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SB0414 - AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 8 and Title 49, relative to K-12 education.
Jeff Yarbro, Janince Bowling
Last updated over 1 year ago
2 Co-Sponsors
As enacted, restores the requirement that a retired member's new employer pay to TCRS during each period of reemployment the greater of a payment equal to the amount the employer would have contributed to the retirement system had the retired member been a member of the retirement system during the period of reemployment; or an amount equal to 5 percent of the retired member's pay rate for reemployment in a position covered by the retirement system without the loss or suspension of the retired member's TCRS benefits. - Amends TCA Title 8 and Title 49.
STATUS
Passed
SB0466 - AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 49, Chapter 6, relative to student pronouns.
Paul Rose, Ferrell Haile, Rusty Crowe
Last updated over 1 year ago
10 Co-Sponsors
As enacted, specifies that a teacher or other employee of a public school or LEA is not required to refer to a student using the student's preferred pronoun if the pronoun is not consistent with the student's biological sex; insulates a teacher or other employee of a public school or LEA from civil liability and adverse employment action for referring to a student using the pronoun that is consistent with the student's biological sex. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 6.
STATUS
Passed
SB0111 - AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4; Title 47 and Title 65, relative to social media.
Bo Watson, Janince Bowling
Last updated over 1 year ago
2 Co-Sponsors
As introduced, designates social media platforms as common carriers and requires the entities to obtain certificates of public convenience and necessity from the Tennessee public utilities commission; prescribes fines against social media platforms that deplatform and shadow ban users based on political ideology, viewpoint, or personal animus, or discrimination based on race, creed, color, religion, sex, age, or national origin. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 47 and Title 65.
STATUS
Introduced
SB0121 - AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 5; Title 6 and Title 67, Chapter 5, relative to property tax exemptions.
Frank S. Niceley, Janince Bowling
Last updated over 1 year ago
2 Co-Sponsors
As introduced, creates tax exemption for portions of property that provide tree canopy cover in certain counties, subject to the approval of the local governing body in such counties. - Amends TCA Title 5; Title 6 and Title 67, Chapter 5.
STATUS
Introduced
SB0559 - AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 27 and Title 29, relative to civil justice.
Paul Rose, John Stevens, Ken Yager
Last updated over 1 year ago
8 Co-Sponsors
As enacted, states that property owners should expect that a permit application will be judged on the law in effect at the time of application; declares that the general assembly rejects the pending ordinance doctrine, as described by the Tennessee supreme court in its May 14, 2007, opinion in the case of Harding Academy v. Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County, as contrary to the public policy interests of property owners in this state. - Amends TCA Title 27 and Title 29.
STATUS
Passed
SB0648 - AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 7 and Title 67, relative to public funding for convention center facilities.
Jack Johnson, Janince Bowling, John Stevens
Last updated over 1 year ago
3 Co-Sponsors
As enacted, makes changes to the Convention Center Authorities Act of 2009. - Amends TCA Title 7 and Title 67.
STATUS
Passed
SB0256 - AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 63-1-156, relative to limitation of criminal immunity.
Jack Johnson, John Stevens, Janince Bowling
Last updated over 1 year ago
3 Co-Sponsors
As enacted, authorizes the responding law enforcement officer or the district attorney general's office to extend criminal immunity to persons who are experiencing a subsequent drug overdose and who are seeking medical assistance. - Amends TCA Section 63-1-156.
STATUS
Passed
SJR0018 - A RESOLUTION to recognize Dan E. Pomeroy on the occasion of his retirement.
Bo Watson, Randy McNally, Raumesh A. Akbari
Last updated over 1 year ago
33 Co-Sponsors
Dan E. Pomeroy
STATUS
Passed
SB0661 - AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 39; Title 47 and Title 48, relative to services.
Frank S. Niceley, Janince Bowling
Last updated over 1 year ago
2 Co-Sponsors
As enacted, requires that if an entity requires on-site payment from a consumer for the parking of a motor vehicle on the entity's property, and the entity only accepts payment by use of a quick response (QR) code or a credit or debit card machine, then, in the event the QR code or the credit or debit card machine fails to operate correctly to process the payment transaction, the entity must either accept payment by cash, check, or credit or debit card or allow the consumer to leave the property without providing payment at the time. - Amends TCA Title 39; Title 47 and Title 48.
STATUS
Passed
SB0681 - AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 7 and Title 50, relative to employment.
Shane Reeves, J. Adam Lowe, Janince Bowling
Last updated over 1 year ago
9 Co-Sponsors
As enacted, enacts the "Protecting Tennessee Businesses and Workers Act." - Amends TCA Title 7 and Title 50.
STATUS
Passed
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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