Tennessee Bills

sponsored by Joey Hensley

Bill Title Introduced Latest Action↓
SB 1237 (113th Regular Session (2023-2024))
Schools, Private - As enacted, limits the ability of a student enrolled in a private school to participate in an interscholastic athletic activity or event, to such activity or event where membership in the Tennessee Secondary School Athletic Association is required, in accordance with the student's immutable biological sex as determined by anatomy and genetics existing at the time of birth. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 1 and Title 49, Chapter 50.
Jan 31 2023 Pub. Ch. 285
May 04 2023
SB 724 (113th Regular Session (2023-2024))
Teachers, Principals and School Personnel - As enacted, creates a new pathway for honorably discharged veterans to receive an occupational teaching license. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 5.
Jan 27 2023 Comp. Became Pub. Ch. 311
May 03 2023
SB 817 (113th Regular Session (2023-2024))
Education, Higher - As enacted, enacts the "Tennessee Higher Education Freedom of Expression and Transparency Act." - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 7 and Title 49, Chapter 8.
Jan 30 2023 Pub. Ch. 268
May 03 2023
SB 464 (113th Regular Session (2023-2024))
Parks, Natural Areas Preservation - As enacted, designates a segment of the Duck River in Maury County as a Class II scenic river; requires permitting of certain water resource projects in Class II scenic river areas, subject to rules promulgated by the commissioner of environment and conservation. - Amends TCA Title 11, Chapter 13; Title 64, Chapter 1, Part 6 and Title 68, Chapter 211.
Jan 25 2023 Pub. Ch. 195
May 03 2023
SB 1068 (113th Regular Session (2023-2024))
Expunction - As enacted, makes various changes relative to expunction. - Amends TCA Title 2; Title 39 and Title 40.
Jan 31 2023 Comp. Became Pub. Ch. 315
May 03 2023
SB 644 (113th Regular Session (2023-2024))
Schools, Home - 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 agency; exempts home school students from the immunization requirements applicable to students attending a school, nursery school, kindergarten, preschool, or child care facility; authorizes an LEA, in situations where a home school student participates in an LEA-sponsored interscholastic or extracurricular activity or event, to request and receive proof that the student received a health service or examination that is required for the LEA's students to participate in the activity or event. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 6 and Title 68.
Jan 26 2023 Comp. Became Pub. Ch. 296
May 02 2023
SB 172 (113th Regular Session (2023-2024))
Criminal Offenses - As enacted, exempts from the offense of possessing or carrying a weapon on school property the possession or carrying of a pocket knife by a nonstudent adult on election day if the knife remains concealed at all times while the adult is on school property for the sole purpose of voting in an election for which the school is the adult's designated polling place. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 17 and Title 49.
Jan 12 2023 Pub. Ch. 142
Apr 27 2023
SB 600 (113th Regular Session (2023-2024))
Local Government, General - 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.
Jan 25 2023 Pub. Ch. 168
Apr 25 2023
SR 118 (113th Regular Session (2023-2024))
Memorials, Interns - Bradley Anderson -
Apr 17 2023 Signed By Senate Speaker
Apr 21 2023
SJR 331 (113th Regular Session (2023-2024))
Memorials, Professional Achievement - Becky Stewart, Lewis County Intermediate School Teacher of the Year -
Mar 14 2023 Signed By Governor.
Apr 10 2023
SJR 330 (113th Regular Session (2023-2024))
Memorials, Professional Achievement - William Collier, Lewis County High School Teacher of the Year -
Mar 14 2023 Signed By Governor.
Apr 10 2023
SJR 332 (113th Regular Session (2023-2024))
Memorials, Professional Achievement - Brooke Clayton, Lewis County Middle School Teacher of the Year -
Mar 14 2023 Signed By Governor.
Apr 10 2023
SJR 333 (113th Regular Session (2023-2024))
Memorials, Professional Achievement - Krista Hinson, Lewis County Elementary School Teacher of the Year -
Mar 14 2023 Signed By Governor.
Apr 10 2023
SB 1064 (113th Regular Session (2023-2024))
Teachers, Principals and School Personnel - As introduced, requires a school official or teacher who observes or otherwise has knowledge of an assault and battery or vandalism endangering life, health, or safety committed by a student on school property to report the action immediately to the school principal and the director of schools, instead of reporting only to the school principal. - Amends TCA Title 49.
Jan 31 2023 Assigned To General Subcommittee Of Senate Education Committee
Mar 29 2023
SB 1141 (113th Regular Session (2023-2024))
Local Education Agencies - As introduced, creates a process by which certain individuals may file a complaint with an LEA or public charter school for the LEA's or public charter school's including or promoting certain prohibited concepts as part of a course of instruction, in a curriculum or instructional program, or by allowing teachers or other employees to use supplemental materials that include or promote certain prohibited concepts. - Amends TCA Section 49-6-1019.
Jan 31 2023 Failed In Senate Education Committee
Mar 29 2023
SB 1240 (113th Regular Session (2023-2024))
Education - As introduced, requires the office of the comptroller to annually conduct a review of the English language arts textbooks and instructional materials adopted for use by each LEA and public charter school to ensure they are aligned to Tennessee's academic standards and annually submit a report detailing the findings of the review to the education committees of the senate and house of representatives no later than February 1 of each year. - Amends TCA Title 49.
Jan 31 2023 Assigned To General Subcommittee Of Senate Education Committee
Mar 29 2023
SB 821 (113th Regular Session (2023-2024))
Election Laws - As introduced, requires the coordinator of elections to take certain actions regarding paper ballots; authorizes, beginning with the 2024 election cycle, county election commissions to use hand-marked paper ballots; authorizes certification of results to be based on a hand count. - Amends TCA Title 2.
Jan 30 2023 Assigned To General Subcommittee Of Senate State And Local Government Committee
Mar 28 2023
SB 820 (113th Regular Session (2023-2024))
Local Government, General - As introduced, increases from four to six, the minimum number of regular meetings of the county legislative body each year; provides that, until otherwise set by ordinance by the board of commissioners in a city under a city manager-commission charter, regular meetings of the board must be held on the first and third Tuesdays, instead of Thursdays, of each month. - Amends TCA Title 5; Title 6 and Title 67.
Jan 30 2023 Assigned To General Subcommittee Of Senate State And Local Government Committee
Mar 28 2023
SB 405 (113th Regular Session (2023-2024))
Political Parties - As introduced, requires state and local elections for public office to be partisan elections; requires judges who are required by this state's constitution to be reelected at retention elections to declare a bona fide membership with a political party or independent status at least 30 days prior to a retention election. - Amends TCA Title 2; Title 3; Title 4; Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 8; Title 16; Title 17 and Title 49.
Jan 24 2023 Assigned To General Subcommittee Of Senate State And Local Government Committee
Mar 28 2023
SB 1044 (113th Regular Session (2023-2024))
Health, Dept. of - As introduced, requires the department to publish the annual permit fee schedule to operate an organized camp on the department's website. - Amends TCA Title 11; Title 49; Title 68 and Title 70.
Jan 31 2023 Failed In Senate Judiciary Committee
Mar 28 2023

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