Tennessee Senate Bills

Women - As introduced, requires the department of health to maintain a database of demographic information of women diagnosed with uterine fibroids; requires the department to publish on its website existing resources and educational materials on uterine fibroids to increase public awareness of uterine fibroids and treatment options. - Amends TCA Title 68.

Public Records - As introduced, creates an offense for using or selling an individual's personal identifying information obtained from a governmental entity for commercial use, punishable as a Class B misdemeanor. -

Alcoholic Beverages - As introduced, authorizes a retail alcohol licensee in a terminal building of a commercial air carrier airport to offer complimentary tastings for samples of the products it sells. - Amends TCA Title 57.

Education, Higher - As introduced, increases, from 30 to 45 days before the start of the academic term, the time by which a state government entity that establishes a scholarship using an educational investment plan must select the scholarship beneficiary and notify the board of trustees of the college savings trust fund program of the beneficiary. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 8; Title 9; Title 10; Title 12; Title 49 and Title 50.

Health Care - As introduced, requires the annual report by the board of dentistry to be made by February 1 each year and sent to the general assembly, in addition to the governor. - Amends TCA Title 33; Title 63; Title 68 and Title 71.

Controlled Substances - As introduced, revises the definition of hemp to align with the federal definition as enacted in the Continuing Appropriations, Agriculture, Legislative Branch, Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, and Extensions Act of 2026. - Amends TCA Title 39; Title 43 and Title 57.

Regional Authorities and Special Districts - As introduced, revises various provisions of the Real Estate Infrastructure Development Act of 2025. - Amends TCA Title 7; Title 9; Title 12; Title 13; Title 66; Title 67 and Title 68.

Nuisances - 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.

Foster Care - As introduced, enacts the "Stable Homes for Foster Youth Act." - Amends TCA Title 37.

Firearms and Ammunition - As introduced, deletes the criminal offenses of carrying a firearm or club with intent to go armed and carrying a weapon in a public park with the intent to go armed; prohibits a juvenile from carrying a firearm with intent to go armed except in certain circumstances. - Amends TCA Title 36; Title 37; Title 39; Title 49; Title 50 and Title 55.

Education - As introduced, enacts the "Tennessee School Safety Act of 2026"; requires a student who has been expelled on two or more separate occasions for the zero tolerance offense of threatening mass violence on school property or at a school-related activity to submit to a psychiatric examination conducted by a medical professional; prohibits the student from returning to school or a school-related activity until the medical professional finds that the student is no longer a threat to the school and can safely return to school. - Amends TCA Section 39-13-813 and Title 49, Chapter 6.

Motor Vehicles, Titling and Registration - As introduced, requires the validation or revalidation tab, sticker, or other device issued for a calendar year that is affixed to a registration plate must be a different color scheme than the color scheme of the validation or revalidation tab, sticker, or device issued for the previous calendar year. - Amends TCA Section 5-8-102 and Title 55, Chapter 4.

Criminal Offenses - As introduced, increases the penalty for assault against a first responder from a Class A misdemeanor to a Class E felony with a mandatory fine of $10,000 and a mandatory minimum sentence of 60 days. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 13.

Memorials, Recognition - Beverly Bell -

Criminal Procedure - As introduced, removes the requirement for a petitioner for restoration of citizenship or an applicant for a certificate of employability to pay the costs of the proceedings. - Amends TCA Title 40, Chapter 29.

Local Education Agencies - As introduced, requires LEAs to publish the character education curriculum on the LEA's website. - Amends TCA Title 49.

Education, Curriculum - As introduced, clarifies that local education agencies and public charter schools shall instruct students about the formation of the governments of the United States and Tennessee using federal and state foundational documents at the appropriate grade level and consistent with social studies standards adopted by the state board. - Amends TCA Title 49.

Education, Dept. of - As introduced, requires the department to make the standardized form for reporting student allergies publicly available on its website. - Amends TCA Title 49.

Sunset Laws - As introduced, extends the state energy policy council to June 30, 2027. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 29 and Title 68, Chapter 204.

Sunset Laws - As introduced, extends the local government planning advisory committee to June 30, 2027. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 29 and Title 4, Chapter 3, Part 7.

Health Care - As introduced, changes from March 1 to February 1, the date by which a managed care organization that participates in the TennCare program must submit its annual report to the bureau of TennCare. - Amends TCA Title 71, Chapter 5, Part 1.

