Rep. Lowell Russell

Primary HB 705

Signed into law · Tennessee House · Lead sponsor

Tobacco, Tobacco Products - As enacted, adds use of vapor products to the acts that are prohibited in enclosed public places under the Non-Smoker Protection Act; revises provision whereby a local government may prohibit smoking by a distance of up to 50 feet from a hospital's entrance unless the application of a 50-foot limit would place hospital patients in a potentially unsafe condition to make the provision mandatory instead of discretionary and to also apply to the use of vapor products. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 17.

Signed into law Apr 11, 2022 0 co-sponsors

Primary SB 1047

Signed into law · Tennessee Senate · Lead sponsor

Tobacco, Tobacco Products - As enacted, adds use of vapor products to the acts that are prohibited in enclosed public places under the Non-Smoker Protection Act; revises provision whereby a local government may prohibit smoking by a distance of up to 50 feet from a hospital's entrance unless the application of a 50-foot limit would place hospital patients in a potentially unsafe condition to make the provision mandatory instead of discretionary and to also apply to the use of vapor products. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 17.

Signed into law Apr 11, 2022 0 co-sponsors

Primary SB 1751

Signed into law · Tennessee Senate · Lead sponsor

Law Enforcement - As enacted, authorizes a representative of the agency of government in which a peace officer served at the time of the officer's death to receive the Three Stars of Tennessee Award on the officer's behalf, provided there are no other surviving next of kin to receive the award; authorizes the commissioner of safety, in collaboration with the homeland security council, to promulgate rules regarding the selection and administration of the award. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 1, Part 5.

Signed into law Apr 4, 2022 0 co-sponsors

Primary SB 1671

Signed into law · Tennessee Senate · Lead sponsor

Highways, Roads and Bridges - As enacted, enacts the "Hannah Eimers Memorial Tennessee Roadside Safety Hardware Act," which states the intent that the state department of transportation keep abreast of the United States secretary of transportation's implementation of federally required third-party verification of full-scale crash testing results from crash test labs, including a method for formally verifying the testing outcomes and providing for an independent pass/fail determination, and adopting such results to the greatest extent feasible under state law. - Amends TCA Title 39; Title 54 and Title 55.

Signed into law Apr 4, 2022 0 co-sponsors

Primary HB 1663

Signed into law · Tennessee House · Lead sponsor

Highways, Roads and Bridges - As enacted, enacts the "Hannah Eimers Memorial Tennessee Roadside Safety Hardware Act," which states the intent that the state department of transportation keep abreast of the United States secretary of transportation's implementation of federally required third-party verification of full-scale crash testing results from crash test labs, including a method for formally verifying the testing outcomes and providing for an independent pass/fail determination, and adopting such results to the greatest extent feasible under state law. - Amends TCA Title 39; Title 54 and Title 55.

Signed into law Apr 4, 2022 0 co-sponsors

Primary HB 1734

Signed into law · Tennessee House · Lead sponsor

Law Enforcement - As enacted, authorizes a representative of the agency of government in which a peace officer served at the time of the officer's death to receive the Three Stars of Tennessee Award on the officer's behalf, provided there are no other surviving next of kin to receive the award; authorizes the commissioner of safety, in collaboration with the homeland security council, to promulgate rules regarding the selection and administration of the award. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 1, Part 5.

Signed into law Apr 4, 2022 0 co-sponsors

Primary HB 2428

In committee · Tennessee House · Lead sponsor

Probation and Parole - As introduced, enacts the "Tennessee Earning Safe Reentry Through Work Act," which makes various changes to probation and parole, including creating a work for time credit program. - Amends TCA Title 40.

In committee Mar 23, 2022 0 co-sponsors Track

Primary SB 2809

In committee · Tennessee Senate · Lead sponsor

Probation and Parole - As introduced, enacts the "Tennessee Earning Safe Reentry Through Work Act," which makes various changes to probation and parole, including creating a work for time credit program. - Amends TCA Title 40.

In committee Mar 23, 2022 0 co-sponsors Track

Primary HB 2372

In committee · Tennessee House · Lead sponsor

Real Property - As introduced, increases time, from 30 business days to 45 business days, within which a business entity that owns residential property must send notice to a homeowners' association that there has been a change in contact information or transfer of ownership of the property. - Amends TCA Title 13; Title 45; Title 47; Title 48; Title 56 and Title 66.

In committee Mar 15, 2022 0 co-sponsors Track

Primary SB 2846

In committee · Tennessee Senate · Lead sponsor

Real Property - As introduced, increases time, from 30 business days to 45 business days, within which a business entity that owns residential property must send notice to a homeowners' association that there has been a change in contact information or transfer of ownership of the property. - Amends TCA Title 13; Title 45; Title 47; Title 48; Title 56 and Title 66.

In committee Mar 15, 2022 0 co-sponsors Track