Tennessee 2025-2026 Regular Session All Bills (Page 76)

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Tennessee 2025-2026 Regular Session

Tennessee House Bill HB1724

Introduced
1/20/26  
Water Pollution - As introduced, requires local approval of a tipping fee for application of sludge from water treatment plants onto agricultural lands, with proceeds earmarked for water treatment facilities, as a condition of such applications continuing in a locality; places a moratorium on certain permits in jurisdictions that do not provide such local approval. - Amends TCA Section 1-3-105; Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 13, Chapter 7; Title 43; Title 68 and Title 69.
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Tennessee 2025-2026 Regular Session

Tennessee House Bill HB1723

Introduced
1/20/26  
Refer
1/22/26  
Refer
3/18/26  
Refer
3/25/26  
Chaptered
4/27/26  
Child Labor - As enacted, adds regulations for content creation that involves certain minors. - Amends TCA Title 29; Title 39; Title 47 and Title 50. Companion bill has been assigned Public Chapter Number 687 by the Secretary of State.
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Tennessee 2025-2026 Regular Session

Tennessee House Bill HB1725

Introduced
1/20/26  
Refer
1/22/26  
Refer
2/10/26  
Refer
2/17/26  
Refer
4/1/26  
Chaptered
5/5/26  
Local Education Agencies - As enacted, revises law relative to LEAs providing enrollment and services to certain students who are the dependent children of service members. - Amends TCA Title 49. Companion bill has been assigned Public Chapter Number 834 by the Secretary of State.
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Tennessee 2025-2026 Regular Session

Tennessee House Bill HB1707

Introduced
1/15/26  
Refer
2/20/26  
Refer
3/11/26  
Refer
3/23/26  
Engrossed
4/2/26  
Enrolled
4/30/26  
Passed
5/7/26  
Immigration - As enacted, requires, until February 1, 2029, each court to cooperate with the U.S. department of homeland security and federal immigration authorities acting in the enforcement of federal immigration law; authorizes, until February 1, 2029, a judge who obstructs lawful operations by such department and such authorities acting in the enforcement of federal immigration law to be referred to the board of judicial conduct for proceedings; clarifies that any findings by the board that the judge committed judicial misconduct may be cause for removal. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 7; Title 8; Title 16; Title 17 and Title 38. HB1707 has been assigned Public Chapter Number 953 by the Secretary of State. Conference Committee ReportsMajority Report # 1 for HB1707 / SB1952
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Tennessee 2025-2026 Regular Session

Tennessee House Bill HB1705

Introduced
1/15/26  
Refer
1/22/26  
Refer
2/18/26  
Refer
3/11/26  
Engrossed
3/17/26  
Enrolled
4/7/26  
Passed
4/21/26  
Employees, Employers - As enacted, generally requires, beginning July 1, 2026, all state and local governmental employers to verify the work authorization status of each prospective employee through the federal E-Verify program prior to employment; authorizes the attorney general to enforce compliance with the requirement against local governments and subjects a noncompliant local government to the withholding of all funds of this state allocated to the local government via grant, contract, or statute, including, but not limited to, state-shared taxes. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 8; Title 12 and Title 50. HB1705 has been assigned Public Chapter Number 772 by the Secretary of State.
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Tennessee 2025-2026 Regular Session

Tennessee House Bill HB1712

Introduced
1/15/26  
Refer
1/22/26  
Refer
3/3/26  
Refer
3/10/26  
Chaptered
4/6/26  
Traffic Safety - As enacted, makes changes to the regulation and prohibition authorized by local governments and state agencies relative to class 1, 2, and 3 electric bicycles in certain locations. - Amends TCA Title 55, Chapter 8. Companion bill has been assigned Public Chapter Number 651 by the Secretary of State.
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Tennessee 2025-2026 Regular Session

Tennessee House Bill HB1711

Introduced
1/15/26  
Refer
1/22/26  
Refer
2/17/26  
Immigration - As introduced, requires reporting by law enforcement agencies and local governmental entities and officials regarding persons not lawfully present in the United States; requires the department of finance and administration to report the annual cost incurred by this state for public schools, including public higher education institutions, prisons, hospitals, and social services agencies to provide benefits and services to persons not lawfully present in the United States. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 7; Title 8 and Title 9.
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Tennessee 2025-2026 Regular Session

