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HB2483 - AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 34 and Title 71, Chapter 2, relative to conservatorships and guardianships.
Dwayne Thompson, Torrey C. Harris
Last updated 8 months ago
2 Co-Sponsors
As introduced, requires the administrative office of the courts to create standards of practice for guardians and conservators; declares that it is the policy of this state that guardians and conservators must abide by the highest ethical standards of decision-making when making decisions for their wards or protected persons. - Amends TCA Title 34 and Title 71, Chapter 2.
STATUS
Introduced
HB2505 - AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 39, Chapter 17, relative to firearm ammunition.
Torrey C. Harris
Last updated 6 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
As introduced, requires retailers and sellers of firearm ammunition to maintain ammunition in an area inaccessible to a customer in a retail establishment; classifies a violation as a Class A misdemeanor. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 17.
STATUS
Failed
HB2515 - AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 39 and Title 40, relative to criminal offenses.
Torrey C. Harris
Last updated 8 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
As introduced, deletes the offense of aggravated prostitution; requires the public records of a person charged with a misdemeanor or a felony offense that has been repealed to be removed and destroyed without cost upon petition by the person. - Amends TCA Title 39 and Title 40.
STATUS
Introduced
HB2503 - AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 8, Chapter 8 and Title 36, relative to child custody.
Torrey C. Harris
Last updated 8 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
As introduced, requires the court to include in any parenting plan involving shared custody of a child, the establishment of at least one designated location for the exchange of the child; provides that, unless otherwise agreed by both parents in writing, the court may require the parents to exchange the child at a neutral safe exchange location; requires each sheriff to designate at least one parking lot at the sheriff’s office as a neutral safe exchange location at which parents with shared custody of a child may meet to exchange the child. - Amends TCA Title 8, Chapter 8 and Title 36.
STATUS
Introduced
HB2510 - AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 3, relative to mental health evaluations of members of the general assembly.
Torrey C. Harris
Last updated 8 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
As introduced, requires members of the general assembly to undergo a mental health evaluation within one month of the giving of the annual current issues ethics training; requires that the evaluations take place in a manner that maintains the privacy and confidentiality of each member. - Amends TCA Title 3.
STATUS
Introduced
HB2396 - AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4; Title 12 and Title 50, relative to wages.
Aftyn Behn, Torrey C. Harris
Last updated 6 months ago
2 Co-Sponsors
As introduced, increases the minimum hourly wage for food delivery employees within this state from $7.25 to $12. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 12 and Title 50.
STATUS
Failed
HB2507 - AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 47, Chapter 18, relative to parking.
Torrey C. Harris
Last updated 8 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
As introduced, prohibits a person engaged in the business of installing vehicle immobilization devices on motor vehicles from installing a device on a motor vehicle after sunset or before sunrise. - Amends TCA Title 47, Chapter 18.
STATUS
Introduced
HB2514 - AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 39 and Title 40, relative to pretrial release.
Torrey C. Harris
Last updated 8 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
As introduced, requires defendants charged with certain offenses to wear a global positioning monitoring system device if the defendant is released on the person's personal recognizance, upon the execution of an unsecured bond, or on bail. - Amends TCA Title 39 and Title 40.
STATUS
Introduced
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 8 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
HB2504 - AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 39 and Title 47, Chapter 18, relative to caller identification spoofing.
Jesse Chism, Torrey C. Harris, Karen D. Camper
Last updated 5 months ago
7 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
BIOGRAPHY
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Representative from Tennessee district HD-091
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Tennessee House
BIRTH
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Torrey C. Harris is from Chicago, Illinois. He earned his Bachelor's degree in Political Science and Government from Morehouse College in Atlanta, Georgia. Torrey served as Senior Advisor and Director of Intergovernmental Affairs for Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel. He also worked in the White House Office of Intergovernmental Affairs under President Obama. Torrey is active in his community, serving on the boards of local philanthropic and civic organizations. He lives in Chicago with his wife and young children.read less
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