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Representative Lynn,
57th Representative District
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22 bill(s) sponsored in the 113th General Assembly.
Bill Number
Composite Abstract
Last Action
Date
HB0299
Food and Food Products
- As introduced, prohibits the manufacture, sale, or delivery, holding, or offering for sale of any livestock carcass, part of any livestock carcass, or meat food product that contains a mRNA vaccine or vaccine material unless the product labeling contains a conspicuous notification of the presence of the mRNA vaccine or vaccine material in the product.
Withdrawn.
1/30/2023
HB0836
Public Health
- As introduced, deletes the termination provision for the title addressing the COVID-19 pandemic, which would have terminated July 1, 2023.
Withdrawn.
1/30/2023
HB0837
Infectious Diseases
- As introduced, extends certain COVID protections for healthcare providers.
P2C, caption bill, held on desk - pending amdt.
2/2/2023
HB0838
Workers Compensation
- As introduced, changes, from December 31 to December 15, the date by which the bureau of workers' compensation must produce a report listing the name of each covered employer that failed, during the preceding fiscal year, to provide workers' compensation coverage or qualify as a self-insured employer.
P2C, caption bill, held on desk - pending amdt.
2/2/2023
HB0839
Local Education Agencies
- As introduced, enacts the "Wholesome Public School Learning Environment Act"; prohibits teachers or other employees of an LEA from discussing sexual preferences or drug use with a student of the LEA during school instruction or a school activity; prohibits an LEA from displaying symbols of drugs or drug paraphernalia on school grounds.
Assigned to s/c K-12 Subcommittee
2/7/2023
HB0840
Health Care
- As introduced, removes provisions that required health-related boards affected by law relating to prescriptions for Schedule II controlled substances to report to the general assembly by January 1, 2019, on issues related to the implementation of that law.
P2C, caption bill, held on desk - pending amdt.
2/2/2023
HB0841
Obscenity and Pornography
- As enacted, makes it a Class E felony for a book publisher, distributor, or seller to knowingly sell or distribute obscene matter to a public school serving any of the grades K-12; adds additional fines for a violation.
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 278
5/4/2023
HB0842
Livestock
- As introduced, specifies that meat may be labeled as being free of mRNA vaccine if the animals from which the meat was derived were not administered an mRNA vaccine; removes authorization for the commissioner of agriculture and the state veterinarian to order vaccination of livestock; specifies that there is no state legal requirement to vaccinate livestock.
Def. to Summer Study in Agriculture & Natural Resources Subcommittee
3/14/2023
HB0843
Education
- As enacted, revises various provisions of present law pertaining to the "Age-Appropriate Materials Act of 2022" and the state textbook and instructional materials quality commission.
Effective date(s) 07/01/2024
5/1/2024
HB1090
Obscenity and Pornography
- As introduced, removes the educational justification of a person possessing obscene material if the person is at a school building, bus, school campus, grounds, recreational area, athletic field, or other property owned, used, or operated by a local education agency.
Taken off notice for cal in s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee of Criminal Justice Committee
3/21/2023
HB1257
Public Health
- As introduced, makes various provisions regarding COVID-19 permanent.
P2C, caption bill, held on desk - pending amdt.
2/2/2023
HB1529
Health, Dept. of
- As introduced, requires the department to study COVID-19 exemptions based on religion or rights of conscience in neighbor states and report findings to the health committees by January 1, 2024.
Taken off notice for cal in s/c Population Health Subcommittee of Health Committee
3/14/2023
HB1627
Education, Dept. of
- As introduced, requires the department to award school safety grants to LEAs, public charter schools, private schools, and church-related schools for the purchase of a wearable emergency alert system for teachers and substitute teachers.
Withdrawn.
1/29/2024
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
HB2177
Textbooks
- As enacted, requires a local board of education that provides electronic textbooks and instructional materials to provide a student reasonable access to a printed version of an electronic textbook or instructional material if the student or the student's parent or legal guardian submits a written request to the principal of the student's school for a physical or hard copy of the textbook or instructional material.
Effective date(s) 07/01/2024
5/1/2024
HB2367
Advertising
- As introduced, bans pharmaceutical advertisements in newspapers, online, and on television in this state.
Taken off notice for cal in s/c Banking & Consumer Affairs Subcommittee of Commerce Committee
3/19/2024
HB2401
Election Laws
- As introduced, creates a process for the majority and minority party caucuses of the general assembly to nominate candidates for United States senator; provides that such process becomes operable for each respective senatorial seat when the respective incumbent declines to run for re-election, loses a re-election bid, or a vacancy is created in the office.
Taken off notice for cal in s/c Elections & Campaign Finance Subcommittee of Local Government Committee
3/27/2024
HB2457
Libraries
- As introduced, requires the removal of sexually explicit material from the libraries of public schools; creates a process for evaluating library materials for sexually explicit material in public schools.
Assigned to s/c K-12 Subcommittee
2/6/2024
HB2463
TennCare
- As introduced, requires TennCare coverage of treatment of pediatric autoimmune neuropsychiatric disorders associated with streptococcal infections (PANDAS) and pediatric acute onset neuropsychiatric syndrome (PANS).
Assigned to s/c Insurance Subcommittee
2/6/2024
HB2484
Insurance, Health, Accident
- As introduced, mandates private insurance coverage for treatment of pediatric autoimmune neuropsychiatric disorders associated with streptococcal infections (PANDAS) and pediatric acute onset neuropsychiatric syndrome (PANS).
