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Ferrell Haile
(R) - Tennessee
Tennessee Senate District 18
In Office - Started: 01/08/2013

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Nashville, TN 37243
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SB1464 AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4; Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 8; Title 10; Title 38; Title 39; Title 40; Title 41 and Chapter 253 of the Public Acts of 2021, relative to confidential records. As introduced, makes certain records regarding immigration enforcement actions confidential and not subject to public disclosure by state or local government entities or officials; punishes as a Class E felony the criminally negligent public release of certain confidential records; expands the grounds for ouster to include the criminally negligent release of certain confidential records. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 8; Title 10; Title 38; Title 39; Title 40; Title 41 and Chapter 253 of the Public Acts of 2021. Introduced
SB1453 AN ACT to amend Chapter 67 of the Private Acts of 1953; as amended by Chapter 53 of the Private Acts of 2016; and any other acts amendatory thereto, relative to the charter for the City of Gallatin. Subject to local approval, removes charter provision restricting appointed officers from being employed outside of city business hours. - Amends Chapter 67 of the Private Acts of 1953; as amended. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
SB1457 AN ACT to amend Chapter 568 of the Private Acts of 1939; as amended by Chapter 107 of the Private Acts of 1981; Chapter 129 of the Private Acts of 2006; Chapter 66 of the Private Acts of 2014; and any other acts amendatory thereto, relative to the City of Portland. Subject to local approval, deletes obsolete and superseded provisions of the city charter. - Amends Chapter 568 of the Private Acts of 1939; as amended. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
SB0186 AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4; Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 8; Title 9; Title 29; Title 38; Title 39; Title 40 and Title 41, relative to inmates. As enacted, increases the accreditation stipend provided to eligible counties for each convicted felon housed by the county. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 8; Title 9; Title 29; Title 38; Title 39; Title 40 and Title 41. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
SB0324 AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 18; Section 38-6-103; Title 39 and Title 40, relative to domestic violence. As enacted, enacts "Savanna's Law," which creates a registry of persistent domestic violence offenders; requires the bureau to maintain the registry. - Amends TCA Title 18; Section 38-6-103; Title 39 and Title 40. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
SB0450 AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 9; Title 12; Title 37; Title 39 and Title 49, relative to funding of child advocacy centers. As enacted, enacts the "Savannah Grace Copeland Act." - Amends TCA Title 9; Title 12; Title 37; Title 39 and Title 49. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
SB0693 AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 36; Title 37; Title 39 and Title 40, relative to child abuse. As enacted, increases the penalty from a Class A misdemeanor to a Class E felony for a person who commits child abuse by knowingly treating a child between 9 and 17 in such a manner as to inflict injury. - Amends TCA Title 36; Title 37; Title 39 and Title 40. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
SB0901 AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 49, relative to school performance. As enacted, extends the school turnaround pilot program for priority schools administered by the department and that is scheduled to conclude at the end of the 2024-2025 school year to a permanent school turnaround program for priority schools; increases, from five to 15, the maximum number of priority schools that may participate in the school turnaround program. - Amends TCA Title 49. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
SB1245 AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4, Chapter 3, Part 13; Title 39; Title 40; Title 41; Title 56; Title 62 and Title 67, Chapter 4, Part 8, relative to bond. As enacted, makes revisions to law relative to bondsmen. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 3, Part 13; Title 39; Title 40; Title 41; Title 56; Title 62 and Title 67, Chapter 4, Part 8. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
SB1296 AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 39, Chapter 13, Part 8 and Title 39, Chapter 17, Part 3, relative to criminal offenses. As enacted, creates the criminal offense of threatening to commit an act of mass violence; creates the criminal offense of posting on a publicly accessible website the telephone number or home address of an individual with the intent to cause harm or a threat of harm to the individual or a member of the individual's family or household. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 13, Part 8 and Title 39, Chapter 17, Part 3. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
SB1273 AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 49, relative to priority schools. As enacted, requires the department to implement a transition plan to close the achievement school district (ASD) and to release all schools currently assigned to the ASD before the start of the 2026-2027 school year; requires the department to establish a different intervention system for priority schools; makes related changes. - Amends TCA Title 49. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
SB1346 AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 28 and Title 39, Chapter 17, relative to the unauthorized use of deepfake or actual likeness. As enacted, creates a civil and criminal action for individuals who are the subject of an intimate digital depiction that is intentionally disclosed without the individual's consent under certain circumstances. - Amends TCA Title 28 and Title 39, Chapter 17. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
SB0602 AN ACT to amend Chapter __ of the Public Acts of 2025 (1st Ex. Sess. – SB 6001 / HB 6004); and Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4, Chapter 49; Title 8 and Title 49, relative to education. As enacted, requires the department of education to develop guidelines and criteria for determining how long a student must have been present in a teacher's classroom before the student's record is attributable to the teacher for purposes of evaluating the teacher; authorizes an LEA or public charter school to compensate the estate of a teacher who, on the teacher's death, was in the employ of the LEA or public charter school for the teacher's unused and accrued annual and sick leave in the same manner that the estates of deceased state employees are compensated under present law. - Amends Chapter __ of the Public Acts of 2025 (1st Ex. Sess. – SB 6001 / HB 6004); and TCA Title 4, Chapter 49; Title 8 and Title 49. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
SB1002 AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 43, Chapter 16, Part 1 and Section 67-4-102, relative to subsidiaries of agricultural cooperative associations. As enacted, specifies that the privilege tax exemption for subsidiaries of agricultural cooperatives applies without regard to whether the subsidiary was formed as a corporation, limited liability company, limited liability partnership, or other legal entity, association, or body vested with the power or function of a legal entity. - Amends TCA Title 43, Chapter 16, Part 1 and Section 67-4-102. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
SB0262 AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 36, Chapter 1, Part 1 and Title 68, Chapter 11, Part 2, relative to voluntary surrender of an infant. As enacted, increases the age of an infant from 14 days or younger to 45 days or younger who can be received by a facility without the mother being subject to criminal liability. - Amends TCA Title 36, Chapter 1, Part 1 and Title 68, Chapter 11, Part 2. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
SB0925 AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 67, Chapter 6, Part 3, relative to taxation of broadband equipment and services. As enacted, sets the end date at June 30, 2027, for the exemption from sales and use tax for purchases and leases of equipment and infrastructure used to produce broadband communications services or provide internet access. - Amends TCA Title 67, Chapter 6, Part 3. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
SB0416 AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 49, relative to virtual schools. As enacted, requires the state textbook and instructional materials quality commission, in consultation with the department of education, to develop a plan for the commission to review and submit to the state board of education for approval of electronic textbooks and instructional materials for use by virtual schools established by LEAs. - Amends TCA Title 49. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
SB0288 AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 7-51-201, relative to compensation paid to firefighters for certain conditions or injuries. As enacted, adds prostate cancer, breast cancer, and pancreatic cancer to the list of cancers for which a presumption is created that certain conditions or impairments of full-time firefighters caused by prostate cancer, breast cancer, pancreatic cancer, or other listed cancers arose out of employment unless the contrary is shown by competent medical evidence. - Amends TCA Section 7-51-201. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
