Tennessee · Current officeholder
John Clemmons
Democratic Tennessee House, District 55
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Sponsored legislation
75 bills in the current data (75 as primary sponsor), sorted by most recent official action. Linked by Open States person ID.
| Bill | Title | Role | Stage | Last action |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HJR 1607 | Memorials, Recognition - Freely Fest - | Primary sponsor | Enacted | May 11, 2026 |
| HJR 7021 | Memorials, Public Service - Representative Joe Towns, Jr. - | Primary sponsor | Introduced | May 7, 2026 |
| HJR 1606 | Memorials, Recognition - McCabe Park Little League, 40th anniversary - | Primary sponsor | Enacted | May 7, 2026 |
| HB 7006 | Redistricting, Congressional - As introduced, revises the boundaries for congressional districts in this state. - Amends TCA Title 2, Chapter 16 and Chapter 742 of the Public Acts of 2026. | Primary sponsor | In committee | May 6, 2026 |
| HJR 1430 | Memorials, Recognition - Stratton Bone Made in Tennessee Building - | Primary sponsor | Enacted | April 29, 2026 |
| HB 30 | Education - As enacted, empowers a student who is an English language learner and who received language assistance services in the classroom during the school year to receive the same language assistance services while taking a Tennessee comprehensive assessment program test or an end-of-course assessment, as long as the receipt of language assistance services does not invalidate the assessment. - Amends TCA Title 49. | Primary sponsor | In committee | April 24, 2026 |
| HR 194 | Memorials, Interns - Shamariah Houston - | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | April 15, 2026 |
| HB 1767 | Taxes, Exemption and Credits - As introduced, exempts the retail sale of food and food ingredients from the sales and use tax when purchased by families with qualified dependents that meet certain household income requirements. - Amends TCA Title 67, Chapter 6. | Primary sponsor | In committee | April 15, 2026 |
| HJR 1108 | Memorials, Recognition - Hillsboro High School, winner of MNPS High School Battle of the Books - | Primary sponsor | Enacted | April 1, 2026 |
| HB 1769 | Criminal Offenses - As introduced, enacts "The Intercollegiate Student-Athlete Protection Act," which creates a criminal offense of student athlete harassment; punishes the first offense as a Class A misdemeanor and a second or subsequent offense as a Class E felony; and specifies that a student athlete who is the victim of student athlete harassment has a private right of action against a person convicted of the offense. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 49; Title 39 and Title 49. | Primary sponsor | In committee | March 25, 2026 |
| HB 1458 | Local Education Agencies - As introduced, requires each local school board to establish a school lunch program and a school breakfast program that provide a free breakfast and lunch to each student enrolled in a school under the board's jurisdiction; requires the state to reimburse each LEA for the cost of providing a free breakfast and lunch to each student enrolled in the LEA after all available federal funds have been applied. - Amends TCA Title 49. | Primary sponsor | In committee | March 24, 2026 |
| HJR 3 | Memorials, Death - Dr. Zachary Tyler Medley - | Primary sponsor | Enacted | March 23, 2026 |
| HB 1766 | Guardians and Conservators - As enacted, requires a fiduciary's sworn accounting of receipts and expenditures filed annually with the court supervising a guardianship or conservatorship to include the date of the fiduciary's last contact with the person with a disability. - Amends TCA Title 34. | Primary sponsor | In committee | March 23, 2026 |
| HJR 1073 | Memorials, Recognition - Honors and celebrates the laws of the United States and longstanding legal precedent that makes clear that the federal government may not retain any funds collected by the U.S. government based on tariffs that have been ruled invalid. - | Primary sponsor | Introduced | March 19, 2026 |
| HJR 1054 | Memorials, Public Service - Representative Johnny Shaw - | Primary sponsor | Enacted | March 18, 2026 |
| HJR 1052 | Memorials, Professional Achievement - Erinn McGee, 2025-2026 MNPS Teacher of the Year - | Primary sponsor | Enacted | March 18, 2026 |
| HJR 1051 | Memorials, Sports - U.S women's hockey team, Olympic gold medalists - | Primary sponsor | Enacted | March 18, 2026 |
