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Representative McKenzie,
15th Representative District
Bills Sponsored
Bills Co-Sponsored
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Resolutions Co-Sponsored
27 bill(s) sponsored in the 113th General Assembly.
Bill Number
Composite Abstract
Last Action
Date
HB0276
Scholarships and Financial Aid
- As introduced, changes the amount of a minority teaching fellowship award for a recipient who is enrolled in a degree program leading to licensure as a teacher in an institution of higher education with an approved educator preparation program from $5,000 to the cost of tuition and fees at the respective institution.
Taken off notice for cal in s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee of Finance, Ways, and Means Committee
4/18/2023
HB0277
Sentencing
- As introduced, directs TACIR to conduct a study comparing the length of sentences imposed on individuals currently incarcerated with current sentencing guidelines, and identify any disparities between sentences imposed for similar offenses; requires TACIR to submit a report to members of the general assembly by January 1, 2025.
Def. to Summer Study in Criminal Justice Subcommittee
2/21/2023
HB0278
Local Government, General
- As introduced, removes the prohibition on a local government from requiring, as a condition of contracting with the local government, that employers establish a leave policy that is different than required by state law.
Assigned to s/c Cities & Counties Subcommittee
1/24/2023
HB0279
Criminal Procedure
- As introduced, allows certain persons deprived of the right of suffrage to apply for a voter registration card and have the right of suffrage provisionally restored if the person enters into a payment plan to become current on all child support obligations.
Failed in s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee of Criminal Justice Committee
3/26/2024
HB0927
Local Education Agencies
- As introduced, allows a third grade student who is not proficient in English language arts (ELA) based on the student's achieving a performance level rating of "approaching" on the ELA portion of the student's most recent Tennessee comprehensive assessment program (TCAP) test to be promoted to fourth grade if the student maintains a 90 percent attendance rate at a learning loss bridge camp without having to demonstrate adequate growth on the post-test administered at the end of the camp; requires the student to show adequate growth on the ELA portion of the student's fourth grade TCAP test before the student may be promoted to fifth grade.
Taken off notice for cal in s/c K-12 Subcommittee of Education Administration
3/14/2023
HB0928
Teachers, Principals and School Personnel
- As introduced, expands the exemption from an assessment to advance or renew a teaching license to include a public school teacher who, at the time of the application of an initial license, possessed an active teaching license in another state and has taught for more than 10 years.
Taken off notice for cal in s/c K-12 Subcommittee of Education Administration
3/28/2023
HB0929
Driver Licenses
- As enacted, exempts a person under 18 years of age who is in custody of the department of children's services or receiving foster care services from payment of fees for issuance, renewal, or reinstatement of a driver license, instruction permit, intermediate driver license, or photo identification card.
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 468
5/24/2023
HB0930
Child Custody and Support
- As introduced, removes driver licenses from the list of licenses that can be revoked for failure to pay child support; removes process for issuance of a restricted driver license for a person who is enrolled in a payment plan to pay child support arrears.
Taken off notice for cal in s/c Children & Family Affairs Subcommittee of Civil Justice Committee
3/19/2024
HB0931
Gaming
- As introduced, requires the state treasurer to allocate 2 percent of the privilege tax revenue collected from sports gaming to urban and rural at-risk youth programs.
Taken off notice for cal in s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee of Finance, Ways, and Means Committee
4/18/2023
HB0932
Consumer Protection
- As introduced, enacts the "Consumer Biometric Data Protection Act."
Assigned to s/c Banking & Consumer Affairs Subcommittee
2/7/2023
HB0933
Election Laws
- As enacted, requires each high school to inform each high school senior that upon reaching the age of 18 the student may be eligible to vote and provide information from the secretary of state about voter eligibility and how to register to vote.
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 444
5/24/2023
HB0934
Teachers, Principals and School Personnel
- As introduced, makes various changes to the Professional Educators Collaborative Conferencing Act of 2011.
