Tennessee Representative John Ragan [R]

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TNHB0996Enroll
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As introduced, changes from February 15 to February 1, the date by which the state board of education, with the assistance of the department of education and the Tennessee higher education commission, must issue a report card or assessment on the eff...
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2024-05-09
Signed by Senate Speaker
TNHB2954Enroll
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 ...
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2024-05-09
Signed by Senate Speaker
TNHB2054Enroll
75%
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 ...
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2024-05-09
Signed by Senate Speaker
TNHJR1450PassChristopher Coffey
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2024-05-09
Signed by Governor.
TNHB2074Enroll
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As introduced, allows a request for an extension of time to file a business tax return and pay the tax to be signed by the taxpayer or the taxpayer's representative. - Amends TCA Title 67.
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2024-05-09
Signed by Senate Speaker
TNHJR1504PassKim McCaster Cox
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2024-05-09
Signed by Governor.
TNHB1016PassAs 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.
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2024-05-03
Signed by Governor.
TNHJR1027PassJillian Ludwig
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2024-05-03
Signed by Governor.
TNHB1375PassAs enacted, vacates and reconstitutes the commission; makes other changes relative to the commission. - Amends TCA Title 4.
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2024-05-01
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 764
TNHB1754Enroll
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As introduced, extends the department of general services to June 30, 2028. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 29 and Title 4, Chapter 3.
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2024-05-01
Signed by H. Speaker
TNHB2940Enroll
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As introduced, enacts the "TennCare for Working Individuals with Disabilities Act." - Amends TCA Title 71, Chapter 5.
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2024-05-01
Signed by H. Speaker
TNHB2464PassAs enacted, requires local boards of education to include school safety training in the training requirements for substitute teachers; clarifies that LEAs are prohibited from hiring a substitute teacher whose license in another state is revoked; make...
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2024-05-01
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 735
TNHB2553Enroll
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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 ...
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2024-05-01
Signed by H. Speaker
TNHB2774Enroll
75%
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...
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2024-05-01
Signed by H. Speaker
TNHB2310Intro
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...
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2024-04-24
Sponsor(s) Added.
TNHB1872Intro
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...
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2024-04-24
Sponsor(s) Added.
TNHB2035Intro
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 ...
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2024-04-24
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TNHB1855Intro
25%
As introduced, requires each public institution of higher education to establish a policy framework to promote the security of academic research conducted at the institution to mitigate against the risk of foreign influence. - Amends TCA Title 49, Ch...
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2024-04-23
Sponsor(s) Added.
TNHB2845Intro
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.
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2024-04-23
Sponsor(s) Added.
TNHB2031Intro
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...
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2024-04-23
Sponsor(s) Added.
TNHJR0131PassAddresses 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.
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2024-04-22
Signed by Governor.
TNHB1663Intro
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.
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2024-04-22
Sponsor(s) Added.
TNHB2433Intro
25%
As enacted, requires the Tennessee advisory commission on intergovernmental relations to conduct a study on the effects of vaping and the use of all vapor products by persons under 21. - Amends TCA Title 25; Title 39; Title 47 and Title 67.
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2024-04-22
Sponsor(s) Added.
TNHB1781Intro
25%
As enacted, extends the University of Tennessee, board of trustees, to June 30, 2028. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 29 and Title 49, Chapter 9.
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2024-04-18
Comp. SB subst.
TNHB1245Intro
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...
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2024-04-17
Returned to the Clerk's Desk.
TNHB1633PassAs enacted, requires the department of safety to create de-escalation training for teachers, administrators, and other school personnel; requires LEAs and public charter schools to ensure that the LEA's or public charter school's teachers, administra...
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2024-04-17
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 675
TNHB1776PassAs enacted, extends the Tennessee board of court reporting to June 30, 2025. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 29 and Title 20, Chapter 9, Part 6.
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2024-04-17
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 673
TNHB1769PassAs enacted, extends the state board of education to June 30, 2030. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 29 and Title 49, Chapter 1, Part 3.
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2024-04-17
Effective date(s) 04/09/2024
TNHB2038Intro
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As introduced, directs the department of economic and community development to develop a program for the installation and operation of combustion turbine power plants to increase the state's electric generation capacity. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 7...
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2024-04-17
Taken off notice for cal in s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee of Finance, Ways, and Means Committee
TNHB2827Intro
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As introduced, increases, from one to two, the number of free plates for the Purple Heart and disabled veteran license plates issued to veterans with disabilities. - Amends TCA Section 55-4-256 and Section 55-4-257.