| HB 1468 | Consumer Protection - As introduced, prohibits an entity from setting the price of a specific good or service using personalized algorithmic pricing; designates a violation as an unfair or deceptive act or practice affecting trade or commerce in violation of the Tennessee Consumer Protection Act of 1977. - Amends TCA Title 29; Title 45; Title 47 and Title 66. | Primary sponsor | In committee | March 18, 2026 |
| HJR 991 | Memorials, Death - Judge John P. Brown - | Primary sponsor | Enacted | March 11, 2026 |
| HB 1459 | Traffic Safety - As introduced, authorizes a law enforcement officer to seize and impound a motor vehicle in any county or municipality that has passed a resolution or ordinance authorizing the seizure and impoundment of a motor vehicle observed by law enforcement to have been used to commit the offense of drag racing or to flee after commission of the offense of drag racing subject to certain restrictions. - Amends TCA Title 6; Title 7; Title 16; Title 40 and Title 55, Chapter 10, Part 5. | Primary sponsor | In committee | March 11, 2026 |
| HB 1461 | Computers and Electronic Processing - As introduced, requires high performance computing (HPC) facility operators to devote 50 percent of the computing and data processing output of the facility for a public benefit; requires HPC facility operators to produce an annual report of the facility's energy consumption and carbon footprint; requires such operators to conduct an annual internal compliance audit and submit to an audit upon request by certain governmental entities. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 8 and Title 68. | Primary sponsor | In committee | March 4, 2026 |
| HB 1768 | Gaming - As introduced, requires a licensee offering interactive sports wagering in this state to restrict access to such wagering on certain campuses of public institutions of higher education; requires certain public institutions of higher education to restrict internet access to interactive sports wagering on campus. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 49, Part 1 and Title 49. | Primary sponsor | In committee | March 3, 2026 |
| HJR 739 | Memorials, Recognition - International Holocaust Remembrance Day, January 27, 2026 - | Primary sponsor | Enacted | February 12, 2026 |
| HJR 718 | Memorials, Recognition - CSX Santa Train - | Primary sponsor | Enacted | February 11, 2026 |
| HB 2335 | Transportation, Dept. of - As introduced, changes the deadline from January 1 to February 15 by when the department must submit its annual report to the speakers of the senate and the house of representatives, the chair of the transportation and safety committee of the senate, and the chair of the transportation committee of the house of representatives, on the status of projects funded by the transportation modernization fund. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 23; Title 9, Chapter 11; Title 9, Chapter 21; Title 9, Chapter 4; Title 9, Chapter 9; Title 54 and Title 67. | Primary sponsor | Introduced | February 5, 2026 |
| HB 2005 | TennCare - As introduced, enacts the "TennCare Buy-In Act." - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 3, Part 10 and Title 71, Chapter 5. | Primary sponsor | In committee | February 4, 2026 |
| HB 1469 | Taxes, Exemption and Credits - As introduced, exempts the retail sale of food and food ingredients purchased with an EBT card by a recipient of SNAP benefits from the sales and use tax. - Amends TCA Title 67, Chapter 6. | Primary sponsor | In committee | January 21, 2026 |
| HB 634 | State Government - As enacted, creates the conservatorship management task force. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 34 and Title 71, Chapter 2. | Primary sponsor | In committee | May 15, 2025 |
| HJR 588 | Memorials, Recognition - Alice Asako Walle - | Primary sponsor | Enacted | April 15, 2025 |
| HJR 493 | Memorials, Death - Denis Michael Gilmore - | Primary sponsor | Enacted | April 9, 2025 |
| HJR 487 | Memorials, Public Service - Captain Barry "Butch" Wilmore - | Primary sponsor | Enacted | April 9, 2025 |
| HJR 475 | Memorials, Death - Colonel James Russell Dismukes - | Primary sponsor | Enacted | April 9, 2025 |
