Tennessee Rep. Mark Pody (R)

TN - Business and Utilities (House)

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Member

TN - Consumer and Human Resources (House)

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Vice-chair

TN - Consumer and Human Resources Subcommittee (House)

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Member

TN - Fiscal Review

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Member

TN - HJR72 Constitutional Amendments - Proposes amendment of Article VI, Section 5, to provide for the popular election of the attorney general and reporter for a regular term of six years.

TN - HB1718 Education - As introduced, allows a student's parent or the student's teacher to view a state-required standardized summative assessment taken by the student and the student's answers, subject to certain conditions. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 1; Title 49, Chapter 2 and Title 49, Chapter 6.

TN - HB1392 School Districts, Special - As introduced, pursuant to the request of the Tenth special school district of Wilson County, permits the district to issue bonds or notes in an amount of $3 million or less and to issue bond anticipation notes in an amount of $3 million or less. - Amends Chapter 330 of the Acts of 1901.

TN - HB725 Human Services, Dept. of - As introduced, requires department to enter into negotiations with federal government to reacquire state administration of the refugee resettlement program. - Amends TCA Title 4 and Title 71.

TN - HB731 Motor Vehicles - As introduced, on or after January 1, 2016, requires headlights on motor vehicles to emit only a white light or light of a yellow or amber tint; exempts white HID lamps and other lamps installed as original equipment on new vehicles. - Amends TCA Title 55, Chapter 9, Part 4.

TN - HB729 Labor and Workforce Development, Dept. of - As introduced, requires the commissioner to annually report on the effectiveness of present law in regulating boilers and make recommendations for improvements to the law to the business and utilities committee of the house and the commerce and labor committee of the senate. - Amends TCA Title 4 and Title 68, Chapter 122.

TN - HJR397 Memorials, Academic Achievement - Zachary Bible, Valedictorian, McClain Christian Academy.

TN - HB1442 Victims' Rights - As introduced, permits compensation to be awarded to a court appointed special advocates program if an employee or volunteer with the program filed the claim or assisted the claimant in filing for compensation in the same manner that compensation is awarded to attorneys. - Amends TCA Title 29, Chapter 13.

TN - HJR438 Memorials, Recognition - Call to Prayer for America.

TN - HB1446 Witnesses - As introduced, prevents the discovery of any statement of compensation paid to an expert witness for any study and testimony in a case, unless good cause is shown and pursuant to a court order. - Amends TCA Title 16; Title 20; Title 24 and Title 40.

TN - HB727 Charitable Solicitations - As introduced, exempts non-501(c)(3), 501(a) organizations from solicitation registration requirements. - Amends TCA Title 48, Chapter 101, Part 5.

TN - HR5 Memorials, Congress - Urge Congress to approve the Keystone XL oil pipeline.

TN - HB723 Drugs, Prescription - As introduced, creates an exception to the prohibition against prescriptions of opioids or benzodiazepines in quantities greater than a 30-day supply when certain conditions are met; if an exception applies, the prescription quantity may not be greater than a 90-day supply. - Amends TCA Title 53, Chapter 11, Part 3.

TN - HB1717 Professions and Occupations - As introduced, requires unarmed security guard applicants to initially complete eight hours, instead of four hours, of general training and further requires unarmed security guards who have been registered for less than 10 continuous years to complete two hours of continuing education training prior to receiving renewal of the person’s registration card. - Amends TCA Title 62.

TN - HB722 Law Enforcement - As introduced, limits application of provisions governing investigations of police officers to only those police officers who are eligible to be paid overtime pursuant to the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). - Amends TCA Title 38, Chapter 8, Part 3.

TN - HB1713 Public Funds and Financing - As introduced, during the time in which a nonstate entity administers the state's refugee resettlement program, prohibits state funds being expended in support of the program or other refugee resettlement activities in the state. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 7; Title 9 and Title 71.

TN - HB721 Motor Vehicles, Titling and Registration - As enacted, authorizes certain counties to exempt certain newer motor vehicles from emissions testing requirements. - Amends TCA Title 55, Chapter 4, Part 1; Title 55, Chapter 6 and Title 68, Chapter 201.

TN - HB2640 Cannon County - As introduced, transfers the filing of petitions and claims concerning mental health commitments from the general sessions court clerk to the clerk and master but retains the authority of the general sessions judge to hear and determine these cases. - Amends Chapter 318 of the Private Acts of 1943; as amended.

