Tennessee House

William Lamberth

Republican. House, district 44.

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Bills they sponsored

164 bills sponsored this session

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 30HB 2659 · this session · introduced Mar 9, 2026

Sponsor(s) Added.

Appropriations - As enacted, makes appropriations for the fiscal years beginning July 1, 2025, and July 1, 2026. - Companion bill has been assigned Public Chapter Number 1142 by the Secretary of StateHB 2631 · this session · introduced Feb 9, 2026

Sponsor(s) Added.

Bond Issues - As enacted, authorizes the state to issue and sell bonds. - Companion bill has been assigned Public Chapter Number 989 by the Secretary of StateHB 2630 · this session · introduced Feb 9, 2026

Sponsor(s) Added.

authorizes grant payments under the grant assistance program for nursing home care to be made either monthly or quarterly. - Amends TCA Title 2; Title 3; Title 4; Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 8; Title 9; Title 10; TiHB 2629 · this session · introduced Feb 9, 2026

Taken off notice for cal in s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee of Finance, Ways, and Means Committee

Boards and Commissions - As enacted, requires at least one hour of the board of medical examiners' required continuing education hours to be completed on topics related to nutrition; requires the same of the board of ostHB 2562 · this session · introduced Feb 2, 2026

Sponsor(s) Added.

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 HB 2561 · this session · introduced Feb 2, 2026

P2C, caption bill, held on desk - pending amdt.

Civil Emergencies - As enacted, creates the department of Tennessee emergency management authority ("TEMA") to authorize the creation of local organizations for emergency management in the political subdivisions of the sHB 2560 · this session · introduced Feb 2, 2026

Transmitted to Governor for his action.

requires the commissioner to research the feasibility of establishing a development corridor, to be called the Oak Ridge Energy Park, located in and spanning parts of Anderson and Roane counties. -HB 2559 · this session · introduced Feb 2, 2026

Assigned to s/c Business & Utilities Subcommittee

changes from April 15 to October 15, the date on which the bureau of TennCare is directed to annually report to the senate health and welfare committee and the health committee of the house of representatives regarding pHB 2557 · this session · introduced Feb 2, 2026

Taken off notice for cal in s/c Health Subcommittee of Health Committee

changes from at least five years to at least six years, the period of residency and practice in this state that each of the two dental hygienist members appointed to the board of dentistry on or after July 1, 2026, must HB 2556 · this session · introduced Feb 2, 2026

Taken off notice for cal in s/c Health Subcommittee of Health Committee

reduces from 45 to 35 days, the amount of time the board of physician assistants has to either render a decision on a licensure application submitted by an individual licensed, registered, or certified as a physician assHB 2555 · this session · introduced Feb 2, 2026

Taken off notice for cal in s/c Health Subcommittee of Health Committee

reduces from 30 to 15 days the period following an election of the officers of the board of nursing within which the executive director must certify to the governor the names of the officers elected; reduces from 30 to 1HB 2554 · this session · introduced Feb 2, 2026

Taken off notice for cal in s/c Health Subcommittee of Health Committee

requires the department to review and propose revisions to the physical education standards to incorporate guidance published by the President's Council on Sports, Fitness, and Nutrition to reestablish the presidential fHB 2553 · this session · introduced Feb 2, 2026

Assigned to s/c Education Administration Subcommittee

Local Government, General - As enacted, requires a local government responsible for reviewing a development application, development plan, or a site inspection submitted by a developer for the purpose of developing real HB 2552 · this session · introduced Feb 2, 2026

Transmitted to Governor for his action.

revises authority of state fire marshal to prescribe rules relating to minimum statewide building construction safety standards, specifically for fire prevention for multi-family dwelling units. - Amends TCA Title 68, ChHB 2551 · this session · introduced Feb 2, 2026

Assigned to s/c Cities & Counties Subcommittee

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Game and Fish Laws - As enacted, enacts the "Hunting for Heroes Act"; creates the Tennessee national guard sportsman license. - Amends TCA Title 70, Chapter 2. Companion bill has been assigned Public Chapter Number 856 bHB 2550 · this session · introduced Feb 2, 2026

Sponsor(s) Added.

enacts the "Foreign Agent Registration Act." - Amends TCA Title 3, Chapter 6 and Title 4HB 2549 · this session · introduced Feb 2, 2026

Taken off notice for cal. in Calendar & Rules Committee

enacts the "Critical Infrastructure Protection Act" and the "Protection of State Land from Foreign Adversaries Act." - Amends TCA Title 12, Chapter 3 and Title 66, Chapter 2HB 2548 · this session · introduced Feb 2, 2026

Taken off notice for cal. in Calendar & Rules Committee

Real Property - As enacted, makes changes to law regarding restrictions on land purchases by sanctioned aliens or foreign entities. - Amends TCA Title 66, Chapter 2, Part 3. Companion bill has been assigned Public ChapteHB 2547 · this session · introduced Feb 2, 2026

Sponsor(s) Added.

Public Funds and Financing - As enacted, specifies the conditions that must be satisfied for monies from the governor's response and recovery fund to be provided to eligible local governmental entities and to eligible inHB 2543 · this session · introduced Feb 2, 2026

Sponsor(s) Added.

