Tennessee · Current officeholder
Dave Wright
Republican Tennessee House, District 19
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Sponsored legislation
23 bills in the current data (23 as primary sponsor), sorted by most recent official action. Linked by Open States person ID.
| Bill | Title | Role | Stage | Last action |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HB 2320 | Regional Authorities and Special Districts - As enacted, revises the "Convention Center Authorities Act of 2009" as the "Convention Center and Agricultural Exposition Authorities Act." - Amends TCA Title 7, Chapter 89. | Primary sponsor | In committee | May 27, 2026 |
| HB 2102 | County Government - As enacted, authorizes a county legislative body operating under the County Purchasing Law of 1957 to set the compensation for the director of accounts and budgets. - Amends TCA Title 5 and Title 8. | Primary sponsor | In committee | May 27, 2026 |
| HB 1858 | Open Meetings - As enacted, authorizes local governmental bodies to conduct certain community meetings via electronic means of communication. - Amends TCA Title 5; Title 6; Title 7 and Title 8, Chapter 44. | Primary sponsor | In committee | May 18, 2026 |
| HJR 1562 | Memorials, Recognition - Steve Hunley - | Primary sponsor | Enacted | May 7, 2026 |
| HB 2255 | State Government - As enacted, makes various changes to certain boards, authorities, and task forces, including, but not limited to, requiring all vacancies on the state capitol commission, the Tennessee local development authority, and the advisory task force on state reimbursement to be filled for the balance of the unexpired term. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 8; Title 13; Title 16; Title 38; Title 43; Title 49; Title 50; Title 54; Title 58; Title 63; Title 64; Title 65; Title 68; Title 69; Title 70 and Title 71. | Primary sponsor | Enacted | April 27, 2026 |
| HB 2319 | County Government - As introduced, prohibits an employee of a local government from serving on the legislative body of the local government for which the employee works. - Amends TCA Title 2; Title 4; Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 8; Title 12 and Title 49. | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | April 21, 2026 |
| HJR 1210 | Memorials, Recognition - AT&T, 150th anniversary - | Primary sponsor | Enacted | April 14, 2026 |
| HB 2159 | Motor Vehicles - As enacted, authorizes enforcement of a garagekeeper's lien on a motor vehicle that was stored for the purpose of repairs without express written authorization from the owner for such storage if the garagekeeper makes a good faith attempt to acquire consent prior to repairs and provides notice to the owner by certified mail. - Amends TCA Title 47; Title 55, Chapter 31 and Title 66, Chapter 19. | Primary sponsor | In committee | April 6, 2026 |
| HB 1748 | Clerks, Court - As enacted, requires a person ordered to use an ignition interlock device to provide the clerk of the court with documentation showing qualifications for certain assistance on the date the person was ordered to use the device to show need to participate in the electronic monitoring indigency fund. - Amends TCA Section 55-10-419. | Primary sponsor | Enacted | March 30, 2026 |
| HB 1731 | Criminal Offenses - As enacted, specifies that, in regard to the criminal offense of desecration of a venerated object, "desecrate" includes, but is not limited to, the removal of objects from a place of burial by a person other than a family member of the deceased or an authorized representative of the cemetery. - Amends TCA Title 39 and Title 46. | Primary sponsor | Enacted | March 30, 2026 |
| HJR 1158 | Memorials, Recognition - AT&T, 150th anniversary - | Primary sponsor | Introduced | March 23, 2026 |
| HB 618 | Public Officials - As enacted, prohibits an individual holding an elected office of a local government from holding another elected office in this state at the same time; grandfathers individuals holding more than one office presently until the terms expire; clarifies that such prohibition does not apply to an office in a political party's state executive committee. - Amends TCA Title 2 and Title 8. | Primary sponsor | Enacted | March 23, 2026 |
| HJR 1028 | Memorials, Sports - Carol Mitchell, NFHS 2025 National Softball Coach of the Year - | Primary sponsor | Enacted | March 18, 2026 |
| HB 1680 | Motor Vehicles - As introduced, imposes a tax on electric power used in all-electric and plug-in hybrid electric vehicles; requires electric vehicle power dealers to register for collection of the tax; establishes other regulations for electric vehicle charging stations. - Amends TCA Title 9; Title 54; Title 55 and Title 67. | Primary sponsor | In committee | February 10, 2026 |
| HB 2161 | Eminent Domain - As introduced, adds to the definition of "public use" for eminent domain a sidewalk, public greenway, bicycle lane, pedestrian way, or proper slope development associated with a road, highway, bridge, or other structure, facility, or project used for public transportation. - Amends TCA Section 29-17-102. | Primary sponsor | In committee | February 5, 2026 |
| HB 744 | Human Rights - As introduced, prohibits an organization or entity receiving financial assistance from this state for programs or activities from denying benefits to, excluding from participation in, or discriminating against a person otherwise eligible for the program or activity on the basis of race, color, religion, or national origin. - Amends TCA Title 4. | Primary sponsor | In committee | February 4, 2026 |
| HB 735 | Planning, Public - As enacted, specifies that the vesting period established for a construction project or development plan does not expire because of pending litigation challenging a permit; specifies that the vesting period is tolled while such litigation is pending. - Amends TCA Title 13, Chapter 3; Title 13, Chapter 4 and Title 13, Chapter 7. | Primary sponsor | In committee | May 15, 2025 |
| HB 152 | Local Government, General - As enacted, authorizes a member of a local government's legislative body to participate in a scheduled meeting by electronic means if the member is dealing with a family or medical emergency, has been called into military service, or is unable to attend in person due to inclement weather. - Amends TCA Title 5; Title 6; Title 7 and Title 8, Chapter 44. | Primary sponsor | In committee | May 15, 2025 |
| HB 1071 | Historical Sites and Preservation - As enacted, includes in the definition of a "memorial", for purposes of Tennessee heritage protection, an official governmental seal of a city or county government that contains imagery representative of any historic conflict, historic entity, historic event, historic figure, or historic organization. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 1, Part 4. | Primary sponsor | In committee | May 13, 2025 |
| HB 765 | Taxes, Ad Valorem - As introduced, requires 10 percent of the excess proceeds from a delinquent property tax sale to be used for tax relief for homeowners who are elderly low-income, disabled, or a disabled veteran or widow of a disabled veteran. - Amends TCA Title 67, Chapter 5. | Primary sponsor | In committee | April 2, 2025 |
| HB 766 | Taxes, Ad Valorem - As introduced, adds a 5 percent penalty on delinquent property taxes with the penalty to be used to provide tax relief for the homeowners who are elderly low-income, disabled, or a disabled veteran or widow of a disabled veteran. - Amends TCA Title 67, Chapter 5. | Primary sponsor | In committee | March 19, 2025 |
| HB 617 | Education - As introduced, designates October as "Fentanyl Poisoning Awareness Month" in all public schools; requires local education agencies and public charter schools to provide age-appropriate, research-based instruction related to fentanyl abuse prevention and drug poisoning awareness to students in grades six through 12. - Amends TCA Title 15 and Title 49. | Primary sponsor | In committee | February 10, 2025 |
| HB 512 | Zoning - As introduced, extends the terms of members of historic zoning commissions from five years to six years. - Amends TCA Title 13, Chapter 7, Part 4. | Primary sponsor | In committee | February 5, 2025 |