Taken off notice for cal in s/c K-12 Subcommittee of Education Administration
3/28/2023
HB0935
Taxes, Real Property
- As introduced, expands property tax relief for disabled veterans by reimbursing veterans who have acquired a disability rating of 100 percent for a permanent and total service-connected disability for all of the local property taxes paid on property that the disabled veteran owned and used as the disabled veteran's residence.
Assigned to s/c Property & Planning Subcommittee
2/7/2023
HB1490
Taxes, Privilege
- As introduced, deletes the provision granting broad discretion to the commissioner of revenue to administer the Business Tax Act from July 1, 2013, to December 31, 2014.
Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 4/16/2024
4/10/2024
HB1500
Education
- As introduced, adds the education administration committee of the house of representatives to the committees of the general assembly to which the dyslexia advisory council is required to submit an annual report on the number of students screened for dyslexia intervention services.
P2C, caption bill, held on desk - pending amdt.
2/2/2023
HB1502
Employees, Employers
- As introduced, enacts the "Employee Child Care Assistance Partnership Act."
Taken off notice for cal in s/c Banking & Consumer Affairs Subcommittee of Commerce Committee
2/20/2024
HB2406
Human Services, Dept. of
- As enacted, directs the department to identify federal and state regulations that inhibit the efficient processing of applications and delivery of benefits for the food assistance program; requires the department to submit any necessary waiver applications by October 31; requires the department to submit a report of its findings and recommendations to the general assembly by December 31.
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 1047
5/31/2024
HB2634
Election Laws
- As introduced, removes the requirement that a registered voter be a bona fide member of, affiliated with, or declare allegiance to a political party in order to vote in a political party's primary election; removes the requirement that the officer of elections at each polling place post a sign stating that it is a crime to vote in a political party's primary election without being a bona fide member of, or affiliated with, that political party, or to declare allegiance to that party without the intent to affiliate with that party.
Failed in s/c Elections & Campaign Finance Subcommittee of Local Government Committee
3/20/2024
HB2648
Firearms and Ammunition
- As introduced, deletes provisions authorizing permitless carry of handguns; requires range training for handgun carry permits.
Failed for lack of second in: Civil Justice Subcommittee
4/2/2024
HB2649
Salaries and Benefits
- As introduced, requires a full-time state employee's annual compensation to be sufficient to disqualify the employee for state supplemental benefit or public assistance programs, including, but not limited to, the temporary assistance for needy families (TANF) program, supplemental nutrition assistance program (SNAP), and TennCare program.
Taken off notice for cal in s/c Public Service Subcommittee of State Government Committee
3/12/2024
HB2680
Firearms and Ammunition
- As introduced, deletes an exception to the offense of carrying a firearm with the intent to go armed for persons carrying, whether openly or concealed, a handgun if the person lawfully possesses the handgun, is in a place where the person is lawfully present, and the person meets certain age requirements.
P2C, caption bill, held on desk - pending amdt.
2/5/2024
HB2681
Criminal Offenses
- As introduced, increases the penalty for use or possession of drug paraphernalia from a Class A misdemeanor to a Class E felony if the drug paraphernalia used or possessed is a pill press device or pieces of a pill press device.
Taken off notice for cal. in Criminal Justice Committee
4/2/2024
HB2725
Housing
- As introduced, deletes the prohibition on local governments enacting a law that would place requirements regarding inclusionary, affordable, or below market value housing when entitlements, variances, or any other form of permit or authorization is sought from the local government; deletes the prohibition on a local governmental unit from conditioning development entitlements through amendment to the zoning map on the allocation of existing or newly constructed private residential or commercial rental units to be sold or rented at below market rates.
Failed for lack of motion in: Property & Planning Subcommittee
3/6/2024
HB2726
Students
- As introduced, reduces maximum class sizes and maximum average class sizes by one student each school year over a period of five school years, beginning with the 2025-2026 school year.
