AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 5, Chapter 1 and Title 6, Chapter 54, relative to shopping carts.
In plain English Prohibits county and metropolitan governments from requiring businesses to adopt shopping cart policies or imposing fees related to shopping carts.
Official synopsis: As enacted, clarifies that the general assembly occupies the entire field of the regulation of shopping carts, including their purchase, use, taxation, manufacture, ownership, sale, storage, and transportation, to the exclusion of all county or metropolitan government laws, ordinances, resolutions, enactments, or regulations; prohibits a…
Became lawComp. became Pub. Ch. 1085 · 2026-05-27
AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 12, Chapter 4, relative to public contracts.
In plain English Requires state departments and agencies to pay invoices within a set timeframe and report annually on late payments and interest owed.
Official synopsis: As enacted, requires a state department, agency, or official who contracts with a business to acquire property or services to make payments under the contract to the business within a certain time frame after receipt of the invoice; requires such state departments, agencies, and officials…
Became lawComp. became Pub. Ch. 894 · 2026-05-18
A RESOLUTION to congratulate the Ravenwood High School boys' junior varsity soccer team, TSSAA Division 1, Class AAA, District 10 junior varsity tournament champion.
Ravenwood High School boys' JV soccer team, TSSAA Division 1, Class AAA, District 10 JV tournament champion
Became lawSigned by H. Speaker · 2026-05-07
A RESOLUTION to honor Victor O'Neal Lecou of Ravenwood High School.
Victor O'Neal Lecou
Became lawSigned by H. Speaker · 2026-05-07
A RESOLUTION to congratulate the Ravenwood High School boys' junior varsity soccer team, TSSAA Division 1, Class AAA, District 10 junior varsity tournament champion.
Ravenwood High School boys' JV soccer team, TSSAA Division 1, Class AAA, District 10 JV tournament champions
Not out of committeeWithdrawn. · 2026-05-07
A RESOLUTION to honor Victor O'Neal Lecou of Ravenwood High School.
Victor O'Neal Lecou
Not out of committeeWithdrawn. · 2026-05-07
A RESOLUTION to honor Page High School on the occasion of its fiftieth anniversary.
Page High School, 50th anniversary
Became lawSigned by Governor. · 2026-05-07
AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 48, Chapter 68 and Title 68, Chapter 11, relative to hospitals.
In plain English Requires the attorney general to consider whether proceeds from a public benefit hospital sale will be controlled independently when deciding whether to object to the transaction.
Official synopsis: As enacted, requires the attorney general, in making a decision as to whether to object to a public benefit hospital conveyance transaction, to consider whether the proceeds will be controlled as funds independently of the acquiring or related entities; makes certain exemptions. – Amends TCA…
Became lawComp. became Pub. Ch. 718 · 2026-05-05
AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 57, Chapter 3, relative to manufacturing of alcohol.
In plain English Adds bottling of distilled spirits to the definition of manufacturing for purposes of licensing and regulating alcoholic beverages.
Official synopsis: As enacted, adds the bottling of distilled spirits to the definition of "manufacture" for purposes of licensing and regulation of the manufacturing of alcoholic beverages. – Amends TCA Title 57, Chapter 3.
Became lawComp. became Pub. Ch. 833 · 2026-05-05
AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 5; Title 6 and Title 7, relative to lowering flags to half-staff.
In plain English Allows county mayors and city chief executives to order flags on their property lowered to half-staff to honor deaths of prominent local citizens.
Official synopsis: As enacted, authorizes a county mayor and the chief executive officer of a municipality to order the flags flown on county or municipal property to be lowered to half-staff to honor the death of a prominent citizen of that county or municipality. – Amends TCA…
Became lawComp. became Pub. Ch. 828 · 2026-05-04
AN ACT to amend Chapter 107 of the Private Acts of 1957; as amended by Chapter 2 of the Private Acts of 1987; Chapter 63 of the Private Acts of 1993 and Chapter 144 of the Private Acts of 1998; and any other acts amendatory thereto, relative to the Williamson County Hospital.
Subject to local approval, authorizes the board of the Williamson County hospital district to sell real property owned or operated by the hospital district and lease substantially all of the facilities owned or operated by the hospital district if approved by the Williamson County board…
Became lawComp. became Pr. Ch. 37 · 2026-05-01
AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 49, relative to pre-kindergarten.
In plain English Allows school districts with voluntary pre-K programs to enroll certain children not classified as at-risk, including three-year-olds with a parent employed by the district and five-year-olds with IEPs who meet specified criteria.
Official synopsis: As enacted, authorizes LEAs with a voluntary pre-K program to enroll children who are not at-risk, but who live in the LEA's geographic area, are three on or before August 15 and who have a parent employed by the LEA, and certain children who are…
Became lawComp. became Pub. Ch. 812 · 2026-04-29
AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 8, Chapter 21, Part 9, relative to fees for services rendered.
In plain English Allows sheriffs and authorized persons to require advance payment of fees for serving garnishments.
Official synopsis: As enacted, clarifies that the sheriff or other person authorized by law to serve garnishments is authorized to demand that the fee for performing service of a garnishment be paid in advance of such performance. – Amends TCA Title 8, Chapter 21, Part 9.
Became lawComp. became Pub. Ch. 692 · 2026-04-27
AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 49, relative to human trafficking.
In plain English Requires public schools to teach child trafficking awareness and prevention in health education rather than family life curriculum for kindergarten through 12th grade.
Official synopsis: As enacted, requires public schools and public charter schools to provide instruction in child trafficking awareness and prevention to students in grades kindergarten through 12 through health education, instead of being provided through a family life curriculum. – Amends TCA Title 49.
Became lawEffective date(s) 07/01/2026 · 2026-04-23
A RESOLUTION to honor Robert Malloy for his promotion to 1st Degree Black Belt in Kajukenbo.
Robert Malloy
Became lawSigned by H. Speaker · 2026-04-22
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