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WORKERS COMPENSATION
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Children's ServicesDept. of
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Local Education Agencies
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Dept. ofHuman Services
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Principals and School PersonnelTEACHERS
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Holidays And Days Of Special Observance
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Dept. ofTRANSPORTATION
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Department ofEnvironment and Conservation
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SAFETY
Safety - As enacted, authorizes the use of certain third-party examiners, inspectors, engineers, and professionals in lieu of a local or state examiner, inspector, engineer, or professional for certain permitted processes and requirements; establishes procedures and requirements for the use of a third-party examiner, inspector, engineer, or professional. - Amends TCA Title 68, Chapter 120; Title 68, Chapter 221 and Title 69, Chapter 3, Part 1.
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Children
Children - As enacted, specifies that a juvenile court proceeding may be commenced by the taking of a child into custody or the removal of custody from a parent or legal guardian; requires the juvenile court in a dependency and neglect proceeding to determine whether a parent, guardian, relative, or caregiver of the child cannot be excluded as a perpetrator of severe child abuse against the child; prohibits a juvenile court from returning a child victim of severe child abuse to the custody of a person who cannot be excluded as the perpetrator unless certain circumstances are met; makes various other changes. - Amends TCA Title 36, Chapter 1, Part 1; Title 37, Chapter 1, Part 1 and Title 37, Chapter 2, Part 4.
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Orders Of Protection
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Hospitals and Health Care Facilities
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Controlled Substances
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Intellectual & Developmental Disabilities
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Drug and Alcohol Rehabilitation
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Vocational Training and Rehabilitation
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Dept. ofHuman Services
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AgentsBrokersInsurance CompaniesPolicies
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Emergency Communications Districts
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William Lamberth: 2026 is going to be a great year in Tennessee Main Street Media of Tennessee
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Memorials, Death
Edgar "Ed" Joines Cochran
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Memorials, Congratulations
Governor Lee's deployment of the National Guard to Memphis
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Memorials, Public Service
Representative Jeremy Faison
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General Assembly, Joint Conventions
Calls joint convention to confirm governor's appointments to the Tennessee Supreme Court, Tennessee Court of Appeals, Western Section, and Tennessee Court of Appeals, Eastern Section.
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General Assembly, Recess & Reconvene
Provides for recess to observe Presidents' Day holiday.
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General Assembly, Confirmation of Appointment
Mike Keeney, University of Memphis Board of Trustees
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General Assembly, Confirmation of Appointment
Dr. Phil Roe, Austin Peay State University Board of Trustees
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General Assembly, Confirmation of Appointment
Tom Boyd, Middle Tennessee State University Board of Trustees
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General Assembly, Confirmation of Appointment
Camron Rudd, Tennessee Technological University Board of Trustees
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General Assembly, Confirmation of Appointment
Tony Treadway, East Tennessee State University Board of Trustees
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General Assembly, Confirmation of Appointment
Dr. Randall Davis, University of Tennessee Health Science Center Advisory Board
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General Assembly, Confirmation of Appointment
Dr. Gary A. Passons, University of Tennessee Health Science Center
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General Assembly, Confirmation of Appointment
Alec Richardson, University of Tennessee at Martin Advisory Board
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General Assembly, Confirmation of Appointment
Jennifer Hampton, University of Tennessee at Martin Advisory Board
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General Assembly, Confirmation of Appointment
Dr. Charles Doug Haney, University of Tennessee Southern Advisory Board
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General Assembly, Confirmation of Appointment
Doran Johnson, University of Tennessee Southern Advisory Board
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General Assembly, Confirmation of Appointment
Susan Marsh Mayfield, University of Tennessee Southern Advisory Board
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General Assembly, Confirmation of Appointment
Todd Skelton, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Advisory Board
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General Assembly, Confirmation of Appointment
Dane Scism, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, advisory board
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General Assembly, Confirmation of Appointment
Dr. Elaine Swafford, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga Advisory Board
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General Assembly, Confirmation of Appointment
Garnett Decosimo, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga Advisory Board
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General Assembly, Confirmation of Appointment
John H. Weston, Jr., State Textbook and Instructional Materials Quality Commission
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General Assembly, Confirmation of Appointment
Tom Marino, Public Charter School Commission
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General Assembly, Confirmation of Appointment
Dr. Tyler Forrest, Heritage Conservation Trust Fund Board of Trustees
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General Assembly, Confirmation of Appointment
Drew Goddard, Heritage Conservation Trust Fund Board of Trustees
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General Assembly, Confirmation of Appointment
Pete Claussen, Heritage Conservation Trust Fund Board of Trustees
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General Assembly, Confirmation of Appointment
Mike Frick, Heritage Conservation Trust Fund Board of Trustees
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General Assembly, Confirmation of Appointment
Joshua R. Walker, Tennessee Claims Commission
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Memorials, Death
Robert Earl Dudgeon
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General Assembly, Recess & Reconvene
Recesses 2026 session of the 114th General Assembly from close of business on January 15, 2026, until January 21, 2026, at 8:30 a.m.
