June 24, 2025 in Regional, Top Stories

NEW STATE LAWS TO TAKE EFFECT IN JULY (SUMMARY AND FULL LIST)

Starting July 1, 2025, Tennessee will implement 177 new laws covering various areas, including education, criminal justice, child welfare, and public safety. Key highlights include:
  • Education: The Education Freedom Scholarship Act (HB 6004) introduces universal school vouchers, providing ~$7,000 per student for private school tuition, costing the state ~$447 million. Schools must adopt stricter cell phone policies (HB 0932) and prohibit student access to social media via school internet (HB 0825). Bible courses are permitted in public charter schools (SB 0298).
  • Criminal Justice: Penalties increase for child abuse (HB 0045, Class E felony), unlawful photography (HB 0099, up to Class C felony), and aggravated sexual battery (SB 0678, up to 30 years). New offenses include human smuggling (SB 0392, Class E felony), threats of mass violence online (HB 1314, Class E felony), and creating deepfake intimate images (SB 1346, up to Class C felony).
  • Child Welfare: Foster care extends to age 23 (HB 0103). The Savannah Grace Copeland Act (SB 0641) boosts funding for advocacy centers. Post-birth warning signs must be provided to new mothers (SB 0572).
  • Public Safety: Schools must have forced-entry-resistant windows/doors (SB 0899). Impersonating a rideshare driver is a misdemeanor (SB 0704). Laser pointers aimed at vehicles are banned (HB 0191, Class B misdemeanor).
  • Health and Consumer Protections: The Fertility Treatment and Contraceptive Protection Act (SB 0449) ensures access to contraception and fertility treatments. Telecom providers face billing restrictions post-service termination (SB 0041).
  • Other: Foreign agricultural land purchases must be reported (HB 0219). WHO, UN, and WEF mandates are unenforceable (SB 0263). Wineries are exempt from liquor-by-the-drink tax (HB 0160, ~$368,000 revenue loss).
Below is a comprehensive list of each bill from the 114th General Assembly of Tennessee with effective dates on or after July 1, 2025, grouped by major themes based on their subject matter. Each bill includes its number, effective date(s), and a brief description.
Child Welfare and Education
  • HB0103 (Effective: 07/01/2025)
    Expands voluntary extended foster care services to young adults aged 20–23 who were in state custody at 18 or adopted/approved for guardianship at 16 or older.
  • HB0106 (Effective: 07/01/2025)
    Revises licensing exemptions for child care agencies, including exempting home schools from licensure.
  • HB0485 (Effective: 07/01/2025)
    Allows LEAs and public charter schools to provide up to four days of hybrid learning during dangerous weather or emergencies.
  • HB0641 (Effective: 07/01/2025)
    Requires increased funding for child advocacy center contracts when funding for child protective services increases.
  • HB0825 (Effective: 04/11/2025, 07/01/2025)
    Enacts the “Teen Social Media and Internet Safety Act.”
  • HB0932 (Effective: 07/01/2025)
    Prohibits students from using wireless communication devices during instructional time, with exceptions.
  • HB1253 (Effective: 07/01/2025)
    Increases substitute teacher leave from 20 to 30 days without a teaching license; requires flexible parental leave options.
  • SB0158 (Effective: 07/01/2025)
    Increases minimum physical activity for elementary students from 130 minutes per week to 40 minutes per school day.
  • SB0161 (Effective: 05/05/2025, 07/01/2025)
    Requires high school boards to adopt policies allowing a student as a nonvoting advisory representative.
  • SB0298 (Effective: 07/01/2025)
    Revises approval processes for nonsectarian, nonreligious Bible courses in schools.
  • SB0344 (Effective: 07/01/2025)
    Requires at least one full-time school employee to receive annual seizure safety and first aid training.
  • SB0471 (Effective: 07/01/2026)
    Requires family life curriculum to include instruction on positive outcomes of sequential life milestones (education, work, marriage, children).
  • SB1003 (Effective: 07/01/2025)
    Requires approval of a universal screener for pre-K students as an alternative growth model for teacher evaluations.
  • SB1015 (Effective: 07/01/2025)
    Removes obsolete requirement for foster parent training by 2010.