TN - HJR234 Memorials, Academic Achievement - Julia Little, Valedictorian, DeKalb County High School.

TN - HJR235 Memorials, Academic Achievement - Tucker Vaught, Valedictorian, Watertown High School.

TN - HB1414 State Symbols - As introduced, designates the tristar symbol on the Tennessee state flag as the official state symbol. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 1, Part 3.

TN - HB1444 Taxes, Sales - As introduced, reallocates revenue generated from sales and use tax on tires. - Amends TCA Title 67, Chapter 6.

TN - HJR587 Memorials, Recognition - Clyde Bradley Nokes

TN - HB724 Health Care - As introduced, enacts the "Mission Tennessee Act." - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 56; Title 63 and Title 68.

TN - HB1412 Marriage - As introduced, enacts the "Tennessee Natural Marriage Defense Act"; states the policy of Tennessee to defend natural marriage between one man and one woman regardless of any court decision to the contrary. - Amends TCA Title 36.

TN - HJR198 Memorials, Recognition - John Jay Hooker.

TN - HB1719 County Government - As introduced, prohibits an employee of a county from serving on the county's budget or finance committee. - Amends TCA Title 5, Chapter 12; Title 5, Chapter 13; Title 5, Chapter 21; Title 5, Chapter 5; Title 5, Chapter 8 and Title 12, Chapter 4.

TN - HB1423 Driver Licenses - As introduced, requires any person 76 years of age or older, who applies for renewal of a driver license on or after July 1, 2016, to undergo and pass a vision test unless the person submits a written statement that indicates the specifics of the person’s vision and the need for any corrective lenses within six months of the renewal from a licensed ophthalmologist or optometrist in good standing. - Amends TCA Title 55, Chapter 50.

TN - HJR255 Memorials, Sports - Friendship Christian School boys' bowling team TSSAA Division II state champions.

TN - HJR227 Memorials, Academic Achievement - Colin Nathaniel Ray Jennings, Salutatorian, Watertown High School.

TN - HJR365 Memorials, Recognition - Colonel James E. Stone.

TN - HJR197 Memorials, Sports - Nashville Central Christian Warriors homeschool basketball team, National Champions.

TN - HJR226 Memorials, Academic Achievement - Elizabeth Cluck, Valedictorian, Friendship Christian School.

TN - HB1445 Attorneys at Law - As introduced, increases amount paid to court appointed counsel for indigent criminal defendants to $75.00 per hour. - Amends TCA Title 40, Chapter 14, Part 2.

TN - HJR200 Memorials, Recognition - Dalton Teel, Governors Volunteer Stars Award recipient.

TN - HJR256 Memorials, Academic Achievement - Rachel Pettross, Salutatorian, Friendship Christian School.

TN - HJR582 Memorials, Public Service - Melinda K. Parton

TN - HB728 Telecommunications - As introduced, requires the office of the comptroller to prepare a report on or before January 1, 2016, replacing June 30, 2005, for the business and utilities committee of the house and the commerce and labor committee of the senate evaluating the operations of municipal electric systems offering cable, two-way video transmission, video programming, Internet, or similar services and including a recommendation as to whether the authority to provide the services should be expanded, restricted, or terminated. - Amends TCA Title 7; Title 47, Chapter 18 and Title 65.

TN - HJR217 Memorials, Sports - Watertown High School girls' basketball team, District 8A champions and KSA girls' tournament champions.

TN - HJR199 Memorials, Death - JoAnne Grafton.

TN - HJR320 Memorials, Sports - Jake Williams, NAIA wrestling national champion.

TN - HB1441 Insurance Companies, Agents, Brokers, Policies - As introduced, prohibits certain health benefit plans that provide coverage for cancer therapy from holding proton radiation therapy to a higher standard of clinical evidence for medical policy benefit coverage decisions than the health plan requires for coverage of any other radiation therapy treatment. - Amends TCA Title 56.

TN - HB726 Election Laws - As enacted, specifies that the chair of the county election commission must be a member of the majority party, and the secretary must be a member of a minority party. - Amends TCA Title 2; Title 4; Title 5; Title 6 and Title 7.

TN - HB730 Motor Vehicles - As enacted, authorizes a motor vehicle dealer who is licensed to sell motor vehicles to operate one additional business at the dealer's established place of business; provided, at least 66 percent of the dealer's established place of business is used for the sale or service, or both, of motor vehicles and that the income derived from the additional business is less than 33 percent of the gross income of the dealership. - Amends TCA Title 55 and Title 67.