Assigned to s/c K-12 Subcommittee
2/7/2024
HB2755
Children
- As introduced, bans the use of personal protection spray devices, such as mace, pepper spray, or tear gas, on any child under the supervision of the department of children's services or in a juvenile detention facility.
Assigned to s/c Children & Family Affairs Subcommittee
2/7/2024
HB2756
Lottery, Scholarships and Programs
- As introduced, makes students who graduate from an out-of-state high school eligible for the Tennessee HOPE scholarship if at least one of the student's parents resides in this state and has resided in this state no less than 10 years; requires the board of regents and each state university board to consider such students residents of this state.
Assigned to s/c Higher Education Subcommittee
2/7/2024
HB2757
Criminal Procedure
- As introduced, changes from 20 days to 15 days the notice of a hearing on a petition for restoration of rights of citizenship that must be given to the district attorney general of the county in which the petitioner currently resides and the district attorney general of the county in which the petitioner was convicted in order that, if deemed advisable, each may resist.
P2C, caption bill, held on desk - pending amdt.
2/5/2024
46 bill(s) co-sponsored in the 113th General Assembly.
Bill Number
Composite Abstract
Last Action
Date
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
HB0098
Local Education Agencies
- As introduced, enacts the "Rep. Barbara Ward Cooper Act"; requires LEAs to include in the course of instruction for students in kindergarten through grade 12 curricula designed to educate students in conflict resolution.
Def. to Summer Study in Education Instruction Subcommittee
2/21/2023
HB0250
Education
- As enacted, requires, beyond the 2022-2023 school year, each LEA and public charter school to provide each high school senior, instead of students generally, the opportunity to take nationally recognized assessments if the assessments meet certain criteria.
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 439
5/24/2023
HB0284
Public Funds and Financing
- As enacted, standardizes the thresholds for competitive sealed bids for counties, municipalities, utility districts, local education agencies, and other local governmental entities.
Effective date(s) 03/01/2024
3/15/2024
HB0317
Holidays and Days of Special Observance
- As enacted, changes the designation of June 19, known as "Juneteenth," from a day of special observance to a legal holiday.
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 337
5/17/2023
HB0331
Teachers, Principals and School Personnel
- As introduced, requires the salaries paid to teachers and other professional personnel in a state special school on or after July 1, 2023, to equal or exceed the salaries paid to teachers and other professional personnel with comparable training and experience at the state special school with the highest paying salary schedule on July 1, 2023; prohibits reduction of the salaries paid to teachers and other professional personnel in the state special schools from the salaries paid in the immediately preceding school year.
Taken off notice for cal in s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee of Finance, Ways, and Means Committee
4/18/2023
HB0351
Industrial Development
- As enacted, makes various changes to law relative to industrial development corporations until June 30, 2028.
Effective date(s) 05/21/2024
5/28/2024
HB0389
Local Government, General
- As introduced, authorizes a member of a local government's legislative body to participate in a scheduled meeting by electronic means if the member is dealing with a family or medical emergency, has been called into military service, or is unable to attend in person due to inclement weather.
Failed in Local Government Committee
3/7/2023
HB0432
Lottery, Scholarships and Programs
- As enacted, enacts the "Tennessee Future Teacher Scholarship Act of 2023."
Effective date(s) 05/11/2023, 07/01/2023
5/19/2023
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
HB0540
Naming and Designating
- As enacted, names the educational facility located on the campus of the John S. Wilder youth development center "The Barbara Ward Cooper Education Center."
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 98
4/18/2023
HB0664
Education
- As introduced, revises provisions governing criminal history checks of certain persons who come in direct contact with school children or children in a child care program, or who enter the grounds of a school or child care center while children are present.
Taken off notice for cal in s/c K-12 Subcommittee of Education Administration
3/19/2024
HB0829
Health Care
- As introduced, enacts the "Fundamental Right to Reproductive Health Care Act."
