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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

failed · Tennessee · House Mar 7, 2023

HB 653: Hospitals and Health Care Facilities - As introduced, requires healthcare facilities and long-term care facilities to permit in-person visitation of a patient or resident by family members and community pastoral care members; allows the facilities to place limitations on the frequency and duration of visitation in certain areas and to require the visitors to comply with safety protocols. - Amends TCA Title 33; Title 63; Title 68 and Title 71.

Failed in s/c Health Subcommittee of Health Committee

died · Tennessee · House Mar 6, 2023

HB 1372: Highway Signs - As introduced, renames the portion of the road known as "Rep. John Lewis Way" in Davidson County located between Dr. Martin L. King Jr. Blvd and James Robertson Parkway as "President Donald Trump Boulevard"; requires the alteration of governmental addresses; and removes protections for named streets from the Tennessee Heritage Protection Act of 2016. - Amends TCA Section 4-1-412 and Title 54.

Withdrawn.

failed · Tennessee · Senate Mar 6, 2023

SB 621: Game and Fish Laws - As introduced, specifies that a person does not commit a Class C misdemeanor offense for hunting over bait so long as bait was not present while the person was hunting and the land is not posted by wildlife officers as a baited dove field. - Amends TCA Title 70.

Rejected by the Senate, Ayes 9, Nays 18, PNV 5

died · Tennessee · House Mar 2, 2023

HJR 298: General Assembly, Confirmation of Appointment - R. Larry Smith, Fish and Wildlife Commission -

Withdrawn.

failed · Tennessee · Senate Mar 2, 2023

SB 392: Physicians and Surgeons - As introduced, requires the board of medical examiners to consider including a course in maternal mental health when establishing continuing medical educational requirements for persons licensed to practice medicine. - Amends TCA Title 63.

Failed to pass Senate, Ayes 16, Nays 7, PNV 6

failed · Tennessee · Senate Mar 1, 2023

SB 910: Local Education Agencies - As introduced, enacts the "Local School District Empowerment Act"; allows for the establishment of the office of elected superintendent of schools; adjusts duties of local boards of education in school systems in which the office of elected superintendent of schools is established. - Amends TCA Title 49.

Failed in Senate Education Committee

failed · Tennessee · House Mar 1, 2023

HB 265: Game and Fish Laws - As introduced, prohibits the wildlife resource agency from prohibiting the importation into this state of a carcass if importation of the carcass is otherwise permitted under state and federal law. - Amends TCA Title 44; Title 53 and Title 70.

Failed in s/c Departments & Agencies Subcommittee of State Government Committee

failed · Tennessee · Senate Feb 28, 2023

SB 885: Abortion - As introduced, states that the term abortion, as defined for the offense of criminal abortion, does not include the use of contraceptives, including hormonal birth control, intrauterine devices, or emergency contraceptives. - Amends TCA Title 37; Title 39; Title 63 and Title 68.

Failed in Senate Judiciary Committee

failed · Tennessee · Senate Feb 28, 2023

SB 1104: Health Care - As introduced, enacts the "Tennessee Medical Cannabis Act," which establishes a medical cannabis program to be administered by the medical cannabis commission. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 38, Chapter 3; Title 39, Chapter 17; Title 43; Title 50; Title 53; Title 63; Title 67 and Title 68.

Failed in Senate Judiciary Committee

failed · Tennessee · Senate Feb 28, 2023

SB 762: Health Care - As introduced, enacts the "Fundamental Right to Reproductive Health Care Act." - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 20; Title 39; Title 49; Title 53; Title 56; Title 63; Title 68 and Title 71.

Failed in Senate Judiciary Committee

died · Tennessee · House Feb 27, 2023

HB 494: Health Care - As introduced, requires each county to submit its annual plan of expenditures of state grant-in-aid funds from the department of health by January 1 of each year. - Amends TCA Title 4 and Title 68.

Sponsor change.

died · Tennessee · House Feb 27, 2023

HB 721: Courts - As introduced, authorizes the administrative office of the courts to submit its annual report in an electronic format to the chair of the senate judiciary committee, the chair of the civil justice committee of the house of representatives, and the attorney general and reporter. - Amends TCA Title 8; Title 16; Title 17; Title 18; Title 20; Title 21; Title 24 and Title 28.

Sponsor change.