  • SB1019 (Effective: 05/09/2025, 07/01/2025)
    Requires direct allocation of state funds to public charter schools.
  • SB1310 (Effective: 07/01/2025)
    Establishes a process for public charter school replication and new school applications.
  • SB1311 (Effective: 05/02/2025, 07/01/2025)
    Revises teacher licensure requirements.
  • SB1332 (Effective: 07/01/2025)
    Requires criminal history checks for released time course instructors and parental notification of certain convictions.
  • SB1379 (Effective: 07/01/2025)
    Allows child care agencies to lease underutilized LEA property; classifies child care family homes as residential for zoning.
  • HB6004/SB6002 (Effective: 02/12/2025, 07/01/2025)
    Enacts the “Education Freedom Scholarship Act.”
Criminal Justice and Public Safety
  • HB0120 (Effective: 07/01/2025)
    Creates offenses for obstructing protective service members or refusing to vacate restricted areas.
  • HB0191 (Effective: 07/01/2025)
    Makes pointing a laser at a vehicle operator a Class B misdemeanor.
  • HB0207 (Effective: 07/01/2025)
    Expands organized retail crime to include using online platforms to sell stolen goods; increases penalties in certain cases.
  • HB0371 (Effective: 07/01/2025)
    Requires cognitive behavioral training for Class A/B misdemeanor convicts in general sessions court.
  • HB0751 (Effective: 07/01/2025)
    Criminalizes possessing fentanyl in a child’s presence, with penalties varying by child’s age (Class E or B felony).
  • HB0973 (Effective: 07/01/2025)
    Extends statute of limitations for certain child sexual abuse felonies and civil actions from 25/15 to 30 years.
  • HB1025 (Effective: 07/01/2025)
    Requires suspension of a minor’s driving privileges for one year for delinquency involving harassment by bullying.
  • HB1093 (Effective: 07/01/2025)
    Extends notice period for handgun carry permit suspension/revocation hearings from 10 to 15 days.
  • HB1177 (Effective: 07/01/2025)
    Removes requirement to retire misdemeanor charges within 11 months, 29 days for those incompetent to stand trial.
  • HB1200 (Effective: 01/01/2026)
    Enacts “Savanna’s Law,” creating a registry of persistent domestic violence offenders.
  • HB1314 (Effective: 07/01/2025)
    Creates offenses for threatening mass violence or posting personal information with intent to harm.
  • HB1346 (Effective: 07/01/2025)
    Creates civil and criminal actions for non-consensual disclosure of intimate digital depictions.
  • HB1399 (Effective: 07/01/2025)
    Creates a Class E felony for harming or threatening judicial process participants to impede or retaliate.
  • SB0028 (Effective: 07/01/2025)
    Expands harassment to include in-person communication.
  • SB0030 (Effective: 07/01/2025)
    Creates misdemeanor offenses for refusing to provide a name or giving a false name to law enforcement.
  • SB0392 (Effective: 07/01/2025)
    Establishes offenses for human smuggling and harboring undocumented individuals.
  • SB0433 (Effective: 07/01/2025)
    Prohibits abandoning animals without reasonable care arrangements.
  • SB0456 (Effective: 07/01/2025)
    Adds robbery to the definition of a crime of violence.
  • SB0457 (Effective: 07/01/2025)
    Lowers blood alcohol threshold for aggravated vehicular assault/homicide from 0.20 to 0.15 percent.
  • SB0578 (Effective: 07/01/2025)
    Adds certain offenses to the list of dangerous felonies for firearm possession.
  • SB0601 (Effective: 07/01/2025)
    Revises GPS monitoring and pretrial release provisions for defendants.
  • SB0657 (Effective: 07/01/2025)
    Adds organized retail crime and firearm possession during dangerous felonies to racketeering activity.
  • SB0678 (Effective: 07/01/2025)
    Increases penalty for aggravated sexual battery to a Class A felony if the victim is under 18 or incapacitated.
  • SB0704 (Effective: 07/01/2025)
    Creates misdemeanor offenses for impersonating transportation network or passenger-for-hire drivers.
  • SB0741 (Effective: 07/01/2025)
    Criminalizes possessing or producing technology to create material depicting minors in sexual activity.
