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Representative Wright,
19th 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
HB0161
Motor Vehicles
- As introduced, extends, from 10 to 12 days, the time period a scrap metal dealer must request a hearing from the department of commerce and insurance after receiving a notification regarding a violation.
P2C, caption bill, held on desk - pending amdt.
1/20/2023
HB0168
County Government
- As introduced, prohibits a county employee from serving on the county commission of the county for which the person is employed.
Taken off notice for cal in s/c Cities & Counties Subcommittee of Local Government Committee
2/8/2023
HB0169
Election Laws
- As introduced, authorizes up to two members of an LLC that owns property in a city to vote in the city's elections if the city's charter provides nonresident property owners voting rights.
Failed in s/c Elections & Campaign Finance Subcommittee of Local Government Committee
3/15/2023
HB0388
Campaigns and Campaign Finance
- As introduced, prohibits a candidate or political campaign committee from accepting contributions that exceed 30 percent of the total contributions received by a candidate or political campaign committee from persons who are not residents of this state at the time the contribution is made.
Failed in s/c Elections & Campaign Finance Subcommittee of Local Government Committee
3/15/2023
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
HB0419
Taxes, Sales
- As introduced, increases the time period, from six months to one year, in which a local government is prohibited from holding a referendum to levy the local option sales tax after a referendum was held on the question and was rejected.
Taken off notice for cal in s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee of Finance, Ways, and Means Committee
4/18/2023
HB0420
Election Laws
- As introduced, extends the time given to state executive committees for each political party to post schedule of public appearances for gubernatorial candidates, from 15 to 20 days.
P2C, caption bill, held on desk - pending amdt.
2/1/2023
HB0421
Election Laws
- As introduced, clarifies that a child 17 years of age and under may enter the voting booth with the child's parent or guardian.
P2C, caption bill, held on desk - pending amdt.
2/1/2023
HB0844
General Assembly
- As introduced, authorizes each house of the general assembly to appoint a chaplain.
Failed in State Government Committee
3/8/2023
HB0845
County Government
- As introduced, deletes an obsolete provision regarding the deadline for filing nominating petitions for candidates for a charter commission.
P2C, caption bill, held on desk - pending amdt.
2/2/2023
HB1511
Welfare
- As introduced, adds the government operations committees of both houses to the list of legislative committees to receive annual reports from the commission on aging and disability concerning funding sources used to support the health, safety, and welfare of older adults in this state.
Taken off notice for cal. in Health Committee
4/5/2023
HB1560
Blount County
- Subject to local approval, alters the conditions under which the county is authorized to own and operate a nonprofit hospital.
Pr. Ch. 28
5/24/2023
HB1880
Bonds and Undertakings, Regulation of
- As enacted, under certain conditions, exempts the issuance of general obligation refunding bonds that will repay a public building authority loan from the requirement that a plan of refunding be submitted for review to the comptroller of the treasury.
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 690
4/17/2024
HB1929
Education, Higher
- As introduced, provides a 25 percent discount on the tuition charged by a state institution of higher education to the child of an active or retired member of the Tennessee army national guard or the Tennessee air national guard.
Taken off notice for cal in s/c Higher Education Subcommittee of Education Administration
3/27/2024
HB1980
Taxes, Ad Valorem
- As enacted, authorizes a charitable nonprofit corporation located in Knox County or within a municipality located within Knox County that acquires replacement property which is operated as a licensed residential home for the aged, to claim and file a property tax exemption as a religious, charitable, scientific, or nonprofit educational institution.
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 1028
5/31/2024
HB2080
Public Officials
- As introduced, prohibits an individual holding an elected office of a local government from holding another elected office in this state at the same time; expands the prohibition on a candidate qualifying or being nominated for more than one state office or county constitutional office to include any elected office in this state.
Comp. SB subst.
4/24/2024
HB2128
Motor Vehicles, Titling and Registration
- As introduced, authorizes issuance of an antique motor vehicle license plate to farm trucks older than 25 years old that are used for certain agricultural or horticultural purposes and not for general transportation.
