Tennessee · Current officeholder
Rusty Crowe
Republican Tennessee Senate, District 3
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Sponsored legislation
99 bills in the current data (99 as primary sponsor), sorted by most recent official action. Linked by Open States person ID.
| Bill | Title | Role | Stage | Last action |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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. | Primary sponsor | In committee | May 27, 2026 |
| 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. | Primary sponsor | In committee | May 27, 2026 |
| SB 1849 | Local Government, General - As enacted, enacts the "Essential Governmental Employee Housing Act of 2026"; makes related changes. - Amends TCA Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 8; Title 9; Title 12 and Title 67. | Primary sponsor | Enacted | May 27, 2026 |
| SB 2088 | Drugs, Prescription - As enacted, authorizes a law enforcement officer to cause to be administered a blood or urine test on a person for the presence of a psychotropic drug if such officer has probable cause to believe that the person committed a mass shooting and the person consents to such test; clarifies that if the person is a minor, then a parent or legal guardian must consent; directs the health science center to study the drug interactions between any drugs found in the person's blood or urine. - Amends TCA Title 38; Title 40; Title 53; Title 63 and Title 68. | Primary sponsor | Enacted | May 18, 2026 |
| SB 1777 | Health Care - As enacted, enacts the "Caring for Caregivers Act." - Amends TCA Title 9; Title 33; Title 52; Title 67 and Title 68. | Primary sponsor | In committee | May 18, 2026 |
| SB 1153 | Physicians and Surgeons - As enacted, makes various changes relative to the authority of a physician or podiatrist to prescribe, dispense, or administer medication to the provider's own self or immediate family; makes related changes. - Amends TCA Title 33; Title 39; Title 53; Title 63 and Title 68. | Primary sponsor | In committee | May 15, 2026 |
| SJR 1276 | Memorials, Recognition - Randall Franks and A Zippedy Doodle Day: American Folk Songs - | Primary sponsor | Enacted | May 11, 2026 |
| SJR 1242 | Memorials, Death - R.L. McKinney - | Primary sponsor | Enacted | May 11, 2026 |
| SJR 1141 | Memorials, Interns - Alvin Cole III - | Primary sponsor | Enacted | May 11, 2026 |
| SJR 1241 | Memorials, Recognition - Jackson Bridge Celebration - | Primary sponsor | Enacted | May 7, 2026 |
| SB 2087 | Teachers, Principals and School Personnel - As enacted, requires the principal or the principal's designee to provide notification to the parent or legal guardian of each student who was in the classroom or instructional area at the time that a classroom evacuation occurred by the end of the day in which the classroom evacuation occurred unless the event that prompted the classroom evacuation is an ongoing emergency or is otherwise under investigation by a state or local law enforcement agency, in which case the notification must not be provided to parents and legal guardians until the emergency event is resolved or the principal or the principal's designee determines that providing the notification does not impede an ongoing investigation, as applicable. - Amends TCA Title 49. | Primary sponsor | Enacted | May 5, 2026 |
| SB 2013 | Nurses, Nursing - As enacted, enacts the "Tennessee Nursing Education Integrity and Oversight Act." - Amends TCA Title 49 and Title 63. | Primary sponsor | Enacted | May 5, 2026 |
| SB 2434 | Criminal Offenses - As enacted, creates the Class C misdemeanor offense of knowingly using an unmanned aircraft over the grounds of a school. - Amends TCA Title 39 and Title 49. | Primary sponsor | Enacted | May 4, 2026 |
| SB 2424 | Real Property - As enacted, enacts the "Sen. Frank Niceley National Security and Economic Protection Act." - Amends TCA Title 66, Chapter 2, Part 3. | Primary sponsor | Enacted | May 4, 2026 |
| SJR 1096 | Memorials, Recognition - Jaden Yoder, 2026 Boys & Girls Club of Elizabethton/Carter County Youth of the Year - | Primary sponsor | Enacted | May 1, 2026 |
| SJR 1095 | Memorials, Recognition - Appalachian Fair, 100th anniversary - | Primary sponsor | Enacted | May 1, 2026 |