Salaries and Benefits - As enacted, expresses the public policy that the prevailing wage rate be paid to workers on non-state contracts for construction projects on public highways; makes other revisions to the PrevailinHB 2541 · this session · introduced Feb 2, 2026

Transmitted to Governor for his action.

Health Care - As enacted, makes revisions to health law, including, but not limited to, revising certain reporting requirements, requiring a person licensed by the board of examiners in psychology to complete certain suiHB 2539 · this session · introduced Feb 2, 2026

Transmitted to Governor for his action.

Regional Authorities and Special Districts - As enacted, authorizes the Megasite Authority of West Tennessee to issue bonds for the sole purpose of financing, in whole or in part, the cost of acquisition, purchase, constHB 2538 · this session · introduced Feb 2, 2026

Sponsor(s) Added.

Public Employees - As enacted, replaces certain members of the state insurance committee, the local education insurance committee, and the local government insurance committee. - Amends TCA Section 8-27-201; Section 8-27HB 2536 · this session · introduced Feb 2, 2026

Transmitted to Governor for his action.

Gas, Petroleum Products, Volatile Oils - As enacted, makes various changes concerning oil and gas drilling operations; specifies procedural requirements for review of certain administrative actions. - Amends TCA Title 59HB 2535 · this session · introduced Feb 2, 2026

Comp. SB subst.

Education - As enacted, makes various revisions to education law, including, but not limited to, prohibiting parents from using funds deposited in a participating student's IEA to make contributions to an achieving a betHB 2533 · this session · introduced Feb 2, 2026

Transmitted to Governor for his action.

Education - As enacted, revises education law, including, but not limited to, increasing, from 25,000 to 35,000, the maximum number of education freedom scholarships that may be awarded to eligible students. - Amends TCAHB 2532 · this session · introduced Feb 2, 2026

Transmitted to Governor for his action.

Boards and Commissions - As enacted, revises law regulating professions under the department of commerce and insurance. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 29, Part 2; Title 20, Chapter 9, Part 6; Title 55, Chapter 17, Part 1;HB 2530 · this session · introduced Feb 2, 2026

Transmitted to Governor for his action.

Child Abuse - 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 theHB 2527 · this session · introduced Feb 2, 2026

Sponsor(s) Added.

Federal Aid - As enacted, enacts the "Federal Tax Credit Scholarship Act." - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 9 and Title 49. Companion bill has been assigned Public Chapter Number 720 by the Secretary of StateHB 2187 · this session · introduced Feb 2, 2026

Sponsor(s) Added.

Local Government, General - As enacted, authorizes counties with a metropolitan form of government, by resolution of their governing bodies, to levy a tax on the retail sale of food and food ingredients for human consumpHB 2186 · this session · introduced Feb 2, 2026

Transmitted to Governor for his action.

Election Laws - As enacted, authorizes the electronic portal to be created by the coordinator of elections prior to January 1, 2028, to access data from the systematic alien verification for entitlements (SAVE) program iHB 2185 · this session · introduced Feb 2, 2026

Transmitted to Governor for his action.

Law Enforcement - As enacted, establishes a Tennessee safe initiative task force, which is administratively attached to the Tennessee bureau of investigation. - Amends TCA Title 8; Title 38 and Title 39. HB2157 has been HB 2157 · this session · introduced Feb 2, 2026

Transmitted to Governor for his action.

Education, Higher - As enacted, caps at $10 million per fiscal year the total amount of funds in the lottery for education account that may be transferred to the Tennessee Promise scholarship special reserve account. - AHB 2106 · this session · introduced Feb 2, 2026

Comp. SB subst.

Orders of Protection - As enacted, allows a person to file a petition for a lifetime order of protection against a person who was convicted of certain offenses in another jurisdiction; provides that venue for such a petiHB 1900 · this session · introduced Jan 23, 2026

Sponsor(s) Added.

Sports - As enacted, makes changes relative to the Tennessee Sports Hall of Fame, including reducing membership on the executive committee from seven to six members; adding to board responsibilities by requiring it to diHB 2546 · this session · introduced Jan 21, 2026

Comp. SB subst.

reduces, from five to four business days, the amount of time a warden has to report an offense in a penal institution to the appropriate district attorney generals. - Amends TCA Title 39HB 2545 · this session · introduced Jan 21, 2026

P2C, caption bill, held on desk - pending amdt.

Taxes - As enacted, requires a person using a liquified gas propelled motor vehicle to pay the liquified gas tax on delivery of the liquified gas into the vehicle's fuel supply tank instead of prepaying the tax on an annHB 2544 · this session · introduced Jan 21, 2026

Comp. SB subst.

Unemployment Compensation - As enacted, removes a requirement that work be deemed suitable for a claimant if certain criteria are met and a claimant's gross weekly wages equal or exceed certain threshold percentages of tHB 2542 · this session · introduced Jan 21, 2026

Transmitted to Governor for his action.

makes various changes regarding employment with this state and state employment benefits. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 8; Section 41-24-113 and Section 70-1-309HB 2540 · this session · introduced Jan 21, 2026

Comp. SB subst.

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 capHB 2537 · this session · introduced Jan 21, 2026

Comp. SB subst.

Administrative Procedure (UAPA) - As enacted, precludes certain boards administratively attached to the department of environment and conservation from voting to review the initial order of an administrative law judge inHB 2534 · this session · introduced Jan 21, 2026

Sponsor(s) Added.

