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Mark Pody

Republican. Senate, district 17.

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Bills they sponsored

76 bills sponsored this session

enacts the "Tennessee Kratom Consumer Protection Act." - Amends TCA Title 33; Title 39, Chapter 17, Part 4; Title 43 and Title 57SB 2417 · this session · introduced Feb 3, 2026
Refer to Senate Delayed Bills Committee
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 thatSB 2319 · this session · introduced Feb 3, 2026
Sponsor(s) Added.
exempts a person whose occupation or practice is confined solely to makeup application services from the requirement to be licensed as a cosmetologist or aesthetician if the person meets the requirements to obtain a certSB 2306 · this session · introduced Feb 3, 2026
Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Commerce and Labor Committee
requires the department to submit a report on the total number of state and federal benefits, and a synopsis of each benefit, available to a veteran and the veteran's surviving spouse to the speaker of the senate and theSB 2305 · this session · introduced Feb 3, 2026
Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate State and Local Government Committee
enacts the "Tennessee Fluoride-Free Water Act" to prohibit public water systems from adding fluoride to drinking water, prohibit sales of bottled water containing added fluoride, and requires certain actions for naturallSB 2304 · this session · introduced Feb 3, 2026
Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Energy, Ag., and Nat. Resources Committee
creates an offense to knowingly inhale, ingest, use, or possess any compound, liquid, gas, or chemical that contains nitrous oxide. - Amends TCA Title 39; Title 57, Chapter 7; Title 63 and Title 67, Chapter 4, Part 10SB 2303 · this session · introduced Feb 3, 2026
Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee
authorizes the board of directors of the Tennessee Duck River Development Agency to file annual reports electronically. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 14; Title 4, Chapter 31; Title 7; Title 13; Title 64; Title 66; Title SB 2147 · this session · introduced Feb 3, 2026
Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate State and Local Government Committee
requires the notification submitted by the director of the division of property assessments to the commissioner of finance and administration of the default by a county or city in the repayment of a loan provided by the SB 1961 · this session · introduced Feb 3, 2026
Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate State & Local Government Committee
permits a trial judge to revoke a defendant's probation for a felony or misdemeanor based on one instance of technical violation; extends the permitted terms of incarceration a court may impose for a technical violation SB 1765 · this session · introduced Feb 3, 2026
Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Judiciary Committee
requires the office of research and education accountability in the office of the comptroller of the treasury to submit a copy of its annual report detailing the results of certain tests administered to recipients of eduSB 2309 · this session · introduced Feb 2, 2026
Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee
specifies that certain information related to the carrying out of a sentence of death is not confidential and is open to public inspection. - Amends TCA Title 10, Chapter 7SB 2308 · this session · introduced Feb 2, 2026
Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate State and Local Government Committee
Traffic Safety - As enacted, establishes process regarding traffic violations committed by autonomous vehicles, including mailing the notice of violation or citation to the registered owner of the vehicle. - Amends TCA TSB 2253 · this session · introduced Feb 2, 2026
Signed by Governor.
State Symbols - As enacted, designates and adopts cast iron cookware as the official frontier cookware of this state. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 1, Part 3. SB2252 has been assigned Public Chapter Number 674 by the SecSB 2252 · this session · introduced Feb 2, 2026
Signed by Governor.
deletes the provision that classifies a local government official's affirmative vote for adoption of a prohibited sanctuary policy as a Class E felony. - Amends TCA Title 7 and Title 8SB 2250 · this session · introduced Feb 2, 2026
Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate State & Local Government Committee
exempts the retail sale of fresh fruit and vegetables for human consumption from the food retail sales tax. - Amends TCA Title 67, Chapter 6SB 2254 · this session · introduced Jan 23, 2026
Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 4/21/2026
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enacts the "Responsible Welding for Tennessean’s Safety Act," which requires general contractors, project managers, and subcontractors to ensure that welders performing structural steel welding are tested and certified bSB 2148 · this session · introduced Jan 23, 2026
Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Commerce and Labor Committee
reduces from 15 to 10 days, the time within which a person licensed to provide deferred presentment services must file a written report with the commissioner of financial institutions following the occurrence of the filiSB 2046 · this session · introduced Jan 23, 2026
Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Commerce and Labor Committee
Education - As enacted, changes, from the department of education to the state board of education upon the recommendation of the department, the party responsible for selecting the intervention option for priority schoolSB 2047 · this session · introduced Jan 22, 2026
Signed by Governor.
establishes that public water systems have a maximum allowable hardwater level of 180 mg/L, measured as calcium carbonate equivalents; creates compliance and reporting requirements; exempts measurements that exceed the lSB 1962 · this session · introduced Jan 22, 2026
Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee
requires the governing board for each public institution of higher education to install and maintain a "Charlie Kirk Memorial Courtyard for Civil Debate" at the main campus of each public institution of higher education SB 1959 · this session · introduced Jan 22, 2026
Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Education Committee
Education, Curriculum - As enacted, requires each director of schools for an LEA and each director of a public charter school to annually ensure that students in grades K-12 enrolled in the LEA or public charter school oSB 1960 · this session · introduced Jan 21, 2026
Sponsor(s) Added.
