Tennessee Senator Ken Yager [R]

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State	Bill	Status	Summary/Title	Last Action
TN	SB0993	Enroll 75%	As introduced, authorizes sale and consumption of alcoholic beverages on certain commercial passenger buses. - Amends TCA Title 57, Chapter 4. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-04-25 Transmitted to Governor for action.
TN	SB1834	Engross 50%	As introduced, authorizes the death penalty as a punishment for rape of a child, aggravated rape of a child, or especially aggravated rape of a child. - Amends TCA Title 39; Title 40 and Chapter 1062 of the Public Acts of 2022. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-04-25 Signed by Senate Speaker
TN	SB2321	Engross 50%	As introduced, requires methadone clinics to be located in incorporated areas or in areas subject to zoning regulations, located within a five-mile radius of a police department and emergency medical services station, and located at least 2,000 feet ... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-04-25 Re-ref. Local Government Committee
TN	SB2374	Enroll 75%	As introduced, requires TACIR to complete a study and issue a report on laws, regulations, and rules affecting the start-up, operation, and expansion of child care businesses in this state. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 8; Title 36; Title 37; Title 49 ... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-04-25 Transmitted to Governor for action.
TN	SB2103	Engross 50%	As introduced, deletes the provision requiring that the measure of the franchise tax must not be less than the actual value of the real or tangible property owned or used by a taxpayer in this state; authorizes the commissioner of revenue to issue re... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-04-25 Conf. comm. report adopted, Ayes 69, Nays 23 PNV 0
TN	SB1936	Enroll 75%	As introduced, changes the application requirements for international medical school graduates applying for special licenses. - Amends TCA Title 63. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-04-25 Transmitted to Governor for action.
TN	SB2571	Enroll 75%	As introduced, enacts the "Parental Accountability Act," requiring the juvenile court to assess a fine of $1,000 against a child who is found to be delinquent for a second or subsequent delinquent act, to be paid by the child’s parent, legal custod... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-04-25 Transmitted to Governor for action.
TN	SB2566	Engross 50%	As introduced, requires any conditions of release imposed on a defendant to include a requirement that the defendant submit to pretrial monitoring to ensure compliance with the conditions; requires the court to order bail to be forfeited and an arres... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-04-25 Concurred, Ayes 26, Nays 5 (Amendment 1 - HA0680)
TN	SB2570	Engross 50%	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... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-04-25 Signed by Senate Speaker
TN	SB2134	Engross 50%	As introduced, enacts the Social Work Licensure Compact. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 63 and Title 68. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-04-25 Passed H., Ayes 89, Nays 2, PNV 0
TN	SB2915	Engross 50%	As introduced, authorizes proration of the registration fee for freight motor vehicles operated for commercial purposes upon the death of an eligible operator of the freight motor vehicle; requires submission of certain documentation prior to issuanc... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-04-25 Signed by Senate Speaker
TN	SB2578	Engross 50%	As introduced, revises provisions related to the special account in the general fund known as the "pre-need funeral account"; deletes the indigent burial fund. - Amends TCA Section 62-5-414. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-04-25 Signed by Senate Speaker
TN	SB1740	Engross 50%	As introduced, enacts the "Annual Coverage Assessment Act of 2024," which requires each covered hospital licensed as of July 1, 2024 to pay an annual coverage assessment for FY 2024-2025 of a certain percentage of the covered hospital's annual covera... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-04-25 Signed by Senate Speaker
TN	SB2801	Enroll 75%	As introduced, requires all TennCare health benefit plans to provide coverage and reimbursement for mental health services and treatment to the same extent that the plans provide coverage and reimbursement for the treatment of alcoholism and drug dep... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-04-25 Transmitted to Governor for action.
TN	SR0324	Pass	Caryville Cares Playground [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-04-25 Signed by Senate Speaker
TN	SR0326	Intro 25%	Dr. Joseph Wasmond [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-04-25 Sponsor(s) Added.
TN	SB1000	Intro 25%	As introduced, decreases, from nine to eight, the number of affirmative votes required by members of the agency's board of directors in order for the agency to approve the operation of its financial assistance programs, which support the financing of... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-04-24 Companion House Bill substituted
TN	SJR0848	Engross 50%	Urges development of comprehensive statewide Paid Family Caregiving Policy and Program. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-04-24 Concurred, Ayes 88, Nays 3, PNV 0
TN	SB2332	Intro 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. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-04-24 Sponsor(s) Added.
TN	SB2337	Engross 50%	As introduced, increases the penalty for indecent exposure from a Class A misdemeanor to a Class E felony if the person was confined in a penal institution at the time of the commission of the offense and the offense was committed with the intent to ... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-04-24 Passed H., Ayes 77, Nays 18, PNV 1
TN	SB2158	Intro 25%	As introduced, requires the review of executive branch agency policies and spending as it relates to illegal immigration; requires a report to be compiled and delivered to the governor and the speakers of the senate and house of representatives regar... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-04-24 Sponsor(s) Added.
