| SB2199 | Intro
Sine Die | As introduced, requires the comptroller of the treasury to prepare a report detailing how the state may ensure that all proven and acceptable piping materials be included in all bids for water and wastewater projects. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 5; T...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-03-18
Assigned to Gen. Sub of S. S&L Gov. Comm. |
| SB2382 | Intro
Sine Die | As introduced, extends from 180 to 185 the number of days following cancellation due to a natural disaster of an event sponsored by a charitable organization that must elapse before ticket buyers forfeit refund of the purchase price. - Amends TCA Tit...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-03-18
Assigned to Gen. Sub of: S. C&L Comm. |
| SB1764 | Intro
Sine Die | As introduced, clarifies that the only bid preferences that are permissible in public construction projects of local governments are those created by the general assembly by general law; prohibits local authorization for bid preferences for contracts...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-03-18
Assigned to Gen. Sub of S. S&L Gov't Comm |
| SB1678 | Intro
Sine Die | As introduced, increases the maximum income that persons 65 and older may have and still be exempt from paying the Hall income tax. - Amends TCA Title 67, Chapter 2.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-03-18
Action Def. in S. Tax Sub Comm. to next cal. |
| SB2417 | Intro
Sine Die | As introduced, allows voters within and outside city limits in a county to vote in any referendum on a county-wide sales tax proposed after a city in the county adopts a sales tax, whether or not the proposed tax is at the same or higher rate as the ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-03-18
Assigned to Gen. Sub of: S. S&L Govt. Comm. |
| SB2562 | Intro
Sine Die | As introduced, authorizes municipal electric systems and other governmental utility authorities that provide broadband services, such as cable and Internet service, to provide such services to economic development, education, and health care projects...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-03-18
Assigned to Gen. Sub of S. C&L Comm. |
| SB1785 | Intro
Sine Die | As introduced, authorizes counties and municipalities to ban smoking within 50 feet of a building owned or used by the county or municipality for governmental purposes the same as such entities may now prohibit smoking within 50 feet of a hospital. -...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-03-18
Assigned to Gen. Sub of: S. C&L Comm. |
| SB1870 | Intro
Sine Die | As introduced, changes the date by which the workers' compensation division must produce its report of all the employers that failed to obtain coverage or self-insure during the previous fiscal year from December 31 to December 15. - Amends TCA Title...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-03-18
Assigned to Gen. Sub of: S. C&L Comm. |
| SB2239 | Intro
Sine Die | As introduced, clarifies that an individual exemption of $33,000 or a joint exemption of $59,000 applies for Hall Income taxpayers who are 65 years of age or older. - Amends TCA Title 67, Chapter 2, Part 1.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-03-18
Action Def. in S. Tax Sub Comm. to next cal. |
| SB2032 | Intro
Sine Die | As introduced, allows counties, cities, metropolitan governments, towns, utility districts and other municipal and public corporations of the state to contract with private insurance companies or agents for the purchase of an insurance product withou...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-03-18
Assigned to Gen. Sub of: S. S&L Govt. Comm. |
| SB1393 | Intro
Sine Die | As introduced, authorizes the issuance of a beer permit for locations in proximity to certain leased church property in Shelby County. - Amends TCA Title 57, Chapter 5, Part 1.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-03-18
Assigned to Gen. Sub of: S. S&L Govt. Comm. |
| SB2428 | Intro
Sine Die | As introduced, revises the definition of "telecommunications" for electric cooperatives who own a dark fiber network in a county of less than 7,900 residents enabling such co-ops to offer broadband internet service to residents not already served by ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-03-18
Assigned to Gen. Sub of: S. C&L Comm. |
| SB2049 | Intro
Sine Die | As introduced, authorizes counties, municipalities and utility districts to invest their idle funds in bank certificates of deposit that are insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation. - Amends TCA Section 5-8-301; Section 6-56-106 and Sect...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-03-18
Assigned to Gen. Sub of: S. S&L Govt. Comm. |
| SB1824 | Intro
Sine Die | As introduced, modifies the Medicare supplemental insurance benefit for participating retired employees and teachers to ensure that such retirees are not required to pay the full cost of each premium increase. - Amends TCA Title 8, Chapter 27, Part 7...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-03-18
Action Def. in S. FW&M Comm. to 3/25/2014 |
| SB2234 | Intro
Sine Die | As introduced, prohibits a health insurance issuer licensed in this state from accepting payment related to risk corridors pursuant to § 1342 of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. - Amends TCA Title 56.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-03-18
Assigned to Gen. Sub of: S. C&L Comm. |
| SB2163 | Intro
Sine Die | As introduced, directs the commissioner of the department to prepare a report on how this state may improve workplace safety and health for public contractors by January 1, 2015. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 3; Title 4, Chapter 56; Title 12, Chapter...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-03-17
Assigned to Gen. Sub of S. C&L Comm. |
| SB1846 | Intro
