Sponsored (introduced) — Historical
Towns, Jr., Joe · 62 bills · page 2 of 3
- SB 2114 Consumer Protection - As introduced, prohibits any person, governmental entity, or other legal entity, including a utility district, that offers goods or services to consumers from rounding up the consumer's bill for goods or services without obtaining the consumer's express, written permission to opt-in to such a billing procedure. - Amends TCA Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 45; Title 47, Chapter 18; Title 62 and Title 65. Died
- SB 1389 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 1254 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 2499 General Assembly - As introduced, requires that security services at the legislative complex be provided in the same manner as the state capitol; requires that the legislative complex be posted. - Amends TCA Title 3; Title 4, Chapter 3, Part 20; Title 4, Chapter 7; Title 4, Chapter 8 and Title 39, Chapter 17, Part 13. Died
- HR 121 General Assembly, Statement of Intent or Position - Rescinds and repeals House Resolution 97. - Died
- HB 1259 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
- HB 2498 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 2299 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 2496 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
- SB 880 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 2319 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 882 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 2495 Consumer Protection - As introduced, prohibits any person, governmental entity, or other legal entity, including a utility district, that offers goods or services to consumers from rounding up the consumer's bill for goods or services without obtaining the consumer's express, written permission to opt-in to such a billing procedure. - Amends TCA Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 45; Title 47, Chapter 18; Title 62 and Title 65. Died
- HB 2500 Public Contracts - As introduced, designates certain records as public records that are related to contracts in excess of $1 million dollars between public agencies and persons for the performance of governmental functions. - Amends TCA Title 10 and Title 12, Chapter 4. Died
- HB 2504 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 1124 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
- SB 1186 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
- HB 2503 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
- HB 1260 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 2225 Solid Waste Disposal - As introduced, creates a process whereby industrial waste generators must demonstrate that their waste is not hazardous to dispose of in a particular landfill before obtaining permission to do so. - Amends TCA Title 68, Chapter 211. Died
- SB 972 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 871 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
- HB 1264 Criminal Offenses - As enacted, revises offense of criminal trespass in regard to grounds and common areas of housing and apartment complexes. - Amends TCA Section 39-11-106 and Section 39-14-405. Enacted
- HJR 1208 Memorials, Interns - Brock Woods Rowell - Enacted
- HJR 224 Memorials, Death - Rev. Melvin D. Wade - Enacted