Assigned to s/c Insurance Subcommittee
2/6/2024
HB2524
Holidays and Days of Special Observance
- As enacted, establishes October 9 of each year as "PANDAS Awareness Day" to promote awareness of Pediatric Autoimmune Neuropsychiatric Disorders Associated with Streptococcal Infections and Pediatric Acute-onset Neuropsychiatric Syndrome.
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 777
5/1/2024
HB2860
Food and Food Products
- As introduced, prohibits the importation, sale, and distribution of cell-cultured food products in this state.
Def. to Summer Study in Agriculture & Natural Resources Subcommittee
3/19/2024
112 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
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
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
HB0037
Firearms and Ammunition
- As introduced, removes, as exclusions from the Tennessee Firearms Freedom Act, a firearm that cannot be carried and used by one person, a firearm that discharges two or more projectiles with one activation of the trigger or other firing device, a firearm that has a bore diameter greater than one and one-half inches and that uses smokeless powder as a propellant, and ammunition with a projectile that explodes after leaving the firearm; creates the criminal offense of disenfranchising another of the person's constitutional rights in violation of the Tennessee Firearms Freedom Act; prohibits an employee or elected or appointed official of a state or local government entity from enforcing a federal law in violation of the Tennessee Firearms Freedom Act.
Taken off notice for cal in s/c Civil Justice Subcommittee of Civil Justice Committee
3/21/2023
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
HB0053
Fairs
- As enacted, substitutes a representative of the Tennessee Association of Fairs for the Association's executive director as a member of the state fair and exposition commission.
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 19
3/23/2023
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
HB0068
Local Education Agencies
- As enacted, requires LEAs to conduct summer learning camps and after-school learning mini-camps annually instead of only in the summers immediately following the 2020-2021 and 2021-2022 school years; revises the definition of "priority student" to allow additional "at-risk" children and students entering certain grade levels to participate in after-school learning mini-camps, learning loss bridge camps, and summer learning camps.
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 144
4/18/2023
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
HB0081
Environment and Conservation, Department of
- As enacted, allows the department to disclose motor vehicle accident reports to authorized persons relating to a guest's use of state parks.
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 26
3/23/2023
HB0116
Lottery, Scholarships and Programs
- As introduced, expands the definition of "eligible postsecondary institution" to include certain private postsecondary institutions for purposes of a Tennessee HOPE scholarship, Tennessee HOPE access grant, Tennessee HOPE teacher's scholarship, or Wilder-Naifeh technical skills grant.
Failed in s/c Higher Education Subcommittee of Education Administration
3/20/2023
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
HB0164
Adoption
- As enacted, authorizes a court to waive certain waiting periods and expedite certain proceedings relative to the adoption of children abandoned or voluntarily left at a facility or in a newborn safety device if certain conditions are met.
Effective date(s) 07/01/2023
5/2/2023
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
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
HB0285
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.
Failed in s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee of Criminal Justice Committee
3/7/2023
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
HB0306
Schools, Private
- As enacted, limits the ability of a student enrolled in a private school to participate in an interscholastic athletic activity or event, to such activity or event where membership in the Tennessee Secondary School Athletic Association is required, in accordance with the student's immutable biological sex as determined by anatomy and genetics existing at the time of birth.
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 285
5/4/2023
HB0318
Children
- As enacted, revises present law provisions governing adoption and foster care.
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 187
5/3/2023
HB0319
Environment and Conservation, Department of
- As enacted, establishes a "brownfield redevelopment area fund" to be used by the department to administer a brownfield redevelopment area grant program; creates a franchise and excise tax credit equal to the remediation costs for a brownfield property for a qualified development project in a tier 3 or tier 4 enhancement county; makes other related revisions.
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 86
4/18/2023
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
HB0336
Purchasing and Procurement
- As enacted, increases the threshold, from $10,000 to $25,000, above which sealed bids are required by a city chartered under the city manager-commission general law charter; increases the threshold, from $10,000 to $25,000, below which the board of commissioners in such city may delegate the approval of contracts to the city manager.
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 54
3/28/2023
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
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
HB0398
Juvenile Offenders
- As enacted, requires mental health evaluation and treatment for juveniles who commit aggravated animal cruelty under certain circumstances.
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 334
5/17/2023
HB0413
Probation and Parole
- As enacted, states that the four years of qualifying full-time professional experience required to be a probation and parole officer may include experience in law enforcement.
Effective date(s) 05/05/2023
5/18/2023
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
HB0448
State Government
- As enacted, requires governmental entities to provide a period of public comment for public meetings; authorizes the governmental entities to place reasonable restrictions on the period for public comment.
Effective date(s) 07/01/2023
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
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
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
HB0510
Criminal Offenses
- As introduced, justifies, under certain circumstances, the use of deadly force against another to prevent or terminate the other from committing or attempting to commit certain property offenses; specifies that the display or brandishing of a weapon does not constitute deadly force.
Taken off notice for cal in s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee of Criminal Justice Committee
3/7/2023
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
HB0607
Insurance, Health, Accident
- As enacted, makes changes relative to the coverage of complex rehabilitation technology (CRT) by health insurance entities and managed care organizations.
