Representative Powell, 53rd Representative District

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30 bill(s) sponsored in the 113th General Assembly.

Bill Number	Composite Abstract	Last Action	Date
HB0596	Employees, Employers - As introduced, enacts the "No Quit Act"; requires an employer that is requesting an employee to voluntarily resign to provide the employee with written notice of the rights, privileges, and benefits the employee waives or loses if the employee voluntarily resigns.	Assigned to s/c Banking & Consumer Affairs Subcommittee	2/1/2023
HB0597	Board of Regents - As introduced, requires the board, in consultation with the Tennessee higher education commission, to develop a standardized entrepreneurial program that must be offered at each institution governed by the board to provide an affordable, cost effective training program for students interested in starting a new business.	Taken off notice for cal in s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee of Finance, Ways, and Means Committee	4/18/2023
HB0598	Transportation, Dept. of - As introduced, establishes the office of rail and public transportation within the department; requires, among other duties and responsibilities, the office to determine present and future needs for, and economic feasibility of providing, public transportation and the retention, improvement, and addition of passenger and freight rail transportation in this state.	Taken off notice for cal in s/c Transportation Subcommittee of Transportation Committee	1/24/2024
HB0599	Environment and Conservation, Department of - As introduced, requires the department to collect and publish data concerning landslides and floods; requires the department to establish a network of weather stations across the state.	Taken off notice for cal in s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee of Finance, Ways, and Means Committee	4/18/2023
HB0600	Election Laws - As introduced, changes the elements and classification of certain criminal offenses related to distribution of applications for absentee ballots.	Taken off notice for cal in s/c Elections & Campaign Finance Subcommittee of Local Government Committee	3/22/2023
HB0601	Utilities, Utility Districts - As introduced, requires a utility that provides electricity to prioritize the provision of electricity to a healthcare facility when engaging in load management for the electric service system.	Assigned to s/c Business & Utilities Subcommittee	2/1/2023
HB0602	Consumer Protection - As introduced, increases, from three to five days, the number of days a consumer reporting agency has to place a security freeze on a consumer report after receiving the written or electronic request from the Tennessee consumer.	P2C, caption bill, held on desk - pending amdt.	2/1/2023
HB0603	Election Laws - As introduced, requires a county election commission to issue a notice requiring removal of campaign signs if the signs have not been removed from highway rights-of-way or other publicly owned property within three weeks after an election; authorizes the election commission to levy a civil penalty not to exceed $50 per day, per parcel of property on the candidate or campaign committee if the signs are not removed after receiving the notice.	Failed in s/c Elections & Campaign Finance Subcommittee of Local Government Committee	3/22/2023
HB0604	Driver Licenses - As introduced, authorizes the department of safety to prepare brochures that provide information on the opportunity for persons 18 to 20 years of age to apply for interstate CDLs and the opportunity for persons to apply to become third-party skills test examiners to perform skills tests required to obtain a CDL; requires the department to make the brochures available at driver license service locations throughout the state.	P2C, caption bill, held on desk - pending amdt.	2/1/2023
HB0605	Alcoholic Beverage Commission - As introduced, permits the executive director of the commission to file reports electronically with the general assembly pertaining to the adoption of rules during the previous year and the rationale for each rule.	P2C, caption bill, held on desk - pending amdt.	2/1/2023
HB0749	Juvenile Offenders - As introduced, exempts persons being adjudicated in juvenile court from various fees associated with court proceedings.	Taken off notice for cal in s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee of Criminal Justice Committee	4/4/2023
HB0750	Real Property - As enacted, requires a board of directors for a unit owners' association to either update a reserve study or conduct a reserve study if certain conditions are met.	Comp. became Pub. Ch. 205	5/3/2023
HB0751	Campaigns and Campaign Finance - As introduced, authorizes the use of campaign funds for the child care expenditures of a candidate that are incurred by the candidate as a direct result of the candidate's participation in campaign-related events and activities.	Taken off notice for cal in s/c Elections & Campaign Finance Subcommittee of Local Government Committee	2/7/2024
HB1080	Tort Liability and Reform - As enacted, clarifies that, in regard to a charitable organization's limitation of tort liability, providing shelter from adverse weather includes, but is not limited to, allowing persons to enter the premises for purposes of temporary shelter from severe storms.	Effective date(s) 04/06/2023	4/18/2023
HB1613	State Symbols - As enacted, designates “Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree” by Brenda Lee as the official state holiday song; requires the secretary of state to include the song in the Tennessee Blue Book.	Effective date(s) 04/16/2024	4/22/2024
HB1958	Utilities, Utility Districts - As introduced, prohibits a utility district or a municipal or public corporation providing a utility service to a local government from executing a no-bid contract for energy-related services under the professional services contract exemption for public contracts if the total value of the contract exceeds $50,000.	Failed in s/c Business & Utilities Subcommittee of Commerce Committee	3/5/2024
HB1959	Charitable Institutions - As introduced, provides mechanisms by which a charitable organization providing certain community services may use an official state logo or emblem for purposes of providing such services.	Taken off notice for cal in s/c Departments & Agencies Subcommittee of State Government Committee	3/13/2024
