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Brent Taylor
(R) - Tennessee
Tennessee Senate District 31
In Office - Started: 11/08/2022

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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
SB0384 AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 67, Chapter 4, Part 14, relative to taxation. As enacted, requires a hotel operator to remit the hotel tax to the municipality when a person has maintained occupancy for 30 continuous days and to cease collecting the tax from the person for the remainder of their stay in the operator's hotel. - Amends TCA Title 67, Chapter 4, Part 14. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
SB1439 AN ACT to amend Chapter 87 of the Private Acts of 1985; and any other acts amendatory thereto, relative to the Charter of the City of Germantown. Subject to local approval, makes the office of mayor a full-time position, with the salary of the office to be set by ordinance. - Amends Chapter 87 of the Private Acts of 1985. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
SB1139 AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 7; Title 13, Chapter 7; Title 65 and Title 68, relative to utilities. As enacted, makes revisions to present law relative to utilities. - Amends TCA Title 7; Title 13, Chapter 7; Title 65 and Title 68. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
SB1415 AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 37; Title 39 and Title 40, relative to criminal offenses. As enacted, creates the offense of knowingly engaging in conduct that places a child in imminent danger of death, bodily injury, or physical or mental impairment by exposing the child to fentanyl, carfentanil, remifentanil, alfentanil, thiafentanil, or a fentanyl derivative or analogue; punishes the offense as a Class E felony if the child is over 8 and as a Class B felony if the child is 8 or less. - Amends TCA Title 37; Title 39 and Title 40. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
SB0445 AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 8, Chapter 14 and Title 9, Chapter 4, relative to district public defenders. As enacted, creates five additional assistant district public defender positions effective July 1, 2025. - Amends TCA Title 8, Chapter 14 and Title 9, Chapter 4. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
SB0845 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. As enacted, sets up a process by which the attorney general and reporter may review whether a local government action violates state law or the Constitution of Tennessee. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 8 and Title 9. Dead
SB1083 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. As enacted, enacts "Dismantle DEI in Employment Act." - Amends TCA Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 8 and Title 49. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
SB1336 AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 2; Title 5; Title 7; Title 8 and Title 49, relative to boards of education. As enacted, authorizes a local legislative body for a county that has adopted a charter form of government to require elections for the county board of education to be held at the same time and on the same election cycle as elections for members of the local legislative body for the county, members of the county board of education to have successive terms of office if members of the local legislative body for the county have successive terms of office and members of the county board of education to have the same term limits as members of the local legislative body for the county. - Amends TCA Title 2; Title 5; Title 7; Title 8 and Title 49. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
SB0857 AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 13, Chapter 23, relative to the homebuyers revolving loan program. As enacted, authorizes any county having made loans in excess of the amount of funds in the initial capitalization of the loan fund pool for the county to terminate its participation in the homebuyers' revolving loan fund pool with notice to the Tennessee housing development agency and to retain all funds, including any funds used for initial capitalization or interest earnings on repayments. - Amends TCA Title 13, Chapter 23. 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
SB1313 AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 13, relative to planning. As enacted, creates a vested property right upon the submission, rather than the approval, of a development plan or building permit; specifies that the vesting period applicable when it is based on the submission of a building permit is three years. - Amends TCA Title 13. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
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." As enacted, enacts the "Dismantling DEI Departments Act." - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 8 and Title 49, Chapter 7. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
SB0030 AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 39; Title 40; Title 54 and Title 55, relative to criminal offenses. As enacted, creates new misdemeanor offenses, including intentionally giving a false or fictitious name to a law enforcement officer who has lawfully detained or arrested such person. - Amends TCA Title 39; Title 40; Title 54 and Title 55. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
SB1138 AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 7, Chapter 35; Title 7, Chapter 82 and Title 68, Chapter 221, relative to sewer systems. As enacted, prohibits a municipal sewer system or utility district that has operated a sewerage system outside of the corporate boundaries of the city or town for 25 years or more from ceasing operation of the sewerage system outside the corporate boundaries so long as the sewerage system maintains sufficient capacity; requires a utility system that provides wastewater service to provide a connection to the owner of real property for wastewater service when the utility system meets certain requirements. - Amends TCA Title 7, Chapter 35; Title 7, Chapter 82 and Title 68, Chapter 221. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
SB0670 AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4; Title 11, Chapter 14, Part 4; Title 66; Title 67, Chapter 4, Part 4 and Title 69, relative to wetlands. As enacted, requires the division of water resources in the department of environment and conservation, in collaboration with U.S. army corps of engineers, as necessary, to annually report information concerning compensatory mitigation provisions in aquatic resource alteration permits issued during the prior fiscal year to the governor, the comptroller of the treasury, and the chairpersons of the commerce committees; and to establish four categories of isolated wetlands for regulatory purposes; makes related changes. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 11, Chapter 14, Part 4; Title 66; Title 67, Chapter 4, Part 4 and Title 69. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