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2024-04-17
Taken off notice for cal in s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee of Finance, Ways, and Means Committee
TNHB2067Intro
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As introduced, requires that a newborn safety device be installed in each county in this state. - Amends TCA Title 36 and Title 68.
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2024-04-17
Taken off notice for cal in s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee of Finance, Ways, and Means Committee
TNHB2089PassAs 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...
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2024-04-17
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 688
TNHB1999Intro
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As introduced, adds the MidSouth development district to the list of development districts to which this state intends to assist financially; specifies an overall state funding level for the nine development districts; changes the calculation for how...
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2024-04-17
Taken off notice for cal in s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee of Finance, Ways, and Means Committee
TNHB0474Intro
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As introduced, expresses legislative intent that the persons appointed to a charter commission for the consolidation of the functions of the county and creation of a metropolitan government be representative of both incorporated and unincorporated ar...
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2024-04-16
Comp. SB subst.
TNHB2348Intro
25%
As enacted, establishes a Class E felony for an entity that is supported in whole or in part by public funds to knowingly provide meeting spaces or other forums, including electronic and print platforms, to certain groups or organizations for the pur...
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2024-04-16
Sponsor(s) Added.
TNHB2088Intro
25%
As enacted, 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 employee...
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2024-04-16
All Ayes added as Sponsors
TNHB1748Intro
25%
As enacted, extends the commission on children and youth to June 30, 2028. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 29 and Title 37, Chapter 3.
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2024-04-15
Comp. SB subst.
TNHB1783Intro
25%
As enacted, generally establishes that permanent rules filed in the office of the secretary of state on or after January 1, 2023, that are in effect on May 1, 2024, and that are scheduled for expiration on June 30, 2024, do not expire on June 30, 202...
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2024-04-15
Comp. SB subst.
TNHB2346Intro
25%
As enacted, creates a mechanism for the management and governance functions of certain boards to be transferred and assumed by the commission in the event a board ceases to exist under the Tennessee Governmental Entity Review Law. - Amends TCA Title ...
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2024-04-15
Comp. SB subst.
TNHB1259Intro
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...
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2024-04-15
Sponsor(s) Added.
TNHB2619Intro
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As enacted, generally prohibits the department from using state funds to administer hormone replacement therapy to state inmates incarcerated in a state penitentiary or a county jail or workhouse, or for sex reassignment surgery for state inmates inc...
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2024-04-11
Sponsor(s) Added.
TNHB2784Intro
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As enacted, adds a process by which compliance with the law concerning divisive concepts in institutions of higher education can be reviewed by applicable legislative committees. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 7.
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2024-04-11
Sponsor(s) Added.
TNHB2859Intro
25%
As enacted, provides that an owner of land who enters into a cooperative agreement with a public utility owned by the federal government for the use of the public utility's land in conjunction with the owner's land of at least 100 acres that is made ...
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2024-04-11
Comp. SB subst.
TNHJR1359Intro
25%
States that neither World Health Organization, United Nations, nor the World Economic Forum shall have any jurisdiction or power within the State of Tennessee.
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2024-04-11
To House Delayed Bills Committee
TNHJR0038Intro
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...
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2024-04-10
Taken off notice for cal in s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee of Finance, Ways, and Means Committee
TNHB2961Intro
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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...
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2024-04-10
To House Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee
TNHB2304Engross
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As introduced, requires the department to provide written and electronic notice to the employing company of a person appointed and commissioned as a state facility protection officer to provide facility security when the department no longer requires...
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2024-04-10
Received from House, Passed on First Consideration
TNHB2647Intro
25%
As introduced, removes an outdated provision that required the department to report to the chairs of the government operations committees of the senate and the house of representatives, and appear before the education, health, and general welfare joi...
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2024-04-09
Def. to Summer Study in Civil Justice Committee
TNHB2216PassAs enacted, enacts "Danielle's Law," which extends the statute of limitations for injuries to a person, who is 18 or older, relating to sexual assault to three years or five years depending on if law enforcement was notified of the assault. - Amends ...
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2024-04-08
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 644
TNHB0023PassAs enacted, requires a legislative body for a municipal, metropolitan, or county government to make available to the public, at no charge and at least 48 hours prior to a meeting, the agenda for the upcoming meeting in a place accessible to the publi...
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2024-04-04
Sponsor(s) Added.
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