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HB2519 - AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 38; Title 39 and Title 40, relative to law enforcement activity.
Joe E. Towns, Torrey C. Harris, Vincent Dixie
Last updated 11 months ago
3 Co-Sponsors
As introduced, requires a law enforcement officer initiating a traffic stop or pedestrian stop, on or after January 1, 2025, to inform the person stopped of the reason for the stop before engaging the person in questioning related to an investigation of a possible criminal offense or traffic violation; permits the officer to withhold such information if the officer believes that doing so is necessary to protect life or property from an imminent threat. - Amends TCA Title 38; Title 39 and Title 40.
STATUS
Introduced
HB1470 - AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 47, Chapter 18, relative to consumer protection.
Joe E. Towns
Last updated almost 2 years ago
1 Co-Sponsor
As introduced, enacts the "Consumer Wheelchair Repair Bill of Rights Act." - Amends TCA Title 47, Chapter 18.
STATUS
Introduced
HB2840 - AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 41, relative to sentence reduction credits.
Joe E. Towns
Last updated 11 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
As introduced, increases the education good time sentence reduction credit from 60 days to 90 days. - Amends TCA Title 41.
STATUS
Introduced
HB2864 - AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4, Chapter 1, Part 3, relative to state symbols.
Joe E. Towns, Jake McCalmon, John Gillespie
Last updated 8 months ago
8 Co-Sponsors
As enacted, designates Memphis barbecue as an official state food. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 1, Part 3.
STATUS
Passed
HB2837 - AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 39; Title 40, Chapter 33 and Title 55, relative to reckless endangerment.
Joe E. Towns
Last updated 11 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
As introduced, requires a court to order the revocation of a person's driver license if the person is convicted of the offense of reckless endangerment involving the display of a firearm from within a motor vehicle and the person has a prior conviction for the same offense; requires a court to order the seizure and forfeiture of a person's motor vehicle used in the commission of the offense if the person is convicted of the offense of reckless endangerment involving the display of a firearm from within a motor vehicle and the person has two or more prior convictions for the same offense. - Amends TCA Title 39; Title 40, Chapter 33 and Title 55.
STATUS
Introduced
HB2828 - AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4; Title 9 and Title 13, relative to the "African American Cultural and Historical Grant Act."
Karen D. Camper, Johnny W. Shaw, Larry J. Miller
Last updated 11 months ago
18 Co-Sponsors
As introduced, enacts the "African American Cultural and Historical Grant Act." - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 9 and Title 13.
STATUS
Introduced
HB2839 - AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 26-2-111, relative to personal property exempted from execution, seizure, or attachment.
Joe E. Towns, Johnny W. Shaw, Chris Todd
Last updated 8 months ago
6 Co-Sponsors
As enacted, makes various revisions to provisions related to property that is exempt from execution, seizure, or attachment. - Amends TCA Section 26-2-111.
STATUS
Passed
HB2838 - AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 40 and Title 55, Chapter 10, relative to reckless driving.
Joe E. Towns
Last updated 11 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
As introduced, increases from a Class A misdemeanor to a Class E felony the penalty for a second or subsequent offense of aggravated reckless driving; requires a person who commits a second or subsequent offense of aggravated reckless driving to attend a driver education course; requires law enforcement to seize a person's vehicle upon a second or subsequent offense of aggravated reckless driving. - Amends TCA Title 40 and Title 55, Chapter 10.
STATUS
Introduced
HB2863 - AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 40 and Title 55, Chapter 10, relative to reckless driving.
Joe E. Towns
Last updated 11 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
As introduced, increases, from a Class A misdemeanor to a Class E felony, the penalty for a second or subsequent offense of aggravated reckless driving; requires a person who commits a second or subsequent offense of aggravated reckless driving to attend a driver education course and to have their license suspended for at least six months; requires law enforcement to seize a person's vehicle and crush, destroy, or sell the vehicle upon a second or subsequent offense of aggravated reckless driving. - Amends TCA Title 40 and Title 55, Chapter 10.
STATUS
Introduced
HB2836 - AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4; Title 7; Title 13, Chapter 19; Title 50; Title 59; Title 60; Title 65; Title 66, Chapter 9, Part 2; Title 68 and Title 69, relative to energy.
Joe E. Towns, Justin J. Pearson
Last updated 11 months ago
2 Co-Sponsors
As introduced, enacts the "Solar Workforce Development Act," which requires the department to establish and support a program that creates and maintains incentives for individuals to seek green energy jobs, and for entities to create, expand, and offer green energy jobs. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 7; Title 13, Chapter 19; Title 50; Title 59; Title 60; Title 65; Title 66, Chapter 9, Part 2; Title 68 and Title 69.
STATUS
Introduced
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