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Representative Cochran,
23rd Representative District
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28 bill(s) sponsored in the 113th General Assembly.
Bill Number
Composite Abstract
Last Action
Date
HB0387
Comptroller, State
- As introduced, requires the office of research and education accountability within the office of the comptroller of the treasury to report its findings on projects assigned to it by the general assembly twice annually, instead of annually, to the general assembly.
P2C, caption bill, held on desk - pending amdt.
2/1/2023
HB0534
Local Education Agencies
- As introduced, allows a student who did not test proficient in English language arts (ELA) on the Tennessee comprehensive assessment program test administered to the student in third grade, but who was promoted to fourth grade after attending a learning loss bridge camp, to be promoted to fifth grade if the student's parent or guardian mutually agrees with the LEA or public charter school in which the student is enrolled that the student has shown adequate growth in ELA based on the student's grades or performance on assessments administered to the student in fourth grade.
Taken off notice for cal in s/c K-12 Subcommittee of Education Administration
3/14/2023
HB0535
Criminal Offenses
- As enacted, enacts "Dillard's Law," which allows the surviving parent or guardian of a child whose parent was a victim of vehicular homicide to convert a restitution order for child maintenance payments to a civil judgment at any time rather than following conclusion of the defendant's sentence.
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 217
5/3/2023
HB0536
Tennessee Fish & Wildlife Commission
- As enacted, adds to qualifications for appointment to the commission that commissioners be well informed on boating operation, regulation, and safety.
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 120
4/18/2023
HB0537
Game and Fish Laws
- As enacted, deletes the requirement that proceeds from the sale of lifetime sportsman licenses be deposited into the lifetime sportsman endowment fund.
Effective date(s) 04/28/2023
5/3/2023
HB1269
Teachers, Principals and School Personnel
- As enacted, specifies that a teacher or other employee of a public school or LEA is not required to refer to a student using the student's preferred pronoun if the pronoun is not consistent with the student's biological sex; insulates a teacher or other employee of a public school or LEA from civil liability and adverse employment action for referring to a student using the pronoun that is consistent with the student's biological sex.
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 448
5/24/2023
HB1271
Local Education Agencies
- As enacted, enacts the "Access and Opportunity Act."
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 165
4/25/2023
HB1272
Medical Occupations
- As introduced, expands the scope of practice for physician assistants, subject to increased regulatory oversight by the board of physician assistants as part of such expanded practice.
Assigned to s/c Health Subcommittee
2/7/2023
HB1273
Commerce and Insurance, Dept. of
- As introduced, permits the commissioner to submit to the governor by electronic means the required annual report of all official department transactions for the preceding year.
P2C, caption bill, held on desk - pending amdt.
2/2/2023
HB1274
Taxes, Privilege
- As introduced, repeals the professional privilege tax for tax years that begin on and after June 1, 2024.
Taken off notice for cal in s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee of Finance, Ways, and Means Committee
4/18/2023
HB1297
Children
- As introduced, removes an obsolete cross-reference to a statute that was repealed in 2010.
Assigned to s/c Health Subcommittee
2/15/2023
HB1457
Professions and Occupations
- As introduced, increases the length of notice the executive director of the board must give a person holding a current licensure registration to practice as a professional or registered nurse that the renewal fee is due, from 60 days to 65 days prior to the due date of the renewal fee.
Taken off notice for cal in s/c Health Subcommittee of Health Committee
1/30/2024
HB1558
Niota
- Subject to local approval, requires the salary of the mayor and commissioners be set by ordinance in conjunction with the annual budget rather than pursuant to fixed amounts in the charter; removes general supervisory authority of the commissioner of finance and taxation over the city library; removes requirement that the city administrator report directly to the mayor and board of commissioners; removes residency requirement for city administrator.
Pr. Ch. 18
5/24/2023
HB2098
Education
- As introduced, increases the number of credits, from three to four, a student in a work-based learning program can earn in a year; reduces the number of hours of supervised work experience, from 10 to five, required for a student in a work-based learning program to earn one additional credit; reduces the number of hours of supervised work experience, from 20 to five, required for a student in a work-based learning program to earn additional credits.
Assigned to s/c K-12 Subcommittee
1/30/2024
HB2099
District Attorneys
- As introduced, requires the clerk of every court having jurisdiction of criminal offenses to include a $12.50 charge in every cost bill, to be remitted to the county government to provide support services for the purpose of promoting public safety at the sole discretion of the district attorney general; takes effect upon two-thirds vote of the county legislative body or, if the county is imposing a similar fee to benefit the public defender’s office, upon written request and notice by the district attorney general to the county executive and the circuit court clerk of such county.
Taken off notice for cal. in Finance, Ways, and Means Committee
4/9/2024
HB2240
Taxes, Hotel Motel
- As enacted, requires a municipality levying the hotel-motel tax under general law to submit a report annually detailing the amount of revenue spent by the municipality, and its subordinate contractors, and how those expenditures have been designated and used for tourism and tourism development; makes related changes.
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 1016
5/31/2024
HB2241
Taxes, Hotel Motel
- As introduced, removes the requirement that the notice of delinquent hotel-motel taxpayers be published once a week for two consecutive weeks in the month of January.
Taken off notice for cal in s/c Property & Planning Subcommittee of Local Government Committee
3/27/2024
HB2290
Tennessee Fish & Wildlife Commission
- As introduced, updates the title of the person who stands in the place of the director of TWRA in the director's absence or if there's a vacancy in the office of director, from assistant director to deputy director.
P2C, caption bill, held on desk - pending amdt.
2/1/2024
HB2479
Business and Commerce
- As enacted, declares that an intrastate commercial good that is produced in this state and that remains within the borders of this state is generally not subject to federal law or federal regulation under the authority of congress to regulate interstate commerce.
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 1040
5/31/2024
HB2480
Milk, Dairy Products
- As enacted, enacts the "Whole Milk for Healthy Kids Act," which authorizes each local board of education and public charter school governing body to establish policies for its public schools to offer students whole milk options through bulk milk dispensers.
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 681
4/17/2024
HB2537
Marriage
- As enacted, requires former and current district attorneys general, in order to solemnize the rite of matrimony, to opt in by filing notice of intention to solemnize the rite of matrimony with the office of vital records.
Effective date(s) 04/22/2024
5/1/2024
HB2538
Criminal Offenses
- As introduced, creates the criminal offense of recklessly, by any means of communication, threatening to commit an act of mass violence and the threat causes a reasonable expectation or reasonable fear of the commission of an act of mass violence.
Taken off notice for cal in s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee of Finance, Ways, and Means Committee
4/17/2024
HB2772
Economic and Community Development, Dept. of
- As introduced, requires the comptroller of the treasury to report to the finance, ways and means committee of the senate and the finance, ways and means committee of the house of representatives on the utilization of funds for the Tennessee job skills program, administered by the department of economic and community development, by February 1 annually.
P2C, caption bill, held on desk - pending amdt.
2/5/2024
HB2773
Health Care
- As enacted, enacts the "Cassie Wright Act," which makes changes to law relative to a parent, legal guardian, or legal custodian having access to certain medical information of their unemancipated minor.
Effective date(s) 04/22/2024
5/1/2024
HB2990
Athens
- Subject to local approval, sets a term limit of three terms for members of the city council; specifies the emergency management powers of the mayor; changes references from "councilman" to "councilperson".
Pr. Ch. 60
5/13/2024
HB7016
Criminal Offenses
- As introduced, creates the criminal offense of recklessly, by any means of communication, threatening to commit an act of mass violence; requires the court to determine whether a defendant charged with threatening to commit an act of mass violence is a threat to the public prior to release on bail.
Withdrawn.
8/28/2023
HB7058
Mental Illness
- As introduced, expands the statutory duty that qualified mental health professionals and licensed behavior analysts have to notify potential victims and law enforcement of an actual threat of bodily harm against a clearly identified victim made by a person receiving mental health services to apply to additional healthcare providers and include credible threats without a clearly identifiable victim.
Taken off notice for cal in s/c Health Subcommittee of Health Committee
8/22/2023
HB7081
Criminal Offenses
- As introduced, expands the information a person with knowledge of a threat of mass violence must report to the local law enforcement agency to include the approximate age of the person making the threat.
Placed on s/c cal Criminal Justice Subcommittee of 1st Extraordinary Session for 8/29/2023
8/28/2023
178 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
HB0002
Public Health
- As enacted, makes permanent various provisions regarding COVID-19.
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 48
5/17/2023
HB0009
Obscenity and Pornography
- As enacted, creates an offense for a person who engages in an adult cabaret performance on public property or in a location where the adult cabaret performance could be viewed by a person who is not an adult.
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 2
3/22/2023
HB0017
Holidays and Days of Special Observance
- As enacted, designates the month of May as "Silver Alert Awareness Month."
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 36
3/23/2023
HB0027
Scholarships and Financial Aid
- As enacted, allows a student who earns the student's first baccalaureate degree in less than the projected completion time to continue to receive the Tennessee HOPE scholarship in pursuit of an advanced degree.
Effective date(s) 05/11/2023, 07/01/2023
5/18/2023
HB0028
Annexation
- As introduced, deletes requirement that municipalities adopt a comprehensive growth plan and have an approved urban growth boundary prior to annexing unincorporated territory.
