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Representative Ragan,
33rd Representative District
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134 bill(s) sponsored in the 113th General Assembly.
Bill Number
Composite Abstract
Last Action
Date
HB0131
Auditing
- As introduced, extends from five to 10 business days the period by which a contracting entity with the state or a local government must object to a notice to audit the contracting entity by the comptroller to ensure that public funds are used for their designated public purpose under the contract.
P2C, caption bill, held on desk - pending amdt.
1/20/2023
HB0170
Zoning
- As enacted, states that property owners should expect that a permit application will be judged on the law in effect at the time of application; declares that the general assembly rejects the pending ordinance doctrine, as described by the Tennessee supreme court in its May 14, 2007, opinion in the case of Harding Academy v. Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County, as contrary to the public policy interests of property owners in this state.
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 453
5/24/2023
HB0194
Safety
- As introduced, requires the chair of the emergency medical services board to convene the board for meetings at least once each quarter rather than twice in one year.
P2C, caption bill, held on desk - pending amdt.
1/21/2023
HB0195
Sunset Laws
- As enacted, extends the board for professional counselors, marital and family therapists, and clinical pastoral therapists to June 30, 2027.
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 70
4/18/2023
HB0196
Sunset Laws
- As enacted, extends the board of appeals for the department of human resources to June 30, 2027.
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 3
3/22/2023
HB0197
Sunset Laws
- As enacted, extends the board of boiler rules to June 30, 2028.
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 4
3/23/2023
HB0198
Sunset Laws
- As enacted, extends the board of medical examiners to June 30, 2027.
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 71
4/18/2023
HB0199
Sunset Laws
- As enacted, extends the board of nursing to June 30, 2027.
Effective date(s) 03/14/2023
3/23/2023
HB0200
Sunset Laws
- As enacted, extends the board of pharmacy to June 30, 2027.
Effective date(s) 03/14/2023
3/23/2023
HB0201
Sunset Laws
- As enacted, extends the board of trustees of the college savings trust fund program to June 30, 2029.
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 5
3/23/2023
HB0202
Sunset Laws
- As enacted, extends the controlled substance database committee to June 30, 2027.
Effective date(s) 03/10/2023
3/23/2023
HB0203
Sunset Laws
- As enacted, extends the department of children's services to June 30, 2024; requires the department to submit quarterly reports to the chairs of the government operations committees to provide updates on the department's progress in addressing performance audit findings; requires the department to appear before the education, health, and general welfare joint evaluation committee no later than June 30, 2023, to present information included in the department's six-month follow-up report submitted to the comptroller of the treasury.
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 331
5/17/2023
HB0204
Sunset Laws
- As enacted, extends the department of commerce and insurance to June 30, 2027.
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 72
4/18/2023
HB0205
Sunset Laws
- As enacted, extends the department of environment and conservation to June 30, 2027.
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 73
4/18/2023
HB0206
Sunset Laws
- As enacted, extends the department of health to June 30, 2027.
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 156
4/25/2023
HB0207
Sunset Laws
- As enacted, extends the department of human resources to June 30, 2027.
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 74
4/18/2023
HB0208
Sunset Laws
- As enacted, extends the department of intellectual and developmental disabilities to June 30, 2027.
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 75
4/18/2023
HB0209
Sunset Laws
- As enacted, extends the department of safety to June 30, 2027.
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 105
4/18/2023
HB0210
Sunset Laws
- As enacted, extends the Doe Mountain recreation authority to June 30, 2029.
Effective date(s) 03/10/2023
3/23/2023
HB0211
Sunset Laws
- As enacted, extends the elevator and amusement device safety board to June 30, 2028.
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 6
3/23/2023
HB0212
Sunset Laws
- As enacted, extends the employee suggestion award board to June 30, 2027.
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 76
4/18/2023
HB0213
Sunset Laws
- As enacted, extends the energy efficient schools council to June 30, 2027.
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 7
3/23/2023
HB0214
Sunset Laws
- As enacted, extends the medical cannabis commission to June 30, 2025.
Effective date(s) 03/14/2023
3/23/2023
HB0215
Sunset Laws
- As enacted, extends the Megasite Authority of West Tennessee to June 30, 2025.
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 77
4/18/2023
HB0216
Sunset Laws
- As enacted, extends the prevailing wage commission to June 30, 2028.
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 8
3/23/2023
HB0217
Sunset Laws
- As enacted, extends the professional art therapist advisory committee of the board of examiners in psychology to June 30, 2024.
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 9
3/23/2023
HB0218
Sunset Laws
- As enacted, extends the Psychology Interjurisdictional Compact Act to June 30, 2031.
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 10
3/23/2023
HB0219
Sunset Laws
- As enacted, extends the Sam Davis memorial association, board of trustees to June 30, 2029.
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 11
3/23/2023
HB0220
Sunset Laws
- As enacted, extends the selection panel for TennCare reviewers to June 30, 2028.
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 78
4/18/2023
HB0221
Sunset Laws
- As enacted, extends the state textbook and instructional materials quality commission to June 30, 2027.
Effective date(s) 04/06/2023
4/18/2023
HB0222
Sunset Laws
- As enacted, extends the state unemployment compensation advisory council to June 30, 2028.
Effective date(s) 03/14/2023
3/23/2023
HB0223
Sunset Laws
- As enacted, extends the statewide community services agency to June 30, 2027.
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 12
3/23/2023
HB0224
Sunset Laws
- As enacted, extends the Tennessee board of water quality, oil, and gas to June 30, 2028.
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 13
3/23/2023
HB0225
Sunset Laws
- As enacted, extends the Tennessee consolidated retirement system, board of trustees to June 30, 2029.
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 14
3/23/2023
HB0226
Sunset Laws
- As enacted, extends the Tennessee corn promotion board to June 30, 2028.
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 15
3/23/2023
HB0227
Sunset Laws
- As enacted, extends the Tennessee heritage conservation trust fund board of trustees to June 30, 2028.
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 16
3/23/2023
HB0228
Sunset Laws
- As enacted, extends the Tennessee interagency cash flow committee to June 30, 2029.
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 17
3/23/2023
HB0229
Sunset Laws
- As enacted, extends the Tennessee opioid abatement council to June 30, 2025.
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 79
4/18/2023
HB0230
Sunset Laws
- As enacted, extends the Tennessee public charter school commission to June 30, 2026.
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 106
4/18/2023
HB0231
Sunset Laws
- As enacted, extends the Tennessee state veterans' homes board to June 30, 2026; requires the board to report back to the education, health, and general welfare joint evaluation committee by December 31, 2023, to update the committee on its progress in addressing the findings set forth in the November 2022 performance audit report.
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 80
4/18/2023
HB0232
Sunset Laws
- As enacted, extends the underground storage tanks and solid waste disposal control board to June 30, 2027; establishes minimum attendance requirement for board members and requires removal of members who do not meet the requirement.
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 81
4/18/2023
HB0233
Sunset Laws
- As enacted, extends the underground utility damage enforcement board to June 30, 2028.
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 18
3/23/2023
HB0234
Administrative Procedure (UAPA)
- As enacted, continues permanent rules filed with the secretary of state between January 1, 2022, and December 31, 2022, that are in effect on the effective date of this act until repealed or amended by subsequent rule of the appropriate rulemaking agency or until otherwise superseded by legislative enactment.
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 332
5/17/2023
HB0235
Correction, Dept. of
- As introduced, reduces from 10 to five business days after a death, the time within which the commissioner must report the death of a person in custody to members of the general assembly representing the legislative districts where the deceased person resided; requires that the information contained in the report include the name of the department facility where the death occurred.
Assigned to s/c Public Service Subcommittee
3/26/2024
HB0236
Administrative Procedure (UAPA)
- As introduced, requires each state agency head to complete periodic training for purposes of complying with the requirements of the "Regulatory Flexibility Act of 2007."
Held on desk.
3/28/2024
HB0474
Local Government, General
- As introduced, expresses legislative intent that the persons appointed to a charter commission for the consolidation of the functions of the county and creation of a metropolitan government be representative of both incorporated and unincorporated areas of the county.
Comp. SB subst.
4/16/2024
HB0768
Firearms and Ammunition
- As introduced, extends from 60 days to 90 days, the time within which a handgun carry permit holder must notify the department of safety in writing of a change in the permit holder's principal place of residence.
P2C, caption bill, held on desk - pending amdt.