TN - HJR86 General Assembly, Statement of Intent or Position - Urges the President to approve the Keystone XL oil pipeline.

TN - HJR236 Memorials, Academic Achievement - Makalee Ruch, Salutatorian, DeKalb County High School.

TN - HB1424 Handgun Permits - As enacted, reduces the fee for lifetime handgun carry permit, effective January 1, 2017, from $500 to be an amount equal to the regular carry permit fee plus $200, which under present law will equal $300 for the lifetime permit. - Amends TCA Section 39-17-1351.

TN - HB753 Health Care - As introduced, enacts the "Health Care Compact." - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 33; Title 63; Title 68 and Title 71.

TN - HB1828 State Government - As introduced, prohibits state and local governments from enforcing, administering, or cooperating with the implementation, regulation, or enforcement of any federal executive order or U.S. supreme court opinion unless the general assembly first expressly implements it as the public policy of the state. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 1.

TN - HB1443 Motor Vehicles - As enacted, reduces, from 60 days to 21 days, the maximum period of time in which a person engaged in towing and storing motor vehicles may charge the vehicle's owner or lienholder a storage fee; decreases the period in which notification must be given under present law by persons engaged in the business of towing and storing motor vehicles to the last known registered owner and all lienholders of a vehicle from at least 14 days to at least 10 days prior to charging a storage fee; revises the applicability of the Motor Vehicle Storage Act to remove the exemption for counties with a metropolitan form of government. - Amends TCA Title 47 and Title 55, Chapter 23.

TN - HB535 Firearms and Ammunition - As introduced, permits a person who is not otherwise prohibited from possessing a firearm to possess a firearm, openly or concealed, regardless of whether the person has a handgun permit. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 17, Part 13 and Title 70.

TN - HB1419 Teachers, Principals and School Personnel - As enacted, revises provisions governing the evaluation of teachers and principals. - Amends TCA Title 49.

TN - HB2038 Workers Compensation - As enacted, revises various provisions governing workers' compensation in regard to the case management system and settlements. - Amends TCA Title 50 and Title 56.

TN - HB100 Controlled Substances - As enacted, changes the limit calculations for intermediate methamphetamine precursors from the total amount of the base ephedrine and pseudoephedrine in a product to the amount of ephedrine or pseudoephedrine base, or their salts, isomers, or salts of isomers contained in a product. - Amends TCA Section 39-17-431.

TN - HB1418 Education, Curriculum - As introduced, prohibits the state board from including religious doctrine in the curriculum standards for grades prior to grades 10 through 12. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 6, Part 10.

TN - HB2425 Handgun Permits - As enacted, lowers the age for receiving a handgun carry permit from 21 years of age to 18 years of age for persons who are an honorably discharged or retired veteran of the U.S. armed forces or a service member on active duty status. - Amends TCA Section 39-17-1351.

TN - HB2149 Veterans - As enacted, expands eligibility for a Fallen Heroes Medal to service members killed in attacks specifically targeting service members and under other circumstances. - Amends TCA Section 58-3-113.

TN - HB1748 Firearms and Ammunition - As introduced, authorizes anyone 21 years of age or older who is not prohibited by law from possessing a handgun to carry a handgun without a permit under the same circumstances and in the same places as a handgun permit holder. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 11, Part 1; Title 39, Chapter 17, Part 13; Title 50 and Title 70.

TN - HB1758 Abortion - As introduced, prohibits abortions after 20 weeks of pregnancy except to preserve the life and health of the mother. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 15, Part 2; Title 63 and Title 68, Chapter 11.

TN - HB425 Veterans - As enacted, enacts the "Kenneth Harry-Hill Tennessee Veterans Health Care Act of 2015," which may also be known as the "Mission Tennessee for Veterans Program". - Amends TCA Title 63 and Title 68.

TN - HB1438 Military - As enacted, enacts the "National Guard Force Protection Act of 2016". - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 9 and Title 58.

TN - HB2389 Firearms and Ammunition - As enacted, prohibits law enforcement officers of this state and its political subdivisions from enforcing provisions of international law and treaties that limit gun rights under Article I, Section 26 of the state constitution. - Amends TCA Title 38 and Title 39, Chapter 17, Part 13.

TN - HB986 Eminent Domain - As introduced, revises provisions governing condemned property being offered for sale to the former owner. - Amends TCA Section 29-17-1005.