SB0207 AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 43, Chapter 1, Part 1, relative to the farmland preservation fund. As enacted, establishes a fund for the development and implementation of programs that benefit Tennesseans by preserving farmland and forestland, including a grant program for conservation easements. - Amends TCA Title 43, Chapter 1, Part 1. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
SB0245 AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 8, Chapter 7, Part 1 and Title 8, Chapter 7, Part 3, relative to district attorneys general. As enacted, expands the proceedings for which a district attorney general pro tem may be appointed to include certain civil proceedings; declares meetings of the district attorneys general conference to be open meetings except for meetings related to certain matters; specifies that the executive director of the district attorneys general conference must provide legal counsel and advice to district attorneys general and their staff and that the legal counsel and advice may be provided by attorneys employed with the district attorneys general conference. - Amends TCA Title 8, Chapter 7, Part 1 and Title 8, Chapter 7, Part 3. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
SB0048 AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 20 and Title 33, relative to opioids. As enacted, adds Amneal Pharmaceuticals LLC, Hikma Pharmaceuticals USA Inc., Sun Pharmaceutical Industries, Inc., Indivior Inc., Viatris Inc., and Purdue Pharma L.P. to the list of companies that may be released by the attorney general and reporter for pending or future claims regarding opioids. - Amends TCA Title 20 and Title 33. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
SB0252 AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 29-13-106, relative to criminal injuries compensation. As enacted, sets the maximum award of compensation under the Criminal Injuries Compensation Act of 1976 at 105% of the national average of the maximum compensation award provided by the 50 states within the United States, the District of Columbia, and the United States Virgin Islands, rounded up to the nearest $100; requires the state treasurer to publish on the department of treasury website the maximum compensation award for claims filed for crimes occurring on or after July 1, 2025. - Amends TCA Section 29-13-106. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
SB1005 AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 18; Title 36 and Title 37, relative to adoption. As enacted, allows petitioners to include all children in one adoption petition if the petitioners are seeking to adopt more than one child at the same time, unless the court issues a written order finding that it is in the best interest of the children that separate petitions be filed; specifies that the clerk of court must charge only one filing fee for such a petition. - Amends TCA Title 18; Title 36 and Title 37. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
SB0763 AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 10, Chapter 7, Part 5; Title 39, Chapter 17, Part 15; Title 47, Chapter 25; Title 67, Chapter 4, Part 10 and Title 67, Chapter 4, Part 26, relative to regulated consumable products. As enacted, requires the department of revenue to maintain a directory on its website that lists all vapor products certified as authorized to be sold in this state; levies certain privilege taxes. - Amends TCA Title 10, Chapter 7, Part 5; Title 39, Chapter 17, Part 15; Title 47, Chapter 25; Title 67, Chapter 4, Part 10 and Title 67, Chapter 4, Part 26. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
SB0540 AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 36 and Title 37, relative to child custody. As enacted, requires the court to consider any failure to pay child support, rather than failure for a period of three years or more, when making a child custody determination; clarifies that the court may preclude or limit any provisions of a parenting plan if the court finds that a parent has failed to pay child support. - Amends TCA Title 36 and Title 37. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
SB0464 AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 40, relative to pretrial release. As enacted, makes changes to the law relative to professional bondsmen and agents of insurance companies making appearance bonds of a criminal nature. - Amends TCA Title 40. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
SB1015 AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 36; Title 37; Title 49 and Title 71, relative to foster care. As enacted, requires the department of children's services, to the extent not otherwise prohibited by state or federal law, to promulgate rules to implement certain rights for any foster child in the custody of the department or an agency that contracts with the department to place children in foster care. - Amends TCA Title 36; Title 37; Title 49 and Title 71. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
SB1052 AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 36 and Title 63, relative to children. As enacted, specifies that a biological father or alleged biological father who makes token financial support to or for the benefit of a child or the child's mother during the pregnancy or when the mother had physical custody of the child is not a putative father; makes various other changes regarding final orders of adoption. - Amends TCA Title 36 and Title 63. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
SB1237 AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4, Chapter 3, Part 13; Title 39; Title 40; Title 41; Title 56; Title 62 and Title 67, Chapter 4, Part 8, relative to bail bonds. As enacted, requires every bondsman licensed in this state to file a quarterly report with the department of revenue detailing the total number of bonds issued by the bondsman in the preceding quarter, the number of bonds issued in each county in which the bondsman operated, and the total amount of the bondsman's liability in each county; requires each clerk of a court that admits defendants to bail to file a quarterly report with the department detailing the total number of bonds accepted from bondsmen and the total amount of the bonds accepted from bondsmen in the preceding quarter; authorizes the department to use the reports to complete audits on the bail bonding tax. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 3, Part 13; Title 39; Title 40; Title 41; Title 56; Title 62 and Title 67, Chapter 4, Part 8. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
SB1116 AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 36 and Title 68, relative to records. As enacted, requires certain records or papers for a person relating to the adoption or attempted adoption of a person in the possession of the office of the clerk of the adoption court; the offices of the department of health; the office of any child-placing agency, whether or not it is chartered or licensed; or any other information source, to be made available to the department of children's services for the purpose of searching for a kinship foster care placement. - Amends TCA Title 36 and Title 68. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
SB1202 AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4, Chapter 3, Part 13; Title 39; Title 40; Title 41; Title 56; Title 62 and Title 67, Chapter 4, Part 8, relative to bail bonds. As enacted, authorizes the surety on a bail bond to petition the court for release from their obligations as surety if the principal forfeits. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 3, Part 13; Title 39; Title 40; Title 41; Title 56; Title 62 and Title 67, Chapter 4, Part 8. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
SB1114 AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 10, Chapter 7, Part 5, relative to public records requests. As enacted, deletes the automatic repeal on July 1, 2025, of a provision that authorizes records custodians to seek an injunction against a person who makes requests to view or copy public records with the intent to disrupt government operations. - Amends TCA Title 10, Chapter 7, Part 5. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
SB1133 AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 8; Title 10; Title 33; Title 36; Title 37; Title 38; Title 39; Title 40; Title 41; Title 49; Title 50; Title 55 and Title 70, relative to criminal justice. As enacted, revises provisions of present law relative to placing certain defendants on a fugitives list for failure to appear. - Amends TCA Title 8; Title 10; Title 33; Title 36; Title 37; Title 38; Title 39; Title 40; Title 41; Title 49; Title 50; Title 55 and Title 70. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
SB1314 AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 40-38-507, relative to the criminal proceedings notification system. As enacted, establishes a permanent criminal proceedings notification system, rather than a pilot project; removes the July 1, 2025, termination date for the criminal proceedings notification system. - Amends TCA Section 40-38-507. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
SB0895 AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 33; Title 36; Title 37; Title 49; Title 63 and Title 68, relative to families' rights and responsibilities. As enacted, makes various changes and additions to the Families' Rights and Responsibilities Act, and to present law concerning parental consent for the treatment of minors. - Amends TCA Title 33; Title 36; Title 37; Title 49; Title 63 and Title 68. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
SB0129 AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 13-23-121, relative to the Tennessee housing development agency. As enacted, increases, from $4 billion to $5 billion, the maximum aggregate principal amount for which the agency may issue bonds and notes at any one time. - Amends TCA Section 13-23-121. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