Taken off notice for cal in s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee of Finance, Ways, and Means Committee
4/17/2024
HB0030
Local Government, General
- As introduced, requires a person to obtain a valid entertainer permit from the adult-oriented establishment board, in those jurisdictions with a board, prior to performing adult cabaret entertainment for compensation; prohibits public, private, and commercial establishments from allowing persons under the age of 18 to attend a performance featuring adult cabaret entertainment.
Received from House, Passed on First Consideration
3/9/2023
HB0053
Fairs
- As enacted, substitutes a representative of the Tennessee Association of Fairs for the Association's executive director as a member of the state fair and exposition commission.
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 19
3/23/2023
HB0054
Commerce and Insurance, Dept. of
- As enacted, permits the commissioner to require submission of a set of fingerprints by an investment adviser representative applicant; updates when registration as an issuer-dealer becomes effective after submission of an application; and makes other various changes regarding the regulation of financial services.
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 112
4/18/2023
HB0055
Health Care
- As introduced, removes the ability of a health insurance carrier to disregard an insured's assignment of health insurance benefits to an out-of-network facility-based physician under certain conditions.
Withdrawn.
1/20/2023
HB0056
Law Enforcement
- As introduced, allows any qualified permanent legal resident of the United States to be certified as a law enforcement officer and not just a permanent legal resident who is an honorably discharged military veteran; prohibits the POST commission from certifying a person decertified in another state because of criminal or other misconduct; requires the commission to evaluate the qualifications of a person certified as a law enforcement officer in another state by reviewing the person's training, practical experience, and education.
Withdrawn.
1/20/2023
HB0057
Insurance Companies, Agents, Brokers, Policies
- As enacted, makes various changes to the Insurance Holding Company System Act, including a requirement to file an annual group capital calculation, requirements regarding the use and filing of results of a liquidity stress test, and other related changes.
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 23
3/23/2023
HB0058
Correction, Dept. of
- As introduced, extends, from 10 days to 15 days after the injury or death, the period of time within which a prison warden must report to the commissioner the death or injury of an inmate by violence or accident.
Caption bill, held on desk - pending amdt.
1/12/2023
HB0059
Criminal Offenses
- As introduced, increases from 45 days to 60 days the time period a temporary injunction enjoining a person from removing certain material relevant to a violation of certain criminal offenses from the jurisdiction of the court may remain in effect before it terminates.
Caption bill, held on desk - pending amdt.
1/12/2023
HB0060
Sentencing
- As introduced, extends, from five working days to 10 working days, the time within which the clerk of a court sentencing a person to a special alternative incarceration unit must mail to the department of correction a certified copy of the sentence and indictment, a personal history statement, and an affidavit of the custodian provided by the sheriff of the county.
Caption bill, held on desk - pending amdt.
1/12/2023
HB0061
Correction, Dept. of
- As introduced, increases, from within 90 days to within 120 days of receipt by the department of a valid judgment of conviction, the time period within which the department must notify the victim witness coordinator of the county of conviction of the currently scheduled parole hearing date when the inmate will be eligible for parole consideration.
Caption bill, held on desk - pending amdt.
1/12/2023
HB0062
Children's Services, Dept. of
- As enacted, makes changes to the compensation of teachers in the special school district.
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 84
4/18/2023
HB0063
Children
- As introduced, specifies that a copy of the order obtained by prospective adoptive parents terminating parental or guardianship rights must be filed as an exhibit to a petition for adoption and must be certified by the clerk of the court that entered the order.
Caption bill, held on desk - pending amdt.
1/12/2023
HB0064
Human Services, Dept. of
- As enacted, increases, from three to four years, the duration of Tennessee opportunity pilot programs for which temporary assistance for needy families (TANF) program funds must be dedicated; extends, from 12 to 18 months, the length of time following the end of each federal fiscal year by which the department must spend all unobligated TANF program funds; makes other related revisions.
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 51
3/28/2023
HB0065
Human Services, Dept. of
- As enacted, changes the department's periodic review of the child support guidelines from every three years from the date of promulgation to every four years.
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 40
3/23/2023
HB0066
Health Care
- As enacted, authorizes the department of intellectual and developmental disabilities to provide home health services to outpatients through its administration of the Tennessee Early Intervention System and the home- and community-based services provided through such system.
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 24
3/23/2023
HB0067
Hospitals and Health Care Facilities
- As introduced, increases the allowable number of beds in private for-profit and private not-for-profit intermediate care facilities for individuals with intellectual disabilities from 668 to 804.
Withdrawn.
1/20/2023
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
HB0069
Education
- As introduced, extends, from 30 days to 45 days, the period of time before a teacher on leave is scheduled to return to work that the teacher must give the director of schools notice if the teacher does not intend to return to the position from which the teacher is on leave.
Caption bill, held on desk - pending amdt.
1/12/2023
HB0070
Tennessee Investment in Student Achievement (TISA)
- As introduced, directs the department of education to publish the TISA guide on its website.
Caption bill, held on desk - pending amdt.
1/12/2023
HB0071
Public Contracts
- As enacted, prohibits a party from protesting a solicitation for a public contract if the party cancels the solicitation; revises bonding requirements for submitting a protest or an appeal of a decision to a protest to the chief procurement officer or protest committee; establishes certain restrictions on the contractual terms of public contracts.
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 113
4/18/2023
HB0072
Public Records
- As enacted, removes a requirement to preserve leases to which the state is a party on microfilm and instead requires preservation of such leases on appropriate electronic or other storage media.
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 25
3/23/2023
HB0073
Labor and Workforce Development, Dept. of
- As introduced, updates the maximum potential penalties for violations of the Tennessee Occupational Safety and Health Act to match those allowed under federal law.
Caption bill, held on desk - pending amdt.
1/12/2023
HB0074
Education
- As enacted, updates the terms "general education development credential," "high school equivalency test," and variations of the terms to "high school equivalency credential."
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 114
4/18/2023
HB0075
Drug and Alcohol Rehabilitation
- As enacted, authorizes the responding law enforcement officer or the district attorney general's office to extend criminal immunity to persons who are experiencing a subsequent drug overdose and who are seeking medical assistance.
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 41
3/23/2023
HB0076
Motor Vehicles, Titling and Registration
- As enacted, eliminates the disabled license plate fee for a parent or guardian of an individual who is permanently and totally confined to a wheelchair and who does not own or operate a vehicle; discontinues the honorary consular cultural plate.
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 52
3/28/2023
HB0077
DUI Offenses
- As enacted, requires that any ignition interlock device that is installed on or after January 1, 2024, employ global positioning system (GPS) technology that will geotag the motor vehicle's location whenever an initial startup test, a random retest, or a skipped test occurs, or when circumvention of the device is detected.
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 20
3/23/2023
HB0078
Driver Licenses
- As enacted, requires proof of financial responsibility be maintained for the period of a driver license's suspension or revocation rather than for a period of three years in order for a person's registration to not be suspended or revoked when the commissioner of safety suspends or revokes the person's license by reason of a conviction; makes other revisions related to compliance with proof of financial responsibility requirements.
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 336
5/17/2023
HB0079
Motor Vehicles, Titling and Registration
- As introduced, extends from 30 to 60 days the period by which a business entity that maintains a fleet of 200 or more motor vehicles and that has contracted with the department of revenue to provide titling and registration of the vehicle fleet to comply with certificate of title requirements before incurring a delinquency penalty.
Caption bill, held on desk - pending amdt.
1/12/2023
HB0080
Water Pollution
- As enacted, specifies that underground injection activities authorized by rule are not subject to the general five-year term limit for discharge permits under the Water Quality Control Act of 1977.
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 85
4/18/2023
HB0081
Environment and Conservation, Department of
- As enacted, allows the department to disclose motor vehicle accident reports to authorized persons relating to a guest's use of state parks.
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 26
3/23/2023
HB0082
Workers Compensation
- As enacted, makes various changes to the Workers' Compensation Law.
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 145
4/18/2023
HB0090
Local Government, General
- As enacted, prohibits local governments from expending funds for the purposes of assisting a person in obtaining a criminal abortion.
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 168
4/25/2023
HB0158
Education
- As enacted, prohibits a local education agency, public charter school, public institution of higher education, the state board of education, and the department of education from requiring an educator, employee of an LEA or charter school, faculty member, or employee of a public institution of higher education to complete or participate in implicit bias training; defines "implicit bias training"; prohibits adverse licensure and employment actions from being taken against such an individual for the individual's failure or refusal to participate in implicit bias training.
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 438
5/24/2023
HB0239
Statutes and Codification
- As enacted, adds "sex" as a defined term for statutory construction purposes.
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 486
5/24/2023
HB0252
Schools, Home
- As enacted, removes the requirement that a parent-teacher of a home school student provide proof of the student's immunizations and receipt of health services or examinations required by law generally for children in this state to the local education agency; exempts home school students from the immunization requirements applicable to students attending a school, nursery school, kindergarten, preschool, or child care facility; authorizes an LEA, in situations where a home school student participates in an LEA-sponsored interscholastic or extracurricular activity or event, to request and receive proof that the student received a health service or examination that is required for the LEA's students to participate in the activity or event.
Effective date(s) 04/28/2023
5/2/2023
HB0312
Adoption
- As enacted, makes various changes in regard to maintaining and securing documents in certain parental rights proceedings and the grounds for termination of parental rights.
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 253
5/3/2023
HB0313
Law Enforcement
- As enacted, prohibits the POST commission from certifying a person decertified in another state because of criminal or other misconduct; requires the commission to evaluate the qualifications of a person certified as a law enforcement officer in another state by reviewing the person's training, practical experience, and education.