Taken off notice for cal in s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee of Finance, Ways, and Means Committee
4/17/2024
HB2260
Election Laws
- As introduced, authorizes up to two members of an LLC that owns property in a city to vote in the city's elections if the city's charter provides nonresident property owners voting rights.
Taken off notice for cal in s/c Elections & Campaign Finance Subcommittee of Local Government Committee
2/28/2024
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
HB2848
Criminal Offenses
- As enacted, creates the Class C felony offense of acquiring or otherwise exercising control over bees or a structure or equipment used to keep, handle, house, exhibit, breed, or offer for sale bees, without the consent of the owner and with the intent to deprive the owner of the bees, structure, or equipment.
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 708
4/17/2024
66 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
HB0023
Open Meetings
- As enacted, requires a legislative body for a municipal, metropolitan, or county government to make available to the public, at no charge and at least 48 hours prior to a meeting, the agenda for the upcoming meeting in a place accessible to the public; authorizes such body to deliberate or act upon matters not listed on the agenda if the body follows its bylaws or properly adopted rules and procedures and complies with all other applicable state laws.
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 213
5/3/2023
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
HB0068
Local Education Agencies
- As enacted, requires LEAs to conduct summer learning camps and after-school learning mini-camps annually instead of only in the summers immediately following the 2020-2021 and 2021-2022 school years; revises the definition of "priority student" to allow additional "at-risk" children and students entering certain grade levels to participate in after-school learning mini-camps, learning loss bridge camps, and summer learning camps.
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 144
4/18/2023
HB0088
Driver Licenses
- As enacted, requires the department of safety to waive the knowledge test, and accept alternative requirements, for active duty and honorably discharged service members and members of the national guard or the armed forces reserves applying for temporary commercial learner's permits; identifies certain alternative requirements, which include operating a commercial motor vehicle in the military in combination with a good driving record.
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 422
5/24/2023
HB0144
Criminal Offenses
- As enacted, changes from 25 to 17 the number of days of incarceration a person convicted of a second offense of driving under the influence of an intoxicant must serve before the person can participate in a substance abuse treatment program; requires a person charged with or convicted of a third or subsequent offense of driving under the influence of an intoxicant involving the use of alcohol to wear a transdermal alcohol monitoring device for a 90-day period of continuous sobriety.
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 116
4/18/2023
HB0306
Schools, Private
- As enacted, limits the ability of a student enrolled in a private school to participate in an interscholastic athletic activity or event, to such activity or event where membership in the Tennessee Secondary School Athletic Association is required, in accordance with the student's immutable biological sex as determined by anatomy and genetics existing at the time of birth.
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 285
5/4/2023
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
HB0394
Food and Food Products
- As enacted, makes various changes to the Tennessee Meat and Poultry Inspection Act and establishes a state meat inspection program.
Effective date(s) 05/11/2023
6/2/2023
HB0433
Education
- As enacted, expands the eligibility criteria for an education savings account to include students zoned to attend an LEA with at least three schools identified as priority schools in 2015, and at least three schools identified as being in the bottom 10 percent of schools in 2017.
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 328
5/17/2023
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
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
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
HB0551
Adoption
- As enacted, makes various changes to adoption law.
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 263
5/3/2023
HB0606
Adoption
- As enacted, makes various revisions to present law relative to adoption.
Effective date(s) 07/01/2023
5/18/2023
HB0689
Bail, Bail Bonds
- As enacted, requires an officer to provide an alleged victim of certain criminal offenses with a document notifying the victim of the global positioning monitoring system used as a condition of bail.
Effective date(s) 07/01/2024
5/28/2024
HB0774
Local Government, General
- As enacted, enacts the "Protecting Tennessee Businesses and Workers Act."
Effective date(s) 04/28/2023
5/3/2023
HB0786
Teachers, Principals and School Personnel
- As enacted, creates a new pathway for honorably discharged veterans to receive an occupational teaching license.
Effective date(s) 07/01/2023
5/3/2023
HB0789
Taxes, Sales
- As introduced, increases, over a five-year period, from 4.6030 percent to 5.0909 percent, the share of state sales and use tax revenue appropriated to municipalities; reduces, over a five-year period, from 29.0141 percent to 28.5262 percent, the share of state sales and use tax revenue deposited to the state general fund.