SB0392 AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 39, relative to criminal offenses. As enacted, creates the offense of human smuggling; makes related changes. - Amends TCA Title 39. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
SB0221 AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 37 and Title 40, relative to juvenile records. As enacted, permits a court to use juvenile court records, including the disposition and evidence, in pretrial reports used to set bond for certain criminal offenses; requires the magistrate to consider the defendant's prior juvenile record in determining the defendant's risk of danger to the community. - Amends TCA Title 37 and Title 40. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
SB0239 AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 37; Title 39 and Title 40, relative to juveniles. As enacted, requires TACIR to study the availability of housing and other treatment facilities for juvenile offenders who have been adjudicated delinquent and committed to the department of children's services, and the availability of local juvenile detention centers and other facilities for the housing and treatment of juvenile offenders who have been detained by the juvenile court prior to an adjudicatory hearing; requires TACIR to report its findings and recommendations. - Amends TCA Title 37; Title 39 and Title 40. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
SB0227 AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 29, Chapter 34, relative to charitable organizations. As enacted, allows a charitable organization that provides housing to a person whom the charitable organization knows is unlawfully present in the United States to be held liable for a loss, damages, injury, or death resulting from a criminal offense committed by the person who is unlawfully present in the United States while the person is receiving housing services from the charitable organization if the charitable organization's conduct in providing housing constitutes negligence, gross negligence, or willful and wanton misconduct. - Amends TCA Title 29, Chapter 34. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
SB0217 AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4; Title 13; Title 39; Title 54; Title 55 and Title 71, relative to the collection, storage, claiming, and disposal of personal property used for camping. As enacted, requires the department to develop and implement a policy regarding the removal of personal property used for camping from the shoulder, berm, or right-of-way of highways under its jurisdiction or under a bridge or overpass under its jurisdiction; prohibits the department from commencing initial clean-up activities, vegetation removal, or site securing activities until the municipal or county government whose geographic boundaries include the camping removal site has ensured that no persons are occupying the site. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 13; Title 39; Title 54; Title 55 and Title 71. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
SB0713 AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 49, relative to education. As enacted, requires each public senior high school to provide official recruiting representatives of the armed forces of this state and the United States access to the high school at least once a month during student lunch periods for the purpose of informing students of educational and career opportunities available in the military and at least once every other month when school is in session to provide further information to students who have expressed interest; provides additional related access. - Amends TCA Title 49. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
SB0655 AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 8, relative to removal of officers. As enacted, authorizes a district attorney general, on the consent of the district attorney general of any other judicial district, to specially appoint another district attorney general, or an assistant to that district attorney general, to conduct specific proceedings under title 8, chapter 47, regarding removal of officers, which the district attorney general is authorized by law to conduct in that district. - Amends TCA Title 8. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
SB0657 AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 39, relative to racketeering activity. As enacted, adds organized retail crime and possession or employment of a firearm during the commission of or attempt to commit a dangerous felony to the definition of racketeering activity; clarifies that carjacking is a racketeering activity. - Amends TCA Title 39. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
SB0202 AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 54, relative to transportation infrastructure. As enacted, makes revisions regarding the naming of certain roads and bridges. - Amends TCA Title 54. 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
SB0664 AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 69, Chapter 3, relative to permits. As enacted, expands from wetlands to all areas that an aquatic resource alteration permit may apply to the areas for which the department of environment and conservation is required to exempt from compensatory mitigation an amount of area equal in size to the area for which mitigation would not be required if the permit applicant qualified for coverage under a general permit, if the only factor that disqualifies an applicant for an aquatic resource alteration permit from having the activities for which a permit is sought covered under a general permit is the size of the area that the permit will apply to. - Amends TCA Title 69, Chapter 3. 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
SB0455 AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 40, Chapter 35, Part 5, relative to parole. As introduced, removes the limitations on the board of parole's authority to deny parole based solely on the seriousness of the offense for certain offenses to allow denial based on the seriousness of the offense for any offense. - Amends TCA Title 40, Chapter 35, Part 5. Passed
