TCSA 2026 Capitol Update Blog
TCSA Capitol Update provides the latest news from Tennessee’s General Assembly as it affects county governments. Updated annually each spring.
- TCSA Capitol Update: Week of April 20, 2026TCSA Capitol Update: Week of April 20, 2026 General Assembly Adjourns for the Year After a tumultuous final few days, the General Assembly adjourned around 8:00 p.m. Thursday this week. With rules suspended, frayed nerves, and a flood of bills trying to make it across the finish line before adjournment, several attempts were made to… Read more: TCSA Capitol Update: Week of April 20, 2026
- TCSA Capitol Update: Week of April 13, 2026Capitol Update: Week of April 13, 2026 State Budget Passes The General Assembly passed the state budget Thursday of this week. That action is the only thing the legislature is constitutionally required to do each year, but it also is the linchpin that decides numerous policy issues. The budget determined the level of expansion of… Read more: TCSA Capitol Update: Week of April 13, 2026
- TCSA Capitol Update: Week of April 6, 2026Capitol Update: Week of April 6, 2026 State Budget Expected Next Week A series of bills related to the state budget are scheduled to be heard next Tuesday in both the House and Senate Finance Committees. This sets the stage for the budget to pass in the two chambers before the end of next week.… Read more: TCSA Capitol Update: Week of April 6, 2026
- TCSA Capitol Update: Week of March 30, 2026TCSA Capitol Update: Week of March 30, 2026 Education Freedom Scholarship Expansion Moves Forward The House Finance Subcommittee and Senate Finance Committee both moved forward with legislation (SB2247/HB2532) to expand the Governor’s Education Freedom Scholarship (EFS) program that provides state funds to offset the cost of private school tuition. When the bill passed last year… Read more: TCSA Capitol Update: Week of March 30, 2026
- TCSA Capitol Update: Week of March 23, 2026Capitol Update: Week of March 23, 2026 Thank You for Your Outreach! We asked and you delivered! We entered this week facing numerous serious threats to county government authority. Many of you reached out and made calls or even came to the legislature to make your views known and your voices heard. This made a… Read more: TCSA Capitol Update: Week of March 23, 2026