Tennessee 2025-2026 Regular Session All Bills (Page 580)

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Tennessee 2025-2026 Regular Session

Tennessee House Bill HB2177

Filed/Introduced
8/16/26  
Introduced
2/2/26  
Refer
2/5/26  
Refer
3/25/26  
Refer
3/31/26  
Refer
4/6/26  
Refer
4/15/26  
Refer
4/15/26  
Engrossed
4/21/26  
Education - As enacted, makes various changes and additions to present law concerning public education. - Amends TCA Title 9; Title 49, Chapter 13; Title 49, Chapter 2; Title 49, Chapter 3 and Title 49, Chapter 1, Part 3. HB2177 has been assigned Public Chapter Number 1012 by the Secretary of State.
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Tennessee 2025-2026 Regular Session

Tennessee House Bill HB2187

Filed/Introduced
8/16/26  
Introduced
2/2/26  
Refer
2/5/26  
Refer
3/3/26  
Refer
3/10/26  
Refer
3/16/26  
Chaptered
5/5/26  
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 State.
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Tennessee 2025-2026 Regular Session

Tennessee House Bill HB2194

Filed/Introduced
8/16/26  
Introduced
2/2/26  
Refer
2/5/26  
Refer
2/18/26  
Refer
3/3/26  
Engrossed
3/10/26  
Enrolled
3/24/26  
Passed
4/16/26  
Education, Higher - As enacted, requires the board of regents, state university boards, and the board of trustees for the University of Tennessee system to adopt and implement policies that clearly distinguish between tenure decisions and disciplinary actions for faculty members. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 7; Title 49, Chapter 8 and Title 49, Chapter 9. HB2194 has been assigned Public Chapter Number 761 by the Secretary of State.
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Tennessee 2025-2026 Regular Session

Tennessee House Bill HB2264

Filed/Introduced
8/16/26  
Introduced
2/2/26  
Refer
2/5/26  
Refer
3/11/26  
Criminal Offenses - As introduced, creates the Class B misdemeanor offense of interfering with a religious institution if a person acts to intentionally obstruct, disturb, or interfere with the activities of the religious institution by making an utterance, gesture, or display in a manner that is offensive to the sensibilities of an ordinary person, either within the place where the meeting is held or so near it as to disturb the order and solemnity of the activities; defines "religious institution" as a church, temple, synagogue, mosque, or other place of worship. - Amends TCA Title 39 and Title 40.
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Tennessee 2025-2026 Regular Session

Tennessee House Bill HB2317

Filed/Introduced
8/16/26  
Introduced
2/2/26  
Refer
2/5/26  
Refer
3/25/26  
Refer
4/1/26  
Refer
4/22/26  
Refer
4/22/26  
Engrossed
4/22/26  
Enrolled
4/29/26  
Sexual Offenses - As enacted, provides that a person commits the offense of grooming of a minor when the person engages in a course of grooming conduct directed at a minor with the specific intent to commit, or facilitate the commission by another person of, a sexual offense or violent sexual offense against the minor; or to cause or induce the minor to engage in simulated sexual activity that is patently offensive or sexual activity; makes related changes. - Amends TCA Title 39 and Title 40. HB2317 has been assigned Public Chapter Number 1021 by the Secretary of State.
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Tennessee 2025-2026 Regular Session

Tennessee House Bill HB1872

Filed/Introduced
8/16/26  
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 2025-2026 Regular Session

Tennessee House Bill HB1881

Filed/Introduced
8/16/26  
Introduced
1/21/26  
Refer
2/25/26  
Refer
3/24/26  
Refer
4/1/26  
Refer
4/20/26  
Education - As enacted, revises the assessment testing requirements for students who participate in the education savings account (ESA) program. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 9; Title 12; Title 48; Title 49 and Title 67. Companion bill has been assigned Public Chapter Number 1069 by the Secretary of State.
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Tennessee 2025-2026 Regular Session

Tennessee House Bill HB1886

Filed/Introduced
8/16/26  
Introduced
1/21/26  
Refer
2/4/26  
Refer
2/10/26  
Refer
2/17/26  
Refer
4/15/26  
Refer
4/15/26  
Engrossed
4/21/26  
Enrolled
4/28/26  
Local Education Agencies - As enacted, requires each LEA and public charter school to adopt an internet acceptable use policy; makes other related changes. - Amends TCA Title 49. HB1886 has been assigned Public Chapter Number 992 by the Secretary of State.
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Tennessee 2025-2026 Regular Session

