| HB2994 | Pass | Subject to local approval, reduces the number of aldermen from five to two; deletes an obsolete provision regarding work houses. - Amends Chapter 320 of the Acts of 1901; as amended.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-23
Signed by Governor. |
| HB2990 | Pass | Subject to local approval, sets a term limit of three terms for members of the city council; specifies the emergency management powers of the mayor; changes references from "councilman" to "councilperson". - Amends Chapter 455 of the Private Acts of ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-23
Signed by Governor. |
| HB2989 | Pass | As introduced, moves election date for the county special school district board of trustees to coincide with the general election. - Amends Chapter 62 of the Private Acts of 1981; as amended.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-23
Signed by Governor. |
| HB2986 | Pass | Subject to local approval, establishes the office of highway supervisor; aligns the powers and duties of the highway supervisor with the Tennessee County Uniform Highway Law. - Amends Chapter 148 of the Private Acts of 1986; as amended.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-23
Signed by Governor. |
| HB2985 | Pass | Subject to local approval, enacts the "Carroll County Financial Management System of 2024."
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-23
Signed by Governor. |
| HB2976 | Pass | Subject to local approval, creates the "West Tennessee Regional Utility Authority."
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-23
Signed by Governor. |
| SB2766 | Pass | As introduced, revises language prohibiting educators from discriminating against students on certain, specified bases to generally prohibiting educators from discriminating against students who are members of a protected class under federal or state...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-23
Signed by Governor. |
| SB2769 | Pass | As introduced, deletes a reference to a repealed statute from the present law governing the deadline by which an action by the county board of equalization during its regular session must be completed and notice of its decision and appeal procedure m...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-23
Signed by Governor. |
| HB2882 | Pass | As introduced, requires, beginning with the 2025-2026 school year, each local education agency and public charter school to provide students with age-appropriate and grade-appropriate instruction on firearm safety. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 6.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-23
Signed by Governor. |
| HB2760 | Pass | As introduced, increases, from two to three, the number of hours of training or continuing education courses on domestic violence or child abuse all judges in child custody proceedings are required to complete per year; increases, from 10 to 15, the ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-23
Signed by Governor. |
| HB2685 | Pass | As introduced, creates a process for members of a county legislative body and members of the public to challenge a vote of a member of the county legislative body if that member, or the member's spouse, is an employee of the county and voted on a mat...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-23
Signed by Governor. |
| SB2503 | Pass | As introduced, terminates the human rights commission with no wind-down period; creates the human rights division in the office of attorney general; transfers the commission's functions to the new division. - Amends TCA Title 4; Section 8-50-103 and ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-23
Signed by Governor. |
| SB2525 | Pass | As introduced, adds state university boards of trustees to the list of governing boards authorized to promulgate rules to effectuate the requirement that persons required to register for the federal draft must be registered for the draft in order to ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-23
Signed by Governor. |
| HB2590 | Pass | As introduced, makes bullying and cyber-bullying offenses subject to the same penalties as harassment; requires an officer to make a report of bullying and notify a parent or guardian when victim is a minor. - Amends TCA Title 37; Title 38; Title 39 ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-23
Signed by Governor. |
| SB2400 | Pass | As introduced, establishes October 9 of each year as "PANDAS Awareness Day" to promote awareness of Pediatric Autoimmune Neuropsychiatric Disorders Associated with Streptococcal Infections and Pediatric Acute-onset Neuropsychiatric Syndrome. - Amends...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-23
Signed by Governor. |
| HB2567 | Pass | As introduced, makes certain revisions to the Neighborhood Preservation Act. - Amends TCA Title 13, Chapter 6.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-23
Signed by Governor. |
| HB2435 | Pass | As introduced, requires the commissioner of education to annually transmit, no later than October 1 of each year, filings submitted to the commissioner by a local board of education regarding any action or inaction taken by the board in response to a...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-23
Signed by Governor. |
| SB2391 | Pass | As introduced, revises provisions governing trade practices and consumer protection. - Amends TCA Title 8, Chapter 6, Part 4 and Title 47.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-23
