Tennessee Rep. Andrew Farmer (R)

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TN - HJR1001 Memorials, Retirement - Bill May

TN - HJR797 General Assembly, Confirmation of Appointment - Frank Cagle, Textbook and Instructional Materials Quality Commission

TN - HJR400 Memorials, Professional Achievement - Lani O'Connor, Jefferson County Schools' Teacher of the Year, Grades 9-12

TN - HB1358 Purchasing and Procurement - As introduced, authorizes a local governmental entity with centralized purchasing authority to increase the threshold, from $25,000 to $50,000, over which public advertisement and sealed competitive bids are required; reduces the number of purchase orders, from three to two, that must be retained by a county after a purchase order or contract is issued or executed. - Amends TCA Section 5-14-111 and Section 12-3-1212.

TN - HB1663 Victims' Rights - As enacted, adds Tennessee residency as a requirement for participation in the crime victim address confidentiality program; creates a cancellation exception for a program participant if the secretary of state determines the participant is residing at a shelter; decreases from 60 days to 20 days the period of time a program participant must be found to be unreachable prior to the cancellation of a program participant's certification; makes other revisions to the program. - Amends TCA Title 40, Chapter 38, Part 6.

TN - HB2839 Evidence - As introduced, increases the time which a sheriff is required to advertise any evidence that is ordered to be sold following the conclusion of a judicial proceeding in a newspaper of general circulation, from at least 30 days prior to the sale to at least 45 days. - Amends TCA Title 18, Chapter 1, Part 2; Title 39 and Title 40.

TN - HB1291 Alcoholic Beverages - As introduced, decreases from 90 to 80 percent the amount of revenue an art gallery must receive from the sale of artwork in order to serve wine to patrons without charge and without paying a fee; clarifies any premise authorized to sell or serve wine only may also sell or serve high alcohol content beer. - Amends TCA Title 57, Chapter 4.

TN - HB1292 Correctional Programs - As enacted, removes administrative attachment of the Tennessee corrections institute to the department of commerce and insurance; replaces the commissioner of commerce and insurance as the appointing authority for the executive director of the board of control of the institute, making the board of control the new appointing authority. - Amends TCA Title 4 and Title 41, Chapter 7.

TN - HB2841 Local Education Agencies - As enacted, authorizes a director of schools, or the director's designee, to report truant student absences to the appropriate judge if any tier of a progressive truancy intervention plan is unsuccessful, and before subsequent tiers are implemented, if the school can document that the student's parent or guardian is unwilling to cooperate in the truancy intervention plan. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 6.

TN - HJR87 General Assembly, Confirmation of Appointment - Frank Cagle, Textbook and Instructional Materials Quality Commission

TN - HB1941 Short Term Loans and Lenders - As introduced, prohibits a pawnbroker from purchasing property the pawnbroker knows or reasonably should know is stolen or knows or reasonably should know that the person presenting the property for sale is not the rightful owner of the property. - Amends TCA Title 38, Chapter 1, Part 2 and Title 45, Chapter 6, Part 2.

TN - HJR222 Memorials, Recognition - Helen Ross McNabb Center, 70th anniversary

TN - HJR365 Memorials, Academic Achievement - Caitlin Tallon, Governor's School for the Arts

TN - HJR884 Memorials, Recognition - George Cates

TN - HB2844 Gambling - As introduced, revises various provisions of the Tennessee Sports Gaming Act. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 14; Title 38; Title 39; Title 47; Title 49 and Title 67.

TN - HJR137 Memorials, Academic Achievement - Lauren Elizabeth Eccles, Phi Theta Kappa All-Tennessee Academic Team

TN - HB1662 Domestic Violence - As introduced, requires a defendant, prior to entering a guilty plea for a domestic violence offense, to sign a domestic violence offense firearm notification form stating the requirements of lawful dispossession, to be developed by the administrative office of the courts. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 13, Part 1.

TN - HB1661 Disabled Persons - As introduced, adds to the Class B misdemeanor offense of misrepresentation of a service animal or support animal any person who knowingly represents fraudulently, as a part of a request to enter a place of public accommodation, amusement, or recreation with a dog guide or dog guide in training, that the person has a disability or disability-related need for the use of the animal. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 13; Title 16; Title 33; Title 39; Title 41; Title 49; Title 50; Title 62; Title 66 and Title 68.

TN - HB1296 Business Organizations - As introduced, enacts the "Tennessee Uniform Protected Series Act." - Amends TCA Title 48 and Title 67.

