Tennessee Senator Becky Massey [R] | Bills | Introduced

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TNSB2183Intro
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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...
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2024-04-25
Conf. comm. report adopted, Ayes 82, Nays 3 PNV 0
TNSB0756Intro
25%
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...
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2024-04-24
Sponsor(s) Added.
TNSB2159Intro
25%
As introduced, increases the amount of personal needs allowance from $50 to $70 for long-term nursing home residents. - Amends TCA Title 71.
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2024-04-24
Companion House Bill substituted
TNSB2791Intro
25%
As introduced, enacts the "TennCare for Working Individuals with Disabilities Act." - Amends TCA Title 71, Chapter 5.
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2024-04-24
Sponsor(s) Added.
TNSB1659Intro
25%
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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2024-04-24
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TNSB2332Intro
25%
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.
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2024-04-24
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TNSB2146Intro
25%
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...
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2024-04-24
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TNSB2117Intro
25%
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...
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2024-04-23
Sponsor(s) Added.
TNSB2902Intro
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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...
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2024-04-23
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TNSB2156Intro
25%
As introduced, changes from February 1 to January 15, the deadline for the commissioners of safety and education to present their annual report to the governor and the general assembly concerning implementation of the Schools Against Violence in Educ...
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2024-04-23
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TNSB2538Intro
25%
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...
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2024-04-23
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TNSB2883Intro
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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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2024-04-22
Sponsor(s) Added.
TNSB0177Intro
25%
As introduced, requires TennCare to create and implement a three-year pilot program to provide remote maternal health services to eligible TennCare recipients; authorizes the TennCare director to seek a federal waiver as necessary to implement the pi...
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2024-04-19
To Senate Finance, Ways and Means Committee
TNSB0359Intro
25%
As introduced, requires the salaries paid to teachers and other professional personnel in a state special school on or after July 1, 2023, to equal or exceed the salaries paid to teachers and other professional personnel with comparable training and ...
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2024-04-19
To Senate Finance, Ways and Means Committee
TNSB0364Intro
25%
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 achie...
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2024-04-19
To Senate Finance, Ways and Means Committee
TNSB0529Intro
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As introduced, eliminates the sales and use tax on infant diapers, wipes, and formula. - Amends TCA Title 67, Chapter 6, Part 3.
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2024-04-19
To Senate Finance, Ways and Means Committee
TNSB0750Intro
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As introduced, requires the department to create and implement a promising futures program to provide scholarships to children who are not school age to assist them in developing early language and literacy skills in a high-quality early care and lea...
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2024-04-19
To Senate Finance, Ways and Means Committee
TNSB0763Intro
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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.
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2024-04-19
To Senate Finance, Ways and Means Committee
TNSB1282Intro
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As introduced, adds the government operations committees of both houses to the list of legislative committees to receive annual reports from the commission on aging and disability concerning funding sources used to support the health, safety, and wel...
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2024-04-19
To Senate Finance, Ways and Means Committee
TNSB1316Intro
25%
As introduced, increases the penalty for the offense of possession of a used, detached catalytic converter by an unauthorized person from a Class A misdemeanor punishable only by fine to a Class E felony. - Amends TCA Title 38; Title 39; Title 55 and...
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2024-04-19
To Senate Finance, Ways and Means Committee
TNSB0536Intro
25%
As introduced, adds, for purposes of juvenile court proceedings and termination of parental rights proceedings, certain offenses to those that constitute severe child abuse if the act was committed toward the child or there was a knowing failure to p...
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2024-04-19
To Senate Finance, Ways and Means Committee
TNSB0530Intro
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As introduced, enacts the "First Lady's Children's Trust Fund Act," which creates a trust fund to support persons and entities seeking assistance in the care of children in this state. - Amends TCA Title 9; Title 33; Title 37; Title 50; Title 63; Tit...
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2024-04-19
To Senate Finance, Ways and Means Committee
TNSB0531Intro
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As introduced, requires the department to maintain staffing to allow case managers to have no more than 20 open cases, rather than an average of 20 active cases; states that a "person residing in the child's home" includes a person living in a reside...
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2024-04-19
To Senate Finance, Ways and Means Committee
TNSB0085Intro
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As introduced, enacts the "Employee Ownership, Empowerment, and Expansion Act," to support the growth and expansion of employee-owned businesses. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 8; Title 9; Title 12, Chapter 3; Title 45; Title 50; Title 56, Chapter 1 and...
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2024-04-19
To Senate Finance, Ways and Means Committee
TNSB1647Intro
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As introduced, provides a 25 percent discount on the tuition charged by a state institution of higher education to the child of an active or retired member of the Tennessee army national guard or the Tennessee air national guard. - Amends TCA Title 4...
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2024-04-19
To Senate Finance, Ways and Means Committee
TNSB1671Intro
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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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2024-04-19
To Senate Finance, Ways and Means Committee
TNSB1672Intro
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As introduced, reduces, from 23 to 21, the minimum age required for a student to be eligible for the Tennessee reconnect grant. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 4.
