Tennessee 2025-2026 Regular Session All Bills (Page 7)

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Tennessee House Bill HB1828

Introduced
1/21/26  
Health Care - As introduced, requires the board of medical examiners, board of nursing, and board of osteopathic examination to initiate a criminal background check for each applicant for a renewal of licensure. - Amends TCA Title 38 and Title 63.
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Tennessee House Bill HB1829

Introduced
1/21/26  
Criminal Offenses - As introduced, prohibits a person who is convicted of a felony from running for public office, regardless of whether the person receives a presidential pardon; prohibits a public employee from receiving retirement benefits from the Tennessee consolidated retirement system, any superseded retirement system, or any other public pension system, if such employee or official is convicted of a felony. - Amends TCA Title 2; Title 8; Title 39 and Title 40.
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Tennessee House Bill HB1831

Introduced
1/21/26  
Public Records - As introduced, creates an offense for using or selling an individual's personal identifying information obtained from a governmental entity for commercial use, punishable as a Class B misdemeanor. -
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Tennessee House Bill HB1830

Introduced
1/21/26  
Railroads - As introduced, prohibits a railroad company from allowing a train to obstruct a railroad crossing for more than 30 consecutive minutes; subjects the railroad company to civil penalties for violations. - Amends TCA Title 39; Title 40; Title 54 and Title 65.
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Tennessee House Bill HB1827

Introduced
1/21/26  
Refer
2/2/26  
Refer
3/18/26  
County Government - As introduced, requires a local legislative body to approve the location of any quarry or digital asset mining facility in a public meeting. - Amends TCA Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 13 and Title 68.
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Tennessee House Bill HB1858

Introduced
1/21/26  
Refer
2/2/26  
Refer
2/11/26  
Open Meetings - As enacted, authorizes local governmental bodies to conduct certain community meetings via electronic means of communication. - Amends TCA Title 5; Title 6; Title 7 and Title 8, Chapter 44. Companion bill has been assigned Public Chapter Number 895 by the Secretary of State.
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Tennessee House Bill HB1856

Introduced
1/21/26  
Refer
2/2/26  
Refer
3/3/26  
Refer
3/10/26  
Chaptered
4/6/26  
School Transportation - As enacted, authorizes a school bus that is used exclusively to transport students from school to an after-school program to be used until the bus reaches the 20th year from the in-service date of the bus, or until the bus accumulates 300,000 miles of recorded travel, whichever occurs later; requires the owner of a bus that reaches the later of 20 years of service or 300,000 miles of recorded travel to, at the conclusion of the school year, discontinue use of, or replace, the bus; requires certain notice to, and inspections by, the commissioner for certain buses. - Amends TCA Title 49. Companion bill has been assigned Public Chapter Number 656 by the Secretary of State.
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Tennessee House Bill HB1857

Introduced
1/21/26  
Refer
2/2/26  
Refer
3/3/26  
Refer
3/10/26  
Engrossed
3/19/26  
Enrolled
4/30/26  
Passed
5/7/26  
Education, Curriculum - As enacted, requires each director of schools for an LEA and each director of a public charter school to annually ensure that students in grades K-12 enrolled in the LEA or public charter school observe the Fourth of July during the school year by receiving age- and grade-appropriate instruction on the founding of the United States, the separation of the original 13 colonies from Great Britain, the Declaration of Independence, the United States Constitution, and the fundamental rights and freedoms enjoyed by American citizens. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 1; Title 49, Chapter 2; Title 49, Chapter 50 and Title 49, Chapter 6. HB1857 has been assigned Public Chapter Number 962 by the Secretary of State. Conference Committee ReportsMajority Report # 1 for HB1857 / SB1960
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Tennessee House Bill HB1859

Introduced
1/21/26  
Health Care - As introduced, enacts the "Freedom from Medical Debt Act," which requires the state treasurer to contract with a nonprofit entity to acquire and repay certain medical debts for Tennessee residents with incomes at or below 400 percent of the federal poverty level or who owe medical debt equal to 5 percent or more of their household income, and prohibits healthcare providers from reporting a patient's medical debt to a consumer reporting agency. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 8; Title 9; Title 47, Chapter 18; Title 63; Title 68 and Title 71.
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Tennessee House Bill HB1833

Introduced
1/21/26  
Refer
2/2/26  
Refer
2/18/26  
Refer
3/31/26  
Chaptered
5/1/26  
Education, Higher - As enacted, divides the appointing authority for the nine voting members of the Tennessee higher education commission among the governor, the speaker of the senate, and the speaker of the house of representatives equally; establishes various tuition and fee limitations and requirements for public institutions of higher education. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 14; Title 49, Chapter 7; Title 49, Chapter 8 and Title 49, Chapter 9. Companion bill has been assigned Public Chapter Number 799 by the Secretary of State.
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Tennessee House Bill HB1832

Introduced
1/21/26  
Driver Licenses - As introduced, authorizes the department of safety to issue a for-hire endorsement to operate a Class D vehicle to an applicant who would otherwise qualify for a for-hire endorsement but for the requirement of at least two years of unrestricted driving prior to the date of application if the applicant has completed a sentence of incarceration after conviction for an offense and currently has a restricted license for unpaid fines and court costs and is making payments in accordance with a payment plan. - Amends TCA Title 55.
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Tennessee House Bill HB1826

Introduced
1/21/26  
Refer
2/2/26  
Refer
3/11/26  
Refer
3/24/26  
Chaptered
5/4/26  
Insurance Companies, Agents, Brokers, Policies - As enacted, increases from $100,000 to $250,000 the retained risk limit for a single risk covered by a policy of insurance issued by a county mutual insurance company. - Amends TCA Title 56, Chapter 22. Companion bill has been assigned Public Chapter Number 739 by the Secretary of State.
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Tennessee House Bill HB1849

Introduced
1/21/26  
Refer
2/2/26  
Local Education Agencies - As introduced, authorizes counties and cities to create by majority vote of the local legislative body the elected office of school superintendent. - Amends TCA Title 2 and Title 49.
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Tennessee House Bill HB1848

Introduced
1/21/26  
Insurance, Health, Accident - As introduced, prohibits an insurer from denying, conditioning the issuance or effectiveness of, or discriminating in the pricing of a medicare supplement policy if an applicant meets certain listed requirements, including a non-age eligible person who submits an application for enrollment in a medicare supplement policy with a different insurer within 60 days of such person's birthday and makes other related changes. - Amends TCA Title 56.
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Tennessee House Bill HB1846

Introduced
1/21/26  
Refer
2/2/26  
Refer
2/11/26  
Taxes, Real Property - As introduced, eliminates liability for rollback taxes on agricultural, forest, or open space land with a greenbelt classification when the land is sold; requires that a buyer of property with a greenbelt classification submit a new application to renew the property's greenbelt classification. - Amends TCA Section 11-14-307; Section 11-14-406; Section 11-7-109; Title 66; Section 67-4-409; Title 67, Chapter 5, Part 10 and Section 67-5-2402.