Local Education Agencies - As enacted, enacts the "Tennessee Religious Freedom Act," which authorizes a local board of education to open a meeting of the board with a prayer led by a member of the board as long as the prSB 1957 · this session · introduced Jan 21, 2026
Signed by Governor.
State Government - As enacted, prohibits a state agency from issuing or renewing a certification, registration, license, or permit to a corporate entity if an officer, director, or employee of the entity provides materiaSB 1956 · this session · introduced Jan 21, 2026
Signed by Governor.
removes the limitation on the penalty for illegally possessing a telecommunication device in a penal institution that required the Class E felony to be punished by a fine only. - Amends TCA Title 39SB 1764 · this session · introduced Jan 20, 2026
Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee
enacts the "The Frank J. Lake III Act"; requires a long-term care ombudsman for an assisted-care living facility to notify all residents of such facility if the facility contacts the ombudsman; directs the health facilitSB 2307 · this session · introduced Jan 15, 2026
Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Health and Welfare Committee
Regional Authorities and Special Districts - As enacted, revises various provisions of the "Real Estate Infrastructure Development Act of 2025." - Amends TCA Title 7; Title 9; Title 12; Title 13; Title 66; Title 67 and TSB 1766 · this session · introduced Jan 14, 2026
Signed by Governor.
revises various provisions of the Real Estate Infrastructure Development Act of 2025. - Amends TCA Title 7; Title 9; Title 12; Title 13; Title 66; Title 67 and Title 68SB 1648 · this session · introduced Jan 14, 2026
Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate State and Local Government Committee
prohibits any cause of action for nuisance, taking, or another claim against a racing facility or racetrack by the owner of a surrounding real property if the racing facility or racetrack was built before the owner of thSB 1646 · this session · introduced Jan 14, 2026
Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee
prohibits a homeowners' association from prohibiting a first responder from parking an emergency vehicle at the first responder's residence or on a roadway adjacent to the first responder's real property or from penaliziSB 1763 · this session · introduced Dec 16, 2025
Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Commerce and Labor Committee
authorizes a law enforcement officer to seize and impound a motor vehicle in any county or municipality that has passed a resolution or ordinance authorizing the seizure and impoundment of a motor vehicle observed by lawSB 1647 · this session · introduced Dec 15, 2025
Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Judiciary Committee
Wilson County - Subject to local approval, transfers control and governance of the Tenth Special School District of Wilson County from a board of directors and commissioners composed of three members to a Board of EducatSB 1444 · this session · introduced Mar 3, 2025
Companion House Bill substituted
prohibits a nongovernmental or intergovernmental entity in this state from infringing upon or restricting private property rights without due process or an individual's constitutional rights by virtue of pursuing a policSB 1231 · this session · introduced Feb 6, 2025
Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee
authorizes a local board of education and public charter school governing body to employ or accept as a volunteer a school chaplain to provide support, services, and programs for students, school staff, and students' parSB 1041 · this session · introduced Feb 6, 2025
Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Education Committee
prohibits the importation, sale, and distribution of cell-cultured food products in this state. - Amends TCA Title 39; Title 40; Title 44; Title 47 and Title 53SB 568 · this session · introduced Feb 6, 2025
Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Health and Welfare Committee
Correction, Dept. of - As enacted, provides that in a facility operated pursuant to a contract to provide correctional services, or in a facility operated pursuant to a contract with a county to hold state inmates and thSB 1115 · this session · introduced Feb 5, 2025
Signed by Governor.
