Tennessee Representative Jason Powell [D] | Introduced

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TNHJR1484Intro
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Volkswagen Chattanooga
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2024-04-23
Filed for introduction
TNHB2317Intro
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As introduced, requires TACIR to complete a study and issue a report on laws, regulations, and rules affecting the start-up, operation, and expansion of child care businesses in this state. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 8; Title 36; Title 37; Title 49 ...
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2024-04-22
Sponsor(s) Added.
TNHB2232Intro
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As introduced, creates a pilot project to place a moratorium on the loss of public assistance benefits for child care workers based solely on wage increases that cause their income to exceed program eligibility limits; requires TACIR to study wages a...
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2024-04-22
Sponsor(s) Added.
TNHB2984Intro
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Subject to local approval, creates the East Bank Development Authority for the metropolitan government of Nashville and Davidson County.
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2024-04-18
To House Calendar and Rules Committee
TNHB2845Intro
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As introduced, prohibits a beer permittee from selling at retail refrigerated or cold beer. - Amends TCA Title 38; Title 39; Title 55 and Title 57.
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2024-04-18
To House Calendar and Rules Committee
TNHB2223Intro
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As introduced, creates an Amber+ Alert system for the purpose of issuing alerts with respect to certain youth who are reported missing under unexplained or suspicious circumstances, reported missing and at risk of harm, or reported missing and develo...
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2024-04-18
Comp. SB subst.
TNHB1960Intro
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As introduced, authorizes public hospitals, upon approval of the hospital's governing body, to establish a state employee and retiree healthcare incentive program that will allow for the waiver of applicable out-of-pocket expenses associated with med...
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2024-04-17
To House Calendar and Rules Committee
TNHB2062Intro
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As introduced, 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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2024-04-17
To House Calendar and Rules Committee
TNHB2176Intro
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As introduced, permits a court to award the reasonable court costs and attorney's fees to a petitioner successfully proving that a governing body knowingly and willfully violated the public meetings laws in this state. - Amends TCA Title 8, Chapter 4...
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2024-04-17
To House Calendar and Rules Committee
TNHB1962Intro
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As introduced, requires the department to utilize cost estimation models to determine the cost of day care when setting the annual day care reimbursement rate. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 68 and Title 71.
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2024-04-16
To House Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee
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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2024-04-16
To House Calendar and Rules Committee
TNHB0282Intro
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As introduced, authorizes as part of the practice of pharmacy the prescribing of dietary fluoride supplements, certain immunization agents, opioid antagonists, and certain other drugs and products; makes various other changes to pharmacy practice. - ...
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2024-04-16
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TNHB2088Intro
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As introduced, authorizes the military department to administer a critical skills retention bonus program to be used to award retention bonuses of up to $10,000 to enlisted service members in the Tennessee national guard; entitles certain state emplo...
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2024-04-16
All Ayes added as Sponsors
TNHB2839Intro
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As introduced, makes various revisions to provisions related to property that is exempt from execution, seizure, or attachment. - Amends TCA Section 26-2-111.
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2024-04-16
Sponsor(s) Added.
TNHB0628Intro
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As introduced, removes the start date of January 1, 2012, for the requirement that a healthcare practitioner communicate the practitioner's full name and type of license in writing to a patient at the patient's initial office visit. - Amends TCA Titl...
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2024-04-16
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TNHB2613Intro
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As introduced, requires the commissioner to keep and maintain an electronic copy of each audit of a wholesaler for purposes of tax collection for not less than three years. - Amends TCA Title 57 and Title 62.
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2024-04-16
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TNHB2230Intro
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As introduced, designates the calendar week that includes October 28 as the "Reverend Kelly Miller Smith, Sr. Week of Service." - Amends TCA Title 15, Chapter 2 and Title 49.
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2024-04-15
Sponsor(s) Added.
TNHB2041Intro
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As introduced, prohibits marriage between first cousins. - Amends TCA Title 36, Chapter 3.
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2024-04-11
Sponsor(s) Added.
TNHB2968Intro
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Subject to local approval, creates the East Bank Development Authority for the metropolitan government of Nashville and Davidson County.