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 447
5/24/2023
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
HB0616
Traffic Safety
- As enacted, requires a motor vehicle or trailer transporting a load of logs or pulpwood that protrudes at least four feet beyond the end of the body or bed of the vehicle or trailer to have certain items securely affixed to the end of the projecting load while the vehicle or trailer is loaded with the protruding logs or pulpwood.
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 287
5/4/2023
HB0619
Children's Services, Dept. of
- As enacted, requires the commissioner to notify the committing court at least 15 days prior to the proposed discharge of a delinquent child who was committed to the custody of the department for an indefinite time.
Effective date(s) 07/01/2024
4/3/2024
HB0623
Real Property
- As enacted, specifies that a seller of residential property is required to disclose the presence of a known sinkhole on the property prior to entering into a contract with a buyer regardless of whether the sinkhole is indicated through the contour lines on the property's recorded plat map.
Effective date(s) 07/01/2024
3/15/2024
HB0632
Election Laws
- As enacted, makes changes to law relative to convenient voting centers, including authorizing Henry County to establish a convenient voting center pilot program.
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 262
5/3/2023
HB0634
Children
- As enacted, creates the child care improvement fund, to be administered by the department of human services; creates a child care improvement pilot program to provide grants to nonprofit organizations to be used for establishing a new child care agency in this state or making improvements to, or assisting with staffing, recruitment, or salary gaps, at an existing child care agency in this state.
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 452
5/24/2023
HB0636
Election Laws
- As introduced, allows a person who is excluded as a candidate from a primary ballot based on a determination that the person is not a bona fide member of the political party to qualify as an independent candidate if the nominating petition is filed within seven calendar days of the final determination of the exclusion.
Received from House, Passed on First Consideration
3/13/2023
HB0723
Firearms and Ammunition
- As enacted, expands employees allowed to carry a handgun on property owned, operated, or controlled by a public institution of higher education to include retired law enforcement officers who retired in good standing with 20 years of service and are employed on a part-time basis by a public institution of higher education.
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 149
4/18/2023
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
HB0727
Local Education Agencies
- As enacted, requires a student's parent or legal guardian, or the student if the student has reached the age of majority, to provide certain consent before the student may engage in certain activities at school.
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 353
5/17/2023
HB0746
Firearms and Ammunition
- As introduced, removes the authorization for an individual, corporation, business entity, or local, state, or federal government entity to prohibit the possession of weapons by a person who is at a meeting conducted by or on property owned, operated, or managed or under the control of the individual, corporation, business entity, or government entity; removes the criminal offense of possession of a weapon in a building or on property that is properly posted.
Taken off notice for cal. in Civil Justice Committee
1/31/2024
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
HB0782
Education, Curriculum
- As enacted, requires, upon the request of the commission, each public elementary and middle school, or each LEA on behalf of the schools, to provide information to the commission or department of education about the financial literacy education provided to elementary and middle school students during the school year.
Effective date(s) 04/28/2023
5/3/2023
HB0786
Teachers, Principals and School Personnel
- As enacted, creates a new pathway for honorably discharged veterans to receive an occupational teaching license.
Effective date(s) 07/01/2023
5/3/2023
HB0789
Taxes, Sales
- As introduced, increases, over a five-year period, from 4.6030 percent to 5.0909 percent, the share of state sales and use tax revenue appropriated to municipalities; reduces, over a five-year period, from 29.0141 percent to 28.5262 percent, the share of state sales and use tax revenue deposited to the state general fund.
Taken off notice for cal in s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee of Finance, Ways, and Means Committee
4/18/2023
HB0814
Fire Prevention and Investigation
- As enacted, requires the state fire marshal to create a state fire permit that mobile food units may obtain annually to demonstrate fire safety and electrical code compliance to local governments; requires a local government to recognize the state fire permit in its jurisdiction; prohibits the local government from requiring a local fire permit if the mobile food unit holds a state fire permit.
Effective date(s) 05/11/2023
5/19/2023
HB0817
Election Laws
- As enacted, prohibits members of local governing bodies to be elected through an election procedure that requires candidates to be nominated from a district and elected at large.
Effective date(s) 01/01/2024
5/19/2023
HB0818
School Transportation
- As enacted, revises present law provisions relative to cameras on school buses and failing to stop upon approaching a school bus that has stopped on the highway.
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 179
4/25/2023
HB0878
Marriage
- As enacted, clarifies that a person is not required to solemnize a marriage.
Effective date(s) 02/21/2024
3/15/2024
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
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
HB0948
Holidays and Days of Special Observance
- As enacted, designates the second Monday in April of each year as "Tennessee Lineworker Appreciation Day."
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 47
3/23/2023
HB0976
Firefighters
- As enacted, enacts the "James 'Dustin' Samples Act."
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 465
5/24/2023
HB0977
Firearms and Ammunition
- As introduced, allows law enforcement officers to carry a firearm when under the influence of alcohol or controlled substances and certain other circumstances; deletes the prohibition on carrying firearms and other weapons on higher education campuses and in parks; prohibits the carrying of weapons in K-12 schools except by certain persons, including any person permitted to carry a firearm under federal law.
Withdrawn.
1/9/2024
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
HB1021
Victims' Rights
- As enacted, makes changes to the "Criminal Injuries Compensation Act."
Effective date(s) 07/01/2024
5/13/2024
HB1039
Comptroller, State
- As enacted, requires the comptroller of the treasury to compare a list of registered voters provided by the state coordinator of elections to the comptroller’s geographic information system data to ensure that registered voters have been assigned to the correct congressional, state house, state senate, and county governing body districts.
