Tennessee Senate Passes 3 Bills Proposed By Lee – Free Firearm Locks, Court Reporting To TBI, Human Trafficking Reporting – Wants To Adjourn Aug. 24

The Tennessee Senate Met Yesterday For The 3rd Day Of Governor Lee’s Extraordinary Session And Passed Three Bills Proposed By Lee And One Dealing With Appropriations For School Safety, Mental Health And Paying For The Special Session Itself & Makes Plans To Close Out Aug. 24th.

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Bill To Ban Drag Shows For Tennessee Kids Dies In Senate Committee (Update 3.23.23)

The Republican Supermajority In The Tennessee Senate’s State And Local Government Committee Killed A Bill Aimed At Banning Adult Performers From Performing “Adult Cabaret” That Is “Harmful To Minors” By Failing To Offer A Second For The Bill To Be Considered And Voted On.

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Senate Committee Kills Bill To Protect Tennessee’s Sovereignty

A Bill That Would Restore State Sovereignty In Tennessee Failed In The Senate State And Local Government Committee On Tuesday.

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Republican Senators Take Issue With Tennesseans Rights To Religious Exemptions Enshrined In State Constitution

A Bill Aimed At Codifying The Constitutional Rights Of Tennesseans To Decline Vaccines For Religious Reasons In The Private Sector Failed In The Senate Commerce And Labor Subcommittee Yesterday.

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Tennessee Toll Lane, Road-Funding Bill Advances In Senate Committee

The Tennessee Transportation Modernization Act Passed The Finance, Ways And Means Committee With A 10-1 Vote And Will Head To The Full Senate. The House Finance, Ways And Means Committee Is Set To Hear The Companion House Bill Today, March 15th.

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Legislation To Weaken Tennessee’s Abortion Law Heads To Committee On Tuesday

Senate Bill 745 Is The Senate Companion Bill To HB883. It Will Be Heard In The Tennessee Senate Judiciary Committee At 3:00 P.M. CST. On Tuesday, February 28th. In The Words Of Constitutional Expert Paul Linton, This Legislation, “Entirely Rewrites State Law (Human Life Protection Act) And In Doing So, Creates An Abortion Law That Would Be, In Practice, If Not In Principle, Unenforceable.”

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Speaker Sexton Calls TN Right To Life’s Efforts To Protect Abortion Ban “Intimidation” And “Uncalled For”

Tennessee Right To Life’s Efforts To Preserve The Human Life Protection Act Were Met With Disapproval By Speaker Cameron Sexton Who Said They Were “Uncalled For” And Characterized Them As “Intimidation”.

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The Human Life Protection Act Is Now Under Attack!

The Human Life Protection Act Is Saving An Estimated 900 Children From Being Aborted In Our State Each Month. It Is One Of The Strongest Laws In The Nation To Protect Unborn Children And Is Working As Legislators Intended When They Passed It In 2019.

Senator Ferrell Haile And Representative Iris Rudder Have Filed A Bill To Weaken Tennessee Law That Is Protecting The Right To Life Of All Unborn Children.

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Republican Bills Seek To Add Exceptions To Tennessee Abortion Ban

Two New Bills Recently Filed By Republican Legislators Would Allow For Exceptions To The State’s Current Abortion Ban.

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