Tennessee Bills

sponsored by Justin Lafferty

Bill Title Introduced Latest Action↓
HB 869 (113th Regular Session (2023-2024))
Education, Higher - As enacted, makes revisions to the law relative to confirmation of membership on the board of regents for the State University and Community College System; the Tennessee Promise Scholarship Act of 2014; the Wilder-Naifeh technical skills grant; and dual enrollment grants for high school students. - Amends TCA Title 49.
Jan 30 2023 Comp. Became Pub. Ch. 925
May 13 2024
HB 2393 (113th Regular Session (2023-2024))
Tennessee Higher Education Commission - As enacted, makes various changes to the fees collected by the commission from Tennessee SARA institutions pursuant to the State Authorization Reciprocity Agreement Act. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 7.
Jan 30 2024 Comp. Became Pub. Ch. 879
May 13 2024
HB 2392 (113th Regular Session (2023-2024))
State Universities - As enacted, adds state university boards of trustees to the list of governing boards authorized to promulgate rules to effectuate the requirement that persons required to register for the federal draft must be registered for the draft in order to be eligible for enrollment in a state postsecondary school. - Amends TCA Section 49-7-114.
Jan 30 2024 Comp. Became Pub. Ch. 779
May 01 2024
HB 2391 (113th Regular Session (2023-2024))
Election Laws - As enacted, changes the date by which a county election commission may begin voting at nursing homes from 29 days before the election to 27 days before the election. - Amends TCA Title 2.
Jan 30 2024 Pub. Ch. 757
May 01 2024
HJR 1148 (113th Regular Session (2023-2024))
Memorials, Professional Achievement - Jessica Everitt, Knox County Schools Pre-K-4th Grade Teacher of the Year -
Mar 26 2024 Signed By Governor.
Apr 16 2024
HR 123 (113th Regular Session (2023-2024))
Memorials, Heroism - Robert Dial -
Mar 19 2024 Enrolled; Ready For Sig. Of H. Speaker.
Mar 26 2024
HB 2394 (113th Regular Session (2023-2024))
Campaigns and Campaign Finance - As introduced, allows a candidate for a state or local campaign to transfer unused funds to a federal campaign account for a primary election if the candidate notifies each donor of the proposed transfer and a donor does not object to the transfer within 30 days of the notification; requires the funds donated by donors who object to the transfer to be returned to the donor. - Amends TCA Title 2, Chapter 10.
Jan 30 2024 Taken Off Notice For Cal In S/C Elections & Campaign Finance Subcommittee Of Local Government Committee
Mar 13 2024
HB 2770 (113th Regular Session (2023-2024))
Municipal Government - As introduced, requires municipalities statewide to adopt an ordinance to align their municipal elections with the August or November general election beginning in 2026. - Amends TCA Title 2; Title 6 and Title 7.
Jan 31 2024 Failed In S/C Elections & Campaign Finance Subcommittee Of Local Government Committee
Mar 06 2024
HB 876 (113th Regular Session (2023-2024))
Alcoholic Beverages - As introduced, authorizes the Tennessee wine and grape board to issue its annual report on the wine industry and viticulture in this state, and on current and future activities of the board, electronically to the governor, the commissioner of finance and administration, the chair of the agriculture and natural resources committee of the house of representatives, and the chair of the energy, agriculture and natural resources committee of the senate. - Amends TCA Title 57.
Jan 30 2023 Taken Off Notice For Cal In S/C Departments & Agencies Subcommittee Of State Government Committee
Mar 06 2024
HB 874 (113th Regular Session (2023-2024))
Insurance, Health, Accident - As enacted, prohibits a health insurance issuer or a managed health insurance issuer from engaging in certain conduct. - Amends TCA Title 8; Title 56, Chapter 7; Title 68 and Title 71.
Jan 30 2023 Comp. Became Pub. Ch. 484
May 24 2023
HB 348 (113th Regular Session (2023-2024))
Scholarships and Financial Aid - As introduced, changes the date within which a student must be enrolled in a full-time eligible postsecondary program to be eligible for a Tennessee Promise scholarship from the fall term after the student's graduation of high school or similar achievement to no later than 16 months after the student's graduation of high school or similar achievement. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 4.
Jan 20 2023 Taken Off Notice For Cal In S/C Finance, Ways, And Means Subcommittee Of Finance, Ways, And Means Committee
Apr 18 2023
HB 868 (113th Regular Session (2023-2024))
Taxes, Sales - As introduced, exempts official Tennessee state flags and flags of the United States from the sales and use tax. - Amends TCA Title 67, Chapter 6, Part 3.