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 27
3/23/2023
HB0314
Insurance Companies, Agents, Brokers, Policies
- As enacted, makes changes to the law regarding assignment of benefits to a healthcare provider; removes provisions of law relative to the collection of out-of-network charges by healthcare facilities.
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 42
3/23/2023
HB0315
Hospitals and Health Care Facilities
- As enacted, revises law relative to the total number of beds in private for-profit and private not-for-profit intermediate care facilities for individuals with intellectual disabilities (ICF/1ID).
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 254
5/3/2023
HB0316
Financial Institutions, Dept. of
- As enacted, enacts the "Money Transmission Modernization Act."
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 115
4/18/2023
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
HB0318
Children
- As enacted, revises present law provisions governing adoption and foster care.
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 187
5/3/2023
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
HB0320
Taxes, Sales
- As enacted, clarifies that machinery, equipment, and associated parts used by the department of general services or a contracted entity for the Megasite Authority of West Tennessee is included in the definition of "industrial machinery" for purposes of sales and use taxes.
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 53
3/28/2023
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
HB0323
Taxes
- As enacted, makes various revisions to present tax law.
Effective date(s) 05/05/2023, 04/01/2024, 01/01/2024, 07/01/2024, 01/01/2025
5/19/2023
HB0324
Public Employees
- As enacted, makes various changes to present law pertaining to leave for state employees.
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 216
5/3/2023
HB0325
Opioids
- As enacted, permanently extends the present law, which is set to terminate on July 1, 2023, that establishes limitations on the prescription of opioids and authorizes the promulgation of rules related to the calculation of those limitations and makes other changes relative to opioids; makes related changes.
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 188
5/3/2023
HB0326
Education
- As introduced, extends the repeal date for the Virtual Public Schools Act from June 30, 2023, to June 30, 2027.
Assigned to s/c K-12 Subcommittee
1/30/2023
HB0327
Governor
- As enacted, removes the requirement that the nonprofit partner of the governor's office of faith-based and community initiatives use its own revenues to cover the cost of the nonprofit partner's activities; removes the prohibition on a state employee benefitting from the nonprofit partner's activities; prohibits a state employee from receiving compensation from funds received by the nonprofit partner; removes the statement of the general assembly's intent that the state not realize any increased cost as a result of such office.
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 146
4/18/2023
HB0328
Public Funds and Financing
- As enacted, renames the "Tennessee Local Development Authority Act" to be the "Tennessee Local Development Authority Public Safety Protection Act of 2023" and makes various changes to its existing provisions.
Effective date(s) 05/11/2023
5/19/2023
HB0329
Teachers, Principals and School Personnel
- As enacted, generally increases the base salaries in the state salary schedule for teachers formulated by the commissioner of education; prohibits an LEA from deducting dues from the wages of the LEA's employees for a professional employees' organization.
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 437
5/24/2023
HB0330
Children
- As introduced, deletes provisions related to a report regarding the status of the development of a plan for a statewide system of care for children's mental health due by February 1, 2009, and plans regarding implementation of the system of children's mental health care statewide due by July 1, 2010, and July 1, 2012, all of which were submitted by the council on children's mental health care to the governor, the judiciary, education, and health and welfare committees of the senate and the civil justice, education, and health committees of the house of representatives.
Taken off notice for cal in s/c Children & Family Affairs Subcommittee of Civil Justice Committee
3/21/2023
HB0465
Motor Vehicles, Titling and Registration
- As enacted, enacts the "Representative Darren Jernigan Act," which requires, beginning on January 1, 2025, and each year thereafter, the department of revenue to verify that the owner of each disabled parking placard has not died; requires the department to promptly invalidate a disabled parking placard if the recipient of the placard is found to be deceased.
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 726
4/29/2024
HB0483
Local Government, General
- As enacted, prohibits political subdivisions from prohibiting, based on the type or source of energy to be delivered to an individual customer, the sale or installation of an appliance utilized for cooking, space heating, water heating, or another end use.
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 45
3/23/2023
HB0835
Election Laws
- As enacted, requires the coordinator of elections to compare the statewide voter registration database with the department of safety database to ensure non-United States citizens are not registered to vote in this state.
Effective date(s) 05/03/2024
5/13/2024
HB0882
Election Laws
- As enacted, allows a candidate to demand and receive a list of all voters who changed their residential address at the polling place; requires a recount to include the verification of any address of residence changed at the polling place.
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 204
5/3/2023
HB0962
Local Education Agencies
- As enacted, authorizes an LEA to award a high school student credit for a course offered by the LEA's high school if the student attains a qualifying score on the course's final examination without requiring the student to enroll in the course.
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 269
5/3/2023
HB0976
Firefighters
- As enacted, enacts the "James 'Dustin' Samples Act."
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 465
5/24/2023
HB0993
Mining and Quarrying
- As enacted, makes changes to the Primacy and Reclamation Act of Tennessee.
Effective date(s) 05/11/2023
5/18/2023
HB1016
Education
- As enacted, makes various changes to the present law relative to the offense of communicating a threat concerning a school employee.
Effective date(s) 07/01/2024
5/13/2024
HB1061
Commerce and Insurance, Dept. of
- As enacted, creates the Tennessee-Ireland trade commission.
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 1014
5/31/2024
HB1127
Motor Vehicles
- As enacted, removes the limitation that ATVs and off-highway vehicles may be operated on a certain segment of State Route 62 and State Route 330 within the Town of Oliver Springs in Anderson County only two weekends per year.
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 522
3/19/2024
HB1176
Regional Authorities and Special Districts
- As enacted, makes changes relative to the board of commissioners for certain airport authorities.
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 488
5/24/2023
HB1189
Remedies and Special Proceedings
- As enacted, limits the circumstances under which a qualified civil liability action may be brought against certain manufacturers, dealers, and sellers of firearms and related products.
Effective date(s) 07/01/2023
5/24/2023
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
HB1275
Professions and Occupations
- As introduced, exempts security guards and officers who are retired law enforcement officers with 20 or more years of service and who retired in good standing from certain training requirements.
Taken off notice for cal. in Calendar & Rules Committee
3/16/2023
HB1277
Historical Sites and Preservation
- As enacted, removes authorization for the chief executive of a city or county, with the approval of the local legislative body, to fill a vacancy or remove an appointed member on a historic zoning commission.
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 175
4/25/2023
HB1346
Real Property
- As enacted, prohibits this state and its political subdivisions from adopting or implementing policy recommendations that deliberately or inadvertently infringe or restrict private property rights without due process, as may be required by policy recommendations originating in, or traceable to, "Agenda 21," adopted by the United Nations in 1992 at its Conference on Environment and Development, the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the U.N.'s proposal to reach net zero emissions by 2050, or any other international law or ancillary plan of action that contravenes the constitution of the United States or the constitution of this state.
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 479
5/24/2023
HB1376
Education, Higher
- As enacted, enacts the "Tennessee Higher Education Freedom of Expression and Transparency Act."
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 268
5/3/2023
HB1384
Criminal Offenses
- As enacted, adds aggravated prostitution convictions as eligible for expunction if certain requirements are met; removes such offense as "a sexual offense" or "violent sexual offense" for which a person is required to register on sexual offender registries; authorizes a prior offender who is required to register because the offender was convicted of such offense that was committed prior to July 1, 2024, to file a request for termination of registration requirements with the TBI headquarters.
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 545
3/19/2024
HB1431
Public Employees
- As enacted, increases the pay schedule for certain assistant district attorneys general, assistant district public defenders, district investigators, and criminal investigators.
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 460
5/24/2023
HB1492
Criminal Offenses
- As enacted, generally requires by January 1, 2024, each law enforcement agency to develop and enforce a policy that prohibits an officer from using a drone or other substantially similar device as a weapon under any circumstances while in the exercise of the officer's official duties; requires a law enforcement agency to permit an officer qualified to operate a drone to utilize a drone or a substantially similar device for the purpose of remotely detonating a bomb or similar incendiary or explosive device.
Effective date(s) 04/28/2023
5/3/2023
HB1542
Bond Issues
- As enacted, authorizes the state to issue and sell bonds of up to $83,800,000.
Effective date(s) 05/11/2023
5/17/2023
HB1543
Budget Procedures
- As enacted, increases, for FY 23-24, the state employer match to 200 percent of the amount contributed by each state employee to the state's 401(k) plan per month, up to a maximum of $100 per month.
Effective date(s) 05/11/2023
5/17/2023
HB1544
Appropriations
- As enacted, authorizes the index of appropriations from state tax revenues for 2022-2023 fiscal year to exceed the index of estimated growth in the state's economy by $2,536,600,000 or 11.45 percent.
Effective date(s) 05/11/2023
5/17/2023
HB1545
Appropriations
- As enacted, makes appropriations for the fiscal years beginning July 1, 2022, and July 1, 2023.
Effective date(s) 07/01/2023
5/17/2023
HB1597
State Symbols
- As enacted, designates hot slaw as an official state food.
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 546
3/19/2024
HB1613
State Symbols
- As enacted, designates “Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree” by Brenda Lee as the official state holiday song; requires the secretary of state to include the song in the Tennessee Blue Book.
Effective date(s) 04/16/2024
4/22/2024
HB1614
Consumer Protection
- As enacted, enacts the "Protect Tennessee Minors Act"; requires an individual or commercial entity that publishes or distributes in this state a website that contains a substantial portion of material harmful to minors to perform reasonable age-verification methods to verify the age of individuals attempting to access the material; specifies that a violation of age-verification or data retention requirements is a Class C felony.
