Sen. Sara Kyle

Primary SB 396

Passed · Tennessee Senate · Lead sponsor

Tennessee Bureau of Investigation - As introduced, requires the bureau to develop and implement an alert system, in coordination with the department of safety, department of transportation, and local law enforcement agencies, to be activated on report of an active shooter. - Amends TCA Title 38.

Passed Mar 28, 2023 0 co-sponsors Track

Primary SB 740

Passed · Tennessee Senate · Lead sponsor

Law Enforcement - As introduced, requires the Tennessee peace officer standards and training commission to submit the curriculum requirements concerning the use of citations in lieu of arrest, domestic violence training, and proper procedures to respond to persons with mental illnesses by February 1, 2024, to the chair of the senate judiciary committee and the chair of the criminal justice committee of the house of representatives; requires the commission to also submit any proposed amendments to those requirements to the same chairs at least 60 days prior to the amendments being implemented. - Amends TCA Title 8 and Title 38.

Passed Mar 21, 2023 0 co-sponsors Track

Primary SB 1082

Passed · Tennessee Senate · Lead sponsor

Deeds - As introduced, requires that a deed for the conveyance of real property be prepared and filed by a licensed attorney, title insurance agent, or the owner of the property; requires the county register to verify that an affidavit on a deed of conveyance of real property was duly signed and notarized stating under oath the name and address of the preparer; requires the register to refuse to register any deed of conveyance of real property that is not prepared by a licensed attorney, title insurance agent, or the owner of the real property. - Amends TCA Title 8, Chapter 13; Title 23, Chapter 3; Title 66, Chapter 5, Part 1 and Title 66, Chapter 24.

Passed Mar 21, 2023 0 co-sponsors Track

Primary SB 553

Passed · Tennessee Senate · Lead sponsor

Mental Illness - As introduced, changes references for mental defect, mental defective, and mentally defective to mental health condition throughout the code. - Amends TCA Title 16; Title 33; Title 37; Title 38; Title 39; Title 41; Title 57; Title 62 and Title 71.

Passed Mar 21, 2023 0 co-sponsors Track

Primary SJR 335

died · Tennessee Senate · Lead sponsor

Memorials, Sports - University of Memphis Tigers basketball team, AAC tournament champions -

died Mar 20, 2023 0 co-sponsors Track

Primary SB 1084

Passed · Tennessee Senate · Lead sponsor

Salaries and Benefits - As introduced, increases, from $7.25 to $15, the minimum hourly wage for employees within the state. - Amends TCA Section 8-23-203; Title 12 and Title 50, Chapter 2.

Passed Feb 6, 2023 0 co-sponsors Track

Primary SB 742

Passed · Tennessee Senate · Lead sponsor

Sex Discrimination - As introduced, enacts the "Tennessee Pay Equality Act" to revise present law concerning sex-based discrimination in compensation for employment. - Amends TCA Title 50.

Passed Feb 6, 2023 0 co-sponsors Track

Primary SB 739

Passed · Tennessee Senate · Lead sponsor

Law Enforcement - As introduced, changes from March 31 to February 1, the date by which the Tennessee bureau of investigation (TBI) must annually provide to the commissioner of health and to the general assembly a report on all law enforcement-related deaths that occurred in the prior calendar year. - Amends TCA Title 8; Title 10; Title 24; Title 28; Title 38; Title 40 and Title 41.

Passed Feb 6, 2023 0 co-sponsors Track

Primary SB 1083

Passed · Tennessee Senate · Lead sponsor

Children - As introduced, increases from two years to three years, the time within which a family child care home, group child care home, or child care center must retain a signed acknowledgment from the child's parents or legal guardians of the fact that the child's attendance at home or the center does not satisfy the mandatory kindergarten prerequisite for the child's enrollment in the first grade. - Amends TCA Title 37 and Title 71, Chapter 3.

Passed Feb 6, 2023 0 co-sponsors Track

Primary SB 432

Passed · Tennessee Senate · Lead sponsor

Expunction - As introduced, deletes the requirements that the following periods of time have passed before a person may file a petition for expunction of eligible criminal offenses: five years for eligible misdemeanors or Class E felonies; 10 years for eligible Class C or D felonies; and one year for eligible offenses related to the person's status as a human trafficking victim. - Amends TCA Title 40, Chapter 32.

Passed Jan 26, 2023 0 co-sponsors Track