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Representative Crawford,
1st Representative District
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26 bill(s) sponsored in the 113th General Assembly.
Bill Number
Composite Abstract
Last Action
Date
HB0469
Physicians and Surgeons
- As introduced, authorizes an individual licensed in another state to practice medicine to practice telehealth in this state if the patient cannot otherwise receive the services the healthcare provider will provide within this state and the healthcare provider files a limited waiver request with the appropriate licensing board that certifies that the patient needs such services and that other options for the services are unavailable in this state.
Taken off notice for cal. in Health Committee
2/14/2024
HB0470
Tennessee Bureau of Investigation
- As introduced, enacts the "Gabby Act"; establishes a Purple Alert system for use when the Tennessee bureau of investigation receives a report of a missing or endangered domestic abuse victim.
Assigned to s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee
2/1/2023
HB0471
Business and Commerce
- As introduced, authorizes a municipality or public authority in which a tourism development zone is located to file with the commissioner of finance and administration and the state building commission its annual report concerning the zone in an electronic format.
Taken off notice for cal in s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee of Finance, Ways, and Means Committee
4/18/2023
HB0472
Animal Cruelty and Abuse
- As enacted, establishes standards for shelter that must be provided to dogs under animal cruelty laws.
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 335
5/17/2023
HB0473
Local Government, General
- As introduced, requires the presiding officer of a county legislative body to provide at least 10 days' rather than seven days' public notice in a newspaper of general circulation in the county of a meeting of the legislative body to fill a vacancy in an office for which the legislative body is required to fill.
P2C, caption bill, held on desk - pending amdt.
2/1/2023
HB0475
Election Laws
- As introduced, requires election officials to meet at the polling place at least 45 minutes ahead of the time for opening the polls rather than 30 minutes.
Taken off notice for cal. in Local Government Committee
4/4/2023
HB0476
Planning, Public
- As introduced, requires that the recommendations submitted by a regional historic zoning commission to a county or municipal legislative body regarding the creation of a historic district or zone identify the statutory criteria or criterion met by the proposed historic zone or district.
P2C, caption bill, held on desk - pending amdt.
2/1/2023
HB0477
Holidays and Days of Special Observance
- As introduced, designates April 5 of each year as "Cat and Dog Adoption Day."
Assigned to s/c Public Service Subcommittee
2/1/2023
HB0864
Local Government, General
- As enacted, prohibits as against public policy a metropolitan government ordinance, charter provision, or resolution that requires a supermajority vote of the local legislative body in order to make improvements to, renovations to, or the demolition and replacement of existing facilities owned by the metropolitan government when such facilities are to be used for substantially the same purpose as the use prior to any changes; requires that the voting requirement for such actions involving existing facilities must be the same voting requirement applicable to ordinances of the legislative body in general.
Effective date(s) 05/05/2023
5/18/2023
HB1038
General Assembly
- As introduced, extends the period before an election, from 30 days to 45 days, during which mass mailings from a member of the general assembly to the persons in the member's district must be paid for with non-state funds.
Assigned to s/c Public Service Subcommittee
3/29/2023
HB1039
Comptroller, State
- As enacted, requires the comptroller of the treasury to compare a list of registered voters provided by the state coordinator of elections to the comptroller’s geographic information system data to ensure that registered voters have been assigned to the correct congressional, state house, state senate, and county governing body districts.
Effective date(s) 04/28/2023
5/3/2023
HB1251
Sexual Offenses
- As enacted, expands the definition of "sexual activity," as used in the offense of soliciting sexual exploitation of a minor, to include exhibition of the female breast, genitals, buttocks, anus, or pubic or rectal area of any person that can be reasonably construed as being for the purpose of the sexual arousal or gratification of the defendant or another.
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 209
5/4/2023
HB1252
Victims' Rights
- As introduced, provides a procedure for the enforcement of a victim's constitutional and statutory rights in a court exercising jurisdiction over the criminal offense committed against the victim by the district attorney general prosecuting the criminal offense or the victim.
Assigned to s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee
2/7/2023
HB1253
Witnesses
- As enacted, requires the department of correction to advance or reimburse witness expenses necessary to the prosecution of certain criminal cases; requires the county to seek to recover from a convicted defendant who is declared not to be indigent, the costs of the advance or reimbursement of witness expenses made by the department of correction.
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 147
4/18/2023
HB1374
Remedies and Special Proceedings
- As enacted, revises present law provisions relative to persons who are eligible for compensation for criminal injuries.
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 176
4/25/2023
HB1873
Election Laws
- As introduced, specifies that the notification to a registered voter who a county election commission has appointed to fill a vacant election official position must be in writing.
P2C, caption bill, held on desk - pending amdt.
1/25/2024
HB1875
Criminal Offenses
- As introduced, expands the definition of "racketeering activity" to include committing, conspiring to commit, aiding, attempting to aid, soliciting, coercing, facilitating, or intimidating another person to commit the criminal offense of animal fighting.
Re-ref. Agriculture & Natural Resources Committee
4/11/2024
HB2069
Victims' Rights
- As introduced, provides that a victim-witness coordinator, in addition to the district attorney general, may inform a victim of a criminal offense of the victim's rights under the Tennessee Constitution, Article I, § 35, and of the dates of all future trial court proceedings involving the defendant.
Assigned to s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee
1/30/2024
HB2150
Taxes
- As introduced, requires a housing authority adopting a redevelopment plan or urban renewal plan related to a redevelopment project, which plan contains a tax increment financing provision, make available certain information to the public about the project not less than 10 days, rather than five days, prior to the public hearing on the project.
P2C, caption bill, held on desk - pending amdt.
1/31/2024
HB2217
Taxes, Real Property
- As introduced, revises the formula for calculating tax relief on real property owned by eligible disabled veterans so that in determining the amount of relief to such a taxpayer, the assessed value on the first $175,000 of full market value is to be multiplied by the ad valorem tax rate of the jurisdiction instead of by a rate that has been adjusted to reflect the relationship between appraised value and market value in that jurisdiction.