Sine Die | As introduced, exempts out-of-state residents from wearing helmet if the motorcycle is registered in a state that does not require persons over the age of 21 to wear a helmet while operating a motorcycle. - Amends TCA Section 55-9-302.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-03-17
Assigned to Gen. Sub of S. Trans. Comm. |
| SB1474 | Intro
Sine Die | As introduced, redefines "amusement device" to include go karts used for a commercial purpose; authorizes regulation of go karts used for a commercial purpose by the elevator and amusement device safety board. - Amends TCA Title 68, Chapter 121, Part...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-03-17
Assigned to Gen. Sub of S. Trans. Comm. |
| SB2457 | Intro
Sine Die | As introduced, authorized disclosure to public of information concerning complaints made against assisted-care living facilities and reports of investigations, inspections and surveys involving such facilities. - Amends TCA Title 10, Chapter 7; Title...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-03-17
Assigned to Gen. Sub of: S. H&W Comm. |
| SB2611 | Intro
Sine Die | As introduced, subject to local approval, rewrites the charter. - Amends Chapter 603 of the Private Acts of 1949; as amended.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-03-17
P2C held on desk. Local Bill |
| SB2164 | Intro
Sine Die | As introduced, revises various provisions governing the appeal process of the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1972. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 3, Part 14 and Title 50.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-03-17
Assigned to Gen. Sub of S. C&L Comm. |
| SB1429 | Intro
Sine Die | As introduced, requires the issuance of red permanent disabled parking placards to persons who are confined to a wheelchair; requires certain businesses that provide a minimum number of disabled parking spaces to designate a minimum number of red dis...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-03-17
Assigned to Gen. Sub of S. Trans. Comm. |
| SB2377 | Intro
Sine Die | As introduced, enacts the "Kenneth and Madge Tullis, JD, Suicide Prevention Training Act of 2014," which requires certain health professionals to complete suicide assessment and prevention training. - Amends TCA Title 33; Title 63 and Title 68.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-03-17
Assigned to Gen. Sub of: S. H&W Comm. |
| SB1274 | Intro
Sine Die | As introduced, requires manufacturers of products added to public water systems to verify the safety of such products to the system operators. - Amends TCA Title 53, Chapter 1, Part 1 and Title 68, Chapter 221, Part 7.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-03-17
To Senate Finance, Ways and Means Committee |
| SB1855 | Intro
Sine Die | As introduced, authorizes the department of transportation to develop an electronic procedure to store outstanding certificates of title in lieu of paper documents when possible. - Amends TCA Title 55.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-03-17
Assigned to Gen. Sub of S. Trans. Comm. |
| SB2293 | Intro
Sine Die | As introduced, deletes the statutory requirement that an inpatient treatment facility must report to local law enforcement the name and date of birth of each service recipient who is involuntarily committed to the facility. - Amends TCA Section 33-3-...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-03-17
Assigned to Gen. Sub of: S. H&W Comm. |
| SB1758 | Intro
Sine Die | As introduced, authorizes bicycle riders without stopping completely to turn at and to proceed through red lights when such actions can be done safely. - Amends TCA Title 55, Chapter 8, Part 2.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-03-17
Assigned to Gen. Sub of S. Transportation Comm. |
| SB1974 | Intro
Sine Die | As introduced, precludes health care providers from inquiring about a person's ownership, possession or use of firearms as a condition of receiving health care or refusing to provide health care because the person declined to answer such questions. -...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-03-17
Assigned to Gen. Sub of: S. H&W Comm. |
| SB0558 | Intro
Sine Die | As introduced, authorizes the board of dentistry to use unexpended operations funds for such dental related programs and endeavors as the board deems appropriate. - Amends TCA Title 63, Chapter 1, Part 1 and Title 63, Chapter 5.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-03-17
Assigned to Gen. Sub of: S. H&W Comm. |
| SB2386 | Intro
Sine Die | As introduced, increases the minimum standards required for proof of financial responsibility after a certain date. - Amends TCA Section 55-12-102.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-03-17
Assigned to Gen. Sub of S. Trans. Comm. |
| SB1428 | Intro
Sine Die | As introduced, creates a grant program to assist veterans with the creation and opening of small businesses. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 9 and Title 58.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-03-14
Assigned to Gen. Sub of S. Gov't Ops. comm |
| SB2524 | Intro
Sine Die | As introduced, changes the recipient of fines, penalties and forfeitures assessed in cases involving animals from a society for prevention to cruelty to animals to animal shelters or animal control units in the municipality or county in which the inc...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-03-13
To Senate Calendar Committee |
| SB2161 | Intro
Sine Die | As introduced, provides that private passenger vehicles and their occupants shall only be required to comply with emissions and safety regulations in place at the time of vehicle manufacture. - Amends TCA Title 55, Chapter 4; Title 55, Chapter 8; Tit...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-03-12
Assigned to Gen. Sub of: S. Trans & Safety Comm. |
| SB2170 | Intro
