Representative Harris, 91st Representative District

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

Bill Number	Composite Abstract	Last Action	Date
HB0539	Juvenile Offenders - As introduced, requires that an interview or interrogation of a child taken into custody for a delinquent act must be recorded or conducted in the presence of an attorney who represents the child.	Assigned to s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee	2/1/2023
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
HB0541	Courts - As introduced, authorizes a party to civil litigation to petition the court for removal and destruction of records under certain circumstances.	Assigned to s/c Civil Justice Subcommittee	2/1/2023
HB0542	Consumer Protection - As introduced, prohibits consumer reporting agencies from including on a consumer report a record of a civil action that is filed in this state.	Withdrawn.	1/30/2023
HB0543	Election Laws - As introduced, requires each county election commission to post monthly on the commission's website a listing of all purged registrations from the previous month.	Withdrawn.	1/30/2023
HB0544	Foster Care - As introduced, creates the insuring foster youth fund; establishes the insuring foster youth program that authorizes payments to foster youth to defray the costs of obtaining motor vehicle insurance, driver education courses, and driver testing fees.	Withdrawn.	1/30/2023
HB0545	Safety, Dept. of - As introduced, requires the department to conduct a study and make recommendations regarding a secure digital license system.	Withdrawn.	1/30/2023
HB0546	Fines and Penalties - As introduced, prohibits a court from requiring an individual to pay outstanding court-assessed fines, fees, taxes, or costs arising from a criminal proceeding, excluding restitution owed to a victim, during the 180-day period following the individual’s release from a term of imprisonment for a felony offense.	Taken off notice for cal in s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee of Criminal Justice Committee	4/4/2023
HB0547	Salaries and Benefits - As introduced, creates a program for paid family medical leave for state employees.	Taken off notice for cal in s/c Public Service Subcommittee of State Government Committee	3/12/2024
HB0548	Criminal Offenses - As enacted, creates a Class A misdemeanor offense for the possession of a device, tool, machine, implement, or other item capable of programming a smart key or key fob with the intent to use it or allow it to be used to commit theft.	Effective date(s) 07/01/2023	5/3/2023
HB0549	Administrative Procedure (UAPA) - As introduced, exempts a governing board of a public institution of higher education from the requirement to promulgate rules to establish traffic and parking regulations.	Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Government Operations Committee	3/29/2023
HB0550	Recycling - As introduced, enacts the "Tennessee Waste Reduction and Recycling Act"; requires sellers, distributors, and importers of certain packaging materials to take certain actions to reduce the amount of packaging material that becomes litter.	Assigned to s/c Agriculture & Natural Resources Subcommittee	2/1/2023
HB1392	Law Enforcement - As introduced, requires the Tennessee bureau of investigation's annual report on the use of force by law enforcement to include data for each law enforcement agency, in addition to statewide and countywide aggregate data.	Taken off notice for cal in s/c Public Service Subcommittee of State Government Committee	3/12/2024
HB1393	Foster Care - As introduced, requires the department of children's services to include in the permanency plan of a child who has been removed from the custody of the child's parent or guardian, due to drug abuse by the parent or guardian, the requirement that the parent or guardian submit to monthly drug testing prior to and for at least six months after the return of the child to the custody of the parent or guardian, to demonstrate that the parent or guardian is able to maintain a drug free lifestyle in order to provide a safe home for the child.	Assigned to s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee	2/16/2024
HB1394	Children's Services, Dept. of - As introduced, prohibits the department from collecting or expending moneys that are received as survivor benefits, disability benefits, or otherwise from the social security administration on behalf of a child in the custody of the department; requires the department to receive and hold such moneys in a trust account for the child to be released to the child without condition upon the child's eighteenth birthday.	Taken off notice for cal in s/c Children & Family Affairs Subcommittee of Civil Justice Committee	3/21/2023
HB1395	Foster Care - As introduced, requires the department of children's services to provide a foster parent who is providing care for a foster child that is 15 years of age or older with a supplement in an amount equal to the actual cost incurred by the parent for providing car insurance for the foster child.	Returned to the Clerk's Desk.	3/21/2023