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 1021
5/31/2024
HB1620
Law Enforcement
- As enacted, deletes the July 1, 2024, termination date for Chapter 462 of the Public Acts of 2021, allowing a law enforcement agency to continue to use a drone to search for and collect evidence or obtain information with the consent of a private property owner, in case of a natural emergency, or to investigate a crime that is occurring or has occurred.
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 524
3/15/2024
HB1625
Mental Illness
- As enacted, requires a qualified mental health professional or behavior analyst to warn or protect an identified victim or group of people when the professional or analyst determines that a service recipient has communicated an intent for actual threat of bodily harm; requires the professional or behavior analyst to report such threat; provides immunity from civil, criminal, and regulatory liability for a professional or analyst who takes reasonable action to warn or protect identified victims or groups and to report such threat.
Effective date(s) 04/23/2024
5/1/2024
HB1640
Mental Illness
- As enacted, enacts "Jillian's Law," which makes various changes relative to being adjudicated as a mental defective or judicially committed to a mental institution, including requiring a person judicially committed to remain committed until the competency of the person to stand trial is restored or, if competency is unable to be restored but the person no longer meets the standard, until the court with criminal jurisdiction over the charges approves a mandatory outpatient treatment plan that accounts for the safety of the community.
Effective date(s) 07/01/2024
5/1/2024
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
HB1647
Budget Procedures
- As enacted, requires all requests for amendments to county budgets by county departments and other entities to be approved by the department or entity seeking the amendment prior to being submitted to the county legislative body for consideration; applies only to counties that have adopted the Local Option Budgeting Law of 1993.
Effective date(s) 07/01/2024
3/26/2024
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
HB1675
Foster Care
- As enacted, expands the eligibility for reimbursement as a relative caregiver by removing the income limitations and including a relative caregiver who meets the eligibility requirements and has been awarded custody by an order of any court.
Effective date(s) 07/01/2024
3/26/2024
HB1676
Children
- As enacted, specifies that a juvenile court proceeding may be commenced by the taking of a child into custody or the removal of custody from a parent or legal guardian; requires the juvenile court in a dependency and neglect proceeding to determine whether a parent, guardian, relative, or caregiver of the child cannot be excluded as a perpetrator of severe child abuse against the child; prohibits a juvenile court from returning a child victim of severe child abuse to the custody of a person who cannot be excluded as the perpetrator unless certain circumstances are met; makes various other changes.
Effective date(s) 07/01/2024
4/3/2024
HB1677
Publications, State
- As introduced, revises provisions relative to the manner in which the department of general services contracts for, prints, and distributes publications of state departments and agencies.
Withdrawn.
1/22/2024
HB1678
Health, Dept. of
- As enacted, transfers certain duties and authority regarding data reported by health facilities from the executive director of the health facilities commission to the department; requires licensed birthing centers to report claims data on discharges to the department at least quarterly; removes requirement that an owner of a hospital that closes must submit to the department a report of the statistical particulars relative to the hospital's patients for the fiscal year.
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 557
3/19/2024
HB1679
Dentists and Dentistry
- As enacted, generally prohibits a licensed dentist from allowing, under general supervision, more than three dental hygienists to work at any one time; authorizes a dentist to supervise, under direct supervision, no more than 10 dental hygienists while the dentist and each hygienist are providing dental services on a volunteer basis through a nonprofit provider of free mobile clinics; authorizes a dentist to supervise, under general supervision, no more than five dental hygienists if the dentist and dental hygienists work for the department of health, a county or metropolitan health department, or an entity that participates in the state safety net program for the uninsured.
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 561
3/19/2024
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
HB1681
Vocational Training and Rehabilitation
- As enacted, terminates the statewide advisory board for community-based vocational rehabilitation services with no wind down period; maintains the existing authority and responsibilities of local advisory boards.
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 558
3/19/2024
HB1682
Mental Illness
- As enacted, makes changes to the law relative to emergency involuntary admission to inpatient treatment and judicial commitment for nonemergency involuntary inpatient treatment.
Effective date(s) 07/01/2024
5/1/2024
HB1683
Controlled Substances
- As enacted, removes obsolete references to federal law that pertain to the prescription of certain controlled substances.
Effective date(s) 03/15/2024
3/26/2024
HB1684
Tennessee Emergency Management Agency (TEMA)
- As enacted, enacts the "Resilient Tennessee Revolving Loan Fund Act."
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 686
4/17/2024
HB1685
Motor Vehicles, Titling and Registration
- As introduced, removes the requirement that the department of revenue submit quarterly reports to the transportation committees of both houses on its progress toward completion of the updated computerized titling and registration system; deletes the requirement that the commissioner appear before the committees annually to report on the system's status.
P2C, caption bill, held on desk - pending amdt.
1/10/2024
HB1686
Taxes
- As introduced, extends, from February 1, 2030, to February 1, 2031, the last year for which the department of revenue is required to annually report to the speakers of both houses and to the chairs of the finance, ways and means committees regarding sales tax collected on electronic nicotine delivery devices.
P2C, caption bill, held on desk - pending amdt.
1/10/2024
HB1687
Emergency Communications Districts
- As enacted, authorizes a nurse practitioner or physician assistant to perform the mandatory physical examination of a public safety dispatcher or emergency call taker if the physical examination is included in the written protocol developed by the supervising physician and nurse practitioner or physician assistant.
Effective date(s) 07/01/2024
3/19/2024
HB1688
Driver Licenses
- As enacted, deletes the provision authorizing a municipality or county to pass an ordinance or resolution permitting a person charged with violating certain traffic ordinances or statutes to deposit the person's driver license with the court in lieu of bail.
Effective date(s) 03/07/2024
3/19/2024
HB1689
Solid Waste Disposal
- As enacted, expands the permitted uses for money received by a county for each tire sold in the county to include removal of illegally disposed waste tires from public or private property; authorizes the department of environment and conservation to provide funds to a local government for the investigation and clean-up of unpermitted waste tire disposal sites; makes other related changes.
Effective date(s) 03/27/2024, 07/01/2025
4/3/2024
HB1690
Highways, Roads and Bridges
- As introduced, requires the sheriff to give the parties involved in a lawsuit to secure an easement or right-of-way four days' notice of the time and place of the proceeding before a jury instead of three days' notice.
P2C, caption bill, held on desk - pending amdt.
1/10/2024
HB1691
TennCare
- As enacted, requires compliance with federal law regarding third-party liability.
Effective date(s) 03/07/2024
3/19/2024
HB1692
Public Records
- As enacted, establishes the official policy for the maintenance of records by the department of tourist development.
Effective date(s) 04/22/2024
5/1/2024
HB1693
State Government
- As enacted, authorizes ex officio members of the Tennessee commission for the United States semiquincentennial commission to appoint designees to serve on the commission; transfers the administrative attachment for the commission from the department of tourist development to the Tennessee State Museum.
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 562
3/19/2024
HB1694
Workers Compensation
- As enacted, requires an employer to report to the bureau of workers’ compensation each accident that results in a work-related death or personal injury within 14 calendar days of the date the employer is notified of the accident or has knowledge of the accident, whichever is earlier, instead of reporting accidents at different intervals based upon the nature of the injury and whether the injured employee is able to return within seven days of the accident; and makes other changes relative to workers’ compensation.
Effective date(s) 06/30/2024, 07/01/2024
3/19/2024
HB1719
Bail, Bail Bonds
- As enacted, prohibits a magistrate from considering a defendant's ability to pay when determining the amount of bail necessary to reasonably assure the appearance of the defendant while at the same time protecting the safety of the public.
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 869
5/13/2024
HB1731
Consumer Protection
- As enacted, enacts the "Modernization of Towing, Immobilization, and Oversight Normalization (MOTION) Act."
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 1017
5/31/2024
HB1816
Statutes and Codification
- As enacted, codifies the Acts of the 2023 regular and extraordinary sessions.
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 553
3/19/2024
HB1885
General Services, Dept. of
- As enacted, removes the annual reporting requirements associated with acquiring, owning, and leasing motor vehicles purchased by the commissioner for use as state vehicles; removes the requirement that information collected by the commissioner regarding energy-efficient and alternative fuel motor vehicles be shared on the department's website.
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 564
3/19/2024
HB1886
Human Services, Dept. of
- As enacted, implements penalties for certain offenses for beneficiaries of the temporary assistance for needy families (TANF) program and food stamp program; removes an exemption from the TANF work requirement; removes the requirement that the TANF maximum payment standard must not increase when a caregiver relative becomes pregnant while receiving assistance.
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 570
3/26/2024
HB1887
Military
- As enacted, expands the types of duty that qualify a member of the national guard, state guard, or civil air patrol who is also a state employee for employment protections; specifies a calculation to determine the amount of monetary benefits for a national guard member who is injured or killed in the line of duty based on the member's average salary.
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 687
4/17/2024
HB1888
Parks, Natural Areas Preservation
- As enacted, expands the definition of "park operations" to include certain park facilities used in connection with fee-based recreational activities or intended to be revenue-generating; clarifies that the definition includes other boat rental facilities in addition to marinas.
Effective date(s) 03/15/2024
3/26/2024
HB1889
General Services, Dept. of
- As introduced, authorizes the commissioner to perform certain activities related to management of real property owned by this state; increases the cost threshold for major maintenance contracts for state departments, colleges of applied technology, and public two-year institutions of higher learning above which the state building commission must approve and supervise the contract.