TN - HB1285 Real Estate Agents and Brokers - As introduced, removes the requirement that the executive director of the real estate commission have passed the real estate broker's examination. - Amends TCA Title 62.

TN - HB1803 Orders of Protection - As introduced, expands venue for petition for an order of protection and all other types or matters relating to orders of protection in the county where the petitioner resides in addition to the county where the respondent resides or the county in which the abuse occurred. - Amends TCA Title 36, Chapter 3, Part 6.

TN - HB1412 Attorneys at Law - As introduced, extends from 180 days to 210 days the amount of time a newly elected or appointed judge or chancellor can practice law only in an effort to wind up the judge's or chancellor's practice after assuming office. - Amends TCA Title 23; Title 29 and Title 39.

TN - HB1802 Sexual Offenses - As introduced, adds administration of a controlled substance or narcotic drug to a victim without the victim's consent or knowledge for the purpose of incapacitating the victim to the circumstances under which a rape becomes an aggravated rape. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 13, Part 5.

TN - HB1289 Alcoholic Beverages - As introduced, decreases the time period a manufacturer may have license revoked from not less than one year to not greater than one year for violating the Tennessee Whiskey labeling and advertising requirements. - Amends TCA Title 57.

TN - HR213 Memorials, Recognition - Tennessee Court Reporting and Captioning Week, February 8-15, 2020

TN - HR14 Memorials, Recognition - Tennessee Court Reporting and Captioning Week, February 9-16, 2019

TN - HB1082 Driver Licenses - As introduced, under certain circumstances, waives waiting period to reschedule skills examination for applicants for school bus endorsement; revises other related requirements. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 6, Part 21 and Title 55, Chapter 50.

TN - HB2842 Lottery, Charitable - As enacted, authorizes qualified nonprofit organizations to file an application to operate an annual event in the July 1, 2020, to June 30, 2021, fiscal year. - Amends TCA Title 3.

TN - HB2837 Real Property - As introduced, changes from "not less than 10 or more than 60 days" to "not less than 15 or more than 45 days" the period in which the secretary, or other officer, of the board of directors of a condominium unit owners' association must give notice to unit owners of a meeting of the association. - Amends TCA Title 45 and Title 66.

TN - HB2838 Consumer Protection - As introduced, decreases the number of days a business may advertise that the business is going out of business from 90 to 60 days. - Amends TCA Title 47.

TN - HB2840 Bail, Bail Bonds - As introduced, requires a person who is released on the person's personal recognizance or an unsecured appearance bond to report any change of address or change of employment that occurs while the person's case is pending to the clerk of the court having jurisdiction over the criminal charge within five business days of the change. - Amends TCA Title 18 and Title 40, Chapter 11.

TN - HB2843 Commerce and Insurance, Dept. of - As introduced, deletes obsolete requirement that the commissioner conduct a study of impediments to insurance for the use of justifiable force and report the results of that study to the general assembly and governor no later than March 1, 2012. - Amends TCA Title 56.

TN - HJR386 Memorials, Recognition - Mountain Hope Good Shepherd Clinic, Inc., 20th anniversary

TN - HJR401 Memorials, Professional Achievement - Heidi Williams Booker, Jefferson County Schools' Teacher of the Year, Grades 5-8

TN - HB1295 Domestic Violence - As introduced, requires the domestic violence coordinating council, in coordination with the administrative office of the courts, to revise the affidavit of firearms dispossession form to require only a signature from a defendant convicted of domestic violence. - Amends TCA Section 39-13-111.

TN - HJR179 Memorials, Professional Achievement - Larry Leming, Sevier County Grades PreK-4 Teacher of the Year

TN - HB1287 Financial Responsibility Law - As introduced, beginning January 1, 2019, increases the minimum single policy limit, cash deposit, and bond amount required for proof of insurance under the Tennessee Financial Responsibility Law of 1977; authorizes a party in certain civil actions to obtain discovery of the contents of an automobile insurance agreement; makes other related revisions. - Amends TCA Title 24, Chapter 5; Title 55, Chapter 12 and Title 56, Chapter 7.

TN - HJR94 Memorials, Recognition - John Humphrey, Governor's Volunteer Stars Award

TN - HJR728 Memorials, Recognition - Carol Hickman, Governor's Volunteer Stars Award

TN - HB1849 Public Defenders - As introduced, changes, from 10 days to 10 business days, the time required for written notice to be issued to members of the district public defenders conference prior to any meeting called by the president of the conference. - Amends TCA Title 8, Chapter 14 and Title 9, Chapter 4.

