| SB2325 | Intro
Sine Die | As introduced, corrects reference from "Association of County Executives" to "Association of County Mayors" in retirement-related provisions. - Amends TCA Title 8, Chapter 25; Title 8, Chapter 34; Title 8, Chapter 35; Title 8, Chapter 36; Title 8, Ch...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-01-29
To Senate State and Local Government Committee |
| SB2146 | Intro
Sine Die | As introduced, increases the amount of time that a license to sell alcoholic beverages on the premises may be suspended for selling any alcoholic beverage that is dispensed by an alcohol vaporizing device or maintaining, using, or allowing another to...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-01-29
To Senate State and Local Government Committee |
| SB2179 | Intro
Sine Die | As introduced, excludes breastfeeding mothers from jury service as an undue hardship. - Amends TCA Title 22, Chapter 1 and Title 68, Chapter 58.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-01-29
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| SB2340 | Intro
Sine Die | As introduced, increases the penalty from a Class C misdemeanor to a Class A misdemeanor for display for sale of material that is harmful to minors; and creates an offense for a person, including a business, to distribute material harmful to minors. ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-01-29
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| SB2353 | Intro
Sine Die | As introduced, counts mid-year public high school graduates as enrolled for the remainder of the school year for purposes of the BEP. - Amends TCA Title 49.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-01-29
To Senate Education Committee |
| SB2138 | Intro
Sine Die | As introduced, creates a scholarship grant program to allow special education students to receive special education and related services in nonpublic schools. - Amends TCA Title 49.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-01-29
To Senate Education Committee |
| SB2123 | Intro
Sine Die | As introduced, adds the health and welfare committee of the senate and health committee of the house of representatives to the list of legislative committees to receive an annual report from the Medicaid fraud control unit; requires that the report b...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-01-29
To Senate Health and Welfare Committee |
| SB2186 | Intro
Sine Die | As introduced, creates the "Tennessee Art and Cultural Property Protection Act" which identifies certain rights artists have in their work and provides protections to works of fine art, including pre-1972 sound recordings; provides additional authori...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-01-29
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| SJR0509 | Intro
Sine Die | Rev. Harold Middlebrook.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-01-29
Withdrawn. |
| SB2046 | Intro
Sine Die | As introduced, under certain circumstances, permits operators of commercial freight vehicles to park on the shoulder of entrance ramps on any highway for a temporary period. - Amends TCA Title 55, Chapter 8 and Title 55, Chapter 9.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-01-29
To Senate Transportation and Safety Committee |
| SB2238 | Intro
Sine Die | As introduced, authorizes utilities to be placed below, along or adjacent to a county road or county road right-of-way with permission of the head of the county highway department; makes various other revisions to the Tennessee County Uniform Highway...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-01-29
To Senate Transportation and Safety Committee |
| SB2191 | Intro
Sine Die | As introduced, requires the state board of education, department of education and the office of research and education accountability to confer and determine the best means of establishing a best practices clearinghouse that shall identify, develop a...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-01-29
To Senate Education Committee |
| SB2231 | Intro
Sine Die | As introduced, directs the commissioner of health to develop a plan for a network of providers and health agreements to provide primary care for uninsured persons at local health departments. - Amends TCA Title 49; Title 63; Title 68 and Title 71.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-01-29
To Senate Health and Welfare Committee |
| SB2328 | Intro
Sine Die | As introduced, increases the maximum civil penalty that may be assessed against a cemetery company or operator for failure to maintain cemetery grounds from $1,000 per day to $3,000 per day. - Amends TCA Title 46.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-01-29
To Senate Commerce and Labor Committee |
| SB2274 | Intro
Sine Die | As introduced, requires the board of pharmacy to study prescription utilization trends in this state and to evaluate possible initiatives for enhancing the health of Tennesseans; the board will report to legislative committees on or before January 1,...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-01-29
To Senate Commerce and Labor Committee |
| SB2148 | Intro
Sine Die | As introduced, allows retail package stores to sell alcoholic beverages on the Fourth of July and on Labor Day; clarifies that retail package stores must be closed for business on New Year's Day. - Amends TCA Title 57.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-01-29
To Senate State and Local Government Committee |
| SB2276 | Intro
Sine Die | As introduced, allows title pledge and deferred presentment lenders to charge a convenience fee for accepting payment through electronic means. - Amends TCA Title 45, Chapter 15 and Title 45, Chapter 17.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-01-29
To Senate Commerce and Labor Committee |
| SB2301 | Intro
Sine Die | As introduced, adds saliva, in addition to blood, breath and urine, to the substances that may be tested to determine the intoxication of the operator of a motor vehicle, boat or plane. - Amends TCA Title 38, Chapter 6, Part 1; Title 39; Title 40; Se...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-01-29
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| SB2188 | Intro
