| HB2666 | Intro
Sine Die | As introduced, subject to local approval, requires nonpartisan elections for county office.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-04-21
P2C, ref. to Local Government Committee |
| HB2667 | Intro
Sine Die | As introduced, subject to local approval, prohibits mayor, district alderman, or alderman-at-large from serving a subsequent term in the same office if such person has served more than 1/2 of a four-year term and a consecutive complete four-year term...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-04-21
P2C, ref. to Local Government Committee |
| SB1684 | Intro
Sine Die | As introduced, enacts the "Express Transportation Act." - Amends TCA Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 9; Title 54; Title 55; Title 64; Title 65 and Title 67.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-04-21
Re-refer to Senate Cal. Comm. |
| SB2105 | Intro
Sine Die | As introduced, provides that a purchaser of a parcel of land in a tax lien sale has no obligation to purchase insurance on the parcel during the redemption period and that the purchaser is not liable for damage that occurs to the property during the ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-04-20
To Senate Calendar Committee |
| HB1707 | Intro
Sine Die | As introduced, establishes the day after Thanksgiving Day as Native American Heritage Day in Tennessee. - Amends TCA Title 15.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-04-20
Comp. SB subst. |
| SB2365 | Intro
Sine Die | As introduced, requires commissioner to report to the finance, ways and means committees of the senate and house by January 31, 2017, the number of taxpayers that submitted documents in paper form to the department in lieu of submitting documents ele...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-04-20
Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Finance, Ways & Means Committee |
| HB2587 | Intro
Sine Die | As introduced, authorizes counties and municipalities to amend growth plans as often as necessary. - Amends TCA Title 6, Chapter 58.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-04-20
Held on desk. |
| SB0688 | Intro
Sine Die | As introduced, clarifies what topics are to be included in orientation for new members of the general assembly; removes obsolete reference. - Amends TCA Title 3.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-04-20
Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee |
| SB2208 | Intro
Sine Die | As introduced, extends from six months to seven months the tax due date for certain members of the military following the conclusion of hostilities in which the person is actually engaged outside the United States or after the person is transferred f...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-04-20
Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee |
| HB0623 | Intro
Sine Die | As introduced, deletes provision permitting a court to revoke a defendant's bond and order the defendant held without bail pending trial if the defendant violates a condition of release, is charged with an offense committed during the defendant's rel...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-04-20
Held on desk. |
| SB1484 | Intro
Sine Die | As introduced, deletes the Save the Tax Relief Act. - Amends TCA Title 67, Chapter 5, Part 7.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-04-19
Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 4/20/2016 |
| SB1467 | Intro
Sine Die | As introduced, prohibits state funds for metropolitan transportation planning from being released to, or expended by, a metropolitan planning organization (MPO) unless the MPO's policy board ensures that the number of votes for any local government o...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-04-19
Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee |
| SB1768 | Intro
Sine Die | As introduced, allows a court to enhance a defendant's criminal sentence if the defendant was illegally present in the United States during the commission of the felony. - Amends TCA Title 40, Chapter 35.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-04-19
Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 4/20/2016 |
| HB1430 | Intro
Sine Die | As introduced, changes date for annual sales tax holiday from the first weekend in August to the last weekend in July each year. - Amends TCA Section 67-6-393.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-04-19
Taken off notice for cal in s/c Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee of Finance, Ways & Means Committee |
| SB1390 | Intro
Sine Die | As introduced, deletes the current autism spectrum disorder task force and replaces it with the Tennessee council on autism spectrum disorder. - Amends TCA Title 4 and Title 68, Chapter 1.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-04-19
Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee |
| HB1886 | Intro
Sine Die | As introduced, requires commissioner to report to the finance, ways and means committees of the senate and house by January 31, 2017, the number of taxpayers that submitted documents in paper form to the department in lieu of submitting documents ele...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-04-19
Taken off notice for cal. in Finance, Ways & Means Committee |
| HB2109 | Intro
Sine Die | As introduced, over the next four years, raises Hall tax maximum allowable income exemptions for taxpayers 65 years of age or older by $500 per year until they are $39,000 for single filers and $70,000 for joint filers. - Amends TCA Title 67, Chapter...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-04-19
Taken off notice for cal in s/c Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee of Finance, Ways & Means Committee |
| SB2184 | Intro
Sine Die | As introduced, sets limits on the use of factors not under the control of a physician in determining reimbursement in an alternative payment system. - Amends TCA Title 71.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-04-19
Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 4/20/2016 |
| HB1422 | Intro
