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TNSB1062PassAs enacted, makes changes to the law relative to the South Central Tennessee Railroad Authority, including establishing that three or more of the counties of Dickson, Hickman, Lewis, Perry, and Wayne and the cities of Dickson, Centerville, and Hohenw...
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2024-04-17
Effective date(s) 04/11/2024
TNSB1721PassAs enacted, requires the department of safety to create de-escalation training for teachers, administrators, and other school personnel; requires LEAs and public charter schools to ensure that the LEA's or public charter school's teachers, administra...
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2024-04-17
Effective date(s) 04/11/2024
TNSB2478PassAs enacted, prohibits the department of agriculture or any other state or local department or agency from entering private property without probable cause to believe that a criminal offense has occurred or is occurring, the consent of the property ow...
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2024-04-17
Effective date(s) 07/01/2024
TNSB2969PassSubject to local approval, repeals obsolete language regarding the establishment of a civil service system for sheriff's department employees, which has been replaced by a new civil service system for such employees. - Amends Chapter 475 of the Priva...
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2024-04-17
Comp. became Pr. Ch. 51
TNSB2359PassAs enacted, prohibits the department from requiring an immunization as a condition of adopting or overseeing a child in foster care if an individual or member of an individual's household objects to immunization on the basis of religious or moral con...
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2024-04-17
Effective date(s) 04/11/2024
TNSB1843PassAs introduced, requires the department of health, in conjunction with the department of environment and conservation, to investigate the frequency of diagnoses of cancer, Parkinson's disease, and other significant health-related issues in Maury Count...
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2024-04-17
Effective date(s) 04/11/2024
TNSB2576PassAs enacted, requires, rather than authorizes, law enforcement agencies to communicate with the appropriate federal official regarding the immigration status of any individual, including reporting knowledge that a particular alien is not lawfully pres...
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2024-04-17
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 716
TNSJR0870PassExpresses support for State of Israel and condemns recent attacks on Israel.
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2024-04-09
Signed by Governor.
TNSJR1174PassField Training Officer Taylor Heath, Fairview Police Department
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2024-04-09
Signed by Governor.
TNSR0280PassCheri Doane, Ms. Tennessee Senior America 2023
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2024-04-09
Enrolled and ready for signatures
TNSB2660PassAs enacted, require the department to file a petition of termination of adoptive parent's parental rights with a juvenile court, within 90 days of the juvenile courts finding that there has been substantial noncompliance by a parent or guardian with ...
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2024-04-08
Effective date(s) 07/01/2024
TNSB1699PassAs enacted, expands the eligibility for filing a petition to obtain a lifetime order of protection to include victims of aggravated stalking, especially aggravated stalking, and felony harassment. - Amends TCA Title 36 and Title 39.
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2024-04-08
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 632
TNSB1864PassAs enacted, authorizes a POST-certified law enforcement officer, rather than a full-time, salaried police officer, to detain a person based on a reasonable belief that the person's motor vehicle does not comply with state law regarding tinted motor v...
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2024-04-03
Effective date(s) 03/27/2024
TNSB2175PassAs enacted, enacts the "Smart Heart Act"; establishes various requirements for automatic external defibrillators in schools and response protocols for cardiac-related medical emergencies. - Amends TCA Title 49 and Title 68.
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2024-04-03
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 625
TNSB2027PassAs enacted, clarifies that under this state's law relative to wage regulations, the term "work" has the same meaning as interpreted by the United States supreme court for purposes of the Fair Labor Standards Act and the Portal-to-Portal Act of 1947; ...
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2024-04-03
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 623
TNSB2572PassAs enacted, prohibits a local governmental entity or official from adopting or enacting a resolution, ordinance, or policy that prohibits or limits the ability of a law enforcement agency to conduct traffic stops based on observation of or reasonable...
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2024-04-03
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 631
TNSR0255PassTrey Cunningham
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2024-04-02
Signed by Senate Speaker
TNSJR1138PassCallie Tuck, Top Ten Senior, Spring Hill High School
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2024-03-28
Signed by Governor.
TNSJR1142PassJackson Bruce Argue, Top Ten Senior, Spring Hill High School
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2024-03-28
Signed by Governor.
TNSJR1144PassAustin Samuel Johnson, Top Ten Senior, Spring Hill High School
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2024-03-28
Signed by Governor.
TNSJR1137PassPenelope Makaela Phillips, Salutatorian, Spring Hill High School
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2024-03-28
Signed by Governor.