| SB 2427 | Nurses, Nursing - As enacted, revises various provisions regarding medication aides, including allowing for a student in good standing enrolled in an approved school of nursing to be eligible to receive a medication aide certificate. - Amends TCA Title 63, Chapter 7. | Primary sponsor | Enacted | April 29, 2026 |
| SB 2426 | Education, Dept. of - As enacted, authorizes LEAs with a voluntary pre-K program to enroll children who are not at-risk but who live in the LEA's geographic area, are three on or before August 15 and who have a parent employed by the LEA, and certain children who are five on or before August 15 to be eligible for IEP and who have not previously been enrolled in an LEA's voluntary pre-K program, if certain criteria are met. - Amends TCA Title 49. | Primary sponsor | Enacted | April 29, 2026 |
| SB 1679 | Local Government, General - As enacted, makes changes to the process by which local governments may issue and sell grant anticipation notes; authorizes the comptroller to approve certain notes issued by a local government if the local government demonstrates that a natural disaster has caused economic distress. - Amends TCA Title 9, Chapter 13, Part 2 and Title 9, Chapter 21, Part 7. | Primary sponsor | Enacted | April 27, 2026 |
| SB 2433 | Education - As enacted, authorizes an LEA or public charter school to continue a disciplinary investigation of a student who, during the investigation, withdraws from the LEA or public charter school; authorizes, if the student later reenrolls, the LEA or public charter school to discipline the student in accordance with the LEA's or public charter school's policy based on the results of the investigation. - Amends TCA Title 49. | Primary sponsor | In committee | April 24, 2026 |
| SB 1150 | 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 23, 2026 |
| SJR 1167 | Memorials, Sports - Milligan University Disc Golf national champions - | Primary sponsor | Enacted | April 22, 2026 |
| SJR 1031 | Memorials, Recognition - Fallen veterans of Happy Valley High School - | Primary sponsor | Enacted | April 22, 2026 |
| SB 651 | Taxes, Real Property - As introduced, revises the formula for calculating tax relief on real property owned by eligible disabled veterans so that in determining the amount of relief to such a taxpayer, the assessed value on the first $175,000 of full market value is to be multiplied by the ad valorem tax rate of the jurisdiction instead of by a rate that has been adjusted to reflect the relationship between appraised value and market value in that jurisdiction. - Amends TCA Title 67, Chapter 5, Part 7. | Primary sponsor | In committee | April 20, 2026 |
| SB 650 | TennCare - As introduced, enacts "Emma's Bill," which requires that when making a determination of medical necessity, the bureau shall take into consideration the patient's overall condition and use such overall condition as a factor to determine the level of funding and what medical items and services the patient receives, even if such determination does not result in the least costly course of diagnosis or treatment. - Amends TCA Title 4 and Title 71. | Primary sponsor | In committee | April 20, 2026 |
| SB 647 | Public Funds and Financing - As introduced, creates the medical expense relief fund to assist the next of kin and the estate of a decedent who was enrolled in TennCare at the time of death with paying the decedent's medical debt and expenses; requires the department of human services to administer the fund and the awarding of grants. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 3; Title 9 and Title 71. | Primary sponsor | In committee | April 20, 2026 |
| SB 334 | TennCare - As introduced, enacts the "Tennessee Medicaid Modernization and Access Act of 2025," which aligns TennCare's current Medicaid reimbursement rates for obstetrics/gynecology, primary care, outpatient mental health, and substance use disorder treatment with the Medicare fee schedule or average commercial rates, whichever is higher. - Amends TCA Title 63; Title 68 and Title 71. | Primary sponsor | In committee | April 20, 2026 |
| SB 294 | Taxes, Exemption and Credits - 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. | Primary sponsor | In committee | April 20, 2026 |
