General Assembly, Statement Of Intent Or Position

State (Tennessee)
Tennessee 111th General Assembly

Expresses support for the National Suicide Hotline Improvement Act of 2018 and the creation of a three-digit nationwide suicide and mental health crisis hotline in the United States. [SJR-53]
Expresses support for the National Suicide Hotline Improvement Act of 2018 and the creation of a three-digit nationwide suicide and mental health crisis hotline in the United States.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Rusty Crowe Assigned To S/c Mental Health & Substance Abuse Subcommittee on 03/18/2019

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State (Tennessee)
Tennessee 111th General Assembly

Urges Secretary of State to include the Appalachian dialect in Section VI of the Tennessee Blue Book. [HJR-397]
Urges Secretary of State to include the Appalachian dialect in Section VI of the Tennessee Blue Book.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Jeremy Faison Received From House, Refer To Senate State & Local Government Committee on 04/25/2019

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State (Tennessee)
Tennessee 111th General Assembly

Urges the Department of Education to address the negative impacts of recent legislation on local education agencies. [HJR-149]
Urges the Department of Education to address the negative impacts of recent legislation on local education agencies.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Jason Powell Taken Off Notice For Cal In S/c K-12 Subcommittee Of Education on 03/27/2019

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State (Tennessee)
Tennessee 111th General Assembly

Recognizes and emphasizes prohibition against monopolies in Tennessee. [HJR-143]
Recognizes and emphasizes prohibition against monopolies in Tennessee.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Larry Miller Taken Off Notice For Cal In S/c Business Subcommittee Of Commerce Committee on 03/12/2019

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State (Tennessee)
Tennessee 111th General Assembly

Urges government officials and transit authorities to make efforts to study highway efficiency and to work in public-private partnerships before increasing taxes as a means of addressing heavy traffic congestion. [HJR-145]
Urges government officials and transit authorities to make efforts to study highway efficiency and to work in public-private partnerships before increasing taxes as a means of addressing heavy traffic congestion.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Mike Sparks Failed For Lack Of Second In: Infrastructure Subcommittee on 03/19/2019

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State (Tennessee)
Tennessee 111th General Assembly

Urges state and federal courts to refrain from giving judicial deference to state agencies in their interpretation of statutes and administrative rules. [HJR-140]
Urges state and federal courts to refrain from giving judicial deference to state agencies in their interpretation of statutes and administrative rules.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Martin Daniel Signed By Governor. on 05/22/2019

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State (Tennessee)
Tennessee 111th General Assembly

Supports the health of unborn children. [HJR-138]
Supports the health of unborn children.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Gregory Terry Taken Off Notice For Cal In S/c Public Health Subcommittee Of Health Committee on 04/09/2019

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State (Tennessee)
Tennessee 111th General Assembly

Recognizes the suicidal health crisis at the Natchez Trace Parkway Bridge. [HJR-134]
Recognizes the suicidal health crisis at the Natchez Trace Parkway Bridge.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Ryan Williams Signed By Governor. on 04/10/2019

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State (Tennessee)
Tennessee 111th General Assembly

Expresses support for a teacher's bill of rights. [HJR-132]
Expresses support for a teacher's bill of rights.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Jerry Sexton Received From House, Refer To Senate Education Committee on 05/02/2019

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State (Tennessee)
Tennessee 111th General Assembly

Urges state to increase awareness of sexual abuse and the substance abuse and crime that result from sexual abuse. [HJR-127]
Urges state to increase awareness of sexual abuse and the substance abuse and crime that result from sexual abuse.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. G.A. Hardaway Received From House, Refer To Senate Judiciary Committee on 04/11/2019

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State (Tennessee)
Tennessee 111th General Assembly

Urges local education agencies to raise awareness of importance of positive male role models in schools. [HJR-55]
Urges local education agencies to raise awareness of importance of positive male role models in schools.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. G.A. Hardaway Received From House, Refer To Senate Education Committee on 04/11/2019

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State (Tennessee)
Tennessee 111th General Assembly

Urges state to increase awareness of substance abuse and crime that results from sexual abuse. [HJR-53]
Urges state to increase awareness of substance abuse and crime that results from sexual abuse.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Mike Sparks Assigned To S/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee on 01/30/2019

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State (Tennessee)
Tennessee 111th General Assembly

Denounces hate groups and their actions. [HJR-50]
Denounces hate groups and their actions.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. John Clemmons Assigned To S/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee on 01/30/2019

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State (Tennessee)
Tennessee 111th General Assembly

Supports establishment of a Full Employment National Trust Fund. [HJR-51]
Supports establishment of a Full Employment National Trust Fund.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Barbara Cooper Failed In S/c Employee Affairs Subcommittee Of Consumer And Human Resources Committee on 03/19/2019

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State (Tennessee)
Tennessee 111th General Assembly

Commends the initiative of President Donald J. Trump to re-establish the original intent, purpose, and limits of the 14th Amendment to the United States Constitution as it pertains to the citizenship of persons born within the United States and subject to the jurisdiction thereof. [HJR-47]
Commends the initiative of President Donald J. Trump to re-establish the original intent, purpose, and limits of the 14th Amendment to the United States Constitution as it pertains to the citizenship of persons born within the United States and subject to the jurisdiction thereof.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Bruce Griffey Failed In S/c Constitutional Protections & Sentencing Subcommittee Of Judiciary on 03/20/2019

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State (Tennessee)
Tennessee 111th General Assembly

Recognizes gaming disorder as a mental health condition. [HJR-2]
Recognizes gaming disorder as a mental health condition.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Rick Staples Withdrawn. on 01/24/2019

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State (Tennessee)
Tennessee 109th General Assembly

Urges the president and congress to declare the mass shooting at Fort Hood, Texas, and the beheading at a food distribution center in Moore, Oklahoma, "acts of terrorism." [SR-16]
Urges the president and congress to declare the mass shooting at Fort Hood, Texas, and the beheading at a food distribution center in Moore, Oklahoma, "acts of terrorism."

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Richard Briggs Signed By Senate Speaker on 04/27/2015

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State (Tennessee)
Tennessee 109th General Assembly

Redirects the endowment funds previously directed to the Lillian and Morrie Moss Chair of Excellence in English Poetry at the University of Memphis to the establishment and ongoing support of a Chair of Excellence in computer science at the University of Memphis. [SR-14]
Redirects the endowment funds previously directed to the Lillian and Morrie Moss Chair of Excellence in English Poetry at the University of Memphis to the establishment and ongoing support of a Chair of Excellence in computer science at the University of Memphis.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Reginald Tate Signed By Senate Speaker on 03/18/2015

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State (Tennessee)
Tennessee 109th General Assembly

Recognizes pornography as a public health hazard leading to a broad spectrum of individual and public health impacts and societal harms. [SJR-705]
Recognizes pornography as a public health hazard leading to a broad spectrum of individual and public health impacts and societal harms.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Mae Beavers Adopted, Ayes 32, Nays 0 on 04/19/2016

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State (Tennessee)
Tennessee 109th General Assembly

Urges the TVA to reject a sunset provision that would require the removal of all floating homes from TVA lakes. [SJR-676]
Urges the TVA to reject a sunset provision that would require the removal of all floating homes from TVA lakes.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Randy McNally Signed By Governor. on 05/12/2016

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