2/2/2023
HB1107
Education, Higher
- As introduced, requires the chairs of the government operations committees of each house to review the report submitted to the general assembly by Tennessee State University of the university's progress in improving facilities and infrastructure and to determine if a further review of the university is needed based upon the university's progress of improvement in the report.
Received from House, Passed on First Consideration
4/20/2023
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
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
HB1371
Sunset Laws
- As introduced, extends the sunset termination date for the state energy policy council from June 30, 2024, to June 30, 2025.
Taken off notice for cal. in Government Operations Committee
2/27/2023
HB1375
Historical Commission
- As enacted, vacates and reconstitutes the commission; makes other changes relative to the commission.
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 764
5/1/2024
HB1376
Education, Higher
- As enacted, enacts the "Tennessee Higher Education Freedom of Expression and Transparency Act."
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 268
5/3/2023
HB1377
Local Education Agencies
- As introduced, creates a process by which certain individuals may file a complaint with an LEA or public charter school for the LEA's or public charter school's including or promoting certain prohibited concepts as part of a course of instruction, in a curriculum or instructional program, or by allowing teachers or other employees to use supplemental materials that include or promote certain prohibited concepts.
Taken off notice for cal. in Education Administration
1/24/2024
HB1378
Health Care
- As introduced, enacts the “Youth Health Protection Act.”
Assigned to s/c Health Subcommittee
2/7/2023
HB1379
Health, Dept. of
- As introduced, requires the department to publish the annual permit fee schedule to operate an organized camp on the department's website.
Taken off notice for cal in s/c Health Subcommittee of Health Committee
3/29/2023
HB1380
Public Health
- As enacted, enacts the "Mature Minor Doctrine Clarification Act."
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 477
5/24/2023
HB1381
Local Education Agencies
- As introduced, authorizes a third-grade student who is not proficient in English language arts (ELA) to be promoted to fourth grade if at least 66 percent of the third-grade students in the student's LEA or public charter school test proficient on the ELA portion of the most recently administered Tennessee comprehensive assessment program test and if the student's parent or guardian, teacher, and school principal mutually agree and recommend in writing that the student should be promoted to fourth grade.
Taken off notice for cal in s/c K-12 Subcommittee of Education Administration
3/14/2023
HB1382
Public Employees
- As introduced, adds public safety dispatchers to those first responders eligible to receive certain benefits when killed in the line of duty.
Taken off notice for cal in s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee of Finance, Ways, and Means Committee
4/18/2023
HB1383
Criminal Offenses
- As introduced, prohibits the arrest, charge, or prosecution of a person for prostitution if the evidence for the arrest, charge, or prosecution results solely from the person's report of the criminal act; increases the penalty for patronizing prostitution from a Class A misdemeanor to a Class E felony.
Taken off notice for cal in s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee of Criminal Justice Committee
3/21/2023
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
HB1385
Weapons
- As introduced, defines "intent to go armed," for purposes of the criminal offenses of unlawful carrying of a weapon, carrying weapons on school property, and carrying weapons in public parks or other recreational grounds, as carrying or wearing a weapon with premeditation and forethought to commit an infamous crime.
Returned to the Clerk's Desk.
4/4/2023
HB1386
Marriage
- As introduced, enacts the "Marital Contract at Common Law Recording Act"; authorizes county clerks to accept and record a record of common law marriage between one man and one woman; limits the jurisdiction of circuit courts and chancery courts in cases involving the definition of common law marriage to the principles of common law marriage.
Taken off notice for cal. in Civil Justice Committee
4/2/2024
HB1387
Lottery, Charitable
- As enacted, allows a 501(c)(3) foundation connected to a chamber of commerce that has been in continuous and active existence in this state for at least 10 successive years in the county to hold an annual event.
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 141
4/18/2023
HB1388
Health, Dept. of
- As enacted, terminates the radiologic imaging and radiation therapy board of examiners; authorizes the board of medical examiners, to establish and issue limited and full X-ray certifications.
Effective date(s) 04/28/2023
5/3/2023
HB1415
Taxes, Exemption and Credits
- As introduced, exempts the first $15,000 of the purchase price of an automobile from the sales tax if the purchaser is a member of the Tennessee air or army national guard.
Taken off notice for cal in s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee of Finance, Ways, and Means Committee
4/18/2023
HB1416
Education
- As enacted, extends the benefits and opportunities provided to children of active duty members of the uniformed services in the Interstate Compact on Educational Opportunity for Military Children to school-aged children in the household of a member of any reserve component of the armed forces of the United States, including members of the Tennessee army and air national guard who are enrolled in any of the grades K-12.
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 257
5/3/2023
HB1534
Anderson County
- Subject to local approval, repeals act creating position of county service officer.
Pr. Ch. 13
5/24/2023
HB1633
Safety
- As enacted, requires the department of safety to create de-escalation training for teachers, administrators, and other school personnel; requires LEAs and public charter schools to ensure that the LEA's or public charter school's teachers, administrators, and other school personnel annually receive the de-escalation training.
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 675
4/17/2024
HB1660
Education, Higher
- As introduced, prohibits certain institutions of higher education from defining discriminatory practices in their antidiscrimination policies in a manner inconsistent with the definition of discriminatory practices in state law; prohibits certain institutions of higher education from establishing or recognizing forms of discrimination in their antidiscrimination policies in a manner inconsistent with the forms of discrimination recognized as legally actionable by this state; requires the Tennessee higher education commission to establish a process for persons to file a complaint alleging that an institution is not complying with such prohibitions.
Failed in s/c Higher Education Subcommittee of Education Administration
3/11/2024
HB1661
Libraries
- As introduced, enacts the "Restricted Access by Minors to Obscene Library Materials Act."
Taken off notice for cal. in Government Operations Committee
3/25/2024
HB1739
Sunset Laws
- As enacted, requires the state university board for Tennessee State University to be vacated and reconstituted; extends the termination date for the Tennessee State University, board of trustees to June 30, 2026.
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 610
4/3/2024
HB1740
Sunset Laws
- As enacted, extends the advisory council on state procurement to June 30, 2028.
Effective date(s) 03/01/2024
3/19/2024
HB1741
Sunset Laws
- As enacted, extends the Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology Interstate Compact to June 30, 2026.
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 489
3/15/2024
HB1742
Sunset Laws
- As enacted, extends the board of funeral directors and embalmers to June 30, 2030.
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 490
3/19/2024
HB1743
Sunset Laws
- As enacted, extends the board of physician assistants to June 30, 2030.
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 491
3/19/2024
HB1744
Sunset Laws
- As enacted, extends the bureau of workers' compensation to June 30, 2029.
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 492
3/19/2024
HB1745
Sunset Laws
- As enacted, extends the child care agency licensing board of review to June 30, 2030.
Effective date(s) 03/07/2024
3/19/2024
HB1746
Sunset Laws
- As enacted, extends the Tennessee collection service board to June 30, 2030.
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 493
3/19/2024
HB1747
Sunset Laws
- As enacted, extends the uniform law commission to June 30, 2032; changes name of the entity from the "national conference of commissioners on uniform state laws" to the "uniform law commission" wherever the name appears in statute to accurately reflect the entity's current name.
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 494
3/19/2024
HB1748
Sunset Laws
- As enacted, extends the commission on children and youth to June 30, 2028.
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 825
5/9/2024
HB1749
Sunset Laws
- As enacted, extends the Compact for Education to June 30, 2032.
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 495
3/19/2024
HB1750
Sunset Laws
- As enacted, extends the consumer advocate division in the office of the attorney general and reporter to June 30, 2029.
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 496
3/19/2024
HB1751
Sunset Laws
- As enacted, extends the department of children's services to June 30, 2026; requires the department to submit quarterly written reports to the government operations committees during 2024 and 2025 to provide updates on the department's progress in addressing the findings set forth in the December 2022 performance audit report.
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 592
4/3/2024
HB1752
Sunset Laws
- As enacted, extends the department of correction to June 30, 2027; requires the department to report back to the government operations committee by December 31, 2024, to update the committee on its progress in addressing the findings set forth in the December 2023 performance audit report.
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 593
4/3/2024
HB1753
Sunset Laws
- As enacted, extends the department of finance and administration to June 30, 2028.
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 594
4/3/2024
HB1754
Sunset Laws
- As enacted, extends the department of general services to June 30, 2026.
