| SB1358 | Intro
Sine Die | As introduced, provides all school-based employees of an LEA during the 2020-2021 school year with a one-time hazard pay bonus of $1,000 for full-time employees and $500 for part-time employees. - Amends TCA Title 49.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-03-31
To Senate Education Committee |
| SB1449 | Intro
Sine Die | As introduced, prohibits a school that is designated by the department as a priority or focus school from exceeding a class size ratio of one teacher per 15 students in kindergarten through second grade. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 1; Title 49, Ch...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-03-31
To Senate Education Committee |
| SB1059 | Intro
Sine Die | As introduced, directs the department to develop and administer a system of grants to LEAs to supplement funding LEAs receive through the BEP for special education. - Amends TCA Title 49.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-03-31
To Senate Education Committee |
| SB0335 | Intro
Sine Die | As introduced, requires TSAC to provide one-time grants, subject to appropriation, to students enrolled in eligible postsecondary institutions who have lost a family member due to COVID-19 to assist the students in completing their degree or credenti...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-03-31
To Senate Education Committee |
| HB0954 | Intro
Sine Die | As introduced, requires a state agency in a proceeding to suspend, terminate, or discipline an employee in state service to prove by a preponderance of the evidence that the employee violated state law or a rule or policy of the agency prior to takin...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-03-31
Returned to the Clerk's Desk. |
| SB1415 | Intro
Sine Die | As introduced, enacts the "Grow Jobs Through Employee Ownership Act," to support the growth and expansion of employee-owned businesses. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 49 and Title 67.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-03-31
To Senate Education Committee |
| SB1481 | Intro
Sine Die | As introduced, reduces, from 30 days to 25 days, the grace period in which a child care program must submit its annual report after receiving notice of its failure to do so. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 49 and Title 71.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-03-31
To Senate Education Committee |
| HB0900 | Intro
Sine Die | As introduced, requires a sexual offender or violent sexual offender to report to a designated law enforcement agency to update the offender's registration within five days of the offender's birthday rather than within seven days. - Amends TCA Title ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-03-31
Assigned to s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee |
| HB0590 | Intro
Sine Die | As introduced, changes "the education committee of the house of representatives" to "the education administration committee of the house of representatives" for purposes of determining membership on the board's basic education program (BEP) review co...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-03-31
Reset on Final cal. of Education Administration |
| HB1361 | 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. - Amends TCA Title 66.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-03-31
Taken off notice for cal in s/c Business & Utilities Subcommittee of Commerce Committee |
| SB0956 | Intro
Sine Die | As introduced, requires the department to create an evidence-based implicit bias training program for healthcare professionals related to maternal and infant mortality; requires the department to collect certain data; and establishes a perinatal pati...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-03-31
To Senate Health and Welfare Committee |
| HB1111 | Intro
Sine Die | As introduced, changes from February 1 to February 15 the date by which the commissioner must submit to the governor an annual report on the department's administration of the unemployment security program and any recommendations for amendments to th...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-03-31
Taken off notice for cal in s/c Banking & Consumer Affairs Subcommittee of Commerce Committee |
| SB0368 | Intro
Sine Die | As introduced, requires certain healthcare services providers to complete training every three years on how to identify and respond to human trafficking victims who enter hospitals, medical clinics, and emergency departments. - Amends TCA Title 4; Ti...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-03-31
To Senate Health and Welfare Committee |
| HB1328 | Intro
Sine Die | As introduced, prohibits a utility that furnishes electricity, gas, or water, or converts solid waste into heat, fuel, or energy, from cutting off an existing service to an address in order to start a new service to the same address until the utility...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-03-31
Returned to the Clerk's Desk. |
| SB0820 | Intro
Sine Die | As introduced, prohibits a landlord from refusing to enter into a rental agreement with a prospective tenant solely based upon the tenant being previously evicted during a public health emergency related to COVID-19. - Amends TCA Title 66.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-03-30
To Senate Commerce and Labor Committee |
| HB1491 | Intro
Sine Die | As introduced, prohibits a public institution of higher education from preventing a student athlete from earning compensation as a result of the use of the student athlete's name, image, or likeness; prohibits a public institution of higher education...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-03-30
Taken off notice for cal in s/c Higher Education Subcommittee of Education Administration |
| SB0997 | Intro
Sine Die | As introduced, changes the date by which the Tennessee education lottery corporation is required to annually submit its proposed operating budget to the department of finance and administration from September 1 to the first business day of September....
