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Tennessee
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01 / THE CITIZEN REGISTER
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Results must back it up.
History of Bill Lee
Biographies and documented commitments from earlier terms.
Governor · 2022
Bill Lee
RepublicanEach entry separates the original commitment from what has been verified during the term.
- Tracked
- 3
- Fulfilled
- 2
- With progress
- 0
- Not achieved
- 1
- Awaiting assessment
- 0
Announced deadlines and priorities
- 2023 legislative session · Secure passage in the 2023 session of a temporary court order restricting access to guns when a person presented a serious risk to themselves or others.
3 of 3 commitments
Transportation modernization
What they pledged
Advance a transportation modernization law authorizing public-private partnerships to build optional toll lanes.
2023 address in the Senate JournalWhat has been verified
Lee signed the Transportation Modernization Act in April 2023. The package authorized partnerships and included $3.3 billion in transportation investment.
University of Tennessee summary of the signingEducation Freedom scholarships
What they pledged
Secure passage of the Education Freedom Act to fund scholarships families can use for private education.
Special session announcement as reported by APWhat has been verified
The act became law in February 2025. By September, 19,997 of 20,000 available scholarships had been awarded and three were under appeal.
State implementation data as reported by ChalkbeatOrders of protection
What they pledged
Secure passage in the 2023 session of a temporary court order restricting access to guns when a person presented a serious risk to themselves or others.
Governor’s proposal as reported by Action News 5What has been verified
The proposal did not pass in the 2023 regular session, and the August special session ended without adopting it.
Special-session outcomeCommitments archive
Entries from earlier reviews, separate from the term registers.
Bill Lee
RepublicanGrocery sales tax
What they pledged
In his 2023 State of the State address, he proposed suspending the grocery sales tax for three consecutive months.
State of the State address · Feb 6, 2023What has been verified
The Tennessee Works Tax Act suspended state and local sales taxes on eligible food and food ingredients from August 1 through October 31, 2023.
Department of Revenue legislative summary02 / THE START OF THE TERM
The first
100 days.
An evaluation window. Each commitment keeps the timing published in its source.
Day one is the day the official begins the term for this office.Bill Lee · 2022
Awaiting verificationThe opening agenda is being verified.
A sourced first-100-days plan or specific early commitments for this term are still pending in the register.
03 / THE WORDS STAY ON RECORD
Election
night.
Bill Lee · 2022 · Election-night remarks
Election-night remarks are being verified.
A verified recording, transcript or contemporaneous report of the remarks is still pending for this election.
How we assess
Each status reflects the scope of the commitment and the available evidence. An announcement, an approved law, and a result in practice are different milestones. The rating measures the share of fulfilled commitments in this register and changes as more commitments and outcomes are documented.
Official state sources
Capitol photo · FaceMePLS from The Hague, The Netherlands · CC BY 2.0 · Framing and shading adjusted