Effective date(s) 05/21/2024
5/28/2024
HB1755
Sunset Laws
- As enacted, extends the department of labor and workforce development to June 30, 2026.
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 595
4/3/2024
HB1756
Sunset Laws
- As enacted, extends the department of transportation to June 30, 2028; requires the department to report back to the government operations committee by December 31, 2024, to update the committee on its progress in addressing the findings and observations set forth in the December 2023 performance audit report.
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 596
4/3/2024
HB1757
Sunset Laws
- As enacted, extends the health facilities commission to June 30, 2026.
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 597
4/3/2024
HB1758
Sunset Laws
- As enacted, extends the Interstate Mining Compact to June 30, 2032.
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 497
3/19/2024
HB1759
Sunset Laws
- As enacted, extends the medical advisory committee to June 30, 2029.
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 498
3/19/2024
HB1760
Sunset Laws
- As enacted, extends the medical payment committee to June 30, 2029.
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 499
3/19/2024
HB1761
Sunset Laws
- As enacted, extends the professional art therapist advisory committee of the board of examiners in psychology to June 30, 2026.
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 501
3/19/2024
HB1762
Sunset Laws
- As enacted, extends the Occupational Therapy Licensure Compact to June 30, 2026.
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 500
3/19/2024
HB1763
Sunset Laws
- As enacted, extends the public records commission to June 30, 2032.
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 502
3/19/2024
HB1764
Sunset Laws
- As enacted, extends the real estate appraiser commission to June 30, 2030.
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 503
3/19/2024
HB1765
Sunset Laws
- As enacted, extends the Tennessee real estate commission to June 30, 2030.
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 504
3/19/2024
HB1766
Sunset Laws
- As enacted, extends the regional transportation authority of Middle Tennessee to June 30, 2032.
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 505
3/19/2024
HB1767
Sunset Laws
- As enacted, extends the sports wagering council to June 30, 2028.
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 598
4/3/2024
HB1768
Sunset Laws
- As enacted, extends the standards committee, department of children's services to June 30, 2030.
Effective date(s) 03/01/2024
3/19/2024
HB1769
Sunset Laws
- As enacted, extends the state board of education to June 30, 2030.
Pub. Ch. 663
4/17/2024
HB1770
Sunset Laws
- As enacted, extends the state election commission to June 30, 2032.
Effective date(s) 03/27/2024
4/3/2024
HB1771
Sunset Laws
- As introduced, extends the state energy policy council to June 30, 2030.
Held on desk.
3/11/2024
HB1772
Sunset Laws
- As enacted, extends the state funding board to June 30, 2032.
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 506
3/19/2024
HB1773
Sunset Laws
- As enacted, extends the state procurement commission to June 30, 2028.
Effective date(s) 03/01/2024
3/19/2024
HB1774
Sunset Laws
- As enacted, extends the state protest committee to June 30, 2028; removes requirement that the chief procurement officer send minutes of protest proceedings to the state protest committee and comptroller.
Effective date(s) 03/01/2024
3/19/2024
HB1775
Sunset Laws
- As enacted, extends the Tennessee auctioneer commission to June 30, 2030.
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 507
3/19/2024
HB1776
Sunset Laws
- As enacted, extends the Tennessee board of court reporting to June 30, 2025.
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 673
4/17/2024
HB1777
Sunset Laws
- As enacted, extends the Tennessee central economic authority to June 30, 2030.
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 508
3/19/2024
HB1778
Sunset Laws
- As enacted, extends the board of control of the Tennessee corrections institute to June 30, 2029.
Effective date(s) 03/01/2024
3/19/2024
HB1779
Sunset Laws
- As enacted, extends the Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway Development Compact to June 30, 2032.
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 509
3/19/2024
HB1780
Sunset Laws
- As enacted, extends the trial court vacancy commission to June 30, 2030.
Effective date(s) 03/07/2024
3/19/2024
HB1781
Sunset Laws
- As enacted, extends the University of Tennessee, board of trustees, to June 30, 2028.
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 826
5/9/2024
HB1782
Sunset Laws
- As enacted, places the Tennessee monuments and memorials commission in the sunset law with a scheduled termination date of June 30, 2025.
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 599
4/3/2024
HB1783
Administrative Procedure (UAPA)
- As enacted, generally establishes that permanent rules filed in the office of the secretary of state on or after January 1, 2023, that are in effect on May 1, 2024, and that are scheduled for expiration on June 30, 2024, do not expire on June 30, 2024, but remain in effect until repealed or amended by subsequent rule of the appropriate rulemaking agency or until otherwise superseded by legislative enactment.
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 827
5/9/2024
HB1840
Attorney General and Reporter
- As introduced, requires foreign agents from certain countries of concern to register with the attorney general and reporter.
Withdrawn.
1/29/2024
HB1841
Public Contracts
- As introduced, prohibits certain foreign entities from submitting bids for contracts with the state or a political subdivision of the state; requires entities bidding on contracts to make certain disclosures and certifications related to the entities' business relationship with certain foreign entities; provides for civil penalties if the disclosures or certifications are false.
Failed in s/c Public Service Subcommittee of State Government Committee
3/5/2024
HB1842
Safety
- As introduced, prohibits the use of physical broadband infrastructure and equipment from certain entities and countries in the construction or use of existing critical telecommunications infrastructure; establishes related requirements and penalties.
Taken off notice for cal in s/c Business & Utilities Subcommittee of Commerce Committee
3/12/2024
HB1843
Taxes
- As introduced, enacts the "Allied Investments in Tennessee Act."
Returned to the Clerk's Desk.
4/17/2024
HB1854
Attorney General and Reporter
- As introduced, requires foreign agents from certain countries of concern to register with the attorney general and reporter.
Withdrawn.
1/29/2024
HB1855
Education, Higher
- As enacted, requires each public institution of higher education to establish a policy framework to promote the security of academic research conducted at the institution to mitigate against the risk of foreign influence.
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 955
5/13/2024
HB1948
Education, Higher
- As introduced, establishes various prohibitions and requirements for public institutions of higher education regarding diversity, equity, and inclusion.
Failed in s/c Higher Education Subcommittee of Education Administration
3/4/2024
HB1949
Criminal Offenses
- As introduced, expands the offense of observation without consent to include a person or entity that adopts rules or enforces a policy or other work-related guidance for employees or contractors to promote or assist in the commission of observation without consent in a place where there is a reasonable expectation of privacy, including a restroom, locker room, dressing room, or shower, designated for multi-person, single-sex use; creates a civil action for invasion of privacy based on a violation of observation without consent.
Taken off notice for cal in s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee of Criminal Justice Committee
4/3/2024
HB1995
Health, Dept. of
- As introduced, requires the department to create a separate marriage license application form and marriage license form that may be used by applicants if the bride is a female and the groom is a male; prohibits a county clerk from certifying and recording this marriage license form if the form was used to solemnize a marriage between persons other than a female bride and a male groom.
Taken off notice for cal in s/c Children & Family Affairs Subcommittee of Civil Justice Committee
3/5/2024
HB2102
Tennessee Higher Education Commission
- As enacted, authorizes the commission to designate VETS campuses that strive to increase enrollment, continuation, and graduation rates of veterans, and that meet certain qualification criteria established by the commission, as VETS Bravo campuses; establishes reporting requirements for VETS Bravo campuses.
Effective date(s) 07/01/2024
4/3/2024
HB2346
Tennessee Higher Education Commission
- As enacted, creates a mechanism for the management and governance functions of certain boards to be transferred and assumed by the commission in the event a board ceases to exist under the Tennessee Governmental Entity Review Law.
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 848
5/13/2024
HB2347
Historical Commission
- As introduced, vacates the commission and reconstitutes the commission; changes the size and appointing authorities for the commission from 24 gubernatorial appointees to 20 total members with five each being appointed by the governor, the speaker of the senate, and the speaker of the house of representatives and five ex officio non-voting members.
Withdrawn.
2/5/2024
HB2348
Criminal Offenses
- As enacted, establishes a Class E felony for an entity that is supported in whole or in part by public funds to knowingly provide meeting spaces or other forums, including electronic and print platforms, to certain groups or organizations for the purpose of soliciting material support, recruiting new members, or encouraging violent action.
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 872
5/13/2024
HB2615
Consumer Protection
- As introduced, creates the "Motor Vehicle Consumer Privacy Act of 2024."
