Sen. Janice Bowling

Primary SB 2772

Passed · Tennessee Senate · Lead sponsor

Dekalb County - Subject to local approval, authorizes the road supervisor rather than the county mayor to sign checks drawn on the county trustee for expenses associated with road work within the county. - Amends Chapter 511 of the Private Acts of 1945, as amended.

Passed Mar 19, 2024 0 co-sponsors Track

Primary SB 2980

Passed · Tennessee Senate · Lead sponsor

Tullahoma - Subject to local approval, clarifies that the election for the Board of Education aligns with the November general election; extends board members' terms from August, until a successor is elected and qualified; establishes a four-year term for board members; extends the terms of the three school board members elected on the first Thursday in August 2020 from the first Thursday in August 2024 to the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November 2024, or until their successors are elected and qualified; extends the terms of the two school board members elected on the first Tuesday in August 2021 from the first Thursday in August 2025 to the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November 2026, or until their successors are elected and qualified; extends the terms of the two school board members elected on the first Thursday in August 2022 from the first Thursday in August 2026 to the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November 2026, or until their successors are elected and qualified. - Amends Chapter 553 of the Acts of 1903; as amended.

Passed Mar 18, 2024 0 co-sponsors Track

Primary SB 2775

Passed · Tennessee Senate · Lead sponsor

General Assembly - As introduced, enacts the "Restoring State Sovereignty Through Nullification Act," which establishes processes by which the general assembly may nullify an unconstitutional federal statute, regulation, agency order, or executive order. - Amends TCA Title 3 and Title 4.

Passed Mar 12, 2024 0 co-sponsors Track

Primary SB 2784

Passed · Tennessee Senate · Lead sponsor

Game and Fish Laws - As introduced, requires payment of restitution to landowners by persons who commit hunting-related offenses on property where they do not have a legal right to be present; bases restitution amount on the type of animals involved in the offense; requires restitution to be fully paid before other penalties due to the state are paid. - Amends TCA Title 39; Title 40 and Title 70.

Passed Mar 6, 2024 0 co-sponsors Track

Primary SB 1105

Passed · Tennessee Senate · Lead sponsor

Professions and Occupations - As introduced, repeals the Soil Scientist Licensure Act of 2009. - Amends TCA Title 62, Chapter 18, Part 2 and Section 62-36-114.

Passed Feb 21, 2024 0 co-sponsors Track

Primary SB 1122

Passed · Tennessee Senate · Lead sponsor

Taxes - As introduced, eliminates the professional privilege tax for attorneys. - Amends TCA Title 67, Chapter 4, Part 17.

Passed Feb 20, 2024 0 co-sponsors Track

Primary SB 2780

Passed · Tennessee Senate · Lead sponsor

Health, Dept. of - As introduced, requires the department to create a separate marriage license application form and marriage license form that may be used by applicants if the bride is a female and the groom is a male; prohibits a county clerk from certifying and recording this marriage license form if the form was used to solemnize a marriage between persons other than a female bride and a male groom. - Amends TCA Title 18, Chapter 6; Title 36, Chapter 3 and Title 68, Chapter 3.

Passed Feb 5, 2024 0 co-sponsors Track

Primary SB 2768

Passed · Tennessee Senate · Lead sponsor

Sentencing - As introduced, reduces the percentage of sentence that a person convicted of first degree murder on or after July 1, 1995, and sentenced to life imprisonment is required to serve before becoming eligible for release from 100 percent of 60 years less sentence credits earned and retained to 60 percent of 60 years less sentence credits earned and retained; prohibits a defendant becoming eligible for parole before serving 25 years of the sentence, if the defendant was 25 years of age or younger at the time of the offense, or 30 years of the sentence, if the defendant was 26 years of age or older at the time of the offense. - Amends TCA Title 37; Title 39, Chapter 13, Part 2 and Title 40.

Passed Feb 5, 2024 0 co-sponsors Track

Primary SJR 7101

Passed · Tennessee Senate · Lead sponsor

General Assembly, Adjournment - Adjourns sine die First Extraordinary Session of 113th General Assembly on August 22, 2023. -

Passed Aug 28, 2023 0 co-sponsors Track

Primary SB 1111

Signed into law · Tennessee Senate · Lead sponsor

Public Health - As enacted, enacts the "Mature Minor Doctrine Clarification Act." - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 14; Title 53; Title 63 and Title 68.

Signed into law May 24, 2023 0 co-sponsors