Tennessee · Current officeholder
Mark Cochran
Republican Tennessee House, District 23
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Sponsored legislation
36 bills in the current data (36 as primary sponsor), sorted by most recent official action. Linked by Open States person ID.
| Bill | Title | Role | Stage | Last action |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HB 545 | Education, Dept. of - As enacted, requires the department to provide at least one professional development course that provides asynchronous instruction on the use of artificial intelligence in the classroom and that is made available, at no cost, to teachers in grades 6-12; requires such teachers to complete at least one department-approved professional development course on the use of artificial intelligence in the classroom by the later of August 1, 2028, or within two years of becoming licensed as a teacher in this state. - Amends TCA Title 49. | Primary sponsor | In committee | May 27, 2026 |
| HB 2661 | Niota - Subject to local approval, rewrites the charter of the City of Niota. - Amends Chapter 48 of the Private Acts of 1919; as amended and rewritten. | Primary sponsor | Enacted | May 27, 2026 |
| HB 2018 | Immigration - As enacted, requires a memorandum of understanding entered between certain law enforcement agencies and federal officials concerning enforcement of federal immigration laws to include a requirement that the agency accept and honor any immigration detainer received from federal immigration authorities. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 7; Title 38 and Title 41. | Primary sponsor | Enacted | May 26, 2026 |
| HB 1709 | Professions and Occupations - As enacted, specifies in various provisions that for a person to be eligible for a particular license, certificate, permit, or authorization, the person must be a citizen of the United States or a qualified alien. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 7; Title 20; Title 23; Title 33; Title 37; Title 39; Title 42; Title 43; Title 44; Title 45; Title 46; Title 47; Title 49; Title 52; Title 53; Title 55; Title 56; Title 57; Title 59; Title 60; Title 62; Title 63; Title 67; Title 68; Title 69; Title 70; Title 71 and Chapter 463 of the Public Acts of 2025. | Primary sponsor | Enacted | May 18, 2026 |
| HB 1271 | State Government - As enacted, requires each governmental entity to revise any existing ordinance, resolution, rule, policy, and procedure that includes a reference to a natural person's sex or gender to state that those terms are defined as the immutable characteristics of the person's reproductive system that identify the person as male or female, as determined by anatomy and genetics testing at the time of birth; makes related changes. - Amends TCA Title 1; Title 3; Title 4; Title 5; Title 6; Title 7 and Title 8. | Primary sponsor | Enacted | May 15, 2026 |
| HJR 1650 | Memorials, Recognition - Tennessee Homecoming '86 - | Primary sponsor | Enacted | May 11, 2026 |
| HJR 1570 | Memorials, Recognition - Etowah Boy Scout Troop 74, 100th anniversary - | Primary sponsor | Enacted | May 7, 2026 |
| HJR 1569 | Memorials, Recognition - Alexander Keith Chapter of the DAR, 100th anniversary - | Primary sponsor | Enacted | May 7, 2026 |
| HB 2125 | Education, Dept. of - As enacted, requires the department to collaborate with the department of safety to develop guidelines for LEAs and public charter schools providing a driver education and training course that include certain criteria. - Amends TCA Title 49 and Title 55. | Primary sponsor | In committee | May 5, 2026 |
| HB 2637 | Athens - Subject to local approval, sets compensation of mayor and council members by ordinance rather than specific dollar amounts; does not alter compensation amounts of current mayor or council members. - Amends Chapter 455 of the Private Acts of 1953; as amended. | Primary sponsor | Enacted | May 1, 2026 |
| HJR 1404 | Memorials, Sports - Fairview Christian Academy girls' basketball team, 2026 TAACS Division 2 state champion - | Primary sponsor | Enacted | April 30, 2026 |
| HJR 1342 | Memorials, Recognition - USPS, 250th anniversary - | Primary sponsor | Enacted | April 30, 2026 |
| HB 1822 | Education - As enacted, enacts the "Charlie Kirk American Heritage Act." - Amends TCA Title 49. | Primary sponsor | In committee | April 28, 2026 |
| HB 548 | Purchasing and Procurement - As enacted, enacts the "Tennessee Procurement Protection Act." - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 56. | Primary sponsor | Enacted | April 27, 2026 |
| HB 2279 | Criminal Offenses - As enacted, enacts the "Crush Transnational Repression in Tennessee Act." - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 38 and Title 39. | Primary sponsor | Enacted | April 27, 2026 |
| HB 2020 | Food and Food Products - As enacted, clarifies that a person 19 or older does not need a license or permit to sell bakery goods, homemade or otherwise; soft drinks; or other similar food commodities if the person is supporting a 501(c)(3) organization, and a component of such organization's mission is to provide temporary accommodations for children in relationship to their placement in the custody of the department of children's services. - Amends TCA Title 68, Chapter 14. | Primary sponsor | Enacted | April 24, 2026 |
| HJR 1291 | Memorials, Retirement - Coach Johnny Morgan - | Primary sponsor | Enacted | April 20, 2026 |
| HB 2017 | Game and Fish Laws - As enacted, clarifies that local governmental entities shall not regulate the manner and means of taking wildlife, including the discharge of a firearm while lawfully hunting, and that such taking is regulated pursuant to rules promulgated and proclamations issued by the fish and wildlife commission. - Amends TCA Section 39-17-1314; Section 70-1-206 and Section 70-4-107. | Primary sponsor | In committee | April 13, 2026 |