Taken off notice for cal. in State Government Committee
3/20/2024
HB1890
Agriculture
- As introduced, establishes a program to allow the department of agriculture to acquire and administer real estate interests in the state, including the administration of grants for the purpose of preserving farm and forestry land; creates the Farmland Preservation Fund to be used for the program; specifies provisions that must be included in an agricultural easement acquired through the program.
Reset on Final cal. of Calendar & Rules Committee
4/11/2024
HB1891
Children
- As enacted, creates the "Protecting Children from Social Media Act."
Effective date(s) 01/01/2025
5/13/2024
HB1892
Safety
- As enacted, authorizes the use of certain third-party examiners, inspectors, engineers, and professionals in lieu of a local or state examiner, inspector, engineer, or professional for certain permitted processes and requirements; establishes procedures and requirements for the use of a third-party examiner, inspector, engineer, or professional.
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 771
5/1/2024
HB1893
Taxes, Franchise
- As enacted, authorizes the commissioner of revenue to issue refunds under certain conditions to taxpayers who properly file a claim for refund for franchise taxes paid; makes related changes.
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 950
5/13/2024
HB1895
Abortion
- As enacted, creates the criminal offense of abortion trafficking of a minor; provides for a civil action against a person committing the offense of abortion trafficking of a minor if certain conditions are met.
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 1032
5/31/2024
HB1909
Education, Higher
- As enacted, enacts the "Laken Riley Act of 2024," which generally prohibits a public institution of higher education from prohibiting adults lawfully present on the institution's property from carrying a non-lethal weapon for purposes of self-defense; allows certain exceptions.
Effective date(s) 07/01/2024
5/1/2024
HB1921
County Government
- As enacted, specifies that the county mayor is not a member of the county commission for purposes of compliance with the Open Meetings Act.
Effective date(s) 03/15/2024
3/26/2024
HB1946
Recreational Areas
- As enacted, makes revisions to the law relative to the Ocoee River; adds "Class IV Olympic river areas" to the types of river areas included in the state scenic rivers system; makes related changes.
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 1044
5/31/2024
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
HB2032
Firearms and Ammunition
- As introduced, removes the offense of possessing a weapon in a building that prohibits or restricts weapons; allows a person with an enhanced handgun carry permit to carry a handgun into a business that prohibits or restricts weapons; removes penalties for violations of certain firearms provisions.
Taken off notice for cal. in Civil Justice Committee
4/9/2024
HB2034
Driver Licenses
- As introduced, requires the department of safety to redesign temporary driver licenses and permits and temporary photo identification licenses issued to qualified noncitizens so that the licenses may be easily distinguished from driver and photo identification licenses issued to residents of this state who are United States citizens; reduces from eight years to two years the maximum period of time for which a temporary license or permit may be issued.
Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee
3/12/2024
HB2035
Firearms and Ammunition
- As enacted, preempts the entire field of legislation regarding extreme risk protection orders to the exclusion of all county, city, town, municipality, or metropolitan government law, ordinances, resolutions, enactments, or regulation.
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 1062
6/3/2024
HB2058
Education, State Board of
- As enacted, requires the board, in collaboration with the department of education and the Tennessee higher education commission, to identify math courses that may be substituted for Algebra II for purposes of satisfying high school graduation requirements and to submit a report to the education committees by January 31, 2025.
Effective date(s) 03/15/2024
3/26/2024
HB2059
Education
- As enacted, increases from three to six the maximum number of credits a student may earn in a work-based learning program in one school year; reduces from 10 to 5 hours per week, the amount of time of supervised work experience required for each additional credit earned; removes minimum of hours per week required for two additional credits.
Effective date(s) 03/07/2024
3/19/2024
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
HB2087
Financial Institutions, Dept. of
- As enacted, changes how the department calculates annual assessments for trust companies, including differentiating between public and private trust companies; changes the threshold at which a bank may obtain an evaluation in lieu of an appraisal for real property acquired by the bank.
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 556
3/19/2024
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
HB2090
Public Contracts
- As enacted, requires certain information to be made available to each respondent for solicitation of a contract upon request; revises provisions relating to informal solicitations and small purchases; revises provisions relating to protests by aggrieved respondents to solicitations.
Effective date(s) 04/02/2024
4/8/2024
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
HB2120
Eminent Domain
- As enacted, excludes certain recreational facilities, recreational purposes, and parks from the definition of "public use" as it applies to eminent domain.
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 1034
5/31/2024
HB2124
Immigration
- As enacted, requires, rather than authorizes, law enforcement agencies to communicate with the appropriate federal official regarding the immigration status of any individual, including reporting knowledge that a particular alien is not lawfully present in the United States or otherwise cooperate with the appropriate federal official in the identification, apprehension, detention, or removal of aliens not lawfully present in the United States.
Pub. Ch. 716
4/17/2024
HB2126
Juvenile Offenders
- As enacted, allows a juvenile court to transfer a child, who is 15 or older, to be tried as an adult in criminal court for the offense of organized retail crime, theft of a firearm, or an attempt to commit such offense; revises law with regard to confinement of a child in a local juvenile detention facility, a juvenile detention facility, or an adult detention facility.
Effective date(s) 07/01/2024
4/8/2024
HB2180
Scholarships and Financial Aid
- As enacted, makes revisions to law relative to the Tennessee future teacher scholarship.
Effective date(s) 07/01/2024
5/28/2024
HB2287
University of Tennessee
- As introduced, changes, from the governor to the president of the university, the appointing authority for members of an advisory board; removes the requirement that advisory board members be confirmed by the general assembly prior to beginning a term of office; authorizes the removal of an advisory board member for misconduct, incapacity, or neglect of duty; requires certain advisory board recommendations to be submitted to the president of the university.
Taken off notice for cal. in Education Administration
4/3/2024
HB2301
Criminal Offenses
- As enacted, requires a violation of the law regarding criminal offenses and penalties for drugs or a conspiracy to violate such law to be punished as second degree murder if the substance involved is fentanyl or carfentanyl, or any analogue or derivative thereof, either alone or in combination with any substance scheduled as a controlled substance by the Tennessee Drug Control Act of 1989, including controlled substance analogues, and the violation resulted in the death of another person.
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 957
5/13/2024
HB2310
Public Health
- As enacted, creates a civil cause of action against any person who intentionally recruits, harbors, or transports an unemancipated minor within this state for the purpose of receiving a prohibited medical procedure, regardless of where the medical procedure is to be procured.
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 1064
6/3/2024
HB2323
Criminal Offenses
- As enacted, enacts the "Chris Wright Act," which increases the penalty for a third or subsequent domestic assault conviction from a Class A misdemeanor to a Class E felony; upgrades the offense classification for certain qualifying misdemeanor offenses to a Class E felony upon a defendant's conviction for a sixth or subsequent qualifying misdemeanor.
Effective date(s) 07/01/2024
5/29/2024
HB2326
Education
- As enacted, requires a student's LEA or public charter school to convene a conference attended by the student's guardian, ELA teacher, and school principal if the student is promoted to fourth grade and does not show adequate growth in order to determine if the student should be promoted to fifth grade with required tutoring or retained in the fourth grade.
Effective date(s) 05/21/2024
5/29/2024
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
HB2618
Charitable Institutions
- As enacted, requires, if a written request is made jointly by the speakers of the senate and the house of representatives, a nonprofit organization that has entered into a contract or memorandum of understanding with the district attorney general related to policies and strategies related to cash bail, unless such contract or memorandum of understanding is required by statute, to disclose to the speakers the list of persons or entities that have donated to the nonprofit organization in the previous calendar year.
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 816
5/9/2024
HB2619
Correction, Dept. of
- As enacted, generally prohibits the department from using state funds to administer hormone replacement therapy to state inmates incarcerated in a state penitentiary or a county jail or workhouse, or for sex reassignment surgery for state inmates incarcerated in a state penitentiary or a county jail or workhouse.
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 821
5/9/2024
HB2762
Consumer Protection
- As enacted, enacts the "Second Amendment Financial Privacy Act."
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 773
5/1/2024
HB2774
Immigration
- As enacted, requires the review of executive branch agency policies and spending as it relates to illegal immigration; requires a report to be compiled and delivered to the governor and the speakers of the senate and house of representatives regarding such review.
Effective date(s) 05/21/2024
5/29/2024
HB2814
Criminal Offenses
- As enacted, raises the penalty for the offense of drag racing from a Class A misdemeanor to a Class E felony.
Effective date(s) 07/01/2024
5/29/2024
HB2857
Insurance, Health, Accident
- As enacted, removes from the definition of "provider-based telemedicine" the requirement that the healthcare service provider or the provider's practice group or healthcare system have an established provider-patient relationship that is documented by an in-person encounter within 16 months prior to the interactive visit; makes related changes.
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 1027
5/31/2024
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
HB2971
Budget Procedures
- As enacted, deletes the Tennessee job skills program and fund.
Effective date(s) 05/15/2024
5/20/2024
HB2972
Bond Issues
- As enacted, authorizes the state to issue and sell bonds of up to $87,700,000.
Effective date(s) 05/15/2024
5/20/2024
HB2973
Appropriations
- As enacted, makes appropriations for the fiscal years beginning July 1, 2023, and July 1, 2024.
Effective date(s) 05/15/2024, 07/01/2024
5/20/2024
HB7008
Mental Illness
- As introduced, requires a qualified mental health professional or behavior analyst to take certain steps to warn or protect an identified victim or group of people when the professional determines that a service recipient has made an actual threat of bodily harm or has an intention to commit such harm; provides immunity from civil, criminal, and regulatory liability for a professional who takes reasonable action to provide such warning or protection.
