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TNSB2380Intro

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As introduced, requires the board of pharmacy to send notice to the chairs of the government operations committees of the senate and house of representatives within 10 days of the conclusion of the triennial review of board rules regarding the oversi...
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2024-02-01
To Senate Health and Welfare Committee
TNSB2360Intro

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As introduced, enacts the "TennCare for Working Individuals with Disabilities Act." - Amends TCA Title 71, Chapter 5.
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2024-01-31
Withdrawn.
TNSB7089PassAs enacted, makes appropriations sufficient for the payment of any lawful expenses of the first extraordinary session of the 113th General Assembly; makes other appropriations related to such extraordinary session.
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2023-12-27
Effective date(s) 09/08/2023
TNSB0073PassAs enacted, enacts the "Tennessee Information Protection Act." - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 12; Title 43; Title 45; Title 47; Title 48; Title 50; Title 61; Title 66 and Title 67.
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2023-05-24
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 408
TNSB0105PassAs enacted, requires the department of safety to waive the knowledge test, and accept alternative requirements, for active duty and honorably discharged service members and members of the national guard or the armed forces reserves applying for tempo...
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2023-05-24
Effective date(s) 05/11/2023, 01/01/2024
TNSB0460PassAs enacted, makes changes relative to the coverage of complex rehabilitation technology (CRT) by health insurance entities and managed care organizations. - Amends TCA Title 56 and Title 71.
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2023-05-24
Effective date(s) 07/01/2023
TNSB0458PassAs enacted, requires certain health related boards to either render a decision on the application or inform the applicant of the need to appear before such board within 60 days from the date the respective board receives a completed application for l...
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2023-05-24
Effective date(s) 05/11/2023
TNSB0856PassAs enacted, enacts the "James 'Dustin' Samples Act." - Amends TCA Title 7, Chapter 51, Part 2; Title 9; Title 50, Chapter 6 and Title 68, Chapter 102.
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2023-05-24
Effective date(s) 05/17/2023, 01/01/2024
TNSB0855PassAs enacted, revises present law provisions relative to the electronic monitoring indigency fund. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 9; Title 39; Title 40; Title 55, Chapter 10, Part 4 and Title 69.
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2023-05-24
Effective date(s) 10/01/2023
TNSB1475PassAs enacted, makes revisions to the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organization (RICO) Act of 1989, including expanding the definition of racketeering activity. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 12, Part 2.
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2023-05-24
Effective date(s) 07/01/2023
TNSB1119PassAs enacted, designates the National Guard Armory to be constructed in Warren County as the "Major General Terry Max Haston National Guard Armory".
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2023-05-24
Effective date(s) 05/17/2023
TNSB0851PassAs enacted, allows owners of real property used primarily for agricultural purposes who reside in a territory previously annexed by ordinance upon the initiative of the municipality to petition the municipality to deannex such property, if certain co...
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2023-05-19
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 398
TNSB0074PassAs enacted, allows a student who earns the student's first baccalaureate degree in less than the projected completion time to continue to receive the Tennessee HOPE scholarship in pursuit of an advanced degree. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 4, Part ...
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2023-05-18
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 368
TNSB0127PassAs enacted, designates certain segments of Chickamauga Creek as Class I natural river areas. - Amends TCA Title 11, Chapter 13.
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2023-05-18
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 371
TNSB0457PassAs enacted, requires an annual training pay bonus supplement for eligible emergency medical services personnel in the amount of $800. - Amends TCA Title 68, Chapter 140, Part 3.
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2023-05-18
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 372
TNSB0012PassAs enacted, expands the eligibility criteria for an education savings account to include students zoned to attend an LEA with at least three schools identified as priority schools in 2015, and at least three schools identified as being in the bottom ...
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2023-05-17
Effective date(s) 05/05/2023
TNSB1345PassAs enacted, requires the commissioner of commerce and insurance to conduct a study on the implementation of the federal No Surprises Act and its implications for physicians and healthcare facilities in this state; revises present law concerning netwo...
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2023-05-17
Effective date(s) 05/05/2023, 07/01/2023, 01/01/2024
TNSB1535PassAs enacted, authorizes the state to issue and sell bonds of up to $83,800,000.
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2023-05-17
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 421
TNSB1532PassAs enacted, makes appropriations for the fiscal years beginning July 1, 2022, and July 1, 2023.
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2023-05-17
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 418
TNSB1534PassAs enacted, authorizes the index of appropriations from state tax revenues for 2022-2023 fiscal year to exceed the index of estimated growth in the state's economy by $2,536,600,000 or 11.45 percent. - Amends TCA Title 9, Chapter 4, Part 52.
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2023-05-17
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 419
TNSB1533PassAs enacted, increases, for FY 23-24, the state employer match to 200 percent of the amount contributed by each state employee to the state's 401(k) plan per month, up to a maximum of $100 per month. - Amends TCA Title 3; Title 4; Title 5; Title 6; Ti...
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2023-05-17
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 420
TNSB0854PassAs enacted, allows a candidate to demand and receive a list of all voters who changed their residential address at the polling place; requires a recount to include the verification of any address of residence changed at the polling place. - Amends TC...
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2023-05-03
Effective date(s) 04/24/2023
TNSB0848PassAs enacted, broadens the offense of desecration of a venerable object by changing the culpable mental state from intentionally to recklessly or knowingly desecrating a place of worship or burial or a state or national flag. - Amends TCA Title 39, Cha...
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2023-05-03
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 242
TNSB0979PassAs enacted, revises present law definitions relative to abuse. - Amends TCA Title 36, Chapter 3, Part 6 and Title 71.
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2023-05-03
Effective date(s) 04/28/2023
TNSB0170PassAs enacted, extends the period of reduced fees payable to the secretary of state relating to nonprofit charitable gaming and the solicitation of charitable funds. - Amends TCA Title 3, Chapter 17, Part 1 and Title 48, Chapter 101, Part 5.
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2023-05-02
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 231
TNSB0273PassAs enacted, enacts the "Transportation Modernization Act of 2023." - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 29, Part 2; Section 12-2-112; Title 54 and Title 55.
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2023-04-25
Effective date(s) 04/17/2023
TNSB0072PassAs enacted, allows the practice of physical therapy to be under the written or oral referral of a nurse practitioner or physician assistant; removes certain minimum education requirements to engage in the independent practice of physical therapy. - A...
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2023-04-18
Effective date(s) 04/04/2023
TNSB0117Intro