Fire Prevention and Investigation - As enacted, creates the rescue squad grant program to provide annual grants to rescue squads for the purchase of firefighting equipment and training; directs the commissioner of commerHB 2531 · this session · introduced Jan 21, 2026

Sponsor(s) Added.

Commerce and Insurance, Dept. of - As enacted, requires a chancery court that has found that a person engaged in or is about to engage in an act or practice constituting a violation of the Tennessee Securities Act of 198HB 2529 · this session · introduced Jan 21, 2026

Transmitted to Governor for his action.

Private Protective Services - As enacted, adds stalking to the crimes for which an individual who has been convicted must have completed serving the individual's sentence or court-ordered probation at least five years prHB 2528 · this session · introduced Jan 21, 2026

Comp. SB subst.

Children's Services, Dept. of - As enacted, requires a child placed in the custody of the department to remain in custody so long as necessary to complete treatment or services, which must be evidence-based and provided HB 2526 · this session · introduced Jan 21, 2026

Comp. SB subst.

changes the amount of time that proof of financial responsibility must be maintained from the period of the suspension or revocation to one year or the period of the suspension or revocation, whichever is longer, when a HB 1643 · this session · introduced Jan 21, 2026

Taken off notice for cal in s/c Transportation Subcommittee of Transportation Committee

Public Records - As enacted, deletes expiration dates for certain public record exemptions. - Amends TCA Section 10-7-504. Companion bill has been assigned Public Chapter Number 672 by the Secretary of StateHB 1642 · this session · introduced Jan 21, 2026

Comp. SB subst.

extends for one year the annual report the department must submit to committees of the general assembly regarding blocked highway-rail grade crossings data collected by the federal railroad administration. - Amends TCA THB 1641 · this session · introduced Jan 21, 2026

Assigned to s/c Transportation Subcommittee

Public Records - As enacted, designates records of the office of homeland security related to critical infrastructure as confidential and exempts such records from public records requests; makes related changes. - AmendsHB 1640 · this session · introduced Jan 21, 2026

Comp. SB subst.

Safety, Dept. of - As enacted, creates the office of homeland security within the department of safety. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 29; Title 4, Chapter 3, Part 20 and Section 38-3-114. Companion bill has been assignedHB 1639 · this session · introduced Jan 21, 2026

Sponsor(s) Added.

increases from 90 to 100 days of receiving a valid judgment of conviction for when the department has to notify the victim witness coordinator of the scheduled parole hearing date when the inmate will be eligible for parHB 1638 · this session · introduced Jan 21, 2026

P2C, caption bill, held on desk - pending amdt.

changes from January 31 to February 15 the date by which the commissioner shall publish an annual report regarding operation of the department and the services and programs under its supervision. - Amends TCA Title 36 anHB 1637 · this session · introduced Jan 21, 2026

P2C, caption bill, held on desk - pending amdt.

permits the introduction into evidence of a video recording of a child victim being interviewed by a forensic interviewer regarding sexual or physically violent contact with the child if the forensic interviewer is an emHB 1636 · this session · introduced Jan 21, 2026

Assigned to s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee

Cemeteries - As enacted, clarifies eligibility and required documentation for interment in state veterans' cemeteries for military service members and veterans, including certain members of a reserve component of the armHB 1635 · this session · introduced Jan 21, 2026

Sponsor(s) Added.

Law Enforcement Training Academy - As enacted, authorizes the commissioner of general services to commission the director or a staff member of a law enforcement training academy; authorizes the department of general servHB 1634 · this session · introduced Jan 21, 2026

Comp. SB subst.

Public Records - As enacted, specifies that certain bank account information of individuals held by a state agency is confidential. - Amends TCA Section 10-7-504. Companion bill has been assigned Public Chapter Number 59HB 1633 · this session · introduced Jan 21, 2026

Sponsor(s) Added.

Hazardous Materials - As enacted, makes various changes to the "Tennessee Drycleaner's Environmental Response Act." - Amends TCA Title 68, Chapter 217, Part 1. Companion bill has been assigned Public Chapter Number 970 bHB 1632 · this session · introduced Jan 21, 2026

Sponsor(s) Added.

Fairs - As enacted, enacts the "Tennessee Agricultural Fair and Livestock Show Act" and the "Tennessee State Fair Act." - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 57; Title 43, Chapter 21 and Section 48-101-502. Companion bill has beHB 1631 · this session · introduced Jan 21, 2026

Sponsor(s) Added.

Workers Compensation - As enacted, authorizes the chief administrative officer of the bureau of workers' compensation of the department of labor and workforce development to disburse funds from the subsequent injury and HB 1630 · this session · introduced Jan 21, 2026

Comp. SB subst.

Holidays and Days of Special Observance - As enacted, designates February to be observed as "Tennessee Songwriters Month." - Amends TCA Section 15-2-129. Companion bill has been assigned Public Chapter Number 593 by the HB 1629 · this session · introduced Jan 21, 2026

Sponsor(s) Added.

Tourist Development, Dept. of - As enacted, requires the department to annually confirm the nonprofit, membership-based organizations or tax-exempt public agencies to act as regional tourism organizations for each of theHB 1628 · this session · introduced Jan 21, 2026

Comp. SB subst.

