Tennessee

NASHVILLE, TN – Americans for Prosperity-Tennessee (AFP-TN) today announced the group and concerned citizens will turn roughly 20,000 signatures to the Metro Clerk’s office on Wednesday in support of the Nashville Taxpayer Protection Act. The group helped gather the requisite number of signatures for the initiative to be placed on the December 5th ballot. The […]

Special Session Passes Key Reforms Grassroots group praises legislature for passing telemedicine, COVID liability legislation NASHVILLE, TN – Americans for Prosperity-Tennessee (AFP-TN) today commended the state legislature for passing HB 8002 and HB 8001. HB 8002 expands access to healthcare by giving patients more options for telemedicine services. HB 8001 protects businesses, churches, and schools […]

Tennessee Lawmakers graded on their votes this past session in Nashville NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Americans for Prosperity-Tennessee (AFP-TN), the Volunteer State’s leading grassroots advocate for economic freedom, announced the release of their taxpayer scorecard today. The grassroots group produces this comprehensive legislative digest to inform Tennesseans on how their elected state officials voted on some of […]

Americans for Prosperity-Tennessee State Director Tori Venable, State Rep. Michael G. Curcio | Tennessean We all agree that selling drugs to kids or near kids is a terrible act and should be punished harshly. However, Tennessee’s well-intentioned Drug-Free Zone law has ruined lives without doing a thing to keep drugs out of the hands of children. It […]

Lawmakers should make COVID-related health care reforms permanent. NASHVILLE, TN – Americans for Prosperity-Tennessee (AFP-TN) today commended Governor Lee for extending reforms to expand health care access under Executive Order 50. The grassroots group urged lawmakers to take up telemedicine and certificate of need reforms when a special session is called to address COVID liability […]

Grassroots group praises legislature for repealing Hall Tax NASHVILLE, TN – Americans for Prosperity-Tennessee (AFP-TN) commended the state legislature for including a repeal of the Hall Tax in the budget. The tax was an outdated personal income tax on investment interest and dividends that has been slated for repeal since 2016.  AFP-TN State Director Tori […]

Grassroots group thanks legislature for passing drug free zone reform   NASHVILLE, TN – Americans for Prosperity-Tennessee (AFP-TN) today commended the legislature for passing SB 2734, a bill that reforms Tennessee’s harsh drug free zone laws. SB 2734 would reform the state’s drug free zone laws and reduce the zones from 1000 feet to 500 […]

Grassroots group urges legislature to reimagine state’s health care, criminal justice system NASHVILLE, TN – Americans for Prosperity-Tennessee (AFP-TN) today commended the Senate for passing bills that reform the state’s burdensome certificate-of-need (CON) laws and Tennessee’s harsh drug free zone laws. Both bills will be heard in the State House of Representatives in the coming […]

Tennessee is making great strides in health care policy reform.    The Tennessee General Assembly is considering legislation to reform its certificate-of-need (CON) system, with HB 2350 and SB 2312, and regulations on telemedicine, with HB 1699. With these pieces of legislation, the Volunteer State is putting people closest to the problems in our health care system in charge of solving them. These reforms will allow more Tennesseans […]