Tennessee · Current officeholder
Jeff Yarbro
Democratic Tennessee Senate, District 21
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Sponsored legislation
117 bills in the current data (117 as primary sponsor), sorted by most recent official action. Linked by Open States person ID.
| Bill | Title | Role | Stage | Last action |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SB 2397 | Pensions and Retirement Benefits - As enacted, enacts the "Tennessee Trump Account Program Act." - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 8; Title 9 and Title 50. | Primary sponsor | In committee | May 15, 2026 |
| SB 7006 | Redistricting, Congressional - As introduced, revises the boundaries for congressional districts in this state. - Amends TCA Title 2, Chapter 16 and Chapter 742 of the Public Acts of 2026. | Primary sponsor | In committee | May 6, 2026 |
| SJR 1083 | Memorials, Interns - Gabriel Thomas - | Primary sponsor | Enacted | May 1, 2026 |
| SB 2326 | Real Property - As enacted, requires a homeowners' association that collects assessments for common expenses to obtain and maintain a blanket fidelity bond to insure the homeowners' association against losses resulting from theft or dishonesty committed by the officers, directors, or persons employed by the homeowners' association, or committed by any managing agent or employees of the managing agent. - Amends TCA Title 66. | Primary sponsor | Enacted | April 23, 2026 |
| SB 312 | Children's Services, Dept. of - As introduced, requires the department to conserve any federal funds a child in the department's care is eligible for or may receive for the child's reasonable, foreseeable future needs or use for special needs services not currently being provided by the department. - Amends TCA Title 36 and Title 37. | Primary sponsor | In committee | April 20, 2026 |
| SB 2399 | Health Care - As introduced, redefines a licensed professional counselor as a limited practice professional counselor; redefines a licensed professional counselor with a designation as a mental health service provider as a licensed professional counselor; terminates the issuance of limited practice professional counselor licenses on July 1, 2028. - Amends TCA Title 8; Title 33; Title 36; Title 49; Title 52; Title 56; Title 63 and Title 68. | Primary sponsor | In committee | April 20, 2026 |
| SB 2314 | Taxes, Sales - As introduced, exempts from the state sales and use tax the retail sale of food and food ingredients. - Amends TCA Title 57, Chapter 3 and Title 67. | Primary sponsor | In committee | April 20, 2026 |
| SB 1829 | Taxes, Exemption and Credits - As introduced, exempts the retail sale of food and food ingredients from the sales and use tax when purchased by families with qualified dependents that meet certain household income requirements. - Amends TCA Title 67, Chapter 6. | Primary sponsor | In committee | April 20, 2026 |
| SB 1702 | Taxes, Sales - As introduced, authorizes a county with a metropolitan government to levy a tax on the retail sale of food and food ingredients for human consumption within the county at a rate less than the local option sales tax rate. - Amends TCA Title 7 and Title 67. | Primary sponsor | In committee | April 20, 2026 |
| SB 1247 | Recreational Areas - As introduced, changes from January 8 to January 31 the date by which the executive director of the Tennessee wildlife resources agency must submit an annual report on the administration of Reelfoot Lake natural area. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 11; Section 28-3-117; Title 39 and Title 70, Chapter 5. | Primary sponsor | In committee | April 20, 2026 |
| SB 1328 | Taxes - As introduced, extends from December 31 to January 15, the date by which the department of finance and administration must annually report in writing to the chairs of the committees of both houses having subject matter jurisdiction over finance-related matters and transportation matters, the total amount of aviation fuel tax revenues collected for the preceding fiscal year. - Amends TCA Title 67. | Primary sponsor | In committee | April 17, 2026 |
| SJR 951 | Memorials, Recognition - Molly Foster, Extraordinary Educator - | Primary sponsor | Enacted | April 16, 2026 |
| SB 1932 | Public Officials - As introduced, requires that certain personally identifying information of elected state and local public officials be maintained confidentially with limited exceptions. - Amends TCA Title 2 and Title 10, Chapter 7. | Primary sponsor | In committee | April 14, 2026 |
| SB 2522 | Banks and Financial Institutions - As introduced, prohibits a bank from digitizing or otherwise converting money held by the bank on behalf of a consumer into a digital currency, digital medium of exchange, or digital monetary unit of account, including cryptocurrency, without express, written authorization from the consumer for whom the money is held. - Amends TCA Title 45. | Primary sponsor | In committee | April 7, 2026 |
| SB 2615 | Taxes - As introduced, requires every taxpayer eligible for an excise tax exemption under present law to file the application for, or renewal of, the exemption on or before the 20th day, instead of the 15th day, of the fourth month following the close of the first tax year for which the person claims the exemption. - Amends TCA Title 67. | Primary sponsor | In committee | April 6, 2026 |
