| TN | SB0884 | Pass | As introduced, eliminates the professional privilege tax for attorneys, physicians, investment advisors, and lobbyists. - Amends TCA Title 63 and Title 67, Chapter 4, Part 17.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-05-27
Signed by Governor. |
| TN | SB1378 | Pass | As introduced, creates the Class A felony of aggravated human trafficking; specifies the release eligibility for a person committing a human trafficking offense or an aggravated human trafficking offense; revises the sentence enhancement for the offe...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-05-27
Signed by Governor. |
| TN | SB1864 | Pass | As introduced, authorizes a teacher with a valid temporary teaching permit to receive a practitioner license for the course or subject area for which the temporary permit was issued if the teacher satisfies certain requirements. - Amends TCA Title 49...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-05-27
Signed by Governor. |
| TN | SB1857 | Pass | As introduced, exempts certain sales of gold, silver, platinum, and palladium coins and bullion from the sales and use tax. - Amends TCA Title 67, Chapter 6.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-05-27
Signed by Governor. |
| TN | SB1569 | Pass | As introduced, adds leukemia and testicular cancer to the list of cancers for which a presumption is created that certain conditions or impairments of full-time firefighters caused by leukemia, testicular cancer, or other listed cancers arose out of ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-05-27
Signed by Governor. |
| TN | SB0388 | Pass | As introduced, establishes the grading scale that must be used to assign letter grades to students enrolled in grades nine through 12 for purposes of reporting students' grades for postsecondary financial assistance; specifies that the state board or...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-05-27
Signed by Governor. |
| TN | SB2797 | Pass | As enacted, directs TACIR to perform a study of the overall effect of utility scale solar energy development in this state. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 5; Title 6; Title 13; Title 65; Title 66; Title 67 and Title 68.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-05-25
Effective date(s) 05/11/2022 |
| TN | SB2352 | Pass | As enacted, increases from $10,000 to $25,000 the threshold amount for certain purchases by or for a county road department or by a chief administrative officer that may be made by means other than public advertisement and competitive bid. - Amends T...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-05-25
Effective date(s) 05/11/2022 |
| TN | SB2769 | Pass | As enacted, prohibits, beginning on the date on which a pregnancy is known to a law enforcement agency and confirmed by a healthcare professional, placing an inmate, who is in the custody of a correctional institution, in restraints; creates certain ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-05-25
Effective date(s) 07/01/2022 |
| TN | SB1310 | Pass | As enacted, requires a health carrier, health benefit plan, or utilization review organization that denies coverage of a prescription drug for the treatment of a medical condition through the use of a step therapy protocol to provide access to a clea...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-05-25
Effective date(s) 05/11/2022, 01/01/2023 |
| TN | SB2489 | Pass | As enacted, revises provisions governing thresholds for competitive sealed bids for local governments. - Amends TCA Section 12-3-1212.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-05-25
Effective date(s) 05/11/2022 |
| TN | SB1792 | Pass | As enacted, revises the penalties for continuous sexual abuse of a child to clarify circumstances under which the offense is a Class A, Class B, or Class C felony; adds to the list of offenses that warrant the Class A felony, trafficking for a commer...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-05-25
Effective date(s) 07/01/2022 |
| TN | SB1158 | Pass | As enacted, expands the Individualized Education Act to extend eligibility for the individualized education account program to a child with a specific learning disability. - Amends TCA Title 49.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-05-25
Effective date(s) 05/11/2022 |
| TN | SB2796 | Pass | As enacted, classifies all misdemeanor offenses under the Tennessee Personal and Commercial Computer Act of 2003 as Class A misdemeanor offenses. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 14, Part 6.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-05-25
Effective date(s) 07/01/2022 |
| TN | SB0905 | Enroll
Sine Die | As introduced, for purposes of the sales tax exemption for tangible personal property sold to qualified farmers or nurserymen, revises the definition of "qualified farmer or nurseryman" and specifies the tax-exempt property is "substances used for ag...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-05-23
Transmitted to Governor for action. |
| TN | SB2167 | Enroll
Sine Die | As introduced, enacts the "Uniform Partition of Heirs Property Act." - Amends TCA Title 29, Chapter 27 and Title 66.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-05-23
Transmitted to Governor for action. |
| TN | SB2295 | Enroll
Sine Die | As introduced, makes various changes to the qualifications for certification as a medication aide by the board of nursing; permits graduates of certain nursing programs to perform the duties of a medication aide if certain conditions are met. - Amend...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-05-23
