TN Legislation | 2019-2020 | 111th General Assembly | Senate

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SB1123PassAs enacted, adds requirements for farmers to participate in herdshare programs. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 39; Title 43; Title 44; Title 53; Title 67 and Title 68.
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2020-07-02
Pub. Ch. 714
SB1862PassAs enacted, authorizes a county, upon two-thirds vote of the county legislative body, to dispose of real property at a nominal cost by private negotiation and sale to a 501(c)(3) nonprofit corporation, incorporated under the laws of this state, whose...
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2020-07-02
Pub. Ch. 721
SB2931PassAs enacted, makes appropriations for the fiscal years beginning July 1, 2019, and July 1, 2020.
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2020-07-02
Pub. Ch. 760
SB2269PassAs enacted, requires that the family life curriculum adopted by the state board of education or an LEA include information on the prevention of dating violence. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 6, Part 13.
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2020-07-02
Pub. Ch. 736
SB1616PassAs enacted, revises the period of time after a local board of education or director of schools makes an initial offer of employment to a person for a teaching position that the person has to accept or reject the offer of employment, if the offer is m...
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2020-07-02
Pub. Ch. 717
SB2620PassAs enacted, authorizes a director of schools, or the director's designee, to report truant student absences to the appropriate judge if any tier of a progressive truancy intervention plan is unsuccessful, and before subsequent tiers are implemented, ...
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2020-07-02
Pub. Ch. 748
SB1782PassAs enacted, authorizes the City of Tracy City to levy a privilege tax of up to 5 percent upon the privilege of occupancy by a two-thirds vote of its governing body. - Amends TCA Section 67-4-1425.
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2020-07-02
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 701
SB2313PassAs enacted, prohibits a governmental entity from authorizing the destruction of public records subject to disclosure if the governmental entity knows the records are subject to a pending public record request submitted to the governmental entity. - A...
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2020-07-02
Pub. Ch. 738
SB2378PassAs enacted, prohibits local governing bodies from adopting or continuing in effect any ordinance, resolution, rule, or regulation regarding the exhibition of livestock; specifies that the prohibition does not apply when such enactment is otherwise au...
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2020-07-02
Pub. Ch. 742
SB2153PassAs enacted, designates Sherwood Forest in Franklin County and Walnut Knob in Smith County as Class II natural areas. - Amends TCA Section 11-14-108.
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2020-07-02
Pub. Ch. 729
SB1733PassAs enacted, increases, from biennially to annually, the reporting required by the Tennessee maternal mortality review and prevention team to the governor and the general assembly concerning the team's activities and its recommendations for changes to...
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2020-07-02
Pub. Ch. 679
SB1896PassAs enacted, restricts the width of a private easement or right-of-way to 25 feet; authorizes the court to award attorney fees to the defending landowner in an action for an easement or right-of-way brought by a private person owning land obstructed e...
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2020-07-02
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 703
SB2332PassAs enacted, makes a defendant charged with continuous sexual abuse of a child ineligible for judicial diversion. - Amends TCA Section 40-35-313.
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2020-07-02
Pub. Ch. 741
SB1923PassAs enacted, declares that regional and municipal airport authorities are public and governmental bodies and the property and revenues of the authorities are exempt from all taxation. - Amends TCA Title 42.
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2020-07-02
Pub. Ch. 680
SB2629PassAs enacted, increases the timeframe within which the mother of a newborn may surrender custody of the child to an approved medical facility without criminal liability from within 72 hours of birth to within two weeks. - Amends TCA Title 36 and Sectio...
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2020-07-02
Pub. Ch. 684
SB1809PassAs enacted, authorizes TRICOR to enter contractual agreements with counties and cities to provide work training programs for prisoners incarcerated in county and city jails. - Amends TCA Title 41, Chapter 22, Part 4.
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2020-07-02
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 705
SB2863PassAs enacted, conditions a firefighter's use of the presumption that certain conditions arose out of the firefighter's employment on the firefighter obtaining a physical medical examination that confirms the firefighter to be cancer-free. - Amends TCA ...