TN - HB1288 Public Defenders - As enacted, changes employee title from assistant executive director to deputy executive director; allows attorneys in the office of executive director a reasonable length of time to conclude or transfer private legal matters pending at the time of employment. - Amends TCA Title 8, Chapter 14 and Title 9, Chapter 4.

TN - HB1286 Statutes of Limitations and Repose - As introduced, expands the definition of action, for purposes of determining a cause of action, to include the filing of a lawsuit or demand for arbitration. - Amends TCA Title 28, Chapter 1.

TN - HB1290 Real Property - As introduced, requires the department of environment and conservation to make available on its website for public viewing a sample solar easement instrument prepared by the department's office of energy programs. - Amends TCA Title 45; Title 47 and Title 66.

TN - HJR402 Memorials, Professional Achievement - Cristina M. Hasha, Jefferson County Schools' Teacher of the Year, Grades Pre-K-4

TN - HJR395 Memorials, Recognition - Linda N. Ogle

TN - HJR503 Memorials, Recognition - Tyler Morgan

TN - HJR177 Memorials, Professional Achievement - Leslie Mattern, Sevier County Grades 9-12 Teacher of the Year

TN - HJR178 Memorials, Professional Achievement - Taylor Valentine, Sevier County Grades 5-8 Teacher of the Year

TN - HB1411 Attorneys at Law - As introduced, establishes requirements for providers operating websites offering consumer access to interactive software that generates legal documents based on consumer answers. - Amends TCA Title 23.

TN - HB1294 Gambling - As introduced, establishes the Tennessee horse racing commission to regulate horse racing and pari-mutuel wagering in Tennessee. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 39; Title 44; Title 62 and Title 67.

TN - HB1364 Criminal Offenses - As enacted, rewrites the criminal offense of female genital mutilation; extends the statute of limitations for criminal prosecutions or civil actions for female genital mutilation. - Amends TCA Title 28; Title 39 and Title 40.

TN - HB1280 TennCare - As enacted, directs the governor, through the commissioner of finance and administration, to submit a waiver amendment to the centers for medicare and medicaid services to provide TennCare II funding by means of a block grant indexed for inflation and population growth. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 33; Title 56 and Title 71.

TN - HB850 Alcoholic Beverages - As enacted, designates any facility on the campus of a public institution of higher education that is designed and used for school-sanctioned sporting events as a sports authority facility for purposes of consumption of alcoholic beverages on the premises. - Amends TCA Title 57.

TN - HB1459 Criminal Offenses - As introduced, increases the age to access or use tobacco and vapor products from 18 to 21 years of age. - Amends TCA Title 39.

TN - HB283 Criminal Offenses - As enacted, increases the punishment for a conviction of aggravated rape of a child from "15 to 60 years in prison and a fine of up to $50,000" to "life in prison without the possibility of parole." - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 13 and Title 40, Chapter 35.

TN - HB873 Appeal and Review - As introduced, allows petitions for post-conviction relief based on new non-scientific evidence establishing that the petitioner is actually innocent of the offense for which the petitioner was convicted; establishes certain requirements for evidence on which such petitions are based. - Amends TCA Title 40, Chapter 30, Part 1.

TN - HJR153 Memorials, Public Service - Gerald McCormick

TN - HJR72 Memorials, Recognition - Isabella Wren Sullivan, Governor's Volunteer Stars Award

TN - HB295 Codes - As enacted, beginning January 1, 2020, requires electrical inspectors employed by a municipality, a county, or this state to be certified by the state fire marshal; establishes a recertification process for such electrical inspectors every three years; requires certain electrical inspectors under contract with the commissioner of commerce and insurance to be certified on and after January 1, 2020. - Amends TCA Title 68.

TN - HJR139 Memorials, Death - Samuel W. Bartholomew, Jr.

TN - HJR175 Memorials, Death - Kenneth "Rance" Roby

TN - HB62 Disabled Persons - As enacted, enacts the "Dynamic Accessibility Act," which provides for a modern symbol of access for disabled persons. - Amends TCA Title 3; Title 4; Title 12; Title 55 and Title 68.

TN - HB658 Law Enforcement - As enacted, establishes certain parameters regarding the authority of a community oversight board and certain requirements for those serving on such a board. - Amends TCA Title 10, Chapter 7, Part 5; Title 38; Title 39 and Title 40.