Failed in s/c Population Health Subcommittee of Health Committee
3/14/2023
HB0976
Firefighters
- As enacted, enacts the "James 'Dustin' Samples Act."
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 465
5/24/2023
HB1043
Gaming
- As enacted, requires the department of mental health and substance abuse services to use funds distributed from revenue received from sports gaming to provide treatment services for juvenile addiction and mental health disorders secondary to providing services for gambling addiction and gambling disorders.
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 482
5/24/2023
HB1135
Pensions and Retirement Benefits
- As enacted, makes revisions to present law relative to retirement benefits of certain members of the general assembly and their beneficiaries.
Effective date(s) 05/11/2023
5/24/2023
HB1170
Health Care
- As enacted, requires the Tennessee peace officer standards and training (POST) commission to adopt guidelines and materials instructing law enforcement officers on the best practices for recognizing and responding to a medical crisis involving a person under arrest or under the care or supervision of the law enforcement officer.
Effective date(s) 03/07/2024
3/15/2024
HB1259
Real Property
- As enacted, enacts anti-squatter laws.
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 1009
5/29/2024
HB1602
Juvenile Offenders
- As enacted, requires a video or audio recording to be made of any interrogation of a child who has been taken into custody on suspicion that the child committed a delinquent act or unruly conduct unless a technical issue with the equipment or exigent circumstances prevent the recording.
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 565
3/26/2024
HB1680
Elder Abuse
- As enacted, expands the Tennessee Adult Protection Act's definition of abuse or neglect to include certain situations when an adult is unable to maintain the adult's own health or welfare.
Effective date(s) 02/28/2024
3/19/2024
HB1801
Human Rights
- As introduced, requires adult cabarets and adult-oriented establishments to post a notice on the inside and outside of each bathroom door and door used by customers or patrons to enter or exit the facility that provides the contact information to the National Human Trafficking Hotline; requires the department of human services to update the notice by rule if the contact information becomes obsolete.
Withdrawn.
1/22/2024
HB1803
Scholarships and Financial Aid
- As enacted, clarifies when a student must be enrolled in an eligible postsecondary program to be eligible to receive a Tennessee Promise scholarship.
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
HB2047
Liens
- As enacted, adds former public officials to the list of officials who may contest liens on real property believed to lack any legal basis.
Effective date(s) 04/22/2024
5/1/2024
HB2049
Education
- As introduced, requires the department of education to ensure that an equivalent amount given as a scholarship amount to students in grades K-12 for the purposes of attending private schools be disbursed to the LEA in which the student was enrolled before participating in a scholarship program if the department administers such a scholarship program.
Assigned to s/c K-12 Subcommittee
1/30/2024
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
HB2091
Trade Regulation
- As enacted, defines and adds "voice" as a protected personal right; adds commercial availability of a sound recording or audiovisual work in which the individual's name, voice, likeness, or image is readily identifiable to considerations for determining whether non-use has occurred; makes other related changes.
Effective date(s) 07/01/2024
3/26/2024
HB2207
Local Education Agencies
- As introduced, enacts the "Menstrual Hygiene Products Accessibility Act."
Taken off notice for cal in s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee of Finance, Ways, and Means Committee
4/17/2024
HB2215
Real Property
- As enacted, requires the Tennessee advisory commission on intergovernmental relations to conduct a study and compile a report to be submitted to the general assembly on real estate fraud in this state.
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 941
5/13/2024
HB2226
Health Care
- As enacted, adds to the composition of the Tennessee maternal mortality review and prevention team four members appointed by the commissioner of health who are from community-based organizations.
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 834
5/9/2024
HB2230
Holidays and Days of Special Observance
- As enacted, designates the calendar week that includes October 28 as the "Reverend Kelly Miller Smith, Sr. Week of Service."
