Tennessee Representative Justin Lafferty [R] | Bills

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TNHB2180Enroll
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As introduced, expands student eligibility for a Tennessee future teacher scholarship to include students enrolled in an approved educator preparation program at Western Governors University. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 4, Part 7.
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2024-04-30
Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.
TNHB2553Enroll
75%
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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2024-04-30
Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.
TNHB0465PassAs enacted, enacts the "Representative Darren Jernigan Act," which requires, beginning on January 1, 2025, and each year thereafter, the department of revenue to verify that the owner of each disabled parking placard has not died; requires the depart...
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2024-04-29
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 726
TNHB0996Enroll
75%
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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2024-04-24
Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.
TNHB2743Intro
25%
As introduced, requires each institution of higher education in this state to classify a student who is the spouse or dependent child of a service member as an in-state student for tuition purposes if certain criteria are met. - Amends TCA Title 49.
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2024-04-24
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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.
TNHB1817Enroll
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As introduced, increases the penalty from a Class A misdemeanor to a Class D felony for the offense of child endangerment by a parent or custodian of a child eight years of age or less if the parent or guardian knowingly exposes the child to, or know...
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2024-04-23
Transmitted to Governor for his action.
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.
TNHB0869Intro
25%
As introduced, requires the commission to continue submitting to the governor, the speaker of the senate, and the speaker of the house of representatives annual reports on or before December 31 assessing food security among student populations. - Ame...
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2024-04-22
Sponsor(s) Added.
TNHB2391PassAs introduced, 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.
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2024-04-22
Signed by Governor.
TNHB2100PassAs introduced, requires financial institutions and insurers to make determinations about the provision or denial of services based on an analysis of risk factors unique to each current or prospective customer; prohibits financial institutions and ins...
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2024-04-22
Signed by Governor.
TNHB2393Intro
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As introduced, 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.
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2024-04-18
Comp. SB subst.
TNHB2804Intro
25%
As introduced, authorizes the treasurer to, subject to appropriations, use funds from the reserve for revenue fluctuation account to purchase precious metals bullion and specie and place the bullion and specie in a restricted account; authorizes the ...
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2024-04-17
Returned to the Clerk's Desk.
TNHB2803Intro
25%
As introduced, allows the state treasurer to enter into an agreement with an entity to carry out certain activities in order to serve as a facility to securely produce, store, process, and ship bullion products for the state's depository. - Amends TC...
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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
TNHB1059Intro
25%
As introduced, removes a provision that, in developing course equivalencies and awarding academic credits, required state institutions of higher education to submit such equivalencies to the Tennessee higher education commission (THEC) on or before D...
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2024-04-16
Sponsor(s) Added.
TNHB2088Intro
25%
As introduced, 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 emplo...
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2024-04-16
All Ayes added as Sponsors
TNHB1259Intro
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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.
TNHB2392Intro
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As introduced, 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 ...
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2024-04-08
Comp. SB subst.
TNHB2690PassAs enacted, requires the department to issue grants, subject to appropriations, to support the installation of powered, height-adjustable, adult-sized changing tables in single occupancy family restrooms in privately and municipally owned buildings o...
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2024-04-03
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 607
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
TNHB2720Intro
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As introduced, enacts the "Tennessee Healthcare Quality and Access Act of 2024"; makes various changes to certificates of need for healthcare facilities. - Amends TCA Title 68.
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2024-03-27
Taken off notice for cal in s/c Health Subcommittee of Health Committee
TNHB1602PassAs enacted, requires a video or audio recording to be made of any interrogation of a child who has been taken into custody on suspicion that the child committed a delinquent act or unruly conduct unless a technical issue with the equipment or exigent...
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2024-03-26
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 565
TNHB2039Intro
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As introduced, authorizes business, excise, and franchise tax credits equal to unreimbursed TennCare costs for eligible healthcare providers that provide healthcare services to TennCare recipients; allows a refund to be issued in lieu of a tax credit...
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2024-03-26
Taken off notice for cal. in Insurance Committee
TNHB1163PassAs enacted, enacts the "Healthcare Sharing Ministries Freedom to Share Act." - Amends TCA Title 48 and Title 56.
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2024-03-15
Effective date(s) 03/07/2024
TNHB2394Intro
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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 wi...
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2024-03-13
Taken off notice for cal in s/c Elections & Campaign Finance Subcommittee of Local Government Committee
TNHB2795Intro
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As introduced, enacts the "Restoring State Sovereignty Through Nullification Act," which establishes processes by which the general assembly may nullify an unconstitutional federal statute, regulation, agency order, or executive order. - Amends TCA T...
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2024-03-13
Sponsor(s) Added.
TNHB2632Intro
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As introduced, creates an incentive program for persons covered under a state healthcare plan under which 47.5 percent of a qualified rebate amount for a major medical treatment or procedure is distributed to a covered person, 47.5 percent of such am...
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2024-03-12
Def. to Summer Study in Public Service Subcommittee
TNHB0876Intro
25%
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...
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2024-03-06
Taken off notice for cal in s/c Departments & Agencies Subcommittee of State Government Committee
TNHB2770FailAs 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.
