Tennessee · Current officeholder
Jody Barrett
Republican Tennessee House, District 69
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Sponsored legislation
48 bills in the current data (48 as primary sponsor), sorted by most recent official action. Linked by Open States person ID.
| Bill | Title | Role | Stage | Last action |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HB 2638 | Charlotte - Subject to local approval, revises various provisions of the charter of the City of Charlotte relating to its corporate powers; the city council; the city clerk; codification of ordinances; duties of mayor; city court, judge, and court clerk; and budgeting, centralized purchasing, and taxes. - Amends Chapter 154 of the Private Acts of 1955; as amended. | Primary sponsor | Enacted | May 27, 2026 |
| HB 2317 | Sexual Offenses - As enacted, provides that a person commits the offense of grooming of a minor when the person engages in a course of grooming conduct directed at a minor with the specific intent to commit, or facilitate the commission by another person of, a sexual offense or violent sexual offense against the minor; or to cause or induce the minor to engage in simulated sexual activity that is patently offensive or sexual activity; makes related changes. - Amends TCA Title 39 and Title 40. | Primary sponsor | Enacted | May 26, 2026 |
| HB 1624 | Criminal Offenses - As enacted, creates a criminal offense of knowingly violating a no contact order issued as part of a defendant's sentence or conditions of probation or parole following conviction for certain criminal offenses in which the alleged victim of the offense is a domestic abuse victim; punishes a violation as a Class A misdemeanor. - Amends TCA Title 39 and Title 40. | Primary sponsor | Enacted | May 15, 2026 |
| HJR 7006 | Constitutional Amendments - Proposes additional language in Article II, Section 4 of the Constitution of Tennessee requiring the General Assembly to establish congressional districts after each decennial census made by the Bureau of Census of the United States is available and prohibiting changes to the congressional districts between decennial censuses. - | Primary sponsor | In committee | May 6, 2026 |
| HJR 1521 | Memorials, Death - Jonathan Trevor Daniel - | Primary sponsor | Enacted | May 5, 2026 |
| HB 1805 | Local Education Agencies - As enacted, requires, beginning with the next adoption of academic standards in the subject of social studies, the standards recommendation committee to include in their final recommendations of academic standards in the subject of social studies to the state board of education, and the state board, to adopt, grade-appropriate academic standards on the history of communism. - Amends TCA Title 49. | Primary sponsor | In committee | May 5, 2026 |
| HJR 1395 | Memorials, Retirement - Jim Bates, Hickman County Mayor - | Primary sponsor | Enacted | April 30, 2026 |
| HB 1543 | State Symbols - As enacted, designates "Tennessee" by Drew Holcomb as an official state song. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 1, Part 3. | Primary sponsor | In committee | April 23, 2026 |
| HR 204 | Memorials, Sports - Creek Wood High School boys' bowling team, TSSAA Division I, Region 6 champions - | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | April 21, 2026 |
| HR 203 | Memorials, Sports - Dickson County High School girls' bowling team, TSSAA Division I, Region 6 champions - | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | April 21, 2026 |
| HB 729 | Criminal Offenses - As introduced, increases the penalty for obstruction of a highway, street, sidewalk, railway, waterway, elevator, aisle, hallway, or other place used for the passage of persons or vehicles from a Class A misdemeanor to a Class E felony; establishes an increased penalty of a Class D felony if the offense was committed by intentionally obstructing a highway, street, or other place used for the passage of vehicles. - Amends TCA Title 39. | Primary sponsor | In committee | April 15, 2026 |
| HB 1695 | Public Funds and Financing - As introduced, enacts the "Tennessee Strategic Bitcoin Reserve Act." - Amends TCA Title 9, Chapter 4. | Primary sponsor | In committee | April 15, 2026 |
| HB 1368 | Taxes, Business - As introduced, exempts services furnished by persons engaged in the appraisal of real estate or real property from business tax. - Amends TCA Title 67, Chapter 4, Part 7. | Primary sponsor | In committee | April 15, 2026 |
| HB 2167 | Election Laws - As introduced, requires all public institutions of higher education in this state to observe an academic holiday on each general election day. - Amends TCA Title 2; Title 49, Chapter 11; Title 49, Chapter 7; Title 49, Chapter 8 and Title 49, Chapter 9. | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | April 2, 2026 |