| HB 16 | Traffic Safety - As introduced, requires the department of transportation to establish and administer a student pedestrian protection grant program; under certain conditions, authorizes grants to be awarded to local governments for designing, constructing, and repairing sidewalk infrastructure around public schools. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 49; Title 54 and Title 55. | Primary sponsor | In committee | April 9, 2025 |
| HR 77 | Memorials, Interns - Spencer Webb - | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | April 8, 2025 |
| HJR 507 | Memorials, Sports - Hillsboro Burros boys' basketball team, Class 4A state champions - | Primary sponsor | Enacted | April 8, 2025 |
| HJR 302 | Memorials, Retirement - Pat Nolan - | Primary sponsor | Enacted | March 25, 2025 |
| HJR 301 | Memorials, Retirement - Marta W. Aldrich - | Primary sponsor | Enacted | March 25, 2025 |
| HJR 283 | Memorials, Professional Achievement - Deborah E. Whitman, 2024–2025 Metro Nashville Public Schools Support Employee of the Year - | Primary sponsor | Enacted | March 19, 2025 |
| HJR 282 | Memorials, Professional Achievement - Maegan Hickey, Cambridge Early Learning Center Teacher of the Year - | Primary sponsor | Enacted | March 19, 2025 |
| HJR 281 | Memorials, Professional Achievement - Michael Todd Henderson, John Trotwood Moore Middle School Teacher of the Year - | Primary sponsor | Enacted | March 19, 2025 |
| HJR 280 | Memorials, Professional Achievement - Callie Longmire, Cane Ridge Elementary School Teacher of the Year - | Primary sponsor | Enacted | March 19, 2025 |
| HJR 279 | Memorials, Professional Achievement - Alexandra R. Wood, Casa Azafran Early Learning Center Teacher of the Year - | Primary sponsor | Enacted | March 19, 2025 |
| HJR 278 | Memorials, Professional Achievement - Christina Johnson, Eagle View Elementary School Teacher of the Year - | Primary sponsor | Enacted | March 19, 2025 |
| HJR 277 | Memorials, Professional Achievement - Maria Seda, Haywood Elementary School Teacher of the Year - | Primary sponsor | Enacted | March 19, 2025 |
| HJR 276 | Memorials, Professional Achievement - Kimberly Therber, J.E. Moss Elementary School Teacher of the Year - | Primary sponsor | Enacted | March 19, 2025 |
| HJR 275 | Memorials, Professional Achievement - Jessica P. Ellis, John B. Whitsitt Elementary School Teacher of the Year - | Primary sponsor | Enacted | March 19, 2025 |
| HJR 274 | Memorials, Professional Achievement - Elizabeth Tingler, Paragon Mills Elementary School Teacher of the Year - | Primary sponsor | Enacted | March 19, 2025 |
| HJR 273 | Memorials, Professional Achievement - Casey Moore, Waverly-Belmont Elementary School Teacher of the Year - | Primary sponsor | Enacted | March 19, 2025 |
| HJR 272 | Memorials, Professional Achievement - Erica T. Hayes Schultz, Antioch Middle School Teacher of the Year - | Primary sponsor | Enacted | March 19, 2025 |
| HJR 271 | Memorials, Professional Achievement - LaShonda Toran, Apollo Middle School Teacher of the Year - | Primary sponsor | Enacted | March 19, 2025 |
| HJR 270 | Memorials, Professional Achievement - Charity Allen, John F. Kennedy Middle School Teacher of the Year - | Primary sponsor | Enacted | March 19, 2025 |
| HJR 269 | Memorials, Professional Achievement - Michael Todd Henderson, John Trotwood Moore Middle School Teacher of the Year - | Primary sponsor | Enacted | March 19, 2025 |
| HJR 268 | Memorials, Professional Achievement - Janie Macklin, Antioch High School Teacher of the Year - | Primary sponsor | Enacted | March 19, 2025 |
| HJR 267 | Memorials, Professional Achievement - Likisha Rhodes, Cane Ridge High School Teacher of the Year - | Primary sponsor | Enacted | March 19, 2025 |
| HJR 266 | Memorials, Professional Achievement - Ruby Aguilar, Glencliff High School Teacher of the Year - | Primary sponsor | Enacted | March 19, 2025 |
| HJR 265 | Memorials, Professional Achievement - Mikeal Trump, Hillsboro High School Teacher of the Year - | Primary sponsor | Enacted | March 19, 2025 |
| HJR 264 | Memorials, Professional Achievement - Edward Knauss, The Academy at Hickory Hollow Teacher of the Year - | Primary sponsor | Enacted | March 19, 2025 |
| HJR 263 | Memorials, Professional Achievement - Dr. Gary Hughes, MNPS Middle School Principal of the Year District Finalist - | Primary sponsor | Enacted | March 19, 2025 |
| HB 633 | Taxes, Sales - As introduced, exempts the retail sale of fresh, frozen, and canned fruit and vegetables for human consumption from the food retail sales tax. - Amends TCA Section 67-6-228. | Primary sponsor | In committee | March 12, 2025 |