HB1396	Consumer Protection - As introduced, prohibits consumer reporting agencies from including on a consumer report a record of a civil action that is filed in this state, if the action is dismissed or any judgment issued in the action is satisfied.	Assigned to s/c Banking & Consumer Affairs Subcommittee	2/7/2023
HB1397	Sexual Offenders - As introduced, clarifies that staying in an overnight shelter that is administered by a municipality is a legitimate reason for a sexual offender to remain within 1,000 feet of a public school, private or parochial school, licensed day care center, other child care facility, public park, playground, recreation center, or public athletic field when children under 18 years of age are present.	Taken off notice for cal in s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee of Criminal Justice Committee	1/23/2024
HB1398	Election Laws - As introduced, requires each county election commission to post on the commission's website a listing of all purged registration records within five days after a county election commission purges the voting registration records.	Reset on Final cal. of Elections & Campaign Finance Subcommittee	2/22/2023
HB2396	Salaries and Benefits - As introduced, increases the minimum hourly wage for food delivery employees within this state from $7.25 to $12.	Failed in s/c Banking & Consumer Affairs Subcommittee of Commerce Committee	3/12/2024
HB2397	Human Services, Dept. of - As introduced, beginning on January 1, 2025, and on January 1 of each subsequent year, requires the base payment for TANF eligible families to be increased to reflect the effect of inflation based upon the percentage of change between the two preceding calendar years.	Assigned to s/c Health Subcommittee	2/6/2024
HB2398	Local Education Agencies - As enacted, adds local law enforcement officials to those who must be appointed to each district-wide school safety team; specifies that it is each district-wide school safety team and each building-level school safety team that is required to annually review the respective district-wide or building-level school safety plan.	Comp. became Pub. Ch. 864	5/13/2024
HB2399	Local Education Agencies - As introduced, authorizes a director of schools to delegate one or more of the director's official duties to another person employed by the LEA, if the local board of education has adopted a policy authorizing such delegation.	Assigned to s/c K-12 Subcommittee	2/13/2024
HB2483	Courts, Administrative Office of the - As introduced, requires the administrative office of the courts to create standards of practice for guardians and conservators; declares that it is the policy of this state that guardians and conservators must abide by the highest ethical standards of decision-making when making decisions for their wards or protected persons.	Taken off notice for cal in s/c Children & Family Affairs Subcommittee of Civil Justice Committee	2/20/2024
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
HB2503	Child Custody and Support - As introduced, requires the court to include in any parenting plan involving shared custody of a child, the establishment of at least one designated location for the exchange of the child; provides that, unless otherwise agreed by both parents in writing, the court may require the parents to exchange the child at a neutral safe exchange location; requires each sheriff to designate at least one parking lot at the sheriff’s office as a neutral safe exchange location at which parents with shared custody of a child may meet to exchange the child.	Taken off notice for cal in s/c Children & Family Affairs Subcommittee of Civil Justice Committee	3/19/2024
HB2504	Criminal Offenses - As enacted, establishes an offense for a person, on behalf of a debt collector or inbound telemarketer service, to knowingly cause a caller identification service to transmit misleading or inaccurate caller identification information to a subscriber with the intent to defraud or cause harm to another person or to wrongfully obtain anything of value, rather than with the intent to induce the subscriber to answer.	Effective date(s) 07/01/2024	5/1/2024
HB2505	Firearms and Ammunition - As introduced, requires retailers and sellers of firearm ammunition to maintain ammunition in an area inaccessible to a customer in a retail establishment; classifies a violation as a Class A misdemeanor.	Failed in s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee of Criminal Justice Committee	3/19/2024
HB2506	Fire Prevention and Investigation - As introduced, authorizes a fire department to respond to a fire or an emergency in the jurisdiction or service area of another fire department upon providing notice prior to arrival.	Assigned to s/c Cities & Counties Subcommittee	2/6/2024
HB2507	Consumer Protection - As introduced, prohibits a person engaged in the business of installing vehicle immobilization devices on motor vehicles from installing a device on a motor vehicle after sunset or before sunrise.	Taken off notice for cal in s/c Banking & Consumer Affairs Subcommittee of Commerce Committee	3/12/2024