Effective date(s) 04/28/2023
5/3/2023
HB1044
Handgun Permits
- As introduced, requires the department of safety to issue permits with the designation "Enhanced Handgun Carry Permit" on the front of the permit; requires the department to issue replacement permits for any permit that contains the designation "Handgun Carry Permit" upon renewal or upon the permit holder's request.
Def. to Special Calendar to be Published with Final Calendar in Civil Justice Committee
1/31/2024
HB1070
Public Contracts
- As enacted, prohibits a state agency, local agency, or law enforcement agency from purchasing or acquiring a drone or other covered telecommunications equipment or service produced by a manufacturer banned under the federal National Defense Authorization Act of 2019.
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 223
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
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
HB1187
Taxes, Sales
- As introduced, reduces, from 29.0141 percent to 28.5262 percent, the share of state sales and use tax revenue deposited to the state general fund; increases, from 4.6030 percent to 5.0909 percent, the share appropriated to municipalities.
Returned to the Clerk's Desk.
4/17/2024
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
HB1259
Real Property
- As enacted, enacts anti-squatter laws.
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 1009
5/29/2024
HB1380
Public Health
- As enacted, enacts the "Mature Minor Doctrine Clarification Act."
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 477
5/24/2023
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
HB1456
Schools, Private
- As enacted, authorizes a private school and a local government to execute a contract or memorandum of understanding to allow the law enforcement agency of the local government to provide school resource officers to the private school.
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 87
4/18/2023
HB1479
Public Funds and Financing
- As enacted, allows the state treasurer to purchase and sell physical gold and precious metal.
Effective date(s) 03/23/2023
3/28/2023
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
HB1605
Flags
- As introduced, prohibits LEAs and public charter schools from displaying in public schools flags other than the official United States flag and the official Tennessee state flag.
Failed to pass Senate, Ayes 13, Nays 6, PNV 3
4/23/2024
HB1614
Consumer Protection
- As enacted, enacts the "Protect Tennessee Minors Act"; requires an individual or commercial entity that publishes or distributes in this state a website that contains a substantial portion of material harmful to minors to perform reasonable age-verification methods to verify the age of individuals attempting to access the material; specifies that a violation of age-verification or data retention requirements is a Class C felony.
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 1021
5/31/2024
HB1631
Schools, Private
- As enacted, clarifies that a private school serving students in any of the grades pre-K through 12 is authorized to adopt a handgun carry policy for the private school's property.
Effective date(s) 04/22/2024
5/1/2024
HB1640
Mental Illness
- As enacted, enacts "Jillian's Law," which makes various changes relative to being adjudicated as a mental defective or judicially committed to a mental institution, including requiring a person judicially committed to remain committed until the competency of the person to stand trial is restored or, if competency is unable to be restored but the person no longer meets the standard, until the court with criminal jurisdiction over the charges approves a mandatory outpatient treatment plan that accounts for the safety of the community.
Effective date(s) 07/01/2024
5/1/2024
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
HB1719
Bail, Bail Bonds
- As enacted, prohibits a magistrate from considering a defendant's ability to pay when determining the amount of bail necessary to reasonably assure the appearance of the defendant while at the same time protecting the safety of the public.
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 869
5/13/2024
HB1835
Taxes, Sales
- As introduced, allocates 2.83 percent of the sales and use tax collected in the 11 fastest-growing counties to such counties; requires such counties to earmark such revenue for educational facility maintenance and construction and infrastructure.
Taken off notice for cal in s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee of Finance, Ways, and Means Committee
4/17/2024
HB1894
Food and Food Products
- As enacted, defines food that contains a vaccine or vaccine material as a drug for purposes of the Tennessee Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act.
Effective date(s) 04/22/2024
5/1/2024
HB1895
Abortion
- As enacted, creates the criminal offense of abortion trafficking of a minor; provides for a civil action against a person committing the offense of abortion trafficking of a minor if certain conditions are met.
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 1032
5/31/2024
HB1899
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.
Received from House, Passed on First Consideration
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
HB2032
Firearms and Ammunition
- As introduced, removes the offense of possessing a weapon in a building that prohibits or restricts weapons; allows a person with an enhanced handgun carry permit to carry a handgun into a business that prohibits or restricts weapons; removes penalties for violations of certain firearms provisions.
Taken off notice for cal. in Civil Justice Committee
4/9/2024
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
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
HB2063
Environmental Preservation
- As enacted, prohibits the intentional injection, release, or dispersion, by any means, of chemicals, chemical compounds, substances, or apparatus within the borders of this state into the atmosphere with the express purpose of affecting temperature, weather, or the intensity of the sunlight.
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 709
4/17/2024
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
HB2117
Local Government, General
- As enacted, requires a political subdivision to provide a written attestation with the political subdivision's annual audit to the comptroller of the treasury certifying that the political subdivision has not sought or received a grant in intentional pursuit of certain prohibited policies.
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 877
5/13/2024
HB2124
Immigration
- As enacted, requires, rather than authorizes, law enforcement agencies to communicate with the appropriate federal official regarding the immigration status of any individual, including reporting knowledge that a particular alien is not lawfully present in the United States or otherwise cooperate with the appropriate federal official in the identification, apprehension, detention, or removal of aliens not lawfully present in the United States.
