| SB1636 | Intro
Sine Die | As introduced, removes certain responsibilities of the executive director of the district public defenders conference. - Amends TCA Title 8, Chapter 14 and Title 9, Chapter 4.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-02-18
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| SB1125 | Intro
Sine Die | As introduced, broadens distribution of unexpended campaign contributions to include distribution to any 501(c) organization instead of limiting distribution to 501(c)(3) and (4) organizations. - Amends TCA Title 2, Chapter 10.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-02-18
To Senate State and Local Government Committee |
| SB1381 | Intro
Sine Die | As introduced, removes authorization to provide medical services in lesser amounts, duration, and scope to "medically needy" persons than to other medicaid recipients. - Amends TCA Title 56 and Title 71.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-02-18
To Senate Commerce, Labor & Agriculture Committee |
| SB1637 | Intro
Sine Die | As introduced, requires that an ignition interlock device be installed on all motor vehicles driven by DUI offenders; installation for one year for first conviction, two years for second conviction, three years for third conviction, and life of offen...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-02-18
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| SB0870 | Intro
Sine Die | As introduced, extends prohibition on new nursing home bed certificates of need to June 30, 2011, except for 125 Medicare SNF beds. - Amends TCA Title 63 and Title 68.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-02-18
To Senate General Welfare, Health & Human Resources Committee |
| SB1894 | Intro
Sine Die | As introduced, reduces the maximum surety bond amount that may be required of textbook publishers and distributors that contract with the state textbook commission from $1 million to $500,000. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 6, Part 22.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-02-18
To Senate Education Committee |
| SB1895 | Intro
Sine Die | As introduced, extends time period, from 15 business days to 30 days, within which sheriff or chief of police is required to execute certain documents required if purchaser is not prohibited from possessing firearm. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 17.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-02-18
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| SB1640 | Intro
Sine Die | As introduced, increases the amount of mileage reimbursement that the legislative body of any county or the legislative body of the metropolitan government of any county may vote to pay jurors from 10 cents to 12 cents. - Amends TCA Title 22.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-02-18
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| SB0105 | Intro
Sine Die | As introduced, authorizes the general assembly to appropriate funding for the state school fund to provide for the inclusion of a school nurse in every public school. - Amends TCA Title 49 and Title 68.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-02-18
Assigned to Gen. Sub of: S.GW,H&HR Comm. |
| SB0617 | Intro
Sine Die | As introduced, expands the types of clinics at which volunteer health care licensees may render service. - Amends TCA Title 63, Chapter 6, Part 7.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-02-18
To Senate General Welfare, Health & Human Resources Committee |
| SB1129 | Intro
Sine Die | As introduced, allows persons with handgun carry permit to carry in public parks, public postsecondary institutions, and places where alcoholic beverages are being served; allows judges to carry firearms where law enforcement can carry if they have p...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-02-18
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| SB1641 | Intro
Sine Die | As introduced, exempts persons with concealed carry permits from prohibition against carrying weapon outside of applicable hunting season. - Amends TCA Title 70, Chapter 4.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-02-18
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| SB1897 | Intro
Sine Die | As introduced, revises certain provisions of the Tennessee charitable gaming implementation law. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 17, Part 1.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-02-18
To Senate State and Local Government Committee |
| SB1130 | Intro
Sine Die | As introduced, provides that law enforcement officer from another state does not have immunity or power to arrest if in this state when in fresh pursuit of suspect unless the officer's communication device is compatible with the devices used in the j...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-02-18
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| SB1642 | Intro
Sine Die | As introduced, restricts information required to be submitted by a participant in a handgun safety course and corrects reference to federal law; requires that documents required to be submitted for purchase of firearms that must be registered be exec...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-02-18
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| SB0107 | Intro
Sine Die | As introduced, adds misrepresentation involving financial statements to the grounds for suspension or revocation of a license issued by the board of veterinary medical examiners. - Amends TCA Title 53, Chapter 10 and Title 63.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-02-18
