| HB1872 | Intro
Sine Die | As introduced, establishes a process by which an attorney in fact can petition a court to establish a lost power of attorney instrument. - Amends TCA Title 34, Chapter 6.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-01-31
Assigned to s/c Civil Justice Subcommittee |
| SB1892 | Intro
Sine Die | As introduced, requires LEAs to annually survey students, within one month of the start of each school year, starting in the 2018-2019 school year, as to the availability of internet access in their homes and annually report the results to the depart...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-01-31
To Senate Education Committee |
| HB1907 | Intro
Sine Die | As introduced, extends due date for the commissioner to send report on the status of the implementation of a secure web portal for the submittal of online permit applications to the appropriate legislative committees, from January 31 of each year to ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-01-31
Assigned to s/c Agriculture and Natural Resources Subcommittee |
| SR0149 | Pass | Roy Liles
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-01-31
Signed by Senate Speaker |
| SB1872 | Intro
Sine Die | As introduced, increases from a Class B to a Class A misdemeanor the offense of assault by offensive or provocative contact if accomplished by causing bodily fluids to make physical contact with another. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 13, Part 1.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-01-31
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| HB0827 | Intro
Sine Die | As introduced, requires the comptroller of the treasury to conduct a performance audit of private service providers contracting with the department of children's services. - Amends TCA Title 8, Chapter 4, Part 1 and Title 37, Chapter 5.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-01-31
Taken off notice for cal in s/c State Government Subcommittee of State Government Committee |
| SB1681 | Intro
Sine Die | As introduced, requires the coordinator of elections to engage a cybersecurity firm to perform a study of the voter data system in this state and produce a report that details the risk to voter data posed by hacking.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-01-31
To Senate State and Local Government Committee |
| HB1853 | Intro
Sine Die | As introduced, increases from "4 percent" to "5 percent" the percentage of general assembly candidates and their committees who will be selected for an audit by the registry. - Amends TCA Title 2, Chapter 10.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-01-31
Assigned to s/c Local Government Subcommittee |
| SB1891 | Intro
Sine Die | As introduced, requires the state board and the department of education to report to the education committee of the senate and the education instruction and programs committee of the house of representatives by July 1, 2018, as to the actions taken t...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-01-31
To Senate Education Committee |
| SB1863 | Intro
Sine Die | As introduced, enacts the “Tennessee Pay Equality Act.” - Amends TCA Title 50.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-01-31
To Senate Commerce and Labor Committee |
| SB1888 | Intro
Sine Die | As introduced, requires certain professionals in the fields of barbering and cosmetology to complete five hours of biennial continuing education prior to license renewal; directs the state board of cosmetology and barber examiners to determine the qu...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-01-31
To Senate Commerce and Labor Committee |
| HB1839 | Intro
Sine Die | As introduced, revises various provisions regarding the recovery of damages in actions alleging discriminatory employment practices. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 20; Title 29 and Title 50.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-01-31
Assigned to s/c Civil Justice Subcommittee |
| SB1897 | Intro
Sine Die | As introduced, requires each LEA to develop a policy that details how a student's end-of-course examination scores are weighted and incorporated into a student's final course grade; allows the LEA to not include its students' end-of-course examinatio...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-01-31
To Senate Education Committee |
| SB2041 | Intro
Sine Die | As introduced, urges department of revenue, in consultation with department of tourist development, to study annual amounts of revenue from sales taxes and liquor-by-the-drink taxes generated over last five years from professional sporting events; re...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-01-31
Withdrawn. |
| HR0189 | Pass | C. Winston Henning
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-01-31
Signed by H. Speaker |
| HB1868 | Intro
Sine Die | As introduced, authorizes the state capitol commission to submit its annual report to the governor and general assembly regarding its activities electronically. - Amends TCA Title 3, Chapter 1; Section 4-1-412; Title 4, Chapter 12 and Title 4, Chapte...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-01-31
Assigned to s/c State Government Subcommittee |
| HB1594 | Intro
Sine Die | As introduced, expands the offense of female genital mutilation; creates a civil cause of action for victims of female genital mutilation; expands the offenses of child abuse and endangerment to include female genital mutilation. - Amends TCA Section...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-01-31
Sponsor(s) Added. |
| HB1942 | Intro
