Tennessee · Current officeholder
Dan Howell
Republican Tennessee House, District 22
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Sponsored legislation
49 bills in the current data (49 as primary sponsor), sorted by most recent official action. Linked by Open States person ID.
| Bill | Title | Role | Stage | Last action |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HB 2425 | Recreational Areas - As enacted, expands the purposes for which monies from the Ocoee River recreation and economic development fund may be expended by the Ocoee River recreation and economic development fund board; replaces the park manager member of the board with the director of the division of state parks. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 3, Part 10 and Title 11, Chapter 8. | Primary sponsor | In committee | May 27, 2026 |
| HB 1753 | Civil Emergencies - As enacted, requires a local emergency management agency to annually require all employees to receive training provided by TEMA on the Mutual Aid and Emergency and Disaster Assistance Agreement Act of 2004 and the Interlocal Cooperation Act; encourages the chief executive of each police department, sheriff's department, fire department, public works department, highway department, municipal utility, or county or municipal finance office that is a participating government entity to designate employees to receive the training provided by TEMA. - Amends TCA Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 58, Chapter 2 and Title 58, Chapter 8. | Primary sponsor | Enacted | May 18, 2026 |
| HJR 7018 | Memorials, Retirement - Jason Reuter - | Primary sponsor | Enacted | May 14, 2026 |
| HB 1752 | Highways, Roads and Bridges - As enacted, makes various revisions to law relative to the naming of certain roads and bridges. - Amends TCA Title 54. | Primary sponsor | In committee | May 4, 2026 |
| HB 1751 | Special License Plates - As enacted, makes various revisions to law relative to license plates, including, but not limited to, creating new specialty earmarked license plates and cultural license plates, granting extensions to certain license plates, and making other related changes. - Amends TCA Title 55, Chapter 4. | Primary sponsor | In committee | May 4, 2026 |
| HJR 1161 | Memorials, Recognition - ALS Awareness Month - | Primary sponsor | Enacted | April 30, 2026 |
| HB 2355 | Sewage - As enacted, increases, from a Class C to Class B misdemeanor, the classification of offenses involving unlawful disposal of sewage if the person commits the offense while engaged in the business of removing accumulated wastes from subsurface sewage disposal systems; requires the revocation of a person's waste removal permit for a violation. - Amends TCA Title 39 and Title 68, Chapter 221. | Primary sponsor | Enacted | April 24, 2026 |
| HB 2356 | School Transportation - As enacted, requires a local education agency that installs cameras on the exterior of school buses for the purpose of recording images of motor vehicles that fail to stop upon approaching a school bus to either enter into a memorandum of understanding with local law enforcement that includes the review of evidence from a camera and overall enforcement, or authorize school safety personnel to review evidence from a camera to determine whether a violation has occurred. - Amends TCA Section 55-8-151. | Primary sponsor | Enacted | April 23, 2026 |
| HB 1754 | Boats, Boating - As introduced, urges the department of transportation, in consultation with the department of revenue, to study the potential impact on transportation infrastructure needs of requiring personal trailers used for the transportation of boats to be registered in this state; requires the department of transportation to report to the chairs of the transportation and safety committee of the senate and the committee in the house of representatives having jurisdiction over transportation on or before January 1, 2027, if such study is conducted. - Amends TCA Title 10, Chapter 7, Part 5; Title 55 and Title 69. | Primary sponsor | In committee | April 22, 2026 |
| HJR 1252 | Memorials, Recognition - Ocoee Church of God, 50th anniversary - | Primary sponsor | Enacted | April 20, 2026 |
| HB 2619 | Insurance Companies, Agents, Brokers, Policies - As introduced, establishes the Tennessee commission of insurance review; prohibits a health insurance entity from offering or maintaining a health benefit plan that uses downcoding in a manner that prevents the provider from collecting the fee for actual services performed either from the health benefit plan or the patient; makes other changes related to health insurance and health insurers. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 8; Title 56 and Title 71. | Primary sponsor | In committee | April 15, 2026 |
| HJR 1136 | Memorials, Recognition - Richard Taylor - | Primary sponsor | Enacted | April 9, 2026 |
| HB 2216 | Fiscal Review Committee - As introduced, clarifies which procurement contracts are subject to review by the fiscal review committee of the general assembly; removes requirement that impact to commerce statements be included on fiscal notes prepared by the fiscal review committee. - Amends TCA Title 3, Chapter 2 and Title 4, Chapter 56. | Primary sponsor | In committee | April 9, 2026 |
| HJR 1091 | Memorials, Recognition - Revolution show choir at Lake Forest Middle School, 25th anniversary - | Primary sponsor | Enacted | March 31, 2026 |
| HJR 909 | Memorials, Recognition - Bleeding Disorders Awareness Month, March 2026 - | Primary sponsor | Enacted | March 26, 2026 |
