Rank 8 of 54

Tennessee

AI measures that would put AI under new government control.

The receipts

63bills and resolutions about AI since January 2025

28of them would put AI under new government control

2agencies and officials they would hand new power

Who benefits

Agencies and officials these bills would hand new power, by number of bills.

1Tennessee Department of RevenueAgencymost common control: Mandatory reporting2bills
2Tennessee Comptroller of the TreasuryAgencymost common control: Mandatory reporting2bills

In their own words

The fear as each bill's official summary or text states it, and the controls the same bill would create.

Power bills and data centers
“requires HPC facility operators to produce an annual report of the facility's energy consumption and carbon footprint”
SB 1832, TennesseeNot passedData center limitsMandatory reporting
Algorithmic pricing
“prohibits a food retail establishment from using personalized algorithmic pricing”
HB 2052, TennesseeNot passedUse limits
AI deciding care
“imposes requirements for health insurance issuers using artificial intelligence, algorithms, or other software for utilization review or utilization management functions”
HB 1382, TennesseeNot passedUse limits
Deepfakes
“prohibits a person or entity from distributing an electoral deepfake within 90 days of an election”
HB 2214, TennesseeNot passedUse limits
Algorithmic pricing
“prohibits an entity from setting the price of a specific good or service using personalized algorithmic pricing”
SB 1807, TennesseeNot passedUse limits

What it's buying

The government controls written into these bills.

The fears they cite

The fears these bills cite, by number of bills.

Every bill

Most controls first, then what has passed, then the newest. Filter them by fear, control or status.

