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SJR0155 - A RESOLUTION to honor the seventy-seventh annual Southern Legislative Conference.
Randy McNally, Ken Yager, Jon C. Lundberg
Last updated over 1 year ago
33 Co-Sponsors
77th Annual Southern Legislative Conference
STATUS
Passed
SB0541 - AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 71, Chapter 3, relative to child care.
Becky Duncan Massey, Ferrell Haile, Rusty Crowe
Last updated over 1 year ago
6 Co-Sponsors
As introduced, increases from five to seven the minimum number of children a facility must have under its care for three or more hours per day in order to fall within the definition of a child care agency for licensing purposes. - Amends TCA Title 71, Chapter 3.
STATUS
Introduced
SB0856 - AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 7, Chapter 51, Part 2; Title 9; Title 50, Chapter 6 and Title 68, Chapter 102, relative to firefighters.
Paul E. Bailey, Richard M. Briggs, Becky Duncan Massey
Last updated over 1 year ago
33 Co-Sponsors
As 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.
STATUS
Passed
SB0532 - AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 36 and Title 37, relative to the department of children's services.
Ferrell Haile, Becky Duncan Massey, Shane Reeves
Last updated over 1 year ago
6 Co-Sponsors
As enacted, states that the goal of the department must be to act in the best interest of the child at all times and that goal must be reflected in any mission statement or motto established by the department. - Amends TCA Title 36 and Title 37.
STATUS
Passed
SB0536 - AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 36, Chapter 1 and Title 37, Chapter 1, relative to children.
Ferrell Haile, J. Adam Lowe, Becky Duncan Massey
Last updated over 1 year ago
5 Co-Sponsors
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 protect the child from the commission of the act toward the child. - Amends TCA Title 36, Chapter 1 and Title 37, Chapter 1.
STATUS
Introduced
SB1357 - AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 39; Title 55 and Title 65, relative to vehicles that haul logs or pulpwood.
Todd Gardenhire, Becky Duncan Massey
Last updated over 1 year ago
2 Co-Sponsors
As enacted, requires a motor vehicle or trailer transporting a load of logs or pulpwood that protrudes at least four feet beyond the end of the body or bed of the vehicle or trailer to have certain items securely affixed to the end of the projecting load while the vehicle or trailer is loaded with the protruding logs or pulpwood. - Amends TCA Title 39; Title 55 and Title 65.
STATUS
Passed
SJR0160 - A RESOLUTION relative to training for the adult blind in Tennessee.
Becky Duncan Massey, Heidi Campbell, Richard M. Briggs
Last updated 6 months ago
5 Co-Sponsors
Expresses commitment to quality rehabilitation services for persons who are blind and urges the Department of Human Services to collaborate with the National Federation of the Blind of Tennessee to develop a plan for establishing a facility that provides comprehensive on-site, facility-based vocational rehabilitation services that allow the individual who is blind to be totally immersed in the training experience.
STATUS
Passed
SJR0161 - A RESOLUTION to honor the memory of John Louis Ryder of Memphis.
Randy McNally, Sara Kyle, Brent Taylor
Last updated over 1 year ago
28 Co-Sponsors
John Louis Ryder
STATUS
Passed
SB0721 - AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 56 and Title 63, relative to telehealth.
Becky Duncan Massey, Ken Yager, Jeff Yarbro
Last updated over 1 year ago
3 Co-Sponsors
As enacted, exempts a patient receiving an initial behavioral health evaluation via telehealth from the requirement that a patient have an in-person encounter with a healthcare services provider, the healthcare services provider’s practice group, or the healthcare system within 16 months prior to an interactive visit in order to establish a provider-patient relationship for purposes of telehealth; allows a physician assistant who is authorized to prescribe drugs and who provides services solely via telehealth to arrange for chart review by a collaborating physician via HIPAA-compliant electronic means. - Amends TCA Title 56 and Title 63.
STATUS
Passed
SB0722 - AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 36 and Title 37, relative to children.
Becky Duncan Massey, Rusty Crowe, Shane Reeves
Last updated over 1 year ago
9 Co-Sponsors
As enacted, enacts "Abrial’s Law, the Keeping Children Safe from Family Violence Act," which makes various changes to child custody law. - Amends TCA Title 36 and Title 37.
STATUS
Passed
BIOGRAPHY
INCUMBENT
Senator from Tennessee district SD-006
COMMITTEES
Tennessee Senate
BIRTH
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ABOUT
Becky Duncan Massey is a Republican member of the Tennessee State Senate, representing District 6. Massey earned her BS in Marketing from Carson-Newman University in 1992. She has served as a Knox County Commissioner (2006-2012) and on the Board of Knox County Schools (2012-2020). In the Tennessee State Senate, Massey serves as Chair of the Senate Government Operations Committee. Some of her legislative priorities include education, mental health, and issues affecting working families.read less
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Tennessee Senate from Tennessee
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