SJR0535 A RESOLUTION to recognize Randy Stamps of the Tennessee State Employees Association on the occasion of his retirement. to recognize Randy Stamps of the Tennessee State Employees Association on the occasion of his retirement. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
SJR0473 A RESOLUTION to celebrate the birth of Eleni McKinley Halkias. to celebrate the birth of Eleni McKinley Halkias. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
SJR0423 A RESOLUTION to honor Dr. Clint A. Satterfield on the occasion of his retirement as Director of Schools for Trousdale County. to honor Dr. Clint A. Satterfield on the occasion of his retirement as Director of Schools for Trousdale County. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
SB0041 AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 7; Title 47 and Title 65, relative to consumer billing. As enacted, prohibits a provider of certain services from billing a consumer for an extra billing cycle if the consumer terminates the contract or agreement for services within the first half of a billing cycle; designates a violation as an unfair or deceptive act or practice affecting trade or commerce in violation of the Consumer Protection Act of 1977. - Amends TCA Title 7; Title 47 and Title 65. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
SB0304 AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 24, Chapter 7, relative to child forensic interviews. As enacted, permits the introduction into evidence of a video recording of a child victim being interviewed by a forensic interviewer regarding sexual or physically violent contact with the child if the forensic interviewer confirms the accuracy of the recording and the child is available for cross examination; makes other changes relative to forensic interviews. - Amends TCA Title 24, Chapter 7. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
SJR0427 A RESOLUTION to honor the Tennessee Department of Transportation on winning the 2024 Southeast Roadeo. to honor the Tennessee Department of Transportation on winning the 2024 Southeast Roadeo. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
SJR0439 A RESOLUTION to recognize Joseph Galbato III on the occasion of his retirement. to recognize Joseph Galbato III on the occasion of his retirement. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
SJR0401 A RESOLUTION to honor the memory of David Roy Baldwin. to honor the memory of David Roy Baldwin. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
SB1178 AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 52 and Title 71, relative to family caregiving. As enacted, directs the commissioner and the director of TennCare to develop guidelines for service providers for hiring qualified family members as a family caregiver; specifies that the department and the bureau of TennCare shall not prohibit qualified individuals from employment as a family caregiver at a service provider agency based on certain listed criteria. - Amends TCA Title 52 and Title 71. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
SJR0001 A RESOLUTION to propose an amendment to Article II, Section 28 of the Constitution of Tennessee, to prohibit taxation of property by the State. to propose an amendment to Article II, Section 28 of the Constitution of Tennessee, to prohibit taxation of property by the State. Passed
SB0992 AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 8; Title 16; Title 18 and Title 37, relative to juvenile courts. As enacted, requires the administrative office of the courts to maintain a criminal justice information services compliant centralized statewide juvenile case management system; requires all juvenile court clerks to adopt and convert to the new juvenile case management system on a schedule to be determined in consultation with the administrative office of the courts; makes related changes. - Amends TCA Title 8; Title 16; Title 18 and Title 37. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
SB0916 AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 39, relative to racketeering activity. As enacted, expands the definition of "racketeering activity" to include committing, conspiring to commit, aiding, attempting to aid, soliciting, coercing, facilitating, or intimidating another person to commit the criminal offense of animal fighting. - Amends TCA Title 39. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
SB0955 AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 63, relative to rights of conscience and free speech. As enacted, enacts the "Medical Ethics Defense Act." - Amends TCA Title 63. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
SB0449 AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 63 and Title 68, relative to reproductive health care. As enacted, enacts the "Fertility Treatment and Contraceptive Protection Act." - Amends TCA Title 63 and Title 68. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
SB0576 AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 71, Chapter 5, relative to the annual coverage assessment. As enacted, revises present law relative to the annual coverage assessment. - Amends TCA Title 71, Chapter 5. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
SB0741 AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 39, relative to criminal offenses. As enacted, creates a criminal offense of possessing, distributing, or producing technology, software, or digital tools designed for the purpose of creating material that includes a minor engaged in sexual activity or simulated sexual activity that is patently offensive; establishes relevant factors to be considered in determining whether artificial technology, software, or digital tools are used or possessed with intent to create material that includes a minor engaged in sexual activity or simulated sexual activity that is patently offensive. - Amends TCA Title 39. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
SB0601 AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 8; Title 39; Title 40 and Title 55, Chapter 10, relative to pretrial release. As enacted, makes various changes regarding global positioning monitoring and the pretrial release of certain defendants. - Amends TCA Title 8; Title 39; Title 40 and Title 55, Chapter 10. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
SB0299 AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4 and Title 68, Chapter 7, relative to the medical cannabis commission. As enacted, changes the qualifications for membership on the medical cannabis commission to include a patient caregiver and a subject matter expert with knowledge of how cannabis is cultivated, processed, shipped, distributed, or prescribed for medical use; specifies that the recommendations made by the commission to the general assembly may include policy recommendations. - Amends TCA Title 4 and Title 68, Chapter 7. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
SB1097 AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 55-10-419, relative to the electronic monitoring indigency fund. As enacted, requires the state treasurer to deem a person ordered by a court to use a functioning ignition interlock device to be indigent and unable to pay the costs of the device if the person receives funds from the supplemental nutrition assistance, temporary assistance for needy families, or state medicaid program; removes the requirement that a court determine whether a person asserting inability to pay for a functioning ignition interlock device is indigent; revises other provisions relative to the electronic monitoring indigency fund. - Amends TCA Section 55-10-419. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
SB1379 AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 13; Title 49; Title 68 and Title 71, relative to child care. As enacted, allows a child care agency to lease or purchase underutilized property from local education agencies; classifies a child care family home as residential property for certain purposes, including zoning and building codes; permits a host-school's fire inspection and facilities to be sufficient for a child care agency's provisional license under the department of human services. - Amends TCA Title 13; Title 49; Title 68 and Title 71. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
SB1310 AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 49, Chapter 13, relative to charter schools. As enacted, establishes a process by which the governing body of an existing public charter school may replicate that public charter school in the same district by applying to the local board of education or directly to the Tennessee public charter school commission; allows, in certain circumstances, a public charter school sponsor to apply directly to the commission to open a new public charter school; makes various changes to the state agencies responsible for performing certain functions in the Tennessee Public Charter Schools Act of 2002. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 13. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
SB0428 AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 8; Title 53; Title 56; Title 63; Title 68 and Title 71, relative to the use of drugs for the treatment of pain. As enacted, authorizes an insurer, for purposes of group insurance plans offered to state employees, to adopt or amend a state preferred drug list (PDL); requires the insurer to ensure that a non-opioid drug approved by the U.S. food and drug administration for the treatment or management of pain is not disadvantaged or discouraged with respect to coverage relative to an opioid or narcotic drug for the treatment or management of pain on the PDL. - Amends TCA Title 8; Title 53; Title 56; Title 63; Title 68 and Title 71. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
SR0138 A RESOLUTION to commend Austin Parker for exemplary service as a legislative intern. to commend Austin Parker for exemplary service as a legislative intern. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
