Sen. Joey Hensley

Primary SB 1720

Passed · Tennessee Senate · Lead sponsor

Health Care - As enacted, enacts the "Healthcare Provider Advertising Law." - Amends TCA Title 47; Title 63 and Title 68.

Maddy summaryThis bill, known as the Healthcare Provider Advertising Law, requires healthcare practitioners in Tennessee to clearly identify their profession or license in any public advertisement that promotes their services. The law applies to all advertisements created on or after January 1, 2025, and mandates that the practitioner's title be displayed prominently in both electronic and written formats. It also prohibits the use of deceptive or misleading information regarding a provider's skills, training, or credentials. While the legislation sets specific rules for how providers can market themselves, it explicitly excludes office building placards and pre-existing exterior signage from these requirements.

Passed May 13, 2024 0 co-sponsors Track

Primary SB 1766

Signed into law · Tennessee Senate · Lead sponsor

Health Care - As enacted, requires a healthcare provider to provide to a patient or the patient’s authorized representative a full copy of the patient’s medical records within 10 working days of receipt of a written request by the patient or representative, instead of providing a full copy or a summary of the records; requires a healthcare provider to provide to a principal or an attorney in fact acting pursuant to a durable power of attorney for health care a full copy of the principal’s medical records within 10 working days of receipt of a written request by the principal or attorney in fact, instead of providing a full copy or a summary of the records. - Amends TCA Title 34; Title 63 and Title 68.

Signed into law May 9, 2024 0 co-sponsors

Primary SB 1706

Signed into law · Tennessee Senate · Lead sponsor

Election Laws - As enacted, requires an administrator of elections, if the administrator attends a training, seminar, conference, or other educational event related to elections and such event is outside of this state, to file a form prescribed by the coordinator of elections reporting certain information; requires the administrator to file the form with the state election commission no later than 15 days after the date of the event. - Amends TCA Title 2.

Signed into law May 9, 2024 0 co-sponsors

Primary SB 1902

Signed into law · Tennessee Senate · Lead sponsor

School Transportation - As enacted, clarifies, for purposes of obtaining a school bus endorsement on a driver license and for other purposes, that a school bus is a vehicle designed to transport 16 or more passengers, including the driver; makes other related revisions. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 6, Part 21 and Title 55, Chapter 50.

Signed into law May 9, 2024 0 co-sponsors

Primary SB 2501

Signed into law · Tennessee Senate · Lead sponsor

Education, Higher - As enacted, adds a process by which compliance with the law concerning divisive concepts in institutions of higher education can be reviewed by applicable legislative committees. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 7.

Signed into law May 9, 2024 0 co-sponsors

Primary SB 1868

Passed · Tennessee Senate · Lead sponsor

Education, Higher - As enacted, enacts the "Laken Riley Act of 2024," which generally prohibits a public institution of higher education from prohibiting adults lawfully present on the institution's property from carrying a non-lethal weapon for purposes of self-defense; allows certain exceptions. - Amends TCA Title 39 and Title 49.

Passed May 1, 2024 0 co-sponsors Track

Primary SB 1903

Passed · Tennessee Senate · Lead sponsor

Food and Food Products - As enacted, defines food that contains a vaccine or vaccine material as a drug for purposes of the Tennessee Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act. - Amends TCA Title 47, Chapter 18 and Title 53.

Passed May 1, 2024 0 co-sponsors Track

Primary SB 1708

Passed · Tennessee Senate · Lead sponsor

Schools, Private - As enacted, clarifies that a private school serving students in any of the grades pre-K through 12 is authorized to adopt a handgun carry policy for the private school's property. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 17, Part 13; Title 49, Chapter 1 and Title 49, Chapter 50.

Passed May 1, 2024 0 co-sponsors Track

Primary SB 1142

Signed into law · Tennessee Senate · Lead sponsor

Historical Commission - As enacted, vacates and reconstitutes the commission; makes other changes relative to the commission. - Amends TCA Title 4.

Signed into law May 1, 2024 0 co-sponsors

Primary SB 1060

Passed · Tennessee Senate · Lead sponsor

Education - As enacted, revises various provisions of present law pertaining to the "Age-Appropriate Materials Act of 2022" and the state textbook and instructional materials quality commission. - Amends TCA Title 49.

Passed May 1, 2024 0 co-sponsors Track