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SB0282 - AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4 and Title 37, relative to children.
Jack Johnson
Last updated almost 2 years ago
1 Co-Sponsor
As introduced, deletes provisions related to a report regarding the status of the development of a plan for a statewide system of care for children's mental health due by February 1, 2009, and plans regarding implementation of the system of children's mental health care statewide due by July 1, 2010, and July 1, 2012, all of which were submitted by the council on children's mental health care to the governor, the judiciary, education, and health and welfare committees of the senate and the civil justice, education, and health committees of the house of representatives. - Amends TCA Title 4 and Title 37.
STATUS
Introduced
SB0258 - AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 55-10-411, relative to ignition interlock devices.
Jack Johnson, Brent Taylor, Dawn White
Last updated over 1 year ago
4 Co-Sponsors
As enacted, requires that any ignition interlock device that is installed on or after January 1, 2024, employ global positioning system (GPS) technology that will geotag the motor vehicle's location whenever an initial startup test, a random retest, or a skipped test occurs, or when circumvention of the device is detected. - Amends TCA Section 55-10-411.
STATUS
Passed
SB0259 - AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 55, Chapter 12, Part 1 and Section 55-50-303, relative to driver licenses.
Jack Johnson, Brent Taylor, Bill Powers
Last updated over 1 year ago
3 Co-Sponsors
As enacted, requires proof of financial responsibility be maintained for the period of a driver license's suspension or revocation rather than for a period of three years in order for a person's registration to not be suspended or revoked when the commissioner of safety suspends or revokes the person's license by reason of a conviction; makes other revisions related to compliance with proof of financial responsibility requirements. - Amends TCA Title 55, Chapter 12, Part 1 and Section 55-50-303.
STATUS
Passed
SJR0009 - A RESOLUTION to provide for a joint committee of the House of Representatives and the Senate to count and compare the vote in the November 2022 general election for Governor.
Jack Johnson
Last updated almost 2 years ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Establishes joint committee to count and compare vote of November 2022 general election for governor.
STATUS
Passed
SB0248 - AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 68, Chapter 11, Part 2, relative to home health services.
Jack Johnson, Rusty Crowe
Last updated over 1 year ago
2 Co-Sponsors
As enacted, authorizes the department of intellectual and developmental disabilities to provide home health services to outpatients through its administration of the Tennessee Early Intervention System and the home- and community-based services provided through such system. - Amends TCA Title 68, Chapter 11, Part 2.
STATUS
Passed
SB0274 - AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 10-7-504; Title 49, Chapter 6 and Title 62, Chapter 35, relative to school safety.
Jack Johnson, Jon C. Lundberg, Janince Bowling
Last updated over 1 year ago
14 Co-Sponsors
As enacted, revises various provisions of present law relative to safety in elementary and secondary education and the Schools Against Violence in Education Act. - Amends TCA Section 10-7-504; Title 49, Chapter 6 and Title 62, Chapter 35.
STATUS
Passed
SB0423 - AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 6-19-104, relative to purchasing and contract procedures.
Jack Johnson
Last updated over 1 year ago
1 Co-Sponsor
As enacted, increases the threshold, from $10,000 to $25,000, above which sealed bids are required by a city chartered under the city manager-commission general law charter; increases the threshold, from $10,000 to $25,000, below which the board of commissioners in such city may delegate the approval of contracts to the city manager. - Amends TCA Section 6-19-104.
STATUS
Passed
SB0215 - AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 7, Chapter 86; Title 10 and Title 38, relative to records.
Jack Johnson
Last updated almost 2 years ago
1 Co-Sponsor
As introduced, requires a state agency releasing records that originated in the office of a county assessor to notify the appropriate assessor of property of the records released and the name and address of the person or firm receiving the records within 10 days of releasing the public records, rather than 20 days. - Amends TCA Title 7, Chapter 86; Title 10 and Title 38.
STATUS
Introduced
SB0213 - AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 39 and Title 40, relative to criminal offenses against persons.
Jack Johnson, Janince Bowling, Todd Gardenhire
Last updated over 1 year ago
11 Co-Sponsors
As enacted, requires a person convicted of domestic assault involving strangulation to serve a mandatory minimum sentence of 30 days incarceration; enhances offenses involving strangulation or attempted strangulation based on certain circumstances. - Amends TCA Title 39 and Title 40.
STATUS
Passed
SB0242 - AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 40, relative to criminal procedure.
Jack Johnson
Last updated almost 2 years ago
1 Co-Sponsor
As introduced, extends, from five working days to 10 working days, the time within which the clerk of a court sentencing a person to a special alternative incarceration unit must mail to the department of correction a certified copy of the sentence and indictment, a personal history statement, and an affidavit of the custodian provided by the sheriff of the county. - Amends TCA Title 40.
STATUS
Introduced
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