Tennessee Representative Mark Cochran [R] | Bills

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State	Bill	Status	Summary/Title	Last Action
TN	HB1492	Pass	As enacted, generally requires by January 1, 2024, each law enforcement agency to develop and enforce a policy that prohibits an officer from using a drone or other substantially similar device as a weapon under any circumstances while in the exercis... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2023-05-03 Effective date(s) 04/28/2023
TN	HB1376	Pass	As enacted, enacts the "Tennessee Higher Education Freedom of Expression and Transparency Act." - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 7 and Title 49, Chapter 8. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2023-05-03 Comp. became Pub. Ch. 268
TN	HB0252	Pass	As enacted, removes the requirement that a parent-teacher of a home school student provide proof of the student's immunizations and receipt of health services or examinations required by law generally for children in this state to the local education... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2023-05-02 Effective date(s) 04/28/2023
TN	HB0321	Pass	As enacted, enacts the "Transportation Modernization Act of 2023." - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 29, Part 2; Section 12-2-112; Title 54 and Title 55. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2023-04-25 Comp. became Pub. Ch. 159
TN	HB1277	Pass	As enacted, removes authorization for the chief executive of a city or county, with the approval of the local legislative body, to fill a vacancy or remove an appointed member on a historic zoning commission. - Amends TCA Title 13, Chapter 7, Part 4. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2023-04-25 Comp. became Pub. Ch. 175
TN	HB1271	Pass	As enacted, enacts the "Access and Opportunity Act." - Amends TCA Title 49. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2023-04-25 Comp. became Pub. Ch. 165
TN	HB0090	Pass	As enacted, prohibits local governments from expending funds for the purposes of assisting a person in obtaining a criminal abortion. - Amends TCA Title 5; Title 6; Title 7 and Title 8. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2023-04-25 Comp. became Pub. Ch. 168
TN	HB0074	Pass	As enacted, updates the terms "general education development credential," "high school equivalency test," and variations of the terms to "high school equivalency credential." - Amends TCA Title 2; Title 4; Title 8; Title 36; Title 37; Title 38; Title... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2023-04-18 Comp. became Pub. Ch. 114
TN	HB0080	Pass	As enacted, specifies that underground injection activities authorized by rule are not subject to the general five-year term limit for discharge permits under the Water Quality Control Act of 1977. - Amends TCA Section 69-3-108. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2023-04-18 Comp. became Pub. Ch. 85
TN	HB0071	Pass	As enacted, prohibits a party from protesting a solicitation for a public contract if the party cancels the solicitation; revises bonding requirements for submitting a protest or an appeal of a decision to a protest to the chief procurement officer o... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2023-04-18 Comp. became Pub. Ch. 113
TN	HB0062	Pass	As enacted, makes changes to the compensation of teachers in the special school district. - Amends TCA Section 37-5-119. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2023-04-18 Comp. became Pub. Ch. 84
TN	HB0082	Pass	As enacted, makes various changes to the Workers' Compensation Law. - Amends TCA Title 50, Chapter 6. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2023-04-18 Comp. became Pub. Ch. 145
TN	HB0054	Pass	As enacted, permits the commissioner to require submission of a set of fingerprints by an investment adviser representative applicant; updates when registration as an issuer-dealer becomes effective after submission of an application; and makes other... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2023-04-18 Comp. became Pub. Ch. 112
TN	HB0068	Pass	As 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... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2023-04-18 Comp. became Pub. Ch. 144
TN	HB0316	Pass	As enacted, enacts the "Money Transmission Modernization Act." - Amends TCA Title 45. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2023-04-18 Comp. became Pub. Ch. 115
TN	HB0327	Pass	As enacted, removes the requirement that the nonprofit partner of the governor's office of faith-based and community initiatives use its own revenues to cover the cost of the nonprofit partner's activities; removes the prohibition on a state employee... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2023-04-18 Comp. became Pub. Ch. 146
TN	HB0319	Pass	As enacted, establishes a "brownfield redevelopment area fund" to be used by the department to administer a brownfield redevelopment area grant program; creates a franchise and excise tax credit equal to the remediation costs for a brownfield propert... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2023-04-18 Comp. became Pub. Ch. 86
TN	HB0536	Pass	As enacted, adds to qualifications for appointment to the commission that commissioners be well informed on boating operation, regulation, and safety. - Amends TCA Title 69, Chapter 9, Part 2 and Title 70, Chapter 1, Part 2. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2023-04-18 Comp. became Pub. Ch. 120