Def. to Summer Study in Property & Planning Subcommittee
3/20/2024
HB2245
Boards and Commissions
- As introduced, creates the Tennessee automotive racing commission for the purpose of promoting and supporting the growth of the automotive racing industry in this state.
Taken off notice for cal in s/c Departments & Agencies Subcommittee of State Government Committee
3/13/2024
HB2382
Campaigns and Campaign Finance
- As enacted, authorizes the county administrator of elections to email assessment letters to candidates and political campaign committees for local public office when the administrator discovers that a campaign finance report has not been filed by the candidate or political campaign committee.
Effective date(s) 04/16/2024
4/22/2024
HB2383
Motor Vehicles
- As introduced, authorizes motorcycles to be operated on certain limited access highway and interstate shoulders to proceed to nearest exit when speed of traffic is 25 miles per hour or less.
Def. to Summer Study in Transportation Subcommittee
3/6/2024
HB2640
Regional Authorities and Special Districts
- As introduced, specifies the required notice for a public meeting related to the approval of a payment in lieu of tax agreement of the board of directors of an industrial development corporation that must be published on the website of the corporation or the governing body of the municipality.
P2C, caption bill, held on desk - pending amdt.
2/5/2024
HB2643
District Attorneys
- As enacted, adds the short title "The Gabby Act" to Chapter 237 of the Public Acts of 2023, which requires district attorneys general to designate one assistant district attorney general as the lead prosecutor in cases involving crimes committed against children and requires the Tennessee bureau of investigation to provide annual training to assistant district attorneys designated as lead prosecutors in crimes committed against children.
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 649
4/8/2024
HB2835
Economic and Community Development
- As introduced, requires, on or before January 1, 2025, the commissioner of economic and community development, in consultation with the commissioner of revenue, to report to the finance, ways and means committees of the house of representatives and the senate on the economic development impact of the Border Region Retail Tourism Development District Act on the regions of the state where certified border region retail tourism development districts are located.
P2C, caption bill, held on desk - pending amdt.
2/5/2024
88 bill(s) co-sponsored in the 113th General Assembly.
Bill Number
Composite Abstract
Last Action
Date
HB0001
Public Health
- As enacted, prohibits a healthcare provider from performing on a minor or administering to a minor a medical procedure if the performance or administration of the procedure is for the purpose of enabling a minor to identify with, or live as, a purported identity inconsistent with the minor’s sex.
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 1
3/22/2023
HB0017
Holidays and Days of Special Observance
- As enacted, designates the month of May as "Silver Alert Awareness Month."
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 36
3/23/2023
HB0027
Scholarships and Financial Aid
- As enacted, allows a student who earns the student's first baccalaureate degree in less than the projected completion time to continue to receive the Tennessee HOPE scholarship in pursuit of an advanced degree.
Effective date(s) 05/11/2023, 07/01/2023
5/18/2023
HB0048
Local Government, General
- As enacted, caps at 20 the number of members that may be elected to the governing body of a metropolitan or municipal government.
Effective date(s) 03/09/2023
3/23/2023
HB0084
Salaries and Benefits
- As introduced, creates a presumption of injury, death, or disability for arson investigators who are sworn deputies of a county sheriff's department as the result of exposure to smoke and other toxins for purposes of qualifying for certain benefits.
Assigned to s/c Cities & Counties Subcommittee
1/24/2023
HB0137
Special License Plates
- As enacted, reorganizes provisions regarding new specialty earmarked license plates; removes outdated provisions, including the obsolete street rod specialty plate; adds new specialty earmarked license plates.
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 250
5/3/2023
HB0138
Highways, Roads and Bridges
- As enacted, makes various revisions to law relative to designating bridges, highways, and roads.
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 251
5/3/2023
HB0159
Criminal Offenses
- As enacted, exempts from the offense of possessing or carrying a weapon on school property the possession or carrying of a pocket knife by a nonstudent adult on election day if the knife remains concealed at all times while the adult is on school property for the sole purpose of voting in an election for which the school is the adult's designated polling place.
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 142
4/27/2023
HB0165
Disabled Persons
- As enacted, authorizes an employee of a public accommodation to ask for certain information about a dog guide in training; specifies that an individual utilizing a service animal or training a service animal in training is liable for damages to the same extent that an individual whose pet causes damages to a public accommodation is; makes other related changes to service animals and service animals in training.
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 194
5/3/2023
HB0208
Sunset Laws
- As enacted, extends the department of intellectual and developmental disabilities to June 30, 2027.
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 75
4/18/2023
HB0209
Sunset Laws
- As enacted, extends the department of safety to June 30, 2027.
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 105
4/18/2023
HB0322
Education
- As enacted, revises various provisions of present law relative to safety in elementary and secondary education and the Schools Against Violence in Education Act.
Effective date(s) 05/10/2023, 07/01/2023
5/18/2023
HB0465
Motor Vehicles, Titling and Registration
- As enacted, enacts the "Representative Darren Jernigan Act," which requires, beginning on January 1, 2025, and each year thereafter, the department of revenue to verify that the owner of each disabled parking placard has not died; requires the department to promptly invalidate a disabled parking placard if the recipient of the placard is found to be deceased.
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 726
4/29/2024
HB0483
Local Government, General
- As enacted, prohibits political subdivisions from prohibiting, based on the type or source of energy to be delivered to an individual customer, the sale or installation of an appliance utilized for cooking, space heating, water heating, or another end use.
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 45
3/23/2023
HB0500
Appropriations
- As introduced, appropriates $20 million to the legislature for the purchase or construction of a building or other facility accessible to the Cordell Hull Building.