Received from House, Passed on First Consideration
8/29/2023
HB7012
Firearms and Ammunition
- As enacted, directs the department of safety to provide free firearm locks to Tennessee residents upon request, subject to appropriations; requires department-approved handgun safety courses to contain instruction on the safe storage of firearms; exempts the retail sale of firearm safes and firearm safety devices from sales and use taxes beginning November 1, 2023.
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 1
12/27/2023
HB7013
Clerks, Court
- As enacted, changes from 30 days to 72 hours the time frame within which a clerk of the circuit or general sessions court must notify the TBI of the final disposition of criminal proceedings against a person after final disposition of such proceedings; requires the clerk to notify the TBI of the final disposition of such proceedings by electronic submission; requires the clerk of the municipal court, when exercising concurrent general sessions court jurisdiction, to notify the TBI by electronic submission of the final disposition of such proceedings against a person no later than 72 hours after final disposition of such proceedings.
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 2
12/27/2023
HB7014
TennCare
- As introduced, requires the commissioner of finance and administration to obtain a TennCare new demonstration waiver or amendment to provide medical assistance to members who are receiving care in an institution for mental diseases.
Assigned to s/c Insurance Subcommittee of 1st Extraordinary Session
8/22/2023
HB7015
Criminal Procedure
- As introduced, expands, from certain violent offenses to any felony offense, the offenses for which a person who has been arrested is required to have a biological specimen taken for the purpose of DNA analysis to determine identification characteristics specific to the person if probable cause exists for the arrest.
Taken off notice for cal in s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee of Criminal Justice Committee
8/22/2023
HB7030
Juvenile Offenders
- As introduced, expands the offenses for which a juvenile court may transfer a child to be tried as an adult in criminal court, if the child was 16 years of age or more at the time of the offense, to include burglary involving the theft of a firearm or an attempt to commit such offense; adds an appeal process for a criminal court to review a juvenile court's determination for such transfers.
H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 8/29/2023
8/28/2023
HB7031
Juvenile Offenders
- As introduced, expands the offenses for which a juvenile court may transfer a child to be tried as an adult in criminal court, if the child was 16 or older at the time of the offense, to include theft of a firearm or attempt to commit theft of a firearm; adds an appeal process for a criminal court to review a juvenile court's determination for such transfers.
Taken off notice for cal in s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee of Criminal Justice Committee
8/22/2023
HB7038
Education
- As introduced, requires the department of education to establish a school safety alert grant program to provide grants to LEAs to offset expenses incurred by schools for the installation of school safety alert systems.
Received from House, Passed on First Consideration
8/29/2023
HB7040
Medical Occupations
- As introduced, establishes the designation of a psychiatric mental health nurse practitioner and enumerates the permitted activities for an individual with such designation.
Assigned to s/c Health Subcommittee
8/22/2023
HB7041
Tennessee Bureau of Investigation
- As enacted, requires the bureau to submit a report on child and human trafficking crimes and trends in this state, based upon data available to the bureau, as well as current programs and activities of the bureau's human trafficking unit, to the governor, the speaker of the house of representatives, and the speaker of the senate by December 1, 2023, and by each December 1 thereafter.
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 3
12/27/2023
HB7070
Appropriations
- As enacted, makes appropriations sufficient for the payment of any lawful expenses of the first extraordinary session of the 113th General Assembly; makes other appropriations related to such extraordinary session.
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 4
12/27/2023
2 resolutions(s) sponsored in the 113th General Assembly.
Bill Number
Composite Abstract
Last Action
Date
HJR0354
Memorials, Sports
- Englewood Elementary School, TMSAA Class A state champions
Signed by Governor.
3/21/2023
HJR0830
Memorials, Recognition
- Tennessee Rifle
Signed by Governor.
4/22/2024
193 resolutions(s) co-sponsored in the 113th General Assembly.
Bill Number
Composite Abstract
Last Action
Date
HJR0038
Constitutional Amendments
- Proposes an amendment to Article I, Section 26 of the Constitution of Tennessee to remove the provision that authorizes the legislature to regulate the wearing of arms with a view to prevent crime and to clarify that citizens have a right to keep and bear arms for their defense, and not just for common defense.
Taken off notice for cal in s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee of Finance, Ways, and Means Committee
4/10/2024
HJR0055
Parks, Natural Areas Preservation
- Recommends the designation of the Cumberland Trail State Scenic Trail as a state scenic and recreational trail.
Signed by Governor.
3/16/2023
HJR0062
General Assembly, Confirmation of Appointment
- Bradford D. Box, University of Tennessee Board of Trustees
H. subst. & concurred in SJR 0068
3/13/2023
HJR0063
General Assembly, Confirmation of Appointment
- Lang Wiseman, University of Tennessee Board of Trustees
H. subst. & concurred in SJR 0069
3/13/2023
HJR0064
General Assembly, Confirmation of Appointment
- Dr. Shanea McKinney, University of Tennessee Board of Trustees
H. subst. & concurred in SJR 066
3/13/2023
HJR0065
General Assembly, Confirmation of Appointment
- William C. Rhodes III, University of Tennessee Board of Trustees
H. subst. & concurred in SJR 0067
3/13/2023
HJR0072
Memorials, Death
- Dr. Charles A. Champion
Signed by Governor.
2/15/2023
HJR0084
Memorials, Sports
- Arion Carter, Gatorade Tennessee Football Player of the Year
Signed by Governor.
2/15/2023
HJR0094
Constitutional Amendments
- Proposes an amendment to Article I, Section 35 of the Constitution of Tennessee to expand the rights of victims of crimes.
Signed by Senate Speaker
2/26/2024
HJR0096
Memorials, Recognition
- Music Therapy Week
Signed by Governor.
3/19/2024
HJR0097
General Assembly, Confirmation of Appointment
- Mike O’Malley, Austin Peay State University Board of Trustees
H. subst. & concurred in SJR 131
3/20/2023
HJR0098
General Assembly, Confirmation of Appointment
- Katherine Cannata, Austin Peay State University Board of Trustees
H. subst. & concurred in SJR 130
3/20/2023
HJR0099
General Assembly, Confirmation of Appointment
- Ron Ramsey, East Tennessee State University Board of Trustees
H. subst. & concurred in SJR 132
3/23/2023
HJR0100
General Assembly, Confirmation of Appointment
- Melissa Steagall-Jones, East Tennessee State University Board of Trustees
H. subst. & concurred in SJR 133
3/20/2023
HJR0101
General Assembly, Confirmation of Appointment
- Dr. Lisa Piercey, East Tennessee State University Board of Trustees
Failed in Education Administration
3/8/2023
HJR0102
General Assembly, Confirmation of Appointment
- Pam Martin, Tennessee State University Board of Trustees
Intro., ref. to Education Administration
2/1/2023
HJR0103
General Assembly, Confirmation of Appointment
- Trudy Harper, Tennessee Technological University Board of Trustees
H. subst. & concurred in SJR 0136
3/13/2023
HJR0104
General Assembly, Confirmation of Appointment
- Tom Jones, Tennessee Technological University Board of Trustees
H. subst. & concurred in SJR 0137
3/13/2023
HJR0105
General Assembly, Confirmation of Appointment
- Alan Graf Jr., University of Memphis Board of Trustees
Taken off notice for cal. in Education Administration
3/8/2023
HJR0106
General Assembly, Confirmation of Appointment
- David McKinney, University of Memphis Board of Trustees
H. subst. & concurred in SJR 139
3/20/2023
HJR0107
General Assembly, Confirmation of Appointment
- Jimmy Granbery, University of Tennessee Southern Campus Advisory Board
H. subst. & concurred in SJR 0140
3/13/2023
HJR0108
General Assembly, Confirmation of Appointment
- Beverly Johnson, University of Tennessee Southern Campus Advisory Board
H. subst. & concurred in SJR 0141
3/13/2023
HJR0109
General Assembly, Confirmation of Appointment
- Natalie Tate, University of Tennessee Health Science Center Advisory Board
H. subst. & concurred in SJR 142
3/20/2023
HJR0110
General Assembly, Confirmation of Appointment
- Monice Moore Hagler, University of Tennessee Martin Advisory Board
Action def. in Education Administration to 3/29/2023
3/15/2023
HJR0111
General Assembly, Confirmation of Appointment
- Chris Tutor, Public Charter School Commission
H. subst. & concurred in SJR 144
3/16/2023
HJR0112
General Assembly, Confirmation of Appointment
- Alan Levine, Public Charter School Commission
H. subst. & concurred in SJR 145
3/16/2023
HJR0113
General Assembly, Confirmation of Appointment
- Michael Carter Sr., Public Charter School Commission
H. subst. & concurred in SJR 146
3/16/2023
HJR0114
General Assembly, Confirmation of Appointment
- Daniel French, State Textbook and Instructional Materials Quality Commission
H. subst. & concurred in SJR 147
3/20/2023
HJR0120
General Assembly, Statement of Intent or Position
- Honors the memories of Zackery Grooms and Chance Black and requests TWRA to erect a marker in remembrance of the young men.
Signed by Governor.
