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Lowell Russell R

State Representative
Tennessee House of Representatives District 21
Term: — – Jan. 3, 2026
1 Total

Biography

Photo URL: https://www.capitol.tn.gov/house/members/images/H21.jpg

On Record (44)

Bill Criminal Offenses
Jun 02, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill Department ofEnvironment and Conservation
May 23, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill SENTENCING
May 23, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill Children's ServicesDept. of
May 23, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill Education
May 23, 2026 · source · details / share
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Rep. Lowell Russell Earns NFIB Guardian Award  NFIB
Apr 09, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill Memorials, Personal Occasion
Edyth Ann Worthy, 100th birthday
Mar 31, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill Memorials, Retirement
Major Stacey Heatherly
Mar 31, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill Memorials, Death
Thomas Cory Myers Gunnels
Mar 31, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill Memorials, Death
Thomas Myers "Cory" Gunnels
Mar 31, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill Memorials, Recognition
Fort Loudoun Electric Cooperative, 85th anniversary
Mar 31, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill Memorials, Retirement
Officer Robert A. Jackson
Mar 31, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill Memorials, Public Service
Teresa J. "TJ" Sutton
Mar 31, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill Memorials, Retirement
Danny Everhart
Mar 31, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill Memorials, Recognition
Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians' efforts to reclaim land
Mar 31, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill Memorials, Heroism
Sergeant Cody Manders, Monroe County Sheriff''s Office
Mar 31, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill Memorials, Recognition
Glioblastoma Cancer Awareness Day
Mar 31, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill Memorials, Recognition
Kamara Johnson, Governor's Volunteer Stars Award
Mar 31, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill Memorials, Recognition
Melanie Sloan, Governor's Volunteer Stars Award
Mar 31, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill Memorials, Recognition
Tennessee Air National Guard 134th Air Refueling Wing at McGhee Tyson Air National Guard Base
Mar 31, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill PUBLIC RECORDS
As introduced, creates an offense for using or selling an individual's personal identifying information obtained from a governmental entity for commercial use, punishable as a Class B misdemeanor.
Mar 31, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill Autopsies
As introduced, requires the expenses of an autopsy ordered by a district attorney general to be paid by this state. - Amends TCA Title 38, Chapter 7.
Mar 31, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill Criminal Offenses
As introduced, adds the advisement or encouragement to commit suicide to the offense of assisted suicide under certain circumstances. - Amends TCA Title 39.
Mar 31, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill Expunction
As introduced, permits the expunction of a Class E felony conviction for official misconduct. - Amends TCA Title 39 and Title 40, Chapter 32.
Mar 31, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
As introduced, specifies that for purposes of carrying out a sentence of death, lethal injection protocol may include the use of pharmaceutical fentanyl. - Amends TCA Title 40.
Mar 31, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill Neutral Utilities, Utility Districts
As introduced, allows the Tellico Village Property Owners Association's water and wastewater utility services to be placed under the jurisdiction of the Tennessee board of utility regulation. - Amends TCA Title 7, Chapter 82, Part 7 and Title 65, Chapter 4, Part 1.
Mar 16, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill Neutral Driver Licenses
As introduced, authorizes the department of safety to issue a for-hire endorsement to operate a Class D vehicle to an applicant who would otherwise qualify for a for-hire endorsement but for the requirement of at least two years of unrestricted driving prior to the date of application if the applicant has completed a sentence of incarceration after conviction for an …
Mar 16, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill Neutral Firearms and Ammunition
As introduced, states that a person who has not been convicted of a violent, felony crime and who is lawfully able to own or to possess a firearm under the Constitution of Tennessee is considered to be individually licensed and verified by this state within the meaning of the provisions regarding individual licensure and verification in the federal Gun-Free School …
Mar 16, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill Neutral County Officers
As introduced, requires a person elected or appointed to the office of constable on or after August 1, 2030, to have graduated from a Tennessee POST-approved certified law enforcement training academy; excludes a person who has held the office of constable for one complete term and is reelected to the office of constable on or after August 1, 2030, from …
Mar 16, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill Neutral SENTENCING
As introduced, increases the penalty for failing to stop at the scene of an accident when the person knew or should reasonably have known that death resulted from the accident by requiring a mandatory period of confinement of not less than one year and a minimum fine of $10,000. - Amends TCA Title 39; Title 40 and Title 55.
Mar 16, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill Neutral Local Education Agencies