| HB 1389 | Aircraft and Airports - As introduced, increases, from 30 days to 30 business days, the amount of time before the start of a fiscal year that a joint board composed of public agencies overseeing a county or municipal airport has to submit its total expenditures to be made to the governing bodies of its constituent public agencies. - Amends TCA Title 42. | Primary sponsor | In committee | March 24, 2026 |
| HR 170 | Memorials, Interns - Sophia Brenn Myers - | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | March 19, 2026 |
| HJR 1036 | Memorials, Death - Blake Gary Davis - | Primary sponsor | Enacted | March 18, 2026 |
| HJR 1011 | Memorials, Retirement - Donna Alley Simpson, Bradley County Clerk - | Primary sponsor | Enacted | March 13, 2026 |
| HB 2424 | Taxes, Ad Valorem - As introduced, requires the notice submitted by the state board of equalization to a county mayor on whether an extension of time to complete a property reappraisal program is justified to be in writing. - Amends TCA Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 9; Title 12 and Title 67. | Primary sponsor | Introduced | February 5, 2026 |
| HB 2357 | Taxes - As introduced, requires the commissioner of revenue to report to the general assembly on an annual basis, beginning July 1, 2027, the amount of sales and use tax refunds on purchases of major appliances, residential furniture, and residential building supplies issued to persons receiving federal disaster assistance. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 9; Title 12; Title 54; Title 55 and Title 67. | Primary sponsor | Introduced | February 5, 2026 |
| HR 147 | Memorials, Retirement - Donna Alley Simpson, Bradley County Clerk - | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | February 4, 2026 |
| HB 1749 | Recreational Areas - As introduced, expands the purposes for which monies from the Ocoee River recreation and economic development fund may be expended by the Ocoee River recreation and economic development fund board; replaces the park manager member of the board with the director of the division of state parks. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 3, Part 10 and Title 11, Chapter 8. | Primary sponsor | In committee | February 4, 2026 |
| HB 1810 | Sewage - As introduced, implements a system of graduated periods of suspension of a person's license to engage in the business of removing accumulated wastes from subsurface sewage disposal systems following conviction for offenses involving illegal dumping of sewage. - Amends TCA Title 39 and Title 68, Chapter 221. | Primary sponsor | In committee | February 2, 2026 |
| HB 1809 | Sewage - As introduced, increases, from a Class C to Class B misdemeanor, the classification of offenses involving unlawful disposal of sewage if the person commits the offense while engaged in the business of removing accumulated wastes from subsurface sewage disposal systems. - Amends TCA Title 39 and Title 68, Chapter 221. | Primary sponsor | In committee | February 2, 2026 |
| HB 1750 | Motor Vehicles, Titling and Registration - As introduced, requires the validation or revalidation tab, sticker, or other device issued for a calendar year that is affixed to a registration plate must be a different color scheme than the color scheme of the validation or revalidation tab, sticker, or device issued for the previous calendar year. - Amends TCA Section 5-8-102 and Title 55, Chapter 4. | Primary sponsor | In committee | January 22, 2026 |
| HB 212 | Motor Vehicles, Titling and Registration - As enacted, creates new specialty earmarked license plates; extends certain specialty earmarked license plates; authorizes the funds generated from the issuance of the Historic Franklin new specialty earmarked license plate to also be used to provide financial support for the Chester Inn State Historic Site; authorizes the issuance of motorcycle plates for paratroopers. - Amends TCA Title 55, Chapter 4. | Primary sponsor | Enacted | May 27, 2025 |
| HB 785 | Bail, Bail Bonds - As enacted, requires every bondsman licensed in this state to file a quarterly report with the department of revenue detailing the total number of bonds issued by the bondsman in the preceding quarter, the number of bonds issued in each county in which the bondsman operated, and the total amount of the bondsman's liability in each county; requires each clerk of a court that admits defendants to bail to file a quarterly report with the department detailing the total number of bonds accepted from bondsmen and the total amount of the bonds accepted from bondsmen in the preceding quarter; authorizes the department to use the reports to complete audits on the bail bonding tax. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 3, Part 13; Title 39; Title 40; Title 41; Title 56; Title 62 and Title 67, Chapter 4, Part 8. | Primary sponsor | In committee | May 13, 2025 |
| HB 73 | Historical Commission - As enacted, prohibits the commission, and any other state entity other than the state building commission engaged in the historic preservation of real property, from regulating the renovation, alteration, or demolition of improved public or private real property that is not listed on the Tennessee register of historic places, or taking any adverse action against the owner of such real property, if the real property meets certain criteria. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 7; Title 8; Title 13 and Title 66. | Primary sponsor | In committee | May 13, 2025 |
| HB 213 | Highways, Roads and Bridges - As enacted, makes revisions regarding the naming of certain roads and bridges. - Amends TCA Title 54. | Primary sponsor | In committee | May 13, 2025 |
