Sponsored (introduced) — Historical

Towns, Jr., Joe · 62 bills · page 1 of 3

HB 1262 Criminal Offenses - As introduced, creates Class A or B misdemeanor of intentionally commanding, inducing, compelling, or otherwise causing, including by use of threats, violence, or bullying, another to join a criminal gang; states that prosecution shall not require conviction of the other person for a criminal gang offense. - Amends TCA Title 39 and Section 40-35-121. Died
HB 2497 General Assembly - As introduced, requires that security services at the legislative complex be provided exclusively by the Tennessee highway patrol. - Amends TCA Title 3; Title 4, Chapter 3, Part 20 and Title 4, Chapter 7. Died
HB 2501 Criminal Offenses - As introduced, creates new criminal offense of aggressive driving; penalty is a Class A misdemeanor or, if intent is to injure another person, a Class E felony. - Amends TCA Title 39 and Title 55. Died
HB 1256 Local Education Agencies - As introduced, grants LEAs the same flexibility as public charter schools to allow the LEAs to be more creative and innovative, including the authority to apply for the waiver of laws and state board rules. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 1; Title 49, Chapter 13; Title 49, Chapter 2; Title 49, Chapter 3; Title 49, Chapter 5 and Title 49, Chapter 6. Died
HB 2507 Alcoholic Beverages - As introduced, designates Lilly Pad Campground in Morgan County as a premier type tourist resort for the purposes of consumption of alcoholic beverages on premises. - Amends TCA Section 57-4-102. Died
SB 2113 Privacy, Confidentiality - As introduced, prohibits certain persons and entities from requiring an individual to have a radio frequency identification device attached to, or implanted into, the individual in order to engage in employment with the persons or entities, or to enter a school or a school's grounds. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 37; Title 41; Title 49; Title 50; Title 62; Title 63 and Title 68. Died
SB 1402 Firearms and Ammunition - As introduced, requires law enforcement agencies and departments to compile certain information on crimes involving firearms and submit the information annually to the Tennessee bureau of investigation, which then compiles a report of the information for distribution to the members of the general assembly. - Amends TCA Title 38 and Title 39. Died
HB 2505 Local Government, General - As introduced, requires the state insurance committee to extend eligibility for state insurance plans to any employee of a municipal government that is located in a municipality having a population of 300,000 or more, if the employee completes an opt-in process as established by the state insurance committee. - Amends TCA Title 8, Chapter 27. Died
HB 1395 Firearms and Ammunition - As introduced, requires the owner or lawful possessor of a lost or stolen firearm to report the loss within 48 hours of knowing when it was missing or when the person should have known it was missing to the applicable law enforcement agency or be subject to a $250 civil penalty. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 17, Part 13. Died
SB 2318 Animal Control - As introduced, limits the means by which a person who possesses Class I wildlife may dispose of the animal to releasing the animal into its natural habitat, returning the animal to the seller, or donating the animal to a zoo. - Amends TCA Title 70. Died
SB 872 Search & Seizure - As introduced, prohibits a law enforcement officer from seizing or destroying a person's photograph or recording of an event or person if it is not illegal and the person is in a place the person has a right to be when photographed or recorded; allows law enforcement to petition court for copy of certain photographic material. - Amends TCA Title 40, Chapter 6, Part 1. Died
HB 1265 Bail, Bail Bonds - As introduced, removes convicted felons from those persons or classes prohibited from being bail bondsmen. - Amends TCA Section 40-11-128. Died
HB 1258 Local Education Agencies - As introduced, prohibits an LEA from closing a school after July 1, 2017; requires the office of research and education accountability (OREA) to conduct a five-year study on the impact of the students and a community when the LEA closes a school; requires OREA to report to the education committees of the senate and house of representatives no later than March 1, 2022. - Amends TCA Title 49. Died
HB 1192 Controlled Substances - As introduced, decreases from 30 to 15 calendar days the amount of time in which healthcare practitioners or their agents have to register in the controlled substance database after receiving a federal drug enforcement administration number. - Amends TCA Title 29; Title 38; Title 39; Title 40; Title 43; Title 53; Title 55; Title 63; Title 67; Title 68 and Title 71. Died
SB 2446 Consumer Protection - As introduced, triples the amount of a civil penalty assessed against a person for violating the Tennessee Price-Gouging Act of 2002. - Amends TCA Title 47, Chapter 18. Died
HB 1255 Election Laws - As introduced, requires the registry of election finance to annually report to the general assembly the aggregate amount of penalties and fines collected by the registry for each calendar year. - Amends TCA Title 2, Chapter 10. Died
SB 881 Criminal Offenses - As introduced, increases the penalty for aggravated assault and reckless endangerment when committed from within a motor vehicle; permits a motor vehicle used in an offense to be seized and forfeited; requires the court to revoke a defendant's license for one year following any period of confinement imposed. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 13 and Title 40. Died
SB 1123 General Assembly - As introduced, requires the office of legislative administration to offer for sale to members of the general assembly decommissioned electronic equipment of the general assembly prior to disposing of the equipment; requires the office to offer former members upon separation from office the option to purchase their electronic equipment. - Amends TCA Title 3, Chapter 13 and Title 12, Chapter 2. Died
SB 2057 House of Representatives - As introduced, authorizes members of the house of representatives to attend one or more out-of-state legislative gatherings each year; requires the house of representatives policy to be no less restrictive than the senate policy. - Amends TCA Section 3-1-106. Died
SB 2597 State Inmates - As introduced, prohibits restraining any inmate engaged in work within or outside of a prison, jail, or workhouse facility in a manner that joins the inmate with one or more other inmates. - Amends TCA Title 41. Died
HB 1257 Municipal Government - As introduced, requires that a referendum be conducted before a publicly funded entity can be sold or leased; "sale or lease" means that more than 30 percent of the assets of the entity are subject to sale or lease. - Amends TCA Title 7, Chapter 51. Died
SB 2300 General Assembly - As introduced, requires that security services at the legislative complex be provided exclusively by the Tennessee highway patrol. - Amends TCA Title 3; Title 4, Chapter 3, Part 20 and Title 4, Chapter 7. Died
SB 1125 Bail, Bail Bonds - As introduced, removes convicted felons from those persons or classes prohibited from being bail bondsmen. - Amends TCA Section 40-11-128. Died
HB 2502 Tennessee Fish & Wildlife Commission - As introduced, requires persons who transfer Class I wildlife in this state to notify the chief law enforcement officer for the county and municipality where a transfer occurs within five days of the transfer. - Amends TCA Title 70. Died
SB 2635 Criminal Offenses - As introduced, creates new criminal offense of aggressive driving; penalty is a Class A misdemeanor or, if intent is to injure another person, a Class E felony. - Amends TCA Title 39 and Title 55. Died