Taken off notice for cal in s/c Banking & Consumer Affairs Subcommittee of Commerce Committee
3/5/2024
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
HB2647
Children's Services, Dept. of
- As introduced, removes an outdated provision that required the department to report to the chairs of the government operations committees of the senate and the house of representatives, and appear before the education, health, and general welfare joint evaluation committee, in 2023 relative to the December 2022 performance audit report issued by the division of state audit.
Def. to Summer Study in Civil Justice Committee
4/9/2024
HB2784
Education, Higher
- As enacted, adds a process by which compliance with the law concerning divisive concepts in institutions of higher education can be reviewed by applicable legislative committees.
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 815
5/9/2024
HB2859
Parks, Natural Areas Preservation
- As enacted, provides that an owner of land who enters into a cooperative agreement with a public utility owned by the federal government for the use of the public utility's land in conjunction with the owner's land of at least 100 acres that is made available to the public as a park for outdoor recreational purposes without charge, except for a nominal parking fee or special event fee, generally owes no duty of care to persons entering or going upon such land and is not liable for any loss, damages, or injury to such persons.
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 819
5/9/2024
164 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
HB0023
Open Meetings
- As enacted, requires a legislative body for a municipal, metropolitan, or county government to make available to the public, at no charge and at least 48 hours prior to a meeting, the agenda for the upcoming meeting in a place accessible to the public; authorizes such body to deliberate or act upon matters not listed on the agenda if the body follows its bylaws or properly adopted rules and procedures and complies with all other applicable state laws.
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 213
5/3/2023
HB0027
Scholarships and Financial Aid
- As enacted, allows a student who earns the student's first baccalaureate degree in less than the projected completion time to continue to receive the Tennessee HOPE scholarship in pursuit of an advanced degree.
Effective date(s) 05/11/2023, 07/01/2023
5/18/2023
HB0029
Education, Higher
- As enacted, authorizes a state university and the University of Tennessee system to coordinate with a two-year institution governed by the board of regents for the two-year institution to provide remedial or developmental courses or coursework, regardless of whether the university offers remedial or developmental courses or coursework at present.
Effective date(s) 07/01/2023
5/2/2023
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
HB0038
Attorney General and Reporter
- As enacted, specifies that when, in the judgment of the speaker of the house of representatives and the speaker of the senate, the interest of the state requires additional counsel to the attorney general and reporter, the speakers shall retain additional counsel to prosecute an action against the federal government on behalf of the state if the representation does not include payment of a fixed or contingent fee to any such additional counsel or otherwise increase state expenditures.
Effective date(s) 07/01/2023
4/18/2023
HB0040
Real Property
- As enacted, prohibits certain foreign ownership of real property in this state by nonresident aliens and foreign entities if certain conditions are met.
Effective date(s) 07/01/2023
5/18/2023
HB0047
State Symbols
- As enacted, establishes the phrase "Send Me." as an additional state motto.
Effective date(s) 04/25/2023
5/2/2023
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
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
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
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
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
HB0087
Motor Vehicles
- As enacted, revises law relative to garagekeeper's or towing firm's liens, unclaimed or abandoned vehicles and notification of owners and lienholders, and motor vehicle storage.
Effective date(s) 04/25/2023, 07/01/2023
5/2/2023
HB0088
Driver Licenses
- As enacted, requires the department of safety to waive the knowledge test, and accept alternative requirements, for active duty and honorably discharged service members and members of the national guard or the armed forces reserves applying for temporary commercial learner's permits; identifies certain alternative requirements, which include operating a commercial motor vehicle in the military in combination with a good driving record.
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 422
5/24/2023
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
HB0115
Secretary of State
- As enacted, requires the Secretary of State to establish and implement a program designated as the Tennessee Businesses Against Trafficking program to engage participating corporations and other private entities in voluntary efforts to identify, prevent, and combat human trafficking.
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 177
4/25/2023
HB0138
Highways, Roads and Bridges
- As enacted, makes various revisions to law relative to designating bridges, highways, and roads.
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 251
5/3/2023
HB0144
Criminal Offenses
- As enacted, changes from 25 to 17 the number of days of incarceration a person convicted of a second offense of driving under the influence of an intoxicant must serve before the person can participate in a substance abuse treatment program; requires a person charged with or convicted of a third or subsequent offense of driving under the influence of an intoxicant involving the use of alcohol to wear a transdermal alcohol monitoring device for a 90-day period of continuous sobriety.
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 116
4/18/2023
HB0155
Health, Dept. of
- As enacted, requires an annual training pay bonus supplement for eligible emergency medical services personnel in the amount of $800.
Effective date(s) 05/11/2023, 01/01/2024
5/18/2023
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
HB0159
Criminal Offenses
- As enacted, exempts from the offense of possessing or carrying a weapon on school property the possession or carrying of a pocket knife by a nonstudent adult on election day if the knife remains concealed at all times while the adult is on school property for the sole purpose of voting in an election for which the school is the adult's designated polling place.
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 142
4/27/2023
HB0166
Military
- As introduced, establishes that full-time state employees who are members of a reserve component of the armed forces of the United States, including the Tennessee army and air national guard, shall continue to accrue annual and sick leave the employee would ordinarily accrue during any period of absence from the employee's respective duties for military service.
Taken off notice for cal in s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee of Finance, Ways, and Means Committee
4/18/2023
HB0250
Education
- As enacted, requires, beyond the 2022-2023 school year, each LEA and public charter school to provide each high school senior, instead of students generally, the opportunity to take nationally recognized assessments if the assessments meet certain criteria.
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 439
5/24/2023
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
HB0253
Criminal Offenses
- As enacted, establishes the Class B misdemeanor of parentage fraud.
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 189
5/3/2023
HB0289
Capital Punishment
- As enacted, requires a sentence of death to be carried out within 30 business days of the conclusion of any appeals or post-conviction relief, if the jury unanimously determines that certain circumstances are met.
Effective date(s) 07/01/2023
5/18/2023
HB0311
Public Contracts
- As introduced, requires the state procurement commission to strive to ensure that at least 5 percent of procurement contracts are awarded to veteran-owned businesses.
Taken off notice for cal in s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee of Finance, Ways, and Means Committee
4/18/2023
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
HB0318
Children
- As enacted, revises present law provisions governing adoption and foster care.
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 187
5/3/2023
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
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
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
HB0340
Education
- As enacted, requires a student to be considered in violation of a zero tolerance offense and be expelled for not less than one calendar year, except that a director of schools may modify such expulsion on a case-by-case basis, for threatening mass violence on school property or at a school-related activity.
Effective date(s) 07/01/2023
5/2/2023
HB0394
Food and Food Products
- As enacted, makes various changes to the Tennessee Meat and Poultry Inspection Act and establishes a state meat inspection program.
Effective date(s) 05/11/2023
6/2/2023
HB0403
Consumer Protection
- As enacted, regulates the production and sale of hemp-derived cannabinoids, including products known as delta-8 and delta-10.
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 423
5/24/2023
HB0424
Teachers, Principals and School Personnel
- As enacted, authorizes the commissioner of education to grant an individual pursuing clinical experience in an educator preparation program (EPP) who meets certain requirements a temporary permit to teach in a teaching position in which an LEA or public charter school is unable to secure a qualified teacher with a valid license for the type and kind of school in which a vacancy exists.
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 284
5/4/2023
HB0431
Aircraft and Airports
- As enacted, changes the present law that imposes and remits a tax on a person's purchase, use, consumption, or storage of aviation fuel that is used in the operation of an aircraft of a certificated or licensed air carrier with a transportation hub within this state.
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 455
5/24/2023
HB0432
Lottery, Scholarships and Programs
- As enacted, enacts the "Tennessee Future Teacher Scholarship Act of 2023."
Effective date(s) 05/11/2023, 07/01/2023
5/19/2023
HB0437
Education, Dept. of
- As enacted, revises various provisions of present law pertaining to the promotion of students from third grade.
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 338
5/17/2023
HB0457
Sports
- As enacted, makes changes concerning youth sports safety.
Effective date(s) 07/01/2023
5/19/2023
HB0472
Animal Cruelty and Abuse
- As enacted, establishes standards for shelter that must be provided to dogs under animal cruelty laws.
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 335
5/17/2023
HB0482
Criminal Offenses
- As enacted, revises the punishment for critical infrastructure vandalism.