TN - HB970 Education, Curriculum - As enacted, requires that the family life curriculum used in public schools include instruction on the detection, intervention, prevention, and treatment of human trafficking in which the victim is a child; requires each local board of education to require that each teacher employed by the board receive a one-time in-service training on the detection, intervention, prevention, and treatment of human trafficking in which the victim is a child, which must be accomplished through the viewing of a video recording approved by the LEA. - Amends TCA Title 49.

TN - HJR171 Memorials, Sports - Bob Kesling, Voice of the Vols

TN - HJR73 Memorials, Personal Achievement - John W. Huffman, Eagle Scout

TN - HJR4 Memorials, Professional Achievement - David Poile, U.S. Hockey Hall of Fame

TN - HJR71 Memorials, Retirement - Meri Armour

TN - HJR206 General Assembly, Confirmation of Appointment - James H. Ripley, Tennessee Fish and Wildlife Commission

TN - HB942 Controlled Substances - As enacted, increases the penalty to a Class B felony for 15 grams or more or a Class A felony for 150 grams or more of fentanyl, carfentanil, remifentanil, alfentanil, thiafentanil, or any fentanyl derivative or analogue. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 17, Part 4.

TN - HB34 Local Education Agencies - As enacted, allows a local board of education to authorize a teacher, school employee, or other person employed by the LEA to raise funds for noneducational purposes; requires the local board of education that authorizes funds to be raised for noneducational purposes to create policies and procedures for the receipt, disbursement, and accounting of funds raised. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 2 and Title 49, Chapter 3.

TN - HJR15 Memorials, Professional Achievement - Dr. Jack A. Parton, 2018 AdvancED Tennessee Excellence in Education Award

TN - HJR219 General Assembly, Confirmation of Appointment - James H. Ripley, Tennessee Fish and Wildlife Commission

TN - HJR116 Memorials, Recognition - David Williams II

TN - HJR103 Memorials, Recognition - African-American Breast Cancer Awareness Week, September 8-14, 2019

TN - HB666 Gambling - As introduced, enacts the "Sports Wagering For Stronger Schools Act." - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 39; Title 47; Title 49 and Title 67.

TN - HB167 Criminal Offenses - As enacted, requires a mandatory 30-day sentence for theft of a firearm; revises penalty for offense of failure to appear; revises other various provisions of criminal law. - Amends TCA Title 39; Title 40 and Title 55.

TN - HB77 Abortion - As introduced, prohibits abortions from the point a fetal heartbeat is detected; creates exceptions. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 15, Part 2 and Title 68, Chapter 11, Part 2.

TN - HB1257 Courts - As introduced, requires that appointments to the offices of senior judge, chancellor, circuit court judge, criminal court judge, or judge of any other trial court of record, district attorney general, and district public defender be confirmed by general assembly before appointees take office. - Amends TCA Title 2; Title 4; Title 8; Title 16; Title 17 and Title 38, Chapter 6.

TN - HB718 Special License Plates - As introduced, creates the Korean Defense Service specialty license plate for issuance to eligible veterans and military service members. - Amends TCA Section 55-4-253.

TN - HJR223 Memorials, Recognition - Dolly Parton

TN - HJR238 Memorials, Sports - Pigeon Forge High School, 2019 state wrestling champion

TN - HJR118 Memorials, Recognition - Kathy Moore, Governor's Volunteer Stars Award

TN - HB999 State Symbols - As enacted, designates the bluetick coonhound as the official state dog. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 1, Part 3.

TN - HB547 Criminal Procedure - As introduced, restores the voting rights of persons convicted of certain infamous crimes upon receipt of a pardon or completion of any sentence of incarceration, parole, or probation. - Amends TCA Section 2-2-102 and Title 40, Chapter 29.

TN - HJR231 Memorials, Death - Sam Powell

TN - HB833 Bail, Bail Bonds - As enacted, permits the clerk of court to send notice of forfeiture of bail security to a defendant by regular mail, rather than certified mail with restricted delivery and return receipt requested. - Amends TCA Section 40-11-139.

TN - HJR1 General Assembly, Statement of Intent or Position - Recognizes teen suicide as a health crisis in Tennessee.

TN - HJR382 Memorials, Personal Occasion - Marjorie Jean Yaeger, 90th birthday

TN - HB1245 Consumer Protection - As enacted, increases from $10,000 to $30,000 the civil penalty amount per violation that the attorney general and reporter may recover in an action against a person who commits the offense of caller identification spoofing; encourages carriers offering telephone services in this state to adopt certain technologies and measures. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 39; Title 47, Chapter 18 and Title 65.

