DATE CREATED: January 25, 2024
LAST ACTION DATE: 03/12/2024
LAST AMENDMENT DATE: 01/30/2024
PROGRESS: Dead
BILL ID: HB2193
CATEGORIES: Education
REGION: TN
As introduced, imposes an additional 15-percent tax on the retail sale of firearms; requires revenue from the firearms tax to be deposited into the K-12 mental health counselor fund to be administered by the department of education and used exclusively to provide school counselors in elementary and secondary public schools and public charter schools in this state and for mental health assessments and services for students pursuant to a school counselor's referral. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 17, Part 13; Title 49, Chapter 5; Title 49, Chapter 6 and Title 67.
SESSION: 113th General Assembly
VERSIONS: 2
LAST ACTION: Failed in s/c K-12 Subcommittee of Education Administration
ACTIONS: 7
SPONSORS: Bo Mitchell (D)*
KEYWORDS: Balance Remaining Unexpended, Mental Health Assessments, Public Charter Schools, Public Welfare Requiring, Secondary Public Schools, Provide School Counselors, Firearms Privilege Tax, School Counselor, Fifteen Percent, Retail Sale