Sine Die | As introduced, excludes social security benefits from determination of annual income for purposes of qualifying for exemption from tax on stocks and bonds for persons 65 years of age or older. - Amends TCA Title 67, Chapter 2, Part 1.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-04-19
Taken off notice for cal in s/c Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee of Finance, Ways & Means Committee |
| SB2023 | Intro
Sine Die | As introduced, requires investigation into an officer-involved shooting to be conducted by the TBI, which provides a report on the investigation to the district attorney general and attorney general and reporter; increases the amount awarded to the e...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-04-19
Re-refer to Senate Cal. Comm. |
| SB0052 | Intro
Sine Die | As introduced, exempts from sales tax, registration fee, and motor vehicle privilege tax, any motor vehicle sold to a veteran or service member who has a service-connected disability and who is eligible for a United States department of veterans affa...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-04-19
Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 4/20/2016 |
| SB2486 | Intro
Sine Die | As introduced, provides that an "under 21 driver license" expires one month after a licensee attains 21 years of age. - Amends TCA Title 55.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-04-19
Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 4/20/2016 |
| SB2353 | Intro
Sine Die | As introduced, authorizes the commissioner to enter into an agreement with a taxpayer consenting to a tax refund claim being filed beyond the three-year period required by present law, if the taxpayer affirms the overpayment is the result of negligen...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-04-19
Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee |
| SB2262 | Intro
Sine Die | As introduced, requires department to publish its annual report concerning virtual schools on the department's web site. - Amends TCA Title 49.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-04-19
Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 4/20/2016 |
| HB2059 | Intro
Sine Die | As introduced, reduces the state sales and use tax rate on retail sales of diapers, feminine hygiene products, and nonexempt over-the-counter drugs from seven percent to five percent. - Amends TCA Title 67, Chapter 6.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-04-19
Taken off notice for cal in s/c Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee of Finance, Ways & Means Committee |
| SB0164 | Intro
Sine Die | As introduced, eliminates the requirement that the executive director of the district public defenders conference initiate conference calls between district public defenders. - Amends TCA Title 8, Chapter 14 and Title 9, Chapter 4.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-04-19
Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 4/20/2016 |
| HB1916 | Intro
Sine Die | As introduced, deletes sales and use tax exemption for retail sales of periodicals printed entirely on newsprint or bond paper and regularly distributed twice monthly, or on a biweekly or more frequent basis, and advertising supplements or other prin...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-04-19
Taken off notice for cal in s/c Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee of Finance, Ways & Means Committee |
| HB2410 | Intro
Sine Die | As introduced, clarifies that local government authorities or local education authorities may adopt or make available voluntary benefits that are treated as supplemental benefits and are deemed not to be a "group health plan" when established in acco...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-04-19
Def. to Summer Study |
| SB0504 | Intro
Sine Die | As introduced, authorizes the transmission and filing of nonprofit corporations' annual reports to the secretary of state in an electronic format; authorizes the transmission of the secretary of state’s list of new nonprofit corporations that were ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-04-19
Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee |
| HB2113 | Intro
Sine Die | As introduced, extends from six months to seven months the tax due date for certain members of the military following the conclusion of hostilities in which the person is actually engaged outside the United States or after the person is transferred f...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-04-19
Taken off notice for cal in s/c Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee of Finance, Ways & Means Committee |
| HB2534 | Intro
Sine Die | As introduced, requires the commissioner to annually report the amount of disaster relief refunds issued by the department. - Amends TCA Title 67.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-04-19
Taken off notice for cal in s/c Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee of Finance, Ways & Means Committee |
| HB1437 | Intro
Sine Die | As introduced, decreases Hall income tax rate from six percent to 5.5 percent for tax years beginning on or after January 1, 2016. - Amends TCA Title 67, Chapter 2.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-04-19
Taken off notice for cal in s/c Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee of Finance, Ways & Means Committee |
| SB2115 | Intro
Sine Die | As introduced, appropriates $100,000,000 from excess state tax revenues over collected in fiscal year 2014-2015 to the various counties to be used for county transportation projects; allocates funds in the same manner as county aid funding. - Amends ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-04-19
Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 4/20/2016 |
| HB2101 | Intro
Sine Die | As introduced, changes the conditions under which certain charter school agreements may be revoked; defines the term "community-based charter schools." - Amends TCA Title 49.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-04-19
Taken off notice for cal in s/c Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee of Finance, Ways & Means Committee |
| SB1716 | Intro