SB1236 AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 39, Chapter 17, Part 4 and Title 43, Chapter 27, relative to cannabis products. As introduced, removes Tetrahydrocannabinolic acid (THCa) and Tetrahydrocannabiphorol (THCp) from the list of authorized hemp-derived cannabinoids. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 17, Part 4 and Title 43, Chapter 27. Introduced
SB0924 AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 8; Title 16 and Title 41, relative to public employee positions. As introduced, adds an additional assistant district attorney general position and criminal investigator position in each judicial district that includes a state correctional facility. - Amends TCA Title 8; Title 16 and Title 41. Introduced
SB0210 AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 71, relative to ambulance services. As introduced, establishes separate reimbursement rates for ground-based rural ambulance services and urban ambulance services provided to TennCare recipients; allows for certain rural ambulance service providers to receive emergency medical services equipment grants. - Amends TCA Title 71. Introduced
SB0185 AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 63; Title 68 and Title 71, Chapter 5, relative to hospital reimbursement. As introduced, establishes TennCare minimum and maximum reimbursement rate levels for rural hospitals and requires that the reimbursement rate is based on the rural hospital's current federal fiscal year. - Amends TCA Title 63; Title 68 and Title 71, Chapter 5. Introduced
SB0117 AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 67, Chapter 6, Part 3, relative to sales and use tax exemptions. As introduced, deletes obsolete language concerning a one-time sales tax holiday that occurred in August 2020. - Amends TCA Title 67, Chapter 6, Part 3. Introduced
SB0249 AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 11, Chapter 3 and Title 58, relative to state park discounts for veterans. As introduced, requires that veterans who are Tennessee residents be offered the same discounts at state parks at the same rates and with the same frequency as discounts offered to state employees at state parks. - Amends TCA Title 11, Chapter 3 and Title 58. Introduced
SB0417 AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 39, Chapter 17, relative to criminal offenses. As introduced, decreases from 150 grams to 50 grams or more the amount of any substance containing fentanyl, carfentanil, remifentanil, alfentanil, thiafentanil, or any fentanyl derivative or analogue that is punished as a Class A felony for the knowing manufacture, delivery, or sale of the substance, or possession with intent to manufacture, deliver, or sell the substance. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 17. Introduced
SB0872 AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 67, Chapter 6, Part 3, relative to sales and use tax exemptions. As introduced, exempts from the sales and use tax the retail sale of infant formula and diapers and wipes designed to be used by infants and children. - Amends TCA Title 67, Chapter 6, Part 3. Introduced
SB0907 AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 67, Chapter 4, Part 7, relative to taxation. As introduced, exempts from business tax, receipts from the sale of a prescription drug or medicine with a cost for a 30-day equivalent supply that exceeds the medicare cost threshold for 2025 plan years and services necessary for proper preparation, storage, handling, administration, patient education, or post-sale monitoring of such exempted drugs or medicines. - Amends TCA Title 67, Chapter 4, Part 7. Introduced
SJR0345 A RESOLUTION to honor George McDonald upon his exemplary career as a farmer. to honor George McDonald upon his exemplary career as a farmer. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
SJR0017 A RESOLUTION to honor the memory of United States President Jimmy Carter. to honor the memory of United States President Jimmy Carter. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
SB0335 AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 28; Title 29; Title 36, Chapter 3, Part 6; Title 39 and Title 40, Chapter 2, relative to invasion of privacy. As enacted, enacts the "Voyeurism Victims Act." - Amends TCA Title 28; Title 29; Title 36, Chapter 3, Part 6; Title 39 and Title 40, Chapter 2. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
SB0909 AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 47 and Title 66, relative to wholesaling real property. As enacted, requires a buyer engaged in wholesaling real property to disclose certain information related to the buyer's equitable interest in the real property to the seller and a subsequent purchaser. - Amends TCA Title 47 and Title 66. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
SB0797 AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 8, Chapter 50, relative to continuing education for state employees. As enacted, clarifies that full-time employees of the general assembly are eligible for a waiver of tuition and fees for purposes of continuing education for more than one course at a time if the employees work more hours each week than typically required of full-time employment for at least four weeks per year. - Amends TCA Title 8, Chapter 50. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
SB0577 AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 71, Chapter 5, relative to the annual coverage assessment. As enacted, makes revisions regarding determining when the annual coverage assessment is implemented and imposed; sets limits on the expenditures for directed payments to hospitals in certain circumstances. - Amends TCA Title 71, Chapter 5. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
SB1288 AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4 and Title 71, Chapter 3, Part 5, relative to exemptions from child care licensing. As enacted, makes various changes to the licensing exemption categories for programs and activities that fall within the definition of a child care agency; makes related changes, such as exempting home schools from licensure. - Amends TCA Title 4 and Title 71, Chapter 3, Part 5. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
SB1267 AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 36, Chapter 1, Part 1, relative to adoption records. As enacted, changes from 21 to 18 the age at which certain adoption records must be made available to certain adopted persons; makes various other changes regarding adoption records. - Amends TCA Title 36, Chapter 1, Part 1. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
SB0897 AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 49, relative to communication devices at schools. As enacted, requires local boards of education and public charter school governing bodies to adopt a policy to prohibit students from using wireless communication devices during instructional time, except in certain circumstances; makes related changes. - Amends TCA Title 49. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
SB0988 AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 10 and Title 67, Chapter 4, Part 29, relative to fees assessed by a local government. As enacted, requires each department, agency, or official of a local government that assesses and collects a fee of more than $250 to document the justification and cost basis of the fee; makes such documentation a public record; subjects such documentation to an annual audit by the comptroller of the treasury. - Amends TCA Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 10 and Title 67, Chapter 4, Part 29. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
SB0247 AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 11, Chapter 14, Part 2; Title 11, Chapter 15 and Title 67, Chapter 5, relative to the Agricultural, Forest and Open Space Land Act of 1976. As enacted, clarifies that property that is qualified as agricultural, forest land, or open space land, owned by two individuals, and held under the titles of tenancy by the entireties or of joint tenancy with right of survivorship, is deemed to have unchanged ownership upon the death of an owner if the property is retained by the other owner through a right of survivorship or upon the divorce of the owners if the property is retained by either owner through division and distribution of property in the divorce proceeding. - Amends TCA Title 11, Chapter 14, Part 2; Title 11, Chapter 15 and Title 67, Chapter 5. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
SB0039 AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 5, relative to county legislative bodies. As enacted, authorizes certain county legislative bodies, by a two-thirds vote, to remove any member of an appointed board or commission, if such removal is recommended by the appointing authority and the member of the board or commission is given at least five business days' notice of the meeting when the vote on removal will occur. - Amends TCA Title 5. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
SJR0313 A RESOLUTION to honor and congratulate Tracy Cannon on being named the 2025 Westmoreland Citizen of the Year. to honor and congratulate Tracy Cannon on being named the 2025 Westmoreland Citizen of the Year. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
SB1396 AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 40, Chapter 11, relative to bail. As introduced, permits a professional bondsman to issue and retain the required receipt for money or other consideration received in a digital format. - Amends TCA Title 40, Chapter 11. Introduced
SJR0003 A RESOLUTION relative to the definition of antisemitism. relative to the definition of antisemitism. Crossed Over
SB0600 AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4; Title 9; Title 16; Title 18; Title 38; Title 39; Title 40; Title 55; Title 56; Title 62; Title 68 and Title 71, relative to pretrial release. As introduced, specifies that the administrative office of the courts may distribute to the courts electronically the discharge from conditions of release form that is required to be sent to law enforcement agencies by the court when a defendant upon whom conditions of release have been imposed is discharged or released from those conditions. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 9; Title 16; Title 18; Title 38; Title 39; Title 40; Title 55; Title 56; Title 62; Title 68 and Title 71. Introduced