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2020-07-02
Pub. Ch. 754
SB2049PassAs enacted, establishes standards for proper branding of meat and poultry as "Tennessee-raised" for purposes of the Tennessee Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act. - Amends TCA Title 44 and Title 53.
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2020-07-02
Pub. Ch. 725
SB2032PassAs enacted, requires that the parent educational seminar include at least one 30-minute video on adverse childhood experiences created by the department of children's services in conjunction with the commission on children and youth or as part of the...
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2020-07-02
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 710
SB2066PassAs enacted, allows an elected official of any county or municipality in the actual discharge of official duties who has a valid handgun carry permit to carry inside a building in which judicial proceedings are in progress, but not in the room in whic...
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2020-07-02
Pub. Ch. 681
SB2667PassAs enacted, authorizes qualified nonprofit organizations to file an application to operate an annual event in the July 1, 2020, to June 30, 2021, fiscal year. - Amends TCA Title 3.
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2020-07-02
Pub. Ch. 673
SB1559PassAs enacted, authorizes senators and representatives to decline appointment or appoint a designee to the board of the management corporation for a central business improvement district or inner-city redevelopment district and establishes requirement f...
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2020-07-02
Pub. Ch. 716
SB2635PassAs enacted, designates "Women's Suffrage Day" as a day of special observance. - Amends TCA Title 15, Chapter 2.
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2020-07-02
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 709
SB1667PassAs enacted, extends the department of transportation to June 30, 2024. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 29 and Title 4, Chapter 3.
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2020-07-02
Pub. Ch. 678
SB2166PassAs enacted, allows the commissioner to require applicants for money transmitter licensure to consent to a criminal history records check and to submit a fingerprint sample; revises other provisions regarding money transmitters. - Amends TCA Title 45,...
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2020-07-02
Pub. Ch. 730
SB2775PassAs enacted, requires an administrative judge or hearing officer to grant a nursing facility's motion to intervene in the appeal of a resident or former resident's eligibility, absent certain showings. - Amends TCA Title 71.
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2020-07-02
Pub. Ch. 750
SB2017PassAs enacted, permits a dentist to supervise up to 10 dental hygienists when providing dental services on a volunteer basis through a nonprofit provider of free mobile clinics. - Amends TCA Title 63, Chapter 5.
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2020-07-02
Pub. Ch. 724
SB1575PassAs enacted, makes a person ineligible for a political subdivision's former retirement plan in the TCRS if the person is hired after the political subdivision changes to any other plan offered by the retirement system; requires that any person wishing...
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2020-07-02
Pub. Ch. 686
SB2423PassAs enacted, extends immunity from liability to include property damage caused by inherent risks of agritourism activities under certain circumstances. - Amends TCA Title 43, Chapter 39.
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2020-07-02
Pub. Ch. 683
SB2202PassAs enacted, makes various changes to state law to reflect the change in federal law that raised the minimum age to purchase tobacco products from 18 years of age to 21 years of age. - Amends TCA Section 1-3-113; Title 39, Chapter 15 and Title 39, Cha...
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2020-07-02
Pub. Ch. 732
SB2088PassAs enacted, creates a procedure for school teachers, school officials, and other school personnel to follow in regard to reporting suspected child abuse or child sexual abuse. - Amends TCA Title 37 and Title 49, Chapter 6.
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2020-07-02
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 708
SB1060PassAs enacted, authorizes nonphysician healthcare providers who are otherwise permitted to prescribe Schedule II or III drugs to also prescribe a buprenorphine product for the treatment of opioid use disorder if certain requirements met. - Amends TCA Ti...
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2020-07-02
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 761
SB2552PassAs enacted, requires, by no later than January 1, 2021, the departments of health and mental health and substance abuse services, and the bureau of TennCare to collaborate to develop educational materials for providers and facilities where medication...