Taken off notice for cal in s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee of Finance, Ways, and Means Committee
4/18/2023
HB0522
Law Enforcement
- As enacted, if the Tennessee highway patrol is assigned a protective detail, authorizes a Tennessee highway patrolman and an officer of a local law enforcement agency to utilize their respective agency's vehicle or emergency equipment for purposes of conducting the protective detail.
Effective date(s) 04/06/2023
4/18/2023
HB0556
Elder Abuse
- As enacted, requires that court clerks notify the health facilities commission, instead of the department of health, when an offender is to be placed on the registry of persons who have been determined to have abused, neglected, misappropriated, or exploited the property of vulnerable individuals; requires that such notice is given within 90 days of conviction of the offense.
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 103
4/18/2023
HB0633
Consumer Protection
- As enacted, prohibits an individual or entity from selling, offering for sale, or providing an air ambulance membership agreement to an individual who is enrolled in TennCare Medicaid; requires an individual or entity that provides an air ambulance membership agreement to an individual who subsequently enrolls in TennCare Medicaid to provide the enrollee with a pro-rated refund of consideration paid for the membership; adds other related prohibitions, requirements, and penalties.
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 148
4/18/2023
HB0695
Education, Dept. of
- As enacted, establishes the amount of an occupational educator scholarship awarded by the department to prospective educators seeking a Tennessee occupational teaching license as the cost of tuition and mandatory fees at the postsecondary institution attended less all other gift aid, which must be credited first to the eligible prospective educator's tuition and mandatory fees.
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 181
4/25/2023
HB0726
General Assembly
- As introduced, enacts the "Restoring State Sovereignty Through Nullification Act," which establishes processes by which the general assembly may nullify an unconstitutional federal statute, regulation, agency order, or executive order.
Taken off notice for cal. in State Government Committee
3/22/2023
HB0734
Public Records
- As enacted, clarifies that a person requesting public records is not entitled to special or more expeditious access to records under this part due to the person's occupation or association with a specific profession.
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 157
4/25/2023
HB0776
Taxes, Sales
- As enacted, makes revisions to the "Border Region Retail Tourism Development District Act" and the "Regional Retail Tourism Development District Act."
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 1006
5/29/2024
HB0801
Insurance, Health, Accident
- As enacted, permanently reenacts the "Proton Therapy Access Act," which was repealed on January 1, 2023.
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 162
4/25/2023
HB0937
Election Laws
- As enacted, authorizes Washington County to establish a convenient voting center pilot program.
Effective date(s) 05/11/2023
5/19/2023
HB0940
Child Custody and Support
- As enacted, enacts "Abrial’s Law, the Keeping Children Safe from Family Violence Act," which makes various changes to child custody law.
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 266
5/3/2023
HB0944
Domestic Violence
- As enacted, revises present law definitions relative to abuse.
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 277
5/3/2023
HB0962
Local Education Agencies
- As enacted, authorizes an LEA to award a high school student credit for a course offered by the LEA's high school if the student attains a qualifying score on the course's final examination without requiring the student to enroll in the course.
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 269
5/3/2023
HB0976
Firefighters
- As enacted, enacts the "James 'Dustin' Samples Act."
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 465
5/24/2023
HB0981
Public Health
- As enacted, vacates and reconstitutes the Tennessee emergency medical services board, as of July 1, 2023.
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 265
5/3/2023
HB1012
County Officers
- As enacted, makes changes to law relative to certain fees collected by sheriffs and constables.
Effective date(s) 07/01/2024
5/13/2024
HB1018
Game and Fish Laws
- As enacted, clarifies authority of the fish and wildlife commission to set fees for nonresident licenses; makes other clarifications and changes to present law concerning regulation of hunting and fishing.
Effective date(s) 07/01/2023
3/28/2023
HB1019
Taxes, Exemption and Credits
- As introduced, enacts the "Pregnancy Resource Tax Credit Act," which authorizes business, excise, and franchise tax credits for businesses that make monetary contributions to eligible nonprofit organizations that provide certain pregnancy-related services.
Taken off notice for cal in s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee of Finance, Ways, and Means Committee
4/18/2023
HB1109
Criminal Offenses
- As enacted, adds to the offense of custodial interference, a parent or other family member who harbors or hides a child within or outside this state, knowing that the child has been placed in the custody of the department of children's services pursuant to a protective custody order or an emergency custody order entered by a court; states that it is not a defense that the person harboring or hiding the child has not been served with an actual copy of a protective custody order or emergency custody order.
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 286
5/4/2023
HB1151
State Employees
- As enacted, authorizes the grant of sick leave from a sick leave bank to a state employee to care for a sick minor child of the employee.
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 151
4/18/2023
HB1194
Health Care
- As enacted, makes changes to law relative to the Alzheimer's and dementia respite care program.
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 221
5/3/2023
HB1225
Child Custody and Support
- As enacted, revises present law relative to child support.
Effective date(s) 05/05/2023
5/18/2023
HB1259
Real Property
- As enacted, enacts anti-squatter laws.
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 1009
5/29/2024
HB1306
Consumer Protection
- As enacted, requires that if an entity requires on-site payment from a consumer for the parking of a motor vehicle on the entity's property, and the entity only accepts payment by use of a quick response (QR) code or a credit or debit card machine, then, in the event the QR code or the credit or debit card machine fails to operate correctly to process the payment transaction, the entity must either accept payment by cash, check, or credit or debit card or allow the consumer to leave the property without providing payment at the time.
Effective date(s) 01/01/2023
5/3/2023
HB1431
Public Employees
- As enacted, increases the pay schedule for certain assistant district attorneys general, assistant district public defenders, district investigators, and criminal investigators.
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 460
5/24/2023
HB1479
Public Funds and Financing
- As enacted, allows the state treasurer to purchase and sell physical gold and precious metal.
Effective date(s) 03/23/2023
3/28/2023
HB1573
Sullivan County
- Subject to local approval, removes the prohibition on the general sessions court from hearing a case in which the defendant is charged with driving a motor vehicle under the influence of an intoxicant or drug.
