Tennessee Senator Joseph Hensley [R]

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TNSR0133PassSenator Mark Pody and Barbara Pody, 50th wedding anniversary
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2023-04-21
Signed by Senate Speaker
TNSB0523PassAs enacted, enacts the "Topical Medical Waste Reduction Act of 2023," which establishes certain regulations of facility-provided medications. - Amends TCA Title 53; Title 63 and Title 68.
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2023-04-18
Effective date(s) 04/13/2023
TNSB0834PassAs enacted, prohibits a public postsecondary institution that provides internet access to students, faculty, staff, or the general public from allowing an individual to access a social media platform using the institution's network if the platform is...
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2023-04-18
Effective date(s) 04/13/2023
TNSB0249PassAs enacted, requires LEAs to conduct summer learning camps and after-school learning mini-camps annually instead of only in the summers immediately following the 2020-2021 and 2021-2022 school years; revises the definition of "priority student" to al...
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2023-04-18
Effective date(s) 04/13/2023
TNSB0487PassAs enacted, specifies that when, in the judgment of the speaker of the house of representatives and the speaker of the senate, the interest of the state requires additional counsel to the attorney general and reporter, the speakers shall retain addit...
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2023-04-18
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 134
TNSJR0478PassChancellor Flora Tydings
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2023-04-17
Signed by Governor.
TNSB0462Intro
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As introduced, reduces, from 29.0141 percent to 28.5262 percent, the share of state sales and use tax revenue deposited to the state general fund; increases, from 4.6030 percent to 5.0909 percent, the share appropriated to municipalities. - Amends TC...
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2023-04-13
To Senate Finance, Ways and Means Committee
TNSJR0127PassExpresses support for the Allowing Military Exemptions, Recognizing Individual Concerns About New Shots (AMERICANS) Act of 2023.
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2023-04-13
Signed by Governor.
TNSJR0532PassState Capitol Troopers and Sergeants at Arms
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2023-04-13
Signed by Governor.
TNSJR0004PassNation of Israel, 75th anniversary
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2023-04-12
Signed by Governor.
TNSJR0342PassSergeant Harold Lee Russell II, Tennessee Highway Patrol
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2023-04-11
Signed by Governor.
TNSJR0347PassVietnam Veterans Day and 50th anniversary of withdrawal of U.S. troops from Vietnam
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2023-04-11
Signed by Governor.
TNSJR0344PassMayor Dale R. Kelley
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2023-04-11
Signed by Governor.
TNSJR0343PassJudge John Everett Williams
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2023-04-11
Signed by Governor.
TNSJR0332PassBrooke Clayton, Lewis County Middle School Teacher of the Year
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2023-04-10
Signed by Governor.
TNSJR0333PassKrista Hinson, Lewis County Elementary School Teacher of the Year
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2023-04-10
Signed by Governor.
TNSJR0331PassBecky Stewart, Lewis County Intermediate School Teacher of the Year
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2023-04-10
Signed by Governor.
TNSJR0330PassWilliam Collier, Lewis County High School Teacher of the Year
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2023-04-10
Signed by Governor.
TNSJR0482PassTDOT Deputy Commissioner and Chief Policy Advisor Paul D. Degges
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2023-04-05
Signed by Governor.
TNSR0075PassDesignates April 2023 as "County Government Month" in Tennessee.
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2023-04-04
Enrolled and ready for signatures
TNSJR0159PassTennessee Credit Unions, 100 years
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2023-03-30
Signed by Governor.
TNSJR0322PassTennessee Association of Human Resource Agencies, 50th anniversary
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2023-03-30
Signed by Governor.
TNSB1064Intro
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As introduced, requires a school official or teacher who observes or otherwise has knowledge of an assault and battery or vandalism endangering life, health, or safety committed by a student on school property to report the action immediately to the ...
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2023-03-29
To Senate Education Committee
TNSB1141FailAs introduced, creates a process by which certain individuals may file a complaint with an LEA or public charter school for the LEA's or public charter school's including or promoting certain prohibited concepts as part of a course of instruction, in...
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2023-03-29
Failed in Senate Education Committee
TNSB1240Intro
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As introduced, requires the office of the comptroller to annually conduct a review of the English language arts textbooks and instructional materials adopted for use by each LEA and public charter school to ensure they are aligned to Tennessee's acad...
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2023-03-29
To Senate Education Committee
TNSB0136Intro
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As introduced, requires reports of deaths in relation to maintaining voter registration lists to include the date of the death; requires the coordinator of elections to prepare a report for the general assembly regarding deaths of registered voters. ...
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2023-03-28
To Senate State and Local Government Committee
TNSB0405Intro
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As introduced, requires state and local elections for public office to be partisan elections; requires judges who are required by this state's constitution to be reelected at retention elections to declare a bona fide membership with a political part...
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2023-03-28
To Senate State and Local Government Committee
TNSB0820Intro
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As introduced, increases from four to six, the minimum number of regular meetings of the county legislative body each year; provides that, until otherwise set by ordinance by the board of commissioners in a city under a city manager-commission charte...