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General Assembly, Confirmation of Appointment
Annie Dockery, Standards Recommendation Committee for English Language Arts
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General Assembly, Confirmation of Appointment
Britni Singleteary, Standards Recommendation Committee for English Language Arts
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General Assembly, Confirmation of Appointment
Lucas Hilliard, Standards Recommendation Committee for English Language Arts
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General Assembly, Confirmation of Appointment
Lynn Richardson, Ethics Commission
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General Assembly, Confirmation of Appointment
Stefan Maupin, University of Tennessee at Martin Advisory Board
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General Assembly, Confirmation of Appointment
Mark Rogers, Forestry Commission
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General Assembly, Confirmation of Appointment
John McCarty, Fish and Wildlife Commission
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General Assembly, Confirmation of Appointment
Rosemary McIlhenny, Fish and Wildlife Commission
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General Assembly, Confirmation of Appointment
Rick Spell, University of Tennessee Health Science Center Advisory Board
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General Assembly, Confirmation of Appointment
Jake Almond, Forestry Commission
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General Assembly, Confirmation of Appointment
Nancy Dishner, Lottery Corporation Board of Directors
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General Assembly, Confirmation of Appointment
Trey Watkins, Lottery Corporation Board of Directors
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General Assembly, Confirmation of Appointment
DeWitt Booth, University of Tennessee Southern Advisory Board
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General Assembly, Confirmation of Appointment
Thomas Lehrman, Public Charter School Commission
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General Assembly, Confirmation of Appointment
Eddie Smith, Public Charter School Commission
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General Assembly, Confirmation of Appointment
Terence Patterson, Public Charter School Commission
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General Assembly, Confirmation of Appointment
David Jones, Public Utility Commission
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General Assembly, Confirmation of Appointment
Michael Bittel, Heritage Conservation Trust Fund Board of Trustees
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General Assembly, Confirmation of Appointment
Billy Bryan, Textbook and Instructional Materials Quality Commission
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General Assembly, Confirmation of Appointment
John Compton, University of Tennessee Board of Trustees
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General Assembly, Confirmation of Appointment
Donnie Smith, University of Tennessee Board of Trustees
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General Assembly, Confirmation of Appointment
David Watson, University of Tennessee Board of Trustees
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General Assembly, Confirmation of Appointment
Todd Womack, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga Advisory Board
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General Assembly, Confirmation of Appointment
Allen Carter, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Advisory Board
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General Assembly, Confirmation of Appointment
Todd Skelton, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Advisory Board
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General Assembly, Confirmation of Appointment
Phillip Fulmer, Tennessee Education Lottery Corporation Board of Directors
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General Assembly, Confirmation of Appointment
Hanes Torbett, Fish and Wildlife Commission
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General Assembly, Confirmation of Appointment
Sharon Jean-Phillipe, State Forestry Commission
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General Assembly, Confirmation of Appointment
Dakasha Winton, Tennessee State University Board of Trustees
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General Assembly, Confirmation of Appointment
Charles Traughber, Tennessee State University Board of Trustees
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General Assembly, Confirmation of Appointment
Marquita Qualls, Tennessee State University Board of Trustees
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General Assembly, Confirmation of Appointment
Terica Smith, Tennessee State University Board of Trustees
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General Assembly, Confirmation of Appointment
Jeffery Norfleet, Tennessee State University Board of Trustees
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General Assembly, Confirmation of Appointment
Trevia Chatman, Tennessee State University Board of Trustees
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General Assembly, Confirmation of Appointment
Dimeta Smith Knight, Tennessee State University Board of Trustees
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Memorials, Death
Robert Cooke "Bob" Irwin
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General Assembly, Recess & Reconvene
Recesses 2025 regular session from January 27, 2025, until February 3, 2025, for the House and February 10, 2025, for the Senate.
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General Assembly, Recess & Reconvene
Recesses 2025 regular session of 114th General Assembly on January 27, 2025, and reconvenes on February 3, 2025.
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Memorials, Recognition
Larry Riggsbee
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Education
As enacted, enacts the "Education Freedom Scholarship Act." - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 49; Title 8 and Title 49.
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Appropriations
AN ACT to make appropriations for the purpose of defraying the expenses of the state government for the fiscal years beginning July 1, 2025, and July 1, 2026, in the administration, operation and maintenance of the legislative, executive and judicial branches of the various departments, institutions, offices and agencies of the state; for certain state aid and obligations; for capital outlay, for the service of the public debt, for emergency and contingency; to repeal certain appropriations and
As introduced, makes appropriations for the fiscal years beginning July 1, 2025, and July 1, 2026.
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Bond Issues
AN ACT to authorize the state of Tennessee, acting by resolutions of its funding board, to issue and sell its bonds and bond anticipation notes to provide for acquisition of equipment and sites, and erection, construction, and equipment of sites and buildings, expressly including the acquisition of existing structures for expansion, improvements, betterments, and extraordinary repairs to existing structures, for construction of highways, and repair, replacement, or rehabilitation of bridges, and
As introduced, authorizes the state to issue and sell bonds.
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Game and Fish Laws
As introduced, enacts the "Hunting for Heroes Act"; creates the Tennessee national guard sportsman license. - Amends TCA Title 70, Chapter 2.
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ETHICS
As introduced, enacts the "Foreign Agent Registration Act." - Amends TCA Title 3, Chapter 6 and Title 4.
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State Government
As introduced, enacts the "Critical Infrastructure Protection Act" and the "Protection of State Land from Foreign Adversaries Act." - Amends TCA Title 12, Chapter 3 and Title 66, Chapter 2.
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Real Property
As introduced, makes changes to law regarding restrictions on land purchases by sanctioned aliens or foreign entities. - Amends TCA Title 66, Chapter 2, Part 3.
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State Employees
As introduced, makes various changes regarding employment with this state and state employment benefits. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 8; Section 41-24-113 and Section 70-1-309.
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FEDERAL AID
As introduced, enacts the "Federal Tax Credit Scholarship Act." - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 9 and Title 49.
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Statutes and Codification
As introduced, codifies the Acts of the 2025 regular and extraordinary sessions.
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PUBLIC RECORDS
As introduced, deletes expiration dates for certain public record exemptions. - Amends TCA Section 10-7-504.
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Safety, Dept. of
As introduced, creates the office of homeland security within the department of safety. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 29; Title 4, Chapter 3, Part 20 and Section 38-3-114.
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PUBLIC RECORDS
As enacted, specifies that certain bank account information of individuals held by a state agency is confidential. - Amends TCA Section 10-7-504.
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Hazardous Materials
As introduced, makes various changes to the Tennessee Drycleaner's Environmental Response Act. - Amends TCA Title 68, Chapter 217, Part 1.
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Fairs
As introduced, enacts the "Tennessee Agricultural Fair and Livestock Show Act" and the "Tennessee State Fair Act." - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 57; Title 43, Chapter 21 and Section 48-101-502.
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Holidays And Days Of Special Observance
As enacted, designates February to be observed as "Tennessee Songwriters Month." - Amends TCA Section 15-2-129.
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Taxes, Exemption and Credits
As introduced, establishes a sales tax holiday for the retail sale of firearms and ammunition during the period of July 3-6, 2026. - Amends TCA Title 67, Chapter 6, Part 3.
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Portland
Subject to local approval, deletes obsolete and superseded provisions of the city charter. - Amends Chapter 568 of the Private Acts of 1939; as amended.
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Appropriations
AN ACT to make appropriations for the purpose of defraying the expenses of the state government for the fiscal years beginning July 1, 2024, and July 1, 2025, in the administration, operation and maintenance of the legislative, executive and judicial branches of the various departments, institutions, offices and agencies of the state; for certain state aid and obligations; for capital outlay, for the service of the public debt, for emergency and contingency; to repeal certain appropriations and
As enacted, makes appropriations for the fiscal years beginning July 1, 2024, and July 1, 2025.
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Bond Issues
AN ACT to authorize the state of Tennessee, acting by resolutions of its funding board, to issue and sell its bonds and bond anticipation notes to provide for acquisition of equipment and sites, and erection, construction, and equipment of sites and buildings, expressly including the acquisition of existing structures for expansion, improvements, betterments, and extraordinary repairs to existing structures, for construction of highways, and repair, replacement, or rehabilitation of bridges, and
As enacted, authorizes the state to issue and sell bonds.
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Boards And Commissions
As enacted, enacts the "Less is More Act of 2025." - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 8; Title 20; Title 33; Title 38; Title 40; Title 52; Title 55; Title 62; Title 63; Title 68; Title 70 and Title 76.
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Teachers, Principals and School Personnel
As enacted, makes various changes to certain teacher licensure requirements. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 5 and Title 49, Chapter 6.
