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TNHB0587Intro
25%
As introduced, lowers the threshold for enhancing the minimum sentence of a person convicted of driving under the influence of an intoxicant, from a blood alcohol concentration of 0.20 percent or more to a blood alcohol concentration of 0.15 percent ...
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2024-04-24
Sponsor(s) Added.
TNHB1248Engross
50%
As introduced, requires the department of human services to advertise prominently on the home page of the department's website the division of adult protective services' toll-free telephone service that enables citizens within the state to call the d...
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2024-04-24
Passed Senate, Ayes 31, Nays 0
TNHB1016Enroll
75%
As introduced, changes the date, from February 1 to January 15, by which the commissioner must annually report to the governor and the general assembly on the implementation of and compliance with the Schools Against Violence in Education Act. - Amen...
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2024-04-24
Transmitted to Governor for his action.
TNHB1614Intro
25%
As introduced, enacts the "Protect Tennessee Minors Act"; requires an individual or commercial entity that publishes or distributes in this state a website that contains a substantial portion of material harmful to minors perform reasonable age-verif...
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2024-04-24
Sponsor(s) Added.
TNHB2302Intro
25%
As introduced, increases from 15 days to 15 business days the time period a court may send notification of a defendant's conviction of aggravated cruelty to animals to the appropriate protective agencies if the defendant resides in a household with m...
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2024-04-24
Sponsor(s) Added.
TNHB2553Engross
50%
As introduced, restricts certain foreign investments in land located within this state through the creation of two separate prohibitions, one that restricts a prohibited foreign-party-controlled business from acquiring real property and another that ...
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2024-04-24
Passed Senate, Ayes 26, Nays 4
TNHB0996Enroll
75%
As introduced, changes from February 15 to February 1, the date by which the state board of education, with the assistance of the department of education and the Tennessee higher education commission, must issue a report card or assessment on the eff...
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2024-04-24
Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.
TNHB1881Engross
50%
As introduced, increases the penalty for assault against a law enforcement officer from a Class A misdemeanor with a mandatory minimum 30-day sentence and $5,000 fine to a Class E felony with a mandatory minimum 60-day sentence and $10,000 fine. - Am...
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2024-04-24
Passed Senate, Ayes 25, Nays 5
TNHB2323Engross
50%
As introduced, increases the penalty for a third or subsequent domestic assault conviction from a Class A misdemeanor to a Class E felony; upgrades the offense classification for certain qualifying misdemeanor offenses to a Class E felony upon a defe...
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2024-04-24
Passed Senate, Ayes 28, Nays 2
TNHB2062Intro
25%
As introduced, creates a street racing task force to study and determine best practices for curbing illegal street racing in this state. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 38; Title 39 and Title 55.
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2024-04-24
Sponsor(s) Added.
TNHB2940Engross
50%
As introduced, enacts the "TennCare for Working Individuals with Disabilities Act." - Amends TCA Title 71, Chapter 5.
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2024-04-24
Passed Senate, Ayes 31, Nays 0
TNHB2931Enroll
75%
As introduced, requires a judge who enters into a deferred discipline agreement regarding a matter before the board of judicial conduct to sign an affidavit stating that the judge consents to the recommendation of the investigative panel, the consent...
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2024-04-24
Transmitted to Governor for his action.
TNHB1891Enroll
75%
As introduced, creates the "Protecting Children from Social Media Act." - Amends TCA Title 47, Chapter 18.
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2024-04-24
Transmitted to Governor for his action.
TNHB2310Intro
25%
As introduced, creates a civil cause of action against any person who knowingly removes a minor from this state without the consent of a parent of the minor for the purpose of assisting the minor in obtaining a healthcare procedure that is for the pu...
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2024-04-24
Sponsor(s) Added.
TNHB0835Enroll
75%
As introduced, requires the coordinator of elections to compare the statewide voter registration database with those of other relevant state agencies and county records when compiling information to distribute to the county elections commissions for ...
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2024-04-24
Transmitted to Governor for his action.
TNHB2035Intro
25%
As introduced, preempts the entire field of legislation regarding extreme risk protection orders to the exclusion of all county, city, town, municipality, or metropolitan government law, ordinances, resolutions, enactments, or regulation; declares a ...
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2024-04-24
Sponsor(s) Added.
TNHB1946Intro
25%
As introduced, authorizes available funds in the Ocoee River recreation and economic development fund to be paid to the Tennessee Valley Authority for additional releases of water on the Ocoee River. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 11; Title 65, Chapter ...