| HB 630 | Consumer Protection - As introduced, authorizes a consumer to designate an authorized agent who may opt the consumer out of the processing of the consumer’s personal data; requires a controller to comply with an opt-out request from an authorized agent if certain conditions are met. - Amends TCA Title 47, Chapter 18. | Primary sponsor | In committee | March 12, 2025 |
| HB 223 | Consumer Protection - As introduced, prohibits consumer reporting agencies from including on a consumer report a record of a medical debt judgment that is filed in this state. - Amends TCA Title 9, Chapter 8; Title 16; Title 18; Title 20; Title 21; Title 27; Title 28; Title 29; Title 45 and Title 47. | Primary sponsor | In committee | March 12, 2025 |
| HB 12 | Local Education Agencies - As introduced, requires each local school board to establish a school lunch program and a school breakfast program that provide a free breakfast and lunch to each student enrolled in a school under the board's jurisdiction; requires the state to reimburse each LEA for the cost of providing a free breakfast and lunch to each student enrolled in the LEA after all available federal funds have been applied. - Amends TCA Title 49. | Primary sponsor | In committee | March 11, 2025 |
| HB 632 | State Employees - As introduced, authorizes an employee who has been employed full-time with this state for at least 12 months to receive up to 15 hours of paid leave for certain qualified volunteer work. - Amends TCA Title 8. | Primary sponsor | In committee | February 26, 2025 |
| HB 631 | Day Care - As introduced, requires the governor's office of faith-based and community initiatives to establish a grant program for the purpose of supporting and funding nonprofit and faith-based child care programs for children four years of age and younger. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 32; Title 8; Title 9 and Title 71. | Primary sponsor | In committee | February 26, 2025 |
| HB 1375 | Mental Health & Substance Abuse Services, Dept. of - As introduced, enacts the "Tennessee Mental Health Volunteer Alliance Act." - Amends TCA Title 33; Title 49; Title 63 and Title 68. | Primary sponsor | In committee | February 25, 2025 |
| HJR 181 | Memorials, Retirement - Carol Westlake - | Primary sponsor | Enacted | February 21, 2025 |
| HB 293 | Zoning - As introduced, prohibits the construction of correctional facilities, hospitals, and nursing homes in areas designated as 100-year flood plains; applies to all applications for construction permits submitted on or after July 1, 2025. - Amends TCA Title 5; Title 6; Title 7 and Title 13. | Primary sponsor | In committee | February 12, 2025 |
| HJR 8 | Memorials, Death - U.S. Senator James Ralph Sasser - | Primary sponsor | Enacted | February 4, 2025 |
| HJR 25 | Memorials, Death - Mark Moffatt - | Primary sponsor | Enacted | February 4, 2025 |
| HJR 24 | Memorials, Death - Kris Kristofferson - | Primary sponsor | Enacted | February 4, 2025 |
| HJR 23 | Memorials, Death - Joyce Vise - | Primary sponsor | Enacted | February 4, 2025 |
| HJR 22 | Memorials, Death - John Richard "Dick" Lodge, Jr. - | Primary sponsor | Enacted | February 4, 2025 |
| HJR 21 | Memorials, Death - Mike O'Neil - | Primary sponsor | Enacted | February 4, 2025 |
| HB 294 | Highways, Roads and Bridges - As introduced, authorizes surveillance cameras to be installed on federal interstate highways and operated by a state entity to aid in the investigation and prevention of terrorism and state criminal offenses other than traffic violations; authorizes surveillance cameras to be installed on public roads and highways other than federal interstate highways and operated by local law enforcement agencies to aid in the investigation and prevention of terrorism and state criminal offenses other than traffic violations. - Amends TCA Section 55-8-198. | Primary sponsor | In committee | February 3, 2025 |
| HB 156 | Taxes, Business - As introduced, exempts child care agencies from business tax; requires the state to annually allocate the amount of such taxes derived from child care services and received from counties and municipalities in the 2023-2024 fiscal year. - Amends TCA Title 67, Chapter 4. | Primary sponsor | In committee | January 28, 2025 |