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Janice Bowling

Republican. Senate, district 16.

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Bills they sponsored

84 bills sponsored this session

enacts the "Freedom to Farm Act." - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 17, Part 4; Title 40 and Title 43SB 2486 · this session · introduced Feb 3, 2026
Failed in Senate Energy, Ag., and Nat. Resources Committee
allows an LEA or public charter school to install, maintain, and use, subject to parental approval, a video camera surveillance system in the special education classrooms operated by the LEA or public charter school to cSB 2485 · this session · introduced Feb 3, 2026
Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 4/21/2026
enacts the "Tennessee Ballot Access Act." - Amends TCA Title 2SB 2484 · this session · introduced Feb 3, 2026
Failed in Senate State and Local Government Committee
enacts the "Tennessee Foreign Law Non-Recognition Act." - Amends TCA Title 20 and Title 29SB 2488 · this session · introduced Feb 2, 2026
Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Judiciary Committee
creates a procedure for a state employee who has reasonable cause to suspect that improper government conduct or a crime has occurred to report the matter to a supervisor and for the supervisor to report that informationSB 2487 · this session · introduced Feb 2, 2026
Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate State and Local Government Committee
Veterans Services, Dept. of - As enacted, requires the department to conduct a study that includes an evaluation of county veterans service office resources; the identification of underserved areas; operational capacity;SB 2483 · this session · introduced Feb 2, 2026
Signed by Governor.
Obscenity and Pornography - As enacted, prohibits the issuance of a license to operate certain adult-oriented establishments unless certain signage is posted. - Amends TCA Title 7, Chapter 51 and Title 39. Companion billSB 2481 · this session · introduced Feb 2, 2026
Sponsor(s) Added.
enacts the "Greenbelt Initiative Fund Transfer (GIFT) Act," which creates the rural revenue equity fund; authorizes the commissioner of economic and community development to distribute amounts from the fund to rural counSB 2480 · this session · introduced Feb 2, 2026
Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 4/21/2026
requires newly installed storm drains and culverts constructed after July 1, 2026, to be equipped with a safety cover or grate if the opening is large enough that a child could reasonably fall into or become trapped withSB 2479 · this session · introduced Feb 2, 2026
Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate State and Local Government Committee
requires a blood bank to comply with a physician's order for an autologous blood donation or directed blood donation for a specific patient; requires a hospital to allow a patient who is scheduled for a medical procedureSB 1947 · this session · introduced Feb 2, 2026
Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
establishes a nine-member Tennessee K-12 nutrition task force to evaluate the prevalence of ultra-processed foods (UPFs) and other substances in public school meal programs and the impact of UPFs on student health, to reSB 2122 · this session · introduced Jan 23, 2026
Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
requires each county election commission to check each applicant with the systematic alien verification for entitlements (SAVE) program database prior to placing a registrant on the voter rolls in order to ensure non-UniSB 2124 · this session · introduced Jan 22, 2026
Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate State and Local Government Committee
enacts the "Tennessee Just Compensation for Property Owners Act," which requires an airport authority that exercises eminent domain to acquire private property to pay enhanced damages and costs to the owner of the subjecSB 2120 · this session · introduced Jan 22, 2026
Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee
enacts the "Parental Rights Protection Act," which makes various changes to the termination of parental rights, including raising the burden of proof the state must show to beyond a reasonable doubt and establishing the SB 2119 · this session · introduced Jan 22, 2026
Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee
requires proposed subdivision plans to be approved by a local planning commission or other agency authorized to approve such plans prior to their submission to the department for approval rather than such plans being appSB 1892 · this session · introduced Jan 22, 2026
Withdrawn.
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Education, Dept. of - As enacted, allows a local board of education or public charter school governing body that has not received funding from the department for purposes of awarding its teachers the bonus authorized in SB 1891 · this session · introduced Jan 22, 2026
Signed by Governor.