| SB 2430 | Criminal Offenses - As introduced, requires a posted sign or notice intended to warn violators that trespassers by motor vehicle will be prosecuted to clearly define the area in which driving, parking, standing, or otherwise operating a motor vehicle is prohibited. - Amends TCA Title 39. | Primary sponsor | In committee | April 20, 2026 |
| SB 2094 | Education, Higher - As introduced, requires each public institution of higher education to classify a student who is the spouse of a service member who has not resided in this state for at least one year as an in-state student for tuition purposes if the service member's spouse resides in this state while enrolled in the institution; adds dependants of active-duty military personnel or veterans residing outside of this state to those who are eligible to receive the in-state tuition rate at a public institution of higher education; requires, instead of allows, the governing board of each such institution to provide the in-state tuition rate to military-affiliated individuals. - Amends TCA Title 49. | Primary sponsor | In committee | April 20, 2026 |
| SB 1152 | Licenses - As introduced, enacts the "Ola Mae Ransom Reintegration Act," which exempts veterans of the United States military, including the national guard and reserves, from payment of the $15 fee for a business license. - Amends TCA Title 5; Title 6; Title 7 and Title 67. | Primary sponsor | In committee | April 20, 2026 |
| SB 1151 | Lottery, Scholarships and Programs - As introduced, removes the requirement that a student with a documented intellectual disability be admitted to, and enrolled in, an eligible postsecondary institution in an eligible postsecondary program no later than 16 months after completing high school in order to be eligible to receive a Tennessee STEP UP scholarship. - Amends TCA Title 8, Chapter 50, Part 1; Title 49, Chapter 7 and Title 49, Chapter 4. | Primary sponsor | In committee | April 20, 2026 |
| SJR 947 | Memorials, Professional Achievement - David Frizzell, NFIB Small Business Champion Award - | Primary sponsor | Enacted | April 16, 2026 |
| SR 275 | Memorials, Congress - Urges Congress to rename Dogwood Lane on federal property at Mountain Home VA the "Congressman Phil Roe Boulevard." - | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | April 9, 2026 |
| SB 2610 | Taxes, Privilege - As introduced, authorizes municipalities to levy a tax on the privilege of engaging in the act of development within the boundaries of the municipality; requires such tax to be levied at the rate and under the terms, conditions, and limitations contained in present law that apply to counties. - Amends TCA Title 67, Chapter 4, Part 29. | Primary sponsor | In committee | April 8, 2026 |
| SB 2423 | 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 | Enacted | April 2, 2026 |
| SB 1145 | Death - As introduced, requires, if the person or government agency assuming custody of a body for the purposes of burial does not request an autopsy, or that the body be embalmed, the person or agency to ensure that the body is buried within 48 hours from the time when the person or agency waives the ability to request an autopsy or embalming of the body. - Amends TCA Title 34, Chapter 6, Part 37; Title 38; Title 50; Title 56; Title 62, Chapter 5; Title 62, Chapter 6 and Title 68. | Primary sponsor | In committee | April 1, 2026 |
| SJR 565 | Memorials, Recognition - Endometriosis Awareness Month, March 2026 - | Primary sponsor | Enacted | March 31, 2026 |
| SB 2428 | 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 | March 31, 2026 |
| SJR 839 | General Assembly, Confirmation of Appointment - Steven Emil Johnson, Fish and Wildlife Commission - | Primary sponsor | Enacted | March 25, 2026 |
| SB 2092 | Natural Disasters - As introduced, requires TACIR to perform a comprehensive evaluation on the preparedness and response of local and state officials, departments, and agencies to the Hurricane Helene natural disaster. - Amends TCA Title 3; Title 4, Chapter 10 and Title 58. | Primary sponsor | In committee | March 24, 2026 |
| SB 1778 | Tennessee Emergency Management Agency (TEMA) - As enacted, exempts disaster grants administered by TEMA from statutory requirements related to procurement, except that the state retains the right to inspect places of business and audit books and records for compliance. - Amends TCA Section 58-2-109. | Primary sponsor | Enacted | March 23, 2026 |