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 842
5/13/2024
HB2251
Local Education Agencies
- As enacted, enacts the "Smart Heart Act"; establishes various requirements for automatic external defibrillators in schools and response protocols for cardiac-related medical emergencies.
Effective date(s) 03/27/2024, 07/01/2024
4/3/2024
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
HB2302
Controlled Substances
- As enacted, enacts the "Ben Kredich Act," which, for the purpose of proving a person violated state law relative to driving under the influence of an intoxicant, establishes that evidence that the person was suspected to be impaired secondary to the sedative or otherwise intoxicating effects of a controlled substance, and was administered within 24 hours prior to the alleged violation, an opioid antagonist for an opioid-related overdose, creates a presumption that the defendant's ability to drive was sufficiently impaired by the substance that caused the opioid-related overdose to constitute a violation of state law, and authorizes a first responder who administers an opioid antagonist to an individual experiencing an opioid-related overdose to provide information on the risks associated with driving for a 24-hour period following administration.
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 1039
5/31/2024
HB2327
Mental Illness
- As enacted, by May 31, 2025, and by each May 31 thereafter, requires the department of health to publish an annual report stating the total number of attempted suicides and completed suicides that have occurred in this state in the previous calendar year; requires the department to submit the report electronically to all members of the general assembly within seven calendar days of the publication.
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 678
4/17/2024
HB2398
Local Education Agencies
- As enacted, adds local law enforcement officials to those who must be appointed to each district-wide school safety team; specifies that it is each district-wide school safety team and each building-level school safety team that is required to annually review the respective district-wide or building-level school safety plan.
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 864
5/13/2024
HB2450
Scholarships and Financial Aid
- As introduced, requires a nonpublic school that accepts publicly funded vouchers for student tuition to comply with the same requirements for student testing applicable to public schools, subject to certain exemptions; requires a nonpublic school that accepts a publicly funded voucher to pay back a pro-rated amount of the scholarship if the student leaves school before the end of the school year.
Def. to Summer Study in K-12 Subcommittee
3/26/2024
HB2504
Criminal Offenses
- As enacted, establishes an offense for a person, on behalf of a debt collector or inbound telemarketer service, to knowingly cause a caller identification service to transmit misleading or inaccurate caller identification information to a subscriber with the intent to defraud or cause harm to another person or to wrongfully obtain anything of value, rather than with the intent to induce the subscriber to answer.
Effective date(s) 07/01/2024
5/1/2024
HB2508
Child Custody and Support
- As enacted, requires the department of human services to notify the department of safety that a child support obligor whose commercial driver license was suspended or revoked for noncompliance with a child support order is in reasonable compliance with the order when the obligor submits documentation that the support is being withheld from the obligor's income received from an employment position requiring the operation of a commercial motor vehicle; requires the license to be reinstated.
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 878
5/13/2024
HB2828
Historical Sites and Preservation
- As introduced, enacts the "African American Cultural and Historical Grant Act."
Taken off notice for cal in s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee of Finance, Ways, and Means Committee
4/17/2024
HB2845
DUI Offenses
- As enacted, enacts the "Tennessee Prevention of Drunk Driving Act."
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 961
5/13/2024
HB2922
Education
- As enacted, authorizes certain opportunity public charter schools serving any of the grades six through 12 for which at least 75 percent of the students enrolled in the school, at the time of enrollment, are at-risk students.
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 1066
6/3/2024
HB2954
Insurance, Health, Accident
- As enacted, enacts the "Prostate-Specific Antigen Screening for High-risk Insured Men Act" or the "PSA Screening for HIM Act."
Effective date(s) 07/01/2024
5/29/2024
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
7 resolutions(s) sponsored in the 113th General Assembly.
Bill Number
Composite Abstract
Last Action
Date
HJR0161
Memorials, Recognition
- Robert J. Booker
Signed by Governor.