SB0504 AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 3, Chapter 1 and Title 4, Chapter 8, relative to measures to honor the service of former members of the house of representatives. As introduced, names the desk of house chamber seat number 60 as the “Legislative Desk of Representative John J. Deberry, Jr.”; directs the chief clerk of the house of representatives, or the chief clerk’s designee, to design and provide for the installation of a commemorative plaque on the side of the desk of house chamber seat number 60 to recognize the official name of such desk. - Amends TCA Title 3, Chapter 1 and Title 4, Chapter 8. Crossed Over
SB0297 AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 70, Chapter 1, Part 5 and Section 70-2-201, relative to lifetime sportsman licenses for adopted children. As enacted, extends the time within which the guardian for an adoptee who is less than 13 may apply for a lifetime sportsman license for adopted children from 36 months immediately following the adoption date to any time following the adoption that is prior to the adoptee's thirteenth birthday. - Amends TCA Title 70, Chapter 1, Part 5 and Section 70-2-201. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
SB1234 AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 28, Chapter 3; Title 39 and Title 40, relative to sexual assault. As introduced, revives causes of action based on a sexual assault that occurred when the injured party was 18 years of age or older and are time-barred because the applicable statute of limitations has expired; allows such actions to be commenced within a certain time period. - Amends TCA Title 28, Chapter 3; Title 39 and Title 40. Introduced
SJR0218 A RESOLUTION to honor and commend the Sumner County Museum on the occasion of its fiftieth anniversary. to honor and commend the Sumner County Museum on the occasion of its fiftieth anniversary. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
SJR0223 A RESOLUTION to congratulate Westmoreland High School on being named a 2023-2024 Reward School. to congratulate Westmoreland High School on being named a 2023-2024 Reward School. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
SB1238 AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 36; Title 37 and Title 68, relative to children. As introduced, requires the department to make forms promulgated for use by courts, agencies, and persons in the adoption process available on the department's website. - Amends TCA Title 36; Title 37 and Title 68. Introduced
SB0911 AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 39; Title 53; Title 63 and Title 68, relative to psychologists. As introduced, creates prescribing authority for certain psychologists if certain conditions and prerequisites are met. - Amends TCA Title 39; Title 53; Title 63 and Title 68. Introduced
SB0127 AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 49, Chapter 13, relative to charter schools. As introduced, specifies that the comptroller of the treasury is authorized to determine how soon after June 30 of each year charter schools are required to submit audits of their accounts and records. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 13. Introduced
SB0426 AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 49, Chapter 3, relative to the Tennessee investment in student achievement formula. As introduced, revises the weighted allocations generated by a student for purposes of the TISA based on the number of student members of the LEA in which the student resides; establishes a $50 direct allocation for each student member of each LEA to assist each LEA with maintenance and infrastructure. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 3. Introduced
SB0852 AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 63 and Title 68, relative to health care. As introduced, increases from 10 to 30 business days, the period of time that must be included in a non-compete agreement between an employing entity and a physician regarding the time after which, if no agreement on the fair market value of the practice can be determined when an attempt to repurchase the practice is made, the physician may remove any restrictions on the physician’s ability to practice by tendering the amount that was paid to the physician for the sale of the practice. - Amends TCA Title 63 and Title 68. Introduced
SB0860 AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 63 and Title 68, relative to anatomical gifts. As introduced, creates a process by which an individual or terminal patient can refuse to make an anatomical gift that cannot be amended by another person; requires a procurement organization to follow certain procedures for contacting a decedent's family member or other authorized person. - Amends TCA Title 63 and Title 68. Introduced
SJR0212 A RESOLUTION to honor and congratulate Austin Spangler on his receipt of the Governor's Volunteer Stars Award. to honor and congratulate Austin Spangler on his receipt of the Governor's Volunteer Stars Award. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
SJR0213 A RESOLUTION to honor and congratulate Barbara Towns on her receipt of the Governor's Volunteer Stars Award. to honor and congratulate Barbara Towns on her receipt of the Governor's Volunteer Stars Award. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
SR0069 A RESOLUTION to honor the memory of Commander Anthony William McClain of the Metropolitan Nashville Police Department. to honor the memory of Commander Anthony William McClain of the Metropolitan Nashville Police Department. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
SB0945 AN ACT to amend Chapter __ of the Public Acts of 2025 (1st Ex. Sess. – SB 6001 / HB 6004); and Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4; Title 8 and Title 49, relative to education. As introduced, deletes antiquated language that required the office of research and education accountability in the office of the comptroller to submit a report by November 1, 2018, to the education committees of the senate and house of representatives regarding the formation and operation of community schools. - Amends Chapter __ of the Public Acts of 2025 (1st Ex. Sess. – SB 6001 / HB 6004); and TCA Title 4; Title 8 and Title 49. Introduced
SB0125 AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4; Title 49 and Title 50, relative to financial aid for individuals pursuing workforce credentials. As introduced, requires the Tennessee higher education commission, in consultation with the department of labor and workforce development, to study all state-funded financial aid and scholarship programs in this state to determine whether programs may be expanded to provide greater financial aid opportunities for individuals interested in pursuing a workforce credential; requires the commission to report its findings and any legislative recommendations to the committee of the house of representatives having jurisdiction over higher education and to the education committee of the senate no later than January 15, 2026. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 49 and Title 50. Introduced
SR0012 A RESOLUTION to confirm the appointment of Deanne Dewitt of Sumner County to the Tennessee board of regents. to confirm the appointment of Deanne Dewitt of Sumner County to the Tennessee board of regents. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
SR0013 A RESOLUTION to confirm the appointment of Jeremy Harrell of Eagleville to the Tennessee board of regents. to confirm the appointment of Jeremy Harrell of Eagleville to the Tennessee board of regents. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
SJR0172 A RESOLUTION to honor the memory of Ann B. Lee of Franklin. to honor the memory of Ann B. Lee of Franklin. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
SJR0171 A RESOLUTION to honor and commend School Resource Officer Chris Jennings of the Sumner County Sheriff's Office. to honor and commend School Resource Officer Chris Jennings of the Sumner County Sheriff's Office. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
SJR0179 A RESOLUTION to honor the memory of Bonnie June Raby of Oliver Springs. to honor the memory of Bonnie June Raby of Oliver Springs. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
SJR0157 A RESOLUTION to honor and commend Remote Area Medical on the occasion of the organization's fortieth anniversary. to honor and commend Remote Area Medical on the occasion of the organization's fortieth anniversary. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
SJR0143 A RESOLUTION to honor the memory of Michael Timme, executive director of the Tennessee Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations. to honor the memory of Michael Timme, executive director of the Tennessee Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
SJR0149 A RESOLUTION to honor the memory of Mark Gwyn. to honor the memory of Mark Gwyn. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
SJR0192 A RESOLUTION to recognize and honor Priscilla Presley. to recognize and honor Priscilla Presley. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
SR0029 A RESOLUTION to honor Carragan Laine Fields upon her exemplary service to the Senate. to honor Carragan Laine Fields upon her exemplary service to the Senate. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
SJR0043 A RESOLUTION to honor those individuals, organizations, and agencies that came to the aid of their fellow citizens during Hurricane Helene. to honor those individuals, organizations, and agencies that came to the aid of their fellow citizens during Hurricane Helene. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
