| TN | HB0846 | Pass | As introduced, requires the board of control of the Tennessee corrections institute to maintain a list of correctional teachers that includes their academic background and qualifications to teach. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 6; Title 8, Chapter 30;...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-05-25
Signed by Governor. |
| TN | HB2544 | Pass | As introduced, requires a health benefit plan that provides coverage to a patient who is 35 years of age or older to include coverage for an annual screening by all forms of low-dose mammography for the presence of breast cancer; requires a health be...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-05-25
Signed by Governor. |
| TN | HB2761 | 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
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 1043 |
| TN | HB1686 | Pass | As introduced, establishes a respite care pilot program for caregivers of individuals with Alzheimer's and related dementia. - Amends TCA Title 4 and Title 71.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-05-25
Signed by Governor. |
| TN | HB1834 | Pass | As introduced, requires a sentencing court to order a defendant who has been convicted of vehicular homicide or aggravated vehicular homicide due to intoxication and in which the victim of the offense was the parent of a minor child to pay restitutio...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-05-25
Signed by Governor. |
| TN | HB2244 | Pass | As introduced, changes, from April 30 to June 1, the date by which the bureau must submit its annual report on crime statistics for crimes occurring on the campus and in student housing of each institution of higher education to the governor, the sta...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-05-25
Signed by Governor. |
| TN | HB1924 | Pass | As introduced, extends the nursing home annual assessment fee to June 30, 2023. - Amends TCA Title 71, Chapter 5, Part 10.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-05-25
Signed by Governor. |
| TN | HB2665 | Pass | As introduced, clarifies that a healthcare provider subject to certain Medicare or Medicaid conditions of coverage is not a private business or governmental entity for the purposes of Title 14. - Amends TCA Title 14; Title 29; Title 49; Title 50; Tit...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-05-25
Signed by Governor. |
| TN | HB0677 | 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
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 1020 |
| TN | HB1852 | Pass | As introduced, allows TCRS members who served in the armed forces during certain periods of armed conflict to establish retirement credit for the military service under certain conditions. - Amends TCA Section 8-34-605.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-05-25
Signed by Governor. |
| TN | HB2519 | 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
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 1036 |
| TN | HB2509 | Pass | As enacted, removes a short-barrel rifle or shotgun from the list of weapons the possession, manufacture, transport, repair, or sale of which is prohibited under state law. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 17, Part 13.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-05-25
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 1038 |
| TN | HB0751 | 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
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 1019 |
| TN | HB2673 | Pass | As introduced, requires the governing body of each LEA to adopt a written policy prohibiting the teaching of anti-Semitic concepts in schools by teachers and administrative staff employed by the LEA; requires that the policy be distributed or made av...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-05-25
Signed by Governor. |
| TN | HB1855 | 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
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 1025 |
| TN | HB2659 | Pass | As enacted, requires an entity that contracts with the Megasite Authority of West Tennessee for a real estate interest in the megasite to report, or cause its contractor or contractors to report, certain information to the state building commission, ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-05-25
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 1030 |
| TN | HB2661 | Pass | As introduced, increases from three to four business days the amount of time a pharmacy benefits manager or covered entity has to adjust the maximum allowable cost of a drug or medical product or device to which the maximum allowable cost applies for...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-05-25
Signed by Governor. |
| TN | HB1695 | Pass | As introduced, provides 80 percent of the scheduled premium or defined contribution of the health insurance offered to retired state employees to a retired member of the Tennessee highway patrol who would not be eligible for such benefit based on the...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-05-25
Signed by Governor. |
| TN | HB2663 | Pass | As introduced, increases from one to two the number of additional consecutive terms a member may serve on the advisory committee that reviews drug court treatment program criteria established by the department. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 8; Title 16...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-05-25
Signed by Governor. |
| TN | HB1738 | Pass | As introduced, extends for an additional year, until June 30, 2023, the sales tax holiday for the retail sale of gun safes and gun safety devices. - Amends TCA Title 67, Chapter 6.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-05-25
Signed by Governor. |
| TN | HB1661 | Pass | As enacted, creates a new offense of aggravated reckless driving. - Amends TCA Title 55, Chapter 10.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-05-25
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 1022 |
| TN | HJR1387 | Pass | Grady Pascal Williams
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-05-12
Signed by Governor. |
| TN | HB1981 | Pass | As enacted, creates new categories of emergency first responders to assist EMTs in responding to emergencies, driving ambulances, and engaging in limited medical interventions; requires such persons to become licensed EMTs within a certain period of ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-05-11
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 1012 |
