Shane Reeves - State Senator, Bedford County, Tennessee

Bill Scholarships and Financial Aid

Scholarships and Financial Aid - As introduced, authorizes the comptroller to submit, in electronic format, the report of the findings from each study, conducted every four years, of the effectiveness of the Tennessee Promise scholarship program to the speakers of the senate and house of representatives and the members of the education committee of the senate and the education administration committee of the house of representatives. - Amends TCA Title 49.

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Bill Real Property

Real Property - As enacted, specifies that documents provided through a website with the primary function of providing certificates, registrations, licenses, or similar documents for assistance animals in exchange for payment of a fee are not reliable documentation in seeking an exemption to a prohibition on animals in rental property. - Amends TCA Title 29 and Title 66.

Jun 02, 2026 · source · details / share

Bill Statutes of Limitations and Repose

Statutes of Limitations and Repose - As enacted, requires causes of action for unpaid wages for hours worked, overtime, minimum wage, salary, bonuses, commissions, or other compensation owed to an employee or independent contractor, including ones for breach of contract, unjust enrichment, or quantum merit for unpaid wages for hours worked, overtime, minimum wage, salary, bonuses, commissions, or other compensation, to be commenced within three years from the accruing of the cause of action. - Amends TCA Title 28.

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Bill PharmacistsPharmacy

Pharmacy, Pharmacists - As introduced, allows the board of pharmacy to license ambulatory surgical treatment centers engaged in the practice of pharmacy. - Amends TCA Title 63 and Title 68.

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Bill AccidentHealthINSURANCE

Insurance, Health, Accident - As introduced, creates an incentive program for persons covered under a state healthcare plan under which 47.5 percent of a qualified rebate amount for a major medical treatment or procedure is distributed to a covered person, 47.5 percent of such amount is distributed to the state treasurer for credit to the general fund, and 5 percent is distributed to the third-party administrator selected by the department of finance and administration to administer the plan. - Amends TCA Title 8, Chapter 27 and Title 56, Chapter 7, Part 6.

Jun 02, 2026 · source · details / share

Bill Mental Illness

Mental Illness - As enacted, requires the state to pay the cost of a court-ordered mental health evaluation and treatment for criminal defendants who have been charged with a misdemeanor and are believed to be incompetent to stand trial or for whom there is a question about mental capacity at the time of the offense. - Amends TCA Title 33; Title 39 and Title 40.

May 23, 2026 · source · details / share

Bill Health Care

Health Care - As enacted, makes revisions to law relative to electronic medical records; makes related changes. - Amends TCA Title 8; Title 47; Title 56; Title 63 and Title 68.

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Bill County Government

County Government - As enacted, prohibits the county legislative body from adopting a budget that reduces the budget for the county mayor's office below the budgeted amount for the previous fiscal year for office personnel salaries and benefits, office supplies, communication expenses, postal charges, duplicating services, professional development training, and membership dues and fees, unless the reduction is approved by the county mayor. - Amends TCA Title 5 and Title 9.

May 23, 2026 · source · details / share

Bill Regional Authorities and Special Districts

Regional Authorities and Special Districts - As enacted, makes revisions to the law relative to the Tennessee Duck River Development Agency. - Amends TCA Title 64, Chapter 1, Part 6.

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Bill Health Care

Health Care - As enacted, makes various revisions to law relative to certificate of need. - Amends TCA Title 4 and Title 68.

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Bill Tort Liability and Reform

Tort Liability and Reform - As enacted, declares a private entity to be not civilly liable in a class action resulting from a cybersecurity event unless the cybersecurity event was caused by willful and wanton misconduct or gross negligence on the part of the private entity. - Amends TCA Title 29 and Title 47.

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Bill TennCare

TennCare - As enacted, extends the nursing home annual assessment fee to June 30, 2025. - Amends TCA Title 71, Chapter 5, Part 10.

May 23, 2026 · source · details / share

Bill Autopsies

Autopsies - As enacted, clarifies that the reports of county medical examiners and autopsy reports of minors whose manner of death is listed as a homicide are generally not public documents; authorizes such reports to be released or inspected if certain conditions are met. - Amends TCA Title 10, Chapter 7; Title 38; Title 39 and Title 40.

May 23, 2026 · source · details / share

Bill County Government

County Government - As enacted, makes changes to the "County Powers Relief Act." - Amends TCA Title 67, Chapter 4, Part 29.

May 23, 2026 · source · details / share

Bill Medical Occupations

Medical Occupations - As enacted, makes revisions to the law relative to physician assistants and nurses. - Amends TCA Title 55; Title 63 and Title 68.

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Bill DRUGSPrescription

Drugs, Prescription - As enacted, makes changes to the law relative to prescribing buprenorphine products. - Amends TCA Title 33 and Title 53.

May 23, 2026 · source · details / share

Bill PharmacistsPharmacy

Pharmacy, Pharmacists - As enacted, authorizes the board of pharmacy to register any mechanical or electronic systems that operate solely on the premises of a hematology or oncology clinic in this state and that perform the storage, control, and dispensing of commercially available drug products pursuant to a valid patient-specific prescription, as part of the operations of a licensed pharmacy; makes related changes. - Amends TCA Title 29; Title 53; Title 56; Title 63; Title 68 and Title 71.

May 23, 2026 · source · details / share

Bill Opioids

Opioids - As enacted, authorizes TennCare to adopt or amend a state preferred drug list (PDL) without rulemaking; requires TennCare to ensure that reimbursement is provided to a healthcare provider who provides a non-opioid treatment to a recipient under the medical assistance program; requires TennCare to ensure that a hospital that provides services to a recipient is reimbursed under the medical assistance program for medically necessary non-opioid treatment; prohibits a managed care organization or other health insurance issuer from denying coverage of a non-opioid prescription drug in favor of an opioid prescription drug when a healthcare prescriber, instead of a licensed physician, prescribes a non-opioid medication for the treatment of acute or chronic pain. - Amends TCA Title 53; Title 63; Title 68 and Title 71.

May 23, 2026 · source · details / share

Bill PharmacistsPharmacy

Pharmacy, Pharmacists - As enacted, clarifies what constitutes the "practice of pharmacy"; makes related changes. - Amends TCA Title 33; Title 58; Title 63; Title 68 and Title 71.

May 23, 2026 · source · details / share

Bill Open Meetings

Open Meetings - As enacted, clarifies that one or more members of a local legislative body who meet with one or more members of the state legislative delegation that represent the county or city is not a meeting under the law regarding open meetings for governing bodies, so long as the meeting is an exchange of information and not deliberative in nature or the member or members of the state legislative delegation conduct the meeting to discuss state matters. - Amends TCA Title 8, Chapter 44.

May 23, 2026 · source · details / share

Bill Health Care

Health Care - As enacted, makes revisions to law relative to the health facilities commission; makes related changes. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 63; Title 68 and Title 71.

May 23, 2026 · source · details / share

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Sweetwater County Native Named University Of Wyoming President

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Bill Memorials, Interns

A RESOLUTION to commend Alaya Fuqua for exemplary service as a legislative intern.

Alaya Fuqua