TN	HB1274	Intro 25%	As introduced, repeals the professional privilege tax for tax years that begin on and after June 1, 2024. - Amends TCA Title 67, Chapter 4, Part 17. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2023-04-18 Taken off notice for cal in s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee of Finance, Ways, and Means Committee
TN	HB0076	Pass	As enacted, eliminates the disabled license plate fee for a parent or guardian of an individual who is permanently and totally confined to a wheelchair and who does not own or operate a vehicle; discontinues the honorary consular cultural plate. - Am... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2023-03-28 Comp. became Pub. Ch. 52
TN	HB0064	Pass	As enacted, increases, from three to four years, the duration of Tennessee opportunity pilot programs for which temporary assistance for needy families (TANF) program funds must be dedicated; extends, from 12 to 18 months, the length of time followin... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2023-03-28 Comp. became Pub. Ch. 51
TN	HB0320	Pass	As enacted, clarifies that machinery, equipment, and associated parts used by the department of general services or a contracted entity for the Megasite Authority of West Tennessee is included in the definition of "industrial machinery" for purposes ... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2023-03-28 Comp. became Pub. Ch. 53
TN	HB0066	Pass	As enacted, authorizes the department of intellectual and developmental disabilities to provide home health services to outpatients through its administration of the Tennessee Early Intervention System and the home- and community-based services provi... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2023-03-23 Comp. became Pub. Ch. 24
TN	HB0077	Pass	As enacted, requires that any ignition interlock device that is installed on or after January 1, 2024, employ global positioning system (GPS) technology that will geotag the motor vehicle's location whenever an initial startup test, a random retest, ... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2023-03-23 Comp. became Pub. Ch. 20
TN	HB0057	Pass	As enacted, makes various changes to the Insurance Holding Company System Act, including a requirement to file an annual group capital calculation, requirements regarding the use and filing of results of a liquidity stress test, and other related cha... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2023-03-23 Comp. became Pub. Ch. 23
TN	HB0053	Pass	As enacted, substitutes a representative of the Tennessee Association of Fairs for the Association's executive director as a member of the state fair and exposition commission. - Amends TCA Section 4-57-104. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2023-03-23 Comp. became Pub. Ch. 19
TN	HB0065	Pass	As enacted, changes the department's periodic review of the child support guidelines from every three years from the date of promulgation to every four years. - Amends TCA Section 36-5-101. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2023-03-23 Comp. became Pub. Ch. 40
TN	HB0081	Pass	As enacted, allows the department to disclose motor vehicle accident reports to authorized persons relating to a guest's use of state parks. - Amends TCA Section 11-1-102. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2023-03-23 Comp. became Pub. Ch. 26
TN	HB0072	Pass	As enacted, removes a requirement to preserve leases to which the state is a party on microfilm and instead requires preservation of such leases on appropriate electronic or other storage media. - Amends TCA Section 10-7-303 and Section 12-2-108. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2023-03-23 Comp. became Pub. Ch. 25
TN	HB0075	Pass	As enacted, authorizes the responding law enforcement officer or the district attorney general's office to extend criminal immunity to persons who are experiencing a subsequent drug overdose and who are seeking medical assistance. - Amends TCA Sectio... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2023-03-23 Comp. became Pub. Ch. 41
TN	HB0313	Pass	As enacted, prohibits the POST commission from certifying a person decertified in another state because of criminal or other misconduct; requires the commission to evaluate the qualifications of a person certified as a law enforcement officer in anot... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2023-03-23 Comp. became Pub. Ch. 27
TN	HB0314	Pass	As enacted, makes changes to the law regarding assignment of benefits to a healthcare provider; removes provisions of law relative to the collection of out-of-network charges by healthcare facilities. - Amends TCA Section 56-7-120 and Title 68, Chapt... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2023-03-23 Comp. became Pub. Ch. 42
TN	HB0017	Pass	As enacted, designates the month of May as "Silver Alert Awareness Month." - Amends TCA Title 15, Chapter 2. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2023-03-23 Comp. became Pub. Ch. 36
TN	HB0483	Pass	As enacted, prohibits political subdivisions from prohibiting, based on the type or source of energy to be delivered to an individual customer, the sale or installation of an appliance utilized for cooking, space heating, water heating, or another en... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2023-03-23 Comp. became Pub. Ch. 45