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2024-04-09
Taken off notice for cal. in Local Government Committee
TNHB1969Intro
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As introduced, requires installation of carbon monoxide alarms in each room of a child care agency where care is provided to a child; requires the alarms to meet certain national certification standards and be installed in accordance with national fi...
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2024-04-04
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TNHB1672Intro
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As introduced, authorizes certain legislative bodies, by a two-thirds majority vote, to expand the hours for the sale of alcoholic beverages for consumption on premises and beer on Sundays consistent with the hours for sale on weekdays. - Amends TCA ...
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2024-04-01
To House Calendar and Rules Committee
TNHB1554Intro
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As introduced, establishes a program under which a state employee may receive up to six weeks of paid leave if the employee becomes a foster parent of a minor child. - Amends TCA Title 3; Title 8; Title 16 and Title 50.
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2024-04-01
To House Calendar and Rules Committee
TNHB1870Intro
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As introduced, requires the training curriculum for a program of alcohol awareness that applicants for a server permit must complete to include training to recognize signs indicating that a person may be under the influence of a date rape drug and si...
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2024-04-01
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TNHB0465Intro
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As introduced, increases from 10 to 20, the amount of days within the action complained of, that an aggrieved party must make a written request for a formal hearing under the Uniform Administrative Procedures Act, when the commissioner of revenue iss...
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2024-03-28
All Ayes added as Sponsors
TNHB2238Intro
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As introduced, allows an LEA or public charter school to elect not to receive a letter grade for one or more of its schools by notifying the commissioner of education, in writing, of its decision to opt out of such requirements; allows, instead of re...
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2024-03-26
Taken off notice for cal in s/c K-12 Subcommittee of Education Administration
TNHB1574Intro
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As introduced, allows a court to issue a risk protection order upon a finding by clear and convincing evidence that a person poses a significant danger of causing personal injury to the person or others if allowed to possess or purchase a firearm; au...
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2024-03-26
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TNHB1965Intro
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As introduced, prohibits the use of corporal punishment against students; deletes various provisions relative to the use of corporal punishment. - Amends TCA Title 36; Title 37; Title 39; Title 41 and Title 49.
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2024-03-19
Taken off notice for cal in s/c K-12 Subcommittee of Education Administration
TNHB0819Intro
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As introduced, changes, from $7.25 to $12, the minimum hourly wage for employees within the state. - Amends TCA Section 8-23-203; Title 12 and Title 50, Chapter 2.
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2024-03-19
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TNHB1860Intro
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As introduced, requires each local school board to establish a school lunch program and a school breakfast program that provide a free breakfast and lunch to each student enrolled in a school under the board's jurisdiction; requires the state to reim...
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2024-03-19
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TNHB1959Intro
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As introduced, provides mechanisms by which a charitable organization providing certain community services may use an official state logo or emblem for purposes of providing such services. - Amends TCA Title 4 and Section 29-34-213.
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2024-03-13
Taken off notice for cal in s/c Departments & Agencies Subcommittee of State Government Committee
TNHJR0998Intro
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Metro Nashville Public Schools
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2024-03-07
Ref. Calendar & Rules Committee
TNHB1963Intro
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As introduced, requires the department to collect and publish on its website in map format data concerning landslides and floods. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 3, Part 5; Title 58; Title 64, Chapter 3; Title 68 and Title 69.
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2024-02-27
Def. to Special Calendar to be Published with Final Calendar in Agriculture & Natural Resources Subcommittee
TNHB2768Intro
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As introduced, requires the department to compile and publish data on the department's website data regarding the geographic location, duration, and severity of floods and landslides in this state. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 3, Part 5; Title 58; T...
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2024-02-21
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TNHB2422Intro
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As introduced, increases from 10 working days to 15 business days the amount of time the fire marshal has to issue a decision on a dispute between a city and county regarding a building or fire code. - Amends TCA Title 13 and Title 68, Chapter 120.
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2024-02-08
Sponsor(s) withdrawn.
TNHB0751Intro
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As introduced, authorizes the use of campaign funds for the child care expenditures of a candidate that are incurred by the candidate as a direct result of the candidate's participation in campaign-related events and activities. - Amends TCA Title 2,...