Effective date(s) 07/01/2023
5/3/2023
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
HB0485
Traffic Safety
- As enacted, enacts the "Eddie Conrad Act," which establishes the number of points to be charged to a person's driving record for violations of driving while using a wireless telecommunications device.
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 428
5/24/2023
HB0496
Health Care
- As enacted, requires certain health related boards to either render a decision on the application or inform the applicant of the need to appear before such board within 60 days from the date the respective board receives a completed application for licensure from either an initial applicant or an applicant who is licensed in another state or territory of the United States or in the District of Columbia.
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 426
5/24/2023
HB0500
Appropriations
- As introduced, appropriates $20 million to the legislature for the purchase or construction of a building or other facility accessible to the Cordell Hull Building.
Taken off notice for cal in s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee of Finance, Ways, and Means Committee
4/18/2023
HB0552
Children's Services, Dept. of
- As enacted, states that the goal of the department must be to act in the best interest of the child at all times and that goal must be reflected in any mission statement or motto established by the department.
Effective date(s) 04/28/2023
5/3/2023
HB0562
Military
- As enacted, clarifies that compensation for members of the national guard must accrue upon them being ordered to active state service and the payment of compensation to members must use this state's established weekly pay cycle as needed to effectuate compensation.
Effective date(s) 07/01/2023
5/18/2023
HB0585
Taxes, Privilege
- As introduced, phases out professional privilege tax over a three-year period for tax years that begin on and after June 1, 2024; reduces tax by $200 in the first year and by $100 in each remaining year.
Taken off notice for cal in s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee of Finance, Ways, and Means Committee
4/18/2023
HB0586
Taxes, Privilege
- As introduced, eliminates the professional privilege tax for attorneys.
Taken off notice for cal in s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee of Finance, Ways, and Means Committee
4/18/2023
HB0606
Adoption
- As enacted, makes various revisions to present law relative to adoption.
Effective date(s) 07/01/2023
5/18/2023
HB0608
Insurance Companies, Agents, Brokers, Policies
- As enacted, removes the requirement that an individual applying for an insurance producer license take a prelicensing course of study for a line of authority; removes other references to the prelicensing education requirement for applicants for an insurance producer license.
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 57
3/28/2023
HB0611
State Government
- As enacted, clarifies that employees of state governmental entities who are compensated through funding sources other than this state are subject to the Tennessee State Employees Uniform Nepotism Policy Act of 1980; creates criminal and civil penalties for a state employee who violates the Act; authorizes the attorney general and reporter to investigate violations of the Act.
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 50
3/28/2023
HB0678
Local Education Agencies
- As enacted, deletes the provision repealing the "Virtual Public Schools Act" on June 30, 2023.
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 161
4/25/2023
HB0702
Controlled Substances
- As enacted, enacts the "One Pill Will Kill Act," which adds fentanyl, carfentanil, remifentanil, alfentanil, and thiafentanil to what constitutes a qualifying controlled substance for purposes of certain felony offenses.
Effective date(s) 07/01/2023
5/19/2023
HB0724
County Officers
- As enacted, requires a candidate for the office of constable to undergo a cognitive and psychological examination by a licensed psychologist to ensure the fitness of the candidate prior to running for office.
Effective date(s) 07/01/2023
3/28/2023
HB0769
Motor Vehicles
- As enacted, clarifies that excessive or unusual noise or annoying smoke can be used to determine whether a muffler is in good working order and in constant operation as required by law; exempts farm tractors or implements of husbandry from this law; adds a defense to prosecution if certain evidence is provided.
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 164
6/20/2023
HB0771
State Symbols
- As enacted, requests the governor to submit a new design of the great seal of the state of Tennessee by July 1, 2025, that incorporates the language "In God We Trust."
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 261
5/3/2023
HB0774
Local Government, General
- As enacted, enacts the "Protecting Tennessee Businesses and Workers Act."
Effective date(s) 04/28/2023
5/3/2023
HB0798
Utilities, Utility Districts
- As enacted, increases the membership of the executive committee for the underground utility damage enforcement board from three to five members by adding two additional board members to the committee.
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 224
5/3/2023
HB0806
Criminal Offenses
- As enacted, makes revisions to the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organization (RICO) Act of 1989, including expanding the definition of racketeering activity.
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 487
5/24/2023
HB0818
School Transportation
- As enacted, revises present law provisions relative to cameras on school buses and failing to stop upon approaching a school bus that has stopped on the highway.
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 179
4/25/2023
HB0826
Education
- As enacted, authorizes a director of schools, or a director's designee, to not assign a student in grades 7-12 who has been suspended for more than 10 days or expelled from the regular school program for an offense of violence or threatened violence, or an offense that threatened the safety of persons attending or assigned to the student's school, to an alternative school or alternative program if the director or designee determines that assigning the student to the alternative school or program may endanger the safety of the students or staff of the alternative school or program.
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 279
5/4/2023
HB0831
Tennessee Bureau of Investigation
- As enacted, requires the bureau to develop a request for certification form to be completed by the court and submitted to the bureau prior to entering an order of expunction, with a few exceptions; requires the bureau to determine and certify whether a submitted offense is eligible for expunction; prohibits entry of an order of expunction on or after January 1, 2024, unless a certificate of eligibility from the bureau is attached to the order of expunction.
Effective date(s) 05/11/2023
5/19/2023
HB0871
Election Laws
- As introduced, changes from January 15 to January 1, the time by which the state coordinator of elections must annually file a report with the state and local government committee of the senate and the state government committee of the house of representatives regarding the status of agreements entered into with other states, the progress or difficulties of reaching agreements with other states, and other information the state coordinator of elections deems necessary to keep the members of the general assembly apprised on the integrity of Tennessee's statewide voter registration database.
Received from House, Passed on First Consideration
3/9/2023
HB0878
Marriage
- As enacted, clarifies that a person is not required to solemnize a marriage.
Effective date(s) 02/21/2024
3/15/2024
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
HB0883
Abortion
- As enacted, makes various changes relative to abortion.
Effective date(s) 04/28/2023
5/3/2023
HB0885
Health Care
- As enacted, enacts the "Prior Authorization Fairness Act."
Effective date(s) 05/11/2023, 01/01/2025
5/19/2023
HB0892
Teachers, Principals and School Personnel
- As enacted, adds the director of schools as a person to whom a principal must report the principal's direct knowledge of an offense of assault and battery or vandalism committed by a student on school property endangering the life, health, or safety of others; expands the educator's bill of rights to include the educator's right to report an offense of assault and battery or vandalism committed by a student on school property and the educator's right to receive benefits if the educator is a teacher who is absent from their assigned duties due to injuries caused by a criminal act committed against the teacher in the course of the teacher's employment activities.
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 153
4/18/2023
HB0938
Annexation
- As enacted, allows owners of real property used primarily for agricultural purposes who reside in a territory previously annexed by ordinance upon the initiative of the municipality to petition the municipality to deannex such property, if certain conditions are present.
Effective date(s) 07/01/2023
5/19/2023
HB0946
Energy
- As enacted, requires a political subdivision that imposes requirements or expectations related to the type of clean or renewable energy used by a public utility in an ordinance, resolution, or other regulation to include certain sources of energy as permissible sources of clean or renewable energy.
Effective date(s) 07/01/2023
4/18/2023
HB0952
Hospitals and Health Care Facilities
- As enacted, establishes regulations regarding the licensing and regulating of certain medically related facilities.
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 466
5/24/2023
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
HB0982
Controlled Substances
- As enacted, protects a person's statement regarding the use or possession of marijuana to certain licensed health providers that was made in the course or scope of the person's medical care for the purpose of obtaining medical advice on possible adverse effects of marijuana use in combination with other medications or medical treatment from being admissible as evidence in any criminal trial, hearing, or proceeding in which the person is a defendant; authorizes the person to expressly waive such protection.
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 270
5/3/2023
HB0994
Criminal Offenses
- As introduced, clarifies that a threat to use deadly force by a private citizen making an arrest is not in itself considered a use of deadly force; prohibits a private citizen from threatening to use deadly force during the course of a citizen's arrest unless the arrest is for a crime committed or threatened against the citizen making the arrest or for a violent crime committed or threatened in the presence of the citizen making the arrest.