TN - HB1368 Abortion - As enacted, requires facilities or physician offices where more than 50 abortions are performed in a calendar year to be licensed as ambulatory surgical treatment centers. - Amends TCA Title 68, Chapter 11.

TN - HB1497 Military - As introduced, extends employment protections for members of the army and air national guard, state guard, and civil air patrol of any other state to members who are called to active duty in Tennessee or any other state. - Amends TCA Title 8, Chapter 33; Title 50 and Title 58, Chapter 1.

TN - HB654 Workers Compensation - As introduced, removes the reciprocity provision that out-of-state employees who are temporarily performing services in this state are exempt from the Tennessee Workers' Compensation Law when certain requirements are met for purposes of construction services providers, and instead, requires that out-of-state construction services providers and their employers comply with the Tennessee Workers' Compensation Law. - Amends TCA Title 50, Chapter 6 and Title 56.

TN - HB1501 General Assembly - As introduced, establishes parameters for biennial September sessions. - Amends TCA Title 2 and Title 3.

TN - HB1504 Military - As introduced, establishes standards for the wear and appearance of Tennessee state guard uniforms. - Amends TCA Section 58-1-304 and Title 58, Chapter 1, Part 4.

TN - HB10 Students - As enacted, requires a student, during the student's high school career, to take a United States civics test. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 1; Title 49, Chapter 2 and Title 49, Chapter 6.

TN - HB1416 Traffic Safety - As enacted, enacts the "Slow Poke Law," which prohibits the operation of vehicles in the left lane of interstates and multilane divided highways, except for passing and other purposes. - Amends TCA Title 55, Chapter 8.

TN - HB2142 Appropriations - As introduced, appropriates $100,000,000 from excess state tax revenues over collected in fiscal year 2014-2015 to the various counties to be used for county transportation projects; allocates funds in the same manner as county aid funding. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 9; Title 54 and Title 67.

TN - HB1559 Workers Compensation - As enacted, revises various provisions governing payments for permanent partial disabilities; revises other provisions of the workers' compensation law. - Amends TCA Title 50, Chapter 6.

TN - HB2575 Handgun Permits - As enacted, makes various changes to handgun carry permits, including extending permit renewals to occur every eight years and lowering the initial application fee from $115 to $100. - Amends TCA Section 39-17-1351.

TN - HB1049 School Vouchers - As introduced, enacts the "Tennessee Choice & Opportunity Scholarship Act." - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 1.

TN - HB677 State Symbols - As introduced, designates the Barrett Model 82A1 rifle as the official state firearm. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 1, Part 3.

TN - HB275 Tennessee Bureau of Investigation - As enacted, authorizes the TBI to employ, effective July 1, 2015, four additional special agents for the purpose of training other officers, investigating and assisting in the prosecution of human trafficking cases; directs TBI to develop and provide a course of instruction to other officers and departments in the recognition, detection, and prosecution of human trafficking cases. - Amends TCA Title 38, Chapter 6.

TN - HB1405 State Symbols - As enacted, designates the state flag's center emblem of a blue circle with three white five-pointed stars as the official state symbol. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter .

TN - HB1451 University of Tennessee - As introduced, requires all intercollegiate women's athletic teams at the University of Tennessee at Knoxville to be called the "Lady Volunteers" or "Lady Vols" for all official school purposes. - Amends TCA Title 49.

TN - HB2250 Education, Dept. of - As introduced, requires department to publish its annual report concerning virtual schools on the department's web site. - Amends TCA Title 49.

TN - HB2049 Consumer Protection - As enacted, enacts the "Government Imposter and Deceptive Advertisements Act." - Amends TCA Title 47, Chapter 18.

TN - HB2323 Physicians and Surgeons - As enacted, enacts the "Health Care Empowerment Act". - Amends TCA Title 56; Title 63; Title 68 and Title 71.

TN - HB1905 Education - As enacted, requires each local school board to adopt a policy on the inclusion of religion in curriculum and instructional materials; requires each LEA to create a syllabus to be made public for grades six through 12 on social studies, science, math, and English language arts courses; requires the state board to initiate a revision process for the social studies standards adopted in 2013; requires teacher training institutions to instruct candidates regarding constitutionally permissible instruction of religious content. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 2, Part 1; Title 49, Chapter 5, Part 56 and Title 49, Chapter 6, Part 10.

