Tennessee 2025-2026 Regular Session All Bills (Page 38)

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Tennessee Senate Bill SB2021

As introduced, requires the commissioner of human services to provide to the commissioner of correction an application for food assistance to be used by inmates in state correctional institutions prior to release; requires the application to contain an option for the inmate to indicate a denial to apply for food assistance and reasons for doing so; requires the commissioner of correction to supply the application to each inmate prior to release; requires reports to the general assembly on certain data collected from the applications and on the number of inmates leaving incarceration who are approved for food assistance. - Amends TCA Title 41 and Title 71.
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Tennessee Senate Bill SB1996

Introduced
1/22/26  
As introduced, beginning November 3, 2026, increases the monthly office expense allowance to $2,251; requires such allowance to be adjusted monthly based on the consumer price index. - Amends TCA Title 3.
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Tennessee Senate Bill SB1957

Introduced
1/22/26  
Engrossed
3/9/26  
Enrolled
4/1/26  
Passed
4/14/26  
As enacted, enacts the "Tennessee Religious Freedom Act," which authorizes a local board of education to open a meeting of the board with a prayer led by a member of the board as long as the prayer does not require participation of any person in attendance at the meeting and no person is harassed or coerced to participate in the prayer. - Amends TCA Title 49.
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Tennessee House Bill HB1892

Introduced
1/22/26  
Refer
2/4/26  
Refer
3/4/26  
Refer
3/24/26  
Engrossed
4/2/26  
Enrolled
4/15/26  
As introduced, allows a housing authority, industrial development corporation, or community redevelopment agency to enter into an agreement with a property owner in an area identified in a redevelopment plan, economic impact plan, or community redevelopment plan that requires the owner to make certain payments to secure the bonds of the authority, corporation, or agency; requires the agreement to be recorded in the county's real property records to create a lien; affords the lien first priority over previously and later recorded mortgages and all other liens. - Amends TCA Title 9, Chapter 23 and Title 67, Chapter 5.
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Tennessee Senate Bill SB2055

Introduced
1/22/26  
Engrossed
3/12/26  
Enrolled
4/30/26  
Passed
5/22/26  
As introduced, requires an LEA or public charter school to allow a private pay provider for a student with autism spectrum disorder or developmental delays access to the student during the school day to provide the student with private pay services in educational settings, including classroom settings, as determined by the student's IEP or service agreement. - Amends TCA Title 49; Title 68 and Title 71.
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Tennessee House Bill HB1937

Introduced
1/22/26  
Refer
2/4/26  
As introduced, enacts the “Tennessee Freedom from Unlawful Immigration Detention Act.” - Amends TCA Title 7; Title 8; Title 38; Title 40 and Title 41.
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Tennessee House Bill HB1908

Introduced
1/22/26  
As introduced, makes appropriations for the purpose of defraying the expenses of certain legislative enactments passed during the 2026 session of the 114th General Assembly; earmarks sufficient state funds for the purpose of funding any bill naming a highway or bridge in honor of a service member killed in action.
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Tennessee Senate Bill SB2115

As introduced, expands the offense of adulteration of food, liquids, or pharmaceuticals to include adulteration for the purpose of making the user of the food, liquid, or pharmaceutical involuntarily intoxicated; classifies the offense as a Class D felony. - Amends TCA Title 39 and Title 40.
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Tennessee Senate Bill SB2071

As introduced, prohibits a person from requiring another to use programmable money for a transaction; prohibits an issuer of programmable money from denying a transaction based upon certain factors; requires an issuer of programmable money that denies a transaction to provide reasons for the denial to the affected party upon request; designates violations to be violations of the Consumer Protection Act of 1977 and provides for other forms of relief and enforcement. - Amends TCA Title 47.
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Tennessee House Bill HB1904

Introduced
1/22/26  
Refer
2/4/26  
Refer
3/10/26  
Refer
3/18/26  
Refer
3/23/26  
Chaptered
4/24/26  
As enacted, requires certain procedures, currently found in the federal Indian Child Welfare Act, to be applied by courts in child custody proceedings involving an Indian child. - Amends TCA Title 36 and Title 37.
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Tennessee House Bill HB1955

Introduced
1/22/26  
As introduced, directs the commissioner of commerce and insurance to publish and submit to the general assembly on or before October 1, 2026, a report containing data on alleged statutory violations by pharmacy benefits managers during the previous fiscal year for failing to meet requirements for timely reimbursements to pharmacies; the report must include data on the number of alleged violations reported, the commissioner's findings from any ensuing investigations, and any penalties imposed for findings of violations. - Amends TCA Title 56, Chapter 7, Part 31 and Title 56, Chapter 7, Part 32.
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Tennessee House Bill HB1938

Introduced
1/22/26  
Refer
2/4/26  
As introduced, prohibits this state or a local government from entering into a new contract or renewing an existing contract for the provision of correctional services for an inmate under the custody and care of the department of correction or the local government. - Amends TCA Title 41, Chapter 24.
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Tennessee House Bill HB1973

Introduced
1/22/26  
Refer
2/4/26  
Refer
3/3/26  
As introduced, adds former students to those students with which an educator is subject to licensure discipline for engaging in sexually related behavior; removes the optional penalty of licensure discipline for an educator who breaks a contract with a local board of education without a justifiable reason. - Amends TCA Title 49.
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Tennessee House Bill HB1958

Introduced
1/22/26  
Refer
2/4/26  
Refer
2/18/26  
Refer
3/4/26  
Chaptered
4/6/26  
As enacted, exempts from the requirement that wages earned by employees in private employment are due and payable no later than the fifth day of the succeeding month those employees who are employed on a piece-work or commission basis, and requires that compensation for such employees is due and payable by the last day of the succeeding month; makes certain other changes relative to employee compensation. - Amends TCA Title 50, Chapter 2, Part 1.
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Tennessee House Bill HB1925

Introduced
1/22/26  
As introduced, enacts the "One America Act," which requires every person who has resided in this state for a period of more than 30 days and who is not lawfully present in the United States to register and submit to an interview with the department at which time the department may issue the person a one-year visa for re-entry into the United States and to this state; if the person does not commit a criminal offense within such one-year period, the person is eligible to apply for permanent resident status upon completion of the one-year period. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 8 and Title 39.