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: capitol.tn.gov The Center Square [By Jon Styf] – A bill designed to prevent credit card companies and banks from using a separate code to designate sales at firearms retailers is now headed to Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee. The Tennessee Senate concurred on a drafting error fix from the House on Senate Bill 2223, […]
Litigation believed likely if House version becomes law. Photo: What the heck’s in this thing? Sens. Bo Watson, R-Hixon, and John Stevens, R-Hungtindon, review Gov. Bill Lee’s budget amendment. Photo Credit: John Partipilo By Sam Stockard [Tennessee Lookout – CC BY-NC-ND 4.0] – House and Senate leaders are battling over the details of a franchise […]
Image Credit: capitol.tn.gov The Tennessee Conservative [By Paula Gomes] – A bill that allows the death penalty in cases where a child has been raped passed the Tennessee Senate on Tuesday. Senators voted 24 to 5 to pass Senate Bill 1834 (SB1834) sponsored by Senator Jack Johnson (R-Franklin-District 27) and presented by Senator Ken Yager […]
Image Credit: capitol.tn.gov The Tennessee Conservative [By Kelly M. Jackson] – A bill that increases the penalty for those who indirectly cause harm or death to a child (in that they aren’t the actual person who inflicted the abuse) heads to Governor Lee’s desk for signature as it has passed successfully through both chambers of the […]
Image Credit: capitol.tn.gov The Tennessee Conservative [By Rebecca Scott] – The Tennessee House Finance, Ways, and Means Committee has recommended a bill for passage that would allow Tennessee public and charter schools to hire retired law enforcement and military personnel as on-campus security in School Resource Officer positions. House Bill 1899 (HB1899), sponsored by Representative […]
Image Credit: capitol.tn.gov The Center Square [By Jon Styf] – The Tennessee House moved forward with its franchise tax repeal and refund, passing the bill 68-20 and sending it back to the Senate with a much lower fiscal note. The House version of Senate Bill 2103 would refund $713.6 million or one year of franchise […]
Image Credit: capitol.tn.gov The Tennessee Conservative [By Adelia Kirchner] – The Tennessee General Assembly has passed a bill to remove the criminal offense for carrying a non-lethal self-defense weapon like pepper spray on a public college campus. The legislation has been titled the “Laken Riley Act of 2024” to honor its namesake, a nursing student […]
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 – The Tennessee Senate passed legislation that will require social media platforms to use age verification and obtain parental consent for minors. Senator Jack Johnson (R-Franklin-District 27) brought Senate Bill 2097 (SB2097) before the floor, moving to conform to companion House Bill 1891 (HB1891). The bill, also known […]
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