TN	SB2204	Engross 50%	As introduced, authorizes available funds in the Ocoee River recreation and economic development fund to be paid to the Tennessee Valley Authority for additional releases of water on the Ocoee River. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 11; Title 65, Chapter ... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-04-24 Concurred, Ayes 29, Nays 0 (Amendment 2 - HA1079)
TN	SB1881	Engross 50%	As introduced, removes from the definition of "provider-based telemedicine" the requirement that the healthcare service provider or the provider's practice group or healthcare system have an established provider-patient relationship that is documente... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-04-24 Passed H., Ayes 97, Nays 0, PNV 0
TN	SB0129	Engross 50%	As introduced, removes requirement for receipt of certain grants and loans for water and wastewater treatment infrastructure projects that a municipality includes depreciation in its calculation of fees or rates. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 9; Title ... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-04-24 Passed H., Ayes 95, Nays 1, PNV 0
TN	SB2368	Engross 50%	As introduced, requires the commissioner of finance and administration, or the commissioner's designee, to make available to the public on the department's website any proposed budget document or other financial publication that lists complex rehabil... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-04-24 Passed H., Ayes 96, Nays 0, PNV 0
TN	SB2307	Enroll 75%	As introduced, adds hydrogen gas to the definition of alternative fuel for the purposes of fuel tax law; subjects hydrogen gas to the compressed natural gas tax; exempts hydrogen gas from the sales and use tax. - Amends TCA Title 67. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-04-24 Transmitted to Governor for action.
TN	SB1792	Engross 50%	As introduced, enacts the "Protect Tennessee Minors Act"; requires an individual or commercial entity that publishes or distributes in this state a website that contains a substantial portion of material harmful to minors perform reasonable age-verif... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-04-24 Passed H., Ayes 96, Nays 0, PNV 0
TN	SB0757	Engross 50%	As introduced, extends from 90 days to 100 days, the amount of time in which captured plate data collected or retained by a governmental entity through the use of an automated license plate recognition system may be stored unless the data is retained... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-04-24 Concurred, Ayes 24, Nays 5 (Amendment 1 - HA1014)
TN	SJR1382	Pass	Cheri Doane, Ms. Tennessee Senior America 2023 [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-04-24 Signed by Governor.
TN	SJR1362	Pass	Hannah-Kate McFadden [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-04-24 Signed by Governor.
TN	SB1882	Engross 50%	As introduced, authorizes a charitable nonprofit corporation located in Knox County or within a municipality located within Knox County that acquires replacement property which is operated as a licensed residential home for the aged, to claim and fil... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-04-24 Passed H., Ayes 94, Nays 0, PNV 1
TN	SJR1489	Pass	Officer Joseph McKinney, Memphis Police Department [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-04-24 Signed by Governor.
TN	SB1771	Intro 25%	As introduced, makes the state liable and responsible for paying the expenses for HIV medication for inmates committed to a county jail or workhouse who previously received prescription medication to treat HIV or AIDS through a state department, agen... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-04-24 Sponsor(s) Added.
TN	SB2159	Intro 25%	As introduced, increases the amount of personal needs allowance from $50 to $70 for long-term nursing home residents. - Amends TCA Title 71. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-04-24 Companion House Bill substituted
TN	SB2116	Engross 50%	As introduced, increases from 15 days to 15 business days the time period a court may send notification of a defendant's conviction of aggravated cruelty to animals to the appropriate protective agencies if the defendant resides in a household with m... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-04-24 Passed H., Ayes 97, Nays 0, PNV 0
TN	SB2791	Intro 25%	As introduced, enacts the "TennCare for Working Individuals with Disabilities Act." - Amends TCA Title 71, Chapter 5. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-04-24 Sponsor(s) Added.
TN	SJR1534	Engross 50%	U.S. 70, Broadway of America [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-04-24 To House Delayed Bills Committee
TN	SJR1540	Engross 50%	Dr. Alton Wayne Tipps [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-04-24 Concurred, Ayes 96, Nays 1, PNV 1
TN	SJR1541	Engross 50%	Julia "Judy" Pearl Wright [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-04-24 Concurred, Ayes 96, Nays 1, PNV 1
TN	SJR1485	Enroll 75%	Dr. Keith Norman, 25th pastoral anniversary [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-04-24 Signed by Senate Speaker
TN	SR0321	Intro 25%	Tedra Spuller [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-04-24 Adopted, Ayes 29, Nays 0
TN	SB2639	Intro 25%	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 ... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-04-24 Sponsor(s) Added.
TN	SJR1557	Engross 50%	Morgan Price, NCAA gymnastics champion [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-04-24 Concurred, Ayes 96, Nays 1, PNV 1
TN	SB0756	Intro 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... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-04-24 Sponsor(s) Added.
TN	SB2322	Pass	As introduced, requires the judge of the general sessions court in Scott County to devote full time to the duties of such office and prohibits the judge from the practice of law or any other employment which conflicts with the performance of their du... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-04-23 Signed by Governor.
TN	SB1641	Pass	As introduced, creates the right of an attorney in fact designated to make healthcare decisions under a durable power of attorney for health care to conduct at least one in-person visitation with the principal for each day the principal is in a hospi... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-04-23 Signed by Governor.
TN	SB2117	Intro 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... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-04-23 Sponsor(s) Added.
TN	SB2147	Pass	As introduced, increases from 48 hours to 72 hours, the time period prior to a hearing on the merits of a complaint for an order authorizing the provision of protective services necessary to prevent imminent danger of irreparable physical or mental h... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-04-23 Signed by Governor.
TN	SB2538	Intro 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... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-04-23 Sponsor(s) Added.
TN	SB2151	Engross 50%	As introduced, requires the commissioner of health to submit an electronic copy of the annual report on immunization rates of children, by county, to the governor and the speakers of the senate and the house of representatives. - Amends TCA Title 14;... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-04-23 Conf. comm. report adopted, Ayes 69, Nays 24 PNV 1