Image: Bill Sponsor Rep. Rusty Grills explains HB2124 on the Tennessee House floor. Image Credit: capitol.tn.gov The Tennessee Conservative [By Adelia Kirchner] – A bill to require local law enforcement agencies in the State of Tennessee to report illegal immigrants to the federal government was passed on the floor of the Tennessee House of Representatives […]
Image: House Bill Sponsor Rep. Kip Capley explains HB1883 in the House Health Committee. Image Credit: capitol.tn.gov The Tennessee Conservative [By Paula Gomes] – A Tennessee bill that would protect the visitation rights of hospital patients passed the Health Committee yesterday in a voice vote and will now head to the House floor for a […]
Image Credit: Canva The Tennessee Conservative [By Rebecca Scott] – House Bill 1891 (HB1891), sponsored by State Representative William Lamberth (R-Portland-District 44), and Senate Bill 2097 (SB2097), sponsored by State Senator Jack Johnson (R-Franklin-District 27), have both been passed out of the committee process with the next step of being heard on the floor of […]
Image: Bill sponsor Sen. Paul Bailey answers questions about SB2923 in the Senate Education Committee. Image Credit: capitol.tn.gov The Tennessee Conservative Staff – The Senate Education Committee passed a bill that would require Tennessee students in public schools and public charter schools to take an annual handgun safety course. Senator Paul Bailey (R-Sparta-District 15) presented […]
Image Credit: knoxvilletn.gov The Tennessee Conservative [By Kelly M. Jackson] – For the second time in the last few months, a resolution will be presented in the Knoxville City Council that if passed, will be sent to the Tennessee Congressional Delegation and White House demanding an Israeli ceasefire. References to the activity in the middle […]
Image Credit: John Partipilo By Sam Stockard [Tennessee Lookout -CC BY-NC-ND 4.0] – Still chafing over questionable decisions at TSU two years ago, the Senate Education Committee voted Wednesday to clear out the historical Black university’s board of directors. The measure moves next to the full Senate, charging Gov. Bill Lee with appointing eight new […]
Image Credit: Canva The Center Square [By Jon Styf] and The Tennessee Conservative Staff – A Tennessee bill to prevent third-party vendors who enter data for the state’s colleges from selling that information has passed in both chambers of the legislature unanimously. The third-party data mining leads students to get bombarded with offers when they […]
Image Credit: Canva The Center Square [By Jon Styf] and the Tennessee Conservative Staff – A new Tennessee bill would allow district attorneys to pursue second-degree murder chargers for those found distributing fentanyl that results in another person’s death. Senate Bill 1754 passed the Senate Judiciary Committee and will next head to Finance, Ways and […]
Image Credit: Canva By Deborah Fisher, Executive Director of Tennessee Coalition for Open Government [via The Tennessee Lookout] – An often quoted phrase related to open government is one by Louis Brandeis, an attorney and associate justice on the Supreme Court whose work and writings spanned the late 19th and early 20th centuries. “Sunlight is […]
Image: Bill Sponsor Rep. Ed Butler presents HB1808 to the House Civil Justice Committee. Image Credit: capitol.tn.gov The Tennessee Conservative [By Adelia Kirchner] – A bill aiming to terminate parental rights following “substantial non-compliance” has been passed by voice vote in the House Civil Justice Committee, led by Chair Andrew Farmer (R-Sevierville-District 17). House Bill […]
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