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-03-30
Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate State and Local Government Committee |
| HB1156 | Intro
Sine Die | As introduced, enacts the "Access to Pediatric Rare Disease Treatment Information Act"; provides for sharing of essential treatment information for children with cancer among certain healthcare institutions. - Amends TCA Title 68.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-03-30
Taken off notice for cal in s/c Health Subcommittee of Health Committee |
| HB1253 | Intro
Sine Die | As introduced, prohibits an entity of state government from using a social media platform that censors the free speech of a person or group of persons based on political ideology, viewpoint discrimination, or personal animus. - Amends TCA Title 4; Ti...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-03-30
Def. to Summer Study in Departments & Agencies Subcommittee |
| SB0552 | Intro
Sine Die | As introduced, exempts, between July 1, 2021, and June 30, 2022, the retail sale of tangible personal property made by a small business when the sale is on a Monday; defines "small business" as a business with annual gross receipts that do not exceed...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-03-30
To Senate Finance, Ways and Means Committee |
| HB0562 | Intro
Sine Die | As introduced, establishes buffer zones between landfill locations and residences. - Amends TCA Title 68.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-03-30
Returned to the Clerk's Desk. |
| HB1017 | Intro
Sine Die | As introduced, removes obsolete language that prohibited revenue from being apportioned pursuant to an allocation made in a specific dollar amount in the general appropriations act to the county revenue partnership fund in fiscal years 2007-2008 and ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-03-30
Assigned to s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee |
| SB1438 | Intro
Sine Die | As introduced, creates an ad hoc committee consisting of members of the general assembly to review the current laws, rules, and policies of cash bail in this state, and report on its findings and recommendations by January 15, 2022. - Amends TCA Titl...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-03-30
Deferred to Summer Study |
| HB1213 | Intro
Sine Die | As introduced, prohibits the suspension of a person’s driver license as a result of the person's failure to timely pay litigation taxes, court costs, and fines assessed as a result of disposition of any criminal offense. - Amends TCA Title 40 and T...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-03-30
Returned to the Clerk's Desk. |
| HB1495 | Intro
Sine Die | As introduced, entitles a parent or legal guardian to access the medical records of a child legally within the legal guardian or parent's care; requires that a child must provide voluntary, written consent for the legal guardian or parent to access m...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-03-30
Taken off notice for cal in s/c Health Subcommittee of Health Committee |
| HB1556 | Intro
Sine Die | As introduced, requires secretary of state to conduct a study of each state that has authorized or proposed legislation to authorize sports gaming; requires the secretary to assess the economic impact and regulatory oversight of gaming in each state ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-03-30
Taken off notice for cal in s/c Departments & Agencies Subcommittee of State Government Committee |
| SB1308 | Intro
Sine Die | As introduced, prohibits an employer from requiring an employee to receive an immunization or vaccination for COVID-19 against the will of the employee as a condition of maintaining employment; prohibits the employer from taking adverse action agains...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-03-30
To Senate Commerce and Labor Committee |
| SB0822 | Intro
Sine Die | As introduced, enacts the "Support Micro-Businesses Act" to create a revolving loan fund to support certain small businesses. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 7; Title 9; Title 10; Title 13; Title 45 and Title 67.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-03-30
To Senate Commerce and Labor Committee |
| SB0899 | Intro
Sine Die | As introduced, enacts the "Innovation FastTrack Act." - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 56, Chapter 1; Title 62 and Title 63.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-03-30
To Senate Commerce and Labor Committee |
| SB0400 | Intro
Sine Die | As introduced, provides for the release of records of domestic violence shelters, rape crisis centers, and human trafficking service providers to the department of children's services for the purpose of investigating known or suspected child abuse or...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-03-30
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| SB0295 | Intro
Sine Die | As introduced, authorizes the Tennessee public utilities commission to keep electronic copies of minutes and official documents. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 28; Title 64; Title 65; Title 67; Title 68 and Title 69.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-03-30
To Senate Commerce and Labor Committee |
| SB1099 | Intro
Sine Die | As introduced, increases the required hours for an aesthetician student from 150 hours to 175 hours. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 62; Title 63 and Title 68.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-03-30
To Senate Commerce and Labor Committee |
| HB0162 | Intro
Sine Die | As introduced, requires TSAC to provide one-time grants, subject to appropriation, to students enrolled in eligible postsecondary institutions who have lost a family member due to COVID-19 to assist the students in completing their degree or credenti...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-03-30
Taken off notice for cal in s/c Higher Education Subcommittee of Education Administration |
| HB1536 | Intro