Transmitted to Governor for action. |
| TN | SB2150 | Enroll
Sine Die | As introduced, requires that doula services be provided to recipients of TennCare; requires that the doula services be performed by a person who has received certification from the department of health. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 8; Title 56; Title ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-05-23
Transmitted to Governor for action. |
| TN | SB2445 | Enroll
Sine Die | As introduced, creates a Class E felony of an employer influencing or attempting to influence an employee who is a public servant in the performance of their official duties as a public servant by means of coercion; creates a cause of action for unla...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-05-23
Transmitted to Governor for action. |
| TN | SB2442 | Enroll
Sine Die | As introduced, establishes qualifications necessary to receive an occupational teaching license. - Amends TCA Title 49.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-05-23
Transmitted to Governor for action. |
| TN | SB2849 | Enroll
Sine Die | As introduced, increases from 10 to 14 days, the time period within which a developer must, beginning from the date of application for approval of a planned new residential or nonresidential development, notify the operator of a natural gas transmiss...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-05-23
Transmitted to Governor for action. |
| TN | SB2852 | Enroll
Sine Die | As introduced, removes an obsolete requirement that the Tennessee Public Utility Commission hold a hearing no later than January 1, 2000, to receive testimony from entities subject to this state's telephone solicitation laws and who employ independen...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-05-23
Transmitted to Governor for action. |
| TN | SB0882 | Enroll
Sine Die | As introduced, requires a court, in setting bail for a defendant charged with driving under the influence of an intoxicant or another offense in which alcohol was involved, to require the person to operate only a motor vehicle equipped with a functio...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-05-23
Transmitted to Governor for action. |
| TN | SB2774 | Enroll
Sine Die | As introduced, decreases, from 180 to 185 days, the time after the commission of an alleged discriminatory practice within which a complaint about the discriminatory practice must be filed with the commission. - Amends TCA Title 4; Section 8-50-103 a...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-05-23
Transmitted to Governor for action. |
| TN | SB2558 | Enroll
Sine Die | As introduced, requires, on and after January 1, 2024, each voting machine used by a county election commission to have the capability of producing a voter-verified paper audit trail; authorizes a county election commission to request a two-year exte...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-05-23
Transmitted to Governor for action. |
| TN | SB2729 | Enroll
Sine Die | As introduced, changes the date by which the commissioner must submit a report to the governor and the general assembly on probation and juvenile justice evidence-based treatment services from January 31 to March 1. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 5; Tit...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-05-23
Transmitted to Governor for action. |
| TN | SJR1797 | Pass | NHC McMinnville, NHC Center of the Year
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-05-13
Signed by Governor. |
| TN | SJR1804 | Pass | Senator Mike Bell
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-05-13
Signed by Governor. |
| TN | SJR1860 | Pass | Dawson Simmons
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-05-13
Signed by Governor. |
| TN | SJR1831 | Pass | Harbert Alexander
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-05-13
Signed by Governor. |
| TN | SJR1827 | Pass | Designates the late Nash as official dog of General Assembly.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-05-13
Signed by Governor. |
| TN | SB2884 | Pass | As enacted, increases, from $5.50 to $8.50, the fee paid to county clerks for receiving and forwarding to the motor vehicle division of the department of revenue each application for certificates of title; allocates $3.00 of the fee to be used by the...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-05-09
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 1003 |
| TN | SB2154 | Pass | As enacted, requires that all math, science, and social studies textbooks and instructional materials be aligned to state academic standards by a certain date; prohibits the state board of education from granting waivers for textbooks or instructiona...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-05-09
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 990 |
| TN | SB2153 | Pass | As enacted, prohibits males from participating in public higher education sports that are designated for females. - Amends TCA Title 49.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-05-09
Effective date(s) 07/01/2022 |
| TN | SB2399 | Pass | As enacted, establishes a third-party skills testing program administered by the department of safety for the purpose of facilitating the testing and licensure of commercial drivers; authorizes the department of correction to create a commercial driv...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-05-09