Tennessee House Bill HB1710

Introduced
1/15/26  
Refer
1/22/26  
Refer
2/17/26  
Refer
3/31/26  
Refer
4/15/26  
Immigration - As enacted, adds local governments to the entities that must verify that each applicant for public benefits is a United States citizen or lawfully present in the United States; authorizes certain investigations of violations of requirements for verification of citizenship or presence for public benefits; requires certain reporting related to such verification for benefits; makes other related changes. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 1 and Title 4, Chapter 58. Companion bill has been assigned Public Chapter Number 1106 by the Secretary of State.
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Tennessee 2025-2026 Regular Session

Tennessee House Bill HB1716

Introduced
1/16/26  
Refer
1/22/26  
Taxes, Real Property - As introduced, sets the value of residential property for tax purposes at the higher of the most recent price paid for the property or the value attributed to the property by a financial institution when the owner refinances the mortgage on the property or otherwise uses the property as collateral for a loan; prohibits the sale of real property used by the owner as a principal place of residence for 10 years or more to satisfy a tax debt. - Amends TCA Title 26 and Title 67.
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Tennessee 2025-2026 Regular Session

Tennessee House Bill HB1715

Introduced
1/16/26  
Refer
1/22/26  
Refer
2/11/26  
Refer
2/18/26  
Chaptered
3/23/26  
Juries and Jurors - As enacted, requires a breastfeeding mother to be excused from jury service upon submitting to the jury coordinator a written request to be excused and a supporting medical statement from a licensed physician or a certified professional midwife. - Amends TCA Title 22, Chapter 1 and Title 22, Chapter 2. Companion bill has been assigned Public Chapter Number 594 by the Secretary of State.
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Tennessee 2025-2026 Regular Session

Tennessee House Bill HB1720

Introduced
1/20/26  
Refer
1/22/26  
Refer
2/11/26  
Refer
2/18/26  
Refer
4/20/26  
Zoning - As enacted, authorizes certain counties to adopt a resolution prohibiting a municipality or regional zoning commission from exercising zoning authority outside of the boundaries of the municipality. - Amends TCA Title 5; Title 6; Title 7 and Title 13. Companion bill has been assigned Public Chapter Number 1090 by the Secretary of State.
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Tennessee 2025-2026 Regular Session

Tennessee House Bill HB1722

Introduced
1/20/26  
Taxes, Exemption and Credits - As introduced, exempts the retail sale of food and food ingredients from the sales and use tax when sold on the fifth day of any month. - Amends TCA Title 67, Chapter 6.
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Tennessee 2025-2026 Regular Session

Tennessee House Bill HB1721

Introduced
1/20/26  
Refer
1/22/26  
Criminal Procedure - As introduced, prohibits a court from assessing court costs against a defendant in a criminal proceeding if the defendant is found not guilty by a jury or by a judge following a bench trial on all charges for which the defendant was accused, the prosecution is dismissed or a nolle prosequi is entered by the state, or the charges against the defendant are dismissed by the court. - Amends TCA Title 39 and Title 40.
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Tennessee 2025-2026 Regular Session

Tennessee House Bill HB1676

Introduced
1/14/26  
Refer
1/21/26  
Refer
2/3/26  
Refer
2/10/26  
Refer
3/4/26  
Refer
3/10/26  
Chaptered
4/6/26  
Regional Authorities and Special Districts - As enacted, adds Claiborne, Union, and Grainger counties to the membership of the North East Tennessee Railroad Authority if certain requirements are met; makes other related revisions. - Amends TCA Title 7, Chapter 56, Part 2 and Title 64, Chapter 2. Companion bill has been assigned Public Chapter Number 650 by the Secretary of State.
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Tennessee 2025-2026 Regular Session

Tennessee House Bill HB1677

Introduced
1/14/26  
Refer
1/21/26  
Refer
3/18/26  
Refer
3/25/26  
Refer
4/15/26  
Refer
4/15/26  
Licenses - As enacted, enacts the "Military Families Licensing Recognition Act." - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 58; Title 62; Title 63 and Title 68. Companion bill has been assigned Public Chapter Number 1081 by the Secretary of State.