2016

• Removed income limits on disabled veteran personal property tax exemption that had been implemented in 2015 legislative session

2017

• Restoration of 100% disabled veteran personal property tax exemption after $75K reduction had been implemented in 2015 legislative session (restored back to $175K vs $100K)
• Legislation to ensure exemption is maintained if veteran is in long-term care.
• Hiring Preferences for Veterans, Spouses and widows/widowers

2018

• Legislation to end Stolen valor
• Legislation to encourage governor to appoint veterans to mental health and education
  boards
• Law encourages governor, in appointing members to the board of regents, University of Tennessee board of trustees, and state university governing boards to strive to ensure that at least one board member is an honorably discharged military veteran
• Law encourages governor to appoint military veteran as a member of the statewide planning and policy council.
• Provides continued eligibility for a disabled veteran’s property tax relief during temporary periods of confinement in a nursing home or hospitalization if the disabled veteran intends to return to the residence once recovered.

2019

• Legislation to ensure dependents of active duty members who are accepted to Tenn. Universities maintain in-state status if veteran is transferred between acceptance and admittance.

2020

• Legislation to mandate suicide prevention training for TDVA and VSO office employees
  who interact with veterans
• Legislation to recognize 12 June as Women Veterans Day (resolution)
• Worked with Tenn Dept of Veteran Services (TDVS) Commissioner to restore suicide prevention hotline and information on state website.

2021

• Legislation to recognize, each year, 12 June as Women Veterans Recognition Day
• Legislation created a medical leave policy for state employees who are 30 percent or more disabled veterans to attend VA appointments. 

2022

• Covid Death Certificate and Dependency and Indemnity Compensation (DIC). Legislation created and signed into law a bill that will ensure Tennessee veteran spouses and families can rightfully obtain federal survivor benefits they may qualify for when COVID, or other pandemic, is a contributary cause in the veteran’s death. Ensures spouses and families can work with state Veteran Service Offices to attain VA related health information that can be provided to doctors on the veteran’s past aliment and treatment actions and, if regrettably needed, for full disclosure and documentation on the death certificate.