Pub. Ch. 716
4/17/2024
HB2190
Governor
- As enacted, authorizes the governor to deploy up to a brigade-sized force to Texas to assist in repelling the invasion at the southern border of the United States during fiscal year 2024-2025.
Effective date(s) 05/21/2024
5/28/2024
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
HB2394
Campaigns and Campaign Finance
- As introduced, allows a candidate for a state or local campaign to transfer unused funds to a federal campaign account for a primary election if the candidate notifies each donor of the proposed transfer and a donor does not object to the transfer within 30 days of the notification; requires the funds donated by donors who object to the transfer to be returned to the donor.
Taken off notice for cal in s/c Elections & Campaign Finance Subcommittee of Local Government Committee
3/13/2024
HB2435
Education, Curriculum
- As enacted, enacts the "Baby Olivia Act," which requires a family life curriculum that directly or indirectly addresses human growth, human development, or human sexuality to include the presentation of a high-quality, computer-generated animation or high-definition ultrasound of at least three minutes in duration that shows the development of the brain, heart, and other vital organs in early fetal development.
Effective date(s) 04/23/2024
5/1/2024
HB2445
TennCare
- As introduced, enacts "Emma's Bill," which requires that when making a determination of medical necessity, the bureau shall take into consideration the patient's overall condition and use such overall condition as a factor to determine the level of funding and what medical items and services the patient receives, even if such determination does not result in the least costly course of diagnosis or treatment.
Taken off notice for cal in s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee of Finance, Ways, and Means Committee
4/17/2024
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
HB2682
Pensions and Retirement Benefits
- As enacted, authorizes, until June 30, 2026, a retired member of the Tennessee consolidated retirement system, or of a local retirement fund, to be reemployed in a position covered by the retirement system without the loss or suspension of the member's retirement benefits if the member meets certain criteria; authorizes, until June 30, 2026, a law enforcement agency to employ a retired member for a full-time school resource officer position if certain criteria are met.
Effective date(s) 07/01/2024
5/13/2024
HB2716
General Assembly
- As introduced, prohibits a local legislative body from electing a member, who was expelled for disorderly behavior, to fill a vacancy in the general assembly that was created because of the member's expulsion.
Received from House, Passed on First Consideration
2/29/2024
HB2762
Consumer Protection
- As enacted, enacts the "Second Amendment Financial Privacy Act."
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 773
5/1/2024
HB2845
DUI Offenses
- As enacted, enacts the "Tennessee Prevention of Drunk Driving Act."
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 961
5/13/2024
HB2883
Firearms and Ammunition
- As introduced, allows law enforcement officers, whether on-duty or off-duty, retired law enforcement officers, active duty and retired members of the armed forces of the United States, whether in discharge of official duties or not, and enhanced handgun carry permit holders, except in certain circumstances, to possess or carry, whether openly or concealed, with or without the intent to go armed, a handgun in any Pre-K-12 public school building or bus, school campus, grounds, recreation area, athletic field, or any other property owned, operated, or while in use by any public board of education or Pre-K-12 school.
Taken off notice for cal in s/c Civil Justice Subcommittee of Civil Justice Committee
4/2/2024
HB2940
TennCare
- As enacted, enacts the "TennCare for Working Individuals with Disabilities Act."
Effective date(s) 05/21/2024
5/29/2024
HB2961
Evidence
- As introduced, directs the Tennessee advisory committee on intergovernmental relations (TACIR), with the assistance of the Tennessee bureau of investigation, the district attorneys general conference, and the department of safety, to study the feasibility of a Shelby County crime lab and the impact of such a crime lab on public health, safety, education, housing, and the economy for citizens and visitors of Shelby County, the city of Memphis, this state, and the Tennessee, Arkansas, and Mississippi tri-state region; requires TACIR to submit a report of the study findings to the general assembly by January 14, 2025.
Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 4/16/2024
4/10/2024
HB7002
Safety
- As introduced, requires each LEA, public charter school, private school, and church-related school to develop a policy to direct how students, teachers, substitute teachers, and staff are to respond when a fire alarm is activated on school premises outside of a scheduled fire drill to protect students, teachers, substitute teachers, and staff in the event the fire alarm was activated due to the presence of an active shooter on school premises.
Received from House, Passed on First Consideration
8/28/2023
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
15 resolutions(s) sponsored in the 113th General Assembly.
Bill Number
Composite Abstract
Last Action
Date
HJR0115
Memorials, Recognition
- City of Mt. Juliet, 50th anniversary of incorporation
Signed by Governor.
2/15/2023
HJR0176
Memorials, Personal Occasion
- Franklin Delano McKee, 90th birthday
Signed by Governor.
3/2/2023
HJR0177
Memorials, Personal Occasion
- Scott and Teresa Deathridge, 50th wedding anniversary
Signed by Governor.
3/2/2023
HJR0320
Memorials, Retirement
- David J. Cross
Signed by Governor.
3/16/2023
HJR0474
Memorials, Recognition
- Mt. Juliet First Baptist Church, 120th anniversary
Signed by Governor.
4/12/2023
HJR0573
Memorials, Recognition
- Mark Hinesley
Signed by Governor.
5/4/2023
HJR0855
General Assembly, Statement of Intent or Position
- Encourages Tennesseans to limit intake of high-calorie and high-fat foods.
Received from House, refer to Senate Health & Welfare Committee
4/17/2024
HJR0856
General Assembly, Statement of Intent or Position
- Recognizes negative effects of parental incarceration on children.