Sine Die | As introduced, requires that the textbooks and instructional materials adopted by the state board of education be available online for public inspection; authorizes the public to continue to provide public comment on the textbooks and instructional m...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-03-30
Taken off notice for cal in s/c Education Instruction Subcommittee of Education Instruction |
| HB1489 | Intro
Sine Die | As introduced, prohibits the administrator of a nursing home from limiting access to the facility to a family member of a resident during a disease outbreak, epidemic, or pandemic. - Amends TCA Title 4 and Title 68.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-03-30
Taken off notice for cal in s/c Health Subcommittee of Health Committee |
| HB0727 | 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] | 2021-03-30
Taken off notice for cal in s/c K-12 Subcommittee of Education Administration |
| SB0976 | Intro
Sine Die | As introduced, requires dealers and marketplace facilitators with no physical presence in this state to register with the department of revenue and collect and remit sales and use taxes if the dealer or facilitator made 200 or more separate sales tra...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-03-30
To Senate Finance, Ways and Means Committee |
| SB0195 | Intro
Sine Die | As introduced, changes, from $7.25 to $12, the minimum hourly wage for employees within the state. - Amends TCA Title 50, Chapter 2.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-03-30
To Senate Commerce and Labor Committee |
| SB1119 | Intro
Sine Die | As introduced, requires a local law enforcement agency to submit a sexual assault evidence collection kit to the state crime lab or other similar qualified laboratory for testing within 30 days of a victim filing a police report, rather than within 6...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-03-30
To Senate Calendar Committee |
| HB0460 | Intro
Sine Die | As introduced, subject to appropriation, establishes the base amount of $500 as cash assistance to be awarded to recipients who qualify for childcare assistance from programs administered by the department; prohibits spending restrictions on the incr...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-03-30
Taken off notice for cal in s/c Health Subcommittee of Health Committee |
| HB0647 | Intro
Sine Die | As introduced, creates different grade 11 student assessments for a student who intends to attend college and a student who intends to attend a career and technical college or pursue a career path. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 6.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-03-30
Taken off notice for cal in s/c Education Instruction Subcommittee of Education Instruction |
| SB0945 | Intro
Sine Die | As introduced, requires the department of economic and community development to make quarterly reports instead of annual reports regarding TNInvestcos; requires the report to be submitted to all members of the general assembly rather than only the ch...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-03-30
Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate FW&M Revenue Subcommittee |
| HB1548 | Intro
Sine Die | As introduced, allows LEAs and public charter schools to determine the number of universal screeners administered to students in sixth grade; allows LEAs and public charter schools to determine whether to implement certain aspects of the department's...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-03-30
Taken off notice for cal in s/c Education Instruction Subcommittee of Education Instruction |
| SB0579 | Intro
Sine Die | As introduced, reduces, from four times annually to three times annually, the minimum number of times each joint economic and community development board must meet. - Amends TCA Section 6-58-114.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-03-30
To Senate Commerce and Labor Committee |
| SB0261 | Intro
Sine Die | As introduced, requires certain private employers to include in the final wages of an employee, who quits or is discharged, accrued, but unused, vacation pay or other compensatory time; makes void a provision in a company policy or labor agreement pr...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-03-30
To Senate Commerce and Labor Committee |
| SB0967 | Intro
Sine Die | As introduced, requires the commissioner of agriculture to include information on sustainable and organic farming techniques in information disseminated by the commissioner relative to winemaking. - Amends TCA Title 57.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-03-30
Reset on Final calendar of Senate State and Local Government Committee |
| HB0788 | Intro
Sine Die | As introduced, requires this state and the county in which the person resided to pay up to $2,000 for the burial or cremation of a person who dies from COVID-19 if the person's family is financially unable to pay for a proper burial or cremation of t...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-03-30
Taken off notice for cal in s/c Cities & Counties Subcommittee of Local Government Committee |
| HB1484 | Intro
Sine Die | As introduced, exempts operators of tow trucks or wreckers from the prohibition on physically holding a wireless telecommunication device while operating a motor vehicle. - Amends TCA Section 55-8-199.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-03-30
Taken off notice for cal in s/c Transportation Subcommittee of Transportation Committee |
| HB1500 | Intro
Sine Die | As introduced, authorizes the department of transportation to paint and maintain pedestrian crosswalks located within school zones designated as being on the state system of highways. - Amends TCA Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 9; Title 49; Title 5...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-03-30
Taken off notice for cal in s/c Transportation Subcommittee of Transportation Committee |
| HB1101 | Intro
Sine Die | As introduced, enacts the "Rural Renewal Award Act." - Amends TCA Title 8; Title 9 and Title 49.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-03-30
Taken off notice for cal in s/c Higher Education Subcommittee of Education Administration |