Taken off notice for cal in s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee of Finance, Ways, and Means Committee
4/18/2023
HB0805
Consumer Protection
- As enacted, extends the prohibitions, requirements, and penalties that apply to telephone solicitations to text message solicitations.
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 126
4/18/2023
HB0817
Election Laws
- As enacted, prohibits members of local governing bodies to be elected through an election procedure that requires candidates to be nominated from a district and elected at large.
Effective date(s) 01/01/2024
5/19/2023
HB0818
School Transportation
- As enacted, revises present law provisions relative to cameras on school buses and failing to stop upon approaching a school bus that has stopped on the highway.
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 179
4/25/2023
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
HB1051
Mental Illness
- As enacted, authorizes certain licensed advanced practice nurses and physician assistants to execute a certificate of need if a person is admitted and detained by a hospital or treatment resource for emergency diagnosis, evaluation, and treatment; makes other revisions to the execution of certificates of need.
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 199
5/3/2023
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
HB1153
Naming and Designating
- As enacted, designates the National Guard Armory to be constructed in Warren County as the "Major General Terry Max Haston National Guard Armory".
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 478
5/24/2023
HB1187
Taxes, Sales
- As introduced, reduces, from 29.0141 percent to 28.5262 percent, the share of state sales and use tax revenue deposited to the state general fund; increases, from 4.6030 percent to 5.0909 percent, the share appropriated to municipalities.
Returned to the Clerk's Desk.
4/17/2024
HB1197
Regional Authorities and Special Districts
- As enacted, reconstitutes boards of directors for sports authorities in certain counties having a metropolitan form of government.
Effective date(s) 05/11/2023
5/24/2023
HB1202
Teachers, Principals and School Personnel
- As enacted, authorizes a faculty or staff member of a school to carry a concealed handgun on school grounds subject to certain conditions.
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 801
5/7/2024
HB1242
Criminal Offenses
- As enacted, makes it a Class A misdemeanor to knowingly possess xylazine; makes it a Class C felony to knowingly manufacture, deliver, or sell xylazine, or to knowingly possess xylazine with intent to manufacture, deliver, or sell xylazine; provides exceptions for veterinarians.
Effective date(s) 07/01/2023
5/24/2023
HB1259
Real Property
- As enacted, enacts anti-squatter laws.
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 1009
5/29/2024
HB1280
Elder Abuse
- As enacted, expands the offense of aggravated stalking to include a person who commits stalking against a victim who is at least 65 or older.
Effective date(s) 07/01/2023
5/24/2023
HB1296
Birth Control
- As introduced, requires the department of health to provide voluntary reversible long-acting contraception to women at no charge.
Assigned to s/c Population Health Subcommittee
2/7/2023
HB1307
Firearms and Ammunition
- As enacted, authorizes the department of safety to create a voucher program for the purpose of offsetting the cost of persons taking a handgun safety course for the first time; requires the department to report the number of courses taken using vouchers to the senate judiciary committee and house criminal justice committee.
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 445
5/24/2023
HB1366
Correction, Dept. of
- As enacted, requires the department to provide an inmate who is discharged from imprisonment for a felony offense and who intends to reside in this state with certain documentation to assist the inmate in obtaining post-release employment and to coordinate with the department of safety to provide a photo identification license if the inmate does not have a current photo identification license or driver license.
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 461
5/24/2023
HB1459
Criminal Offenses
- As enacted, creates a Class A misdemeanor for a warden or chief administrative officer employed by a penal institution, who knows that certain offenses have occurred within the institution, to fail to report such offenses to the district attorney general for the judicial district in which the institution is located and the district attorney general who prosecuted the offense for which the offender is incarcerated within five business days of becoming aware of the offense being committed; authorizes the court to order sentences to run consecutively if the court finds by a preponderance of the evidence that the defendant was incarcerated at the time of the offense and is convicted of an offense that is reportable by a warden or chief administrator.
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 347
5/24/2023
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
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
HB1642
Bail, Bail Bonds
- As enacted, revises various provisions regarding pretrial release of a defendant charged with a criminal offense to require the magistrate to give first consideration to ensuring the safety of the community when determining whether to impose conditions of release or require a deposit of bail.
