Sen. Ferrell Haile

Primary SB 1678

Passed · Tennessee Senate · Lead sponsor

Motor Vehicles, Titling and Registration - As enacted, permits an owner or lessee of a motorcycle to receive a disabled decal to affix to a new specialty earmarked, cultural, or other special purpose plate that is authorized for motorcycles. - Amends TCA Title 55, Chapter 21 and Title 55, Chapter 4.

Passed Mar 19, 2024 0 co-sponsors Track

Primary SB 1680

Signed into law · Tennessee Senate · Lead sponsor

School Transportation - As enacted, requires each LEA to post a conspicuous notice on all school buses in operation in the LEA notifying others that no person shall enter onto school buses except those authorized by law; requires the training standards for school bus drivers established by the departments of education and safety to include procedures concerning persons improperly on school buses; requires student transportation management training for transportation supervisors appointed by local LEAs, charter schools, and charter management organizations to include procedures concerning persons improperly on school buses. - Amends TCA Title 49.

Signed into law Mar 19, 2024 0 co-sponsors

Primary SB 2275

Passed · Tennessee Senate · Lead sponsor

Health Care - As introduced, prohibits physicians from prescribing, administering, or dispensing medication for, or otherwise treating, themselves, immediate family, and other specified individuals except for specified or emergency situations; prohibits a physician's supervisee from prescribing, administering, or dispensing medication for, or otherwise treating, the physician or the physician's immediate family except for emergency situations. - Amends TCA Title 33; Title 39; Title 53; Title 63 and Title 68.

Passed Mar 19, 2024 0 co-sponsors Track

Primary SB 1679

Passed · Tennessee Senate · Lead sponsor

Education - As enacted, requires each LEA, public charter school, private school, and church-related school to develop a procedure to determine the cause of a fire alarm activation, including the potential of an active shooter event; requires each LEA to coordinate with appropriate safety teams to incorporate the procedure; specifies that the procedure must be implemented no later than January 1, 2025. - Amends TCA Title 39 and Title 49.

Passed Mar 19, 2024 0 co-sponsors Track

Primary SB 287

Passed · Tennessee Senate · Lead sponsor

Sexual Offenses - As enacted, adds offenses of continuous sexual abuse of a child committed on or after July 1, 2024, to the list of qualifying criminal misconduct that is sentenced to community supervision for life in addition to any other statutorily imposed punishment. - Amends TCA Title 39 and Title 40.

Passed Mar 15, 2024 0 co-sponsors Track

Primary SB 1840

Passed · Tennessee Senate · Lead sponsor

Foster Care - As introduced, establishes a pilot program for five years to allow private entities to provide foster care services to qualifying children; requires the department of children's services to create a process for selecting children for the program; directs the pilot program to submit monthly reports to the state foster care review board; requires the comptroller to audit the program. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 36 and Title 37.

Passed Mar 12, 2024 0 co-sponsors Track

Primary SJR 987

Signed into law · Tennessee Senate · Lead sponsor

Memorials, Recognition - Tanya McPherson, Governor's Volunteer Stars Award -

Signed into law Mar 11, 2024 0 co-sponsors

Primary SJR 988

Signed into law · Tennessee Senate · Lead sponsor

Memorials, Recognition - Rosemary Gregory, Governor's Volunteer Stars Award -

Signed into law Mar 11, 2024 0 co-sponsors

Primary SB 1151

Passed · Tennessee Senate · Lead sponsor

Immigration - As introduced, prohibits an illegal alien from being housed on real property owned by this state or a political subdivision of this state; excepts incarceration and other housing required as a result of a criminal conviction. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 8; Title 9; Title 12; Title 39; Title 50; Title 66; Title 68 and Title 71.

Passed Mar 8, 2024 0 co-sponsors Track

Primary SB 1748

Passed · Tennessee Senate · Lead sponsor

Education, Curriculum - As introduced, requires the department of education to recommend, and the state board of education to adopt, academic standards for a year-long course in civics education for students in eighth grade; requires LEAs and public charter schools to implement the year-long course in civics education for students in eighth grade beginning with the 2025-2026 school year. - Amends TCA Title 49.

Passed Mar 6, 2024 0 co-sponsors Track