Image Credit: capitol.tn.gov The Tennessee Conservative [By Rebecca Scott] – House Bill 1663 (HB1663), “As introduced, authorizes the death penalty as a punishment for rape of a child, aggravated rape of a child, or especially aggravated rape of a child. – Amends TCA Title 39; Title 40 and Chapter 1062 of the Public Acts of […]
Image Credit: & Government of Prince Edward Island / CC & Kevin P. Considine The Tennessee Conservative Staff – The House K-12 Subcommittee is set to consider two pieces of legislation designed to provide additional protection of children from inappropriate materials and indoctrination in Tennessee public schools. The following bills will be heard in the […]
Image Credit: Brian J. Matis / CC The Center Square [By Jon Styf] – Tennessee Representatives who were part of a joint committee examining the state rejecting K-12 federal education funding submitted a report on their findings without the signature of one Democrat member. The report said Tennessee schools will accept $1.3 billion in federal […]
Image Credit: tn.gov The Center Square [By Jon Styf] – Tennessee Rep. Antonio Parkinson, D-Memphis, filed a bill that would require all adult-oriented businesses to display human trafficking hotline information that would be overseen by the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation. The hotline information required by House Bill 1848 would be posted at the entrances and […]
Image Credit: Nick Kenrick /CC The Tennessee Conservative Staff – State Senator Mark Pody (R-Lebanon-District 17) has introduced a bill that would require hospitals to allow in-person visitation for the entirety of a patient’s hospital stay. Senate Bill 1641 (SB1641) stipulates that an individual who is “designated to make healthcare decisions” has the right to […]
Image Credit: capitol.tn.gov The Tennessee Conservative [By Kelly M. Jackson] – Yesterday in the Tennessee House Criminal Justice Subcommittee, a bill was proposed that not only would enhance the penalty for child rape in the state of Tennessee, but could lead to enabling other states that would be so inclined, to pass similar laws. House Bill […]
Image Credit: capitol.tn.gov The Tennessee Conservative [By Paula Gomes] – A private school handgun bill will move on to full committee after passing out of the House Civil Justice Subcommittee yesterday. House Bill 1631 (HB1631) sponsored by Representative Gino Bulso (R-Brentwood-District 61) expands state law that already allows a private school serving grades K-12 to […]
Image Credit: capitol.tn.gov The Tennessee Conservative [By Rebecca Scott] – House Bill 1645 (HB1645) was passed in a voice vote in the Civil Justice Subcommittee on January 23, 2024. This bill, filed for introduction on January 5th of this year, “expands the eligibility for filing a petition to obtain a lifetime order of protection to […]
Image Credit: capitol.tn.gov The Tennessee Conservative Staff – Tennessee’s House K-12 Subcommittee voted Tuesday to move forward with a bill that would require schools to institute policies regarding the use of artificial intelligence (AI). House Bill 1630 (HB1630), sponsored by State Representative Scott Cepicky (R-Culleoka-District 64), mandates that all state universities and K-12 public and […]
Image Credit: tn.gov The Center Square [By Jon Styf] – A pair of Tennessee Democrats are proposing the state drop its grocery sales tax while increasing business taxes to cover for the expense. Tennessee Rep. Aftyn Behn, D-Nashville, and Sen. Charlane Oliver, D-Nashville, plan to propose a bill that will end the 4% state grocery […]
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