Children - As enacted, requires certain procedures, currently found in the federal Indian Child Welfare Act, to be applied by courts in child custody proceedings involving an Indian child. - Amends TCA Title 36 and TitleSB 485 · this session · introduced Jan 22, 2026
Signed by Governor.
specifies that certain statutes of limitation in civil matters apply to the state and the state's political subdivisions. - Amends TCA Title 9; Title 28 and Title 29SB 2123 · this session · introduced Jan 21, 2026
Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee
lowers the minimum age, from 25 to 23, that is necessary to receive an initial school bus endorsement; authorizes local boards of education and public charter school governing bodies to adopt policies prescribing the quaSB 2121 · this session · introduced Jan 21, 2026
Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
enacts the "mRNA Bioweapons Prohibition Act," which prohibits the manufacture, acquisition, possession, or making accessible to others of mRNA injections and products; requires state and local government officials to useSB 1949 · this session · introduced Jan 21, 2026
Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee
requires a county medical examiner to report certain instances of the natural death of an infant or young person under 20 to the federal Sudden Unexpected Infant Death and Sudden Death in the Young Case Registry; requireSB 1948 · this session · introduced Jan 21, 2026
Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Health and Welfare Committee
states that a person who has not been convicted of a violent, felony crime and who is lawfully able to own or to possess a firearm under the Constitution of Tennessee is considered to be individually licensed and verifieSB 1897 · this session · introduced Jan 21, 2026
Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Judiciary Committee
requires boards of education that contract for transportation services with persons owning equipment to provide school transportation facilities to all students who live more than 1.5 miles by the nearest accessible routSB 1896 · this session · introduced Jan 21, 2026
Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 4/21/2026
allows a person convicted of driving under the influence of an intoxicant involving alcohol or opioids to agree to receive naltrexone injections at the person's own expense for a period of 12 continuous months in lieu ofSB 1895 · this session · introduced Jan 21, 2026
Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Judiciary Committee
Local Education Agencies - As enacted, requires, beginning with the next adoption of academic standards in the subject of social studies, the standards recommendation committee to include in their final recommendations oSB 1890 · this session · introduced Jan 21, 2026
Signed by Governor.
enacts the "Tennessee mRNA Pharmaceutical Sovereignty and Safety Act," which prohibits individuals, including professional providers of health care and veterinary medicine, from administering any vaccine or other injectaSB 1767 · this session · introduced Jan 21, 2026
Action deferred in Senate Health and Welfare Committee to 3/18/2026
Motor Vehicles - As enacted, revises law relative to out-of-service orders issued to commercial drivers and related penalties. - Amends TCA Title 55 and Title 65, Chapter 15. SB1748 has been assigned Public Chapter NumbeSB 1748 · this session · introduced Jan 21, 2026
Signed by Governor.
Criminal Offenses - As enacted, creates an offense of recklessly discharging a firearm into the air, ground, a body of water, or an object in close proximity to the person if the firearm is discharged at a place of publiSB 1747 · this session · introduced Jan 20, 2026
Signed by Governor.
Juries and Jurors - As enacted, requires a breastfeeding mother to be excused from jury service upon submitting to the jury coordinator a written request to be excused and a supporting medical statement from a licensed pSB 1893 · this session · introduced Jan 16, 2026
Signed by Governor.
requires each LEA and public charter school to install, maintain, and use, subject to parental approval, a video camera surveillance system in the special education classrooms operated by the LEA or public charter schoolSB 1894 · this session · introduced Jan 15, 2026
Withdrawn.