Def. to Summer Study in Criminal Justice Subcommittee
4/3/2024
HB0996
Education
- As enacted, clarifies that instruction in topics related to sexual activity are generally not age-appropriate for students in grades K-5 and must generally not be taught to students in grades K-5 as part of a family life curriculum; clarifies that such prohibition does not prohibit an LEA or public charter school from providing instruction to students in K-5 on the detection, intervention, prevention, and treatment of child sexual abuse and human trafficking in which the victim is a child.
Effective date(s) 05/21/2024
5/28/2024
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
HB1019
Taxes, Exemption and Credits
- As introduced, enacts the "Pregnancy Resource Tax Credit Act," which authorizes business, excise, and franchise tax credits for businesses that make monetary contributions to eligible nonprofit organizations that provide certain pregnancy-related services.
Taken off notice for cal in s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee of Finance, Ways, and Means Committee
4/18/2023
HB1051
Mental Illness
- As enacted, authorizes certain licensed advanced practice nurses and physician assistants to execute a certificate of need if a person is admitted and detained by a hospital or treatment resource for emergency diagnosis, evaluation, and treatment; makes other revisions to the execution of certificates of need.
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 199
5/3/2023
HB1060
Employees, Employers
- As enacted, makes changes to the Tennessee Employment Security Law relative to benefit eligibility conditions, disqualifications events, and methods for employers to report certain conduct of claimants.
Effective date(s) 07/01/2024
5/19/2023
HB1067
Utilities, Utility Districts
- As introduced, requires a municipal utility system or metropolitan electric plant that established a program before January 1, 2021, for purposes of accepting and distributing excess receipts for bona fide charitable purposes, and that operates the program on an opt-out basis, to begin operating the program on an opt-in basis by January 1, 2024.
Failed in s/c Business & Utilities Subcommittee of Commerce Committee
3/12/2024
HB1072
Veterans Services, Dept. of
- As enacted, requires the department to establish an honor guard grant program to provide grants to veteran service organizations to offset expenses incurred by the organization and members of the organization's honor guard in providing military funeral honors for qualifying Tennessee veterans.
Effective date(s) 05/11/2023, 01/01/2024
5/19/2023
HB1106
Juvenile Offenders
- As enacted, allows a juvenile court to transfer a juvenile 16 years of age or older to a criminal court of competent jurisdiction to be tried as an adult for committing the offense of escape from a youth development center approved, certified, or licensed by the department of children's services.
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 264
5/3/2023
HB1120
Children's Services, Dept. of
- As enacted, requires the department to make chaplain services available on a regular basis to juveniles who are housed in a youth development center; prohibits the department from requiring a juvenile to attend or use chaplain services; requires the department to provide annual training to youth service officers on best practices for behavior management and conflict resolution in the context of supervision of juvenile justice youth; requires the department to house children 16 years of age or older separately from younger children, unless housing the children together is necessary for the safety and well-being of the younger children or to otherwise comply with law relative to the use of seclusion at juvenile detention facilities.
Effective date(s) 01/01/2024
3/28/2023
HB1144
School Transportation
- As enacted, clarifies that the registration fee for one school bus owned by a person under contract with a local education agency (LEA) for the provision of transportation services is equal to the fee charged for a school bus owned by an LEA.
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 462
5/24/2023
HB1150
Education, Dept. of
- As enacted, requires the department to conduct a statewide needs analysis of preschool education in this state; requires the department to establish the Tennessee preschool task force to assist in developing a strategic plan for preschool education in this state and to provide recommendations on high-quality programming; requires, subject to available funding, the department to implement a pilot program to award grant funds to five LEAs to implement innovative and high-quality preschool programs in the 2023-2024 school year.
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 340
5/17/2023
HB1188
Education
- As enacted, requires, beginning with the 2026-2027 school year, each LEA and public charter school to have fifth grade students complete one semester of Tennessee history in the first semester of the students' fifth grade year.
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 523
3/19/2024
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
HB1194
Health Care
- As enacted, makes changes to law relative to the Alzheimer's and dementia respite care program.
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 221
5/3/2023
HB1199
Tennessee Higher Education Commission
- As enacted, revises present law relative to tuition reimbursement for national guardsmen.
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 485
5/24/2023
HB1211
Economic and Community Development, Dept. of
- As enacted, makes various changes relative to the Broadband Accessibility Grant Program.
Effective date(s) 04/28/2023
5/3/2023
HB1225
Child Custody and Support
- As enacted, revises present law relative to child support.
Effective date(s) 05/05/2023
5/18/2023
HB1245
Criminal Procedure
- As introduced, allows for a sentence of death to be carried out by electrocution as an alternative to lethal injection if the commissioner of correction certifies to the governor that the department is unable to adhere to the lethal injection protocol required to carry out the sentence of death.
Returned to the Clerk's Desk.
4/17/2024
HB1259
Real Property
- As enacted, enacts anti-squatter laws.
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 1009
5/29/2024
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
HB1270
Correctional Programs
- As enacted, revises present law relative to community corrections.
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 483
5/24/2023
HB1286
Public Funds and Financing
- As enacted, requires the department of treasury investment division staff to invest, reinvest, manage, and select investment options for program assets for financial reasons, excluding environmental, social, and governance interests that may not be material to the financial analysis of the investment, for the exclusive benefit of the beneficiaries of the programs while maximizing long-term shareholder value; makes other changes concerning the authority of the state treasurer.
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 471
5/24/2023
HB1310
Consumer Protection
- As enacted, enacts the "Genetic Information Privacy Act."
Effective date(s) 07/01/2023
5/3/2023
HB1311
Medical Occupations
- As enacted, enacts the "Graduate Physicians Act."
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 470
5/24/2023
HB1312
Physicians and Surgeons
- As enacted, revises the law relative to the board of medical examiners issuing a temporary license of limited duration to certain international medical school graduates.
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 211
5/4/2023
HB1321
School Transportation
- As enacted, allows school bus drivers to use a portable electronic device for navigation of the school bus and for accurately accounting for students at bus pick-up and drop-off locations through use of the device's global positioning system if no hands are used to hold the device or to enter data into the device while the school bus is in motion; the device is mounted on the school bus's windshield, dashboard, or center console area; and the driver views only data related to the navigation of the bus.
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 210
5/4/2023
HB1342
Economic and Community Development
- As enacted, places certain restrictions on employers seeking to receive economic development incentives.
Effective date(s) 07/01/2023
5/17/2023
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
HB1358
Health Care
- As enacted, directs the department of health to officially request the United States department of health and human services to add newborn screening for metachromatic leukodystrophy to the recommended uniform screening panel.
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 431
5/24/2023
HB1365
State Government
- As enacted, revises provisions relating to background checks for persons considered for appointment to or employment in various positions in state government and for administrators and employees of child care agencies.
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 433
5/24/2023
HB1366
Correction, Dept. of
- As enacted, requires the department to provide an inmate who is discharged from imprisonment for a felony offense and who intends to reside in this state with certain documentation to assist the inmate in obtaining post-release employment and to coordinate with the department of safety to provide a photo identification license if the inmate does not have a current photo identification license or driver license.
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 461
5/24/2023
HB1367
Attorney General and Reporter
- As enacted, adds additional companies to the statewide opioid settlement agreement for which the attorney general and reporter has the authority to release pending or future claims.
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 429
5/24/2023
HB1400
Criminal Offenses
- As enacted, requires certain persons convicted of rape, when the victim is 13-17, or incest, when the victim is a minor, to be punished as a Range II offender; allows the sentence imposed, if appropriate, to be within Range III but in no case lower than Range II.
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 283
5/4/2023
HB1431
Public Employees
- As enacted, increases the pay schedule for certain assistant district attorneys general, assistant district public defenders, district investigators, and criminal investigators.
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 460
5/24/2023
HB1444
Motor Vehicles
- As enacted, makes changes to present law relative to criminal offenses involving motor vehicles.
Effective date(s) 07/01/2023
5/17/2023
HB1445
Education, Higher
- As enacted, prohibits a public postsecondary institution that provides internet access to students, faculty, staff, or the general public from allowing an individual to access a social media platform using the institution's network if the platform is owned or hosted by a company based in the People's Republic of China; grants certain exemptions for law enforcement activities; investigatory functions; and audit, compliance, or legal functions of the institution.
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 152
4/18/2023
HB1550
Taxes, Hotel Motel
- Subject to local approval, extends the deadline by which a tourism construction project must be initiated, from December 31, 2023, to December 31, 2024, as a condition to receiving funding for such project from the proceeds of the Madison County and City of Jackson hotel-motel tax.