Motor Vehicles - As enacted, provides that a motor vehicle dealer license is not required to sell or purchase certain antique vehicles or unique motor vehicles through an auction being held at a venue with a permanent seSB 1069 · this session · introduced Feb 5, 2025
Sponsor(s) Added.
requires the commissioner of agriculture and the state veterinarian to receive prior approval from the joint government operations committee of the house of representatives and the senate to order vaccinations and tests SB 1058 · this session · introduced Feb 5, 2025
Failed in Senate Energy, Ag., and Nat. Resources Committee
extends from March 1 to April 1, the date by which the department of health must submit to the governor, the speaker of the senate, the speaker of the house of representatives, and legislative committees with subject matSB 839 · this session · introduced Feb 5, 2025
Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Health and Welfare Committee
requires just compensation to be paid for the acquisition or removal of an outdoor advertising device lawfully erected; prohibits the use of amortization to provide such just compensation. - Amends TCA Title 29, Chapter SB 735 · this session · introduced Feb 5, 2025
Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 4/21/2026
requires the department of education to submit an early grades reading report to legislative committees with jurisdiction over subject matter pertaining to education by December 31 of each year. - Amends TCA Title 49SB 733 · this session · introduced Feb 5, 2025
Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee
requires a blasting firm that conducts a pre-blast survey for an owner or occupant of certain buildings within 300 feet of the blast hole to provide the survey upon request by the owner or occupant at no cost. - Amends TSB 566 · this session · introduced Feb 5, 2025
Sponsor(s) Added.
Water - As enacted, clarifies that if a point-of-entry treatment device is installed in a facility solely to soften hard water and, because of the installation of such a device, the house, building, or complex of buildinSB 258 · this session · introduced Feb 5, 2025
Signed by Governor.
allocates all revenue generated from the state sales tax on retail sales of new or used motor vehicles and new or used tires in excess of base tax revenues to the state highway fund. - Amends TCA Title 9; Title 54; TitleSB 24 · this session · introduced Feb 5, 2025
Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Transportation and Safety Committee
Statutes and Codification - As enacted, clarifies that a "person," as used in Tennessee Code Annotated, does not include artificial intelligence, a computer algorithm, a software program, computer hardware, or any type oSB 837 · this session · introduced Feb 4, 2025
Signed by Governor.
Taxes, Hotel Motel - As enacted, extends by six years the period in which Davidson County may charge an additional $0.50 privilege tax on the occupancy of a hotel room and in which such county may allocate the tax revenuSB 734 · this session · introduced Feb 4, 2025
Signed by Governor.
makes changes to the forms of identification used to verify a person's identity for voting purposes. - Amends TCA Title 2SB 732 · this session · introduced Feb 4, 2025
Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate State and Local Government Committee
requires a local government to send back any requested changes on a contractor's or developer's application for development site plans or inspections in a single deliverable document or set of documents, or to remit relaSB 731 · this session · introduced Feb 4, 2025
Failed in Senate State and Local Government Committee
requires each local education agency and public charter school to review any new family life curricula recommended by the joint task force on children's justice and child sexual abuse prior to the start of each school yeSB 565 · this session · introduced Feb 4, 2025
Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee
Sewage - As enacted, makes revision to present law concerning sewerage systems using land application; exempts Hamilton County from the provisions requiring the developer of a subdivision or neighborhood that proposes toSB 564 · this session · introduced Feb 4, 2025
Sponsor(s) Added.
Charitable Solicitations - As enacted, corrects a reference in the charitable solicitations law that requires educational institutions be approved as such by the Tennessee public charter school commission rather than theSB 563 · this session · introduced Feb 4, 2025
Signed by Governor.
Children - As enacted, clarifies that a child's parent, legal guardian, or legal custodian may, to the extent allowable by federal law, access and review all health and medical records of the child, including those recorSB 259 · this session · introduced Feb 4, 2025
Signed by Governor.
extends from March 1 to March 30, the date by which not-for-profit corporations and associations that administer an educational cooperative plan or scholarship plan must file a statement of financial condition with the cSB 736 · this session · introduced Feb 3, 2025
Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee
Regional Authorities and Special Districts - As enacted, enacts the "Real Estate Infrastructure Development Act of 2025." - Amends TCA Title 7; Title 9; Title 12; Title 13; Title 66; Title 67 and Title 68. SB0026 has beeSB 26 · this session · introduced Jan 31, 2025
Signed by Governor.
makes certain election documents available for public inspection after an election. - Amends TCA Title 2SB 567 · this session · introduced Jan 30, 2025
Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate State and Local Government Committee
directs the state capitol commission to be responsible for the upkeep and maintenance of the monument to unborn children through funds appropriated to the commission. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 8; Title 20; Title 29; TiSB 738 · this session · introduced Jan 29, 2025
Sponsor(s) Added.
requires the Tennessee advisory commission on intergovernmental relations (TACIR) to conduct a study and propose several steps to protect Tennessee's financial security and soundness and ensure state sovereignty and resiSB 838 · this session · introduced Jan 28, 2025
Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Commerce and Labor Committee
requires the department of correction, in consultation with the inmate disciplinary oversight board, to compose a report detailing the number of inmates who earned sentence reduction credits, and to submit the report to SB 261 · this session · introduced Jan 28, 2025
Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 4/21/2026
authorizes a patient with a severe chronic disease or terminal illness to access, and a physician to recommend, investigational stem cell treatment; requires the commissioner of health to promulgate rules to, among otherSB 152 · this session · introduced Jan 28, 2025
Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
Criminal Offenses - As enacted, expands the criminal offense of harassment to include harassment that occurs by communicating in the physical presence of the victim, in addition to in writing, by telephone, or electronicSB 28 · this session · introduced Jan 27, 2025
Signed by Governor.