| SB 1258 | Election Laws - As introduced, requires a municipality that adopts an ordinance requiring nonresident property owners to vote by absentee ballot to file such ordinance with the county election commission no later than 75 days, rather than 60 days, before the election. - Amends TCA Title 2 and Title 41. | Primary sponsor | In committee | April 6, 2026 |
| SB 1853 | Human Services, Dept. of - As introduced, requires the department to apply, no later than January 1, 2027, for federal grants and other federal funds available to the state through the federal summer electronic benefits transfer (EBT) for children program for the purpose of providing nutrition assistance through EBT during the summer months for each eligible child. - Amends TCA Title 49 and Title 71. | Primary sponsor | In committee | April 1, 2026 |
| SB 2395 | Privacy, Confidentiality - As introduced, enacts the "Fourth Amendment is Not for Sale Act"; creates a Class B misdemeanor offense for officers, employees, or contractors of a state agency or local governmental entity that is required by law to be issued a warrant prior to obtaining personal information or sensitive data about an individual to knowingly purchase, license, or otherwise obtain the personal information or sensitive data from a controller in lieu of the warrant requirement. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 8; Title 39 and Title 47. | Primary sponsor | In committee | March 25, 2026 |
| SB 1933 | Public Records - As introduced, requires the department of correction to disclose records and information to any member of the general assembly, upon written request, to enable the member to determine whether the laws of this state are being complied with regarding inmates in the department's custody. - Amends TCA Title 3; Title 4; Title 10, Chapter 7; Title 40 and Title 41. | Primary sponsor | In committee | March 25, 2026 |
| SB 1830 | Criminal Offenses - As introduced, enacts "The Intercollegiate Student-Athlete Protection Act," which creates a criminal offense of student athlete harassment; punishes the first offense as a Class A misdemeanor and a second or subsequent offense as a Class E felony; and specifies that a student athlete who is the victim of student athlete harassment has a private right of action against a person convicted of the offense. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 49; Title 39 and Title 49. | Primary sponsor | In committee | March 25, 2026 |
| SB 2620 | Funeral Directors and Embalmers - As introduced, establishes organic human reduction as a legally permissible method to dispose of human remains, with oversight by and pursuant to rules promulgated by the board of funeral directors and embalmers. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 11, Chapter 6, Part 1; Title 62, Chapter 5; Title 63 and Title 68. | Primary sponsor | In committee | March 24, 2026 |
| SB 2619 | Sentencing - As introduced, increases from one year to three years the amount of time a defendant receiving a split sentence of confinement and probation may be required to serve a portion of the sentence in continuous confinement in the local jail or workhouse; specifies that the state is responsible for all costs of incarceration after the first year. - Amends TCA Title 40 and Title 41. | Primary sponsor | In committee | March 23, 2026 |
| SB 1204 | Firearms and Ammunition - As introduced, enacts the "Anti-Road Rage Act of 2024," which creates a Class E felony for the reckless discharge of a firearm while operating, or as a passenger in, a motor vehicle; creates a Class A misdemeanor for the reckless brandishing or display of a firearm while operating, or as a passenger in, a motor vehicle. - Amends TCA Title 39 and Title 55. | Primary sponsor | In committee | March 23, 2026 |
| SB 1129 | Criminal Offenses - As introduced, creates a Class E felony that is committed when a person exercises control over a motor vehicle knowing that the person does not have the permission of the owner of the motor vehicle; creates a Class A misdemeanor of possessing a firearm that the person knows or reasonably should know has been stolen. - Amends TCA Title 39. | Primary sponsor | In committee | March 23, 2026 |
| SJR 721 | Memorials, Sports - Jessica McClintock, state bowling champion - | Primary sponsor | Enacted | March 18, 2026 |
| SJR 720 | Memorials, Sports - Lipscomb Academy girls' bowling team, state championship - | Primary sponsor | Enacted | March 18, 2026 |
| SJR 719 | Memorials, Sports - Maggie Crosslin, TSSAA Division II, Class A girls' cross country individual champion - | Primary sponsor | Enacted | March 18, 2026 |
| SJR 718 | Memorials, Sports - Valor College Prep girls' volleyball, Division I, Class AA state champions - | Primary sponsor | Enacted | March 18, 2026 |
| SJR 717 | Memorials, Sports - University School of Nashville boys' cross country team, state runner-up - | Primary sponsor | Enacted | March 18, 2026 |
| SB 2400 | Libraries - As introduced, clarifies that the Age-Appropriate Materials Act of 2022 does not apply to any materials in the Tennessee Electronic Library. - Amends TCA Title 10, Chapter 1, Part 3 and Title 49, Chapter 6. | Primary sponsor | In committee | March 18, 2026 |
| SB 2298 | Education - As introduced, prohibits local boards of education and public charter school governing bodies from allowing, through their policies, a material in a library collection to be removed while it is being evaluated by the local board, governing body, or the state textbook and instructional materials quality commission, if applicable, until a determination is made as to whether the material is appropriate for the age and maturity level of the students who may access it, and whether the material is suitable for, and consistent with, the educational mission of the school. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 6. | Primary sponsor | In committee | March 18, 2026 |