increases from a Class A misdemeanor to a Class C felony the available sentence for an aggravated criminal trespass if, while in commission of the trespass, the trespasser encounters the owner using or displaying a fireaSB 1749 · this session · introduced Jan 14, 2026
Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Judiciary Committee
expands the definition of a person for whom a wrongful death action may be brought to include an unborn child beginning at fertilization, rather than in utero; extends the period of time from two to three years after whiSB 1743 · this session · introduced Jan 13, 2026
Failed in Senate Judiciary Committee
prohibits the department of environment and conservation from prohibiting a utility that provides drinking water from pumping or otherwise withdrawing water from natural waters for purposes of providing drinking water, iSB 1750 · this session · introduced Jan 12, 2026
Failed in Senate Energy, Ag., and Nat. Resources Committee
entitles qualified law enforcement officers upon retirement or separation from service from their employing law enforcement agency to continue to maintain annual POST-certification upon meeting certain requirements. - AmSB 1744 · this session · introduced Jan 8, 2026
Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Judiciary Committee
states that private citizens and organizations are not bound by the Fourteenth Amendment or the Supreme Court’s decision in Obergefell v. Hodges to recognize a marriage between individuals of the same sex; prohibits the SB 1746 · this session · introduced Jan 6, 2026
Action deferred in Senate Judiciary Committee to 2027
enacts the "Banning Bostock Act." - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 21SB 1745 · this session · introduced Jan 6, 2026
Action deferred in Senate Judiciary Committee to 2027
Tullahoma - Subject to local approval, extends the term of the current city judge by one year in order to have the election of the city judge coincide with the elections for members of the board of mayor and aldermen. - SB 1440 · this session · introduced Feb 26, 2025
Companion House Bill substituted
requires local boards of education to notify the department of education when a board declares itself to be a high performing school district; requires the department to maintain a list of high performing school districtSB 1108 · this session · introduced Feb 6, 2025
Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Education Committee
Drugs, Prescription - As enacted, enacts the "Restore Trust in Public Health Messaging Act." - Amends TCA Title 53 and Title 68. Companion bill has been assigned Public Chapter Number 108 by the Secretary of StateSB 1031 · this session · introduced Feb 6, 2025
Companion House Bill substituted
deletes the responsibility of a parent or legal guardian to ensure that such person's child receives vaccines as recommended by guidelines of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention or the American Academy of PediSB 1030 · this session · introduced Feb 6, 2025
Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Judiciary Committee
prohibits public airports that provide commercial services from entering into an agreement that authorizes a private third-party vendor that provides expedited security screening to use the standard security lane or the SB 483 · this session · introduced Feb 6, 2025
Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Transportation and Safety Committee
creates exception to the state regulation of biosolids by authorizing the legislative body of Grundy County to regulate such activities. - Amends TCA Title 5; Title 68, Chapter 211; Title 68, Chapter 221 and Title 69SB 1263 · this session · introduced Feb 5, 2025
Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
deletes obsolete language regarding initial reports submitted by zero to three court programs and safe baby courts to the department of children's services, the department of mental health and substance abuse services, tSB 1109 · this session · introduced Feb 5, 2025
Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee
prohibits a healthcare facility from authorizing a licensed healthcare professional from performing a drug or alcohol test or screen on a patient who is pregnant, less than one year postpartum, or a newborn without writtSB 1039 · this session · introduced Feb 5, 2025
Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Health and Welfare Committee
Game and Fish Laws - As enacted, increases the fee that county clerks and other agents are authorized to collect from purchases of hunting and fishing licenses from $1.00 to $3.00 for annual licenses and $.50 to $3.00 foSB 1038 · this session · introduced Feb 5, 2025
Sponsor(s) Added.
requires that all driver licenses and photo identification licenses be manufactured and printed in this state; requires the department of safety to review and determine the cost-effectiveness of having such licenses manuSB 1036 · this session · introduced Feb 5, 2025
Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Transportation and Safety Committee
requires the administrative office of the courts to report by October 1, 2025, to the speaker of the senate and the speaker of the house of representatives the number of persons found guilty of the Class A misdemeanor ofSB 1035 · this session · introduced Feb 5, 2025
Failed in Senate Judiciary Committee
Historical Sites and Preservation - As enacted, includes in the definition of a "memorial", for purposes of Tennessee heritage protection, an official governmental seal of a city or county government that contains imagerSB 1034 · this session · introduced Feb 5, 2025
Signed by Governor.