  • SB0916 (Effective: 07/01/2025)
    Expands racketeering activity to include animal fighting offenses.
  • SB1233 (Effective: 07/01/2025)
    Requires written reports from penal institution wardens on certain offenses.
  • SB1237 (Effective: 07/01/2025)
    Reduces the number of sureties needed for bail bonds secured by real estate from two to one.
  • SB1400 (Effective: 05/05/2025, 01/01/2026)
    Allows law enforcement to assist in obtaining blood samples for DUI suspects; increases license revocation for implied consent violations.
  • SB6002 (Effective: 02/12/2025, 07/01/2025, 01/01/2026)
    Creates a centralized immigration enforcement division, establishes a grant program, and penalizes sanctuary policies.
Health and Disability Services
  • HB0104 (Effective: 03/26/2025, 07/01/2025)
    Revises record retention for intellectual and developmental disability services.
  • HB0495 (Effective: 07/01/2025)
    Rewrites medical record fee limits for paper or electronic formats.
  • HB0496 (Effective: 05/02/2025, 01/01/2026)
    Removes restrictions on ABLE account earnings; redefines disability certification.
  • HB0498 (Effective: 04/03/2025, 07/01/2025)
    Creates an advisory task force on state reimbursement rates for healthcare agencies.
  • HB0502 (Effective: 07/01/2025)
    Authorizes coverage for Kleefstra syndrome, including genetic testing, when medically necessary.
  • HB0572 (Effective: 07/01/2025)
    Requires hospitals and birthing centers to provide post-birth warning sign information.
  • HB0657 (Effective: 03/28/2025, 07/01/2025)
    Allows healthcare providers to petition for removal of adverse action information from licensure websites after treatment program completion.
  • HB0683 (Effective: 05/02/2025, 01/01/2026)
    Creates enhanced armed guard registration for those with law enforcement or military experience.
  • HB0702 (Effective: 07/01/2025)
    Clarifies no additional license is needed for collection stations under medical laboratory oversight.
  • HB0728 (Effective: 07/01/2025)
    Extends nursing home annual assessment fee to June 30, 2026.
  • HB0979 (Effective: 05/21/2025, 07/01/2025, 01/01/2026)
    Removes obsolete electronic prescription reporting requirement.
  • HB1239 (Effective: 07/01/2025)
    Restricts buprenorphine prescriptions to Tennessee-licensed physicians for FDA-approved uses.
  • SB0110 (Effective: 07/01/2025)
    Authorizes a residential facility for persons with disabilities in the eastern grand division.
  • SB0128 (Effective: 05/02/2025, 01/01/2026)
    Revises chiropractic practice regulations, including animal chiropractic.
  • SB0282 (Effective: 07/01/2025)
    Enacts the “Individualized Investigational Treatment Act.”
  • SB0449 (Effective: 07/01/2025)
    Enacts the “Fertility Treatment and Contraceptive Protection Act.”
  • SB0569 (Effective: 07/01/2025)
    Removes prohibition on administrative fees for pharmacist-provided hormonal contraceptives.
  • SB0760 (Effective: 05/02/2025, 07/01/2026)
    Authorizes bronchodilator rescue inhalers for emergency use in schools.
  • SB1146 (Effective: 07/01/2025)
    Requires county medical examiners to test for drugs in certain decedents and report findings.
  • SB1178 (Effective: 04/11/2025, 07/01/2025)
    Directs guidelines for hiring qualified family members as caregivers without certain restrictions.
  • SB1270 (Effective: 04/11/2025, 07/01/2025, 01/01/2026)
    Revises reinsurance and risk insurance provisions; requires timely claims experience reports.
  • SB1283 (Effective: 07/01/2025)
    Adds hepatitis C antibody testing to standard serological tests for pregnant women.
Economic and Regulatory Changes
  • HB0125 (Effective: 10/01/2025)
    Reduces matching fund requirement for park land acquisition grants in distressed counties from 100% to 25%.
  • HB0128 (Effective: 07/01/2025)
    Increases minimum age for workers’ compensation appeals board judges from 30 to 35; allows three additional terms.
  • HB0321 (Effective: 01/01/2026)
    Mandates electronic transmission acceptance by state agencies, replacing “fax.”