HB2508	Child Custody and Support - As enacted, requires the department of human services to notify the department of safety that a child support obligor whose commercial driver license was suspended or revoked for noncompliance with a child support order is in reasonable compliance with the order when the obligor submits documentation that the support is being withheld from the obligor's income received from an employment position requiring the operation of a commercial motor vehicle; requires the license to be reinstated.	Comp. became Pub. Ch. 878	5/13/2024
HB2509	Victims' Rights - As introduced, adds that a person who is an accessory after the fact for a crime in which a claim for criminal injuries compensation is based is ineligible to receive an award of these funds.	Taken off notice for cal. in Criminal Justice Committee	4/2/2024
HB2510	General Assembly - As introduced, requires members of the general assembly to undergo a mental health evaluation within one month of the giving of the annual current issues ethics training; requires that the evaluations take place in a manner that maintains the privacy and confidentiality of each member.	Assigned to s/c Public Service Subcommittee	2/6/2024
HB2511	Tobacco, Tobacco Products - As introduced, prohibits generally the sale of tobacco products to a person born on or after January 1, 2007; allows for two exceptions to the prohibition of selling tobacco products to a person born on or after January 1, 2007; prohibits the sale of tobacco products in vending machines.	Failed in s/c Health Subcommittee of Health Committee	3/26/2024
HB2512	Traffic Safety - As introduced, prohibits a person from parking a vehicle upon a road, street, or highway in a residential district in such a manner or under such conditions as to leave available less than 12 feet of an unobstructed width of the roadway opposite the parked vehicle for the free passage of other vehicles.	Taken off notice for cal in s/c Transportation Subcommittee of Transportation Committee	2/28/2024
HB2513	Sentencing - As introduced, creates a sentencing enhancement factor for a defendant who wears a mask or other device that conceals the defendant's identity during the commission of an offense.	Taken off notice for cal in s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee of Finance, Ways, and Means Committee	4/17/2024
HB2514	Bail, Bail Bonds - As introduced, requires defendants charged with certain offenses to wear a global positioning monitoring system device if the defendant is released on the person's personal recognizance, upon the execution of an unsecured bond, or on bail.	Taken off notice for cal in s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee of Criminal Justice Committee	2/27/2024
HB2515	Expunction - As introduced, deletes the offense of aggravated prostitution; requires the public records of a person charged with a misdemeanor or a felony offense that has been repealed to be removed and destroyed without cost upon petition by the person.	Taken off notice for cal in s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee of Criminal Justice Committee	4/3/2024
HB2516	State Government - As introduced, creates the office of conservatorship management and registry.	Assigned to s/c Children & Family Affairs Subcommittee	2/6/2024
HB2517	Children - As introduced, creates the "Municipalities' Access To Childcare" ("MATCH") fund that, for three years, provides local governmental entities a dollar-for-dollar state match on funding projects that will expand the number of early childhood care and education quality slots for families with children 31 months or younger, regardless of income; gives priority to local governmental entities located in counties identified as distressed or child care deserts.	Assigned to s/c Health Subcommittee	2/6/2024
HB2518	Correction, Dept. of - As introduced, establishes mandatory sentence of community supervision for 90 days if a person commits certain offenses under the supervision and control of the department.	Taken off notice for cal in s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee of Criminal Justice Committee	2/27/2024
HB2519	Law Enforcement - As introduced, requires a law enforcement officer initiating a traffic stop or pedestrian stop, on or after January 1, 2025, to inform the person stopped of the reason for the stop before engaging the person in questioning related to an investigation of a possible criminal offense or traffic violation; permits the officer to withhold such information if the officer believes that doing so is necessary to protect life or property from an imminent threat.	Taken off notice for cal in s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee of Criminal Justice Committee	4/3/2024
HB7088	Insurance, Health, Accident - As introduced, enacts the "Mental Health Parity Act."	Taken off notice for cal in s/c Insurance Subcommittee of Insurance Committee	8/22/2023
HB7089	Mental Illness - As introduced, requires that a law enforcement officer detain a person for mental health examination prior to issuing a charge or arrest if the officer has reason to believe the person is subject to detention for the purpose of examination for certification of need for care and treatment.	Taken off notice for cal in s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee of Criminal Justice Committee	8/22/2023