SB0280 AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 29 and Title 39, relative to claims against law enforcement officers. As enacted, specifies that a law enforcement officer who causes property damage to or inflicts personal injury upon a person during the course of the law enforcement officer's official duties is immune from civil liability if at the time the damage or injury occurred, the person suffering the injury or damage was engaged in conduct that resulted in the person being convicted of the offense of resisting a stop, frisk, halt, arrest, or search of the person. - Amends TCA Title 29 and Title 39. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
SB0228 AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 38 and Title 55, relative to motor vehicle registration. As enacted, enacts the "Law Enforcement’s Safer Tennessee Electronic Registration (LESTER) Act," which clarifies that law enforcement is required to accept a digital copy of vehicle registration as proof of registration. - Amends TCA Title 38 and Title 55. 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
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
SJR0009 A RESOLUTION proposing an amendment to Article I, Section 35 of the Constitution of Tennessee, relative to the rights of crime victims. proposing an amendment to Article I, Section 35 of the Constitution of Tennessee, relative to the rights of crime victims. Passed
SB0729 AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 49, relative to compensation for licensed personnel. As enacted, authorizes an LEA to adopt and implement a merit-based pay structure for educators to award additional compensation to high-performing educators and to incentivize educators to meet and exceed expectations. - Amends TCA Title 49. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
SB1146 AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 38; Title 53; Title 63 and Title 68, relative to psychotropic drugs. As enacted, requires a county medical examiner to test for, and obtain certain information concerning, the presence of any drugs in a decedent in certain situations; requires the health science center to conduct certain studies regarding drug interactions and submit quarterly reports to the general assembly. - Amends TCA Title 38; Title 53; Title 63 and Title 68. 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
SB0191 AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 9-21-133 and Title 9, Chapter 21, Part 4, relative to local government debt. As enacted, redefines "local government" to include a water, wastewater, or energy authority for purposes of the present law applicable to bonds and notes issued by local governments; makes other related revisions. - Amends TCA Section 9-21-133 and Title 9, Chapter 21, Part 4. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
SB0274 AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 5, relative to constitutional officer duties. As enacted, declares that the offices of sheriff, register, county clerk, assessor of property, and trustee are the constitutional officers of a county that has adopted a charter form of government; specifies the duties for each constitutional officer. - Amends TCA Title 5. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
SB0718 AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 37, relative to juveniles. As enacted, requires a juvenile court conducting a child custody, detention, or adjudicatory proceeding to conduct the proceeding in a dedicated courtroom provided by the county that is closest in proximity to an approved detention center. - Amends TCA Title 37. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
SB0856 AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 24; Title 39 and Title 40, relative to criminal procedure. As enacted, allows a magistrate to consider hearsay evidence when determining whether a defendant should be released on bail pending trial and the amount of bail necessary to reasonably assure the appearance of the defendant while at the same time protecting the safety of the public. - Amends TCA Title 24; Title 39 and Title 40. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
SB0238 AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 39 and Title 40, relative to violations of condition of release. As enacted, specifies that venue for prosecution of the offense of knowingly violating a condition of release is generally the county in which the conduct constituting the violation of a condition of release occurred; clarifies that if one or more elements of the offense are committed in different counties, then the offense may be prosecuted in either county. - Amends TCA Title 39 and Title 40. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
SB0542 AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 9, Chapter 4, Part 15, relative to investments. As enacted, requires the TCRS board of trustees to divest the retirement system from investment activity it has in a company known to be majority-owned by China; requires a local governing body to divest its political subdivision pension plan from investment activity it has in a company known to be majority-owned by China. - Amends TCA Title 9, Chapter 4, Part 15. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
SB1086 AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 55, Chapter 50, relative to driver licenses issued to persons without lawful presence. As enacted, creates the Class B misdemeanor offense of operating a motor vehicle in this state with an invalid driver license; designates out-of-state driver licenses issued exclusively to illegal aliens as invalid driver licenses in this state. - Amends TCA Title 55, Chapter 50. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
SB1070 AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 28 and Title 40, Chapter 2, relative to commencement of proceedings. As enacted, extends the statute of limitations for criminal prosecution of certain child sexual abuse felonies from 25 years from the child's eighteenth birthday to 30 years from the child's eighteenth birthday; extends the statute of limitations for a civil action based on child sexual abuse from 15 years from the child's eighteenth birthday to 30 years from the child's eighteenth birthday. - Amends TCA Title 28 and Title 40, Chapter 2. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
SR0242 A RESOLUTION to congratulate Taquez Butler of Whitehaven High School upon being named TSSAA Class 4A Mr. Basketball. to congratulate Taquez Butler of Whitehaven High School upon being named TSSAA Class 4A Mr. Basketball. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
SR0120 A RESOLUTION relative to codes of conduct for district attorneys general, district public defenders, and court clerks. relative to codes of conduct for district attorneys general, district public defenders, and court clerks. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
