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SB2492 - AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 49, relative to class sizes.
London P. Lamar
Last updated 8 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
As introduced, requires the state board of education to submit a report to the general assembly, no later than February 1, 2025, regarding the feasibility of reducing the maximum class size in all classrooms that include students with disabilities and students eligible for special education services by 10 percent by the 2026-2027 school year. - Amends TCA Title 49.
STATUS
Introduced
SB2554 - AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 29; Title 38; Title 39 and Title 40, relative to criminal justice.
London P. Lamar
Last updated 6 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
As introduced, makes various changes to the requirements for investigating sexual offenses, including requiring all law enforcement personnel involved in investigating sexual assault crimes to complete a minimum of 16 hours annually of sensitivity training provided by the POST commission related to interacting with victims of sexual violence and requiring the Tennessee bureau of investigation to complete DNA analysis on any sexual assault evidence collection kit within 90 days of submission. - Amends TCA Title 29; Title 38; Title 39 and Title 40.
STATUS
Failed
SB2553 - AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 71, Chapter 5, relative to medicaid expansion.
London P. Lamar
Last updated 8 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
As introduced, authorizes the governor to expand medicaid pursuant to the federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act; authorizes the governor to negotiate with the federal centers for medicare and medicaid services to determine the terms of the expansion. - Amends TCA Title 71, Chapter 5.
STATUS
Introduced
SB2612 - AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4; Title 9 and Title 13, relative to the "African American Cultural and Historical Grant Act."
Raumesh A. Akbari, London P. Lamar, Charlane Oliver
Last updated 8 months ago
3 Co-Sponsors
As introduced, enacts the "African American Cultural and Historical Grant Act." - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 9 and Title 13.
STATUS
Introduced
SB2555 - AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 36 and Title 39, relative to emergency protection orders.
London P. Lamar
Last updated 6 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
As introduced, allows a court to issue an emergency protection order upon a finding that a person poses an imminent risk of harm to the person or others if allowed to purchase or possess a firearm; authorizes a family member, household member, intimate partner, or law enforcement officer to petition for such an order. - Amends TCA Title 36 and Title 39.
STATUS
Failed
SB2410 - AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 39 and Title 47, Chapter 18, relative to caller identification spoofing.
London P. Lamar, Raumesh A. Akbari, Heidi Campbell
Last updated 5 months ago
3 Co-Sponsors
As enacted, establishes an offense for a person, on behalf of a debt collector or inbound telemarketer service, to knowingly cause a caller identification service to transmit misleading or inaccurate caller identification information to a subscriber with the intent to defraud or cause harm to another person or to wrongfully obtain anything of value, rather than with the intent to induce the subscriber to answer. - Amends TCA Title 39 and Title 47, Chapter 18.
STATUS
Passed
SB2385 - AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 37; Title 49; Title 63; Title 68 and Title 71, relative to blood lead level testing.
London P. Lamar
Last updated 7 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
As introduced, requires the department of health to make available and require blood lead level testing for students in certain schools and certain pregnant women; requires the department to provide to persons who have high blood lead levels or lead poisoning certain services to aid with such condition; requires juvenile detention facilities that are aware of a juvenile in custody with high blood lead levels or lead poisoning to provide certain services in collaboration with the department of health and local education agencies. - Amends TCA Title 37; Title 49; Title 63; Title 68 and Title 71.
STATUS
Failed
SB2552 - AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 39, Chapter 15; Title 63 and Title 68, relative to women's health.
London P. Lamar
Last updated 8 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
As introduced, requires the department of health to publish on its website information on the possibility of reversing the effects of a chemical abortion in any language that is the primary language spoken by 0.5 percent or more of this state's population, rather than 2 percent or more. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 15; Title 63 and Title 68.
STATUS
Introduced
SB2197 - AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 37; Title 39 and Title 40, relative to juveniles.
London P. Lamar
Last updated 8 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
As introduced, changes from September 1 to October 1 the date by which the commission on children and youth must make budget recommendations for the following fiscal year to the governor, finance committees of the house and senate, legislative budget offices, and affected state departments. - Amends TCA Title 37; Title 39 and Title 40.
STATUS
Introduced
SB2489 - AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 2, Chapter 10, relative to campaign finance.
London P. Lamar
Last updated 8 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
As introduced, prohibits a state or local contractor or grantee from, during the period between the execution of the contract or award of the grant through the completion of the contract or grant period, directly or indirectly making a contribution, or promising expressly or impliedly to make a contribution, to a political campaign committee or a candidate or person for a political purpose or use, or knowingly soliciting a contribution from any person on behalf of a political campaign committee or a candidate or person for a political purpose or use. - Amends TCA Title 2, Chapter 10.
STATUS
Introduced
BIOGRAPHY
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Senator from Tennessee district SD-033
COMMITTEES
Tennessee Senate
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ABOUT
London P. Lamar is the Secretary of State in Mississippi. He was elected in 2019. Previously he was a businessman and accountant. Lamar serves on several state boards and commissions including the Board of Trustees of State Institutions of Higher Learning and the Mississippi Home Corporation Board. He also serves on the Gulf States Marine Fisheries Commission and the Mississippi Coordinating Council for Remote Sensing and Geographic Information Systems.read less
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