AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 38; Title 39; Title 40 and Title 55, relative to criminal law.
In plain English Requires defendants ordered to wear monitoring devices as a condition of pretrial release to pay all associated fees unless the court determines they are indigent.
Official synopsis: As enacted, requires a defendant who is ordered to wear a transdermal monitoring device or alternative device, including other alternative alcohol or drug monitoring device, or global positioning monitoring device, as a condition of pretrial release, and who has not been determined by the court…
Became lawComp. became Pub. Ch. 1051 · 2026-05-27
AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 38; Title 39 and Title 40, relative to criminal justice.
In plain English Allows the attorney general to enforce or intervene in cases involving the Tennessee Abortion-Inducing Drug Risk Protocol Act.
Official synopsis: As enacted, revises present law that authorizes the attorney general to bring an action to enforce compliance with the "Tennessee Abortion-Inducing Drug Risk Protocol Act" or intervene as a matter of right in a case in which the constitutionality of such act is challenged. -…
Became lawEffective date(s) 07/01/2026 · 2026-05-26
AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 39 and Title 40, relative to bail.
In plain English Removes the requirement to list defendants as fugitives for missing court unless charged with a felony, and allows courts to relieve sureties of liability if defendants aren't listed within five business days.
Official synopsis: As enacted, removes the requirement to place a defendant on a state or federal list or database as a fugitive from justice for failure to appear, unless it's on a felony; authorizes a court to relieve the surety of liability for an undertaking if the…
Became lawEffective date(s) 05/19/2026 · 2026-05-26
AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 5; Title 7; Title 8, Chapter 8 and Title 39, Chapter 17, Part 13, relative to firearms.
As enacted, states that if the possession of a handgun is restricted or prohibited at a county courthouse, then the sheriff of the county may provide secure storage lockers for those individuals who are lawfully carrying a firearm to store the firearm in separate secured,…
Became lawEffective date(s) 05/01/2026 · 2026-05-18
AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 8; Title 10; Title 33; Title 36; Title 37; Title 38; Title 39; Title 40; Title 41; Title 49; Title 50; Title 55 and Title 70, relative to criminal justice.
In plain English Creates a Class A misdemeanor for operating an unmanned aircraft within 400 feet of or above a ticketed entertainment event.
Official synopsis: As enacted, creates a Class A misdemeanor offense when a person operates an unmanned aircraft within 400 feet of or above a ticketed entertainment event; makes related changes. – Amends TCA Title 8; Title 10; Title 33; Title 36; Title 37; Title 38; Title 39;…
Became lawEffective date(s) 07/01/2026 · 2026-05-18
AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 39, relative to threats of violence.
In plain English Clarifies that a threat of mass violence at school is credible if it causes someone to reasonably expect an act of mass violence will occur.
Official synopsis: As enacted, clarifies, for purposes of criminal offenses relative to threats of mass violence on school property or at a school-related activity or failing to report such threats, that a threat of mass violence is credible if the threat causes another to reasonably expect the…
Became lawComp. became Pub. Ch. 780 · 2026-04-28
A RESOLUTION to honor and commend the Richland High School Cheerleading Team.
Richland High School Raiders cheerleading team
Became lawSigned by Governor. · 2026-04-16
A RESOLUTION to honor Coach Chad Hall on earning his 500th career victory in high school girls' basketball.
Coach Chad Hall, 500th career win
Became lawSigned by Governor. · 2026-04-16
AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 29; Title 39 and Title 40, relative to criminal justice.
In plain English Adds victims to the definition of individuals protected under laws against harming or threatening those involved in judicial proceedings, among other victim-related changes.
Official synopsis: As introduced, adds "a victim" to the definition of an individual involved in the judicial process for purposes of the criminal offense of harming or threatening to harm an individual involved in the judicial process; makes various other changes regarding victims of crime. – Amends…
Not out of committeeTaken off notice for cal in s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee of Finance, Ways, and Means Committee · 2026-04-15
AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4; Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 9 and Title 67, relative to funding for rural counties.
In plain English Creates a rural revenue equity fund and authorizes the commissioner of economic and community development to distribute money to rural counties based on agricultural, demographic, and fiscal criteria.
Official synopsis: As introduced, enacts the "Greenbelt Initiative Fund Transfer (GIFT) Act," which creates the rural revenue equity fund; authorizes the commissioner of economic and community development to distribute amounts from the fund to rural counties based on certain agricultural, demographic, and fiscal criteria, including greenbelt acreage.…
Not out of committeeTaken off notice for cal in s/c Finance, Ways and Means Subcommittee of Finance, Ways and Means Committee · 2026-04-15
AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 8, Chapter 14 and Title 9, Chapter 4, relative to the district public defender system.
In plain English Creates five additional social worker positions in the public defender system.
Official synopsis: As introduced, creates five additional social worker positions in the public defender system. – Amends TCA Title 8, Chapter 14 and Title 9, Chapter 4.
Not out of committeeTaken off notice for cal in s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee of Finance, Ways, and Means Committee · 2026-04-15
AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 39, Chapter 13, Part 5, relative to sexual offenses.
In plain English Changes the requirements for the crime of continuous sexual abuse of a child, including the number of victims and incidents needed and the timeframe for when they must occur.
Official synopsis: As introduced, revises the offense of continuous sexual abuse of a child, including the required number of victims, required number of incidents of sexual abuse, and time frame within which the incidents must have occurred. – Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 13, Part 5.
Not out of committeeTaken off notice for cal in s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee of Finance, Ways, and Means Committee · 2026-04-15
AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 38, Chapter 8, Part 1 and Title 41, relative to pay supplements for local correctional officers.
In plain English Creates a supplemental pay program for local correctional officers who complete at least 40 hours of annual in-service training.
Official synopsis: As introduced, creates a supplemental pay incentive program for local correctional officers who receive 40 hours or more of in-service training per calendar year. – Amends TCA Title 38, Chapter 8, Part 1 and Title 41.
Not out of committeeTaken off notice for cal in s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee of Finance, Ways, and Means Committee · 2026-04-15
AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 9-8-108, relative to compensation for persons who are wrongfully imprisoned.
In plain English Requires the board of claims to hear compensation claims from wrongfully imprisoned people whose charges are dismissed and sentences vacated, and allows those imprisoned before this law and their surviving family members to file claims.
Official synopsis: As introduced, requires the board of claims to hear claims for compensation by persons wrongfully imprisoned whose charges are dismissed and sentences vacated; authorizes persons whose charges were dismissed and sentences vacated prior to enactment of this legislation to file a claim within one year;…
Not out of committeeTaken off notice for cal. in Finance, Ways and Means Committee · 2026-04-15
AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 15, Chapter 2, relative to a day of special observance to celebrate Brigadier General Casimir Pulaski.
In plain English Designates October 11 each year as "General Pulaski Memorial Day" in Tennessee.
Official synopsis: As enacted, designates October 11 of each year to be observed as "General Pulaski Memorial Day." – Amends TCA Title 15, Chapter 2.
Became lawComp. became Pub. Ch. 676 · 2026-04-13
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