Tennessee Representative Kevin Raper [R]

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State	Bill	Status	Summary/Title	Last Action
TN	HJR1027	Enroll 75%	Jillian Ludwig [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-04-26 Signed by H. Speaker
TN	HJR1504	Engross 50%	Kim McCaster Cox [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-04-26 Sponsor(s) Added.
TN	HB2326	Engross 50%	As introduced, changes, from 10 days to 10 business days, the maximum amount of time the commissioner of education can suspend schools in a year when the commissioner requires all teachers to attend county institutes or educational meetings. - Amends... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-04-25 Conference Committee report adopted, Ayes 27, Nays 2
TN	HB2774	Engross 50%	As introduced, requires the review of executive branch agency policies and spending as it relates to illegal immigration; requires a report to be compiled and delivered to the governor and the speakers of the senate and house of representatives regar... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-04-25 H. concurred in S. am. no. 2 Ayes 73, Nays 23 PNV 0 HB2774
TN	HB2472	Enroll 75%	As introduced, requires LEAs and public charter schools to advise an employee who is assaulted by a student of the employee's rights as a result of the assault; requires, instead of authorizes, the suspension of a student who commits an assault again... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-04-24 Transmitted to Governor for his action.
TN	HB2206	Intro 25%	As introduced, authorizes the import and export of human remains by state, local, and municipal law enforcement agencies for the purpose of human remains detection training; requires the Tennessee bureau of investigation, in consultation with the dep... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-04-24 Sponsor(s) Added.
TN	HB2553	Engross 50%	As introduced, restricts certain foreign investments in land located within this state through the creation of two separate prohibitions, one that restricts a prohibited foreign-party-controlled business from acquiring real property and another that ... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-04-24 Passed Senate, Ayes 26, Nays 4
TN	HB2310	Intro 25%	As introduced, creates a civil cause of action against any person who knowingly removes a minor from this state without the consent of a parent of the minor for the purpose of assisting the minor in obtaining a healthcare procedure that is for the pu... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-04-24 Sponsor(s) Added.
TN	HB2940	Engross 50%	As introduced, enacts the "TennCare for Working Individuals with Disabilities Act." - Amends TCA Title 71, Chapter 5. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-04-24 Passed Senate, Ayes 31, Nays 0
TN	HB2743	Intro 25%	As introduced, requires each institution of higher education in this state to classify a student who is the spouse or dependent child of a service member as an in-state student for tuition purposes if certain criteria are met. - Amends TCA Title 49. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-04-24 Sponsor(s) Added.
TN	HB2120	Intro 25%	As introduced, excludes recreational facilities, recreational purposes, and parks from the definition of "public use" as it applies to eminent domain. - Amends TCA Title 29, Chapter 17, Part 1. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-04-24 Sponsor(s) Added.
TN	HB1614	Intro 25%	As introduced, enacts the "Protect Tennessee Minors Act"; requires an individual or commercial entity that publishes or distributes in this state a website that contains a substantial portion of material harmful to minors perform reasonable age-verif... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-04-24 Sponsor(s) Added.
TN	HB2302	Intro 25%	As introduced, increases from 15 days to 15 business days the time period a court may send notification of a defendant's conviction of aggravated cruelty to animals to the appropriate protective agencies if the defendant resides in a household with m... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-04-24 Sponsor(s) Added.
TN	HB2760	Pass	As introduced, increases, from two to three, the number of hours of training or continuing education courses on domestic violence or child abuse all judges in child custody proceedings are required to complete per year; increases, from 10 to 15, the ... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-04-23 Signed by Governor.
TN	HB2678	Intro 25%	As introduced, changes from November 1 to October 15 the deadline for the comptroller to annually submit a report concerning the implementation of the Tennessee Literacy Success Act. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 8; Title 9; ... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-04-23 Sponsor(s) Added.
TN	HB1640	Pass	As introduced, expands the definition of "adjudication as a mental defective" to include a person who has been found incompetent to stand trial in a criminal proceeding and requires the clerk of court in such a proceeding to collect and report any su... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-04-23 Signed by Governor.
TN	HB2031	Intro 25%	As introduced, increases the penalty for intentionally obstructing a highway, street, or other place used for the passage of vehicles or conveyances from a Class A misdemeanor to a Class D felony; allows a person who suffers loss or injury as a resul... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-04-23 Sponsor(s) Added.
TN	HB1946	Intro 25%	As introduced, authorizes available funds in the Ocoee River recreation and economic development fund to be paid to the Tennessee Valley Authority for additional releases of water on the Ocoee River. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 11; Title 65, Chapter ... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-04-23 Sponsor(s) Added.
TN	HB2936	Intro 25%	As introduced, enacts the “Families’ Rights and Responsibilities Act." - Amends TCA Title 33; Title 36; Title 37; Title 49; Title 63 and Title 68. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-04-23 Sponsor(s) Added.
TN	HB2845	Intro 25%	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. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-04-23 Sponsor(s) Added.
TN	HB2100	Pass	As introduced, requires financial institutions and insurers to make determinations about the provision or denial of services based on an analysis of risk factors unique to each current or prospective customer; prohibits financial institutions and ins... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-04-22 Signed by Governor.
TN	HJR0859	Intro 25%	Proposes an amendment to Article I, Section 15 of the Constitution of Tennessee to remove the right to bail for the following offenses when the proof is evident or the presumption great: act of terrorism; second degree murder; aggravated rape of a ch... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-04-22 Sponsor(s) Added.
TN	HJR1333	Pass	Trek Thru Truth [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-04-22 Signed by Governor.