HB1961	Human Services, Dept. of - As introduced, expands eligibility for the Smart Steps child care payment assistance program for parents or guardians whose income is less than 100 percent of the state median income; requires the payments to be funded by state funds.	Withdrawn.	1/25/2024
HB1962	Human Services, Dept. of - As introduced, requires the department to utilize cost estimation models to determine the cost of day care when setting the annual day care reimbursement rate.	Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 4/16/2024	4/10/2024
HB1963	Environment and Conservation, Department of - As introduced, requires the department to collect and publish on its website in map format data concerning landslides and floods.	Def. to Special Calendar to be Published with Final Calendar in Agriculture & Natural Resources Subcommittee	2/27/2024
HB1964	Criminal Offenses - As introduced, expands the offense of unlawful exposure to include the distribution, with the intent to cause emotional distress, of an image of the intimate parts of another identifiable person or an image of an identifiable person engaged in sexually explicit conduct and the image was created or modified by means of a computer software program, artificial intelligence application, or other digital editing tools; specifies that for the purposes of sexual exploitation of children offenses, the term "material" includes computer-generated images created, adapted, or modified by artificial intelligence.	Assigned to s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee	1/30/2024
HB1965	Students - As introduced, prohibits the use of corporal punishment against students; deletes various provisions relative to the use of corporal punishment.	Taken off notice for cal in s/c K-12 Subcommittee of Education Administration	3/19/2024
HB1966	Correction, Dept. of - As introduced, requires the Tennessee corrections institute to submit its report regarding the local correctional officer training fund electronically to the chairs of the state and local government and finance, ways and means committees of the senate and the local government and finance, ways and means committees of the house of representatives.	P2C, caption bill, held on desk - pending amdt.	1/25/2024
HB2070	Transportation, Dept. of - As enacted, requires the department, on or before January 1, 2025, and on or before January 1 of each subsequent year, to submit a report on the department's progress on passenger and freight rail and public transportation efforts at the state and federal levels to the transportation committee of the house of representatives and the transportation and safety committee of the senate, the chief clerk of each house of the general assembly, and the legislative librarian.	Comp. became Pub. Ch. 679	4/17/2024
HB2112	Welfare - As introduced, creates a pilot project to place a moratorium on the loss of public assistance benefits for child care workers based solely on wage increases that cause their income to exceed program eligibility limits; requires TACIR to study wages and related issues for child care workers, including the benefits cliff.	Withdrawn.	1/25/2024
HB2187	Election Laws - As introduced, authorizes the county election commission to designate restroom facilities in each building in which the election is held that are for the use of workers or volunteers working for a campaign with certain limitations on access.	Failed in s/c Elections & Campaign Finance Subcommittee of Local Government Committee	3/20/2024
HB2236	Natural Disasters - As introduced, enacts the "Tennessee Natural Disaster Resiliency Act"; creates a task force to review the capability of this state to prepare for and respond to natural disasters in this state; requires the task force to report recommendations regarding improving resilience to such natural disasters.	Assigned to s/c Departments & Agencies Subcommittee	1/31/2024
HB2237	Firearms and Ammunition - As introduced, extends the time period within which a person may file a petition for judicial review of the department of safety's determination of suspension or revocation of a handgun carry permit from 30 days to 60 days of the issuance of the department's final determination.	P2C, caption bill, held on desk - pending amdt.	1/31/2024
HB2238	Local Education Agencies - As introduced, allows an LEA or public charter school to elect not to receive a letter grade for one or more of its schools by notifying the commissioner of education, in writing, of its decision to opt out of such requirements; allows, instead of requires, an LEA or public charter school to retain certain students in fourth grade if the student's LEA or public charter school determines that retention may benefit the student.	Taken off notice for cal in s/c K-12 Subcommittee of Education Administration	3/26/2024
HB2422	Codes - As introduced, increases from 10 working days to 15 business days the amount of time the fire marshal has to issue a decision on a dispute between a city and county regarding a building or fire code.	P2C, caption bill, held on desk - pending amdt.	2/1/2024

100 bill(s) co-sponsored in the 113th General Assembly.

Bill Number	Composite Abstract	Last Action	Date
HB0024	Tennessee Bureau of Investigation - As enacted, requires the bureau to provide quarterly updates to legislative committees on its efforts to hire and train employees within the forensic services division and the average amount of time taken to perform forensic analysis on evidence in cases involving sexual offenses; requires the bureau, by January 1, 2025, to submit a report to legislative committees detailing any additional resources and personnel that would be required in order to perform forensic analysis on such evidence within 60 days of receipt from a law enforcement agency.	Comp. became Pub. Ch. 249	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
HB0092	Traffic Safety - As enacted, enacts the "Jabari Bailey Highway Safety Act," which requires drivers to change lanes or reduce speed upon approaching a stationary vehicle that has flashing hazard lights activated; increases fines for failing to change lanes or reduce speed upon approaching a stationary emergency, recovery, highway maintenance, solid waste, utility service, or other vehicle that has flashing lights activated.	Effective date(s) 07/01/2023	5/18/2023
