Tennessee Rep. Chris Hurt (R)

TN - Education (House)

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TN - Transportation (House)

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TN - Commerce (House)

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TN - Infrastructure Subcommittee (House)

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TN - Public Safety (House)

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vice-chair

TN - HB1468 Agriculture - As enacted, creates a 12-member task force to study issues relative to hemp commerce and consumer protection. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 39, Chapter 17, Part 4; Title 43; Title 44, Chapter 6; Title 47, Chapter 26; Title 53; Title 67 and Title 68.

TN - HB2927 Haywood County - Subject to local approval, exempts one vehicle owned by an active member of a volunteer fire department of a volunteer local rescue squad from the local wheel tax. - Amends Chapter 324 of the Private Acts of 1961.

TN - HB497 Lottery, Scholarships and Programs - As introduced, expands the definition of "eligible independent postsecondary institution" to include certain private postsecondary institutions for purposes of scholarships and grants funded from net proceeds of the state lottery. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 4, Part 9.

TN - HJR927 Memorials, Death - Trooper Matthew "Matt" Elias Gatti

TN - HJR119 Memorials, Recognition - Sam Culver, Governor's Volunteer Stars Award

TN - HJR882 Memorials, Recognition - Hayden Cherry, Governor's Volunteer Stars Award

TN - HB1032 Judgments - As enacted, enacts the "Uniform Foreign-Country Money Judgments Recognition Act." - Amends TCA Title 25 and Title 26.

TN - HR360 Memorials, Public Service - Latonya Jackson

TN - HJR880 Memorials, Recognition - Donna Moore, Governor's Volunteer Stars Award

TN - HB1624 Secretary of State - As introduced, removes the filing fee for several documents for various corporations, associations, and business organizations. - Amends TCA Title 48, Chapter 11, Part 3; Title 48, Chapter 247, Part 1; Title 48, Chapter 249, Part 10; Title 48, Chapter 51, Part 3; Title 61, Chapter 1, Part 12; Title 61, Chapter 2, Part 12 and Title 61, Chapter 3, Part 12.

TN - HB2180 Consumer Protection - As introduced, increases from $100 to $500, the fine assessed, per person who receives a written or electronic advertisement that represents, implies, or looks as though the advertisement is a communication from a governmental entity, against a person who utilizes such advertisement. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 8; Title 39 and Title 47, Chapter 18.

TN - HB2179 Highways, Roads and Bridges - As introduced, changes from September 1 to September 30 of each year, the date by which the county road superintendent or other county highway official must annually submit to the county governing body and chief executive officer, a revised inventory of machinery, equipment, and other materials used by the county for county road and bridge construction. - Amends TCA Title 54 and Title 55.

TN - HB2181 Local Education Agencies - As introduced, permits an LEA's notification to all teachers evaluated using a growth portfolio model of training and professional development opportunities available on growth portfolio models to be made electronically. - Amends TCA Title 49.

TN - HB2182 State Symbols - As introduced, designates the ladder as the official state tool. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 1, Part 3.

TN - HB2783 Teachers, Principals and School Personnel - As introduced, changes from within 30 days to within 15 days from the date an educator discovers another educator has breached the teacher code of ethics that the educator is required to report such breach. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 5.

TN - HB2708 Employees, Employers - As enacted, enacts the "Tennessee Pregnant Workers Fairness Act." - Amends TCA Title 50.

TN - HJR394 General Assembly, Studies - Urges governor to form an education task force to evaluate state testing, curriculum, and other mandated academic policies and procedures.

TN - HB496 Medical Occupations - As enacted, creates exemptions to licensure and certification requirements, as applicable, for certain medical professionals licensed in other states who are participating in federal Innovative Readiness Training programs. - Amends TCA Title 58 and Title 63.

