Jeff Yarbro

Jeff Yarbro co-sponsored Senate Bill 1624, whose companion became Public Chapter 625 on March 30, 2026, requiring disclaimers for political advertisements containing deceptive deepfake elements.

March 30, 2026Supports AI Regulation

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Filed a bill proposing fines up to $10,000 for spreading deepfakes of candidates - fake audio or video made to look real - within 90 days of an election, with exceptions for news, satire, and parody (Senate Bill 2321).

February 2, 2026Supports AI Regulation

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Filed Senate Bill 1261 in February 2025, proposing limits on how health insurers use artificial intelligence to review claims. The bill proposed requiring a licensed doctor, not software, to decide whether care is medically necessary, and requiring insurers to disclose and review their AI tools.

February 6, 2025Supports AI Regulation

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Co-sponsored the Caring for Caregivers Act, which created a state pilot program giving up to $6,000 a year to family caregivers of relatives with Alzheimer's or dementia (Senate Bill 1777).

May 18, 2026Supports Healthcare Affordability

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Jeff Yarbro co-sponsored Senate Bill 589, whose companion became Public Chapter 595 on March 23, 2026, requiring qualifying health plans to cover a 12-month contraceptive refill.

March 23, 2026Supports Healthcare Affordability

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Filed a bill proposing to let uninsured adults aged 18 to 64 buy TennCare coverage, with premiums scaled to income (Senate Bill 1852, 2026).

January 21, 2026Supports Healthcare Affordability

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Jeff Yarbro co-sponsored Senate Bill 449, which became Public Chapter 247 on April 29, 2025, protecting access to fertility treatment and contraception.

April 29, 2025Supports Healthcare Affordability

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Filed Senate Bill 1261 in February 2025, proposing limits on how health insurers use artificial intelligence to review claims. The bill proposed requiring a licensed doctor, not software, to decide whether care is medically necessary, and requiring insurers to disclose and review their AI tools.

February 6, 2025Supports Healthcare Affordability

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Filed Senate Bill 1248, proposing to end the exemption that lets health plans skip Tennessee's mental health and addiction coverage requirement when meeting it would raise plan costs by more than one percent.

February 6, 2025Supports Healthcare Affordability

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Introduced a bill creating a state fund to pay grants for buying and protecting green space in cities, plus community programs to cut air pollution (Senate Bill 1206).

February 6, 2025Supports Environment and Public Health

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Jeff Yarbro filed Senate Bill 1246 on February 6, 2025, proposing the Clean Energy and Jobs Act with workforce grants and renewable-energy and small-business tax credits.

February 6, 2025Supports Environment and Public Health

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Jeff Yarbro filed Senate Bill 2314 on February 2, 2026, proposing an exemption from Tennessee state sales and use tax for retail food and food ingredients.

February 2, 2026Supports Reduce Wealth Gap

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Jeff Yarbro co-sponsored Senate Bill 2674, filed on February 2, 2026, proposing the Public Education Investments Act with teacher-pay, Title I funding, and scholarship investments.

February 2, 2026Supports Reduce Wealth Gap

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Filed a bill directing Tennessee to apply by January 2027 for federal summer grant money that helps feed children when school is out (Senate Bill 1853).

January 21, 2026Supports Reduce Wealth Gap

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Jeff Yarbro filed Senate Bill 1207 on February 6, 2025, proposing disclosure of the legislation that lobbyists were paid to support or oppose.

February 6, 2025Supports Anti-Corruption

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Filed a bill requiring the secretary of state to run a free, nonpartisan website with information on every candidate on a voter's ballot (Senate Bill 2299).

February 2, 2026Supports Government Efficiency

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Jeff Yarbro co-sponsored Senate Bill 1820, whose companion became Public Chapter 956 on May 18, 2026, establishing body-camera requirements for correctional officers at the Trousdale Turner Correctional Center.

May 18, 2026Supports Public Safety and Crime Control

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Jeff Yarbro sponsored Senate Bill 1346, which the governor signed on May 9, 2025, creating civil and criminal remedies for nonconsensual intimate digital depictions.

May 9, 2025Supports Public Safety and Crime Control

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Jeff Yarbro sponsored Senate Bill 335, which the governor signed on March 25, 2025, creating the Voyeurism Victims Act.

March 25, 2025Supports Public Safety and Crime Control

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Filed a bill letting family, household members, partners, or police ask a court to take guns from someone a judge finds an imminent danger. Its House companion failed in subcommittee 2-7 (Senate Bill 1131).

February 6, 2025Supports Public Safety and Crime Control

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Filed a Tennessee bill proposing to make it a Class C misdemeanor to leave a handgun in an unattended vehicle unless it is hidden and locked in the trunk, glove box, or a secured container (Senate Bill 807). It also proposed requiring gun owners to report a lost or stolen handgun to police within 24 hours. The bill stalled in Senate Judiciary, and its House companion failed in subcommittee in March 2025.

