Rep. Debra Moody

Primary HB 2976

Signed into law · Tennessee House · Lead sponsor

Tipton County - Subject to local approval, creates the "West Tennessee Regional Utility Authority." -

Maddy summaryThis bill establishes the West Tennessee Regional Utility Authority as a public government body specifically for Tipton County to manage water and wastewater systems. The new authority will be led by a Board of Directors appointed by local officials and can enter into agreements with other counties or cities to join the system. Key provisions allow the authority to plan, operate, and finance water and sewage facilities, including the ability to issue bonds for funding projects. While the bill creates the legal framework for this authority, its actual operation depends on future local votes and agreements to transfer existing systems or add new members.

Signed into law May 13, 2024 0 co-sponsors

Primary HB 2697

In committee · Tennessee House · Lead sponsor

Schools, Charter - As enacted, requires public charter schools to provide educators six work weeks of paid leave after the birth or stillbirth of the educator's child or after the educator's adoption of a newly placed minor child. - Amends TCA Title 8 and Title 49.

Maddy summaryThis Tennessee law requires public charter schools to offer six weeks of paid leave to educators following the birth or stillbirth of a child, as well as after adopting a minor. The policy applies to teachers, principals, and supervisors who have worked full-time at a local education agency or charter school for at least twelve consecutive months. By amending state employment codes, the bill extends existing leave benefits previously available only to traditional public school employees to include those working in the charter school system.

In committee May 13, 2024 0 co-sponsors Track

Primary HB 2155

In committee · Tennessee House · Lead sponsor

Local Education Agencies - As enacted, names the law prohibiting an LEA from deducting dues from the wages of the LEA's employees for a professional employees' organization the "Michael Maren Paycheck Protection Act." - Amends TCA Section 49-2-123.

In committee May 1, 2024 0 co-sponsors Track

Primary HJR 1004

Signed into law · Tennessee House · Lead sponsor

Memorials, Recognition - the late Taylor Nicole Townsend -

Signed into law Mar 26, 2024 0 co-sponsors

Primary HB 2543

In committee · Tennessee House · Lead sponsor

Health Care - As introduced, prohibits an ambulance service that has exclusive rights to provide emergency services within a county, municipality, or geographic area from charging rates that are unreasonable, excessive, or based on rates charged by entities that classify individuals as in-network or out-of-network for services provided for calls received by an emergency dispatch center operated by such county, municipality, or geographical area that has given the exclusive rights to the ambulance service. - Amends TCA Title 5; Title 7; Title 56; Title 63; Title 68 and Title 71.

In committee Mar 12, 2024 0 co-sponsors Track

Primary HB 2255

In committee · Tennessee House · Lead sponsor

Abortion - As introduced, requires the district attorneys general conference to file a report by February 1 of each year with the chairs of the judiciary committee of the senate and the criminal justice committee of the house of representatives detailing the number of reports of potential criminal abortions during the prior calendar year, the action taken by the appropriate district attorney general for each report, and the legal disposition of any case resulting from each report, if any. - Amends TCA Title 37; Title 39; Title 56; Title 63 and Title 68.

In committee Feb 6, 2024 0 co-sponsors Track

Primary HB 2548

In committee · Tennessee House · Lead sponsor

Children's Services, Dept. of - As introduced, requires the department to promulgate rules to require that if an individual or member of the individual's household objects to an immunization on the basis of religious or moral convictions, then the department shall not require the individual or member of the individual's household to undergo any immunization as a condition of adopting or fostering children. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 36; Title 37 and Title 71.

In committee Feb 6, 2024 0 co-sponsors Track

Primary HB 2698

Introduced · Tennessee House · Lead sponsor

Scholarships and Financial Aid - As introduced, extends the time period prior to the start of an academic term, from 30 calendar days to 45 calendar days, that the state or a department, division, or agency of the state establishing a scholarship program must select the scholarship beneficiary and notify the board of trustees of the college savings trust fund program. - Amends TCA Title 49.

Introduced Feb 5, 2024 0 co-sponsors Track

Primary HB 2258

Introduced · Tennessee House · Lead sponsor

Education - As introduced, increases, from 5 to 10, the number of business days that the department of education has to include on its website any rules, regulations, or policies of the state board that are waived by the local board of education, following approval by the commissioner of education. - Amends TCA Title 49.

Introduced Feb 1, 2024 0 co-sponsors Track

Primary HB 2436

Introduced · Tennessee House · Lead sponsor

Agriculture, Dept. of - As introduced, reduces, from 30 to 25, the number of days within which the commissioner is required to declare a county to be a "Johnson grass extermination area" following receipt of notice from the county's legislative body that it has elected such designation. - Amends TCA Title 1, Chapter 3; Title 43 and Title 44.

Introduced Feb 1, 2024 0 co-sponsors Track