Human Services, Dept. of - As enacted, deletes the requirements that the department establish, advertise, and maintain a statewide toll-free telephone line to receive and respond to citizen inquiries and complaints conceHB 1627 · this session · introduced Jan 21, 2026

Comp. SB subst.

requires bondsmen to file the quarterly reports on number of bonds issued by the bondsman in the preceding quarter by the thirtieth day of January, April, July, and October, rather than the twenty-fifth day; requires couHB 1626 · this session · introduced Jan 21, 2026

P2C, caption bill, held on desk - pending amdt.

Immigration - As enacted, creates the Class A misdemeanor of intentionally failing or refusing to depart when a final order of removal is outstanding; creates the Class A misdemeanor of intentionally entering, attemptingHB 1704 · this session · introduced Jan 20, 2026

Transmitted to Governor for his action.

establishes a sales tax holiday for the retail sale of firearms and ammunition during the period of July 3-6, 2026. - Amends TCA Title 67, Chapter 6, Part 3HB 1505 · this session · introduced Jan 20, 2026

Taken off notice for cal in s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee of Finance, Ways, and Means Committee

Agriculture - As enacted, makes various changes relative to the regulation of hemp-derived cannabinoid products. - Amends TCA Title 1, Chapter 3; Title 39; Title 43, Chapter 27; Title 53; Title 57, Chapter 7 and Title 67HB 1503 · this session · introduced Jan 20, 2026

Comp. SB subst.

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 beneficiaryHB 2084 · this session · introduced Jan 14, 2026

P2C, caption bill, held on desk - pending amdt.

Statutes and Codification - As enacted, codifies the Acts of the 2025 regular and extraordinary sessions. - Companion bill has been assigned Public Chapter Number 608 by the Secretary of StateHB 1811 · this session · introduced Jan 12, 2026

Comp. SB subst.

Capitol - As enacted, creates a capitol hill protection zone around the state capitol grounds that includes the state capitol, capitol annexes, World War II Memorial Building that formerly housed the state library and arHB 1504 · this session · introduced Jan 12, 2026

Transmitted to Governor for his action.

Jails, Local Lock-ups - As enacted, authorizes the Tennessee corrections institute to establish certification requirements for corrections officers and to inspect and certify local correctional training academies; makes HB 1502 · this session · introduced Jan 12, 2026

Comp. SB subst.

authorizes a municipality to create and require the use of a landlord registry for a real estate investment trust that owns, operates, or finances 10 or more dwelling units located within the municipality. - Amends TCA THB 1501 · this session · introduced Jan 12, 2026

Received from House, Passed on First Consideration

Portland - Subject to local approval, deletes provisions requiring a referendum to sell, lease, or otherwise dispose of the city's water or light plant. - Amends Chapter 568 of the Private Acts of 1939; as amended. HB145HB 1453 · this session · introduced Dec 12, 2025

Transmitted to Governor for his action.

Portland - Subject to local approval, deletes obsolete and superseded provisions of the city charter. - Amends Chapter 568 of the Private Acts of 1939; as amended. HB1431 has been assigned Private Chapter Number 22 by thHB 1431 · this session · introduced Mar 12, 2025

Transmitted to Governor for his action.

Appropriations - As enacted, makes appropriations for the fiscal years beginning July 1, 2024, and July 1, 2025. - HB1409 has been assigned Public Chapter Number 530 by the Secretary of StateHB 1409 · this session · introduced Feb 14, 2025

Transmitted to Governor for his action.

Budget Procedures - As enacted, authorizes, in the fiscal year ending June 30, 2025, transfers from the Access Tennessee health insurance program fund, created or referenced in the Access Tennessee Act of 2006. - Amends HB 1408 · this session · introduced Feb 14, 2025

Transmitted to Governor for his action.

Bond Issues - As enacted, authorizes the state to issue and sell bonds. - HB1407 has been assigned Public Chapter Number 528 by the Secretary of StateHB 1407 · this session · introduced Feb 14, 2025

Transmitted to Governor for his action.

Alcoholic Beverage Commission - As enacted, provides for the regulation of the manufacturing, supplying, wholesale distribution, and retail sale of hemp-derived cannabinoid products by the commission and department of reHB 1376 · this session · introduced Feb 6, 2025

Transmitted to Governor for his action.

Education, Higher - As enacted, authorizes, subject to appropriation, an institution of higher education to request to redirect the institution's capital outlay funds for purposes other than those set out in the 2022 appHB 1344 · this session · introduced Feb 6, 2025

Comp. SB subst.

Secretary of State - As enacted, allows a litigation financier that is not a business entity or partnership to amend or withdraw its registration with the secretary of state by filing a form prescribed by the secretary oHB 1339 · this session · introduced Feb 6, 2025

Sponsor(s) Added.

removes an obsolete provision requiring a report be provided by July 1, 2024, from the department of education, after working in partnership with the state board and the Tennessee higher education commission, to legislatHB 1336 · this session · introduced Feb 6, 2025

P2C, caption bill, held on desk - pending amdt.

requires TEMA to annually submit by February 1 of each year, a report to the governor, speaker of the senate, and speaker of the house of representatives detailing recovery efforts engaged in by the agency during the priHB 1335 · this session · introduced Feb 6, 2025

P2C, caption bill, held on desk - pending amdt.

removes obsolete provision requiring the department, in consultation with the department of safety, local law enforcement agencies, and highway safety offices, to submit a report on or before February 15, 2024, of its fiHB 1334 · this session · introduced Feb 6, 2025

P2C, caption bill, held on desk - pending amdt.

requires, by February 1 of each year, the department to submit a report to the governor, the speaker of the senate, and the speaker of the house of representatives that provides the number of individuals for whom a courtHB 1333 · this session · introduced Feb 6, 2025

P2C, caption bill, held on desk - pending amdt.

