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HB0752 - AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 37 and Title 39, relative to children.
Mary Littleton, Sam Whitson, Rebecca Kefauver Alexander
Last updated over 1 year ago
8 Co-Sponsors
As enacted, creates a criminal offense of a foster parent from a kinship placement knowingly allowing a child in the foster parent's care to visit with the child's parent if the foster parent has knowledge of a current court order prohibiting the parent from visiting with the child, with a first violation being a Class C misdemeanor punishable by a fine only and a second or subsequent violation being a Class B misdemeanor. - Amends TCA Title 37 and Title 39.
STATUS
Passed
HB0917 - AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 8, Chapter 36, Part 8, relative to retirement.
Iris Rudder
Last updated over 1 year ago
1 Co-Sponsor
As introduced, for purposes of a retired member of the Tennessee consolidated retirement system (TCRS), or a retiree of a local retirement fund, returning to work temporarily, authorizes the submission in an electronic format by the head of the employing entity, or the head's designee, certification to the retirement division of the member's name, period to be employed, number of days to be worked, compensation to be paid, and anticipated termination date, and a statement showing working hours and compensation for the retiree. - Amends TCA Title 8, Chapter 36, Part 8.
STATUS
Introduced
HB1280 - AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 39, Chapter 17, Part 3 and Title 71, Chapter 6, relative to offenses committed against the elderly.
Kelly Keisling, Kip Capley, Jody Barrett
Last updated over 1 year ago
31 Co-Sponsors
As enacted, expands the offense of aggravated stalking to include a person who commits stalking against a victim who is at least 65 or older. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 17, Part 3 and Title 71, Chapter 6.
STATUS
Passed
HB1296 - AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 68, Chapter 1, relative to long-acting reversible contraceptives.
Esther Helton-Haynes, Yusuf A. Hakeem, Mary Littleton
Last updated over 1 year ago
12 Co-Sponsors
As introduced, requires the department of health to provide voluntary reversible long-acting contraception to women at no charge. - Amends TCA Title 68, Chapter 1.
STATUS
Introduced
HB1459 - AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 39 and Title 40, relative to criminal offenses.
Debra Moody, Kip Capley, Dave Wright
Last updated over 1 year ago
16 Co-Sponsors
As enacted, creates a Class A misdemeanor for a warden or chief administrative officer employed by a penal institution, who knows that certain offenses have occurred within the institution, to fail to report such offenses to the district attorney general for the judicial district in which the institution is located and the district attorney general who prosecuted the offense for which the offender is incarcerated within five business days of becoming aware of the offense being committed; authorizes the court to order sentences to run consecutively if the court finds by a preponderance of the evidence that the defendant was incarcerated at the time of the offense and is convicted of an offense that is reportable by a warden or chief administrator. - Amends TCA Title 39 and Title 40.
STATUS
Passed
HB0962 - AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 49, relative to secondary education.
William Slater, Scott E. Cepicky, Debra Moody
Last updated over 1 year ago
25 Co-Sponsors
As enacted, authorizes an LEA to award a high school student credit for a course offered by the LEA's high school if the student attains a qualifying score on the course's final examination without requiring the student to enroll in the course. - Amends TCA Title 49.
STATUS
Passed
HB1441 - AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4; Title 38, Chapter 3; Title 39, Chapter 17; Title 43; Title 50; Title 53; Title 63; Title 67 and Title 68, relative to the "Tennessee Medical Cannabis Act."
Iris Rudder
Last updated over 1 year ago
1 Co-Sponsor
As introduced, enacts the "Tennessee Medical Cannabis Act," which establishes a medical cannabis program to be administered by the medical cannabis commission. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 38, Chapter 3; Title 39, Chapter 17; Title 43; Title 50; Title 53; Title 63; Title 67 and Title 68.
STATUS
Introduced
HB1079 - AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 6 and Title 67, Chapter 6, relative to courthouse square revitalization.
Johnny W. Shaw, Antonio Parkinson, Ron Travis
Last updated over 1 year ago
7 Co-Sponsors
As introduced, extends indefinitely the time frame, by deleting the June 30, 2028, termination date, that a municipality that continues to receive an allocation of state sales tax revenue pursuant to the now-repealed Courthouse Square Revitalization Pilot Project Act of 2005, will continue to receive the allocation of the revenue. - Amends TCA Title 6 and Title 67, Chapter 6.
STATUS
Introduced
HJR0096 - A RESOLUTION commemorating "Tennessee Music Therapy Week," the week of February 27, 2023.
Mike Sparks, Gregory Bryan Terry, Robert Stevens
Last updated 6 months ago
90 Co-Sponsors
Music Therapy Week
STATUS
Passed
HB1503 - AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 8; Title 56; Title 63 and Title 68, relative to health care.
Kevin Vaughan, Iris Rudder, Cameron Sexton
Last updated over 1 year ago
18 Co-Sponsors
As enacted, requires the commissioner of commerce and insurance to conduct a study on the implementation of the federal No Surprises Act and its implications for physicians and healthcare facilities in this state; revises present law concerning network adequacy. - Amends TCA Title 8; Title 56; Title 63 and Title 68.
STATUS
Passed
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Representative from Tennessee district HD-039
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Tennessee House
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Iris Rudder is from Bala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania. She received her undergraduate degree from the University of Pennsylvania. After college, Ms. Rudder taught high school English. She later earned her law degree from Temple University Beasley School of Law. Ms. Rudder served as an Assistant District Attorney in Philadelphia for over a decade. She prosecuted gun, domestic violence, sexual assault, child abuse, and homicide cases.read less
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