Received from House, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee
4/4/2024
HJR0996
Memorials, Recognition
- Shiloh Music, 50th anniversary
Signed by Governor.
3/20/2024
HJR1404
Memorials, Recognition
- Gladeville Elementary School, Reward School
Signed by Governor.
5/7/2024
HJR1405
Memorials, Recognition
- Lakeview Elementary School, Reward School
Signed by Governor.
5/7/2024
HJR1406
Memorials, Recognition
- Mt. Juliet Middle School, 2022-2023 Reward School
Signed by Governor.
5/7/2024
HJR1407
Memorials, Recognition
- Stoner Creek Elementary School, 2022-2023 Reward School
Signed by Governor.
5/7/2024
HJR1408
Memorials, Recognition
- Rutland Elementary School, Reward School
Signed by Governor.
5/7/2024
HJR1409
Memorials, Recognition
- Springdale Elementary School, Reward School
Signed by Governor.
5/7/2024
143 resolutions(s) co-sponsored in the 113th General Assembly.
Bill Number
Composite Abstract
Last Action
Date
HJR0005
Constitutional Conventions
- Makes application to Congress for the purpose of calling an Article V convention to propose an amendment to the United States Constitution to set a limit on the number of terms to which a person may be elected as a member of the Congress of the United States.
Signed by Governor.
4/22/2024
HJR0013
Constitutional Amendments
- Proposes an amendment to Article VII, Section 5 of the Constitution of Tennessee to change the date of elections for judicial and other civil officers from the first Thursday in August to the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November.
Received from House, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee
1/9/2024
HJR0027
General Assembly, Statement of Intent or Position
- Expresses strong support for completion of the southern border wall and urges Congress to immediately take action to fund the construction.
Signed by Governor.
5/4/2023
HJR0072
Memorials, Death
- Dr. Charles A. Champion
Signed by Governor.
2/15/2023
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
HJR0081
Constitutional Amendments
- Proposes additional language in Article II, Section 28 to prohibit the general assembly from levying, authorizing, or otherwise permitting a state tax on property.
Signed by Senate Speaker
4/8/2024
HJR0084
Memorials, Sports
- Arion Carter, Gatorade Tennessee Football Player of the Year
Signed by Governor.
2/15/2023
HJR0096
Memorials, Recognition
- Music Therapy Week
Signed by Governor.
3/19/2024
HJR0099
General Assembly, Confirmation of Appointment
- Ron Ramsey, East Tennessee State University Board of Trustees
H. subst. & concurred in SJR 132
3/23/2023
HJR0116
Memorials, Recognition
- Friendship Christian School, 50th anniversary
Signed by Governor.
2/15/2023
HJR0117
Memorials, Sports
- Friendship Christian, Division II, Class A TSSAA champion
Re-refer to Senate Calendar Committee
2/9/2023
HJR0118
Naming and Designating
- Designates October 2023 as "Spina Bifida Month,"
Received from House, refer to Senate State & Local Government Committee
3/13/2023
HJR0126
Memorials, Recognition
- Alzheimer's Tennessee, 40th anniversary
Signed by Governor.
2/15/2023
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
HJR0133
Memorials, Recognition
- Tennessee pregnancy centers
Signed by Governor.
3/2/2023
HJR0165
Memorials, Death
- Mary Elizabeth Cotter
Signed by Governor.
2/24/2023
HJR0182
Memorials, Sports
- Friendship Christian, Division II, Class A TSSAA champion
Signed by Governor.
3/2/2023
HJR0229
Memorials, Recognition
- Thomas W. Chester
Signed by Governor.
3/8/2023
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
HJR0328
Memorials, Public Service
- Representative Bob Ramsey
Signed by Governor.
3/21/2023
HJR0355
Memorials, Death
- Officer Geoffrey "Bernard" Redd
Signed by Governor.
3/21/2023
HJR0465
Memorials, Recognition
- Reverend Dr. J. Lawrence Turner
Signed by Governor.
4/11/2023
HJR0503
Memorials, Recognition
- Metropolitan Nashville Police Department Chief John Drake and commanding officers
Signed by Governor.
4/20/2023
HJR0504
Memorials, Heroism
- Metropolitan Nashville Police Department Officers and State and federal law enforcement officials
Signed by Governor.
4/20/2023
HJR0508
Memorials, Recognition
- Heather Marie Williams Bay, Airport Manager of the Year
Signed by Governor.
4/25/2023
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
HJR0556
Memorials, Retirement
- Deputy Chris G. King
Signed by Governor.
5/4/2023
HJR0557
Memorials, Recognition
- National Drug Endangered Children Awareness Day, April 26, 2023
Received from House, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee
4/20/2023
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
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
HJR0775
Memorials, Recognition
- Beacon Center, 20th anniversary
Signed by Governor.
2/12/2024
HJR0784
Memorials, Death
- James B. "Jim" Spears
Signed by Governor.
2/12/2024
HJR0791
Memorials, Death
- John Patten Guerry
Signed by Governor.
2/12/2024
HJR0798
Memorials, Government Officials
- Urges Governor Lee to work with neighboring states and law enforcement officials to identify and prosecute child and human traffickers.
Signed by Governor.
4/4/2024
HJR0801
Memorials, Congress
- Urges the federal government to do all within its power to secure the U.S. border.
Signed by Governor.
