| SB2434 | Intro
Sine Die | As introduced, clarifies that the annual summary of reports of state department and agency programs shall be submitted by the commissioner of labor and workforce development to the governor and the general assembly no later than March 1 of each year ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-22
Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Commerce & Labor Committee |
| SB2593 | Intro
Sine Die | As introduced, imposes an inventory tax on the inventory of unaffixed cigarette tax stamps and previously taxed cigarettes and other tobacco products; requires payment of the tax within 30 days after the effective date of an increase in the rate of t...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-22
Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate FW&M Revenue Subcommittee |
| SB2174 | Intro
Sine Die | As introduced, increases from three days to five days from the date of marriage the time in which the signed license must be returned to the county clerk. - Amends TCA Title 36.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-22
Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Judiciary Committee |
| SB1974 | Intro
Sine Die | As introduced, requires a court to take certain steps to ensure that a child who has to testify in a court of law may do so in a child-friendly court. - Amends TCA Title 19; Title 20; Title 21; Title 24; Title 36; Title 37 and Title 40.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-22
Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Judiciary Committee |
| SB1624 | Intro
Sine Die | As introduced, clarifies that the prohibition on offering or accepting money or anything of value for an aborted fetus includes the tissue or body parts from an aborted fetus. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 15, Part 2.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-22
Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Judiciary Committee |
| SB2169 | Intro
Sine Die | As introduced, extends the annual deadline, from October 1 to November 1, for lessees of industrial development corporations that make payments in lieu of taxes to submit the annual report required under present law to the state board of equalization...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-22
Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate State and Local Government Committee |
| SB2639 | Intro
Sine Die | As introduced, requires the division of parks and recreation to designate one weekend per year, instead of one day per year, during which access to and use of all state parks is free of charge for veterans. - Amends TCA Title 58 and Title 71.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-22
Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate State and Local Government Committee |
| SB2059 | Intro
Sine Die | As introduced, prohibits certain flame retardants in children's products and residential upholstered furniture. - Amends TCA Title 68, Chapter 131.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-22
Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Commerce and Labor Committee |
| SB2423 | Intro
Sine Die | As introduced, requires the commissioner of correction to develop criteria related to the work period and compensation for all correctional officers; requires the department to provide annual written report of correctional officer staffing levels. - ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-22
Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate State and Local Government Committee |
| SB1825 | Intro
Sine Die | As introduced, authorizes a governing body of a municipality to dispose of all of a municipal electric system operating pursuant to the Municipal Electric Plant Law of 1935 instead of only disposing of all of an electric plant acquired by means of bo...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-22
Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate State and Local Government Committee |
| SB2319 | Intro
Sine Die | As introduced, establishes a state minimum wage for all employees of $10.00 per hour. - Amends TCA Title 50, Chapter 2.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-22
Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Commerce & Labor Committee |
| SB1790 | Intro
Sine Die | As introduced, prohibits state and local governments from enforcing, administering, or cooperating with the implementation, regulation, or enforcement of any federal executive order or U.S. supreme court opinion unless the general assembly first expr...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-22
Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Judiciary Committee |
| SB1668 | Intro
Sine Die | As introduced, authorizes an organization to submit its annual form requesting exemption from certain charitable solicitations registration and filing requirements at the same time and to the same division within the secretary of state's office as it...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-22
To Senate Finance, Ways and Means Committee |
| SB1950 | Intro
Sine Die | As introduced, increases from 180 days to 240 days the minimum time required before a dry cleaner or launderer may dispose of unclaimed garments. - Amends TCA Title 66.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-22
Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Commerce and Labor Committee |
| SB1930 | Intro
Sine Die | As introduced, enacts the "Fans Anti-Counterfeit Ticket (FACT) Act," which requires the registration of ticket brokers with the department of commerce and insurance; requires certain disclosures by ticket brokers; adds requirements and prohibitions w...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-22
Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Commerce and Labor Committee |
| SB1877 | Intro
Sine Die | As introduced, permits a person who owns real property and who has not paid taxes on a portion of real property for more than 20 years to bring any action to recover the property if the failure to pay taxes was due to the error of a land surveyor. - ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-22
Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Judiciary Committee |
| SB2323 | Intro