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Health Care
As enacted, extends the CoverKids program from June 30, 2025, to June 30, 2030. - Amends TCA Section 71-3-1113.
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Insurance, Health, Accident
As enacted, extends the Access Tennessee health insurance program from June 30, 2025, to June 30, 2030. - Amends TCA Section 56-7-2916.
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State Employees
As enacted, expands bereavement leave for certain state officers and employees upon the death of certain relatives. - Amends TCA Title 8, Chapter 50, Part 1.
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Criminal Offenses
As enacted, makes various changes to present law concerning criminal justice. - Amends TCA Title 10, Chapter 7, Part 5; Title 36; Title 37; Title 38; Title 39; Title 40 and Title 53.
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Statutes and Codification
As enacted, codifies the Acts of the 2024 regular session.
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Local Education Agencies
As introduced, authorizes LEAs and public charter schools to refuse to enroll students who are unlawfully present in the United States. - Amends TCA Title 4 and Title 49.
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Parks, Natural Areas Preservation
As enacted, revises the descriptions of existing state natural areas and designates new natural areas. - Amends TCA Title 11, Chapter 14, Part 1.
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Mining and Quarrying
As enacted, revises certain requirements to file liens for the reclamation of abandoned coal mining lands. - Amends TCA Title 59, Chapter 8, Part 3.
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Scholarships and Financial Aid
As enacted, makes various changes to the Tennessee Support, Training, and Renewing Opportunity for National Guardsmen (STRONG) Act. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 4, Part 10.
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Milk, Dairy Products
As introduced, repeals the Unfair Milk Sales Act; removes the prohibition against selling milk below cost. - Amends TCA Title 53, Chapter 3, Part 2.
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Education
As introduced, enacts the "Education Freedom Act of 2025." - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 49 and Title 49.
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General Assembly, Joint Conventions
Calls joint convention to hear State of the State address by Governor Lee; authorizes transmittal of budget document by February 2, 2026, and filing of legislation implementing the budget by February 9, 2026.
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Constitutional Amendments
Proposes an amendment to Article VII, Section 5 of the Constitution of Tennessee to change the date of elections for judicial and other civil officers, excluding assessors of property, from the first Thursday in August to the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November.
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General Assembly, Joint Conventions
Calls joint convention to hear State of the State address by Governor Lee; authorizes transmittal of budget document by February 10, 2025, and filing of legislation implementing the budget by February 14, 2025.
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Appropriations
AN ACT to make appropriations for the purpose of defraying the expenses of the state government for the fiscal years beginning July 1, 2024, and July 1, 2025, in the administration, operation and maintenance of the legislative, executive and judicial branches of the various departments, institutions, offices, and agencies of the state; for certain state aid and obligations; for capital outlay, for the service of the public debt, for emergency and contingency; to repeal certain appropriations and
As enacted, makes appropriations sufficient for the payment of any lawful expenses of the first extraordinary session of the 114th General Assembly; makes other appropriations related to such extraordinary session.
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Public Funds and Financing
As enacted, creates two funds within the state treasury to be known as the Hurricane Helene interest payment fund and the governor's response and recovery fund; authorizes moneys in each fund to be used to assist with the response to and the recovery from certain declared emergencies. - Amends TCA Title 9, Chapter 4, Part 2.
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Immigration
As enacted, creates within the department of safety the centralized immigration enforcement division, to be administered by the chief immigration enforcement officer; establishes a grant program to promote the enforcement of federal immigration laws; creates criminal penalties for officials who adopt sanctuary policies and subsequently requires their removal from office upon conviction; requires the department of safety to issue lawful …
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Budget Procedures
As introduced, authorizes grant payments under the grant assistance program for nursing home care to be made either monthly or quarterly. - Amends TCA Title 2; Title 3; Title 4; Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 8; Title 9; Title 10; Title 11; Title 12; Title 13; Title 16; Title 17; Title 18; Title 29; Title 33; Title 36; …
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Boards And Commissions
As introduced, requires at least one hour of the board of medical examiners' required continuing education hours to be completed on topics related to nutrition; requires the same of the board of osteopathic examination. - Amends TCA Title 63, Chapter 6 and Title 63, Chapter 9.
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Energy
As introduced, authorizes the state energy policy council to submit electronically its annual comprehensive reports on its assessment of the state's energy sector and comprehensive state energy policy plan to the governor, the speaker of the senate, and the speaker of the house of representatives. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 29, Part 2; Title 4, Chapter 3 and Title …
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Civil Emergencies
As introduced, clarifies that, during emergency conditions, TEMA and TEMA's director shall report in writing, in addition to any other means, to the governor or the governor's designee. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 9; Title 13; Title 16; Title 39; Title 55; Title 58; Title 62; Title 65; Title 68 and Title 71.
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Economic and Community Development, Dept. of
As introduced, requires the commissioner to research the feasibility of establishing a development corridor, to be called the Oak Ridge Energy Park, located in and spanning parts of Anderson and Roane counties.
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Hospitals and Health Care Facilities
As introduced, increases from 15 to 30 days, the time before the originally scheduled health facilities commission meeting at which an applicant's certificate of need application is to be heard by the commission by which a healthcare institution wishing to oppose such application must file written notice with the commission, and about which the applicant's published letter of intent in …
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Pharmacy, Pharmacists
As introduced, changes from April 15 to October 15, the date on which the bureau of TennCare is directed to annually report to the senate health and welfare committee and the health committee of the house of representatives regarding program costs and patient outcomes related to incorporating the pharmacist-provided medication therapy management pilot program each year the pilot program is …
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Dentists and Dentistry
As introduced, changes from at least five years to at least six years, the period of residency and practice in this state that each of the two dental hygienist members appointed to the board of dentistry on or after July 1, 2026, must have prior to such appointment. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 56; Title 63, Chapter 5; Title …
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Medical Occupations
As introduced, reduces from 45 to 35 days, the amount of time the board of physician assistants has to either render a decision on a licensure application submitted by an individual licensed, registered, or certified as a physician assistant in another jurisdiction or inform the licensure applicant from another jurisdiction of the need to appear before the board. - Amends …
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Nurses, Nursing
As introduced, reduces from 30 to 15 days the period following an election of the officers of the board of nursing within which the executive director must certify to the governor the names of the officers elected; reduces from 30 to 15 days the period following a vacancy in any office or in the board of nursing within which the …
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Education, Dept. of
As introduced, requires the department to review and propose revisions to the physical education standards to incorporate guidance published by the President's Council on Sports, Fitness, and Nutrition to reestablish the presidential fitness test pursuant to Executive Order No. 14327 of the president of the United States on July 31, 2025. - Amends TCA Title 49.
