Tennessee House Bills

Memorials, Academic Achievement - Emily Golden, Top Ten Senior, Hampshire Unit School -

Memorials, Academic Achievement - Mason Mash, Top Ten Senior, Hampshire Unit School -

Memorials, Academic Achievement - Witney Akins, Top Ten Senior, Hampshire Unit School -

Memorials, Academic Achievement - Eli Chapman, Top Ten Senior, Hampshire Unit School -

Memorials, Academic Achievement - Cole Roberts, Top Ten Senior, Hampshire Unit School -

Memorials, Death - Fred Hime Gillham -

Memorials, Death - Preston and Darbo Carroll -

Memorials, Recognition - William Samuel "W.S." Howard, Jr., and Mary Elizabeth “Tootsie” Howard -

Memorials, Recognition - Billy Gene and Doris Jean Skinner Beckham -

Memorials, Death - Byrd Douglas Cain, Jr. -

Memorials, Death - Henry Wetter Morgan -

Memorials, Recognition - The Coca-Cola Company and its support of America250 -

Firearms and Ammunition - As introduced, removes the criminal offense of possession of a weapon in a building or on property that is properly posted; removes the requirement that the department of safety suspend or revoke a handgun carry permit for a violation of that offense by a handgun permit holder. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 17, Part 13.

Fees - As introduced, creates the "Tennessee Live Music Support Act." - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 47 and Title 67.

Local Government, General - As introduced, requires proposed contingent fee contracts for legal services between a political subdivision of this state and a private-sector attorney to be approved by the attorney general and reporter prior to execution of the contract. - Amends TCA Title 7; Title 8 and Title 29.

Firearms and Ammunition - As introduced, repeals the criminal offenses of unlawfully carrying a firearm or club with the intent to go armed and carrying or possessing a weapon in or on public parks, playgrounds, civic centers, and other public recreational buildings and grounds; allows persons convicted of stalking or a misdemeanor domestic violence offense to possess a firearm after five years from the date of conviction. - Amends TCA Title 16; Title 36; Title 37; Title 39; Title 40; Title 49 and Title 65.

Business Organizations - As introduced, requires the comptroller of the treasury to submit a report, on or before December 31, 2026, to the governor, the speaker of the senate, the speaker of the house of representatives, the chair of the state and local government committee of the senate, and the chair of the committee of the house of representatives having jurisdiction over housing containing a summary of certain de-identified information related to real estate investment trusts' purchases and sales of single-family homes in this state in 2025. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 13; Title 47; Title 48; Title 61; Title 66 and Title 67.

Flags - As introduced, requires the governor to proclaim a statewide day of mourning and order the state flag to be flown at half staff over the state capitol during such period of mourning if a current or former member of the general assembly dies, unless the member had been convicted of a felony. - Amends TCA Title 4.

Memorials, Recognition - Chase Ingle -

Memorials, Recognition - National Epilepsy Awareness Month -

Gaming - As enacted, creates a five-day window after the effective date of this act for nonprofit organizations seeking to operate an annual event for the annual event period beginning on July 1, 2026, and ending June 30, 2027, to submit its annual event application to the secretary of state. - Amends TCA Title 3, Chapter 17.

Morristown - Subject to local approval, makes the elections for council members at-large elections; eliminates council wards. - Amends Chapter 103 of the Acts of 1903; as amended and rewritten.

Education, Dept. of - As enacted, prohibits an individual from serving as a teacher or assistant teacher in a child care program for children who are four or younger unless the individual is at least 18. - Amends TCA Title 49 and Title 71, Chapter 3, Part 5.

Financial Institutions, Dept. of - As enacted, terminates the state credit union share insurance corporation that protects or guarantees shareholdings and deposits of member credit unions against loss; terminates the capital fund held by the corporation that consists of capital contributions and special assessments paid by member credit unions; makes other revisions pertaining to credit unions. - Amends TCA Title 45, Chapter 2; Title 45, Chapter 4 and Title 45, Chapter 7.

Taxes, Real Property - As introduced, increases exemption to a maximum of 400 acres for certain nonprofit entities. - Amends TCA Section 67-5-212.

Holidays and Days of Special Observance - As enacted, designates October 11 of each year to be observed as "General Pulaski Memorial Day." - Amends TCA Title 15, Chapter 2.

Naming and Designating - 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.

State Symbols - As enacted, designates and adopts cast iron cookware as the official frontier cookware of this state. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 1, Part 3.

Podiatrists - As enacted, changes the scope of practice of a podiatrist from a person who examines, diagnoses, or treats, in addition to the ailments of the human foot and ankle, the soft tissue of the lower leg distal to the tibial tuberosity, instead of the soft tissue structures extending no higher than the distal tibial metaphyseal flair. - Amends TCA Title 63.

Game and Fish Laws - As enacted, clarifies that local governmental entities shall not regulate the manner and means of taking wildlife, including the discharge of a firearm while lawfully hunting, and that such taking is regulated pursuant to rules promulgated and proclamations issued by the fish and wildlife commission. - Amends TCA Section 39-17-1314; Section 70-1-206 and Section 70-4-107.

Opioids - As enacted, adds that a healthcare provider who subcontracts through the contracted healthcare vendor with the department of correction may prescribe a buprenorphine product for the treatment of opioid use disorder if other certain listed criteria are met. - Amends TCA Title 53 and Title 63.

Public Records - As enacted, deletes expiration dates for certain public record exemptions. - Amends TCA Section 10-7-504.

Union County - Subject to local approval, changes the building permit fee to fifty cents per square foot on all buildings constructed, erected, or reconstructed. - Amends Chapter 87 of the Private Acts of 1973; as amended.

Memorials, Interns - Heavan Raymer-Holt -

Memorials, Interns - Makayla Paris -

Memorials, Interns - Erin Craven -

Memorials, Recognition - Taiwan -

Naming and Designating - Designates City of Gatlinburg as the official Gateway to the Smokies. -

Naming and Designating - Designates June 2026 as "Nuclear Family Month." -

Memorials, Public Service - Representative Caleb Hemmer -

Memorials, Sports - Richland High School Lady Raiders basketball team, Diviision I, Class A State Champions -

Memorials, Sports - Huntingdon High School Fillies, Class 2-A girls' basketball state champions -

Memorials, Recognition - Mt. Olivet Baptist Church, 225th anniversary -

Memorials, Recognition - Bert Mathews, Impact Award -

Memorials, Retirement - Helen McPeak -

Memorials, Recognition - Lelan Statom -

Memorials, Recognition - Morgan Freeman -

Memorials, Death - Booker Taliaferro Woods -

Memorials, Death - Geraldine Tanner -

Memorials, Death - Reverend Jesse L. Jackson, Sr. -

Memorials, Retirement - Rose Gainey, Clinical Director of Safe Harbor Child Advocacy Center -

Memorials, Interns - Kyra LaNay Gillum -

Memorials, Recognition - American Legion Post 137, 100th anniversary -

Memorials, Recognition - Scotty Phillips -

Memorials, Recognition - Valerie June -

Memorials, Retirement - Sheriff Kevin Sugg -

Memorials, Recognition - Siskin Children's Institute, 75th anniversary -

Memorials, Interns - Pedro Cabrera Acuna -

Memorials, Interns - Yoddyashley Nicole Cortes Figueroa -

Memorials, Death - Geneva Bartlett -