SJR0044 A RESOLUTION to honor the members of the 1175th Transportation Company, Tennessee Army National Guard. to honor the members of the 1175th Transportation Company, Tennessee Army National Guard. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
SJR0041 A RESOLUTION to honor the memory of John Richard "Dick" Lodge, Jr. to honor the memory of John Richard "Dick" Lodge, Jr. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
SB1435 AN ACT to amend Chapter 67 of the Private Acts of 1953; as amended and rewritten by Chapter 88 of the Private Acts of 1969; Chapter 393 of the Private Acts of 1972; Chapter 300 of the Private Acts of 1974; Chapter 70 of the Private Acts of 1975; Chapter 97 of the Private Acts of 1981; Chapter 48 of the Private Acts of 1999; Chapter 4 of the Private Acts of 2009; Chapter 30 of the Private Acts of 2014; and any other acts amendatory thereto, relative to the City of Gallatin. Subject to local approval, authorizes the city council to impose impact fees on new development. - Amends Chapter 67 of the Private Acts of 1953; as amended and rewritten. Introduced
SJR0160 A RESOLUTION relative to the renaming of the Gulf of America and Mount McKinley. relative to the renaming of the Gulf of America and Mount McKinley. Introduced
SB6006 AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4 and Title 54, relative to the financing of transportation projects. As enacted, creates the Tennessee transportation financing authority to provide financing and refinancing for the development, maintenance, and improvement of transportation facilities within the state; makes related revisions. - Amends TCA Title 4 and Title 54. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
SB0591 AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 39, relative to threats of violence. As introduced, creates the Class E felony of recklessly, by any means of communication, threatening to commit an act of mass violence on the property of a child care agency, preschool, or religious institution; creates the Class B misdemeanor of failing to report a threat to commit an act of mass violence on the property of a child care agency, preschool, or religious institution. - Amends TCA Title 39. Introduced
SB0590 AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 2, Chapter 10; Title 2, Chapter 19; Title 3, Chapter 6; Title 4, Chapter 29; Title 4, Chapter 55 and Title 8, Chapter 50, Part 5. As introduced, requires, by September 1, 2025, the registry of election finance to issue a report to the speakers, the legislative librarian, and the office of legislative budget analysis on the use of digital currency being contributed to candidates and political campaign committees throughout the last five years. - Amends TCA Title 2, Chapter 10; Title 2, Chapter 19; Title 3, Chapter 6; Title 4, Chapter 29; Title 4, Chapter 55 and Title 8, Chapter 50, Part 5. Introduced
SB0459 AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4; Title 9; Title 38; Title 39; Title 40; Title 43; Title 49; Title 50; Title 53; Title 63; Title 67 and Title 68, relative to cannabis. As introduced, changes from January 1 to January 15 the date by which the medical cannabis commission must submit its annual findings and recommendations to the general assembly. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 9; Title 38; Title 39; Title 40; Title 43; Title 49; Title 50; Title 53; Title 63; Title 67 and Title 68. Introduced
SB0502 AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 63, Chapter 24 relative to athletic trainers. As introduced, expands the scope of practice for athletic trainers by authorizing them to treat conditions that limit or prevent a person's participation in certain physical activities rather than just treating injuries that limit or prevent such participation; clarifies the description of athletic trainers to include healthcare providers and establishes new procedures that may be utilized by athletic trainers in the delivery of health care. - Amends TCA Title 63, Chapter 24. Introduced
SB1242 AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4; Title 33 and Title 71, relative to medical assistance. As introduced, deletes an obsolete provision that required the comptroller of the treasury, in conjunction with any appropriate TennCare drug utilization review committees, to study the use of prescription drugs in nursing homes and the costs of those prescription drugs for residents of nursing homes; to examine prescription use overall; to focus on any practices that would improve the quality of resident care while reducing costs to the TennCare program; and to report by January 1, 2005, to the speaker of the senate and the speaker of the house of representatives. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 33 and Title 71. Introduced
SB1099 AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 40 and Title 67, relative to privilege tax. As introduced, clarifies that all privilege taxes on litigation that clerks of certain courts fail to collect and pay to the department of revenue are debts of the clerks. - Amends TCA Title 40 and Title 67. Introduced
SB1057 AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4; Title 33 and Title 71, relative to medical assistance. As introduced, deletes an obsolete provision that required the comptroller of the treasury, in conjunction with any appropriate TennCare drug utilization review committees, to study the use of prescription drugs in nursing homes and the costs of those prescription drugs for residents of nursing homes; to examine prescription use overall; to focus on any practices that would improve the quality of resident care while reducing costs to the TennCare program; and to report by January 1, 2005, to speaker of the senate and the speaker of the house of representatives. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 33 and Title 71. Introduced
SB0198 AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 67, relative to taxes. As introduced, allows the division of property assessment to send the annual report, with the appropriate summary of the work accomplished by the division and any appropriate recommendations, to the state board of equalization in electronic format. - Amends TCA Title 67. Introduced
SJR0033 A RESOLUTION to honor Ted Clower for his years of service as pastor of Salem Baptist Church. to honor Ted Clower for his years of service as pastor of Salem Baptist Church. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
SB0271 AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 40, relative to bondsmen. As introduced, prohibits a person from acting as a professional bondsman, directly or indirectly, while owning, operating, or being employed by a qualified contract service provider that supervises persons who have been released prior to trial with conditions of release that include using an electronic monitoring device. - Amends TCA Title 40. Introduced
SJR0018 A RESOLUTION to commemorate the 100th anniversary of Tom Lee's heroism. to commemorate the 100th anniversary of Tom Lee's heroism. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
SB0131 AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 43, Chapter 16, Part 1 and Section 67-4-102, relative to subsidiaries of agricultural cooperative associations. As introduced, specifies that the privilege tax exemption for subsidiaries of agricultural cooperatives applies without regard to whether the subsidiary was formed as a corporation, limited liability company, limited liability partnership, or other legal entity, association, or body vested with the power or function of a legal entity. - Amends TCA Title 43, Chapter 16, Part 1 and Section 67-4-102. Introduced
SB0414 AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 49, relative to electronic devices. As introduced, requires LEAs and public charter schools to prohibit students from displaying, using, or accessing an electronic device during the school day unless an exception applies; requires local boards of education and public charter school governing bodies to develop and adopt a policy to implement the prohibition and to submit its policy to the department of education no later than July 31, 2025. - Amends TCA Title 49. Introduced
SJR0008 A RESOLUTION to congratulate the University of Tennessee Volunteers baseball team, 2024 NCAA Men's College World Series champion. to congratulate the University of Tennessee Volunteers baseball team, 2024 NCAA Men's College World Series champion. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
Bill Bill Name Motion Vote Date Vote
SB0014 AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 70, relative to wildlife resources. FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Concur House Amendment # 2 04/22/2025 Yea
SB0102 AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4, Chapter 14, Part 2 and Title 4, Chapter 29, relative to the Tennessee technology development corporation. FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt Conference Committee Report 04/22/2025 Yea
HB0099 AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 39-13-605 and Title 40, Chapter 39, Part 2, relative to unlawful photography. FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 04/22/2025 Yea
HB0132 AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 58-2-107, relative to emergency management powers of the governor. FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 04/22/2025 Yea
SB0221 AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 37 and Title 40, relative to juvenile records. FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Concur House Amendment # 2 04/22/2025 Yea
HJR0051 A RESOLUTION to seek Almighty God's hand of ever-present mercy and healing on Tennessee. FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Concur 04/22/2025 Yea
SB0229 AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 2; Title 3 and Title 67, relative to the bureau of ethics and campaign finance. FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 04/22/2025 Yea