HB0098	Local Education Agencies - As introduced, enacts the "Rep. Barbara Ward Cooper Act"; requires LEAs to include in the course of instruction for students in kindergarten through grade 12 curricula designed to educate students in conflict resolution.	Def. to Summer Study in Education Instruction Subcommittee	2/21/2023
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
HB0160	Alcoholic Beverages - As enacted, makes changes to the requirements for applicants for server permits.	Effective date(s) 07/01/2023	5/18/2023
HB0282	Pharmacy, Pharmacists - As enacted, clarifies what constitutes the "practice of pharmacy"; makes related changes.	Comp. became Pub. Ch. 824	5/9/2024
HB0294	Education, Higher - As enacted, expands the Save Tennessee Students Act to require public institutions of higher education that issue new student identification cards to students enrolled in the institution to include certain contact information for crisis and suicide prevention resources on the cards; requires the institutions to post certain contact information for crisis and suicide prevention resources in a conspicuous place on each campus operated by the institution.	Comp. became Pub. Ch. 190	5/3/2023
HB0296	Codes - As enacted, authorizes certain persons entering into employment as a municipal or county building, plumbing, mechanical, or electrical inspector with an exempt jurisdiction to perform certain services.	Effective date(s) 05/11/2023	5/18/2023
HB0317	Holidays and Days of Special Observance - As enacted, changes the designation of June 19, known as "Juneteenth," from a day of special observance to a legal holiday.	Comp. became Pub. Ch. 337	5/17/2023
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
HB0324	Public Employees - As enacted, makes various changes to present law pertaining to leave for state employees.	Comp. became Pub. Ch. 216	5/3/2023
HB0345	Motor Vehicles, Titling and Registration - As introduced, permits registration plates to be renewed every 24 months instead of 12 months.	Failed in Finance, Ways, and Means Committee	4/11/2023
HB0355	Insurance, Health, Accident - As enacted, requires that a health benefit plan that provides coverage for a screening mammogram must provide coverage for diagnostic imaging and supplemental breast screening without imposing a cost-sharing requirement on the patient.	Effective date(s) 08/09/2023	6/2/2023
HB0366	Taxes, Real Property - As enacted, makes changes to property tax relief under the Property Tax Freeze Act.	Comp. became Pub. Ch. 271	5/3/2023
HB0374	Sports - As enacted, moves administrative regulation of the Fantasy Sports Act from the office of the secretary of state to the sports wagering advisory council.	Comp. became Pub. Ch. 143	4/18/2023
HB0406	Consumer Protection - As enacted, requires a financing company doing business in this state to provide on its mailed or emailed statements to a consumer a conspicuously displayed telephone number that a consumer may contact for service; specifies that failure to provide a conspicuously displayed telephone number as required is an unfair or deceptive act or practice under the Tennessee Consumer Protection Act of 1977.	Comp. became Pub. Ch. 215	5/3/2023
HB0415	Sexual Offenses - As enacted, enacts the "Sexual Assault Response Team Act."	Comp. became Pub. Ch. 212	5/3/2023
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
HB0447	Parks, Natural Areas Preservation - As enacted, designates a segment of the Duck River in Maury County as a Class II scenic river; requires permitting of certain water resource projects in Class II scenic river areas, subject to rules promulgated by the commissioner of environment and conservation.	Comp. became Pub. Ch. 195	5/3/2023
HB0465	Motor Vehicles, Titling and Registration - As enacted, enacts the "Representative Darren Jernigan Act," which requires, beginning on January 1, 2025, and each year thereafter, the department of revenue to verify that the owner of each disabled parking placard has not died; requires the department to promptly invalidate a disabled parking placard if the recipient of the placard is found to be deceased.	Comp. became Pub. Ch. 726	4/29/2024
HB0514	Health Care - As enacted, revises law requiring the governor to appoint three members to the medical cannabis commission, such that at least one member must be a patient who has been diagnosed with a qualifying medical disease or condition and who can establish the diagnosis for purposes of appointment to and service on the commission with a valid letter of attestation.	Comp. became Pub. Ch. 258	5/3/2023
HB0540	Naming and Designating - As enacted, names the educational facility located on the campus of the John S. Wilder youth development center "The Barbara Ward Cooper Education Center."	Comp. became Pub. Ch. 98	4/18/2023
HB0606	Adoption - As enacted, makes various revisions to present law relative to adoption.	Effective date(s) 07/01/2023	5/18/2023
HB0628	Health Care - As enacted, enacts the "Tennessee Wellness Law."	Comp. became Pub. Ch. 924	5/13/2024
HB0667	Drugs, Prescription - As enacted, makes various changes to the prescription drug donation repository program operated by the department of health.	Comp. became Pub. Ch. 200	5/3/2023
HB0686	Victims' Rights - As enacted, prohibits disclosure of certain information by an advocate in regard to a victim of domestic violence, sexual assault, stalking, or human trafficking in a judicial, legislative, or administrative proceeding unless the victim gives express written consent.	Comp. became Pub. Ch. 282	5/4/2023
HB0690	Medical Occupations - As enacted, authorizes the board of examiners in psychology to designate as a health service provider in this state, a person who has held a valid license or certificate to practice psychology in another state under certain conditions.	Comp. became Pub. Ch. 173	4/25/2023
HB0786	Teachers, Principals and School Personnel - As enacted, creates a new pathway for honorably discharged veterans to receive an occupational teaching license.	Effective date(s) 07/01/2023	5/3/2023
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
HB0819	Salaries and Benefits - As introduced, changes, from $7.25 to $12, the minimum hourly wage for employees within the state.	Assigned to s/c Banking & Consumer Affairs Subcommittee	2/7/2023
HB0829	Health Care - As introduced, enacts the "Fundamental Right to Reproductive Health Care Act."	Failed in s/c Population Health Subcommittee of Health Committee	3/14/2023