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Local Government, General
As introduced, requires a local government to approve, deny, or identify deficiencies in a development application, development plan, or a site inspection submitted by a developer within 30 days; requires changes in contracts between local governments and contractors or developers to be in writing; requires a local government to release a contractor or developer from its required bond within 30 …
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Codes
As introduced, revises authority of state fire marshal to prescribe rules relating to minimum statewide building construction safety standards, specifically for fire prevention for multi-family dwelling units. - Amends TCA Title 68, Chapter 120.
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SPORTS
As introduced, reduces membership on the executive committee of the Tennessee Sports Hall of Fame board from seven to six members; adds to board responsibilities by requiring it to direct the mission of the hall of fame; adjusts time line for the hall of fame board to submit a plan for operation to the commissioner of tourist development for review …
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Criminal Offenses
As introduced, reduces, from five to four business days, the amount of time a warden has to report an offense in a penal institution to the appropriate district attorney generals. - Amends TCA Title 39.
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Taxes
As introduced, requires a person using a liquified gas propelled motor vehicle to pay the liquified gas tax on delivery of the liquified gas into the vehicle's fuel supply tank instead of prepaying the tax on an annual basis; eliminates the annual renewal requirement for the liquified gas user permit, instead making it a permanent and valid permit dependent on …
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Public Funds and Financing
As introduced, specifies the conditions that must be satisfied for monies from the governor's response and recovery fund to be provided to eligible local governmental entities and to eligible individuals in qualifying counties following an emergency or disaster. - Amends TCA Section 9-4-216.
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Unemployment Compensation
As introduced, removes a requirement that work be deemed suitable for a claimant if certain criteria are met and a claimant's gross weekly wages equal or exceed certain threshold percentages of the claimant's weekly wage for insured work for the quarter of the base period when the claimant's wages were greatest. - Amends TCA Section 50-7-303.
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Salaries and Benefits
As introduced, expresses the public policy that the prevailing wage rate be paid to workers on non-state contracts for construction projects on public highways; makes other revisions to the Prevailing Wage Act for State Highway Construction Projects. - Amends TCA Title 12, Chapter 4, Part 4.
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Health Care
As introduced, removes provisions relative to a report that was due by December 15, 2022, from the department of health concerning remote use of the special supplemental food program for women, infants, and children. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 8; Title 33; Title 36; Title 37; Title 48; Title 49; Title 52; Title 53; Title 55; Title 56; Title …
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Regional Authorities and Special Districts
As introduced, requires the Megasite Authority of West Tennessee to provide a person who violates a land use regulation of the Authority not less than 14 days' notice, rather than 10 days' notice, prior to assessing a civil penalty for the violation. - Amends TCA Title 64, Chapter 9.
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Financial Institutions, Dept. of
As introduced, terminates the state credit union share insurance corporation that protects or guarantees shareholdings and deposits of member credit unions against loss; terminates the capital fund held by the corporation that consists of capital contributions and special assessments paid by member credit unions; makes other revisions pertaining to credit unions. - Amends TCA Title 45, Chapter 2; Title 45, …
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PUBLIC EMPLOYEES
As introduced, replaces the member of the state insurance committee appointed by the Tennessee state employees association with a member who is a preferred service employee; replaces the member of the local education insurance committee who is a representative of local school boards and selected by the Tennessee School Boards Association with a representative of local school boards selected by …
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Neutral
Gas, Petroleum Products, Volatile Oils
As introduced, makes various changes concerning oil and gas drilling operations; specifies procedural requirements for review of certain administrative actions. - Amends TCA Title 59; Title 60 and Title 68.
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Administrative Procedure (UAPA)
As introduced, precludes certain boards administratively attached to the department of environment and conservation from voting to review the initial order of an administrative law judge in an administrative proceeding, but preserves the right of a party to appeal an initial order directly to the board; reduces from 180 to 90 days the period of time from the completion of …
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Education
AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4, Chapter 29; Title 5, Chapter 21; Title 8, Chapter 50, Part 8; Title 49, Chapter 10, Part 1; Title 49, Chapter 10, Part 14; Title 49, Chapter 11, Part 1; Title 49, Chapter 11, Part 8; Title 49, Chapter 13; Title 49, Chapter 15, Part 1; Title 49, Chapter 16, Part 2; Title 49, Chapter 17; Section 49-2-203; Title 49, Chapter 3, Part 1; Title 49, Chapter 5, Part 4; Title 49, Chapter 50, Part 10; Title 49, Chapter 50, Part 16; Title 49, Chapter 50, Pa
As introduced, terminates the dyslexia advisory council and directs the advisory council for the education of students with disabilities to advise the department of education on matters related to dyslexia; terminates the energy efficient schools council and creates an office of energy efficient schools within the department; expands student eligibility for an individualized education account; revises other various provisions of …
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Fire Prevention and Investigation
As introduced, creates the rescue squad grant program to provide annual grants to rescue squads for the purchase of firefighting equipment and training; directs the commissioner of commerce and insurance to evaluate grant requests and select grant award recipients each year. - Amends TCA Title 68, Chapter 102.
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Boards And Commissions
AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4, Chapter 29, Part 2; Title 20, Chapter 9, Part 6; Title 55, Chapter 17, Part 1; Title 62, Chapter 13; Title 62, Chapter 18; Title 62, Chapter 2; Title 62, Chapter 20; Title 62, Chapter 27; Title 62, Chapter 35; Title 62, Chapter 4; Title 62, Chapter 6; Title 62, Chapter 76; Title 68, Chapter 102 and Title 68, Chapter 105, relative to professions regulated by the department of commerce and insurance.
As introduced, transfers oversight of land surveyors from the state board of examiners for land surveyors to the state board of examiners for architects and engineers; removes registration requirement for interior designers; removes funding mechanism that requires revenues generated from contractor licensing fees, penalties, or interest allocated, in part, to the board of licensing contractors be utilized for the purposes …
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Commerce and Insurance, Dept. of
As introduced, requires a chancery court that has found that a person engaged in or is about to engage in an act or practice constituting a violation of the Tennessee Securities Act of 1980 to appoint the commissioner of commerce and insurance as the receiver or conservator for the defendant upon request by the commissioner; makes other changes related to …
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Neutral
Private Protective Services
As introduced, adds stalking to the crimes for which an individual who has been convicted must have completed serving the individual's sentence or court-ordered probation at least five years prior to applying for a registration card to perform the duties of a security guard or officer; makes other changes related to security guards and officers. - Amends TCA Title 62, …
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CHILD ABUSE
As introduced, requires, rather than permits, the child protective team for a case involving a human trafficking offense to include a representative from a non-governmental agency specialized in combatting the commercial sexual exploitation of minors; extends the time within which the department or child protective team must determine whether reported abuse was indicated or unfounded from 60 days to 90 …
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Children
As introduced, defines a child in need of heightened supervision; makes various other changes regarding the commitment, detention, and shelter care of children. - Amends TCA Title 37, Chapter 1, Part 1.