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As introduced, authorizes the state, acting by resolution of its funding board, to issue and sell its bonds and bond anticipation notes for certain purposes.
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2023-04-18
To Senate Finance, Ways and Means Committee
TNSB0114Intro

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As introduced, authorizes grant payments under the grant assistance program for nursing home care to be made either monthly or quarterly. - Amends TCA Title 3; Title 4; Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 8; Title 9; Title 10; Title 11; Title 12; Title ...
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2023-04-18
To Senate Finance, Ways and Means Committee
TNSB0115Intro

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As introduced, deletes requirements that budget document includes personal income statement for calendar year 1977 and actual state appropriations for fiscal year 1977-1978. - Amends TCA Title 9, Chapter 4, Part 52.
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2023-04-18
To Senate Finance, Ways and Means Committee
TNSB0116Intro

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As introduced, makes appropriations for the purpose of defraying the expenses of certain legislative enactments passed during the 2023 session of the 113th General Assembly; earmarks sufficient state funds for the purpose of funding any bill naming a...
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2023-04-18
To Senate Finance, Ways and Means Committee
TNSB0454PassAs enacted, authorizes the issuance of an insurance policy that an employer may offer to an employee for the purpose of providing family leave benefits. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 8 and Title 56.
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2023-04-18
Effective date(s) 03/31/2023; 01/01/2024
TNSB0849Intro

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As introduced, removes exception that allows persons subject to the franchise tax or excise tax who were registered under prior law, or who have filed a return under prior law, to not be required to complete and file a registration information form. ...
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2023-04-18
To Senate Finance, Ways and Means Committee
TNSB1135Intro

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As introduced, reduces from 90 to 60 days, the period in which a dealer via signed statement can deduct on a return sales tax collected but not yet remitted to the commissioner of revenue for refunded items. - Amends TCA Title 67.
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2023-04-18
To Senate Finance, Ways and Means Committee
TNSB1427Intro