| SJR 699 | Memorials, Death - Tracy George Trott - | Primary sponsor | Enacted | March 18, 2026 |
| SJR 660 | Memorials, Recognition - "Arts in Education Week," March 1-7, 2026 - | Primary sponsor | Enacted | March 18, 2026 |
| SJR 844 | Memorials, Recognition - National Health Facility Surveyor Week - | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | March 17, 2026 |
| SJR 863 | Memorials, Recognition - Cooper Castle, American Legion Boys State - | Primary sponsor | Enacted | March 12, 2026 |
| SJR 862 | Memorials, Recognition - Gina Harjani, National Orator Contest champion - | Primary sponsor | Enacted | March 12, 2026 |
| SB 2090 | Education - As introduced, requires a private school that participates in the Individualized Education Act or the Tennessee Education Savings Account Pilot Program to comply with certain requirements in order to receive public funds through the program; prohibits a student from receiving an education freedom scholarship if the student is enrolled in a private school that doesn't comply with certain requirements. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 10, Part 14; Title 49, Chapter 6, Part 26 and Title 49, Chapter 6, Part 35. | Primary sponsor | In committee | March 11, 2026 |
| SJR 860 | Memorials, Congress - Urges Congress to rename Dogwood Lane on federal property at Mountain Home VA the"Congressman Phil Roe Boulevard." - | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | March 9, 2026 |
| SJR 691 | Memorials, Death - Robert Chris "Bob" Carroll - | Primary sponsor | Enacted | March 6, 2026 |
| SJR 690 | Memorials, Retirement - Dr. Randy Wykoff - | Primary sponsor | Enacted | March 6, 2026 |
| SJR 661 | Memorials, Death - Kenneth Harlan Green - | Primary sponsor | Enacted | March 6, 2026 |
| SJR 621 | Memorials, Retirement - Robert Allan Clark - | Primary sponsor | Enacted | February 20, 2026 |
| SB 2583 | Election Laws - As introduced, reduces the period for early voting from 15 days to seven days. - Amends TCA Title 2. | Primary sponsor | In committee | February 5, 2026 |
| SB 2436 | Insurance, Health, Accident - As introduced, requires a health insurance entity to approve a healthcare provider's completed credentialing application within two weeks of receipt when the healthcare provider is credentialed by the health insurance entity and relocates to a new practice group or facility that is also credentialed by the same health insurance entity. - Amends TCA Title 56, Chapter 7. | Primary sponsor | In committee | February 5, 2026 |
| SB 2435 | TennCare - As introduced, increases from seven to 10 days, the mandatory public inspection period for a hospital's marketing and strategic planning records prior to a vote by its board to adopt such plans. - Amends TCA Title 3; Title 4; Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 33; Title 41; Title 47; Title 53; Title 56; Title 63; Title 68 and Title 71. | Primary sponsor | In committee | February 5, 2026 |
| SB 2432 | Education, Dept. of - As introduced, changes from February 1 to October 1, the annual reporting date by which the commissioner of education and the commissioner of safety shall jointly report to the governor and the general assembly the implementation of and compliance with the "Schools Against Violence in Education Act." - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 6. | Primary sponsor | In committee | February 5, 2026 |
| SB 2425 | TennCare - As introduced, requires an eligibility determination of an individual for residential facility benefits to evaluate the individual's physical condition and mental condition separately. - Amends TCA Title 71, Chapter 5. | Primary sponsor | In committee | February 5, 2026 |
| SB 2093 | Recreational Areas - As introduced, creates an administrative attachment for the Doe Mountain Recreation Authority with the department of environment and conservation, while preserving the Authority's autonomy and powers in all other aspects. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 11, Chapter 25 and Title 70. | Primary sponsor | In committee | February 5, 2026 |
| SB 2091 | Education - As introduced, authorizes, instead of requires, local education agencies and public charter schools to retain a student in the third grade if the student has not shown a basic understanding of the curriculum and an ability to perform the skills required in the subject of reading or English language arts. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 1 and Title 49, Chapter 6. | Primary sponsor | In committee | February 5, 2026 |