SB 2112Not passedUtilities, Utility Districts - As introduced, requires certain data centers to register with the department of revenue; requires fuel suppliers, and electric…Mandatory reportingNew agency powersRead it on wapp.capitol.tn.gov
HB 2456Did not passUtilities, Utility Districts - As introduced, requires certain data centers to register with the department of revenue; requires fuel suppliers, and electric…Mandatory reportingNew agency powersRead it on wapp.capitol.tn.gov
HB 2061Not passedUtilities, Utility Districts - As introduced, requires certain data centers to register with the Tennessee public utilities commission; requires electric and…Mandatory reportingNew agency powersRead it on wapp.capitol.tn.gov
SB 1832Not passedComputers and Electronic Processing - As introduced, requires high performance computing (HPC) facility operators to devote 50 percent of the computing and…Data center limitsMandatory reportingRead it on wapp.capitol.tn.gov
HB 1461Did not passComputers and Electronic Processing - As introduced, requires high performance computing (HPC) facility operators to devote 50 percent of the computing and…Data center limitsMandatory reportingRead it on wapp.capitol.tn.gov
SB 1807Not passedConsumer Protection - As introduced, prohibits an entity from setting the price of a specific good or service using personalized algorithmic pricing…Use limitsRead it on wapp.capitol.tn.gov
SB 1580Not passedHealth Care - As enacted, prohibits a person from developing or deploying an artificial intelligence system that advertises or represents to the public that…Use limitsRead it on wapp.capitol.tn.gov
HB 1470Not passedHealth Care - As enacted, prohibits a person from developing or deploying an artificial intelligence system that advertises or represents to the public that…Use limitsRead it on wapp.capitol.tn.gov
SB 1624Not passedElection Laws - As enacted, requires political advertisements to include a disclaimer if the advertisements include deepfake elements impersonating or…Label or AI noticeRead it on wapp.capitol.tn.gov
HB 1513Not passedElection Laws - As enacted, requires political advertisements to include a disclaimer if the advertisements include deepfake elements impersonating or…Label or AI noticeRead it on wapp.capitol.tn.gov
SB 962Not passedEnergy - As introduced, requires an applicant and an electric utility service to perform and submit to the locality a site assessment prior to the approval of…Data center limitsRead it on wapp.capitol.tn.gov
HB 1468Not passedConsumer Protection - As introduced, prohibits an entity from setting the price of a specific good or service using personalized algorithmic pricing…Use limitsRead it on wapp.capitol.tn.gov
HB 1168Not passedMotor Vehicles - As introduced, excludes automated driving system (ADS)-operated vehicles used to transport property for hire in interstate commerce or to…Use limitsRead it on wapp.capitol.tn.gov
HB 2214Not passedCriminal Offenses - As introduced, prohibits a person or entity from distributing an electoral deepfake within 90 days of an election that the person or entity…Use limitsRead it on wapp.capitol.tn.gov
SB 2680Not passedConsumer Protection - As introduced, prohibits electric utilities and high performance computing centers in this state from using transformers, parts, or…Mandatory reportingRead it on wapp.capitol.tn.gov
SB 1998Not passedConsumer Protection - As introduced, requires certain food retail establishments to use a nondigital presentation of price; prohibits a food retail…Use limitsRead it on wapp.capitol.tn.gov
HB 2464Did not passConsumer Protection - As introduced, prohibits electric utilities and high performance computing centers in this state from using transformers, parts, or…Mandatory reportingRead it on wapp.capitol.tn.gov
HB 2052Not passedConsumer Protection - As introduced, requires certain food retail establishments to use a nondigital presentation of price; prohibits a food retail…Use limitsRead it on wapp.capitol.tn.gov
SB 1682Did not passUtilities, Utility Districts - As introduced, requires certain data centers to register with the Tennessee public utilities commission; requires electric and…New agency powersRead it on wapp.capitol.tn.gov
SB 2321Not passedCriminal Offenses - As introduced, prohibits a person or entity from distributing an electoral deepfake within 90 days of an election that the person or entity…Use limitsRead it on wapp.capitol.tn.gov
SB 1600Not passedUtilities, Utility Districts - As introduced, requires certain data centers to register with the Tennessee public utilities commission; requires electric and…New agency powersRead it on wapp.capitol.tn.gov
HB 1299Not passedCriminal Offenses - As enacted, creates a civil and criminal action for individuals who are the subject of an intimate digital depiction that is intentionally…Use limitsRead it on wapp.capitol.tn.gov
SB 1346Not passedCriminal Offenses - As enacted, creates a civil and criminal action for individuals who are the subject of an intimate digital depiction that is intentionally…Use limitsRead it on wapp.capitol.tn.gov
HB 433Not passedCriminal Offenses - As introduced, expands the offense of unlawful exposure to include the distribution, with the intent to cause emotional distress, of an…Use limitsRead it on wapp.capitol.tn.gov
HB 1382Not passedInsurance Companies, Agents, Brokers, Policies - As introduced, imposes requirements for health insurance issuers using artificial intelligence, algorithms, or…Use limitsRead it on wapp.capitol.tn.gov
SB 1261Not passedInsurance Companies, Agents, Brokers, Policies - As introduced, imposes requirements for health insurance issuers using artificial intelligence, algorithms, or…Use limitsRead it on wapp.capitol.tn.gov
SB 404Not passedCriminal Offenses - As introduced, expands the offense of unlawful exposure to include the distribution, with the intent to cause emotional distress, of an…Use limitsRead it on wapp.capitol.tn.gov
SB 310Not passedMotor Vehicles - As introduced, excludes automated driving system (ADS)-operated vehicles used to transport property for hire in interstate commerce or to…Use limitsRead it on wapp.capitol.tn.gov
HB 1946Not passedConsumer Protection - As enacted, requires the Tennessee advisory commission on intergovernmental relations (TACIR) to conduct a study of the potential…Read it on wapp.capitol.tn.gov
SB 1700Not passedConsumer Protection - As enacted, requires the Tennessee advisory commission on intergovernmental relations (TACIR) to conduct a study of the potential…Read it on wapp.capitol.tn.gov
SB 1493Not passedComputers and Electronic Processing - As enacted, requires TACIR to study artificial intelligence and submit a report to the governor and both speakers by…Read it on wapp.capitol.tn.gov