HB0859	Health, Dept. of - As enacted, authorizes the department to disclose de-identified data that is collected from records maintained by ambulance service and invalid vehicle operators licensed or permitted by the department, including for the purpose of providing opioid overdose response and resources throughout this state.	Comp. became Pub. Ch. 203	5/3/2023
HB0908	Forfeiture of Assets - As introduced, clarifies that a motor vehicle used in the commission or flight from commission of the offense of drag racing is subject to civil asset forfeiture; designates the department of safety as the applicable agency for such forfeiture proceedings.	Failed in Criminal Justice Committee	1/30/2024
HB0933	Election Laws - As enacted, requires each high school to inform each high school senior that upon reaching the age of 18 the student may be eligible to vote and provide information from the secretary of state about voter eligibility and how to register to vote.	Comp. became Pub. Ch. 444	5/24/2023
HB0940	Child Custody and Support - As enacted, enacts "Abrial’s Law, the Keeping Children Safe from Family Violence Act," which makes various changes to child custody law.	Comp. became Pub. Ch. 266	5/3/2023
HB0970	Firearms and Ammunition - As introduced, specifies that classes that qualify as training for issuance of an enhanced handgun carry permit or concealed handgun carry permit must include training on the use of gun locks.	Failed in s/c Civil Justice Subcommittee of Civil Justice Committee	3/14/2023
HB0976	Firefighters - As enacted, enacts the "James 'Dustin' Samples Act."	Comp. became Pub. Ch. 465	5/24/2023
HB0995	Education - As enacted, requires, prior to the administration of corporal punishment against a student, the student's teacher or school principal to make certain documentation in the student's educational record; prohibits corporal punishment against a student found to have a disability unless authorized in accordance with law.	Comp. became Pub. Ch. 275	5/3/2023
HB1000	Expunction - As enacted, makes various changes relative to expunction.	Effective date(s) 07/01/2023	5/3/2023
HB1072	Veterans Services, Dept. of - As enacted, requires the department to establish an honor guard grant program to provide grants to veteran service organizations to offset expenses incurred by the organization and members of the organization's honor guard in providing military funeral honors for qualifying Tennessee veterans.	Effective date(s) 05/11/2023, 01/01/2024	5/19/2023
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
HB1151	State Employees - As enacted, authorizes the grant of sick leave from a sick leave bank to a state employee to care for a sick minor child of the employee.	Comp. became Pub. Ch. 151	4/18/2023
HB1167	Education - As introduced, removes the provisions of law regarding denial of a driver license or learner's permit to persons under 18 who are not enrolled in and making satisfactory progress in high school.	Taken off notice for cal in s/c Transportation Subcommittee of Transportation Committee	3/22/2023
HB1182	Consumer Protection - As enacted, enacts the "Real Property Records Integrity Act."	Comp. became Pub. Ch. 160	4/25/2023
HB1225	Child Custody and Support - As enacted, revises present law relative to child support.	Effective date(s) 05/05/2023	5/18/2023
HB1233	Firearms and Ammunition - As introduced, creates the offense of storing a firearm or firearm ammunition in a motor vehicle or boat while the person is not in the motor vehicle or boat unless the firearm or firearm ammunition is kept from ordinary observation and locked within the trunk, utility or glove box, or a locked container securely affixed to the motor vehicle or boat; requires the owner of a firearm to report the loss or theft of the firearm to law enforcement within 24 hours of the discovery of the loss or theft.	Taken off notice for cal in s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee of Criminal Justice Committee	4/4/2023
HB1242	Criminal Offenses - As enacted, makes it a Class A misdemeanor to knowingly possess xylazine; makes it a Class C felony to knowingly manufacture, deliver, or sell xylazine, or to knowingly possess xylazine with intent to manufacture, deliver, or sell xylazine; provides exceptions for veterinarians.	Effective date(s) 07/01/2023	5/24/2023
HB1248	Elder Abuse - As enacted, authorizes a financial service provider, or an officer or employee of the provider, that has reasonable cause to suspect that an elderly or vulnerable adult is the victim or target of financial exploitation, to convey the suspicion to the TBI's elder financial reporting mechanism; requires the TBI to create an elder financial exploitation reporting mechanism that accepts reports from financial institutions.	Effective date(s) 05/21/2024, 10/01/2024	5/28/2024
HB1307	Firearms and Ammunition - As enacted, authorizes the department of safety to create a voucher program for the purpose of offsetting the cost of persons taking a handgun safety course for the first time; requires the department to report the number of courses taken using vouchers to the senate judiciary committee and house criminal justice committee.	Comp. became Pub. Ch. 445	5/24/2023
HB1373	Alcoholic Beverages - As enacted, adds that to be eligible for a professional license or permit issued by the alcoholic beverage commission, an applicant may show that the applicant has a valid J-1 or F-1 student visa.	Comp. became Pub. Ch. 281	5/4/2023
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
HB1554	Salaries and Benefits - As introduced, establishes a program under which a state employee may receive up to six weeks of paid leave if the employee becomes a foster parent of a minor child.	Re-ref. to Calendar and Rules Committee	4/1/2024
HB1574	Firearms and Ammunition - As introduced, allows a court to issue a risk protection order upon a finding by clear and convincing evidence that a person poses a significant danger of causing personal injury to the person or others if allowed to possess or purchase a firearm; authorizes a law enforcement officer or a relative to petition for the risk protection order.	Assigned to s/c Civil Justice Subcommittee	1/10/2024
HB1578	Criminal Offenses - As introduced, creates an offense for a person to possess or manufacture an ammunition feeding device that has capacity to accept more than 10 rounds, except for certain circumstances.	Assigned to s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee	1/10/2024
