| SB2033 | Pass | As enacted, authorizes the labeling of any milk sold in this state as "Local Tennessee Milk", or a statement that indicates the milk is Tennessee milk, if the milk contains only milk produced in Tennessee. - Amends TCA Title 43; Title 53 and Title 57...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-04-23
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 774 |
| SB1553 | Pass | As enacted, extends the state university and community college system, board of regents, for four years to June 30, 2022; requires the governor, in making appointments, to ensure that the state university boards are composed of members who are divers...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-04-23
Pub. Ch. 703 |
| SB2501 | Pass | As enacted, revises provisions governing contracts for construction. - Amends TCA Section 12-4-107.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-04-23
Pub. Ch. 794 |
| SB2421 | Pass | As enacted, authorizes the City of Hendersonville, by ordinance adopted by a two-thirds vote, to levy an occupancy tax of not more than 2.75 percent on the privilege of staying in any hotel or motel in Hendersonville; requires the ordinance to set fo...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-04-23
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 781 |
| SB0734 | Intro
Sine Die | As introduced, requires efficiency audits to be performed for public systems of higher education and public institutions of higher education; creates the joint higher education efficiency audit committee. - Amends TCA Title 3; Title 4; Title 12 and T...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-04-23
To Senate Finance, Ways and Means Committee |
| SB2509 | Intro
Sine Die | As introduced, removes requirement that 52 percent of the commission retained by county registers for collecting and reporting the recordation tax be remitted to the state treasurer and credited to the general fund of the state. - Amends TCA Title 67...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-04-23
To Senate Finance, Ways and Means Committee |
| HB1956 | Pass | As enacted, adds a representative for military veteran recipients to be appointed as a member of the statewide planning and policy council. - Amends TCA Section 33-1-401.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-04-23
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 732 |
| HB1671 | Pass | As enacted, requires, under the Uniform Debt-Management Services Act, counselors to present evidence of accreditation or certification by an independent accrediting or certifying organization upon registering to provide debt management services. - Am...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-04-23
Pub. Ch. 763 |
| HB1976 | Pass | As enacted, specifies that an entity licensed for on-premises consumption may include contiguous areas in its designated premises; adds designation as festival operator for purposes of those authorized to sell for on-premises consumption; revises oth...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-04-23
Pub. Ch. 755 |
| SB2475 | Pass | As enacted, revises provisions governing attorneys' fees and costs in certain workers' compensation claims cases. - Amends TCA Section 50-6-102 and Section 50-6-226.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-04-23
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 757 |
| SB1538 | Pass | As enacted, extends the health services and development agency for three years to June 30, 2021. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 29, Part 2 and Title 68, Chapter 11, Part 16.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-04-23
Pub. Ch. 702 |
| SB1614 | Pass | As enacted, authorizes a county legislative body to adopt a resolution by majority vote prohibiting term limits for persons appointed to boards or commissions by the county mayor if the appointee serves without compensation, not including reimburseme...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-04-23
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 761 |
| SB1671 | Intro
Sine Die | As introduced, requires the department of revenue to report to the finance, ways and means committees on the number of printed and digital periodicals exempt from sales and use tax, including the annual revenue loss and any recommendations. - Amends ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-04-23
To Senate Finance, Ways and Means Committee |
| HB1707 | Pass | As enacted, revises provisions governing eligible collateral pledged by a state depository for public funds. - Amends TCA Title 9, Chapter 4.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-04-23
Pub. Ch. 752 |
| HB1975 | Pass | As enacted, enacts the "Nonprofit Fair Assets Protection Act". - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 12; Title 47; Title 48; Title 61 and Title 67.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-04-23
Pub. Ch. 769 |
| SB1687 | Intro
Sine Die | As introduced, reduces the department of revenue's administration fee of 1.125 percent imposed on local governments for remittance of local option sales tax by 0.375 percent annually for the next three fiscal years. - Amends TCA Title 67, Chapter 6.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-04-23
To Senate Finance, Ways and Means Committee |
| SB1922 | Pass | As enacted, extends repeal date for the Go Build Tennessee Program, from July 1, 2019, to July 1, 2024; deletes restriction that funds collected from contractor licensing revenue be used only to fund career and technical education programs and other ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-04-23