SB0714 AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4; Title 5; Title 6; Title 7 and Title 49, relative to education. As introduced, changes the date, from October 31 to October 1, by which the departments of education and health must submit a report to the governor and general assembly regarding the self-administered medications and healthcare procedures for students served in all public and nonpublic accredited schools in this state and recommendations for meeting the needs for comprehensive school health. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 5; Title 6; Title 7 and Title 49. Crossed Over
SB0719 AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 49, Chapter 4, relative to financial aid. As introduced, adds William R. Moore College of Technology as an eligible institution for receipt of the Wilder-Naifeh reconnect grant and Wilder-Naifeh technical skills grant; specifies that the amount of the scholarship for such students enrolled is the average cost of tuition and mandatory fees at TCATs less all other gift aid. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 4. Introduced
SB0676 AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 1; Title 4; Title 33; Title 56; Title 63; Title 68 and Title 71, relative to health care. As introduced, requires gender clinics accepting funds from this state to perform gender transition procedures to also perform detransition procedures; requires insurance entities providing coverage of gender transition procedures to also cover detransition procedures; requires certain gender clinics and insurance entities to report information regarding detransition procedures to the department of health. - Amends TCA Title 1; Title 4; Title 33; Title 56; Title 63; Title 68 and Title 71. Introduced
SB0671 AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 39 and Title 40, relative to burglary. As introduced, increases from a Class E felony to a Class D felony the offense of burglary of a conveyance. - Amends TCA Title 39 and Title 40. Introduced
SB0672 AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 39, relative to obstruction of a passageway. As introduced, increases the penalty for obstruction of a highway, street, sidewalk, railway, waterway, elevator, aisle, hallway, or other place used for the passage of persons or vehicles from a Class A misdemeanor to a Class E felony; establishes an increased penalty of a Class D felony if the offense was committed by intentionally obstructing a highway, street, or other place used for the passage of vehicles. - Amends TCA Title 39. Introduced
SJR0002 A RESOLUTION to express support for the Nation of Israel. to express support for the Nation of Israel. Crossed Over
SB0351 AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 8; Title 12 and Title 13, relative to local government. As introduced, requires county and city attorneys to consult with and advise elected county and city officials, the officials' deputies, and the officials' employees as to the proper application and enforcement of federal and state laws that are pertinent to carrying out the duties of the officials' respective offices. - Amends TCA Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 8; Title 12 and Title 13. Crossed Over
SB0674 AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 7 and Title 50, relative to the regulation of employment. As introduced, clarifies that the general assembly preempts and occupies the entire field of regulating the terms and conditions of employment; prohibits local governments from adopting or enforcing any law, rule, or policy that requires a term or condition of employment that exceeds or conflicts with state or federal law. - Amends TCA Title 7 and Title 50. Crossed Over
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
SB0224 AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 49 and Title 63, relative to athletic trainers. As enacted, authorizes athletic trainers to use dry needling to carry out the practice of prevention, recognition, evaluation, management, disposition, treatment, or rehabilitation of athletic injuries; requires the board of athletic trainers to establish minimum competency requirements for an athletic trainer to demonstrate in order to practice dry needling. - Amends TCA Title 49 and Title 63. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
SB0669 AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 7 and Title 68, relative to the world health organization. As enacted, deletes all references to the world health organization; requires a pandemic to be declared by the federal centers for disease and prevention control, rather than the world health organization, with a subsequent declaration of a state of emergency by the governor for the governor to have exclusive jurisdiction to issue executive orders and directives related to the pandemic until the pandemic ceases to exist. - Amends TCA Title 7 and Title 68. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
SB0668 AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 68, relative to deaths. As enacted, removes the limitation that a death must have been anticipated for a registered nurse to make the actual determination and pronouncement of death if a deceased was a patient or resident at a nursing home, hospital, or assisted-care living facility. - Amends TCA Title 68. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
SB0673 AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 38; Title 39 and Title 40, relative to the Comprehensive Assault Crime Intervention Act. As introduced, enacts the "Comprehensive Assault Crime Intervention Act." - Amends TCA Title 38; Title 39 and Title 40. Introduced
SB0715 AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 46, relative to cemeteries. As enacted, changes the way that the fair market value of an improvement care trust fund is calculated for certain purposes; clarifies that the fee that a cemetery company charges for the memorial care of a commodity installed in the cemetery cannot exceed the fee charged by the company for installation of the commodity; makes other changes related to cemeteries. - Amends TCA Title 46. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
SB1377 AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 50 and Title 65, Chapter 15, Part 3, relative to employer-employee relationships. As enacted, enacts the "Voluntary Portable Benefit Plan Act"; makes related changes. - Amends TCA Title 50 and Title 65, Chapter 15, Part 3. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