HB1602	Juvenile Offenders - As enacted, requires a video or audio recording to be made of any interrogation of a child who has been taken into custody on suspicion that the child committed a delinquent act or unruly conduct unless a technical issue with the equipment or exigent circumstances prevent the recording.	Comp. became Pub. Ch. 565	3/26/2024
HB1626	Abortion - As introduced, enacts the "Fundamental Right to Reproductive Health Care Act."	Failed in s/c Population Health Subcommittee of Health Committee	3/5/2024
HB1642	Bail, Bail Bonds - As enacted, revises various provisions regarding pretrial release of a defendant charged with a criminal offense to require the magistrate to give first consideration to ensuring the safety of the community when determining whether to impose conditions of release or require a deposit of bail.	Effective date(s) 07/01/2024	4/3/2024
HB1644	Education - As enacted, requires each LEA, public charter school, private school, and church-related school to develop a procedure to determine the cause of a fire alarm activation, including the potential of an active shooter event; requires each LEA to coordinate with appropriate safety teams to incorporate the procedure; specifies that the procedure must be implemented no later than January 1, 2025.	Effective date(s) 03/12/2024	3/19/2024
HB1645	Orders of Protection - As enacted, expands the eligibility for filing a petition to obtain a lifetime order of protection to include victims of aggravated stalking, especially aggravated stalking, and felony harassment.	Effective date(s) 04/02/2024	4/8/2024
HB1672	Alcoholic Beverages - As introduced, authorizes certain legislative bodies, by a two-thirds majority vote, to expand the hours for the sale of alcoholic beverages for consumption on premises and beer on Sundays consistent with the hours for sale on weekdays.	Re-ref. to Calendar and Rules Committee	4/1/2024
HB1712	Firearms and Ammunition - As introduced, allows a court to issue a risk protection order upon a finding by clear and convincing evidence that a person poses a significant danger of causing personal injury to the person or others if allowed to possess or purchase a firearm; authorizes a law enforcement officer to petition for the risk protection order.	Failed for lack of second in: Civil Justice Subcommittee	4/2/2024
HB1733	State Government - As enacted, prohibits a state entity from submitting payment with an entity that has engaged in a cybersecurity incident on an information technology system by encrypting data and then subsequently offering to decrypt that data in exchange for a ransom payment; requires a state entity experiencing a ransom request in connection with a cybersecurity incident to immediately notify and consult with the technology and innovation division of the TBI.	Effective date(s) 03/07/2024	3/19/2024
HB1860	Education - As introduced, requires each local school board to establish a school lunch program and a school breakfast program that provide a free breakfast and lunch to each student enrolled in a school under the board's jurisdiction; requires the state to reimburse each LEA the cost of providing a free breakfast and lunch to each student enrolled in the LEA after all available federal funds have been applied.	Assigned to s/c K-12 Subcommittee	1/30/2024
HB1870	Alcoholic Beverage Commission - As enacted, requires an applicant for a server permit to have successfully completed a program of alcohol awareness training, for persons involved in the direct service of alcohol, wine, or beer by an entity certified by the commission to have an adequate training curriculum for alcohol awareness, within one year prior to the submission of the application; requires the curriculum to include training on the role of alcohol in sexual assault and harassment and on recognizing and reporting signs of human trafficking; authorizes certain reciprocity with similar programs in other states.	Comp. became Pub. Ch. 731	4/29/2024
HB1877	Insurance, Health, Accident - As enacted, requires hospitals and physicians to accept electronic insurance cards as valid proof of an insurance policy, plan, or contract.	Effective date(s) 01/01/2026	5/1/2024
HB1906	Statutes of Limitations and Repose - As enacted, makes changes to the law relative to statutes of limitations for bringing actions for injury or illness based on certain child sexual abuse offenses, including trafficking offenses.	Effective date(s) 07/01/2024	5/1/2024
HB1939	TennCare - As enacted, prohibits certain individuals from being considered ineligible to receive payment for providing TennCare medicaid-reimbursed home- and community-based long-term care services to an individual eligible to receive such services on the basis that the individual providing care and the individual receiving care reside in the same home.	Effective date(s) 03/27/2024	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
HB1960	Hospitals and Health Care Facilities - As enacted, authorizes certain public hospitals in Shelby and Davidson counties, upon approval of the respective hospital's governing body, to establish a state employee and retiree healthcare incentive program that will allow for the waiver of applicable out-of-pocket expenses associated with medical, surgical, or mental health care at the public hospital, including deductibles, except those deductibles associated with a high deductible plan, copays, and co-insurance, for state employees and retirees and their covered dependents participating in the state group insurance plan under the bill.	Comp. became Pub. Ch. 1036	5/31/2024
HB1969	Day Care - As enacted, requires each child care agency in this state to have installed in each room of the child care agency where care is provided to children a carbon monoxide alarm that is listed according to the International Building Code and International Fire Code for the purpose of carbon monoxide detection; provides that a violation is a Class C misdemeanor and that each day on which a violation continues constitutes a separate offense.	Comp. became Pub. Ch. 733	5/1/2024
HB2041	Marriage - As enacted, prohibits marriage between first cousins.	Comp. became Pub. Ch. 806	5/9/2024
HB2062	Traffic Safety - As enacted, enacts the "Jacob (Jake) T. Barnhardt Act," which creates a street racing task force to study and determine best practices for curbing illegal street racing in this state.	Comp. became Pub. Ch. 1058	6/3/2024