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As introduced, requires the chairs of the government operations committees of each house to review the report submitted to the general assembly by Tennessee State University of the university's progress in improving facilities and infrastructure and ...
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2023-04-17
Re-refer to S. Cal Comm
TNSB0075Intro

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As introduced, deletes requirement that municipalities adopt a comprehensive growth plan and have an approved urban growth boundary prior to annexing unincorporated territory. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 10; Title 6; Title 7; Title 13; Title 49 and...
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2023-03-29
To Senate State and Local Government Committee
TNSB0456PassAs enacted, excludes streaming video content from the definition of "cable service," and streaming content and direct-to-home satellite services from the definition of "video service," for purposes of the Competitive Cable and Video Services Act. - A...
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2023-03-28
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 60
TNSB0246PassAs enacted, increases, from three to four years, the duration of Tennessee opportunity pilot programs for which temporary assistance for needy families (TANF) program funds must be dedicated; extends, from 12 to 18 months, the length of time followin...
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2023-03-28
Effective date(s) 03/21/2023
TNSB0087PassAs enacted, caps at 20 the number of members that may be elected to the governing body of a metropolitan or municipal government. - Amends TCA Title 2; Title 5; Title 6 and Title 7.
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2023-03-23
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 21
TNSB0141Intro

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As introduced, allows a school resource officer, school security officer, or other law enforcement officer who is trained and certified for completing a behavior intervention training program to use a mechanical restraint on a student receiving speci...
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2023-03-22
To Senate Education Committee
TNSB0162Intro

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As introduced, increases from 15 to 20 the number of days before the health facilities commission meeting at which an application for a certificate of need is originally scheduled that a healthcare institution wishing to oppose the application must f...
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2023-03-22
To Senate Health and Welfare Committee
TNSB0003PassAs enacted, creates an offense for a person who engages in an adult cabaret performance on public property or in a location where the adult cabaret performance could be viewed by a person who is not an adult. - Amends TCA Title 7, Chapter 51, Part 14...
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2023-03-22
Effective date(s) 04/01/2023
TNSB0850Intro

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As introduced, requires the department of labor and workforce development to conduct a study of the Child Labor Act of 1976 and the Tennessee Protection of Minor Performers Act, and to report its findings to the governor, the speaker of the house of ...
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2023-03-20
To Senate Commerce and Labor Committee
TNSB1404Intro

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As introduced, adds the legislative librarian as a party to whom the bureau must send a copy of its annual report that describes the nature and purpose of requests to utilize data from the all payer claims database that were submitted to the bureau o...
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2023-03-20
To Senate Commerce and Labor Committee
TNSB0501Engross

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As introduced, specifies that certain sexual offenses committed against minor victims of a certain age apply based on the age of the victim at the time of the offense. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 13, Part 5.
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2023-02-27
Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
TNSB0852Intro

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As introduced, designates the Tennessee Valley Railroad Museum in Chattanooga as a premier type tourist resort for purposes of consumption of alcoholic beverages on the premises. - Amends TCA Section 57-4-102.
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2023-02-06
To Senate State and Local Government Committee
TNSB0853Intro

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As introduced, requires the office of research and education accountability within the office of the comptroller of the treasury to report its findings on projects assigned to it by the general assembly twice annually, instead of annually, to the gen...
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2023-02-06
To Senate State and Local Government Committee
TNSB1041Intro

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As introduced, requires the department to maintain staffing levels of case managers so that each region has enough case managers to allow caseloads not to exceed 20 active cases relating to initial assessments or 20 children monitored and supervised ...
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2023-02-06
To Senate Judiciary Committee
TNSB1040Intro

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As introduced, authorizes the commission to require the governing board of a public institution of higher education to terminate an existing on-campus or off-campus program, instead of only making recommendations regarding the termination of certain ...
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2023-02-06
To Senate Education Committee
TNSB1136Intro

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As introduced, requires each board to notify the commissioner of finance and administration when the estimate of board fees for a fiscal year is more than the certified amount of board fees required by the board for that fiscal year. - Amends TCA Tit...
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2023-02-06
To Senate State and Local Government Committee
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