Tennessee Representative Darren Jernigan [D] | Bills | Introduced

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TNHB2068Intro
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As introduced, raises from a Class A misdemeanor to a Class E felony certain animal cruelty offenses involving a cock; requires a fine of not less than $1,000 nor more than $2,500 for the offense of being a spectator at a cock fight. - Amends TCA Tit...
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2024-04-25
Held on desk.
TNHB2062Intro
25%
As enacted, enacts the "Jacob (Jake) T. Barnhardt Act," which creates a street racing task force to study and determine best practices for curbing illegal street racing in this state. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 38; Title 39 and Title 55.
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2024-04-24
Sponsor(s) Added.
TNHB1184Intro
25%
As introduced, eliminates the sales and use tax on infant diapers, wipes, and formula. - Amends TCA Title 67, Chapter 6, Part 3.
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2024-04-17
Returned to the Clerk's Desk.
TNHB1637Intro
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As introduced, exempts from sales tax the retail sale of infant diapers, wipes, and formula sold between July 1, 2024, and June 30, 2025. - Amends TCA Title 67, Chapter 6, Part 3.
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2024-04-17
Taken off notice for cal in s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee of Finance, Ways, and Means Committee
TNHB2297Intro
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As introduced, requires Part B of the Katie Beckett program to serve a minimum of 5,000 program participants. - Amends TCA Section 71-5-164.
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2024-04-17
Taken off notice for cal in s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee of Finance, Ways, and Means Committee
TNHB1905Intro
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As introduced, 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 under 18 in such a manner as to inflict injury. - Amends TCA Title 36; Title 37; Title 39 and Title...
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2024-04-17
Taken off notice for cal in s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee of Finance, Ways, and Means Committee
TNHB1927Intro
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As introduced, authorizes LEAs and public charter schools to reimburse teachers for child care expenses paid by the teacher each month for the teacher's dependent child to receive child care services through certain child care programs certified by t...
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2024-04-17
Taken off notice for cal in s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee of Finance, Ways, and Means Committee
TNHB2961Intro
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As introduced, directs the Tennessee advisory committee on intergovernmental relations (TACIR), with the assistance of the Tennessee bureau of investigation, the district attorneys general conference, and the department of safety, to study the feasib...
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2024-04-10
To House Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee
TNHB1823Intro
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As introduced, defines "firearm hold agreement" as a private transaction between a licensed federal firearms dealer and a firearm owner under which the dealer takes possession of the owner’s firearm at the owner's request, holds the firearm for an ...
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2024-04-02
Taken off notice for cal in s/c Civil Justice Subcommittee of Civil Justice Committee
TNHB2170Intro
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As introduced, prohibits an insurer, pharmacy benefits manager, or third-party administrator from changing or conditioning the terms of health plan coverage based on availability of financial or other product assistance for a prescription drug; estab...
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2024-03-28
Taken off notice for cal. in Calendar & Rules Committee
TNHB2946Intro
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As introduced, provides for the remittance of an unused balance of funds in a sports betting account to the bettor by a licensee after a three-year period in which the account has been inactive; establishes notice requirements for a licensee for such...
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2024-03-27
Taken off notice for cal. in State Government Committee
TNHB2947Intro
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As introduced, decreases from 30 to 15, the number of days a law enforcement agency, after taking possession of a sexual assault evidence collection kit with the victim's name affixed to it, shall submit the kit to the Tennessee bureau of investigati...
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2024-03-21
Sponsor change.
TNHB2727Intro
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As introduced, establishes the designations of psychiatric mental health nurse practitioner and psychiatric mental health clinical nurse specialist and enumerates the permitted activities for individuals with such designations. - Amends TCA Title 63,...
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2024-03-20
Taken off notice for cal in s/c Health Subcommittee of Health Committee
TNHB1992Intro
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As introduced, requires a health benefit plan to provide coverage and reimbursement for prosthetic and custom orthotic devices in a manner that equals or exceeds the levels of coverage and reimbursement for such devices under the federal medicare pro...
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2024-03-19
Taken off notice for cal in s/c Insurance Subcommittee of Insurance Committee
TNHB2204Intro
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As introduced, requires license plates issued for box trucks having a gross weight of 26,000 pounds or less to be attached to the rear of the vehicle. - Amends TCA Title 55, Chapter 4.
