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TNHB2809PassAs enacted, expands the definition of a law enforcement officer to include retired law enforcement officers who are carrying a firearm pursuant to certain state laws for purposes of when a law enforcement officer may carry a firearm. - Amends TCA Tit...
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2024-06-03
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 1065
TNHB2310PassAs enacted, creates a civil cause of action against any person who intentionally recruits, harbors, or transports an unemancipated minor within this state for the purpose of receiving a prohibited medical procedure, regardless of where the medical pr...
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2024-06-03
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 1064
TNHB2035PassAs enacted, 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. - Amends TCA T...
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2024-06-03
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 1062
TNHB1872PassAs enacted, authorizes a court to enhance the statutory penalty, up to imprisonment for life without the possibility of parole, for a conviction under certain circumstances involving illegal aliens or crimes occurring on school property while student...
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2024-06-03
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 1063
TNHB1061PassAs enacted, creates the Tennessee-Ireland trade commission. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 12; Title 13; Title 42; Title 43; Title 44; Title 45; Title 46; Title 47; Title 48; Title 50; Title 53; Title 54; Title 55; Title 56; T...
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2024-05-31
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 1014
TNHB1895PassAs enacted, creates the criminal offense of abortion trafficking of a minor; provides for a civil action against a person committing the offense of abortion trafficking of a minor if certain conditions are met. - Amends TCA Title 8, Chapter 6; Title ...
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2024-05-31
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 1032
TNHB2302PassAs enacted, enacts the "Ben Kredich Act," which, for the purpose of proving a person violated state law relative to driving under the influence of an intoxicant, establishes that evidence that the person was suspected to be impaired secondary to the ...
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2024-05-31
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 1039
TNHB2774PassAs enacted, requires the review of executive branch agency policies and spending as it relates to illegal immigration; requires a report to be compiled and delivered to the governor and the speakers of the senate and house of representatives regardin...
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2024-05-29
Effective date(s) 05/21/2024
TNHB1128PassAs enacted, generally requires, when a person is arrested, booked, or confined in the jail of a county or municipality, the arresting law enforcement agency and the keeper of a jail to collaborate to verify the citizenship status of the person and th...
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2024-05-29
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 1008
TNHB1259PassAs enacted, enacts anti-squatter laws. - Amends TCA Title 29 and Title 66.
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2024-05-29
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 1009
TNHB2528PassAs enacted, establishes a school safety alert grant pilot program. - Amends TCA Title 9; Title 49 and Title 67.
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2024-05-29
Effective date(s) 07/01/2024
TNHB2940PassAs enacted, enacts the "TennCare for Working Individuals with Disabilities Act." - Amends TCA Title 71, Chapter 5.
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2024-05-29
Effective date(s) 05/21/2024
TNHB1248PassAs enacted, authorizes a financial service provider, or an officer or employee of the provider, that has reasonable cause to suspect that an elderly or vulnerable adult is the victim or target of financial exploitation, to convey the suspicion to the...
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2024-05-28
Effective date(s) 05/21/2024, 10/01/2024
TNHB2054PassAs enacted, increases from 1,500 to 3,000, for tax years beginning on or after January 1, 2025, the amount of acreage of land permitted to be placed within any one taxing jurisdiction under the Agricultural, Forest and Open Space Land Act. - Amends T...
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2024-05-28
Effective date(s) 05/21/2024
TNHB2074PassAs enacted, makes revisions to law relative to exemptions from sales and use tax for natural disaster claimants. - Amends TCA Title 67.
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2024-05-28
Effective date(s) 05/21/2024
TNHB1016PassAs enacted, makes various changes to the present law relative to the offense of communicating a threat concerning a school employee. - Amends TCA Title 37; Title 39 and Title 49.
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2024-05-13
Effective date(s) 07/01/2024
TNHB1012PassAs enacted, makes changes to law relative to certain fees collected by sheriffs and constables. - Amends TCA Title 8, Chapter 10; Title 8, Chapter 21, Part 9 and Section 65-3-118.
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2024-05-13
Effective date(s) 07/01/2024
TNHB2117PassAs enacted, requires a political subdivision to provide a written attestation with the political subdivision's annual audit to the comptroller of the treasury certifying that the political subdivision has not sought or received a grant in intentional...
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2024-05-13
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 877
TNHB2031PassAs enacted, authorizes a person who suffers loss or injury as a result of a defendant intentionally obstructing a highway, street, or other place used for the passage of vehicles or conveyances to bring a cause of action against such person to recove...
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2024-05-13
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 958
TNHB2845PassAs enacted, enacts the "Tennessee Prevention of Drunk Driving Act." - Amends TCA Title 38; Title 39; Title 55 and Title 57.
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2024-05-13
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 961
TNHB2682PassAs enacted, authorizes, until June 30, 2026, a retired member of the Tennessee consolidated retirement system, or of a local retirement fund, to be reemployed in a position covered by the retirement system without the loss or suspension of the member...
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2024-05-13
Effective date(s) 07/01/2024
TNHB0835PassAs enacted, requires the coordinator of elections to compare the statewide voter registration database with the department of safety database to ensure non-United States citizens are not registered to vote in this state. - Amends TCA Section 2-2-106 ...
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2024-05-13
Effective date(s) 05/03/2024
TNHB2103PassAs enacted, authorizes the establishment of a special temporary, slow no wake zone, if such zone is necessary because of an immediate danger to the public health, environment, safety, or welfare, and the nature of the necessity is such that an emerge...
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2024-05-13
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 845
TNHB1719PassAs enacted, prohibits a magistrate from considering a defendant's ability to pay when determining the amount of bail necessary to reasonably assure the appearance of the defendant while at the same time protecting the safety of the public. - Amends T...