| SB 1690 | Public Funds and Financing - As introduced, authorizes school districts to establish fund pools for the investment of school district funds. - Amends TCA Title 9 and Title 49. | Primary sponsor | In committee | March 18, 2026 |
| SB 2516 | Housing - As introduced, encourages municipalities to study and assess housing affordability and inventory availability, and to adopt a pattern book for purposes of encouraging the construction of medium-density housing. - Amends TCA Title 6; Title 7 and Title 13. | Primary sponsor | In committee | March 17, 2026 |
| SB 2491 | State Government - As introduced, enacts the "Safe Access to Schools and Child Services Act," which prohibits the following entities from conditioning enrollment, attendance, or receipt of services for a child under 18 on the disclosure of the child's immigration status, except as explicitly required by federal or state law or court order: a county, municipality, or branch or agency thereof; public utility, utility district, entity created pursuant to any interlocal agreement, or any other political subdivision thereof; LEA, public school, or public charter school; and state board, commission, committee, department, office, or other unit of state government; clarifies that the prohibition does not limit compliance with federal immigration law or limit cooperation with federal authorities as required by law. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 33; Title 37; Title 49; Title 68 and Title 71. | Primary sponsor | In committee | March 17, 2026 |
| SB 1329 | State Government - As introduced, reduces from 30 to 21 days the period by which a state department or agency, prior to executing a state professional facilities management contract for services within a state legislative district that would result in the outsourcing of facilities management services to private, nonstate government entities, must notify each member of the general assembly representing such district of the contract. - Amends TCA Title 3; Title 4; Title 8; Title 9; Title 10; Title 12; Title 13; Title 15; Title 41; Title 52; Title 57; Title 58; Title 66 and Title 67. | Primary sponsor | In committee | March 17, 2026 |
| SB 918 | Boats, Boating - As enacted, generally increases from 12 to 14, the age that a person must be to lawfully operate a personal watercraft upon the waters of Tennessee without being under the direct supervision of an adult, except that persons 12 and 13 may continue to operate a personal watercraft upon the waters of Tennessee without being under the direct supervision of an adult on Monday through Friday, excepting legal holidays. - Amends TCA Title 69, Chapter 9. | Primary sponsor | In committee | March 16, 2026 |
| SB 2518 | Transportation, Dept. of - As introduced, changes the deadline from January 1 to February 15 by when the department must submit its annual report to the speakers of the senate and the house of representatives, the chair of the transportation and safety committee of the senate, and the chair of the transportation committee of the house of representatives, on the status of projects funded by the transportation modernization fund. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 23; Title 9, Chapter 11; Title 9, Chapter 21; Title 9, Chapter 4; Title 9, Chapter 9; Title 54 and Title 67. | Primary sponsor | In committee | March 11, 2026 |
| SB 2616 | Consumer Protection - As introduced, increases, from 60 to 65 days, the time that a controller has after receipt of an appeal from a consumer regarding the controller's refusal to take action on a consumer request under the Tennessee Information Protection Act to inform the consumer in writing of action taken or not taken in response to the appeal, including a written explanation of the reasons for the decision. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 39 and Title 47. | Primary sponsor | In committee | March 10, 2026 |
| SB 2521 | State Government - As introduced, expands the requirements of the 2026 and 2027 annual reports to be submitted by the artificial intelligence advisory council to the governor, speaker of the senate, and speaker of the house of representatives by requiring such reports to include recommendations on strategies to detect and minimize the risk of fraud committed by persons using artificial intelligence. - Amends TCA Title 2; Title 4; Title 8; Title 10; Title 16; Title 29; Title 36; Title 37; Title 38; Title 39; Title 40; Title 45; Title 47; Title 48; Title 49; Title 53; Title 62; Title 63; Title 65; Title 67; Title 68 and Title 71. | Primary sponsor | In committee | March 10, 2026 |
| SB 2519 | Consumer Protection - As introduced, updates the mandatory notice regarding security freezes to specify that identity theft complaints to the federal trade commission and attorney general and reporter may be submitted via electronic means as specified by the federal trade commission and the attorney general and reporter, instead of only in writing or via their websites. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 7; Title 8; Title 10; Title 38; Title 39; Title 40; Title 47; Title 49; Title 53; Title 56; Title 63; Title 68 and Title 71. | Primary sponsor | In committee | March 10, 2026 |