Handgun Permits - As enacted, clarifies that an applicant who has a DUI conviction that occurred within five years from the date of application or renewal is not eligible for an enhanced handgun carry permit; lowers the HB 1332 · this session · introduced Feb 6, 2025

Transmitted to Governor for his action.

authorizes the suspension of certain requirements for purposes of obtaining unemployment benefits during emergencies; authorizes the agency to assist local governments and local emergency management agencies with recoverHB 1331 · this session · introduced Feb 6, 2025

Assigned to s/c Departments & Agencies Subcommittee

Boards and Commissions - As enacted, enacts the "Less is More Act of 2025." - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 8; Title 20; Title 33; Title 38; Title 40; Title 52; Title 55; Title 62; Title 63; Title 68; Title 70 and Title 76. HB 1330 · this session · introduced Feb 6, 2025

Transmitted to Governor for his action.

Revenue, Dept. of - As enacted, reduces from 1.125 percent to 0.75 percent the administrative fee percentage the department takes from the proceeds of the business tax, short-term rental unit occupancy tax, local tax surHB 1329 · this session · introduced Feb 6, 2025

Transmitted to Governor for his action.

Criminal Procedure - As enacted, establishes a permanent criminal proceedings notification system, rather than a pilot project; removes the July 1, 2025, termination date for the criminal proceedings notification system.HB 1328 · this session · introduced Feb 6, 2025

Transmitted to Governor for his action.

deletes provision requiring Tennessee rural and workforce housing tax credits to be authorized by joint resolution of the general assembly. - Amends TCA Section 13-23-134 and Chapter 971 of the Public Acts of 2024HB 1327 · this session · introduced Feb 6, 2025

Taken off notice for cal. in State & Local Government Committee

Real Property - As enacted, creates a vested property right upon the submission, rather than the approval, of a development plan or building permit; specifies that the vesting period applicable when it is based on the suHB 1326 · this session · introduced Feb 6, 2025

Sponsor(s) Added.

terminates the governing board of directors for the Tennessee student assistance corporation (TSAC); requires the Tennessee higher education commission to be the governing board for TSAC; changes the name of the "Wilder-HB 1324 · this session · introduced Feb 6, 2025

Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 4/14/2025

Teachers, Principals and School Personnel - As enacted, makes various changes to certain teacher licensure requirements. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 5 and Title 49, Chapter 6. Companion bill has been assigned Public CHB 1323 · this session · introduced Feb 6, 2025

Sponsor(s) Added.

Schools, Charter - As enacted, establishes a process by which the governing body of an existing public charter school may replicate that public charter school in the same district by applying to the local board of educatHB 1322 · this session · introduced Feb 6, 2025

Comp. SB subst.

Tourist Development, Dept. of - As enacted, creates a marketing division within the department to replace the tourism division; authorizes the department to enter into agreements with the department of transportation to HB 1321 · this session · introduced Feb 6, 2025

Transmitted to Governor for his action.

Transportation, Dept. of - As enacted, in the event of a transportation system failure or other emergency, grants the commissioner emergency contracting authority to enter into contracts for design-build, construction maHB 1320 · this session · introduced Feb 6, 2025

Transmitted to Governor for his action.

Health Care - As enacted, extends the CoverKids program from June 30, 2025, to June 30, 2030. - Amends TCA Section 71-3-1113. Companion bill has been assigned Public Chapter Number 130 by the Secretary of StateHB 1319 · this session · introduced Feb 6, 2025

Comp. SB subst.

Insurance, Health, Accident - As enacted, extends the Access Tennessee health insurance program from June 30, 2025, to June 30, 2030. - Amends TCA Section 56-7-2916. Companion bill has been assigned Public Chapter NumberHB 1318 · this session · introduced Feb 6, 2025

Sponsor(s) Added.

Safety, Dept. of - As enacted, removes present law that requires an offender sentenced to a period of incarceration for a DUI to begin their sentence within 30 days of conviction or, if space is not immediately availableHB 1317 · this session · introduced Feb 6, 2025

Comp. SB subst.

Driver Licenses - As enacted, prohibits the use of digital driver licenses and digital photo identification licenses for voter identification purposes; regulates the use, retention, and disclosure of data submitted by peHB 1316 · this session · introduced Feb 6, 2025

Transmitted to Governor for his action.

DUI Offenses - As enacted, requires an ignition interlock provider to permit a person to appear for calibration, monitoring, or inspection of the device at any time within a two-week period; authorizes a court to order rHB 1315 · this session · introduced Feb 6, 2025

Comp. SB subst.