Pub. Ch. 786 |
| HB2241 | Pass | As enacted, requires designation of free-use areas where residents may remove downed and dead timber from state forests for their personal use under certain circumstances. - Amends TCA Title 9, Chapter 8; Title 11, Chapter 4; Title 29, Chapter 20 and...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-04-23
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 730 |
| HB1577 | Pass | As enacted, requires the department to develop, and the state board of education to adopt, a policy establishing a review period for LEAs to review and verify accountability data files and determinations before data files and determinations are relea...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-04-23
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 715 |
| SB1905 | Pass | As enacted, requires members of a county legislative body to complete orientation and certain training after being elected or appointed; such training must be provided by or approved by CTAS; creates certain exceptions. - Amends TCA Title 5, Chapter ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-04-23
Pub. Ch. 718 |
| SB2758 | Intro
Sine Die | As introduced, establishes that it is not an offense for a veteran who has been awarded the Purple Heart to possess less than 0.5 ounces of marijuana if the person retains proof of the awarding of the Purple Heart and a recommendation from a licensed...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-04-23
To Senate Delayed Bills Committee |
| SB2249 | Pass | As enacted, updates references in vocational rehabilitation statutes to reflect current nomenclature for the division of rehabilitation services and the director of the vocation rehabilitation program; removes certain requirements concerning services...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-04-23
Pub. Ch. 720 |
| SB1574 | Intro
Sine Die | As introduced, requires persons committing domestic assault or violating an order of protection to be placed on a domestic abuse registry maintained by the TBI for a period of 10 years from the date of conviction. - Amends TCA Title 36, Chapter 3, Pa...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-04-23
To Senate Finance, Ways and Means Committee |
| SB2066 | Pass | As enacted, allows a student enrolled in a cooperative driver training program who is seeking an exemption from the skills or knowledge tests required for commercial driver licenses to submit the third-party driver examiner testing certification form...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-04-23
Pub. Ch. 737 |
| SB2306 | Pass | As enacted, gives licensing authorities discretion whether or not to suspend, deny, or revoke a license based on the applicant or licensee having defaulted or become delinquent on student loan repayment, if the licensing authority determines that the...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-04-23
Pub. Ch. 744 |
| SB2460 | Intro
Sine Die | As introduced, reduces professional privilege taxes by 50 percent for taxpayers on active status and by 75 percent for taxpayers on inactive status. - Amends TCA Title 67, Chapter 4, Part 17.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-04-23
To Senate Finance, Ways and Means Committee |
| HB1968 | Pass | As enacted, removes from education laws obsolete pilot projects and reporting and similar requirements; revises and deletes certain other education-related provisions and reporting requirements. - Amends TCA Title 49.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-04-23
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 725 |
| SB2000 | Intro
Sine Die | As introduced, expands felony offenses of sexual exploitation of a minor, aggravated sexual exploitation of a minor, and especially aggravated sexual exploitation of a minor to include the display of certain intimate body parts in material possessed,...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-04-23
To Senate Finance, Ways and Means Committee |
| SB1745 | Pass | As enacted, removes the utility management review board's authority to approve or disapprove corrections made by a public water system of a utility district to comply with federal or state law as a condition for the system to receive a loan from the ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-04-23
Pub. Ch. 713 |
| HB2339 | Pass | Subject to local approval, clarifies that the proceeds from the hotel/motel taxes in Obion County that currently go to Reelfoot Lake Tourism shall now be deposited in the general fund. - Amends Chapter 133 of the Private Acts of 1991.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-04-23
Pr. Ch. 42 |
| SB2722 | Pass | As enacted, revises provisions governing the Sam Davis Home. - Amends TCA Title 4.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-04-23
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 782 |
| HB2065 | Pass | As enacted, authorizes an owner or lessee of a motor vehicle who is deaf or hard of hearing to request that the department of safety include such designation in the Tennessee Vehicle Title and Registration System (VTRS) database; enacts other related...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-04-23
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 735 |
