Image Credit: Canva The Center Square [By Jon Styf] – Credit card companies and banks cannot require firearms retailers to be identified by a separate code nor can they deny a legal firearms purchase based on that code under a bill passed by the Tennessee Senate. Senate Bill 2223 prevents banks and credit card companies […]
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: capitol.tn.gov The Tennessee Conservative [By Rebecca Scott] – A bill protecting Tennessee foster and adoptive families from being forced to support policies regarding sexual orientation and gender identity that violate the family’s moral or religious beliefs has now passed in the Senate. Senate Bill 1738 (SB1738) passed as amended with 24 Ayes and […]
Image Credit: capitol.tn.gov By Adam Friedman [Tennessee Lookout -CC BY-NC-ND 4.0] – Legislation to allow public college boards to close meetings to discuss “sensitive” matters will not proceed after a House subcommittee killed the bill Monday. The House’s Higher Education Subcommittee voted 4-3 against the legislation, with the two Democrats on the panel voting in favor […]
Image Credit: Canva submitted by Karen England [President of Capitol Resources Institute and Take Back the Classroom] – Children belong first and foremost to their parents. When God blesses the world with a new child, he does it through the actions of a mother and a father—parents—who then have the responsibility to raise and train […]
Image Credit: capitol.tn.gov The Tennessee Conservative Staff – The Senate Education Committee passed a bill that will allow private schools serving Pre-K through 12th grade students to establish handgun carry policies for their property. Senate Bill 1708 (SB1708), sponsored by Senator Joey Hensley (R-Hohenwald-District 28), made a motion to pass the bill which aims to […]
Image Credit: capitol.tn.gov The Tennessee Conservative Staff – The Tennessee House Education Administration Committee moved forward with legislation that would allow law enforcement agencies to assign an officer to serve as a school resource officer at a school that fails to request that one be assigned. House Bill 1664 (HB1664), sponsored by Representative Todd Warner […]
Image Credit: capitol.tn.gov The Tennessee Conservative [By Paula Gomes] – A Tennessee bill that could give lifetime sentences to illegal immigrants for committing violent crimes continues to make progress in the state House. Yesterday, the House Criminal Justice Committee voted to pass the bill onto Finance, Ways and Means in a voice vote at the […]
Image Credit: capitol.tn.gov The Tennessee Conservative [By Rebecca Scott] – A red flag gun bill continues to progress through the Tennessee legislature. Senate Bill 1673 (SB1673), sponsored by Senator Becky Massey (R-Knoxville-District 6), and its companion, House Bill 1625 (HB1625), sponsored by Representative Jason Zachary (R-Knoxville-District 14), expands current state law requiring mental health professionals […]
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