Sen. Ed Jackson

Primary SB 439

Signed into law · Tennessee Senate · Lead sponsor

Highways, Roads and Bridges - As enacted, 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.

Signed into law May 3, 2023 0 co-sponsors

Primary SB 217

Signed into law · Tennessee Senate · Lead sponsor

Marriage - As enacted, creates a class C misdemeanor for certain local public officers who charge a fee or demand compensation for solemnizing a marriage. - Amends TCA Title 36, Chapter 3.

Signed into law May 3, 2023 0 co-sponsors

Primary SB 562

Passed · Tennessee Senate · Lead sponsor

Jails, Local Lock-ups - As enacted, requires a prisoner of a county workhouse or jail who is 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, whether paid or unpaid, to use an electronic monitoring device at all times when the prisoner is not on the grounds of the county workhouse or jail; requires the employer or person utilizing the prisoner for work to pay the costs of the electronic monitoring device. - Amends TCA Title 41.

Passed May 3, 2023 0 co-sponsors Track

Primary SB 656

Signed into law · Tennessee Senate · Lead sponsor

Children's Services, Dept. of - As enacted, requires the department to conduct an assessment of the home to determine whether the child will receive proper care and supervision, including a visit to the home, prior to the department notifying a court in writing of its intention to place a child at home on a trial home visit. - Amends TCA Title 36 and Title 37.

Signed into law May 3, 2023 0 co-sponsors

Primary SB 663

Passed · Tennessee Senate · Lead sponsor

County Clerks - As enacted, removes certain duties of county clerks regarding revenue. - Amends TCA Section 18-6-105.

Passed May 3, 2023 0 co-sponsors Track

Primary SB 654

Passed · Tennessee Senate · Lead sponsor

District Attorneys - As enacted, requires district attorneys general to designate one assistant district attorney general as the lead prosecutor in cases involving crimes committed against children; requires the Tennessee bureau of investigation to provide annual training to assistant district attorneys designated as lead prosecutors in crimes committed against children. - Amends TCA Title 8, Chapter 7; Title 16, Chapter 2 and Title 38, Chapter 6.

Passed May 3, 2023 0 co-sponsors Track

Primary SB 657

Passed · Tennessee Senate · Lead sponsor

Children - As enacted, creates a criminal offense of a foster parent from a kinship placement knowingly allowing a child in the foster parent's care to visit with the child's parent if the foster parent has knowledge of a current court order prohibiting the parent from visiting with the child, with a first violation being a Class C misdemeanor punishable by a fine only and a second or subsequent violation being a Class B misdemeanor. - Amends TCA Title 37 and Title 39.

Passed May 3, 2023 0 co-sponsors Track

Primary SR 122

Passed · Tennessee Senate · Lead sponsor

Memorials, Interns - Maya Weaver -

Passed Apr 25, 2023 0 co-sponsors Track

Primary SB 1280

Passed · Tennessee Senate · Lead sponsor

Salaries and Benefits - As introduced, entitles criminal investigators to be compensated at a rate equal to 35 percent of the annual compensation of the district attorney general, with compensation rate increases for 20 years until the compensation rate equals 55 percent of the annual compensation of the district attorney general. - Amends TCA Title 8 and Title 16.

Passed Apr 24, 2023 0 co-sponsors Track

Primary SB 334

Signed into law · Tennessee Senate · Lead sponsor

Tennessee Bureau of Investigation - As enacted, expands the duties of the medicaid fraud control unit of the Tennessee bureau of investigation to include investigation of complaints of abuse, neglect and financial exploitation of medicaid recipients in any setting; allows the director of the Tennessee bureau of investigation to create new divisions within the bureau as necessary. - Amends TCA Title 38 and Title 71.

Signed into law Apr 18, 2023 0 co-sponsors