Assigned to Gen. Sub of: S.GW,H&HR Comm. |
| SB0875 | Intro
Sine Die | As introduced, eliminates prohibition on campaign contributions from lobbyists to the governor or any member of the general assembly or any candidate for the office of governor, state senator, or state representative. - Amends TCA Title 3; Title 4; T...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-02-18
To Senate State and Local Government Committee |
| SB1131 | Intro
Sine Die | As introduced, provides that a law enforcement officer from another state does not have immunity or the power to arrest in this state when in fresh pursuit of suspect unless the officer is in compliance with the pursuit policy of the jurisdiction in ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-02-18
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| SB1643 | Intro
Sine Die | As introduced, changes criminal classification for second or subsequent offense of possession of a weapon from Class B misdemeanor to Class C misdemeanor; changes penalty for certain non-violent felons to same as persons who do not have a felony conv...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-02-18
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| SB1132 | Intro
Sine Die | As introduced, creates 64 new assistant district attorney positions effective October 1, 2009; the district attorneys general conference to recommend where additional assistant DAs should be placed to the general assembly. - Amends TCA Title 8, Chapt...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-02-18
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| SB1644 | Intro
Sine Die | As introduced, enacts the "Tennessee Firearms Freedom Act." - Amends TCA Title 4.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-02-18
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| SB1900 | Intro
Sine Die | As introduced, specifically authorizes personnel of certain emergency management agencies to use blue flashing emergency lights. - Amends TCA Title 55; Title 58 and Title 68, Chapter 140.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-02-18
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| SB0877 | Intro
Sine Die | As introduced, increases membership of medical care and cost containment committee from 15 to 18 voting members; adds three physicians to committee. - Amends TCA Title 50, Chapter 6.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-02-18
To Senate Commerce, Labor & Agriculture Committee |
| SB1133 | Intro
Sine Die | As introduced, classifies criminal taking of fish in same manner as theft based on value of fish taken, unless value is unknown, in which case the offense will be a Class A misdemeanor instead of a Class C misdemeanor. - Amends TCA Title 38; Title 39...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-02-18
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| SB1389 | Intro
Sine Die | As introduced, exempts specified persons from the licensing requirements of the Tennessee Real Estate Broker License Act of 1973. - Amends TCA Section 62-13-104.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-02-18
To Senate Commerce, Labor & Agriculture Committee |
| SB1645 | Intro
Sine Die | As introduced, requires persons licensed to sell firearms to adhere to the guidelines prescribed by the federal "Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act"; removes state prohibition against sales of firearms to certain persons. - Amends TCA Title 39.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-02-18
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| SB1901 | Intro
Sine Die | As introduced, reduces the distance by which landowners must post signage to effectively restrict persons from hunting game inside the perimeter of the lands being posted from 100-yard to 50-yard intervals. - Amends TCA Title 70, Chapter 4.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-02-18
To Senate Environment, Conservation & Tourism Committee |
| SB1134 | Intro
Sine Die | As introduced, authorizes the county legislative body of Cumberland County to donate land comprising a horse trail acquired by the county by default at a tax sale; land to be given to Lake Tansi homeowners whose lots abut the horse trail. - Amends TC...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-02-18
To Senate State and Local Government Committee |
| SB1390 | Intro
Sine Die | As introduced, allows administrative office of the court to collect fines, costs, and litigation taxes that are owed to counties or municipalities for more than two years; allows court to order community service in lieu of fines. - Amends TCA Title 4...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-02-18
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| SB1646 | Intro
Sine Die | As introduced, restricts information required to be submitted by a participant in a handgun safety course and corrects reference to federal law. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 36, Chapter 3; Title 39; Title 40, Chapter 35; Title 45; Title 57; Title 58, ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-02-18
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| SB1902 | Intro
Sine Die | As introduced, requires employers to pay tipped employees wages at a rate of at least $3.28 per hour, which is one half of the federal minimum wage. - Amends TCA Title 50, Chapter 2.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-02-18
To Senate Commerce, Labor & Agriculture Committee |
| SB0111 | Intro