  • HB0375 (Effective: 07/01/2026)
    Requires local governments to justify fees over $250, with annual audits.
  • HB0860 (Effective: 07/01/2025)
    Allows funeral director applicants to substitute a degree or program completion for one year of apprenticeship.
  • HB0894 (Effective: 07/01/2025)
    Increases appointive terms for ground water management board members from two to three.
  • HB1096 (Effective: 07/01/2025)
    Prohibits employers receiving economic incentives from entering community benefits agreements unrelated to their duties.
  • HB1097 (Effective: 07/01/2025)
    Requires attorney general to investigate local government actions alleged to violate state law or constitution.
  • HB1127 (Effective: 07/01/2025)
    Extends foreclosure notice period by substitute trustees from 10 to 12 business days.
  • SB0115 (Effective: 07/01/2025)
    Specifies penalties for municipalities failing to submit audits to the comptroller.
  • SB0233 (Effective: 05/09/2025, 07/01/2025)
    Creates a conservatorship management task force.
  • SB0251 (Effective: 07/01/2025, 01/01/2026)
    Requires a bona fide separation of service for retirees to accept temporary reemployment without benefit loss.
  • SB0357 (Effective: 07/01/2025)
    Limits utility district commissioners’ compensation to per diem for up to 12 meetings annually.
  • SB0362 (Effective: 07/01/2025)
    Enacts the “Safeguarding American Veteran Empowerment (SAVE) Act.”
  • SB0518 (Effective: 07/01/2025)
    Authorizes utility systems to borrow for emergency cash flow with comptroller oversight.
  • SB0694 (Effective: 07/01/2025)
    Increases maximum interest rate for industrial loan and thrift companies from 30% to 36% per annum.
  • SB0880 (Effective: 07/01/2025)
    Prohibits state agencies from setting contaminant criteria stricter than federal standards unless conditions are met.
  • SB0886 (Effective: 01/01/2026)
    Exempts certain real estate brokers from continuing education for license reissuance.
  • SB1279 (Effective: 07/01/2026)
    Authorizes the commissioner to determine deposit insurance requirements for state banks.
  • SB1409 (Effective: 05/21/2025, 07/01/2025)
    Makes appropriations for fiscal years beginning July 1, 2024, and July 1, 2025.
  • SB6005 (Effective: 02/12/2025, 07/01/2025)
    Makes appropriations for the first extraordinary session of the 114th General Assembly.
Environmental and Land Use
  • HB0219 (Effective: 07/01/2025)
    Requires foreign land purchasers to file reports with the commissioner of agriculture.
  • HB0612 (Effective: 07/01/2025)
    Expands aquatic resource alteration permits to all areas, not just wetlands, with exemptions from compensatory mitigation.
  • HB0921 (Effective: 07/01/2025)
    Authorizes the commission to regulate sport shooting ranges and set fees.
  • SB0670 (Effective: 07/01/2025)
    Prohibits state classification of property as wetlands unless federally designated.
  • SB0869 (Effective: 07/01/2025)
    Creates a bait privilege license for hunting deer and swine on private land.
Transportation and Motor Vehicles
  • HB0119 (Effective: 01/01/2026)
    Transfers issuance of financial responsibility certificates from the commissioner of safety to revenue.
  • HB0212 (Effective: 07/01/2025)
    Allows amateur radio operators to apply for special license plates electronically or by mail.
  • HB0442 (Effective: 07/01/2025)
    Authorizes antique emergency vehicles for community/educational events and allows emergency lights/sirens under conditions.
  • HB0816 (Effective: 07/01/2025)
    Designates citations for driving with canceled/suspended/revoked licenses as nonmoving violations.
  • HB1320 (Effective: 07/01/2025, 07/01/2029)
    Grants emergency contracting authority for transportation projects during system failures.
  • SB0147 (Effective: 05/09/2025, 07/01/2025)
    Requires signs for family restrooms at rest areas and welcome centers.
  • SB0228 (Effective: 07/01/2025)
    Enacts the “LESTER Act,” allowing digital vehicle registration as proof.
  • SB0248 (Effective: 07/01/2025)
    Creates an offense for parking/stopping a vehicle to impede traffic for employment transactions.