Effective date(s) 07/01/2024
4/3/2024
HB1644
Education
- As enacted, requires each LEA, public charter school, private school, and church-related school to develop a procedure to determine the cause of a fire alarm activation, including the potential of an active shooter event; requires each LEA to coordinate with appropriate safety teams to incorporate the procedure; specifies that the procedure must be implemented no later than January 1, 2025.
Effective date(s) 03/12/2024
3/19/2024
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
HB1663
Sentencing
- As introduced, authorizes the death penalty as a punishment for rape of a child, aggravated rape of a child, or especially aggravated rape of a child.
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 951
5/13/2024
HB1674
Forests and Forest Products
- As introduced, authorizes the commissioner of agriculture and the state forester to promulgate rules for purposes of managing state forests; authorizes the commissioner and state forester to request assistance from law enforcement agencies for enforcement of provisions related to state forests; creates the Tennessee State Forest Resources Fund; makes additional changes related to the management of state forests.
No Action Taken
4/3/2024
HB1891
Children
- As enacted, creates the "Protecting Children from Social Media Act."
Effective date(s) 01/01/2025
5/13/2024
HB1922
Children
- As enacted, makes changes to the procedure for surrendering custody of an unwanted infant without criminal liability.
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 728
4/29/2024
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
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
HB2062
Traffic Safety
- As enacted, enacts the "Jacob (Jake) T. Barnhardt Act," which creates a street racing task force to study and determine best practices for curbing illegal street racing in this state.
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 1058
6/3/2024
HB2067
Children's Services, Dept. of
- As introduced, requires that a newborn safety device be installed in each county in this state.
Taken off notice for cal in s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee of Finance, Ways, and Means Committee
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
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
HB2145
Motor Vehicles, Titling and Registration
- As enacted, creates an offense for possessing or distributing a license plate flipper.
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 870
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
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
HB2553
Real Property
- As enacted, makes changes to law regarding restrictions on land purchases by sanctioned aliens or foreign entities.
Effective date(s) 05/21/2024, 01/01/2025
5/29/2024
HB2762
Consumer Protection
- As enacted, enacts the "Second Amendment Financial Privacy Act."
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 773
5/1/2024
HB2790
Criminal Offenses
- As enacted, establishes Class B misdemeanors for the tampering or otherwise making ineffective certain monitoring devices required as a condition of probation or parole; makes related changes.
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 874
5/13/2024
HB2845
DUI Offenses
- As enacted, enacts the "Tennessee Prevention of Drunk Driving Act."
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 961
5/13/2024
HB2873
State Government
- As enacted, authorizes the governor to remove a member of the autonomous inmate oversight board, whom the governor appointed, for cause; authorizes the speaker of the senate or the speaker of the house of representatives to remove a member of the board whom the respective speaker appointed for cause.
Effective date(s) 05/01/2024
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
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
4 resolutions(s) sponsored in the 113th General Assembly.
Bill Number
Composite Abstract
Last Action
Date
HJR0330
Memorials, Recognition
- Carol Evans
Signed by Governor.
3/29/2023
HJR0861
Memorials, Death
- Mike McMillan
Signed by Governor.
2/21/2024
HJR0938
Memorials, Death
- SPC Jeremy Daniel Evans, U.S. Army
Signed by Governor.
3/13/2024
HR7022
Memorials, Recognition
- Bob Bell
Signed by H. Speaker
8/29/2023
104 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
HJR0096
Memorials, Recognition
- Music Therapy Week
Signed by Governor.
3/19/2024
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
HJR0478
Memorials, Personal Achievement
- Trace Nystrom, Eagle Scout
Signed by Governor.
4/12/2023
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
HJR0537
Memorials, Recognition
- Brian Marsh, 2023 President of the Tennessee Road Builders Association
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
HJR0621
Memorials, Interns
- Katherine Tyler Staszewski
Signed by Governor.
5/5/2023
HJR0658
Memorials, Sports
- Fulton High School boys' basketball team, TSSAA Division I, Class 3A state champions
Signed by Governor.
5/9/2023
HJR0685
Constitutional Amendments
- Proposes an amendment to Article VII, Section 1 of the Constitution of Tennessee to specify the duties of the sheriff, trustee, register, county clerk, and assessor of property.
