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Mark Cochran R

State Representative
Tennessee House of Representatives District 23
Term: — – Jan. 3, 2026
1 Total

Biography

Photo URL: https://www.capitol.tn.gov/house/members/images/H23.jpg

On Record (39)

Bill Marriage
Jun 02, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill Health Care
Jun 02, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill Athens
May 23, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill Hotel MotelTaxes
May 23, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill Principals and School PersonnelTEACHERS
May 23, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill Local Education Agencies
May 23, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill Business and Commerce
May 23, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill Dairy ProductsMILK
May 23, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill Criminal Offenses
May 23, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill Commerce and InsuranceDept. of
May 23, 2026 · source · details / share
Article / Text Auto-discovered
Cochran: Illegal immigration, enforcement of laws to be at forefront of assembly session  The Daily Post-Athenian
Apr 08, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill Memorials, Death
Dr. Julie Aderhold Goodin
Mar 31, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill Memorials, Retirement
Coach Johnny Morgan
Mar 31, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill Memorials, Sports
Karina Bystry, Class 2A Miss Basketball
Mar 31, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill General Assembly, Statement of Intent or Position
Urges Tennessee universities to adopt principles of institutional neutrality, free expression and civil discourse, and the preservation of a safe and respectful campus.
Mar 31, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill Niota
Subject to local approval, rewrites the charter of the City of Niota. - Amends Chapter 48 of the Private Acts of 1919; as amended and rewritten.
Mar 31, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill Education, Dept. of
As introduced, requires the department to make the standardized form for reporting student allergies publicly available on its website. - Amends TCA Title 49.
Mar 31, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill Real Property
As introduced, enacts the "Tennessee Uniform Real Property Transfer on Death Act." - Amends TCA Title 8; Title 30; Title 31; Title 32; Title 35; Title 55; Title 66 and Section 67-4-409.
Mar 31, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill Education
As enacted, creates an advisory committee on innovations in K-12 education. - Amends TCA Title 8 and Title 49.
Mar 31, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill Pensions and Retirement Benefits
As enacted, enacts the "Fairness in Benefits Act." - Amends TCA Title 8, Chapter 27; Title 8, Chapter 34; Title 8, Chapter 35; Title 8, Chapter 36 and Title 8, Chapter 37.
Mar 31, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill State Government
As introduced, creates the "Tennessee Critical Infrastructure Act." - Amends TCA Title 4.
Mar 31, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill Purchasing and Procurement
As introduced, enacts the "Tennessee Procurement Protection Act." - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 56.
Mar 31, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill Neutral Athens
Subject to local approval, sets compensation of mayor and council members by ordinance rather than specific dollar amounts; does not alter compensation amounts of current mayor or council members. - Amends Chapter 455 of the Private Acts of 1953; as amended.
Mar 16, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill Neutral Education, Higher
As introduced, deletes an obsolete requirement that the governing board of each public institution of higher education submit a report on the institution's implementation of a research security policy by July 1, 2025, to the chairs of the education committee of the senate and the education committees of the house of representatives. - Amends TCA Title 9 and Title 49.
Mar 16, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill Neutral Criminal Offenses
As introduced, enacts the "Crush Transnational Repression in Tennessee Act"; enhances criminal offenses, nullifies certain actions, creates new offenses, authorizes the TBI to create a training program, and authorizes public dissemination of information concerning actions to compel persons in Tennessee to follow laws of adversarial foreign governments. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 38 and Title 39.
Mar 16, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill Neutral Public Health
As introduced, requires, by February 1 of each year, the department of health to report to the chairs of the senate health and welfare committee and the committee in the house of representatives with jurisdiction over public health programs concerning the benefits and grants received due to an act of congress to provide for cooperation with the states in the …
Mar 16, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill Neutral Education, Dept. of
As introduced, requires the department to collaborate with the department of safety to develop guidelines for LEAs and public charter schools providing a driver education and training course that include certain criteria. - Amends TCA Title 49 and Title 55.