Criminal Offenses - As enacted, creates the criminal offense of threatening to commit an act of mass violence; creates the criminal offense of posting on a publicly accessible website the telephone number or home addressHB 1314 · this session · introduced Feb 6, 2025

Transmitted to Governor for his action.

changes the maximum penalty amount from $7,000 for each violation by an employer of the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1972, and from $70,000 for each willful and repeated violation of the act, to the maximum penaHB 1313 · this session · introduced Feb 6, 2025

Assigned to s/c Banking & Consumer Affairs Subcommittee

State Employees - As enacted, expands bereavement leave for certain state officers and employees upon the death of certain relatives. - Amends TCA Title 8, Chapter 50, Part 1. Companion bill has been assigned Public ChapHB 1312 · this session · introduced Feb 6, 2025

Comp. SB subst.

Boards and Commissions - As enacted, removes requirement that a license issued by a health related board be signed by members of the board prior to such issuance; authorizes the presiding officer to divide the board intoHB 1311 · this session · introduced Feb 6, 2025

Comp. SB subst.

Food and Food Products - As enacted, deletes present laws pertaining to rented premises unfit for habitation and quick fast food establishment delivery vehicles; removes the statutorily set permit fees to operate food seHB 1310 · this session · introduced Feb 6, 2025

Comp. SB subst.

Regional Authorities and Special Districts - As enacted, requires that interest income accruing on investments and deposits as a result of the Megasite Authority of West Tennessee's collection of rates to customers of a HB 1309 · this session · introduced Feb 6, 2025

Comp. SB subst.

Education - As enacted, makes various changes to reporting requirements, school and district accountability, the accumulation of excess instructional time, remote instruction, the immunization status of students in stateHB 1308 · this session · introduced Feb 6, 2025

Comp. SB subst.

Education, Dept. of - As enacted, requires the department to implement a transition plan to close the achievement school district (ASD) and to release all schools currently assigned to the ASD before the start of the 202HB 1307 · this session · introduced Feb 6, 2025

Sponsor(s) Added.

Economic and Community Development - As enacted, clarifies that certain definitions concerning housing facilities and developments with regard to industrial development corporations include affordable and workforce housiHB 1306 · this session · introduced Feb 6, 2025

Transmitted to Governor for his action.

changes from 10 to 15, the number of days of prior written notice the department must provide to a relative caregiver of any additional requirements for receiving payments as a relative caregiver. - Amends TCA Title 37 aHB 1305 · this session · introduced Feb 6, 2025

P2C, caption bill, held on desk - pending amdt.

Insurance Companies, Agents, Brokers, Policies - As enacted, requires a health benefit plan issuer to provide no later than 30 days after a health benefit plan issuer receives a written request for a claims experience reHB 1304 · this session · introduced Feb 6, 2025

Sponsor(s) Added.

Agriculture, Dept. of - As enacted, establishes June 30 as the expiration date for certain licenses issued by the department. - Amends TCA Title 43, Chapter 1, Part 1; Section 43-10-118; Section 43-11-405; Section 43-8-1HB 1303 · this session · introduced Feb 6, 2025

Transmitted to Governor for his action.

Agriculture, Dept. of - As enacted, renames the "Tennessee Meat and Poultry Inspection Act" as the "Tennessee Meat Inspection Act"; revises the act to facilitate the implementation of a state meat inspection program. - AHB 1302 · this session · introduced Feb 6, 2025

Sponsor(s) Added.

Criminal Offenses - As enacted, creates a civil and criminal action for individuals who are the subject of an intimate digital depiction that is intentionally disclosed without the individual's consent under certain circHB 1299 · this session · introduced Feb 6, 2025

Comp. SB subst.

Criminal Offenses - As enacted, makes various changes to present law concerning criminal justice. - Amends TCA Title 10, Chapter 7, Part 5; Title 36; Title 37; Title 38; Title 39; Title 40 and Title 53. Companion bill haHB 1232 · this session · introduced Feb 6, 2025

Sponsor(s) Added.

Private Protective Services - As enacted, creates the enhanced armed guard registration that may be obtained upon completion of certain training and other requirements by an armed security guard/officer who has at least HB 683 · this session · introduced Feb 6, 2025

Transmitted to Governor for his action.

Workers Compensation - As enacted, increases, from 30 to 35, the minimum age for an individual to serve as a judge on the workers' compensation appeals board; increases, from two to three, the number of additional terms HB 128 · this session · introduced Feb 6, 2025

Transmitted to Governor for his action.

extends the authority for local governments to levy a surcharge on local privilege taxes to fund a transportation improvement program to all cities instead of only Chattanooga, Clarksville, Knoxville, Nashville, and MempHB 127 · this session · introduced Feb 6, 2025

Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee

Parks, Natural Areas Preservation - As enacted, revises the descriptions of existing state natural areas and designates new natural areas. - Amends TCA Title 11, Chapter 14, Part 1. HB0126 has been assigned Public ChapteHB 126 · this session · introduced Feb 6, 2025

Transmitted to Governor for his action.

Parks, Natural Areas Preservation - As enacted, requires a county or municipal government that receives a grant from the local parks land acquisition fund for a project located within a county designated as distressed orHB 125 · this session · introduced Feb 6, 2025

Transmitted to Governor for his action.

Environment and Conservation, Department of - As enacted, makes various changes related to fees set by the department for environmental regulatory programs; makes changes to the regulation of coal combustion residuals diHB 124 · this session · introduced Feb 6, 2025

Comp. SB subst.

