AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 37, Chapter 1, Part 1; Title 49, Chapter 1; Title 49, Chapter 2 and Title 49, Chapter 6, relative to attendance.
In plain English Requires school directors to refer to juvenile court certain students who withdrew from school after receiving truancy interventions and did not enroll elsewhere.
Official synopsis: As enacted, requires a director of schools to refer to juvenile court certain students who were formerly enrolled in the LEA, who were receiving certain truancy interventions, who withdrew from the LEA, and who did not transfer to another LEA; makes related changes. – Amends…
Became lawComp. became Pub. Ch. 844 · 2026-05-05
A RESOLUTION to honor and congratulate the Cleveland High School unified bowling team, 2026 TSSAA Unified Bowling State Championship.
Cleveland High School unified bowling team, TSSAA Unified State Champion
Became lawSigned by Governor. · 2026-04-30
A RESOLUTION to honor and congratulate Owen Clemons of Cleveland High School upon his remarkable success as an athlete and student.
Owen Clemons
Became lawSigned by Governor. · 2026-04-30
AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 16; Title 20; Title 33; Title 34; Title 36 and Title 37, relative to guardians ad litem.
In plain English Requires court-appointed guardians ad litem to complete training in child development appropriate to their role.
Official synopsis: As enacted, generally requires a guardian ad litem appointed by the court to complete training appropriate to that role, including training in early childhood, child, and adolescent development. – Amends TCA Title 16; Title 20; Title 33; Title 34; Title 36 and Title 37.
Became lawComp. became Pub. Ch. 810 · 2026-04-29
AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4, Chapter 3; Title 12 and Title 54, relative to roadside facilities for motorists.
In plain English Requires the transportation department to mark rest areas and welcome centers with adult-sized changing tables and list their locations online.
Official synopsis: As enacted, requires the department of transportation to install signs or markers displaying language or an appropriate symbol indicating to motorists that a rest area or welcome center has an adult-sized changing table; requires the department to publish on its website the locations of rest…
Became lawComp. became Pub. Ch. 734 · 2026-04-23
AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4; Title 41 and Title 49, relative to education.
As enacted, requires the department to conduct an annual education assessment of each inmate who is serving a period of confinement for committing a felony offense to ascertain the inmate's highest grade or educational level attained, as well as their interest in continuing, completing, or…
Became lawComp. became Pub. Ch. 607 · 2026-04-06
AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 10 and Title 49, relative to special education.
As introduced, allows an LEA or public charter school to install, maintain, and use, subject to parental approval, a video camera surveillance system in the special education classrooms operated by the LEA or public charter school to continuously monitor students, teachers, and staff in the…
Not out of committeeTaken off notice for cal. in Education Committee · 2026-04-01
AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4, Chapter 3; Title 54 and Title 68, Chapter 120, relative to family restrooms in safety rest areas.
As introduced, requires each safety rest area that provides restrooms for the public to provide access to at least one family restroom. – Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 3; Title 54 and Title 68, Chapter 120.
Not out of committeeTaken off notice for cal in s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee of Finance, Ways, and Means Committee · 2026-04-01
A RESOLUTION to commemorate National Donate Life Month.
National Donate Life Month, April 2026
Passed one chamberReceived from House, refer to Senate Health & Welfare Committee · 2026-03-26
AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 9; Title 28; Title 29; Title 40 and Title 49, relative to offender reentry.
As introduced, prohibits imposing liability against a higher education institution for negligence in admitting, enrolling, or extending housing opportunities to a person who has been previously convicted of a criminal offense based solely upon the previous criminal conviction; prohibits use of the person's prior criminal…
Passed one chamberReceived from House, Passed on First Consideration · 2026-03-02
A RESOLUTION to honor the memory of Delinda "Dale" Dixson of Bradley County.
Delinda "Dale" Dixson
Became lawSigned by Governor. · 2026-02-27
AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 10 and Title 49, relative to special education.
As introduced, requires each LEA and public charter school to install, maintain, and use, subject to parental approval, a video camera surveillance system in the special education classrooms operated by the LEA or public charter school to continuously monitor students, teachers, and staff in the…
Not out of committeeWithdrawn. · 2026-02-02
AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 37, Chapter 1, Part 1; Title 49, Chapter 1; Title 49, Chapter 2 and Title 49, Chapter 6, relative to attendance.
As introduced, requires director of schools to report a student who was formally truant and now enrolled in a home school to juvenile court; establishes that unexcused absences accumulated by a transfer student at their former school or LEA during the school year in which…
Not out of committeeWithdrawn. · 2026-01-22
AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 36 and Title 37, relative to children.
As introduced, adds to the definition of a dependent and neglected child a child whose parent or guardian is unable to provide care and control of the child due to circumstances beyond the parent's or guardian's control; requires this finding to be made by a…
Not out of committeeAssigned to s/c Children and Family Affairs Subcommittee · 2026-01-22
AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 39, Chapter 17, Part 15 and Title 62, relative to the sale of vapor products.
As introduced, increases, from a Class C to a Class A misdemeanor, the penalty for selling or distributing a vapor product to an individual under 21 years of age; requires retailers of vapor products to obtain a license for such retail sales from the department…
Not out of committeeWithdrawn. · 2026-01-22
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