| SB0463 | Intro
Sine Die | As introduced, requires each public school to have at least one student-accessible water bottle filling station within the school. - Amends TCA Title 49.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-02-11
To Senate Education Committee |
| SB0467 | Intro
Sine Die | As introduced, prohibits governmental entities and officials from mandating or limiting the number of persons who may congregate in a residence, or in a church if the number of congregants complies with occupancy limits applicable to the church. - Am...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-02-11
Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate State and Local Government Committee |
| SB0713 | Intro
Sine Die | As introduced, reduces, from 10 to five days, the period of time in which a change in the contact information of a checker designated to make sure that no person remains on a school bus must be submitted to a local board of education. - Amends TCA Ti...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-02-11
To Senate Education Committee |
| SB0496 | Intro
Sine Die | As introduced, requires the comptroller to review the state's K-12 finances for the 2018-2019 school year and report the findings by January 1, 2022. - Amends TCA Title 49.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-02-11
To Senate Education Committee |
| SB0837 | Intro
Sine Die | As introduced, authorizes the joint government operations committee of the general assembly to review a federal law, rule, or executive order to determine whether it was lawfully enacted or issued under the Constitution of the United States; authoriz...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-02-11
Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate State and Local Government Committee |
| SB0728 | Intro
Sine Die | As introduced, broadens the use of community corrections funds for individualized services from "GED" to "high school equivalency programming." - Amends TCA Title 39; Title 40 and Title 41.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-02-11
Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate State and Local Government Committee |
| HB0844 | Intro
Sine Die | As introduced, changes from July 1, 2021, to July 1, 2024, the termination date for the "Tennessee Rural Hospital Transformation Act of 2018," - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 68 and Title 71.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-02-11
P2C, caption bill, held on desk - pending amdt. |
| SB0493 | Intro
Sine Die | As introduced, reduces, from 60 days to 30 days, the time within which a district attorney general may respond with recommendations on a petition for expunction of a criminal conviction. - Amends TCA Section 8-21-401 and Title 40.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-02-11
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| SJR0037 | Pass | Walters State Community College, 50th anniversary
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-02-11
Signed by Governor. |
| SB0838 | Intro
Sine Die | As introduced, requires the state group insurance plan, starting in the 2022 plan year, to have an alternate allowable charges schedule to allow enrollees to utilize the services of any licensed medical provider in the United States without being pen...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-02-11
To Senate Commerce and Labor Committee |
| SB0529 | Intro
Sine Die | As introduced, reduces from 30 days to 15 days the time within which an enrollee or applicant is responsible for mailing documentation of any material change affecting any information given to the bureau or in the enrollee's or applicant's applicatio...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-02-11
To Senate Health and Welfare Committee |
| HB0747 | Intro
Sine Die | As introduced, requires that a broadband ready community’s ordinance or policy for reviewing applications must contain a provision that all applications related to the project be either approved or denied within 30 calendar days, rather than 30 bus...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-02-11
P2C, caption bill, held on desk - pending amdt. |
| SB0669 | Intro
Sine Die | As introduced, upon confiscation of contraband beer, requires department of revenue to provide each owner of the confiscated contraband with written notice of the confiscation by personal service or certified mail. - Amends TCA Title 57.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-02-11
Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate State and Local Government Committee |
| SJR0119 | Intro
Sine Die | Proposes amendment to allow people to propose laws by initiative.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-02-11
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| HB0608 | Intro
Sine Die | As introduced, changes, from December 31 to December 15, the date by which the bureau of workers' compensation must produce a report listing the name of each covered employer that failed, during the preceding fiscal year, to provide workers' compensa...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-02-11
P2C, caption bill, held on desk - pending amdt. |
| HB0737 | Intro
Sine Die | As introduced, clarifies that education instruction committee of the house of representatives shall receive an annual report by the office of coordinated school health on the implementation of physical activity of students. - Amends TCA Title 49.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-02-11
P2C, caption bill, held on desk - pending amdt. |
| HB0638 | Intro
