Tennessee · Current officeholder
Justin Pearson
Democratic Tennessee House, District 86
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Sponsored legislation
37 bills in the current data (37 as primary sponsor), sorted by most recent official action. Linked by Open States person ID.
| Bill | Title | Role | Stage | Last action |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HJR 1549 | Memorials, Recognition - St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, HIV/AIDS treatment work - | Primary sponsor | Enacted | May 7, 2026 |
| HJR 1548 | Memorials, Recognition - CodeCrew of Memphis - | Primary sponsor | Enacted | May 7, 2026 |
| HJR 7011 | Constitutional Amendments - Proposes additional language in Article II, Section 4 of the Constitution of Tennessee requiring the General Assembly to establish congressional districts after each decennial census made by the Bureau of Census of the United States is available and prohibiting changes to the congressional districts between decennial censuses. - | Primary sponsor | Introduced | May 6, 2026 |
| HJR 7010 | Redistricting, Congressional - Urges the General Assembly to refrain from altering the composition of the ninth congressional district without the approval of a three-fourths majority of the official Shelby County delegation in the Tennessee General Assembly. - | Primary sponsor | Introduced | May 6, 2026 |
| HR 296 | Memorials, Recognition - "Veterans Suicide Prevention Day," September 22 - | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | April 23, 2026 |
| HR 295 | Memorials, Recognition - Sarah Houston - | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | April 23, 2026 |
| HR 294 | Memorials, Recognition - Memphis Community Against Pollution (MCAP) and President KeShaun Pearson - | Primary sponsor | Introduced | April 23, 2026 |
| HR 293 | Memorials, Recognition - Johnnie Mosley and Memphis Bus Riders Union - | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | April 23, 2026 |
| HJR 1547 | Memorials, Recognition - "Veterans Suicide Prevention Day," September 22 - | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | April 23, 2026 |
| HR 241 | Memorials, Recognition - Young, Gifted & Green - | Primary sponsor | Introduced | April 21, 2026 |
| HR 240 | Memorials, Recognition - Memphis Rox - | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | April 21, 2026 |
| HR 198 | Memorials, Personal Occasion - Reverend Al Green, 80th birthday - | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | April 20, 2026 |
| HR 197 | Memorials, Recognition - Karmen Winters - | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | April 20, 2026 |
| HB 1395 | Criminal Procedure - As introduced, restores the right of suffrage for persons convicted of an infamous crime after expiration of the sentence imposed for the infamous crime; removes requirement that the person pay restitution and court costs and be current in all child support obligations before having the person's right of suffrage restored; permits a person to have the right of suffrage restored without having the person's full rights of citizenship restored. - Amends TCA Title 2 and Title 40. | Primary sponsor | In committee | April 7, 2026 |
| HB 1394 | Tennessee Bureau of Investigation - As introduced, requires the bureau to maintain with each investigative case file copies of all original investigative materials, including audio and video files, recordings, transcripts, documents, reports, paperwork, and other print or digital media generated by the bureau and germane to the investigation by the bureau. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 8; Title 10, Chapter 7, Part 5 and Title 38, Chapter 6. | Primary sponsor | In committee | April 7, 2026 |
| HJR 1105 | Memorials, Sports - Westwood Longhorns boys' and girls' basketball teams, District 16A Division champions - | Primary sponsor | Enacted | March 31, 2026 |
| HJR 1104 | Memorials, Sports - Hamilton Middle School Wildcats boys' basketball team, MSCIAA Class A Champions - | Primary sponsor | Enacted | March 31, 2026 |
| HJR 1103 | Memorials, Recognition - Africa in April Cultural Awareness Festival, 39th anniversary - | Primary sponsor | Enacted | March 31, 2026 |
| HJR 1102 | Memorials, Recognition - Joe Calhoun - | Primary sponsor | Enacted | March 31, 2026 |
| HB 2462 | Public Officials - As introduced, requires certain public officials and their spouses to divest certain assets or place such assets in a blind trust by a date certain. - Amends TCA Title 2; Title 3; Title 4; Title 8 and Title 48. | Primary sponsor | In committee | March 25, 2026 |
| HB 2460 | Children - As introduced, increases from 14 to 21 days, the maximum amount of time per year that an entity or organization may provide child care on an occasional or infrequent basis through a "Parents' Night Out" or similar "Special Event" program while remaining exempt from the department of human service's licensing requirements. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 9; Title 49; Title 50; Title 67 and Title 71. | Primary sponsor | In committee | March 25, 2026 |
| HB 2458 | Education - As introduced, enacts the "Public Education Investments Act"; increases, from $50,000 to $50,290, the minimum base salary in the state salary schedule for teachers; increases from 5 percent to 10 percent the weighted allocation for a student who is a member in a school that is eligible for Title I schoolwide designation in the Tennessee Investment in Student Achievement Act; increases the amount of a Tennessee middle college scholarship by 3 percent each academic year for 10 academic years. - Amends TCA Title 49. | Primary sponsor | In committee | March 24, 2026 |
| HB 2463 | Energy - As introduced, enacts the "Bring Your Own Generation Act." - Amends TCA Section 39-17-1002; Section 67-6-102 and Title 68. | Primary sponsor | In committee | March 18, 2026 |
| HB 2456 | Utilities, Utility Districts - As introduced, requires certain data centers to register with the department of revenue; requires fuel suppliers, and electric and water utilities that provide fuel and service respectively to registered data centers to report usage and rates to the department; requires the commissioner to compile and publish certain information based on reports received from utilities. - Amends TCA Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 10; Title 62; Title 65; Title 68 and Title 69. | Primary sponsor | In committee | March 18, 2026 |