Sine Die | As introduced, provides that the publication requirement mandated by Article XI, Section 3, is satisfied if the proposed constitutional amendment is timely posted on the official Web site of the secretary of state or on the official Web site of the g...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-02-18
Action def. in S. Jud. Comm. to 2/25/09 |
| SB0879 | Intro
Sine Die | As introduced, increases penalty for cockfighting to a Class E felony. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 14, Part 2.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-02-18
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| SB1391 | Intro
Sine Die | As introduced, requires publicly owned landfills to refuse construction and demolition waste over a certain volume under certain circumstances. - Amends TCA Title 68, Chapter 211.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-02-18
To Senate Environment, Conservation & Tourism Committee |
| SB0882 | Intro
Sine Die | As introduced, establishes certification category of limited herbicide applicator. - Amends TCA Title 62, Chapter 21.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-02-18
To Senate Commerce, Labor & Agriculture Committee |
| SB1394 | Intro
Sine Die | As introduced, lifts certain restrictions on carrying firearms for law enforcement officers - Amends TCA Section 39-17-1350.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-02-18
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| SB1140 | Intro
Sine Die | As introduced, allows inference that defendant committed offense of simple possession of controlled substance when controlled substance is found in defendant's blood that is lawfully obtained. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 17, Part 4.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-02-18
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| SB0885 | Intro
Sine Die | As introduced, increases the commissions paid to lottery retailers from 6 1/2 percent of gross sales to 9 percent of gross sales. - Amends TCA Section 4-51-115.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-02-18
To Senate State and Local Government Committee |
| SB0887 | Intro
Sine Die | As introduced, authorizes filing offices to redact social security numbers from recorded documents. - Amends TCA Title 47.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-02-18
To Senate Commerce, Labor & Agriculture Committee |
| SB1144 | Intro
Sine Die | As introduced, enacts the "Prohibition of Negative Check-Off Act." - Amends TCA Title 47.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-02-18
To Senate Commerce, Labor & Agriculture Committee |
| SB1400 | Intro
Sine Die | As introduced, enacts the "Tennessee Candidate Selection Integrity Act"; requires persons registering to vote to declare political party affiliation to vote in a primary election. - Amends TCA Title 2, Chapter 2; Title 2, Chapter 6 and Title 2, Chapt...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-02-18
To Senate State and Local Government Committee |
| SB0889 | Intro
Sine Die | As introduced, removes provision requiring mandatory hand count audits of at least 3 percent of the votes cast in an election. - Amends TCA Title 2, Chapter 20, Part 1.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-02-18
To Senate State and Local Government Committee |
| SB1401 | Intro
Sine Die | As introduced, requires proof of valid motor vehicle liability insurance before issuance of motor vehicle registration or renewal of motor vehicle registration. - Amends TCA Title 55, Chapter 4, Part 1.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-02-18
To Senate Transportation Committee |
| SB1402 | Intro
Sine Die | As introduced, enacts the "Tennessee Death Penalty Open File Discovery Act." - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 11.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-02-18
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| SB0015 | Intro
Sine Die | As introduced, establishes a missing senior alert program in Tennessee. - Amends TCA Title 38.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-02-17
Assigned to Gen. Sub of: S. Trans Comm. |
| SB0380 | Intro
Sine Die | As introduced, extends judicial selection commission, June 30, 2013. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 29 and Title 17, Chapter 4.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-02-12
To Senate Government Operations Committee |
| SR0005 | Pass | Abraham Lincoln, 200th Anniversary of his birth
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-02-12
Signed by S. Speaker |
| SB0396 | Intro
Sine Die | As introduced, revises duties of the commissioner to require the estimated dollar amount needed to implement the long range and coordinated statewide transportation plan be reported to the general assembly every year or more frequently as the commiss...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-02-12
To Senate Transportation Committee |
| SB0397 | Intro
Sine Die | As introduced, revises duties of the commissioner to require the estimated dollar amount needed to implement the long range and coordinated statewide transportation plan be reported to the general assembly every year or more frequently as the commiss...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-02-12
To Senate Transportation Committee |
| SB0400 | Intro
Sine Die | As introduced, increases the distance of the required unobstructed view of stopped vehicles upon any highway outside of a business or residential district from 200 feet to 300 feet. - Amends TCA Title 55.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-02-12
To Senate Transportation Committee |