Sine Die | As introduced, reduces, from 20 percent to 15 percent, the minimum number of registered voters in a city required to submit a petition requesting an election to adopt a modified city manager-council charter. - Amends TCA Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Ti...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-01-31
Assigned to s/c Local Government Subcommittee |
| HB1919 | 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] | 2018-01-31
Assigned to s/c Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee |
| HJR0612 | Intro
Sine Die | "Don't Text and Drive Day," April 27, 2018
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-01-31
Assigned to s/c Transportation Subcommittee |
| HB1931 | Intro
Sine Die | As introduced, authorizes the department of children's services to reimburse certain relative caregivers that have custody of a child that is at-risk for entering state custody. - Amends TCA Title 37 and Title 71.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-01-31
Assigned to s/c Civil Justice Subcommittee |
| SB1909 | Intro
Sine Die | As introduced, exempts certain homemade foods and beverages from food branding, labeling, and inspection requirements. - Amends TCA Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 43; Title 53 and Title 68.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-01-31
To Senate Health and Welfare Committee |
| HB0328 | Intro
Sine Die | As introduced, clarifies statutes of limitations for the filing of medicaid estate recovery claims by the bureau of TennCare. - Amends TCA Title 30 and Section 71-5-116.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-01-31
Taken off notice for cal in s/c Health Subcommittee of Health Committee |
| HB1918 | Intro
Sine Die | As introduced, subjects all files concerning complaints initiated under either the former sexual harassment policy or the current workplace discrimination and harassment policy to public disclosure upon completion of proceedings; requires information...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-01-31
Assigned to s/c State Government Subcommittee |
| HB1244 | Intro
Sine Die | As introduced, revises requirements for mental health parity with medical health insurance statutes to require certain demonstrations of parity and reports from insurers. - Amends TCA Title 56 and Title 71.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-01-31
Meeting Canceled: Taken off notice for cal in s/c Insurance and Banking Subcommittee of Insurance and Banking Committee |
| HB1897 | Intro
Sine Die | As introduced, requires proportionate representation on certain municipal electric utility boards; requires direct payment of tax equivalent amounts to the taxing jurisdictions in the various counties in which a municipal utility's electric plant is ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-01-31
Assigned to s/c Business and Utilities Subcommittee |
| SR0148 | Pass | Ruby Lou Hall Julian, 100th birthday
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-01-31
Signed by Senate Speaker |
| SB1911 | Intro
Sine Die | As introduced, prohibits a municipality or county from adopting or enforcing an ordinance or resolution that prohibits a property owner from displaying the flag of the United States or an official or replica flag of any branch of the United States ar...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-01-31
To Senate State and Local Government Committee |
| HB1801 | Intro
Sine Die | As introduced, specifies that the 25 percent tuition discount for children of state employees, public school teachers, and LEA technology coordinators is only available if the child has first earned an associate degree using a Tennessee Promise schol...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-01-30
Assigned to s/c Education Administration & Planning Subcommittee |
| HB1789 | Intro
Sine Die | As introduced, deletes obsolete requirement that state boards and commissions report on the status of statutorily created apprenticeship programs in effect as of July 1, 2014. - Amends TCA Title 62; Title 63 and Title 68.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-01-30
Assigned to s/c State Government Subcommittee |
| SR0146 | Pass | Dr. Frank Glover Witherspoon
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-01-30
Signed by Senate Speaker |
| HB1761 | Intro
Sine Die | As introduced, requires the department's office of coordinated school health to include in its annual report the percentage of public schools that integrate physical education courses into the instructional school day. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-01-30
Assigned to s/c Education Instruction & Programs Subcommittee |
| HB1827 | Intro
Sine Die | As introduced, authorizes confidential tax returns and tax information to be disclosed to any person providing analytical support or data analysis to the department of revenue in furtherance of tax administration. - Amends TCA Title 67.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-01-30
Assigned to s/c Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee |
| HR0188 | Pass | Preston Shannon, "The King of Beale Street"
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-01-30
Signed by H. Speaker |
| HB1769 | Intro
Sine Die | As introduced, clarifies that the orientation training program of the University of Tennessee board of trustees is required for appointed members of the board, not the ex officio members. - Amends TCA Title 4 and Title 49.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-01-30
Assigned to s/c Education Administration & Planning Subcommittee |
| HB1741 | Intro
