Sen. Jeff Yarbro

Primary SB 2494

Passed · Tennessee Senate · Lead sponsor

Education, Dept. of - As introduced, requires the department to annually submit a report to the education committees of the senate and house of representatives on the availability of family resource centers in this state; requires the report to identify, by school and LEA, each family resource center established or contracted for by an LEA in this state. - Amends TCA Section 36-2-312; Section 37-5-125 and Title 49.

Passed Feb 1, 2024 0 co-sponsors Track

Primary SB 2240

Passed · Tennessee Senate · Lead sponsor

TennCare - As introduced, directs the bureau to establish a temporary TennCare benefits program to provide medical assistance on a temporary basis to certain individuals who do not qualify for enrollment in TennCare, CoverKids, or a successor program; requires the bureau to submit a waiver to the federal centers for medicare and medicaid services by December 31, 2024. - Amends TCA Title 71, Chapter 5.

Passed Feb 1, 2024 0 co-sponsors Track

Primary SB 2271

Passed · Tennessee Senate · Lead sponsor

Children's Services, Dept. of - As introduced, increases from three to five business days, the amount of time within which the department must notify the state board of education that a license has been issued to a facility that intends to provide care to children who are transported across state lines to enter the facility's care. - Amends TCA Title 36; Title 37; Title 49 and Title 71.

Passed Feb 1, 2024 0 co-sponsors Track

Primary SB 2346

Passed · Tennessee Senate · Lead sponsor

Criminal Procedure - As introduced, reduces from 20 days to 15 days, the amount of notice that a person rendered infamous or deprived of the rights of citizenship by the judgment of a state court must provide to the district attorney general in whose county the petitioner currently resides and the district attorney general of the county in which the petitioner was convicted before the petition is heard. - Amends TCA Title 2, Chapter 11; Title 2, Chapter 19; Title 2, Chapter 2; Title 39, Chapter 17; Title 40, Chapter 20 and Title 40, Chapter 29.

Passed Feb 1, 2024 0 co-sponsors Track

Primary SB 2165

Passed · Tennessee Senate · Lead sponsor

Local Education Agencies - As introduced, requires LEAs and public charter schools to notify parents and guardians of students who do not test proficient in mathematics on the student's most recent Tennessee comprehensive assessment program test of academic supports in mathematics that are available to the student before the beginning of the upcoming school year or during the upcoming school year. - Amends TCA Title 49.

Passed Feb 1, 2024 0 co-sponsors Track

Primary SB 2272

Passed · Tennessee Senate · Lead sponsor

Public Defenders - As introduced, increases, from 10 days to 10 business days, the amount of time prior to a meeting that written notice of the meeting must be given by the president of the public defenders conference to members of the conference. - Amends TCA Title 8; Title 16; Title 37; Title 39 and Title 40.

Passed Feb 1, 2024 0 co-sponsors Track

Primary SB 2407

Passed · Tennessee Senate · Lead sponsor

General Assembly - As introduced, requires members of the general assembly to undergo a mental health evaluation within one month of the giving of the annual current issues ethics training; requires that the evaluations take place in a manner that maintains the privacy and confidentiality of each member. - Amends TCA Title 3.

Passed Feb 1, 2024 0 co-sponsors Track

Primary SB 2344

Passed · Tennessee Senate · Lead sponsor

Redistricting, Legislative - As introduced, clarifies that including noncontiguous land islands of a county as part of a senate district that the rest of the county is located in does not violate the legislative intent of keeping districts contiguous. - Amends TCA Section 3-1-102 and Section 3-1-103.

Passed Feb 1, 2024 0 co-sponsors Track

Primary SB 2493

Passed · Tennessee Senate · Lead sponsor

Teachers, Principals and School Personnel - As introduced, requires LEAs and public charter schools to strive to employ school personnel in a manner that fairly represents the racial and ethnic composition of the student body for the school to which such personnel are assigned. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 21; Title 8; Title 49 and Title 50.

Passed Feb 1, 2024 0 co-sponsors Track

Primary SB 2163

Passed · Tennessee Senate · Lead sponsor

Codes - As introduced, increases from 10 working days to 15 business days the amount of time the fire marshal has to issue a decision on a dispute between a city and county regarding a building or fire code. - Amends TCA Title 13 and Title 68, Chapter 120.

Passed Feb 1, 2024 0 co-sponsors Track