TN Legislation | 2013-2014 | 108th General Assembly | Senate | Bills | Introduced

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Bill	Status	Summary/Title	Last Action
SB0225	Intro Sine Die	As introduced, delegates receipt of complaints of and disciplinary authority over district attorney generals to the Tennessee Board of Judicial Conduct. - Amends TCA Title 8; Title 17 and Title 23. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2013-03-15 Assigned to Gen. Sub of S. Jud. Comm
SB0765	Intro Sine Die	As introduced, expands authority to back assess property to other officials; makes various other revisions regarding back assessments and reassessments. - Amends TCA Title 67, Chapter 1, Part 10. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2013-03-14 Assigned to Gen. Sub of S. S&L Gov. Comm.
SB0421	Intro Sine Die	As introduced, revises to whom a promissory note may be issued in order not to be considered an investiment certificate under the Industrial Loan and Thrift Companies Act. - Amends TCA Title 45. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2013-03-13 Assigned to Gen. Sub of S. C&L Com.
SB0420	Intro Sine Die	As introduced, removes requirement that pawnshop brokers deliver certain transaction records by mail or in person; changes the time of delivery of such records from 48 hours after the transaction to noon the day following the transaction; allows a co... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2013-03-13 Assigned to Gen. Sub of S. C&L Com.
SB0231	Intro Sine Die	As introduced, prohibits a county, municipality, or political subdivision of the state from adopting a wage theft ordinance or regulation that exceeds certain state and federal laws. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 8; Title 12,... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2013-03-13 Assigned to Gen. Sub of S. C&L Com.
SB1374	Intro Sine Die	As introduced, authorizes businesses to be placed on Do Not Call registry. - Amends TCA Title 7, Chapter 86; Title 39, Chapter 17, Part 3 and Title 65, Chapter 4. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2013-03-13 Withdrawn.
SB0046	Intro Sine Die	As introduced, prohibits public institutions of higher education from employing or assigning the duties of a diversity officer. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 7; Title 49, Chapter 8 and Title 49, Chapter 9. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2013-03-13 Assigned to Gen. Sub of: S. Ed. Comm.
SB1143	Intro Sine Die	As introduced, enacts the "Motorcyclist Liberty Restoration Act." - Amends TCA Title 55. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2013-03-13 Assigned to Gen. Sub of S. T&S Comm.
SB0636	Intro Sine Die	As introduced, authorizes owners of single family residences to sell scrap metal from HVAC units previously installed at such residences. - Amends TCA Title 62, Chapter 9. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2013-03-13 Assigned to Gen. Sub of S. C&L Comm.
SB1044	Intro Sine Die	As introduced, clarifies that it is the attorney general and reporter and not the district attorney general who is compensated from the proceeds for expenses in bringing the action to forfeit items used in the offense of identity theft. - Amends TCA ... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2013-03-13 Assigned to Gen. Sub of S. Jud. Com.
SB0909	Intro Sine Die	As introduced, creates a voucher program for payment of approved testing costs for adult education students. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 3, Part 14 and Title 49. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2013-03-13 Assigned to Gen. Sub of S. Ed. Comm.
SB1134	Intro Sine Die	As introduced, requires TSAC to annually prepare a status report for governor and general assembly on the Tennessee HOPE foster child tuition grant program. - Amends TCA Title 49. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2013-03-13 Assigned to Gen. Sub of: S. Ed. Comm.
SB1172	Intro Sine Die	As introduced, requires the department of health to purchase a uniform accidental death policy for the benefit of all emergency responders. - Amends TCA Title 12; Title 56 and Title 68, Chapter 140. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2013-03-13 Assigned to Gen. Sub of S. C&L Comm.
SB1010	Intro Sine Die	As introduced, deletes an incorrect code reference in the Excise Tax Law of 1999. - Amends TCA Title 67, Chapter 4, Part 20 and Title 67, Chapter 4, Part 21. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2013-03-13 Placed on S. Tax Sub Committee of F,W&M. cal. for 3/18/2013
SB1387	Intro Sine Die	As introduced, prohibits Tennessee from participating in any Medicaid expansion authorized under the federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. - Amends TCA Title 71. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2013-03-13 Assigned to Gen. Sub of S. C&L Comm
SB0101	Intro Sine Die	As introduced, authorizes retired agents or officers of the department of revenue to retain the officer or agent's service weapon and badge under certain circumstances. - Amends TCA Section 67-1-1441. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2013-03-13 Assigned to Gen. Sub of S. Jud. Comm.
SB1329	Intro Sine Die	As introduced, requires the ASVAB to be administered to all public school students in the 10th grade. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 2; Title 49, Chapter 1; Title 49, Chapter 6, Part 4 and Title 49, Chapter 6, Part 60. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2013-03-13 Assigned to Gen. Sub of: S. Ed. Comm.