Sine Die | As introduced, requires that the annual summary of reports of state department and agency programs be submitted by the commissioner of labor and workforce development to the governor and the general assembly no later than March 1 of each year instead...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-22
Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Commerce & Labor Committee |
| SB2133 | Intro
Sine Die | As introduced, increases from three days to nine days from the date of marriage the time in which the signed license must be returned to the county clerk. - Amends TCA Title 36.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-22
Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Judiciary Committee |
| SB1813 | Intro
Sine Die | As introduced, requires the AOC to pay appointed counsel, other than public defenders or post-conviction defenders, within 30 days from the time a judicially approved claim is submitted in accordance with Supreme Court Rules, unless the claim is deem...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-22
Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Judiciary Committee |
| SB2171 | Intro
Sine Die | As introduced, requires only the last four digits of a social security number instead of the full number on voter registration forms. - Amends TCA Title 2.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-22
Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate State and Local Government Committee |
| SB1932 | Intro
Sine Die | As introduced, increases cash supplement for police officer in-service training from $600 to $1,000. - Amends TCA Section 38-8-111.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-22
Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Judiciary Committee |
| SB2127 | Intro
Sine Die | As introduced, revises the provisions governing the adoption of the budget for a county legislative body; specifies that if the board of education, county mayor, and county budget committee are unable to agree upon the budget for the county departmen...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-22
Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate State and Local Government Committee |
| SB1851 | Intro
Sine Die | As introduced, permits certain state employees that have creditable service in the optional retirement program and are currently enrolled in the TCRS, to transfer creditable service from the optional retirement program on a one-time basis. - Amends T...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-22
Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate State and Local Government Committee |
| SB2129 | Intro
Sine Die | As introduced, requires the POST commission to study the cash supplement provided to officers who complete the annual required training and examine how the pay supplement compares to the actual cost of the officer training. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chap...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-22
Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Judiciary Committee |
| SB1130 | Intro
Sine Die | As introduced, requires the office of the comptroller to prepare a report on or before January 1, 2016, replacing June 30, 2005, for the business and utilities committee of the house and the commerce and labor committee of the senate evaluating the o...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-22
Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Commerce and Labor Committee |
| SB2305 | Intro
Sine Die | As introduced, requires payor banks to process items sequentially as indicated by the numbers on the bank drafts on the day items are charged against a customer's account; places limits on handling charges for insufficient funds if items are not proc...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-22
Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Commerce & Labor Committee |
| SB1694 | Intro
Sine Die | As introduced, specifies that inflatable play structures that are leased are not considered "amusement devices" and are not subject to regulation by the department of labor and workforce development. - Amends TCA Section 68-121-101.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-22
Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee |
| SB1602 | Intro
Sine Die | As introduced, requires the governing body of a city operating a municipal utility to create new positions on the board of public utilities for the purposes of representing customers of the utility that reside in counties served by the utility. - Ame...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-22
Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate State and Local Government Committee |
| SB1486 | Intro
Sine Die | As introduced, enacts the "Tennessee Workers Protection Act." - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 7; Title 12 and Title 50.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-22
Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Commerce and Labor Committee |
| SB0997 | Intro
Sine Die | As introduced, allows a litigation financier to attempt to use arbitration or effect a waiver of a consumer’s right to jury trial; allows a litigation financier to assign a litigation financing contract; revises other various provisions of the Tenn...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-22
Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Commerce and Labor Committee |
| SB1866 | Intro
Sine Die | As introduced, allows a person 65 years of age or older, who has never been issued a birth certificate, to be issued a photo identification license for voting purposes by furnishing a social security card, Medicare card, health insurance card, or oth...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-22
Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate State and Local Government Committee |
| SB2009 | Intro
Sine Die | As introduced, requires that the appointing authorities to the Douglas Henry state museum commission strive to ensure that each member appointed has knowledge of and an appreciation for Tennessee history and the role of this state in the development ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-21
Re-refer to Senate Cal. Comm. |
| SB2179 | Intro