TN	HB1663	Intro 25%	As introduced, authorizes the death penalty as a punishment for rape of a child, aggravated rape of a child, or especially aggravated rape of a child. - Amends TCA Title 39; Title 40 and Chapter 1062 of the Public Acts of 2022. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-04-22 Sponsor(s) Added.
TN	HJR0801	Pass	Urges the federal government to do all within its power to secure the U.S. border. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-04-18 Signed by Governor.
TN	HR0155	Pass	Master Sergeant Robert D. Davis, Jr., United States Air Force [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-04-18 Signed by H. Speaker
TN	HB1187	Intro 25%	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... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-04-17 Returned to the Clerk's Desk.
TN	HB1637	Intro 25%	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. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-04-17 Taken off notice for cal in s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee of Finance, Ways, and Means Committee
TN	HB2477	Intro 25%	As introduced, requires the department of health to reimburse an applicant's first attempt fee for taking the NREMT examination, a condition for an initial EMT or paramedic license to be issued, so long as the applicant has current or pending employm... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-04-17 Taken off notice for cal in s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee of Finance, Ways, and Means Committee
TN	HB2124	Pass	As 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... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-04-17 Effective date(s) 07/01/2024
TN	HB2293	Pass	As enacted, enacts the "Print Disability Absentee Voting Act," which prescribes a process by which a person with a print disability may apply for and receive an absentee ballot and vote by mailing in the absentee ballot. - Amends TCA Title 2, Chapter... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-04-17 Comp. became Pub. Ch. 689
TN	HB2242	Pass	As enacted, specifies that only middle school students enrolled in the lowest grade level at a middle school are required to take one course in computer science; authorizes the board to promulgate rules to effectuate the act. - Amends TCA Title 49, C... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-04-17 Comp. became Pub. Ch. 693
TN	HB2089	Pass	As enacted, enacts the "Tennessee Disability and Aging Act of 2024." - Amends TCA Title 2; Title 4; Title 8; Title 12; Title 13; Title 33; Title 34; Title 37; Title 40; Title 41; Title 45; Title 49; Title 52; Title 55; Title 56; Title 63; Title 67; T... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-04-17 Comp. became Pub. Ch. 688
TN	HB1831	Intro 25%	As introduced, allows the parent or guardian of a student with a documented academic or behavioral delay to voluntarily retain the student in the student's current grade level; requires the LEA or public charter school in which such student is enroll... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-04-16 Sponsor(s) Added.
TN	HJR0803	Pass	Designates the period of July 1, 2024, through July 31, 2024, as a time of prayer and fasting in Tennessee and seeks God’s hand of mercy healing on Tennessee. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-04-16 Signed by Governor.
TN	HB1719	Intro 25%	As introduced, removes the defendant's financial condition as a consideration for the magistrate in determining the amount of bail necessary to reasonably assure the appearance of the defendant at trial and protect the safety of the public. - Amends ... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-04-16 Sponsor(s) Added.
TN	HB2088	Intro 25%	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... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-04-16 All Ayes added as Sponsors
TN	HB2487	Intro 25%	As introduced, conditions the expulsion of a student for committing the zero tolerance offense of threatening mass violence on school property or at a school-related activity to threats of mass violence determined to be valid based on the results of ... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-04-16 Sponsor(s) Added.
TN	HB1059	Intro 25%	As introduced, removes a provision that, in developing course equivalencies and awarding academic credits, required state institutions of higher education to submit such equivalencies to the Tennessee higher education commission (THEC) on or before D... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-04-16 Sponsor(s) Added.
TN	HB2475	Intro 25%	As introduced, allows the court to require the parent or guardian of a child adjudicated unruly in whole or in part for habitual and unlawful absence to provide additional information deemed necessary by the court for imposition of a disposition that... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-04-15 Sponsor(s) Added.
TN	HB1259	Intro 25%	As introduced, removes ambiguous language and clarifies that a transfer of a possibility of reverter or right of entry by a holder other than the original grantor is invalid unless the validity of the future interest was determined by a final judgmen... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-04-15 Sponsor(s) Added.
TN	HB2864	Intro 25%	As introduced, designates barbecue as an official state food. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 1, Part 3. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-04-11 Sponsor(s) Added.
TN	HB2471	Intro 25%	As introduced, permits a juvenile court to transfer a child to criminal court to be tried as an adult at any age if the child is charged with a second or subsequent criminal gang offense. - Amends TCA Title 37; Title 39 and Title 40. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-04-10 To House Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee
TN	HB2961	Intro 25%	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... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-04-10 To House Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee
TN	HJR1142	Pass	First anniversary of the Covenant School shooting [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-04-10 Signed by Governor.
TN	HJR0038	Intro 25%	Proposes an amendment to Article I, Section 26 of the Constitution of Tennessee to remove the provision that authorizes the legislature to regulate the wearing of arms with a view to prevent crime and to clarify that citizens have a right to keep and... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-04-10 Taken off notice for cal in s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee of Finance, Ways, and Means Committee
TN	HB1645	Pass	As 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. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-04-08 Effective date(s) 04/02/2024
TN	HB1893	Intro 25%	As introduced, deletes the provision requiring that the measure of the franchise tax must not be less than the actual value of the real or tangible property owned or used by a taxpayer in this state; authorizes the commissioner of revenue to issue re... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-04-08 Sponsor(s) Added.
TN	HJR0810	Engross 50%	Urges Governor Lee to deploy Tennessee National Guard to support Texas in its efforts to secure border. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-04-04 To Senate State and Local Government Committee
TN	HJR1022	Pass	Bradley Central High School Bearettes, TSSAA Division I, Class 4A state champions [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-04-04 Signed by Governor.