Tennessee 2025-2026 Regular Session All Bills (Page 226)

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Tennessee 2025-2026 Regular Session

Tennessee Senate Bill SB0709

Education - As introduced, deletes a pilot program, which was established to improve parent-teacher engagement in any grade from kindergarten through grade two in public schools, that expired in 2021. - Amends TCA Title 49.
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Tennessee Senate Bill SB0708

Driver Licenses - As introduced, requires the department of safety to report to the transportation and safety committee of the senate and the committee in the house of representatives having jurisdiction over driver license matters on the extent to which current fees imposed on applications for an original or renewal of a driver license are used to offset processing costs for driver license issuance and reinstatements, information technology upgrades, and any ongoing costs to maintain the driver license issuance system. - Amends TCA Title 55.
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Tennessee Senate Bill SB0707

Introduced
2/3/25  
Engrossed
3/17/25  
Enrolled
3/25/25  
Passed
4/3/25  
Tobacco, Tobacco Products - As enacted, specifies that a prospective purchaser of tobacco, smoking hemp, vapor products, or smokeless nicotine products must produce proof of age prior to the sale being made; increases from 30 to 50 years the apparent age above which a seller is not required to demand presentation of proof of age. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 17 and Title 43, Chapter 27. SB0707 has been assigned Public Chapter Number 118 by the Secretary of State.
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Tennessee Senate Bill SB0717

Introduced
2/3/25  
Engrossed
2/5/26  
Enrolled
2/10/26  
Passed
2/17/26  
Utilities, Utility Districts - As enacted, clarifies that prior to the acquisition of assets of a natural gas utility regulated by the Tennessee public utility commission by a new owner or any other change in control of such assets, the commission has exclusive authority to approve the acquisition or change in control, including the assignment of franchise rights, upon a finding by the commission that such transfers of assets or control is in the public interest. - Amends TCA Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 65; Title 68 and Title 69. SB0717 has been assigned Public Chapter Number 532 by the Secretary of State.
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Tennessee Senate Bill SB0715

Introduced
2/3/25  
Engrossed
3/10/25  
Enrolled
3/20/25  
Passed
4/3/25  
Cemeteries - As enacted, changes the way that the fair market value of an improvement care trust fund is calculated for certain purposes; clarifies that the fee that a cemetery company charges for the memorial care of a commodity installed in the cemetery cannot exceed the fee charged by the company for installation of the commodity; makes other changes related to cemeteries. - Amends TCA Title 46. SB0715 has been assigned Public Chapter Number 119 by the Secretary of State.
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Tennessee Senate Bill SB0714

Introduced
2/3/25  
Engrossed
4/22/25  
Enrolled
4/30/26  
Passed
5/22/26  
Education - As enacted, requires an educational oversight board tobe created for an LEA that meets certain criteria and is established to annually conduct a comprehensive needs assessment of the LEA to determine the factors that may be contributing to the LEA meeting such criteria; requires the oversight board to develop a transformation plan that identifies performance andoperational goals for the LEA and benchmarks for assessing the LEA's progress toward meeting such goals; makes other related changes. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 5; Title 6; Title 7 and Title 49. SB0714 has been assigned Public Chapter Number 1057 by the Secretary of State. Conference Committee ReportsMajority Report # 1 for SB0714 / HB0662Minority Report # 1 for SB0714 / HB0662
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Tennessee Senate Bill SB0749

Introduced
2/4/25  
Chaptered
4/28/25  
Interest Rates - As enacted, removes the weighted average yield of the accepted offers of the Federal National Mortgage Association's current free market system auction and the 30-year treasury yield as the two bases upon which the maximum effective rate of interest on home loans may be set by the commissioner of financial institutions, and replaces them with the average prime offer rate. - Amends TCA Title 45 and Title 47. Companion bill has been assigned Public Chapter Number 290 by the Secretary of State.
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Tennessee Senate Bill SB0748

TennCare - As introduced, requires the bureau of TennCare to reimburse certain public or private ground-based ambulance services that bill for transports at a rate not less than 67.5 percent of the federal medicare program's allowable charge for participating providers for emergency services and 100 percent of the federal medicare program's allowable charge for participating providers for nonemergency services. - Amends TCA Title 71.
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Tennessee Senate Bill SB0728

Introduced
2/4/25  
Engrossed
4/14/25  
Enrolled
4/16/25  
Passed
4/24/25  
Motor Vehicles - As enacted, authorizes utility terrain vehicles to operate on county roads and state highways throughout the state, subject to certain restrictions. - Amends TCA Title 55. SB0728 has been assigned Public Chapter Number 255 by the Secretary of State.
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Tennessee Senate Bill SB0729

Introduced
2/4/25  
Engrossed
3/24/25  
Enrolled
4/16/25  
Passed
4/24/25  
Local Education Agencies - As enacted, authorizes an LEA to adopt and implement a merit-based pay structure for educators to award additional compensation to high-performing educators and to incentivize educators to meet and exceed expectations. - Amends TCA Title 49. SB0729 has been assigned Public Chapter Number 256 by the Secretary of State.
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Tennessee Senate Bill SB0725

Parks, Natural Areas Preservation - As introduced, removes the two-mile buffer between class II scenic rivers and new and expanded landfill sites. - Amends TCA Title 11, Chapter 13 and Title 68.
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Tennessee Senate Bill SB0730

Public Records - As introduced, authorizes records custodians to charge a fee to view records if the records requested reasonably require more than one hour of an employee's time to collect for inspection by the requestor; specifies that the hourly rate for inspection be set in proportion to the rate of pay of the employee who is collecting the records. - Amends TCA Title 10, Chapter 7.
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Tennessee Senate Bill SB0716

Health Care - As introduced, extends from January 15 to March 1, the date by which the commissioner of health, in consultation with the department of finance and administration and any other state agency involved in the administration of the safety net program, must annually report to the general assembly on data relating to access to care and safety net adequacy related issues. - Amends TCA Title 49; Title 63; Title 68 and Title 71.
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Tennessee Senate Bill SB0738

State Government - As introduced, directs the state capitol commission to be responsible for the upkeep and maintenance of the monument to unborn children through funds appropriated to the commission. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 8; Title 20; Title 29; Title 36; Title 39; Title 40; Title 41; Title 49; Title 56; Title 63; Title 68 and Title 71.
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Tennessee Senate Bill SB0739

Consumer Protection - As introduced, increases, from 30 to 45 days, the amount of time a person who purchases, subscribes to, or receives products, services, or membership in an organization by negotiating an unsolicited negotiable instrument has from the date of the first statement or bill for the purchase, subscription, service, product, or membership to cancel the services, subscription, or membership, or return the product. - Amends TCA Title 9 and Title 47.