TN - HJR879 Memorials, Professional Achievement - Sandra Humphreys, 2020 Curriculum Associates Extraordinary Educator

TN - HJR881 Memorials, Recognition - Anne Emery, Governor's Volunteer Stars Award

TN - HB404 Taxes, Real Property - As enacted, specifies that the comptroller of the treasury is the assessing authority for telecommunications tower properties that are owned by a public utility company. - Amends TCA Section 67-5-514.

TN - HB1329 Public Contracts - As introduced, requires that contracts with governmental entities for professional or technical services in excess of $100,000 include a provision requiring the contractor to utilize software that verifies that hours billed for work being done remotely on a computer are legitimate. - Amends TCA Title 12, Chapter 4.

TN - HB1201 Game and Fish Laws - As introduced, prohibits use or sale of deer or elk urine originating in state or province with documented occurrences of chronic wasting disease. - Amends TCA Title 39 and Title 70, Chapter 4, Part 2.

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

TN - HB985 Education - As introduced, changes from February 1 to March 1 the date by which the commissioner of education must annually report to the governor and the general assembly on implementation of and compliance with the Schools Against Violence in Education (SAVE) Act. - Amends TCA Title 49.

TN - HJR120 Memorials, Recognition - Carolyn Mitchell, Governor's Volunteer Stars Award

TN - HB1514 Ripley - Subject to local approval, moves date of election for mayor and aldermen of the City of Ripley from April to the first Thursday in August at the regular general election; makes various other changes to the charter for the City of Ripley. - Amends Chapter 128 of the Private Acts of 2006.

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 - HJR175 Memorials, Death - Kenneth "Rance" Roby

TN - HJR153 Memorials, Public Service - Gerald McCormick

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

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

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

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

TN - HB347 Public Officials - As enacted, clarifies that a county judicial commissioner or magistrate may administer the oath of office to an elected or appointed official. - Amends TCA Section 8-18-109.

TN - HJR71 Memorials, Retirement - Meri Armour

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

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

TN - HB952 Education - As enacted, transfers, from the state board of education to the department of education, the authority to accept and administer federal funds for the purpose of promoting public education; designates the department of education as the state board for career and technical education; grants the department of education the authority to administer annual appropriations made for career and technical education; revises other related provisions. - Amends TCA Section 49-1-202; Title 49, Chapter 11; Section 49-3-201; Section 49-3-302 and Section 49-3-318.

TN - HJR116 Memorials, Recognition - David Williams II

TN - HR3 Memorials, Recognition - Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

TN - HB696 Motor Vehicles - As enacted, exempts farm tractors and implements of husbandry from the requirement that slow-moving vehicles pull off the roadway on certain highways. - Amends TCA Title 55, Chapter 8.

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 - HB716 DUI Offenses - As introduced, creates per se DUI offense of driving while the person's blood includes any amount of Schedule I controlled substance or Schedule II, III, IV, or V controlled substance that cannot be dispensed without a prescription when the person does not have a valid prescription; enhances criminal penalties for impaired driving within a school zone. - Amends TCA Title 39 and Title 55.

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

TN - HJR223 Memorials, Recognition - Dolly Parton

TN - HB495 Secretary of State - As enacted, clarifies only a natural person or individual may participate in fantasy sports contests offered by fantasy sports operators. - Amends TCA Section 47-18-1602.

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 - HB519 Firefighters - As introduced, creates a rebuttable presumption that a firefighter's cancer that causes a disabling health condition is a result of the firefighter's duties as a firefighter. - Amends TCA Title 7, Chapter 51; Title 50, Chapter 6 and Title 68, Chapter 102.

TN - HJR231 Memorials, Death - Sam Powell

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

TN - HB899 Taxes, Sales - As enacted, expands the exemption from sales tax on periodicals distributed twice monthly or on a biweekly or more frequent basis to periodicals distributed no less frequently than monthly. - Amends TCA Title 67.

TN - HB780 Workers Compensation - As introduced, creates a presumption that a firefighter or emergency medical services personnel diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) sustained the injury in the line of duty for purposes of workers' compensation; allows for the presumption to be rebutted by evidence that the PTSD was caused by nonservice-connected risk factors or exposure. - Amends TCA Title 7, Chapter 51, Part 2; Title 50, Chapter 6 and Title 56.