| HB 1390 | Firearms and Ammunition - As introduced, allows a court to issue an extreme risk protection order upon a finding by clear and convincing evidence that a person poses a significant danger of causing personal injury to the person or others if allowed to possess or purchase a firearm; authorizes a law enforcement officer or relative to file a petition for an extreme risk protection order; creates an offense to store or keep a firearm in any place unless the firearm is secured in a locked container, unloaded, and separate from ammunition except when the firearm is carried by or under the control of the owner or other lawfully authorized user; prohibits a gun dealer from delivering a firearm to a purchaser until 15 business days after the completion of certain requirements. - Amends TCA Title 33; Title 38 and Title 39, Chapter 17. | Primary sponsor | In committee | March 18, 2026 |
| HB 2464 | Consumer Protection - As introduced, prohibits electric utilities and high performance computing centers in this state from using transformers, parts, or equipment manufactured or sold by entities owned or controlled by foreign adversaries to support any part of their operations; requires such utilities and centers to report to the comptroller of the treasury; makes related changes. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 7; Title 8; Title 47, Chapter 18; Title 65 and Title 68. | Primary sponsor | In committee | March 4, 2026 |
| HB 2455 | Economic and Community Development - As introduced, creates a condition of eligibility for certain economic development incentives that employers certify that they pay employees working on the development project for which the incentive was granted at least $21.99 an hour beginning July 1, 2026, with annual adjustments thereafter by the commissioner of economic and community development based on the MIT living wage calculator; allows for recovering from employers found to be in violation of such wage requirements the incentives already provided. - Amends TCA Title 4 and Title 50. | Primary sponsor | In committee | March 4, 2026 |
| HB 2461 | Taxes, Sales - As introduced, exempts the sale or use of feminine hygiene products from sales and use tax; directs the department of education to ensure feminine hygiene products are placed into and made available to students for free in a public school upon the request of a public school administrator, board, or director of schools. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 49 and Title 67, Chapter 6. | Primary sponsor | In committee | March 3, 2026 |
| HB 1400 | Mental Health & Substance Abuse Services, Dept. of - As introduced, directs the department to develop and implement a suicide prevention program; requires the department to submit a report to legislative committees with jurisdiction over health-related matters on this program and any suggestions from the department based upon the research conducted from the previous calendar year. - Amends TCA Title 33; Title 63 and Title 68. | Primary sponsor | In committee | February 17, 2026 |
| HB 1399 | Salaries and Benefits - As introduced, increases, from $7.25 to $20, the minimum hourly wage for employees within this state. - Amends TCA Section 8-23-203; Title 12 and Title 50, Chapter 2. | Primary sponsor | In committee | February 11, 2026 |
| HB 1398 | State Employees - As introduced, increases, from three days to three months, the amount of paid leave provided to the officers and employees of the various agencies, boards, and departments of state government in the event of the death of such officers' or employees' children or stepchildren. - Amends TCA Title 8, Chapter 50. | Primary sponsor | In committee | February 11, 2026 |
| HB 1396 | Human Services, Dept. of - As introduced, enacts the "Guaranteed Basic Income Act" or the "Protection Against Automation Act," which requires the department to develop and implement a program in which eligible residents are awarded an annual guaranteed basic income grant beginning in 2026. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 9; Title 67, Chapter 4 and Title 71. | Primary sponsor | In committee | February 11, 2026 |
| HR 7 | Naming and Designating - Designates September 22 as "Veterans Suicide Prevention Day." - | Primary sponsor | In committee | February 3, 2026 |
| HB 1393 | TennCare - As introduced, directs the governor to seek a new TennCare waiver within 180 days of the effective date of this act to provide medical assistance coverage for individuals whose gross annual income is equal to or less than 138 percent of the federal poverty level; clarifies that the amendment takes effect upon federal approval. - Amends TCA Title 71, Chapter 5. | Primary sponsor | In committee | February 3, 2026 |
| HB 1397 | Environment and Conservation, Department of - As introduced, requires the department to create and maintain an informational tool on the department's website that provides data related to the presence of facilities that are required to submit toxic release inventory data to the environmental protection agency. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 59; Title 60; Title 68 and Title 69. | Primary sponsor | In committee | March 26, 2025 |
| HB 1392 | Firearms and Ammunition - As introduced, deletes the exception to the criminal offense of unlawfully carrying a firearm with intent to go armed for persons who lawfully possess a handgun, are in a place where the person is lawfully present, and are at least 21 years old or 18 years old with certain military service. - Amends TCA Title 39. | Primary sponsor | In committee | March 26, 2025 |
| HB 1391 | Expunction - As introduced, requires a clerk of a court with criminal jurisdiction to automatically remove and destroy all public records of a conviction for a Class E felony or misdemeanor that is eligible for expunction, one year after the person has completed any sentence imposed by the court. - Amends TCA Title 10; Title 18 and Title 40. | Primary sponsor | In committee | March 26, 2025 |