TN - HB1138 Taxes, Amusement - As enacted, exempts from the tax admission, dues, fees, or other charges paid to any person principally engaged in offering services or facilities for the development or preservation of physical fitness through exercise or other active physical fitness conditioning. - Amends TCA Title 67, Chapter 6, Part 2 and Title 67, Chapter 6, Part 3.

TN - HR64 Memorials, Recognition - Social Work Month, March 2019

TN - HB1400 District Attorneys - As introduced, creates 11 additional assistant district attorney general positions, 10 additional secretarial positions, four additional victim-witness coordinator positions, and five additional criminal investigator positions to be designated in judicial districts as provided in a report prepared by the district attorneys general conference. - Amends TCA Title 16, Chapter 2.

TN - HJR392 Memorials, Interns - Shahil Patel

TN - HJR391 Memorials, Interns - Cayce Daniel

TN - HR56 General Assembly, Review Or Ratification of Rules - Ratifies and approves the amendments and revisions to the Tennessee Rules of Criminal Procedure as promulgated by the Supreme Court.

TN - HR53 Memorials, Recognition - Manny and Adele Macca, Manny's House of Pizza

TN - HB1162 DUI Offenses - As enacted, adds physician assistants to the list of medical practitioners who are qualified to draw blood from a motor vehicle operator for evidentiary purposes in a DUI investigation. - Amends TCA Title 55, Chapter 10, Part 4.

TN - HB1293 Controlled Substances - As enacted, requires, under the Tennessee Prescription Safety Act, the controlled substance committee or the commissioner of health to release confidential information from the controlled substance database to the attorney general and reporter upon request for the purpose of reviewing, querying, or otherwise using the data in conjunction with investigating or litigating a civil action involving controlled substances. - Amends TCA Title 29; Title 39; Title 40; Title 43; Title 53 and Title 67.

TN - HB1340 Criminal Offenses - As enacted, enacts the "Leigh Ann Act," which creates a Class A misdemeanor of violating a no contact order issued to a domestic violence victim as part of a disposition in any criminal court. - Amends TCA Section 39-13-113.

TN - HJR205 General Assembly, Confirmation of Appointment - Lynne "Michelle" Bowman, State Textbook and Instructional Materials Quality Commission

TN - HJR385 Memorials, Recognition - Jaynee K. Day and Second Harvest Food Bank of Middle Tennessee

TN - HB498 TennCare - As enacted, directs the commissioner of finance and administration to submit to the federal centers for medicare and medicaid services a waiver or waivers pursuant to Section 1115 of the Social Security Act for the purpose of establishing a distinct Katie Beckett program. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 33; Title 56; Title 68 and Title 71.

TN - HR72 Memorials, Recognition - Jimmy Ogle

TN - HB1029 Abortion - As enacted, enacts the "Human Life Protection Act," which bans abortion in this state effective on the 30th day after the U.S. Supreme Court overturns Roe v. Wade or an amendment to the U.S. Constitution to allow states to prohibit abortion; creates exception for situations where the abortion is necessary to prevent the death of pregnant woman or prevent serious risk of substantial and irreversible impairment of major bodily function; prohibits prosecution of a woman upon whom an abortion is performed or attempted. - Amends TCA Section 9-4-5116; Title 37, Chapter 10, Part 3; Title 39, Chapter 13, Part 2; Title 39, Chapter 15, Part 2; Title 39, Chapter 13, Part 1; Title 63, Chapter 9; Title 63, Chapter 6; Title 68 and Title 71, Chapter 5.

TN - HB1368 Public Records - As introduced, requires public records commission to annually report any changes to the public records laws in this state to the general assembly not later than December 31 of each year. - Amends TCA Title 10, Chapter 7.

TN - HB689 Lottery, Scholarships and Programs - As introduced, extends for a student who becomes pregnant during the four-month period immediately preceding the date on which the student completes high school in a Tennessee home school program, obtains a GED or HiSET, or graduates from high school, the time within which the student must be admitted to, and enrolled in, an eligible postsecondary institution to be eligible for a Tennessee HOPE scholarship. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 4, Part 9.