Sine Die | As introduced, prohibits any entity from operating as an accrediting agency of health care facilities in this state if the assessment of pain management is a part of the entity's accrediting process; effective until July 1, 2021. - Amends TCA Title 3...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-01-30
Assigned to s/c Health Subcommittee |
| SB1489 | Intro
Sine Die | As introduced, exempts information concerning low-level radioactive waste from the general requirement that records of the department of environment and conservation concerning radioactive materials be classified and not open for public inspection. -...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-01-30
To Senate State and Local Government Committee |
| HB1802 | Intro
Sine Die | As introduced, allows a first responder to receive a 25 percent reduction in the undergraduate tuition at any state-operated institution of higher learning if the first responder has first earned an associate degree using a Tennessee Promise scholars...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-01-30
Assigned to s/c Education Administration & Planning Subcommittee |
| HB1768 | Intro
Sine Die | As introduced, enacts the "Phantom Damages Elimination Act," which provides that in a civil action for damages because of injury, economic damages for medical care and treatment are limited to the amount actually paid by the claimant or the amount th...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-01-30
Assigned to s/c Civil Justice Subcommittee |
| HB1836 | Intro
Sine Die | As introduced, increases maximum authorized truck-tractor and semitrailer length from 53 feet to 57 feet; increases maximum height from 13.5 feet to 14 feet; and increases maximum authorized gross vehicle weight on non-interstate highways from 80,000...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-01-30
Assigned to s/c Transportation Subcommittee |
| HB1777 | Intro
Sine Die | As introduced, creates a process for automatic voter registration by county election commissions after a person completes an application for a driver license, photo identification license, or handgun carry permit with the department of safety. - Amen...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-01-30
Assigned to s/c Local Government Subcommittee |
| HB1813 | Intro
Sine Die | As introduced, requires the department of education to report to the education committee of the senate and the education administration and planning committee of the house of representatives on the feasibility of implementing a shared governance mode...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-01-30
Assigned to s/c Education Administration & Planning Subcommittee |
| HB0271 | Intro
Sine Die | As introduced, prohibits state and local governmental entities and officials from adopting or enacting sanctuary policies; authorizes residents of this state and members of the general assembly to submit complaints to the attorney general and reporte...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-01-30
To House State Government Subcommittee |
| HB1759 | Intro
Sine Die | As introduced, enables wildlife resource officers to authorize payroll deductions for the payment of membership dues for organizations that meet certain criteria. - Amends TCA Title 8.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-01-30
Assigned to s/c Agriculture and Natural Resources Subcommittee |
| HB1790 | Intro
Sine Die | As introduced, requires information contained in an application for licensure as a locksmith to be posted on the department of commerce and insurance website within 30 calendar days of the date a license is either granted or refused. - Amends TCA Tit...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-01-30
P2C, ref. to Business and Utilities Subcommittee |
| SR0147 | Pass | Kara Gilliam, Governor of 2017 Tennessee Intercollegiate State Legislature
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-01-30
Signed by Senate Speaker |
| HB1726 | Intro
Sine Die | As introduced, allows a person engaged in an occupation subject to the occupational privilege tax who is 70 or older and who earned no income during the previous year from the taxable occupation to receive a 50 percent rebate on that person's occupat...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-01-30
Assigned to s/c Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee |
| HB1754 | Intro
Sine Die | As introduced, directs the governing body of each state institution of higher education to require no more than six credit hours of humanities course work and at least three credit hours of economics course work to satisfy the institution's general e...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-01-30
Assigned to s/c Education Instruction & Programs Subcommittee |
| HB1736 | Intro
Sine Die | As introduced, removes exemption from amusement tax for physical fitness facilities that have a square footage of 15,000 or more; imposes amusement tax on all physical fitness facilities, regardless of size; retains exemption for certain nonprofit fa...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-01-30
Assigned to s/c Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee |
| HB1764 | Intro
Sine Die | As introduced, exempts supervisors, principals, and public school teachers from having to take an assessment to advance, renew, or initially obtain a practitioner level teaching license if at the time of application for initial license the person pos...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-01-30
Assigned to s/c Education Instruction & Programs Subcommittee |
