Tennessee Representative Lowell Russell [R] | House

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State	Bill	Status	Summary/Title	Last Action
TN	HB1319	Engross 50%	As introduced, requires the United States flag and the official state flag to be displayed continuously on property owned, operated, or controlled by this state or a political subdivision of this state, including educational institutions and public s... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-04-18 Senate Reset on calendar for 4/23/2024
TN	HB1012	Enroll 75%	As introduced, authorizes a county election council to notify the Tennessee Constable Association, the Tennessee Constable Council, and the East Tennessee Constables Association of the election or appointment of a constable by electronic means. - Ame... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-04-18 Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.
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	HB2584	Intro 25%	As introduced, requires the department of environment and conservation to refund one half of the appropriate permit fee to a local government that applies for and receives a general or individual permit to replace or otherwise maintain a culvert if t... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-04-18 H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/22/2024
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]	2024-04-18 To House Calendar and Rules Committee
TN	HB1872	Intro 25%	As introduced, authorizes the enhancement of criminal penalties up to life in prison without parole upon conviction of violent crimes by illegal aliens; conviction of possession of a firearm or deadly weapon by an illegal alien; or conviction of a vi... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-04-18 Sponsor(s) Added.
TN	HB2641	Enroll 75%	As introduced, authorizes counties and municipalities, by resolution or ordinance of their governing bodies, to levy a tax on the retail sale of food and food ingredients for human consumption within the county or municipality at a rate less than the... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-04-18 Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.
TN	HB1881	Intro 25%	As introduced, increases the penalty for assault against a law enforcement officer from a Class A misdemeanor with a mandatory minimum 30-day sentence and $5,000 fine to a Class E felony with a mandatory minimum 60-day sentence and $10,000 fine. - Am... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-04-18 To House Calendar and Rules Committee
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]	2024-04-18 [Hearing: Apr 23 @ 10:30 am] To House Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee
TN	HB2683	Enroll 75%	As introduced, requires the board of trustees for the retirement system to include a certification of the amount of normal contributions, accumulated liability contribution, and cost of living contribution required from an employer for state judges a... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-04-18 Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.
TN	HB2682	Enroll 75%	As introduced, reduces from 60 to 30 days the waiting period before a law enforcement officer who is a member of the Tennessee consolidated retirement system may be reemployed after the officer's effective date of retirement. - Amends TCA Title 8, Ch... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-04-18 Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.
TN	HB2320	Enroll 75%	As introduced, specifies certain documents that must be attached to an initial pleading in an action on a consumer debt; exempts funds to the aggregate value of $2,500 in a judgment debtor's deposit account with a bank or other financial institution ... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-04-18 Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.
TN	HJR1027	Engross 50%	Jillian Ludwig [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-04-18 Sponsor(s) Added.
TN	HR0155	Pass	Master Sergeant Robert D. Davis, Jr., United States Air Force [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-04-18 Signed by H. Speaker
TN	HB2814	Intro 25%	As introduced, raises the penalty for the offense of drag racing from a Class A misdemeanor to a Class E felony. - Amends TCA Title 40, Chapter 33 and Title 55, Chapter 10, Part 5. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-04-18 To House Calendar and Rules Committee
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	HB1245	Intro 25%	As introduced, allows for a sentence of death to be carried out by electrocution as an alternative to lethal injection if the commissioner of correction certifies to the governor that the department is unable to adhere to the lethal injection protoco... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-04-17 Returned to the Clerk's Desk.
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]	2024-04-17 To House Calendar and Rules Committee
TN	HB1641	Intro 25%	As introduced, creates a Class A misdemeanor of violating a condition of release on bail; authorizes a law enforcement officer to arrest a person without a warrant based on probable cause to believe that the person has violated a condition of release... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-04-17 To House Calendar and Rules Committee
TN	HB0028	Intro 25%	As introduced, deletes requirement that municipalities adopt a comprehensive growth plan and have an approved urban growth boundary prior to annexing unincorporated territory. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 10; Title 6; Title 7; Title 13; Title 49 and... [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	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	HB2586	Intro 25%	As introduced, suspends the professional privilege tax for any year in which the amount of state general fund tax revenue over-collections during the prior fiscal year exceeded $500,000,000. - Amends TCA Title 67, Chapter 4, Part 17. [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	HB2553	Intro 25%	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]	2024-04-17 To House Calendar and Rules Committee
TN	HB2190	Engross 50%	As introduced, changes from three to four the number of members the governor is authorized to appoint to an enrolling board in each county to act in lieu of the county assessor for purposes of enrolling county residents in the state militia. - Amends... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-04-17 Received from House, Passed on First Consideration
TN	HB2067	Intro 25%	As introduced, requires that a newborn safety device be installed in each county in this state. - Amends TCA Title 36 and Title 68. [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	HB0909	Intro 25%	As introduced, extends annuity and insurance death benefits to the estate and surviving family members of a commissioned reserve law enforcement officer killed in the line of duty; immunizes such officers from tort liability under certain circumstanc... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-04-17 Returned to the Clerk's Desk.
