WPC Legislative Priorities Report March 26, 2017 REPRODUCTIVE JUSTICE: HB 1189 – Hill, M SB 1180 – Hensley PRIORITY BILL – OPPOSE The “Tennessee Infants Protection Act,” which prohibits abortion of a viable fetus except in a medical emergency and requires testing to determine viability if a woman is at Read more…
Legislative Action Alert REPRODUCTIVE JUSTICE: HB 1189 – Hill, M SB 1180 – Hensley PRIORITY BILL – OPPOSE The “Tennessee Infants Protection Act,” which prohibits abortion of a viable fetus except in a medical emergency and requires testing to determine viability if a woman is at least 20 weeks pregnant. Read more…
2016 Legislative Session Summary May 24, 2016 The 109th General Assembly is now history, having adjourned (at last) on April 22. Now the election season has begun, and there are many state legislative races of interest.
Legislation of Interest as of 01/29/2016
Prepared by Smith, Harris, and Carr.
Adoption WPC worked with Sen. Haile and Rep. Faison, the sponsors of SB440/HB445 (now Public Chapter 113), which shortens the time period during which a parent can revoke the surrender of a child for adoption from 10 days to 3 days. Pre-Marital Retirement Accounts in Divorce This was TN Bar Read more…
Legislative Action Opportunities for the Week of March 25, 2018
After the marches that took place around the world yesterday, I thought it appropriate to begin this report with gun related action opportunities.
April 29, 2014 By Meagan Frazier & Anne Carr, WPC Lobbyists, and Christi Granstaff, VP for Legislation The second session of the 108th General Assembly adjourned on April 17, 2014. Since this was the second year of the General Assembly, no bills are left pending. Thank you very much to Read more…
By Meagan Frazier and Anne Carr The legislative session is getting more frantic and will be over by mid April. This week, there were literally thousands of citizens in and out on various issues, including Nashville’s AMP and Common Core. Today our report focuses on the following bills: SB2084/HB2188, by Read more…
By Anne Carr, WPC Lobbyist, and Christi Granstaff, VP for Legislation The first legislative session of the 108th General Assembly ended on April 19, the earliest adjournment since at least 1995. Both the House and Senate had set that end date as their goal, having achieved a relatively early Read more…
Success!!! WPC Opposition Helps Kill TANF Bill! SB132/HB261, which penalized the TANF (Tennessee Aid to Needy Families) grants of needy families, is dead for this year. Thanks to a storm of publicity and opposition from many groups, Senate sponsor Stacey Campfield, of Knoxville, yesterday sent the bill from the full Read more…