2/17/2023
HJR0858
Constitutional Amendments
- Proposes an amendment to Article VI, Section 14 of the Tennessee Constitution to authorize municipal courts to impose civil penalties up to $3,000 for violations of municipal ordinances.
Assigned to s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee
3/26/2024
HJR0966
Memorials, Death
- Alexei Navalny
Signed by Governor.
3/13/2024
HJR0985
Memorials, Death
- Robert J. Booker
Signed by Governor.
3/13/2024
HJR1016
Memorials, Recognition
- 76th Fifth District Meeting of Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc.
Signed by Governor.
4/2/2024
HJR1448
Memorials, Interns
- Anna Gordon
Signed by Governor.
5/9/2024
HJR7038
Memorials, Death
- Bob Black
Signed by Governor.
9/7/2023
121 resolutions(s) co-sponsored in the 113th General Assembly.
Bill Number
Composite Abstract
Last Action
Date
HJR0060
Memorials, Sports
- Fisk University gymnastics team
Signed by Governor.
2/2/2023
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
HJR0096
Memorials, Recognition
- Music Therapy Week
Signed by Governor.
3/19/2024
HJR0165
Memorials, Death
- Mary Elizabeth Cotter
Signed by Governor.
2/24/2023
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
HJR0330
Memorials, Recognition
- Carol Evans
Signed by Governor.
3/29/2023
HJR0355
Memorials, Death
- Officer Geoffrey "Bernard" Redd
Signed by Governor.
3/21/2023
HJR0356
Memorials, Recognition
- Fisk Radio, 50th anniversary
Signed by Governor.
3/21/2023
HJR0427
Memorials, Recognition
- Charles Kimbrough
Signed by Governor.
4/11/2023
HJR0465
Memorials, Recognition
- Reverend Dr. J. Lawrence Turner
Signed by Governor.
4/11/2023
HJR0478
Memorials, Personal Achievement
- Trace Nystrom, Eagle Scout
Signed by Governor.
4/12/2023
HJR0512
Memorials, Recognition
- Echol Cole and Robert Walker, 1968 Sanitation Workers Strike
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
HJR0530
Memorials, Interns
- Shania Sutton
Signed by Governor.
4/25/2023
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
HJR0643
Memorials, Death
- Charlie Moten
Signed by Governor.
5/9/2023
HJR0646
Memorials, Interns
- Myahkia Xyande'la Watson
Signed by Governor.
5/9/2023
HJR0658
Memorials, Sports
- Fulton High School boys' basketball team, TSSAA Division I, Class 3A state champions
Signed by Governor.
5/9/2023
HJR0661
Memorials, Recognition
- Dr. Tamia Potter
Signed by Governor.
5/9/2023
HJR0674
General Assembly, Statement of Intent or Position
- Urges the office of legislative administration to establish and encourages members of the 113th General Assembly and legislative employees to participate in a race relations and discrimination and age-based discrimination in the workplace training program.
Def. to Summer Study in State Government Committee
4/3/2024
HJR0680
Memorials, Death
- Deputy Tucker Blakely
Signed by Governor.
1/30/2024
HJR0682
Memorials, Death
- Larry Cox
Signed by Governor.
1/30/2024
HJR0713
Memorials, Recognition
- National Conference of State Legislatures, 50th anniversary
Signed by Governor.
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
HJR0803
General Assembly, Statement of Intent or Position
- Designates the period of July 1, 2024, through July 31, 2024, as a time of prayer and fasting in Tennessee and seeks God’s hand of mercy healing on Tennessee.
Signed by Governor.
4/16/2024
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
HJR0861
Memorials, Death
- Mike McMillan
Signed by Governor.
2/21/2024
HJR0862
Memorials, Death
- Sara L. Lewis
Signed by Governor.
2/21/2024
HJR0863
Memorials, Death
- Janet Hooks
Signed by Governor.
2/21/2024
HJR0883
Memorials, Recognition
- World Lupus Day
Signed by Governor.
