Tennessee Representative Paul Sherrell [R]

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State	Bill	Status	Summary/Title	Last Action
TN	HB0587	Intro 25%	As introduced, lowers the threshold for enhancing the minimum sentence of a person convicted of driving under the influence of an intoxicant, from a blood alcohol concentration of 0.20 percent or more to a blood alcohol concentration of 0.15 percent ... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-04-24 Sponsor(s) Added.
TN	HB1016	Enroll 75%	As introduced, changes the date, from February 1 to January 15, by which the commissioner must annually report to the governor and the general assembly on the implementation of and compliance with the Schools Against Violence in Education Act. - Amen... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-04-24 Transmitted to Governor for his action.
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	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]	2024-04-24 H. Placed on Message Calendar for 4/25/2024
TN	HB2434	Engross 50%	As introduced, declares a private entity to be not civilly liable in a class action resulting from a cybersecurity event unless the cybersecurity event was caused by willful, wanton, or gross negligence on the part of the private entity. - Amends TCA... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-04-24 Passed Senate, Ayes 25, Nays 5
TN	HB2261	Engross 50%	As introduced, defines a home for the aged that houses three or fewer nonrelated persons as a tier 1 home for the aged that is subject to licensure and regulation by the department of intellectual and developmental disabilities; defines a home for th... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-04-24 H. concurred in S. am. no. 1 Ayes 98, Nays 0 PNV 0
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	HB2062	Intro 25%	As introduced, creates a street racing task force to study and determine best practices for curbing illegal street racing in this state. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 38; Title 39 and Title 55. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-04-24 Sponsor(s) Added.
TN	HB1891	Enroll 75%	As introduced, creates the "Protecting Children from Social Media Act." - Amends TCA Title 47, Chapter 18. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-04-24 Transmitted to Governor for his action.
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	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]	2024-04-24 Transmitted to Governor for his action.
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]	2024-04-24 Transmitted to Governor for his action.
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]	2024-04-24 Transmitted to Governor for his action.
TN	HB2158	Enroll 75%	As introduced, reduces, from 3,000 to 750, the number of students for which one public school nurse is considered sufficient to adequately provide services for purposes of the Tennessee public school nurse program. - Amends TCA Title 49 and Title 68. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-04-24 Transmitted to Governor for his action.
TN	HB2190	Enroll 75%	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]	2024-04-24 Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.
TN	HB2644	Enroll 75%	As introduced, makes various changes to present law on adoption and foster parents; specifies that an adult has an affirmative obligation to inquire whether their sexual activity has resulted in a pregnancy; requires a court to receive written consen... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-04-24 Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.
TN	HB2054	Engross 50%	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]	2024-04-24 Passed Senate, Ayes 29, Nays 1
TN	HB2321	Engross 50%	As introduced, increases the amount of personal needs allowance from $50 to $70 for long-term nursing home residents. - Amends TCA Title 71. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-04-24 Passed Senate, Ayes 31, Nays 0
TN	HB1881	Engross 50%	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]	2024-04-24 Passed Senate, Ayes 25, Nays 5
TN	HB2497	Engross 50%	As introduced, removes a report due by March 1, 2006, from the commissioner to legislative committees concerning the effectiveness of a demonstration project wherein a nursing home allowed a disabled volunteer to assume certain functions in the nursi... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-04-24 Passed Senate, Ayes 31, Nays 0
TN	HB1248	Engross 50%	As introduced, requires the department of human services to advertise prominently on the home page of the department's website the division of adult protective services' toll-free telephone service that enables citizens within the state to call the d... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-04-24 Passed Senate, Ayes 31, Nays 0
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]	2024-04-24 Sponsor(s) Added.
TN	HB2002	Engross 50%	As introduced, creates one additional circuit court in the 4th judicial district. - Amends TCA Title 16, Chapter 2. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-04-24 H. Placed on Message Calendar for 4/25/2024
TN	HB2808	Engross 50%	As introduced, makes the state liable and responsible for paying the expenses for HIV medication for inmates committed to a county jail or workhouse who previously received prescription medication to treat HIV or AIDS through a state department, agen... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-04-24 Passed Senate, Ayes 31, Nays 0
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]	2024-04-24 Sponsor(s) Added.
