Tennessee · Current officeholder
Elaine Davis
Republican Tennessee House, District 18
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Sponsored legislation
33 bills in the current data (33 as primary sponsor), sorted by most recent official action. Linked by Open States person ID.
| Bill | Title | Role | Stage | Last action |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HB 1550 | Education - As enacted, expands the prescribed forms of epinephrine that an LEA or nonpublic school is authorized to administer when a student is believed to be experiencing a life-threatening allergic or anaphylactic reaction to any prescribed form of epinephrine, not just epinephrine auto-injectors. - Amends TCA Title 49 and Title 68, Chapter 140, Part 5. | Primary sponsor | Enacted | May 15, 2026 |
| HJR 1513 | Memorials, Academic Achievement - Leo Nishizawa, Salutatorian, Bearden High School - | Primary sponsor | Enacted | May 5, 2026 |
| HJR 1512 | Memorials, Academic Achievement - Yejoon Ham, Valedictorian, Bearden High School - | Primary sponsor | Enacted | May 5, 2026 |
| HJR 1511 | Memorials, Academic Achievement - Mery Diaz, Valedictorian, Bearden High School - | Primary sponsor | Enacted | May 5, 2026 |
| HJR 1510 | Memorials, Academic Achievement - Avery York, Salutatorian, South-Doyle High School - | Primary sponsor | Enacted | May 5, 2026 |
| HJR 1509 | Memorials, Academic Achievement - Isaiah Mitchell, Salutatorian, South-Doyle High School - | Primary sponsor | Enacted | May 5, 2026 |
| HJR 1508 | Memorials, Academic Achievement - Calvin Richardson, Valedictorian, South-Doyle High School - | Primary sponsor | Enacted | May 5, 2026 |
| HJR 1507 | Memorials, Academic Achievement - Ian Steiger, Salutatorian, West High School - | Primary sponsor | Enacted | May 5, 2026 |
| HJR 1506 | Memorials, Academic Achievement - Henry Casey, Salutatorian, West High School - | Primary sponsor | Enacted | May 5, 2026 |
| HJR 1505 | Memorials, Academic Achievement - Kaia Harbick, Valedictorian, West High School - | Primary sponsor | Enacted | May 5, 2026 |
| HB 1551 | Driver Licenses - As enacted, requires the department of correction to coordinate with the department of safety to provide a driver license to certain inmates who are discharged from imprisonment and who intend to reside in this state; makes other related changes. - Amends TCA Section 41-51-301 and Title 55, Chapter 50, Part 3. | Primary sponsor | In committee | April 27, 2026 |
| HB 1741 | Correction, Dept. of - As enacted, authorizes the department to adopt or amend a formulary for use in the correctional facilities operated by or on behalf of the department. - Amends TCA Title 8; Title 41; Title 53; Title 56; Title 63; Title 68 and Title 71. | Primary sponsor | Enacted | April 23, 2026 |
| HB 2329 | Education, Dept. of - As introduced, changes from July 31 to July 1 the date by which an LEA director of schools must send a report to the department if the LEA did not contract for or employ at least one school nurse for every 750 students. - Amends TCA Title 49 and Title 68. | Primary sponsor | In committee | April 15, 2026 |
| HB 2152 | Agriculture, Dept. of - As introduced, bases indemnity payments for an animal that is destroyed to prevent the spread of disease on the fair market value of the animal, subject to available funds. - Amends TCA Title 44. | Primary sponsor | In committee | April 15, 2026 |
| HB 1711 | Immigration - As introduced, requires reporting by law enforcement agencies and local governmental entities and officials regarding persons not lawfully present in the United States; requires the department of finance and administration to report the annual cost incurred by this state for public schools, including public higher education institutions, prisons, hospitals, and social services agencies to provide benefits and services to persons not lawfully present in the United States. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 7; Title 8 and Title 9. | Primary sponsor | In committee | April 15, 2026 |
| HB 1675 | Teachers, Principals and School Personnel - As introduced, requires LEAs to classify school nurses as licensed personnel for salary purposes; requires an LEA to pay a school nurse the base salary established for licensed teachers for the respective school year in certain circumstances; requires an LEA to pay a school nurse more or less than the established base salary per school year if the nurse has more or less training and experience than that required for the base salary. - Amends TCA Title 49 and Title 68. | Primary sponsor | In committee | April 15, 2026 |
| HR 179 | Memorials, Interns - Amelia Margaret "Millie" Haymaker - | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | April 6, 2026 |
| HB 36 | State Inmates - As enacted, requires by July 1, 2027, and each July 1 thereafter, the commissioner of correction to deliver to the chairs of legislative committees with jurisdiction over the department a report containing data with regard to individuals who may be certified eligible for parole for being chronically debilitated or incapacitated. - Amends TCA Title 40 and Title 41. | Primary sponsor | In committee | April 6, 2026 |
| HB 22 | Open Meetings - As enacted, requires a local governing body subject to the open meetings laws to reserve a period of public comment to provide the public with the opportunity to comment on any matter germane to the jurisdiction of the governing body, regardless of whether the matter is listed on the agenda for the meeting. - Amends TCA Title 8, Chapter 44. | Primary sponsor | Enacted | March 30, 2026 |
| HB 2153 | Domestic Violence - As introduced, enacts "Katherine's Law"; creates the offense of aggravated domestic assault, which is a Class B felony. - Amends TCA Title 39. | Primary sponsor | In committee | March 23, 2026 |