4/4/2024
HJR0920
Memorials, Sports
- Todd Helton, Baseball Hall of Fame
Signed by Governor.
3/1/2024
HJR0938
Memorials, Death
- SPC Jeremy Daniel Evans, U.S. Army
Signed by Governor.
3/13/2024
HJR0955
Memorials, Recognition
- Eureka Lodge #3 in Memphis, 150th anniversary
Signed by Governor.
3/11/2024
HJR0963
Memorials, Recognition
- Tennesseans for opposing and condemning neo-Nazism
Signed by Governor.
3/11/2024
HJR0999
Memorials, Death
- Nathaniel Harris
Signed by Governor.
3/20/2024
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
HJR1140
Memorials, Public Service
- Representative Darren Jernigan
Signed by Governor.
4/9/2024
HJR1141
Memorials, Public Service
- Representative Dwayne Thompson
Signed by Governor.
4/9/2024
HJR1142
Memorials, Recognition
- First anniversary of the Covenant School shooting
Signed by Governor.
4/10/2024
HJR1328
Memorials, Recognition
- Africa in April
Signed by Governor.
4/22/2024
HJR1329
Memorials, Recognition
- Southern Heritage Classic, 35th anniversary
Signed by Governor.
4/22/2024
HJR1356
Memorials, Interns
- Malik Abdullah
Signed by Governor.
5/3/2024
HJR1357
Memorials, Interns
- Cornell White
Signed by Governor.
5/3/2024
HJR1461
Memorials, Death
- Kylie Roberto
Signed by Governor.
5/9/2024
HJR1484
Memorials, Recognition
- Volkswagen Chattanooga
Ref. to Banking & Consumer Affairs Subcommittee
4/24/2024
HJR1498
Memorials, Recognition
- Memphis Police Department and Shelby County District Attorney
Signed by Governor.
5/9/2024
HJR1499
Memorials, Academic Achievement
- Andea Arredondo, Valedictorian, Raleigh-Egypt High School
Signed by Governor.
5/9/2024
HJR1503
Memorials, Death
- Mike Morrow
Signed by Governor.
5/9/2024
HJR1504
Memorials, Retirement
- Kim McCaster Cox
Signed by Governor.
5/9/2024
HJR1507
Memorials, Recognition
- JoAnne Favors, Tennessee Black Caucus of State Legislators Living Legend Award – East Grand Division
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
HJR7049
Memorials, Recognition
- Bob Bell
Signed by Governor.
9/8/2023
HJR7053
Memorials, Recognition
- Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services and Quinco Community Mental Health Centers
Signed by Governor.
9/8/2023
HR0074
Memorials, Sports
- Coach Jerry Stackhouse, Vanderbilt University
Signed by H. Speaker
4/18/2023
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
HR0090
Memorials, Academic Achievement
- Kierstyn Taylor Parkinson
Signed by H. Speaker
4/21/2023
HR0091
Memorials, Recognition
- Dorothea "Dee" Dawkins-Haigler
Signed by H. Speaker
4/21/2023
HR0155
Memorials, Retirement
- Master Sergeant Robert D. Davis, Jr., United States Air Force
Signed by H. Speaker
4/18/2024
HR7022
Memorials, Recognition
- Bob Bell
Signed by H. Speaker
8/29/2023
SJR0005
Memorials, Sports
- Brinley Murphy, Gatorade Player of the Year for Girls Soccer
Signed by Governor.
1/18/2023
SJR0006
Memorials, Sports
- Bearden High School girls' soccer team, TSSAA Division I, Class AAA state champions
Signed by Governor.
1/18/2023
SJR0007
Memorials, Sports
- West High School football team, TSSAA Division I, Class 5A state champions
Signed by Governor.
1/18/2023
SJR0020
Memorials, Sports
- Baylor School softball team, TSSAA Division II, Class AA state champions
Signed by Governor.