TN - HB928 Teachers, Principals and School Personnel - As enacted, revises the use of student growth data for purposes of a teacher's or principal's annual evaluation; deletes obsolete provisions regarding the use of student growth data; excludes, for the 2018-2019 and 2019-2020 school years, student growth evaluation composites generated by assessments administered in the 2017-2018 school year if the exclusion results in a higher evaluation score for the teacher. - Amends TCA Section 49-1-302.

TN - HB937 Local Government, General - As enacted, increases pay supplement from $600 to $800 for police officers and firefighters who complete 40 hours of in-service training. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 24, Part 2 and Title 38, Chapter 8, Part 1.

TN - HB681 Public Funds and Financing - As enacted, revises the Volunteer Public Education Trust Fund Act of 1985; designates the commissioner of education and state treasurer as trustees of the fund. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 3, Part 4.

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

TN - HR20 Memorials, Recognition - President Ronald Reagan

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 - HB192 Tort Liability and Reform - As enacted, confers civil immunity on a local government for any defect or malfunction in a software program intended to assist families of non-communicative persons register with law enforcement if designed and distributed in good faith by the local government and without cost; provides exception to immunity for claims based on gross negligence, willful misconduct, or bad faith. - Amends TCA Title 7, Chapter 86; Title 9; Title 36 and Title 38.

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 - HB531 Highways, Roads and Bridges - As enacted, makes permanent the provision that is set to expire July 1, 2019, allowing counties to provide 2 percent matching funds for state-aid highway funds rather than 25 percent. - Amends TCA Section 54-4-404.

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 - HB844 Agriculture - As enacted, revises and enacts various provisions regarding hemp, including licensure requirements. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 17; Title 43; Title 44, Chapter 6, Part 1; Section 47-26-101; Title 53; Title 56 and Title 67, Chapter 4, Part 28.

TN - HB634 Taxes, Sales - As enacted, extends to "water" the sales tax exemption that applies to the sale to a qualified farmer or nurseryman of electricity, natural gas and liquefied gas, including, but not limited to, propane and butane used directly in the production of food or fiber for human or animal consumption or to aid in the growing of a horticultural product for sale. - Amends TCA Title 67.

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

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

TN - HB838 Sexual Offenders - As enacted, adds conviction of a new sexual offense, violent sexual offense, or violent juvenile sexual offense as violation of the Tennessee Sexual Offender and Violent Sexual Offender Registration, Verification and Tracking Act of 2004. - Amends TCA Title 40, Chapter 39.

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

TN - HJR409 Memorials, Recognition - Blount County Public Library, 100th anniversary

TN - HB901 Criminal Offenses - As enacted, makes the enhanced maximum fine of up to $15,000 applicable to aggravated assault when committed against an identifiable employee or contractor of a utility who is discharging or attempting to discharge such person's official duties. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 13, Part 1 and Title 65, Chapter 35.

TN - HB1190 Landlord and Tenant - As enacted, establishes process for landlords to verify need of tenants and prospective tenants to have pet policies waived to accommodate the need for a service or support animal; creates penalties for misrepresentation. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 21; Title 13, Chapter 20; Title 33; Title 39; Title 44, Chapter 17; Title 44, Chapter 8, Part 4; Title 63; Title 66 and Title 68.

TN - HB946 Local Education Agencies - As enacted, requires an LEA to report to the department of education, for each year that the LEA receives an increase in state funding for instructional wages and salaries, how the increase was utilized by the LEA; requires the department of education to report the information to the BEP review committee; requires the BEP review committee to include the information in its annual report on the BEP. - Amends TCA Section 49-3-306.

TN - HR73 Memorials, Death - George Klein

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 - HB947 Education - As enacted, requires, instead of authorizes, the Tennessee school safety center to establish school safety grants to assist LEAs in funding programs that address school safety; revises other various provisions regarding school safety grants. - Amends TCA Section 49-1-1004 and Section 49-6-4302.