SB0829	Intro Sine Die	As introduced, specifies that financial records of any cooperative organized under the Rural Electric and Community Services Cooperative Act shall be considered public records. - Amends TCA Title 10, Chapter 7, Part 5 and Title 65, Chapter 25. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2013-03-12 Action Def. in S. S&L Govt. Comm. to final cal.
SB0541	Intro Sine Die	As introduced, broadens law enforcement training on interacting with mentally ill persons to also include training on interacting with persons having autism, mental retardation, or developmental disabilities. - Amends TCA Section 4-7-107; Section 38-... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2013-03-12 Assigned to Gen. Sub of: S. Jud Comm.
SB1045	Intro Sine Die	As introduced, creates the offense of especially aggravated assault when a person commits assault, causes serious bodily injury to another, and uses or displays a deadly weapon. - Amends TCA Title 39 and Title 40. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2013-03-12 Assigned to Gen. Sub of: S. Jud Comm.
SB0600	Intro Sine Die	As introduced, exempts a transferree of a vehicle from paying any fee for issuance or assignment of a certificate of title or registration when transferring a vehicle purchased from a dealer if such transfer takes place within 30 days from the date o... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2013-03-12 Assigned to Gen. Sub of S. T&S Comm.
SB0449	Intro Sine Die	As introduced, extends early voting hours to 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. weekdays during early voting period and 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. on Saturdays. - Amends TCA Title 2, Chapter 6, Part 1. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2013-03-12 Action Def. in S. S&L Govt. Comm. to 3/26/2013
SB1334	Intro Sine Die	As introduced, gives house and senate speakers authority to appoint members to board; requires members be appointed from grand divisions instead of congressional districts; requires appointees to be confirmed by the house and senate education committ... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2013-03-12 Assigned to Gen. Sub of S. Ed. Comm.
SB0956	Intro Sine Die	As introduced, authorizes issuance of lifetime handgun permits to service disabled veterans who otherwise qualify for issuance of a permit, subject to providing documentation and payment of a $200 fee. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 17, Part 13. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2013-03-12 Action Def. in S. FW&M Comm. to 3/26/2013
SB1154	Intro Sine Die	As introduced, provides that in order to commit the offense of aggravated animal cruelty, the defendant must engage in conduct that tortures or maims an animal and must do so in a sadistic or depraved manner rather than a sadistic and depraved manner... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2013-03-12 Assigned to Gen. Sub of: S. Jud Comm.
SB0098	Intro Sine Die	As introduced, requires certain reports concerning the Long-Term Care Community Choices Act of 2008 to be made available on the bureau of TennCare's web site and requires cooperation with the commission on aging and disability regarding such Act. - A... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2013-03-11 Assigned to Gen. Sub of S. C&L Comm.
SB0914	Intro Sine Die	As introduced, prohibits certain industrial development corporations from negotiating or entering into any payment in lieu of tax agreement or lease. - Amends TCA Title 7, Chapter 53, Part 3. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2013-03-11 Withdrawn.
SB0480	Intro Sine Die	As introduced, authorizes a regional water and wastewater treatment authority to exercise authority for storm water management; provides new method for appointing commissioners pursuant to the Interlocal Cooperation Act. - Amends TCA Title 12, Chapte... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2013-03-11 To Senate Energy, Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee
SB1125	Intro Sine Die	As introduced, allows pharmacy and durable medical equipment providers to provide fitting and patient management concerning diabetic shoes and their inserts. - Amends TCA Title 63. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2013-03-11 Withdrawn.
SB1239	Intro Sine Die	As introduced, prohibits the use of forceful entry, dynamic entry or other execution of search or arrest warrant than a peaceful knock and greeting, unless clearly necessary for the safety of officers, residents or other nearby persons or property. -... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2013-03-11 Assigned to Gen. Sub of Jud Com.
SB0115	Intro Sine Die	As introduced, revises law regarding verification of POST certification of any person seeking the office of sheriff. - Amends TCA Title 8, Chapter 8, Part 1. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2013-03-11 Assigned to Gen. Sub of Jud Com.
SB0751	Intro Sine Die	As introduced, prohibits state credit unions from charging a fee to a member for services initiated after the beginning of the member's membership without first obtaining the written permission of the member. - Amends TCA Title 45 and Title 47, Chapt... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2013-03-08 Withdrawn.
SB0452	Intro Sine Die	As introduced, provides the option for a county or municipality to establish the office of elected school superintendent by referendum. - Amends TCA Title 49. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2013-03-08 Assigned to Gen. Sub of S. Ed. Comm.
SB1055	Intro Sine Die	As introduced, requires the elimination of Temporary Assistance to Needy Families [TANF] payments for parents or caretakers of TANF recipients who fail to maintain satisfactory school attendance. - Amends TCA Title 71. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2013-03-07 Assigned to Gen. Sub of S. H&W Comm.
