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HJR0715 - A RESOLUTION to celebrate the month of April 2024 as "Tennessee Native Plant Month."
Greg Vital, Mary Littleton, Rebecca Kefauver Alexander
Last updated 7 months ago
5 Co-Sponsors
Native Plant Month
STATUS
Passed
HJR0319 - A RESOLUTION to commend community efforts to reopen the cardiac catheterization laboratory at West Tennessee Healthcare Dyersburg Hospital.
Rusty Grills, Chris Todd, Rebecca Kefauver Alexander
Last updated over 1 year ago
94 Co-Sponsors
West Tennessee Healthcare Dyersburg Hospital cardiac catheterization laboratory
STATUS
Passed
HJR0784 - A RESOLUTION to honor the memory of James B. "Jim" Spears of Nashville.
Curtis Johnson, Pat Marsh, Jay D. Reedy
Last updated 7 months ago
90 Co-Sponsors
James B. "Jim" Spears
STATUS
Passed
HB0949 - AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4; Title 56; Title 63; Title 68 and Title 71, relative to dental benefits.
Clark Boyd, Sabi Kumar, Rebecca Kefauver Alexander
Last updated 6 months ago
11 Co-Sponsors
As enacted, prohibits a dental benefit plan from containing restrictions on methods of payment from the dental benefit plan or its vendors to the dentist in which the only acceptable payment method is a credit card payment; makes other changes to dental benefit plans. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 56; Title 63; Title 68 and Title 71.
STATUS
Passed
HJR0791 - A RESOLUTION to honor the memory of John Patten Guerry of Chattanooga.
Patsy Hazlewood, Jerome Moon, Greg Martin
Last updated 7 months ago
89 Co-Sponsors
John Patten Guerry
STATUS
Passed
HB1676 - AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 36, Chapter 1, Part 1; Title 37, Chapter 1, Part 1 and Title 37, Chapter 2, Part 4, relative to children.
William G. Lamberth, Mark Cochran, Mary Littleton
Last updated 6 months ago
10 Co-Sponsors
As enacted, specifies that a juvenile court proceeding may be commenced by the taking of a child into custody or the removal of custody from a parent or legal guardian; requires the juvenile court in a dependency and neglect proceeding to determine whether a parent, guardian, relative, or caregiver of the child cannot be excluded as a perpetrator of severe child abuse against the child; prohibits a juvenile court from returning a child victim of severe child abuse to the custody of a person who cannot be excluded as the perpetrator unless certain circumstances are met; makes various other changes. - Amends TCA Title 36, Chapter 1, Part 1; Title 37, Chapter 1, Part 1 and Title 37, Chapter 2, Part 4.
STATUS
Passed
HB0135 - AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 8, relative to mandatory retirement.
Kirk Haston, Rebecca Kefauver Alexander, Darren Jernigan
Last updated over 1 year ago
3 Co-Sponsors
As introduced, extends mandatory retirement provision imposed on certain public safety officers to commissioned special agents of the department of revenue and commissioned members of the department of environment and conservation; requires such persons to also receive, in addition to the retirement service allowance, a supplemental bridge allowance. - Amends TCA Title 8.
STATUS
Introduced
HB0005 - AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 39 and Title 40, relative to certain offenses against persons.
John Gillespie, Scott E. Cepicky, Tom Leatherwood
Last updated over 1 year ago
26 Co-Sponsors
As enacted, requires that a person convicted of especially aggravated kidnapping, aggravated rape, or rape be sentenced from within at least Range II for the offense. - Amends TCA Title 39 and Title 40.
STATUS
Passed
HB0027 - AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 49, Chapter 4, Part 9, relative to Tennessee HOPE scholarships.
William G. Lamberth, Scott E. Cepicky, Jerome Moon
Last updated over 1 year ago
57 Co-Sponsors
As enacted, allows a student who earns the student's first baccalaureate degree in less than the projected completion time to continue to receive the Tennessee HOPE scholarship in pursuit of an advanced degree. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 4, Part 9.
STATUS
Passed
HB0163 - AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 36, Chapter 1; Title 37, Chapter 5 and Title 68, Chapter 11, relative to children.
Ed Butler, Brock Martin, Kip Capley
Last updated over 1 year ago
29 Co-Sponsors
As enacted, revises the definition of abandonment for purposes of termination of parental rights to include circumstances where the parent or guardian fails to visit or support the child for a period of three consecutive months if the child is less than four years of age. - Amends TCA Title 36, Chapter 1; Title 37, Chapter 5 and Title 68, Chapter 11.
STATUS
Passed
BIOGRAPHY
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Representative from Tennessee district HD-007
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Tennessee House
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Rebecca Kefauver Alexander grew up in Maryville, Tennessee. She graduated from Maryville High School and went on to receive her Bachelor’s degree from Maryville College. In 2014, Alexander was elected to replace term-limited state Rep. Joe McCord. She currently serves on the House Health Subcommittee, House Insurance & Banking Subcommittee, House Transportation Subcommittee, and Joint Fiscal Review Committee.read less
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