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Neutral
Local Government, General
As introduced, authorizes counties with a metropolitan form of government, by resolution of their governing bodies, 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 or exempt the retail sale of such food and food ingredients from the local …
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Election Laws
As introduced, authorizes the electronic portal to be created by the coordinator of elections prior to January 1, 2028, to access data from the systematic alien verification for entitlements (SAVE) program if the United States department of homeland security, United States citizenship and immigration services makes such data available via a secure web service. - Amends TCA Title 2.
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Neutral
Education, Higher
As introduced, caps at $10 million per fiscal year the total amount of funds in the lottery for education account that may be transferred to the Tennessee Promise scholarship special reserve account. - Amends TCA Section 49-4-708.
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Neutral
Public Funds and Financing
As introduced, extends from 30 to 45 days, the period within which the commissioner of economic and community development and the comptroller must make a written determination approving or declining an allocation of tax increment revenues for a period longer than 20 years in the case of an economic impact plan, or 30 years in the case of a redevelopment …
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Education, Higher
As introduced, increases, from 30 to 45 days before the start of the academic term, the time by which a state government entity that establishes a scholarship using an educational investment plan must select the scholarship beneficiary and notify the board of trustees of the college savings trust fund program of the beneficiary. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 8; …
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Immigration
As introduced, creates the Class A misdemeanor of intentionally failing or refusing to depart when a final order of removal is outstanding; creates the Class A misdemeanor of intentionally entering, attempting to enter, or being found in this state after being denied admission, excluded, deported, or removed from the United States. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 7; Title 38; …
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Neutral
Financial Responsibility Law
As introduced, changes the amount of time that proof of financial responsibility must be maintained from the period of the suspension or revocation to one year or the period of the suspension or revocation, whichever is longer, when a person's driver license or motor vehicle registration has been suspended or revoked because of the person's failure to furnish proof of …
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Neutral
PUBLIC RECORDS
As introduced, designates records of the office of homeland security related to critical infrastructure as confidential and exempts such records from public records requests. - Amends TCA Title 10, Chapter 7, Part 5.
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Neutral
Evidence
As introduced, permits the introduction into evidence of a video recording of a child victim being interviewed by a forensic interviewer regarding sexual or physically violent contact with the child if the forensic interviewer is an employee of the department of children's services and meets certain requirements. - Amends TCA Title 9, Chapter 4, Part 2 and Title 24, Chapter …
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Neutral
Cemeteries
As introduced, clarifies eligibility and required documentation for interment in state veterans' cemeteries for military service members and veterans, including certain members of a reserve component of the armed forces of the United States, the army national guard, or the air national guard, and spouses and children of such service members and veterans. - Amends TCA Title 46, Chapter 6.
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Neutral
Law Enforcement Training Academy
As introduced, authorizes the commissioner of general services to commission the director or a staff member of a law enforcement training academy; authorizes the department of general services to operate a sale facility at a law enforcement training academy for purposes of funding its operations. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 3, Part 11 and Title 38, Chapter 8, Part …
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Neutral
Human Services, Dept. of
As introduced, deletes the requirements that the department establish, advertise, and maintain a statewide toll-free telephone line to receive and respond to citizen inquiries and complaints concerning child support collections and disbursements and the department establish satellite offices for the state's central collection and disbursement unit. - Amends TCA Section 36-5-118 and Section 36-5-119.
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Neutral
Bail, Bail Bonds
As introduced, requires bondsmen to file the quarterly reports on number of bonds issued by the bondsman in the preceding quarter by the thirtieth day of January, April, July, and October, rather than the twenty-fifth day; requires court clerks to file the quarterly reports on number of bonds accepted by the clerk in the preceding quarter by the thirtieth day …
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Neutral
Capitol
As introduced, creates the capitol hill protection zone around the state capitol grounds and surrounding state government buildings, including the grounds and roads immediately surrounding such buildings; requires the commissioner of safety to ensure that the capitol hill protection zone is adequately staffed by law enforcement officers to ensure the safety of state government officials, state government employees, and members …
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Neutral
AGRICULTURE
As introduced, changes from five to 10 years the length of time the department of agriculture shall maintain all records that the department creates or receives for the regulation of hemp. - Amends TCA Title 1, Chapter 3; Title 39; Title 43, Chapter 27; Title 53; Title 57, Chapter 7 and Title 67, Chapter 6.
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Neutral
Jails, Local Lock-ups
As introduced, authorizes the Tennessee corrections institute to establish certification requirements for corrections officers and to inspect and certify local correctional training academies; makes various changes regarding plans of action that may be submitted by a local certified facility following annual inspection; allows the director and full-time employees of the Tennessee corrections institute to carry a handgun under certain circumstances. …
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Neutral
Local Government, General
As introduced, authorizes a municipality to create and require the use of a landlord registry for a real estate investment trust that owns, operates, or finances 10 or more dwelling units located within the municipality. - Amends TCA Title 66.
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Neutral
Portland
Subject to local approval, deletes provisions requiring a referendum to sell, lease, or otherwise dispose of the city's water or light plant. - Amends Chapter 568 of the Private Acts of 1939; as amended.
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Neutral
Budget Procedures
As enacted, authorizes, in the fiscal year ending June 30, 2025, transfers from the Access Tennessee health insurance program fund, created or referenced in the Access Tennessee Act of 2006. - Amends TCA Title 3; Title 4; Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 8; Title 9; Title 10; Title 11; Title 12; Title 13; Title 16; Title 17; Title …
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Neutral
Alcoholic Beverage Commission
As enacted, provides for the regulation of the manufacturing, supplying, wholesale distribution, and retail sale of hemp-derived cannabinoid products by the commission and department of revenue; creates licenses for suppliers, wholesalers, and retailers; establishes taxes for such products and the manner in which such taxes are collected and allocated; establishes civil and criminal penalties for violations. - Amends TCA Title …
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Neutral
Education, Higher
As enacted, authorizes, subject to appropriation, an institution of higher education to request to redirect the institution's capital outlay funds for purposes other than those set out in the 2022 appropriations act; makes related revisions. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 8; Title 9; Title 10; Title 12; Title 49; Title 66 and Title 67.
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Neutral
DUI Offenses
As enacted, requires the state treasurer to deem a person ordered by a court to use a functioning ignition interlock device to be indigent and unable to pay the costs of the device if the person receives funds from the supplemental nutrition assistance, temporary assistance for needy families, or state medicaid program; removes the requirement that a court determine whether …
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Neutral
Uniform Commercial Code
As enacted, specifies that a filing office in receipt of a petition for review filed by a secured party contesting a public official's affidavit that a financing statement was filed without legal cause submit the UCC financing statement that is the subject of the petition and the notarized affidavit of the public official to the administrative procedures division of the …
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Neutral
Secretary Of State
As enacted, allows a litigation financier that is not a business entity or partnership to amend or withdraw its registration with the secretary of state by filing a form prescribed by the secretary of state, along with a filing fee of $20. - Amends TCA Title 47, Chapter 16.