| SB 2089 | Motor Vehicles - As introduced, creates a Class B misdemeanor offense for a motor vehicle dealer or salesperson to knowingly retain a copy, in an electronic or other format, of a person's identification. - Amends TCA Title 39; Title 47 and Title 55. | Primary sponsor | In committee | February 5, 2026 |
| SJR 566 | Memorials, Recognition - Cristy Dunn - | Primary sponsor | Enacted | February 3, 2026 |
| SB 654 | Health Care - As enacted, extends the termination date for the Alzheimer's and dementia respite care pilot program from December 31, 2025, to December 31, 2026. - Amends TCA Title 9; Title 33; Title 52; Title 67 and Title 68. | Primary sponsor | In committee | May 27, 2025 |
| SB 646 | Public Funds and Financing - As enacted, authorizes use of the Hurricane Helene interest payment fund to pay local governments' loan charges; makes related changes. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 9 and Title 58. | Primary sponsor | In committee | May 27, 2025 |
| SB 652 | Correction, Dept. of - As enacted, requires the department to pay from existing budgeted funds a monthly amount to a department employee for the medical care of a retired canine that served the department if the canine is given to the care and custody of the employee. - Amends TCA Title 4. | Primary sponsor | Enacted | May 15, 2025 |
| SB 644 | Nurses, Nursing - As enacted, requires the board of nursing to permit a student to enroll in a practical nursing program offered by a public institution of higher education governed by the Tennessee board of regents if the student meets the qualifications for a high school diploma or its equivalent and meets other requirements; requires the board of nursing to permit a student enrolled in a practical nursing program to sit for the national council licensure exam for practical nurses (NCLEX-PN) upon completion of a practical nursing program. - Amends TCA Title 49 and Title 63. | Primary sponsor | Enacted | May 15, 2025 |
| SB 1143 | Election Laws - As enacted, requires the coordinator of elections to include, in the coordinator's minimum standards for educating election officials, training on temporary forms of identification issued to non-United States citizens that may not be used as evidence of identification on an application for ballot. - Amends TCA Title 2. | Primary sponsor | Enacted | May 13, 2025 |
| SB 293 | Military - As enacted, specifies that the state guard is a separate entity within the military department for budgetary purposes. - Amends TCA Title 9, Chapter 4 and Title 58. | Primary sponsor | In committee | May 8, 2025 |
| SJR 412 | Memorials, Interns - Connor Shaw - | Primary sponsor | Enacted | May 2, 2025 |
| SJR 411 | Memorials, Recognition - Dr. William Turney Williams, Washington County Republican Party Chairman - | Primary sponsor | Enacted | May 2, 2025 |
| SJR 402 | Memorials, Death - James W. "Jim" Ayers - | Primary sponsor | Enacted | May 2, 2025 |
| SB 1155 | Alcoholic Beverages - As enacted, authorizes Johnson City to set the hours that licensees within a downtown district designated by the municipality are authorized to sell or give away alcoholic beverages. - Amends TCA Title 57. | Primary sponsor | Enacted | April 30, 2025 |
| SB 332 | Nurses, Nursing - As enacted, requires the board of nursing to develop a survey to collect certain information from nurse practitioners who have been issued a certificate of fitness from the board; requires the board to submit a report regarding the survey to legislative committees. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 8; Title 14; Title 29; Title 33; Title 37; Title 39; Title 53; Title 63; Title 68 and Title 71. | Primary sponsor | Enacted | April 29, 2025 |
| SB 1146 | Drugs, Prescription - As enacted, requires a county medical examiner to test for, and obtain certain information concerning, the presence of any drugs in a decedent in certain situations; requires the health science center to conduct certain studies regarding drug interactions and submit quarterly reports to the general assembly. - Amends TCA Title 38; Title 53; Title 63 and Title 68. | Primary sponsor | Enacted | April 29, 2025 |