  • SB0876 (Effective: 07/01/2025)
    Increases fees for handling mail orders of registration plates and decals.
  • SB1017 (Effective: 07/01/2026)
    Authorizes free distinguishing placards for disabled veterans for parking.
  • SB1299 (Effective: 04/11/2025, 01/01/2026)
    Revises ignition interlock device calibration and reinstatement rules.
  • SB1420 (Effective: 01/01/2026)
    Requires driver license exams to include questions on bicycle hand signals.
Business and Consumer Protection
  • HB0160 (Effective: 07/01/2025)
    Exempts winery wine sales for on-premises consumption from liquor-by-the-drink tax.
  • HB0216 (Effective: 07/01/2025)
    Creates a process for removing unlawful occupants from commercial property.
  • HB0743 (Effective: 07/01/2025, 01/01/2026)
    Enacts the “Debt Resolution Services Act.”
  • HB0908 (Effective: 07/01/2025)
    Replaces certain mortgage interest rate bases with the average prime offer rate.
  • HB1039 (Effective: 07/01/2025)
    Specifies who may submit electronic records for registration under the Uniform Real Property Electronic Recording Act.
  • HB1045 (Effective: 07/01/2025)
    Clarifies exemptions for life insurance/annuity proceeds from creditor claims.
  • SB0041 (Effective: 07/01/2025)
    Prohibits service providers from billing an extra cycle if terminated within the first half of a billing cycle.
  • SB0191 (Effective: 07/01/2025)
    Redefines “local government” for bond/note issuance to include water, wastewater, or energy authorities.
  • SB0707 (Effective: 07/01/2025)
    Requires proof of age for tobacco, hemp, vapor, or nicotine product purchases; increases apparent age threshold from 30 to 50.
  • SB0763 (Effective: 05/02/2025, 07/01/2025, 08/01/2025)
    Requires a vapor products directory and levies privilege taxes.
  • SB0857 (Effective: 07/01/2025)
    Allows counties to terminate participation in homebuyers’ revolving loan fund pool.
  • SB0911 (Effective: 07/01/2025)
    Revises nonprofit organization definition for the Tennessee Information Protection Act.
Miscellaneous
  • HB0175 (Effective: 07/01/2025)
    Authorizes rules for drone use to locate/retrieve wounded deer.
  • HB0310 (Effective: 07/01/2025)
    Creates a presumption that PTSD in law enforcement or emergency responders is work-related for workers’ compensation.
  • HB0395 (Effective: 01/01/2026)
    Enacts the “Tennessee Genomic Security and End Organ Harvesting Act.”
  • HB0422 (Effective: 07/01/2025)
    Authorizes the commission to name real property and infrastructure.
  • HB0479 (Effective: 07/01/2025)
    Enacts the “Tennessee National Guard Servicemember’s Medical Readiness Act.”
  • HB0504 (Effective: 07/01/2025)
    Revises the Tennessee Future Teacher Scholarship Act of 2023.
  • HB0542 (Effective: 07/01/2025)
    Requires utilities to review development plans within 30 days or allow third-party examiners.
  • HB0576 (Effective: 05/21/2025, 01/01/2026)
    Clarifies bail bond notice requirements for font and color.
  • HB0577 (Effective: 07/01/2025)
    Requires sharing comptroller studies on nonviolent offender incarceration with the legislative librarian.
  • HB0621 (Effective: 07/01/2025)
    Clarifies vehicle protection product warrantor registration renewal requirements.
  • HB0676 (Effective: 07/01/2025)
    Aligns state special school employees’ leave benefits with those of LEAs and charter schools.
  • HB0773 (Effective: 07/01/2025)
    Specifies that legal notice websites must be free to access.
  • HB0780 (Effective: 01/01/2026)
    Requires annual population estimate updates for equitable revenue allocation.
  • HB0801 (Effective: 04/03/2025, 07/01/2025)
    Clarifies exemptions for roof solar reflectance/thermal emittance in building codes.
  • HB0817 (Effective: 07/01/2025)
    Establishes beneficiaries as non-fiduciaries in trust law unless appointed otherwise.
  • HB0959 (Effective: 04/11/2025, 07/01/2025, 01/01/2026)
    Revises marriage and family therapist licensure.
