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# BILLS DROPPED THIS WEEK
- URL: https://pamphleteer.co/post/bills-dropped-this-week/
- Published: 2023-01-13T19:41:12.000Z
- Updated: 2026-05-17T12:15:40.000Z
- Author: Megan Lee Podsiedlik
- Tags: #Politics, #Metro Council, #General Assembly, #Abortion, #hidden, #Import 2026-08-01 20:40

The deadline for filing new legislation is Jan 31, 2023, so new bills are beginning to pile up in the coffers of the recently-convened General Assembly. Meanwhile, as the Capitol slowly reawakens, Metro Council is business as usual: the agenda for next week’s meeting was added last night. Let’s look at some of the new legislation filed.

#### GENERAL ASSEMBLY

[HB90](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Bill/HB0090.pdf?ref=pamphleteer.co) was introduced this Wednesday; the bill, if passed, will prohibit local governments from spending money to assist women in obtaining abortions. In other words, it will prevent the use of *tax dollars* to fund travel and accommodation for out-of-state abortions– a provision Metro Council [attempted](https://pamphleteer.co/post/tax-dollars-at-work-out-of-state-abortions/) to push through this past fall via Planned Parenthood. It also include the following language: ”This prohibition includes expending funds as part of a health benefit plan or for travel to a state where abortion is legal,” which would directly void legislation passed in Metro council allowing their Health Board to include such healthcare as requirements.

Also introduced this week was [HB77](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Bill/HB0077.pdf?ref=pamphleteer.co), a bill that would require each ignition interlock device [(IID](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ignition%5Finterlock%5Fdevice?ref=pamphleteer.co)) installed in a car to be accompanied by a GPS tracking device. This goes along with [SB2434](https://legiscan.com/TN/bill/SB2434/2021?ref=pamphleteer.co), a bill passed last year requiring any person guilty of driving under the influence to install and use an ignition interlock device; the bill, which was signed into law on May 2, 2022 by Governor Lee, was enacted on January 1st of this year.

#### METRO CITY COUNCIL

Hats off to the Nashville “bicycle brigade” (unofficial reference)! Six pieces of legislation on the docket next week concern bicycles. One r[esolution](https://nashville.legistar.com/LegislationDetail.aspx?ID=5991801&GUID=0289E37A-1B53-4F55-A5BF-D80B4BE523CF&ref=pamphleteer.co), announced on [Twitter](https://twitter.com/Sledgefor17/status/1612841824267255809?ref=pamphleteer.co) by CM Sledge this week, will allocate one million dollars in American Rescue Plan (ARP) funds for Metro Government to subsidize electric bicycles. The other [five](https://nashville.legistar.com/View.ashx?M=A&ID=1006908&GUID=EB734D42-DD42-43F9-95D6-9D453A6D221B&ref=pamphleteer.co) items on the agenda are maintenance resolutions for [lighting](https://nashville.legistar.com/View.ashx?M=F&ID=11567130&GUID=E81980DC-1EDB-4A51-818D-70DFD39967F8&ref=pamphleteer.co) and signal upgrades associated with cycling and pedestrian facilities throughout Nashville.