Utilities, Utility Districts - As introduced, requires certain data centers to register with the Tennessee public utilities commission; requires electric and water utilities that provide service to registered data centers to report usage and rates to the commission; requires the commission's executive director to compile and publish certain information based on reports received from utilities. - Amends TCA Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 10; Title 62; Title 65; Title 68 and Title 69.

Anatomical Gifts - As introduced, specifies that genome sequencing data may be stored within a foreign adversary or remotely accessed by a foreign adversary if the data is collected as part of a clinical trial or other biomedical research study conducted in accordance with federal rules. - Amends TCA Title 68, Chapter 30.

Memorials, Recognition - Anna Collins -

Memorials, Interns - Marie Garroway -

Memorials, Death - Steve Grindstaff -

Memorials, Professional Achievement - Cheryl Wilson, 2024-2025 Isaiah T. Creswell Middle School of the Arts Teacher of the Year and Metro Nashville Public Schools Teacher of the Year finalist -

Memorials, Professional Achievement - Lily Joy, 2024-2025 Head Middle School Teacher of the Year and Metro Nashville Public Schools Teacher of the Year finalist -

Memorials, Professional Achievement - Molly Gillis, 2024-2025 Warner Elementary School Teacher of the Year and Metro Nashville Public Schools Teacher of the Year finalist -

Memorials, Professional Achievement - Brittany Beech, Rose Park Middle School Teacher of the Year -

Memorials, Professional Achievement - Montrell Williams, Whites Creek High School Teacher of the Year -

Memorials, Professional Achievement - Edward Knauss, The Academy at Hickory Hollow Teacher of the Year -

Memorials, Professional Achievement - Rachel Miller, Pearl-Cohn High School Teacher of the Year -

Memorials, Professional Achievement - Jade Wilkison, Nashville School of the Arts Teacher of the Year -

Memorials, Professional Achievement - Teresa Agee, Martin Luther King, Jr., School Teacher of the Year -

Memorials, Professional Achievement - Tracia Alexander, Maplewood High School Teacher of the Year -

Memorials, Professional Achievement - Meghan Condlin, Hunters Lane High School Teacher of the Year -

Memorials, Professional Achievement - Shelby Crandall, East Nashville Magnet High School Teacher of the Year -

Memorials, Professional Achievement - Likisha Rhodes, Cane Ridge High School Teacher of the Year -

Memorials, Professional Achievement - Janie Macklin, Antioch High School Teacher of the Year -

Memorials, Professional Achievement - Jameon D. Hatcher, Thurgood Marshall Middle School Teacher of the Year -

Memorials, Professional Achievement - Linda Bean, Moses McKissack Middle School Teacher of the Year -

Memorials, Professional Achievement - Nikki Boleyjack, Martin Luther King, Jr., School Teacher of the Year -

Memorials, Professional Achievement - Jonathan M. Smith, Madison Middle School Teacher of the Year -

Memorials, Professional Achievement - Michael Grader, Johnson Alternative Learning Center Teacher of the Year -

Memorials, Professional Achievement - Lyndell Edmondson, John Early Middle School Teacher of the Year -

Memorials, Professional Achievement - LaQuesha Anderson, Jere Baxter Middle School Teacher of the Year -

Memorials, Professional Achievement - Tessa R. Berger, Isaac Litton Middle School Teacher of the Year -

Memorials, Professional Achievement - Monique Hodges, Haynes Middle School Teacher of the Year -

Memorials, Professional Achievement - Shawndra L. Armstrong, East Nashville Middle School Teacher of the Year -

Memorials, Professional Achievement - Tianna Ewing, Brick Church Middle School Teacher of the Year -

Memorials, Professional Achievement - Erica T. Hayes Schultz, Antioch Middle School Teacher of the Year -

Memorials, Professional Achievement - Anson Amour, Tom Joy Elementary School Teacher of the Year -

Memorials, Interns - Omar Watkins -

Naming and Designating - Designates May 2025 as "Osteoporosis Awareness and Prevention Month." -

Memorials, Recognition - National Arab American Heritage Month -

Memorials, Recognition - George Washington Day in Tennessee, February 22, 2025 -

Naming and Designating - Athletic Training Month, March 2025 -

Memorials, Professional Achievement - Montavious Thomas, Robert Churchwell Elementary School Teacher of the Year -

Memorials, Professional Achievement - Elizabeth Tingler, Paragon Mills Elementary School Teacher of the Year -