Tennessee 2025-2026 Regular Session All Bills (Page 10)

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Tennessee 2025-2026 Regular Session

Tennessee House Bill HB1861

Introduced
1/21/26  
Probation and Parole - As introduced, specifies that if the trial judge finds by a preponderance of the evidence that the defendant has violated conditions of probation and suspension of sentence for a felony offense by engaging in conduct that constitutes a drug offense, then for the first instance of such a violation, the trial judge must order the defendant to attend a substance abuse treatment program and must not revoke the defendant's probation and suspension of sentence. - Amends TCA Title 40, Chapter 35.
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Tennessee House Bill HB1862

Introduced
1/21/26  
Refer
2/2/26  
Public Officials - As introduced, requires that certain personally identifying information of elected state and local public officials be maintained confidentially with limited exceptions. - Amends TCA Title 2 and Title 10, Chapter 7.
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Tennessee House Bill HB1871

Introduced
1/21/26  
Refer
2/2/26  
Refer
2/18/26  
Refer
3/4/26  
Engrossed
3/10/26  
Enrolled
4/1/26  
Passed
4/16/26  
Criminal Offenses - As enacted, requires a person convicted of second degree murder by knowingly killing another to be sentenced as no lower than a Range II offender. - Amends TCA Section 39-13-210 and Title 40. HB1871 has been assigned Public Chapter Number 752 by the Secretary of State.
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Tennessee House Bill HB1872

Introduced
1/21/26  
Refer
2/2/26  
Refer
3/11/26  
Refer
3/23/26  
Chaptered
4/28/26  
Healthcare Liability - As enacted, authorizes a person to bring a civil action against a healthcare professional for an injury that is a result of a medical procedure, if the procedure was for enabling the person to identify with, or live as, a purported identity inconsistent with the person's sex or treating purported discomfort or distress from a discordance between the person's sex and asserted identity, and the person consented; or if the person was a minor at the time of the procedure, the person's parent, guardian, or representative consented due to an act of coercion by the professional. - Amends TCA Title 29; Title 63 and Title 68. Companion bill has been assigned Public Chapter Number 794 by the Secretary of State.
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Tennessee House Bill HB1863

Introduced
1/21/26  
Lottery, Scholarships and Programs - As introduced, requires the Tennessee higher education commission to submit a report to the education and finance committees of the senate and house of representatives identifying any fiscal year, beginning with the 2004 fiscal year, for which net lottery proceeds were insufficient to fully fund certain scholarships and grants, resulting in a pro rata reduction in award amounts or a draw upon the general shortfall reserve subaccount. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 49; Title 4, Chapter 51 and Title 49, Chapter 4.
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Tennessee House Bill HB1873

Introduced
1/21/26  
Refer
2/2/26  
Taxes, Real Property - As introduced, requires a local governmental entity to hold a referendum to approve a property tax increase that exceeds specified thresholds. - Amends TCA Title 48 and Title 67, Chapter 5.
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Tennessee House Bill HB1870

Introduced
1/21/26  
Refer
2/2/26  
Refer
3/11/26  
Refer
3/31/26  
Chaptered
5/5/26  
Fire Prevention and Investigation - As enacted, requires certification from the peace officer standards and training commission and certain other criteria to be met in order for the commissioner of commerce and insurance, the commissioner's deputies, a municipal fire investigator, or a salaried county fire investigator to exercise police powers, including the power to arrest, relative to cases of arson or suspected arson. - Amends TCA Title 5; Title 6; Title 38 and Title 68. Companion bill has been assigned Public Chapter Number 847 by the Secretary of State.
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Tennessee House Bill HB1896

Introduced
1/22/26  
Refer
2/4/26  
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.
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Tennessee 2025-2026 Regular Session

Tennessee House Bill HB1895

Introduced
1/22/26  
Refer
2/4/26  
Refer
2/17/26  
Refer
4/1/26  
Chaptered
5/5/26  
Teachers, Principals and School Personnel - As enacted, requires the principal or the principal's designee provide notification to the parent or legal guardian of each student who was in the classroom or instructional area at the time that a classroom evacuation occurred by the end of the day in which the classroom evacuation occurred unless the event that prompted the classroom evacuation is an ongoing emergency or is otherwise under investigation by a state or local law enforcement agency, in which case the notification must not be provided to parents and legal guardians until the emergency event is resolved or the principal or the principal's designee determines that providing the notification does not impede an ongoing investigation, as applicable. - Amends TCA Title 49. Companion bill has been assigned Public Chapter Number 850 by the Secretary of State.
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Tennessee House Bill HB2395

Introduced
2/3/26  
Refer
2/5/26  
Refer
2/17/26  
Refer
3/3/26  
Engrossed
3/9/26  
Enrolled
3/10/26  
Passed
3/26/26  
Education, Curriculum - As enacted, beginning with the 2027-2028 school year, requires each LEA and public charter school to, as part of the social studies curriculum, to present a civics instructional video approved by the state board of education at least once to students in grades six through eight and at least once to students in grades nine through 12. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 1 and Title 49, Chapter 6. HB2395 has been assigned Public Chapter Number 629 by the Secretary of State.
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Tennessee House Bill HB2394

Introduced
2/3/26  
Refer
2/5/26  
Public Funds and Financing - As introduced, expresses the legislative intent that a county in which a county-wide fire department is established, or in which a volunteer fire department provides services, direct priority for the appropriation and allocation of county funds to fund the activities of the county-wide or volunteer fire department. - Amends TCA Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 8; Title 38 and Title 68, Chapter 102, Part 3.
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Tennessee House Bill HB2396

Introduced
2/3/26  
Refer
2/5/26  
Utilities, Utility Districts - As introduced, prohibits public water system operators from adding fluoride to their water systems. - Amends TCA Title 68, Chapter 221.
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Tennessee House Bill HB2410

Introduced
2/3/26  
Refer
2/5/26  
Local Education Agencies - As introduced, allows an LEA or public charter school to install, maintain, and use, subject to parental approval, a video camera surveillance system in the special education classrooms operated by the LEA or public charter school to continuously monitor students, teachers, and staff in the classroom while special education or related services are being provided. - Amends TCA Title 10 and Title 49.
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Tennessee House Bill HB2412

Introduced
2/3/26  
Motor Vehicles - As introduced, increases from 10 to 15 the number of days from the date of an order suspending or revoking a commercial driver license that a petition may be filed to appeal the decision. - Amends TCA Title 55.
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Tennessee House Bill HB2411

Introduced
2/3/26  
Refer
2/5/26  
Refer
3/3/26  
Refer
3/24/26  
Chaptered
5/5/26  
Boards and Commissions - As enacted, integrates the bureau of TennCare into the statewide planning and policy council’s structure and mission by adding the director of long-term care services and a managed care organization representative to its membership; expands the council’s advisory and reporting duties to include TennCare’s director, services, and waiver implementation alongside existing department programs. - Amends TCA Title 52, Chapter 5, Part 6 and Title 71, Chapter 5. Companion bill has been assigned Public Chapter Number 716 by the Secretary of State.