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Neutral
Public Funds and Financing
As enacted, redefines "local government" to include a water, wastewater, or energy authority for purposes of the present law applicable to bonds and notes issued by local governments; makes other related revisions. - Amends TCA Section 9-21-133 and Title 9, Chapter 21, Part 4.
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Neutral
Charitable Institutions
As enacted, establishes a five-day period after the effective date of this act during which a nonprofit organization may apply to operate a charitable gaming event during the annual period beginning July 1, 2025, until June 30, 2026. - Amends TCA Title 3, Chapter 17.
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Neutral
Education
As introduced, removes an obsolete provision requiring a report be provided by July 1, 2024, from the department of education, after working in partnership with the state board and the Tennessee higher education commission, to legislative committees regarding implementation of legislation concerning student literacy. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 49; Title 8 and Title 49.
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Neutral
Tennessee Emergency Management Agency (TEMA)
AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 9, Chapter 4, Part 2; Title 50, Chapter 7, Part 3; Title 58, Chapter 8; Title 58, Chapter 2 and Title 67, Chapter 5, and to amend Chapter __ of the Public Acts of 2025 (1st Ex. Sess. – HB 6002 / SB 6004), Chapter __ of the Public Acts of 2025 (1st Ex. Sess. – HB 6003 / SB 6003), and Chapter __ of the Public Acts of 2025 (1st Ex. Sess. – HB 6007 / SB 6007), relative to recovery from disasters and emergencies.
As introduced, requires TEMA to annually submit by February 1 of each year, a report to the governor, speaker of the senate, and speaker of the house of representatives detailing recovery efforts engaged in by the agency during the prior calendar year and recommendations on how to improve the efficiency of future recovery efforts. - Amends TCA Title 9, Chapter …
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Neutral
Transportation, Dept. of
As introduced, removes obsolete provision requiring the department, in consultation with the department of safety, local law enforcement agencies, and highway safety offices, to submit a report on or before February 15, 2024, of its findings and recommendations regarding the development of a strategic statewide plan to increase pedestrian safety to legislative committees. - Amends TCA Title 4 and Title …
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Neutral
Safety, Dept. of
As introduced, requires, by February 1 of each year, the department to submit a report to the governor, the speaker of the senate, and the speaker of the house of representatives that provides the number of individuals for whom a court enhanced their statutory penalty because either the conviction is for the commission of a violent crime and the defendant …
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Neutral
Tennessee Emergency Management Agency (TEMA)
As introduced, authorizes the suspension of certain requirements for purposes of obtaining unemployment benefits during emergencies; authorizes the agency to assist local governments and local emergency management agencies with recovery from disasters and emergencies on public property. - Amends TCA Section 50-7-302 and Section 58-2-106.
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Neutral
Revenue, Dept. of
As enacted, reduces from 1.125 percent to 0.75 percent the administrative fee percentage the department takes from the proceeds of the business tax, short-term rental unit occupancy tax, local tax surcharge, coal severance tax, and local option sales tax to assist in defraying the expenses of administration and collection, before remitting proceeds to the appropriate county, city, or town. - …
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Neutral
CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
As enacted, establishes a permanent criminal proceedings notification system, rather than a pilot project; removes the July 1, 2025, termination date for the criminal proceedings notification system. - Amends TCA Section 40-38-507.
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Neutral
Tennessee Housing Development Agency
As introduced, deletes provision requiring Tennessee rural and workforce housing tax credits to be authorized by joint resolution of the general assembly. - Amends TCA Section 13-23-134 and Chapter 971 of the Public Acts of 2024.
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Neutral
Real Property
As enacted, creates a vested property right upon the submission, rather than the approval, of a development plan or building permit; specifies that the vesting period applicable when it is based on the submission of a building permit is three years. - Amends TCA Title 13.
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Neutral
Agriculture, Dept. of
As enacted, establishes a fund for the development and implementation of programs that benefit Tennesseans by preserving farmland and forestland, including a grant program for conservation easements. - Amends TCA Title 43, Chapter 1, Part 1.
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Neutral
Education, Higher
As introduced, terminates the governing board of directors for the Tennessee student assistance corporation (TSAC); requires the Tennessee higher education commission to be the governing board for TSAC; changes the name of the "Wilder-Naifeh technical skills grant" to "TennesseeWORKS scholarship." - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 49, Chapter 4 and Title 49, Chapter 7.
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Neutral
Tourist Development, Dept. of
As enacted, creates a marketing division within the department to replace the tourism division; authorizes the department to enter into agreements with the department of transportation to assist with maintenance of welcome center facilities; creates a welcome centers division within the department to oversee such centers throughout the state; directs the commissioner of finance and administration to transfer from highway …
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Neutral
Transportation, Dept. of
As enacted, in the event of a transportation system failure or other emergency, grants the commissioner emergency contracting authority to enter into contracts for design-build, construction manager/general contractor (CM/GC), and progressive design-build (PDB) services for the delivery of transportation projects; exempts the department from having to identify such contracts exceeding $100 million in its transportation improvement program submitted annually to …
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Neutral
Safety, Dept. of
As introduced, adds the legislative librarian as a recipient of the annual report submitted by the department to legislative committees on the number of offenders who have had installed on their motor vehicles functioning ignition interlock devices and whether the installation of each device was pursuant to requirements in law. - Amends TCA Title 55 and Title 65.
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Neutral
Driver Licenses
As enacted, prohibits the use of digital driver licenses and digital photo identification licenses for voter identification purposes; regulates the use, retention, and disclosure of data submitted by persons participating in the digital driver license system, including biometric identifiers; prohibits geolocation data from being collected for purposes of the digital driver license system; revises other provisions related to driver licenses. …
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Neutral
DUI Offenses
As enacted, requires an ignition interlock provider to permit a person to appear for calibration, monitoring, or inspection of the device at any time within a two-week period; authorizes a court to order reinstatement of a person’s driver license if the person has no other revocations or suspensions on the person’s driving record and the person’s only noncompliance with ignition …
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Neutral
Criminal Offenses
As enacted, creates the criminal offense of threatening to commit an act of mass violence; creates the criminal offense of posting on a publicly accessible website the telephone number or home address of an individual with the intent to cause harm or a threat of harm to the individual or a member of the individual's family or household. - Amends …
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Neutral
Employees, Employers
As introduced, changes the maximum penalty amount from $7,000 for each violation by an employer of the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1972, and from $70,000 for each willful and repeated violation of the act, to the maximum penalty allowed by the federal occupational safety and health administration. - Amends TCA Title 50, Chapter 3, Part 4.