HB2068	Criminal Offenses - As introduced, raises from a Class A misdemeanor to a Class E felony certain animal cruelty offenses involving a cock; requires a fine of not less than $1,000 nor more than $2,500 for the offense of being a spectator at a cock fight.	Held on desk.	4/25/2024
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
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
HB2163	Sexual Offenses - As enacted, specifies that for the purposes of sexual exploitation of children offenses, the term "material" includes computer-generated images created, adapted, or modified by artificial intelligence; defines "artificial intelligence."	Effective date(s) 07/01/2024	5/13/2024
HB2176	Open Meetings - As enacted, permits a court to award the reasonable court costs and attorney's fees to a petitioner successfully proving that a governing body knowingly and willfully violated the public meetings laws in this state.	Comp. became Pub. Ch. 1030	5/31/2024
HB2198	Criminal Offenses - As enacted, increases the penalty for the offense of threatening to commit an act of mass violence on school property or at a school-related activity from a Class A misdemeanor to a Class E felony.	Effective date(s) 07/01/2024	5/13/2024
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
HB2223	Tennessee Bureau of Investigation - As enacted, requires, for purposes of any endangered child and young adult alert program implemented by the TBI that is distinct from the America's Missing Broadcast Emergency Response (AMBER) Alert system and that is used to notify local media about a missing child or young adult, such program to be applied to a person who is under 25, instead of under 21, and who meets the criteria of being endangered.	Comp. became Pub. Ch. 837	5/9/2024
HB2230	Holidays and Days of Special Observance - As enacted, designates the calendar week that includes October 28 as the "Reverend Kelly Miller Smith, Sr. Week of Service."	Comp. became Pub. Ch. 842	5/13/2024
HB2232	Children - As enacted, requires the Tennessee advisory commission on intergovernmental relations to conduct a study on child care.	Comp. became Pub. Ch. 934	5/13/2024
HB2234	Taxes, Privilege - As introduced, enacts the "Universal Pre-K Funding Act."	Failed in s/c K-12 Subcommittee of Education Administration	3/19/2024
HB2261	Hospitals and Health Care Facilities - As enacted, defines a home for the aged that houses three or fewer nonrelated persons as a tier 1 home for the aged that is subject to licensure and regulation by the department of intellectual and developmental disabilities; defines a home for the aged that houses four or more nonrelated persons as a tier 2 home for the aged that is subject to licensure and regulation by the health facilities commission; makes other related changes to the meaning of a home for the aged.	Effective date(s) 07/01/2024	5/28/2024
HB2317	Day Care - As enacted, requires TACIR to complete a study and issue a report on laws, regulations, and rules affecting the start-up, operation, and expansion of child care businesses in this state.	Comp. became Pub. Ch. 938	5/13/2024
HB2327	Mental Illness - As enacted, by May 31, 2025, and by each May 31 thereafter, requires the department of health to publish an annual report stating the total number of attempted suicides and completed suicides that have occurred in this state in the previous calendar year; requires the department to submit the report electronically to all members of the general assembly within seven calendar days of the publication.	Comp. became Pub. Ch. 678	4/17/2024
HB2502	Health Care - As introduced, enacts the "Tennessee Medical Autonomy Related to Cannabis Act."	Failed in s/c Health Subcommittee of Health Committee	3/26/2024
HB2528	Education - As enacted, establishes a school safety alert grant pilot program.	Effective date(s) 07/01/2024	5/29/2024
HB2613	Alcoholic Beverage Commission - As enacted, amends law relative to the sale of wine, other alcoholic beverages, and beer.	Comp. became Pub. Ch. 865	5/13/2024
HB2666	Licenses - As enacted, establishes qualifications for a person to receive a professional counselor license through a reciprocal agreement that this state has entered into on or before January 1, 2024.	Effective date(s) 03/15/2024	3/26/2024
HB2690	Intellectual & Developmental Disabilities, Dept. of - As enacted, requires the department to issue grants, subject to appropriations, to support the installation of powered, height-adjustable, adult-sized changing tables in single occupancy family restrooms in privately and municipally owned buildings open to the public across this state; authorizes the commissioner to create and convene an ad hoc committee to advise and assist with grant applications.	Comp. became Pub. Ch. 607	4/3/2024
HB2760	Children - As enacted, adds to the factors considered by a court when making child custody determinations evidence of physical or emotional abuse to the child or to any other person; requires judges involved in child custody proceedings to complete training that is provided by certain persons with experience in assisting survivors of domestic violence, child abuse, or child sexual abuse, and that relies on evidence-based research by recognized experts; prohibits ordering certain reunification treatment.	Effective date(s) 04/23/2024	5/1/2024
HB2768	Environment and Conservation, Department of - As introduced, requires the department to compile and publish data on the department's website data regarding the geographic location, duration, and severity of floods and landslides in this state.	Assigned to s/c Agriculture & Natural Resources Subcommittee	2/7/2024
HB2839	Garnishments and Executions - As enacted, makes various revisions to provisions related to property that is exempt from execution, seizure, or attachment.	Comp. became Pub. Ch. 833	5/9/2024
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
HB2968	Davidson County - Subject to local approval, creates the East Bank Development Authority for the metropolitan government of Nashville and Davidson County.	Taken off notice for cal. in Local Government Committee	4/9/2024
HB2984	Davidson County - Subject to local approval, creates the East Bank Development Authority for the metropolitan government of Nashville and Davidson County.	Comp. became Pr. Ch. 68	6/3/2024

18 resolutions(s) sponsored in the 113th General Assembly.

