TBA Legislative Updates

TBA's Legislative Updates podcast is new with TBA Director of Public Policy & Government Affairs Berkley Schwarz and Adams and Reese attorney and TBA lobbyist, Brad Lampley. This week they discuss HB1162/SB775 TN Revised Uniform Arbitration Act, HB854/SB919 and HB855/SB921 which is TBA's adoption bill, HB647/SB1313 medical records bill, HB40/SB122, legislation prohibiting foreign ownership of real property by nonresident aliens, HB795/SB283 Guns in the Courthouse bill, and HB1177/SB710 TN Domestic Relations Arbitration Act.

TBA's Legislative Updates podcast is new with TBA Director of Public Policy & Government Affairs Berkley Schwarz and Adams and Reese attorneys and TBA lobbyists, Brad Lampley and Ashley Harbin. This week they discuss HB318/SB270 Governor Lee's adoption bill, HB854/SB919 and HB855/SB921 which is TBA's adoption bill, HB1071/SB1393 TBA medical records bill, HB40/SB122, legislation prohibiting foreign ownership of real property by nonresident aliens, and HB795/SB283 Guns in the Courthouse bill.

TBA's Legislative Updates podcast is new with TBA Director of Public Policy & Government Affairs Berkley Schwarz and Adams and Reese attorney and TBA lobbyist Ashley Harbin. Schwarz and Harbin this week discuss HB586/SB640 which would eliminate the professional privilege tax for attorneys, HB40/SB122,

legislation prohibiting foreign ownership of real property by nonresident aliens, HB316/SB268, the Money Transmission Modernization Act, HB337/SB489, the Small Estate Act, and HB795/SB283, Guns in the Courtroom bill.

TBA's Legislative Updates podcast is new with TBA Director of Public Policy & Government Affairs Berkley Schwarz and Adams and Reese attorney and TBA lobbyist Ashley Harbin. Schwarz and Harbin this week discuss HB176/SB124, which would require all documents recorded with the Register of Deeds to be in 12-point font size, and SB528/HB551, a measure that would make a variety of changes to adoption law. Legislative Updates airs each week on the TBA's Facebook page. It is also released as a podcast on the same day and can be found on the TBA's website or wherever you listen to podcasts.

Tennessee's 113th General Assembly is now in session and TBA's Legislative Updates podcast is back for a new season! Lawmakers filed a combined total of 1,700 bills this year – 1,000 less than 2022. TBA Director of Public Policy & Government Affairs Berkley Schwarz and Adams and Reese attorneys and TBA lobbyists, Brad Lampley and Ashley Harbin host the podcast to discuss what's ahead for the legislative year and the bills TBA is sponsoring. Legislative Updates airs every week on the TBA's Facebook page. It is also released as a podcast on the same day and can be found on the TBA's website or wherever you listen to podcasts.

Tennessee lawmakers have adjourned for the year and with that comes the end of the 2022 Legislative Updates podcast season! TBA Director of Public Policy and Government Affairs Berkley Schwarz and TBA lobbyist and Adams and Reese attorney Brad Lampley are here to recap the biggest highlights and new from the 112th General Assembly. The two discuss redistricting, the truth in sentencing bill and more. In final discussions about the professional privilege tax, Lampley urges listeners to "keep the heat on" your legislators about repealing the tax. "This is really the time for one-on-one contact with your elected official," Lampley says. "Develop those relationships and by all means continue to be a resource for them going forward and advocate for the issues you believe in." You can catch Legislative Updates live and in-person at the TBA Annual Convention in June.

Brad and Berkley are back with updates from the Tennessee General Assembly.

TBA's Berkley Schwarz and Brad Lampley of Adams and Reese (the Kathie Lee and Regis of the TBA) host an all new episode of the Legislative Updates podcast! General Assembly committees are starting to wind down, the TBA's probate bill cleared the Senate, the Supreme Court weighed in on the Senate redistricting lawsuit and more updates on the Professional Privilege Tax—tune in for all that and more!

Brad, Berkley and Ashley are back with news from the General Assembly! This week, the trio talks about the Senate redistricting ruling, the bill to make revisions to the Uniform Arbitration Act, the marriage contract bill, an update on the professional privilege tax and more!