Sen. Ed Jackson

Primary SB 1884

Passed · Tennessee Senate · Lead sponsor

Hospitals and Health Care Facilities - As introduced, requires a government-owned hospital or health system to submit a report to the health facilities commission disclosing certain information on administrative bonuses or salary increases and any disbursements and contractor costs on an annual basis and prior to asking for public funds or ending services; requires the health facilities commission to post reported information from government-owned hospitals or health systems on its public website. - Amends TCA Title 68.

Passed Feb 28, 2024 0 co-sponsors Track

Primary SB 1883

Passed · Tennessee Senate · Lead sponsor

Health Care - As introduced, expresses the intent that the department of finance and administration, in coordination with the departments of health and mental health and substance abuse services, give priority to efforts that facilitate the expansion of a health care safety net to the uninsured that also supports federally designated rural health clinics using a sliding fee scale payment model. - Amends TCA Section 71-5-148.

Passed Feb 6, 2024 0 co-sponsors Track

Primary SB 2499

Passed · Tennessee Senate · Lead sponsor

Jails, Local Lock-ups - As introduced, allows a prisoner of a county workhouse or jail to be released from custody on work release or otherwise allowed to leave the grounds of the county workhouse or jail for employment or to perform work in the community without using an electronic monitoring device if the sheriff, with the approval of the county commission, enters into a written agreement with the entity employing or utilizing the prisoner for work in which the entity agrees to accept full liability, including the cost of apprehension, if the prisoner leaves the entity's premises without the permission of the entity or the sheriff while performing work for the entity. - Amends TCA Title 8, Chapter 8 and Title 41.

Passed Feb 5, 2024 0 co-sponsors Track

Primary SB 2625

Passed · Tennessee Senate · Lead sponsor

Motor Vehicles - As introduced, authorizes off-highway vehicles to be operated on certain designated roads and highways in Perry County. - Amends TCA Section 55-8-185.

Passed Feb 5, 2024 0 co-sponsors Track

Primary SB 2722

Passed · Tennessee Senate · Lead sponsor

Children - As introduced, deletes obsolete requirements for a joint report on juvenile justice data collection required to be submitted to the governor and the speakers of each house of the general assembly on or before January 1, 2019. - Amends TCA Title 37.

Passed Feb 5, 2024 0 co-sponsors Track

Primary SB 2841

Passed · Tennessee Senate · Lead sponsor

Human Rights Commission - As introduced, requires the commission to report to the governor and the general assembly concerning the commission's activities relative to Title VI no later than January 15 of each year. - Amends TCA Title 4.

Passed Feb 5, 2024 0 co-sponsors Track

Primary SB 2842

Passed · Tennessee Senate · Lead sponsor

Trusts - As introduced, defines "materially negative financial impact" and "service provider" for purposes of the Uniform Prudent Management of Institutional Funds Act; makes other revisions to the act. - Amends TCA Title 35, Chapter 10.

Passed Feb 5, 2024 0 co-sponsors Track

Primary SB 2873

Passed · Tennessee Senate · Lead sponsor

Highways, Roads and Bridges - As introduced, removes the condition that the department of transportation first authorize the installation of surveillance cameras on interstates and state highways before such cameras may be operated by law enforcement agencies; authorizes the operation of surveillance cameras by law enforcement agencies on such highways under certain circumstances. - Amends TCA Title 10, Chapter 7, Part 5; Title 38 and Title 55.

Passed Feb 5, 2024 0 co-sponsors Track

Primary SB 1980

Passed · Tennessee Senate · Lead sponsor

Education - As introduced, changes, from December 1 to December 31, the deadline for the department of education to report information to the education committees of the senate and the house of representatives on the number of students in each LEA who, despite being deemed not proficient on the most recent TCAP test, were promoted to the fourth grade because the students demonstrated ELA proficiency on their most recent state-provided benchmark assessment. - Amends TCA Title 49.

Passed Jan 29, 2024 0 co-sponsors Track

Primary SB 1981

Passed · Tennessee Senate · Lead sponsor

Education - As introduced, changes from December 1 to December 31 the deadline for the department of education to report to the education committees of the senate and the house of representatives the number of students in each LEA who were identified for mandatory retention and were promoted to the fourth grade. - Amends TCA Title 49.

Passed Jan 29, 2024 0 co-sponsors Track