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2024-02-28
Taken off notice for cal in s/c Transportation Subcommittee of Transportation Committee
TNHB0550Intro
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As introduced, enacts the "Tennessee Waste Reduction and Recycling Act"; requires sellers, distributors, and importers of certain packaging materials to take certain actions to reduce the amount of packaging material that becomes litter. - Amends TCA...
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2024-02-13
Sponsor(s) Added.
TNHB2550Intro
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As introduced, clarifies that on or before January 31 of each year the department shall report information regarding child support to the general assembly and the governor. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 8; Title 33; Title 34; Title 36; Title 37; Title ...
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2024-02-01
P2C, caption bill, held on desk - pending amdt.
TNHB0712Intro
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As introduced, increases wages and salaries of preferred service employees of the department by 15 percent. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 6 and Title 41.
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2024-01-31
Withdrawn.
TNHB1938Intro
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As introduced, changes, from 24 hours to 48 hours following receipt of an allegation of a criminal offense committed against livestock, the time frame within which the commissioner of agriculture, the commissioner's agent, a graduate of an accredited...
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2024-01-30
Assigned to s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee
TNHB2042Intro
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As introduced, specifies that no more than 49 percent of a public institution of higher education's entering freshman class may be composed of students who are classified as out-of-state students. - Amends TCA Title 49.
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2024-01-30
Assigned to s/c Higher Education Subcommittee
TNHB1833Intro
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As introduced, authorizes a master mason to solemnize a marriage. - Amends TCA Section 36-3-301.
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2024-01-29
Withdrawn.
TNHB1611Intro
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As introduced, enacts the "TennCare for Working Individuals with Disabilities Act." - Amends TCA Title 71, Chapter 5.
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2024-01-25
Withdrawn.
TNHB0305Intro
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As introduced, changes references for mental defect, mental defective, and mentally defective to mental health condition throughout the code. - Amends TCA Title 16; Title 33; Title 37; Title 38; Title 39; Title 41; Title 57; Title 62 and Title 71.
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2024-01-10
Sponsor change.
TNHB7067Intro
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As introduced, authorizes the department to conduct a pilot program to provide certain mental health services to service recipients upon discharge from an inpatient facility following an involuntary commitment; requires the department to submit a rep...
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2023-08-24
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TNHB7066Intro
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As introduced, enacts the "Temporary Youth Mental Health Services Program Act." - Amends TCA Title 33; Title 63 and Title 68.
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2023-08-24
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TNHB1233Intro
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As introduced, creates the offense of storing a firearm or firearm ammunition in a motor vehicle or boat while the person is not in the motor vehicle or boat unless the firearm or firearm ammunition is kept from ordinary observation and locked within...
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2023-07-14
Sponsor(s) withdrawn.
TNHB0566Intro
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As introduced, enacts the "Overdose Fatality Review Act." - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 7; Title 33; Title 53; Title 63; Title 68 and Title 71.
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2023-04-18
Taken off notice for cal in s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee of Finance, Ways, and Means Committee
TNHB0500Intro
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As introduced, appropriates $20 million to the legislature for the purchase or construction of a building or other facility accessible to the Cordell Hull Building. - Amends TCA Title 3; Title 4; Title 8; Title 9 and Title 12.
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2023-04-18
Taken off notice for cal in s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee of Finance, Ways, and Means Committee
TNHB0104Intro
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As introduced, requires the bureau to perform forensic analysis of sexual assault evidence collection kits within 30 days of the bureau's receipt of the sexual assault evidence collection kit from a law enforcement agency; requires the bureau to subm...
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2023-04-18
Taken off notice for cal in s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee of Finance, Ways, and Means Committee
TNHB0135Intro
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As introduced, extends mandatory retirement provision imposed on certain public safety officers to commissioned special agents of the department of revenue and commissioned members of the department of environment and conservation; requires such pers...
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2023-04-18
Taken off notice for cal in s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee of Finance, Ways, and Means Committee
TNHB1511Intro
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As introduced, adds the government operations committees of both houses to the list of legislative committees to receive annual reports from the commission on aging and disability concerning funding sources used to support the health, safety, and wel...
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2023-04-05
Taken off notice for cal. in Health Committee
TNHB0730Intro
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As introduced, ensures that all full-time residents of nursing homes are entitled to vote by absentee ballot regardless of whether the county election commission conducts on site voting at the nursing home facility; reduces from 45 to 30 days the per...
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2023-03-22
Taken off notice for cal in s/c Elections & Campaign Finance Subcommittee of Local Government Committee
TNHB1035Intro
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As introduced, removes the retention requirement for third grade students who did not test proficient on the English language arts (ELA) portion of their most recent Tennessee comprehensive assessment program test; authorizes a student's ELA teacher ...