| HJR 1292 | Memorials, Recognition - United States Postal Service, 250th anniversary - | Primary sponsor | In committee | April 6, 2026 |
| HB 2019 | Corporations, Not for Profit - As enacted, establishes the county where a public benefit or mutual benefit corporation has the corporation's principal office or, if the corporation does not have a principal office located in this state, the corporation's registered office, as a venue for a proceeding by the attorney general and reporter to dissolve the corporation; establishes additional locations as venues for proceedings to dissolve a corporation by the attorney general and reporter or other authorized parties. - Amends TCA Title 48, Chapter 64. | Primary sponsor | In committee | March 23, 2026 |
| HJR 963 | Memorials, Death - Dr. Julie Aderhold Goodin - | Primary sponsor | Enacted | March 11, 2026 |
| HB 2016 | Employees, Employers - As introduced, requires employers that condition employment or prospective employment upon an employee or prospective employee submitting to a mental health evaluation to grant the employee or prospective employee reasonable access to the results of the mental health evaluation, including any report from a mental health professional or other evaluator; provides a private right of action for an employee or prospective employee who is denied such access. - Amends TCA Title 8 and Title 50. | Primary sponsor | In committee | March 11, 2026 |
| HB 1793 | Real Property - As introduced, enacts the "Tennessee Uniform Real Property Transfer on Death Act." - Amends TCA Title 8; Title 30; Title 31; Title 32; Title 35; Title 55; Title 66 and Section 67-4-409. | Primary sponsor | In committee | February 25, 2026 |
| HB 2280 | Education, Higher - As introduced, deletes an obsolete requirement that the governing board of each public institution of higher education submit a report on the institution's implementation of a research security policy by July 1, 2025, to the chairs of the education committee of the senate and the education committees of the house of representatives. - Amends TCA Title 9 and Title 49. | Primary sponsor | Introduced | February 5, 2026 |
| HB 2015 | Education, Dept. of - As introduced, requires the department to make the standardized form for reporting student allergies publicly available on its website. - Amends TCA Title 49. | Primary sponsor | Introduced | February 4, 2026 |
| HB 675 | Education - As enacted, creates an advisory committee on innovations in K-12 education. - Amends TCA Title 8 and Title 49. | Primary sponsor | In committee | May 15, 2025 |
| HB 1270 | Education - As enacted, prohibits a public school, LEA, or teacher, employee, or contractor of a public school or LEA from requiring a student, teacher, employee, or contractor of the public school or LEA to provide the individual's preferred pronouns; makes related revisions. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 8; Title 9, Chapter 8; Title 29, Chapter 20 and Title 49. | Primary sponsor | In committee | May 15, 2025 |
| HB 547 | Criminal Procedure - As enacted, requires the clerk of every court having jurisdiction of criminal offenses to include a $12.50 charge in every cost bill, to be remitted to the county government to provide support services for the purpose of promoting public safety at the sole discretion of the district attorney general; takes effect upon two-thirds vote of the county legislative body; requires a district attorney general receiving funding to submit an annual report. - Amends TCA Title 40. | Primary sponsor | In committee | May 13, 2025 |
| HB 550 | Pensions and Retirement Benefits - As enacted, enacts the "Fairness in Benefits Act." - Amends TCA Title 8, Chapter 27; Title 8, Chapter 34; Title 8, Chapter 35; Title 8, Chapter 36 and Title 8, Chapter 37. | Primary sponsor | Enacted | May 8, 2025 |
| HJR 577 | Memorials, Retirement - Coach Johnny Morgan - | Primary sponsor | Enacted | April 24, 2025 |
| HJR 545 | Memorials, Sports - Karina Bystry, Class 2A Miss Basketball - | Primary sponsor | Enacted | April 24, 2025 |
| HJR 175 | General Assembly, Statement of Intent or Position - Urges Tennessee universities to adopt principles of institutional neutrality, free expression and civil discourse, and the preservation of a safe and respectful campus. - | Primary sponsor | Enacted | April 7, 2025 |
| HB 546 | Purchasing and Procurement - As enacted, authorizes a local government to execute a cooperative purchasing agreement with other local, state, and federal governmental entities for purposes of purchasing materials, labor, and services used for maintenance, operations, component replacement, or repairs of existing facilities and grounds owned or operated by a local education agency or by a local government agency. - Amends TCA Section 12-3-1205. | Primary sponsor | Enacted | April 4, 2025 |
| HB 1272 | Traffic Safety - As introduced, creates a Class B misdemeanor for failure to properly adjust headlights by a person or entity that installs tires on a passenger motor vehicle or truck that are larger in total diameter than the original equipment manufacturer's tires installed; creates a Class B misdemeanor for installing such tires so as to cause the bumper or frame to exceed the maximum heights established in present law. - Amends TCA Title 55, Chapter 9. | Primary sponsor | In committee | February 12, 2025 |
| HB 551 | Health Care - As introduced, urges the human rights commission to study problems of discrimination against healthcare providers in this state because of their decision to decline to participate in a healthcare service on the basis of religious, moral, or ethical beliefs. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 20; Title 29; Title 39; Title 49; Title 50; Title 56; Title 63; Title 68 and Title 71. | Primary sponsor | In committee | February 5, 2025 |
| HB 549 | State Government - As introduced, creates the "Tennessee Critical Infrastructure Act." - Amends TCA Title 4. | Primary sponsor | In committee | February 5, 2025 |