Image Credit: capitol.tn.gov The Tennessee Conservative Staff – The Tennessee Senate passed a bill that would prohibit hospitals from restricting in-person visitation of patients for a second time on Wednesday. Senate Bill 1641 (SB1641), sponsored by Senator Mark Pody (R-Lebanon-District 17), would guarantee that someone with Power of Attorney over a patient has the right […]
Image Credit: capitol.tn.gov The Tennessee Conservative [By Paula Gomes] – A Tennessee bill prohibiting hospitals from restricting the in-person visitation rights of patients passed on the House floor on Monday and now heads back to the Senate. House Bill 1883 (HB1883), sponsored by Representative Kip Capley (R-Summertown-District 71) was passed as amended 75 to 16 […]
Image Credit: capitol.tn.gov The Tennessee Conservative Staff – Legislation that critics call a “Red Flag” bill passed the House for a second time on Thursday. House Bill 1625 (HB1625), sponsored by Representative Jason Zachary (R-Knoxville-District 14), would expand mandatory reporting laws for mental health professionals by requiring them to report a patient to law enforcement, […]
Senator Bill Hagerty (R-TN) introduced an amendment on Friday to bar taxpayer funds from paying for illegal alien flights around the United States. The senator posted on X (formerly Twitter) in the early hours of Saturday morning that every Democrat senator voted against his amendment. Hagerty noted that it is reported that 320,000 people have […]
Image Credit: Speaker Cameron Sexton / X The Tennessee Conservative [By Paula Gomes] – A proposal for boarding schools serving “at risk” youth in Tennessee is back from last year’s legislative session in a new sneaky caption bill. Speaker Cameron Sexton (R-Crossville-District 25) is once again sponsoring a bill that would create a new type […]
Image Credit: capitol.tn.gov The Tennessee Conservative [By Adelia Kirchner] – A bill to extend the amount of time that a perpetrator remains on the Tennessee Sex Offender Registry was passed out of the House Criminal Justice full Committee this week via a voice vote. House Bill 1617 (HB1617) is sponsored by Rep. Bryan Richey (R-Maryville-District […]
Image Credit: Canva The Tennessee Conservative Staff – The House Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee will consider a bill that would criminalize abortion trafficking of minors in the state of Tennessee. House Bill 1895 (HB1895) was introduced by Representative Jason Zachary (R-Knoxville-District 14), who says it is a “parental rights bill.” The legislation would make […]
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: Senate Education Committee Chair, Senator Jon Lundberg Image Credit: capitol.tn.gov The Tennessee Conservative [By Kelly M. Jackson] – The Senate Education Committee was presented with the Senate version of Governor Lee’s school choice legislation, which, as previously reported, is vastly different from the version presented in the House this week. The summary on this […]
Image Credit: Gov. Bill Lee / Facebook The Tennessee Conservative [By Jason Vaughn] – In the form of a 7-page amendment to a caption bill, the language for Governor Lee’s “Education Freedom Scholarship Act” has been revealed. Representative William Lamberth (R-Portland-District 44) filed House Bill 2468 (HB2468) on January 30th of this year as a […]
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