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HB0916 - AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4; Title 56 and Title 71, relative to coverage for prescription drugs.
Iris Rudder, Esther Helton-Haynes
Last updated 7 months ago
2 Co-Sponsors
As introduced, extends, from January 15 to February 1 of each calendar year, the due date of the annual report required to be submitted by the bureau of TennCare to certain legislative committees on the use and cost of opioids and other controlled substances in the prescription drug program for the TennCare program. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 56 and Title 71.
STATUS
Engrossed
HJR1142 - A RESOLUTION to honor the victims, their families, and the first responders on the occasion of the one-year anniversary of the Covenant School shooting in Nashville.
Bob Freeman, William G. Lamberth, Ryan Williams
Last updated 6 months ago
95 Co-Sponsors
First anniversary of the Covenant School shooting
STATUS
Passed
HB2635 - AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 56, Chapter 7, relative to contraception access.
Karen D. Camper, Samuel McKenzie, G.A. Hardaway
Last updated 5 months ago
6 Co-Sponsors
As enacted, requires a health benefit plan that amends, renews, or delivers a policy of coverage on or after July 1, 2024, and that provides coverage for prescription contraceptives, to provide coverage for a 12-month refill of contraceptives obtained at one time by an insured person, unless the insured requests a smaller supply or the prescriber instructs that the insured must receive a smaller supply. - Amends TCA Title 56, Chapter 7.
STATUS
Passed
HB1950 - AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 15, Chapter 2, relative to days of special observance.
John Ray Clemmons, Sam Whitson, Jake McCalmon
Last updated 6 months ago
61 Co-Sponsors
As enacted, designates June 6 as a day of special observance for D-Day. - Amends TCA Title 15, Chapter 2.
STATUS
Passed
HB2124 - AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 7, Chapter 68, relative to communication with federal officials regarding immigration status.
Rusty Grills, Tom Leatherwood, Mark Cochran
Last updated 5 months ago
57 Co-Sponsors
As 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 present in the United States or otherwise cooperate with the appropriate federal official in the identification, apprehension, detention, or removal of aliens not lawfully present in the United States. - Amends TCA Title 7, Chapter 68.
STATUS
Passed
HB0465 - AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 55, relative to motor vehicles.
Darren Jernigan, Scotty Campbell, Sam Whitson
Last updated 5 months ago
95 Co-Sponsors
As 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 department to promptly invalidate a disabled parking placard if the recipient of the placard is found to be deceased. - Amends TCA Title 55.
STATUS
Passed
HB2961 - AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4; Title 8 and Title 38, relative to crime labs.
G.A. Hardaway, John Gillespie, Joe E. Towns
Last updated 8 months ago
80 Co-Sponsors
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 feasibility of a Shelby County crime lab and the impact of such a crime lab on public health, safety, education, housing, and the economy for citizens and visitors of Shelby County, the city of Memphis, this state, and the Tennessee, Arkansas, and Mississippi tri-state region; requires TACIR to submit a report of the study findings to the general assembly by January 14, 2025. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 8 and Title 38.
STATUS
Introduced
HJR1130 - A RESOLUTION to honor and commend William F. "Bill" Knowles for his astute service to Hamilton County.
Greg Martin, Yusuf A. Hakeem, Patsy Hazlewood
Last updated 6 months ago
5 Co-Sponsors
William F. "Bill" Knowles
STATUS
Passed
HJR1131 - A RESOLUTION to honor the memory of Peter Eric O'Hare.
Greg Martin, Yusuf A. Hakeem, Patsy Hazlewood
Last updated 6 months ago
5 Co-Sponsors
Peter Eric O'Hare
STATUS
Passed
HJR1129 - A RESOLUTION to recognize and honor Dr. C. Wayne Shearer for his honorable and astute service to the State of Tennessee.
Greg Martin, Esther Helton-Haynes, Patsy Hazlewood
Last updated 6 months ago
4 Co-Sponsors
Dr. C. Wayne Shearer
STATUS
Passed
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Representative from Tennessee district HD-030
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Esther Helton Haynes is running for District 32 State Senate in Texas. Helton Haynes was born and raised in Dalworthington Gardens. She holds a BA in Journalism from Texas Tech University. Helton Haynes is currently a consultant for nonprofit organizations across Texas. She previously worked for 15 years as a news reporter and editor at several regional newspapers. If elected, Helton Haynes says her priorities will be expanding healthcare access, improving public education funding, and developing the state's infrastructure.read less
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