Tennessee Senate
Rusty Crowe
Republican. Senate, district 3.
Emailsen.rusty.crowe@capitol.tn.gov
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officialBills they sponsored
61 bills sponsored this session
requires local governmental entities to invite honorably discharged veterans who apply for employment or promotion to interview; requires preference be given to such veteran if the minimum qualifications and the skills, SB 2428 · this session · introduced Feb 3, 2026
Failed in Senate State and Local Government Committeerequires a health insurance entity to approve a healthcare provider's completed credentialing application within two weeks of receipt when the healthcare provider is credentialed by the health insurance entity and relocaSB 2436 · this session · introduced Feb 2, 2026
Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Commerce and Labor Committeeincreases from seven to 10 days, the mandatory public inspection period for a hospital's marketing and strategic planning records prior to a vote by its board to adopt such plans. - Amends TCA Title 3; Title 4; Title 5; SB 2435 · this session · introduced Feb 2, 2026
Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Commerce and Labor CommitteeCriminal Offenses - As enacted, creates the Class C misdemeanor offense of knowingly using an unmanned aircraft over the grounds of a school. - Amends TCA Title 39 and Title 49. SB2434 has been assigned Public Chapter NuSB 2434 · this session · introduced Feb 2, 2026
Signed by Governor.Education - As enacted, authorizes an LEA or public charter school to continue a disciplinary investigation of a student who, during the investigation, withdraws from the LEA or public charter school; authorizes, if the SB 2433 · this session · introduced Feb 2, 2026
Companion House Bill substitutedchanges from February 1 to October 1, the annual reporting date by which the commissioner of education and the commissioner of safety shall jointly report to the governor and the general assembly the implementation of anSB 2432 · this session · introduced Feb 2, 2026
Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committeerequires a posted sign or notice intended to warn violators that trespassers by motor vehicle will be prosecuted to clearly define the area in which driving, parking, standing, or otherwise operating a motor vehicle is pSB 2430 · this session · introduced Feb 2, 2026
Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 4/21/2026Nurses, Nursing - As enacted, revises various provisions regarding medication aides, including allowing for a student in good standing enrolled in an approved school of nursing to be eligible to receive a medication aideSB 2427 · this session · introduced Feb 2, 2026
Signed by Governor.requires an eligibility determination of an individual for residential facility benefits to evaluate the individual's physical condition and mental condition separately. - Amends TCA Title 71, Chapter 5SB 2425 · this session · introduced Feb 2, 2026
Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Health and Welfare CommitteeEducation, Dept. of - As enacted, authorizes LEAs with a voluntary pre-K program to enroll children who are not at-risk, but who live in the LEA's geographic area, are three on or before August 15 and who have a parent eSB 2426 · this session · introduced Jan 23, 2026
Signed by Governor.creates an administrative attachment for the Doe Mountain Recreation Authority with the department of environment and conservation, while preserving the Authority's autonomy and powers in all other aspects. - Amends TCA SB 2093 · this session · introduced Jan 22, 2026
Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Energy, Ag., and Nat. Resources Committeerequires TACIR to perform a comprehensive evaluation on the preparedness and response of local and state officials, departments, and agencies to the Hurricane Helene natural disaster. - Amends TCA Title 3; Title 4, ChaptSB 2092 · this session · introduced Jan 22, 2026
Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate State and Local Government Committeeauthorizes, instead of requires, local education agencies and public charter schools to retain a student in the third grade if the student has not shown a basic understanding of the curriculum and an ability to perform tSB 2091 · this session · introduced Jan 22, 2026
Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committeerequires a private school that participates in the Individualized Education Act or the Tennessee Education Savings Account Pilot Program to comply with certain requirements in order to receive public funds through the prSB 2090 · this session · introduced Jan 22, 2026
Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Education Committeecreates a Class B misdemeanor offense for a motor vehicle dealer or salesperson to knowingly retain a copy, in an electronic or other format, of a person's identification. - Amends TCA Title 39; Title 47 and Title 55SB 2089 · this session · introduced Jan 22, 2026
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Drugs, Prescription - As enacted, authorizes a law enforcement officer to cause to be administered a blood or urine test on a person for the presence of a psychotropic drug if such officer has probable cause to believe tSB 2088 · this session · introduced Jan 22, 2026
Signed by Governor.Teachers, Principals and School Personnel - As enacted, requires the principal or the principal's designee provide notification to the parent or legal guardian of each student who was in the classroom or instructional arSB 2087 · this session · introduced Jan 22, 2026
Signed by Governor.Nurses, Nursing - As enacted, enacts the "Tennessee Nursing Education Integrity and Oversight Act." - Amends TCA Title 49 and Title 63. SB2013 has been assigned Public Chapter Number 848 by the Secretary of StateSB 2013 · this session · introduced Jan 22, 2026
Signed by Governor.Real Property - As enacted, enacts the "Sen. Frank Niceley National Security and Economic Protection Act." - Amends TCA Title 66, Chapter 2, Part 3. SB2424 has been assigned Public Chapter Number 733 by the Secretary of SB 2424 · this session · introduced Jan 21, 2026
Signed by Governor.Food and Food Products - As enacted, prohibits LEAs and public charter schools from selling, offering for sale, or providing to students on school property through a school nutrition program any food or beverage item thaSB 2423 · this session · introduced Jan 21, 2026
Signed by Governor.requires each public institution of higher education to classify a student who is the spouse of a service member who has not resided in this state for at least one year as an in-state student for tuition purposes if the SB 2094 · this session · introduced Jan 21, 2026
Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 4/21/2026Local Government, General - As enacted, enacts the "Essential Governmental Employee Housing Act of 2026"; makes related changes. - Amends TCA Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 8; Title 9; Title 12 and Title 67. SB1849 hasSB 1849 · this session · introduced Jan 21, 2026
Signed by Governor.Local Government, General - As enacted, makes changes to the process by which local governments may issue and sell grant anticipation notes; authorizes the comptroller to approve certain notes issued by a local governmenSB 1679 · this session · introduced Jan 14, 2026
Signed by Governor.Tennessee Emergency Management Agency (TEMA) - As enacted, exempts disaster grants administered by TEMA from statutory requirements related to procurement, except that the state retains the right to inspect places of busSB 1778 · this session · introduced Dec 23, 2025
Signed by Governor.Health Care - As enacted, enacts the "Caring for Caregivers Act." - Amends TCA Title 9; Title 33; Title 52; Title 67 and Title 68. Companion bill has been assigned Public Chapter Number 940 by the Secretary of StateSB 1777 · this session · introduced Aug 26, 2025
Sponsor(s) Added.Alcoholic Beverages - As enacted, authorizes Johnson City to set the hours that licensees within a downtown district designated by the municipality are authorized to sell or give away alcoholic beverages. - Amends TCA TiSB 1155 · this session · introduced Feb 6, 2025
Signed by Governor.enacts the "Tennessee Health SNAP Act," which requires the department to submit a request for a waiver from the United States department of agriculture's food and nutrition service to seek authorization to prohibit the uSB 1154 · this session · introduced Feb 6, 2025
Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Health & WelfarePhysicians and Surgeons - As enacted, makes various changes relative to the authority of a physician or podiatrist to prescribe, dispense, or administer medication to the provider's own self or immediate family; makes reSB 1153 · this session · introduced Feb 6, 2025
Sponsor(s) Added.Drugs, Prescription - As enacted, requires a county medical examiner to test for, and obtain certain information concerning, the presence of any drugs in a decedent in certain situations; requires the health science centSB 1146 · this session · introduced Feb 6, 2025
Signed by Governor.requires, if the person or government agency assuming custody of a body for the purposes of burial does not request an autopsy, or that the body be embalmed, the person or agency to ensure that the body is buried within SB 1145 · this session · introduced Feb 6, 2025
Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Health and Welfare Committeerequires the driver of a vehicle approaching a slow-moving or stationary farm tractor or implement of husbandry that displays an indicator that it is a slow-moving vehicle to reduce speed and move over, if possible to doSB 1144 · this session · introduced Feb 6, 2025
Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Transportation and Safety CommitteeElection Laws - As enacted, requires the coordinator of elections to include, in the coordinator's minimum standards for educating election officials, training on temporary forms of identification issued to non-United StSB 1143 · this session · introduced Feb 6, 2025
Signed by Governor.authorizes recall elections in all counties for members of local boards of education. - Amends TCA Title 2 and Title 49, Chapter 2SB 649 · this session · introduced Feb 6, 2025
Withdrawn.prohibits the use of the power of eminent domain over real property in an expedited manner during a declared emergency. - Amends TCA Title 29, Chapter 16; Title 29, Chapter 17; Title 54 and Title 58, Chapter 2SB 648 · this session · introduced Feb 6, 2025
Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committeecreates the medical expense relief fund to assist the next of kin and the estate of a decedent who was enrolled in TennCare at the time of death with paying the decedent's medical debt and expenses; requires the departmeSB 647 · this session · introduced Feb 6, 2025
Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 4/21/2026Public Funds and Financing - As enacted, authorizes use of the Hurricane Helene interest payment fund to pay local governments' loan charges; makes related changes. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title SB 646 · this session · introduced Feb 6, 2025
Sponsor(s) Added.enacts the "Ola Mae Ransom Reintegration Act," which exempts veterans of the United States military, including the national guard and reserves, from payment of the $15 fee for a business license. - Amends TCA Title 5; TiSB 1152 · this session · introduced Feb 5, 2025
Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 4/21/2026removes the requirement that a student with a documented intellectual disability be admitted to, and enrolled in, an eligible postsecondary institution in an eligible postsecondary program no later than 16 months after cSB 1151 · this session · introduced Feb 4, 2025
Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 4/21/2026requires the state board of examiners for architects and engineers to publish the time and place at which examinations to receive an engineer intern certificate or to register as a professional engineer are held and the SB 1150 · this session · introduced Feb 4, 2025
Re-refer to S. Cal CommFuneral Directors and Embalmers - As enacted, authorizes a funeral director applicant who was not previously licensed in this state to substitute one year of apprenticeship with an associate degree from a college accrediSB 1149 · this session · introduced Feb 4, 2025
Sponsor(s) Added.Traffic Safety - As enacted, defines "fully enclosed" as having side panels, a roll bar or roof, and a windshield with regard to crash helmet requirements not applying to autocycles that are fully enclosed. - Amends TCA SB 1148 · this session · introduced Feb 4, 2025
Companion House Bill substitutedrequires the department to compile a list of all of the educator preparation providers' teacher training requirements for licensed educators to teach students in any of the grades K-12 who are employees of a local educatSB 1147 · this session · introduced Feb 4, 2025
Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Education Committeerequires each utility system to obtain a certificate of analysis for any water sold by the utility system that contains fluoride, and post the certificate and the material safety data sheet for fluoride online. - Amends SB 1142 · this session · introduced Feb 4, 2025
Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.decreases from 1.5 milligrams per liter to 0.4 milligrams per liter the threshold for the presence of fluoride in a public water system that requires an increase in the frequency of fluoride-level testing from quarterly SB 1141 · this session · introduced Feb 4, 2025
Sponsor(s) Added.Tennessee Fish & Wildlife Commission - As enacted, makes changes relative to temporary group hunting event permits. - Amends TCA Title 58 and Title 70. SB1140 has been assigned Public Chapter Number 216 by the Secretary SB 1140 · this session · introduced Feb 4, 2025
Signed by Governor.Nurses, Nursing - As enacted, requires the board of nursing to permit a student to enroll in a practical nursing program offered by a public institution of higher education governed by the Tennessee board of regents if tSB 644 · this session · introduced Feb 4, 2025
