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State Legislature US Congress

All 46,882 Active 613 In committee 15,301 Passed 6,763 Signed 22,173 Failed 3,369

died · Tennessee · House Jan 10, 2024

HB 1578: Criminal Offenses - As introduced, creates an offense for a person to possess or manufacture an ammunition feeding device that has capacity to accept more than 10 rounds, except for certain circumstances. - Amends TCA Title 39.

P2C, ref. to Criminal Justice Committee

died · Tennessee · House Jan 10, 2024

HB 1237: Human Rights - As introduced, creates a civil right of action by an injured party against a law enforcement officer who subjects the injured party to the deprivation of an individual right secured by the Tennessee Constitution; declares that qualified immunity, governmental immunity, and statutory limitations on damages do not apply to this civil right of action; makes other provisions regarding the payment of damages. - Amends TCA Title 29 and Title 38, Chapter 8.

Sponsor(s) withdrawn.

died · Tennessee · House Jan 10, 2024

HB 1234: Law Enforcement - As introduced, requires a law enforcement officer to use only an appropriately marked law enforcement vehicle to make traffic stops in non-emergency situations; defines an appropriately marked law enforcement vehicle as one that bears insignias, stripes, decals, labels, seals, symbols, or other pictorial signs or lettering indicating the vehicle's identity as a law enforcement vehicle used by a particular law enforcement agency. - Amends TCA Title 38 and Title 55.

Sponsor(s) withdrawn.

died · Tennessee · House Jan 10, 2024

HB 1474: Holidays and Days of Special Observance - As introduced, renames Columbus Day as Indigenous Peoples' Day. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 15 and Title 47.

Sponsor(s) withdrawn.

died · Tennessee · House Jan 10, 2024

HB 305: Mental Illness - As introduced, changes references for mental defect, mental defective, and mentally defective to mental health condition throughout the code. - Amends TCA Title 16; Title 33; Title 37; Title 38; Title 39; Title 41; Title 57; Title 62 and Title 71.

Sponsor(s) withdrawn.

died · Tennessee · House Jan 10, 2024

HB 304: Alcoholic Beverages - As introduced, requires establishments that have gross sales of alcoholic beverages of more than $500,000 per calendar year, as a condition of receiving or renewing a liquor-by-the-drink license, to keep an opiate antagonist nasal spray in an easily accessible location on the premises. - Amends TCA Title 57, Chapter 4; Title 67 and Title 71.

Sponsor(s) withdrawn.

died · Tennessee · House Jan 10, 2024

HB 303: Election Laws - As introduced, authorizes the use of an identification card issued by an accredited institution of higher education in this state for purposes of voter identification at a polling place; requires the secretary of state to conduct studies on such use and file reports regarding such use. - Amends TCA Title 2.

Sponsor(s) withdrawn.

died · Tennessee · House Jan 10, 2024

HB 1238: Attorney General and Reporter - As introduced, requires the attorney general and reporter to post online a listing of all current litigation that could impact the interpretation of this state's constitution in which this state is a party; requires the attorney general and reporter to post an annual report online of such litigation resulting in a final disposition. - Amends TCA Title 8, Chapter 6.

Sponsor(s) withdrawn.

died · Tennessee · House Jan 10, 2024

HB 302: Lobbying, Lobbyists - As introduced, requires a lobbyist to wear a badge displaying certain information while engaged in lobbying the general assembly; requires the Tennessee ethics commission to design and produce the badges and authorizes the commission to charge a lobbyist for the actual cost of producing the badge. - Amends TCA Title 3, Chapter 6.

Sponsor(s) withdrawn.

died · Tennessee · House Jan 9, 2024

HB 1599: Firearms and Ammunition - As introduced, prohibits the purchase or possession of a firearm by a person 18 or older but less than 25 if the person was previously adjudicated delinquent for an act that, if committed by an adult, would have constituted certain offenses; allows the TBI access to juvenile court records for the limited purpose of performing certain background checks prior to the purchase or transfer of a firearm. - Amends TCA Title 18; Title 37 and Title 39.

Intro., P1C.

died · Tennessee · House Jan 9, 2024

HJR 701: Memorials, Recognition - Do the Write Thing Challenge -

Withdrawn.

died · Tennessee · House Jan 9, 2024

HB 977: Firearms and Ammunition - As introduced, allows law enforcement officers to carry a firearm when under the influence of alcohol or controlled substances and certain other circumstances; deletes the prohibition on carrying firearms and other weapons on higher education campuses and in parks; prohibits the carrying of weapons in K-12 schools except by certain persons, including any person permitted to carry a firearm under federal law. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 17, Part 13; Title 49, Chapter 6 and Title 55, Chapter 10.

Withdrawn.