TN	HB2692	Intro 25%	As introduced, requires the court to order an offender to wear a global positioning monitoring system device under certain circumstances unless the court finds the offender no longer poses a threat to the alleged victim or public safety; specifies th... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-04-17 To House Calendar and Rules Committee
TN	HB0430	Intro 25%	As introduced, allows a juvenile court to impose a blended sentence on a child 16 years of age or older for a juvenile offense that would be a Class A, B, or C felony if committed by an adult; defines blended sentencing as a combination of any dispos... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-04-17 To House Calendar and Rules Committee
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]	2024-04-17 To House Calendar and Rules Committee
TN	HB2323	Intro 25%	As introduced, increases the penalty for a third or subsequent domestic assault conviction from a Class A misdemeanor to a Class E felony; upgrades the offense classification for certain qualifying misdemeanor offenses to a Class E felony upon a defe... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-04-17 To House Calendar and Rules Committee
TN	HB1726	Pass	As 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... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-04-17 Comp. became Pub. Ch. 699
TN	HB2002	Intro 25%	As introduced, creates one additional circuit court in the 4th judicial district. - Amends TCA Title 16, Chapter 2. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-04-17 To House Calendar and Rules Committee
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]	2024-04-17 To House Calendar and Rules 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	HB2911	Pass	As enacted, specifies that the court may order reasonable visitation to grandparents when it is in the best interest of the child; requires the reasonable visitation to be, at a minimum, sufficient contact that reasonably permits a strong and meaning... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-04-17 Comp. became Pub. Ch. 715
TN	HB2089	Pass	As introduced, 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... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-04-17 Comp. became Pub. Ch. 688
TN	HB1878	Intro 25%	As introduced, increases from 48 hours to seven days the time in which a victim of a crime or a member of the victim's family has to report the crime to law enforcement to be eligible to receive a claim for compensation unless good cause is shown. - ... [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	HB1947	Intro 25%	As introduced, makes various changes to criminal offenses involving fentanyl; increases the penalty one classification for criminal offenses involving fentanyl if the defendant crossed county lines in the course of the criminal offense; requires cert... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-04-17 [Hearing: Apr 23 @ 9:00 am] To House Criminal Justice Committee
TN	HJR0854	Engross 50%	Designates August 11, 2024, as "Sheriff Eddie Tester Day." [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-04-17 Sponsor(s) Added.
TN	HB1998	Intro 25%	As introduced, requires the bureau to reimburse certain public or private ground-based ambulance services that bill for transports at a rate not less than 67.5 percent of the federal medicare program's allowable charge for participating providers for... [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	HB1899	Engross 50%	As introduced, authorizes LEAs and public charter schools to employ retired law enforcement officers who are retired from a federal, state, or local law enforcement agency and honorably discharged veterans of the United States armed forces to serve a... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-04-17 Received from House, Passed on First Consideration
TN	HB2054	Intro 25%	As introduced, increases from 1,500 to 5,000 the number of acres of land that may be placed within one property tax jurisdiction for purposes of classification and assessment as agricultural, forest, or open space land; increases from 1,500 to 5,000 ... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-04-17 To House Calendar and Rules Committee
TN	HB1643	Enroll 75%	As introduced, requires the state to pay the cost of a court-ordered mental health evaluation and treatment for criminal defendants who have been charged with a misdemeanor and are believed to be incompetent to stand trial or for whom there is a ques... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-04-16 Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.
TN	HB1640	Enroll 75%	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]	2024-04-16 Transmitted to Governor for his action.
TN	HB1021	Enroll 75%	As introduced, increases from 30 to 60 days, after the order of a court to release money held in trust to the custodian of a minor who was a victim of a crime, the period by which the custodian must provide an accounting to the court as to how the mo... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-04-16 Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.
TN	HB2809	Intro 25%	As introduced, expands the definition of a law enforcement officer to include retired law enforcement officers who are carrying a firearm pursuant to certain state laws for purposes of when a law enforcement officer may carry a firearm. - Amends TCA ... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-04-16 To House Calendar and Rules Committee
TN	HJR1152	Pass	Grand Ole Opry House, 50th anniversary [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-04-16 Signed by Governor.
TN	HB0835	Enroll 75%	As introduced, requires the coordinator of elections to compare the statewide voter registration database with those of other relevant state agencies and county records when compiling information to distribute to the county elections commissions for ... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-04-16 Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.
TN	HB2348	Intro 25%	As introduced, prohibits an entity supported in whole or in part by public funds from knowingly providing meeting spaces or other forums, including, but not limited to, electronic and print platforms, to a designated entity by which the designated en... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-04-16 Sponsor(s) Added.
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]	2024-04-16 Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.