Tennessee 2025-2026 Regular Session All Bills (Page 70)

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Tennessee Senate Bill SB2276

Introduced
2/2/26  
Engrossed
4/2/26  
Enrolled
4/15/26  
Passed
4/27/26  
As enacted, prohibits the director of accounts and budgets for Overton County from being terminated or discharged without the approval of the county legislative body if such prohibition is approval by a 2/3 vote of the Overton County legislative body. - Amends TCA Title 5.
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Tennessee House Bill HB2420

Introduced
2/3/26  
Refer
2/5/26  
Refer
3/24/26  
As introduced, requires, instead of authorizes, the commissioner to direct a local education agency to close a virtual school that meets certain performance criteria; prohibits a nonprofit or for-profit provider from contracting to operate or manage a new virtual school in this state for a period of five years if a virtual school operated or managed by the provider is closed due to the virtual school's poor academic performance. - Amends TCA Title 49.
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Tennessee Senate Bill SB2385

As introduced, changes the definition of economically disadvantaged for purposes of the weighted allocations generated for such students in the Tennessee investment in student achievement formula; requires the department of education to allocate additional funds to an LEA that experiences a reduction in the LEA's TISA allocation in certain circumstances; requires the department to seek an amendment to this state's Every Student Succeeds Act plan to change the definition of the economically disadvantaged student subgroup. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 1 and Title 49, Chapter 3.
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Tennessee Senate Bill SB2618

As introduced, requires the joint chairs of the artificial intelligence advisory council to publish their annual findings regarding the economic, labor, and ethical impacts of artificial intelligence on an appropriate page of the general assembly's website, in addition to the existing requirement to submit these reports to the governor and legislative speakers. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 10; Title 16; Title 36; Title 37; Title 38; Title 39; Title 40; Title 45; Title 47; Title 48; Title 49; Title 53; Title 63; Title 67; Title 68 and Title 71.
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Tennessee Senate Bill SB2495

As introduced, requires employers to pay employees an hourly wage of at least $20 beginning January 1, 2027, with annual adjustments by the commissioner of labor and workforce development based on increases in the consumer price index; establishes posting mandates, civil liability for violations, and a two-to-three-year statute of limitations for recovery actions. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 9; Title 13; Title 29; Title 47; Title 50; Title 57; Title 58; Title 65; Title 67 and Title 68.
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Tennessee House Bill HB2561

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 68, Chapter 204, Part 1.
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Tennessee House Bill HB2571

Introduced
2/3/26  
Refer
2/5/26  
Refer
3/11/26  
Refer
3/31/26  
As enacted, requires the board of medical examiners to issue a provisional foreign training license of two years, which may be extended for an additional one year, to an internationally trained physician who has successfully completed the examination described in current law upon finding sufficient evidence that the internationally trained physician has met certain listed criteria; makes related changes. - Amends TCA Title 63.
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Tennessee Senate Bill SB2340

As introduced, increases, from 20 to 25, the number of days before which a citation regarding a violation of the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1972 becomes a final order after the citation is received; increases, from 20 to 25, the number of days after receipt of the citation that the recipient has to advise the commissioner of the recipient's objections before the citation becomes a final order. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 8 and Title 50.
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Tennessee House Bill HB2116

Introduced
2/2/26  
Refer
2/5/26  
Refer
3/2/26  
Refer
3/11/26  
Chaptered
4/13/26  
As enacted, designates the residential burn building located on the campus of the Tennessee fire services and codes enforcement academy as the "Charles 'Charlie' J. Lewis Residential Burn Building." - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 24 and Title 68.
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Tennessee Senate Bill SB2555

As introduced, authorizes an individual to submit a request for a pre-application determination of eligibility for an occupational license based on criminal history either in writing or electronically, rather than exclusively in writing, and updates the provision regarding judicial review to clarify that the 30-day window to petition the Davidson County chancery court is triggered by the receipt of either written or electronic notice of disqualification. - Amends TCA Title 63 and Title 68.
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Tennessee House Bill HB2091

Introduced
2/2/26  
Refer
2/5/26  
Refer
4/20/26  
Refer
4/20/26  
Refer
4/20/26  
As introduced, requires the executive director of the Tennessee wildlife resources agency to post a list of areas within the state that allow the use of off-highway motor vehicles, including the acreage of the area and the estimated length of the trails, on the commission's website. - Amends TCA Title 70, Chapter 9.
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Tennessee House Bill HB2166

Introduced
2/2/26  
Refer
2/5/26  
As introduced, requires a blood bank to comply with a physician's order for an autologous blood donation or directed blood donation for a specific patient; requires a hospital to allow a patient who is scheduled for a medical procedure to provide an autologous blood donation or directed blood donation upon order of a physician. - Amends TCA Title 68, Chapter 32.
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Tennessee House Bill HB2527

Introduced
2/3/26  
Refer
2/5/26  
Refer
3/10/26  
Refer
3/23/26  
Chaptered
5/5/26  
As enacted, 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 days or, in cases involving a child fatality, 180 days. - Amends TCA Title 37, Chapter 1.
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Tennessee Senate Bill SB2593

As introduced, increases, from 90 to 95, the number of days that the board of directors for a municipal energy authority has to fill a board vacancy created by the death, resignation, or removal of any director and gain approval of the applicable governing body. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 9; Title 12; Title 13; Title 48; Title 50; Title 64; Title 65 and Title 67.
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Tennessee House Bill HB2472

Introduced
2/3/26  
As introduced, defines "criminally negligent conduct,” as used in the offense of criminally negligent homicide, to include failing or refusing to render aid to another person who is unconscious or in need of medical care and the person failing to act knows or reasonably should know that the unconsciousness or need for medical care occurred after the consumption of any controlled substance. - Amends TCA Title 39.