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| Position | Bill | Status | Summary | Action |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | HB2370 | Passed | As enacted, authorizes an individual, business entity, or government entity to allow the concealed carry of handguns by handgun carry permit holders on the individual's or entity's property while prohibiting other weapons or the open carry of firearm... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-05-04 Pub. Ch. 823 |
| #2 | SB0558 | Enrolled | As introduced, enacts the "Tom Cronan Physical Education Act" to require all public elementary school students to participate in a physical education class at least two times per full calendar week. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 1; Title 49, Chapter... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-05-09 Transmitted to Governor for action. |
| #3 | HB2315 | Enrolled | As introduced, prohibits state and local governmental entities and officials from adopting sanctuary policies; authorizes Tennessee residents and members of the general assembly to submit complaints to the attorney general; provides that violations s... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-05-21 Returned by Governor without signature. |
| #4 | HB0372 | Failed | As introduced, enacts the "Tom Cronan Physical Education Act" to require all public elementary school students to participate in a physical education class at least two times per full calendar week. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 1; Title 49, Chapter... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-04-23 Sponsor(s) Added. |
| #5 | HB2118 | Passed | As enacted, establishes the state palliative care and quality of life council to advise the executive director of the Tennessee commission on aging and disability on issues related to palliative care. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 29 and Title 71, Ch... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-05-18 Pub. Ch. 955 |
| #6 | SB2381 | Passed | As enacted, revises and updates law regarding school attendance and truancy and discipline. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 6, Part 30; Title 49, Chapter 6, Part 34 and Title 49, Chapter 6, Part 40. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-05-18 Comp. became Pub. Ch. 958 |
| #7 | HB2279 | Passed | As enacted, enacts the "Competitive Wireless Broadband Investment, Deployment, and Safety Act of 2018" and requires TACIR to study certain items relating to deployment. - Amends TCA Title 13. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-05-04 Pub. Ch. 819 |
| #8 | SB1717 | Enrolled | As introduced, punishes the offense of organized retail crime one classification higher if the defendant organized, supervised, financed, or managed the activity of one or more people; requires merchants other than an original issuer or the original ... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-05-09 Transmitted to Governor for action. |
| #9 | HB2325 | Passed | As enacted, updates the compensation schedule for assistant district attorneys general, assistant public defenders, district investigators for public defenders, and criminal investigators for district attorneys to reflect the current schedule; update... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-05-08 Pub. Ch. 899 |
| #10 | SB2504 | Passed | As enacted, enacts the "Competitive Wireless Broadband Investment, Deployment, and Safety Act of 2018" and requires TACIR to study certain items relating to deployment. - Amends TCA Title 13. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-05-04 Comp. became Pub. Ch. 819 |
| #11 | SB2247 | Passed | As enacted, revises various provisions relative to public assistance. - Amends TCA Title 71, Chapter 1, Part 1; Section 71-3-104; Section 71-3-105; Section 71-5-314 and Section 71-5-316. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-04-23 Pub. Ch. 789 |
| #12 | SJR0970 | Passed | Maggie Battilla, Salutatorian, Upperman High School [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-05-11 Signed by Governor. |
| #13 | SB2501 | Passed | As enacted, revises provisions governing contracts for construction. - Amends TCA Section 12-4-107. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-04-23 Pub. Ch. 794 |
| #14 | HB1832 | Enrolled | As introduced, revises various provisions of law regarding the scheduling of controlled substances and their analogues and derivatives, including updated identifications of drugs categorized in Schedules I–V; authorizes sentence reduction credits f... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-05-10 Transmitted to Governor for his action. |
| #15 | HB1856 | Passed | As enacted, revises various provisions governing adoption. - Amends TCA Title 36 and Title 37, Chapter 5. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-05-08 Pub. Ch. 875 |
| #16 | SB2287 | Introduced | As introduced, replaces the secretary of state and department of state with the commissioner of tourist development and department of tourist development on the Tennessee sports hall of fame board of directors and executive committee. - Amends TCA Ti... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-04-25 Sponsor(s) Added. |