Bill Number	Composite Abstract	Last Action	Date
HJR0002	Memorials, Sports - Hany Mukhtar, 2022 Landon Donovan Major League Soccer Most Valuable Player Award	Signed by Governor.	1/27/2023
HJR0007	Memorials, Sports - Walker Zimmerman, 2022 FIFA World Cup, United States Men's National Team	Signed by Governor.	1/27/2023
HJR0008	Memorials, Sports - Shaq Moore, 2022 FIFA World Cup, United States Men's National Team	Signed by Governor.	1/27/2023
HJR0082	Constitutional Amendments - Proposes an amendment to the Constitution of Tennessee to establish a medical cannabis program.	Failed in s/c Health Subcommittee of Health Committee	3/26/2024
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
HJR0467	Memorials, Recognition - Brad Gioia	Signed by Governor.	4/11/2023
HJR0734	Memorials, Sports - Valor College Prep boys' soccer team, TSSAA Class AA state champions	Signed by Governor.	2/2/2024
HJR0883	Memorials, Recognition - World Lupus Day	Signed by Governor.	4/4/2024
HJR0921	Memorials, Death - Roger Dudley Fish	Signed by Governor.	3/1/2024
HJR1139	Memorials, Public Service - Sherry Jones	Signed by Governor.	4/9/2024
HJR1140	Memorials, Public Service - Representative Darren Jernigan	Signed by Governor.	4/9/2024
HJR1291	Memorials, Recognition - NEC Awareness Month	Signed by Governor.	4/22/2024
HJR1292	Memorials, Recognition - Bitcoin 2024	Signed by Governor.	4/22/2024
HJR1380	Memorials, Death - John Howard Roe, Jr.	Signed by Governor.	5/3/2024
HJR1469	Memorials, Recognition - Country Bear Musical Jamboree	Signed by Governor.	5/9/2024
HJR7026	Memorials, Death - George Bew McGugin	Signed by Governor.	9/7/2023
HJR7027	Memorials, Death - Reverend Joseph Patrick Breen	Signed by Governor.	9/7/2023
HJR7028	Memorials, Death - Father Charles Strobel	Signed by Governor.	9/7/2023

71 resolutions(s) co-sponsored in the 113th General Assembly.

Bill Number	Composite Abstract	Last Action	Date
HJR0040	Memorials, Recognition - Arnold's Country Kitchen	Signed by Governor.	2/2/2023
HJR0060	Memorials, Sports - Fisk University gymnastics team	Signed by Governor.	2/2/2023
HJR0118	Naming and Designating - Designates October 2023 as "Spina Bifida Month,"	Received from House, refer to Senate State & Local Government Committee	3/13/2023
HJR0165	Memorials, Death - Mary Elizabeth Cotter	Signed by Governor.	2/24/2023
HJR0275	Memorials, Death - Colonel (Ret.) Patrick "Rage" Ragan	Signed by Governor.	3/17/2023
HJR0288	Memorials, Heroism - Officer Tina Shaw	Signed by Governor.	3/17/2023
HJR0301	Memorials, Recognition - Montford Point Marines	Signed by Governor.	3/8/2023
HJR0319	Memorials, Recognition - West Tennessee Healthcare Dyersburg Hospital cardiac catheterization laboratory	Signed by Governor.	3/16/2023
HJR0355	Memorials, Death - Officer Geoffrey "Bernard" Redd	Signed by Governor.	3/21/2023
HJR0427	Memorials, Recognition - Charles Kimbrough	Signed by Governor.	4/11/2023
HJR0465	Memorials, Recognition - Reverend Dr. J. Lawrence Turner	Signed by Governor.	4/11/2023
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
HJR0506	Memorials, Recognition - Julius Rosenwald, the Rosenwald Schools	Signed by Governor.	4/13/2023
HJR0521	Memorials, Recognition - Nashville Fire Department and Nashville Department of Emergency Communications 911	Signed by Governor.	4/25/2023
HJR0522	Memorials, Recognition - Sexual Assault Awareness Month	Signed by Governor.	5/4/2023
HJR0523	Memorials, Death - Evelyn Marie Dieckhaus	Signed by Governor.	4/26/2023
HJR0524	Memorials, Death - Hallie Scruggs	Signed by Governor.	4/26/2023
HJR0525	Memorials, Death - William Kinney	Signed by Governor.	4/26/2023
HJR0526	Memorials, Death - Dr. Katherine Koonce	Signed by Governor.	4/26/2023
HJR0527	Memorials, Death - Cynthia Broyles Peak	Signed by Governor.	4/26/2023
HJR0528	Memorials, Death - Michael "Mike" Hill	Signed by Governor.	4/26/2023
HJR0537	Memorials, Recognition - Brian Marsh, 2023 President of the Tennessee Road Builders Association	Signed by Governor.	5/3/2023
HJR0551	Memorials, Death - Tom Hensley	Signed by Governor.	5/3/2023
HJR0576	Memorials, Academic Achievement - Karla Yanely Pacheco, Salutatorian, Raleigh Egypt High School	Signed by Governor.	5/4/2023
HJR0577	Memorials, Academic Achievement - Maria Fernanda Arredondo, Valedictorian, Raleigh-Egypt High School	Signed by Governor.	5/4/2023
HJR0578	Memorials, Academic Achievement - Zoey Zakyia Carruth, Salutatorian, Cordova High School	Signed by Governor.	5/4/2023
HJR0579	Memorials, Academic Achievement - Ashton Rose Ramirez, Valedictorian, Cordova High School	Signed by Governor.	5/4/2023