Pr. Ch. 14
5/24/2023
HB1602
Juvenile Offenders
- As enacted, requires a video or audio recording to be made of any interrogation of a child who has been taken into custody on suspicion that the child committed a delinquent act or unruly conduct unless a technical issue with the equipment or exigent circumstances prevent the recording.
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 565
3/26/2024
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
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
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
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
HB1787
Public Funds and Financing
- As enacted, specifies that the ratings services that grade potential investments for idle funds of local governments be nationally recognized statistical rating organizations as identified by the United States securities and exchange commission.
Effective date(s) 03/07/2024
3/19/2024
HB1803
Scholarships and Financial Aid
- As enacted, clarifies when a student must be enrolled in an eligible postsecondary program to be eligible to receive a Tennessee Promise scholarship.
Effective date(s) 07/01/2024
3/19/2024
HB1872
Criminal Offenses
- As enacted, authorizes a court to enhance the statutory penalty, up to imprisonment for life without the possibility of parole, for a conviction under certain circumstances involving illegal aliens or crimes occurring on school property while students or other children are present; makes revisions to law relative to bail.
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 1063
6/3/2024
HB1931
Local Government, General
- As enacted, prohibits a local governmental entity or official from adopting or enacting a resolution, ordinance, or policy that prohibits or limits the ability of a law enforcement agency to conduct traffic stops based on observation of or reasonable suspicion that the operator or a passenger in a vehicle has violated a local ordinance or state or federal law.
Effective date(s) 03/28/2024
4/3/2024
HB1950
Holidays and Days of Special Observance
- As enacted, designates June 6 as a day of special observance for D-Day.
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 601
4/3/2024
HB1999
Regional Authorities and Special Districts
- As introduced, adds the MidSouth development district to the list of development districts to which this state intends to assist financially; specifies an overall state funding level for the nine development districts; changes the calculation for how much funding each development district will receive.
Taken off notice for cal in s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee of Finance, Ways, and Means Committee
4/17/2024
HB2031
Criminal Offenses
- As enacted, authorizes a person who suffers loss or injury as a result of a defendant intentionally obstructing a highway, street, or other place used for the passage of vehicles or conveyances to bring a cause of action against such person to recover compensatory damages from the loss or injury.
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 958
5/13/2024
HB2035
Firearms and Ammunition
- As enacted, preempts the entire field of legislation regarding extreme risk protection orders to the exclusion of all county, city, town, municipality, or metropolitan government law, ordinances, resolutions, enactments, or regulation.
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 1062
6/3/2024
HB2038
Energy
- As introduced, directs the department of economic and community development to develop a program for the installation and operation of combustion turbine power plants to increase the state's electric generation capacity.
Taken off notice for cal in s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee of Finance, Ways, and Means Committee
4/17/2024
HB2054
Real Property
- As enacted, increases from 1,500 to 3,000, for tax years beginning on or after January 1, 2025, the amount of acreage of land permitted to be placed within any one taxing jurisdiction under the Agricultural, Forest and Open Space Land Act.
Effective date(s) 05/21/2024
5/28/2024
HB2067
Children's Services, Dept. of
- As introduced, requires that a newborn safety device be installed in each county in this state.
Taken off notice for cal in s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee of Finance, Ways, and Means Committee
4/17/2024
HB2074
Taxes
- As enacted, makes revisions to law relative to exemptions from sales and use tax for natural disaster claimants.
Effective date(s) 05/21/2024
5/28/2024
HB2088
Military
- As enacted, authorizes the military department to administer a critical skills retention bonus program to be used to award retention bonuses of up to $10,000 to enlisted service members in the Tennessee national guard; entitles certain state employees who are members of a reserve component of the armed forces of the United States or the national guard to special leave with partial pay during a period in which the members have been called to active duty.
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 847
5/13/2024
HB2089
Intellectual & Developmental Disabilities
- As enacted, enacts the "Tennessee Disability and Aging Act of 2024."
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 688
4/17/2024
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
HB2216
Statutes of Limitations and Repose
- As enacted, enacts "Danielle's Law," which extends the statute of limitations for injuries to a person, who is 18 or older, relating to sexual assault to three years or five years depending on if law enforcement was notified of the assault.
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 644
4/8/2024
HB2251
Local Education Agencies
- As enacted, enacts the "Smart Heart Act"; establishes various requirements for automatic external defibrillators in schools and response protocols for cardiac-related medical emergencies.
Effective date(s) 03/27/2024, 07/01/2024
4/3/2024
HB2304
Safety, Dept. of
- As introduced, requires the department to provide written and electronic notice to the employing company of a person appointed and commissioned as a state facility protection officer to provide facility security when the department no longer requires the service of such person.
Received from House, Passed on First Consideration
4/10/2024
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
HB2433
Business and Commerce
- As enacted, requires the Tennessee advisory commission on intergovernmental relations to conduct a study on the effects of vaping and the use of all vapor products by persons under 21.
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 937
5/13/2024
HB2464
Teachers, Principals and School Personnel
- As enacted, requires local boards of education to include school safety training in the training requirements for substitute teachers; clarifies that LEAs are prohibited from hiring a substitute teacher whose license in another state is revoked; makes other changes concerning LEA policies for substitute teachers.
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 735
5/1/2024
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
HB2632
Insurance, Health, Accident
- As introduced, creates an incentive program for persons covered under a state healthcare plan under which 47.5 percent of a qualified rebate amount for a major medical treatment or procedure is distributed to a covered person, 47.5 percent of such amount is distributed to the state treasurer for credit to the general fund, and 5 percent is distributed to the third-party administrator selected by the department of finance and administration to administer the plan.
Def. to Summer Study in Public Service Subcommittee
3/12/2024
HB2687
Local Education Agencies
- As enacted, revises the instruction required as part of a family life curriculum; requires the Tennessee joint task force on children's justice and child sexual abuse, in consultation with the children's services advisory council, to annually recommend certain age-appropriate curricula to the department of education; revises the information that LEAs and public charter schools must annually provide to the department of children's services.
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 571
3/26/2024
HB2701
TennCare
- As introduced, prohibits a TennCare enrollee from staying in an emergency department or emergency room facility for more than 72 hours without medical necessity; imposes penalties on TennCare and managed care organizations for causing an enrollee’s extended emergency department or emergency room facility stay.
Taken off notice for cal in s/c Insurance Subcommittee of Insurance Committee
3/19/2024
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
HB2827
Motor Vehicles, Titling and Registration
- As introduced, increases, from one to two, the number of free plates for the Purple Heart and disabled veteran license plates issued to veterans with disabilities.
Taken off notice for cal in s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee of Finance, Ways, and Means Committee
4/17/2024
HB2845
DUI Offenses
- As enacted, enacts the "Tennessee Prevention of Drunk Driving Act."
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 961
5/13/2024
HB2940
TennCare
- As enacted, enacts the "TennCare for Working Individuals with Disabilities Act."
Effective date(s) 05/21/2024
5/29/2024
HB2954
Insurance, Health, Accident
- As enacted, enacts the "Prostate-Specific Antigen Screening for High-risk Insured Men Act" or the "PSA Screening for HIM Act."
Effective date(s) 07/01/2024
5/29/2024
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
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
HB7027
Mental Illness
- As introduced, requires the state to pay the cost of a court-ordered mental health evaluation and treatment for criminal defendants who have been charged with a misdemeanor and are believed to be incompetent to stand trial or for whom there is a question about mental capacity at the time of the offense.
Received from House, Passed on First Consideration
8/28/2023
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
HB7063
Local Education Agencies
- As introduced, authorizes LEAs and public charter schools to employ retired law enforcement officers who are retired from a federal, state, or local law enforcement agency and honorably discharged veterans of the United States armed forces to serve as school resource officers on school premises; requires local boards of education and public charter school governing bodies to adopt policies to effectuate same.
Received from House, Passed on First Consideration
8/29/2023
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
HB7072
Courts, Administrative Office of the
- As introduced, directs the administrative office of the courts (AOC) to define and develop a centralized system of case management, document management, electronic case filing, electronic payment methods, data reporting, and any other capability deemed necessary for collection and reporting of all state and local court public case level data.
Received from House, Passed on First Consideration
8/29/2023
7 resolutions(s) sponsored in the 113th General Assembly.
