TLA Position |
Bill Number & Sponsor |
Link to Bill Text |
Summary |
Latest Action |
Fiscal Notes / Amendments |
Under Review |
HB2348 (Rep Ragan) / SB 2610 (Sen Rose) |
Amended Senate Bill approved |
Criminal Offenses - As introduced, prohibits an entity supported in whole or in part by public funds from knowingly providing meeting spaces or other forums, including, but not limited to, electronic and print platforms, to a designated entity by which the designated entity may solicit material support, recruit new members, encourage violent action, or advocate divisive concepts; specifies a violation of the prohibition as a Class E felony, punishable only by a fine of up to $3,000. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 13. |
Senate Action: Transmitted to Governor for action. |
Fiscal Note |
Under Review |
HB1614 (Rep Hazlewood) / SB 1792 (Massey) |
HB1614 /SB1792 |
As introduced, enacts the "Protect Tennessee Minors Act"; requires an individual or commercial entity that publishes or distributes in this state a website that contains a substantial portion of material harmful to minors perform reasonable age-verification methods to verify the age of individuals attempting to access the material; specifies that a violation of age-verification or data retention requirements is a Class C felony. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 17 and Title 47. |
House Action: Passed H., Ayes 96, Nays 0, PNV 0 Senate Action: Signed by Senate Speaker |
Fiscal Note |
Under Review |
SB2041 (Sen Rose) / HB 2159 (Sen Barrett) |
SB 2041 / HB2159 |
Obscenity and Pornography - As introduced, specifies that a person or entity that produces, sells, sends, or distributes obscene matter in violation of state law may be held civilly liable for damages to an injured party. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 17, Part 9. |
House Action: Conf. comm. appointed. (Barrett, Todd, Capley, Doggett, Freeman) Senate Action:Conference Committee appointed. (Lamar, Lundberg, Rose, Stevens, Taylor) |
Fiscal Note |
Signed by Governor. |
HB0843 (Rep Lynn) SB1060 (Sen Hensley) |
Amendment makes the bill |
Makes changes to the Age Appropriate Materials Act of 2022. Declares that certain materials are not appropriate for a student in any of the grades K-12 and prohibits such materials from being maintained in a school's library collection. Requires the material to be reviewed by each local board of education (LBE) and public charter school from which feedback was received to be reviewed within 60 days from the date the feedback was received. Declares that a determination made on whether the material was appropriate does not establish a contemporary community standard. Requires the Textbook and Instructional Materials Quality Commission (Commission) to evaluate and determine whether a material in a school's library collection is appropriate upon request from certain persons who submitted feedback for material only if an LBE or public charter school governing body did not decide on a material for which it received feedback within 60 days. Requires the Commission to issue the Commission's determination in writing to each local education agency (LEA) and public charter school upon which each LEA or public charter school must comply. |
Signed by Governor. |
Fiscal Note to Amendment |
HB1828 has been assigned Public Chapter Number 720 by the Secretary of State. |
HB 1828 (Rep Bulso) / SB 1822 (Sen Rose) |
HA0543 Amendment 1-0 to HB1828 Fiscal Memo for HA0543 (11965) |
State Symbols - As introduced, designates as official state books of Tennessee "Farewell Address to the American People" by George Washington; "Democracy in America" by Alexis de Tocqueville; "Aitken Bible"; "The Papers of Andrew Jackson"; "Roots" by Alex Haley ; "A Death in the Family" by James Agee; "All the King's Men" by Robert Penn Warren; "American Lion" by Jon Meacham; "The Civil War: A Narrative" by Shelby Foote; and "Coat of Many Colors" by Dolly Parton; requires the secretary of state to list the books in the Tennessee Blue Book. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 1, Part 3. |
Signed by Governor. |
Fiscal Note -- Videos |