HJR0580	Memorials, Academic Achievement - Petra Rayo Jimenez, Valedictorian, Kingsbury High School	Signed by Governor.	5/4/2023
HJR0581	Memorials, Academic Achievement - Kierra Thrill, Salutatorian, Kingsbury High School	Signed by Governor.	5/4/2023
HJR0662	Memorials, Retirement - Representative Sam McKenzie	Signed by Governor.	5/9/2023
HJR0679	Memorials, Death - Judge Seth Walker Norman	Signed by Governor.	1/30/2024
HJR0686	Memorials, Death - Jimmy Buffett	Signed by Governor.	1/30/2024
HJR0687	Memorials, Death - John Lyell	Signed by Governor.	1/30/2024
HJR0697	Memorials, Recognition - Phil Williams, 2023 John Chancellor Award	Signed by Governor.	1/30/2024
HJR0713	Memorials, Recognition - National Conference of State Legislatures, 50th anniversary	Signed by Governor.	1/30/2024
HJR0719	Memorials, Personal Occasion - Joan Baez, 83rd birthday	Signed by Governor.	1/30/2024
HJR0778	Naming and Designating - Designates February 24 as "SCN2A Awareness Day."	Signed by Governor.	4/4/2024
HJR0784	Memorials, Death - James B. "Jim" Spears	Signed by Governor.	2/12/2024
HJR0790	Memorials, Recognition - George Gruhn	Signed by Governor.	2/12/2024
HJR0791	Memorials, Death - John Patten Guerry	Signed by Governor.	2/12/2024
HJR0811	General Assembly, Statement of Intent or Position - Recognizes the benefits of chess in education and correctional systems.	Received from House, refer to Senate Education Committee	3/11/2024
HJR0844	General Assembly, Statement of Intent or Position - Expresses support for bid to host Special Olympics USA Games in Tennessee.	Signed by Governor.	4/9/2024
HJR0929	Memorials, Recognition - Julia Green Elementary School, 75th anniversary	Signed by Governor.	3/19/2024
HJR0963	Memorials, Recognition - Tennesseans for opposing and condemning neo-Nazism	Signed by Governor.	3/11/2024
HJR0998	Memorials, Recognition - Metro Nashville Public Schools	Ref. Calendar & Rules Committee	3/7/2024
HJR0999	Memorials, Death - Nathaniel Harris	Signed by Governor.	3/20/2024
HJR1006	Memorials, Death - Rep. Don Ridgeway	Signed by Governor.	3/13/2024
HJR1027	Memorials, Death - Jillian Ludwig	Signed by Governor.	5/3/2024
HJR1050	Memorials, Sports - Pickett County Lady Bobcats, Class A state champions	Signed by Governor.	4/4/2024
HJR1141	Memorials, Public Service - Representative Dwayne Thompson	Signed by Governor.	4/9/2024
HJR1142	Memorials, Recognition - First anniversary of the Covenant School shooting	Signed by Governor.	4/10/2024
HJR1484	Memorials, Recognition - Volkswagen Chattanooga	Ref. to Banking & Consumer Affairs Subcommittee	4/24/2024
HJR1504	Memorials, Retirement - Kim McCaster Cox	Signed by Governor.	5/9/2024
HJR7014	Memorials, Recognition - Bev Johnson	Signed by Governor.	9/7/2023
HJR7023	Memorials, Death - Representative Bill Beck	Signed by Governor.	9/7/2023
HJR7037	Memorials, Recognition - Larry Taylor, Congressional Medal of Honor	Signed by Governor.	9/7/2023
HJR7053	Memorials, Recognition - Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services and Quinco Community Mental Health Centers	Signed by Governor.	9/8/2023
HR0088	Memorials, Government Officials - Requests that a memorial plaque be affixed in the House chamber to the desk of the late Representative Barbara Cooper.	Signed by H. Speaker	4/20/2023
HR0155	Memorials, Retirement - Master Sergeant Robert D. Davis, Jr., United States Air Force	Signed by H. Speaker	4/18/2024
SJR0017	Memorials, Retirement - Jim Hoobler	Signed by Governor.	1/31/2023
SJR0159	Memorials, Recognition - Tennessee Credit Unions, 100 years	Signed by Governor.	3/30/2023
SJR0179	Memorials, Recognition - Tennessee State University Aristocrat of Bands	Signed by Governor.	2/14/2023
SJR0210	Memorials, Recognition - Lt. Governor Randy McNally	Signed by Governor.	2/17/2023
SJR0239	Memorials, Recognition - Fisk Radio, 50th anniversary	Signed by H. Speaker	9/19/2023
SJR0355	Memorials, Sports - Hampton High School boys' basketball team, TSSAA Division I, Class 1A state champions	Signed by Governor.	4/4/2023
SJR0361	Memorials, Recognition - Paige Clark, Miss Tennessee Volunteer 2023	Signed by Governor.	4/10/2023
SJR0533	Memorials, Recognition - Women Veterans Appreciation Day	Signed by Governor.	4/25/2023
SJR0534	Memorials, Recognition - Great Smoky Mountains National Park Honoring Our Veterans Day	Signed by Governor.	4/25/2023
SJR0556	Memorials, Recognition - Jasmine Carson	Signed by Governor.	5/2/2023
SJR0781	Memorials, Death - Theron Ira Louis Lacy	Signed by Governor.	5/3/2023