Tennessee Representative Sam Whitson [R]

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State	Bill	Status	Summary/Title	Last Action
TN	HB0689	Enroll 75%	As introduced, requires an officer to provide an alleged victim of certain criminal offenses with a document notifying the victim of the global positioning monitoring system used as a condition of bail. - Amends TCA Title 39; Title 40 and Title 55, C... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-05-10 Transmitted to Governor for his action.
TN	HB2940	Enroll 75%	As introduced, enacts the "TennCare for Working Individuals with Disabilities Act." - Amends TCA Title 71, Chapter 5. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-05-10 Transmitted to Governor for his action.
TN	HB2261	Enroll 75%	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]	2024-05-10 Transmitted to Governor for his action.
TN	HB2321	Enroll 75%	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]	2024-05-10 Transmitted to Governor for his action.
TN	HB2954	Enroll 75%	As introduced, enacts the "Prostate-Specific Antigen Screening for High-risk Insured Men Act," which requires health insurance coverage for the early detection of prostate cancer for men who meet certain risk criteria or age thresholds. - Amends TCA ... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-05-10 Transmitted to Governor for his action.
TN	HB2677	Enroll 75%	As introduced, increases the annual continuing education requirement for county commissioners from seven to eight hours; requires that the training be obtained by CTAS meetings; extends a $600 stipend to county commissioners for completion of annual ... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-05-10 Transmitted to Governor for his action.
TN	HB2326	Enroll 75%	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]	2024-05-10 Transmitted to Governor for his action.
TN	HB2323	Enroll 75%	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]	2024-05-10 Transmitted to Governor for his action.
TN	HB1600	Enroll 75%	As introduced, prohibits the purchase or possession of a firearm by a person under 25 years of age if the person was previously adjudicated delinquent for an act that, if committed by an adult, would have constituted one or more certain offenses; all... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-05-10 Transmitted to Governor for his action.
TN	HB2808	Enroll 75%	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]	2024-05-10 Transmitted to Governor for his action.
TN	HB1881	Enroll 75%	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]	2024-05-10 Transmitted to Governor for his action.
TN	HB1928	Pass	As enacted, clarifies, for purposes of obtaining a school bus endorsement on a driver license and for other purposes, that a school bus is a vehicle designed to transport 16 or more passengers, including the driver; makes other related revisions. - A... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-05-09 Comp. became Pub. Ch. 836
TN	HJR1504	Pass	Kim McCaster Cox [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-05-09 Signed by Governor.
TN	HJR1055	Pass	Child Abuse Awareness Month, April 2024 [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-05-07 Signed by Governor.
TN	HJR1426	Pass	Dustin Malone [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-05-07 Signed by Governor.
TN	HJR1443	Pass	Clare Ashford, Extraordinary Educator [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-05-07 Signed by Governor.
TN	HJR1444	Pass	Amanda Leigh "Mandi" Goodrich [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-05-07 Signed by Governor.
TN	HJR1442	Pass	The Exotics, 60th anniversary [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-05-07 Signed by Governor.
TN	HB1016	Pass	As enacted, make various changes to the present law relative to the offense of communicating a threat concerning a school employee. - Amends TCA Title 37; Title 39 and Title 49. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-05-03 Signed by Governor.
TN	HB2641	Pass	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]	2024-05-03 Signed by Governor.
TN	HJR1027	Pass	Jillian Ludwig [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-05-03 Signed by Governor.
TN	HB1891	Pass	As enacted, creates the "Protecting Children from Social Media Act." - Amends TCA Title 47, Chapter 18. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-05-02 Signed by Governor.
TN	HB1625	Pass	As enacted, requires a qualified mental health professional or behavior analyst to warn or protect an identified victim or group of people when the professional or analyst determines that a service recipient has communicated an intent for actual thre... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-05-01 Effective date(s) 04/23/2024
TN	HB1969	Pass	As enacted, requires each child care agency in this state to have installed in each room of the child care agency where care is provided to children a carbon monoxide alarm that is listed according to the International Building Code and International... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-05-01 Comp. became Pub. Ch. 733
TN	HB1640	Pass	As enacted, enacts "Jillian's Law," which makes various changes relative to being adjudicated as a mental defective or judicially committed to a mental institution, including requiring a person judicially committed to remain committed until the compe... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-05-01 Effective date(s) 07/01/2024
TN	HB0465	Pass	As enacted, enacts the "Representative Darren Jernigan Act," which requires, beginning on January 1, 2025, and each year thereafter, the department of revenue to verify that the owner of each disabled parking placard has not died; requires the depart... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-04-29 Comp. became Pub. Ch. 726
TN	HB2068	Intro 25%	As introduced, raises from a Class A misdemeanor to a Class E felony certain animal cruelty offenses involving a cock; requires a fine of not less than $1,000 nor more than $2,500 for the offense of being a spectator at a cock fight. - Amends TCA Tit... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-04-25 Held on desk.
TN	HB2959	Intro 25%	As introduced, creates a committee to study the establishment of incarcerated parenting plans to facilitate the ongoing relationships between incarcerated parents and their children within this state; requires the committee to report its findings and... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-04-25 Sponsor(s) Added.
TN	HB2984	Intro 25%	Subject to local approval, creates the East Bank Development Authority for the metropolitan government of Nashville and Davidson County. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-04-25 Comp. SB subst.
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	HB2902	Intro 25%	As introduced, removes from code an outdated requirement that the polysomnography professional standards committee hold at least one public meeting each year during the years 2007 through 2010 to allow public discussion of new developments in the pra... [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	HB0743	Intro 25%	As introduced, authorizes the issuance of a retail package store license to an operator within the general services district of a metropolitan government that has approved the retail sale of liquor for off-premises consumption by local option electio... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-04-24 Comp. SB subst.
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	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	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	HB2405	Intro 25%	As introduced, enacts the Social Work Licensure Compact. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 63 and Title 68. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-04-23 Sponsor(s) Added.
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	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	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	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	HB1613	Pass	As enacted, designates “Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree” by Brenda Lee as the official state holiday song; requires the secretary of state to include the song in the Tennessee Blue Book. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 1, Part 3. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-04-22 Effective date(s) 04/16/2024
TN	HB1805	Intro 25%	As introduced, authorizes proration of the registration fee for freight motor vehicles operated for commercial purposes upon the death of an eligible operator of the freight motor vehicle; requires submission of certain documentation prior to issuanc... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-04-22 Sponsor(s) Added.
TN	HB2318	Intro 25%	As introduced, makes various changes to the authorized scope of practice of physician assistants and advanced practice nurses who meet certain qualifications. - Amends TCA Title 55; Title 63 and Title 68. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-04-22 Sponsor(s) Added.
TN	HB1731	Intro 25%	As introduced, decreases from two inches to one and one-half inches the minimum height of the lettering required to be used on the mandatory signage posted on property for which an agreement exists with a person engaged in the business of installing ... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-04-22 Sponsor(s) Added.
TN	HJR1344	Pass	P. Jan Markum [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-04-22 Signed by Governor.
TN	HB2232	Intro 25%	As introduced, creates a pilot project to place a moratorium on the loss of public assistance benefits for child care workers based solely on wage increases that cause their income to exceed program eligibility limits; requires TACIR to study wages a... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-04-22 Sponsor(s) Added.
TN	HB2145	Intro 25%	As enacted, creates an offense for possessing or distributing a license plate flipper. - Amends TCA Title 39; Title 40 and Title 55. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-04-18 Comp. SB subst.
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.