HB7090	Transportation, Dept. of - As introduced, requires the department, in the months of November 2023, February 2024, and May 2024, to use its existing permanent electronic overhead informational displays located on the interstate system to provide periodic messages to the motoring public that encourage the safe storage of firearms; allows the department to develop guidelines, in consultation with the department of safety, for the content of a message to be placed on the displays.	Taken off notice for cal in s/c Transportation Subcommittee of Transportation Committee	8/22/2023
HB7091	Criminal Offenses - As introduced, creates the Class E felony of knowingly threatening to commit an act of mass violence against another and frightening the other person; classifies the offense as a hate crime, to be punished one classification higher than otherwise provided, if the offense was committed by carrying a firearm into certain venues.	Taken off notice for cal in s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee of Criminal Justice Committee	8/22/2023
HB7093	Education - As introduced, requires the department of safety, in conjunction with the department of education to, at least once every three years, conduct an inspection of the facilities of each public school in this state that serves students in pre-K-12 to assess the safety and security of the public school's facilities.	Taken off notice for cal in s/c K-12 Subcommittee of Education Administration	8/22/2023
HB7094	Criminal Offenses - As introduced, creates the Class E felony of knowingly threatening to commit an act of mass violence against another and frightening the other person; classifies the offense as a hate crime, to be punished one classification higher than otherwise provided, if the offense was committed due to a bias motivation.	Taken off notice for cal in s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee of Criminal Justice Committee	8/22/2023
HB7095	Education - As introduced, adds to requirements for school safety plans that the plans include measures to ensure district employees, including substitute teachers, have classroom access to communications devices that allow for immediate contact with first responders.	Taken off notice for cal in s/c K-12 Subcommittee of Education Administration	8/22/2023
HB7096	Education - As introduced, requires the department of education to establish a school bulletproofing grant program to provide grants to public schools located in counties with a crime rate of 13 percent or higher for violent offenses, for the purpose of offsetting expenses for the installation of bulletproof film on doors and windows.	Taken off notice for cal in s/c K-12 Subcommittee of Education Administration	8/22/2023
HB7097	Education, Dept. of - As introduced, requires the department to report in detail to the general assembly the types of threats of violence reported by LEAs and public charter schools and include its findings and any recommendations related to school safety; requires the report to be submitted by January 1 of each year.	Taken off notice for cal in s/c K-12 Subcommittee of Education Administration	8/22/2023

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

Bill Number	Composite Abstract	Last Action	Date
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
HB0062	Children's Services, Dept. of - As enacted, makes changes to the compensation of teachers in the special school district.	Comp. became Pub. Ch. 84	4/18/2023
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
HB0133	Election Laws - As enacted, changes from April to March, the month in which certain nominating petitions need to be filed.	Comp. became Pub. Ch. 822	5/9/2024
HB0275	Public Health - As enacted, applies on a statewide basis, rather than only in Nashville, Chattanooga, Knoxville, and Memphis, the distance parameter for the prohibition on needle and hypodermic syringe exchange programs being operated within 1,000 feet of a school or public park; removes the distance parameter of 2,000 feet that presently applies on a statewide basis outside those four cities; provided, however, that such a program established in Kingsport must not conduct an exchange within 2,000 feet of a school or public park.	Comp. became Pub. Ch. 256	5/3/2023
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
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
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
HB0551	Adoption - As enacted, makes various changes to adoption law.	Comp. became Pub. Ch. 263	5/3/2023
HB0552	Children's Services, Dept. of - As enacted, states that the goal of the department must be to act in the best interest of the child at all times and that goal must be reflected in any mission statement or motto established by the department.	Effective date(s) 04/28/2023	5/3/2023