  • HB1050 (Effective: 07/01/2025)
    Reduces nuisance hearing notice period from five to four days.
  • HB1089 (Effective: 05/21/2025, 01/01/2026)
    Requires 40 hours of community service for animal cruelty offenses.
  • HB1092 (Effective: 07/01/2025)
    Extends Block Grant Review Act reporting deadline from February 1 to March 1.
  • HB1133 (Effective: 07/01/2025)
    Allows nuclear energy facilities to seek pollution control tax credits.
  • HB1143 (Effective: 07/01/2025)
    Clarifies permissible clean/renewable energy sources for public utilities.
  • HB1256 (Effective: 07/01/2025)
    Revises provisions for placing defendants on fugitive lists.
  • HB1329 (Effective: 07/01/2025)
    Reduces administrative fee percentages for certain taxes from 1.125% to 0.75%.
  • HB1330 (Effective: 05/21/2025, 07/01/2025, 01/01/2026)
    Enacts the “Less is More Act of 2025.”
  • HB1341 (Effective: 07/01/2025)
    Establishes a complaint process for unauthorized name/address use in filings with the secretary of state.
  • HB1376 (Effective: 05/21/2025, 01/01/2026)
    Regulates hemp-derived cannabinoid products with licenses, taxes, and penalties.
  • SB0014 (Effective: 07/01/2025)
    Increases penalties for removing wildlife while trespassing.
  • SB0119 (Effective: 07/01/2025)
    Updates manufactured home definition to align with federal law.
  • SB0171 (Effective: 03/12/2025, 01/01/2026)
    Enacts “The Ink of Hope Act,” requiring tattoo operator training on human trafficking signs.
  • SB0206 (Effective: 07/01/2025)
    Allows daylight fluorescent pink as a substitute for orange when hunting big game.
  • SB0207 (Effective: 05/12/2025, 07/01/2025)
    Establishes a fund for farmland/forestland preservation via conservation easements.
  • SB0213 (Effective: 10/17/2025)
    Authorizes antique/unique vehicle sales without a dealer license in Hamilton County auctions.
  • SB0229 (Effective: 05/09/2025, 01/01/2026)
    Revises campaign finance and ethics training requirements.
  • SB0258 (Effective: 07/01/2025)
    Clarifies monitoring requirements for point-of-entry water treatment devices under the Safe Drinking Water Act.
  • SB0263 (Effective: 07/01/2025)
    Prohibits enforcement of WHO, UN, or WEF mandates in Tennessee.
  • SB0288 (Effective: 07/01/2025)
    Adds prostate, breast, and pancreatic cancers to firefighter work-related presumptions.
  • SB0290 (Effective: 04/24/2025, 07/01/2025)
    Requires school resource officers for certain student/property searches.
  • SB0335 (Effective: 03/25/2025, 07/01/2025)
    Enacts the “Voyeurism Victims Act.”
  • SB0365 (Effective: 07/01/2025)
    Revises county and municipal zoning board powers.
  • SB0371 (Effective: 07/01/2025)
    Requires DNA analysis for certain offenders within 30 days of sentencing.
  • SB0481 (Effective: 07/01/2025)
    Removes bond requirement for claimants of seized property.
  • SB0484 (Effective: 07/01/2025)
    Authorizes sale of homemade food items with dairy, meat, or poultry per federal law.
  • SB0497 (Effective: 01/01/2026)
    Allows experienced tattoo artists from other states to obtain Tennessee licensure.
  • SB0533 (Effective: 07/01/2025)
    Specifies electronic monitoring device cost deductions for prisoners.
  • SB0559 (Effective: 07/01/2025)
    Clarifies self-service storage facility rental agreement revisions.
  • SB0560 (Effective: 07/01/2025)
    Clarifies economic disadvantage alone is not grounds for parental rights termination or neglect.
  • SB0586 (Effective: 07/01/2025)
    Clarifies unlawful exposure includes distributing private images to cause emotional distress.
  • SB0644 (Effective: 07/01/2025)
    Revises nursing program curricula and licensure exam permissions.
  • SB0652 (Effective: 07/01/2025)
    Requires funding for medical care of retired correctional canines.
  • SB0689 (Effective: 07/01/2025)
    Makes THEC the governing board for TSAC; terminates certain scholarship programs.
