Tennessee 2025-2026 Regular Session All Bills (Page 329)

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Tennessee House Bill HB0030

Filed/Introduced
8/16/26  
Introduced
12/11/24  
Refer
1/16/25  
Refer
3/17/26  
Refer
3/24/26  
Chaptered
4/24/26  
Education - As enacted, empowers a student who is an English language learner and who received language assistance services in the classroom during the school year to receive the same language assistance services while taking a Tennessee comprehensive assessment program test or an end-of-course assessment, as long as the receipt of language assistance services does not invalidate the assessment. - Amends TCA Title 49. Companion bill has been assigned Public Chapter Number 685 by the Secretary of State.
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Tennessee House Bill HB0673

Filed/Introduced
8/16/26  
Introduced
2/3/25  
Tennessee Higher Education Commission - As introduced, requires the commission, in consultation with the department of finance and administration, to submit a report to the general assembly of the state appropriations made to each land grant institution in this state from 1987 to 2020, on a per pupil basis, by December 31, 2025. - Amends TCA Title 9 and Title 49.
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Tennessee House Bill HB0992

Filed/Introduced
8/16/26  
Introduced
2/5/25  
Day Care - As introduced, enacts the "Child Care Workforce Improvement Act," which directs the commissioner of human services to develop a program to provide longevity payments to eligible child care workers and a program to provide child care assistance payments to certain early childhood educators. - Amends TCA Title 71, Chapter 3.
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Tennessee House Bill HB0014

Filed/Introduced
8/16/26  
Introduced
11/19/24  
Refer
1/16/25  
Abortion - As introduced, clarifies that the term "abortion," as defined for the offense of criminal abortion, does not include the use of contraceptives, including any device, medication, biological product, or procedure that is generally intended for use in the prevention of pregnancy, whether specifically intended to prevent pregnancy or for other health needs, or the disposal of embryos resulting from fertility treatments, including healthcare services, procedures, testing, medications, treatments, or products. - Amends TCA Title 37; Title 39; Title 63 and Title 68.
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Tennessee House Bill HB0426

Filed/Introduced
8/16/26  
Introduced
1/28/25  
Taxes, Exemption and Credits - As introduced, exempts a nonprofit religious institution from property taxes, under certain circumstances; applicable in Davidson County. - Amends TCA Section 67-5-212.
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Tennessee House Bill HB1235

Filed/Introduced
8/16/26  
Introduced
2/6/25  
Refer
2/12/25  
Refer
3/17/26  
Refer
4/1/26  
Children's Services, Dept. of - As introduced, requires the department to conserve any federal funds a child in the department's care is eligible for or may receive for the child's reasonable, foreseeable future needs or use for special needs services not currently being provided by the department. - Amends TCA Title 36 and Title 37.
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Tennessee House Bill HB1943

Filed/Introduced
8/16/26  
Introduced
1/22/26  
Refer
2/4/26  
Refer
3/10/26  
Hospitals and Health Care Facilities - As enacted, prohibits a hospital emergency department, including a satellite emergency department, from denying to a woman who presents at such facility and purports or, if incapacitated, appears to be pregnant and experiencing active labor, other symptoms associated with active labor, or an emergency medical condition, an appropriate medical screening examination within the capability of the emergency department, including ancillary services routinely available to the emergency department, to determine whether or not an emergency medical condition or active labor exists; makes other related changes. - Amends TCA Title 63 and Title 68. Companion bill has been assigned Public Chapter Number 1080 by the Secretary of State.
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Tennessee House Bill HB1944

Filed/Introduced
8/16/26  
Introduced
1/22/26  
Refer
2/4/26  
Refer
3/11/26  
Refer
3/24/26  
Engrossed
3/31/26  
Enrolled
4/7/26  
Passed
4/21/26  
DNA and Genetic Testing - As enacted, directs the department of health to test for the presence of sickle cell trait in each newborn and, if the test results are positive for sickle cell trait, to notify the parent or legal guardian of the newborn tested as soon as practicable. - Amends TCA Title 68, Chapter 5. HB1944 has been assigned Public Chapter Number 773 by the Secretary of State.
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Tennessee House Bill HB0298

Filed/Introduced
8/16/26  
Introduced
1/22/25  
Refer
2/3/25  
Housing - As introduced, enacts the "Homes not Hedge Funds Act"; prohibits certain business entities from purchasing more than 100 single-family homes in certain counties in this state for purposes of renting the purchased properties; establishes a state and private cause of action and establishes damages for violations. - Amends TCA Title 13; Title 47 and Title 66.
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Tennessee House Bill HB1400

Filed/Introduced
8/16/26  
Introduced
2/6/25  
Mental Health & Substance Abuse Services, Dept. of - As introduced, directs the department to develop and implement a suicide prevention program; requires the department to submit a report to legislative committees with jurisdiction over health-related matters on this program and any suggestions from the department based upon the research conducted from the previous calendar year. - Amends TCA Title 33; Title 63 and Title 68.
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Tennessee House Bill HB1442

Filed/Introduced
8/16/26  
Introduced
6/30/25  
Law Enforcement - As introduced, enacts the "Stop American Gestapo Act (SAGA)." - Amends TCA Title 38 and Title 39.
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Tennessee House Bill HB1482

Filed/Introduced
8/16/26  
Introduced
1/8/26  
Refer
1/14/26  
Immigration - As introduced, prohibits the use of certain public properties, schools, and religious institutions for certain civil immigration enforcement activities; requires state departments and agencies to make available to the public certain information concerning person's rights with regard to federal agents. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 7, Chapter 68; Title 12; Title 38; Title 49 and Title 50, Chapter 1.
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Tennessee House Bill HB1472

Filed/Introduced
8/16/26  
Introduced
1/6/26  
Refer
1/14/26  
Sex Discrimination - As introduced, enacts the "Banning Bostock Act." - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 21.
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Tennessee House Bill HB1475

Filed/Introduced
8/16/26  
Introduced
1/6/26  
Evidence - As introduced, prohibits a court from excluding evidence against a criminal defendant unless the evidence was obtained by deliberate, reckless, or grossly negligent conduct or recurring or systemic negligence that violated the Fourth Amendment to the United States Constitution and refusal to suppress the evidence would contradict a clearly established holding of the United States supreme court; establishes an immediate interlocutory appeal to the Tennessee supreme court when a court grants a motion to suppress evidence. - Amends TCA Title 40.
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Tennessee House Bill HB1528

Filed/Introduced
8/16/26  
Introduced
1/13/26  
Refer
1/15/26  
Refer
2/10/26  
Refer
2/17/26  
Tort Liability and Reform - As introduced, expands the definition of a person for whom a wrongful death action may be brought to include an unborn child beginning at fertilization, rather than in utero; extends the period of time from two to three years after which a spouse is rebuttably presumed to have abandoned a deceased spouse for purposes of bringing a wrongful death claim. - Amends TCA Title 20 and Section 63-6-1102.