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2024-05-13
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 869
TNHB2088PassAs enacted, 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 employee...
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2024-05-13
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 847
TNHB2348PassAs enacted, establishes a Class E felony for an entity that is supported in whole or in part by public funds to knowingly provide meeting spaces or other forums, including electronic and print platforms, to certain groups or organizations for the pur...
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2024-05-13
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 872
TNHB1663PassAs introduced, authorizes the death penalty as a punishment for rape of a child, aggravated rape of a child, or especially aggravated rape of a child. - Amends TCA Title 39; Title 40 and Chapter 1062 of the Public Acts of 2022.
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2024-05-13
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 951
TNHB2618PassAs enacted, requires, if a written request is made jointly by the speakers of the senate and the house of representatives, a nonprofit organization that has entered into a contract or memorandum of understanding with the district attorney general rel...
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2024-05-09
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 816
TNHB2619PassAs enacted, generally prohibits the department from using state funds to administer hormone replacement therapy to state inmates incarcerated in a state penitentiary or a county jail or workhouse, or for sex reassignment surgery for state inmates inc...
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2024-05-09
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 821
TNHB2784PassAs enacted, adds a process by which compliance with the law concerning divisive concepts in institutions of higher education can be reviewed by applicable legislative committees. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 7.
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2024-05-09
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 815
TNHB1202PassAs enacted, authorizes a faculty or staff member of a school to carry a concealed handgun on school grounds subject to certain conditions. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 17, Part 13 and Title 49, Chapter 6, Part 8.
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2024-05-07
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 801
TNHB0843PassAs enacted, revises various provisions of present law pertaining to the "Age-Appropriate Materials Act of 2022" and the state textbook and instructional materials quality commission. - Amends TCA Title 49.
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2024-05-01
Effective date(s) 07/01/2024
TNHB2113PassAs enacted, requires causes of action for unpaid wages for hours worked, overtime, minimum wage, salary, bonuses, commissions, or other compensation owed to an employee or independent contractor, including ones for breach of contract, unjust enrichme...
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2024-05-01
Effective date(s) 07/01/2024
TNHB2114PassAs enacted, requires, when legal notices must be published in a newspaper of general circulation, that the notice also be published on a news and information website that has a URL, if such a website exists, that meets certain requirements. - Amends ...
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2024-05-01
Effective date(s) 07/01/2024
TNHB2762PassAs enacted, enacts the "Second Amendment Financial Privacy Act." - Amends TCA Title 8, Chapter 6; Title 29; Title 38; Title 39; Title 45 and Title 47.
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2024-05-01
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 773
TNHB2882PassAs enacted, 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.
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2024-05-01
Effective date(s) 04/23/2024
TNHB2125PassAs enacted, designates November as "Christian Heritage Month." - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 1.
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2024-05-01
Effective date(s) 04/22/2024
TNHB1909PassAs enacted, enacts the "Laken Riley Act of 2024," which generally prohibits a public institution of higher education from prohibiting adults lawfully present on the institution's property from carrying a non-lethal weapon for purposes of self-defense...
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2024-05-01
Effective date(s) 07/01/2024
TNHB0465PassAs enacted, enacts the "Representative Darren Jernigan Act," which requires, beginning on January 1, 2025, and each year thereafter, the department of revenue to verify that the owner of each disabled parking placard has not died; requires the depart...
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2024-04-29
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 726
TNHB1241PassAs enacted, authorizes banks chartered by the state, and certain savings institutions chartered by the state, with the approval of the commissioner of financial institutions, to generally sell or transfer all, or substantially all, of their assets an...
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2024-04-17
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 669
TNHB2124PassAs enacted, requires, rather than authorizes, law enforcement agencies to communicate with the appropriate federal official regarding the immigration status of any individual, including reporting knowledge that a particular alien is not lawfully pres...
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2024-04-17
Effective date(s) 07/01/2024
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
TNHB2251PassAs enacted, enacts the "Smart Heart Act"; establishes various requirements for automatic external defibrillators in schools and response protocols for cardiac-related medical emergencies. - Amends TCA Title 49 and Title 68.
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2024-04-03
Effective date(s) 03/27/2024, 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
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
TNHB1644PassAs enacted, requires each LEA, public charter school, private school, and church-related school to develop a procedure to determine the cause of a fire alarm activation, including the potential of an active shooter event; requires each LEA to coordin...
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2024-03-19
Effective date(s) 03/12/2024
TNHB0257PassAs enacted, clarifies that an owner or lessee of a motor vehicle who is the parent, legal guardian, or conservator of a person who has an intellectual or developmental disability or medical condition, who may be operating the owner's or lessee's vehi...
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2024-03-19
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 521
TNHB1687PassAs enacted, authorizes a nurse practitioner or physician assistant to perform the mandatory physical examination of a public safety dispatcher or emergency call taker if the physical examination is included in the written protocol developed by the su...
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2024-03-19
Effective date(s) 07/01/2024
TNHB1944PassAs enacted, makes it a Class B misdemeanor offense for a person to operate a passenger motor vehicle on a street, road, or highway in this state if, by alteration of the suspension, frame, or chassis, the height of the vehicle's front fender is four ...
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2024-03-19
Effective date(s) 07/01/2024
TNHB0355PassAs enacted, requires that a health benefit plan that provides coverage for a screening mammogram must provide coverage for diagnostic imaging and supplemental breast screening without imposing a cost-sharing requirement on the patient. - Amends TCA T...
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2023-06-02
Effective date(s) 08/09/2023
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