HB0573	Day Care - As introduced, increases from five to seven the minimum number of children a facility must have under its care for three or more hours per day in order to fall within the definition of a child care agency for licensing purposes.	Taken off notice for cal in s/c Health Subcommittee of Health Committee	3/21/2023
HB0621	Traffic Safety - As introduced, increases the maximum speed limit on controlled-access state and interstate highways with four or more lanes to 75 miles per hour, from 70 miles per hour.	Returned to the Clerk's Desk.	3/22/2023
HB0630	Children's Services, Dept. of - As introduced, requires the department to maintain staffing to allow case managers to have no more than 20 open cases, rather than an average of 20 active cases; states that a "person residing in the child's home" includes a person living in a residential setting with a child who is in the custody of the department for purposes of reporting, investigating, and treating child sexual abuse.	Taken off notice for cal in s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee of Finance, Ways, and Means Committee	4/18/2023
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
HB0689	Bail, Bail Bonds - As enacted, requires an officer to provide an alleged victim of certain criminal offenses with a document notifying the victim of the global positioning monitoring system used as a condition of bail.	Effective date(s) 07/01/2024	5/28/2024
HB0759	Children's Services, Dept. of - As introduced, requires the department to employ a guardian ad litem within each region of the state to advocate for each child who is in the custody of the department due to allegations of dependency and neglect and located within the region that the guardian ad litem serves; requires the guardians ad litem to review dependency and neglect cases of children who have been in the custody of the department for six months to determine whether termination of parental rights should be filed and, if so, file a petition within 30 days.	Taken off notice for cal in s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee of Finance, Ways, and Means Committee	4/18/2023
HB0785	Education, Dept. of - As introduced, requires the department to create and implement a promising futures program to provide scholarships to children who are not school age to assist them in developing early language and literacy skills in a high-quality early care and learning program; redirects, from the lottery for education account to an account administered by the department to provide funding for the promising futures scholarship program, a certain percentage of the privilege tax collected from sports wagering licensees for certain fiscal years.	Taken off notice for cal in s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee of Finance, Ways, and Means Committee	4/17/2024
HB0792	Children - As introduced, enacts the "First Lady's Children's Trust Fund Act," which creates a trust fund to support persons and entities seeking assistance in the care of children in this state.	Taken off notice for cal in s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee of Finance, Ways, and Means Committee	4/18/2023
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
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
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
HB0976	Firefighters - As enacted, enacts the "James 'Dustin' Samples Act."	Comp. became Pub. Ch. 465	5/24/2023
HB1081	Criminal Procedure - As enacted, adds to the current list of advisory factors that a court must consider, but is not bound by, in determining whether to enhance a defendant's sentence whether the defendant committed an assaultive offense, criminal homicide, kidnapping, false imprisonment, robbery, or a sexual offense while engaged in the performance of official duties as a law enforcement officer.	Effective date(s) 07/01/2023	5/3/2023
HB1085	Taxes, Sales - As enacted, extends provisions related to the apportionment and distribution of state tax revenue as they pertain to National Basketball Association franchises until June 30, 2059.	Effective date(s) 07/01/2023	5/19/2023
HB1129	Taxes, Privilege - As enacted, extends provisions related to the allocation of revenue from the surcharge or tax on the lease or rental of passenger motor vehicles as it pertains to costs related to an arena facility for a National Basketball Association (NBA) member professional basketball team until June 30, 2059.	Comp. became Pub. Ch. 272	5/3/2023
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
HB1184	Taxes, Sales - As introduced, eliminates the sales and use tax on infant diapers, wipes, and formula.	Returned to the Clerk's Desk.	4/17/2024
HB1295	Education, Dept. of - As enacted, requires the department to conduct a study of best practices in other states for the use of ninth grade "on-track" indicators in state accountability systems to prevent students from dropping out of high school, to submit a report of the outcomes of the study to legislative committees, and to publish the report on the department's website.	Effective date(s) 04/28/2023	5/3/2023
HB1316	Salaries and Benefits - As introduced, establishes a program under which a state employee may receive up to six weeks of paid leave as a first time foster parent or after the first adoption of a minor child.	Taken off notice for cal in s/c Public Service Subcommittee of State Government Committee	3/7/2023
