Tennessee Representative Dennis Powers [R]

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TNHB1245Intro
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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.
TNHB2067Intro
25%
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
TNHB2124PassAs enacted, requires, rather than authorizes, law enforcement agencies to communicate with the appropriate federal official regarding the immigration status of any individual, including reporting knowledge that a particular alien is not lawfully pres...
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2024-04-17
Effective date(s) 07/01/2024
TNHB1999Intro
25%
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
TNHJR0820Engross
50%
Opposes expansion of World Health Organization's authority and supports ending U.S. government funding of the organization.
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2024-04-17
To Senate Health and Welfare Committee
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.
TNHJR0797Intro
25%
Proposes amendment to prohibit a member of the General Assembly who is expelled from the General Assembly from being reelected or reappointed to, or employed by, the General Assembly.
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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
25%
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
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
TNHJR1142PassFirst anniversary of the Covenant School shooting
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2024-04-10
Signed by Governor.
TNHB2304Engross
50%
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
TNHJR1096PassRepresentative Curtis Johnson
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2024-04-09
Signed by Governor.
TNHJR1098PassRepresentative John Holsclaw
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2024-04-09
Signed by Governor.
TNHJR1097PassRepresentative Sam Whitson
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2024-04-09
Signed by Governor.
TNHJR0081Enroll
75%
Proposes additional language in Article II, Section 28 to prohibit the general assembly from levying, authorizing, or otherwise permitting a state tax on property.
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2024-04-08
Signed by Senate Speaker
TNHB1645PassAs enacted, expands the eligibility for filing a petition to obtain a lifetime order of protection to include victims of aggravated stalking, especially aggravated stalking, and felony harassment. - Amends TCA Title 36 and Title 39.
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2024-04-08
Effective date(s) 04/02/2024
TNHB2889Intro
25%
As introduced, authorizes the registered agent of a foreign corporation to resign the agency appointment by filing information with the secretary of state in an electronic format deemed suitable by the secretary of state. - Amends TCA Title 3; Title ...
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2024-04-08
To House Finance, Ways & Means Committee
TNHJR1050PassPickett County Lady Bobcats, Class A state champions
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2024-04-04
Signed by Governor.
TNHJR0810Engross
50%
Urges Governor Lee to deploy Tennessee National Guard to support Texas in its efforts to secure border.
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2024-04-04
To Senate State and Local Government Committee
TNHB0994Intro
25%
As introduced, clarifies that a threat to use deadly force by a private citizen making an arrest is not in itself considered a use of deadly force; prohibits a private citizen from threatening to use deadly force during the course of a citizen's arre...
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2024-04-03
Def. to Summer Study in Criminal Justice Subcommittee
TNHB2251PassAs enacted, enacts the "Smart Heart Act"; establishes various requirements for automatic external defibrillators in schools and response protocols for cardiac-related medical emergencies. - Amends TCA Title 49 and Title 68.
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2024-04-03
Effective date(s) 03/27/2024, 07/01/2024
TNHB1950PassAs enacted, designates June 6 as a day of special observance for D-Day. - Amends TCA Title 15, Chapter 2.
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2024-04-03
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 601
TNHB1247Intro
25%
As introduced, prohibits an illegal alien from being housed on real property owned by this state or a political subdivision of this state; excepts incarceration and other housing required as a result of a criminal conviction. - Amends TCA Title 4; Ti...
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2024-03-27
Returned to the Clerk's Desk.
TNHB2116Intro
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As introduced, extends the 25 percent tuition discount at state institutions of higher education for children of public school teachers to children of full-time law enforcement officers employed by a county or municipality in this state. - Amends TCA...
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2024-03-27
Taken off notice for cal in s/c Higher Education Subcommittee of Education Administration
TNHB2132Intro
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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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2024-03-27
Taken off notice for cal in s/c Higher Education Subcommittee of Education Administration
TNHB2133Intro
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As introduced, extends a 25 percent tuition discount, provided to the children of state employees at state institutions of higher education to the children of county and municipal employees. - Amends TCA Title 8, Chapter 50 and Title 49.
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2024-03-27
Taken off notice for cal in s/c Higher Education Subcommittee of Education Administration
TNHB0682Intro
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As introduced, designates social media platforms as common carriers and requires the entities to obtain certificates of public convenience and necessity from the Tennessee public utilities commission; prescribes fines against social media platforms t...