Pr. Ch. 33
5/24/2023
HB1581
Pleasant Hill
- Subject to local approval, authorizes purchasing limits for which competitive bids are not required be set by ordinance pursuant to state law requirements.
Pr. Ch. 37
4/3/2024
HB1613
State Symbols
- As enacted, designates “Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree” by Brenda Lee as the official state holiday song; requires the secretary of state to include the song in the Tennessee Blue Book.
Effective date(s) 04/16/2024
4/22/2024
HB1614
Consumer Protection
- As enacted, enacts the "Protect Tennessee Minors Act"; requires an individual or commercial entity that publishes or distributes in this state a website that contains a substantial portion of material harmful to minors to perform reasonable age-verification methods to verify the age of individuals attempting to access the material; specifies that a violation of age-verification or data retention requirements is a Class C felony.
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 1021
5/31/2024
HB1628
Criminal Offenses
- As enacted, enacts "Dr. Benjamin Mauck Act," which creates new criminal offenses of assault within a healthcare facility and aggravated assault within a healthcare facility.
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 928
5/13/2024
HB1639
Hospitals and Health Care Facilities
- As enacted, provides that, if an incapacitated or deceased patient has no authorized representative, the patient's next of kin will be treated as an authorized representative for the patient for the purposes of obtaining the patient's hospital records.
Effective date(s) 07/01/2024
5/1/2024
HB1640
Mental Illness
- As enacted, enacts "Jillian's Law," which makes various changes relative to being adjudicated as a mental defective or judicially committed to a mental institution, including requiring a person judicially committed to remain committed until the competency of the person to stand trial is restored or, if competency is unable to be restored but the person no longer meets the standard, until the court with criminal jurisdiction over the charges approves a mandatory outpatient treatment plan that accounts for the safety of the community.
Effective date(s) 07/01/2024
5/1/2024
HB1645
Orders of Protection
- As enacted, expands the eligibility for filing a petition to obtain a lifetime order of protection to include victims of aggravated stalking, especially aggravated stalking, and felony harassment.
Effective date(s) 04/02/2024
4/8/2024
HB1649
Election Laws
- As enacted, requires LEAs and public charter schools of a county to be closed for instruction on presidential primary election days if the county election commission uses such schools as a polling place.
Effective date(s) 03/15/2024
3/26/2024
HB1679
Dentists and Dentistry
- As enacted, generally prohibits a licensed dentist from allowing, under general supervision, more than three dental hygienists to work at any one time; authorizes a dentist to supervise, under direct supervision, no more than 10 dental hygienists while the dentist and each hygienist are providing dental services on a volunteer basis through a nonprofit provider of free mobile clinics; authorizes a dentist to supervise, under general supervision, no more than five dental hygienists if the dentist and dental hygienists work for the department of health, a county or metropolitan health department, or an entity that participates in the state safety net program for the uninsured.
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 561
3/19/2024
HB1691
TennCare
- As enacted, requires compliance with federal law regarding third-party liability.
Effective date(s) 03/07/2024
3/19/2024
HB1692
Public Records
- As enacted, establishes the official policy for the maintenance of records by the department of tourist development.
Effective date(s) 04/22/2024
5/1/2024
HB1695
Autopsies
- As enacted, clarifies that the reports of county medical examiners and autopsy reports of minors whose manner of death is listed as a homicide are generally not public documents; authorizes such reports to be released or inspected if certain conditions are met.
Effective date(s) 05/03/2024
5/13/2024
HB1874
Emergency Communications Districts
- As introduced, requires the board of directors of an emergency communications district to ensure that all calls coming from a blue-light emergency telephone are recorded.
Assigned to s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee
4/10/2024
HB1881
Criminal Offenses
- As enacted, enacts the "Back the Blue Act," which increases the penalty for assault against a law enforcement officer from a Class A misdemeanor with a mandatory minimum 30-day sentence and $5,000 fine to a Class E felony with a mandatory minimum 60-day sentence and $10,000 fine.
Effective date(s) 07/01/2024
5/28/2024
HB1923
Board of Regents
- As enacted, requires a Tennessee college of applied technology (TCAT) to reserve an enrollment slot for each dual enrollment student in the term immediately following the last term in which the student was enrolled in the TCAT as a dual enrollment student if space is available for the student at the TCAT in the program in which the student was previously enrolled.
Effective date(s) 07/01/2024
3/26/2024
HB1944
Traffic Safety
- As enacted, makes it a Class B misdemeanor offense for a person to operate a passenger motor vehicle on a street, road, or highway in this state if, by alteration of the suspension, frame, or chassis, the height of the vehicle's front fender is four or more inches greater than the height of the rear fender.
Effective date(s) 07/01/2024
3/19/2024
HB1950
Holidays and Days of Special Observance
- As enacted, designates June 6 as a day of special observance for D-Day.
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 601
4/3/2024
HB1999
Regional Authorities and Special Districts
- As introduced, adds the MidSouth development district to the list of development districts to which this state intends to assist financially; specifies an overall state funding level for the nine development districts; changes the calculation for how much funding each development district will receive.
Taken off notice for cal in s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee of Finance, Ways, and Means Committee
4/17/2024
HB2031
Criminal Offenses
- As enacted, authorizes a person who suffers loss or injury as a result of a defendant intentionally obstructing a highway, street, or other place used for the passage of vehicles or conveyances to bring a cause of action against such person to recover compensatory damages from the loss or injury.
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 958
5/13/2024
HB2035
Firearms and Ammunition
- As enacted, preempts the entire field of legislation regarding extreme risk protection orders to the exclusion of all county, city, town, municipality, or metropolitan government law, ordinances, resolutions, enactments, or regulation.
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 1062
6/3/2024
HB2054
Real Property
- As enacted, increases from 1,500 to 3,000, for tax years beginning on or after January 1, 2025, the amount of acreage of land permitted to be placed within any one taxing jurisdiction under the Agricultural, Forest and Open Space Land Act.