SB0021	Intro Sine Die	As introduced, provides immunity from damages in a civil action for a person or entity that transmits a written message to a driver that commits an offense by reading or responding to such message and causes another injury. - Amends TCA Title 29; Tit... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2013-03-07 Assigned to Gen. Sub of S. Jud. Comm.
SB1276	Intro Sine Die	As introduced, enacts the "Educate and Employ Act of 2012." - Amends TCA Title 67, Chapter 4, Part 20 and Title 67, Chapter 4, Part 21. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2013-03-07 To Senate Subcommittee on Tax
SB0748	Intro Sine Die	As introduced, permits, beginning with elections of school board members in 2014, county governing bodies, by two-thirds vote, to choose to elect county school board members on a partisan rather than a nonpartisan basis. - Amends TCA Section 49-2-201... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2013-03-07 Assigned to Gen. Sub of S. Ed. Comm.
SB0209	Intro Sine Die	As introduced, prohibits the department of safety from issuing licenses and permits to persons permitted to remain in the United States pursuant to the deferred action for childhood arrivals guidance of the federal department of homeland security. - ... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2013-03-06 Assigned to Gen. Sub of: S. Trans & Safety Comm.
SB0463	Intro Sine Die	As introduced, makes the provision of a home care ombudsman by area agencies on aging to be subject to appropriations; deletes an outreach program to Medicare eligible Tennesseans; removes prohibition on commission on aging and disability to exercise... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2013-03-06 Assigned to Gen. Sub of: S. H&W Comm.
SB1202	Intro Sine Die	As introduced, authorizes the board of psychological examiners to regulate the practice of telepsychology. - Amends TCA Title 63, Chapter 11. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2013-03-06 Assigned to Gen. Sub of: S. H&W Comm.
SB0133	Intro Sine Die	As introduced, makes job performance evaluations of employees of state level entities that are exempt from the Tennessee Excellence, Accountability and Management Act of 2012 confidential and not a public record to the same extent as job performance ... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2013-03-06 Assigned to Gen. Sub of S. S&L Gov. Comm.
SB0025	Intro Sine Die	As introduced, increases the Hall income tax exemption for taxpayers 65 years of age or older to $36,200 for single filers and $47,000 for persons filing jointly beginning January 1, 2014. - Amends TCA Title 67, Chapter 2, Part 1. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2013-03-05 Action Def. in S. Tax Sub Committee of F,W&M. to 3/12/2013
SB0277	Intro Sine Die	As introduced, phases out the privilege tax on persons engaged in certain occupations by annually decreasing it by 10 percent over the next 10 years; eliminates the tax in 2023 and thereafter. - Amends TCA Title 67, Chapter 4, Part 17. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2013-03-05 Ref to: S. FW&M Comm. w/negative recommend.
SB0630	Intro Sine Die	As introduced, broadens the board of the Tennessee corrections institute's authority to refuse to waive the minimum qualifications requirements for certain employees to include employees who suffer from certain mental illnesses or have been convicted... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2013-03-05 Assigned to Gen. Sub of S. S&L Gov. Comm.
SB0001	Intro Sine Die	As introduced, prohibits Tennessee from participating in the Medicaid expansion of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 3. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2013-03-05 Assigned to Gen. Sub of S. C&L Comm.
SB0381	Intro Sine Die	As introduced, deletes provision regarding the appointing authority of the defunct Tennessee board for economic growth. - Amends TCA Title 4 and Title 70. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2013-03-05 Assigned to Gen. Sub of S. C&L Comm.
SB0382	Intro Sine Die	As introduced, requires that at least one of the six educator members of the textbook commission be an employee of an LEA that consistently ranks among the state's top five LEAs based on enrollment. - Amends TCA Title 4 and Title 49, Chapter 6. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2013-03-05 Assigned to Gen. Sub of S. Ed. Comm.
SB0768	Intro Sine Die	As introduced, defines "capitalization rate" for greenbelt purposes as the average lending rate for agricultural land based on the most recent survey by the state board of equalization of lenders at the time of the calculation. - Amends TCA Title 67,... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2013-03-05 Assigned to Gen. Sub of: S. S&L Govt. Comm.
SB0090	Intro Sine Die	As introduced, creates a nuisance cause of action where a limited service restaurant or a restaurant operates below the establishment's food percentage requirements. - Amends TCA Title 29; Title 57 and Title 67. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2013-03-05 Action Def. in S. S&L Gov. Comm. to last calendar
SB0121	Intro Sine Die	As introduced, changes the date by which the textbook commission must publish the list of textbooks for use in schools from February 1 of any year when listings are made or there are changes to be reported to March 1 of such year. - Amends TCA Title ... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2013-03-04 Assigned to Gen. Sub of S. ED. Com.