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
HB1575	Handgun Permits - As introduced, removes the authority to issue and receive concealed handgun carry permits; authorizes a person who holds a concealed handgun carry permit on June 30, 2023, to apply to convert the permit to an enhanced handgun carry permit.	Assigned to s/c Civil Justice Subcommittee	1/10/2024
HB1576	Firearms and Ammunition - As introduced, requires, subject to certain exemptions, that a sale or transfer of a firearm be done through a federally licensed gun dealer; creates a Class B misdemeanor offense for sales or transfers that are not conducted through a gun dealer.	Assigned to s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee	1/10/2024
HB1577	Firearms and Ammunition - As introduced, creates the Class E felony offense of purchasing, selling, possessing, or using a part, component, device, or attachment designed to accelerate the fire of a semi-automatic rifle and makes any semi-automatic rifle that includes an accelerated fire part, component, or device a prohibited weapon.	Assigned to s/c Criminal 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
HB1580	Firearms and Ammunition - 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; requires, subject to certain exemptions, that a sale or transfer of a firearm be done through a federally licensed gun dealer; creates a Class B misdemeanor for sales or transfers that are not conducted through a gun dealer; allows a court to issue an extreme risk protection order upon a finding that a person poses a risk of causing bodily injury to the person or others if allowed to purchase or possess a firearm; makes other changes related to firearms.	Assigned to s/c Civil 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
HB1814	Landlord and Tenant - As enacted, requires a landlord, or a person authorized to enter into a rental agreement on the landlord's behalf, to disclose to the tenant in writing at or before the commencement of the tenancy certain contact information for the acceptance of service of process, receipt of notices and demands, maintenance services, and landlord-tenant communication.	Effective date(s) 01/01/2025	5/13/2024
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
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
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
HB2119	Eminent Domain - As enacted, establishes generally that a condemner bears the burden of proving by a preponderance of the evidence certain facts relative to public use; grants the property owner a right to have a court of competent jurisdiction determine if the taking is necessary to accomplish the public use.	Effective date(s) 04/22/2024	5/1/2024
HB2145	Motor Vehicles, Titling and Registration - As enacted, creates an offense for possessing or distributing a license plate flipper.	Comp. became Pub. Ch. 870	5/13/2024
HB2180	Scholarships and Financial Aid - As enacted, makes revisions to law relative to the Tennessee future teacher scholarship.	Effective date(s) 07/01/2024	5/28/2024
HB2267	Remedies and Special Proceedings - As enacted, lowers, from 15 to seven, the number of days by which a general sessions judge may postpone a trial for forcible entry and detainer; makes other changes related to forcible entry and detainers.	Effective date(s) 07/01/2024	5/1/2024
HB2486	Education - As enacted, requires a director of schools who is appointed by the local board of education elected by the general public to have a baccalaureate degree and meet any other qualifications or requirements established by the local board of education.	Comp. became Pub. Ch. 883	5/13/2024
HB2678	Education - As enacted, enacts the "Innovative School District Act," which authorizes a public university in this state that is a comprehensive doctoral-extensive institution of higher learning, is the home to a public training school compendium that includes Pre-K through any of the grades nine through 12, and that meets certain criteria to operate an innovative school district.	Comp. became Pub. Ch. 1053	6/3/2024
HB2826	Education, Dept. of - As enacted, requires the department, using existing resources, to develop a conflict resolution program that may be adopted and implemented by LEAs and public charter schools to assist students in any of the grades K-12 in developing the skills necessary for nonviolent conflict resolution.	Comp. became Pub. Ch. 676	4/17/2024
HB2828	Historical Sites and Preservation - As introduced, enacts the "African American Cultural and Historical Grant Act."	Taken off notice for cal in s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee of Finance, Ways, and Means Committee	4/17/2024
HB2845	DUI Offenses - As enacted, enacts the "Tennessee Prevention of Drunk Driving Act."	Comp. became Pub. Ch. 961	5/13/2024
HB2940	TennCare - As enacted, enacts the "TennCare for Working Individuals with Disabilities Act."	Effective date(s) 05/21/2024	5/29/2024
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
