Tennessee Senate Bills

Memorials, Sports - Craig Huskey, Region 1-3A Co-Defensive Player of the Year -

Memorials, Sports - Luke Stuart, Region 1-3A Co-Lineman of the Year -

Memorials, Sports - Kolby Jones, Region 1-3A Player of the Year -

Memorials, Sports - Dillon Sifford, Region 1-3A Co-Lineman of the Year -

Memorials, Sports - Braxton Lowe, Region 1-3A Underclassman of the Year -

Memorials, Sports - Nathan Allen, All-Region 1-3A first team -

Memorials, Sports - John Keohane, All-Region 1-3A first team -

Memorials, Sports - Hunter Mathews, All-Region 1-3A first team -

Memorials, Sports - Leonard Pack, All-Region 1-3A first team -

Memorials, Sports - Cecilio Rodriguez, All-Region 1-3A first team -

Memorials, Sports - Jackson Savarese, All-Region 1-3A first team -

Memorials, Sports - Elijah Spence, All-Region 1-3A first team -

Memorials, Sports - Tyson Sutton, All-Region 1-3A first team -

Memorials, Sports - Jackson Younger, All-Region 1-3A first team -

Memorials, Sports - Dalton Cox, All-Region 1-3A second team -

Memorials, Sports - Anjrew Goins, All-Region 1-3A second team -

Memorials, Sports - Oscar Hernandez, All-Region 1-3A second team -

Memorials, Sports - Jessica McClintock, state bowling champion -

Memorials, Sports - Lipscomb Academy girls' bowling team, state championship -

Memorials, Sports - Maggie Crosslin, TSSAA Division II, Class A girls' cross country individual champion -

Memorials, Sports - Valor College Prep girls' volleyball, Division I, Class AA state champions -

Memorials, Sports - University School of Nashville boys' cross country team, state runner-up -

Memorials, Death - Thomas Vandiver -

Memorials, Sports - Summit High School girls' volleyball team, TSSAA Class AAA state championship -

Memorials, Sports - Page High School girls' golf team, TSSAA Division I, Class AA State Champions -

Memorials, Sports - Page High School football team, TSSAA Division I, Class 5A State Champions -

Memorials, Sports - Independence High school boys' cross country team, TSSAA Class AAA state champions -

Memorials, Sports - Isabella "Bella" Warner, TSSAA Division I girls' bowling individual champion -

Memorials, Sports - Brentwood High school girls' cross country team, TSSAA Class AAA state champions -

Memorials, Sports - Lauren Banovac, TSSAA Class AAA girls' cross country individual champion -

Memorials, Sports - Battle Ground Academy, state football champions -

Memorials, Sports - Battle Ground Academy girls' cross country team, state champions -

Memorials, Recognition - Junior Lee Hankins -

Memorials, Recognition - Columbia Rotary Club's 250th anniversary of the United States celebration -

Memorials, Recognition - Chris Garrett -

Memorials, Recognition - Jennifer Wackerhagen -

Memorials, Recognition - Hannah Haley, 2026 Miss Tennessee Fairest of the Fair -

Memorials, Recognition - White County Fair, 2026 Champion of Champions -

Memorials, Recognition - Calvary Baptist Church, 100th anniversary -

Memorials, Death - Tracy George Trott -

Memorials, Recognition - "Arts in Education Week," March 1-7, 2026 -

General Assembly, Confirmation of Appointment - Pete Claussen, Heritage Conservation Trust Fund Board of Trustees -

General Assembly, Confirmation of Appointment - Dr. Tyler Forrest, Heritage Conservation Trust Fund Board of Trustees -

General Assembly, Confirmation of Appointment - Joshua R. Walker, Tennessee Claims Commission -

General Assembly, Confirmation of Appointment - Dr. Gary A. Passons, University of Tennessee Health Science Center -

General Assembly, Confirmation of Appointment - Dewey Branstetter, Jr., Tennessee Ethics Commission -

Memorials, Recognition - Spay/Neuter Awareness Month, February 2026 -

Education - As introduced, deletes obsolete pilot program to improve parent-teacher engagement that terminated at the end of the 2020-2021 school year. - Amends TCA Title 49.

