Sen. Jon Lundberg

Primary SB 833

Signed into law · Tennessee Senate · Lead sponsor

Education, Higher - As enacted, makes revisions to the law relative to confirmation of membership on the board of regents for the State University and Community College System; the Tennessee Promise Scholarship Act of 2014; the Wilder-Naifeh technical skills grant; and dual enrollment grants for high school students. - Amends TCA Title 49.

Maddy summaryThis bill updates the deadline for confirming members of the State University and Community College System board of regents. It changes the requirement so that appointments must be finalized by December 31 of the current year and every year after that, rather than just once by the end of 2023. The law also clarifies that these confirmation deadlines apply annually to ensure the board remains fully staffed each year.

Signed into law May 13, 2024 0 co-sponsors

Primary SB 1938

Signed into law · Tennessee Senate · Lead sponsor

Local Education Agencies - As enacted, names the law prohibiting an LEA from deducting dues from the wages of the LEA's employees for a professional employees' organization the "Michael Maren Paycheck Protection Act." - Amends TCA Section 49-2-123.

Signed into law May 1, 2024 0 co-sponsors

Primary SB 1769

Passed · Tennessee Senate · Lead sponsor

Mental Illness - As enacted, enacts "Jillian's Law," which makes various changes relative to being adjudicated as a mental defective or judicially committed to a mental institution, including requiring a person judicially committed to remain committed until the competency of the person to stand trial is restored or, if competency is unable to be restored but the person no longer meets the standard, until the court with criminal jurisdiction over the charges approves a mandatory outpatient treatment plan that accounts for the safety of the community. - Amends TCA Title 16; Title 33; Title 37; Title 39 and Title 40.

Passed May 1, 2024 0 co-sponsors Track

Primary SB 2245

Passed · Tennessee Senate · Lead sponsor

Campaigns and Campaign Finance - As enacted, authorizes the county administrator of elections to email assessment letters to candidates and political campaign committees for local public office when the administrator discovers that a campaign finance report has not been filed by the candidate or political campaign committee. - Amends TCA Title 2, Chapter 10.

Passed Apr 22, 2024 0 co-sponsors Track

Primary SB 305

Passed · Tennessee Senate · Lead sponsor

Judicial Districts - As introduced, requires the speakers of the senate and house of representatives to appoint the members of the advisory task force to review the composition of judicial districts by January 1, 2025, rather than July 1, 2025. - Amends TCA Title 8; Title 16; Title 17 and Title 18.

Passed Apr 19, 2024 0 co-sponsors Track

Primary SB 1348

Passed · Tennessee Senate · Lead sponsor

Criminal Offenses - As introduced, increases the mandatory period of confinement for the felony offense of evading arrest from 30 days to 90 days; increases the mandatory period of confinement for the felony offense of evading arrest from 60 days to 120 days if the offense creates a risk of death or injury to innocent bystanders, pursuing law enforcement officers, or other third parties; removes unlawful attempted arrest as a defense to the felony offense of evading arrest. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 16, Part 6.

Passed Apr 19, 2024 0 co-sponsors Track

Primary SB 1772

Passed · Tennessee Senate · Lead sponsor

Taxes, Ad Valorem - As introduced, changes the reimbursement amount for property tax relief for disabled veteran homeowners; increases the reimbursement amount from payment on the first $175,000 of the full market value of the home to payment on the first $300,000 of the full market value. - Amends TCA Title 67, Chapter 5, Part 7.

Passed Apr 19, 2024 0 co-sponsors Track

Primary SB 1783

Passed · Tennessee Senate · Lead sponsor

Tennessee Higher Education Commission - As introduced, reallocates 5 percent of the privilege tax collected from licensees that offer sports wagering in this state from the lottery for education account to a new Tennessee Promise completion grant special account created to assist the commission in awarding completion grants to certain Tennessee Promise scholarship students; makes the four-year pilot program established by the commission to award completion grants to certain Tennessee Promise scholarship students permanent. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 49; Title 49, Chapter 4 and Title 49, Chapter 7.

Passed Apr 19, 2024 0 co-sponsors Track

Primary SJR 1236

Signed into law · Tennessee Senate · Lead sponsor

Memorials, Interns - Brian Sekita -

Signed into law Apr 19, 2024 0 co-sponsors

Primary SJR 1235

Signed into law · Tennessee Senate · Lead sponsor

Memorials, Death - Michael Maren -

Signed into law Apr 19, 2024 0 co-sponsors