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2024-02-07
Taken off notice for cal in s/c Elections & Campaign Finance Subcommittee of Local Government Committee
TNHB2237Intro
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As introduced, extends the time period within which a person may file a petition for judicial review of the department of safety's determination of suspension or revocation of a handgun carry permit from 30 days to 60 days of the issuance of the depa...
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2024-01-31
P2C, caption bill, held on desk - pending amdt.
TNHB2236Intro
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As introduced, enacts the "Tennessee Natural Disaster Resiliency Act"; creates a task force to review the capability of this state to prepare for and respond to natural disasters in this state; requires the task force to report recommendations regard...
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2024-01-31
Assigned to s/c Departments & Agencies Subcommittee
TNHB1964Intro
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As introduced, expands the offense of unlawful exposure to include the distribution, with the intent to cause emotional distress, of an image of the intimate parts of another identifiable person or an image of an identifiable person engaged in sexual...
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2024-01-30
Assigned to s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee
TNHB1961Intro
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As introduced, expands eligibility for the Smart Steps child care payment assistance program for parents or guardians whose income is less than 100 percent of the state median income; requires the payments to be funded by state funds. - Amends TCA Ti...
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2024-01-25
Withdrawn.
TNHB1966Intro
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As introduced, requires the Tennessee corrections institute to submit its report regarding the local correctional officer training fund electronically to the chairs of the state and local government and finance, ways and means committees of the senat...
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2024-01-25
P2C, caption bill, held on desk - pending amdt.
TNHB2112Intro
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As introduced, creates a pilot project to place a moratorium on the loss of public assistance benefits for child care workers based solely on wage increases that cause their income to exceed program eligibility limits; requires TACIR to study wages a...
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2024-01-25
Withdrawn.
TNHB0598Intro
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As introduced, establishes the office of rail and public transportation within the department; requires, among other duties and responsibilities, the office to determine present and future needs for, and economic feasibility of providing, public tran...
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2024-01-24
Taken off notice for cal in s/c Transportation Subcommittee of Transportation Committee
TNHB1578Intro
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As introduced, creates an offense for a person to possess or manufacture an ammunition feeding device that has capacity to accept more than 10 rounds, except for certain circumstances. - Amends TCA Title 39.
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2024-01-10
Assigned to s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee
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.
TNHB0597Intro
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As introduced, requires the board, in consultation with the Tennessee higher education commission, to develop a standardized entrepreneurial program that must be offered at each institution governed by the board to provide an affordable, cost effecti...
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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
TNHB0599Intro
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As introduced, requires the department to collect and publish data concerning landslides and floods; requires the department to establish a network of weather stations across the state. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 3, Part 5; Title 58; Title 64, Cha...
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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
TNHB0749Intro
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As introduced, exempts persons being adjudicated in juvenile court from various fees associated with court proceedings. - Amends TCA Title 8, Chapter 21; Title 16, Chapter 20; Title 37, Chapter 11; Title 37, Chapter 5; Title 37, Chapter 1; Title 40, ...
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2023-04-10
Sponsor(s) withdrawn.
TNHB0600Intro
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As introduced, changes the elements and classification of certain criminal offenses related to distribution of applications for absentee ballots. - Amends TCA Section 2-6-202.
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2023-03-22
Taken off notice for cal in s/c Elections & Campaign Finance Subcommittee of Local Government Committee
TNHB1167Intro
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As introduced, removes the provisions of law regarding denial of a driver license or learner's permit to persons under 18 who are not enrolled in and making satisfactory progress in high school. - Amends TCA Section 49-6-3017 and Title 55, Chapter 50...
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2023-03-22
Taken off notice for cal in s/c Transportation Subcommittee of Transportation Committee
TNHB0098Intro
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As introduced, enacts the "Rep. Barbara Ward Cooper Act"; requires LEAs to include in the course of instruction for students in kindergarten through grade 12 curricula designed to educate students in conflict resolution. - Amends TCA Title 49.
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2023-02-21
Def. to Summer Study in Education Instruction Subcommittee
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