Effective date(s) 05/21/2024
5/28/2024
HB2070
Transportation, Dept. of
- As enacted, requires the department, on or before January 1, 2025, and on or before January 1 of each subsequent year, to submit a report on the department's progress on passenger and freight rail and public transportation efforts at the state and federal levels to the transportation committee of the house of representatives and the transportation and safety committee of the senate, the chief clerk of each house of the general assembly, and the legislative librarian.
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 679
4/17/2024
HB2088
Military
- As enacted, authorizes the military department to administer a critical skills retention bonus program to be used to award retention bonuses of up to $10,000 to enlisted service members in the Tennessee national guard; entitles certain state employees who are members of a reserve component of the armed forces of the United States or the national guard to special leave with partial pay during a period in which the members have been called to active duty.
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 847
5/13/2024
HB2089
Intellectual & Developmental Disabilities
- As enacted, enacts the "Tennessee Disability and Aging Act of 2024."
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 688
4/17/2024
HB2120
Eminent Domain
- As enacted, excludes certain recreational facilities, recreational purposes, and parks from the definition of "public use" as it applies to eminent domain.
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 1034
5/31/2024
HB2124
Immigration
- As enacted, requires, rather than authorizes, law enforcement agencies to communicate with the appropriate federal official regarding the immigration status of any individual, including reporting knowledge that a particular alien is not lawfully present in the United States or otherwise cooperate with the appropriate federal official in the identification, apprehension, detention, or removal of aliens not lawfully present in the United States.
Pub. Ch. 716
4/17/2024
HB2158
Tennessee Investment in Student Achievement (TISA)
- As enacted, makes changes to the law relative to TISA funding for school nurses or school health services.
Effective date(s) 05/03/2024
5/13/2024
HB2216
Statutes of Limitations and Repose
- As enacted, enacts "Danielle's Law," which extends the statute of limitations for injuries to a person, who is 18 or older, relating to sexual assault to three years or five years depending on if law enforcement was notified of the assault.
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 644
4/8/2024
HB2261
Hospitals and Health Care Facilities
- As enacted, defines a home for the aged that houses three or fewer nonrelated persons as a tier 1 home for the aged that is subject to licensure and regulation by the department of intellectual and developmental disabilities; defines a home for the aged that houses four or more nonrelated persons as a tier 2 home for the aged that is subject to licensure and regulation by the health facilities commission; makes other related changes to the meaning of a home for the aged.
Effective date(s) 07/01/2024
5/28/2024
HB2263
Conservation
- As enacted, requires that appointees to the fish and wildlife commission participate in activities regulated by the commission; requires the commission and wildlife resource agency to encourage hunting, angling, and trapping as preferred methods of wildlife management and conservation within this state; clarifies the fish and wildlife commission's authority over the taking of game and fish.
Effective date(s) 07/01/2024
4/3/2024
HB2293
Election Laws
- As enacted, enacts the "Print Disability Absentee Voting Act," which prescribes a process by which a person with a print disability may apply for and receive an absentee ballot and vote by mailing in the absentee ballot.
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 689
4/17/2024
HB2310
Public Health
- As enacted, creates a civil cause of action against any person who intentionally recruits, harbors, or transports an unemancipated minor within this state for the purpose of receiving a prohibited medical procedure, regardless of where the medical procedure is to be procured.
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 1064
6/3/2024
HB2323
Criminal Offenses
- As enacted, enacts the "Chris Wright Act," which increases the penalty for a third or subsequent domestic assault conviction from a Class A misdemeanor to a Class E felony; upgrades the offense classification for certain qualifying misdemeanor offenses to a Class E felony upon a defendant's conviction for a sixth or subsequent qualifying misdemeanor.
Effective date(s) 07/01/2024
5/29/2024
HB2464
Teachers, Principals and School Personnel
- As enacted, requires local boards of education to include school safety training in the training requirements for substitute teachers; clarifies that LEAs are prohibited from hiring a substitute teacher whose license in another state is revoked; makes other changes concerning LEA policies for substitute teachers.
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 735
5/1/2024
HB2611
Criminal Procedure
- As enacted, enacts "The District Attorney General Second Opinion Act," which authorizes, in any investigation involving a human trafficking offense, an organized crime offense, or an offense classified as a Class A or B felony, in which a district attorney general declines prosecution, an investigating state or local law enforcement agency to report and submit evidence of the offense to the district attorney general for another judicial district in which jurisdiction and venue over the offense are proper.
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 805
5/9/2024
HB2690
Intellectual & Developmental Disabilities, Dept. of
- As enacted, requires the department to issue grants, subject to appropriations, to support the installation of powered, height-adjustable, adult-sized changing tables in single occupancy family restrooms in privately and municipally owned buildings open to the public across this state; authorizes the commissioner to create and convene an ad hoc committee to advise and assist with grant applications.
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 607
4/3/2024
HB2716
General Assembly
- As introduced, prohibits a local legislative body from electing a member, who was expelled for disorderly behavior, to fill a vacancy in the general assembly that was created because of the member's expulsion.
Received from House, Passed on First Consideration
2/29/2024
HB2930
Courts, Administrative Office of the
- As enacted, directs the administrative office of the courts (AOC) to define and develop a centralized system of case management, document management, electronic case filing, electronic payment methods, data reporting, and any other capability deemed necessary for collection and reporting of all state and local court public case level data.
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 947
5/13/2024
HB2940
TennCare
- As enacted, enacts the "TennCare for Working Individuals with Disabilities Act."
Effective date(s) 05/21/2024
5/29/2024
HB7002
Safety
- As introduced, requires each LEA, public charter school, private school, and church-related school to develop a policy to direct how students, teachers, substitute teachers, and staff are to respond when a fire alarm is activated on school premises outside of a scheduled fire drill to protect students, teachers, substitute teachers, and staff in the event the fire alarm was activated due to the presence of an active shooter on school premises.