Sine Die | As introduced, requires any law enforcement officer responding to alleged domestic abuse who finds a minor may have been present for the alleged abuse to determine whether the child is a victim of abuse or neglect and, if so, report that fact to the ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-01-29
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| SB2253 | Intro
Sine Die | As introduced, increases the penalty for certain acts of indecent exposure to a Class A misdemeanor and a second or subsequent offense to a Class E felony. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 13, Part 5.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-01-29
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| SB2152 | Intro
Sine Die | As introduced, requires the AOC to issue registration numbers to any person seeking to serve process for the courts of this state who is not less than eighteen years of age; requires a registration number to be included on the return for any process ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-01-29
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| SB2305 | Intro
Sine Die | As introduced, allows certain TCRS members to include in the calculation of "earnable compensation" the total salary received by an employer for a new position following the end of a previous term of employment with that employer. - Amends TCA Title ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-01-29
To Senate Finance, Ways and Means Committee |
| SB2111 | Intro
Sine Die | As introduced, reapportions .005% of the local share of TVA payments in lieu of taxes to development districts. - Amends TCA Title 13, Chapter 14 and Title 67, Chapter 9, Part 1.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-01-29
To Senate State and Local Government Committee |
| SB2363 | Intro
Sine Die | As introduced, provides for the selection of judges of the court of appeals and court of criminal appeals from intermediate appellate districts to be established by the general assembly, and requires that any intermediate appellate court vacancy occu...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-01-29
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| SB2244 | Intro
Sine Die | As introduced, defines "curbstoning" as the practice of selling, or offering to sell, a motor vehicle that is not titled in the seller's name by a person lacking a license to sell motor vehicles in this state and permits state entities to seize vehic...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-01-29
To Senate Transportation and Safety Committee |
| SB2157 | Intro
Sine Die | As introduced, changes penalty for manufacturer violating labeling restrictions for Tennessee whiskey from suspension or revocation of license for period of not less than one year to period of not more than two years. - Amends TCA Title 57, Chapter 2...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-01-29
To Senate State and Local Government Committee |
| SB2288 | Intro
Sine Die | As introduced, requires an LEA revising its policy prohibiting harassment, intimidation, bullying or cyber-bullying, which was filed with the commissioner of education, to transmit the revised policy to the commissioner. - Amends TCA Title 49.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-01-29
To Senate Education Committee |
| SB2151 | Intro
Sine Die | As introduced, requires a utility to individually meter certain apartments on or after July 1, 2014; prohibits master-metered designs for certain apartment buildings on or after July 1, 2014; and requires a utility to provide certain notice to occupa...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-01-29
To Senate State and Local Government Committee |
| SB2349 | Intro
Sine Die | As introduced, removes obsolete chapters; increases amount of wine that person may purchase through licensed direct shipper from one case a month to two cases a month. - Amends TCA Title 57.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-01-29
To Senate State and Local Government Committee |
| SB2204 | Intro
Sine Die | As introduced, abolishes the current state trial court districts effective August 31, 2022; directs TACIR to propose and recommend a statewide judicial redistricting plan; creates a joint legislative committee to review the TACIR plan and to make rec...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-01-29
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| SB2075 | Intro
Sine Die | As introduced, revives and reconstitutes the judicial nominating commission, which automatically terminated on June 30, 2012, pursuant to §§ 4-29-133(a)(15) and 4-29-112; revises provisions relating to the board of judicial conduct. - Amends TCA Ti...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-01-29
To Senate Government Operations Committee |
| SB2339 | Intro
Sine Die | As introduced, provides that an incumbent member of the general assembly shall not be subject to more than one random audit by the registry of campaign finance during a four-year period, if the most recent random audit did not make any findings that ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-01-29
To Senate State and Local Government Committee |
| SB2334 | Intro
Sine Die | As introduced, enacts the "Nonrecourse Mortgage Loan Act", which prohibits certain covenants from being used as a nonrecourse carveout or the basis for a claim or action against a borrower, guarantor, or surety on a nonrecourse loan. - Amends TCA Tit...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-01-29
To Senate Commerce and Labor Committee |
| SB2066 | Intro
Sine Die | As introduced, requires certain marinas located on the Tennessee River in Knox County to have dining room for at least 50 persons to be eligible for license to sell alcoholic beverages for on-premises consumption. - Amends TCA Title 57.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-01-29
To Senate State and Local Government Committee |
| SB2122 | Intro
Sine Die | As introduced, prohibits use of results from the first year of student assessments based on common core standards to be used for teacher evaluations or for promotion, retention, termination, compensation, tenure or other teacher employment decisions....