TN - HJR433 Memorials, Professional Achievement - Julie Schwarz, 2018 Christ the Teacher Award

TN - HJR450 Memorials, Recognition - Sevier County Bank, 110th anniversary

TN - HJR607 Memorials, Academic Achievement - Jeremiah Higginbottom, Salutatorian, Memphis Academy of Health Sciences

TN - HJR475 Memorials, Sports - University of Memphis men's basketball team

TN - HJR513 Memorials, Recognition - Beverly C. Robertson

TN - HJR515 Memorials, Death - Gladys Margaret Endsley McKinsey

TN - HJR512 Memorials, Recognition - Judge Deborah Means Henderson

TN - HJR608 Memorials, Retirement - Vanessa M. Horner

TN - HJR438 Memorials, Recognition - Shannon McCloud

TN - HJR474 Memorials, Death - Representative Ron Lollar

TN - HJR476 Memorials, Sports - Jeremiah Martin

TN - HJR521 Memorials, Professional Achievement - Carma Dennis McGee, Tennessee Court of Appeals

TN - HJR575 Memorials, Recognition - Maryville High School, 100th anniversary

TN - HJR613 Memorials, Government Officials - Designates House Seat 34 in the House Chamber of the State Capitol as the "Charles Sargent Memorial."

TN - HB729 Courts - As enacted, revises provisions governing compensation for court reporters and fees for transcripts. - Amends TCA Title 8, Chapter 23; Title 20, Chapter 9, Part 6; Title 20, Chapter 9, Part 1 and Title 40, Chapter 14, Part 3.

TN - HJR629 Memorials, Recognition - City of Memphis, Bicentennial

TN - HJR630 Memorials, Recognition - Memphis Light, Gas and Water, 80th anniversary

TN - HJR631 Memorials, Recognition - Shelby County, Bicentennial

TN - HJR644 Memorials, Retirement - Helen Ford

TN - HB91 Education - As enacted, authorizes LEAs that receive pre-kindergarten program approval to utilize a comparable alternative measure of student growth approved by the state board of education and adopted by the LEA, rather than the pre-k/kindergarten growth portfolio model approved by the state board of education in the evaluation of pre-kindergarten and kindergarten teachers; creates portfolio review committee. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 6, Part 1.

TN - HJR636 Memorials, Retirement - State Trooper Joe Wynne

TN - HJR692 Memorials, Recognition - Robert Wesley "Robbie" Fox, Sr.

TN - HJR683 Memorials, Recognition - Congenital Heart Defects Awareness Week, February 7-14, 2020

TN - HJR691 Memorials, Public Service - Scott W. Gilmer

TN - HB1697 Taxes, Sales - As introduced, enacts the "Food Tax Holiday Act," which exempts the retail sale of food and food ingredients from sales tax for the months of June and July in 2020. - Amends TCA Title 67, Chapter 6.

TN - HJR688 Memorials, Death - William B. "Bill" Whitson

TN - HJR701 Memorials, Sports - Maryville High School, 2019 TSSAA Class 6A Football State Champions

TN - HB1699 Insurance, Health, Accident - As introduced, makes various changes to the law concerning the electronic delivery of health care and its coverage under insurance policies. - Amends TCA Title 56 and Section 63-1-155.

TN - HR195 Memorials, Recognition - Pastor J. L. Payne

TN - HR194 Memorials, Recognition - Christopher Clark

TN - HJR704 Memorials, Public Service - Congressman Phil Roe

TN - HJR786 Memorials, Death - Sterling Haskel "Hack" Ayers

TN - HB1816 Sentencing - As introduced, enacts the "Good Samaritan Sentencing Enhancement Act of 2020," which provides that a defendant who commits an offense against a person while that person is rendering assistance and care to the victim of a crime is punished from within one sentencing range higher than is otherwise provided by law for the offense. - Amends TCA Title 39 and Title 40.

TN - HB1575 Criminal Offenses - As introduced, adds imminent danger of serious sexual abuse as a justification for the use of deadly force in self-defense and to defenses of duress and use of deadly force by law enforcement officer; defines serious sexual abuse as rape, aggravated rape, rape of a child, or aggravated rape of a child. - Amends TCA Title 39 and Title 40.

TN - HB1576 Probation and Parole - As introduced, requires the board of parole to create an application that a victim may use to submit a victim impact statement video to be considered at an inmate's parole hearing and at any future parole hearing involving the same inmate and offense. - Amends TCA Title 40.

TN - HB2517 Sentencing - As enacted, revises provisions governing drug-free school zones and school safety zones and sentences related to violations. - Amends TCA Title 16, Chapter 2; Title 39, Chapter 17, Part 4 and Section 49-2-116.

