Sen. Ferrell Haile

Primary HB 7058

Passed · Tennessee House · Lead sponsor

Mental Illness - As introduced, expands the statutory duty that qualified mental health professionals and licensed behavior analysts have to notify potential victims and law enforcement of an actual threat of bodily harm against a clearly identified victim made by a person receiving mental health services to apply to additional healthcare providers and include credible threats without a clearly identifiable victim. - Amends TCA Title 33, Chapter 3, Part 2.

Passed Aug 23, 2023 0 co-sponsors Track

Primary SB 7008

Passed · Tennessee Senate · Lead sponsor

Mental Illness - As introduced, expands the statutory duty that qualified mental health professionals and licensed behavior analysts have to notify potential victims and law enforcement of an actual threat of bodily harm against a clearly identified victim made by a person receiving mental health services to apply to additional healthcare providers and include credible threats without a clearly identifiable victim. - Amends TCA Title 33, Chapter 3, Part 2.

Passed Aug 23, 2023 0 co-sponsors Track

Primary SB 7003

Passed · Tennessee Senate · Lead sponsor

Firearms and Ammunition - As introduced, exempts a person from civil liability for damages, injuries, or death resulting from or arising out of the theft of the person's firearm or firearm ammunition properly stored in the person's motor vehicle unless the person commits an offense involving the use of the stored firearm or firearm ammunition or intentionally solicits or procures the conduct resulting in the damage, injury, or death. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 17, Part 13.

Passed Aug 22, 2023 0 co-sponsors Track

Primary SB 637

Signed into law · Tennessee Senate · Lead sponsor

Attorney General and Reporter - As enacted, adds additional companies to the statewide opioid settlement agreement for which the attorney general and reporter has the authority to release pending or future claims. - Amends TCA Title 20 and Title 33.

Signed into law May 24, 2023 0 co-sponsors

Primary SB 753

Signed into law · Tennessee Senate · Lead sponsor

Pharmacy, Pharmacists - As enacted, makes various changes to the board of pharmacy. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 29; Title 63, Chapter 1 and Title 63, Chapter 10, Part 3.

Signed into law May 24, 2023 0 co-sponsors

Primary SB 1551

Passed · Tennessee Senate · Lead sponsor

Sumner County - Subject to local approval, prohibits public entities in Sumner County from using eminent domain to acquire privately owned real property for parks, trails, paths, or greenways for walking, running, hiking, bicycling, or equestrian use, unless the privately owned real property is parallel to, runs directly along the length of, and extends in the same direction as a highway, road, or street. -

Passed May 24, 2023 0 co-sponsors Track

Primary SB 535

Passed · Tennessee Senate · Lead sponsor

Adoption - As enacted, revises the definition of abandonment for purposes of termination of parental rights to include circumstances where the parent or guardian fails to visit or support the child for a period of three consecutive months if the child is less than four years of age. - Amends TCA Title 36, Chapter 1; Title 37, Chapter 5 and Title 68, Chapter 11.

Passed May 18, 2023 0 co-sponsors Track

Primary SB 355

Signed into law · Tennessee Senate · Lead sponsor

Education, Dept. of - As enacted, requires the department to conduct a statewide needs analysis of preschool education in this state; requires the department to establish the Tennessee preschool task force to assist in developing a strategic plan for preschool education in this state and to provide recommendations on high-quality programming; requires, subject to available funding, the department to implement a pilot program to award grant funds to five LEAs to implement innovative and high-quality preschool programs in the 2023-2024 school year. - Amends TCA Title 49.

Signed into law May 17, 2023 0 co-sponsors

Primary SJR 648

Signed into law · Tennessee Senate · Lead sponsor

Memorials, Recognition - Gallatin Rotary -

Signed into law May 4, 2023 0 co-sponsors

Primary SB 1391

Signed into law · Tennessee Senate · Lead sponsor

General Assembly - As enacted, adds certain exceptions to the prohibition that members of the general assembly may not bid on, sell, or offer for sale any service to a state entity or have a financial interest in the bid, sale, or offer for sale of any service to a state entity. - Amends TCA Section 12-4-103.

Signed into law May 4, 2023 0 co-sponsors