4/18/2024
HJR0808
Memorials, Death
- Representative Frank Buck
Signed by Governor.
2/21/2024
HJR0810
Memorials, Government Officials
- Urges Governor Lee to deploy Tennessee National Guard to support Texas in its efforts to secure border.
Received from House, refer to Senate State & Local Government Committee
3/21/2024
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
HJR0820
Memorials, Congress
- Opposes expansion of World Health Organization's authority and supports ending U.S. government funding of the organization.
Received from House, refer to Senate Health & Welfare Committee
4/17/2024
HJR0963
Memorials, Recognition
- Tennesseans for opposing and condemning neo-Nazism
Signed by Governor.
3/11/2024
HJR1006
Memorials, Death
- Rep. Don Ridgeway
Signed by Governor.
3/13/2024
HJR1009
Memorials, Recognition
- A Soldier's Child Foundation
Signed by Governor.
3/26/2024
HJR1027
Memorials, Death
- Jillian Ludwig
Signed by Governor.
5/3/2024
HJR1050
Memorials, Sports
- Pickett County Lady Bobcats, Class A state champions
Signed by Governor.
4/4/2024
HJR1095
Memorials, Public Service
- Representative Bryan Richey
Ref. Calendar & Rules Committee
3/21/2024
HJR1096
Memorials, Public Service
- Representative Curtis Johnson
Signed by Governor.
4/9/2024
HJR1097
Memorials, Public Service
- Representative Sam Whitson
Signed by Governor.
4/9/2024
HJR1098
Memorials, Public Service
- Representative John Holsclaw
Signed by Governor.
4/9/2024
HJR1099
Memorials, Public Service
- Representative Dale Carr
Withdrawn.
3/21/2024
HJR1128
Memorials, Public Service
- Representative Dale Carr
Signed by Governor.
4/9/2024
HJR1142
Memorials, Recognition
- First anniversary of the Covenant School shooting
Signed by Governor.
4/10/2024
HJR1498
Memorials, Recognition
- Memphis Police Department and Shelby County District Attorney
Signed by Governor.
5/9/2024
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
SJR0004
Memorials, Recognition
- Nation of Israel, 75th anniversary
Signed by Governor.
4/12/2023
SJR0028
Memorials, Recognition
- Dr. Ben Graham
Signed by Governor.
2/10/2023
SJR0029
Memorials, Retirement
- Debbie Jessen
Signed by Governor.
2/10/2023
SJR0030
Memorials, Death
- Ambria Dianne McGregor
Signed by Governor.
2/10/2023
SJR0033
Memorials, Retirement
- Diane Major
Signed by Governor.
2/10/2023
SJR0124
Memorials, Death
- Tyre D. Nichols
Signed by Governor.
1/31/2023
SJR0128
Memorials, Death
- Clara Louise Macklin
Signed by Governor.
2/10/2023
SJR0132
General Assembly, Confirmation of Appointment
- Ron Ramsey, East Tennessee State University Board of Trustees
Signed by Governor.
3/30/2023
SJR0159
Memorials, Recognition
- Tennessee Credit Unions, 100 years
Signed by Governor.
3/30/2023
SJR0178
Memorials, Personal Occasion
- Franklin Delano McKee, 90th birthday
Signed by Governor.
2/28/2023
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
SJR0304
Memorials, Recognition
- Frank Lannom
Signed by Governor.
3/23/2023
SJR0314
Memorials, Recognition
- Gaye Lynn Wilson
Signed by Governor.
3/23/2023
SJR0322
Memorials, Recognition
- Tennessee Association of Human Resource Agencies, 50th anniversary
Signed by Governor.
3/30/2023
SJR0349
Memorials, Recognition
- Dr. C. William "Bill" McKee
Signed by Governor.
4/11/2023
SJR0352
Memorials, Recognition
- Heather Bay, Airport Manager of the Year
Signed by Governor.
4/11/2023
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
SJR0540
Memorials, Academic Achievement
- Emily Norton, Valedictorian, Green Hill High School
Signed by Governor.
4/25/2023
SJR0542
Memorials, Academic Achievement
- Rebecca Dyal, Valedictorian, Lebanon High School
Signed by Governor.
4/25/2023
SJR0543
Memorials, Academic Achievement
- Ava Brashear, Salutatorian, Lebanon High School
Signed by Governor.
4/25/2023
SJR0544
Memorials, Personal Achievement
- Clarence B. Williams, Community Leadership Award
Held on desk.
4/17/2023
SJR0556
Memorials, Recognition
- Jasmine Carson
Signed by Governor.
5/2/2023
SJR0561
Memorials, Recognition
- Empower Me Center, 25th anniversary
Signed by Governor.
4/27/2023
SJR0562
Memorials, Academic Achievement
- Joseph Tzompanakis, Valedictorian, Wilson Central High School
Signed by Governor.
5/2/2023
SJR0563
Memorials, Academic Achievement
- Jai Menta, Salutatorian, Wilson Central High School
Signed by Governor.
5/2/2023
SJR0564
Memorials, Academic Achievement
- Jude Wilt, Valedictorian, Wilson Central High School
Signed by Governor.
5/2/2023
SJR0565
Memorials, Academic Achievement
- Aadi Patel, Valedictorian, Wilson Central High School
Signed by Governor.
5/2/2023
SJR0566
Memorials, Academic Achievement
- Sudarshan Sridhar, Salutatorian, Wilson Central High School
Signed by Governor.
