Tennessee 2025-2026 Regular Session All Bills (Page 87)

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Tennessee 2025-2026 Regular Session

Tennessee Senate Bill SB0227

Introduced
1/17/25  
Engrossed
4/3/25  
Enrolled
4/21/25  
Passed
5/2/25  
Tort Liability and Reform - As enacted, allows a charitable organization that provides housing to a person whom the charitable organization knows is unlawfully present in the United States to be held liable for a loss, damages, injury, or death resulting from a criminal offense committed by the person who is unlawfully present in the United States while the person is receiving housing services from the charitable organization if the charitable organization's conduct in providing housing constitutes negligence, gross negligence, or willful and wanton misconduct. - Amends TCA Title 29, Chapter 34. SB0227 has been assigned Public Chapter Number 311 by the Secretary of State.
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Tennessee Senate Bill SB0228

Introduced
1/17/25  
Engrossed
2/24/25  
Enrolled
4/1/25  
Passed
4/11/25  
Motor Vehicles, Titling and Registration - As enacted, enacts the "Law Enforcement’s Safer Tennessee Electronic Registration (LESTER) Act," which clarifies that law enforcement is required to accept a digital copy of vehicle registration as proof of registration. - Amends TCA Title 38 and Title 55. SB0228 has been assigned Public Chapter Number 157 by the Secretary of State.
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Tennessee Senate Bill SB0217

Introduced
1/16/25  
Engrossed
3/13/25  
Enrolled
4/17/25  
Passed
5/2/25  
Transportation, Dept. of - As enacted, requires the department to develop and implement a policy regarding the removal of personal property used for camping from the shoulder, berm, or right-of-way of highways under its jurisdiction or under a bridge or overpass under its jurisdiction; prohibits the department from commencing initial clean-up activities, vegetation removal, or site securing activities until the municipal or county government whose geographic boundaries include the camping removal site has ensured that no persons are occupying the site. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 13; Title 39; Title 54; Title 55 and Title 71. SB0217 has been assigned Public Chapter Number 310 by the Secretary of State.
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Tennessee Senate Bill SB0218

Introduced
1/16/25  
Engrossed
3/13/25  
Enrolled
3/13/26  
Passed
3/26/26  
Bail, Bail Bonds - As enacted, establishes a presumption that a defendant should not be released on the defendant’s personal recognizance if the defendant is charged with a felony offense that involved the use or display of a firearm or resulted in the serious bodily injury or death of the victim; requires a magistrate who determines that the presumption has been rebutted to include in the bail order written findings for each factor considered in making such a determination. - Amends TCA Title 40. SB0218 has been assigned Public Chapter Number 604 by the Secretary of State.
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Tennessee Senate Bill SB0219

Introduced
1/16/25  
Juvenile Offenders - As introduced, requires a juvenile court, upon finding a child has committed a third or subsequent delinquent act, to enter an order of restitution against the parent, legal custodian, or guardian who had custody of the child at the time of the act for the expenses incurred by any law enforcement agency in responding to and investigating the delinquent act. - Amends TCA Title 37.
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Tennessee Senate Bill SB0226

Introduced
1/17/25  
Professions and Occupations - As introduced, enacts the "Tennessee Professionals' Freedom of Religion Act." - Amends TCA Title 4.
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Tennessee Senate Bill SB0225

Introduced
1/17/25  
Chiropractors - As enacted, requires certain insurers to reimburse chiropractic physicians at the same rate as physicians for the same services. - Amends TCA Title 56, Chapter 7 and Title 63. Companion bill has been assigned Public Chapter Number 923 by the Secretary of State.
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Tennessee Senate Bill SB0224

Introduced
1/17/25  
Chaptered
4/8/25  
Athletic Trainers - As enacted, authorizes athletic trainers to use dry needling to carry out the practice of prevention, recognition, evaluation, management, disposition, treatment, or rehabilitation of athletic injuries; requires the board of athletic trainers to establish minimum competency requirements for an athletic trainer to demonstrate in order to practice dry needling. - Amends TCA Title 49 and Title 63. Companion bill has been assigned Public Chapter Number 76 by the Secretary of State.
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Tennessee 2025-2026 Regular Session

Tennessee Senate Bill SB0231

Introduced
1/21/25  
Engrossed
3/24/25  
Enrolled
4/23/25  
Passed
5/9/25  
Insurance Companies, Agents, Brokers, Policies - As enacted, requires TACIR to conduct a study on the feasibility of implementing and potential effects of enacting the insurance coverage requirements proposed in Senate Bill 231 of the 114th General Assembly, as originally filed; requires TACIR to publish a report of its findings and recommendations. - Amends TCA Title 8; Title 56; Title 63; Title 68 and Title 71. SB0231 has been assigned Public Chapter Number 416 by the Secretary of State.
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Tennessee Senate Bill SB0230

Consumer Protection - As introduced, prohibits consumer reporting agencies from including on a consumer report a record of a medical debt judgment that is filed in this state. - Amends TCA Title 9, Chapter 8; Title 16; Title 18; Title 20; Title 21; Title 27; Title 28; Title 29; Title 45 and Title 47.
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Tennessee Senate Bill SB0229

Introduced
1/21/25  
Engrossed
4/22/25  
Enrolled
4/28/25  
Passed
5/9/25  
Campaigns and Campaign Finance - As enacted, makes various changes to campaign finance laws and related laws. - Amends TCA Title 2; Title 3 and Title 67. SB0229 has been assigned Public Chapter Number 415 by the Secretary of State. Conference Committee ReportsMajority Report # 1 for SB0229 / HB0653
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Tennessee Senate Bill SB0237

Juvenile Offenders - As introduced, requires a juvenile 16 years of age or older accused of a delinquent act to be transferred from juvenile court to criminal court to be tried as an adult if the juvenile has a prior adjudication of delinquency for any offense and the juvenile court finds probable cause to believe the juvenile committed the delinquent act. - Amends TCA Title 37; Title 39 and Chapter 1007 of the Public Acts of 2024.
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Tennessee Senate Bill SB0235

Law Enforcement - As introduced, requires an employing law enforcement agency to contact any prior law enforcement agency that employed the agency's officer or special deputy as part of the thorough investigation into the person's good moral character. - Amends TCA Title 38, Chapter 8.
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Tennessee Senate Bill SB0236

Criminal Offenses - As introduced, requires a law enforcement agency to release calls for emergency assistance services at rental homes and apartment complexes to qualified nonprofit organizations for the purpose of distributing the calls to rental property managers and owners to detect and act on escalating crime patterns. - Amends TCA Title 38.
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Tennessee Senate Bill SB0238

Introduced
1/21/25  
Chaptered
4/28/25  
Bail, Bail Bonds - As enacted, specifies that venue for prosecution of the offense of knowingly violating a condition of release is generally the county in which the conduct constituting the violation of a condition of release occurred; clarifies that if one or more elements of the offense are committed in different counties, then the offense may be prosecuted in either county. - Amends TCA Title 39 and Title 40. Companion bill has been assigned Public Chapter Number 188 by the Secretary of State.