TN - HB428 Attorney General and Reporter - As introduced, directs the office of the attorney general to prepare a written statement of a property owner's rights during any condemnation proceeding and to post the statement on its web site; requires that the statement be sent together with any notice of the filing of a petition to institute condemnation proceedings. - Amends TCA Title 29, Chapter 16 and Title 29, Chapter 17.

TN - HB1749 Handgun Permits - As enacted, imposes a reduced fee for a lifetime handgun carry permit for certain retired federal, state, and local law enforcement officers. - Amends TCA Section 39-17-1351.

TN - HB1342 Evidence - As enacted, provides that in a prosecution for any criminal homicide, an appropriate photograph of the victim while still alive will be admissible evidence when offered by the district attorney to show the general appearance and condition of the victim while alive. - Amends TCA Title 39 and Title 40.

TN - HB615 State Government - As introduced, designates the Holy Bible as the official state book. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 1.

TN - HB1301 Motor Vehicles - As introduced, sets a maximum fee of $20.00 for towing firms to charge to release a motor vehicle attached for towing, but not yet transported to another location, when the motor vehicle is parked without authority on private property; provides that a violation is a Class C misdemeanor. - Amends TCA Title 55.

TN - HB1780 Education - As enacted, requires every elementary and secondary school to post the toll-free telephone number operated by the department of children's services to receive reports of child abuse or neglect in a clearly visible location in a public area that is readily accessible to students. - Amends TCA Title 49.

TN - HB977 Abortion - As enacted, implements 48-hour waiting period on procuring an abortion; establishes requirements for informed consent; provides medical emergency exception. - Amends TCA Title 37, Chapter 10, Part 3; Title 39, Chapter 15, Part 2; Title 63, Chapter 6; Title 63, Chapter 9 and Title 68, Chapter 11, Part 2.

TN - HB1537 Education - As enacted, enacts the "Tennessee Student Assessment Transparency Act". - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 6, Part 60.

TN - HB2510 Traffic Safety - As enacted, requires that every notice of violation or citation issued that is based solely upon evidence obtained from any traffic enforcement camera used to enforce or monitor traffic violations of the requirement that motor vehicles stop at a red light, include a disclaimer stating that nonpayment of the notice or citation cannot adversely affect the person's credit score or report, driver's license, and/or automobile insurance rates. - Amends TCA Title 55, Chapter 50 and Title 55, Chapter 8.

TN - HR166 Memorials, Recognition - Dalton Teel, FFA State Secretary

TN - HR165 Memorials, Recognition - Chelsea Sanders, FFA State President

TN - HJR283 Memorials, Academic Achievement - Max Alexander Lane, Valedictorian, Wilson Central High School.

TN - HJR56 Memorials, Personal Achievement - Deborah R. Williams, Ms. Tennessee Senior America 2014.

TN - HJR270 Memorials, Academic Achievement - Griffin Duvall, Valedictorian, Lebanon High School.

TN - HJR525 Constitutional Amendments - Proposes an amendment to Article II, Section 28, of the Constitution of Tennessee to prohibit the legislature from imposing a state property tax on real property.

TN - HJR400 Memorials, Academic Achievement - Kyle J. Cooper, Salutatorian, Heritage Christian Academy.

TN - HJR272 Memorials, Academic Achievement - Aaron Kintzler, Salutatorian, Lebanon High School.

TN - HJR282 Memorials, Academic Achievement - Keele Noelle Dillon, Salutatorian, Wilson Central High School.

TN - HJR231 Naming and Designating - Designates the Barrett Model M82/M107 as the official rifle of the State of Tennessee.

TN - HJR71 Constitutional Amendments - Proposes an amendment to the Constitution of Tennessee recognizing that our liberties do not come from governments, but from Almighty God, our Creator and Savior.

TN - HJR500 General Assembly, Statement of Intent or Position - Condemns global Christian persecution

TN - HJR14 Naming and Designating - Designating the State of Tennessee as a Purple Heart State.

TN - HJR119 Memorials, Death - Garner "Mack" Goode Jr.

TN - HJR128 Memorials, Recognition - Congressman Marsha Blackburn, Tennessee Federation of Republican Women.

TN - HJR127 Memorials, Recognition - Congressman Diane Black, Tennessee Federation of Republican Women.

TN - HJR129 Memorials, Recognition - Helen H. "Tootie" Haskins, Tennessee Federation of Republican Women.