Taken off notice for cal in s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee of Finance, Ways, and Means Committee
3/27/2024
HJR0690
Memorials, Death
- Chief Warrant Officer 3 Stephen R. Dwyer, Chief Warrant Officer 2 Shane M. Barnes, Staff Sergeant Tanner W. Grone, Sergeant Andrew P. Southard, and Sergeant Cade M. Wolfe
Signed by Governor.
1/30/2024
HJR0749
General Assembly, Confirmation of Appointment
- Madge Cleveland, Heritage Conservation Trust Fund Board
H. subst. & concurred in SJR 844
2/12/2024
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
HJR0808
Memorials, Death
- Representative Frank Buck
Signed by Governor.
2/21/2024
HJR0810
Memorials, Government Officials
- Urges Governor Lee to deploy Tennessee National Guard to support Texas in its efforts to secure border.
Received from House, refer to Senate State & Local Government Committee
3/21/2024
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
HJR0844
General Assembly, Statement of Intent or Position
- Expresses support for bid to host Special Olympics USA Games in Tennessee.
Signed by Governor.
4/9/2024
HJR0920
Memorials, Sports
- Todd Helton, Baseball Hall of Fame
Signed by Governor.
3/1/2024
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
HJR0983
Memorials, Retirement
- Mike Caylor
Signed by Governor.
3/13/2024
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
HJR1135
Memorials, Personal Occasion
- Trula Wanda Massingale, 100th birthday
Signed by Governor.
4/9/2024
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
HJR1330
Memorials, Retirement
- Roger D. Campbell
Signed by Governor.
4/22/2024
HJR1461
Memorials, Death
- Kylie Roberto
Signed by Governor.
5/9/2024
HJR1504
Memorials, Retirement
- Kim McCaster Cox
Signed by Governor.
5/9/2024
HJR7023
Memorials, Death
- Representative Bill Beck
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
HR0035
Memorials, Recognition
- Vietnam Veterans Day
Signed by H. Speaker
3/16/2023
HR0084
Memorials, Death
- David Burnett
Signed by H. Speaker
4/20/2023
HR0087
Memorials, Sports
- Carol Zachary Mitchell, 1,000th career win
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
HR0123
Memorials, Heroism
- Robert Dial
Signed by H. Speaker
3/26/2024
HR0155
Memorials, Retirement
- Master Sergeant Robert D. Davis, Jr., United States Air Force
Signed by H. Speaker
4/18/2024
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
SJR0124
Memorials, Death
- Tyre D. Nichols
Signed by Governor.
1/31/2023
SJR0125
Memorials, Recognition
- Testicular Cancer Awareness Month, April 2023
Signed by H. Speaker
9/19/2023
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
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
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
SJR0358
Memorials, Interns
- Laura Grace Jenkins
Signed by Governor.
4/17/2023
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
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
SJR0844
General Assembly, Confirmation of Appointment
- Madge Cleveland, Heritage Conservation Trust Fund Board
Signed by Governor.
2/14/2024
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
SJR0924
Naming and Designating
- Designates March 2024 as "Certified Government Financial Manager Month."
Signed by Governor.
4/4/2024
SJR1020
Memorials, Recognition
- Vietnam War Veterans
Signed by Governor.
3/11/2024
SJR1085
Memorials, Death
- Pat Halloran
Signed by Governor.
3/22/2024
SJR1116
Memorials, Professional Achievement
- Logan Peterson, Knox County Schools High School Teacher of the Year
Signed by Governor.
3/28/2024
SJR1117
Memorials, Professional Achievement
- Natalee Elkins, Knox County Schools Middle School Teacher of the Year
Signed by Governor.
3/28/2024
SJR1414
Memorials, Recognition
- Arab American Heritage Month
Signed by Governor.
5/2/2024
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
SJR7093
Memorials, Recognition
- DeRoyal Industries, 50th anniversary
Objected to on Consent Calendar.
8/29/2023
SJR7137
Memorials, Personal Occasion
- Clara Jewel Hall Hughes, 103rd birthday
Objected to on Consent Calendar.
8/29/2023