AN ACT to amend Chapter 131 of the Private Acts of 1969; as amended by Chapter 85 of the Private Acts of 1987; Chapter 74 of the Private Acts of 1995; Chapter 57 of the Private Acts of 2001 and Chapter 67 of the Private Acts of 2024; and any other acts amendatory thereto, relative to the privilege tax upon hotel occupancy in Shelby County.
Subject to local approval, changes the conditions under which the occupancy tax will no longer be levied; changes the allocation of the revenue from the occupancy tax if the tenant of the indoor sports facility no longer occupies such facility. – Amends Chapter 131 of…
Became lawComp. became Pr. Ch. 70 · 2026-05-27
AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 18; Title 38, Chapter 6, Part 1 and Title 39, relative to criminal offenses involving theft.
As enacted, makes various changes relative to the offense of organized retail crime. – Amends TCA Title 18; Title 38, Chapter 6, Part 1 and Title 39.
Became lawEffective date(s) 07/01/2026 · 2026-05-27
AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 7; Title 13, Chapter 7; Title 65 and Title 68, relative to utilities.
In plain English Requires utilities to sell required construction materials at cost, allows customers to install street lights, and caps inspection and review fees at 10% of project cost.
Official synopsis: As enacted, requires a utility to provide material that is required for construction of utility infrastructure for the customer's or approved contractor's use at the same price as the utility paid for the material, if such material is available only from the utility; authorizes a…
Became lawEffective date(s) 07/01/2026 · 2026-05-27
AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4; Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 8; Title 12; Title 13; Title 54; Title 64; Title 65; Title 68 and Title 69, relative to utilities.
In plain English Requires electric utilities serving areas outside their home municipality to add board representation for those outside localities.
Official synopsis: As enacted, requires, for an electric utility providing services outside the corporate limits of the home municipality, expansion of the utility board to provide representation on the board for such outside locality. – Amends TCA Title 4; Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 8;…
Became lawEffective date(s) 05/22/2026 · 2026-05-27
AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 7, Chapter 35; Title 7, Chapter 82 and Title 68, Chapter 221, relative to sewer systems.
In plain English Requires wastewater utilities to provide connections when specified criteria are met.
Official synopsis: As enacted, clarifies that a utility system providing waste water service must provide a connection if certain criteria is met. – Amends TCA Title 7, Chapter 35; Title 7, Chapter 82 and Title 68, Chapter 221.
Became lawEffective date(s) 05/22/2026 · 2026-05-27
AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 7, Chapter 86, Part 3 and Title 8, Chapter 44, Part 1, relative to emergency communications district boards of directors.
In plain English Allows emergency communications district boards to participate in meetings electronically under open meetings law.
Official synopsis: As enacted, authorizes emergency communications district boards of directors to participate in board meetings electronically under the open meetings law. – Amends TCA Title 7, Chapter 86, Part 3 and Title 8, Chapter 44, Part 1.
Became lawEffective date(s) 05/22/2026 · 2026-05-27
AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4; Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 8; Title 12; Title 13; Title 29; Title 54; Title 64; Title 65; Title 68 and Title 69, relative to municipal utilities.
In plain English Allows municipalities with five-year sewer connection moratoriums outside city limits to extend service to adjacent areas if property owners pay a housing surcharge.
Official synopsis: As enacted, establishes a process for a municipality that operates a sewerage system outside of its corporate boundaries and has imposed a moratorium on new sewer connections outside of its corporate boundaries for a period of five or more consecutive years to extend sanitary sewer…
Became lawEffective date(s) 05/22/2026 · 2026-05-27
AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4; Title 5; Title 6; Title 7 and Title 49, relative to education.
In plain English Requires creation of an educational oversight board for school districts meeting certain criteria to conduct annual assessments and develop transformation plans with performance goals.
Official synopsis: As enacted, requires an educational oversight board tobe created for an LEA that meets certain criteria and is established to annually conduct a comprehensive needs assessment of the LEA to determine the factors that may be contributing to the LEA meeting such criteria; requires the…
Became lawEffective date(s) 05/22/2026 · 2026-05-27
AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 8; Title 38 and Title 39, relative to law enforcement.
In plain English Creates a Tennessee safe initiative task force attached to the Tennessee bureau of investigation and amends related law enforcement codes.
Official synopsis: As enacted, establishes a Tennessee safe initiative task force, which is administratively attached to the Tennessee bureau of investigation. – Amends TCA Title 8; Title 38 and Title 39.
Became lawComp. became Pub. Ch. 1010 · 2026-05-26
AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 13; Title 65 and Title 68, relative to infrastructure development.
In plain English Allows political subdivisions to enter cost-sharing agreements with developers for public infrastructure development.
Official synopsis: As enacted, authorizes a political subdivision to enter into a cost-sharing agreement with a developer for the development of certain public infrastructure. – Amends TCA Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 13; Title 65 and Title 68.
Became lawComp. became Pub. Ch. 1028 · 2026-05-26
AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 47, relative to litigation financing.
In plain English Revises regulations for companies that provide financing to parties involved in lawsuits and the contracts governing such arrangements.
Official synopsis: As enacted, revises law relative to commercial litigation financiers and litigation financing contracts. – Amends TCA Title 47.
Became lawComp. became Pub. Ch. 1005 · 2026-05-26
AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 8; Title 23; Title 39; Title 45; Title 47, Chapter 18; Title 56; Title 62 and Title 66, relative to real property.
In plain English Requires property descriptions in deeds to be prepared by a registered land surveyor or a licensed attorney using a surveyor's work.
Official synopsis: As enacted, requires a description of real property contained within a deed of conveyance of a property not previously described in a recorded instrument to be prepared by a registered land surveyor, or by a licensed attorney utilizing a survey prepared by a registered land…
Became lawComp. became Pub. Ch. 996 · 2026-05-26
AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4; Title 7; Title 38 and Title 41, relative to enforcement of immigration laws.
In plain English Requires law enforcement agencies with federal immigration enforcement agreements to accept and honor immigration detainers from federal authorities.
Official synopsis: As enacted, requires a memorandum of understanding entered between certain law enforcement agencies and federal officials concerning enforcement of federal immigration laws to include a requirement that the agency accept and honor any immigration detainer received from federal immigration authorities. – Amends TCA Title 4;…
Became lawComp. became Pub. Ch. 1001 · 2026-05-26
AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 67-5-2701, relative to procedure for redemption of property.
As enacted, revises standards for the length of the redemption period for a property subject to a tax sale based on whether the period of delinquency is three years or less or is more than three years. – Amends TCA Section 67-5-2701.
Became lawEffective date(s) 07/01/2026 · 2026-05-18
AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 13 and Title 65, relative to data centers.
In plain English Prohibits municipalities and electric utilities from paying for or absorbing electrical infrastructure costs needed to serve data centers.
Official synopsis: As enacted, generally prohibits a municipality or electric utility to pay or absorb the cost of electrical infrastructure incurred to serve a data center; makes related changes. – Amends TCA Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 13 and Title 65.
Became lawComp. became Pub. Ch. 961 · 2026-05-18
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