Rep. Debra Moody

Primary HB 2257

Introduced · Tennessee House · Lead sponsor

Education - As introduced, increases, from 30 to 60, the number of days that a tenured state university or community college faculty member has to file a petition for review in chancery court if the faculty member is dismissed or suspended for cause. - Amends TCA Title 49.

Introduced Feb 1, 2024 0 co-sponsors Track

Primary HB 2256

Introduced · Tennessee House · Lead sponsor

Education - As introduced, increases from 45 to 60, the number of days, following service of a petition for judicial review from a tenured faculty member seeking review for dismissal or suspension, that the board of regents or state university board has to transmit to the reviewing court an original or certified copy of the entire record of a dismissal or suspension proceeding against the tenured faculty member. - Amends TCA Title 49.

Introduced Feb 1, 2024 0 co-sponsors Track

Primary HB 2156

Introduced · Tennessee House · Lead sponsor

Education - As introduced, increases, from 45 to 60, the number of days a child care person or entity may receive an extension on a temporary certificate from the state board of education to operate a child care program prior to the issuance of an initial annual certificate of approval. - Amends TCA Title 49.

Introduced Jan 31, 2024 0 co-sponsors Track

Primary HB 2052

Introduced · Tennessee House · Lead sponsor

Abortion - As introduced, requires the commissioner of health to maintain any record or report on disposition of an aborted fetus or aborted fetal tissue for at least 15 years. - Amends TCA Title 9; Title 16; Title 20; Title 29; Title 37; Title 39; Title 62; Title 63; Title 68 and Title 71.

Introduced Jan 29, 2024 0 co-sponsors Track

Primary HB 634

In committee · Tennessee House · Lead sponsor

Children - As enacted, creates the child care improvement fund, to be administered by the department of human services; creates a child care improvement pilot program to provide grants to nonprofit organizations to be used for establishing a new child care agency in this state or making improvements to, or assisting with staffing, recruitment, or salary gaps, at an existing child care agency in this state. - Amends TCA Title 9; Title 37 and Title 71.

In committee May 24, 2023 0 co-sponsors Track

Primary HB 1459

In committee · Tennessee House · Lead sponsor

Criminal Offenses - As enacted, creates a Class A misdemeanor for a warden or chief administrative officer employed by a penal institution, who knows that certain offenses have occurred within the institution, to fail to report such offenses to the district attorney general for the judicial district in which the institution is located and the district attorney general who prosecuted the offense for which the offender is incarcerated within five business days of becoming aware of the offense being committed; authorizes the court to order sentences to run consecutively if the court finds by a preponderance of the evidence that the defendant was incarcerated at the time of the offense and is convicted of an offense that is reportable by a warden or chief administrator. - Amends TCA Title 39 and Title 40.

In committee May 24, 2023 0 co-sponsors Track

Primary HJR 669

Signed into law · Tennessee House · Lead sponsor

Memorials, Recognition - J’avante Green, 2023 Boys & Girls Club of the Hatchie River Region Youth of the Year -

Signed into law May 9, 2023 0 co-sponsors

Primary HB 1261

Signed into law · Tennessee House · Lead sponsor

Education, Dept. of - As enacted, requires the department, in administering the individualized education account program, to develop and implement a process for notifying all parents of their children's potential eligibility for an individualized education account, instead of only ensuring lower-income families are so notified; requires the department to report whether the process increased student participation in the program to the education committee of the senate and the education administration committee of the house of representatives by January 31 of each year. - Amends TCA Title 49.

Signed into law May 3, 2023 0 co-sponsors

Primary HB 115

In committee · Tennessee House · Lead sponsor

Secretary of State - As enacted, requires the Secretary of State to establish and implement a program designated as the Tennessee Businesses Against Trafficking program to engage participating corporations and other private entities in voluntary efforts to identify, prevent, and combat human trafficking. - Amends TCA Title 38, Chapter 1.

In committee Apr 25, 2023 0 co-sponsors Track

Primary HB 90

In committee · Tennessee House · Lead sponsor

Local Government, General - As enacted, prohibits local governments from expending funds for the purposes of assisting a person in obtaining a criminal abortion. - Amends TCA Title 5; Title 6; Title 7 and Title 8.

In committee Apr 25, 2023 0 co-sponsors Track