Bill Sponsor
Mark Cochran
Tennessee · State Representative · District 23 · Republican
Overview
Bills
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Address
Room 642, Cordell Hull Building 425 Rep. John Lewis Way North, Nashville, TN 37243
Phone
615-741-1725
Address
Room 642, Cordell Hull Building 425 Rep. John Lewis Way North, Nashville, TN 37243
Phone
615-741-1725
Featured Bills
Apr 05, 2024
Passed House
Sponsor
Tennessee Senate Bill 1914
Milk, Dairy Products - As introduced, changes from February 1 to February 15 the date by which licensees and registrants under the Dairy Law must provide an annual report concerning their business to the commissioner of agriculture. - Amends TCA Title 43; Title 44; Title 49 and Title 53.
Active
Apr 05, 2024
Passed House
Sponsor
Tennessee House Bill 2480
Milk, Dairy Products - As introduced, changes from February 1 to February 15 the date by which licensees and registrants under the Dairy Law must provide an annual report concerning their business to the commissioner of agriculture. - Amends TCA Title 43; Title 44; Title 49 and Title 53.
Active
Apr 04, 2024
Passed Senate
Sponsor
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.
Active
Apr 04, 2024
Passed Senate
Sponsor
Tennessee House Bill 2240
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.
Active
Apr 04, 2024
Passed House
Sponsor
Tennessee Senate Bill 2482
Health Care - As introduced, requires that a minor's parent or legal guardian have access to the minor's prescription records even when the minor is able to obtain treatment without parental consent. - Amends TCA Title 33; Title 66 and Title 68.
Active
Recent Votes
Apr 4, 2024
Voted Yes
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Yes
FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/4/2024 Passed
Passed
Tennessee Senate Bill 137
Election Laws - As introduced, requires the coordinator of elections to compare the statewide voter registration database with those of other relevant state agencies and county records when compiling information to distribute to the county elections commissions for purposes of purging voters who have moved; requires the coordinator of elections to compare the statewide voter registration database with the department of safety database to ensure non-United States citizens are not registered to vote in this state. - Amends TCA Section 2-2-106 and Section 2-2-141.
Apr 4, 2024
Voted Yes
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Yes
FLOOR VOTE: MESSAGE CALENDAR CONCUR IN SENATE AMENDMENTS 1 & 2 4/4/2024 Passed
Passed
Tennessee Senate Bill 1060
Education, Higher - As introduced, changes, from September 15 to October 1, the date by which each public institution of higher education operating a hearing center must provide a written report to the Tennessee higher education commission, the education committee of the senate, and the education administration committee of the house of representatives regarding the operation of the hearing center. - Amends TCA Title 49.
Apr 4, 2024
Voted Yes
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Yes
FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/4/2024 Passed
Passed
Tennessee Senate Bill 1142
Historical Commission - As introduced, vacates the commission and reconstitutes the commission; changes the size and appointing authorities for the commission from 24 gubernatorial appointees to 20 total members with five each being appointed by the governor, the speaker of the senate, and the speaker of the house of representatives and five ex officio non-voting members. - Amends TCA Title 4.
Apr 4, 2024
Voted Yes
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Yes
FLOOR VOTE: MESSAGE CALENDAR CONCUR IN SENATE AMENDMENT # 1 4/4/2024 Passed
Passed
Tennessee Senate Bill 1673
Mental Illness - As introduced, requires a qualified mental health professional or behavior analyst to warn or protect an identified victim or group of people when the professional or analyst determines that a service recipient has communicated an intent for actual threat of bodily harm; requires the professional or behavior analyst to report such threat; provides immunity from civil, criminal, and regulatory liability for a professional or analyst who takes reasonable action to warn or protect identified victims or groups and to report such threat . - Amends TCA Section 33-3-206.
Apr 4, 2024
Voted No
No
FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/4/2024 Passed (1)
Passed
Tennessee Senate Bill 1657
Health, Dept. of - As introduced, requires the department to make an annual report to the governor on the total number of firearm injuries and deaths in this state per 100,000 people; requires the attorney general and reporter to assist the department, upon request, in collecting information necessary for the report. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 8; Title 39; Title 63 and Title 68.
Apr 4, 2024
Voted Yes
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Yes
FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/4/2024 Passed (1)
Passed
Tennessee Senate Bill 1670
Children - As introduced, adds certain assisted-care living facilities, nursing homes, and emergency communications centers as locations where a newborn safety device may be located. - Amends TCA Title 36, Chapter 1, Part 1 and Title 68, Chapter 11, Part 2.