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TN HJR 12

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Constitutional Amendments - Proposes an amendment to Article VI, Section 14 of the Tennessee Constitution to authorize municipalities to impose a civil penalty in excess of $50 for a violation of a municipal ordinance if such penalty is just and reasonable. -

Tennessee · 114S1 · lower

Introduced
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Status date
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Latest action
2025-01-29 — Assigned to s/c Civil Justice Subcommittee
Bill type
joint resolution
Last updated
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Subjects

Sponsors

  • Behnprimary

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2024-12-16

    Filed for introduction

    filing

  2. 2025-01-14

    Intro., ref. to Judiciary Committee

    referral-committee

  3. 2025-01-29

    Assigned to s/c Civil Justice Subcommittee

    referral-committee

Versions

Documents

Votes

  • FLOOR VOTE: PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 1/14/2011 Passed

    2011-01-14 · pass · 87-2

    Member-level votes (87)
    • Alexander: yes
    • Armstrong: yes
    • Bass: yes
    • Brooks H: yes
    • Brooks K: yes
    • Brown: yes
    • Butt: yes
    • Campbell: yes
    • Carr: yes
    • Cobb: yes
    • Coley: yes
    • Cooper: yes
    • Curtiss: yes
    • Dean: yes
    • Dennis: yes
    • Dunn: yes
    • Elam: yes
    • Eldridge: yes
    • Evans: yes
    • Faison: yes
    • Favors: yes
    • Floyd: yes
    • Ford: yes
    • Forgety: yes
    • Gilmore: yes
    • Gotto: yes
    • Halford: yes
    • Hall: yes
    • Hardaway: yes
    • Harrison: yes
    • Hawk: yes
    • Haynes: yes
    • Hensley: yes
    • Hill: yes
    • Holt: yes
    • Hurley: yes
    • Johnson C: yes
    • Johnson P: yes
    • Jones S: yes
    • Keisling: yes
    • Kernell: yes
    • Lollar: yes
    • Lundberg: yes
    • Maggart: yes
    • Marsh: yes
    • Matheny: yes
    • McDonald: yes
    • McManus: yes
    • Miller D: yes
    • Miller L: yes
    • Montgomery: yes
    • Moore: yes
    • Naifeh: yes
    • Niceley: yes
    • Odom: yes
    • Pitts: yes
    • Pody: yes
    • Powers: yes
    • Pruitt: yes
    • Ragan: yes
    • Ramsey: yes
    • Rich: yes
    • Roach: yes
    • Sanderson: yes
    • Sargent: yes
    • Sexton: yes
    • Shipley: yes
    • Sontany: yes
    • Sparks: yes
    • Stewart: yes
    • Swann: yes
    • Tindell: yes
    • Todd: yes
    • Towns: yes
    • Turner M: yes
    • Watson: yes
    • Weaver: yes
    • White: yes
    • Williams K: yes
    • Williams R: yes
    • Windle: yes
    • Wirgau: yes
    • Womick: yes
    • Madame Speaker Harwell: yes
    • Richardson: no
    • Turner J: no
    • Shaw: not voting

  • FLOOR VOTE: MOTION TO ADOPT 2/7/2011 Passed

    2011-02-07 · pass · 33-0

    Member-level votes (33)
    • Barnes: yes
    • Beavers: yes
    • Bell: yes
    • Berke: yes
    • Burks: yes
    • Campfield: yes
    • Crowe: yes
    • Faulk: yes
    • Finney L: yes
    • Ford: yes
    • Gresham: yes
    • Haile: yes
    • Harper: yes
    • Haynes: yes
    • Henry: yes
    • Herron: yes
    • Johnson: yes
    • Kelsey: yes
    • Ketron: yes
    • Kyle: yes
    • Marrero: yes
    • McNally: yes
    • Norris: yes
    • Overbey: yes
    • Southerland: yes
    • Stewart: yes
    • Summerville: yes
    • Tate: yes
    • Tracy: yes
    • Watson: yes
    • Woodson: yes
    • Yager: yes
    • Mr. Speaker Ramsey: yes

Related bills

No related bills recorded for this bill.

Official source

https://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/Default?BillNumber=HJR0012&ga=114

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