Tennessee · Current officeholder
Fred Atchley
Republican Tennessee House, District 12
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Sponsored legislation
40 bills in the current data (40 as primary sponsor), sorted by most recent official action. Linked by Open States person ID.
| Bill | Title | Role | Stage | Last action |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HB 1718 | Correctional Programs - As enacted, requires each correctional officer at Trousdale Turner Correctional Center to utilize a body camera that is recording at all times while the officer is on duty at the facility and is in contact with or may reasonably anticipate contact or interaction with an inmate; makes other related changes. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 10 and Title 41. | Primary sponsor | Enacted | May 18, 2026 |
| HJR 7004 | Memorials, Retirement - Judge Rex Henry Ogle - | Primary sponsor | Enacted | May 14, 2026 |
| HB 2215 | Tennessee Fish & Wildlife Commission - As enacted, authorizes the executive director of the wildlife resources agency to enter into agreements with local law enforcement agencies for the purpose of enforcing wildlife management laws and rules; creates a criminal offense for feeding black bears under certain circumstances. - Amends TCA Title 70. | Primary sponsor | In committee | May 4, 2026 |
| HJR 1397 | Memorials, Retirement - Judge Rex Henry Ogle - | Primary sponsor | Enacted | April 30, 2026 |
| HJR 1344 | Memorials, Recognition - Dolly Parton Parkway - | Primary sponsor | Enacted | April 30, 2026 |
| HJR 1343 | Memorials, Recognition - Jere Loveday and Loveday Family Bridge - | Primary sponsor | Enacted | April 30, 2026 |
| HB 1644 | Drugs, Synthetic or Analogue - As enacted, enacts the "Nitrous Oxide Abuse Prevention and Retail Sale Prohibition Act"; makes related changes. - Amends TCA Title 39; Title 57, Chapter 7; Title 63 and Title 67, Chapter 4, Part 10. | Primary sponsor | In committee | April 29, 2026 |
| HB 590 | Child Custody and Support - As enacted, requires a court to consider the extent to which a parenting schedule provides each parent a meaningful opportunity to participate in the child's life, consistent with the child's best interest, in addition to the other relevant factors, when making a child custody determination. - Amends TCA Title 36 and Title 37. | Primary sponsor | In committee | April 24, 2026 |
| HB 1871 | Criminal Offenses - As enacted, requires a person convicted of second degree murder by knowingly killing another to be sentenced as no lower than a Range II offender. - Amends TCA Section 39-13-210 and Title 40. | Primary sponsor | Enacted | April 24, 2026 |
| HB 1542 | Criminal Offenses - As introduced, prohibits the use of a telecommunication device, with intent to deprive the owner of property, to fraudulently obtain or exercise control over the property of another without the owner's effective consent, which is punishable as theft, but in no event less than a Class E felony. - Amends TCA Title 39. | Primary sponsor | In committee | April 15, 2026 |
| HJR 751 | Naming and Designating - Designates City of Gatlinburg as the official Gateway to the Smokies. - | Primary sponsor | Enacted | April 9, 2026 |
| HJR 1149 | Memorials, Retirement - Rose Gainey, Clinical Director of Safe Harbor Child Advocacy Center - | Primary sponsor | Enacted | April 9, 2026 |
| HB 2208 | State Government - As enacted, clarifies that the four trustees for other post-employment benefits may appoint a designee in their absence. - Amends TCA Section 8-27-801. | Primary sponsor | In committee | April 6, 2026 |
| HJR 790 | General Assembly, Statement of Intent or Position - Recognizes fire protection services as an essential service in this state; encourages local governments to ensure that fire protection services are available to all residents of this state. - | Primary sponsor | Enacted | March 31, 2026 |
| HJR 1090 | Memorials, Retirement - Rose Gainey, Clinical Director of Safe Harbor Child Advocacy Center - | Primary sponsor | Enacted | March 31, 2026 |
| HJR 937 | Memorials, Retirement - Chief John Linsenbigler - | Primary sponsor | Enacted | March 11, 2026 |
| HJR 777 | Memorials, Death - Lieutenant Gordon Gwathney, Knoxville Police Department - | Primary sponsor | Enacted | February 11, 2026 |
| HJR 716 | Memorials, Retirement - Captain Dennis Adams - | Primary sponsor | Enacted | February 11, 2026 |
| HJR 715 | Memorials, Sports - Ty Glasper, Class 2A Mr. Basketball - | Primary sponsor | Enacted | February 11, 2026 |
| HJR 750 | Memorials, Retirement - Sevier County Mayor Larry Waters - | Primary sponsor | Enacted | February 10, 2026 |
| HB 2447 | Election Laws - As introduced, authorizes the county election commission to notify individuals filing a petition for recall, referendum, or initiative to notify the individuals of a defect in the petition that must be cured prior to certification for final approval. - Amends TCA Title 2. | Primary sponsor | Introduced | February 5, 2026 |