1/31/2023
SJR0022
Memorials, Recognition
- Tennessee Credit Unions, 100 years
Held on desk.
1/20/2023
SJR0124
Memorials, Death
- Tyre D. Nichols
Signed by Governor.
1/31/2023
SJR0128
Memorials, Death
- Clara Louise Macklin
Signed by Governor.
2/10/2023
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
SJR0184
Memorials, Sports
- Lane College, women's track and field team, HBCU Indoor National Champions
Signed by Governor.
2/17/2023
SJR0210
Memorials, Recognition
- Lt. Governor Randy McNally
Signed by Governor.
2/17/2023
SJR0239
Memorials, Recognition
- Fisk Radio, 50th anniversary
Signed by H. Speaker
9/19/2023
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
SJR0525
Memorials, Recognition
- Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc., South Eastern Regional Director Dr. Tracey Morant Adams and AKA Day at the Capitol
Signed by Governor.
4/25/2023
SJR0526
Memorials, Recognition
- Clarice Phelps
Signed by Governor.
4/25/2023
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
SJR0560
Memorials, Recognition
- Carol Evans
Signed by Governor.
5/2/2023
SJR0817
Memorials, Personal Occasion
- Joe D. Duncan, 100th birthday
Signed by Governor.
1/25/2024
SJR0869
Memorials, Death
- Brenda Louise Smith Allred
Signed by Governor.
2/5/2024
SJR0893
Memorials, Retirement
- Cindy Cameron Ogle
Signed by Governor.
2/14/2024
SJR0894
Memorials, Professional Achievement
- Bryan Kerns, Kingsport City Schools District Grades 9-12 Teacher of the Year
Signed by Governor.
2/14/2024
SJR0895
Memorials, Professional Achievement
- Lynna Bingham, Kingsport City Schools District Grades 5-8 Teacher of the Year
Signed by Governor.
2/14/2024
SJR0896
Memorials, Professional Achievement
- Catherine Hincke, Kingsport City Schools Grades Pre-K-4 Teacher of the Year
Signed by Governor.
2/14/2024
SJR0897
Memorials, Professional Achievement
- Andy Arnold, Kingsport City Schools Supervisor of the Year
Signed by Governor.
2/14/2024
SJR0898
Memorials, Professional Achievement
- Dr. Kelley Harrell, Kingsport City Schools Principal of the Year
Signed by Governor.
2/14/2024
SJR0901
Memorials, Sports
- Todd Helton, National Baseball Hall of Fame
Signed by Governor.
2/14/2024
SJR0914
Memorials, Recognition
- Thomas Merrill Reeves
Signed by Governor.
2/14/2024
SJR0934
Memorials, Death
- Dr. Barbara M. Reid
Signed by Governor.
3/6/2024
SJR1085
Memorials, Death
- Pat Halloran
Signed by Governor.
3/22/2024
SJR1406
Memorials, Academic Achievement
- Charleston Thomas, Salutatorian, Austin-East High School
Signed by Governor.
5/2/2024
SJR1407
Memorials, Academic Achievement
- Leonard Weaver, Valedictorian, Austin-East High School
Signed by Governor.
5/2/2024
SJR1414
Memorials, Recognition
- Arab American Heritage Month
Signed by Governor.
5/2/2024
SJR1622
Memorials, Death
- Curtis "Blue" Langdon Towns
Signed by Governor.
5/13/2024
SJR7089
Memorials, Death
- Wallace "Dwight" Kessel
Objected to on Consent Calendar.
8/29/2023
SJR7090
Memorials, Retirement
- Jeff Welch
Objected to on Consent Calendar.
8/29/2023
SJR7091
Memorials, Recognition
- Kramer Rayson LLP, 75th anniversary
Objected to on Consent Calendar.
8/29/2023
SJR7092
Memorials, Retirement
- David Butler, Executive Director, Knoxville Museum of Art
Objected to on Consent Calendar.
8/29/2023