Mining and Quarrying - As enacted, revises certain requirements to file liens for the reclamation of abandoned coal mining lands. - Amends TCA Title 59, Chapter 8, Part 3. HB0123 has been assigned Public Chapter Number 1HB 123 · this session · introduced Feb 6, 2025

Transmitted to Governor for his action.

Safety, Dept. of - As enacted, specifies that the Tennessee Advanced Communications Network is the division of the department of safety that operates, maintains, and oversees the statewide P25 interoperable communicationHB 122 · this session · introduced Feb 6, 2025

Comp. SB subst.

Railroads - As enacted, changes, from the governor to the commissioner of safety, the authority to whom a railroad company may apply to and who commissions an agent or employee as a railroad police officer. - Amends TCA HB 121 · this session · introduced Feb 6, 2025

Transmitted to Governor for his action.

Criminal Offenses - As enacted, creates the offense of intentionally impeding or obstructing a member of the division of protective services from ingress to, egress from, or movement about a location where the member is HB 120 · this session · introduced Feb 6, 2025

Transmitted to Governor for his action.

Financial Responsibility Law - As enacted, requires the commissioner of revenue, instead of the commissioner of safety, to issue a certificate stating that a cash deposit or bond in the amount required by the Tennessee FHB 119 · this session · introduced Feb 6, 2025

Transmitted to Governor for his action.

extends from 2030 to 2031, the time period in which the department is to submit annual reports to the general assembly regarding sales taxes the department collects on all electronic nicotine delivery devices. - Amends THB 118 · this session · introduced Feb 6, 2025

caption bill, held on desk - pending amdt.

Taxes, Sales - As enacted, extends indefinitely the authority of the commissioner of revenue to require persons selling food, candy, or nonalcoholic beverages, including bottled soft drinks, to retailers to file an inforHB 117 · this session · introduced Feb 6, 2025

Transmitted to Governor for his action.

deletes requirement for the department of revenue to report on the status of the computerized titling and registration system to the transportation and safety committee of the senate and transportation committee of the hHB 116 · this session · introduced Feb 6, 2025

caption bill, held on desk - pending amdt.

Taxes, Franchise - As enacted, clarifies that the imposition of a criminal offense, penalty, or dismissal from employment does not apply to an officer or employee of the department of revenue or other employee or officerHB 115 · this session · introduced Feb 6, 2025

Comp. SB subst.

Scholarships and Financial Aid - As enacted, makes various changes to the Tennessee Support, Training, and Renewing Opportunity for National Guardsmen (STRONG) Act. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 4, Part 10. HB0114 has bHB 114 · this session · introduced Feb 6, 2025

Transmitted to Governor for his action.

Criminal Offenses - As enacted, makes permanent the exclusion of narcotic testing equipment used to determine whether a controlled substance contains a synthetic opioid, unless the narcotic testing equipment is possessedHB 113 · this session · introduced Feb 6, 2025

Comp. SB subst.

Public Health - As enacted, adds as a disease for which a laboratory must test during a standard serological test of a pregnant woman hepatitis C antibody (anti-HCV) with automatic reflex to HCV RNA if anti-HCV is reactiHB 111 · this session · introduced Feb 6, 2025

Comp. SB subst.

Financial Institutions, Dept. of - As enacted, authorizes the commissioner to determine the type, amounts, and other characteristics of deposit insurance required to be maintained by each state bank; describes criteria tHB 110 · this session · introduced Feb 6, 2025

Comp. SB subst.

requires a state-chartered bank to obtain an annual audit of its financial statements at intervals of no longer than 15 months, unless the bank's financial statements are included in the audit of its holding company's coHB 109 · this session · introduced Feb 6, 2025

Assigned to s/c Banking & Consumer Affairs Subcommittee

State Employees - As enacted, requires the pay period for state employees be no less than twice per month as determined by the commissioner of finance and administration; removes the requirement that the pay period be seHB 108 · this session · introduced Feb 6, 2025

Transmitted to Governor for his action.

Welfare - As enacted, removes the requirement that a parent or caretaker enter a personal responsibility plan that requires a child to attend school and receive immunizations and health checks; removes certain requiremenHB 107 · this session · introduced Feb 6, 2025

Transmitted to Governor for his action.

Human Services, Dept. of - As enacted, makes various changes to the licensing exemption categories for programs and activities that fall within the definition of a child care agency; makes related changes, such as exemptHB 106 · this session · introduced Feb 6, 2025

Transmitted to Governor for his action.

Children - As enacted, removes the requirement that grants under the child care improvement pilot program be provided explicitly to nonprofit organizations in order to establish or make improvements to a child care agencHB 105 · this session · introduced Feb 6, 2025

Transmitted to Governor for his action.

Intellectual & Developmental Disabilities - As enacted, revises record retention requirements for records regarding services and supports received by persons with intellectual and developmental disabilities by the departHB 104 · this session · introduced Feb 6, 2025

Transmitted to Governor for his action.

Foster Care - As enacted, expands the provision of voluntary extended foster care services by the department of children's services to include young adults between 20 and 23 who were in the custody of the department at tHB 103 · this session · introduced Feb 6, 2025

Transmitted to Governor for his action.

Adoption - As enacted, changes from 21 to 18 the age at which certain adoption records must be made available to certain adopted persons; makes various other changes regarding adoption records. - Amends TCA Title 36, ChaHB 102 · this session · introduced Feb 6, 2025

Transmitted to Governor for his action.