| SB 2515 | Corporations, Not for Profit - As introduced, enacts the "Volunteer Communities Act," which provides an unincorporated association or nonprofit corporation organized primarily to provide mutual support and assistance within a community or neighborhood certain benefits, including franchise and excise, sales, and property tax credits and exemptions, and certain liability, food, and zoning protections for mutual aid activities conducted by the organization. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 8; Title 9; Title 13, Chapter 7; Title 29; Title 48; Title 53 and Title 67. | Primary sponsor | In committee | March 10, 2026 |
| SB 2398 | Children - As introduced, requires certain commercial online platforms, websites, and applications to maintain a content moderation system that allows users to report material harmful to minors that is not properly marked or age-restricted; makes other changes related to platform content and minors. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 17, Part 9 and Title 47, Chapter 18. | Primary sponsor | In committee | March 10, 2026 |
| SB 2300 | Employees, Employers - As introduced, requires private-sector employers to compensate employees for accumulated paid leave upon separation from service from employment. - Amends TCA Title 8 and Title 50, Chapter 2. | Primary sponsor | In committee | March 10, 2026 |
| SB 1832 | Computers and Electronic Processing - As introduced, requires high performance computing (HPC) facility operators to devote 50 percent of the computing and data processing output of the facility for a public benefit; requires HPC facility operators to produce an annual report of the facility's energy consumption and carbon footprint; requires such operators to conduct an annual internal compliance audit and submit to an audit upon request by certain governmental entities. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 8 and Title 68. | Primary sponsor | In committee | March 10, 2026 |
| SJR 615 | Memorials, Sports - Nashville SC, 2025 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup Champions - | Primary sponsor | Enacted | February 12, 2026 |
| SB 2618 | Computers and Electronic Processing - As introduced, requires the joint chairs of the artificial intelligence advisory council to publish their annual findings regarding the economic, labor, and ethical impacts of artificial intelligence on an appropriate page of the general assembly's website, in addition to the existing requirement to submit these reports to the governor and legislative speakers. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 10; Title 16; Title 36; Title 37; Title 38; Title 39; Title 40; Title 45; Title 47; Title 48; Title 49; Title 53; Title 63; Title 67; Title 68 and Title 71. | Primary sponsor | In committee | February 5, 2026 |
| SB 2617 | Consumer Protection - As introduced, requires the district attorneys general conference to collect data and submit a report to the governor, speakers of the senate and house of representatives, and legislative librarian by December 15, 2026, regarding the number of prosecutions and convictions for unlawful automated calls. - Amends TCA Title 2; Title 4; Title 8; Title 29; Title 38; Title 39; Title 47; Title 62 and Title 65. | Primary sponsor | In committee | February 5, 2026 |
| SB 2523 | Criminal Offenses - As introduced, clarifies that the criminal offense of knowingly accessing a communication or computer system for the purpose of fraud or theft includes accessing a cloud computing service. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 10; Title 35; Title 37; Title 38; Title 39; Title 40; Title 45; Title 47; Title 65; Title 66; Title 67 and Title 71. | Primary sponsor | In committee | February 5, 2026 |
| SB 2520 | Gaming - As introduced, allocates 2 percent of revenue from sports gaming in this state to programs that serve rural and urban at-risk youth. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 49 and Title 67. | Primary sponsor | In committee | February 5, 2026 |
| SB 2401 | Children's Services, Dept. of - As introduced, requires the department to release certain information regarding providers that department contracts with to the public by January 1, 2027, and to publish monthly reports on its website on short-term or interim placements. - Amends TCA Title 37. | Primary sponsor | In committee | February 5, 2026 |
| SB 2396 | Criminal Offenses - As introduced, creates the new criminal offenses of systematic unauthorized employment and aggravated systematic unauthorized employment; establishes the tort of unfair competition. - Amends TCA Title 29 and Title 39. | Primary sponsor | In committee | February 5, 2026 |
| SB 2321 | Criminal Offenses - As introduced, prohibits a person or entity from distributing an electoral deepfake within 90 days of an election that the person or entity knows or should have known is a deceptive and fraudulent depiction of a candidate or political party; creates civil penalties and outlines exceptions. - Amends TCA Title 2 and Title 39, Chapter 17. | Primary sponsor | In committee | February 5, 2026 |
| SB 2299 | Secretary of State - As introduced, requires the secretary of state to create and maintain a publicly accessible, nonpartisan online candidate information page for each local, state, and federal election. - Amends TCA Title 2. | Primary sponsor | In committee | February 5, 2026 |