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Neutral
Boards And Commissions
As enacted, removes requirement that a license issued by a health related board be signed by members of the board prior to such issuance; authorizes the presiding officer to divide the board into panels to conduct contested case hearings or disciplinary matters; includes patient billing records as part of the medical and practice records that providers must make available for …
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Neutral
Food and Food Products
As enacted, deletes present laws pertaining to rented premises unfit for habitation and quick fast food establishment delivery vehicles; removes the statutorily set permit fees to operate food service establishments and requires such permit fees to be set by rule; makes other revisions to present laws pertaining to food service and safety. - Amends TCA Section 53-8-103; Title 68, Chapter …
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Neutral
Regional Authorities and Special Districts
As enacted, requires that interest income accruing on investments and deposits as a result of the Megasite Authority of West Tennessee's collection of rates to customers of a water system or wastewater system operated by the authority be credited to a separate account and carried forward into each subsequent fiscal year. - Amends TCA Section 64-9-107.
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Neutral
Education
AN ACT, to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 8, Chapter 50, Part 8; Title 49, Chapter 1, Part 6; Title 49, Chapter 1, Part 9; Title 49, Chapter 10, Part 14; Title 49, Chapter 16, Part 2; Title 49, Chapter 18, Part 1; Title 49, Chapter 2, Part 1; Title 49, Chapter 3, Part 1; Title 49, Chapter 3, Part 3; Title 49, Chapter 6, Part 10; Title 49, Chapter 6, Part 30; Title 49, Chapter 6, Part 31; Title 49, Chapter 6, Part 41; Title 49, Chapter 6, Part 50; Title 49, Chapter 1, Part 2 and Chapter 10
As enacted, makes various changes to reporting requirements, school and district accountability, the accumulation of excess instructional time, remote instruction, the immunization status of students in state custody, the individualized education account program, public virtual school enrollment, and certain course access program requirements imposed on the department of education. - Amends TCA Title 8, Chapter 50, Part 8; Title 49, …
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Neutral
Education, Dept. of
As enacted, requires the department to implement a transition plan to close the achievement school district (ASD) and to release all schools currently assigned to the ASD before the start of the 2026-2027 school year; requires the department to establish a different intervention system for priority schools; makes related changes. - Amends TCA Title 49.
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Neutral
Economic and Community Development
As enacted, clarifies that certain definitions concerning housing facilities and developments with regard to industrial development corporations include affordable and workforce housing; authorizes a municipality or county to approve amendments to an economic impact plan when approving the plan. - Amends TCA Title 7, Chapter 53; Title 9, Chapter 21 and Title 9, Chapter 23.
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Neutral
Children's Services, Dept. of
As introduced, changes from 10 to 15, the number of days of prior written notice the department must provide to a relative caregiver of any additional requirements for receiving payments as a relative caregiver. - Amends TCA Title 37 and Title 71.
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Neutral
Insurance Companies, Agents, Brokers, Policies
As enacted, requires a health benefit plan issuer to provide no later than 30 days after a health benefit plan issuer receives a written request for a claims experience report from a plan, plan sponsor, or plan administrator, the report to the requesting party; prohibits coverage by a commercial risk insurance policy of farm risks or real or personal property …
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Neutral
Agriculture, Dept. of
As enacted, establishes June 30 as the expiration date for certain licenses issued by the department. - Amends TCA Title 43, Chapter 1, Part 1; Section 43-10-118; Section 43-11-405; Section 43-8-104; Section 44-10-203; Section 44-11-105; Section 44-6-104; Section 47-26-1010; Section 53-1-204; Section 53-3-105; Section 53-3-106; Section 53-7-216 and Section 53-8-106.
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Neutral
Agriculture, Dept. of
As enacted, renames the "Tennessee Meat and Poultry Inspection Act" as the "Tennessee Meat Inspection Act"; revises the act to facilitate the implementation of a state meat inspection program. - Amends TCA Title 53, Chapter 7 and Chapter 380 of the Public Acts of 2023.
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Neutral
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.
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Neutral
Bail, Bail Bonds
As enacted, allows a magistrate to consider hearsay evidence when determining whether a defendant should be released on bail pending trial and the amount of bail necessary to reasonably assure the appearance of the defendant while at the same time protecting the safety of the public. - Amends TCA Title 24; Title 39 and Title 40.
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Neutral
Private Protective Services
As enacted, creates the enhanced armed guard registration that may be obtained upon completion of certain training and other requirements by an armed security guard/officer who has at least five years of full-time experience as a law enforcement officer or four years of active duty military experience in a combat arms military occupational specialty; directs the commissioner of commerce and …
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Neutral
Alcoholic Beverage Commission
As enacted, requires a law enforcement agency to provide records related to an accident, the persons involved in such accident, and persons involved in providing or selling alcoholic beverages to persons involved in an accident upon receipt of a request for such records by the commission; makes related changes. - Amends TCA Title 55 and Title 57.
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Neutral
Driver Licenses
As introduced, increases the penalty for driving upon a highway without a valid driver license for the vehicle being driven from a Class C misdemeanor to a Class B misdemeanor for a first offense and a Class A misdemeanor for a second or subsequent offense committed within 10 years of a prior offense. - Amends TCA Title 39 and Title …
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Neutral
Computers and Electronic Processing
As enacted, requires each department, agency, office, commission, institution, or instrumentality of the executive branch to accept electronic transmissions; defines the meaning of electronic transmission as applicable to this state's code; removes the terms "fax" or "facsimile" in certain statutes and replaces the terms with electronic transmission. - Amends TCA Title 1; Title 2; Title 3; Title 4; Title 5; …
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Neutral
Real Property
As enacted, clarifies that property that is qualified as agricultural, forest land, or open space land, owned by two individuals, and held under the titles of tenancy by the entireties or of joint tenancy with right of survivorship, is deemed to have unchanged ownership upon the death of an owner if the property is retained by the other owner through …
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Neutral
Criminal Offenses
As enacted, creates a Class B misdemeanor for knowingly activating and pointing a laser pointer or other device utilizing a laser beam at a person driving an automobile, boat, aircraft, or any other motor vehicle. - Amends TCA Title 39.
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Neutral
WORKERS COMPENSATION
As enacted, increases, from 30 to 35, the minimum age for an individual to serve as a judge on the workers' compensation appeals board; increases, from two to three, the number of additional terms to which a judge of the workers' compensation appeals board may be reappointed; makes other changes related to workers' compensation. - Amends TCA Title 50, Chapter …
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Neutral
Highways, Roads and Bridges
As introduced, extends the authority for local governments to levy a surcharge on local privilege taxes to fund a transportation improvement program to all cities instead of only Chattanooga, Clarksville, Knoxville, Nashville, and Memphis, and to all counties instead of only Wilson, Washington, Blount, Sullivan, Sumner, Montgomery, Williamson, Rutherford, Hamilton, Knox, Davidson, and Shelby counties; expands the use of such …
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Neutral
Parks, Natural Areas Preservation
As enacted, requires a county or municipal government that receives a grant from the local parks land acquisition fund for a project located within a county designated as distressed or at-risk by the Appalachian Regional Commission at the time of the grant application to match the grant with an amount of money equal to 25 percent of the project, instead …
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Neutral
Environment and Conservation, Department of
As enacted, makes various changes related to fees set by the department for environmental regulatory programs; makes changes to the regulation of coal combustion residuals disposal units. - Amends TCA Title 68, Chapter 203, Part 1 and Title 68, Chapter 211, Part 1.