Sine Die | As introduced, increases from 10 to 20 working days the amount of time within which a healthcare provider must furnish a copy or summary of a patient's medical records to the patient or the patient's authorized representative following a written requ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-02-11
P2C, caption bill, held on desk - pending amdt. |
| SB0466 | Intro
Sine Die | As introduced, allows a voter to use a photo identification card issued by a public institution of higher education to verify the voter's identity when voting; permits a voter to vote absentee for any reason after providing a certification as to the ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-02-11
Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate State and Local Government Committee |
| SB0594 | Intro
Sine Die | As introduced, authorizes off-highway vehicles to be operated on roads and highways in Perry County. - Amends TCA Section 55-8-185.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-02-11
To Senate Transportation and Safety Committee |
| SJR0043 | Pass | Robert Joseph "Bob" Griffin
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-02-11
Signed by Governor. |
| SB0524 | Intro
Sine Die | As introduced, requires absentee ballot counting boards to release the results of early and absentee voting at the time the polls are statutorily required to close but prohibits such release until voters are no longer waiting in line to vote. - Amend...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-02-11
Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate State and Local Government Committee |
| SB0645 | Intro
Sine Die | As introduced, changes, from 30 days to 45 days, the time a child care program or entity has from the date of the mailing of a notice of failure to file an annual report to submit the report to the commissioner of education or have its certificate of...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-02-11
To Senate Education Committee |
| SB0553 | Intro
Sine Die | As introduced, removes authorization to revoke, deny, suspend, or restrict driver licenses and professional licenses of obligors who have been certified by the department of human services to be in noncompliance with an order of child support if the ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-02-11
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| HB0758 | Intro
Sine Die | As introduced, creates a reporting deadline of February 1 of each year for the annual report that the board of regents, each state university board, and the board of trustees of University of Tennessee are required to provide regarding the grievance ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-02-11
P2C, caption bill, held on desk - pending amdt. |
| SB0684 | Intro
Sine Die | As introduced, allows certain persons deprived of the right of suffrage to apply for a voter registration card and have the right of suffrage provisionally restored if the person enters into a payment plan to become current on all child support oblig...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-02-11
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| SB0527 | Intro
Sine Die | As introduced, extends from five to 10 days the amount of time a law enforcement officer has to file a written informational statement with the county court clerk after taking possession of illicit intoxicating liquors. - Amends TCA Title 57.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-02-11
Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate State and Local Government Committee |
| SJR0035 | Pass | James Story, 2020 Gallatin Citizen of the Year
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-02-11
Signed by Governor. |
| HB0879 | Intro
Sine Die | As introduced, increases from 30 to 45 days the time period in which an enrollee or applicant for medical assistance must mail documentation of a material change affecting the enrollee or applicant's TennCare application. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-02-11
P2C, caption bill, held on desk - pending amdt. |
| SJR0028 | Pass | Vice Mayor John Kerley
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-02-11
Signed by Governor. |
| SB0813 | Intro
Sine Die | As introduced, requires that a defendant receive a bail hearing within 48 hours of arrest; requires that a magistrate release a defendant on personal recognizance unless there is clear and convincing evidence of certain conditions; specifies that a m...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-02-11
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| SB0582 | Intro
Sine Die | As introduced, changes from February 1 to January 15, the date by which the bureau of TennCare must report to the general assembly a separate accounting of long-term expenditures for nursing facility services, home and community-based services made u...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-02-11
To Senate Health and Welfare Committee |
| HB0639 | Intro
Sine Die | As introduced, permits a healthcare facility to provide by electronic means a method for an insured or a personal representative of an insured to acknowledge and sign an agreement to receive medical services by an out-of-network provider. - Amends TC...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-02-11
P2C, caption bill, held on desk - pending amdt. |
| SB0612 | Intro
Sine Die | As introduced, requires emergency communications districts (ECDs) to utilize the direct dispatch method in response to emergency 911 calls and one of three methods in response to non-emergency calls; requires that all emergency 911 calls, with the ex...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-02-11
Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate State and Local Government Committee |
| SJR0029 | Pass | Sumner County Board of Education, 2020 TSBA School Board of the Year
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-02-11
Signed by Governor. |
| SB0826 | Intro
Sine Die | As introduced, enacts the "Right to Call for Help Act" to prohibit certain penalties based on a property owner or lessee calling for emergency assistance; creates a cause of action for violations. - Amends TCA Title 66.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-02-11
To Senate Commerce and Labor Committee |
| HB0953 | Intro
Sine Die | As introduced, requires the magistrate to provide a victim who participates in a global positioning monitoring system with emergency assistance number, in addition to the number for a local law enforcement agency. - Amends TCA Title 39; Title 40, Cha...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-02-11
Withdrawn. |
| SB0491 | Intro
Sine Die | As introduced, allows Cannon County, upon the adoption of a resolution by a two-thirds majority vote of the county legislative body, to assess a privilege tax on litigation in court cases in an amount not to exceed $50 per case to be used exclusively...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-02-11
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| SB0519 | Intro
Sine Die | As introduced, adds the state board of education to the list of entities that the Tennessee council for career and technical education must advise of findings and recommendations made by the council. - Amends TCA Title 49.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-02-11
To Senate Education Committee |
| SB0676 | Intro
Sine Die | As introduced, limits the use of the title of anesthesiologist only to those physicians licensed by the board of medical examiners or the board of osteopathic examination, who have completed a residency in anesthesiology, and who have a practice limi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-02-11
To Senate Health and Welfare Committee |
| SB0666 | Intro
Sine Die | As introduced, sets costs for the copying and mailing of healthcare records, including records relevant to a social security disability case. - Amends TCA Title 63 and Title 68.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-02-11
To Senate Health and Welfare Committee |
| HB0391 | Intro
Sine Die | As introduced, specifies that the county mayor, in unincorporated areas, and the highest-ranking elected official in a city in the official's jurisdiction, have the authority to establish and implement health policies that affect the county or city, ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-02-11
Withdrawn. |
| HB0774 | Intro
Sine Die | As introduced, increases the maximum staffing levels for case managers within the department from an average of 20 active cases or 20 children to be monitored to 25 active cases or 25 children to monitor. - Amends TCA Section 37-5-132.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-02-11
Withdrawn. |
| HB0791 | Intro
Sine Die | As introduced, changes, from March 1 to March 31 of each year, the date by which the department is required to appear before the judiciary committees of the senate and house of representatives to review the department's policies, protocols, procedure...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-02-11
P2C, caption bill, held on desk - pending amdt. |
| SJR0040 | Pass | Chief Deputy Derrick Woods, 2020 East Tennessee Deputy of the Year
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-02-11
Signed by Governor. |
| SB0687 | Intro
Sine Die | As introduced, requires a county purchasing direct recording electronic voting systems to ensure that the systems have the capability to create a voter-verifiable paper audit trail for each ballot cast. - Amends TCA Title 2, Chapter 9.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-02-11
Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate State and Local Government Committee |
| SB0810 | Intro
Sine Die | As introduced, changes from five days to five business days, the time frame for giving notice to the defendant of the time, place, and court before which a motion for costs is made. - Amends TCA Section 10-7-504; Title 18; Title 19; Title 20; Title 2...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-02-11
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| SB0733 | Intro
Sine Die | As introduced, creates a Class D felony for a person to knowingly and with unlawful intent possess a telecommunication device while present in any penal institution without the express written consent of the chief administrator of the institution. - ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-02-11
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| HB0834 | Intro
Sine Die | As introduced, increases, from 30 days to 36 days, the time in which a distress warrant issued as a result of an employer defaulting in payment of premiums or interest to the department is returnable. - Amends TCA Title 50.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-02-11
P2C, caption bill, held on desk - pending amdt. |
| HR0018 | Pass | Eddie's Garage
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-02-11
Signed by H. Speaker |
| SB0461 | Intro
Sine Die | As introduced, enacts the "Public Safety Through Hiring Act," which prohibits law enforcement agencies from hiring a person as a police officer who was fired due to disciplinary infractions or while under investigation for misconduct in the line of d...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-02-11
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
