Tennessee 2025-2026 Regular Session All Bills
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Tennessee 2025-2026 Regular Session
Tennessee House Bill HB0001
Introduced
11/6/24
Refer
1/16/25
As introduced, enacts the "Education Freedom Act of 2025." - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 49 and Title 49.
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Tennessee 2025-2026 Regular Session
Tennessee House Bill HB0002
Introduced
11/6/24
Refer
1/28/25
As introduced, enacts the "End the Grocery Tax by Closing Corporate Loopholes Act." - Amends TCA Title 57 and Title 67.
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Tennessee 2025-2026 Regular Session
Tennessee House Bill HB0003
Introduced
11/6/24
As introduced, requires the expenses of the Tennessee supreme court to include each year an amount sufficient to provide the chief justice with a security detail to transport and accompany the chief justice on all official state business. - Amends TCA Title 16 and Title 17.
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Tennessee 2025-2026 Regular Session
Tennessee House Bill HB0004
Introduced
11/6/24
Refer
1/16/25
Refer
3/5/25
As introduced, increases the amount that a person may recover in an action brought against a local governmental entity under the Tennessee Governmental Tort Liability Act for claims brought on or after July 1, 2025, to $750,000 for the bodily injury or death of a person, $1.5 million for the bodily injury or death of all persons in an accident, occurrence, or act, and $250,000 for the injury or destruction of property of others. - Amends TCA Title 29.
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Tennessee 2025-2026 Regular Session
Tennessee House Bill HB0005
Introduced
11/6/24
Refer
1/16/25
Refer
3/19/25
Refer
4/9/25
As introduced, increases the amount of compensation an injured plaintiff in a civil action may receive for noneconomic damages from $750,000 to $1.5 million; increases the amount of compensation an injured plaintiff in a civil action may receive for noneconomic damages, if the injury or loss is catastrophic in nature, from $1 million to $2 million. - Amends TCA Section 29-39-102.
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Tennessee 2025-2026 Regular Session
Tennessee House Bill HB0006
Introduced
11/7/24
Refer
1/16/25
Refer
3/25/25
Refer
4/2/25
Chaptered
4/29/25
Passed
4/29/25
As enacted, authorizes LEAs to enroll LEAs' employees' children into the voluntary pre-kindergarten program if space is available after enrollment of at-risk children; authorizes LEAs to charge the employee tuition and fees for such enrollment. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 6.
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Tennessee 2025-2026 Regular Session
Tennessee House Bill HB0007
Introduced
11/7/24
Refer
1/16/25
Refer
3/19/25
Refer
3/25/25
As introduced, establishes the hunger-free campus grant program; provides grants to higher education institutions to address student hunger. - Amends TCA Title 49.
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Tennessee 2025-2026 Regular Session
Tennessee House Bill HB0008
Introduced
11/12/24
Refer
1/16/25
Refer
2/26/25
Refer
3/12/25
As introduced, requires an annual training pay bonus supplement for eligible campus police officers and public safety officers in the amount of $800. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 38 and Section 49-7-118.
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Tennessee 2025-2026 Regular Session
Tennessee House Bill HB0009
Introduced
11/12/24
Refer
1/16/25
Failed
3/25/25
As introduced, revises the weighted allocations generated by a student for purposes of the TISA based on the number of student members of the LEA in which the student resides; establishes a $50 direct allocation for each student member of each LEA to assist each LEA with maintenance and infrastructure. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 3.
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Tennessee 2025-2026 Regular Session
Tennessee House Bill HB0010
Introduced
11/13/24
Refer
1/16/25
Failed
3/18/25
As introduced, requires a law enforcement agency in custody of an individual unlawfully present in the United States to request an immigration detainer and detain such individual for the maximum period as specified in the detainer; requires such agency to transport such individuals not taken into federal custody to a sanctuary city; requires department of revenue to request reimbursement for costs of detention and transportation of illegal aliens and to withhold federal petroleum taxes collected in this state if such reimbursement is not received. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 7; Title 38; Title 39; Title 55 and Title 67.
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Tennessee 2025-2026 Regular Session
Tennessee House Bill HB0011
Introduced
11/13/24
Refer
1/16/25
As introduced, requires the department of safety to redesign driver licenses, instruction permits, intermediate driver licenses, and photo identification cards issued to lawful permanent residents of the United States, and temporary driver licenses and permits and temporary photo identification licenses issued to qualified noncitizens, so that the licenses and permits may be easily distinguished from driver and photo identification licenses issued to residents of this state who are United States citizens. - Amends TCA Title 55, Chapter 50.
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Tennessee 2025-2026 Regular Session
Tennessee House Bill HB0012
Introduced
11/14/24
Refer
1/16/25
Failed
3/11/25
As introduced, requires each local school board to establish a school lunch program and a school breakfast program that provide a free breakfast and lunch to each student enrolled in a school under the board's jurisdiction; requires the state to reimburse each LEA for the cost of providing a free breakfast and lunch to each student enrolled in the LEA after all available federal funds have been applied. - Amends TCA Title 49.
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Tennessee 2025-2026 Regular Session
Tennessee House Bill HB0013
Introduced
11/19/24
Refer
1/16/25
As introduced, requires LEAs and public charter schools to adopt a policy to prohibit students from using wireless communication devices during instructional time except in certain circumstances. - Amends TCA Title 49.
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Tennessee 2025-2026 Regular Session
Tennessee House Bill HB0014
Introduced
11/19/24
Refer
1/16/25
Failed
3/18/25
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 2025-2026 Regular Session
Tennessee House Bill HB0015
Introduced
11/19/24
Refer
1/16/25
Refer
3/4/25
As introduced, authorizes the governor to expand medicaid eligibility solely for the purpose of providing treatment for a patient with a diagnosis of sickle cell disease in accordance with the federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and to negotiate with the centers for medicare and medicaid services with respect to the terms of such expansion. - Amends TCA Title 4 and Title 71, Chapter 5.