NASHVILLE, TN. (WLAF)- During the 2025 legislative session, more than 170 new laws were enacted across multiple categories. Today, WLAF shares some of the various laws that were enacted and/or revised.

HB0773         

Effective date(s) 07/01/2025  

Amends TCA Title 1, Chapter 3. As introduced, specifies that the website where legal notices must be posted must not require a fee or a subscription for a person to view the website. For a related story CLICK HERE.

HB0102         

Effective date(s) 07/01/2025  

Amends TCA Title 36, Chapter 1, Part 1. As enacted, changes from 21 to 18 the age at which certain adoption records must be made available to certain adopted persons; makes various other changes regarding adoption records.

SB0171          

Effective date(s) 03/12/2025, 01/01/2026     

Amends TCA Title 62, Chapter 38. As enacted, enacts “The Ink of Hope Act”; requires tattoo operators and tattoo artists to complete up to one hour of training on recognizing and reporting signs of human trafficking.

SB0392          

Effective date(s) 07/01/2025  

Amends TCA Title 39. As introduced, creates the offense of human smuggling; creates the offense of harboring or hiding, or assisting another in harboring or hiding, within this state an individual who the person knows or should have known has illegally entered or remained in the United States; authorizes the attorney general to take certain actions against a person or organization who commits or is about to commit a human trafficking offense or an aggravated human trafficking offense.

SB0869          

Effective date(s) 07/01/2025  

Amends TCA Title 70. As introduced, creates a bait privilege license to allow hunting or taking of whitetail deer and wild- appearing swine using bait on privately owned or privately leased land.

SB0869          

Effective date(s) 07/01/2025  

Amends TCA Title 70. As introduced, creates a bait privilege license to allow hunting or taking of whitetail deer and wild- appearing swine using bait on privately owned or privately leased land.

SB0357         

Effective date(s) 07/01/2025  

Amends TCA Title 2; Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 12; Title 13; Title 66 and Title 67. As enacted, requires the members of a utility district board of commissioners to serve without compensation for their services, except that, by resolution duly adopted by the board of commissioners, each commissioner may receive per diem payments for not more than 12 meetings of the board of commissioners in any calendar year, at rates not greater than $500 per meeting.

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(WLAF NEWS PUBLISHED 6/25/2025-6AM)

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