SB1017 AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 55, Chapter 21 and Title 55, Chapter 4, relative to veterans with disabilities. As enacted, authorizes issuance of a free distinguishing placard for eligible disabled veterans to be used in lieu of a distinguishing license plate for parking purposes; authorizes issuance of a distinguishing placard upon payment of the applicable fee for eligible disabled veterans who have been issued a free distinguishing license plate for parking purposes. - Amends TCA Title 55, Chapter 21 and Title 55, Chapter 4. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
SB0306 AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 43, Chapter 38; Title 48, Chapter 24; Title 48, Chapter 245; Title 48, Chapter 246; Title 48, Chapter 249; Title 48, Chapter 25; Title 48, Chapter 64; Title 48, Chapter 65 and Title 61, Chapter 3, relative to entities filing documents with the secretary of state. As enacted, clarifies that administrative dissolution is permitted for certain entities if the entity files a signed document with the secretary of state knowing that it contained materially false information; permits administrative dissolution of certain entities if the entity is owned or controlled by a foreign government or foreign non-government person determined to be a foreign adversary by the United States secretary of commerce. - Amends TCA Title 43, Chapter 38; Title 48, Chapter 24; Title 48, Chapter 245; Title 48, Chapter 246; Title 48, Chapter 249; Title 48, Chapter 25; Title 48, Chapter 64; Title 48, Chapter 65 and Title 61, Chapter 3. 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
SB1303 AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4 and Title 39, relative to criminal offenses. As enacted, creates the offense of intentionally impeding or obstructing a member of the division of protective services from ingress to, egress from, or movement about a location where the member is responsible for a person protected by the division of protective services; creates the offense of intentionally refusing to vacate an area where access has been restricted by a member of the division of protective services for the purpose of maintaining the safety or security of the person being protected. - Amends TCA Title 4 and Title 39. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
SB0240 AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 39, Chapter 14, relative to organized retail crime. As enacted, expands the offense of organized retail crime to include certain acts, including knowingly using an online marketplace or social media platform to coordinate a meeting with one or more persons to sell, barter, or trade stolen merchandise for monetary or other gain; increases the punishment for the offense under certain circumstances. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 14. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
SB0777 AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 2, relative to elections. As introduced, specifies that the reasonable period for candidates to remove signs, posters, or placards advocating their candidacy is two weeks after the election instead of three weeks. - Amends TCA Title 2. Dead
SB0627 AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 2; Title 39 and Title 47, relative to campaign finance. As introduced, prohibits the registry of election finance from charging a member of the public more than the registry's actual costs when providing a copy of a report regarding a required disclosure statement filed with the registry. - Amends TCA Title 2; Title 39 and Title 47. Introduced
SJR0003 A RESOLUTION relative to the definition of antisemitism. relative to the definition of antisemitism. Crossed Over
SB0389 AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 39, Chapter 13 and Title 40, Chapter 35, relative to community terrorism. As introduced, creates a Class C felony of reckless endangerment involving community terrorism, which is committed against a population within a geographic territory by members of a criminal gang or within 1,000 feet of a school or park; requires the sentencing court to revoke or prohibit the issuance of a driver license to individuals convicted of such offense for a five-year period following conviction. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 13 and Title 40, Chapter 35. Introduced
SB0275 AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 5, relative to constitutional officer budgets. As introduced, requires the offices of sheriff, register, county clerk, assessor of property, and trustee in a county that has adopted a charter form of government to independently develop the budget for such office and submit the budget directly to the county legislative body; authorizes such offices to approve transfers between line items within the total amount of each category of personnel and operational maintenance; prohibits the county legislative body from implementing any kind of personnel restriction or operational maintenance restrictions on these offices. - Amends TCA Title 5. Crossed Over
SB0236 AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 38, relative to detection of criminal patterns. As introduced, requires a law enforcement agency to release calls for emergency assistance services at rental homes and apartment complexes to qualified nonprofit organizations for the purpose of distributing the calls to rental property managers and owners to detect and act on escalating crime patterns. - Amends TCA Title 38. Introduced
SB0386 AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 16; Title 37 and Title 49, relative to student behavior. As introduced, enacts the "Early Behavioral Intervention and Reporting Act"; clarifies that public charter schools are required to have a threat assessment team in the same manner as required of local education agencies. - Amends TCA Title 16; Title 37 and Title 49. Dead
SB0225 AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 56, Chapter 7 and Title 63, relative to payment for services rendered by chiropractors. As introduced, requires certain insurers to reimburse chiropractic physicians at the same rate as physicians for the same services. - Amends TCA Title 56, Chapter 7 and Title 63. Dead
SB0226 AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4, relative to the Professionals' Freedom of Religion Act. As introduced, enacts the "Tennessee Professionals' Freedom of Religion Act." - Amends TCA Title 4. Introduced
SB0853 AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4; Title 34; Title 42; Title 56; Title 63; Title 68; Title 71 and Chapter 985 of the Public Acts of 2024, relative to certificates of need. As introduced, enacts the "Tennessee Healthcare Quality and Access Act of 2025." - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 34; Title 42; Title 56; Title 63; Title 68; Title 71 and Chapter 985 of the Public Acts of 2024. Introduced