| TN | HB1654 | Pass | As enacted, provides for the naming of certain roads and bridges in honor of certain persons. - Amends TCA Title 54.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-05-11
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 1009 |
| TN | HB2103 | Pass | As enacted, authorizes licensed funeral directors to sell pre-need funeral contracts and prearrangement insurance policies without registering with the commissioner of commerce and insurance; requires that continuing education completed virtually for...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-05-11
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 1014 |
| TN | HB2573 | Pass | As enacted, requires a person who is convicted of a human trafficking offense to obtain a driver license or photo identification license that bears a designation sufficient to enable a law enforcement officer to identify the bearer of the license as ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-05-11
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 1015 |
| TN | HB1976 | Pass | As enacted, exempts a veteran of the United States armed forces who was trained and certified as a medic or corpsman from the initial licensure fees of the emergency medical services board. - Amends TCA Title 68, Chapter 140.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-05-11
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 1011 |
| TN | HB2416 | 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
Effective date(s) 05/05/2022, 01/01/2023 |
| TN | HB2656 | Pass | As enacted, requires that a person convicted of certain offenses serve 100 percent of the sentence imposed; requires that a person convicted of certain other offenses serve 85 percent of the sentence imposed before becoming eligible for release; revi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-05-09
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 988 |
| TN | HB2706 | Pass | As enacted, requires the state treasurer, in conjunction with the commissioner of transportation, to develop, implement, and administer a centralized information system for the reporting of alleged dangerous conditions on state-maintained highways an...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-05-09
Effective date(s) 05/05/2022 |
| TN | HB2146 | 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
Effective date(s) 05/04/2022, 07/01/2022 |
| TN | HB2454 | 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
Effective date(s) 07/01/2022 |
| TN | HJR1232 | Pass | Kirsten Tilford, Boys & Girls Club of Greater Memphis Youth of the Year
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-05-09
Signed by Governor. |
| TN | HJR1275 | Pass | Terry Ashe
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-05-09
Signed by Governor. |
| TN | HB2316 | 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
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 1005 |
| TN | HB2057 | 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
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 975 |
| TN | HB2591 | 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
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 983 |
| TN | HB2343 | 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
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 974 |
| TN | HB2096 | 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
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 972 |
| TN | HB2143 | Pass | As enacted, enacts the "Tennessee Investment in Student Achievement (TISA) Act," which replaces the basic education program (BEP) as the system for funding education for the public schools, kindergarten through grade twelve (K-12), beginning with the...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-05-06
Effective date(s) 05/02/2022; 07/01/2022 |
| TN | HB1871 | Pass | As enacted, prohibits governmental entities, local education agencies, schools, and private businesses from adopting or enforcing laws, rules, or practices that fail to recognize acquired immunity as providing a level of immune protection that is at ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-05-04
Effective date(s) 04/30/2022 |
| TN | HB2128 | 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
Effective date(s) 04/29/2022 |
| TN | HB2557 | 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
Effective date(s) 06/01/2022 |
| TN | HB2483 | Pass | As enacted, requires certain state and county officials to consult with the speaker of the senate and the speaker of the house of representatives prior to entering into consent decrees to change state election laws or rules; gives the general assembl...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-05-04
Effective date(s) 07/01/2022 |
| TN | HB1913 | Pass | As enacted, revises the manner in which the department may dispose of the unclaimed body of an inmate who dies in a penitentiary, including by way of cremation. - Amends TCA Title 41, Chapter 21.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-05-04
Effective date(s) 04/29/2022 |
| TN | HB2070 | Pass | As enacted, expands the definition of severe child sexual abuse for purposes of termination of parental rights and giving a parent standing to file a petition to terminate the parental rights of the abusive parent; declares all adoption records to be...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-05-04
Effective date(s) 07/01/2022 |
| TN | HB2306 | Pass | As enacted, enacts the "Joe Clyde Daniels Act" to require the board of parole, in making a parole determination for an offender convicted of a homicide, to consider whether the offender obstructed or continues to obstruct the ability of law enforceme...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-05-04
Effective date(s) 07/01/2022 |
| TN | HB2742 | Pass | As enacted, requires that high school students be taught about the virtues of capitalism and the constitutional republic form of government in the United States and Tennessee, as compared to other political and economic systems such as communism and ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-05-04
Effective date(s) 04/29/2022 |
| TN | HJR1385 | Engross
Sine Die | Elon Musk
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-04-28
Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen. |
| TN | HR0218 | Pass | Samantha and Daniel McCanless and Congressman Dr. Scott DesJarlais
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-04-28
Signed by H. Speaker |