designates the intentional injection, release, or dispersion, by any means, of chemicals, chemical compounds, substances, or apparatus within the borders of this state into the atmosphere with the express purpose of affeSB 1033 · this session · introduced Feb 5, 2025
Failed in Senate Energy, Ag., and Nat. Resources Committee
requires all ballots cast in an election to have a secure watermark; requires the official tabulation count of a ballot scanner to be based on the text or machine mark portion of a ballot; makes certain other changes relSB 1028 · this session · introduced Feb 5, 2025
Failed in Senate State and Local Government Committee
increases the burden of proof required to be met by the state in civil asset forfeiture proceedings from a preponderance of evidence standard to a clear and convincing evidence standard. - Amends TCA Title 40, Chapter 33SB 493 · this session · introduced Feb 5, 2025
Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Judiciary Committee
requires an enforcement officer to issue an out-of-service order to a driver issued a commercial driver license if the officer determines during a safety inspection that the driver is unable to read and speak the EnglishSB 492 · this session · introduced Feb 5, 2025
Failed in Senate Transportation and Safety Committee
specifies that for purposes of carrying out a sentence of death, lethal injection protocol may include the use of pharmaceutical fentanyl. - Amends TCA Title 40SB 491 · this session · introduced Feb 5, 2025
Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee
permits the expunction of a Class E felony conviction for official misconduct. - Amends TCA Title 39 and Title 40, Chapter 32SB 490 · this session · introduced Feb 5, 2025
Failed in Senate Judiciary Committee / no motion
prohibits out-of-state political campaign committees from making contributions to influence a state or local primary election for the Republican Party. - Amends TCA Title 2 and Title 3SB 1040 · this session · introduced Feb 4, 2025
Failed in Senate State and Local Government Committee
increases, from 30 to 45, the number of days the office of open records counsel has to acknowledge and approve a plan submitted by a governing body detailing how the body plans to comply with electronic communication reqSB 1037 · this session · introduced Feb 4, 2025
Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 5, Nays 4 PNV 0
requires officials who are employed or contracted by the federal government, the state government, or a local government within this state, or an agency or department thereof, to obtain a search warrant that identifies tSB 1032 · this session · introduced Feb 4, 2025
Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Judiciary Committee
makes changes to the process for voting absentee under the federal Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act. - Amends TCA Title 2, Chapter 6, Part 5SB 1029 · this session · introduced Feb 4, 2025
Failed in Senate State and Local Government Committee
enacts the "Tennessee Medical Cannabis Act," which establishes a medical cannabis program to be administered by the Tennessee medical cannabis program commission. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 38, Chapter 3; Title 39, ChapSB 489 · this session · introduced Feb 4, 2025
Failed in Senate Judiciary Committee / no second
requires a parent or guardian who wishes to enroll the parent's or guardian's student into an LEA or public charter school to submit one of the listed documents to the LEA or public charter school upon enrollment of the SB 1044 · this session · introduced Feb 3, 2025
Failed in Senate Education Committee
reduces the percentage of sentence that a person convicted of first degree murder on or after July 1, 1995, and sentenced to life imprisonment is required to serve before becoming eligible for release from 100 percent ofSB 475 · this session · introduced Feb 3, 2025
Failed in Senate Judiciary Committee
prohibits foreign entities and domestic entities that receive funding from foreign entities from making contributions to a candidate or a political campaign committee; prohibits the speakers of the senate and the house oSB 1047 · this session · introduced Jan 30, 2025
Failed in Senate State and Local Government Committee
specifies that an unauthorized alien does not have standing to commence or appear as a plaintiff in any civil action in this state. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 8; Title 16; Title 20; Title 28 and Title 29SB 1046 · this session · introduced Jan 30, 2025
Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee
increases from 2.4 to 5 percent, the amount of realty transfer tax and mortgage tax collections retained as commission by county registers for collecting and reporting those taxes; requires 50 percent of such collectionsSB 469 · this session · introduced Jan 30, 2025
Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate State and Local Government Committee
prohibits a person, political subdivision, or public official, in connection with a state emergency, from categorizing or proclaiming by order, rule, or regulation that a lawful occupation is non-essential, or otherwise SB 1048 · this session · introduced Jan 29, 2025
Failed in Senate State and Local Government Committee
enacts the "Family Right to Educational Emancipation (FREE) Act," which creates a new category of independent home schools that are not subject to the data collection, reporting, or assessment requirements applicable to SB 494 · this session · introduced Jan 29, 2025
Sponsor(s) Added.
removes abandonment as an option for a property owner after a municipality determines the structure located on the property is unfit for human occupation or use; authorizes all municipalities to adopt ordinances to inspeSB 488 · this session · introduced Jan 29, 2025
Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate State and Local Government Committee
Safety - As enacted, enacts the "Riley Gaines Women's Safety and Protection Act." - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 37; Title 41; Title 49 and Title 68. SB0468 has been assigned Public Chapter Number 1052 by the Secretary of SSB 468 · this session · introduced Jan 29, 2025
Signed by Governor.