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2024-03-06
Failed in s/c Elections & Campaign Finance Subcommittee of Local Government Committee
TNHB1730Intro
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As introduced, requires all written driver license examinations to be administered in English only; prohibits use of a translation dictionary, electronic device, or interpreter to assist with the examination. - Amends TCA Title 55, Chapter 50, Part 3...
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2024-02-06
Sponsor(s) Added.
TNHB7070PassAs enacted, makes appropriations sufficient for the payment of any lawful expenses of the first extraordinary session of the 113th General Assembly; makes other appropriations related to such extraordinary session.
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2023-12-27
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 4
TNHB0726Intro
25%
As introduced, enacts the "Restoring State Sovereignty Through Nullification Act," which establishes processes by which the general assembly may nullify an unconstitutional federal statute, regulation, agency order, or executive order. - Amends TCA T...
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2023-08-21
Sponsor(s) Added.
TNHB0874PassAs 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.
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2023-05-24
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 484
TNHB0976PassAs enacted, enacts the "James 'Dustin' Samples Act." - Amends TCA Title 7, Chapter 51, Part 2; Title 9; Title 50, Chapter 6 and Title 68, Chapter 102.
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2023-05-24
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 465
TNHB1286PassAs enacted, requires the department of treasury investment division staff to invest, reinvest, manage, and select investment options for program assets for financial reasons, excluding environmental, social, and governance interests that may not be m...
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2023-05-24
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 471
TNHB0250PassAs enacted, requires, beyond the 2022-2023 school year, each LEA and public charter school to provide each high school senior, instead of students generally, the opportunity to take nationally recognized assessments if the assessments meet certain cr...
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2023-05-24
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 439
TNHB0158PassAs enacted, prohibits a local education agency, public charter school, public institution of higher education, the state board of education, and the department of education from requiring an educator, employee of an LEA or charter school, faculty mem...
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2023-05-24
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 438
TNHB0817PassAs enacted, prohibits members of local governing bodies to be elected through an election procedure that requires candidates to be nominated from a district and elected at large. - Amends TCA Title 2 and Title 6.
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2023-05-19
Effective date(s) 01/01/2024
TNHB0323PassAs enacted, makes various revisions to present tax law. - Amends TCA Title 67.
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2023-05-19
Effective date(s) 05/05/2023, 04/01/2024, 01/01/2024, 07/01/2024, 01/01/2025
TNHB1072PassAs enacted, requires the department to establish an honor guard grant program to provide grants to veteran service organizations to offset expenses incurred by the organization and members of the organization's honor guard in providing military funer...
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2023-05-19
Effective date(s) 05/11/2023, 01/01/2024
TNHB0027PassAs enacted, allows a student who earns the student's first baccalaureate degree in less than the projected completion time to continue to receive the Tennessee HOPE scholarship in pursuit of an advanced degree. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 4, Part ...
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2023-05-18
Effective date(s) 05/11/2023, 07/01/2023
TNHB0322PassAs enacted, revises various provisions of present law relative to safety in elementary and secondary education and the Schools Against Violence in Education Act. - Amends TCA Section 10-7-504; Title 49, Chapter 6 and Title 62, Chapter 35.
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2023-05-18
Effective date(s) 05/10/2023, 07/01/2023
TNHB0040PassAs enacted, prohibits certain foreign ownership of real property in this state by nonresident aliens and foreign entities if certain conditions are met. - Amends TCA Title 43; Title 44; Title 47; Title 48 and Title 66.
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2023-05-18
Effective date(s) 07/01/2023
TNHB0433PassAs enacted, expands the eligibility criteria for an education savings account to include students zoned to attend an LEA with at least three schools identified as priority schools in 2015, and at least three schools identified as being in the bottom ...
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2023-05-17
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 328
TNHB0962PassAs enacted, authorizes an LEA to award a high school student credit for a course offered by the LEA's high school if the student attains a qualifying score on the course's final examination without requiring the student to enroll in the course. - Ame...
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2023-05-03
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 269
TNHB0774PassAs enacted, enacts the "Protecting Tennessee Businesses and Workers Act." - Amends TCA Title 7 and Title 50.
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2023-05-03
Effective date(s) 04/28/2023
TNHB1051PassAs enacted, authorizes certain licensed advanced practice nurses and physician assistants to execute a certificate of need if a person is admitted and detained by a hospital or treatment resource for emergency diagnosis, evaluation, and treatment; ma...
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2023-05-03
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 199
TNHB0551PassAs enacted, makes various changes to adoption law. - Amends TCA Title 36; Title 37 and Title 68, Chapter 3, Part 3.
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2023-05-03
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 263
TNHB1376PassAs enacted, enacts the "Tennessee Higher Education Freedom of Expression and Transparency Act." - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 7 and Title 49, Chapter 8.
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2023-05-03
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 268
TNHB0818PassAs enacted, revises present law provisions relative to cameras on school buses and failing to stop upon approaching a school bus that has stopped on the highway. - Amends TCA Title 55, Chapter 8.
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2023-04-25
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 179
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