| SB 1140 | Tennessee Fish & Wildlife Commission - As enacted, makes changes relative to temporary group hunting event permits. - Amends TCA Title 58 and Title 70. | Primary sponsor | Enacted | April 29, 2025 |
| SB 1149 | Funeral Directors and Embalmers - As enacted, authorizes a funeral director applicant who was not previously licensed in this state to substitute one year of apprenticeship with an associate degree from a college accredited by the American Board of Funeral Service Education or completion of a program of study in funeral service education. - Amends TCA Title 62, Chapter 5. | Primary sponsor | In committee | April 28, 2025 |
| SB 1148 | Traffic Safety - As enacted, defines "fully enclosed" as having side panels, a roll bar or roof, and a windshield with regard to crash helmet requirements not applying to autocycles that are fully enclosed. - Amends TCA Title 55. | Primary sponsor | In committee | April 28, 2025 |
| SJR 376 | Memorials, Recognition - Tennessee Federation of Republican Women, 70th anniversary - | Primary sponsor | Enacted | April 10, 2025 |
| SJR 321 | Memorials, Recognition - Dean Holmen and The Music City Hayride - | Primary sponsor | Enacted | April 10, 2025 |
| SB 515 | Hospitals and Health Care Facilities - As enacted, extends by four years to June 30, 2029, the current 125-bed limitation on the number of new nursing home beds for which the health facilities commission may issue a certificate of need per fiscal year. - Amends TCA Section 68-11-1619. | Primary sponsor | Enacted | April 8, 2025 |
| SJR 362 | Memorials, Death - Steve Grindstaff - | Primary sponsor | In committee | April 7, 2025 |
| SB 1142 | Utilities, Utility Districts - As introduced, requires each utility system to obtain a certificate of analysis for any water sold by the utility system that contains fluoride, and post the certificate and the material safety data sheet for fluoride online. - Amends TCA Title 7, Chapter 36; Title 7, Chapter 82 and Title 68, Chapter 221. | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | March 31, 2025 |
| SB 333 | Nurses, Nursing - As introduced, requires all hospitals licensed by the health facilities commission or by the department of mental health and substance abuse services to report annually to the department of health, on a form promulgated by the department, the number of advanced practice registered nurses who are working in the hospital for each month. - Amends TCA Title 29; Title 33; Title 53; Title 56; Title 63 and Title 68. | Primary sponsor | In committee | March 26, 2025 |
| SB 331 | Health Care - As introduced, changes from March 1 to January 15 the date by which the bureau of TennCare, in consultation with the perinatal advisory committee and with the assistance of relevant state agencies, must report to legislative committees concerning aspects of quality and outcomes in perinatal care for the last two available fiscal years or calendar years, as may be available. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 8; Title 14; Title 29; Title 33; Title 37; Title 39; Title 53; Title 63; Title 68 and Title 71. | Primary sponsor | In committee | March 26, 2025 |
| SB 295 | Education, Higher - As introduced, extends to the dependent children and spouses of veterans who sustained a permanent and total service-connected disability during a qualifying period of armed conflict the same waiver of all tuition and fees at public institutions of higher education being provided to the dependent children and spouses of veterans who were killed, died due to injuries received, or reported as prisoners of war or missing in action during a qualifying period of armed conflict. - Amends TCA Title 49. | Primary sponsor | In committee | March 26, 2025 |
| SB 1154 | Human Resources, Department of - As introduced, enacts the "Tennessee Health SNAP Act," which requires the department to submit a request for a waiver from the United States department of agriculture's food and nutrition service to seek authorization to prohibit the use of SNAP benefits for the purchase of candy and soft drinks. - Amends TCA Title 71. | Primary sponsor | In committee | March 26, 2025 |