February 4, 2025Supports Public Safety and Crime Control

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Co-sponsored a bill blocking big investment companies that already own 100 or more rental houses from buying more single-family homes in nine Tennessee counties. The Senate passed it 31-1 (Senate Bill 242).

March 9, 2026Supports Housing Affordability

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Jeff Yarbro filed Senate Bill 2516 on February 2, 2026, encouraging municipalities to assess housing affordability and use pattern books for medium-density housing.

February 2, 2026Supports Housing Affordability

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Jeff Yarbro co-sponsored Senate Bill 2531, whose companion became Public Chapter 1006 on May 26, 2026, creating an advisory board for families of incarcerated people.

May 26, 2026Supports Social Programs and Welfare

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Co-sponsored the Caring for Caregivers Act, which created a state pilot program giving up to $6,000 a year to family caregivers of relatives with Alzheimer's or dementia (Senate Bill 1777).

May 18, 2026Supports Social Programs and Welfare

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Jeff Yarbro filed Senate Bill 2520 on February 2, 2026, proposing allocation of two percent of Tennessee sports-gaming revenue to programs serving at-risk youth.

February 2, 2026Supports Social Programs and Welfare

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Jeff Yarbro filed Senate Bill 2300 on February 2, 2026, proposing that private employers compensate departing employees for accumulated paid leave.

February 2, 2026Supports Social Programs and Welfare

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Filed a bill directing Tennessee to apply by January 2027 for federal summer grant money that helps feed children when school is out (Senate Bill 1853).

January 21, 2026Supports Social Programs and Welfare

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Filed a bill proposing to let uninsured adults aged 18 to 64 buy TennCare coverage, with premiums scaled to income (Senate Bill 1852, 2026).

January 21, 2026Supports Social Programs and Welfare

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Jeff Yarbro sponsored Senate Bill 314, which the governor signed on April 11, 2025, establishing paid adoption leave for eligible education employees.

April 11, 2025Supports Social Programs and Welfare

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Jeff Yarbro co-sponsored Senate Bill 2674, filed on February 2, 2026, proposing the Public Education Investments Act with teacher-pay, Title I funding, and scholarship investments.

February 2, 2026Supports Public Education Quality

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Jeff Yarbro filed Senate Bill 1130 on February 6, 2025, proposing the Freedom to Read Act and repeal of the Age-Appropriate Materials Act.

February 6, 2025Supports Public Education Quality

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Voted for House Bill 1093. Machine gun now includes parts meant only to convert a gun; making, having, moving, fixing, or selling one rises from a Class E to a more serious Class C felony, and post-felony possession rules add ammunition. Aggravated assault by firing from a vehicle gets no probation and requires the full sentence with no early release. The Tennessee Senate passed it 23-8, and it became law.

April 22, 2025Supports Gun Control

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Filed a bill letting family, household members, partners, or police ask a court to take guns from someone a judge finds an imminent danger. Its House companion failed in subcommittee 2-7 (Senate Bill 1131).

February 6, 2025Supports Gun Control

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Filed a Tennessee bill proposing to make it a Class C misdemeanor to leave a handgun in an unattended vehicle unless it is hidden and locked in the trunk, glove box, or a secured container (Senate Bill 807). It also proposed requiring gun owners to report a lost or stolen handgun to police within 24 hours. The bill stalled in Senate Judiciary, and its House companion failed in subcommittee in March 2025.

February 4, 2025Supports Gun Control

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Jeff Yarbro co-sponsored Senate Bill 589, whose companion became Public Chapter 595 on March 23, 2026, requiring qualifying health plans to cover a 12-month contraceptive refill.

March 23, 2026Supports Women's Reproductive Rights

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Jeff Yarbro co-sponsored Senate Bill 449, which became Public Chapter 247 on April 29, 2025, protecting access to fertility treatment and contraception.

April 29, 2025Supports Women's Reproductive Rights

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Jeff Yarbro sponsored Senate Bill 7006, an alternative congressional redistricting map that a Senate committee rejected on May 6, 2026.

May 6, 2026Supports Election Integrity

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Jeff Yarbro co-sponsored Senate Bill 1624, whose companion became Public Chapter 625 on March 30, 2026, requiring disclaimers for political advertisements containing deceptive deepfake elements.

March 30, 2026Supports Election Integrity

Source: wapp.capitol.tn.gov · researched July 13, 2026

Filed a bill requiring the secretary of state to run a free, nonpartisan website with information on every candidate on a voter's ballot (Senate Bill 2299).

February 2, 2026Supports Election Integrity

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Filed a bill proposing fines up to $10,000 for spreading deepfakes of candidates - fake audio or video made to look real - within 90 days of an election, with exceptions for news, satire, and parody (Senate Bill 2321).