DUI Offenses - As enacted, requires the state treasurer to deem a person ordered by a court to use a functioning ignition interlock device to be indigent and unable to pay the costs of the device if the person receives fHB 1343 · this session · introduced Feb 5, 2025

Comp. SB subst.

Secretary of State - As enacted, establishes a complaint process with the secretary of state for any person who contends that the person’s name or address was included on a document filed with the secretary of state withHB 1341 · this session · introduced Feb 5, 2025

Transmitted to Governor for his action.

Notary Public - As enacted, adds that a person must complete a course of instruction and pass an examination to qualify to be commissioned as an online notary public; clarifies that an application to be commissioned requHB 1340 · this session · introduced Feb 5, 2025

Comp. SB subst.

Charitable Institutions - As enacted, establishes a five-day period after the effective date of this act during which a nonprofit organization may apply to operate a charitable gaming event during the annual period beginHB 1337 · this session · introduced Feb 5, 2025

Comp. SB subst.

Bail, Bail Bonds - As enacted, allows a magistrate to consider hearsay evidence when determining whether a defendant should be released on bail pending trial and the amount of bail necessary to reasonably assure the appeHB 854 · this session · introduced Feb 5, 2025

Sponsor(s) Added.

authorizes LEAs and public charter schools to refuse to enroll students who are unlawfully present in the United States. - Amends TCA Title 4 and Title 49HB 793 · this session · introduced Feb 4, 2025

Sponsor(s) Added.

Alcoholic Beverage Commission - As enacted, requires a law enforcement agency to provide records related to an accident, the persons involved in such accident, and persons involved in providing or selling alcoholic beverHB 604 · this session · introduced Jan 31, 2025

Transmitted to Governor for his action.

Uniform Commercial Code - As enacted, specifies that a filing office in receipt of a petition for review filed by a secured party contesting a public official's affidavit that a financing statement was filed without legaHB 1342 · this session · introduced Jan 30, 2025

Comp. SB subst.

Criminal Offenses - As enacted, defines "seriously bodily injury" for the purposes of the present law offense of vehicular assault, which occurs when a person who, as the proximate result of the person's intoxication, reHB 359 · this session · introduced Jan 28, 2025

Transmitted to Governor for his action.

Criminal Offenses - As enacted, creates a Class B misdemeanor for knowingly activating and pointing a laser pointer or other device utilizing a laser beam at a person driving an automobile, boat, aircraft, or any other mHB 191 · this session · introduced Jan 28, 2025

Transmitted to Governor for his action.

Computers and Electronic Processing - As enacted, requires each department, agency, office, commission, institution, or instrumentality of the executive branch to accept electronic transmissions; defines the meaning of eHB 321 · this session · introduced Jan 27, 2025

Transmitted to Governor for his action.

Real Property - As enacted, clarifies that property that is qualified as agricultural, forest land, or open space land, owned by two individuals, and held under the titles of tenancy by the entireties or of joint tenancyHB 297 · this session · introduced Jan 22, 2025

Transmitted to Governor for his action.

Agriculture, Dept. of - As enacted, establishes a fund for the development and implementation of programs that benefit Tennesseans by preserving farmland and forestland, including a grant program for conservation easemenHB 1325 · this session · introduced Jan 16, 2025

Comp. SB subst.

Public Funds and Financing - As enacted, redefines "local government" to include a water, wastewater, or energy authority for purposes of the present law applicable to bonds and notes issued by local governments; makes oHB 1338 · this session · introduced Jan 15, 2025

Comp. SB subst.

Election Laws - As enacted, requires the coordinator of elections, in collaboration with the department of safety, prior to January 1, 2028, to create a secure, electronic portal through which each county administrator oHB 69 · this session · introduced Jan 14, 2025

Transmitted to Governor for his action.

Statutes and Codification - As enacted, codifies the Acts of the 2024 regular session. - Companion bill has been assigned Public Chapter Number 16 by the Secretary of StateHB 1035 · this session · introduced Jan 13, 2025

Comp. SB subst.

excludes from state service officers and employees of certain state entities; expands bereavement leave for certain categories of state officers and employees. - Amends TCA Section 8-30-102 and Title 8, Chapter 50, Part HB 112 · this session · introduced Jan 13, 2025

Withdrawn.

repeals the Unfair Milk Sales Act; removes the prohibition against selling milk below cost. - Amends TCA Title 53, Chapter 3, Part 2HB 101 · this session · introduced Jan 13, 2025

Assigned to s/c Agriculture & Natural Resources Subcommittee

County Government - As enacted, authorizes certain county legislative bodies, by a two-thirds vote, to remove any member of an appointed board or commission, if such removal is recommended by the appointing authority andHB 56 · this session · introduced Jan 6, 2025

Transmitted to Governor for his action.

Criminal Offenses - As enacted, creates new misdemeanor offenses, including intentionally giving a false or fictitious name to a law enforcement officer who has lawfully detained or arrested such person. - Amends TCA TitHB 55 · this session · introduced Jan 2, 2025

Sponsor(s) Added.

enacts the "Education Freedom Act of 2025." - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 49 and Title 49HB 1 · this session · introduced Nov 6, 2024

Assigned to s/c K-12 Subcommittee

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