Tennessee House

Johnny Garrett

Republican. House, district 45.

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Bills they sponsored

27 bills sponsored this session

Expunction - As enacted, permits a court to expunge certain violent offenses for which a person has been pardoned; requires the court to consider, in weighing the best interests of justice and public safety, whether the HB 2452 · this session · introduced Feb 2, 2026

Sponsor(s) Added.

Estates - As enacted, states that the Uniform Partition Heirs Property Act does not apply to sales of land to pay the debts of an estate; revises the method for determining a decedent’s gross estate for purposes of calcuHB 2451 · this session · introduced Feb 2, 2026

Comp. SB subst.

Mass Transit - As enacted, enacts the "Subterranean Transportation Infrastructure Coordination Act." - Companion bill has been assigned Public Chapter Number 854 by the Secretary of StateHB 2450 · this session · introduced Feb 2, 2026

Sponsor(s) Added.

requires public libraries established by a county, city, or town to adopt a materials reconsideration policy that provides a process by which any legal resident of the county where the library is located may request thatHB 2449 · this session · introduced Feb 2, 2026

Taken off notice for cal. in State & Local Government Committee

changes from February 1 to February 15 the date by which the Tennessee bureau of investigation must report excess money collected pursuant to background check fees charged to gun dealers. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 8; THB 2448 · this session · introduced Feb 2, 2026

P2C, caption bill, held on desk - pending amdt.

Immigration - As enacted, requires the sheriff of each county to enter into an agreement under an available federal 287(g) program, and expands the powers of the board of control of the Tennessee corrections institute. -HB 2219 · this session · introduced Feb 2, 2026

Transmitted to Governor for his action.

Trusts - As enacted, makes various changes regarding trusts and wills, including permitting confidential information related to trusts that is contained in court filings, including court orders, to be redacted or filed uHB 2454 · this session · introduced Jan 21, 2026

Comp. SB subst.

prohibits a person from qualifying as a candidate in a primary election for federal office who holds dual citizenship or is not a natural-born citizen of the United States. - Amends TCA Title 2HB 2036 · this session · introduced Jan 21, 2026

Taken off notice for cal in s/c Elections & Campaign Finance Subcommittee of State & Local Government Committee

Consumer Protection - As enacted, removes the requirement that an assurance of voluntary compliance with the Tennessee Consumer Protection Act of 1977 be in writing, and filed and subject to the approval of the circuit oHB 2453 · this session · introduced Jan 15, 2026

Comp. SB subst.

requires the personal representative to notify beneficiaries or intestate heirs of their right to file exceptions to claims of creditors filed against an estate; makes various other changes regarding wills and claims of HB 906 · this session · introduced Feb 10, 2025

Taken off notice for cal in s/c Children and Family Affairs Subcommittee of Judiciary Committee

Real Property - As enacted, specifies certain persons who may submit electronic records for registration with a register of deeds that accepts electronic records under the Uniform Real Property Electronic Recording Act; HB 1039 · this session · introduced Feb 6, 2025

Transmitted to Governor for his action.

Health Care - As enacted, revises law relative to the operation of acute care hospitals. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 33; Title 68; Title 71 and Chapter 985 of the Public Acts of 2024. Companion bill has been assigned PubHB 819 · this session · introduced Feb 6, 2025

Sponsor(s) Added.

adds Western Governors University as a postsecondary institution at which Tennessee resident students may be enrolled for purposes of receiving a Senator Ben Atchley opportunity grant. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 4, PHB 645 · this session · introduced Feb 6, 2025

Failed in Education Committee

Insurance Companies, Agents, Brokers, Policies - As enacted, removes the requirement that a provider notify a patient of communication between the provider and a health insurance entity or healthcare facility concerning HB 1074 · this session · introduced Feb 5, 2025

Comp. SB subst.

Election Laws - As enacted, revises the definition of "contribution," for purposes of financial disclosures under the state's campaign finance laws, to include an activity done independently of or in coordination with a HB 1073 · this session · introduced Feb 5, 2025

Transmitted to Governor for his action.

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Courts, Juvenile - As enacted, requires the administrative office of the courts to maintain a criminal justice information services compliant centralized statewide juvenile case management system; requires all juvenile cHB 1038 · this session · introduced Feb 5, 2025

Comp. SB subst.

Human Rights - As enacted, schedules the Tennessee human rights commission for termination on July 1, 2025, and transfers the commission's duties concerning discrimination in employment, housing, public accommodations, mHB 910 · this session · introduced Feb 5, 2025

Transmitted to Governor for his action.

reduces, from 60 days to 45 days, the time within which, after the end of the calendar year, the commissioner of financial institutions must submit the department's annual report to the governor. - Amends TCA Title 45HB 820 · this session · introduced Feb 5, 2025

P2C, caption bill, held on desk - pending amdt.

specifies that an unauthorized alien does not have standing to commence or appear as a plaintiff in certain civil actions. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 8; Title 16; Title 20; Title 28 and Title 29HB 1037 · this session · introduced Feb 4, 2025

Assigned to s/c Civil Justice Subcommittee

Interest Rates - As enacted, removes the weighted average yield of the accepted offers of the Federal National Mortgage Association's current free market system auction and the 30-year treasury yield as the two bases upoHB 908 · this session · introduced Feb 4, 2025

Transmitted to Governor for his action.

changes the date, from October to November 1, by which a public institution of higher education that receives funds from the distribution of credit cards to students or any percentage from the use of cards bearing the coHB 818 · this session · introduced Feb 4, 2025

P2C, caption bill, held on desk - pending amdt.

Consumer Protection - As enacted, revises one of the definitions of a "nonprofit organization" for purposes of the Tennessee Information Protection Act to mean a public utility organized or regulated, instead of only orgHB 911 · this session · introduced Jan 30, 2025

Transmitted to Governor for his action.

creates a law enforcement investigatory privilege; prohibits a subpoena from being issued for a civil or criminal proceeding for information protected by the law enforcement privilege. - Amends TCA Title 24, Chapter 1, PHB 907 · this session · introduced Jan 30, 2025

Taken off notice for cal in s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee of Judiciary Committee

Trusts - As enacted, establishes as a default rule of state trust law that a beneficiary is a non-fiduciary unless appointed in such capacity, and makes certain other changes relative to trusts. - Amends TCA Title 30 andHB 817 · this session · introduced Jan 30, 2025

Transmitted to Governor for his action.

reallocates the increase in the rate of sales and use tax from 6 percent to 7 percent pursuant to Chapter 856 of the Public Acts of 2002 by apportioning 4.6030 percent of such increase to municipalities. - Amends TCA SecHB 909 · this session · introduced Jan 15, 2025

Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 4/14/2025

deletes obsolete language concerning a one-time sales tax holiday that occurred in August 2020. - Amends TCA Title 67, Chapter 6, Part 3HB 170 · this session · introduced Jan 13, 2025

Sponsor(s) Added.

removes the restriction on the direct employment of radiologists, pathologists, anesthesiologists, and emergency physicians by hospitals and certain healthcare facilities. - Amends TCA Title 47; Title 63 and Title 68HB 32 · this session · introduced Dec 3, 2024

Taken off notice for cal in s/c Health Subcommittee of Health Committee

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