Image Credit: capitol.tn.gov The Tennessee Conservative [By Paula Gomes] – A caption bill that shifts the date by which candidates for public office must file a petition passed on the House floor on Monday. Candidates will still have sixty days between picking up a petition and returning it but the legislation shifts everything by a […]
Image Credit: capitol.tn.gov The Tennessee Conservative [By Adelia Kirchner] – A bill to create year-round boarding schools or “opportunity public charter schools” for “at-risk” youth in Tennessee has been placed behind the governor’s budget in the House Finance, Ways and Means Subcommittee after passing on the Senate floor just last week by a vote of […]
Image Credit: Canva The Tennessee Conservative [By Kelly M. Jackson] – This week, a caption bill that would have undermined the protections for children against a legal doctrine called “The Mature Minors Doctrine”, was stalled in the Tennessee state senate. The Mature Minors doctrine is a legal doctrine that can be used when a physician […]
Image: HB2922’s co-sponsor Rep. William Slater presents the legislation to the House Government Operations Committee. Image Credit: capitol.tn.gov The Tennessee Conservative [By Paula Gomes] – A bill that would create year-round boarding schools serving “at risk” youth in Tennessee continues to gain momentum despite concerns over the lack of involvement in such schools by parents. […]
Image Credit: Canva The Tennessee Conservative [By Kelly M. Jackson] – Last year a bill, The Clarification Act, that protects children from being vaccinated without the informed consent of a parent was passed by the Tennessee General Assembly and signed into law by Governor Bill Lee. This week, the General Assembly has advanced a bill […]
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: 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 […]
Image Credit: Canva The Center Square [By Jon Styf] – A Tennessee caption bill that would have banned the retail sale of refrigerated beer will no longer attempt that ban. Rep. Ron Gant wrote that that “that was one of the many ideas discussed and considered by the many stakeholders across our state as potential item […]
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