AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 2, Chapter 10, relative to security.
In plain English Allows campaign funds to pay up to $12,000 yearly for home security measures for an officeholder's residence, including equipment, monitoring, safe rooms, and guards.
Official synopsis: As enacted, clarifies that expenditures of campaign funds to enhance security for an officeholder's personal residence are not deemed for personal use and that such expenditures are limited to home security consultation, home security equipment, home security monitoring services, safe rooms, and the use of…
Became lawEffective date(s) 05/22/2026 · 2026-05-27
AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4; Title 4, Chapter 49; Title 8, Chapter 6, Part 4; Title 40, Chapter 2 and Title 47, relative to illegal activity.
In plain English Clarifies that gambling, gambling devices, and online sweepstakes games are unlawful and expands authority to investigate illegal gambling activity.
Official synopsis: As enacted, clarifies that gambling, the operation or possession of gambling devices, and the operation, conducting, or commercial promoting of online sweepstakes games and other forms of online or app-based gambling are unlawful and a violation of the "Tennessee Consumer Protection Act"; expands the authority…
Became lawEffective date(s) 05/22/2026 · 2026-05-27
AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 39, relative to criminal offenses against property.
As enacted, creates a Class E felony offense when a person, for the purpose of deriving a pecuniary benefit, engages in conduct intended to influence the occurrence or nonoccurrence of an event while the person, or another acting in active concert with the person, is…
Became lawEffective date(s) 07/01/2026 · 2026-05-27
AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4 and Title 49, relative to education.
In plain English Authorizes establishment of public charter schools exclusively serving students 18 or older to help them earn high school diplomas.
Official synopsis: As enacted, authorizes the establishment of adult public charter schools, which are defined as public charter schools that exclusively serve students who are 18 or older by providing instruction to such students in accordance with the rules for adult high schools promulgated by the state…
Became lawEffective date(s) 05/22/2026, 07/01/2026 · 2026-05-27
AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4; Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 11; Title 12; Title 29 and Title 43, relative to local historical boards.
As enacted, authorizes local historical boards to lease land owned or managed by such boards for agricultural purposes, with all proceeds received by the boards to be used for the preservation of historic sites and structures. – Amends TCA Title 4; Title 5; Title 6;…
Became lawEffective date(s) 05/22/2026 · 2026-05-27
AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 67, relative to taxes.
In plain English Allows counties and cities to pay property tax refunds through annual credits against future taxes until June 30, 2041, if certain criteria are met.
Official synopsis: As enacted, authorizes, until June 30, 2041, a county or municipality that levies a property tax to pay a property tax refund owed to a taxpayer through annual installments applied as credits against the taxpayer's future property taxes if certain criteria is met. – Amends…
Became lawEffective date(s) 05/22/2026 · 2026-05-27
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 lawComp. became Pub. Ch. 1026 · 2026-05-26
AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 71, Chapter 5, relative to the annual coverage assessment.
As enacted, enacts the "Annual Coverage Assessment Act of 2026." – Amends TCA Title 71, Chapter 5.
Became lawComp. became Pub. Ch. 991 · 2026-05-26
AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 33; Title 38 and Title 41, relative to mental health.
In plain English Requires the Tennessee opioid abatement council to allocate opioid abatement fund money in a specified manner.
Official synopsis: As enacted, requires the Tennessee opioid abatement council to allocate funds held in the opioid abatement fund in a certain manner. – Amends TCA Title 33; Title 38 and Title 41.
Became lawComp. became Pub. Ch. 960 · 2026-05-18
AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 39, Chapter 14, Part 2, relative to cruelty to animals.
As enacted, adds starvation resulting in death of a livestock animal to the types of conduct that constitute the Class E felony of aggravated cruelty to a livestock animal, when done in a depraved and sadistic manner without justifiable or lawful purpose. – Amends TCA…
Became lawEffective date(s) 07/01/2026 · 2026-05-18
AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 40, Chapter 11, relative to release on bail.
In plain English Allows courts to temporarily hold defendants without bail for up to 10 days if they violate release conditions, commit crimes while released, or obstruct trial proceedings.
Official synopsis: As enacted, allows the court to temporarily revoke a defendant's bond and order the defendant held without bail for no more than 10 days pending a bail revocation hearing if the defendant violates a condition of release, is charged with an offense committed during the…
Became lawEffective date(s) 07/01/2026 · 2026-05-18
AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 68, relative to immunization.
In plain English Requires hospitals to offer flu and pneumococcal disease immunizations to inpatients aged 50 or older before discharge.
Official synopsis: As enacted, lowers the age of an inpatient from 65 to 50 or older when a hospital, each year from October 1 through March 1, must offer immunization against influenza disease prior to discharge; requires a hospital to offer immunization against pneumococcal disease to an…
Became lawComp. became Pub. Ch. 922 · 2026-05-18
AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 20 and Title 33, relative to opioids.
In plain English Allows the attorney general to release three pharmaceutical companies from pending or future opioid-related claims.
Official synopsis: As enacted, adds Alvogen, Inc., Apotex Corp., and Zydus Pharmaceuticals (USA) Inc. to the list of companies that may be released by the attorney general for pending or future claims regarding opioids. – Amends TCA Title 20 and Title 33.
Became lawEffective date(s) 05/05/2026 · 2026-05-18
AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 63, Chapter 24 relative to athletic trainers.
In plain English Expands what athletic trainers can treat to include conditions that limit physical activity, not just injuries.
Official synopsis: As enacted, expands the scope of practice for athletic trainers by authorizing them to treat conditions that limit or prevent a person's participation in certain physical activities rather than just treating injuries that limit or prevent such participation; makes related changes. – Amends TCA Title…
Became lawEffective date(s) 07/01/2026 · 2026-05-18
A RESOLUTION to propose an amendment to Article VII, Section 5 of the Constitution of Tennessee, to change the date of elections for judicial and other civil officers.
In plain English Proposes changing the election date for judicial and other civil officers from August to November.
Official synopsis: Proposes an amendment to Article VII, Section 5 of the Constitution of Tennessee to change the date of elections for judicial and other civil officers, excluding assessors of property, from the first Thursday in August to the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November.
Passed both chambersSigned by H. Speaker · 2026-05-07
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