TN - HB1892 Judges and Chancellors - As introduced, requires that, upon a judge or chancellor withdrawing or being found incompetent, a successor be designated within 30 days of the finding of incompetency or withdrawal. - Amends TCA Title 16; Title 17; Title 19; Title 20 and Title 21.

TN - HB1562 State Symbols - As enacted, designates "The Volunteer State" as the official nickname of this state. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 1, Part 3.

TN - HB1175 TennCare - As enacted, requires the bureau of TennCare to reimburse an ambulance service provider that provides a covered service to a TennCare recipient at a rate not less than 67.5 percent of the federal medicare program's allowable charge for participating providers; requires the bureau to seek an intergovernmental transfer of funds for the sole purpose of increasing the rate of reimbursement to ambulance service providers that provide covered services to TennCare recipients at a rate greater than 67.5 percent of the federal medicare program's allowable charge for participating providers. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 33; Title 56; Title 63; Title 68 and Title 71.

TN - HB2260 Criminal Offenses - As introduced, adds a sentence enhancement factor for the offense of reckless endangerment if the victim of the offense was a law enforcement officer, firefighter, or other specified person in the performance of an official duty and the defendant knew or should have known that the victim was such an officer or employee. - Amends TCA Section 40-35-114.

TN - HB1718 Sexual Offenses - As enacted, increases the maximum age for a victim of aggravated rape of a child from three years of age to eight years of age. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 13, Part 5.

TN - HB2782 Paternity - As introduced, requires the department of human services to report to the speakers of the senate and house of representatives by January 31 of each year the aggregate number of administrative orders the department issued during the previous calendar year for overdue child support in cases where the children receive assistance under a state program funded by the federal Social Security Act. - Amends TCA Title 8; Title 16; Title 24; Title 36; Title 37 and Title 68.

TN - HJR901 Memorials, Sports - Pigeon Forge High School wrestling team, state champions

TN - HJR822 Victims' Rights - Proposes an amendment to Article I, Section 35 of the Constitution of Tennessee for the purpose of rewriting the rights to which crime victims are entitled.

TN - HB2660 Civil Procedure - As introduced, provides that a person who uses justifiable force against another may request a stay of proceedings in any civil action based on the use of force until the criminal investigation has concluded; creates an immunity hearing at which the court may dismiss an action that is barred by immunity. - Amends TCA Title 39.

TN - HB1620 Driver Licenses - As enacted, adds documentation a veteran may submit to the department of safety to have military service indicated on a driver license to allow an honorably discharged veteran to submit a certified copy of the veteran's AGO Form 53-55 or NAVPERS 553 showing the dates of service. - Amends TCA Title 55, Chapter 50, Part 3.

TN - HB1850 Law Enforcement - As introduced, requires the conduct of law enforcement personnel in initiating or continuing pursuit of a fleeing party to be in reckless disregard of law enforcement policies and procedures in order for the law enforcement personnel or the employer of the law enforcement personnel to be liable for injuries to a third party proximately caused by a fleeing party. - Amends TCA Title 55, Chapter 8.

TN - HJR908 Memorials, Recognition - John Ryan Scarlett, Tennessee FFA State Treasurer

TN - HB1358 Purchasing and Procurement - As introduced, authorizes a local governmental entity with centralized purchasing authority to increase the threshold, from $25,000 to $50,000, over which public advertisement and sealed competitive bids are required; reduces the number of purchase orders, from three to two, that must be retained by a county after a purchase order or contract is issued or executed. - Amends TCA Section 5-14-111 and Section 12-3-1212.

TN - HB1650 Criminal Offenses - As introduced, for purposes of determining if a person has a duty to retreat before threatening or using force in self-defense, declares that a person is not considered to be engaged in unlawful activity or where the person does not have a right to be if the person is engaged in activity or in a place due to the person's status as a victim of human trafficking. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 11, Part 6.

TN - HB2676 Professions and Occupations - As introduced, eliminates the professional privilege tax; establishes requirements for payment of annual professional registration fee for nonresidents engaged in certain professions. - Amends TCA Title 3, Chapter 6, Part 3; Title 4, Chapter 3, Part 19; Title 23; Title 48, Chapter 1; Title 62; Title 63 and Title 67.

TN - HB2171 Victims' Rights - As introduced, prohibits requiring an advocate to disclose certain information in regard to a victim of domestic violence, sexual assault, stalking, or human trafficking in a judicial, legislative, or administrative proceeding unless the victim gives express written consent. - Amends TCA Title 24; Title 36 and Title 39.

