Keeping Taxes Low

• Firmly and unshakably against a state income tax
• Voted to stop Governor's bunker three times
• Fought & voted against breaking the Copeland Cap
• Opposed stream-lined sales tax
• Reduced sales tax on food
• Created sales tax holiday
• Defeated FONCE changes
• Amended law to ensure a gas tax holiday
• Restored state shared taxes to local government
• Restored 10 million dollars to TDOT

Healthcare Initiatives

• Reformed TennCare
• Created TennCare Inspector General
• Long term care for seniors
• Allow small businesses to buy health insurance
• through association pools
• Reestablished high risk pool
• Annual report on nursing home regulations
• compliance
• Health savings accounts
• Hospitals must report infections

Government / Business Regulations

• Regulatory flexibility act
• Cable Choice Bill
• Medical Malpractice reform
• Open Government Act
• Eminent domain reform
• Worker's compensation reform
• State must notify license holders when law changes
• Occupational License renewal every two years
• Small businesses may form groups to secure a
• better rate on health insurance
• Metal theft bill to reduce costly theft
• Improved Lien Law
• Improved Retainage Law
• Commuter rail tort reform

New Crime Laws

• Tougher identity theft laws
• Jessica's Law - Tougher sex offender laws
• Tougher Meth laws
• Lowered blood alcohol level to .08
• Require ignition interlock device
• Sex offenders may not live within 1000 feet of a
• school, daycare, or victim

Fighting Illegal Immigration in our state

• Banned use Matricula Consular Cards
• Penalty for state contractors that employ or
• subcontract with illegal immigrants
• Took drivers licenses away from illegals
• Took driving certificates away from illegals
• Established 287 G Program for State Troopers
• Banned use of ITIN numbers
• Making employers use Basic Pilot Program to
• identify illegal workers
• Created the offense of Trafficing of illegal aliens

Improvements to Education

• Courts must notify Principals of more crimes of
• youthful offenders - Gun - Sex - Drug
• Reformulated BEP
• Improved state test standards
• Renewed charter schools
• Passed virtual school legislation
• Directed lottery funds to local schools
• Capitol projects for higher education
• Alternative teacher licensure legislation
• Financial Literacy for Tennessee high schools

Family Values

• Constitutional Amendment defining Marriage
• Elderly property tax freeze Amendment
• SJR 127
• Prohibit state tax dollars for abortions
• Redirect money from Planned Parenthood
• Elderly Tax Relief
• Faith based initiatives anti-discrimination laws for
• state and local agencies
• Recognition of God and religious freedom resolution
• Passed Bible curriculum

More Secure Elections

• Passed paper trail bill
• Scanned signatures present at polls
• Check with other states for duplicate voters
• Restricting Social Security Numbers on voter reg
• card
• Sunset Judicial Selection Commission
• Requires the purging of dead voters every 30 days

2nd amendment rights

• Castle doctrine for home, car and business
• Created Reciprocity with other states
• Local governments may open ranges to the public
• Defeated ammunition serial number bill

Comprehensive Ethics Reform

• Conflict of interest reports for state and local elected
• officials
• Registry of Election Finance on-line
• Established state Ethics Commission
• Limit on cash contributions
• On-line campaign finance reports
• On-line disclosures
• Ethics rules for local governments
• Audit process for legislator and lobbyist disclosures
• Posting of committee and subcommittee votes on
• line
• Travel and per diem for Governor, cabinet
• members, Constitutional officers & Legislators
• posted on-line
• Increased filing of campaign disclosures
• Candidates must disclose employer and occupation
• of contributors
• No campaign contributions from lobbyists
• No corporate contributions
• Honorarium prohibition

Improving State Roads

• Move over law to protect our troopers
• Resolution asking Congress to refrain from imposing
• earmarks, mandates and binding regulations
• Restored 10 million dollars to TDOT
• Amended law to ensure a gas tax holiday
• Vietnam Veterans  Hwy 386 Completion
• Named Korean Veterans Memorial Bridge
• Named Lance Copr. Tyler Overstreet Bridge