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SJR0533 - A RESOLUTION to commemorate Women Veterans Appreciation Day, June 12, 2023.
Becky Duncan Massey, Raumesh A. Akbari, Janince Bowling
Last updated over 1 year ago
33 Co-Sponsors
Women Veterans Appreciation Day
STATUS
Passed
SB0358 - AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 66-29-142, relative to the timeframe for selling securities.
Becky Duncan Massey
Last updated over 1 year ago
1 Co-Sponsor
As enacted, permits the state treasurer to sell a security immediately after the treasurer takes custody of the security if the records of the holder do not reflect the identity of the person entitled to the security; makes other related revisions. - Amends TCA Section 66-29-142.
STATUS
Passed
SB0543 - AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 9; Title 37 and Title 71, relative to funding child care services.
Edward S. Jackson, Ferrell Haile, Rusty Crowe
Last updated over 1 year ago
13 Co-Sponsors
As enacted, creates the child care improvement fund, to be administered by the department of human services; creates a child care improvement pilot program to provide grants to nonprofit organizations to be used for establishing a new child care agency in this state or making improvements to, or assisting with staffing, recruitment, or salary gaps, at an existing child care agency in this state. - Amends TCA Title 9; Title 37 and Title 71.
STATUS
Passed
SB1646 - AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 47-9-513 and Title 66, Chapter 21, Part 1, relative to real property interests.
Becky Duncan Massey
Last updated 5 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
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.
STATUS
Passed
SB7085 - AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 39, Chapter 17, Part 13 and Title 67, Chapter 6, Part 3, relative to firearm safety.
Jack Johnson, J. Adam Lowe, Edward S. Jackson
Last updated 9 months ago
5 Co-Sponsors
As enacted, directs the department of safety to provide free firearm locks to Tennessee residents upon request, subject to appropriations; requires department-approved handgun safety courses to contain instruction on the safe storage of firearms; exempts the retail sale of firearm safes and firearm safety devices from sales and use taxes beginning November 1, 2023. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 17, Part 13 and Title 67, Chapter 6, Part 3.
STATUS
Passed
SB1670 - AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 36, Chapter 1, Part 1 and Title 68, Chapter 11, Part 2, relative to the voluntary surrender of an infant.
Becky Duncan Massey, Heidi Campbell, Paul Rose
Last updated 5 months ago
3 Co-Sponsors
As enacted, makes changes to the procedure for surrendering custody of an unwanted infant without criminal liability. - Amends TCA Title 36, Chapter 1, Part 1 and Title 68, Chapter 11, Part 2.
STATUS
Passed
SB0531 - AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 37, relative to department of children's services.
Ferrell Haile, Rusty Crowe, Becky Duncan Massey
Last updated over 1 year ago
7 Co-Sponsors
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 residential setting with a child who is in the custody of the department for purposes of reporting, investigating, and treating child sexual abuse. - Amends TCA Title 37.
STATUS
Introduced
SJR0058 - A RESOLUTION to honor the memory of Andrew Jackson York of Jamestown.
Ken Yager, Raumesh A. Akbari, Paul E. Bailey
Last updated over 1 year ago
32 Co-Sponsors
Andrew Jackson York
STATUS
Passed
SJR0935 - A RESOLUTION to commemorate May 2024 as "Osteoporosis Awareness and Prevention Month" in Tennessee.
Becky Duncan Massey
Last updated 6 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Osteoporosis Awareness and Prevention Month, May 2024
STATUS
Passed
SJR0934 - A RESOLUTION to honor the memory of Dr. Barbara M. Reid of Knoxville.
Becky Duncan Massey, Richard M. Briggs, Randy McNally
Last updated 7 months ago
3 Co-Sponsors
Dr. Barbara M. Reid
STATUS
Passed
BIOGRAPHY
INCUMBENT
Senator from Tennessee district SD-006
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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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