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2023-03-14
Taken off notice for cal in s/c K-12 Subcommittee of Education Administration
TNHB0888Intro
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As introduced, requires the department of agriculture to make its annual report on its enforcement of the Prevention of Youth Access to Tobacco, Smoking Hemp, and Vapor Products Act available on its website. - Amends TCA Title 39; Title 47, Chapter 2...
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2023-03-08
Sponsor(s) Added.
TNHB0626Intro
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As introduced, requires health benefit plans to provide certain coverage for prosthetic devices. - Amends TCA Title 56.
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2023-03-07
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TNHB1316Intro
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As introduced, establishes a program under which a state employee may receive up to six weeks of paid leave as a first time foster parent or after the first adoption of a minor child. - Amends TCA Title 3; Title 8; Title 16 and Title 50.
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2023-03-07
Taken off notice for cal in s/c Public Service Subcommittee of State Government Committee
TNHB0172Intro
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As introduced, enacts the "Tennessee Medical Cannabis Act." - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 39, Chapter 17, Part 4; Title 67 and Title 68, Chapter 7.
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2023-03-07
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TNHB1262Intro
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As introduced, changes, from five days to seven days, the amount of notice the secretary must give board members of called meetings. - Amends TCA Title 4 and Title 49.
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2023-03-06
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TNHB1337Intro
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As introduced, creates the office of outdoor recreation to augment services provided by the wildlife resources agency and the department of environment and conservation in leveraging tourism and economic development opportunities to promote outdoor r...
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2023-03-02
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TNHB1294Intro
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As introduced, requires TSAC to administer a tuition loan program for students who are not otherwise eligible to receive the in-state tuition rate at a public institution of higher education to receive the in-state tuition rate at the institution at ...
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2023-03-02
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TNHB0624Intro
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As introduced, makes the authorization for licensed establishments to sell alcoholic beverages to go, which is set to expire July 1, 2023, permanent; requires each licensee who offers sales of alcoholic beverages to go to take additional training foc...
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2023-03-01
Taken off notice for cal in s/c Departments & Agencies Subcommittee of State Government Committee
TNHB1041Intro
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As introduced, requires the administrative office of the courts to provide the Tennessee commission on children and youth with access to juvenile justice data; requires the Tennessee commission on children and youth to prepare an annual report relate...
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2023-02-07
Assigned to s/c Civil Justice Subcommittee
TNHB0857Intro
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As introduced, requires a county or municipality to publish its certified highway map on the county's or municipality's website, which must be accessible to the public, no less than 30 days prior to the date of a public hearing on the map. - Amends T...
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2023-02-02
P2C, caption bill, held on desk - pending amdt.
TNHB0856Intro
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As introduced, removes an obsolete reference to a nine-person task force that was assigned to review oversight, utilization, and the future need for ICF/MR services and make recommendations to the general assembly and governor by June 30, 2007. - Ame...
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2023-02-02
P2C, caption bill, held on desk - pending amdt.
TNHB0860Intro
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As introduced, reduces from 15 to 10 days after the end of a calendar month the period by which an insurer domiciled in this state must report all material transactions to the commissioner that occurred in such calendar month. - Amends TCA Title 56.
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2023-02-02
P2C, caption bill, held on desk - pending amdt.
TNHB0807Intro
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As introduced, requires the department to prepare one of its semiannual permitting efficiency reports containing statistics demonstrating whether the department has acted on permit applications within the time frames established by rule for the gover...
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2023-02-02
P2C, caption bill, held on desk - pending amdt.
TNHB0858Intro
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As introduced, authorizes the department of transportation to submit its report concerning tolling as an alternative means of funding or financing bridges or highways within the state pursuant to the Tennessee Tollway Act in an electronic format. - A...
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2023-02-02
P2C, caption bill, held on desk - pending amdt.
TNHB1240Intro
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As introduced, before enacting a zoning ordinance or any amendment thereto, the chief legislative body of a municipality shall publish notice of the public hearing to consider the ordinance or amendment on its website, if available, at least 15 days ...
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2023-02-02
P2C, caption bill, held on desk - pending amdt.
TNHB0625Intro
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As introduced, defines "labor representative" for purposes of workers' compensation law; specifies that the person representing an employee in mediation for a workers' compensation claim may be a labor representative; requires the department of labor...
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2023-02-01
Assigned to s/c Banking & Consumer Affairs Subcommittee
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