| HB 1060 | Game and Fish Laws - As enacted, increases the fee that county clerks and other agents are authorized to collect from purchases of hunting and fishing licenses from $1.00 to $3.00 for annual licenses and $.50 to $3.00 for temporary licenses. - Amends TCA Section 70-2-106. | Primary sponsor | Enacted | May 8, 2025 |
| HJR 678 | Memorials, Sports - Coach Jason Reuter - | Primary sponsor | Enacted | April 29, 2025 |
| HJR 544 | Memorials, Recognition - Karis Community Health, 10th anniversary - | Primary sponsor | Enacted | April 15, 2025 |
| HJR 495 | Memorials, Sports - Bradley Central Bearettes, Class 4A girls' basketball state champions - | Primary sponsor | Enacted | April 9, 2025 |
| HB 786 | Criminal Offenses - As enacted, creates the Class B misdemeanor offenses of criminal impersonation of a transportation network company driver and criminal impersonation of a private passenger-for-hire vehicle driver. - Amends TCA Title 7, Chapter 51; Title 39 and Title 65, Chapter 15. | Primary sponsor | In committee | April 8, 2025 |
| HB 72 | Criminal Offenses - As enacted, establishes mandatory minimum penalties of 48 hours in jail and a $500 fine for a person convicted of knowingly selling or distributing a product containing a hemp-derived cannabinoid to a person who is under 21; prohibits a retailer from knowingly allowing an employee younger than 21 to access, handle, or sell any product containing a hemp-derived cannabinoid on the premises of the retail establishment. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 17; Title 43, Chapter 27 and Title 49, Chapter 6. | Primary sponsor | Enacted | April 4, 2025 |
| HB 100 | Utilities, Utility Districts - As enacted, authorizes the members of the board of directors of energy authorities formed under the Municipal Energy Authority Act to receive certain additional compensation for attendance at meetings for each additional utility system over which the board has jurisdiction and health insurance coverage. - Amends TCA Title 7, Chapter 34; Title 7, Chapter 36 and Title 7, Chapter 52. | Primary sponsor | Enacted | April 4, 2025 |
| HJR 370 | Memorials, Sports - Copper Basin Lady Cougars, District 5 champions - | Primary sponsor | Enacted | April 1, 2025 |
| HJR 356 | Memorials, Recognition - Madison Wright - | Primary sponsor | Enacted | April 1, 2025 |
| HR 62 | Memorials, Interns - Lauren Cabrera - | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | March 18, 2025 |
| HB 210 | Motor Vehicles - As introduced, authorizes the department of safety to publish biannually, instead of annually, statistical information regarding the number, cause, and location of highway accidents based on its analysis of accident reports that it receives. - Amends TCA Title 54; Title 55; Title 65 and Title 67. | Primary sponsor | In committee | March 11, 2025 |
| HJR 57 | Memorials, Personal Occasion - Jessie Lee Coppock, 104th birthday - | Primary sponsor | Enacted | February 21, 2025 |
| HJR 128 | Memorials, Death - Lois Johnson Bates - | Primary sponsor | Enacted | February 21, 2025 |
| HB 1223 | Insurance, Health, Accident - As introduced, requires Tennessee advisory commission on intergovernmental relations (TACIR) to conduct an evaluation examining the frequency at which health insurers deny healthcare claims or reimbursements for policyholders and healthcare providers and an evaluation of related data for the past five calendar years; requires TACIR to report its findings to the appropriate standing committees of the general assembly by January 15, 2026. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 10 and Title 56. | Primary sponsor | In committee | February 12, 2025 |
| HB 41 | Education - As introduced, requires each local board of education and public charter school governing body to adopt a wireless communication policy that requires students to keep wireless communication devices turned off and stowed away during a classroom instructional day or during instructional time except in certain circumstances. - Amends TCA Title 49. | Primary sponsor | In committee | February 6, 2025 |
| HJR 34 | Memorials, Recognition - Bleeding Disorders Awareness Month, March 2025 - | Primary sponsor | Enacted | February 4, 2025 |
| HB 211 | Highways, Roads and Bridges - As introduced, changes from January 1 to January 15 the date by which the department of transportation must submit its annual report on the status of projects funded by the transportation modernization fund. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 54; Title 55; Title 65 and Title 67. | Primary sponsor | Introduced | February 3, 2025 |
| HB 209 | Traffic Safety - As introduced, authorizes the commissioner of revenue to take reasonable measures to publicize the availability of the option to designate in the Vehicle Title and Registration System (VTRS) database a driver's need for assistance with expressive language or communicating needs due to an intellectual or developmental disability or medical condition; authorizes the department of safety to take such measures with respect to the voluntary designation on a driver license or identification of an intellectual or developmental disability or medical condition. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 8; Title 54; Title 55; Title 65 and Title 67. | Primary sponsor | Introduced | February 3, 2025 |
| HB 74 | Criminal Offenses - As introduced, establishes mandatory minimum penalties of 48 hours in jail and a $500 fine for a person convicted of knowingly selling or distributing a product containing a hemp-derived cannabinoid to a person who is under 21 years of age. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 17; Title 43, Chapter 27 and Title 49, Chapter 6. | Primary sponsor | Introduced | January 15, 2025 |