| HB 1661 | Children - As introduced, establishes when a minor is engaged in the work of content creation; creates protections and requirements related to a minor engaged in the work of content creation. - Amends TCA Title 35; Title 37; Title 47 and Title 50. | Primary sponsor | In committee | March 11, 2026 |
| HB 1686 | Correction, Dept. of - As introduced, requires the department to develop and implement a performance-based contracting program for each contractor with which it contracts to operate prison facilities; requires the program to make the payment of an amount equal to 25 percent of the total funds appropriated to the contractor during a fiscal year conditional upon yearly performance improvements based upon a set of performance measures. - Amends TCA Title 41. | Primary sponsor | In committee | January 21, 2026 |
| HB 134 | Local Education Agencies - As enacted, requires, beginning August 1, 2027, each LEA and public charter school to prohibit food or beverage items that contain Allura Red AC, which is Chemical Abstracts Service registry number 25956-17-6 and also known as Red 40, to be sold, offered for sale, or provided to students on school property through the school nutrition program provided by the LEA, public charter school, or a third party expressly authorized by the LEA or public charter school. - Amends TCA Title 49. | Primary sponsor | Enacted | May 27, 2025 |
| HB 49 | District Attorneys - As enacted, expands the proceedings for which a district attorney general pro tem may be appointed to include certain civil proceedings; declares meetings of the district attorneys general conference to be open meetings except for meetings related to certain matters; specifies that the executive director of the district attorneys general conference must provide legal counsel and advice to district attorneys general and their staff and that the legal counsel and advice may be provided by attorneys employed with the district attorneys general conference. - Amends TCA Title 8, Chapter 7, Part 1 and Title 8, Chapter 7, Part 3. | Primary sponsor | In committee | May 13, 2025 |
| HB 37 | Opioids - As enacted, authorizes an insurer, for purposes of group insurance plans offered to state employees, to adopt or amend a state preferred drug list (PDL); requires the insurer to ensure that a non-opioid drug approved by the U.S. food and drug administration for the treatment or management of pain is not disadvantaged or discouraged with respect to coverage relative to an opioid or narcotic drug for the treatment or management of pain on the PDL. - Amends TCA Title 8; Title 53; Title 56; Title 63; Title 68 and Title 71. | Primary sponsor | Enacted | April 28, 2025 |
| HB 23 | Election Laws - As enacted, defines "district," for purposes of municipal elections, to mean a district, region, precinct, sector, territory, ward, or other geographical area prescribed for the purposes of nominating and electing candidates. - Amends TCA Title 2 and Title 6, Chapter 53. | Primary sponsor | Enacted | April 28, 2025 |
| HB 39 | Local Education Agencies - As introduced, enacts the "Menstrual Hygiene Products Accessibility Act," which requires, instead of authorizes, LEAs and public charter schools to provide feminine hygiene products at no charge in all women's and girls' bathrooms, in all locker rooms, and with school nurses at each public senior high school for student use only. - Amends TCA Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 49 and Title 67. | Primary sponsor | In committee | April 9, 2025 |
| HB 21 | Taxes, Sales - As introduced, exempts from the state sales and use tax the retail sale of food and food ingredients. - Amends TCA Title 57, Chapter 3 and Title 67. | Primary sponsor | In committee | April 9, 2025 |
| HB 96 | Attorney General and Reporter - As enacted, authorizes the attorney general and reporter to conduct an investigation and initiate criminal prosecution of a judicial elected official or district attorney general whenever the attorney general and reporter has probable cause to investigate whether an official may have violated any state criminal law and either a decision to prosecute the official by the district attorney general may result in a personal, financial, or political conflict of interest or the attorney general and reporter receives a report of a violation of the prohibition on nepotism within state government entities. - Amends TCA Title 8, Chapter 6. | Primary sponsor | In committee | April 8, 2025 |
| HB 415 | State Government - As introduced, requires the Tennessee advisory commission on intergovernmental relations (TACIR) to conduct a study and propose several steps to protect Tennessee's financial security and soundness and ensure state sovereignty and resiliency. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 9; Title 12; Title 45 and Title 47. | Primary sponsor | In committee | March 25, 2025 |
| HB 416 | Local Education Agencies - As introduced, requires school board members to be elected at the same election beginning in 2028. - Amends TCA Title 49. | Primary sponsor | In committee | March 18, 2025 |
| HB 428 | TennCare - As introduced, requires TennCare to provide eligible covered enrollees with continuous glucose monitoring; establishes criteria for eligibility. - Amends TCA Title 56 and Title 71. | Primary sponsor | In committee | February 10, 2025 |
| HB 414 | Codes - As introduced, allows an existing place of worship to be used for educational purposes without reclassification of the building's occupancy type if certain conditions are met. - Amends TCA Title 49 and Title 68, Chapter 120. | Primary sponsor | In committee | February 5, 2025 |
