Bill Sponsor
Ferrell Haile
Tennessee · State Senator · District 18 · Republican
Overview
Bills
Votes
Address
Room 708, Cordell Hull Building 425 Rep. John Lewis Way North, Nashville, TN 37243
Phone
615-741-1999
Address
Room 708, Cordell Hull Building 425 Rep. John Lewis Way North, Nashville, TN 37243
Phone
615-741-1999
Featured Bills
Apr 05, 2024
Passed House
Sponsor
Tennessee Senate Bill 2744
Child Custody and Support - As introduced, expands a parent's right to unimpeded telephone conversations with the parent's child at least twice a week when the child is in the custody of the other parent to include video conference conversations, if available. - Amends TCA Title 14; Title 36; Title 37; Title 39; Title 49; Title 63 and Title 68.
Active
Apr 04, 2024
Passed Senate
Sponsor
Tennessee Senate Bill 757
Criminal Procedure - As introduced, extends from 90 days to 100 days, the amount of time in which captured plate data collected or retained by a governmental entity through the use of an automated license plate recognition system may be stored unless the data is retained or stored as part of an ongoing investigation. - Amends TCA Title 8; Title 10; Title 16; Title 38; Title 39; Title 40 and Title 55.
Active
Apr 04, 2024
Signed by Governor
Sponsor
Tennessee Senate Bill 1585
Children - As enacted, deletes the statutory provision that repeals the Tennessee Zero to Three Court Initiative on January 1, 2025. - Amends TCA Title 37, Chapter 1.
Became Law
Apr 04, 2024
Signed by Governor
Sponsor
Tennessee Senate Bill 1939
Civil Emergencies - As enacted, clarifies that an "occurrence," for purposes of the Mutual Aid and Emergency and Disaster Assistance Agreement Act of 2004, includes events that result in bodily injury or property damage; specifies the government officials through which mutual aid may be requested under the Act. - Amends TCA Title 58, Chapter 8.
Became Law
Apr 04, 2024
Signed by Governor
Sponsor
Tennessee Senate Bill 1941
State Employees - As enacted, permits employees of the executive, legislative, and judicial branches of state government to complete Tennessee foster parent training and in-service training during the course of their employment without having to use paid sick, annual, or compensatory time up to a certain amount of time. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 8; Title 37 and Title 71.
Became Law
Recent Votes
Apr 4, 2024
Voted Yes
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Yes
FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 4/4/2024 Passed
Passed
Tennessee Senate Bill 145
Election Laws - As introduced, increases the time allowed for an employee to take time off to vote on election day from three to four hours. - Amends TCA Title 2; Title 4; Title 5; Title 6; Title 7 and Title 8.
Apr 4, 2024
Voted Yes
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Yes
FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Concur House Amendment # 2 4/4/2024 Passed
Passed
Tennessee Senate Bill 517
Motor Vehicles, Titling and Registration - As introduced, increases from 10 to 20, the amount of days within the action complained of, that an aggrieved party must make a written request for a formal hearing under the Uniform Administrative Procedures Act, when the commissioner of revenue issues or refuses to issue a certificate of title, discharges or refuses to discharge a lien, or issues or refuses to issue a replacement certificate of title. - Amends TCA Title 55.
Apr 4, 2024
Voted Yes
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Yes
FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 4/4/2024 Passed (1)
Passed
Tennessee Senate Bill 757
Criminal Procedure - As introduced, extends from 90 days to 100 days, the amount of time in which captured plate data collected or retained by a governmental entity through the use of an automated license plate recognition system may be stored unless the data is retained or stored as part of an ongoing investigation. - Amends TCA Title 8; Title 10; Title 16; Title 38; Title 39; Title 40 and Title 55.
Apr 4, 2024
Voted Yes
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Yes
FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 4/4/2024 Passed (1)
Passed
Tennessee Senate Bill 1676
Taxes, Hotel Motel - As introduced, requires a municipality levying the hotel-motel tax under general law to submit a report annually detailing how the revenue earned from the tax is used by the municipality; requires the comptroller of the treasury to audit the reports of the municipality; requires a municipality found to have used the funds improperly to appropriate general funds in the same amount for promotion of tourism and tourism development; prohibits a municipality, on and after July 1, 2025, from levying or increasing the hotel-motel tax if the aggregate total tax would exceed 8 percent. - Amends TCA Title 7, Chapter 4 and Title 67, Chapter 4.
Apr 4, 2024
Voted Yes
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Yes
FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 4/4/2024 Passed (1)
Passed
Tennessee Senate Bill 1802
Attorney General and Reporter - As introduced, authorizes the attorney general and reporter to investigate human trafficking offenses, organized crime offenses, and related criminal activity; authorizes the attorney general and reporter to prosecute such offenses either with consent of the district attorney general or after appointment as district attorney general pro tempore by the supreme court; requires the Tennessee bureau of investigation to provide assistance to the attorney general and reporter as needed. - Amends TCA Title 8, Chapter 6 and Title 38, Chapter 6.
Apr 4, 2024
Voted Yes
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Yes
FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 4/4/2024 Passed (1)
Passed
Tennessee Senate Bill 2557
Education - As introduced, changes from November 1 to October 15 the deadline for the comptroller to annually submit a report concerning the implementation of the Tennessee Literacy Success Act. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 8; Title 9; Title 37; Title 49; Title 50; Title 66 and Title 67.