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2023-03-28
To Senate State and Local Government Committee
TNSB0821Intro
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As introduced, requires the coordinator of elections to take certain actions regarding paper ballots; authorizes, beginning with the 2024 election cycle, county election commissions to use hand-marked paper ballots; authorizes certification of result...
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2023-03-28
To Senate State and Local Government Committee
TNSB1044FailAs introduced, requires the department to publish the annual permit fee schedule to operate an organized camp on the department's website. - Amends TCA Title 11; Title 49; Title 68 and Title 70.
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2023-03-28
Failed in Senate Judiciary Committee
TNSJR0313PassArzo Carson
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2023-03-23
Signed by Governor.
TNSJR0360PassKim Rene Helper
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2023-03-23
Signed by Governor.
TNSB0003PassAs enacted, creates an offense for a person who engages in an adult cabaret performance on public property or in a location where the adult cabaret performance could be viewed by a person who is not an adult. - Amends TCA Title 7, Chapter 51, Part 14...
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2023-03-22
Effective date(s) 04/01/2023
TNSB0001PassAs enacted, prohibits a healthcare provider from performing on a minor or administering to a minor a medical procedure if the performance or administration of the procedure is for the purpose of enabling a minor to identify with, or live as, a purpor...
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2023-03-22
Effective date(s) 07/01/2023
TNSB0602Intro
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As introduced, adds the offense of illegal registration or voting to those Class D felony offenses that are eligible for expunction. - Amends TCA Title 2 and Title 40.
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2023-03-22
To Senate Judiciary Committee
TNSB0599Intro
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As introduced, requires the standards recommendation committees to identify each academic standard it recommends to the state board of education for adoption on or after January 1, 2024, as foundational or advanced; requires the department of educati...
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2023-03-22
To Senate Education Committee
TNSB0603Intro
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As introduced, prohibits public institutions of higher education offering certain medical and health-related degree or certificate programs, and state contractors, from requiring diversity, equity, and inclusion training and education for purposes of...
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2023-03-22
To Senate Education Committee
TNSB0712Intro
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As introduced, requires a student to be seven years of age or older on or before August 15 or test proficient in the kindergarten academic standards based on a first-grade entry assessment before the student may be promoted to the first grade; requir...
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2023-03-22
To Senate Education Committee
TNSB1071Intro
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As introduced, requires an LEA to provide information on its website concerning the career-based experiences available to high school students. - Amends TCA Title 49.
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2023-03-22
To Senate Education Committee
TNSB1061Intro
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As introduced, removes the educational justification of a person possessing obscene material if the person is at a school building, bus, school campus, grounds, recreational area, athletic field, or other property owned, used, or operated by a local ...
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2023-03-22
To Senate Judiciary Committee
TNSB1390Intro
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As introduced, allows a child to be committed to the custody of the department of children's services if the child is adjudicated delinquent for an offense that would constitute a misdemeanor if committed by an adult and the child has previously been...
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2023-03-22
To Senate Judiciary Committee
TNSJR0340PassSt. Patrick's Day
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2023-03-22
Signed by Governor.
TNSB0662Intro
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As introduced, requires, rather than allows, county legislative bodies to release taxpayers from double taxes if they have been incurred and correct errors in the tax list. - Amends TCA Title 5; Title 6 and Title 67.
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2023-03-21
To Senate State and Local Government Committee
TNSB0841FailAs introduced, requires a person to obtain a valid entertainer permit from the adult-oriented establishment board, in those jurisdictions with a board, prior to performing adult cabaret entertainment for compensation; prohibits public, private, and c...
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2023-03-21
Failed in Senate State and Local Government Committee
TNSB0725Intro
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As introduced, prohibits a political party from requiring a person to pay a fee in order to run as that political party's candidate for public office. - Amends TCA Title 2.
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2023-03-21
To Senate State and Local Government Committee
TNSB1057Intro
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As introduced, changes from two days to two business days the time frame during which an adversary hearing on a petition to enjoin or restrain removal from the jurisdiction of material the district attorney general believes violates certain laws rega...
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2023-03-21
To Senate Judiciary Committee
TNSB0138Intro
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As introduced, enacts the "Youth Mental Health Safety Act." - Amends TCA Title 47, Chapter 18.
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2023-03-20
To Senate Commerce and Labor Committee
TNSB0308FailAs introduced, requires the bureau to contract with at least one managed care organization that is partnered with a provider participation entity; establishes eligibility requirements for such entities to contract with TennCare; prohibits TennCare fr...
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2023-03-20
Failed in Senate Commerce and Labor Committee
TNSJR0240PassMajor General Gary L. Harrell
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2023-03-16
Signed by Governor.
TNSB0090Intro
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As introduced, under certain conditions, authorizes utility task vehicles and Class I and II off-highway vehicles to be operated on state highways with a posted speed limit of 45 mph or less. - Amends TCA Title 55, Chapter 3; Title 55, Chapter 4 and ...
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2023-03-15
To Senate Calendar Committee
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