SB0858 AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 50, Chapter 1, relative to employment. As introduced, requires the attorney general to annually report by January 15 of each year to the governor, speaker of the senate, and speaker of the house of representatives the number of injunctions brought against persons who committed harassment against a state employee in the preceding calendar year. - Amends TCA Title 50, Chapter 1. Introduced
SB0241 AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 33 and Title 52, relative to mental health. As introduced, requires the chief officer of an inpatient mental health treatment resource to notify the committing court if a patient who was involuntarily committed for mental health treatment becomes eligible for discharge; permits the court to hold a hearing to determine whether to order the person's return to the hospital under the original commitment or order the person's release from involuntary commitment in accordance with the recommendations of the chief officer. - Amends TCA Title 33 and Title 52. Introduced
SB0273 AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 39-14-136 and Title 49, relative to student records. As introduced, clarifies that a school employee does not commit the criminal offense of falsifying educational and academic documents for altering, creating, or duplicating the grade of a student in an educational or academic document if the alteration, creation, or duplication is due to the student obtaining the grade through a program that allows students to retake a failed course, exam, or assignment and earn credit. - Amends TCA Section 39-14-136 and Title 49. Crossed Over
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
SB0220 AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4; Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 9; Title 13; Title 48 and Title 67, relative to property tax incentives to encourage economic and community development. As introduced, creates the commercial development board; with respect to new commercial property developed by private entities in certain taxing jurisdictions, authorizes the private entities to enter into agreements for payments in lieu of ad valorem taxes and leases with the commercial development board. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 9; Title 13; Title 48 and Title 67. Introduced
SB0712 AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, 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 TCA Title 49. Introduced
SB0219 AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 37, relative to delinquent acts. As introduced, requires a juvenile court, upon finding a child has committed a third or subsequent delinquent act, to enter an order of restitution against the parent, legal custodian, or guardian who had custody of the child at the time of the act for the expenses incurred by any law enforcement agency in responding to and investigating the delinquent act. - Amends TCA Title 37. Dead
SB0218 AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 40, relative to pretrial release for certain offenses. As introduced, establishes a presumption that a defendant should not be released on the defendant’s personal recognizance if the defendant is charged with an offense that involved the use or display of a firearm or resulted in the serious bodily injury or death of the victim; requires a magistrate who determines that the presumption has been rebutted to include in the bail order written findings for each factor considered in making such a determination. - Amends TCA Title 40. Crossed Over
SJR0207 A RESOLUTION to recognize and commend Peer Power on the occasion of its twentieth anniversary. to recognize and commend Peer Power on the occasion of its twentieth anniversary. 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
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
SJR0145 A RESOLUTION to honor the memory of W.J. Michael Cody of Memphis. to honor the memory of W.J. Michael Cody of Memphis. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
SB0859 AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 39, Chapter 11 and Title 40, relative to self-defense. As introduced, specifies that a person using force intended or likely to cause death or serious bodily injury from within the person's residence or dwelling is presumed to have acted in self-defense when that force is used against an individual armed with a deadly weapon who is unlawfully present on the person's property and outside of the enclosed structure of the person's residence or dwelling. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 11 and Title 40. Introduced
SR0045 A RESOLUTION to honor Tony Allen on the occasion of his jersey being retired by the Memphis Grizzlies. to honor Tony Allen on the occasion of his jersey being retired by the Memphis Grizzlies. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
SJR0192 A RESOLUTION to recognize and honor Priscilla Presley. to recognize and honor Priscilla Presley. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
SJR0149 A RESOLUTION to honor the memory of Mark Gwyn. to honor the memory of Mark Gwyn. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
SR0022 A RESOLUTION to honor TaJuan Stout Mitchell in celebration of Women's Day on the Hill. to honor TaJuan Stout Mitchell in celebration of Women's Day on the Hill. 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
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
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
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
SB6002 AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 2; Title 4; Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 8 and Title 55, relative to non-United States citizens. As enacted, creates within the department of safety the centralized immigration enforcement division, to be administered by the chief immigration enforcement officer; establishes a grant program to promote the enforcement of federal immigration laws; creates criminal penalties for officials who adopt sanctuary policies and subsequently requires their removal from office upon conviction; requires the department of safety to issue lawful permanent residents a temporary driver license, instead of a standard license, to aid in determining voter eligibility; makes related changes. - Amends TCA Title 2; Title 4; Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 8 and Title 55. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