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2024-04-23
Sponsor(s) Added.
TNHB1947Intro
25%
As introduced, makes various changes to criminal offenses involving fentanyl; increases the penalty one classification for criminal offenses involving fentanyl if the defendant crossed county lines in the course of the criminal offense; requires cert...
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2024-04-23
Taken off notice for cal. in Criminal Justice Committee
TNHB2301Intro
25%
As introduced, requires the sheriff's department's and municipal law enforcement department's annual audit report of the disposition of goods seized and forfeited and fines imposed in relation to offenses involving controlled substances to be posted ...
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2024-04-23
Sponsor(s) Added.
TNHB1640PassAs 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...
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2024-04-23
Signed by Governor.
TNHB2845Intro
25%
As introduced, prohibits a beer permittee from selling at retail refrigerated or cold beer. - Amends TCA Title 38; Title 39; Title 55 and Title 57.
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2024-04-23
Sponsor(s) Added.
TNHB2031Intro
25%
As introduced, increases the penalty for intentionally obstructing a highway, street, or other place used for the passage of vehicles or conveyances from a Class A misdemeanor to a Class D felony; allows a person who suffers loss or injury as a resul...
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2024-04-23
Sponsor(s) Added.
TNHB1607Intro
25%
As introduced, requires the commissioner of transportation to include any change orders in the commissioner's quarterly report submitted to the state building commission regarding the status of road projects. - Amends TCA Title 54.
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2024-04-22
Sponsor(s) Added.
TNHB1641Intro
25%
As introduced, creates a Class A misdemeanor of violating a condition of release on bail; authorizes a law enforcement officer to arrest a person without a warrant based on probable cause to believe that the person has violated a condition of release...
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2024-04-22
Comp. SB subst.
TNHB2692Intro
25%
As introduced, requires the court to order an offender to wear a global positioning monitoring system device under certain circumstances unless the court finds the offender no longer poses a threat to the alleged victim or public safety; specifies th...
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2024-04-22
Sponsor(s) Added.
TNHB2100PassAs introduced, requires financial institutions and insurers to make determinations about the provision or denial of services based on an analysis of risk factors unique to each current or prospective customer; prohibits financial institutions and ins...
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2024-04-22
Signed by Governor.
TNHB1930Intro
25%
As introduced, enacts the "Parental Accountability Act," requiring the juvenile court to assess a fine of $1,000 against a child who is found to be delinquent for a second or subsequent delinquent act, to be paid by the child’s parent, legal custod...
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2024-04-22
Sponsor(s) Added.
TNHB0484Intro
25%
As introduced, increases the penalty for the offense of possession of a used, detached catalytic converter by an unauthorized person from a Class A misdemeanor punishable only by fine to a Class E felony. - Amends TCA Title 38; Title 39; Title 55 and...
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2024-04-17
Returned to the Clerk's Desk.
TNHB2300PassAs enacted, in cases where gas companies must repair the streets, lanes, alleys, pavements, and sidewalks of any town, city, or village, after laying pipes and extending conductors, with the least possible delay, prohibits a city, county, or metropol...
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2024-04-17
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 662
TNHB0909Intro
25%
As introduced, extends annuity and insurance death benefits to the estate and surviving family members of a commissioned reserve law enforcement officer killed in the line of duty; immunizes such officers from tort liability under certain circumstanc...
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2024-04-17
Returned to the Clerk's Desk.
TNHB1878Intro
25%
As introduced, increases from 48 hours to seven days the time in which a victim of a crime or a member of the victim's family has to report the crime to law enforcement to be eligible to receive a claim for compensation unless good cause is shown. - ...
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2024-04-17
Taken off notice for cal in s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee of Finance, Ways, and Means Committee
TNHB1999Intro
25%
As introduced, adds the MidSouth development district to the list of development districts to which this state intends to assist financially; specifies an overall state funding level for the nine development districts; changes the calculation for how...
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2024-04-17
Taken off notice for cal in s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee of Finance, Ways, and Means Committee
TNHB2088Intro
25%
As introduced, authorizes the military department to administer a critical skills retention bonus program to be used to award retention bonuses of up to $10,000 to enlisted service members in the Tennessee national guard; entitles certain state emplo...