| #17 | HB2526 | Passed | As enacted, allows a prevailing party to recover reasonable attorney's fees in a criminal or civil contempt action to enforce a decree of alimony, child support, or custody. - Amends TCA Title 36, Chapter 5. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-05-08 Pub. Ch. 905 |
| #18 | SB1500 | Passed | As enacted, allows county commissioner in the actual discharge of the commissioner's duties who has a valid handgun carry permit to carry in buildings in which county commission meetings are held, but not in room in which judicial proceeding in progr... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-05-08 Comp. became Pub. Ch. 880 |
| #19 | HB2520 | Passed | As enacted, prohibits a sentencing court from making a sentencing determination based in whole or in part on defendant’s consent or refusal to consent to any form of temporary or permanent birth control, sterilization, or family planning services r... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-05-08 Comp. became Pub. Ch. 917 |
| #20 | HB2510 | Enrolled | As introduced, authorizes a nurse practitioner or physician assistant who holds a federal DEA waiver to prescribe buprenorphine products under certain conditions. - Amends TCA Title 53. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-05-10 Transmitted to Governor for his action. |
| #21 | SB2739 | Passed | Subject to local approval, revises conditions under which a vacancy is declared on the board of mayor and alderman for the Town of Mason; removes authority of non-resident property owners to vote in town elections; provides mayor, rather than board, ... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-05-04 Comp. became Pr. Ch. 44 |
| #22 | HB2025 | Introduced | As introduced, requires the secretary of state to establish a crime victim address confidentiality program for victims of domestic abuse, stalking, human trafficking, and sexual offenses; establishes how a substitute address may be used by a program ... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-04-23 Comp. SB subst. |
| #23 | HB1551 | Passed | As enacted, requires that an amendment to the existing TennCare II waiver be submitted to the federal centers for medicare and medicaid services (CMS) authorizing the bureau of TennCare to create reasonable work and community engagement requirements ... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-05-08 Pub. Ch. 869 |
| #24 | SB1993 | Passed | As enacted, revises the Freedom from Unwarranted Surveillance Act. - Amends TCA Title 39 and Title 40. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-05-18 Pub. Ch. 970 |
| #25 | HB2613 | Passed | As enacted, prohibits public and private employers from requiring an employee or prospective employee to execute a non-disclosure agreement with respect to sexual harassment in the workplace as a condition of employment. - Amends TCA Title 50, Chapte... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-05-18 Pub. Ch. 965 |
| #26 | HB0268 | Passed | As enacted, exempts certain active, volunteer firefighters and rescue squad members from payment of the regular registration fee at the time of renewal for license plate issued to the volunteer firefighter or rescue squad member; authorizes a county ... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-05-18 Comp. became Pub. Ch. 923 |
| #27 | HB2643 | Passed | As enacted, designates the public space constructed on top of the parking garage attached to the Cordell Hull Building as the "Beth Harwell Plaza"; designates the new tunnel that connects the Cordell Hull Building to the State Capitol as the "Ron Ram... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-05-18 Pub. Ch. 967 |
| #28 | SB1614 | Passed | As enacted, authorizes a county legislative body to adopt a resolution by majority vote prohibiting term limits for persons appointed to boards or commissions by the county mayor if the appointee serves without compensation, not including reimburseme... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-04-23 Comp. became Pub. Ch. 761 |
| #29 | SB0381 | Introduced | As introduced, requires any bus ordered or purchased on or after July 1, 2018, to be equipped with a restraint system; requires any bus that is currently used to transport students be equipped with a restraint system by July 1, 2023. - Amends TCA Tit... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-04-24 |
| #30 | HB1020 | Passed | As introduced, enacts the "Short-Term Rental Unit Act" and revises other provisions concerning short-term rentals, including taxation. - Amends TCA Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 13; Title 56; Title 62; Title 66; Title 67 and Title 68. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-05-17 Signed by Governor. |
| #31 | SB1615 | Passed | As enacted, removes requirement that every workers' compensation insurer that provides insurance for Tennessee workers' compensation claims be required to maintain a claims office or to contract with a claims adjuster located within this state. - Ame... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-04-23 Pub. Ch. 709 |