Sine Die | As introduced, requires dealers of dogs and cats to include in reports to the commissioner of agriculture the number of deaths of such animals resulting from abuse. - Amends TCA Title 44.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-03-12
To Senate Calendar Committee |
| SB2064 | Intro
Sine Die | As introduced, prohibits fracturing in Tennessee, effective January 1, 2016. - Amends TCA Title 59; Title 60; Title 68 and Title 69.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-03-12
Assigned to Gen. Sub of: S. Energy, Agriculture and Natural Resources |
| SB1925 | Intro
Sine Die | As introduced, prohibits issuance of a water quality control permit that would alter any ridgeline that is more than 1,800 feet above sea level. - Amends TCA Title 59 and Title 69, Chapter 3, Part 1.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-03-12
Assigned to Gen. Sub of: S. Energy, Agriculture and Natural Resources |
| SB2286 | Intro
Sine Die | As introduced, requires the department of safety to promulgate any handgun carry permit reciprocity agreements as rules. - Amends TCA Section 39-17-1351.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-03-12
Assigned to Gen. Sub of S. Jud. Comm |
| SB2194 | Intro
Sine Die | As introduced, allows a licensed teacher to work with a student teacher every other school year without negatively affecting the teacher’s evaluation score during that school year; freezes the licensed teacher’s evaluation score at the previous y...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-03-12
Assigned to Gen. Sub of S. Ed. Comm. |
| SB2195 | Intro
Sine Die | As introduced, revises provisions governing the tenured teacher evaluations that measure overall performance effectiveness. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 1; Title 49, Chapter 16; Title 49, Chapter 5 and Title 49, Chapter 6.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-03-12
Assigned to Gen. Sub of S. Ed. Comm. |
| SB2528 | Intro
Sine Die | As introduced, requires the department of economic and community development, in cooperation with the department of environment and conservation, to annually study and develop a plan for promoting adventure tourism and other recreational activities; ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-03-12
Assigned to Gen. Sub of: S. Energy, Agriculture and Natural Resources |
| SB1168 | Intro
Sine Die | As introduced, enacts the "Tennessee Beverage Container Recycling Refunds Act." - Amends TCA Section 41-2-123; Section 57-5-201; Section 67-4-402; Title 68, Chapter 211 and Chapter 616 of the Public Acts of 2010.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-03-12
Assigned to Gen. Sub of: S. Energy, Agriculture and Natural Resources |
| SB1799 | Intro
Sine Die | As introduced, prohibits owners and operators of sanitary landfills located within a 25 mile radius of sites where asphalt roofing shingles are recycled pursuant to the issuance of a permit-by-rule from accepting, for disposal, loads of whole or proc...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-03-12
Assigned to Gen. Sub of: S. Energy, Agriculture and Natural Resources |
| SB1998 | Intro
Sine Die | As introduced, limits the penalty for the Class C misdemeanor offense of knowingly or willfully adopting or taking more or less pounds for a bushel or ton than is provided by law, or willfully neglecting the balancing or examining of the scales or ca...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-03-12
Assigned to Gen. Sub of: S. Energy, Agriculture and Natural Resources |
| SB2289 | Intro
Sine Die | As introduced, creates the Tennessee gun transfer task force to develop and implement a state plan for the establishment of psychological background checks for gun transfers. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 33 and Title 39, Chapter 17, Part 13.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-03-12
Assigned to Gen. Sub of S. Jud. Comm |
| SB2410 | Intro
Sine Die | As introduced, directs the comptroller of the treasury to audit the funding for the implementation of common core state standards and all components of PARCC, with cooperation from the department of education and the state board of education; require...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-03-12
To Senate Finance, Ways and Means Committee |
| SB2233 | Intro
Sine Die | As introduced, requires department of revenue to pay fees to county clerks for issuing certificates of title. - Amends TCA Section 55-6-104.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-03-12
Assigned to Gen. Sub of: S. Trans & Safety Comm. |
| SB1694 | Intro
Sine Die | As introduced, clarifies the status of certain river basin development authorities as state agencies for liability purposes. - Amends TCA Title 64, Chapter 1.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-03-12
Assigned to Gen. Sub of: S. Energy, Agriculture and Natural Resources |
| SB1383 | Intro
Sine Die | As introduced, requires all municipal solid waste region plans or other such plans developed by the department of environment and conservation to adhere to statutorily recognized policies that institute and maintain programs for statewide solid waste...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-03-12
Assigned to Gen. Sub of: S. Energy, Agriculture and Natural Resources |
| SB1980 | Intro
Sine Die | As introduced, enacts the "Tennessee Scenic Vistas Protection Act" to prohibit the issuance of water quality permits for surface mining activities along ridgelines, subject to certain exceptions. - Amends TCA Title 59 and Title 69, Chapter 3, Part 1.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-03-12
Assigned to Gen. Sub of: S. Energy, Agriculture and Natural Resources |
| SB2280 | Intro
Sine Die | As introduced, revises the provisions governing the criminal background investigation of any applicant for teaching or child care positions. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 5.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2014-03-12
Assigned to Gen. Sub of: S. Ed. Comm. |