| SB 2677 | Tort Liability and Reform - As introduced, establishes a cause of action through which a person who suffers injury, death, or property damage caused by the negligent action of an agent of the federal government engaged in an immigration enforcement action may file a suit against the federal agency to recover compensatory damages and reasonable attorney's fees and costs of bringing the action; requires the person to file a claim within one year of the cause of action accruing. - Amends TCA Title 28 and Title 29. | Primary sponsor | Introduced | February 2, 2026 |
| SB 2490 | TennCare - As introduced, removes an obsolete reference to department of health beginning development of a demonstration project to provide cost effective alternatives to long-term care under the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1981 on July 1, 1982. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 7; Title 8; Title 12; Title 14; Title 33; Title 47; Title 52; Title 53; Title 56; Title 62; Title 63; Title 68 and Title 71. | Primary sponsor | Introduced | February 2, 2026 |
| SB 2489 | TennCare - As introduced, increases from 60 to 65 days the period after the close of each fiscal year within which the department of finance and administration must submit a report to the governor and members of the general assembly that includes an account of the operations and expenditures of all funds under the Medical Assistance Act of 1968, statistics by county about all medical assistance within the state, rules promulgated to carry out the act, and other information the department deems advisable. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 7; Title 8; Title 12; Title 14; Title 33; Title 47; Title 52; Title 53; Title 56; Title 62; Title 63; Title 68 and Title 71. | Primary sponsor | Introduced | February 2, 2026 |
| SB 2297 | TennCare - As introduced, removes an obsolete reference to July 1, 2000, as the initial date after which the department of health must ensure that application forms for TennCare uninsured or uninsurable coverage under the Medical Assistance Act apprise applicants of the requirements of the act. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 7; Title 8; Title 12; Title 14; Title 33; Title 47; Title 52; Title 56; Title 62; Title 63; Title 68 and Title 71. | Primary sponsor | Introduced | February 2, 2026 |
| SB 1852 | TennCare - As introduced, enacts the "TennCare Buy-In Act." - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 3, Part 10 and Title 71, Chapter 5. | Primary sponsor | In committee | February 2, 2026 |
| SB 1831 | Gaming - As introduced, requires a licensee offering interactive sports wagering in this state to restrict access to such wagering on certain campuses of public institutions of higher education; requires certain public institutions of higher education to restrict internet access to interactive sports wagering on campus. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 49, Part 1 and Title 49. | Primary sponsor | In committee | February 2, 2026 |
| SB 1346 | Criminal Offenses - As enacted, creates a civil and criminal action for individuals who are the subject of an intimate digital depiction that is intentionally disclosed without the individual's consent under certain circumstances. - Amends TCA Title 28 and Title 39, Chapter 17. | Primary sponsor | Enacted | May 15, 2025 |
| SB 314 | Public Employees - As enacted, authorizes an eligible education employee to qualify for paid leave during the legal process for adopting a newly placed minor child, specifically during that period of time beginning with the filing of a petition for adoption when a minor child is initially placed within the residence of a prospective adoptive parent pursuant to a court-ordered parental power of attorney or guardianship or custodial order until the issuance of a final order of adoption by the court. - Amends TCA Title 8, Chapter 50; Title 36 and Title 37, Chapter 1. | Primary sponsor | Enacted | May 2, 2025 |
| SJR 400 | Memorials, Death - Gladys Maurine Chatman - | Primary sponsor | Enacted | April 30, 2025 |
| SR 240 | Memorials, Academic Achievement - Ivy Estelle Miller, Salutatorian, Big Picture High School - | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | April 25, 2025 |
| SR 239 | Memorials, Academic Achievement - Alaysia Maki Montgomery, Valedictorian, Big Picture High School - | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | April 25, 2025 |
| SR 238 | Memorials, Academic Achievement - Karen A. Takawe, Salutatorian, Early College High School - | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | April 25, 2025 |
| SR 237 | Memorials, Academic Achievement - Tania Beyonce' Wright, Valedictorian, Early College High School - | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | April 25, 2025 |
| SR 236 | Memorials, Academic Achievement - Victor Sustaita Jr., Salutatorian, Glencliff High School - | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | April 25, 2025 |
| SR 235 | Memorials, Academic Achievement - Keily Yahaira Ortez, Valedictorian, Glencliff High School - | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | April 25, 2025 |
| SR 234 | Memorials, Academic Achievement - Lillie Cate Allen, Salutatorian, Hillsboro High School - | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | April 25, 2025 |
| SR 233 | Memorials, Academic Achievement - Liam Shawn Chapman, Valedictorian, Hillsboro High School - | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | April 25, 2025 |
| SR 232 | Memorials, Academic Achievement - Grayson Lewis Nelms, Salutatorian, Hume-Fogg Magnet High School - | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | April 25, 2025 |
| SR 231 | Memorials, Academic Achievement - Khalid Khadar Hassan, Valedictorian, Hume-Fogg Magnet High School - | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | April 25, 2025 |
