Tennessee Senate Bills

Rutherford County - Subject to local approval, repeals and reconstitutes provisions establishing the Rutherford County Highway Commission and County Highway Road Superintendent. - Repeals Chapter 55 of the Private Acts of 1951; as amended.

Unicoi County - Subject to local approval, aligns the county's mineral severance tax with the tax amounts prescribed under state law. - Amends Chapter 213 of the Private Acts of 1982.

Martin - Subject to local approval, rewrites the city charter. - Amends Chapter 158 of the Private Acts of 1992; as amended.

Oakland - Subject to local approval, transfers authority to appoint and remove all directors and department heads, excluding the town recorder, from the board of mayor and aldermen to the town manager. - Amends Chapter 167 of the Private Acts of 1994; as amended.

Grand Junction - Subject to local approval, authorizes the board of mayor and aldermen to appoint a town administrator; specifies the duties of the town administrator; transfers certain duties of the mayor to the town administrator; changes the appointment of the city recorder from the mayor to the board of mayor and aldermen. - Amends Chapter 75 of the Private Acts of 1969; as amended.

Kingsport - Subject to local approval, makes various changes to the charter, including when a vice-mayor is chosen by the board; when warrants to collect delinquent taxes may be issued; removes a requirement that a tentative appropriation ordinance must be published in a newspaper; changes from the 1st of July to the 1st of September when elected board of education members assume office and when such members must choose a president. - Amends Chapter 76 of the Private Acts of 1917; as amended.

Williamson County - Subject to local approval, authorizes the board of the Williamson County hospital district to sell real property owned or operated by the hospital district and lease substantially all of the facilities owned or operated by the hospital district if approved by the Williamson County board of commissioners. - Amends Chapter 107 of the Private Acts of 1957; as amended.

Henry County - Subject to local approval, levies a severance tax on clay, titanium, and any other substance commonly recognized as a mineral not already taxed by this state; requires revenue from such tax to be used exclusively for the construction, maintenance, and repair of the county road system. -

Greenbrier - Subject to local approval, increases salary of aldermen from $120 per month to $300 per month, with no such increase to apply to an incumbent prior to the end of the term for which the elected official was selected; establishes purchasing limits in accordance with state law rather than by specific amounts in charter. - Amends Chapter 207 of the Private Acts of 1996; as amended and rewritten.

Athens - Subject to local approval, sets compensation of mayor and council members by ordinance rather than specific dollar amounts; does not alter compensation amounts of current mayor or council members. - Amends Chapter 455 of the Private Acts of 1953; as amended.

Springfield - Subject to local approval, authorizes relatives of city employees to be hired in departments other than that of the employee. - Amends Chapter 158 of the Private Acts of 1927; as amended and rewritten.

Cheatham County - Subject to local approval, requires the existing impact fee of $7,500 in Cheatham County, known as the Cheatham County Development Tax, to be allocated as follows: $3,500 to the county Education Debt Service Fund; $3,500 to the county Education Debt Service Fund reserved for school building construction and renovation; and $500 to the Highway and Public Works Fund. - Amends Chapter 28 of the Private Acts of 1997.

Cheatham County - Subject to local approval, increases from six to seven the number of school districts and school board members in Cheatham County. -

Shelbyville - Subject to local approval, removes the city manager as a member of the Shelbyville Power, Water and Sewerage System Board to be replaced by an additional city council member. - Amends Chapter 62 of the Private Acts of 2016; as amended.

Weakley County - Subject to local approval, clarifies that the county highway superintendent of the county highway department continue in such elected office pursuant to qualifications established under state law. - Amends the private acts of Weakley County.

Adamsville - Subject to local approval, revises provisions relating to the filling of a vacancy in the office of mayor or on the city commission. - Amends Chapter 32 of the Private Acts of 2009.

Roane County - Subject to local approval, repeals act that designated the chief executive officer of the county as the county executive. - Amends Chapter 1 of the Private Acts of 2007.

General Assembly - As enacted, revises and clarifies procedures of the joint committee on ways and means, including authorizing the committee to issue notice that a hearing will not be held or to hold a hearing to review the application or acceptance of federal aid in an amount that is less than $25 million. - Amends TCA Section 4-4-116 and Chapter 512 of the Public Acts of 2025.

Health, Dept. of - As enacted, authorizes the department to establish and administer an early childhood mental health home visiting program as a voluntary, evidence-based and home-based intervention to promote the mental health, developmental progress, and family stability of children from birth to five years of age and their families. - Amends TCA Title 33 and Title 68, Chapter 1.

Education, Higher - As enacted, divides the appointing authority for the nine voting members of the Tennessee higher education commission among the governor, the speaker of the senate, and the speaker of the house of representatives equally; establishes various tuition and fee limitations and requirements for public institutions of higher education. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 14; Title 49, Chapter 7; Title 49, Chapter 8 and Title 49, Chapter 9.