SB0229 AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 2; Title 3 and Title 67, relative to the bureau of ethics and campaign finance. FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt Conference Committee Report 04/22/2025 Yea
SB0246 AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 49, relative to English language learners. FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Concur House Amendment # 1 04/22/2025 Yea
HB0310 AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 7, Chapter 51 and Title 50, Chapter 6, relative to post-traumatic stress disorder in first responders. FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 04/22/2025 Yea
SB0438 AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4; Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 8; Title 11; Title 13; Title 20; Title 28; Title 39; Title 49; Title 54; Title 55; Title 59; Title 62; Title 64; Title 65; Title 66; Title 67; Title 68 and Title 69, relative to waste management. FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Concur House Amendment # 2 04/22/2025 Yea
HB0479 AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 58, Chapter 1, Part 2, relative to the "Tennessee National Guard Servicemember's Medical Readiness Act." FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 04/22/2025 Yea
HB0485 AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 49, relative to school attendance. FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 04/22/2025 Yea
HB0486 AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 8, Chapter 14 and Title 9, Chapter 4, relative to district public defenders. FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 04/22/2025 Yea
HB0504 AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 49, Chapter 4, Part 7, relative to future teacher scholarships. FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 04/22/2025 Yea
HB0524 AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 16 and Title 40, relative to veterans treatment courts. FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 04/22/2025 Yea
HB0577 AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4; Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 8; Title 9; Title 29; Title 38; Title 39; Title 40 and Title 41, relative to inmates. FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 04/22/2025 Yea
HB0578 AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 39, Chapter 17, Part 13, relative to criminal offenses. FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 04/22/2025 Yea
HB0622 AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 8 and Title 49, relative to hiring practices of governmental entities. FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 04/22/2025 Yea
HB0622 AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 8 and Title 49, relative to hiring practices of governmental entities. FLOOR VOTE: Lay on the Table Amend# 2 by Senator Yarbro Third Consideration 04/22/2025 Yea
HB0594 AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 67-6-102, relative to temporary sales. FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 04/22/2025 Yea
SB0644 AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 49 and Title 63, relative to schools of nursing. FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Concur House Amendment # 1 04/22/2025 Yea
HB0641 AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 9; Title 12; Title 37; Title 39 and Title 49, relative to funding of child advocacy centers. FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 04/22/2025 Yea
SB0714 AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4; Title 5; Title 6; Title 7 and Title 49, relative to education. FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 04/22/2025 Yea
HB0726 AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 67, relative to taxation. FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 04/22/2025 Yea
HB0691 AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 67-4-2109, relative to tax credits for financial institutions. FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 04/22/2025 Yea
HB0717 AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 9; Title 33; Title 52; Title 67 and Title 68, relative to relief for caregivers of individuals with Alzheimer's disease or related dementia. FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 04/22/2025 Yea
HB0783 AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 13 and Title 33, relative to housing. FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 04/22/2025 Yea
HB0773 AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 1, Chapter 3, relative to legal notices. SENATE FINANCE, WAYS AND MEANS COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 04/22/2025 Yea
HB0782 AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 71, relative to TennCare. FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 04/22/2025 Yea
HB0894 AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4 and Title 69, relative to the board of ground water management. FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 04/22/2025 Yea
HB0979 AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 47; Title 63 and Title 68, relative to health care. FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt Conference Committee Report 04/22/2025 Yea
HB0969 AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4; Title 54; Title 55; Title 65 and Title 67, relative to transportation. FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 04/22/2025 Yea
SB1019 AN ACT to amend Chapter __ of the Public Acts of 2025 (1st Ex. Sess. – SB 6001 / HB 6004); and Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 49, Chapter 13 and Title 49, Chapter 3, relative to education funding for public charter schools. FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Concur House Amendment # 2 04/22/2025 Yea
SB0950 AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 49, relative to education. FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Concur House Amendment # 1 04/22/2025 Yea
SB0925 AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 67, Chapter 6, Part 3, relative to taxation of broadband equipment and services. FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 04/22/2025 Yea
HB1097 AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4; Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 8 and Title 9, relative to actions of local governments. FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt Appoint Conference Committee 04/22/2025 Yea
HB1093 AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 39 and Title 40, relative to firearms. FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 04/22/2025 Yea
HB1089 AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 33; Title 39 and Title 40, relative to criminal offenses involving abuse. FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 04/22/2025 Yea
SB1068 AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4; Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 39; Title 47; Title 48; Title 55; Title 56; Title 62; Title 66 and Title 67, relative to motor vehicles. FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Concur House Amendment # 5 04/22/2025 Yea
SB1068 AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4; Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 39; Title 47; Title 48; Title 55; Title 56; Title 62; Title 66 and Title 67, relative to motor vehicles. FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Concur House Amendment # 4 04/22/2025 Yea
SB1089 AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 16, Chapter 18 and Title 17, Chapter 3, relative to municipal courts. FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 04/22/2025 Yea
SB1084 AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4; Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 8 and Title 49, Chapter 7, relative to the "Dismantling DEI Departments Act." FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 04/22/2025 Yea
SB1115 AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 8; Title 12; Title 40 and Title 41, relative to private prisons. FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Concur House Amendment # 3 04/22/2025 Yea
SB1233 AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 10, Chapter 7, Part 5; Title 36; Title 37; Title 38; Title 39; Title 40 and Title 53, relative to criminal justice. FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 04/22/2025 Yea
HB1278 AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4; Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 9 and Title 58, relative to providing financial assistance in counties impacted by Hurricane Helene. FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 04/22/2025 Yea
HJR0147 A RESOLUTION relative to the regulation of Kratom. FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Concur 04/22/2025 Yea
HB1314 AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 39, Chapter 13, Part 8 and Title 39, Chapter 17, Part 3, relative to criminal offenses. FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 04/22/2025 Yea
HB1383 AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 2; Title 5; Title 7; Title 8 and Title 49, relative to boards of education. FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 04/22/2025 Yea
SB1446 AN ACT to amend Chapter 262 of the Private Acts of 1963; as amended by Chapter 313 of the Private Acts of 1982; and any other acts amendatory thereto, relative to Lauderdale County. FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 04/22/2025 Yea
HB1423 AN ACT to amend Chapter 262 of the Private Acts of 1963; as amended by Chapter 313 of the Private Acts of 1982; and any other acts amendatory thereto, relative to Lauderdale County. FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 04/22/2025 Yea
HJR0318 A RESOLUTION relative to naming the new entrance to the Motlow Tunnel at the Tennessee State Capitol. FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Concur 04/22/2025 Yea