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2020-07-02
Pub. Ch. 747
SB1956PassAs enacted, creates an exception to the prohibition on an industrial development corporation purchasing a hotel, motel, or apartment building, if the project is a tourism attraction involving an aggregate investment of public and private funds in exc...
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2020-07-02
Pub. Ch. 722
SB2836PassAs enacted, establishes requirements for the operation of personal delivery devices; specifies that a personal delivery device may be operated in pedestrian areas up to 10 miles per hour and is not considered a motor vehicle. - Amends TCA Title 55, C...
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2020-07-02
Pub. Ch. 685
SB1887PassAs enacted, deletes an obsolete reporting requirement for the department of human resources regarding the job performance evaluation system; revises and deletes various other reporting requirements concerning reports to legislative committees. - Amen...
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2020-07-02
Pub. Ch. 711
SB1626PassAs enacted, revises various provisions regarding public records. - Amends TCA Title 10, Chapter 7, Part 5.
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2020-07-02
Pub. Ch. 676
SB2260PassAs enacted, gives the state board of education administrative subpoena power in connection with investigations related to licensure disciplinary actions. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 1, Part 3 and Title 49, Chapter 5.
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2020-07-02
Pub. Ch. 733
SB2300PassAs enacted, specifies that a sportsman's license is not required in order to assist a person with a disability who is fishing or hunting pursuant to a discounted license or an exemption from licensure, if certain requirements are met, including execu...
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2020-07-02
Pub. Ch. 737
SB2487PassAs enacted, authorizes beer retailers to sell beer, from their own inventory, online for curbside pickup at the beer retailer's location; requires that the employee bringing beer to a vehicle for curbside pickup verify that the recipient of the beer ...
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2020-07-02
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 704
SB0811PassAs enacted, specifies that soil is not a discarded material constituting waste for purposes of the Tennessee Solid Waste Disposal Act and the Tennessee Hazardous Waste Management Act as long as the soil is intended for use or reuse as soil. - Amends ...
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2020-07-02
Pub. Ch. 712
SB2317PassAs enacted, expands the Health Care Empowerment Act to allow all licensed medical professionals to use direct medical care agreements without regulation by the insurance laws of this state. - Amends TCA Title 63.
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2020-07-02
Pub. Ch. 739
SB2843PassAs enacted, revises provisions regarding statements that must be included in health club agreement. - Amends TCA Title 47, Chapter 18, Part 3.
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2020-07-02
Pub. Ch. 753
SB1881PassAs enacted, allows, instead of requires, the investment of the chairs of excellence endowment trust funds in accordance with TCRS policies and guidelines. - Amends TCA Section 49-7-501.
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2020-07-02
Pub. Ch. 687
SB1357PassAs enacted, designates three river segments located in Rhea County as Class I natural river areas. - Amends TCA Title 11, Chapter 13.
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2020-07-02
Pub. Ch. 715
SB0543PassAs enacted, revises provisions governing notice for lien enforcement under the Tennessee Self-Service Storage Facility Act; authorizes an online sale to enforce a lien on personal property located at a self-service storage facility, authorizes self-s...
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2020-07-02
Pub. Ch. 674
SB2681PassAs enacted, revises various provisions governing contractors. - Amends TCA Title 28 and Title 66.
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2020-07-02
Pub. Ch. 749
SB2739PassAs enacted, permits the state, through the attorney general, to seek an injunction against a person who commits harassment against a state employee. - Amends TCA Title 50.
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2020-06-30
Pub. Ch. 694
SJR0648Enroll

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Proposes adding a provision establishing right to work regardless of status of affiliation with any labor union or employee organization.
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2020-06-30
Signed by H. Speaker
SJR0178Enroll

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Proposes amendment to remove Article IX, Section 1 of the Constitution of Tennessee, which provides that no minister of the gospel, or priest of any denomination whatever, shall be eligible to a seat in either house of the legislature.
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2020-06-30
Signed by H. Speaker
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