Insurance, Health, Accident - As enacted, enacts the "Stopping Health Insurers from Excluding Legal Decisions (SHIELD) Act." - Amends TCA Title 8; Title 56 and Title 71.

Audiologists and Speech Pathologists - As enacted, removes requirement that persons seeking licensure as speech language pathologists be members of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association. - Amends TCA Title 63, Chapter 17.

Trenton - Subject to local approval, expands the responsibilities of the city recorder to include the administration of functions for necessary and proper municipal operations, and to make such reports of the finances of the city as required and called on by the Mayor and Board; expands the residency requirement for the chief of police by authorizing the chief to reside anywhere in the county rather than just the city. - Amends Chapter 14 of the Private Acts of 2011.

Humphreys County - Subject to local approval, creates the Humphreys County Water Authority. -

Mason - Subject to local approval, revises the charter of the Town of Mason to provide grounds for vacating certain offices, to prescribe the oath for office; to fix the time, place, and notice requirements for meetings of the board of mayor and aldermen, to establish the rules of procedure for meetings, to prescribe additional duties of the mayor and the board, to provide for the administration of government and personnel, to prescribe the duties of the town administrator and town attorney, to prescribe the budget process, and to make various other changes. - Amends Chapter 120 of the Private Acts of 1915; as amended and rewritten.

Tipton County - Subject to local approval, authorizes the legislative body of Tipton County to designate a division of the county's general sessions court as the environmental court to hear cases involving the alleged violation of any ordinance relating to health, housing, fire, land subdivision, building, or zoning. -

Memorials, Recognition - Office of the Chief Clerk of the Senate of the 2026 Legislative Session -

Memorials, Recognition - Sword of the Senate -

Memorials, Recognition - Paytn Gibson, Carter Holmes, and Ty Miller of Memphis East T-STEM Academy -

Memorials, Academic Achievement - Calvin Richardson, Valedictorian, South-Doyle High School -

Memorials, Academic Achievement - Isaiah Mitchell, Salutatorian, South-Doyle High School -

Memorials, Academic Achievement - Avery York, Salutatorian, South-Doyle High School -

Memorials, Academic Achievement - Jacob Donaldson, Salutatorian, Gibbs High School -

Memorials, Academic Achievement - Mikel Van Pelt, Valedictorian, Gibbs High School -

Memorials, Academic Achievement - Maggie Messer, Salutatorian, Carter High School -

Memorials, Academic Achievement - Diana Escobar-Salgado, Valedictorian, Carter High School -

Memorials, Academic Achievement - Seth Sparks, Salutatorian, Austin-East High School -

Memorials, Academic Achievement - Lily Seaton, Valedictorian, Austin-East High School -

Memorials, Academic Achievement - Ian Steiger, Salutatorian, West High School -

Memorials, Academic Achievement - Henry Casey, Salutatorian, West High School -

Memorials, Academic Achievement - Kaia Harbick, Valedictorian, West High School -

Memorials, Death - Fred Walton -

Memorials, Academic Achievement - Clyne Walton, Salutatorian, Bolivar Central High School -

Memorials, Academic Achievement - Kadea Bolyard, Valedictorian, Bolivar Central High School -

Memorials, Interns - Lily Gale -

Memorials, Professional Achievement - Dr. Ollie Liddell, 2026 Outstanding High School Music Educator -

Memorials, Academic Achievement - Corey Armstrong, Valedictorian, Fairley High School -

Memorials, Academic Achievement - Viondre Johnson, Salutatorian, Fairley High School -

Memorials, Academic Achievement - Liliana Mendez-Medina, Valedictorian, Raleigh-Egypt High School -

Memorials, Academic Achievement - Dariana Sanchez Arredondo, Salutatorian, Raleigh-Egypt High School -

Memorials, Recognition - Lauren Milam, Dennis Washington Leadership Graduate Scholarship -

Memorials, Professional Achievement - Renee Croom, South Elementary School Teacher of the Year -

Memorials, Interns - John "Jack" Bulmer -

Memorials, Recognition - TCAT Crump, SkillsUSA State Conference -

Memorials, Academic Achievement - Emily Rodriguez, Valedictorian, Hamilton High School -

Memorials, Academic Achievement - Travis Houston, Salutatorian, Hamilton High School -

Memorials, Academic Achievement - Aiden Lockhart, Valedictorian, Middle College High School -

Memorials, Academic Achievement - Rakyah Watson, Salutatorian, Middle College High School -

Memorials, Academic Achievement - Amir Farmer, Valedictorian, Mitchell High School -

Memorials, Academic Achievement - Lashayla Williams, Salutatorian, Mitchell High School -