| SR 230 | Memorials, Academic Achievement - Dlan D Berwary, Salutatorian, Valor Flagship Academy - | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | April 25, 2025 |
| SR 229 | Memorials, Academic Achievement - Lillian Kate Padgett, Valedictorian, Valor Flagship Academy - | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | April 25, 2025 |
| SR 228 | Memorials, Academic Achievement - Lizbeth Compean, Salutatorian, LEAD Southeast High School - | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | April 25, 2025 |
| SR 227 | Memorials, Academic Achievement - Virginia Aranda, Valedictorian, LEAD Southeast High School - | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | April 25, 2025 |
| SJR 433 | Memorials, Interns - Jordan Riche - | Primary sponsor | Enacted | April 16, 2025 |
| SJR 332 | Memorials, Sports - Hillsboro Burros, Class 4A state boys' basketball champions - | Primary sponsor | Enacted | April 15, 2025 |
| SB 1331 | Children's Services, Dept. of - As introduced, clarifies that on or before January 31 of each year, the department shall report information regarding child support to the general assembly and the governor. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 8; Title 33; Title 34; Title 36; Title 37; Title 41; Title 49; Title 68 and Title 71. | Primary sponsor | In committee | April 14, 2025 |
| SJR 306 | Memorials, Professional Achievement - Jonathan Brocco, Tennessee Charter School Center, Administrator of the Year - | Primary sponsor | Enacted | April 10, 2025 |
| SJR 305 | Memorials, Recognition - Juno Frankie Pierce - | Primary sponsor | Enacted | April 10, 2025 |
| SB 335 | Criminal Offenses - As enacted, enacts the "Voyeurism Victims Act." - Amends TCA Title 28; Title 29; Title 36, Chapter 3, Part 6; Title 39 and Title 40, Chapter 2. | Primary sponsor | Enacted | April 8, 2025 |
| SB 1128 | Criminal Offenses - As introduced, enacts the "Shielding Tennesseans from Oligarchic Power and Eliminating Lawless Obstruction of Necessities Act (STOP ELON Act)," which creates a new offense of interfering with an individual's or entity's receipt of a loan, grant, or financial assistance that the individual or entity is lawfully entitled to receive from the federal, state, or local government, with intent to deprive the individual of the loan, grant, or financial assistance, which is punished as theft; authorizes a victim of an offense to bring a civil action to recover the funds that the victim did not receive because of the offense. - Amends TCA Title 29 and Title 39. | Primary sponsor | In committee | April 8, 2025 |
| SB 1338 | Comptroller, State - As introduced, requires the office of research and education accountability in the office of the comptroller of the treasury to annually report information about the students participating in the education freedom scholarship program to the general assembly by October 30. - Amends Chapter __ of the Public Acts of 2025 (1st Ex. Sess. – SB 6001 / HB 6004); and TCA Title 49, Chapter 10, Part 14 and Title 49, Chapter 6. | Primary sponsor | In committee | March 26, 2025 |
| SB 1249 | School Vouchers - As introduced, requires private schools that participate in the education savings account program or the individualized education account program to publish various items on the school's website; requires private schools that participate in either program to ensure educators hold a valid license to teach; requires students participating in either program to be administered various assessments. - Amends TCA Title 49. | Primary sponsor | In committee | March 26, 2025 |
| SB 1132 | School Vouchers - As introduced, increases the required assessments of students participating in the education savings account program or the individualized education account program to include all Tennessee comprehensive assessment program tests, Tennessee universal reading screeners or universal reading screeners approved by the state board of education, and the assessment administered to public school students in grade 11 that assesses student readiness for postsecondary education and approved by the commissioner of education. - Amends TCA Title 49. | Primary sponsor | In committee | March 26, 2025 |
| SB 1130 | Education - As introduced, enacts the "Freedom to Read Act"; repeals the "Age-Appropriate Materials Act of 2022." - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 1 and Title 49, Chapter 6. | Primary sponsor | In committee | March 26, 2025 |
| SB 1339 | Consumer Protection - As introduced, changes, from 45 to 50 days from receipt of a request, the time that a controller has to inform a consumer of the controller's decision to decline to take action regarding the consumer's authenticated request under the Tennessee Information Protection Act. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 8; Title 10; Title 29; Title 39; Title 47 and Title 48. | Primary sponsor | In committee | March 25, 2025 |
| SB 1208 | Health Care - As introduced, requires every year, instead of every other year, the commissioner of health, in consultation with the regulatory boards that license healthcare practitioners, to provide a letter no later than November 1 to the governor, the speaker of the senate, the speaker of the house of representatives, and legislative committees with subject matter jurisdiction over health that includes updated information on the impact and effects of the restrictions and limitations on treating patients with opioids. - Amends TCA Title 8; Title 33; Title 53; Title 56; Title 63; Title 68 and Title 71. | Primary sponsor | In committee | March 25, 2025 |