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 992 |
| TN | SB2692 | Pass | As enacted, revises provisions governing plat approval by regional and municipal planning commissions. - Amends TCA Section 13-3-402 and Section 13-4-302.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-05-09
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 994 |
| TN | SB2690 | Pass | As enacted, removes exceptions to the process for adopting and making amendments to regional and municipal plans; exempts Cannon County from the act. - Amends TCA Title 13, Chapter 3 and Title 13, Chapter 4.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-05-09
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 993 |
| TN | SB2742 | Pass | As enacted, adds "child abuse" to the requirement that the Jerry F. Agee Tennessee Law Enforcement Academy, the Tennessee peace officer standards and training commission, and the department of children's services work together in developing ways to i...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-05-09
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 995 |
| TN | SB2292 | Pass | As enacted, redefines "obscene" to include material that has educational value; makes various changes to the internet acceptable use policy LEAs are required to adopt; enacts requirements governing providers of digital and online resources; enacts an...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-05-09
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 1002 |
| TN | SB2281 | Pass | As enacted, enacts the "Tennessee Abortion-Inducing Drug Risk Protocol Act." - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 53; Title 56; Title 63; Title 68 and Title 71.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-05-09
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 1001 |
| TN | SB2363 | Pass | As enacted, authorizes the administration of TCAP tests students in a timed format and requires the department of education to establish the required time limit for each TCAP test and an optional additional time period that may be added to the requir...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-05-06
Effective date(s) 05/03/2022 |
| TN | SB2181 | Pass | As enacted, requires the department of education to produce an annual report concerning the efficacy of training on reading instruction provided by educator preparation providers; authorizes the state board of education to place on probationary statu...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-05-06
Effective date(s) 05/03/2022 |
| TN | SB2163 | Pass | As enacted, requires educator preparation providers approved by the state board of education to require each candidate enrolled in the provider's educator preparation program to successfully complete at least one course each semester on reading instr...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-05-06
Effective date(s) 05/03/2022 |
| TN | SB2071 | Pass | As enacted, requires the department of human services to submit a report to the general assembly no later than October 31, 2022, and annually thereafter with certain information regarding the federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program; prohibi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-05-06
Effective date(s) 05/03/2022 |
| TN | SB2740 | Pass | As enacted, requires the district attorneys general conference to work with the Tennessee bureau of investigation, the department of children's services, the Tennessee Sheriffs' Association, the Tennessee Association of Chiefs of Police, and the Chil...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-05-06
Effective date(s) 05/03/2022 |
| TN | SB2739 | Pass | As enacted, requires the department of children's services and the department of human services to collaborate to provide recommendations to the general assembly on resources and services specific to persons from 18 to 24 years of age who have been v...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-05-06
Effective date(s) 05/03/2022 |
| TN | SB2748 | Pass | As enacted, redefines "adversely affect the child's health and welfare" for purposes of the offense of knowingly abusing or neglecting a child under 18 years of age, so as to adversely affect the child's health and welfare; revises the offense of a p...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-05-06
Effective date(s) 07/01/2022 |
| TN | SB2245 | Pass | As enacted, expressly prohibits non-United States citizens from voting in federal, state, or local elections in this state; prohibits local governments from granting non-citizens the right to vote in local elections; enacts other related election pro...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-05-04
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 939 |
| TN | SB2158 | Pass | As enacted, prohibits an LEA or public charter school from knowingly entering into an agreement with an individual or entity that performs abortions, induces abortions, provides abortion referrals, or provides funding, advocacy, or other support for ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-05-04
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 950 |
| TN | SB2595 | Pass | As enacted, specifies who is eligible to attend a voluntary pre-kindergarten program; deletes the pilot pre-kindergarten program; requires that a voluntary pre-kindergarten program be designed to comprehensively address the educational needs of child...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-05-04
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 957 |