SB0711 AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4; Title 56 and Title 71, relative to insurance. As introduced, decreases from 30 to 21 days, the amount of time each insurer of personal risk insurance must file with the commissioner of commerce and insurance before the proposed effective date of all rates, supplementary rate information, supporting information, policy forms, and endorsements. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 56 and Title 71. Introduced
SB0716 AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 49; Title 63; Title 68 and Title 71, relative to health care. As introduced, extends from January 15 to March 1, the date by which the commissioner of health, in consultation with the department of finance and administration and any other state agency involved in the administration of the safety net program, must annually report to the general assembly on data relating to access to care and safety net adequacy related issues. - Amends TCA Title 49; Title 63; Title 68 and Title 71. Introduced
SB0717 AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 65; Title 68 and Title 69, relative to utility infrastructure. As introduced, requires a public utility to allow a customer of the utility to use a contractor of the customer's choosing for the installation of utility infrastructure; allows the public utility to provide reasonable construction and manufacturer specifications for the utility infrastructure; adds additional requirements related to the use of private contractors for installation of utility infrastructure. - Amends TCA Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 65; Title 68 and Title 69. Introduced
SB0666 AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4; Title 8; Title 33; Title 53; Title 56; Title 63; Title 68 and Title 71, relative to health. As introduced, requires the executive director of the health facilities commission to submit a report no later than July 1, rather than February 1, of each year to the governor, the chief clerk of the house of representatives, and the chief clerk of the senate, regarding the commission's nursing home inspection and enforcement activities during the previous year. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 8; Title 33; Title 53; Title 56; Title 63; Title 68 and Title 71. Introduced
SB0854 AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 8; Title 10 and Title 17, relative to district attorneys general. As introduced, extends the time within which each district attorney general must submit a funding report to the district attorneys general conference from 90 days after the end of the fiscal year to 120 days after the end of the fiscal year. - Amends TCA Title 8; Title 10 and Title 17. Introduced
SB1341 AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 42, relative to airports. As introduced, increases, from 30 days to 30 business days, the amount of time before the start of a fiscal year that a joint board composed of public agencies overseeing a county or municipal airport has to submit its total expenditures to be made to the governing bodies of its constituent public agencies. - Amends TCA Title 42. Introduced
SB0855 AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4; Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 8; Title 12; Title 13; Title 29; Title 54; Title 64; Title 65; Title 68 and Title 69, relative to municipal utilities. As introduced, increases, from 10 days to 10 business days, the time after appointment and qualification of members for a board of public utilities appointed under the Municipal Electric Plan Law of 1935 by which the board must elect a chair. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 8; Title 12; Title 13; Title 29; Title 54; Title 64; Title 65; Title 68 and Title 69. Introduced
SB0667 AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 2; Title 4; Title 5; Title 6; Title 7 and Title 8, relative to elections. As introduced, increases the time a person may be absent from work to vote, from three hours to four hours. - Amends TCA Title 2; Title 4; Title 5; Title 6; Title 7 and Title 8. Introduced
SB0388 AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 39; Title 40; Title 55; Chapter 969 of the Public Acts of 2024 and Chapter 1033 of the Public Acts of 2024, relative to global positioning monitoring. As introduced, requires a court or magistrate to impose global positioning monitoring as a condition of release for a defendant accused of certain offenses, unless the court or magistrate enters written findings that the defendant does not pose a threat to the victim or public safety; requires the administrative office of the courts to compile an annual report of the number of defendants subject to such an order. - Amends TCA Title 39; Title 40; Title 55; Chapter 969 of the Public Acts of 2024 and Chapter 1033 of the Public Acts of 2024. Introduced
SB0387 AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 2; Title 8, Chapter 47 and Title 49, Chapter 2, relative to recall of locally elected officials. As introduced, authorizes local governments to adopt a process by which local elected officials may be removed from office in a recall election. - Amends TCA Title 2; Title 8, Chapter 47 and Title 49, Chapter 2. Introduced
SB0383 AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 1, Chapter 3 and Title 27, Chapter 1, relative to causes of action. As introduced, specifies that certain actions for declaratory judgments or injunctive relief regarding the legality or constitutionality of a governmental action must be brought in state court and that the privileges and immunities afforded to this state, state entities, and state officials under state or federal law are not waived for purposes of such actions. - Amends TCA Title 1, Chapter 3 and Title 27, Chapter 1. Introduced
SB0382 AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 7, Chapter 51, relative to guaranteed income. As introduced, prohibits local governments from adopting or enforcing an ordinance, resolution, regulation, code, requirement, or policy that creates a program under which an individual is issued an unconditional cash payment on a regular basis to be used for any purpose by the individual. - Amends TCA Title 7, Chapter 51. Introduced
SB0385 AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 71, relative to public assistance. As introduced, requires the department, on a monthly basis, to analyze electronic benefit card data to identify food assistance recipients who have made purchases out of state for 90 consecutive days or more, send written notice to the identified recipients to request proof of in-state residency, and remove any recipients who fail to provide proof of Tennessee residency or fail to respond within 30 days; prohibits the department from granting a homelessness exception to work requirements unless the department has verified that the recipient is a homeless individual based on certain proof. - Amends TCA Title 71. Introduced