HB7032	Insurance, Health, Accident - As introduced, requires health insurance carriers, including TennCare providers, to provide mental health services and treatment to the same extent that the carriers and providers provide alcoholism and drug dependence services and treatment.	Received from House, Passed on First Consideration	8/29/2023
HB7050	Firearms and Ammunition - As introduced, requires the department of safety to distribute firearm locks to each county's sheriff for distribution to members of the public; requires each sheriff to distribute firearm locks to any person who makes a request; authorizes the sheriff to distribute multiple locks to the same person; authorizes transfers of locks amongst sheriffs based on demand.	Failed for lack of second in: Civil Justice Subcommittee	8/22/2023
HB7066	Mental Health & Substance Abuse Services, Dept. of - As introduced, enacts the "Temporary Youth Mental Health Services Program Act."	Taken off notice for cal in s/c Health Subcommittee of Health Committee	8/22/2023
HB7067	Mental Health & Substance Abuse Services, Dept. of - As introduced, authorizes the department to conduct a pilot program to provide certain mental health services to service recipients upon discharge from an inpatient facility following an involuntary commitment; requires the department to submit a report to the general assembly following the end of each fiscal year during which the pilot program is conducted.	Taken off notice for cal in s/c Health Subcommittee of Health Committee	8/22/2023
HB7076	Teachers, Principals and School Personnel - As introduced, requires the department of education to allocate to each local education agency sufficient funds for the LEA to employ one full-time licensed professional school counselor position for every 250 student members of the LEA or one full-time position for the LEA and for each public charter school within the LEA, whichever is greater; requires each LEA and public charter school to employ a licensed professional school counselor for each position funded.	Failed for lack of second in: K-12 Subcommittee	8/22/2023
HB7079	Firearms and Ammunition - As introduced, requires a federally licensed firearm dealer to install a firearm safety device on a firearm before delivering the firearm to a purchaser if the purchaser is not a federally licensed firearm dealer; defines a firearm safety device as a device that, when installed on a firearm, is designed to prevent the firearm from being operated without first deactivating the device.	Failed in s/c Civil Justice Subcommittee of Civil Justice Committee	8/22/2023
HB7080	Criminal Offenses - As introduced, enhances the penalty for the offense of reckless endangerment when a person's reckless failure to render inoperable or safely secure or lock a firearm, results in a child under 13 years of age gaining possession of the firearm and committing an act of mass violence that injures or kills the child or another.	Tabled	8/22/2023
HB7092	Local Education Agencies - As introduced, adds local law enforcement officials to those who are appointed to each district-wide school safety team; specifies that each district-wide school safety team and each building-level school safety team shall annually review the respective district-wide school safety plan or building-level school safety plan.	Tabled	8/23/2023
HB7099	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	8/22/2023
HB7100	Criminal Procedure - As introduced, establishes a process for law enforcement to petition a circuit court for a temporary mental health order of protection for a person who poses a significant danger of causing personal injury to themselves or others by having a firearm.	Failed for lack of second in: Civil Justice Subcommittee	8/22/2023
HB7101	Criminal Procedure - As introduced, establishes a process for law enforcement to petition a circuit court for a temporary mental health order of protection for a person who poses a significant danger of causing personal injury to themselves others by having a firearm.	Failed for lack of second in: Civil Justice Subcommittee	8/22/2023

Bill Number	Composite Abstract	Last Action	Date
HJR0180	Memorials, Recognition - BRIDGES, 100th anniversary	Signed by Governor.	3/2/2023
HJR0661	Memorials, Recognition - Dr. Tamia Potter	Signed by Governor.	5/9/2023
HJR0662	Memorials, Retirement - Representative Sam McKenzie	Signed by Governor.	5/9/2023
HJR0939	Memorials, Recognition - Claiborne Ferguson, 2023-2024 President of Tennessee Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers	Signed by Governor.	3/11/2024

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

Bill Number	Composite Abstract	Last Action	Date
HJR0033	Memorials, Sports - Tony Pollard, named to the 2023 NFL Pro Bowl	Signed by Governor.	2/2/2023
HJR0059	General Assembly, Statement of Intent or Position - Supports restoration of the name "Kuwohi" to the mountain presently known as Clingmans Dome in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park.	Taken off notice for cal in s/c Agriculture & Natural Resources Subcommittee of Agriculture & Natural Resources Committee	2/14/2023