Jan 30 2023 Taken Off Notice For Cal In S/C Finance, Ways, And Means Subcommittee Of Finance, Ways, And Means Committee
Apr 18 2023
HB 1114 (113th Regular Session (2023-2024))
Lottery, Scholarships and Programs - As introduced, expands eligibility for the Tennessee reconnect grant to include students who completed high school or obtained a GED® or HiSET® diploma during the 2019-2020 or 2020-2021 school year, and who are at least 21 years of age by January 1 of the academic year in which they enroll in an eligible program of study. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 4.
Jan 31 2023 Taken Off Notice For Cal In S/C Higher Education Subcommittee Of Education Administration
Mar 20 2023
HB 871 (113th Regular Session (2023-2024))
Election Laws - As introduced, changes from January 15 to January 1, the time by which the state coordinator of elections must annually file a report with the state and local government committee of the senate and the state government committee of the house of representatives regarding the status of agreements entered into with other states, the progress or difficulties of reaching agreements with other states, and other information the state coordinator of elections deems necessary to keep the members of the general assembly apprised on the integrity of Tennessee's statewide voter registration database. - Amends TCA Title 2.
Jan 30 2023 Received From House, Passed On First Consideration
Mar 09 2023
HB 870 (113th Regular Session (2023-2024))
Public Records - As introduced, changes from confidential to a public record the identity of an entity that compounds, distributes, or manufactures the drugs obtained and used by the department of correction to carry out an execution by lethal injection; declares the names of persons involved in carrying out a sentence of death are confidential and exempt from public disclosure. - Amends TCA Title 10, Chapter 7.
Jan 30 2023 Taken Off Notice For Cal. In State Government Committee
Mar 08 2023
HB 877 (113th Regular Session (2023-2024))
Alcoholic Beverage Commission - As introduced, changes, from March 1 to February 1, the date by which the executive director must file the annual report on commission-promulgated rules with the state and local government committee of the senate and the state government committee of the house of representatives. - Amends TCA Title 57.
Jan 30 2023 Taken Off Notice For Cal In S/C Departments & Agencies Subcommittee Of State Government Committee
Mar 01 2023
HB 1370 (113th Regular Session (2023-2024))
Charitable Solicitations - As introduced, requires charitable organizations that solicit and receive contributions for charitable purposes related to a declared disaster in this state to expend or distribute the funds for that purpose within 24 months of the date the disaster is first declared; requires unused funds to be transferred to a fund managed by the director of TEMA to be used for the purpose of disaster relief activities in this state. - Amends TCA Title 47, Chapter 18; Title 48, Chapter 101 and Title 58.
Jan 31 2023 Assigned To S/C Departments & Agencies Subcommittee
Feb 07 2023
HB 872 (113th Regular Session (2023-2024))
Forfeiture of Assets - As introduced, adds information to be provided by the department of safety in a report detailing seizures for the previous calendar year and provided to the speakers of the senate and the house of representatives and the chairs of the appropriate committees. - Amends TCA Title 40, Chapter 33.
Jan 30 2023 Assigned To S/C Civil Justice Subcommittee
Feb 07 2023
HB 1115 (113th Regular Session (2023-2024))
Tennessee Higher Education Commission - As introduced, authorizes the commission to require the governing board of a public institution of higher education to terminate an existing on-campus or off-campus program, instead of only making recommendations regarding the termination of certain programs; requires the commission's executive director to notify the education committee of the senate and the education administration committee of the house of representatives of the commission's vote to terminate an existing program within 10 days of such action. - Amends TCA Title 49.
Jan 31 2023 Assigned To S/C Higher Education Subcommittee
Feb 07 2023
HB 875 (113th Regular Session (2023-2024))
Education - As introduced, requires a public high school from which a student who participated each semester of attendance in community service graduates to recognize the student's achievement at graduation by acknowledging such achievement on the school's website. - Amends TCA Title 49.
Jan 30 2023 P2c, Caption Bill, Held On Desk - Pending Amdt.
Feb 02 2023

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