| SJR 41 | Memorials, Death - John Richard "Dick" Lodge, Jr. - | Primary sponsor | Enacted | March 4, 2025 |
| SJR 86 | Constitutional Amendments - Proposes an amendment to Article VI, Section 14, of the Tennessee Constitution to authorize municipalities to impose a civil penalty for a violation of a municipal ordinance not to exceed an amount prescribed by the general assembly. - | Primary sponsor | In committee | February 12, 2025 |
| SJR 40 | Constitutional Amendments - Proposes constitutional amendment to allow people to propose laws by initiative. - | Primary sponsor | In committee | February 12, 2025 |
| SB 813 | Criminal Offenses - As introduced, reduces from a Class C felony to a Class B misdemeanor the offense of criminal exposure of another to HIV; creates a Class C felony for the criminal exposure of another to HIV if a person transmitted HIV to another person. - Amends TCA Title 39. | Primary sponsor | In committee | February 12, 2025 |
| SB 809 | Controlled Substances - As introduced, enacts the "Tennessee Cannabis Act." - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 29; Title 33; Title 38; Title 39; Title 40; Title 41; Title 43; Title 45; Title 50; Title 53; Title 63; Title 67; Title 68 and Title 71. | Primary sponsor | In committee | February 12, 2025 |
| SB 808 | State Employees - As introduced, authorizes an employee who has been employed full-time with this state for at least 12 months to receive up to 15 hours of paid leave for certain qualified volunteer work. - Amends TCA Title 8. | Primary sponsor | In committee | February 12, 2025 |
| SB 807 | Firearms and Ammunition - As introduced, creates the Class C misdemeanor offense of storing a firearm or firearm ammunition in a motor vehicle while the person is not in the motor vehicle unless the firearm or firearm ammunition is kept from ordinary observation and locked within the trunk, utility or glove box, or a locked container securely affixed to the motor vehicle; requires the owner of a firearm to report the loss or theft of the firearm to law enforcement within 24 hours of the discovery of the loss or theft. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 17, Part 13. | Primary sponsor | In committee | February 12, 2025 |
| SB 806 | Remedies and Special Proceedings - As introduced, requires that the trial for an unlawful detainer action be held no later than 14 days from the date the plaintiff filed the unlawful detainer motion; limits the scope of a hearing for an unlawful detainer motion based on nonpayment of rent to facts and issues related to nonpayment of rent; makes other changes related to judicial proceedings for unlawful detainer. - Amends TCA Title 29 and Title 66. | Primary sponsor | In committee | February 12, 2025 |
| SB 412 | Election Laws - As introduced, requires county election commissions to set uniform hours for each polling place used for early voting such that each polling place opens and closes at the same time on a single day. - Amends TCA Title 2. | Primary sponsor | In committee | February 12, 2025 |
| SB 316 | TennCare - As introduced, removes the requirement that the governor receive authorization by the general assembly prior to making any decision or obligating the state with regard to the expansion of optional enrollment in the medical assistance program. - Amends TCA Title 71. | Primary sponsor | In committee | February 12, 2025 |
| SB 315 | Human Services, Dept. of - As introduced, enacts the "Workers Need Child Care Act"; establishes the child care infrastructure fund from which the department disperses grants to nonprofit entities for establishing new licensed child care agencies in this state. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 9; Title 37 and Title 71. | Primary sponsor | In committee | February 12, 2025 |
| SB 313 | Local Education Agencies - As introduced, excludes materials obtained by an individual teacher that are made available in the teacher's classroom to students assigned to the teacher's class from having to be identified in a list of library collection materials posted on the school's website; requires each local board of education and public charter school governing body to adopt a policy for developing and reviewing classroom libraries. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 6. | Primary sponsor | In committee | February 12, 2025 |
| SB 1418 | Mental Health & Substance Abuse Services, Dept. of - As introduced, enacts the "Tennessee Mental Health Volunteer Alliance Act." - Amends TCA Title 33; Title 49; Title 63 and Title 68. | Primary sponsor | In committee | February 12, 2025 |
| SB 1347 | Alcoholic Beverage Commission - As introduced, requires the presence of one rather than two credible witnesses to be present when an officer of the commission destroys contraband distillation equipment, paraphernalia, and personal property. - Amends TCA Title 57. | Primary sponsor | In committee | February 12, 2025 |
| SB 1337 | Tennessee Bureau of Investigation - As introduced, requires the annual written report submitted to legislative committees with subject matter jurisdiction over criminal matters regarding activities of narcotics investigations by the bureau and the assistant director of the narcotics investigation division be submitted by March 1 of each year. - Amends TCA Title 8; Title 27; Title 29; Title 37; Title 38; Title 39; Title 40; Title 41; Title 53, Chapter 11 and Title 55. | Primary sponsor | In committee | February 12, 2025 |
