Rep. Lowell Russell

Primary HB 1551

Signed into law · Tennessee House · Lead sponsor

Monroe County - Subject to local approval, increases, from nine to 10, the number of county school board members. - Repeals Chapter 117 of the Private Acts of 1963; as amended.

Signed into law Apr 18, 2023 0 co-sponsors

Primary HB 522

Signed into law · Tennessee House · Lead sponsor

Law Enforcement - As enacted, if the Tennessee highway patrol is assigned a protective detail, authorizes a Tennessee highway patrolman and an officer of a local law enforcement agency to utilize their respective agency's vehicle or emergency equipment for purposes of conducting the protective detail. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 8 and Title 58.

Signed into law Apr 18, 2023 0 co-sponsors

Primary HR 71

Passed · Tennessee House · Lead sponsor

Memorials, Interns - Abigail Adu -

Passed Apr 13, 2023 0 co-sponsors Track

Primary HJR 475

Signed into law · Tennessee House · Lead sponsor

Memorials, Heroism - THP Capitol Protection Unit officers Sgt. Denney Mitchell and Sgt. Adam Simpkins -

Signed into law Apr 12, 2023 0 co-sponsors

Primary HJR 23

Signed into law · Tennessee House · Lead sponsor

Naming and Designating - Designates Pumpkin Pie as a symbol of the State of Tennessee. -

Signed into law Apr 10, 2023 0 co-sponsors

Primary HB 353

Signed into law · Tennessee House · Lead sponsor

Motor Vehicles - As enacted, enacts the "Sergeant Chris Jenkins Law." - Amends TCA Title 39 and Title 55.

Signed into law Mar 28, 2023 0 co-sponsors

Primary HB 1120

Signed into law · Tennessee House · Lead sponsor

Children's Services, Dept. of - As enacted, requires the department to make chaplain services available on a regular basis to juveniles who are housed in a youth development center; prohibits the department from requiring a juvenile to attend or use chaplain services; requires the department to provide annual training to youth service officers on best practices for behavior management and conflict resolution in the context of supervision of juvenile justice youth; requires the department to house children 16 years of age or older separately from younger children, unless housing the children together is necessary for the safety and well-being of the younger children or to otherwise comply with law relative to the use of seclusion at juvenile detention facilities. - Amends TCA Title 37.

Signed into law Mar 28, 2023 0 co-sponsors

Primary HB 287

In committee · Tennessee House · Lead sponsor

Eminent Domain - As introduced, requires the commissioner of finance and administration to report the total amount of state funds paid to acquire property through eminent domain in the 2021-2022 year to the chairs of the finance, ways and means committees and the office of legislative budget analysis by January 1, 2024. - Amends TCA Title 5; Title 29, Chapter 17; Title 29, Chapter 16 and Title 65, Chapter 27.

In committee Mar 21, 2023 0 co-sponsors Track

Primary HB 1164

Passed · Tennessee House · Lead sponsor

Highway Patrol - As introduced, requires the commissioner of safety, in consultation with the commissioner of human resources, to ensure that a minimum of six Tennessee highway patrol officers are allocated to a county designated as a tier 3 or tier 4 enhancement county that has a size greater than 600 square miles and a population greater than 20,000 but less than 50,000. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 3, Part 20 and Title 4, Chapter 7.

Passed Mar 16, 2023 0 co-sponsors Track

Primary HB 1275

In committee · Tennessee House · Lead sponsor

Professions and Occupations - As introduced, exempts security guards and officers who are retired law enforcement officers with 20 or more years of service and who retired in good standing from certain training requirements. - Amends TCA Title 29; Title 57 and Title 62, Chapter 35.

In committee Mar 16, 2023 0 co-sponsors Track