| SB2184 | Pass | As enacted, allocates to the county clerk $3.00 of the $15 fee charged for issuance of a business license; requires the $3.00 to be used for computer-related expenses. - Amends TCA Section 67-4-723.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-04-23
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 756 |
| HB2174 | Pass | As enacted, requires the department and state board of education to provide certain information regarding Bible curricula and courses. - Amends TCA Title 49.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-04-23
Pub. Ch. 775 |
| HB2150 | Intro
Sine Die | As introduced, creates the professional art therapist advisory committee of the board of examiners in psychology to regulate the practice of art therapy. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 29, Part 2 and Title 63.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-04-23
Held on desk. |
| HB1240 | Pass | As enacted, requires the department to develop an evidence-based training program on adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) for school leaders and teachers. - Amends TCA Title 49.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-04-23
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 723 |
| SB2734 | Pass | Subject to local approval, removes probate and conservatorship jurisdiction from the Probate and Juvenile Court of Dickson County; renames court Juvenile Court of Dickson County. - Amends Chapter 267 of the Private Acts of 1982.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-04-23
Comp. became Pr. Ch. 43 |
| HB2029 | Pass | As enacted, allocates to the county clerk $3.00 of the $15 fee charged for issuance of a business license; requires the $3.00 to be used for computer-related expenses. - Amends TCA Section 67-4-723.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-04-23
Pub. Ch. 756 |
| HB1636 | Pass | As enacted, extends the Tennessee board of water quality, oil, and gas for five years to June 30, 2023. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 29 and Title 69, Chapter 3, Part 1.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-04-23
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 704 |
| HB2681 | Pass | As enacted, revises provisions governing the Sam Davis Home. - Amends TCA Title 4.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-04-23
Pub. Ch. 782 |
| HB2092 | Pass | As enacted, classifies the offense of continuous sexual abuse of a child as a violent sexual offense for purposes of the Tennessee Sexual Offender and Violent Sexual Offender Registration, Verification and Tracking Act of 2004; revises the sentencing...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-04-23
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 719 |
| SB1927 | Pass | As enacted, adds a representative for military veteran recipients to be appointed as a member of the statewide planning and policy council. - Amends TCA Section 33-1-401.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-04-23
Pub. Ch. 732 |
| SB2496 | Intro
Sine Die | As introduced, enacts the "Tennessee Local Education Capital Investment Act." - Amends amend TCA Title 67, Chapter 6.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-04-23
To Senate Finance, Ways and Means Committee |
| SB1630 | Pass | As enacted, authorizes the City of Hornbeak to collect unpaid charges for municipal sewer services in the same manner as unpaid property taxes, including through the attachment of a lien against real property. - Amends TCA Title 7, Chapter 35.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-04-23
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 762 |
| SB2245 | Pass | As enacted, removes requirement that state-operated medical laboratories and public health laboratory personnel who work at medical laboratories operated by the state be regulated under the Tennessee Medical Laboratory Act. - Amends TCA Section 49-6-...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-04-23
Pub. Ch. 788 |
| HB2636 | Pass | As enacted, authorizes the City of Hendersonville, by ordinance adopted by a two-thirds vote, to levy an occupancy tax of not more than 2.75 percent on the privilege of staying in any hotel or motel in Hendersonville; requires the ordinance to set fo...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-04-23
Pub. Ch. 781 |
| SB1757 | Pass | As enacted, clarifies that the ability of a next of kin to seek reconsideration of a medical examiner's manner of death determination applies only when the manner of death is determined to be suicide; specifies that unrelated parties have no liabilit...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-04-23
Pub. Ch. 714 |
| SB2670 | Intro
Sine Die | As introduced, requires that 5 percent of state funds in the municipal street aid fund be distributed equally to each municipality instead of all such funds being distributed based on population; reduces state sales tax revenue allocated to general f...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-04-23
To Senate Finance, Ways and Means Committee |
| SB1901 | Pass | As enacted, revises provisions governing special education and special education services associations, - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 10.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-04-23
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 767 |
| SB2583 | Pass | As enacted, revises and expands Class A misdemeanor relating to counterfeit airbags and similar restraint system components. - Amends TCA Title 39 and Title 55.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-04-23
Pub. Ch. 748 |