HB1437 AN ACT to amend Chapter 519 of the Private Acts of 1953; as amended and rewritten by Chapter 55 of the Private Acts of 2014; and any other acts amendatory thereto, relative to the Charter for the City of Crossville. FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 04/22/2025 Yea
SB1461 AN ACT to amend Chapter 519 of the Private Acts of 1953; as amended and rewritten by Chapter 55 of the Private Acts of 2014; and any other acts amendatory thereto, relative to the Charter for the City of Crossville. FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 04/22/2025 Yea
HJR0666 A RESOLUTION to honor and congratulate Rachel Ahlheit on her receipt of the Governor's Volunteer Stars Award. FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 04/22/2025 Yea
HJR0664 A RESOLUTION to honor and congratulate Savannah Williams on her receipt of the Governor's Volunteer Stars Award. FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 04/22/2025 Yea
HJR0663 A RESOLUTION to recognize Kenneth Robert Carpenter of the Greene County Sheriff's Office on the occasion of his retirement. FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 04/22/2025 Yea
HJR0667 A RESOLUTION to recognize the Barbara J. Mapp Aviary Education Center at Radnor Lake on its tenth anniversary. FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 04/22/2025 Yea
SB1463 AN ACT to amend Chapter 467 of the Private Acts of 1951; as amended by Chapter 233 of the Private Acts of 1976; and any other acts amendatory thereto, relative to Morgan County. FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 04/22/2025 Yea
HJR0665 A RESOLUTION to honor and congratulate Norma Binkley on her receipt of the Governor's Volunteer Stars Award. FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 04/22/2025 Yea
HJR0671 A RESOLUTION to honor and congratulate Blair Baugus of Wayne County High School upon being named TSSAA Class 1A Miss Basketball. FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 04/22/2025 Yea
HJR0668 A RESOLUTION to commend Derryus Shaw for exemplary service as a legislative intern. FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 04/22/2025 Yea
HJR0669 A RESOLUTION to commend Taylor Adkins for exemplary service as a legislative intern. FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 04/22/2025 Yea
SJR0484 A RESOLUTION to honor and commend Kimberly Stone, 2024–2025 Watertown Middle School Teacher of the Year. FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 04/22/2025 Yea
SJR0507 A RESOLUTION to honor and commend Charisse Carter, 2024–2025 Springdale Elementary School Teacher of the Year and Wilson County Schools Teacher of the Year. FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 04/22/2025 Yea
SJR0505 A RESOLUTION to honor and commend Brittney Osburne, 2024–2025 Mt. Juliet Middle School Teacher of the Year. FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 04/22/2025 Yea
SJR0483 A RESOLUTION to honor and commend Paige Allmond, 2024–2025 Watertown High School Teacher of the Year. FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 04/22/2025 Yea
SJR0499 A RESOLUTION to honor and congratulate Melissa Prince, the 2024-2025 Green Hill High School Teacher of the Year. FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 04/22/2025 Yea
SJR0482 A RESOLUTION to honor and congratulate Tammy Tucker, the 2024-2025 Watertown Elementary School Teacher of the Year. FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 04/22/2025 Yea
SJR0501 A RESOLUTION to recognize Allen Davis on his selection as the 2024–2025 Lebanon High School Teacher of the Year. FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 04/22/2025 Yea
SJR0496 A RESOLUTION to honor and congratulate Jonathan Stricklin on his selection as the 2024–2025 Carroll-Oakland Elementary School Teacher of the Year. FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 04/22/2025 Yea
SJR0485 A RESOLUTION to honor and commend Jennifer Crockett, 2024–2025 West Elementary School Teacher of the Year. FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 04/22/2025 Yea
SJR0498 A RESOLUTION to recognize Jamie Wallmark on her selection as the 2024–2025 Jones Brummett Elementary School Teacher of the Year. FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 04/22/2025 Yea
SJR0487 A RESOLUTION to recognize Jessica Agee on her selection as the 2024–2025 Wilson Central High School Teacher of the Year. FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 04/22/2025 Yea
SJR0488 A RESOLUTION to recognize Amy Richards on her selection as the 2024–2025 Wilson County Adult High School Teacher of the Year. FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 04/22/2025 Yea
SJR0504 A RESOLUTION to honor and commend Sergeant Major Jonathan W. Clark, 2024–2025 Mt. Juliet High School Teacher of the Year. FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 04/22/2025 Yea
SJR0495 A RESOLUTION to honor and congratulate Jessica Brooke Lipshie on her selection as the 2024–2025 Castle Heights Elementary School Teacher of the Year. FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 04/22/2025 Yea
SJR0502 A RESOLUTION to recognize Erin Clark on her selection as the 2024–2025 Mt. Juliet Christian Academy Teacher of the Year. FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 04/22/2025 Yea
SJR0479 A RESOLUTION to honor and commend Erica Douglass, 2024–2025 Tuckers Crossroads Elementary School Teacher of the Year. FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 04/22/2025 Yea
SJR0492 A RESOLUTION to honor and congratulate Ashley Broomfield, the 2024-2025 Friendship Christian School Teacher of the Year. FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 04/22/2025 Yea
SJR0489 A RESOLUTION to recognize Sarah Savannah Howard on her selection as the 2024–2025 Winfree Bryant Middle School Teacher of the Year. FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 04/22/2025 Yea
SJR0478 A RESOLUTION to honor and commend Kimberly McPeak, 2024–2025 Stoner Creek Elementary School Teacher of the Year. FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 04/22/2025 Yea
SJR0480 A RESOLUTION to honor and commend April Downing, 2024–2025 W.A. Wright Elementary School Teacher of the Year. FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 04/22/2025 Yea
SJR0506 A RESOLUTION to honor and congratulate Jennifer Bamford, the 2024-2025 Gladeville Middle School Teacher of the Year. FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 04/22/2025 Yea
SJR0497 A RESOLUTION to honor and congratulate Dalton Teel on his selection as the 2024–2025 Byars-Dowdy Elementary School Teacher of the Year. FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 04/22/2025 Yea
SJR0475 A RESOLUTION to honor and commend Ashlee Sexton, 2024–2025 Southside Elementary School Teacher of the Year. FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 04/22/2025 Yea
SJR0476 A RESOLUTION to honor and commend Vicki Davis, 2024–2025 Sam Houston Elementary School Teacher of the Year. FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 04/22/2025 Yea
SJR0500 A RESOLUTION to recognize Melissa Cole on her selection as the 2024–2025 Lakeview Elementary School Teacher of the Year. FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 04/22/2025 Yea
SJR0486 A RESOLUTION to honor and commend Tara Palmer, 2024–2025 West Wilson Middle School Teacher of the Year. FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 04/22/2025 Yea
SJR0474 A RESOLUTION to honor Thomas Allen "T.A." Bryan, Sr., on his lifetime of service to his community and the State of Tennessee. FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 04/22/2025 Yea
SJR0481 A RESOLUTION to honor and commend Kristina L. Hobbs, 2024–2025 Walter J. Baird Middle School Teacher of the Year. FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 04/22/2025 Yea
SJR0490 A RESOLUTION to honor and congratulate Leslie Tomlinson on her selection as the 2024–2025 Barry Tatum Academy Teacher of the Year. FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 04/22/2025 Yea
SJR0493 A RESOLUTION to honor and congratulate Julie T. Smith, the 2024-2025 Elzie D. Patton Elementary School Teacher of the Year. FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 04/22/2025 Yea
SJR0494 A RESOLUTION to honor and congratulate Ashley Arledge on her selection as the 2024–2025 Coles Ferry Elementary School Teacher of the Year. FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 04/22/2025 Yea
SJR0491 A RESOLUTION to honor and congratulate Kala Ealy, the 2024-2025 Gladeville Elementary School Teacher of the Year. FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 04/22/2025 Yea
SJR0503 A RESOLUTION to recognize Elizabeth Elgin on her selection as the 2024–2025 Mt. Juliet Elementary School Teacher of the Year. FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 04/22/2025 Yea
SJR0477 A RESOLUTION to honor and commend Rachael Agnew, 2024–2025 Rutland Elementary School Teacher of the Year. FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 04/22/2025 Yea
SR0241 A RESOLUTION to honor the memory of John Louis Hayes, Jr., of Madison. FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 04/22/2025 Yea
SJR0508 A RESOLUTION to recognize Trooper Shane Moore on the occasion of his retirement. FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 04/22/2025 Yea
SJR0513 A RESOLUTION to honor and commend Ellieonna Stetson for her outstanding achievement in the Baileyton Veterans Memorial design contest. FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 04/22/2025 Yea
  Committee Position Rank
Detail Tennessee Joint Ways and Means Committee 2
Detail Tennessee Senate Education Committee 5
Detail Tennessee Senate Finance, Ways and Means Committee 4
Detail Tennessee Senate Health and Welfare Committee First Vice Chair 2
Detail Tennessee Senate Select Ethics Committee Chair 1
Detail Tennessee Senate Select Rules Committee 3
State District Chamber Party Status Start Date End Date
TN Tennessee Senate District 18 Senate Republican In Office 01/08/2013
TN District 18 Senate Republican Out of Office 11/22/2010 08/05/2024