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SB2538 - AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 58, relative to the authority of the governor.
Frank S. Niceley, Ken Yager, Jon C. Lundberg
Last updated 4 months ago
8 Co-Sponsors
As enacted, authorizes the governor to deploy up to a brigade-sized force to Texas to assist in repelling the invasion at the southern border of the United States during fiscal year 2024-2025. - Amends TCA Title 58.
STATUS
Passed
SB2539 - AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4, Chapter 29; Title 59; Title 60; Title 65 and Title 68, relative to energy policy.
Frank S. Niceley, Rusty Crowe, Page Walley
Last updated 4 months ago
3 Co-Sponsors
As enacted, vacates and reconstitutes the state energy policy council. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 29; Title 59; Title 60; Title 65 and Title 68.
STATUS
Passed
SJR0902 - A RESOLUTION to propose an amendment to Article XI of the Constitution of Tennessee, relative to the right to food.
Frank S. Niceley
Last updated 6 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Proposes adding a provision establishing right to food to provide all individuals with a right to food, including the right to save and exchange seeds and the right to grow, raise, harvest, produce, and consume the food of their own choosing for their own nourishment, sustenance, bodily health, and well-being.
STATUS
Failed
SB2357 - AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 44 and Title 63, relative to animal care.
Frank S. Niceley
Last updated 8 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
As introduced, increases from $25 to $40, the deposit amount that an agency cannot accept less than from a new owner adopting a cat or dog that has not been spayed or neutered, and to ensure that the spaying or neutering occurs, the agency permits the owner to receive a refund of the deposit upon providing confirmation of the spaying or neutering. - Amends TCA Title 44 and Title 63.
STATUS
Introduced
SB2516 - AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4, Chapter 54, relative to the Tennessee Firearms Freedom Act.
Frank S. Niceley, Kerry Roberts, Paul E. Bailey
Last updated 6 months ago
4 Co-Sponsors
As introduced, creates a civil action against any person or government entity that infringes upon a person's right to bear arms under the Tennessee or United States Constitutions; requires the person or entity to be liable for actual or statutory damages, punitive damages, attorney's fees, and court costs. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 54.
STATUS
Failed
SB2540 - AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4; Title 7; Title 12; Title 60; Title 64; Title 65; Title 67 and Title 68, relative to energy.
Frank S. Niceley, Janince Bowling
Last updated 8 months ago
2 Co-Sponsors
As introduced, directs the department of economic and community development to develop a program for the installation and operation of combustion turbine power plants to increase the state's electric generation capacity. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 7; Title 12; Title 60; Title 64; Title 65; Title 67 and Title 68.
STATUS
Introduced
SB2609 - AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 2; Title 6 and Title 7, relative to municipal elections.
Frank S. Niceley
Last updated 8 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
As 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.
STATUS
Introduced
SB2608 - AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 40 and Title 55, relative to expunction of criminal records.
Frank S. Niceley
Last updated 6 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
As introduced, allows a person to have the criminal records of a conviction for driving under the influence of an intoxicant expunged if the court finds by a preponderance of the evidence that the intoxicant or intoxicants forming the basis of the conviction were lawfully prescribed to the petitioner at the time of the offense. - Amends TCA Title 40 and Title 55.
STATUS
Failed
SB2616 - AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4; Title 43; Title 63 and Title 68, Chapter 7, relative to medical cannabis.
Frank S. Niceley
Last updated 8 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
As introduced, reduces minimum age requirement for membership on the medical cannabis commission from 30 years of age to 25 years of age. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 43; Title 63 and Title 68, Chapter 7.
STATUS
Introduced
SB2602 - AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 41, relative to corrections.
Frank S. Niceley
Last updated 8 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
As introduced, increases from $1,000 to $1,250, the bond amount the workhouse or jail superintendent must pay to the state for use of the county, from an approved surety company or two or more approved sureties, in addition to taking an oath, to ensure the faithful discharge of the superintendent's duties. - Amends TCA Title 41.
STATUS
Introduced
BIOGRAPHY
INCUMBENT
Representative from Tennessee district SD-008
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Tennessee House
BIRTH
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ABOUT
Frank S. Niceley is a Republican member of the Tennessee State Senate, representing District 8. Niceley earned his BBA from Memphis State University in 1975. He went on to receive his JD from Memphis State University Law School in 1980. Prior to his election to the Tennessee State Senate, Niceley served as a county commissioner for Jefferson County. His professional experience also includes working as an attorney.read less
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