| SB 1330 | Commerce and Insurance, Dept. of - As introduced, deletes obsolete definitions of the term "contractor" and obsolete penalty provisions from statute governing the unlawful representation as a contractor without a license. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 12; Title 13; Title 42; Title 43; Title 44; Title 45; Title 46; Title 47; Title 48; Title 50; Title 53; Title 54; Title 55; Title 56; Title 61; Title 62; Title 65; Title 66; Title 67; Title 68 and Title 71. | Primary sponsor | In committee | February 12, 2025 |
| SB 1262 | Consumer Protection - As introduced, prohibits sending by mail a fake check or an image of a fake check, for the purpose of advertising. - Amends TCA Title 45 and Title 47. | Primary sponsor | In committee | February 12, 2025 |
| SB 1261 | Insurance Companies, Agents, Brokers, Policies - As introduced, imposes requirements for health insurance issuers using artificial intelligence, algorithms, or other software for utilization review or utilization management functions. - Amends TCA Title 8, Chapter 27; Title 56 and Title 71. | Primary sponsor | In committee | February 12, 2025 |
| SB 1260 | State Symbols - As introduced, designates Nashville as the hot chicken capital of this state. - Amends TCA Title 4. | Primary sponsor | In committee | February 12, 2025 |
| SB 1259 | Children - As introduced, specifies that "neglect" does not include permitting a child, whose basic needs are met and who is of sufficient age and maturity to avoid harm or unreasonable risk of harm, to engage in independent activities, including traveling to and from school by walking, running, or bicycling; traveling to and from commercial or recreational facilities; playing outdoors; remaining at home unattended for a reasonable period of time; and other similar independent activity. - Amends TCA Title 36; Title 37 and Title 39. | Primary sponsor | In committee | February 12, 2025 |
| SB 1250 | TennCare - As introduced, increases from 60 to 75 days the period after the close of each fiscal year within which the department of finance and administration must submit a report to the governor and members of the general assembly that includes an account of the operations and expenditures of all funds under the Medical Assistance Act of 1968, statistics by county about all medical assistance within the state, rules promulgated to carry out the Act, and other information the department deems advisable. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 56 and Title 71. | Primary sponsor | In committee | February 12, 2025 |
| SB 1248 | Insurance, Health, Accident - As introduced, requires health insurance carriers to provide mental health coverage in parity with alcoholism and drug dependence coverage. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 8; Title 33; Title 39; Title 49; Title 53; Title 56; Title 63; Title 68 and Title 71. | Primary sponsor | In committee | February 12, 2025 |
| SB 1246 | Energy - As introduced, enacts the "Clean Energy and Jobs Act"; creates the Clean Energy Workforce Training Grant Fund; establishes a tax credit for certain systems, methods, improvements, structures, devices, or appliances used by renewable energy businesses, and small businesses to implement or improve the business's sustainable practices. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 3, Part 5 and Title 67. | Primary sponsor | In committee | February 12, 2025 |
| SB 1207 | Lobbying, Lobbyists - As introduced, requires each lobbyist to include and maintain in the lobbyist's registration statement filed with the Tennessee ethics commission the identification of each bill and legislative measure for which the lobbyist is receiving compensation to oppose or support. - Amends TCA Title 3, Chapter 6. | Primary sponsor | In committee | February 12, 2025 |
| SB 1206 | Environmental Preservation - As introduced, creates a grant program to facilitate green spaces in urban areas; authorizes the technical secretary of the air pollution control board to establish a program to encourage community-led programs that reduce air pollution. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 3, Part 5; Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 11; Title 43, Chapter 24 and Title 68, Chapter 201. | Primary sponsor | In committee | February 12, 2025 |
| SB 1131 | Orders of Protection - As introduced, allows a court to issue an emergency protection order upon a finding that a person poses an imminent risk of harm to the person or others if allowed to purchase or possess a firearm; authorizes a family member, household member, intimate partner, or law enforcement officer to petition for such an order. - Amends TCA Title 36 and Title 39. | Primary sponsor | In committee | February 12, 2025 |
| SB 164 | TennCare - As introduced, directs the bureau to establish a temporary TennCare benefits program to provide medical assistance on a temporary basis to certain individuals who do not qualify for enrollment in TennCare, CoverKids, or a successor program; requires the bureau to submit a waiver to the federal centers for medicare and medicaid services by December 31, 2025. - Amends TCA Title 71, Chapter 5. | Primary sponsor | In committee | January 27, 2025 |
| SB 135 | Drugs, Prescription - As introduced, allows a student to possess and self-administer rescue seizure medication at school or at a school-related activity or event. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 50, Part 16. | Primary sponsor | In committee | January 16, 2025 |
