Tennessee 2025-2026 Regular Session All Bills (Page 582)

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Tennessee House Bill HB1641

Introduced
1/14/26  
As introduced, extends for one year the annual report the department must submit to committees of the general assembly regarding blocked highway-rail grade crossings data collected by the federal railroad administration. - Amends TCA Title 55 and Title 65.
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Tennessee Senate Bill SB1651

As introduced, expresses the legislative intent that a county in which a county-wide fire department is established, or in which a volunteer fire department provides services, direct priority for the appropriation and allocation of county funds to fund the activities of the county-wide or volunteer fire department. - Amends TCA Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 8; Title 38 and Title 68, Chapter 102, Part 3.
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Tennessee House Bill HB1592

Introduced
1/13/26  
Refer
1/21/26  
Refer
2/2/26  
Engrossed
2/9/26  
Enrolled
2/10/26  
Passed
2/25/26  
As enacted, extends the pest control advisory board to June 30, 2030. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 29 and Title 62, Chapter 21.
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Tennessee House Bill HB1639

Introduced
1/14/26  
Refer
1/21/26  
Refer
3/10/26  
Refer
3/18/26  
Chaptered
4/29/26  
As enacted, 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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Tennessee Senate Bill SJR0587

Introduced
1/14/26  
Engrossed
2/2/26  
Enrolled
2/10/26  
Greggory Joe Ridley, Mayor of Bledsoe County
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Tennessee House Bill HB1673

Introduced
1/14/26  
Refer
1/21/26  
Refer
2/18/26  
Refer
3/11/26  
Refer
3/25/26  
Refer
3/31/26  
Engrossed
4/6/26  
Enrolled
4/28/26  
Passed
5/7/26  
As enacted, makes various changes to laws regarding utilities, including the procedure for consolidation of utilities and continuing education requirements for members of utility governing bodies. - Amends TCA Title 7, Chapter 34; Title 7, Chapter 82; Title 9, Chapter 21 and Title 68, Chapter 221.
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Tennessee Senate Bill SB1675

Introduced
1/14/26  
As introduced, clarifies that a notification sent by email from the assessor to a taxpayer of a change in the classification or assessed valuation of the taxpayer's property is effective when electronically sent. - Amends TCA Title 67, Chapter 5.
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Tennessee Senate Bill SB1672

Introduced
1/14/26  
Engrossed
4/21/26  
Enrolled
4/29/26  
Passed
5/22/26  
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 plan or community redevelopment plan. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 8; Title 9 and Title 67.
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Tennessee Senate Bill SB1660

Introduced
1/14/26  
As introduced, increases the penalty for arson committed at a pregnancy resource center from a Class C felony to a Class B felony; defines "pregnancy resource center" as a nonprofit organization that provides care and resources to assist women and families facing difficult or unexpected pregnancies, including providing counseling, financial assistance, food, clothing, and medical assistance to pregnant women and reimbursing social service providers who prepare adoptions throughout the state for services and programs targeting at-risk women and families with immediate and ongoing needs related to unexpected pregnancy. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 14, Part 3.
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Tennessee House Bill HB1658

Introduced
1/14/26  
Refer
1/21/26  
Refer
2/17/26  
As introduced, enacts the "Tennessee Civics Education Act," which requires persons seeking the first issuance of a practitioner teacher license or practitioner occupational teacher license to achieve a passing score on a United States civics test prepared by the department of education in order to obtain the license. - Amends TCA Title 49.
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Tennessee House Bill HB1660

Introduced
1/14/26  
As introduced, prohibits any cause of action for nuisance, taking, or another claim against a racing facility or racetrack by the owner of a surrounding real property if the racing facility or racetrack was built before the owner of the surrounding real property purchased the real property or built in the area of the racing facility or racetrack, regardless of the date on which the cause of action is alleged to have arisen; prohibits a political subdivision from adopting or enforcing any ordinance, resolution, or regulation that would restrict, limit, or prohibit the operation of a racing facility or racetrack in a manner inconsistent. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 5; Title 6; Title 7 and Title 29.
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Tennessee House Bill HB1662

Introduced
1/14/26  
As introduced, increases from a Class A misdemeanor to a Class C felony the available sentence for an aggravated criminal trespass if, while in commission of the trespass, the trespasser encounters the owner using or displaying a firearm in self-defense; upgrades trespass offenses to Class C felonies. - Amends TCA Section 39-11-611; Title 39, Chapter 13, Part 10 and Title 39, Chapter 14, Part 4.
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Tennessee House Bill HB1654

As introduced, requires governor to cause proposed legislation that transfers functions between state departments be forwarded to the chairs of the government operations committees of both houses. - Amends TCA Title 4.
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Tennessee House Bill HJR0762

Introduced
1/14/26  
Engrossed
1/15/26  
Enrolled
1/23/26  
Kay Lee Arthur
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Tennessee House Bill HB1646

Introduced
1/14/26  
As introduced, requires health benefit plans entered into, amended, or renewed on or after January 1, 2027, to provide coverage for services related to acquired brain injury; requires the commissioner of commerce and insurance to promulgate rules to provide a process for an expedited appeal of an adverse determination related to such coverage. - Amends TCA Title 8; Title 56 and Title 71.