HJR0060	Memorials, Sports - Fisk University gymnastics team	Signed by Governor.	2/2/2023
HJR0072	Memorials, Death - Dr. Charles A. Champion	Signed by Governor.	2/15/2023
HJR0084	Memorials, Sports - Arion Carter, Gatorade Tennessee Football Player of the Year	Signed by Governor.	2/15/2023
HJR0096	Memorials, Recognition - Music Therapy Week	Signed by Governor.	3/19/2024
HJR0165	Memorials, Death - Mary Elizabeth Cotter	Signed by Governor.	2/24/2023
HJR0275	Memorials, Death - Colonel (Ret.) Patrick "Rage" Ragan	Signed by Governor.	3/17/2023
HJR0288	Memorials, Heroism - Officer Tina Shaw	Signed by Governor.	3/17/2023
HJR0301	Memorials, Recognition - Montford Point Marines	Signed by Governor.	3/8/2023
HJR0319	Memorials, Recognition - West Tennessee Healthcare Dyersburg Hospital cardiac catheterization laboratory	Signed by Governor.	3/16/2023
HJR0355	Memorials, Death - Officer Geoffrey "Bernard" Redd	Signed by Governor.	3/21/2023
HJR0356	Memorials, Recognition - Fisk Radio, 50th anniversary	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
HJR0496	Memorials, Interns - Colin Bradley Taylor	Signed by Governor.	4/20/2023
HJR0521	Memorials, Recognition - Nashville Fire Department and Nashville Department of Emergency Communications 911	Signed by Governor.	4/25/2023
HJR0522	Memorials, Recognition - Sexual Assault Awareness Month	Signed by Governor.	5/4/2023
HJR0523	Memorials, Death - Evelyn Marie Dieckhaus	Signed by Governor.	4/26/2023
HJR0524	Memorials, Death - Hallie Scruggs	Signed by Governor.	4/26/2023
HJR0525	Memorials, Death - William Kinney	Signed by Governor.	4/26/2023
HJR0526	Memorials, Death - Dr. Katherine Koonce	Signed by Governor.	4/26/2023
HJR0527	Memorials, Death - Cynthia Broyles Peak	Signed by Governor.	4/26/2023
HJR0528	Memorials, Death - Michael "Mike" Hill	Signed by Governor.	4/26/2023
HJR0530	Memorials, Interns - Shania Sutton	Signed by Governor.	4/25/2023
HJR0537	Memorials, Recognition - Brian Marsh, 2023 President of the Tennessee Road Builders Association	Signed by Governor.	5/3/2023
HJR0574	Memorials, Recognition - FedEx, 50th anniversary	Signed by Governor.	5/4/2023
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
HJR0784	Memorials, Death - James B. "Jim" Spears	Signed by Governor.	2/12/2024
HJR0791	Memorials, Death - John Patten Guerry	Signed by Governor.	2/12/2024
HJR0808	Memorials, Death - Representative Frank Buck	Signed by Governor.	2/21/2024
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
HJR0863	Memorials, Death - Janet Hooks	Signed by Governor.	2/21/2024
HJR0955	Memorials, Recognition - Eureka Lodge #3 in Memphis, 150th anniversary	Signed by Governor.	3/11/2024
HJR0963	Memorials, Recognition - Tennesseans for opposing and condemning neo-Nazism	Signed by Governor.	3/11/2024
HJR0986	Memorials, Recognition - Orange Mound Progressive Club, 105th anniversary	Signed by Governor.	3/19/2024
HJR0999	Memorials, Death - Nathaniel Harris	Signed by Governor.	3/20/2024
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
HJR1140	Memorials, Public Service - Representative Darren Jernigan	Signed by Governor.	4/9/2024
HJR1141	Memorials, Public Service - Representative Dwayne Thompson	Signed by Governor.	4/9/2024
HJR1142	Memorials, Recognition - First anniversary of the Covenant School shooting	Signed by Governor.	4/10/2024
HJR1484	Memorials, Recognition - Volkswagen Chattanooga	Ref. to Banking & Consumer Affairs Subcommittee	4/24/2024
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
HJR1507	Memorials, Recognition - JoAnne Favors, Tennessee Black Caucus of State Legislators Living Legend Award – East Grand Division	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
HR0055	Memorials, Recognition - Women's History Month, Memphis all-female senior leadership team	Signed by H. Speaker	4/4/2023
HR0056	Memorials, Recognition - Allison Johnson Fouché	Signed by H. Speaker	4/4/2023
HR0057	Memorials, Recognition - Alex Smith	Signed by H. Speaker	4/4/2023
HR0058	Memorials, Recognition - Chandell Ryan	Signed by H. Speaker	4/4/2023
HR0059	Memorials, Recognition - Gina Y. Sweat	Signed by H. Speaker	4/4/2023
HR0060	Memorials, Recognition - Jennifer Sink	Signed by H. Speaker	4/4/2023
HR0061	Memorials, Recognition - Memphis Police Chief Cerelyn "CJ" Davis	Signed by H. Speaker	4/4/2023
HR0068	Memorials, Death - Minister Suhkara A. Yahweh	Signed by H. Speaker	4/11/2023
HR0069	Memorials, Recognition - Jasmine Carson	Signed by H. Speaker	4/11/2023
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
SJR0124	Memorials, Death - Tyre D. Nichols	Signed by Governor.	1/31/2023
SJR0128	Memorials, Death - Clara Louise Macklin	Signed by Governor.	2/10/2023
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
SJR0556	Memorials, Recognition - Jasmine Carson	Signed by Governor.	5/2/2023
SJR0869	Memorials, Death - Brenda Louise Smith Allred	Signed by Governor.	2/5/2024
SJR0907	Memorials, Death - Sara L. Lewis	Signed by Governor.	2/1/2024
SJR0908	Memorials, Sports - Linda Street	Signed by Governor.	2/1/2024
SJR1085	Memorials, Death - Pat Halloran	Signed by Governor.	3/22/2024
SJR1622	Memorials, Death - Curtis "Blue" Langdon Towns	Signed by Governor.	5/13/2024