Rep. Johnny Shaw

Primary HB 1515

In committee · Tennessee House · Lead sponsor

Marriage - As introduced, specifies that the premarital preparation course, the completion of which exempts an individual from having to pay $60 of the fee charged on the issuance of a marriage license, may include instruction regarding the adverse childhood experiences to minor children who are affected by the dissolution of their parents' marriage. - Amends TCA Title 8; Title 36; Title 49 and Title 67.

In committee Mar 21, 2023 0 co-sponsors Track

Primary HB 1079

In committee · Tennessee House · Lead sponsor

Municipal Government - As introduced, extends indefinitely the time frame, by deleting the June 30, 2028, termination date, that a municipality that continues to receive an allocation of state sales tax revenue pursuant to the now-repealed Courthouse Square Revitalization Pilot Project Act of 2005, will continue to receive the allocation of the revenue. - Amends TCA Title 6 and Title 67, Chapter 6.

In committee Mar 21, 2023 0 co-sponsors Track

Primary HB 1518

In committee · Tennessee House · Lead sponsor

Employees, Employers - As introduced, enacts the "Family Caregiver Antidiscrimination Act." - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 8 and Title 50.

In committee Mar 14, 2023 0 co-sponsors Track

Primary HB 1035

In committee · Tennessee House · Lead sponsor

Local Education Agencies - As introduced, removes the retention requirement for third grade students who did not test proficient on the English language arts (ELA) portion of their most recent Tennessee comprehensive assessment program test; authorizes a student's ELA teacher or school principal to retain the student in the third or fourth grade if the teacher or principal determines that the student is not proficient in ELA; requires written notice to a student's parent of the student's potential retention and of any alternatives to retention that are available to the student. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 1 and Title 49, Chapter 6.

In committee Mar 14, 2023 0 co-sponsors Track

Primary HB 1034

In committee · Tennessee House · Lead sponsor

Local Education Agencies - As introduced, makes various changes to the Voluntary Pre-K for Tennessee Act of 2005; requires, instead of authorizes, an LEA to provide a pre-kindergarten program that is open to any child who is four years of age on or before August 15 and who resides within the geographic area served by the LEA; removes all application requirements for pre-kindergarten programs; removes the requirement for a community pre-k advisory council; requires this state to fund 100 percent of the costs required for an LEA to provide a pre-kindergarten program. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 51 and Title 49.

In committee Mar 14, 2023 0 co-sponsors Track

Primary HB 1033

In committee · Tennessee House · Lead sponsor

Local Education Agencies - As introduced, authorizes an LEA or public charter school to retain a student in the third grade if the student has not shown a basic understanding of the curriculum and an ability to perform the skills required in the subject of reading, as demonstrated by the student's grades or standardized test results, instead of requiring an LEA or public charter school to retain a third grade student who did not achieve a performance level rating of "on track" or "mastered" on the English language arts portion of the student's most recent Tennessee comprehensive assessment program test. - Amends TCA Title 49.

In committee Mar 14, 2023 0 co-sponsors Track

Primary HB 442

In committee · Tennessee House · Lead sponsor

Salaries and Benefits - As introduced, authorizes 12 workweeks of paid family leave during a 12-month period for qualified state employees. - Amends TCA Title 4 and Title 8.

In committee Mar 6, 2023 0 co-sponsors Track

Primary HB 1516

In committee · Tennessee House · Lead sponsor

Fire Prevention and Investigation - As introduced, requires the state fire marshal to create a state fire permit that mobile food units may obtain annually to demonstrate fire safety and electrical code compliance to local governments; requires a local government to recognize the state fire permit in its jurisdiction; prohibits the local government from requiring a local fire permit if the mobile food unit holds a state fire permit. - Amends TCA Title 68, Chapter 102.

In committee Feb 7, 2023 0 co-sponsors Track

Primary HB 443

Introduced · Tennessee House · Lead sponsor

Municipal Government - As introduced, deletes an obsolete provision that temporarily prohibited a municipality from annexing territory by ordinance and required a review and evaluation of annexation laws. - Amends TCA Title 6 and Title 64.

Introduced Feb 1, 2023 0 co-sponsors Track

Primary SB 2520

In committee · Tennessee Senate · Lead sponsor

Expunction - As introduced, adds the fact that the person has not been arrested in seven years as a circumstance under which, upon petition by the person, all public records of that person must be removed and destroyed without cost to the person. - Amends TCA Title 40, Chapter 32.

In committee Apr 6, 2022 0 co-sponsors Track