February 2, 2026Supports Election Integrity

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Jeff Yarbro filed Senate Bill 2395 on February 2, 2026, proposing the Fourth Amendment Is Not for Sale Act to restrict warrantless government purchases of personal information.

February 2, 2026Supports Data Privacy

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Jeff Yarbro sponsored Senate Bill 1346, which the governor signed on May 9, 2025, creating civil and criminal remedies for nonconsensual intimate digital depictions.

May 9, 2025Supports Data Privacy

Source: wapp.capitol.tn.gov · researched July 13, 2026

Jeff Yarbro sponsored Senate Bill 335, which the governor signed on March 25, 2025, creating the Voyeurism Victims Act.

March 25, 2025Supports Data Privacy

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Filed Senate Bill 1261 in February 2025, proposing limits on how health insurers use artificial intelligence to review claims. The bill proposed requiring a licensed doctor, not software, to decide whether care is medically necessary, and requiring insurers to disclose and review their AI tools.

February 6, 2025Supports Data Privacy

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Jeff Yarbro co-sponsored Senate Bill 1820, whose companion became Public Chapter 956 on May 18, 2026, establishing body-camera requirements for correctional officers at the Trousdale Turner Correctional Center.

May 18, 2026Supports Civil Rights

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Jeff Yarbro sponsored Senate Bill 7006, an alternative congressional redistricting map that a Senate committee rejected on May 6, 2026.

May 6, 2026Supports Civil Rights

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Filed a bill letting people injured by careless federal immigration enforcement sue for damages and attorney's fees, with a one-year deadline to file (Senate Bill 2677).

February 2, 2026Supports Civil Rights

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Jeff Yarbro filed Senate Bill 2395 on February 2, 2026, proposing the Fourth Amendment Is Not for Sale Act to restrict warrantless government purchases of personal information.

February 2, 2026Supports Civil Rights

Source: wapp.capitol.tn.gov · researched July 13, 2026

Jeff Yarbro sponsored Senate Bill 1346, which the governor signed on May 9, 2025, creating civil and criminal remedies for nonconsensual intimate digital depictions.

May 9, 2025Supports Civil Rights

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Jeff Yarbro co-sponsored Senate Bill 449, which became Public Chapter 247 on April 29, 2025, protecting access to fertility treatment and contraception.

April 29, 2025Supports Civil Rights

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Voted to pass HB 601. It opens a late-stage appeal, the writ of error coram nobis, to people who pleaded guilty, no contest or best interest. Before this the route was open only to those convicted at trial, so new evidence of innocence could not be raised the same way. The Tennessee Senate passed it 24-6, and it became law.

April 10, 2025Supports Civil Rights

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Voted for the Senate version of Senate Bill 336. It removed one certificate condition and replaced full child-support payment with twelve months of following all current orders, including overdue-payment orders. The Senate passed it 24-8; the final House rewrite instead changed the general restoration law, removed all court-cost payment, kept twelve-month child-support compliance, and became law.

April 10, 2025Supports Civil Rights

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Jeff Yarbro sponsored Senate Bill 335, which the governor signed on March 25, 2025, creating the Voyeurism Victims Act.

March 25, 2025Supports Civil Rights

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Jeff Yarbro filed Senate Bill 1130 on February 6, 2025, proposing the Freedom to Read Act and repeal of the Age-Appropriate Materials Act.

February 6, 2025Supports Civil Rights

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Jeff Yarbro co-sponsored Senate Bill 1820, whose companion became Public Chapter 956 on May 18, 2026, establishing body-camera requirements for correctional officers at the Trousdale Turner Correctional Center.

May 18, 2026Supports Corporate Accountability

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Voted for Senate Bill 2040. Starting July 1, 2028, an owner above five percent generally cannot control a pharmacy plus both a health insurer and drug-benefit manager. Hospital pharmacies are not benefit managers, independent pharmacies keep mail, specialty, and delivery services, certain rare drugs are excluded, and a violating pharmacy may operate through December 31, 2028 during a real sale to an independent buyer. The Tennessee Senate passed it 24-9, and it became law.

April 20, 2026Supports Corporate Accountability

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Jeff Yarbro sponsored Senate Bill 2326, which the governor signed on April 13, 2026, requiring certain homeowners associations to maintain fidelity bonds against theft or dishonesty.

April 13, 2026Supports Corporate Accountability

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Co-sponsored a bill blocking big investment companies that already own 100 or more rental houses from buying more single-family homes in nine Tennessee counties. The Senate passed it 31-1 (Senate Bill 242).

March 9, 2026Supports Corporate Accountability

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Jeff Yarbro filed Senate Bill 2300 on February 2, 2026, proposing that private employers compensate departing employees for accumulated paid leave.