Received from House, Passed on First Consideration
8/28/2023
HB7003
Orders of Protection
- As introduced, expands the eligibility for filing a petition to obtain a lifetime order of protection to include victims of aggravated stalking and especially aggravated stalking.
Received from House, Passed on First Consideration
8/28/2023
HB7004
Mental Health & Substance Abuse Services, Dept. of
- As introduced, requires the court or chief officer of a mental health facility that orders the release of a person from the mental health facility to notify the law enforcement agency that transported the person to the mental health facility of the person's release.
Received from House, Passed on First Consideration
8/28/2023
HB7007
Autopsies
- As introduced, specifies that reports of county medical examiners and autopsy reports of victims of violent crime who are minors are not public documents; allows a parent or legal guardian of a minor victim of a violent crime to consent to the release of the report of the county medical examiner or autopsy report of the minor victim if the parent or legal guardian is not a suspect in the circumstances of the minor's death.
Received from House, Passed on First Consideration
8/28/2023
HB7027
Mental Illness
- As introduced, requires the state to pay the cost of a court-ordered mental health evaluation and treatment for criminal defendants who have been charged with a misdemeanor and are believed to be incompetent to stand trial or for whom there is a question about mental capacity at the time of the offense.
Received from House, Passed on First Consideration
8/28/2023
HB7032
Insurance, Health, Accident
- As introduced, requires health insurance carriers, including TennCare providers, to provide mental health services and treatment to the same extent that the carriers and providers provide alcoholism and drug dependence services and treatment.
Received from House, Passed on First Consideration
8/29/2023
HB7038
Education
- As introduced, requires the department of education to establish a school safety alert grant program to provide grants to LEAs to offset expenses incurred by schools for the installation of school safety alert systems.
Received from House, Passed on First Consideration
8/29/2023
HB7071
Tennessee Bureau of Investigation
- As introduced, requires the bureau to submit a report on the number of mass shootings that occur in this state to the governor, the speaker of the house of representatives, and the speaker of the senate by January 1, 2024, and by each January 1 thereafter.
Received from House, Passed on First Consideration
8/28/2023
3 resolutions(s) sponsored in the 113th General Assembly.
Bill Number
Composite Abstract
Last Action
Date
HJR0123
Memorials, Retirement
- Jud Teague
Signed by Governor.
2/15/2023
HJR0926
Memorials, Recognition
- Claudia Byrd, Bristolian of the Year
Signed by Governor.
3/13/2024
HR0157
Memorials, Interns
- Mariham Mousa
Signed by H. Speaker
4/22/2024
102 resolutions(s) co-sponsored in the 113th General Assembly.
Bill Number
Composite Abstract
Last Action
Date
HJR0027
General Assembly, Statement of Intent or Position
- Expresses strong support for completion of the southern border wall and urges Congress to immediately take action to fund the construction.
Signed by Governor.
5/4/2023
HJR0038
Constitutional Amendments
- Proposes an amendment to Article I, Section 26 of the Constitution of Tennessee to remove the provision that authorizes the legislature to regulate the wearing of arms with a view to prevent crime and to clarify that citizens have a right to keep and bear arms for their defense, and not just for common defense.
Taken off notice for cal in s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee of Finance, Ways, and Means Committee
4/10/2024
HJR0064
General Assembly, Confirmation of Appointment
- Dr. Shanea McKinney, University of Tennessee Board of Trustees
H. subst. & concurred in SJR 066
3/13/2023
HJR0072
Memorials, Death
- Dr. Charles A. Champion
Signed by Governor.
2/15/2023
HJR0084
Memorials, Sports
- Arion Carter, Gatorade Tennessee Football Player of the Year
Signed by Governor.
2/15/2023
HJR0094
Constitutional Amendments
- Proposes an amendment to Article I, Section 35 of the Constitution of Tennessee to expand the rights of victims of crimes.
Signed by Senate Speaker
2/26/2024
HJR0096
Memorials, Recognition
- Music Therapy Week
Signed by Governor.
3/19/2024
HJR0099
General Assembly, Confirmation of Appointment
- Ron Ramsey, East Tennessee State University Board of Trustees
H. subst. & concurred in SJR 132
3/23/2023
HJR0120
General Assembly, Statement of Intent or Position
- Honors the memories of Zackery Grooms and Chance Black and requests TWRA to erect a marker in remembrance of the young men.
Signed by Governor.
5/4/2023
HJR0165
Memorials, Death
- Mary Elizabeth Cotter
Signed by Governor.
2/24/2023
HJR0275
Memorials, Death
- Colonel (Ret.) Patrick "Rage" Ragan
Signed by Governor.
3/17/2023
HJR0288
Memorials, Heroism
- Officer Tina Shaw
Signed by Governor.
3/17/2023
HJR0301
Memorials, Recognition
- Montford Point Marines
Signed by Governor.
3/8/2023
HJR0319
Memorials, Recognition
- West Tennessee Healthcare Dyersburg Hospital cardiac catheterization laboratory
Signed by Governor.
3/16/2023
HJR0355
Memorials, Death
- Officer Geoffrey "Bernard" Redd
Signed by Governor.
3/21/2023
HJR0465
Memorials, Recognition
- Reverend Dr. J. Lawrence Turner
Signed by Governor.
4/11/2023
HJR0503
Memorials, Recognition
- Metropolitan Nashville Police Department Chief John Drake and commanding officers
Signed by Governor.
4/20/2023
HJR0504
Memorials, Heroism
- Metropolitan Nashville Police Department Officers and State and federal law enforcement officials
Signed by Governor.
4/20/2023
HJR0521
Memorials, Recognition
- Nashville Fire Department and Nashville Department of Emergency Communications 911
Signed by Governor.
4/25/2023
HJR0522
Memorials, Recognition
- Sexual Assault Awareness Month
Signed by Governor.