TNSJR1145PassKatlin Fay Richardson, Top Ten Senior, Spring Hill High School
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2024-03-28
Signed by Governor.
TNSJR1143PassGabriella Lynn Rosa, Top Ten Senior, Spring Hill High School
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2024-03-28
Signed by Governor.
TNSJR1136PassIsaac "Wesley" Jones, Valedictorian, Spring Hill High School
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2024-03-28
Signed by Governor.
TNSJR1141PassJudah Providence Greer, Top Ten Senior, Spring Hill High School
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2024-03-28
Signed by Governor.
TNSJR1140PassAmber Bopp, Top Ten Senior, Spring Hill High School
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2024-03-28
Signed by Governor.
TNSJR1139PassJeffrey Frelon Smothermon, Jr., Top Ten Senior, Spring Hill High School
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2024-03-28
Signed by Governor.
TNSB1595PassAs enacted, prohibits emotional support animals that are not trained, or being trained, to perform tasks or work for a person with a disability from indoor areas of food service establishments. - Amends TCA Section 6-54-135; Title 39, Chapter 14, Par...
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2024-03-26
Effective date(s) 03/15/2024
TNSB1701PassAs enacted, clarifies that pleas of guilt and nolo contendere to certain criminal offenses subject an educator to automatic revocation of an educator license by the state board; specifies that criminal offenses committed in another jurisdiction that ...
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2024-03-26
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 577
TNSB2096PassAs enacted, defines and adds "voice" as a protected personal right; adds commercial availability of a sound recording or audiovisual work in which the individual's name, voice, likeness, or image is readily identifiable to considerations for determin...
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2024-03-26
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 588
TNSR0256PassNational Medal of Honor Day
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2024-03-26
Signed by Senate Speaker
TNSJR1103PassRachel Riley, Lewis County Middle School Teacher of the Year
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2024-03-25
Signed by Governor.
TNSJR1105PassLauren Hamm, Lewis County High School Teacher of the Year
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2024-03-25
Signed by Governor.
TNSJR1102PassLori Cogdill, Lewis County Elementary School Teacher of the Year
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2024-03-25
Signed by Governor.
TNSJR1104PassJan Mayes, Lewis County Intermediate School Teacher of the Year
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2024-03-25
Signed by Governor.
TNSJR1164PassRobert Jonathan Doyle Springer
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2024-03-22
Signed by Governor.
TNSJR1045PassVeterans buried in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park
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2024-03-20
Signed by Governor.
TNSB1177PassAs enacted, requires, beginning with the 2026-2027 school year, each LEA and public charter school to have fifth grade students complete one semester of Tennessee history in the first semester of the students' fifth grade year. - Amends TCA Title 49.
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2024-03-19
Effective date(s) 03/01/2024
TNSB1711PassAs enacted, requires the board of trustees of the University of Tennessee, the board of regents, each local governing board of trustees of a state university, each local board of education, and the governing body of each public charter school to adop...
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2024-03-19
Effective date(s) 03/11/2024
TNSB1712PassAs enacted, enacts the "Mathematics Supports Act." - Amends TCA Title 49.
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2024-03-19
Effective date(s) 03/11/2024
TNSB1967PassAs enacted, requires a qualified voter to request an absentee ballot not later than 10 days before an election rather than not later than seven days before an election; requires a voter seeking to be placed on the permanent absentee voting register t...
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2024-03-19
Effective date(s) 11/06/2024
TNSB0596PassAs enacted, clarifies that a person is not required to solemnize a marriage. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 29 and Title 36.
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2024-03-15
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 511
TNSB0862PassAs enacted, enacts the "Healthcare Sharing Ministries Freedom to Share Act." - Amends TCA Title 48 and Title 56.
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2024-03-15
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 526
TNSJR0990PassDeputy Shelby Eggers
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2024-03-11
Signed by Governor.
TNSJR0991PassChris Smith
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2024-03-11
Signed by Governor.
TNSJR0903PassJosephine Groves Holloway Day, March 10, 2024
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2024-03-11
Signed by Governor.
TNSJR0989PassDeputy Greg McCowan
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2024-03-06
Signed by Governor.
TNSR0188PassUrges Governor Lee to deploy Tennessee National Guard to support Texas in its efforts to secure border.
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2024-02-29
Enrolled and ready for signatures
TNSJR0916PassJacob Massey, 2023 World Livestock Auctioneer Champion
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2024-02-14
Signed by Governor.
TNSJR0883PassWilliamson County Sheriff Dusty Rhoades
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2024-02-14
Signed by Governor.
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