February 2, 2026Supports Corporate Accountability

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Filed Senate Bill 1261 in February 2025, proposing limits on how health insurers use artificial intelligence to review claims. The bill proposed requiring a licensed doctor, not software, to decide whether care is medically necessary, and requiring insurers to disclose and review their AI tools.

February 6, 2025Supports Corporate Accountability

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Voted against HB 2175. It requires delivery companies and their drivers to carry set car insurance while the driver is logged on and available for deliveries, and while a delivery is under way. The Tennessee Senate passed it 19-9, and it became law.

April 23, 2026

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Voted against HB 2219. It requires every county sheriff to sign a deal with federal immigration agents under a federal program called 287(g), which lets local officers do some federal immigration work. The sheriff does not need the county's approval, and the state can hold back money from a county that does not sign. The Tennessee Senate passed it 24-7, and it became law.

April 23, 2026

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Voted against HB 1271. By January 2027 every city and county must rewrite any ordinance, rule or policy that mentions a person's sex or gender so those words mean the physical traits a person is born with. The Tennessee Senate passed it 24-6, and it became law.

April 22, 2026

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Voted against accepting the House's version of Senate Bill 1915, the final Senate vote on the bill. It extends Tennessee's citizenship checks for public benefits to counties, cities, and towns, for every applicant age 18 or older. Agencies must stop a recurring benefit once a final check shows the person is not a citizen or a qualified immigrant. They must report people who are not lawfully present and receive benefits to a state immigration enforcement office. An employee who knowingly fails to report commits a Class A misdemeanor. The attorney general may withhold state funding from local governments that do not comply. The Senate agreed 24-6 and it became law as Public Chapter 1106.

April 22, 2026

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Voted against HB 2502. It applies Tennessee sales tax to the service of sending money from this state to a place outside the United States through a licensed money transmitter. The Tennessee Senate passed it 21-7, and it became law.

April 16, 2026

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Voted against SB 1868. It says a child placed in state custody for treatment stays only as long as the treatment needs, and that the treatment must be evidence-based and given by a qualified provider. Custody is capped at six months, which a court may extend once by six more after a hearing. The Tennessee Senate passed it 22-11, and it became law.

April 15, 2026

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Voted against HB 754. It makes gender clinics report every gender transition procedure to the state health department, including the patient's age, sex and home state, the drugs and doses used, and the name and contact details of the provider who prescribed them. It also bars cities and counties from banning therapy aimed at a minor's gender identity. The Tennessee Senate passed it 24-7, and it became law.

April 13, 2026

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Voted against HB 1971. It narrows a law that let people ask a court to declare a government action unlawful. The claim now reaches only cities, counties and other local bodies, and can no longer be used to challenge a state law. Other routes to raise constitutional claims are left in place. The Tennessee Senate passed it 18-13, and it became law.

April 2, 2026

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Voted against SB 2028. It bars cities and counties from setting rules on how wildlife may be taken, including firing a gun while lawfully hunting. Those rules are left to the state wildlife agency. The Tennessee Senate passed it 24-7, and it became law.

March 12, 2026

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Voted against HB 1194. It extends Tennessee's work authorization law to almost every private employer. The law had applied to businesses with at least six employees; it now applies to those with at least one. The Tennessee Senate passed it 19-13, and it became law.

March 12, 2026

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Voted against HB 618. Starting in 2027 it bars a person who holds a local elected office from holding a second elected office in Tennessee at the same time. Anyone already holding two offices on January 1, 2027 may keep them and run again, and party executive committee seats do not count. The Tennessee Senate passed it 21-10, and it became law.

February 26, 2026

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Voted against HB 773. It requires that a website carrying official legal notices be free to view, with no fee or subscription, and that it be separate from the newspaper's own site and owned by someone else. The Tennessee Senate passed it 23-8, and it became law.

April 22, 2025

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Voted against the compromise version of SB 229. It charges political campaign committees a $150 fee each year to help pay for the agency that regulates them, while candidates pay nothing. It also makes a candidate in a local election that crosses county lines file treasurer paperwork with each county's election commission. The Tennessee Senate adopted it 23-6, and it became law.

April 22, 2025

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Voted against HB 1237. It bars state boards from keeping anyone off because of race, color, ethnicity or national origin. It also bars race-based rules for who sits on a board, naming affirmative action, racial preferences and racial quotas. The Tennessee Senate passed it 24-6, and it became law.

March 31, 2025

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Voted against SB 6002. It creates a new immigration enforcement office inside the state safety department, run by an officer the governor picks. That officer directs how state and local police work with federal immigration agents, hands out money from a new grant fund, and runs the state's part in federal programs. The Tennessee Senate passed it 26-7, and it became law.

January 29, 2025

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