5/4/2023
HJR0523
Memorials, Death
- Evelyn Marie Dieckhaus
Signed by Governor.
4/26/2023
HJR0524
Memorials, Death
- Hallie Scruggs
Signed by Governor.
4/26/2023
HJR0525
Memorials, Death
- William Kinney
Signed by Governor.
4/26/2023
HJR0526
Memorials, Death
- Dr. Katherine Koonce
Signed by Governor.
4/26/2023
HJR0527
Memorials, Death
- Cynthia Broyles Peak
Signed by Governor.
4/26/2023
HJR0528
Memorials, Death
- Michael "Mike" Hill
Signed by Governor.
4/26/2023
HJR0559
Memorials, Recognition
- A.J. Crews, 2023 Boys & Girls Club of Greater Kingsport Youth of the Year
Signed by Governor.
5/4/2023
HJR0576
Memorials, Academic Achievement
- Karla Yanely Pacheco, Salutatorian, Raleigh Egypt High School
Signed by Governor.
5/4/2023
HJR0577
Memorials, Academic Achievement
- Maria Fernanda Arredondo, Valedictorian, Raleigh-Egypt High School
Signed by Governor.
5/4/2023
HJR0578
Memorials, Academic Achievement
- Zoey Zakyia Carruth, Salutatorian, Cordova High School
Signed by Governor.
5/4/2023
HJR0579
Memorials, Academic Achievement
- Ashton Rose Ramirez, Valedictorian, Cordova High School
Signed by Governor.
5/4/2023
HJR0580
Memorials, Academic Achievement
- Petra Rayo Jimenez, Valedictorian, Kingsbury High School
Signed by Governor.
5/4/2023
HJR0581
Memorials, Academic Achievement
- Kierra Thrill, Salutatorian, Kingsbury High School
Signed by Governor.
5/4/2023
HJR0688
General Assembly, Statement of Intent or Position
- Affirms support for Israel and condemns Hamas.
Taken off notice for cal in s/c Public Service Subcommittee of State Government Committee
1/30/2024
HJR0784
Memorials, Death
- James B. "Jim" Spears
Signed by Governor.
2/12/2024
HJR0791
Memorials, Death
- John Patten Guerry
Signed by Governor.
2/12/2024
HJR0798
Memorials, Government Officials
- Urges Governor Lee to work with neighboring states and law enforcement officials to identify and prosecute child and human traffickers.
Signed by Governor.
4/4/2024
HJR0801
Memorials, Congress
- Urges the federal government to do all within its power to secure the U.S. border.
Signed by Governor.
4/18/2024
HJR0808
Memorials, Death
- Representative Frank Buck
Signed by Governor.
2/21/2024
HJR0811
General Assembly, Statement of Intent or Position
- Recognizes the benefits of chess in education and correctional systems.
Received from House, refer to Senate Education Committee
3/11/2024
HJR0927
Memorials, Recognition
- Taiwan Relations Act, 45th anniversary
Signed by Governor.
4/12/2024
HJR0948
Memorials, Recognition
- Nashville Predators, 25th anniversary
Signed by Governor.
3/11/2024
HJR0963
Memorials, Recognition
- Tennesseans for opposing and condemning neo-Nazism
Signed by Governor.
3/11/2024
HJR1006
Memorials, Death
- Rep. Don Ridgeway
Signed by Governor.
3/13/2024
HJR1009
Memorials, Recognition
- A Soldier's Child Foundation
Signed by Governor.
3/26/2024
HJR1027
Memorials, Death
- Jillian Ludwig
Signed by Governor.
5/3/2024
HJR1050
Memorials, Sports
- Pickett County Lady Bobcats, Class A state champions
Signed by Governor.
4/4/2024
HJR1095
Memorials, Public Service
- Representative Bryan Richey
Ref. Calendar & Rules Committee
3/21/2024
HJR1096
Memorials, Public Service
- Representative Curtis Johnson
Signed by Governor.
4/9/2024
HJR1097
Memorials, Public Service
- Representative Sam Whitson
Signed by Governor.
4/9/2024
HJR1098
Memorials, Public Service
- Representative John Holsclaw
Signed by Governor.
4/9/2024
HJR1099
Memorials, Public Service
- Representative Dale Carr
Withdrawn.
3/21/2024
HJR1142
Memorials, Recognition
- First anniversary of the Covenant School shooting
Signed by Governor.
4/10/2024
HJR1337
Memorials, Recognition
- AJ Crews, 2024 Boys & Girls Club of Greater Kingsport Youth of the Year
Signed by Governor.
4/22/2024
HJR1359
General Assembly, Statement of Intent or Position
- States that neither World Health Organization, United Nations, nor the World Economic Forum shall have any jurisdiction or power within the State of Tennessee.
Ref. to Delayed Bills Committee
4/11/2024
HJR1470
Memorials, Recognition
- Washington Lodge No. 181 of the Free and Accepted Masons, 175th anniversary
Signed by Governor.
5/7/2024
HJR1504
Memorials, Retirement
- Kim McCaster Cox
Signed by Governor.
5/9/2024
HJR7001
Memorials, Professional Achievement
- Lt. Col. Herbert W. "Bill" Powley, Flight Instructor Hall of Fame
Signed by Governor.
9/7/2023
HJR7003
Memorials, Recognition
- 200 years of Masonic influence in Blount County
Signed by Governor.
9/7/2023
HJR7005
Memorials, Recognition
- Judge H. Allen Bray
Signed by Governor.
9/7/2023
HJR7011
Memorials, Recognition
- St. Elmo Lodge #437, 150th anniversary
Signed by Governor.
9/7/2023
HJR7014
Memorials, Recognition
- Bev Johnson
Signed by Governor.
9/7/2023
HJR7023
Memorials, Death
- Representative Bill Beck
Signed by Governor.
9/7/2023
HJR7034
Memorials, Retirement
- Tracy Powers
Signed by Governor.