Signed by Governor. |
| SB2322 | Pass | As introduced, requires the judge of the general sessions court in Scott County to devote full time to the duties of such office and prohibits the judge from the practice of law or any other employment which conflicts with the performance of their du...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-23
Signed by Governor. |
| SB2250 | Pass | As introduced, states that the court, rather than the sheriff or administrative officer of a local jail, may authorize the use of alternative facilities for the incarceration of an offender convicted of a first time offense of driving under the influ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-23
Signed by Governor. |
| HB2395 | Pass | As introduced, requires the bureau to submit a report on child and human trafficking crimes and trends in this state and current programs and activities of the bureau's human trafficking unit to the legislative librarian as well as to the governor, a...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-23
Signed by Governor. |
| SB2223 | Pass | As introduced, enacts the "Second Amendment Financial Privacy Act," which prohibits a financial institution from requiring the usage of a merchant code that distinguishes a firearms retailer from a general merchandise retailer or a sporting goods ret...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-23
Signed by Governor. |
| SB2147 | Pass | As introduced, increases from 48 hours to 72 hours, the time period prior to a hearing on the merits of a complaint for an order authorizing the provision of protective services necessary to prevent imminent danger of irreparable physical or mental h...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-23
Signed by Governor. |
| SB2100 | Pass | As introduced, authorizes the use of certain third-party examiners, inspectors, engineers, and professionals in lieu of a local or state examiner, inspector, engineer, or professional for certain permitted processes and requirements; establishes proc...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-23
Signed by Governor. |
| HB2114 | Pass | As introduced, requires, beginning July 1, 2024, public notices that are required to be published in a newspaper of general circulation to also be published on a free-to-access news and information website in the county if the website meets certain r...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-23
Signed by Governor. |
| SB1938 | Pass | As introduced, names the law prohibiting an LEA from deducting dues from the wages of the LEA's employees for a professional employees' organization the "Michael Maren Paycheck Protection Act." - Amends TCA Section 49-2-123.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-23
Signed by Governor. |
| HB1997 | Pass | As introduced, requires the trust principal of the K-12 mental health endowment account to be reduced by $75,000,000 in the fiscal year ending June 30, 2024, and reallocated to the trust's K-12 mental health special reserve account. - Amends TCA Titl...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-23
Signed by Governor. |
| SB1823 | Pass | As introduced, authorizes the department to enter into, or amend an existing, grant contract or other contract as necessary to ensure successful implementation and completion of the Tennessee opportunity pilot program. - Amends TCA Section 71-5-1203.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-23
Signed by Governor. |
| HB1909 | Pass | As introduced, specifies that it is not a criminal offense for an adult person to carry or possess pepper spray, a taser, or another similar device for purposes of self-defense when on property owned, operated, or in use by any college or university ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-23
Signed by Governor. |
| HB1906 | Pass | As introduced, allows a minor victim 30 years after the victim turns 18 years of age to sue the alleged perpetrator for any injury or illness stemming from the offense of trafficking for a commercial sex act. - Amends TCA Title 28 and Title 39.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-23
Signed by Governor. |
| SB1791 | Pass | As introduced, requires all infants born in this state to be screened for specific genetic, metabolic, or other heritable conditions, including, but not limited to, conditions listed on the Recommended Uniform Screening Panel (RUSP); allows the depar...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-23
Signed by Governor. |
| HB1877 | Pass | As introduced, requires hospitals and physicians to accept electronic insurance cards as valid proof of an insurance policy, plan, or contract. - Amends TCA Title 8; Title 56; Title 63 and Title 71.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-23
Signed by Governor. |
| HB1859 | Pass | As introduced, prohibits certain licensing authorities from automatically barring an individual from licensure because of the individual's criminal record; requires the licensing authority to provide individualized consideration of an individual's cr...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-23
Signed by Governor. |
| HB1794 | Pass | As introduced, enacts the "Uniform Faithful Presidential Electors Act." - Amends TCA Title 2.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-23