  • SB0713 (Effective: 07/01/2025)
    Removes obsolete military credit evaluation reporting requirement.
  • SB0715 (Effective: 01/01/2026)
    Revises cemetery improvement care trust fund valuation and feeєї
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Miscellaneous (Continued)
  • SB0715 (Effective: 01/01/2026)
    Revises cemetery improvement care trust fund valuation and clarifies fees for memorial care.
  • SB0755 (Effective: 04/21/2025, 07/01/2025)
    Creates the Tennessee agriculture and forestry hall of fame, continuing the existing agricultural hall of fame.
  • SB0769 (Effective: 07/01/2025)
    Increases penalty for possessing a detached catalytic converter from a Class A misdemeanor to a Class E felony.
  • SB0773 (Effective: 07/01/2025)
    Specifies that legal notice websites must be free to access.
  • SB0827 (Effective: 05/05/2025, 07/01/2025)
    Prohibits state board of education from imposing certain requirements (class size, calendar, vaccinations, assessments) on fully online, self-paced private schools approved as Category III nonpublic schools.
  • SB0843 (Effective: 07/01/2025)
    Requires half of recordation tax revenue to be returned to the county where the property is located on a recurring basis.
  • SB0899 (Effective: 05/09/2025, 07/01/2025)
    Updates standards for entry-resistant window treatments in school buildings constructed or remodeled on or after July 1, 2025.
  • SB0931 (Effective: 05/09/2025, 07/01/2025)
    Changes annual food license expiration from July 1 to July 15.
  • SB0932 (Effective: 05/09/2025, 07/01/2025)
    Changes impaired driving advisory council report submission from December 1 to November 1 annually.
  • SB0940 (Effective: 07/01/2025)
    Expands immunity from prosecution for seeking medical assistance for overdoses to include alcohol-related offenses.
  • SB0943 (Effective: 07/01/2025)
    Requires courts to include findings on parenting plan limitations and clarifies “abuse” includes third-party actions in domestic abuse law.
  • SB0948 (Effective: 07/01/2025)
    Requires documentation of service and disability for disabled veteran sales tax exemptions on adaptive equipment and vehicles.
  • SB1051 (Effective: 01/01/2026)
    Requires training and examination for online notary public commissioning and clarifies application requirements.
  • SB1089 (Effective: 07/01/2025)
    Increases court cost allocation for municipal court judge/clerk training from $1.00 to $2.00.
  • SB1140 (Effective: 07/01/2025)
    Revises temporary group hunting event permit regulations.
  • SB1143 (Effective: 01/01/2026)
    Extends retention period for voter registration purge files from two to three years.
  • SB1202 (Effective: 07/01/2025)
    Requires courts to publish approved professional bondsmen lists online.
  • SB1239 (Effective: 05/05/2025, 07/01/2025)
    Changes foster care report deadline to March 1 annually.
  • SB1240 (Effective: 05/08/2025, 01/01/2026)
    Changes deadline for medication-assisted treatment report from February 15 to March 1.
  • SB1273 (Effective: 05/09/2025, 07/01/2025)
    Extends school turnaround pilot program report deadline from October 1 to October 15.
  • SB1282 (Effective: 05/05/2025, 01/01/2026)
    Revises laws on rented premises, food establishment permits, and delivery vehicle regulations.
  • SB1313 (Effective: 07/01/2025)
    Creates a vested property right upon submission of a development plan or building permit, with a three-year vesting period for building permits.
  • SB1360 (Effective: 07/01/2025)
    Removes negligence per se liability for qualified product sellers and expands “qualified products” to include knives, body armor, and others.
  • SB1379 (Effective: 07/01/2025)
    Allows child care agencies to lease underutilized LEA property and classifies child care family homes as residential for zoning (already listed under Health and Disability Services, included here for completeness).
This completes the list of all bills from the provided document, categorized by their primary focus areas: Child Welfare and Education, Criminal Justice and Public Safety, Health and Disability Services, Economic and Regulatory Changes, Environmental and Land Use, Transportation and Motor Vehicles, Business and Consumer Protection, and Miscellaneous. Each bill is listed with its number, effective date(s), and a concise description of its provisions.

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