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Joe Towns D

State Representative
Tennessee House of Representatives District 83
Term: — – Jan. 3, 2026

Biography

Photo URL: http://www.capitol.tn.gov/house/members/images/h84.jpg

On Record (19)

Bill Garnishments and Executions
May 23, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill Criminal Offenses
May 23, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill Memorials, Recognition
Nashville Alumni Chapter of Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc., 100th Anniversary
Apr 07, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill Food and Food Products
As introduced, prohibits the sale or offering for sale of any food that contains a live vaccine. - Amends TCA Title 47, Chapter 18 and Title 53.
Mar 31, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill Taxes, Sales
As introduced, reduces the rate on the state sales tax on food and food ingredients from 4 percent to 2 percent of the sales price. - Amends TCA Title 67, Chapter 6.
Mar 31, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill Highways, Roads and Bridges
As introduced, requires the department of transportation to study the development of a new bridge crossing the Mississippi River and connecting to Arkansas. - Amends TCA Title 54.
Mar 31, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill Campaigns and Campaign Finance
As introduced, authorizes the use of campaign funds for the payment of fines, fees, and penalties assessed for the violation of campaign finance or ethics laws. - Amends TCA Title 2, Chapter 10.
Mar 31, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill Food and Food Products
As introduced, prohibits the sale or offering for sale of any food that contains a live vaccine. - Amends TCA Title 47, Chapter 18 and Title 53.
Mar 31, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill Highways, Roads and Bridges
As introduced, requires the department of transportation to study the development of a new bridge crossing the Mississippi River and connecting to Arkansas. - Amends TCA Title 54.
Mar 31, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill Neutral Criminal Offenses
As introduced, increases the amount of marijuana that may be possessed, from one-half ounce to five ounces, for it to be considered a small amount of marijuana and punishable as a Class A misdemeanor; revises penalty to make it punishable by a $500 fine for a first offense and a $1,000 fine for a second or subsequent offense. - Amends …
Mar 16, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill Neutral Utilities, Utility Districts
As introduced, requires certain data centers to register with the Tennessee public utilities commission; requires electric and water utilities that provide service to registered data centers to report usage and rates to the commission; requires the commission's executive director to compile and publish certain information based on reports received from utilities. - Amends TCA Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; …
Mar 16, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill Neutral Banks and Financial Institutions
As introduced, prohibits a bank from digitizing or otherwise converting money held by the bank on behalf of a consumer into a digital currency, digital medium of exchange, or digital monetary unit of account, including cryptocurrency, without express, written authorization from the consumer for whom the money is held. - Amends TCA Title 45.
Mar 16, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill Neutral Internet and e-Commerce
As introduced, requires that if an account holder deletes the account holder's account on a social media platform, the social media platform shall delete all personal information pertaining to the deleted account or collected directly through the use of the social media platform through the deleted account by the account holder or another user. - Amends TCA Title 4 and …
Mar 16, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill Neutral Boards And Commissions
As introduced, requires the state board of cosmetology and barber examiners to create and maintain a student identification number for each applicant accruing instructional hours; prohibits the board from using a student's social security number as a public-facing identifier of the person. - Amends TCA Title 62, Chapter 3 and Title 62, Chapter 4.
Mar 16, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill Neutral Food and Food Products
As introduced, prohibits the manufacture, sale, or delivery, holding, or offering for sale in this state of any food that contains an antibiotic, or a vaccine or vaccine material, unless the food labeling contains a conspicuous notification of the presence of the antibiotic, vaccine, or vaccine material in the food; defines food that contains a vaccine or vaccine material as …
Mar 16, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill Neutral Food and Food Products
As introduced, prohibits the sale of food containing nanotechnology created by humans that is capable of collecting and transmitting data unless the food is labeled as containing nanotechnology. - Amends TCA Title 47, Chapter 18 and Title 53.
Mar 16, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill Neutral Firearms and Ammunition
As introduced, creates the offense of carrying or possessing a firearm, including a firearm that was privately assembled and does not contain a serial number or other mark that conforms with federal law, if, at the time of carrying or possessing, the person is not a citizen of the United States or a lawful permanent resident. - Amends TCA Title …
Mar 16, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill Neutral Criminal Offenses
As introduced, specifies that a person using force intended or likely to cause death or serious bodily injury from within the person's residence or dwelling is presumed to have acted in self-defense when that force is used against an individual armed with a deadly weapon who is unlawfully present on the person's property and outside of the enclosed structure of …
Mar 16, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill Neutral General Assembly
As introduced, entitles a member of the general assembly to expense and mileage allowances for a Saturday or Sunday during a regular or special session if the member is arriving on such day to attend, or in anticipation of attending, a meeting germane to the business of the general assembly for the regular or special session. - Amends TCA Title …
Mar 16, 2026 · source · details / share