SB0237 AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 37; Title 39 and Chapter 1007 of the Public Acts of 2024, relative to juvenile offenders. As introduced, requires a juvenile 16 years of age or older accused of a delinquent act to be transferred from juvenile court to criminal court to be tried as an adult if the juvenile has a prior adjudication of delinquency for any offense and the juvenile court finds probable cause to believe the juvenile committed the delinquent act. - Amends TCA Title 37; Title 39 and Chapter 1007 of the Public Acts of 2024. Introduced
SB0216 AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 8; Title 39; Title 62 and Title 66, relative to deed fraud. As introduced, raises from $3,000 to $4,000, the maximum fine that a jury may impose for the offense of conveyance by general warranty deed with knowledge of existing liens. - Amends TCA Title 8; Title 39; Title 62 and Title 66. 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
SB0675 AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4; Title 8 and Title 67, relative to political subdivisions. As introduced, requires the attorney general and reporter, at the request of a member of the general assembly, to investigate an ordinance, regulation, order, or other official action adopted or taken by the chief executive officer or governing body of a political subdivision or any written policy, written rule, or written regulation adopted by any agency, department, or other entity of the political subdivision that the member alleges violates state law or the Constitution of Tennessee; creates penalties for violations. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 8 and 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
SB0665 AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 69, relative to mitigation. As introduced, requires the department to submit an annual report regarding the number of applications filed pursuant to the Water Quality Control Act; requires the department to include information on the mechanism of compensatory mitigation provided for in permits that are required to have a provision for adequate compensatory mitigation; requires additional information when the mechanism of compensatory mitigation is an in-lieu fee program or mitigation banking. - Amends TCA Title 69. Introduced
SJR0026 A RESOLUTION to appoint a committee to authorize the Speakers of the Senate and House of Representatives to appoint a committee to consider the removal of Steven J. Mulroy from the office of District Attorney General for the Thirtieth Judicial District. to appoint a committee to authorize the Speakers of the Senate and House of Representatives to appoint a committee to consider the removal of Steven J. Mulroy from the office of District Attorney General for the Thirtieth Judicial District. 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
HB0160 AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 57-3-207, relative to taxes. FLOOR VOTE: 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. FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 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
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 # 3 04/22/2025 Yea
HB1092 AN ACT relative to government applications for federal financial assistance. FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 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
HB1177 AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 33; Title 40 and Title 52, relative to persons found incompetent to stand trial. FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 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 Nay
SR0068 A RESOLUTION to commemorate Women Veterans Appreciation Day, June 12, 2025. FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 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
HJR0674 A RESOLUTION commemorating the fiftieth anniversary of the end of the Vietnam War. FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 04/22/2025 Yea
HJR0673 A RESOLUTION to honor the memory of Police Chief Shanon Dale Irwin of Centerville. FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 04/22/2025 Yea
HJR0676 A RESOLUTION to honor the legendary country music band Sawyer Brown on the occasion of their fortieth anniversary. FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 04/22/2025 Yea
HJR0675 A RESOLUTION to commend Sarah Lange for exemplary service as a legislative intern for the Tennessee Board of Regents. FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 04/22/2025 Yea
HJR0677 A RESOLUTION to honor and commend Martin Kove. FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 04/22/2025 Yea
HJR0681 A RESOLUTION to honor Laura Quering on being named the 2024-2025 Educator of the Year by the Down Syndrome Association of Middle Tennessee. FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 04/22/2025 Yea
HJR0680 A RESOLUTION to honor and recognize Rex Teixeira and the Association for Frontotemporal Degeneration on their efforts to raise awareness of Frontotemporal Degeneration. FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 04/22/2025 Yea
HJR0678 A RESOLUTION to honor Jason Reuter on being named the 2024-2025 MaxPreps National Coach of the Year. FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 04/22/2025 Yea
HJR0686 A RESOLUTION to recognize Benton County Highway Supervisor Buck Carter on the occasion of his retirement. FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 04/22/2025 Yea
HJR0684 A RESOLUTION to honor and commend HOPE Family Health on the occasion of its twentieth anniversary. FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 04/22/2025 Yea
HJR0683 A RESOLUTION to honor the Children's Center of the Cumberlands on its twenty-fifth anniversary. FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 04/22/2025 Yea
HJR0682 A RESOLUTION to honor the memory of Maggie June McClard Shrum of Macon County. FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 04/22/2025 Yea
HJR0679 A RESOLUTION to honor and commend William Zabka. 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
HJR0687 A RESOLUTION to honor and commend Dr. William E. Arnold, Jr., for his contributions to the State of Tennessee. 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
  Committee Position Rank
Detail Tennessee Senate Commerce and Labor Committee First Vice Chair 2
Detail Tennessee Senate Judiciary Committee 8
Detail Tennessee Senate Transportation and Safety Committee Second Vice Chair 3
State District Chamber Party Status Start Date End Date
TN Tennessee Senate District 31 Senate Republican In Office 11/08/2022