specifies that meat may be labeled as being free of mRNA vaccine if the animals from which the meat was derived were not administered an mRNA vaccine. - Amends TCA Title 44; Title 47, Chapter 18 and Title 53SB 260 · this session · introduced Jan 23, 2025
Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Health and Welfare Committee
enacts the "Tennessee Covenant Marriage Act" to create covenant marriage, which is entered into by one male and one female, who understand and agree that marriage is a lifelong relationship; permits a spouse in a covenanSB 737 · this session · introduced Jan 22, 2025
Action deferred in Senate Judiciary Committee to 2027
Governor - As enacted, prohibits orders, proclamations, or rules issued by the governor under the governor's emergency management powers from contravening, suspending, or conflicting with a provision of the Tennessee ConSB 27 · this session · introduced Jan 22, 2025
Returned by Governor without signature.
authorizes LEAs and public charter schools to employ retired law enforcement officers who are retired from a federal, state, or local law enforcement agency and honorably discharged veterans of the United States armed foSB 257 · this session · introduced Jan 17, 2025
Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee
extends by 12 years the period in which Davidson County may charge an additional $0.50 privilege tax on the occupancy of a hotel room and in which such county may allocate the tax revenue for the purposes of direct promoSB 154 · this session · introduced Jan 15, 2025
Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate State and Local Government Committee
provides a method for a nonrecognized minor party seeking recognition as a recognized minor party that notified the coordinator of elections that it seeks to nominate by primary election to rescind that notification; corSB 153 · this session · introduced Jan 15, 2025
Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate State and Local Government Committee
requires each local board of education and governing body of a public charter school to display the Ten Commandments, the first sentence of the second paragraph of the preamble to the Declaration of Independence, and theSB 151 · this session · introduced Jan 15, 2025
Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee
decreases from 10 business days to 10 calendar days the amount of time the state fire marshal or another state agency, department, or entity must conduct a requested inspection for new construction or the renovation of aSB 149 · this session · introduced Jan 15, 2025
Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Commerce and Labor Committee
excludes a cell-cultured food product from the definitions of meat and poultry for purposes of the Tennessee Meat and Poultry Inspection Act; prohibits local education agencies (LEAs), public charter schools, and public SB 148 · this session · introduced Jan 15, 2025
Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee
allows students to use their score on the Classic Learning Test (CLT) to satisfy the eligibility requirements for certain grants and scholarships funded using net proceeds of the state lottery; requires the Tennessee stuSB 150 · this session · introduced Jan 8, 2025
Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Education Committee
Criminal Offenses - As enacted, creates new misdemeanor offenses, including intentionally giving a false or fictitious name to a law enforcement officer who has lawfully detained or arrested such person. - Amends TCA TitSB 30 · this session · introduced Jan 2, 2025
Signed by Governor.
increases the penalty for civil rights intimidation from a Class D felony to a Class C felony if the victim of the offense was a minor or was selected by the defendant based on the victim’s status as a minister, preacherSB 29 · this session · introduced Jan 2, 2025
Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee
clarifies that a child's parent, legal guardian, or legal custodian may access and review all health and medical records of the child, including those records related to treatments available to unemancipated minors withoSB 25 · this session · introduced Jan 2, 2025
Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee
extends by six years the period in which Davidson County may charge an additional $0.50 privilege tax on the occupancy of a hotel room and in which such county may allocate the tax revenue for the purposes of direct promSB 23 · this session · introduced Jan 2, 2025
Withdrawn.
specifies that the reimbursement of travel expenses incurred by members of the inmate disciplinary oversight board must be administered in accordance with the comprehensive travel regulations promulgated by the departmenSB 22 · this session · introduced Jan 2, 2025
Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate State and Local Government Committee
declares that international policymaking organizations have no jurisdiction or authority within this state; declares that a federal law or rule based upon a policy or guideline of an international policymaking organizatiSB 21 · this session · introduced Jan 2, 2025
Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate State and Local Government Committee
Education - As enacted, authorizes local boards of education and public charter school governing bodies to allow schools in the LEA or the public charter school, as applicable, to display the Ten Commandments, the first SB 303 · this session · introduced Dec 19, 2024
Sponsor(s) Added.

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