5/4/2023
HJR0153
General Assembly, Confirmation of Appointment
- John Charles Wilson, State Forestry Commission
H. subst. & concurred in SJR 0173
3/13/2023
HJR0154
General Assembly, Confirmation of Appointment
- Stephen Corbeil, Tennessee State University Board of Trustees
Intro., ref. to Education Administration
2/6/2023
HJR0155
General Assembly, Confirmation of Appointment
- Hal Bynum, University of Tennessee at Martin Advisory Board
H. subst. & concurred in SJR 171
3/20/2023
HJR0156
General Assembly, Confirmation of Appointment
- Scott LeRoy, University of Tennessee Chattanooga Advisory Board
H. subst. & concurred in SJR 0170
3/13/2023
HJR0157
General Assembly, Confirmation of Appointment
- Drew Getty, State Forestry Commission
H. subst. & concurred in SJR 0169
3/13/2023
HJR0158
General Assembly, Confirmation of Appointment
- Dr. Charles Doug Haney, University of Tennessee Southern Advisory Board
H. subst. & concurred in SJR 0168
3/13/2023
HJR0159
General Assembly, Confirmation of Appointment
- Caroline Ezell McAnally, University of Tennessee Southern Advisory Board
H. subst. & concurred in SJR 0167
3/13/2023
HJR0160
General Assembly, Confirmation of Appointment
- Doran Johnson, University of Tennessee Southern Advisory Board
H. subst. & concurred in SJR 0166
3/13/2023
HJR0165
Memorials, Death
- Mary Elizabeth Cotter
Signed by Governor.
2/24/2023
HJR0189
General Assembly, Confirmation of Appointment
- Dr. Chad Lewis, Standards Recommendation Committee for Science and Social Studies
H. subst. & concurred in SJR 214
3/20/2023
HJR0190
General Assembly, Confirmation of Appointment
- Stephen Powell, Standards Recommendation Committee for Science and Social Studies
H. subst. & concurred in SJR 215
3/20/2023
HJR0191
General Assembly, Confirmation of Appointment
- Ashley Flood, Standards Recommendation Committee for Science and Social Studies
H. subst. & concurred in SJR 216
3/20/2023
HJR0192
General Assembly, Confirmation of Appointment
- Linda Moss Mines, Standards Recommendation Committee for Science and Social Studies
H. subst. & concurred in SJR 217
3/20/2023
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
HJR0298
General Assembly, Confirmation of Appointment
- R. Larry Smith, Fish and Wildlife Commission
Withdrawn.
3/2/2023
HJR0299
General Assembly, Confirmation of Appointment
- Rhonda Wright Moody, Fish and Wildlife Commission
H. subst. & concurred in SJR 269
3/20/2023
HJR0300
General Assembly, Confirmation of Appointment
- Bradford D. Box, Fish and Wildlife Commission
H. subst. & concurred in SJR 268
3/20/2023
HJR0301
Memorials, Recognition
- Montford Point Marines
Signed by Governor.
3/8/2023
HJR0303
General Assembly, Confirmation of Appointment
- Alexia Poe, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, advisory board
H. subst. & concurred in SJR 278
4/3/2023
HJR0304
General Assembly, Confirmation of Appointment
- Tom Smith, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, advisory board
H. subst. & concurred in SJR277
4/3/2023
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
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
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
HJR0688
General Assembly, Statement of Intent or Position
- Affirms support for Israel and condemns Hamas.
Taken off notice for cal in s/c Public Service Subcommittee of State Government Committee
1/30/2024
HJR0703
Memorials, Death
- Pat Petty
Signed by Governor.
1/30/2024
HJR0747
General Assembly, Confirmation of Appointment
- Dan Strasser, UT-Martin Advisory Board
H. subst. & concurred in SJR 839
2/22/2024
HJR0748
General Assembly, Confirmation of Appointment
- Mario Duarte, UT Chattanooga Advisory Board
H. subst. & concurred in SJR 838
2/22/2024
HJR0749
General Assembly, Confirmation of Appointment
- Madge Cleveland, Heritage Conservation Trust Fund Board
H. subst. & concurred in SJR 844
2/12/2024
HJR0750
General Assembly, Confirmation of Appointment
- Charles Hankla, Heritage Conservation Trust Fund Board
H. subst. & concurred in SJR 845
2/12/2024
HJR0751
General Assembly, Confirmation of Appointment
- Jeremy Nagoshiner, Heritage Conservation Trust Fund Board
H. subst. & concurred in SJR 841
2/12/2024
HJR0752
General Assembly, Confirmation of Appointment
- Phil Poux, Heritage Conservation Trust Fund Board
H. subst. & concurred in SJR 843
2/12/2024
HJR0753
General Assembly, Confirmation of Appointment
- Mike Frick, Heritage Conservation Trust Fund Board
H. subst. & concurred in SJR 842
2/12/2024
HJR0754
General Assembly, Confirmation of Appointment
- Angie Box, Heritage Conservation Trust Fund Board
H. subst. & concurred in SJR 840
2/12/2024
HJR0755
General Assembly, Confirmation of Appointment
- Dr. Cherrye Robertson, Textbook and Instructional Materials Quality Commission
H. subst. & concurred in SJR 835
2/22/2024
HJR0756
General Assembly, Confirmation of Appointment
- Jim Hamilton, Tennessee Claims Commission
H. subst. & concurred in SJR 846
2/22/2024
HJR0757
General Assembly, Confirmation of Appointment
- Dr. Michael Ugwueke, University of Tennessee Health Science Center Advisory Board
H. subst. & concurred in SJR 829
2/12/2024
HJR0758
General Assembly, Confirmation of Appointment
- Garnett Decosimo, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga Advisory Board
H. subst. & concurred in SJR 837
2/22/2024
HJR0759
General Assembly, Confirmation of Appointment
- Robert Carter, University of Memphis Board of Trustees
H. subst. & concurred in SJR 828
2/12/2024
HJR0760
General Assembly, Confirmation of Appointment
- John Crosslin, Tennessee Lottery Corporation Board
H. subst. & concurred in SJR 822
2/12/2024
HJR0761
General Assembly, Confirmation of Appointment
- William J. Carver, Tennessee Lottery Corporation Board
H. subst. & concurred in SJR 823
2/12/2024
HJR0762
General Assembly, Confirmation of Appointment
- Herbert Hilliard, Tennessee Public Utility Commission
H. subst. & concurred in SJR 847
2/22/2024
HJR0763
General Assembly, Confirmation of Appointment
- J. Ford Little, Fish and Wildlife Commission
H. subst. & concurred in SJR 836
2/22/2024
HJR0764
General Assembly, Confirmation of Appointment
- Darrell Cobbins, State Board of Education
H. subst. & concurred in SJR 826
2/12/2024
HJR0765
General Assembly, Confirmation of Appointment
- Krissi McInturff, State Board of Education
H. subst. & concurred in SJR 827
2/12/2024
HJR0766
General Assembly, Confirmation of Appointment
- Lauren Smith, Public Charter School Commission
H. subst. & concurred in SJR 833
2/22/2024
HJR0767
General Assembly, Confirmation of Appointment
- Christine P. Richards, Public Charter School Commission
H. subst. & concurred in SJR 832
2/22/2024
HJR0768
General Assembly, Confirmation of Appointment
- Tom Griscom, Public Charter School Commission
H. subst. & concurred in SJR 834
2/22/2024
HJR0769
General Assembly, Confirmation of Appointment
- Stephen Smith, Middle Tennessee State University Board of Trustees
H. subst. & concurred in SJR 831
2/22/2024
HJR0770
General Assembly, Confirmation of Appointment
- Michael Wade, Middle Tennessee State University Board of Trustees
H. subst. & concurred in SJR 825
2/12/2024
HJR0771
General Assembly, Confirmation of Appointment
- William S. Jones, Middle Tennessee State University Board of Trustees
H. subst. & concurred in SJR 830
2/22/2024
HJR0772
General Assembly, Confirmation of Appointment
- Tony Treadway, East Tennessee State University Board of Trustees
H. subst. & concurred in SJR 824
2/12/2024
HJR0801
Memorials, Congress
- Urges the federal government to do all within its power to secure the U.S. border.
Signed by Governor.
4/18/2024
HJR0808
Memorials, Death
- Representative Frank Buck
Signed by Governor.
2/21/2024
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
HJR0915
Memorials, Death
- Toby Keith
Signed by Governor.
3/1/2024
HJR0926
Memorials, Recognition
- Claudia Byrd, Bristolian of the Year
Signed by Governor.
3/13/2024
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
HR0078
Memorials, Recognition
- TownePlace Suites by Marriott employees
Signed by H. Speaker
4/20/2023
HR0088
Memorials, Government Officials
- Requests that a memorial plaque be affixed in the House chamber to the desk of the late Representative Barbara Cooper.
Signed by H. Speaker
4/20/2023
HR0155
Memorials, Retirement
- Master Sergeant Robert D. Davis, Jr., United States Air Force
Signed by H. Speaker
4/18/2024
SJR0066
General Assembly, Confirmation of Appointment
- Dr. Shanea McKinney, University of Tennessee Board of Trustees
Signed by H. Speaker
9/19/2023
SJR0067
General Assembly, Confirmation of Appointment
- William C. Rhodes III, University of Tennessee Board of Trustees
Signed by H. Speaker
9/19/2023
SJR0068
General Assembly, Confirmation of Appointment
- Bradford D. Box, University of Tennessee Board of Trustees
Signed by H. Speaker
9/19/2023
SJR0069
General Assembly, Confirmation of Appointment
- Lang Wiseman, University of Tennessee Board of Trustees
Signed by H. Speaker
9/19/2023
SJR0124
Memorials, Death
- Tyre D. Nichols
Signed by Governor.