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2024-04-19
To Senate Finance, Ways and Means Committee
TNSB1977Intro
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As introduced, establishes the hunger-free campus grant program; provides grants to higher education institutions to address student hunger. - Amends TCA Title 49.
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2024-04-19
To Senate Finance, Ways and Means Committee
TNSB1783Intro
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As introduced, reallocates 5 percent of the privilege tax collected from licensees that offer sports wagering in this state from the lottery for education account to a new Tennessee Promise completion grant special account created to assist the commi...
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2024-04-19
To Senate Finance, Ways and Means Committee
TNSB2277Intro
25%
As introduced, creates a registry of persons convicted of the criminal offense of domestic assault; requires the bureau to maintain the registry. - Amends TCA Title 18; Section 38-6-103; Title 39 and Title 40.
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2024-04-19
To Senate Finance, Ways and Means Committee
TNSB0503Intro
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As introduced, extends from October to November, the time within which a public institution of higher education that receives funds from the distribution of credit cards to students or any percentage from the use of cards bearing the college or unive...
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2024-04-19
Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 4/23/2024
TNSB2020Intro
25%
As introduced, specifies that reports of county medical examiners and autopsy reports of victims of violent crime who are minors are not public documents; allows a parent or legal guardian of a minor victim of a violent crime to consent to the releas...
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2024-04-19
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TNSB2942Intro
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As introduced, makes appropriations for the fiscal years beginning July 1, 2023, and July 1, 2024.
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2024-04-19
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TNSB2901Intro
25%
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...
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2024-04-18
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TNSB0137Intro
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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 ...
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2024-04-16
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TNSB1769Intro
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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...
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2024-04-15
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TNSB1887Intro
25%
As introduced, makes bullying and cyber-bullying offenses subject to the same penalties as harassment; requires an officer to make a report of bullying and notify a parent or guardian when victim is a minor. - Amends TCA Title 37; Title 38; Title 39 ...
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2024-04-08
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TNSB2627Intro
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As introduced, increases, from two to three, the number of hours of training or continuing education courses on domestic violence or child abuse all judges in child custody proceedings are required to complete per year; increases, from 10 to 15, the ...
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2024-04-04
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TNSB1993Intro
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As introduced, removes a medication aide's authority, pursuant to a nursing delegation, to administer oral medications and topical medications prescribed with a designation authorizing or requiring administration on an as-needed basis; removes prohib...
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2024-04-01
Companion House Bill substituted
TNSB1646Intro
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As enacted, adds former public officials to the list of officials who may contest liens on real property believed to lack any legal basis. - Amends TCA Section 47-9-513 and Title 66, Chapter 21, Part 1.
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2024-03-28
Companion House Bill substituted
TNSB1673Intro
25%
As introduced, 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 t...
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2024-03-28
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TNSB1905Intro
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As enacted, clarifies that an order of protection for domestic abuse remains in effect during an appeal from a final ruling on the order of protection by a general sessions court or by an official authorized to issue such an order unless the order ex...
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2024-03-28
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TNSB1752Intro
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As introduced, extends eligibility for a Tennessee Promise scholarship to students who are enrolled full-time in a private, for-profit trade school that has been approved by the Tennessee state board of cosmetology and barber examiners to operate in ...
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2024-03-13
To Senate Education Committee
TNSB2629Intro
25%
As introduced, on or after January 1, 2025, requires a health carrier that issues or renews a health insurance policy, health benefit plan, or contract of accident or health insurance providing benefits for medical or hospital expenses to provide cov...
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2024-03-12
To Senate Commerce and Labor Committee
TNSB2119Intro
25%
As introduced, authorizes up to two members of an LLC that owns property in a city to vote in the city's elections if the city's charter provides nonresident property owners voting rights. - Amends TCA Title 2, Chapter 2.
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2024-02-08
To Senate State and Local Government Committee
TNSB2120Intro
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As introduced, updates citations to federal law that affect state regulations of quality improvement committees of healthcare organizations. - Amends TCA Title 68, Chapter 11, Part 2.
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2024-02-08
To Senate Health and Welfare Committee
TNSB2187Intro
25%
As introduced, deletes a redundant definition of the term "commission," as that term is already defined title-wide in § 57-3-101. - Amends TCA Section 57-4-102.
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2024-02-01
To Senate State and Local Government Committee
TNSB2392Intro
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As introduced, requires the report regarding the strategic statewide plan to increase pedestrian safety that is to be submitted by the department on or before February 15, 2024, to be submitted every four years thereafter to the chairs of the transpo...
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2024-02-01
To Senate Transportation and Safety Committee
TNSB1935Intro
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As introduced, on or after January 1, 2025, requires a health carrier that issues or renews a health insurance policy, health benefit plan, or contract of accident or health insurance providing benefits for medical or hospital expenses to provide cov...
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2024-01-31
Withdrawn.
TNSB2050Intro
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As introduced, by January 1, 2025, requires the department of health to report to legislative committees the number of persons in this state who have died from accidental fentanyl poisoning over the last 10 years, the methods used by the department t...
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2024-01-31
To Senate Commerce and Labor Committee
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