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2024-03-26
Returned to the Clerk's Desk.
TNHB2091PassAs enacted, defines and adds "voice" as a protected personal right; adds commercial availability of a sound recording or audiovisual work in which the individual's name, voice, likeness, or image is readily identifiable to considerations for determin...
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2024-03-26
Effective date(s) 07/01/2024
TNHJR1003PassLieutenant Colonel Waymon Logan Hickman, Jr.
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2024-03-26
Signed by Governor.
TNHJR1009PassA Soldier's Child Foundation
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2024-03-26
Signed by Governor.
TNHR0123PassRobert Dial
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2024-03-26
Signed by H. Speaker
TNHJR1095Intro
25%
Representative Bryan Richey
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2024-03-21
Ref. Calendar & Rules Committee
TNHJR1099Intro
25%
Representative Dale Carr
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2024-03-21
Withdrawn.
TNHJR0096PassMusic Therapy Week
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2024-03-19
Signed by Governor.
TNHB2115Intro
25%
As introduced, requires local education agencies (LEAs) and public charter schools to recognize November 7 of each year as Victims of Communism Day to honor the people who have fallen victim to communist regimes across the world; requires LEAs and pu...
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2024-03-19
Taken off notice for cal in s/c K-12 Subcommittee of Education Administration
TNHB2591Intro
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As introduced, allows Tennessee comprehensive assessment program (TCAP) tests to be administered to students enrolled in a virtual school or virtual education program through the internet in a virtual or remote setting if certain requirements are met...
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2024-03-19
Taken off notice for cal in s/c K-12 Subcommittee of Education Administration
TNHB1644PassAs enacted, requires each LEA, public charter school, private school, and church-related school to develop a procedure to determine the cause of a fire alarm activation, including the potential of an active shooter event; requires each LEA to coordin...
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2024-03-19
Effective date(s) 03/12/2024
TNHB0257PassAs enacted, clarifies that an owner or lessee of a motor vehicle who is the parent, legal guardian, or conservator of a person who has an intellectual or developmental disability or medical condition, who may be operating the owner's or lessee's vehi...
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2024-03-19
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 521
TNHB1687PassAs enacted, authorizes a nurse practitioner or physician assistant to perform the mandatory physical examination of a public safety dispatcher or emergency call taker if the physical examination is included in the written protocol developed by the su...
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2024-03-19
Effective date(s) 07/01/2024
TNHB1944PassAs enacted, makes it a Class B misdemeanor offense for a person to operate a passenger motor vehicle on a street, road, or highway in this state if, by alteration of the suspension, frame, or chassis, the height of the vehicle's front fender is four ...
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2024-03-19
Effective date(s) 07/01/2024
TNHJR0965PassJohn and Margaret Faulkner, Elbert K. Fretwell Award
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2024-03-13
Signed by Governor.
TNHJR0964PassLt. Col. Knud Salveson, U.S. Army (Ret.), Campbell County Good Scout Award
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2024-03-13
Signed by Governor.
TNHJR0811Engross
50%
Recognizes the benefits of chess in education and correctional systems.
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2024-03-11
To Senate Education Committee
TNHJR0963PassTennesseans for opposing and condemning neo-Nazism
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2024-03-11
Signed by Governor.
TNHB1652Engross
50%
As introduced, declares that no circuit, chancery, or other court has subject matter jurisdiction over any legal action, challenging any rule, regulation, or procedure of the senate or house of representatives. - Amends TCA Title 16.
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2024-03-07
Received from House, Passed on First Consideration
TNHR0105PassCamille Dowdy
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2024-03-05
Signed by H. Speaker
TNHB2716Engross
50%
As introduced, prohibits a local legislative body from electing a member, who was expelled for disorderly behavior, to fill a vacancy in the general assembly that was created because of the member's expulsion. - Amends TCA Title 2; Title 3; Title 4 a...
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2024-02-29
Received from House, Passed on First Consideration
TNHJR0808PassRepresentative Frank Buck
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2024-02-21
Signed by Governor.
TNHJR0825PassRenfro Blackburn "Buddy" Baird III
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2024-02-14
Signed by Governor.
TNHJR0823PassSheriff Ronald Lee "Hoss" Seals
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2024-02-14
Signed by Governor.
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