As introduced, requires boards of education that contract for transportation services with persons owning equipment to provide school transportation facilities to all students who live more than 1.5 miles by the nearest accessible route from the school to which they are assigned by the board of education and in which they are enrolled. - Amends TCA Title 49; Title 55, …
Mar 16, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill Neutral Jails, Local Lock-ups
As introduced, permits a jail to refuse an arrestee if the arrestee requires medical attention and has been arrested for a misdemeanor offense that does not constitute a crime against a person; requires the arresting agency to have the arrestee evaluated by a healthcare provider and to obtain a release form from the healthcare provider prior to the jail accepting …
Mar 16, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill Neutral DUI Offenses
As introduced, allows a person convicted of driving under the influence of an intoxicant involving alcohol or opioids to agree to receive naltrexone injections at the person's own expense for a period of 12 continuous months in lieu of being required to operate only a motor vehicle equipped with an ignition interlock device. - Amends TCA Title 39; Title 40 …
Mar 16, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill Neutral Loudon
Subject to local approval, authorizes the City to regulate construction, maintenance, and operation of public utilities, and assess fees for the use and impact of such services; authorizes the City to establish, maintain, and regulate certain infrastructure, public grounds, and public facilities, assess fees for the use of or impact upon such property and facilities, and condemn property for such …
Mar 16, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill Neutral Medical Occupations
As introduced, deletes transitional language pertaining to the appointment and length of terms of members of the former board of medical examiners’ committee on physician assistants who were transferred to the new board of physician assistants in 2021, with the longest remaining term expiring in 2024; removes language limiting former committee members to a maximum of two consecutive four-year terms …
Mar 16, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill Neutral CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
As introduced, increases, from 30 to 45, the number of days a sheriff has to provide the department of safety with any information that is within the knowledge of the sheriff concerning an applicant's truthfulness on an application for an enhanced handgun carry permit. - Amends TCA Title 38; Title 39 and Title 40.
Mar 16, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill Neutral Juvenile Offenders
As enacted, requires suspension of a minor's driving privileges or ability to obtain a driver license for a period of one year as part of the disposition if a minor is adjudicated delinquent for an act that would constitute the offense of harassment by bullying or cyber-bullying. - Amends TCA Title 37; Title 39 and Title 55, Chapter 10, Part …
Mar 16, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill Neutral Forfeiture of Assets
As introduced, increases the burden of proof required to be met by the state in civil asset forfeiture proceedings from a preponderance of evidence standard to a clear and convincing evidence standard. - Amends TCA Title 40, Chapter 33.
Mar 16, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill Neutral Driver Licenses
As introduced, requires an enforcement officer to issue an out-of-service order to a driver issued a commercial driver license if the officer determines during a safety inspection that the driver is unable to read and speak the English language in violation of federal requirements for commercial driver license holders; applies penalties against employers of such drivers. - Amends TCA Title …
Mar 16, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill Neutral ADVERTISING
As introduced, 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 16 and Section 54-21-107.
Mar 16, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill Neutral Tort Liability and Reform
As enacted, specifies that a law enforcement officer who causes property damage to or inflicts personal injury upon a person during the course of the law enforcement officer's official duties is immune from civil liability if at the time the damage or injury occurred, the person suffering the injury or damage was engaged in conduct that resulted in the person …
Mar 16, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill Neutral PUBLIC RECORDS
As introduced, requires personal information of certain state and local officials to be maintained confidentially upon request; authorizes the release of such information by court order, subpoena, or pursuant to an active law enforcement investigation. - Amends TCA Title 10, Chapter 7.
Mar 16, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill Neutral ZONING
As introduced, requires, on and after July 1, 2025, a deed of conveyance of real property to include the zoning classification of the property at the time the deed is recorded; prescribes a process by which a local zoning authority may notify a state department, agency, or officer of a local zoning violation by a business resulting in the revocation …
Mar 16, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill Neutral Driver Licenses
As introduced, requires that all driver licenses and photo identification licenses be manufactured and printed in this state; requires the department of safety to review and determine the cost-effectiveness of having such licenses manufactured and printed by the department or another state department or agency or through a contract with a private vendor; requires that licenses be manufactured and printed …
Mar 16, 2026 · source · details / share