1/31/2023
SJR0128
Memorials, Death
- Clara Louise Macklin
Signed by Governor.
2/10/2023
SJR0130
General Assembly, Confirmation of Appointment
- Katherine Cannata, Austin Peay State University Board of Trustees
Signed by Governor.
3/23/2023
SJR0131
General Assembly, Confirmation of Appointment
- Mike O’Malley, Austin Peay State University Board of Trustees
Signed by Governor.
3/23/2023
SJR0132
General Assembly, Confirmation of Appointment
- Ron Ramsey, East Tennessee State University Board of Trustees
Signed by Governor.
3/30/2023
SJR0133
General Assembly, Confirmation of Appointment
- Melissa Steagall-Jones, East Tennessee State University Board of Trustees
Signed by Governor.
3/23/2023
SJR0136
General Assembly, Confirmation of Appointment
- Trudy Harper, Tennessee Technological University Board of Trustees
Signed by H. Speaker
9/19/2023
SJR0137
General Assembly, Confirmation of Appointment
- Tom Jones, Tennessee Technological University Board of Trustees
Signed by H. Speaker
9/19/2023
SJR0139
General Assembly, Confirmation of Appointment
- David McKinney, University of Memphis Board of Trustees
Signed by Governor.
3/23/2023
SJR0140
General Assembly, Confirmation of Appointment
- Jimmy Granbery, University of Tennessee Southern Campus Advisory Board
Signed by H. Speaker
9/19/2023
SJR0141
General Assembly, Confirmation of Appointment
- Beverly Johnson, University of Tennessee Southern Campus Advisory Board
Signed by H. Speaker
9/19/2023
SJR0142
General Assembly, Confirmation of Appointment
- Natalie Tate, University of Tennessee Health Science Center Advisory Board
Signed by Governor.
3/23/2023
SJR0144
General Assembly, Confirmation of Appointment
- Chris Tutor, Public Charter School Commission
Signed by Governor.
3/22/2023
SJR0145
General Assembly, Confirmation of Appointment
- Alan Levine, Public Charter School Commission
Signed by Governor.
3/22/2023
SJR0146
General Assembly, Confirmation of Appointment
- Michael Carter Sr., Public Charter School Commission
Signed by Governor.
3/22/2023
SJR0147
General Assembly, Confirmation of Appointment
- Daniel French, State Textbook and Instructional Materials Quality Commission
Signed by Governor.
3/23/2023
SJR0159
Memorials, Recognition
- Tennessee Credit Unions, 100 years
Signed by Governor.
3/30/2023
SJR0166
General Assembly, Confirmation of Appointment
- Doran Johnson, University of Tennessee Southern Advisory Board
Signed by H. Speaker
9/19/2023
SJR0167
General Assembly, Confirmation of Appointment
- Caroline Ezell McAnally, University of Tennessee Southern Advisory Board
Signed by H. Speaker
9/19/2023
SJR0168
General Assembly, Confirmation of Appointment
- Dr. Charles Doug Haney, University of Tennessee Southern Advisory Board
Signed by H. Speaker
9/19/2023
SJR0169
General Assembly, Confirmation of Appointment
- Drew Getty, State Forestry Commission
Signed by H. Speaker
9/19/2023
SJR0170
General Assembly, Confirmation of Appointment
- Scott LeRoy, University of Tennessee Chattanooga Advisory Board
Signed by H. Speaker
9/19/2023
SJR0171
General Assembly, Confirmation of Appointment
- Hal Bynum, University of Tennessee at Martin Advisory Board
Signed by Governor.
3/23/2023
SJR0173
General Assembly, Confirmation of Appointment
- John Charles Wilson, State Forestry Commission
Signed by H. Speaker
9/19/2023
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
SJR0214
General Assembly, Confirmation of Appointment
- Dr. Chad Lewis, Standards Recommendation Committee for Science and Social Studies
Signed by Governor.
3/23/2023
SJR0215
General Assembly, Confirmation of Appointment
- Stephen Powell, Standards Recommendation Committee for Science and Social Studies
Signed by Governor.
3/23/2023
SJR0216
General Assembly, Confirmation of Appointment
- Ashley Flood, Standards Recommendation Committee for Science and Social Studies
Signed by Governor.
3/23/2023
SJR0217
General Assembly, Confirmation of Appointment
- Linda Moss Mines, Standards Recommendation Committee for Science and Social Studies
Signed by Governor.
3/23/2023
SJR0268
General Assembly, Confirmation of Appointment
- Bradford D. Box, Fish and Wildlife Commission
Signed by Governor.
3/23/2023
SJR0269
General Assembly, Confirmation of Appointment
- Rhonda Wright Moody, Fish and Wildlife Commission
Signed by Governor.
3/23/2023
SJR0273
Memorials, Recognition
- Tennessee Rifle
Assigned to s/c Public Service Subcommittee
1/10/2024
SJR0277
General Assembly, Confirmation of Appointment
- Tom Smith, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, advisory board
Signed by Governor.
4/10/2023
SJR0278
General Assembly, Confirmation of Appointment
- Alexia Poe, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, advisory board
Signed by Governor.
4/10/2023
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
SJR0822
General Assembly, Confirmation of Appointment
- John Crosslin, Tennessee Lottery Corporation Board
Signed by Governor.
2/14/2024
SJR0823
General Assembly, Confirmation of Appointment
- William J. Carver, Tennessee Lottery Corporation Board
Signed by Governor.
2/14/2024
SJR0824
General Assembly, Confirmation of Appointment
- Tony Treadway, East Tennessee State University Board of Trustees
Signed by Governor.
2/14/2024
SJR0825
General Assembly, Confirmation of Appointment
- Michael Wade, Middle Tennessee State University Board of Trustees
Signed by Governor.
2/14/2024
SJR0826
General Assembly, Confirmation of Appointment
- Darrell Cobbins, State Board of Education
Signed by Governor.
2/14/2024
SJR0827
General Assembly, Confirmation of Appointment
- Krissi McInturff, State Board of Education
Signed by Governor.
2/14/2024
SJR0828
General Assembly, Confirmation of Appointment
- Robert Carter, University of Memphis Board of Trustees
Signed by Governor.
2/14/2024
SJR0829
General Assembly, Confirmation of Appointment
- Dr. Michael Ugwueke, University of Tennessee Health Science Center Advisory Board
Signed by Governor.
2/14/2024
SJR0830
General Assembly, Confirmation of Appointment
- William S. Jones, Middle Tennessee State University Board of Trustees
Signed by Governor.
3/6/2024
SJR0831
General Assembly, Confirmation of Appointment
- Stephen Smith, Middle Tennessee State University Board of Trustees
Signed by Governor.
3/6/2024
SJR0832
General Assembly, Confirmation of Appointment
- Christine P. Richards, Public Charter School Commission
Signed by Governor.
3/6/2024
SJR0833
General Assembly, Confirmation of Appointment
- Lauren Smith, Public Charter School Commission
Signed by Governor.
3/6/2024
SJR0834
General Assembly, Confirmation of Appointment
- Tom Griscom, Public Charter School Commission
Signed by Governor.
3/6/2024
SJR0835
General Assembly, Confirmation of Appointment
- Dr. Cherrye Robertson, Textbook and Instructional Materials Quality Commission
Signed by Governor.
3/6/2024
SJR0836
General Assembly, Confirmation of Appointment
- J. Ford Little, Fish and Wildlife Commission
Signed by Governor.
3/6/2024
SJR0837
General Assembly, Confirmation of Appointment
- Garnett Decosimo, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga Advisory Board
Signed by Governor.
3/6/2024
SJR0838
General Assembly, Confirmation of Appointment
- Mario Duarte, UT Chattanooga Advisory Board
Signed by Governor.
3/6/2024
SJR0839
General Assembly, Confirmation of Appointment
- Dan Strasser, UT-Martin Advisory Board
Signed by Governor.
3/6/2024
SJR0840
General Assembly, Confirmation of Appointment
- Angie Box, Heritage Conservation Trust Fund Board
Signed by Governor.
2/14/2024
SJR0841
General Assembly, Confirmation of Appointment
- Jeremy Nagoshiner, Heritage Conservation Trust Fund Board
Signed by Governor.
2/14/2024
SJR0842
General Assembly, Confirmation of Appointment
- Mike Frick, Heritage Conservation Trust Fund Board
Signed by Governor.
2/14/2024
SJR0843
General Assembly, Confirmation of Appointment
- Phil Poux, Heritage Conservation Trust Fund Board
Signed by Governor.
2/14/2024
SJR0844
General Assembly, Confirmation of Appointment
- Madge Cleveland, Heritage Conservation Trust Fund Board
Signed by Governor.
2/14/2024
SJR0845
General Assembly, Confirmation of Appointment
- Charles Hankla, Heritage Conservation Trust Fund Board
Signed by Governor.
2/14/2024
SJR0846
General Assembly, Confirmation of Appointment
- Jim Hamilton, Tennessee Claims Commission
Signed by Governor.
3/6/2024
SJR0847
General Assembly, Confirmation of Appointment
- Herbert Hilliard, Tennessee Public Utility Commission
Signed by Governor.
3/6/2024
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
SJR1085
Memorials, Death
- Pat Halloran
Signed by Governor.
3/22/2024
SJR7136
Memorials, Death
- Dr. Burkett Levon Witt
Objected to on Consent Calendar.
8/29/2023