TN	HB0001	Pass	As 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... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2023-03-22 Comp. became Pub. Ch. 1
TN	HB0009	Pass	As 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... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2023-03-22 Comp. became Pub. Ch. 2
TN	HB0330	Intro 25%	As introduced, deletes provisions related to a report regarding the status of the development of a plan for a statewide system of care for children's mental health due by February 1, 2009, and plans regarding implementation of the system of children'... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2023-03-21 Taken off notice for cal in s/c Children & Family Affairs Subcommittee of Civil Justice Committee
TN	HB1275	Intro 25%	As introduced, exempts security guards and officers who are retired law enforcement officers with 20 or more years of service and who retired in good standing from certain training requirements. - Amends TCA Title 29; Title 57 and Title 62, Chapter 3... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2023-03-16 Taken off notice for cal. in Calendar & Rules Committee
TN	HB0534	Intro 25%	As introduced, allows a student who did not test proficient in English language arts (ELA) on the Tennessee comprehensive assessment program test administered to the student in third grade, but who was promoted to fourth grade after attending a learn... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2023-03-14 Taken off notice for cal in s/c K-12 Subcommittee of Education Administration
TN	HB1272	Intro 25%	As introduced, expands the scope of practice for physician assistants, subject to increased regulatory oversight by the board of physician assistants as part of such expanded practice. - Amends TCA Title 63, Chapter 19, Part 1 and Title 68, Chapter 1... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2023-02-23 Sponsor(s) Added.
TN	HB1297	Intro 25%	As introduced, removes an obsolete cross-reference to a statute that was repealed in 2010. - Amends TCA Title 71. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2023-02-15 Assigned to s/c Health Subcommittee
TN	HB1273	Intro 25%	As introduced, permits the commissioner to submit to the governor by electronic means the required annual report of all official department transactions for the preceding year. - Amends TCA Title 56. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2023-02-02 P2C, caption bill, held on desk - pending amdt.
TN	HB0387	Intro 25%	As introduced, requires the office of research and education accountability within the office of the comptroller of the treasury to report its findings on projects assigned to it by the general assembly twice annually, instead of annually, to the gen... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2023-02-01 P2C, caption bill, held on desk - pending amdt.
TN	HB0326	Intro 25%	As introduced, extends the repeal date for the Virtual Public Schools Act from June 30, 2023, to June 30, 2027. - Amends TCA Section 49-16-216. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2023-01-30 Assigned to s/c K-12 Subcommittee
TN	HB0067	Intro 25%	As introduced, increases the allowable number of beds in private for-profit and private not-for-profit intermediate care facilities for individuals with intellectual disabilities from 668 to 804. - Amends TCA Title 71, Chapter 5, Part 1. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2023-01-20 Withdrawn.
TN	HB0056	Intro 25%	As introduced, allows any qualified permanent legal resident of the United States to be certified as a law enforcement officer and not just a permanent legal resident who is an honorably discharged military veteran; prohibits the POST commission from... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2023-01-20 Withdrawn.
TN	HB0055	Intro 25%	As introduced, removes the ability of a health insurance carrier to disregard an insured's assignment of health insurance benefits to an out-of-network facility-based physician under certain conditions. - Amends TCA Section 56-7-120. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2023-01-20 Withdrawn.
TN	HB0069	Intro 25%	As introduced, extends, from 30 days to 45 days, the period of time before a teacher on leave is scheduled to return to work that the teacher must give the director of schools notice if the teacher does not intend to return to the position from which... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2023-01-12 Caption bill, held on desk - pending amdt.
TN	HB0059	Intro 25%	As introduced, increases from 45 days to 60 days the time period a temporary injunction enjoining a person from removing certain material relevant to a violation of certain criminal offenses from the jurisdiction of the court may remain in effect bef... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2023-01-12 Caption bill, held on desk - pending amdt.
TN	HB0060	Intro 25%	As introduced, extends, from five working days to 10 working days, the time within which the clerk of a court sentencing a person to a special alternative incarceration unit must mail to the department of correction a certified copy of the sentence a... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2023-01-12 Caption bill, held on desk - pending amdt.