Sine Die | As introduced, mandates maximum distances between speed limit signs installed on or after July 1, 2016, on state highways and interstate highways. - Amends TCA Title 54 and Title 55, Chapter 8.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-21
Re-refer to Senate Cal. Comm. |
| SB1918 | Intro
Sine Die | As introduced, exempts assisted-care living facilities with 15 or fewer residents, that accept only private pay or private insurance clients, and is located in a county with a population of 50,000 or less from rules promulgated by the board for licen...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-21
Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Health and Welfare Committee |
| SB1248 | Intro
Sine Die | As introduced, permits an electronic format for the annual TennCare report on the use and cost of opioids and controlled substances in the program to the health committee of the house and the health and welfare committee of the senate. - Amends TCA T...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-21
Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Health and Welfare Committee |
| SB2053 | Intro
Sine Die | As introduced, permits county that establishes a new division of general sessions court to impose litigation tax of up to $9.00 for the purpose of funding the new division of court. - Amends TCA Title 16, Chapter 15.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-21
Re-refer to Senate Cal. Comm. |
| SB1245 | Intro
Sine Die | As introduced, creates the Class A misdemeanor offense of intentionally carrying certain weapons and devices openly within 250 feet of the real property of a public or private preschool, elementary school, middle school, or secondary school with cert...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-21
Sponsor(s) Added. |
| SB2422 | Intro
Sine Die | As introduced, authorizes advisory question on the expansion of Medicaid to be placed on the ballot at the regular November election in 2016. - Amends TCA Title 2; Title 57 and Title 68.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-21
Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Health and Welfare Committee |
| SB0749 | Intro
Sine Die | As introduced, abolishes deannexation by ordinance; requires the reallocation of certain municipal highway funds if a municipality deannexes city roadways; revises various other provisions governing deannexation. - Amends TCA Title 6, Chapter 51 and ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-21
Companion House Bill substituted |
| SB2421 | Intro
Sine Die | As introduced, requires a licensed firearm dealer who sells firearms to the public at retail to post signs by January 1, 2017, that are visible at the point of sale informing purchasers of firearms of the proper method to safely store firearms using ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-21
Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Judiciary Committee |
| SB1978 | Intro
Sine Die | As introduced, enacts the "Tennessee Lactation Consultant Practice Act." - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 63 and Title 68.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-21
Deferred to Summer Study |
| SB0957 | Intro
Sine Die | As introduced, increases maximum membership for the department of commerce and insurance's advisory committee from 12 members to 13 members. - Amends TCA Title 56.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-17
Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Commerce & Labor Committee |
| SB1823 | Intro
Sine Die | As introduced, requires use of numbered balls in selecting lottery winners; excludes multistate and instant ticket lottery games. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 51, Part 1.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-17
Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate State & Local Government Committee |
| SB2349 | Intro
Sine Die | As introduced, prohibits smoking on the grounds of any property owned by the state or any political subdivision of the state. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 17.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-17
Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Commerce & Labor Committee |
| SB2200 | Intro
Sine Die | As introduced, revises provisions relative to providing broadband Internet services. - Amends TCA Title 7 and Title 65.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-17
Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Commerce & Labor Committee |
| SB2519 | Intro
Sine Die | As introduced, requires that the inventory of state-owned property maintained by the governor include a description of each active construction project on state-owned property. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 8; Title 9 and Tit...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-17
Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate State & Local Government Committee |
| SB1378 | Intro
Sine Die | As introduced, enacts the "Collateral Recovery Act." - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 26; Title 40; Title 45; Title 47; Title 55; Title 56; Title 62 and Title 66.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-17
Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Commerce & Labor Committee |
| SB2268 | Intro
Sine Die | As introduced, prohibits arbitration in causes of action arising out of consumer contracts. - Amends TCA Title 29 and Title 47.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-17
Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Judiciary Committee |
| SB2325 | Intro
Sine Die | As introduced, allows a victim of domestic abuse, sexual assault, or stalking to terminate a lease or rental agreement if notice and documentation that the tenant is a victim are presented to the landlord; specifies that a perpetrator of certain offe...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-17
Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Commerce & Labor Committee |
| SB2295 | Intro
Sine Die | As introduced, requires the commissioner to annually report to the chairs of the house health committee and the senate health and welfare committee on the effect of the mental health parity laws on the quantity and quality of mental health services d...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-17
Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Commerce & Labor Committee |
