Image Credit: Canva The Tennessee Conservative Staff – Legislation to prevent Tennessee hospitals from restricting visitation of patients by individuals with power of attorney will be heard by the House Health Committee on Wednesday. House Bill 1883 (HB1883), sponsored by Representative Kip Capley (R-Summertown-District 71), “creates the right of an attorney in fact designated to […]
Image Credit: Gov. Bill Lee / Facebook & capitol.tn.gov The Tennessee Conservative [By Rebecca Scott] – House Bill 1615 (HB1615,) likely written in response to the government overreach that occurred in relation to Covid-19 on the part of Gov. Bill Lee, is scheduled to be reviewed by the House Public Service Subcommittee on March 5, 2024. This […]
Image Credit: Canva The Tennessee Conservative [By Adelia Kirchner] – A resolution that proposes an amendment to the Tennessee Constitution that would prohibit a statewide property tax was recommended for concurrence by a Senate committee last week. House Joint Resolution 81 (HJR0081) was brought by Rep. Tandy Darby (R-Greenfield-District 76) back in January of 2023. […]
Image: Bill sponsor Senator Dawn White presents SB2660 on the Senate floor. Image Credit: capitol.tn.gov The Tennessee Conservative [By Paula Gomes] – A bill that aims to terminate the parental rights of Tennesseans after only six months of “substantial non-compliance” passed the Senate floor yesterday. Tennessee Senators voted 22 to 6 to allow the Tennessee […]
Image Credit: capitol.tn.gov The Tennessee Conservative [By Rebecca Scott] – A bill sponsored by Senator Mark Pody (R-Lebanon-District 17) has been assigned to the General Subcommittee of the Senate Judiciary Committee with no date set for it to be considered again. In summary, Senate Bill 0620 (SB0620) “As introduced, enacts the “Families’ Rights and Responsibilities […]
Image Credit: capitol.tn.gov The Tennessee Conservative Staff – A bill that would extend the length of time that an individual is on the Tennessee Sex Offenders Registry was heard by the House Criminal Justice Subcommittee on Tuesday and will be moving on to the full committee. Representative Bryan Richey (R-Maryville-District 20) introduced House Bill 1617 […]
Image Credit: Canva By Connie Reguli, J.D. (Family Policy Specialist and Activist) – For parental rights aficionados, Tennessee’s current cat and mouse game over three separate parental/family rights bills is dizzying. And if you are an unsuspecting-easily-excited layman who still believes legislative headliners, this appears to be bait and switch tactic which is now seemingly […]
Image: Senator Mark Pody Image Credit: capitol.tn.gov The Tennessee Conservative [By Paula Gomes] – A bill that would prohibit hospitals from restricting in-person visitation of patients passed in the Tennessee Senate yesterday afternoon. Twenty-nine senators voted for Senator Mark Pody’s bill – all of the Republican senators and two Democrats – and three Democrats voted […]
Image: Senator Mark Pody Image Credit: capitol.tn.gov The Tennessee Conservative Staff – A bill that protects religious freedom for Tennessee clergy members has passed a final vote in the full Senate. On Tuesday, the Tennessee Senate moved to substitute Senate Bill 0596 (SB0596), sponsored by Senator Mark Pody (R-Lebanon-District 17), with the already passed House […]
Image Credit: tnmap.tn.gov/sor/ & Bryan Richey for State Senate 2 / Facebook The Tennessee Conservative [By Jason Vaughn] – A bill that aims to extend the amount of time a person who has been convicted of a sexual offense must remain on Tennessee’s Sex Offender registry is scheduled to be heard in the House Criminal […]
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