| HJR 1080 | Memorials, Recognition - Drew Holcomb - | Primary sponsor | Enacted | March 26, 2026 |
| HB 2168 | Public Records - As introduced, specifies that certain information related to the carrying out of a sentence of death is not confidential and is open to public inspection. - Amends TCA Title 10, Chapter 7. | Primary sponsor | In committee | March 18, 2026 |
| HB 2166 | Hospitals and Health Care Facilities - As introduced, requires a blood bank to comply with a physician's order for an autologous blood donation or directed blood donation for a specific patient; requires a hospital to allow a patient who is scheduled for a medical procedure to provide an autologous blood donation or directed blood donation upon order of a physician. - Amends TCA Title 68, Chapter 32. | Primary sponsor | In committee | March 18, 2026 |
| HJR 92 | Constitutional Amendments - Proposes an amendment to Article XI, Section 12 of the Constitution of Tennessee to establish that parents have the inherent right to direct the education of the parent's child; prohibits the state from interfering with such rights through the adoption or enforcement of any law or rule that abridges, infringes upon, or restricts a parent's right to provide home-based education. - | Primary sponsor | In committee | March 17, 2026 |
| HB 1544 | School Vouchers - As introduced, requires the department of education to submit an annual report to the general assembly on information about the education freedom scholarship program. - Amends TCA Title 49. | Primary sponsor | In committee | March 17, 2026 |
| HJR 1010 | Memorials, Retirement - Danny Herron, President and CEO of Habitat for Humanity of Greater Nashville - | Primary sponsor | Enacted | March 13, 2026 |
| HJR 1009 | Memorials, Sports - Poppy Pewitt, 2025 Tennessee Girls' Junior Player of the Year - | Primary sponsor | Enacted | March 13, 2026 |
| HB 2316 | Utilities, Utility Districts - As introduced, requires each public and private electric utility and electric project developer, owner, or operator to conduct a technical assessment of certain electrical transformers to determine vulnerability to geomagnetically induced current; requires such entities to file a report on the assessment with the general assembly, governor, board of utility regulation, and the public utilities commission. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 7 and Title 65. | Primary sponsor | In committee | March 11, 2026 |
| HB 999 | Election Laws - As introduced, requires all ballots cast in an election to have a secure watermark; requires the official tabulation count of a ballot scanner to be based on the text or machine mark portion of a ballot; makes certain other changes related to ballots and elections; creates programs for the scanning and auditing of ballots. - Amends TCA Title 2. | Primary sponsor | In committee | March 10, 2026 |
| HB 570 | State Government - As introduced, directs the state capitol commission to be responsible for the upkeep and maintenance of the monument to unborn children through funds appropriated to the commission. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 8; Title 20; Title 29; Title 36; Title 39; Title 40; Title 41; Title 49; Title 56; Title 63; Title 68 and Title 71. | Primary sponsor | In committee | March 10, 2026 |
| HB 2304 | Election Laws - As introduced, repeals convenience voting; provides requirements for satellite voting locations during early voting. - Amends TCA Title 2. | Primary sponsor | In committee | March 10, 2026 |
| HB 2520 | Taxes, Ad Valorem - As introduced, requires the notification submitted by the director of the division of property assessments to the commissioner of finance and administration of the default by a county or city in the repayment of a loan provided by the state to finance the city's or county's real property reappraisal program to be in writing. - Amends TCA Title 67, Chapter 5. | Primary sponsor | Introduced | February 5, 2026 |
| HB 2165 | Local Government, General - As introduced, deletes the provision that classifies a local government official's affirmative vote for adoption of a prohibited sanctuary policy as a Class E felony. - Amends TCA Title 7 and Title 8. | Primary sponsor | Introduced | February 5, 2026 |
| HJR 673 | Memorials, Death - Police Chief Shanon Dale Irwin - | Primary sponsor | Enacted | May 2, 2025 |
| HJR 560 | Memorials, Death - Virginia Gray - | Primary sponsor | Enacted | April 24, 2025 |
| HJR 559 | Memorials, Recognition - Martha Shepard, Governor's Volunteer Stars Award - | Primary sponsor | Enacted | April 24, 2025 |
| HJR 558 | Memorials, Recognition - Stan Smith, Governor's Volunteer Stars Award - | Primary sponsor | Enacted | April 24, 2025 |