Mar 16, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill Neutral Health, Dept. of
As introduced, removes certain listed nonprofits from the definition of food service establishment without regard to whether volunteer personnel for such listed nonprofits prepared, served, transported, or stored the food on consecutive or nonconsecutive days. - Amends TCA Title 68, Chapter 14.
Mar 16, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill Neutral Corporations, Not for Profit
As introduced, establishes the county where a public benefit or mutual benefit corporation has the corporation's principal office or, if the corporation does not have a principal office located in this state, the corporation's registered office, as a venue for a proceeding by the attorney general and reporter to dissolve the corporation; establishes additional locations as venue for proceedings to …
Mar 16, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill Neutral Immigration
As introduced, requires a memorandum of understanding entered between a law enforcement agency and federal officials concerning enforcement of federal immigration laws to include a requirement that the law enforcement agency accept and honor any immigration detainer received from federal immigration authorities, including maintaining custody of the subject of an immigration detainer for 48 hours beyond the time when the …
Mar 16, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill Neutral Game and Fish Laws
As introduced, clarifies that local governmental entities shall not regulate the manner and means of taking wildlife, including the discharge of a firearm while lawfully hunting, and that such taking is regulated pursuant to rules promulgated and proclamations issued by the fish and wildlife commission. - Amends TCA Section 39-17-1314; Section 70-1-206 and Section 70-4-107.
Mar 16, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill Neutral Employees, Employers
As introduced, requires employers that condition employment or prospective employment upon an employee or prospective employee submitting to a mental health evaluation to grant the employee or prospective employee reasonable access to the results of the mental health evaluation, including any report from a mental health professional or other evaluator; provides a private right of action for an employee or …
Mar 16, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill Neutral Professions And Occupations
As introduced, specifies in various provisions that for a person to be eligible for a particular license, certificate, permit, or authorization, the person must be a citizen of the United States or a qualified alien. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 7; Title 20; Title 23; Title 33; Title 37; Title 39; Title 42; Title 43; Title 44; Title 45; …
Mar 16, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill Neutral Traffic Safety
As introduced, creates a Class B misdemeanor for failure to properly adjust headlights by a person or entity that installs tires on a passenger motor vehicle or truck that are larger in total diameter than the original equipment manufacturer's tires installed; creates a Class B misdemeanor for installing such tires so as to cause the bumper or frame to exceed …
Mar 16, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill Neutral State Government
As introduced, declares that the policy of this state is that there are only two sexes, a biological male and a biological female. - Amends TCA Title 1; Title 3; Title 4; Title 5; Title 6; Title 7 and Title 8.
Mar 16, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill Neutral Education
As enacted, prohibits a public school, LEA, or teacher, employee, or contractor of a public school or LEA from requiring a student, teacher, employee, or contractor of the public school or LEA to provide the individual's preferred pronouns; makes related revisions. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 8; Title 9, Chapter 8; Title 29, Chapter 20 and Title 49.
Mar 16, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill Neutral Health Care
As introduced, urges the human rights commission to study problems of discrimination against healthcare providers in this state because of their decision to decline to participate in a healthcare service on the basis of religious, moral, or ethical beliefs. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 20; Title 29; Title 39; Title 49; Title 50; Title 56; Title 63; Title 68 …
Mar 16, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill Neutral CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
As enacted, requires the clerk of every court having jurisdiction of criminal offenses to include a $12.50 charge in every cost bill, to be remitted to the county government to provide support services for the purpose of promoting public safety at the sole discretion of the district attorney general; takes effect upon two-thirds vote of the county legislative body; requires …
Mar 16, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill Neutral Purchasing and Procurement
As enacted, authorizes a local government to execute a cooperative purchasing agreement with other local, state, and federal governmental entities for purposes of purchasing materials, labor, and services used for maintenance, operations, component replacement, or repairs of existing facilities and grounds owned or operated by a local education agency or by a local government agency. - Amends TCA Section 12-3-1205.
Mar 16, 2026 · source · details / share