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Kerry Roberts

Republican. Senate, district 23.

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Official record 3https://www.capitol.tn.gov/senate/members/s25.html
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Bills they sponsored

51 bills sponsored this session

Ashland City - Subject to local approval, requires the position of mayor to be voted on by electors from the town at large; requires the position of councilman to be voted on by electors in their ward; requires electionsSB 2722 · this session · introduced Mar 4, 2026
Companion House Bill substituted
White Bluff - Subject to local approval, authorizes persons who reside outside the boundaries of White Bluff but within the boundaries of Dickson County, and who own real property located within the boundaries of White BSB 2721 · this session · introduced Mar 4, 2026
Companion House Bill substituted
Charlotte - Subject to local approval, revises various provisions of the charter of the City of Charlotte relating to its corporate powers; the city council; the city clerk; codification of ordinances; duties of mayor; cSB 2702 · this session · introduced Feb 17, 2026
Companion House Bill substituted
Greenbrier - Subject to local approval, increases salary of aldermen from $120 per month to $300 per month, with no such increase to apply to an incumbent prior to the end of the term for which the elected official was sSB 2700 · this session · introduced Feb 11, 2026
Signed by Governor.
Springfield - Subject to local approval, authorizes relatives of city employees to be hired in departments other than that of the employee. - Amends Chapter 158 of the Private Acts of 1927; as amended and rewritten. SB26SB 2697 · this session · introduced Feb 10, 2026
Signed by Governor.
Cheatham County - Subject to local approval, requires the existing impact fee of $7,500 in Cheatham County, known as the Cheatham County Development Tax, to be allocated as follows: $3,500 to the county Education Debt SeSB 2696 · this session · introduced Feb 5, 2026
Signed by Governor.
Cheatham County - Subject to local approval, increases from six to seven the number of school districts and school board members in Cheatham County. - SB2695 has been assigned Private Chapter Number 33 by the Secretary oSB 2695 · this session · introduced Feb 5, 2026
Signed by Governor.
Victims' Rights - As enacted, requires a notification of a restorative justice option, which is a voluntary, victim-centered process that may include facilitated communication, conferencing, community repair agreements, SB 2650 · this session · introduced Feb 3, 2026
Signed by Governor.
requires the TBI to establish a cold case division, to be divided into three geographic regions, each staffed by a regional director and no fewer than five cold case detectives; requires each local law enforcement agencySB 2649 · this session · introduced Feb 3, 2026
Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 4/21/2026
increases from 10 to 15 the number of days from the date of an order suspending or revoking a commercial driver license that a petition may be filed to appeal the decision. - Amends TCA Title 55SB 2648 · this session · introduced Feb 3, 2026
Failed in Senate Transportation and Safety Committee
authorizes a court to order additional parenting time to compensate for previously denied parenting time; requires a court to order additional parenting time to compensate for time that was denied on the basis of an inveSB 2643 · this session · introduced Feb 3, 2026
Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Judiciary Committee
Public Funds and Financing - As enacted, revises law relative to pension plans and proxy advisors. - Amends TCA Title 9, Chapter 4. SB2641 has been assigned Public Chapter Number 986 by the Secretary of StateSB 2641 · this session · introduced Feb 3, 2026
Signed by Governor.
DUI Offenses - As enacted, clarifies present law regarding the revocation of a person's driver license for an implied consent violation. - Amends TCA Section 55-10-407. Companion bill has been assigned Public Chapter NumSB 2640 · this session · introduced Feb 3, 2026
Companion House Bill substituted
Education, Dept. of - As enacted, prohibits an individual from serving as a teacher or assistant teacher in a child care program for children who are four or younger unless the individual is at least 18. - Amends TCA TitSB 2637 · this session · introduced Feb 3, 2026
Signed by Governor.
Holidays and Days of Special Observance - As enacted, designates August 8 of each year as "Clog Dancing Day in the Volunteer State." - Amends TCA Title 15, Chapter 2. SB1568 has been assigned Public Chapter Number 665 bySB 1568 · this session · introduced Feb 3, 2026
Signed by Governor.
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requires the department to create and maintain a website that includes certain information about child care agencies. - Amends TCA Title 37, Chapter 5, Part 5SB 2647 · this session · introduced Feb 2, 2026
Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee
Criminal Offenses - As enacted, enacts the "Crush Transnational Repression in Tennessee Act." - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 38 and Title 39. Companion bill has been assigned Public Chapter Number 777 by the Secretary of StSB 2644 · this session · introduced Feb 2, 2026
Sponsor(s) Added.
Charitable Solicitations - As enacted, establishes a process to notify a charitable organization that it has been designated as a beneficiary in an instrument that provides for payment or transfer at death without probatSB 2642 · this session · introduced Feb 2, 2026
Signed by Governor.
designates East Robertson Road in Robertson County as a state route. - Amends TCA Title 54SB 2635 · this session · introduced Feb 2, 2026
Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Transportation and Safety Committee
requires all public institutions of higher education in this state to observe an academic holiday on each general election day. - Amends TCA Title 2; Title 49, Chapter 11; Title 49, Chapter 7; Title 49, Chapter 8 and TitSB 2634 · this session · introduced Feb 2, 2026
Re-refer to S. Cal Comm
Lottery, Corporation - As enacted, vacates and reconstitutes the board of directors of the Tennessee education lottery corporation; requires certain information maintained by the corporation to be subject to a public recSB 1723 · this session · introduced Jan 23, 2026
Signed by Governor.
allows a person convicted of driving under the influence of an intoxicant who is eligible for a restricted license to request, and the court to order, the use of a transdermal monitoring device in lieu of the person beinSB 2638 · this session · introduced Jan 22, 2026
Deferred to Summer Study
Industrial Development - As enacted, revises law relative to industrial development corporations. - Amends TCA Title 7 and Title 48. SB2646 has been assigned Public Chapter Number 987 by the Secretary of StateSB 2646 · this session · introduced Jan 21, 2026
Signed by Governor.
requires a person elected or appointed to the office of constable on or after August 1, 2030, to have graduated from a Tennessee POST-approved certified law enforcement training academy; excludes a person who has held thSB 2645 · this session · introduced Jan 21, 2026
Deferred to Summer Study
increases the penalty for failing to stop at the scene of an accident when the person knew or should reasonably have known that death resulted from the accident by requiring a mandatory period of confinement of not less SB 1678 · this session · introduced Jan 21, 2026
Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Judiciary Committee
Education - As enacted, allows student performance on the Classic Learning Test to be used alongside the ACT and SAT for various purposes; makes various changes to home school testing requirements and opportunities availSB 2636 · this session · introduced Jan 20, 2026
Sponsor(s) Added.
enacts the "Tennessee Strategic Bitcoin Reserve Act." - Amends TCA Title 9, Chapter 4SB 2639 · this session · introduced Jan 15, 2026
Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 4/21/2026
Parks, Natural Areas Preservation - As enacted, designates segments of the Buffalo River, Duck River, and certain other rivers and creeks as Class II pastoral river areas; expands certain public outreach requirements conSB 1590 · this session · introduced Jan 12, 2026
Signed by Governor.
Constitutional Conventions - As enacted, revises faithful delegate laws pertaining to Article V conventions. - Amends TCA Title 3, Chapter 18. SB1567 has been assigned Public Chapter Number 689 by the Secretary of StateSB 1567 · this session · introduced Jan 12, 2026
Signed by Governor.
Humphreys County - Subject to local approval, creates the Humphreys County Water Authority. - Companion bill has been assigned Private Chapter Number 38 by the Secretary of StateSB 1566 · this session · introduced Jan 12, 2026
Companion House Bill substituted
prohibits a court from excluding evidence against a criminal defendant unless the evidence was obtained by deliberate, reckless, or grossly negligent conduct or recurring or systemic negligence that violated the Fourth ASB 1677 · this session · introduced Jan 6, 2026
Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Judiciary Committee
New Johnsonville - Subject to local approval, prohibits a person whose immediate relative is an elected official in the city government from being elected as a city official. - Amends Chapter 81 of the Private Acts of 20SB 1454 · this session · introduced Mar 10, 2025
Companion House Bill substituted
decreases from six to four the number of hours a juvenile detention facility may delay a telephone call or in-person visit if a child is subject to disciplinary action. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 37 and Title 41SB 1401 · this session · introduced Feb 6, 2025
Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
Criminal Offenses - As enacted, revises present law concerning driving under the influence. - Amends TCA Title 39 and Title 55. SB1400 has been assigned Public Chapter Number 403 by the Secretary of StateSB 1400 · this session · introduced Feb 6, 2025