5/2/2023
SJR0567
Memorials, Academic Achievement
- Ananda Irwin, Salutatorian, Wilson Central High School
Signed by Governor.
5/2/2023
SJR0568
Memorials, Academic Achievement
- Hannah Holderby, Salutatorian, Green Hill High School
Signed by Governor.
5/2/2023
SJR0700
Memorials, Academic Achievement
- Lindsey Ahrndt, Valedictorian, Green Hill High School
Signed by Governor.
5/3/2023
SJR0701
Memorials, Academic Achievement
- Varaha Ande, Valedictorian, Mt Juliet High School
Signed by Governor.
5/3/2023
SJR0702
Memorials, Academic Achievement
- Jonah Brooks Robertson, Valedictorian, Mt. Juliet High School
Signed by Governor.
5/3/2023
SJR0703
Memorials, Academic Achievement
- Joshua Bays, Salutatorian, Mt. Juliet High School
Signed by Governor.
5/3/2023
SJR0704
Memorials, Academic Achievement
- Xander Danella, Salutatorian, Mt. Juliet High School
Signed by Governor.
5/3/2023
SJR0705
Memorials, Academic Achievement
- Natalie Larsen, Salutatorian, Mt. Juliet High School
Signed by Governor.
5/3/2023
SJR0706
Memorials, Academic Achievement
- Sudarsini Drasanna, Salutatorian, Mt. Juliet High School
Signed by Governor.
5/3/2023
SJR0707
Memorials, Academic Achievement
- Ana Suarez, Salutatorian, Mt. Juliet High School
Signed by Governor.
5/3/2023
SJR0708
Memorials, Academic Achievement
- Shedrach Manuel Seay, Salutatorian, Watertown High School
Signed by Governor.
5/3/2023
SJR0709
Memorials, Academic Achievement
- Chloe Poston, Valedictorian, Watertown High School
Signed by Governor.
5/3/2023
SJR0710
Memorials, Academic Achievement
- Skyler Baril, Salutatorian, Green Hill High School
Signed by Governor.
5/3/2023
SJR0711
Memorials, Academic Achievement
- Katelyn Maness, Valedictorian, Green Hill High School
Signed by Governor.
5/3/2023
SJR0712
Memorials, Academic Achievement
- Alliese P. Bonner, Salutatorian, Green Hill High School
Signed by Governor.
5/3/2023
SJR0850
Memorials, Retirement
- Chris King, Wilson County Sheriff's Office
Signed by Governor.
2/1/2024
SJR0851
Memorials, Retirement
- James Whited, Wilson County Sheriff's Office
Signed by Governor.
2/1/2024
SJR0852
Memorials, Retirement
- Gary Reynolds, Wilson County Sheriff's Office
Signed by Governor.
2/1/2024
SJR0853
Memorials, Retirement
- Brian Hudgens, Wilson County Sheriff's Office
Signed by Governor.
2/1/2024
SJR0854
Memorials, Retirement
- Lieutenant James Lanier, Wilson County Sheriff's Office
Signed by Governor.
2/1/2024
SJR0855
Memorials, Retirement
- Chief Deputy Mike Owen, Wilson County Sheriff's Office
Signed by Governor.
2/1/2024
SJR0869
Memorials, Death
- Brenda Louise Smith Allred
Signed by Governor.
2/5/2024
SJR0870
General Assembly, Statement of Intent or Position
- Expresses support for State of Israel and condemns recent attacks on Israel.
Signed by Governor.
4/9/2024
SJR0871
Memorials, Death
- James B. "Jim" Spears
Signed by Governor.
2/14/2024
SJR1085
Memorials, Death
- Pat Halloran
Signed by Governor.
3/22/2024
SJR1169
Memorials, Professional Achievement
- Don Simpson, Wilson County Agricultural Hall of Fame
Signed by Governor.
4/9/2024
SJR1170
Memorials, Recognition
- Nelson Steed, Wilson County Agricultural Hall of Fame
Signed by Governor.
4/9/2024
SJR1171
Memorials, Recognition
- Bill and Cheryl Ligon, Wilson County Agricultural Hall of Fame
Signed by Governor.
4/9/2024
SJR1172
Memorials, Recognition
- Johnnie Ricketts, Wilson County Agricultural Hall of Fame
Signed by Governor.
4/9/2024
SJR7077
Memorials, Recognition
- Bobbie Patray
Objected to on Consent Calendar.
8/29/2023
SJR7078
Memorials, Retirement
- Chief James Hambrick, Mt. Juliet Police Department
Objected to on Consent Calendar.
8/29/2023
SJR7080
Memorials, Recognition
- Jason Glaskox, 2022-2023 National Young Marine of the Year
Objected to on Consent Calendar.
8/29/2023
SJR7082
Memorials, Recognition
- Susie James and WANT/WCOR Radio
Objected to on Consent Calendar.
8/29/2023
SJR7102
Memorials, Recognition
- W.P Bone
Objected to on Consent Calendar.
8/29/2023
SJR7103
Memorials, Retirement
- William Michael Owen, Wilson County Sheriff's Office
Objected to on Consent Calendar.
8/29/2023
SJR7104
Memorials, Recognition
- Dr. Ben Graham
Objected to on Consent Calendar.
8/29/2023
SJR7105
Memorials, Recognition
- PRAY Nashville
Objected to on Consent Calendar.
8/29/2023