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Neutral
Safety, Dept. of
As enacted, specifies that the Tennessee Advanced Communications Network is the division of the department of safety that operates, maintains, and oversees the statewide P25 interoperable communications system; authorizes the department to collect and use fees and assessments for the improvement of the system in addition to collection and use of such fees for the system's use and maintenance. - …
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Neutral
Railroads
As enacted, changes, from the governor to the commissioner of safety, the authority to whom a railroad company may apply to and who commissions an agent or employee as a railroad police officer. - Amends TCA Section 65-6-133.
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Neutral
Criminal Offenses
As enacted, creates the offense of intentionally impeding or obstructing a member of the division of protective services from ingress to, egress from, or movement about a location where the member is responsible for a person protected by the division of protective services; creates the offense of intentionally refusing to vacate an area where access has been restricted by a …
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Neutral
Financial Responsibility Law
As enacted, requires the commissioner of revenue, instead of the commissioner of safety, to issue a certificate stating that a cash deposit or bond in the amount required by the Tennessee Financial Responsibility Law of 1977 has been paid or filed with the commissioner of revenue. - Amends TCA Section 55-12-139.
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Neutral
Revenue, Dept. of
As introduced, extends from 2030 to 2031, the time period in which the department is to submit annual reports to the general assembly regarding sales taxes the department collects on all electronic nicotine delivery devices. - Amends TCA Title 67.
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Neutral
Taxes, Sales
As enacted, extends indefinitely the authority of the commissioner of revenue to require persons selling food, candy, or nonalcoholic beverages, including bottled soft drinks, to retailers to file an information report of such net sales with the department by deleting the July 1, 2025, termination date. - Amends TCA Section 67-6-410.
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Neutral
Motor Vehicles, Titling and Registration
As introduced, deletes requirement for the department of revenue to report on the status of the computerized titling and registration system to the transportation and safety committee of the senate and transportation committee of the house of representatives. - Amends TCA Title 55.
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Neutral
Taxes, Franchise
As enacted, clarifies that the imposition of a criminal offense, penalty, or dismissal from employment does not apply to an officer or employee of the department of revenue or other employee or officer of the state who in good faith acts in accordance with present law requiring the department to publish on its website in June 2025 the names of …
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Neutral
Criminal Offenses
As enacted, makes permanent the exclusion of narcotic testing equipment used to determine whether a controlled substance contains a synthetic opioid, unless the narcotic testing equipment is possessed for purposes of the commission of a drug offense, from the definition of drug paraphernalia; removes the July 1, 2025, repeal date for that exclusion. - Amends TCA Section 39-17-402.
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Neutral
State Employees
As introduced, excludes from state service officers and employees of certain state entities; expands bereavement leave for certain categories of state officers and employees. - Amends TCA Section 8-30-102 and Title 8, Chapter 50, Part 1.
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Neutral
Public Health
As enacted, adds as a disease for which a laboratory must test during a standard serological test of a pregnant woman hepatitis C antibody (anti-HCV) with automatic reflex to HCV RNA if anti-HCV is reactive, and makes certain other changes to the process of conducting required pregnancy serological tests. - Amends TCA Section 68-5-602.
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Neutral
Financial Institutions, Dept. of
As enacted, authorizes the commissioner to determine the type, amounts, and other characteristics of deposit insurance required to be maintained by each state bank; describes criteria the commissioner must consider in making the determinations. - Amends TCA Title 45, Chapter 2.
Bill
Neutral
Banks and Financial Institutions
As introduced, requires a state-chartered bank to obtain an annual audit of its financial statements at intervals of no longer than 15 months, unless the bank's financial statements are included in the audit of its holding company's consolidated statements; requires the board to review, discuss, and record the audit in meeting minutes; requires each bank to provide the commissioner of …
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Neutral
State Employees
As enacted, requires the pay period for state employees be no less than twice per month as determined by the commissioner of finance and administration; removes the requirement that the pay period be semimonthly. - Amends TCA Title 8, Chapter 23, Part 2.
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Neutral
Welfare
As enacted, removes the requirement that a parent or caretaker enter a personal responsibility plan that requires a child to attend school and receive immunizations and health checks; removes certain requirements for a parent or caretaker regarding personal responsibility plans; removes a 20 percent reduction in temporary assistance payments for failure to comply with certain personal responsibility plan requirements. - …
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Neutral
Human Services, Dept. of
As enacted, makes various changes to the licensing exemption categories for programs and activities that fall within the definition of a child care agency; makes related changes, such as exempting home schools from licensure. - Amends TCA Title 4 and Title 71, Chapter 3, Part 5.
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Neutral
Children
As enacted, removes the requirement that grants under the child care improvement pilot program be provided explicitly to nonprofit organizations in order to establish or make improvements to a child care agency. - Amends TCA Title 71.
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Neutral
Intellectual & Developmental Disabilities
As enacted, revises record retention requirements for records regarding services and supports received by persons with intellectual and developmental disabilities by the department of disability and aging's contracted providers and departmental facilities and clinics, updates outdated cross-references. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 12; Title 33; Title 34; Title 36; Title 39; Title 49; Title 52; Title 68; Title 71 …
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Neutral
Foster Care
As enacted, expands the provision of voluntary extended foster care services by the department of children's services to include young adults between 20 and 23 who were in the custody of the department at the time of the young adult's eighteenth birthday and young adults who were adopted from, or approved for subsidized permanent guardianship by, the department of children's …
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Neutral
Adoption
As enacted, changes from 21 to 18 the age at which certain adoption records must be made available to certain adopted persons; makes various other changes regarding adoption records. - Amends TCA Title 36, Chapter 1, Part 1.
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Neutral
Election Laws
As enacted, requires the coordinator of elections, in collaboration with the department of safety, prior to January 1, 2028, to create a secure, electronic portal through which each county administrator of elections may access information to verify, prior to processing an applicant's application to register to vote, whether the applicant is a United States citizen based upon records on file …
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Neutral
County Government
As enacted, authorizes certain county legislative bodies, by a two-thirds vote, to remove any member of an appointed board or commission, if such removal is recommended by the appointing authority and the member of the board or commission is given at least five business days' notice of the meeting when the vote on removal will occur. - Amends TCA Title …
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Neutral
Criminal Offenses
As enacted, creates new misdemeanor offenses, including intentionally giving a false or fictitious name to a law enforcement officer who has lawfully detained or arrested such person. - Amends TCA Title 39; Title 40; Title 54 and Title 55.