Signed by Governor.
Criminal Offenses - As enacted, creates an offense for a person who harms or threatens to harm an individual involved in the judicial process or a family member of such person with the intent to impede, intimidate, interSB 1399 · this session · introduced Feb 6, 2025
Signed by Governor.
permits a professional bondsman to issue and retain the required receipt for money or other consideration received in a digital format. - Amends TCA Title 40, Chapter 11SB 1396 · this session · introduced Feb 6, 2025
Failed in Senate Judiciary Committee
Expunction - As enacted, reorganizes present statutes concerning expunction and specifies that facilitation, attempt, or solicitation of an offense that is presently eligible for expunction is also eligible for expunctioSB 1055 · this session · introduced Feb 6, 2025
Signed by Governor.
limits a foreign training license of limited duration to an internationally licensed physician who meets certain listed criteria. - Amends TCA Title 63SB 1054 · this session · introduced Feb 6, 2025
Sponsor(s) Added.
requires the director to take such actions as the director deems necessary to enable the bureau to make available to an enrollee in Part A of the Katie Beckett program the option to use the wraparound home- and communitySB 1053 · this session · introduced Feb 6, 2025
Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 4/21/2026
Education, Curriculum - As enacted, makes various changes to the approval process and notice requirements for nonsectarian, nonreligious Bible courses; clarifies that public charter schools are authorized to provide nonsSB 298 · this session · introduced Feb 6, 2025
Signed by Governor.
enacts the "Tennessee Foreign Adversary and Chinese Military Company Disclosure and Accountability Act." - Amends TCA Title 3, Chapter 6; Title 4; Title 39, Chapter 16, Part 5 and Title 58, Chapter 2SB 1397 · this session · introduced Feb 4, 2025
Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate State and Local Government Committee
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, PSB 521 · this session · introduced Feb 4, 2025
Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Judiciary Committee
Sexual Offenses - As enacted, provides that when the victim of a sexually oriented crime is a minor, the consent of a parent or guardian is not required for the victim to receive a forensic medical examination. - Amends SB 920 · this session · introduced Feb 3, 2025
Sponsor(s) Added.
creates a civil action against any person or government entity that infringes upon a person's right to bear arms under the Tennessee or United States Constitutions; requires the person or entity to be liable for actual oSB 819 · this session · introduced Jan 29, 2025
Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Judiciary Committee
TennCare - As enacted, authorizes the bureau to provide coverage and treatment on behalf of an enrollee for the diagnosis, including genetic testing, and treatment of Kleefstra syndrome in the same manner and to the sameSB 522 · this session · introduced Jan 29, 2025
Companion House Bill substituted
changes the examination subjects, from business law and taxation to taxation and regulations, that may be included in order to receive a certificate as a certified public accountant. - Amends TCA Title 4 and Title 62, ChSB 277 · this session · introduced Jan 28, 2025
Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Commerce and Labor Committee
Sentencing - As enacted, generally requires a person convicted of a Class A misdemeanor in general sessions court to pay for and complete a cognitive behavioral training course; requires the offender to provide proof of SB 300 · this session · introduced Jan 27, 2025
Companion House Bill substituted
Water Authorities - As enacted, expands the areas served by the West Tennessee River Basin Authority to include Perry, Stewart, Houston, and Humphreys counties. - Amends TCA Title 64, Chapter 1, Part 11. SB0520 has been SB 520 · this session · introduced Jan 21, 2025
Signed by Governor.
Real Property - As enacted, requires foreign persons who purchase land in this state and who file a report of such purchase to the United States department of agriculture under the Agricultural Foreign Investment DisclosSB 519 · this session · introduced Jan 21, 2025
Sponsor(s) Added.
designates certain portions of the Duck River and certain portions of various creeks as Class II pastoral river areas. - Amends TCA Title 11, Chapter 13SB 278 · this session · introduced Jan 16, 2025
Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Energy, Ag., and Nat. Resources Committee
Naming and Designating - As enacted, designates the National Guard Armory in Cheatham County as the "First Sergeant Charles Anderson Douglas National Guard Armory." - SB0276 has been assigned Public Chapter Number 421 bySB 276 · this session · introduced Jan 16, 2025
Signed by Governor.

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