Signed by Governor.Health Care - As enacted, extends the termination date for the Alzheimer's and dementia respite care pilot program from December 31, 2025, to December 31, 2026. - Amends TCA Title 9; Title 33; Title 52; Title 67 and TitlSB 654 · this session · introduced Feb 3, 2025
Sponsor(s) Added.exempts new specialty earmarked license plates for which the funds are allocated to, and used by, a nonprofit organization to support state historic sites from meeting the minimum initial issuance requirement of 1,000 plSB 653 · this session · introduced Feb 3, 2025
Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Transportation and Safety Committeerequires the department to annually report by December 1 of each year to legislative committees with jurisdiction over the subject matter pertaining to health concerning the effectiveness of the drug testing program for SB 516 · this session · introduced Feb 3, 2025
Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Health and Welfare Committeerequires all hospitals licensed by the health facilities commission or by the department of mental health and substance abuse services to report annually to the department of health, on a form promulgated by the departmeSB 333 · this session · introduced Feb 3, 2025
Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Health and Welfare Committeeprohibits online voting, except for the electronic provision of voting materials to military members and citizens abroad; prohibits the use of a post office box for establishing residency for voting purposes; requires a SB 645 · this session · introduced Jan 31, 2025
Withdrawn.Hospitals and Health Care Facilities - As enacted, extends by four years to June 30, 2029, the current 125-bed limitation on the number of new nursing home beds for which the health facilities commission may issue a certSB 515 · this session · introduced Jan 30, 2025
Signed by Governor.revises the formula for calculating tax relief on real property owned by eligible disabled veterans so that in determining the amount of relief to such a taxpayer, the assessed value on the first $175,000 of full market SB 651 · this session · introduced Jan 28, 2025
Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 4/21/2026Correction, Dept. of - As enacted, requires the department to pay from existing budgeted funds a monthly amount to a department employee for the medical care of a retired canine that served the department if the canine iSB 652 · this session · introduced Jan 27, 2025
Signed by Governor.enacts "Emma's Bill," which requires that when making a determination of medical necessity, the bureau shall take into consideration the patient's overall condition and use such overall condition as a factor to determineSB 650 · this session · introduced Jan 27, 2025
Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 4/21/2026enacts the "Tennessee Medicaid Modernization and Access Act of 2025," which aligns TennCare's current Medicaid reimbursement rates for obstetrics/gynecology, primary care, outpatient mental health, and substance use disoSB 334 · this session · introduced Jan 27, 2025
Action deferred in Senate Finance, Ways & Means Committee to 4/21/2026extends to the dependent children and spouses of veterans who sustained a permanent and total service-connected disability during a qualifying period of armed conflict the same waiver of all tuition and fees at public inSB 295 · this session · introduced Jan 22, 2025
Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Education CommitteeNurses, Nursing - As enacted, requires the board of nursing to develop a survey to collect certain information from nurse practitioners who have been issued a certificate of fitness from the board; requires the board to SB 332 · this session · introduced Jan 16, 2025
Signed by Governor.changes from March 1 to January 15 the date by which the bureau of TennCare, in consultation with the perinatal advisory committee and with the assistance of relevant state agencies, must report to legislative committeesSB 331 · this session · introduced Jan 16, 2025
Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Health and Welfare Committeeexempts from the sales and use tax the purchase of a motor vehicle that is registered in this state by a qualifying member of the Tennessee national guard; applies the sales tax exemption only to the first $15,000 of theSB 294 · this session · introduced Jan 16, 2025
Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 4/21/2026Military - As enacted, specifies that the state guard is a separate entity within the military department for budgetary purposes. - Amends TCA Title 9, Chapter 4 and Title 58. Companion bill has been assigned Public ChapSB 293 · this session · introduced Dec 3, 2024
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