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2024-04-16
All Ayes added as Sponsors
TNHB2103Intro
25%
As introduced, requires rules of the fish and wildlife commission governing the numbering, safety equipment, and operation of vessels to be published in the newspaper at least 20 days, instead of 15 days, before the rules become effective. - Amends T...
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2024-04-15
Sponsor(s) Added.
TNHB1259Intro
25%
As introduced, removes ambiguous language and clarifies that a transfer of a possibility of reverter or right of entry by a holder other than the original grantor is invalid unless the validity of the future interest was determined by a final judgmen...
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2024-04-15
Sponsor(s) Added.
TNHB1608Intro
25%
As introduced, extends, from 30 days to 45 days, the time frame for an applicant who does not meet the requirements for a Tennessee Sheriff’s Association or Fraternal Order of Police license plate to surrender the plate to the county clerk. - Amend...
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2024-04-11
Sponsor(s) Added.
TNHB2384Intro
25%
As introduced, changes, from August 1 of each year to before July 31 of each year, the date by which the name, address, and telephone number of the person designated to check a bus or vehicle for children at stops under the Tennessee Children with Di...
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2024-04-11
Comp. SB subst.
TNHB2460Intro
25%
As introduced, expands the definition of "victim" for the purposes of restitution to include a reciprocal, as defined by current law, when the reciprocal has compensated a subscriber for loss incurred as a result of the offense to the extent that the...
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2024-04-11
Sponsor(s) Added.
TNHB2961Intro
25%
As introduced, directs the Tennessee advisory committee on intergovernmental relations (TACIR), with the assistance of the Tennessee bureau of investigation, the district attorneys general conference, and the department of safety, to study the feasib...
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2024-04-10
To House Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee
TNHB1645PassAs enacted, expands the eligibility for filing a petition to obtain a lifetime order of protection to include victims of aggravated stalking, especially aggravated stalking, and felony harassment. - Amends TCA Title 36 and Title 39.
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2024-04-08
Effective date(s) 04/02/2024
TNHB2126PassAs enacted, allows a juvenile court to transfer a child, who is 15 or older, to be tried as an adult in criminal court for the offense of organized retail crime, theft of a firearm, or an attempt to commit such offense; revises law with regard to con...
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2024-04-08
Effective date(s) 07/01/2024
TNHB0023PassAs enacted, requires a legislative body for a municipal, metropolitan, or county government to make available to the public, at no charge and at least 48 hours prior to a meeting, the agenda for the upcoming meeting in a place accessible to the publi...
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2024-04-04
Sponsor(s) Added.
TNHB1858PassAs enacted, expands the ways in which applicants may apply for the home address confidentiality program to include moving to a new address unknown to the offender and not previously identified in a public record. - Amends TCA Title 40, Chapter 38, Pa...
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2024-04-03
Effective date(s) 03/27/2024
TNHB1642PassAs enacted, revises various provisions regarding pretrial release of a defendant charged with a criminal offense to require the magistrate to give first consideration to ensuring the safety of the community when determining whether to impose conditio...
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2024-04-03
Effective date(s) 07/01/2024
TNHB1950PassAs enacted, designates June 6 as a day of special observance for D-Day. - Amends TCA Title 15, Chapter 2.
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2024-04-03
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 601
TNHB0465Intro
25%
As introduced, increases from 10 to 20, the amount of days within the action complained of, that an aggrieved party must make a written request for a formal hearing under the Uniform Administrative Procedures Act, when the commissioner of revenue iss...
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2024-03-28
All Ayes added as Sponsors
TNHB2305PassAs enacted, requires official vintage license plates that are issued and registered by the state in lieu of the standard antique motor vehicle registration plate to be displayed on antique motor vehicles when they are being operated on public roads a...
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2024-03-26
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 569
TNHB1602PassAs enacted, requires a video or audio recording to be made of any interrogation of a child who has been taken into custody on suspicion that the child committed a delinquent act or unruly conduct unless a technical issue with the equipment or exigent...
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2024-03-26
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 565
TNHB2091PassAs enacted, defines and adds "voice" as a protected personal right; adds commercial availability of a sound recording or audiovisual work in which the individual's name, voice, likeness, or image is readily identifiable to considerations for determin...
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2024-03-26
Effective date(s) 07/01/2024
TNHB1384PassAs enacted, adds aggravated prostitution convictions as eligible for expunction if certain requirements are met; removes such offense as "a sexual offense" or "violent sexual offense" for which a person is required to register on sexual offender regi...
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2024-03-19
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 545
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