TN - HB2134 Education - As introduced, enacts the "Teacher's Discipline Act"; establishes a disciplinary process for students who have been removed from the classroom by the teacher. - Amends TCA Title 49.

TN - HB1704 Criminal Offenses - As introduced, creates the offense of assault against a law enforcement officer, correctional officer, guard, jailer, or other full-time employee of a penal institution, private detention facility, local jail, or workhouse; increases the penalty for aggravated assault against those persons when they are discharging or attempting to discharge their official duties. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 13; Title 40 and Title 41.

TN - HB2091 Criminal Offenses - As introduced, raises the penalty for the offense of voluntary manslaughter from a Class C felony to a Class B felony. - Amends TCA Title 39 and Title 40.

TN - HB2092 Taxes, Privilege - As introduced, changes the purposes for which surplus revenues collected from the privilege tax on contracted vehicles exiting the Nashville International Airport may be used from a reserve fund for future debt service to the general fund of the county for any county purpose. - Amends TCA Title 7, Chapter 4, Part 2.

TN - HJR974 Memorials, Death - Victor Thompson

TN - HB2192 Public Defenders - As enacted, reinstates service credits and salary increases that were suspended during 2009-2010 for district public defender investigators. - Amends TCA Title 1 and Title 8, Chapter 14.

TN - HB2308 Tennessee Bureau of Investigation - As enacted, enacts the "Holly Bobo Act," which expands the bureau's endangered child and young adult alert program to include endangered persons under 21 years of age. - Amends TCA Title 38, Chapter 6, Part 1.

TN - HJR1037 Memorials, Professional Achievement - Deborah Sams, Sevier County Pre-K-4 Teacher of the Year

TN - HB2818 Education - As enacted, authorizes the state board of education to promulgate emergency rules as necessary to address any issues created by school closures due to the outbreak of COVID-19 during the 2019-2020 school year; requires the commissioner of education to waive certain requirements; establishes other related requirements. - Amends TCA Title 49.

TN - HJR1038 Memorials, Professional Achievement - Chad Loveday, Sevier County Grades 5-8 Teacher of the Year

TN - HJR1039 Memorials, Professional Achievement - Jeri Mullins, Sevier County Grades 9-12 Teacher of the Year

TN - HB2764 Employees, Employers - As introduced, requires the department of human resources to make an annual report on or before January 15, instead of periodically, to the governor on recommendations for improvements of the state service system. - Amends TCA Title 3; Title 4; Title 8; Title 28; Title 29; Title 39; Title 40; Title 49 and Title 50.

TN - HJR1053 Memorials, Retirement - Lloyd Hansen

TN - HR326 Memorials, Congratulations - Tennessee is well-suited to host the 2020 Republican National Convention.

TN - HB2769 Criminal Offenses - As introduced, adds the offense of trafficking a person for a commercial sex act to the meaning of predatory offenses for purposes of sentencing a person as a child sexual predator. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 13, Part 5.

TN - HB225 Election Laws - As introduced, requires election officials to inspect filings for sufficiency and timeliness; establishes conclusive presumption that accepted filings are sufficient and timely filed. - Amends TCA Title 2.

TN - HB2620 Criminal Offenses - As introduced, raises the permissible fine for aggravated assault to no more than $15,000, in addition to any authorized term of imprisonment. - Amends TCA Title 39.

TN - HJR1200 Memorials, Death - Johnny Majors

TN - HJR1212 Memorials, Death - George Floyd

TN - HB2705 Game and Fish Laws - As introduced, creates a five-member Asian carp advisory commission to recommend methods and seek funding for the eradication of Asian carp from Tennessee waters. - Amends TCA Title 4 and Title 70.

TN - HR351 Memorials, Recognition - Dr. Mary Edwards Walker

TN - HB2892 Environment and Conservation, Department of - As enacted, requires the department to grant or deny an application for a subsurface sewage disposal system within 45 days or receiving all information necessary to make such a determination; requires the department, if it cannot make a determination within 45 days, to refund the application fee; requires that a denial include a clear, written explanation for the denial with citations to relevant legal authority for the denial. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 7; Title 11; Section 39-14-306; Section 57-4-102; Title 59; Title 62; Title 66; Title 68; Title 69 and Title 70.

TN - HB825 Criminal Offenses - As introduced, increases the penalty for theft of property that includes a firearm valued at less than $2,500 from a Class A misdemeanor or Class E felony, as applicable based on the value, to a Class D felony. - Amends TCA Title 37; Title 39 and Title 40, Chapter 35.