter schools from selling, offering for sale, or providing to students on school property through a school nutrition program any food or beverage item that contains Allura Red AC; Erythrosine B; Tartrazine; Sunset Yellow FCF; Erioglaucine disodium salt; Indigo carmine; or Fast Green FCF. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 6. | Primary sponsor | In committee | April 2, 2026 |
| HB 846 | Architects, Engineers and Designers - As introduced, requires the state board of examiners for architects and engineers to publish the time and place at which examinations to receive an engineer intern certificate or to register as a professional engineer are held and the acceptable grade necessary for passage of the examinations on the board's website. - Amends TCA Title 49; Title 62 and Title 63. | Primary sponsor | In committee | April 1, 2026 |
| HB 2395 | Education, Curriculum - As enacted, beginning with the 2027-2028 school year, requires each LEA and public charter school to, as part of the social studies curriculum, present a civics instructional video approved by the state board of education at least once to students in grades six through eight and at least once to students in grades nine through 12. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 1 and Title 49, Chapter 6. | Primary sponsor | Enacted | March 30, 2026 |
| HB 2396 | Utilities, Utility Districts - As introduced, prohibits public water system operators from adding fluoride to their water systems. - Amends TCA Title 68, Chapter 221. | Primary sponsor | In committee | March 24, 2026 |
| HJR 1015 | Memorials, Recognition - United States of America, 250th anniversary - | Primary sponsor | Enacted | March 18, 2026 |
| HB 2394 | Public Funds and Financing - As introduced, expresses the legislative intent that a county in which a county-wide fire department is established, or in which a volunteer fire department provides services, direct priority for the appropriation and allocation of county funds to fund the activities of the county-wide or volunteer fire department. - Amends TCA Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 8; Title 38 and Title 68, Chapter 102, Part 3. | Primary sponsor | In committee | March 18, 2026 |
| HB 2392 | Business and Commerce - As introduced, creates the "Tennessee Data Center Impact Review Act." - Amends TCA Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 10; Title 62; Title 65; Title 68 and Title 69. | Primary sponsor | In committee | March 18, 2026 |
| HJR 989 | Memorials, Professional Achievement - Matthew McDowell, Signal Mountain Fire Department, 2025 Firefighter of the Year - | Primary sponsor | Enacted | March 11, 2026 |
| HJR 972 | Memorials, Personal Occasion - William and Vickie Thomas, 50th wedding anniversary - | Primary sponsor | Enacted | March 11, 2026 |
| HJR 938 | Memorials, Retirement - Steve Gaston - | Primary sponsor | Enacted | March 11, 2026 |
| HJR 780 | Constitutional Amendments - Proposes adding a provision establishing the right to food that includes the right to save and exchange seeds and the right to grow, raise, harvest, produce, and acquire and consume the food of their own choosing for their own nourishment, sustenance, bodily health, and well-being. - | Primary sponsor | In committee | March 11, 2026 |
| HB 848 | Aircraft and Airports - As introduced, requires the Tennessee Aeronautics Commission to study the laws and regulations of other states regarding restrictions on the operation of drones over private property. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 38; Title 39; Title 42; Title 56 and Title 66. | Primary sponsor | In committee | March 11, 2026 |
| HJR 987 | Memorials, Personal Occasion - J. Clyde Edwards, 95th birthday - | Primary sponsor | Enacted | March 6, 2026 |
| HJR 763 | Memorials, Recognition - Siskin Steel & Supply Company, Inc., 125th anniversary - | Primary sponsor | Enacted | February 11, 2026 |
| HJR 762 | Memorials, Death - Kay Lee Arthur - | Primary sponsor | Enacted | February 11, 2026 |
| HB 1693 | State Government - As introduced, adds a certificate of release or discharge from active duty (DD-214) issued by the United States department of defense to the list of items an applicant for a federal, state, or local public benefit may produce to a state governmental entity or local health department to verify the applicant's United States citizenship. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 58 and Title 49. | Primary sponsor | Introduced | January 21, 2026 |
| HB 130 | Food and Food Products - As enacted, adds certain conditions in order to produce and sell homemade food items. - Amends TCA Title 53 and Title 68, Chapter 14, Part 7. | Primary sponsor | In committee | May 15, 2025 |
| HJR 698 | Memorials, Recognition - Captain Larry L. Taylor American Legion Post 293 in Signal Mountain - | Primary sponsor | Enacted | May 7, 2025 |
| HJR 697 | Memorials, Sports - Soddy Daisy High School Trojans, Class A back-to-back dual and traditional wrestling state champions - | Primary sponsor | Enacted | May 7, 2025 |
| HJR 561 | Memorials, Death - Carl Elzia Levi - | Primary sponsor | Enacted | April 24, 2025 |
| HB 845 | Open Meetings - As introduced, increases, from 30 to 45, the number of days the office of open records counsel has to acknowledge and approve a plan submitted by a governing body detailing how the body plans to comply with electronic communication requirements that address meeting by means of an internet forum. - Amends TCA Title 8, Chapter 44. | Primary sponsor | In committee | April 9, 2025 |
| HB 1262 | 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 | April 2, 2025 |
| HB 129 | Military - As introduced, prohibits the Tennessee national guard, or a member of the national guard, from being released from state duty into federal active duty combat unless the United States congress has passed an official declaration of war or has taken an official action pursuant to Article 1, Section 8, Clause 15, of the United States Constitution to explicitly call forth the Tennessee national guard or a member of the national guard for the enumerated purposes to expressly execute the laws of the union, repel an invasion, or suppress an insurrection. - Amends TCA Title 58, Chapter 1. | Primary sponsor | In committee | March 5, 2025 |
| HJR 208 | Memorials, Sports - Jayme Salisbury, Tennessee Special Olympics Winter Games gold medal winner - | Primary sponsor | Enacted | February 27, 2025 |
| HB 847 | Sewage - As introduced, decreases from 60 to 45 days, the amount of time the executive director of the board of commissioners of a water and wastewater treatment authority has to annually prepare the operating budget of the authority and submit the budget to the board for approval prior to the beginning of the fiscal year. - Amends TCA Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 65; Title 68 and Title 69. | Primary sponsor | Introduced | February 6, 2025 |
| HB 844 | Comptroller, State - As introduced, deletes an antiquated section that required the office of research and education in the office of the comptroller to study and report on the formation and operation of community schools to legislative committees with subject matter jurisdiction over education by November 1, 2018. - Amends TCA Title 49. | Primary sponsor | Introduced | February 6, 2025 |