| #32 | SB1736 | Passed | As enacted, authorizes an industrial development corporation to acquire a hotel, motel, or apartment building for a project of the corporation located in Shelby County. - Amends TCA Section 7-53-302. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-04-23 Pub. Ch. 728 |
| #33 | SB1851 | Passed | As enacted, revises various provisions governing adoption. - Amends TCA Title 36 and Title 37, Chapter 5. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-05-08 Comp. became Pub. Ch. 875 |
| #34 | SB1922 | Passed | As enacted, extends repeal date for the Go Build Tennessee Program, from July 1, 2019, to July 1, 2024; deletes restriction that funds collected from contractor licensing revenue be used only to fund career and technical education programs and other ... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-04-23 Pub. Ch. 786 |
| #35 | HB2130 | Passed | As enacted, enacts the "Tennessee Stolen Valor Act". - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 16, Part 3 and Section 58-1-602. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-05-08 Comp. became Pub. Ch. 914 |
| #36 | HB2247 | Passed | As enacted, requires that each year at least 30 percent, instead of 70 percent, of the items on state assessments in grades 3-8 and end of course examinations in high school be fresh, nonredundant items that did not appear on the tests in the previou... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-05-08 Pub. Ch. 895 |
| #37 | SB2261 | Introduced | As introduced, enacts the "Juvenile Justice Reform Act of 2018." - Amends TCA Title 37 and Title 39, Chapter 17, Part 15. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-04-24 Companion House Bill substituted |
| #38 | HB2313 | Passed | As enacted, specifies that compliance with a national pollutant discharge elimination system permit under the Water Quality Control Act will be deemed compliance for purposes of the provisions of the Act in regard to certain requirements and procedur... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-05-04 Comp. became Pub. Ch. 845 |
| #39 | HB2312 | Enrolled | As introduced, prohibits the use of consular identification cards, and other similar documents not authorized by the general assembly for use for identification purposes, for determining a person's identity or residency by an official or employee of ... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-05-10 Transmitted to Governor for his action. |
| #40 | HJR0741 | Passed | Expresses strong support for President Trump's proposal to construct a secure border wall and urges Congress to immediately take action to fund the construction. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-05-03 Signed by Governor. |
| #41 | HB2386 | Introduced | As introduced, requires venue for appeals of contested case hearings be in chancery court nearest to the place of residence of the person contesting the agency action, chancery court nearest to the place the cause of action arose, or any court having... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-04-24 Comp. SB subst. |
| #42 | HJR1263 | Passed | Sara Burnette, Top Ten Senior, Volunteer High School [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-05-03 Signed by Governor. |
| #43 | HJR1267 | Passed | Brannon Ragsdale, Top Ten Senior, Volunteer High School [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-05-03 Signed by Governor. |
| #44 | HB2129 | Introduced | As introduced, changes to January 15 from February 1 the date by which the Tennessee bureau of investigation is required to provide an annual report to the senate judiciary and house criminal justice committees on the amount of money collected from g... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-04-25 Sponsor(s) Added. |
| #45 | SJR0940 | Passed | Joe Ozment, President of Tennessee Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-05-02 Signed by Governor. |
| #46 | SB2236 | Passed | As enacted, enacts the "Tennessee Visual Content Modernization Act of 2018". - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 3, Part 49 and Title 4, Chapter 3, Part 50. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-05-08 Pub. Ch. 919 |
| #47 | SB2015 | Passed | As enacted, prohibits LEAs from entering into a non-disclosure agreement during, or as a prerequisite to, settlement for any act of sexual misconduct; prohibits employees from assisting others in obtaining employment if the employee knows that the pe... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-05-18 Pub. Ch. 938 |
| #48 | SB1651 | Passed | As enacted, revises provisions governing relocation of one parent. - Amends TCA Title 36, Chapter 6, Part 1. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-05-08 Comp. became Pub. Ch. 853 |
| #49 | SB2012 | Passed | As enacted, requires the state board of education to develop a policy for transmittal of final disciplinary actions on educator licenses to the national clearinghouse administered by the National Association of State Directors of Teacher Education an... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-05-18 Pub. Ch. 936 |
| #50 | SR0210 | Passed | Andrea Michelle Simpson, Salutatorian, W.E.B. DuBois High School [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-04-23 Signed by Senate Speaker |
