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Kevin Raper

Republican. House, district 24.

Emailrep.kevin.raper@capitol.tn.gov
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Official recordhttps://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/legislatorinfo/member.aspx?district=H24
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Bills they sponsored

15 bills sponsored this session

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 cHB 2410 · this session · introduced Feb 2, 2026
Taken off notice for cal. in Education Committee
Courts, Juvenile - As enacted, generally requires a guardian ad litem appointed by the court to complete training appropriate to that role, including training in early childhood, child, and adolescent development. - AmenHB 2154 · this session · introduced Feb 2, 2026
Sponsor(s) Added.
Highway Signs - As enacted, requires the department of transportation to install signs or markers displaying language or an appropriate symbol indicating to motorists that a rest area or welcome center has an adult-sizedHB 1912 · this session · introduced Feb 2, 2026
Sponsor(s) Added.
requires each safety rest area that provides restrooms for the public to provide access to at least one family restroom. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 3; Title 54 and Title 68, Chapter 120HB 1824 · this session · introduced Jan 22, 2026
Taken off notice for cal in s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee of Finance, Ways, and Means Committee
Local Education Agencies - As enacted, requires a director of schools to refer to juvenile court certain students who were formerly enrolled in the LEA, who were receiving certain truancy interventions, who withdrew fromHB 1823 · this session · introduced Jan 22, 2026
Comp. SB subst.
prohibits imposing liability against a higher education institution for negligence in admitting, enrolling, or extending housing opportunities to a person who has been previously convicted of a criminal offense based solHB 1772 · this session · introduced Jan 21, 2026
Received from House, Passed on First Consideration
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 schoolHB 1701 · this session · introduced Jan 21, 2026
Withdrawn.
requires director of schools to report a student who was formally truant and now enrolled in a home school to juvenile court; establishes that unexcused absences accumulated by a transfer student at their former school oHB 1700 · this session · introduced Jan 15, 2026
Withdrawn.
adds to the definition of a dependent and neglected child a child whose parent or guardian is unable to provide care and control of the child due to circumstances beyond the parent's or guardian's control; requires this HB 1699 · this session · introduced Jan 15, 2026
Assigned to s/c Children and Family Affairs Subcommittee
Correction, Dept. of - As enacted, requires the department to conduct an annual education assessment of each inmate who is serving a period of confinement for committing a felony offense to ascertain the inmate's highestHB 1771 · this session · introduced Jan 9, 2026
Sponsor(s) Added.
increases, from a Class C to a Class A misdemeanor, the penalty for selling or distributing a vapor product to an individual under 21 years of age; requires retailers of vapor products to obtain a license for such retailHB 1008 · this session · introduced Feb 5, 2025
Withdrawn.
prohibits a public facility from being named for a local public official who is in office, for two years after the public official leaves office, or if the public official has been convicted of a felony or a crime of morHB 434 · this session · introduced Jan 16, 2025
Withdrawn.
Education - As enacted, specifies that in an educational neglect case a subpoena may be issued for a student's attendance record, including all previous school years that the student attended a public school, in accordanHB 61 · this session · introduced Jan 14, 2025
Transmitted to Governor for his action.
Highway Signs - As enacted, requires the department of transportation to install signs or markers displaying language or an appropriate symbol indicating to motorists that a rest area or welcome center has a family restrHB 60 · this session · introduced Jan 14, 2025
Comp. SB subst.
Disabled Persons - As enacted, authorizes a residential facility for persons with disabilities to operate in the eastern grand division of this state under an existing residential pilot program authorizing such facilitieHB 133 · this session · introduced Jan 13, 2025
Comp. SB subst.

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