| HB 1541 | Police - As introduced, authorizes qualified companies to maintain a company police force that may exercise law enforcement authority within the confines of the company's properties; prescribes qualifications for police officers of a company police agency. - Amends TCA Title 29, Chapter 20; Title 38, Chapter 8 and Title 39, Chapter 17. | Primary sponsor | In committee | February 2, 2026 |
| HR 141 | Memorials, Death - Lieutenant Gordon Gwathney, Knoxville Police Department - | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | January 14, 2026 |
| HB 1460 | Highway Signs - As introduced, requires the department of transportation to replace or modify a sign located along Interstate 40 eastbound to replace a reference to a stadium formerly located off of Exit 407 with a different traffic generating attraction. - Amends TCA Title 54. | Primary sponsor | Introduced | January 13, 2026 |
| HB 391 | Charitable Solicitations - As enacted, revises notification requirements regarding the provision to the secretary of state of solicitation materials to be used by a professional solicitor on behalf of a nonprofit organization. - Amends TCA Title 48, Chapter 101, Part 5. | Primary sponsor | In committee | April 29, 2025 |
| HJR 542 | Memorials, Retirement - Pigeon Forge City Manager Earlene Teaster - | Primary sponsor | Enacted | April 15, 2025 |
| HJR 506 | Memorials, Sports - Ty Glasper, Class 2A Mr. Basketball - | Primary sponsor | Enacted | April 15, 2025 |
| HJR 35 | General Assembly, Statement of Intent or Position - Recognizes emergency telecommunicators as first responders. - | Primary sponsor | Enacted | April 15, 2025 |
| HB 584 | Hospitals and Health Care Facilities - As enacted, extends by four years to June 30, 2029, the current 125-bed limitation on the number of new nursing home beds for which the health facilities commission may issue a certificate of need per fiscal year. - Amends TCA Section 68-11-1619. | Primary sponsor | In committee | April 8, 2025 |
| HB 136 | Public Funds and Financing - As enacted, broadens certain disclosure obligations of state and local governmental entities by requiring their disclosure of covenant violations and credit rating downgrades to the comptroller of the treasury or the comptroller's designee. - Amends TCA Section 9-21-134. | Primary sponsor | In committee | March 21, 2025 |
| HJR 310 | Memorials, Death - Carl Dean - | Primary sponsor | Enacted | March 19, 2025 |
| HB 591 | Tobacco, Tobacco Products - As introduced, regulates retail vapor product stores and makes various changes to provisions regarding youth access to tobacco, smoking hemp, and vapor products. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 17, Part 15 and Title 43, Chapter 27, Part 2. | Primary sponsor | In committee | February 19, 2025 |
| HB 585 | Criminal Offenses - As introduced, requires the punishment for the offense of misuse of official information to include at least 30 hours of community service work to be determined by the court, in addition to any other punishment authorized by law. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 16, Part 4. | Primary sponsor | In committee | February 5, 2025 |
| HB 523 | Highways, Roads and Bridges - As introduced, requires TACIR to study transportation user fee alternatives and submit its recommendations to the chair of the committee in the house of representatives with jurisdiction over transportation issues, the chair of the transportation and safety committee of the senate, and the legislative librarian on or before January 1, 2026. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 9; Title 54; Title 55 and Title 67. | Primary sponsor | In committee | February 5, 2025 |
| HB 497 | Public Employees - As introduced, provides a five-day grace period for assistant district attorneys general and criminal investigators to submit expense accounts. - Amends TCA Title 8, Chapter 7. | Primary sponsor | Introduced | February 5, 2025 |
| HJR 16 | Memorials, Recognition - Police Chief Richard Catlett and the Pigeon Forge Police Department, Excellence in Police Services Award - | Primary sponsor | Enacted | February 4, 2025 |
| HJR 15 | Memorials, Recognition - Dollywood, 40th Anniversary - | Primary sponsor | Enacted | February 4, 2025 |
| HJR 14 | Memorials, Recognition - Chief Tim Baker, Volunteer Fire Chief of the Year - | Primary sponsor | Enacted | February 4, 2025 |
| HJR 13 | Memorials, Sports - Sevier County High School football team, TSSAA Division I, Class 5A State Champion - | Primary sponsor | Enacted | February 4, 2025 |
| HB 153 | Mobile Homes and Manufactured Buildings - As introduced, requires the department of transportation to submit a brief written summary to the committee of the house of representatives with jurisdiction over transportation matters and the transportation and safety committee of the senate no later than March 15, 2026, and March 15 of each subsequent year, concerning placards issued to transporters of manufactured homes pursuant to this section, including data on unsafe and erratic driving reported to the department using the telephone number that appears on the placards. - Amends TCA Title 55; Title 62; Title 67 and Title 68. | Primary sponsor | In committee | January 16, 2025 |