Bill Number
Composite Abstract
Last Action
Date
HJR0164
Memorials, Retirement
- Melanie Kent
Signed by Governor.
2/17/2023
HJR0166
Memorials, Recognition
- Children's Museum of Oak Ridge, 50th anniversary
Signed by Governor.
2/24/2023
HJR0262
Memorials, Professional Achievement
- Captain Belinda N. Lewis, Education and Training Officer of the Year
Signed by Governor.
3/17/2023
HJR0274
General Assembly, Confirmation of Appointment
- Ray Smith, Standards Recommendation Committee for Science and Social Studies
H. subst. & concurred in SJR 236
3/30/2023
HJR0302
Memorials, Recognition
- Oak Ridge National Laboratory, 80th anniversary
Signed by Governor.
3/17/2023
HJR0515
Memorials, Interns
- Kay Allen
Signed by Governor.
4/25/2023
HJR1450
Memorials, Interns
- Christopher Coffey
Signed by Governor.
5/9/2024
59 resolutions(s) co-sponsored in the 113th General Assembly.
Bill Number
Composite Abstract
Last Action
Date
HJR0027
General Assembly, Statement of Intent or Position
- Expresses strong support for completion of the southern border wall and urges Congress to immediately take action to fund the construction.
Signed by Governor.
5/4/2023
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
HJR0058
General Assembly, Statement of Intent or Position
- Encourages the federal government to provide free health care for all honorably discharged veterans.
Signed by Governor.
4/10/2023
HJR0080
General Assembly, Statement of Intent or Position
- Urges the Attorney General and Reporter to evaluate any newly passed federal statute, regulation, or executive order that may affect the rights of Tennesseans to bear arms, and, if such statute, regulation, or executive order infringes on that right, to bring suit on behalf of the state of Tennessee to challenge any such infringement.
Received from House, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee
3/9/2023
HJR0095
General Assembly, Statement of Intent or Position
- Supports Taiwan's democracy, freedom, and meaningful participation in international organizations and cooperative efforts.
Signed by Governor.
4/20/2023
HJR0099
General Assembly, Confirmation of Appointment
- Ron Ramsey, East Tennessee State University Board of Trustees
H. subst. & concurred in SJR 132
3/23/2023
HJR0131
General Assembly, Statement of Intent or Position
- Addresses and establishes the declared public policy of the State of Tennessee relative to the right of the citizens and those within the boundaries of this State to keep, bear, and wear arms.
Signed by Governor.
4/22/2024
HJR0135
General Assembly, Statement of Intent or Position
- Requests TVA to address energy issues as they pertain to winter weather events in order to avoid rolling blackouts and power outages.
Signed by Governor.
2/21/2024
HJR0165
Memorials, Death
- Mary Elizabeth Cotter
Signed by Governor.
2/24/2023
HJR0275
Memorials, Death
- Colonel (Ret.) Patrick "Rage" Ragan
Signed by Governor.
3/17/2023
HJR0316
Memorials, Recognition
- First Responders
Signed by Governor.
3/16/2023
HJR0371
Memorials, Death
- Lavana Ruth Sisson Huddleston
Signed by Governor.
3/22/2023
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
HJR0689
Memorials, Congress
- Urges Congress to keep the power to declare war and for the National Guard to be protected from executive power.
Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee
3/12/2024
HJR0733
Naming and Designating
- Designates August 1 as "Gold Star Children's Day."
Signed by Governor.
3/19/2024
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
HJR0874
Memorials, Professional Achievement
- Justin Hargrove, Farm Bureau Excellence in Agriculture contest
Signed by Governor.
2/28/2024
HJR0963
Memorials, Recognition
- Tennesseans for opposing and condemning neo-Nazism
Signed by Governor.
3/11/2024
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
HJR1359
General Assembly, Statement of Intent or Position
- States that neither World Health Organization, United Nations, nor the World Economic Forum shall have any jurisdiction or power within the State of Tennessee.
Ref. to Delayed Bills Committee
4/11/2024
HJR1504
Memorials, Retirement
- Kim McCaster Cox
Signed by Governor.
5/9/2024
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
HR0032
Memorials, Recognition
- Vietnam Veterans Day
Withdrawn.
3/13/2023
HR0035
Memorials, Recognition
- Vietnam Veterans Day
Signed by H. Speaker
3/16/2023
SJR0011
Naming and Designating
- "Certified Government Financial Manager Month," March 2023
Signed by Governor.
4/10/2023
SJR0035
General Assembly, Statement of Intent or Position
- Rejects and expresses disapproval of the American Law Institute's 2022 changes to Article 213 of the Model Penal Code: Sexual Assault and Related Offenses.
Signed by Governor.
4/21/2023
SJR0127
General Assembly, Statement of Intent or Position
- Expresses support for the Allowing Military Exemptions, Recognizing Individual Concerns About New Shots (AMERICANS) Act of 2023.
Signed by Governor.
4/13/2023
SJR0132
General Assembly, Confirmation of Appointment
- Ron Ramsey, East Tennessee State University Board of Trustees
Signed by Governor.
3/30/2023
SJR0156
Memorials, Retirement
- Elaine Irwin Meyer
Signed by Governor.
2/17/2023
SJR0157
Memorials, Retirement
- Mark Watson
Signed by Governor.
2/17/2023
SJR0159
Memorials, Recognition
- Tennessee Credit Unions, 100 years
Signed by Governor.
3/30/2023
SJR0162
Memorials, Recognition
- AMVETS Post 2, Oak Ridge, 75th anniversary
Signed by Governor.
2/17/2023
SJR0163
Memorials, Sports
- Anderson County High School football team, TSSAA Division I, Class 4A State Champions
Signed by Governor.
2/17/2023
SJR0236
General Assembly, Confirmation of Appointment
- Ray Smith, Standards Recommendation Committee for Science and Social Studies
Signed by Governor.
4/10/2023
SJR0291
Memorials, Personal Occasion
- James E. Steele, Sr., 90th birthday
Signed by Governor.
3/1/2023
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
SJR0536
Memorials, Recognition
- Barry Stephenson, Bill Wilcox Bow Tie Award
Signed by Governor.
4/25/2023
SJR0815
Memorials, Retirement
- Major General Michael L. Place, U.S. Army
Signed by Governor.
2/1/2024
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
SJR0874
Memorials, Recognition
- Zya Sails, Jesse Haynes, Angel Daniel, and Treasure Burchett, National Ambassadors of the Do the Write Thing Challenge
Signed by Governor.
2/14/2024
SJR0909
Memorials, Personal Occasion
- Clara Jewel Hall Hughes, 103rd birthday
Signed by Governor.
2/14/2024
SJR0918
Memorials, Government Officials
- Urges creation of state certified peer recovery program for veterans.
Signed by Governor.
4/9/2024
SJR0924
Naming and Designating
- Designates March 2024 as "Certified Government Financial Manager Month."
Signed by Governor.
4/4/2024
SJR0951
Memorials, Recognition
- Nick Bradshaw, 2023 Public Works Leader of the Year
Signed by Governor.
3/6/2024
SJR0952
Memorials, Death
- Douglas Robinson "Buddy" Hines
Signed by Governor.
3/6/2024
SJR0953
Memorials, Recognition
- City of Norris, 75th anniversary
Signed by Governor.
3/6/2024
SJR0954
Memorials, Death
- Louise Blevins Dunlap
Signed by Governor.
3/6/2024
SJR0955
Memorials, Recognition
- Lawrence Hahn
Signed by Governor.
3/6/2024
SJR1020
Memorials, Recognition
- Vietnam War Veterans
Signed by Governor.
3/11/2024
SJR1044
Memorials, Recognition
- Women Veterans Appreciation Day, June 12, 2024
Signed by Governor.
4/4/2024
SJR1192
Memorials, Public Service
- Senator Art Swann
Signed by Governor.
4/19/2024
SJR1388
Memorials, Death
- Representative Judd Matheny
Signed by Governor.
4/19/2024
SJR7077
Memorials, Recognition
- Bobbie Patray
Objected to on Consent Calendar.
8/29/2023
SJR7093
Memorials, Recognition
- DeRoyal Industries, 50th anniversary
Objected to on Consent Calendar.
8/29/2023
SJR7137
Memorials, Personal Occasion
- Clara Jewel Hall Hughes, 103rd birthday
Objected to on Consent Calendar.
8/29/2023
