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Joey Hensley R

State Senator
Tennessee Senate District 28
Term: — – Jan. 3, 2028
Email: [email protected]
4 Total

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On Record (23)

Bill LAW ENFORCEMENT
Law Enforcement - As enacted, authorizes a law enforcement agency to assign a law enforcement officer to serve as a school resource officer at a school within a local board of education's control that has not entered into a memorandum of understanding with a law enforcement agency to assign a school resource officer to the school. - Amends TCA Title 8; Title 37; Title 38; Title 49 and Title 62.
Jun 02, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill SAFETY
Safety - As enacted, requires the department of safety to create de-escalation training for teachers, administrators, and other school personnel; requires LEAs and public charter schools to ensure that the LEA's or public charter school's teachers, administrators, and other school personnel annually receive the de-escalation training. - Amends TCA Title 49.
Jun 02, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill PrivateSCHOOLS
Schools, Private - As enacted, clarifies that a private school serving students in any of the grades pre-K through 12 is authorized to adopt a handgun carry policy for the private school's property. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 17, Part 13; Title 49, Chapter 1 and Title 49, Chapter 50.
Jun 02, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill Historical Commission
Historical Commission - As enacted, vacates and reconstitutes the commission; makes other changes relative to the commission. - Amends TCA Title 4.
Jun 02, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill EducationHigher
Education, Higher - As enacted, adds a process by which compliance with the law concerning divisive concepts in institutions of higher education can be reviewed by applicable legislative committees. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 7.
Jun 02, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill School Transportation
School Transportation - As enacted, clarifies, for purposes of obtaining a school bus endorsement on a driver license and for other purposes, that a school bus is a vehicle designed to transport 16 or more passengers, including the driver; makes other related revisions. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 6, Part 21 and Title 55, Chapter 50.
Jun 02, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill Health Care
Health Care - As enacted, requires a healthcare provider to provide to a patient or the patient’s authorized representative a full copy of the patient’s medical records within 10 working days of receipt of a written request by the patient or representative, instead of providing a full copy or a summary of the records; requires a healthcare provider to provide to a principal or an attorney in fact acting pursuant to a durable power of attorney for health care a full copy of the principal’s medical records within 10 working days of receipt of a written request by the principal or attorney in fact, instead of providing a full copy or a summary of the records. - Amends TCA Title 34; Title 63 and Title 68.
Jun 02, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill Election Laws
Election Laws - As enacted, requires the coordinator of elections to compare the statewide voter registration database with the department of safety database to ensure non-United States citizens are not registered to vote in this state. - Amends TCA Section 2-2-106 and Section 2-2-141.
Jun 02, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill Principals and School PersonnelTEACHERS
Teachers, Principals and School Personnel - As enacted, authorizes the issuance of temporary teaching permits to teach physical education classes in elementary schools. - Amends TCA Title 49.
Jun 02, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill LABOR
Labor - As enacted, clarifies that in determining whether a person is an illegal alien for employment purposes, the person's status is considered with respect to the employment of the person at a particular time. - Amends TCA Title 50.
May 23, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill STATE SYMBOLS
State Symbols - As enacted, designates "Tennessee, In My Dreams" by Makky Kaylor as an official state song. - Amends TCA Section 4-1-302.
May 23, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill Dept. ofEducation
Education, Dept. of - As enacted, enacts the "Beyond Ordinary Learning Opportunities (BOLO) Act," which requires the department to establish a one-year pilot program to place a therapy dog in five public schools in the 2024-2025 school year. - Amends TCA Title 49.
May 23, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill Education
Education - As enacted, revises various provisions of present law pertaining to the "Age-Appropriate Materials Act of 2022" and the state textbook and instructional materials quality commission. - Amends TCA Title 49.
May 23, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill Food and Food Products
Food and Food Products - As enacted, defines food that contains a vaccine or vaccine material as a drug for purposes of the Tennessee Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act. - Amends TCA Title 47, Chapter 18 and Title 53.
May 23, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill EducationHigher
Education, Higher - As enacted, enacts the "Laken Riley Act of 2024," which generally prohibits a public institution of higher education from prohibiting adults lawfully present on the institution's property from carrying a non-lethal weapon for purposes of self-defense; allows certain exceptions. - Amends TCA Title 39 and Title 49.
May 23, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill Criminal Offenses
Criminal Offenses - As enacted, enacts "Dr. Benjamin Mauck Act," which creates new criminal offenses of assault within a healthcare facility and aggravated assault within a healthcare facility. - Amends TCA Title 39.
May 23, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill Election Laws
Election Laws - As enacted, requires an administrator of elections, if the administrator attends a training, seminar, conference, or other educational event related to elections and such event is outside of this state, to file a form prescribed by the coordinator of elections reporting certain information; requires the administrator to file the form with the state election commission no later than 15 days after the date of the event. - Amends TCA Title 2.
May 23, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill Ad ValoremTaxes
Taxes, Ad Valorem - As enacted, authorizes municipal tax collectors and taxing entities to also accept partial payments of delinquent property taxes in the same manner as county trustees; requires such officials to include in their plan for accepting partial payments a description of the accounting system technology or manual processes to be used to record partial payments of delinquent property taxes and a statement indicating that funds received as partial payments on delinquent property taxes will reduce the amount of delinquent property tax, interest, statutory fees, and court costs, by relative amounts on a pro-rata basis. - Amends TCA Section 67-5-2001.
May 23, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill Health Care
Health Care - As enacted, enacts the "Healthcare Provider Advertising Law." - Amends TCA Title 47; Title 63 and Title 68.
May 23, 2026 · source · details / share
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Senator Joey Hensley Highlights Education Legislation - Radio7Media
May 22, 2026 · source · details / share
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Chattanooga Sparked It, Lewis County Helped Push It
Apr 23, 2026 · source · details / share
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Sen. Joey Hensley Highlights Legislative Action on Kratom, Vaping, and Public Safety - Radio7Media
Apr 20, 2026 · source · details / share
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Senator Joey Hensley Receives Plaque for Signing U.S. Term Limits Pledge - U.S. Term Limits
Senator Joey Hensley Receives Plaque for Signing U.S. Term Limits Pledge  U.S. Term Limits
Apr 08, 2026 · source · details / share