Rep. Sam McKenzie

Primary HB 279

Failed · Tennessee House · Lead sponsor

Criminal Procedure - As introduced, allows certain persons deprived of the right of suffrage to apply for a voter registration card and have the right of suffrage provisionally restored if the person enters into a payment plan to become current on all child support obligations. - Amends TCA Title 40, Chapter 29.

Failed Mar 26, 2024 0 co-sponsors Track

Primary HB 2634

Failed · Tennessee House · Lead sponsor

Election Laws - As introduced, removes the requirement that a registered voter be a bona fide member of, affiliated with, or declare allegiance to a political party in order to vote in a political party's primary election; removes the requirement that the officer of elections at each polling place post a sign stating that it is a crime to vote in a political party's primary election without being a bona fide member of, or affiliated with, that political party, or to declare allegiance to that party without the intent to affiliate with that party. - Amends TCA Title 2, Chapter 7.

Failed Mar 20, 2024 0 co-sponsors Track

Primary HB 930

In committee · Tennessee House · Lead sponsor

Child Custody and Support - As introduced, removes driver licenses from the list of licenses that can be revoked for failure to pay child support; removes process for issuance of a restricted driver license for a person who is enrolled in a payment plan to pay child support arrears. - Amends TCA Title 36; Title 40 and Title 55.

In committee Mar 19, 2024 0 co-sponsors Track

Primary HJR 985

Signed into law · Tennessee House · Lead sponsor

Memorials, Death - Robert J. Booker -

Signed into law Mar 13, 2024 0 co-sponsors

Primary HJR 966

Signed into law · Tennessee House · Lead sponsor

Memorials, Death - Alexei Navalny -

Signed into law Mar 13, 2024 0 co-sponsors

Primary HB 2649

In committee · Tennessee House · Lead sponsor

Salaries and Benefits - As introduced, requires a full-time state employee's annual compensation to be sufficient to disqualify the employee for state supplemental benefit or public assistance programs, including, but not limited to, the temporary assistance for needy families (TANF) program, supplemental nutrition assistance program (SNAP), and TennCare program. - Amends TCA Title 8, Chapter 30; Title 8, Chapter 50; Title 50 and Title 71.

In committee Mar 12, 2024 0 co-sponsors Track

Primary HB 2725

Failed · Tennessee House · Lead sponsor

Housing - As introduced, deletes the prohibition on local governments enacting a law that would place requirements regarding inclusionary, affordable, or below market value housing when entitlements, variances, or any other form of permit or authorization is sought from the local government; deletes the prohibition on a local governmental unit from conditioning development entitlements through amendment to the zoning map on the allocation of existing or newly constructed private residential or commercial rental units to be sold or rented at below market rates. - Amends TCA Title 66, Chapter 35.

Failed Mar 6, 2024 0 co-sponsors Track

Primary HB 2726

In committee · Tennessee House · Lead sponsor

Students - As introduced, reduces maximum class sizes and maximum average class sizes by one student each school year over a period of five school years, beginning with the 2025-2026 school year. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 1, Part 1.

In committee Mar 4, 2024 0 co-sponsors Track

Primary HB 1502

In committee · Tennessee House · Lead sponsor

Employees, Employers - As introduced, enacts the "Employee Child Care Assistance Partnership Act." - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 50 and Title 56.

In committee Feb 20, 2024 0 co-sponsors Track

Primary HB 2756

In committee · Tennessee House · Lead sponsor

Lottery, Scholarships and Programs - As introduced, makes students who graduate from an out-of-state high school eligible for the Tennessee HOPE scholarship if at least one of the student's parents resides in this state and has resided in this state no less than 10 years; requires the board of regents and each state university board to consider such students residents of this state. - Amends TCA Title 49.

In committee Feb 7, 2024 0 co-sponsors Track