Sine Die | As introduced, restricts the use of state gasoline tax revenues distributed to the highway fund, counties, and cities to the construction, improvement, and maintenance of highways and bridges; prohibits the use of such revenue for pedestrian, bicycle...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-04-19
Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee |
| HB2089 | Intro
Sine Die | As introduced, creates a domestic violence offender registry to be maintained by the TBI. - Amends TCA Title 36, Chapter 3, Part 6 and Title 39, Chapter 13, Part 1.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-04-19
Taken off notice for cal in s/c Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee of Finance, Ways & Means Committee |
| SB1630 | Intro
Sine Die | As introduced, redefines "passive investor" for purposes of determining liability in a healthcare liability action from any entity that has an ownership interest in a healthcare provider but that does not directly participate in the day-to-day decisi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-04-19
Re-refer to Senate Cal. Comm. |
| HB2414 | Intro
Sine Die | As introduced, requires students in public schools and public institutions of higher education to use restrooms and locker rooms that are assigned to persons of the same sex as that shown on the students' birth certificates. - Amends TCA Title 49.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-04-19
Taken off notice for cal in s/c Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee of Finance, Ways & Means Committee |
| HB1415 | Intro
Sine Die | As introduced, appropriates $261,000,000 from excess state tax revenues over collected in fiscal year 2014–2015 to the department of transportation to be used for backlog transportation road projects. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 9; Title 54 and Tit...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-04-19
Taken off notice for cal. in Calendar & Rules Committee |
| SB1926 | Intro
Sine Die | As introduced, requires fiscal review committee to review and approve competitively bid, state service contracts exceeding $1,000,000. - Amends TCA Title 3; Title 4; Title 9 and Title 12.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-04-19
Re-refer to Senate Cal. Comm. |
| SB1777 | Intro
Sine Die | As introduced, creates the Tennessee energy policy council to make recommendations to the governor and general assembly on how to manage energy resources in this state. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 29; Title 59; Title 60; Title 65 and Title 68.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-04-19
Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee |
| SB2244 | Intro
Sine Die | As introduced, creates the Class E felony of a person possessing a motor vehicle with a compartment for the storage of contraband with the intent to store or transport contraband, and the Class C felony of facilitating the transportation of contraban...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-04-19
Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee |
| SB2177 | Intro
Sine Die | As introduced, enacts the "Tennessee Brownfield Redevelopment Tax Credit Act of 2016." - Amends TCA Title 67, Chapter 4, Part 20 and Title 67, Chapter 4, Part 21.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-04-19
Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee |
| HB1436 | Intro
Sine Die | As introduced, for tax years beginning January 1, 2016, increases the income exemption levels for taxpayers 65 years of age or older from $37,000 to $50,000 for single filers and from $68,000 to $100,000 for joint filers. - Amends TCA Section 67-2-10...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-04-19
Taken off notice for cal in s/c Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee of Finance, Ways & Means Committee |
| HB1458 | Intro
Sine Die | As introduced, increases the penalty for reckless endangerment by discharging a firearm from within a motor vehicle from a Class E felony to a Class C felony, and specifies that each person endangered by the conduct constitutes a separate offense. - ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-04-19
Taken off notice for cal in s/c Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee of Finance, Ways & Means Committee |
| HB2607 | Intro
Sine Die | As introduced, directs the commissioner of transportation, in consultation with the commissioner of safety, to petition the federal aviation administration for a certificate of authority to operate unmanned aerial systems within the navigable airspac...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-04-19
Re-ref. Education Instruction & Programs |
| SB0369 | Intro
Sine Die | As introduced, expands the offense of aggravated stalking to include a person who commits stalking against a victim who is at least 65 years of age when the person stalking is five or more years younger than the victim. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-04-19
Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 4/20/2016 |
| HB2232 | Intro
Sine Die | As introduced, entitles a general partnership to compute a job tax credit as if the general partnership was subject to franchise and excise taxes; makes other various related revisions. - Amends TCA Title 11, Chapter 11, Part 2; Title 67, Chapter 4, ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-04-19
Taken off notice for cal in s/c Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee of Finance, Ways & Means Committee |
| SB1829 | Intro
Sine Die | As introduced, removes convicted felons whose voting rights have been restored from those persons or classes prohibited from being bail bondsmen, agents of bail bondsmen, or surety companies and directly or indirectly receiving any benefits from the ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-04-19
Re-refer to Senate Cal. Comm. |
| HB1726 | Intro
Sine Die | As introduced, allows construction design professionals under contract with certain state agencies to bill and receive payment monthly; specifies services that are included in the basic services fee and the services that will require additional compe...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-04-19
Taken off notice for cal in s/c Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee of Finance, Ways & Means Committee |
