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Representative Holsclaw,
4th Representative District
Bills Sponsored
Bills Co-Sponsored
Resolutions Sponsored
Resolutions Co-Sponsored
20 bill(s) sponsored in the 113th General Assembly.
Bill Number
Composite Abstract
Last Action
Date
HB0145
Secretary of State
- As enacted, extends the period of reduced fees payable to the secretary of state relating to nonprofit charitable gaming and the solicitation of charitable funds.
Effective date(s) 07/01/2023
5/2/2023
HB0191
Alcoholic Beverages
- As enacted, authorizes certain establishments to sell alcoholic beverages for on-premises consumption.
Effective date(s) 05/11/2023
5/18/2023
HB0766
Transportation, Dept. of
- As enacted, makes revisions to law relative to traffic-control signals.
Effective date(s) 05/11/2023, 07/01/2023
5/19/2023
HB0767
Public Employees
- As introduced, adds emergency call takers and public safety dispatchers to the definition of first responder for purposes of death benefits.
Assigned to s/c Public Service Subcommittee
2/7/2023
HB0769
Motor Vehicles
- As enacted, clarifies that excessive or unusual noise or annoying smoke can be used to determine whether a muffler is in good working order and in constant operation as required by law; exempts farm tractors or implements of husbandry from this law; adds a defense to prosecution if certain evidence is provided.
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 164
6/20/2023
HB0770
Alcoholic Beverages
- As introduced, reduces from two to one the number of credible witnesses who must be present when a law enforcement officer destroys an illegal distillery, a still, fermenting equipment, or related property.
Taken off notice for cal in s/c Departments & Agencies Subcommittee of State Government Committee
3/1/2023
HB0771
State Symbols
- As enacted, requests the governor to submit a new design of the great seal of the state of Tennessee by July 1, 2025, that incorporates the language "In God We Trust."
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 261
5/3/2023
HB1281
Scholarships and Financial Aid
- As enacted, establishes a family medicine student loan repayment grant program to incentivize physicians in residency training to provide medical health services in health resource shortage areas following completion of their training.
Effective date(s) 07/01/2023
5/18/2023
HB1282
Business and Commerce
- As introduced, increases from two years to 30 months the minimum period following the date of receipt that a transportation network must maintain records related to a rider complaint about a driver with whom the rider was matched and who the rider suspects was under the influence of drugs or alcohol during the trip.
P2C, caption bill, held on desk - pending amdt.
2/2/2023
HB1283
Alcoholic Beverages
- As introduced, requires the commissioner of revenue to annually report to the general assembly by February 1 of each year in an electronic format the amount of moneys collected from tax imposed upon the sale of alcoholic beverages at wholesale in the amount of 15 cents per case for each case of alcoholic beverages sold at wholesale in Tennessee.
P2C, caption bill, held on desk - pending amdt.
2/2/2023
HB1284
Human Services, Dept. of
- As introduced, requires the commissioner to study the factors that influence the availability of affordable child care options for working families, the impacts of recent inflationary pressures and cost of living increases on the cost of child care for working families, and statutory or regulatory changes that may make child care options more readily available and affordable for working families in this state; requires the commissioner to compile and deliver a report of findings to the general assembly on or before December 31, 2023.
P2C, caption bill, held on desk - pending amdt.
2/2/2023
HB1937
Alcoholic Beverages
- As enacted, adds certain locations as premiere type tourist resorts; makes revisions to law relative to urban park centers.
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 1024
5/31/2024
HB2246
Alcoholic Beverages
- As introduced, adds the chairs of the state and local government committee of the senate and the state government committee of the house of representatives to the list of officials to whom the Tennessee Wine and Grape Board must submit its annual report.
P2C, caption bill, held on desk - pending amdt.
2/1/2024
HB2247
Alcoholic Beverages
- As introduced, authorizes a person 16 years of age or older to transport, possess, sell, and dispense alcoholic beverages, wine, and beer in the course of such person’s employment.
Taken off notice for cal. in State Government Committee
3/27/2024
HB2248
Health, Dept. of
- As enacted, authorizes the department to contract with a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that maintains a principal office in this state and that is affiliated with a nonprofit membership organization composed of family physicians, family medicine residents, and medical students in this state for the nonprofit organization to administer some or all portions of the family medicine student loan repayment program.
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 856
5/13/2024
HB2658
Alcoholic Beverage Commission
- As introduced, requires the commission to levy certain fines and suspend the server permit of a person for certain violations, including the sale of alcohol or beer to a person who is under 21 years of age.
Taken off notice for cal. in State Government Committee
3/27/2024
HB2659
General Assembly
- As introduced, permits sergeants-at-arms to carry a handgun while in the course and scope of their duties within the legislative complex provided that they have a valid handgun carry permit; imposes a duty on the department of safety to implement a training program to train the sergeants-at-arms in all safety procedures for the legislative complex; requires a sergeant-at-arms who carries a firearm while in the course and scope of their duties to attend a firearms training course if hired on or after October 1, 2024.
Assigned to s/c Public Service Subcommittee
2/7/2024
HB2660
Aircraft and Airports
- As introduced, exempts certain motor vehicles from parking fees at airports in this state if the vehicle displays a disabled veteran or military award license plate.