expands the offense of unlawful photography to include a photograph that the defendant knew would include the victim engaged in sexual activity; increases the penalty for the offense of unlawful photography from a Class SB 482 · this session · introduced Jan 28, 2025
Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 4/21/2026
Housing - As enacted, deletes the definition of "blighted area" and defines "blighted property" for purposes of condemnation by housing authorities; clarifies that housing authorities may acquire real property without usSB 480 · this session · introduced Jan 28, 2025
Signed by Governor.
enacts the "Restoring State Sovereignty Through Nullification Act," which establishes processes by which the general assembly may nullify an unconstitutional federal statute, regulation, agency order, or executive order.SB 479 · this session · introduced Jan 28, 2025
Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate State and Local Government Committee
prohibits a healthcare provider from inquiring as to a patient's ownership, possession of, or access to firearm ammunition or firearm accessories; subjects the healthcare provider to disciplinary action and a fine of $1,SB 474 · this session · introduced Jan 27, 2025
Failed in Senate Health and Welfare Committee
designates the new swimming pool at Henry Horton State Park as the "Riley Gaines Aquatic Center." -SB 1043 · this session · introduced Jan 22, 2025
Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Energy, Ag., and Nat. Resources Committee
reduces, from $100 billion to $50 billion, the amount of assets held by a state or national bank, savings and loan association, savings bank, credit union, industrial loan and thrift, or mortgage lender that are necessarSB 487 · this session · introduced Jan 22, 2025
Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Commerce and Labor Committee
specifies that a commercial entity that knowingly possesses, promotes, purchases, produces, sells, sends, transports, or distributes obscene matter in violation of state law may be held civilly liable to an individual foSB 467 · this session · introduced Jan 21, 2025
Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Judiciary Committee
specifies the damages that may be awarded against a person or commercial entity that publishes or distributes a website containing a substantial portion of content harmful to minors includes actual damages, nominal damagSB 466 · this session · introduced Jan 21, 2025
Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Judiciary Committee
appropriates $25 million to the legislature for planning and construction of a new parking garage that has at least 400 parking spaces, is attached to the Cordell Hull Building, and is used solely by legislative employeeSB 486 · this session · introduced Jan 17, 2025
Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 4/21/2026
Education, Curriculum - As enacted, establishes that family life curriculum must include age-appropriate instruction and evidence regarding the positive personal and societal outcomes associated with the method by which SB 471 · this session · introduced Jan 15, 2025
Signed by Governor.
Food and Food Products - As enacted, adds certain conditions in order to produce and sell homemade food items. - Amends TCA Title 53 and Title 68, Chapter 14, Part 7. SB0484 has been assigned Public Chapter Number 431 bySB 484 · this session · introduced Jan 13, 2025
Signed by Governor.
Local Education Agencies - As enacted, requires, beginning August 1, 2027, each LEA and public charter school to prohibit food or beverage items that contain Allura Red AC, which is Chemical Abstracts Service registry nuSB 476 · this session · introduced Jan 13, 2025
Sponsor(s) Added.
lowers the minimum age, from 25 to 21, that is necessary to receive an initial school bus endorsement. - Amends TCA Section 5-8-102; Title 49 and Title 55SB 1042 · this session · introduced Jan 9, 2025
Failed in Senate Transportation and Safety Committee
Education - As enacted, requires all residential educational programs in this state that allow minors to participate or to access residential facilities, including staying overnight in such facilities, to segregate certaSB 472 · this session · introduced Jan 7, 2025
Sponsor(s) Added.
enacts the "Veterans Assistance for Livelihood, Opportunity, and Relief (VALOR) Act," which exempts disabled veterans who have 100 percent permanent and total disability from a service-connected cause from the payment ofSB 473 · this session · introduced Dec 23, 2024
Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 4/21/2026
requires an annual training pay bonus supplement for eligible campus police officers and public safety officers in the amount of $800. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 38 and Section 49-7-118SB 478 · this session · introduced Nov 12, 2024
Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 4/21/2026

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