Bill Sponsor
Joey Hensley
Tennessee · State Senator · District 28 · Republican
Overview
Bills
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Address
Room 742, Cordell Hull Building 425 Rep. John Lewis Way North, Nashville, TN 37243
Phone
615-741-3100
Address
Room 742, Cordell Hull Building 425 Rep. John Lewis Way North, Nashville, TN 37243
Phone
615-741-3100
Featured Bills
Apr 05, 2024
Passed House
Sponsor
Tennessee Senate Bill 1062
Regional Authorities and Special Districts - As introduced, allows the annual report of financial expenditures, activities, and proposed plans, which is submitted by the board of directors of the South Central Tennessee Railroad Authority to the department of transportation and to the governing bodies of Dickson, Hickman, Lewis, Perry, and Wayne counties, and the cities of Centerville, Dickson, Hohenwald, Linden, and Waynesboro, to be submitted electronically. - Amends TCA Title 4 and Title 64, Chapter 2, Part 2.
Active
Apr 05, 2024
Passed House
Sponsor
Tennessee House Bill 1228
Regional Authorities and Special Districts - As introduced, allows the annual report of financial expenditures, activities, and proposed plans, which is submitted by the board of directors of the South Central Tennessee Railroad Authority to the department of transportation and to the governing bodies of Dickson, Hickman, Lewis, Perry, and Wayne counties, and the cities of Centerville, Dickson, Hohenwald, Linden, and Waynesboro, to be submitted electronically. - Amends TCA Title 4 and Title 64, Chapter 2, Part 2.
Active
Apr 05, 2024
Passed House
Sponsor
Tennessee House Bill 1633
Safety - As introduced, requires the department of safety to create de-escalation training for teachers, administrators, and other school personnel; requires LEAs and public charter schools to ensure that the LEA's or public charter school's teachers, administrators, and other school personnel annually receive the de-escalation training. - Amends TCA Title 49.
Active
Apr 05, 2024
Passed House
Sponsor
Tennessee Senate Bill 1721
Safety - As introduced, requires the department of safety to create de-escalation training for teachers, administrators, and other school personnel; requires LEAs and public charter schools to ensure that the LEA's or public charter school's teachers, administrators, and other school personnel annually receive the de-escalation training. - Amends TCA Title 49.
Active
Apr 05, 2024
Passed Senate
Sponsor
Tennessee Senate Joint Resolution 870
General Assembly, Statement of Intent or Position - Expresses support for State of Israel and condemns recent attacks on Israel. -
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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: Third Consideration 4/4/2024 Passed
Passed
Tennessee Senate Bill 1723
Election Laws - As introduced, enacts the "Uniform Faithful Presidential Electors Act." - Amends TCA Title 2.
Apr 4, 2024
Voted Yes
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Yes
FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 4/4/2024 Passed (1)
Passed
Tennessee Senate Bill 1715
Law Enforcement - As introduced, authorizes a law enforcement agency to assign a law enforcement officer to serve as a school resource officer at a school within a local board of education's control that has not entered into a memorandum of understanding with a law enforcement agency to assign a school resource officer to the school. - Amends TCA Title 8; Title 37; Title 38; Title 49 and Title 62.