TN	HB1659	Engross 50%	As introduced, raises the base salary from $156,024 to $205,328 for district attorneys general and district public defenders. - Amends TCA Title 8 and Title 16. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-04-24 Passed Senate, Ayes 29, Nays 2
TN	HB2323	Engross 50%	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]	2024-04-24 Passed Senate, Ayes 28, Nays 2
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	HB2035	Intro 25%	As introduced, preempts the entire field of legislation regarding extreme risk protection orders to the exclusion of all county, city, town, municipality, or metropolitan government law, ordinances, resolutions, enactments, or regulation; declares a ... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-04-24 Sponsor(s) Added.
TN	HB2444	Intro 25%	As introduced, allows a prisoner of a county workhouse or jail to be released from custody on work release or otherwise allowed to leave the grounds of the county workhouse or jail for employment or to perform work in the community, whether paid or u... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-04-24 Sponsor(s) Added.
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	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]	2024-04-23 Re-refer to S. Cal Comm
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	HB2882	Pass	As introduced, requires, beginning with the 2025-2026 school year, each local education agency and public charter school to provide students with age-appropriate and grade-appropriate instruction on firearm safety. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 6. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-04-23 Signed by Governor.
TN	HB1895	Intro 25%	As introduced, creates the criminal offense of abortion trafficking of a minor; provides for a civil action against a person committing the offense of abortion trafficking of a minor for the wrongful death of an unborn child that was aborted. - Amend... [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	HB2994	Pass	Subject to local approval, reduces the number of aldermen from five to two; deletes an obsolete provision regarding work houses. - Amends Chapter 320 of the Acts of 1901; as amended. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-04-23 Signed by Governor.
TN	HB2451	Enroll 75%	As introduced, requires certain information to be included in a healthcare practitioner advertisement; adds certain activities to and exempts certain activities from the definition of the practice of medicine. - Amends TCA Title 47; Title 63 and Titl... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-04-23 Transmitted to Governor for his action.
TN	HB1817	Enroll 75%	As introduced, increases the penalty from a Class A misdemeanor to a Class D felony for the offense of child endangerment by a parent or custodian of a child eight years of age or less if the parent or guardian knowingly exposes the child to, or know... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-04-23 Transmitted to Governor for his action.
TN	HB1909	Pass	As introduced, specifies that it is not a criminal offense for an adult person to carry or possess pepper spray, a taser, or another similar device for purposes of self-defense when on property owned, operated, or in use by any college or university ... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-04-23 Signed by Governor.
TN	HB2386	Enroll 75%	As introduced, authorizes a law enforcement officer to execute a search warrant for medical records or a test to determine the alcohol or drug content, or both, of a person's blood anywhere in the state, rather than in the county in which the warrant... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-04-23 Transmitted to Governor for his action.
TN	HB2865	Enroll 75%	As introduced, requires the commissioner of mental health and substance abuse services to report on or before February 1 of each year to the judiciary committee of the senate and the civil justice committee of the house of representatives on the stat... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-04-23 Transmitted to Governor for his action.
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]	2024-04-23 Conf. comm. appointed. (G. Hicks, Haston, White, Parkinson)
TN	HB1074	Engross 50%	As introduced, requires reimbursement payments from insurers to chiropractors for services rendered to be based on the same methodology for the calculation of payments to medical doctors for the provision of services. - Amends TCA Title 56, Chapter 7... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-04-23 Received from House, Passed on First Consideration
TN	HB2082	Intro 25%	As introduced, requires the TBI to submit a report on the amount of money collected for background checks associated with firearm sales in excess of the costs associated with conducting the background checks to the criminal justice committee of the h... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-04-23 Sponsor(s) Added.
TN	HB2301	Intro 25%	As introduced, requires the sheriff's department's and municipal law enforcement department's annual audit report of the disposition of goods seized and forfeited and fines imposed in relation to offenses involving controlled substances to be posted ... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-04-23 Sponsor(s) Added.
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]	2024-04-23 Sponsor(s) Added.
TN	HJR0131	Pass	Addresses and establishes the declared public policy of the State of Tennessee relative to the right of the citizens and those within the boundaries of this State to keep, bear, and wear arms. [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.