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-01-29
To Senate Education Committee |
| SB2135 | Intro
Sine Die | As introduced, requires the commissioner to appear before the house and senate government operations committees in addition to the transportation committees to report on the status of the computerized titling and registration system. - Amends TCA Tit...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-01-29
To Senate Transportation and Safety Committee |
| SB1610 | Intro
Sine Die | As introduced, extends the 25% tuition discount at state institutions of higher learning to children of all LEA employees; modifies prior legislation that provided the 25% tuition discount only to children of full time certified teachers or full-time...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-01-29
Withdrawn. |
| SB2209 | Intro
Sine Die | As introduced, mandates health insurance coverage of HIV and sexually transmitted disease testing as part of annual physicals and wellness programs; and requires the board of medical examiners and board of osteopathic examination to promulgate rules ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-01-29
To Senate Commerce and Labor Committee |
| SB2358 | Intro
Sine Die | As introduced, creates a special joint legislative study committee to consider, evaluate, and make recommendations regarding the state authorization reciprocity agreements (SARA); specifies that the committee consist of three house members and three ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-01-29
P2C, ref. to Sen. Delayed Bill Comm |
| SB2322 | Intro
Sine Die | As introduced, transfers responsibility for making certain payments from the AOC to the state treasurer; requires the AOC be attached to the comptroller; abolishes the judicial performance evaluation commission, judicial nominating commission and boa...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-01-29
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| SB2055 | Intro
Sine Die | As introduced, prohibits person from obtaining a schedule II or III controlled substance by mail from an out-of-state pharmacy; punishable as a Class C misdemeanor. - Amends TCA Title 39 and Title 63.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-01-29
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| SB2134 | Intro
Sine Die | As introduced, makes the chairs of the senate and house finance, ways and means committees members of the BEP review committee. - Amends TCA Title 49.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-01-29
To Senate Education Committee |
| SB2176 | Intro
Sine Die | As introduced, provides for a right of first refusal by the original owner of any property that is subsequently sold by a condemning authority. - Amends TCA Title 29, Chapter 16.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-01-29
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| SB2361 | Intro
Sine Die | As introduced, expands disabled veteran tax relief provisions. - Amends TCA Title 67, Chapter 5, Part 7.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-01-29
To Senate State and Local Government Committee |
| SB2159 | Intro
Sine Die | As introduced, enacts the "State Interposition of Federal Education Encroachment Act". - Amends TCA Title 4 and Title 49.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-01-29
To Senate Education Committee |
| SB2287 | Intro
Sine Die | As introduced, extends the district attorney general's period to review a petition for expunction for purposes of filing an objection from 20 to 30 calendar days. - Amends TCA Title 40.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-01-29
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| SB2237 | Intro
Sine Die | As introduced, permits a nursing home facility to convert a licensed nursing home bed to a reserved nursing home bed right if certain conditions are met, including that the licensed nursing home bed has been voluntarily removed from the license of th...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-01-29
To Senate Health and Welfare Committee |
| SB2121 | Intro
Sine Die | As introduced, increases from $2,000 – $5,000 to $3,000 – $6,000, the fine range for knowingly manufacturing, delivering, selling, or possessing with the intent to sell, deliver or manufacture an imitation controlled substance; and increases from...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-01-29
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| SB2284 | Intro
Sine Die | As introduced, reduces from six months to two months the maximum period for filling or refilling a prescription for a Schedule III or IV substance; and reduces from five to four the maximum number of times a prescription for a Schedule III or IV subs...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-01-29
To Senate Health and Welfare Committee |
| SB2327 | Intro
Sine Die | As introduced, upon request of a resident, or resident's guardian, trustee or conservator, requires a nursing home to provide a quarterly statement accounting for deposit and withdrawal transactions in an interest-bearing account maintained for safek...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-01-29
To Senate Health and Welfare Committee |