| SB 645 | Election Laws - As introduced, prohibits online voting, except for the electronic provision of voting materials to military members and citizens abroad; prohibits the use of a post office box for establishing residency for voting purposes; requires a registered voter who moves to a different county in this state to vote based on current residence regardless of whether the voter has updated the voter's registration. - Amends TCA Title 2. | Primary sponsor | In committee | March 25, 2025 |
| SB 653 | Special License Plates - As introduced, exempts new specialty earmarked license plates for which the funds are allocated to, and used by, a nonprofit organization to support state historic sites from meeting the minimum initial issuance requirement of 1,000 plates and the minimum issuance requirement of 800 plates upon renewal. - Amends TCA Title 55, Chapter 4. | Primary sponsor | In committee | March 19, 2025 |
| SB 1147 | Education, Dept. of - As introduced, requires the department to compile a list of all of the educator preparation providers' teacher training requirements for licensed educators to teach students in any of the grades K-12 who are employees of a local education agency or public charter school; requires the department to publish the list on the department's website and submit the list to the education committee of the senate and the committee of the house of representatives having jurisdiction over educator licensure by June 30 of each year. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 1 and Title 49, Chapter 5. | Primary sponsor | In committee | March 19, 2025 |
| SB 1144 | Traffic Safety - As introduced, requires the driver of a vehicle approaching a slow-moving or stationary farm tractor or implement of husbandry that displays an indicator that it is a slow-moving vehicle to reduce speed and move over, if possible to do so safely. - Amends TCA Title 55. | Primary sponsor | In committee | March 19, 2025 |
| SB 1141 | Water - As introduced, decreases from 1.5 milligrams per liter to 0.4 milligrams per liter the threshold for the presence of fluoride in a public water system that requires an increase in the frequency of fluoride-level testing from quarterly to monthly; requires public water systems to cease adding fluoride to drinking water supplies by May 1, 2025, and provide written notice of cessation of fluoridation to customers. - Amends TCA Title 68, Chapter 221, Part 7. | Primary sponsor | In committee | March 19, 2025 |
| SJR 167 | Memorials, Retirement - Jeff Kelly - | Primary sponsor | Enacted | March 13, 2025 |
| SJR 153 | Memorials, Recognition - Mark Reynolds - | Primary sponsor | Enacted | March 12, 2025 |
| SJR 152 | Memorials, Death - Albert Lee Fatherree II - | Primary sponsor | Enacted | March 12, 2025 |
| SJR 151 | Memorials, Death - Felix Guignard - | Primary sponsor | Enacted | March 12, 2025 |
| SB 6007 | Public Funds and Financing - As enacted, requires the comptroller to disburse payments to property owners whose real or personal property was destroyed or damaged by a FEMA-certified disaster occurring between September 26, 2024, and September 30, 2024, under certain conditions; authorizes the deployment of a governmental entity's personnel and equipment outside its boundaries to another jurisdiction in response to an emergency under certain conditions. - Amends TCA Title 58, Chapter 8 and Title 67, Chapter 5. | Primary sponsor | Enacted | February 25, 2025 |
| SB 649 | Local Education Agencies - As introduced, authorizes recall elections in all counties for members of local boards of education. - Amends TCA Title 2 and Title 49, Chapter 2. | Primary sponsor | In committee | February 12, 2025 |
| SB 648 | Tennessee Emergency Management Agency (TEMA) - As introduced, prohibits the use of the power of eminent domain over real property in an expedited manner during a declared emergency. - Amends TCA Title 29, Chapter 16; Title 29, Chapter 17; Title 54 and Title 58, Chapter 2. | Primary sponsor | In committee | February 12, 2025 |
| SB 516 | Human Services, Dept. of - As introduced, requires the department to annually report by December 1 of each year to legislative committees with jurisdiction over the subject matter pertaining to health concerning the effectiveness of the drug testing program for TANF applicants. - Amends TCA Title 53; Title 68 and Title 71. | Primary sponsor | In committee | February 12, 2025 |