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SB2521 - AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 8 and Title 49, relative to school safety.
Mark Pody
Last updated 8 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
As introduced, allows a retired member of the Tennessee consolidated retirement system or of a local retirement fund to be reemployed as a full-time school resource officer at a public school in this state serving students in any of the grades kindergarten through 12, or as a full-time police officer on the campus of an institution governed by the Tennessee board of regents, without loss or suspension of the retired member's retirement benefits, if certain conditions are met. - Amends TCA Title 8 and Title 49.
STATUS
Introduced
SB2535 - AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 1, relative to life.
Mark Pody
Last updated 8 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
As introduced, defines "life" for statutory construction purposes to mean the condition that distinguishes animals and plants from inorganic matter, including the capacity for growth, reproduction, functional activity, and continual change preceding death; excludes from the definition artificial intelligence, a computer algorithm, a software program, computer hardware, or any type of machine. - Amends TCA Title 1.
STATUS
Introduced
SJR0891 - A RESOLUTION to recognize Lieutenant Phuong "P.J." Hardy of the Lebanon Police Department on the occasion of his retirement.
Mark Pody
Last updated 7 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Lieutenant Phuong "P.J." Hardy, Lebanon Police Department
STATUS
Passed
SB2315 - AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 7, Chapter 84; Title 9, Chapter 21; Title 66, Chapter 5 and Title 67, relative to residential infrastructure development districts.
Mark Pody
Last updated 4 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
As enacted, establishes the "Residential Infrastructure Development Act of 2024." - Amends TCA Title 7, Chapter 84; Title 9, Chapter 21; Title 66, Chapter 5 and Title 67.
STATUS
Passed
SB2522 - AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4; Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 8; Title 29 and Title 62, relative to contractors.
Mark Pody
Last updated 8 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
As introduced, increases, from 30 to 35, the number of days after a change of control in ownership, management, or a change of address or trade name, that a home improvement contractor licensee has to notify the state board for licensing contractors. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 8; Title 29 and Title 62.
STATUS
Introduced
SB2314 - AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 3 and Title 4, relative to legislative measures.
Mark Pody
Last updated 8 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
As introduced, requires the office of legal services to draft and produce each legislative measure utilizing a system of different fonts, colors, or styles of text, or a combination thereof, to differentiate between existing law, proposed new language, language proposed for deletion or repeal, and language amending the proposed legislative measure. - Amends TCA Title 3 and Title 4.
STATUS
Introduced
SB2106 - AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4 and Title 49, relative to education.
Mark Pody
Last updated 5 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
As enacted, requires the state department of education to submit the U.S department of education's interpretations and directives on the implementation of department rules providing guidance to this state to the chairs of certain legislative committees; requires such information to be submitted to each member of the joint government operations rule review committee prior to each rule review meeting. - Amends TCA Title 4 and Title 49.
STATUS
Passed
SB2313 - AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 8, Chapter 13; Title 35; Title 39, Chapter 17; Title 45; Title 47; Title 66 and Section 67-4-409, relative to property.
Jack Johnson, Mark Pody
Last updated 8 months ago
2 Co-Sponsors
As introduced, requires a register of deeds to consult with a county assessor of property when a quitclaim deed is recorded and send a postcard notification of the recording to the address of the person or entity that paid the property taxes on the property that is the subject of the quitclaim deed for the previous tax year. - Amends TCA Title 8, Chapter 13; Title 35; Title 39, Chapter 17; Title 45; Title 47; Title 66 and Section 67-4-409.
STATUS
Introduced
SB2164 - AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 49, relative to the Classical Learning Test.
Mark Pody
Last updated 8 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
As introduced, adds the Classical Learning Test (CLT) to the assessments on which a student must attain a certain minimum score in order to be eligible for certain financial aid opportunities; adds the CLT as an acceptable assessment of student readiness for postsecondary education for purposes of high school graduation requirements; requires each public institution of higher education to accept student scores on the CLT for purposes of admission, and to weigh scores achieved on the CLT in the same manner as the institution weighs scores achieved on the ACT or SAT. - Amends TCA Title 49.
STATUS
Introduced
SB2312 - AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 49, Chapter 6, Part 22, relative to instructional materials.
Mark Pody, Rusty Crowe, Frank S. Niceley
Last updated 5 months ago
3 Co-Sponsors
As enacted, requires a local board of education that provides electronic textbooks and instructional materials to provide a student reasonable access to a printed version of an electronic textbook or instructional material if the student or the student's parent or legal guardian submits a written request to the principal of the student's school for a physical or hard copy of the textbook or instructional material. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 6, Part 22.
STATUS
Passed
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Senator from Tennessee district SD-017
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Tennessee Senate
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Mark Pody is a Republican member of the Tennessee State Senate. He was first elected to represent District 14 in 2012. Senator Pody is a native of Middle Tennessee. He is a cattle and row crop farmer by trade. Senator Pody is a former board member of the Farm Bureau, Tennessee Livestock Producers, and the Warren County EMS Board. He also served on the board of directors of the First National Bank of McMinnville. Prior to his election to the Senate, Pody served two terms as a Warren County Commissioner.read less
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