Assigned to s/c Transportation Subcommittee
2/7/2024
HB2661
Alcoholic Beverage Commission
- As introduced, requires retail package store licensees to provide notice to the commission on or before July 1, 2024, if the retailer is selling at retail a product that contains a hemp-derived cannabinoid.
Assigned to s/c Departments & Agencies Subcommittee
2/7/2024
HB2662
Pensions and Retirement Benefits
- As introduced, permits retired members of the TCRS to work in excess of the 120-day limit and continue to draw a person's retirement allowance if the person is employed in a public school system as a substitute teacher, a teacher, or a school bus driver and the respective director of the school system certifies that no other qualified personnel are available for the position during that period.
Assigned to s/c Public Service Subcommittee
2/7/2024
25 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
HB0116
Lottery, Scholarships and Programs
- As introduced, expands the definition of "eligible postsecondary institution" to include certain private postsecondary institutions for purposes of a Tennessee HOPE scholarship, Tennessee HOPE access grant, Tennessee HOPE teacher's scholarship, or Wilder-Naifeh technical skills grant.
Failed in s/c Higher Education Subcommittee of Education Administration
3/20/2023
HB0319
Environment and Conservation, Department of
- As enacted, establishes a "brownfield redevelopment area fund" to be used by the department to administer a brownfield redevelopment area grant program; creates a franchise and excise tax credit equal to the remediation costs for a brownfield property for a qualified development project in a tier 3 or tier 4 enhancement county; makes other related revisions.
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 86
4/18/2023
HB0321
Transportation, Dept. of
- As enacted, enacts the "Transportation Modernization Act of 2023."
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 159
4/25/2023
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
HB0493
TennCare
- As enacted, extends the nursing home annual assessment fee to June 30, 2024.
Effective date(s) 07/01/2023
5/19/2023
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
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
HB0976
Firefighters
- As enacted, enacts the "James 'Dustin' Samples Act."
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 465
5/24/2023
HB0996
Education
- As enacted, clarifies that instruction in topics related to sexual activity are generally not age-appropriate for students in grades K-5 and must generally not be taught to students in grades K-5 as part of a family life curriculum; clarifies that such prohibition does not prohibit an LEA or public charter school from providing instruction to students in K-5 on the detection, intervention, prevention, and treatment of child sexual abuse and human trafficking in which the victim is a child.
Effective date(s) 05/21/2024
5/28/2024
HB1072
Veterans Services, Dept. of
- As enacted, requires the department to establish an honor guard grant program to provide grants to veteran service organizations to offset expenses incurred by the organization and members of the organization's honor guard in providing military funeral honors for qualifying Tennessee veterans.
Effective date(s) 05/11/2023, 01/01/2024
5/19/2023
HB1259
Real Property
- As enacted, enacts anti-squatter laws.
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 1009
5/29/2024
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
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
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
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
HB2198
Criminal Offenses
- As enacted, increases the penalty for the offense of threatening to commit an act of mass violence on school property or at a school-related activity from a Class A misdemeanor to a Class E felony.
Effective date(s) 07/01/2024
5/13/2024
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
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
HB2701
TennCare
- As introduced, prohibits a TennCare enrollee from staying in an emergency department or emergency room facility for more than 72 hours without medical necessity; imposes penalties on TennCare and managed care organizations for causing an enrollee’s extended emergency department or emergency room facility stay.
Taken off notice for cal in s/c Insurance Subcommittee of Insurance Committee
3/19/2024
HB2845
DUI Offenses
- As enacted, enacts the "Tennessee Prevention of Drunk Driving Act."
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 961
5/13/2024
HB2961
Evidence
- As introduced, directs the Tennessee advisory committee on intergovernmental relations (TACIR), with the assistance of the Tennessee bureau of investigation, the district attorneys general conference, and the department of safety, to study the feasibility of a Shelby County crime lab and the impact of such a crime lab on public health, safety, education, housing, and the economy for citizens and visitors of Shelby County, the city of Memphis, this state, and the Tennessee, Arkansas, and Mississippi tri-state region; requires TACIR to submit a report of the study findings to the general assembly by January 14, 2025.
Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 4/16/2024
4/10/2024
2 resolutions(s) sponsored in the 113th General Assembly.
Bill Number
Composite Abstract
Last Action
Date
HJR0489
Memorials, Sports
- Hampton High School boys' basketball team, TSSAA Division I, Class A state champions
Signed by Governor.
4/20/2023
HR0103
Memorials, Recognition
- Elizabethton High School, Murder 101 podcast
Signed by H. Speaker
2/22/2024
59 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
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
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
HJR0551
Memorials, Death
- Tom Hensley
Signed by Governor.
5/3/2023
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
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
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
HJR1142
Memorials, Recognition
- First anniversary of the Covenant School shooting
Signed by Governor.
4/10/2024
HJR1504
Memorials, Retirement
- Kim McCaster Cox
Signed by Governor.
5/9/2024
HJR7014
Memorials, Recognition
- Bev Johnson
Signed by Governor.
9/7/2023
HJR7023
Memorials, Death
- Representative Bill Beck
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
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
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
SJR0179
Memorials, Recognition
- Tennessee State University Aristocrat of Bands
Signed by Governor.
2/14/2023
SJR0210
Memorials, Recognition
- Lt. Governor Randy McNally
Signed by Governor.
2/17/2023
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
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
SJR0869
Memorials, Death
- Brenda Louise Smith Allred
Signed by Governor.
2/5/2024
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