9/7/2023
HJR7037
Memorials, Recognition
- Larry Taylor, Congressional Medal of Honor
Signed by Governor.
9/7/2023
HJR7053
Memorials, Recognition
- Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services and Quinco Community Mental Health Centers
Signed by Governor.
9/8/2023
HR0035
Memorials, Recognition
- Vietnam Veterans Day
Signed by H. Speaker
3/16/2023
HR0078
Memorials, Recognition
- TownePlace Suites by Marriott employees
Signed by H. Speaker
4/20/2023
HR0088
Memorials, Government Officials
- Requests that a memorial plaque be affixed in the House chamber to the desk of the late Representative Barbara Cooper.
Signed by H. Speaker
4/20/2023
HR0155
Memorials, Retirement
- Master Sergeant Robert D. Davis, Jr., United States Air Force
Signed by H. Speaker
4/18/2024
HR7005
Memorials, Recognition
- 200 years of Masonic influence in Blount County
Signed by H. Speaker
8/22/2023
SJR0001
Memorials, Death
- Loretta Lynn
Signed by Governor.
1/31/2023
SJR0011
Naming and Designating
- "Certified Government Financial Manager Month," March 2023
Signed by Governor.
4/10/2023
SJR0021
Memorials, Recognition
- University of Tennessee College of Health Professions, 50th anniversary
Signed by Governor.
1/31/2023
SJR0063
Memorials, Recognition
- William B. Greene, Jr., George L. Carter Award, East Tennessee State University
Signed by Governor.
2/10/2023
SJR0065
Memorials, Recognition
- Dr. Brian Noland, Honorary Alumnus of East Tennessee State University
Signed by Governor.
2/10/2023
SJR0066
General Assembly, Confirmation of Appointment
- Dr. Shanea McKinney, University of Tennessee Board of Trustees
Signed by H. Speaker
9/19/2023
SJR0124
Memorials, Death
- Tyre D. Nichols
Signed by Governor.
1/31/2023
SJR0128
Memorials, Death
- Clara Louise Macklin
Signed by Governor.
2/10/2023
SJR0132
General Assembly, Confirmation of Appointment
- Ron Ramsey, East Tennessee State University Board of Trustees
Signed by Governor.
3/30/2023
SJR0159
Memorials, Recognition
- Tennessee Credit Unions, 100 years
Signed by Governor.
3/30/2023
SJR0160
General Assembly, Statement of Intent or Position
- Expresses commitment to quality rehabilitation services for persons who are blind and urges the Department of Human Services to collaborate with the National Federation of the Blind of Tennessee to develop a plan for establishing a facility that provides comprehensive on-site, facility-based vocational rehabilitation services that allow the individual who is blind to be totally immersed in the training experience.
Signed by Governor.
3/28/2024
SJR0179
Memorials, Recognition
- Tennessee State University Aristocrat of Bands
Signed by Governor.
2/14/2023
SJR0196
Memorials, Recognition
- Jared Lester, TCAT Chancellor's Commendation for Military Veterans
Signed by Governor.
2/28/2023
SJR0210
Memorials, Recognition
- Lt. Governor Randy McNally
Signed by Governor.
2/17/2023
SJR0299
Memorials, Professional Achievement
- Michael Hubbard, Kingsport City Schools Supervisor of the Year
Signed by Governor.
3/23/2023
SJR0300
Memorials, Professional Achievement
- Dr. Stacy Edwards, Kingsport City Schools District Principal of the Year
Signed by Governor.
3/23/2023
SJR0301
Memorials, Professional Achievement
- Marie Taylor, Kingsport City Schools District Grades Pre-K-4 Teacher of the Year
Signed by Governor.
3/23/2023
SJR0302
Memorials, Professional Achievement
- Kathleen Donnellan, Kingsport City Schools District Teacher of the Year Grades 5-8
Signed by Governor.
3/23/2023
SJR0303
Memorials, Professional Achievement
- Regina Davenport, Kingsport City Schools District Teacher of the Year Grades 9-12
Signed by Governor.
3/23/2023
SJR0355
Memorials, Sports
- Hampton High School boys' basketball team, TSSAA Division I, Class 1A state champions
Signed by Governor.
4/4/2023
SJR0361
Memorials, Recognition
- Paige Clark, Miss Tennessee Volunteer 2023
Signed by Governor.
4/10/2023
SJR0478
Memorials, Recognition
- Chancellor Flora Tydings
Signed by Governor.
4/17/2023
SJR0533
Memorials, Recognition
- Women Veterans Appreciation Day
Signed by Governor.
4/25/2023
SJR0534
Memorials, Recognition
- Great Smoky Mountains National Park Honoring Our Veterans Day
Signed by Governor.
4/25/2023
SJR0556
Memorials, Recognition
- Jasmine Carson
Signed by Governor.
5/2/2023
SJR0646
Memorials, Recognition
- NHC Kingsport, NHC Center of the Year
Signed by Governor.
5/4/2023
SJR0869
Memorials, Death
- Brenda Louise Smith Allred
Signed by Governor.
2/5/2024
SJR0870
General Assembly, Statement of Intent or Position
- Expresses support for State of Israel and condemns recent attacks on Israel.
Signed by Governor.
4/9/2024
SJR0918
Memorials, Government Officials
- Urges creation of state certified peer recovery program for veterans.
Signed by Governor.
4/9/2024
SJR0919
Constitutional Amendments
- Proposes an amendment to Article I, Section 15 of the Constitution of Tennessee to remove the right to bail for the following offenses when the proof is evident or the presumption great: act of terrorism; second degree murder; aggravated rape of a child; aggravated rape; grave torture; and any other offense, as of November 3, 2026, for which a defendant, if convicted, could not be released prior to the expiration of at least 85 percent of the entire sentence imposed.
Signed by H. Speaker
4/26/2024
SJR1085
Memorials, Death
- Pat Halloran
Signed by Governor.
3/22/2024