Tennessee House Bill HB1888

Filed/Introduced
8/16/26  
Introduced
1/22/26  
Refer
2/4/26  
Refer
3/3/26  
Refer
3/25/26  
Teachers, Principals and School Personnel - As introduced, allows the state board of education to waive the educator licensure requirement for an individual who does not hold a bachelor's degree from an accredited four-year institution, but who has at least five years of teaching experience at a church-related school or private school approved to operate in this state, if the individual meets certain requirements. - Amends TCA Title 49.
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Tennessee 2025-2026 Regular Session

Tennessee House Bill HB1913

Filed/Introduced
8/16/26  
Introduced
1/22/26  
Refer
2/4/26  
Refer
4/6/26  
Engrossed
4/13/26  
Enrolled
4/23/26  
Administrative Procedure (UAPA) - As enacted, enacts the "Regulatory Freedom Act of 2026." - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 5. HB1913 has been assigned Public Chapter Number 994 by the Secretary of State.
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Tennessee 2025-2026 Regular Session

Tennessee House Bill HB1989

Filed/Introduced
8/16/26  
Introduced
1/22/26  
Refer
2/4/26  
Refer
3/10/26  
Military - As enacted, recognizes the United States space force as a distinct branch of the United States armed forces by adding the space force to definitions and provisions related to the military. - Amends TCA Title 2; Title 6; Title 8; Title 36; Title 39; Title 40; Title 49; Title 55; Title 58; Title 62; Title 63 and Title 66. Companion bill has been assigned Public Chapter Number 892 by the Secretary of State.
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Tennessee 2025-2026 Regular Session

Tennessee House Bill HB2380

Filed/Introduced
8/16/26  
Introduced
2/2/26  
Refer
3/4/26  
Refer
3/10/26  
Refer
3/31/26  
Abortion - As enacted, revises present law that authorizes the attorney general to bring an action to enforce compliance with the Tennessee Abortion-Inducing Drug Risk Protocol Act or intervene as a matter of right in a case in which the constitutionality of such act is challenged; makes related changes. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 18; Title 29, Chapter 39 and Title 63, Chapter 6, Part 11. Companion bill has been assigned Public Chapter Number 903 by the Secretary of State.
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Tennessee 2025-2026 Regular Session

Tennessee House Bill HB2393

Filed/Introduced
8/16/26  
Introduced
2/3/26  
Refer
2/5/26  
Refer
3/3/26  
Refer
3/24/26  
Chaptered
4/29/26  
Local Education Agencies - As enacted, requires each LEA and public charter school serving students in any of the grades K–5 to adopt a policy governing the age-appropriate and instructional use of digital devices by students to minimize unnecessary screen time while preserving instructional effectiveness. - Amends TCA Title 49. Companion bill has been assigned Public Chapter Number 808 by the Secretary of State.
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Tennessee 2025-2026 Regular Session

Tennessee House Bill HB2398

Filed/Introduced
8/16/26  
Introduced
2/3/26  
Refer
2/5/26  
Refer
3/25/26  
Refer
3/31/26  
Refer
4/6/26  
Chaptered
5/5/26  
Children - As enacted, allows a high school student who is older than 16 but younger than 19 to work in a child care center outside of school hours or during school hours through a work-based learning program if the student meets certain criteria. - Amends TCA Title 37; Title 49; Title 50, Chapter 5 and Title 71. Companion bill has been assigned Public Chapter Number 873 by the Secretary of State.
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Tennessee 2025-2026 Regular Session

Tennessee House Bill HB2428

Filed/Introduced
8/16/26  
Introduced
2/3/26  
Refer
2/5/26  
Refer
3/25/26  
Refer
4/1/26  
Refer
4/8/26  
Criminal Offenses - As enacted, increases the penalty for assaulting a first responder from a Class A misdemeanor with a mandatory fine of $5,000 and a mandatory minimum of 30 days incarceration to a Class E felony with a mandatory fine of $10,000 and a mandatory minimum of 60 days incarceration. - Amends TCA Title 39 and Title 40. Companion bill has been assigned Public Chapter Number 1104 by the Secretary of State.