HB 1455Not passedComputers and Electronic Processing - As enacted, requires TACIR to study artificial intelligence and submit a report to the governor and both speakers by…Read it on wapp.capitol.tn.gov
SB 677Not passedEducation, Dept. of - As enacted, requires the department to provide at least one professional development course that provides asynchronous instruction on the…Read it on wapp.capitol.tn.gov
HB 545Not passedEducation, Dept. of - As enacted, requires the department to provide at least one professional development course that provides asynchronous instruction on the…Read it on wapp.capitol.tn.gov
SB 2128Not passedComputers and Electronic Processing - As enacted, generally prohibits a municipality or electric utility to pay or absorb the cost of electrical infrastructure…Read it on wapp.capitol.tn.gov
HB 1847Not passedComputers and Electronic Processing - As enacted, generally prohibits a municipality or electric utility to pay or absorb the cost of electrical infrastructure…Read it on wapp.capitol.tn.gov
SB 2253Not passedTraffic Safety - As enacted, establishes process regarding traffic violations committed by autonomous vehicles, including mailing the notice of violation or…Read it on wapp.capitol.tn.gov
HB 2302Not passedTraffic Safety - As enacted, establishes process regarding traffic violations committed by autonomous vehicles, including mailing the notice of violation or…Read it on wapp.capitol.tn.gov
SB 837Not passedStatutes and Codification - As enacted, clarifies that a "person," as used in Tennessee Code Annotated, does not include artificial intelligence, a computer…Read it on wapp.capitol.tn.gov
HB 849Not passedStatutes and Codification - As enacted, clarifies that a "person," as used in Tennessee Code Annotated, does not include artificial intelligence, a computer…Read it on wapp.capitol.tn.gov
SB 2584Not passedTaxes, Sales - As introduced, authorizes a qualified data center that applies for job tax credits to certify electronically that it has not, within the…Read it on wapp.capitol.tn.gov
HB 1898Not passedSafety - As introduced, enacts the "Artificial Intelligence Public Safety and Child Protection Transparency Act." - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 10, Chapter 7…Read it on wapp.capitol.tn.gov
SB 2171Not passedSafety - As introduced, enacts the "Artificial Intelligence Public Safety and Child Protection Transparency Act." - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 10, Chapter 7…Read it on wapp.capitol.tn.gov
HB 2047Not passedTaxes, Sales - As introduced, authorizes a qualified data center that applies for job tax credits to certify electronically that it has not, within the…Read it on wapp.capitol.tn.gov
SB 2653Not passedBusiness and Commerce - As introduced, creates the "Tennessee Data Center Impact Review Act." - Amends TCA Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 10; Title 62; Title…Read it on wapp.capitol.tn.gov
SB 2010Not passedInsurance, Health, Accident - As introduced, creates the "Regulate Artificial Intelligence (AI) In Health Care Act." - Amends TCA Title 8, Chapter 27; Title 56…Read it on wapp.capitol.tn.gov
HB 2392Not passedBusiness and Commerce - As introduced, creates the "Tennessee Data Center Impact Review Act." - Amends TCA Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 10; Title 62; Title…Read it on wapp.capitol.tn.gov
HB 1866Not passedInsurance, Health, Accident - As introduced, creates the "Regulate Artificial Intelligence (AI) In Health Care Act." - Amends TCA Title 8, Chapter 27; Title 56…Read it on wapp.capitol.tn.gov
SB 2521Not passedState Government - As introduced, expands the requirements of the 2026 and 2027 annual reports to be submitted by the artificial intelligence advisory council…Read it on wapp.capitol.tn.gov
SB 1999Not passedEnergy - As introduced, enacts the "Data Center, Artificial Intelligence, and Clean Transition Tariff Accountability Act." - Amends TCA Title 7 and Title 65.Read it on wapp.capitol.tn.gov
SB 1363Not passedConsumer Protection - As introduced, requires the office of the attorney general and reporter to submit to the chair of the house committee having jurisdiction…Read it on wapp.capitol.tn.gov
HB 2054Not passedEnergy - As introduced, enacts the "Data Center, Artificial Intelligence, and Clean Transition Tariff Accountability Act." - Amends TCA Title 7 and Title 65.Read it on wapp.capitol.tn.gov
SB 1362Not passedBoards and Commissions - As introduced, provides for a new definition for the term "artificial intelligence" for the Tennessee artificial intelligence advisory…Read it on wapp.capitol.tn.gov
HB 2586Not passedState Government - As introduced, expands the requirements of the 2026 and 2027 annual reports to be submitted by the artificial intelligence advisory council…Read it on wapp.capitol.tn.gov
HB 2416Not passedEducation - As introduced, requires each public charter school to publish the policy adopted by its governing board on the use of artificial intelligence by…Read it on wapp.capitol.tn.gov
SB 2618Not passedComputers and Electronic Processing - As introduced, requires the joint chairs of the artificial intelligence advisory council to publish their annual findings…Read it on wapp.capitol.tn.gov
SB 2105Not passedEducation - As introduced, requires each public charter school to publish the policy adopted by its governing board on the use of artificial intelligence by…Read it on wapp.capitol.tn.gov
SB 514Not passedEducation, Curriculum - As introduced, requires local education agencies and public charter schools to provide age-appropriate instruction to students on how…Read it on wapp.capitol.tn.gov
HB 933Not passedEducation, Dept. of - As introduced, requires the department to establish and administer a three-year artificial intelligence weapons detection system grant…Read it on wapp.capitol.tn.gov
HB 531Not passedEducation, Curriculum - As introduced, requires local education agencies and public charter schools to provide age-appropriate instruction to students on how…Read it on wapp.capitol.tn.gov
SB 814Not passedEducation, Dept. of - As introduced, requires the department to establish and administer a three-year artificial intelligence weapons detection system grant…Read it on wapp.capitol.tn.gov
HB 1209Not passedBoards and Commissions - As introduced, provides for a new definition for the term "artificial intelligence" for the Tennessee artificial intelligence advisory…Read it on wapp.capitol.tn.gov
HB 1246Not passedConsumer Protection - As introduced, requires the office of the attorney general and reporter to submit to the chair of the house committee having jurisdiction…Read it on wapp.capitol.tn.gov