Signed by Governor. |
| HB1716 | Pass | As introduced, specifies that in a county with more than one general sessions judge, the management and supervision of any appointed judicial commissioners must rotate between the general sessions judges in the county on an annual basis. - Amends TCA...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-23
Signed by Governor. |
| HB1682 | Pass | As introduced, adds a certificate of need for care and treatment that was completed by a licensed physician and a qualified advanced practice provider as a suitable certification for filing with a court for the purpose of a probable cause hearing on ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-23
Signed by Governor. |
| SB1657 | Pass | As introduced, requires the department to make an annual report to the governor on the total number of firearm injuries and deaths in this state per 100,000 people; requires the attorney general and reporter to assist the department, upon request, in...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-23
Signed by Governor. |
| HB1640 | Pass | As introduced, expands the definition of "adjudication as a mental defective" to include a person who has been found incompetent to stand trial in a criminal proceeding and requires the clerk of court in such a proceeding to collect and report any su...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-23
Signed by Governor. |
| SB1641 | Pass | As introduced, creates the right of an attorney in fact designated to make healthcare decisions under a durable power of attorney for health care to conduct at least one in-person visitation with the principal for each day the principal is in a hospi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-23
Signed by Governor. |
| HB1625 | Pass | As introduced, requires a qualified mental health professional or behavior analyst to warn or protect an identified victim or group of people when the professional or analyst determines that a service recipient has communicated an intent for actual t...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-23
Signed by Governor. |
| SB1490 | Pass | As introduced, requires commissioner to, not later than December 31, 2024, submit a report electronically identifying all state property under contract or lease for agricultural purposes, and a summary of the terms of each contract or lease, to the c...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-23
Signed by Governor. |
| SB1142 | Pass | As introduced, vacates the commission and reconstitutes the commission; changes the size and appointing authorities for the commission from 24 gubernatorial appointees to 20 total members with five each being appointed by the governor, the speaker of...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-23
Signed by Governor. |
| HB0843 | Pass | As introduced, changes, from September 15 to October 1, the date by which each public institution of higher education operating a hearing center must provide a written report to the Tennessee higher education commission, the education committee of th...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-23
Signed by Governor. |
| HB2991 | Pass | Subject to local approval, repeals requirement that the city create and maintain a roster of current employees and previous applicants qualified for the classified service; repeals ambiguous language relating to probationary period for employee disci...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-22
Signed by Governor. |
| HB2987 | Pass | Subject to local approval, authorizes the city to lease real, mixed, and personal property inside or outside of the city. - Amends Chapter 78 of the Private Acts of 2014.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-22
Signed by Governor. |
| SB2964 | Pass | Subject to local approval, increases the monthly salary for the members of the board of aldermen from $150 to $500 a month. - Amends Chapter 574 of the Private Acts of 1939; as amended.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-22
Comp. became Pr. Ch. 52 |
| HB2975 | Pass | Subject to local approval, raises the monetary limit on purchases that do not require competitive bidding from $2,500 to $25,000. - Amends Chapter 325 of the Private Acts of 1980; as amended.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-22
Signed by Governor. |
| HB2903 | Pass | As introduced, requires the division of TennCare to ensure that a non-opioid drug approved by the United States food and drug administration for the treatment or management of pain is not disadvantaged or discouraged with respect to coverage relative...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-22
Signed by Governor. |
| SB2734 | Pass | As enacted, changes prerequisites for emergency detention and admission to a treatment facility from "immediate" substantial likelihood of serious harm to "imminent" substantial likelihood of serious harm. - Amends TCA Title 16; Title 33; Title 41 an...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-22
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 725 |
| HB2901 | Pass | As enacted, changes prerequisites for emergency detention and admission to a treatment facility from "immediate" substantial likelihood of serious harm to "imminent" substantial likelihood of serious harm. - Amends TCA Title 16; Title 33; Title 41 an...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-22
Effective date(s) 04/16/2024 |
