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Votes at a glance: Key bills the Tennessee House approved Feb. 25, 2026

Tennessee House of Representatives · February 19, 2026

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Summary

A roundup of bills the House passed on Feb. 25, including measures on consumer cash-rounding, inmate access to FDA-approved non-opioid pain treatments, vehicular assault statutory fixes, commercial driver's license rules, foster-leave expansion, and recognition/awareness resolutions.

The Tennessee House passed a number of bills and resolutions during its Feb. 25 session. Listed below are the principal items that received final or concurrence votes on the day.

- House Bill 17-44 (cash-rounding permissive system): Passed; establishes an optional rounding-to-nearest-nickel system for cash transactions and offers safe-harbor protection from the 1977 Consumer Protection Act for businesses that use the statutory procedure. (Declared passed.)

- House Bill 17-41 (non-opioid treatments for pain for TDOC patients): Passed as amended; extends prior state efforts to make FDA-approved non-opioid acute pain treatments accessible to inmates receiving health care under Tennessee Department of Correction authority. (Declared passed unanimously.)

- House Bill 3-59 (vehicular assault / serious bodily injury definition): Passed as amended; committee amendment restores the statutory inclusion of "broken bone" in the definition of serious bodily injury for vehicular assault. (Declared passed, 85 Aye, 5 Nay.)

- House Bill 15-46 (CDL qualifications): Passed as amended; clarifies that school-bus drivers with controlled diabetes who meet federal standards can cross interstate lines. (Declared passed.)

- House Bill 9-57 (addressing foster-care qualifying event for state employee leave): Passed; adds fostering as a qualifying event for the existing six-week paid leave for state employees. An amendment narrowing the age range to 0–6 was tabled. (Declared passed.)

- House Bill 14-92 (APDS awareness day): Passed; designates October as APDS awareness day. (Declared passed.)

- Senate Bill 674 (conformed to House Bill 900): Passed; preempts some local regulation of private-employer employment terms and conditions and was the subject of extended floor debate. (Declared passed.)

- House joint resolution 9-27 (recognition of Mark Goins): Adopted; recognizes Mark Goins as president of the National Association of State Election Directors. (Adopted.)

- Senate joint resolution 5-58 (GAP 26 / Great American Prayer Revival): Concurred in by the House (adopted). (Concurred.)

Also on the day's calendar were messages from the Senate, committee reports (including judiciary recommendations for judicial confirmations), and scheduling announcements for TennCare and budget hearings. The House recessed to 9 a.m. on Thursday, Feb. 26.