Rusty Crowe - State Senator, Carter County, Tennessee

Bill Municipal Government

Municipal Government - As enacted, requires notices relating to annexation or municipal zoning to be published, posted, or mailed 21 days, rather than 15 days, prior to the public hearing on the annexation or zoning; requires the annexing municipality to provide notice of annexation to property owners whose property is within 200 feet of the territory being annexed; requires signs that inform viewers of the proposed annexation to be posted in and around the area being annexed. - Amends TCA Title 6, Chapter 51, Part 1 and Title 13, Chapter 7.

Jun 02, 2026 · source · details / share

Bill Natural Areas PreservationParks

Parks, Natural Areas Preservation - As enacted, provides that an owner of land who enters into a cooperative agreement with a public utility owned by the federal government for the use of the public utility's land in conjunction with the owner's land of at least 100 acres that is made available to the public as a park for outdoor recreational purposes without charge, except for a nominal parking fee or special event fee, generally owes no duty of care to persons entering or going upon such land and is not liable for any loss, damages, or injury to such persons. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 7; Title 8; Title 11; Title 68; Title 69 and Title 70.

Jun 02, 2026 · source · details / share

Bill Principals and School PersonnelTEACHERS

Teachers, Principals and School Personnel - As enacted, allows all LEA and public charter school employees, instead of only teachers, to receive their full salary, or average pay, and full benefits in the event they sustain a personal injury as the result of a physical assault or other violent criminal act committed against them while they are acting in the course and scope of their employment. - Amends TCA Title 49.

Jun 02, 2026 · source · details / share

Bill Food and Food Products

Food and Food Products - As enacted, prohibits a local government from adopting or enforcing a resolution, ordinance, policy, or regulation that regulates, prohibits, or restricts the sale of food by certain establishments, including the location and hours of operation of the sale of food by such establishments. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 43; Title 53; Title 67 and Title 68.

Jun 02, 2026 · source · details / share

Bill Dept. ofHuman Services

Human Services, Dept. of - As enacted, requires the commissioner to include in the annual block grant report information detailing the department's use of federal TANF funds in furtherance of the four purposes of the TANF program. - Amends TCA Title 71, Chapter 1, Part 1.

Jun 02, 2026 · source · details / share

Bill Dept. ofHealth

Health, Dept. of - As enacted, authorizes the department to contract with a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that maintains a principal office in this state and that is affiliated with a nonprofit membership organization composed of family physicians, family medicine residents, and medical students in this state for the nonprofit organization to administer some or all portions of the family medicine student loan repayment program. - Amends TCA Title 49 and Title 63.

Jun 02, 2026 · source · details / share

Bill Tennessee Higher Education Commission

Tennessee Higher Education Commission - As enacted, makes various changes to the fees collected by the commission from Tennessee SARA institutions pursuant to the State Authorization Reciprocity Agreement Act. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 7.

Jun 02, 2026 · source · details / share

Bill HighwaysRoads and Bridges

Highways, Roads and Bridges - As enacted, requires the department of transportation to erect and maintain directional signs for Milligan University at the I-81/I-26 interchange, Exit 57A, in the City of Kingsport in Sullivan County. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 8; Title 54; Title 55; Title 65 and Title 67.

May 23, 2026 · source · details / share

Bill EducationHigher

Education, Higher - As enacted, requires the office of the comptroller of the treasury to include in any audit conducted by the office of a governing board of a public institution of higher education an examination into whether each institution governed by the board is complying with the equal protection provisions of the Tennessee and United States constitutions in the institution's admission program and practices. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 8, Chapter 4; Title 49, Chapter 8; Title 49, Chapter 9 and Title 49, Chapter 7.

May 23, 2026 · source · details / share

Bill NURSESNursing

Nurses, Nursing - As enacted, requires, for practical nursing programs offered by a public institution of higher education, a minimum of 1,296 clock hours or an equivalent number of credit hours. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 8; Title 14; Title 29; Title 33; Title 37; Title 39; Title 53; Title 63; Title 68 and Title 71.

May 23, 2026 · source · details / share

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Crowe sponsors consumer protection from data centers bill

May 12, 2026 · source · details / share

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Crowe criticizes ‘dark money’ ads targeting PBM reform bill

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Crowe: Tennessee secures funding for 2027 Summer EBT food program

Apr 20, 2026 · source · details / share

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Lawmakers secure funding for Carter County hurricane recovery

Apr 17, 2026 · source · details / share

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Crowe backs repeal of certificate of need with amendments

Apr 17, 2026 · source · details / share

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The Education Freedom Scholarship passed a final vote in the Tennessee Senate. Northeast Tennessee state Senators Rusty Crowe, R-Johnson City, and Bobby Harshbarger, R-Kingsport, voted in support of the measure. - Erwin Record

Apr 17, 2026 · source · details / share

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The Education Freedom Scholarship passed a final vote in the Tennessee Senate. Northeast Tennessee state Senators Rusty Crowe, R-Johnson City, and Bobby Harshbarger, R-Kingsport, voted in support of the measure. - Johnson City Press

Apr 17, 2026 · source · details / share

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Street unanimously confirmed by Senate panel for appeals court post

Apr 09, 2026 · source · details / share

Bill Memorials, Recognition

A RESOLUTION to honor the fourteen fallen veterans of Happy Valley High School.

Fallen veterans of Happy Valley High School

Apr 07, 2026 · source · details / share

Bill Memorials, Professional Achievement

A RESOLUTION to honor David Frizzell on receiving NFIB's 2025 Small Business Champion Award.

David Frizzell, NFIB Small Business Champion Award