AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 49, relative to charter schools.
In plain English Allows private postsecondary institutions, including religious ones, to operate public charter schools and give enrollment preference to children of employees or governing body members.
Official synopsis: As enacted, allows private postsecondary institutions, including those that are religiously affiliated, to operate a public charter school; allows such institutions to apply to the local board of education or directly to the Tennessee public charter school commission to open a public charter school and…
Became lawEffective date(s) 05/22/2026 · 2026-05-27
AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 49, Chapter 1 and Title 49, Chapter 3, relative to economically disadvantaged students.
In plain English Requires the TISA review committee to study and recommend ways to better identify economically disadvantaged students and support them through TISA.
Official synopsis: As enacted, requires the TISA review committee to study and include in its annual report recommendations for how this state may revise the ways in which it identifies economically disadvantaged students to ensure this state is accurately identifying the students in need of additional resources…
Became lawComp. became Pub. Ch. 1032 · 2026-05-27
AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 39, relative to the defense of property.
As enacted, lowers the standard for the use of deadly force to protect property. – Amends TCA Title 39.
Became lawEffective date(s) 07/01/2026 · 2026-05-27
AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 49, relative to education.
In plain English Establishes a pilot program providing grants to local school districts for substance abuse and violence prevention programs.
Official synopsis: As enacted, establishes a pilot program that provides grants to local education agencies to advance substance abuse and violence prevention programs. – Amends TCA Title 49.
Became lawEffective date(s) 05/22/2026 · 2026-05-27
AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4, relative to state government.
In plain English Terminates the James K. Polk Memorial Association and requires the Tennessee Historical Commission to negotiate purchasing and transferring the James K. Polk Home in Columbia.
Official synopsis: As enacted, terminates the James K. Polk Memorial Association and requires the Tennessee historical commission to enter into good faith negotiations for the purchase and transfer of the James K. Polk Home in Columbia. – Amends TCA Title 4.
Became lawEffective date(s) 05/22/2026, 07/01/2026 · 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 lawComp. became Pub. Ch. 1025 · 2026-05-26
AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 49, relative to acceptable uses of technology provided by public schools.
In plain English Requires public schools and charter schools to adopt policies on acceptable uses of school-provided internet technology.
Official synopsis: As enacted, requires each LEA and public charter school to adopt an internet acceptable use policy; makes other related changes. – Amends TCA Title 49.
Became lawComp. became Pub. Ch. 992 · 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 lawComp. became Pub. Ch. 919 · 2026-05-18
AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 49, relative to education.
In plain English Requires the state board of education to include eighth-grade high school course grades in the uniform grading system for grades 9-12 and K-8 coursework in the K-8 system.
Official synopsis: As enacted, revises law concerning math education; requires the state board of education, in developing and adopting a uniform grading system for students in grades 9-12, to include in such system the high school course grades achieved by students in eighth grade; specifies that the…
Became lawEffective date(s) 05/18/2026, 07/01/2026 · 2026-05-18
AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4, Chapter 18; Title 29, Chapter 39 and Title 63, Chapter 6, Part 11, relative to civil actions.
In plain English Revises the attorney general's authority to enforce the Tennessee Abortion-Inducing Drug Risk Protocol Act and intervene in related constitutional challenges.
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; makes…
Became lawEffective date(s) 05/05/2026, 07/01/2026 · 2026-05-18
AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 63, relative to health care.
In plain English Requires the board of medical examiners to issue a two-year provisional license to internationally trained physicians who pass required exams and meet specified criteria.
Official synopsis: As enacted, requires the board of medical examiners to issue a provisional foreign training license of two years, which may be extended for an additional one year, to an internationally trained physician who has successfully completed the examination described in current law upon finding sufficient…
Became lawEffective date(s) 05/05/2026 ,01/01/2027 · 2026-05-18
AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 49 and Title 68, Chapter 140, Part 5, relative to epinephrine.
In plain English Allows schools to administer any prescribed form of epinephrine, not just auto-injectors, when a student appears to be having a severe allergic reaction.
Official synopsis: As enacted, expands the prescribed forms of epinephrine that an LEA or nonpublic school is authorized to administer when a student is believed to be experiencing a life-threatening allergic or anaphylactic reaction to any prescribed form of epinephrine, not just epinephrine auto-injectors. – Amends TCA…
Became lawComp. became Pub. Ch. 947 · 2026-05-15
AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 39 and Title 40, relative to domestic abuse.
In plain English Creates a criminal offense for knowingly violating a no contact order issued after conviction for certain crimes involving domestic abuse victims, punishable as a Class A misdemeanor.
Official synopsis: As enacted, creates a criminal offense of knowingly violating a no contact order issued as part of a defendant's sentence or conditions of probation or parole following conviction for certain criminal offenses in which the alleged victim of the offense is a domestic abuse victim;…
Became lawComp. became Pub. Ch. 949 · 2026-05-15
A RESOLUTION to honor Reverend Jeff Kane of Westminster Presbyterian Church in Columbia on the occasion of his retirement.
Reverend Jeff Kane
Became lawSigned by Governor. · 2026-05-11
A RESOLUTION to honor and recognize Geena Caprio, 2026 Top Ten Senior of Lewis County High School.
Geena Caprio, Top Ten Senior, Lewis County High School
Became lawSigned by Governor. · 2026-05-11
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