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HB0521 - AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4 and Title 63, Chapter 11, relative to music therapy.
Vincent Dixie, Esther Helton-Haynes, Greg Vital
Last updated 4 months ago
9 Co-Sponsors
As enacted, creates the professional music therapist advisory committee of the board of examiners in psychology to regulate the practice of music therapy. - Amends TCA Title 4 and Title 63, Chapter 11.
STATUS
Passed
HB2692 - AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 39; Title 40, Chapter 11 and Title 55, Chapter 10, relative to pretrial release.
Clay Doggett, G.A. Hardaway, Joe E. Towns
Last updated 4 months ago
30 Co-Sponsors
As enacted, enacts "The Debbie and Marie Domestic Violence Protection Act," which makes revisions to law related to global positioning monitoring system devices, including requiring the court to order an offender to wear such a device under certain circumstances unless the court finds the offender no longer poses a threat to the alleged victim or public safety, requiring a cellular device application or electronic receptor device provided to the victim to be capable of notifying the victim if the offender is within a prescribed proximity of the victim's cellular device or electronic receptor device, and making other revisions. - Amends TCA Title 39; Title 40, Chapter 11 and Title 55, Chapter 10.
STATUS
Passed
HB2743 - AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 49, relative to in-state tuition for family members of persons serving in the military.
Robert Stevens, Bryan Richey, Justin Lafferty
Last updated 4 months ago
20 Co-Sponsors
As enacted, requires each institution of higher education in this state to classify a student who is the spouse or dependent child of a service member as an in-state student for tuition purposes if certain criteria are met. - Amends TCA Title 49.
STATUS
Passed
HB1074 - AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 56, Chapter 7 and Title 63, Chapter 4, relative to payment rendered by chiropractors.
Scott E. Cepicky, Brock Martin, Tim Hicks
Last updated 5 months ago
13 Co-Sponsors
As introduced, requires reimbursement payments from insurers to chiropractors for services rendered to be based on the same methodology for the calculation of payments to medical doctors for the provision of services. - Amends TCA Title 56, Chapter 7 and Title 63, Chapter 4.
STATUS
Engrossed
HB2323 - AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 39 and Title 40, relative to sentencing.
Patsy Hazlewood, Greg Martin, Ron M. Gant
Last updated 4 months ago
37 Co-Sponsors
As enacted, enacts the "Chris Wright Act," which increases the penalty for a third or subsequent domestic assault conviction from a Class A misdemeanor to a Class E felony; upgrades the offense classification for certain qualifying misdemeanor offenses to a Class E felony upon a defendant's conviction for a sixth or subsequent qualifying misdemeanor. - Amends TCA Title 39 and Title 40.
STATUS
Passed
HB1659 - AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 8 and Title 16, relative to public officers and employees.
Gary Hicks, Clay Doggett, Paul Sherrell
Last updated 4 months ago
9 Co-Sponsors
As enacted, raises the base salary from $156,024 to $205,328 for district attorneys general and district public defenders. - Amends TCA Title 8 and Title 16.
STATUS
Passed
HB1640 - AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 16; Title 33; Title 37; Title 39 and Title 40, relative to mental health.
William G. Lamberth, Ryan Williams, Paul Sherrell
Last updated 5 months ago
38 Co-Sponsors
As enacted, enacts "Jillian's Law," which makes various changes relative to being adjudicated as a mental defective or judicially committed to a mental institution, including requiring a person judicially committed to remain committed until the competency of the person to stand trial is restored or, if competency is unable to be restored but the person no longer meets the standard, until the court with criminal jurisdiction over the charges approves a mandatory outpatient treatment plan that accounts for the safety of the community. - Amends TCA Title 16; Title 33; Title 37; Title 39 and Title 40.
STATUS
Passed
HB1998 - AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 71, relative to TennCare.
Gary Hicks, Timothy Hill, Kelly Keisling
Last updated 8 months ago
8 Co-Sponsors
As introduced, requires the bureau to reimburse certain public or private ground-based ambulance services that bill for transports at a rate not less than 67.5 percent of the federal medicare program's allowable charge for participating providers for emergency services and 100 percent of the federal medicare program's allowable charge for participating providers for nonemergency services. - Amends TCA Title 71.
STATUS
Introduced
HB2031 - AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 39, relative to obstruction of a passageway.
Jody Barrett, Scott E. Cepicky, Cameron Sexton
Last updated 4 months ago
72 Co-Sponsors
As enacted, authorizes a person who suffers loss or injury as a result of a defendant intentionally obstructing a highway, street, or other place used for the passage of vehicles or conveyances to bring a cause of action against such person to recover compensatory damages from the loss or injury. - Amends TCA Title 39.
STATUS
Passed
HB1719 - AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 40, relative to bail.
John Gillespie, Kevin Vaughan, Mark White
Last updated 4 months ago
32 Co-Sponsors
As enacted, prohibits a magistrate from considering a defendant's ability to pay when determining the amount of bail necessary to reasonably assure the appearance of the defendant while at the same time protecting the safety of the public. - Amends TCA Title 40.
STATUS
Passed
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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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