Education - As introduced, deletes obsolete provisions regarding implementation of the school grading system. - Amends Chapter __ of the Public Acts of 2025 (1st Ex. Sess. – SB 6001 / HB 6004); and TCA Title 4, Chapter 49; Title 8 and Title 49.

Local Education Agencies - As introduced, repeals the "Tennessee Community Schools Act"; enacts the "Tennessee Full Service Community Schools Act." - Amends TCA Title 49.

Health, Dept. of - As introduced, directs the department to submit a report on the feasibility of creating and implementing a graduate physician licensure program that would allow a person who has graduated from an allopathic medical school and passed the United States Medical Licensing Examination, but who has not completed an accredited postgraduate residency program, to provide medical services within a framework of a continuous collaboration and supervision agreement with a licensed physician to the chair of the health and welfare committee of the senate and the chair of the committee of the house of representatives having jurisdiction over health-related matters on or before January 1, 2027. - Amends TCA Title 63 and Title 68.

Schools, Private - As introduced, prohibits the state board of education from requiring a private school that provides a fully online, self-paced educational program to annually administer a nationally standardized achievement test in English language arts and mathematics to each student each year; directs the state board to require such private schools that provide a high school program to administer a nationally standardized achievement test in English language arts and mathematics to certain students based on the percentage of their high school program that the student has completed. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 1 and Title 49, Chapter 50.

Education - As introduced, enacts the "Tennessee Career Readiness Enhancement Act," which requires public high schools to integrate career readiness tools that enable students to earn credentials related to job readiness into career technical education; establishes a pilot program to obtain feedback from the business sector; makes other additions and changes to present law related to the provision and evaluation of career readiness tools. - Amends TCA Title 49.

Massage Therapy - As introduced, enacts the "Interstate Massage Compact." - Amends TCA Title 4 and Title 63.

Libraries - As introduced, clarifies that the Age-Appropriate Materials Act of 2022 does not apply to any materials in the Tennessee Electronic Library. - Amends TCA Title 10, Chapter 1, Part 3 and Title 49, Chapter 6.

School Vouchers - As introduced, requires private schools that participate in the education savings account program or the individualized education account program, or that enroll recipients of an education freedom scholarship, to publish various items on the school's website; requires such private schools to ensure educators hold a valid license to teach and are evaluated in the same manner as public school teachers; requires students participating in any such program to be administered various assessments; requires the department of education to assign a school letter grade to such private schools. - Amends TCA Title 49.

Firearms and Ammunition - As introduced, enacts the "Reckless Bullet Prevention Act," which creates an offense of recklessly discharging a firearm into the air, ground, a body of water, or an object in close proximity to the person if the firearm is discharged at a place where other people are or may be present; punishes the offense as a Class A misdemeanor; specifies certain exceptions to the offense; requires handgun safety courses for enhanced handgun carry permits to instruct on the offense. - Amends TCA Title 39.

Education - As introduced, prohibits local boards of education and public charter school governing bodies from allowing, through their policies, a material in a library collection to be removed while it is being evaluated by the local board, governing body, or the state textbook and instructional materials quality commission, if applicable, until a determination is made as to whether the material is appropriate for the age and maturity level of the students who may access it, and whether the material is suitable for, and consistent with, the educational mission of the school. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 6.

Education - As introduced, requires the state to elect to participate in the federal tax credit established under federal law for individuals who make qualified contributions to scholarship granting organizations. - Amends TCA Title 49.

School Vouchers - As introduced, establishes various audit and reporting requirements for the department of education and private schools that enroll recipients of an education freedom scholarship; limits eligibility for the scholarship program to students who are members of a family with an annual household income that does not exceed 300 percent of the amount required for a student to qualify for free or reduced lunch; requires scholarship recipients to be administered the same TCAP tests administered to public school students enrolled in the same grade level or course subject. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 29; Title 8, Chapter 44; Title 10, Chapter 7 and Title 49, Chapter 6.