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SJR0811 - A RESOLUTION to honor the memory of Beth Chiles of Nashville.
Heidi Campbell, Raumesh A. Akbari, London P. Lamar
Last updated 8 months ago
32 Co-Sponsors
Beth Chiles
STATUS
Enrolled
SB1536 - AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 29, Chapter 20 and Title 67, Chapter 5, relative to property bought by a county at a tax sale.
Janince Bowling
Last updated 5 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
As enacted, makes applicable to Coffee County, present law that provides that whenever Hardeman County or Cumberland County acquires property at a tax sale, a nongovernmental entity holding a vested and duly recorded contractual right to the payment of fees or assessments secured by such property retains such right; makes applicable to Coffee County, present law that limits such nongovernmental entity to only enforce such contractual rights against the applicable county through the exercise of its lien rights; provided, however, that the applicable county is liable for the payment of the fees and assessments if the county makes actual use of the property. - Amends TCA Title 29, Chapter 20 and Title 67, Chapter 5.
STATUS
Passed
SB2785 - AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 39; Title 40 and Chapter 375 of the Public Acts of 2023, relative to the death penalty.
Janince Bowling
Last updated 8 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
As introduced, clarifies when a person, who has been sentenced to the punishment of death and the jury has determined that the sentence must be expedited, has concluded any appeal and exhausted all available methods of post-conviction relief; requires a person sentenced to the punishment of death to file any post-conviction appeal within 180 days of the original sentence and any unsuccessful direct appeal; requires the attorney general and reporter to notify the defendant and the defendant's attorney when two or more appeals may be filed simultaneously. - Amends TCA Title 39; Title 40 and Chapter 375 of the Public Acts of 2023.
STATUS
Introduced
SB2786 - AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 2, relative to a ballot question.
Janince Bowling
Last updated 8 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
As introduced, requires county election commissions to include on the ballot for the November 2024 election a non-binding question related to the legalization of the sale, possession, and use of medical marijuana; requires the secretary of state to compile the results of the public policy opinion poll and forward the results to the members of the general assembly. - Amends TCA Title 2.
STATUS
Introduced
SB2766 - AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 49, Chapter 5 and Title 49, Chapter 6, relative to kindergarten through grade twelve education.
Janince Bowling, Joseph Hensley, John Stevens
Last updated 5 months ago
3 Co-Sponsors
As enacted, revises language prohibiting educators from discriminating against students on certain, specified bases to generally prohibiting educators from discriminating against students on any basis. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 5 and Title 49, Chapter 6.
STATUS
Passed
SB2775 - AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 3 and Title 4, relative to nullification.
Janince Bowling, Joseph Hensley
Last updated 8 months ago
2 Co-Sponsors
As introduced, enacts the "Restoring State Sovereignty Through Nullification Act," which establishes processes by which the general assembly may nullify an unconstitutional federal statute, regulation, agency order, or executive order. - Amends TCA Title 3 and Title 4.
STATUS
Introduced
SB2774 - AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 36, Chapter 5, Part 7 and Title 55, Chapter 50, relative to noncompliance with child support obligations.
Janince Bowling
Last updated 4 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
As enacted, requires the department of human services to notify the department of safety that a child support obligor whose commercial driver license was suspended or revoked for noncompliance with a child support order is in reasonable compliance with the order when the obligor submits documentation that the support is being withheld from the obligor's income received from an employment position requiring the operation of a commercial motor vehicle; requires the license to be reinstated. - Amends TCA Title 36, Chapter 5, Part 7 and Title 55, Chapter 50.
STATUS
Passed
SB2767 - AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 49, relative to instruction.
Janince Bowling
Last updated 5 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
As enacted, enacts the "Baby Olivia Act," which requires a family life curriculum that directly or indirectly addresses human growth, human development, or human sexuality to include the presentation of a high-quality, computer-generated animation or high-definition ultrasound of at least three minutes in duration that shows the development of the brain, heart, and other vital organs in early fetal development. - Amends TCA Title 49.
STATUS
Passed
SB2771 - AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 39; Title 54 and Title 55, relative to the regulation of traffic in school zones.
Janince Bowling
Last updated 4 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
As enacted, authorizes a county or municipality to hire employees or appoint volunteers to direct traffic within a school zone if certain conditions are met; establishes a Class C misdemeanor for a motor vehicle operator who knowingly ignores a regulatory or warning sign for the dropping off or picking up of students. - Amends TCA Title 39; Title 54 and Title 55.
STATUS
Passed
SB2783 - AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 69, Chapter 9 and Title 70, relative to powers of the wildlife resources agency.
Janince Bowling
Last updated 8 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
As introduced, limits the situations in which a wildlife officer may enter private property without the owner's consent to those in which the officer has a warrant, there are exigent circumstances, the officer observed a crime taking place, or another protected class of action that permits an officer's entry onto private property without a warrant occurs. - Amends TCA Title 69, Chapter 9 and Title 70.
STATUS
Introduced
BIOGRAPHY
INCUMBENT
Senator from Tennessee district SD-016
COMMITTEES
Tennessee Senate
BIRTH
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ABOUT
Janince Bowling is from Big Stone Gap, Virginia. She received her undergraduate degree from Emory and Henry College. She went on to earn her Master of Public Administration from the University of Virginia. Bowling has served on the Virginia Coalfield Economic Development Authority and Virginia Tourism Authority boards.read less
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Tennessee Senate from Tennessee
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