This week Senator Beavers completed the filing of her 2010 legislative package. Legislation filed by Beavers included bills that address Tennessee’s DUI laws, healthcare, worker’s compensation, job creation, and the court system. Beavers once again hopes to pass an “ignition interlock” bill that would require a repeat DUI offender to purchase a device that would not allow that person to start his or her vehicle while intoxicated. Beavers also filed bills that would encourage the purchase of certain health insurance across state lines, and also proclaim Tennessean’s constitutional right to not buy health insurance if a mandated and nationalized healthcare reform bill were to pass in Washington.
In addition, Senator Beavers continues to push for a repeal of a 2008 law that mandated worker’s compensation insurance be purchased on sole-proprietors and small contractors. Beavers also filed legislation that would encourage a “Tennessee-Made” logo be made available for businesses that employ Tennesseans and produce Tennessee goods and products. Finally, as Chairman of the Judiciary Committee, Beavers filed many bills dealing with the courts and constitutional amendments, including a constitutional amendment that would make it harder for the administration to spend over the limits of the “Copeland Cap” as set forth in Tennessee’s Constitution, as well as a constitutional amendment that would require the Attorney General be held accountable to the people of Tennessee through an election every four years.