| HJR 557 | Memorials, Recognition - Ryder Ward, Governor's Volunteer Stars Award - | Primary sponsor | Enacted | April 24, 2025 |
| HJR 512 | Memorials, Retirement - Officer Robert A. Jackson - | Primary sponsor | Enacted | April 15, 2025 |
| HJR 508 | Memorials, Recognition - Elephant Sanctuary - | Primary sponsor | Enacted | April 15, 2025 |
| HJR 479 | Memorials, Sports - Dickson County Cougars, Region 7-4A champions - | Primary sponsor | Enacted | April 9, 2025 |
| HJR 474 | Memorials, Retirement - Trooper Robert A. Jackson, Jr. - | Primary sponsor | Enacted | April 9, 2025 |
| HJR 327 | Memorials, Recognition - Ehlers-Danlos Syndromes and Hypermobility Spectrum Disorders Awareness Month - | Primary sponsor | Enacted | April 7, 2025 |
| HJR 326 | Memorials, Sports - Creek Wood Lady Red Hawks girls' bowling team - | Primary sponsor | Enacted | March 26, 2025 |
| HJR 325 | Memorials, Sports - Creek Wood Red Hawks, state boys' bowling champions - | Primary sponsor | Enacted | March 26, 2025 |
| HB 222 | Civil Procedure - As introduced, specifies the damages that may be awarded against a person or commercial entity that publishes or distributes a website containing a substantial portion of content harmful to minors includes actual damages, nominal damages, and punitive damages; specifies that a person or entity that violates certain obscenity laws may be found civilly liable to an injured party for nominal damages, actual damages, court costs, reasonable attorney fees, and punitive damages; provides that the attorney general and reporter may issue guidance to assist commercial entities in complying with age requirements for websites containing a substantial portion of content that is harmful to minors. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 17, Part 9; Title 47, Chapter 18 and Chapter 1021 of the Public Acts of 2024. | Primary sponsor | In committee | March 26, 2025 |
| HB 221 | Obscenity and Pornography - As introduced, specifies that a commercial entity that knowingly possesses, promotes, purchases, produces, sells, sends, transports, or distributes obscene matter in violation of state law may be held civilly liable to an individual for nominal damages, actual damages, punitive damages, court costs, and reasonable attorney fees. - Amends TCA Title 28 and Title 39. | Primary sponsor | In committee | March 26, 2025 |
| HB 206 | Mental Illness - As introduced, requires the chief officer of an inpatient mental health treatment resource to notify the committing court if a patient who was involuntarily committed for mental health treatment becomes eligible for discharge; permits the court to hold a hearing to determine whether to order the person's return to the hospital under the original commitment or order the person's release from involuntary commitment in accordance with the recommendations of the chief officer. - Amends TCA Title 33 and Title 52. | Primary sponsor | In committee | March 26, 2025 |
| HJR 54 | Memorials, Retirement - Sheriff Dwayne Kilpatrick - | Primary sponsor | Enacted | February 21, 2025 |
| HB 868 | Campaigns and Campaign Finance - As introduced, prohibits out-of-state political campaign committees from making contributions to influence a state or local primary election for the Republican Party. - Amends TCA Title 2 and Title 3. | Primary sponsor | In committee | February 11, 2025 |
| HB 607 | Workers Compensation - As introduced, decreases from 10 business days to 10 calendar days, the amount of time the advisory council on workers' compensation has to provide a summary of a meeting after it has been conducted to each member of legislative committees with jurisdiction over commerce. - Amends TCA Title 4 and Title 50. | Primary sponsor | Introduced | February 11, 2025 |
| HB 697 | Education - As introduced, authorizes virtual schools to administer TCAP tests to their students in a virtual setting if certain requirements are met. - Amends TCA Title 49. | Primary sponsor | In committee | February 10, 2025 |
| HB 205 | Parks, Natural Areas Preservation - As introduced, designates certain portions of the Duck River and certain portions of various creeks as Class II pastoral river areas. - Amends TCA Title 11, Chapter 13. | Primary sponsor | In committee | February 3, 2025 |
| HB 137 | Insurance Companies, Agents, Brokers, Policies - As introduced, authorizes a purchaser or borrower in a real property transaction to select the settlement agent to perform certain duties; authorizes the seller to retain a licensed attorney in this state to represent the seller's interests in such transaction; prohibits the designated settlement agent from collecting certain transaction-related fees from a represented seller without consent of the seller's attorney. - Amends TCA Title 56, Chapter 35 and Title 66. | Primary sponsor | Introduced | January 15, 2025 |