TN - HB1139 Governor - As enacted, establishes a governor's office of faith-based and community initiatives. - Amends TCA Title 4.

TN - HJR412 Memorials, Personal Achievement - Cookie Hopper, Miss Anderson County 2019

TN - HJR411 Memorials, Personal Achievement - Lily Steed, Miss Oak Ridge 2019

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 - HJR17 Constitutional Amendments - Proposes an amendment to the Constitution of Tennessee recognizing that our liberties do not come from government, but from Almighty God.

TN - HB184 Insurance, Health, Accident - As enacted, enacts the "Proton Therapy Access Act." - Amends TCA Title 8; Title 56 and Title 71.

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

TN - HB949 Scholarships and Financial Aid - As enacted, enacts the Governor's Investment in Vocational Education Act; specifies that financial assistance received for all dual enrollment courses attempted after the fourth dual enrollment course reduces any subsequent award of the Tennessee HOPE scholarship. - Amends TCA Section 49-4-930.

TN - HB1271 Taxes, Exemption and Credits - As enacted, extends the exemption from sales and use tax on trailers used to transport livestock when such trailer is sold to a qualified farmer or nurseryman to also exempt such sales of trailers used to transport farm products, nursery stock, or equipment, supplies or products used in agriculture, or for other agricultural purposes relating to the operation and maintenance of a farm. - Amends TCA Title 55 and Title 67.

TN - HB941 Expunction - As enacted, removes $180 fee for an individual petitioning the court for an expunction of certain criminal offenses; removes $350 fee for a defendant applying for expunction of an offense following the completion of a diversion program. - Amends TCA Title 40, Chapter 32 and Title 40, Chapter 35.

TN - HB769 Education - As introduced, changes from October 31 to October 1 the date by which the departments of education and health are required to jointly compile an annual report to the governor and the general assembly of self-administered medications and healthcare procedures. - Amends TCA Title 49.

TN - HJR416 Memorials, Recognition - YWCA Greater Memphis, 100th anniversary

TN - HB164 Traffic Safety - As enacted, prohibits a person from physically holding or supporting, with any part of the person's body, a wireless telecommunications device or stand-alone electronic device while operating a motor vehicle; imposes other similar restrictions on activities such as texting; creates certain exceptions. - Amends TCA Title 55, Chapter 10 and Title 55, Chapter 8.

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

TN - HJR474 Memorials, Death - Representative Ron Lollar

TN - HJR476 Memorials, Sports - Jeremiah Martin

TN - HB1354 Education, Higher - As enacted, requires each state institution of higher education to do the following: develop and implement a suicide prevention plan for students, faculty, and staff; and provide the plan to students, faculty, and staff at least once each semester. - Amends TCA Title 49.

TN - HJR452 Memorials, Public Service - President Trump, U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement

TN - HJR513 Memorials, Recognition - Beverly C. Robertson

TN - HJR515 Memorials, Death - Gladys Margaret Endsley McKinsey

TN - HJR512 Memorials, Recognition - Judge Deborah Means Henderson

TN - HB944 Education - As enacted, establishes the Governor's Civics Seal to recognize public schools and local education agencies implementing high-quality civic education programs. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 6, Part 10.

TN - HJR583 Memorials, Sports - Hunter Sturgill

TN - HJR588 Memorials, Recognition - National Drug Endangered Children Awareness Day

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

TN - HR116 Memorials, Interns - Khyiah K. Riviears

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

TN - HJR608 Memorials, Retirement - Vanessa M. Horner

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

TN - HB1187 Veterans - As enacted, eliminates the fee for interment of an eligible veteran's most recent spouse in a state veterans' cemetery. - Amends TCA Title 46, Chapter 6.

TN - HB316 Firefighters - As enacted, enacts the "Barry Brady Act," which creates a presumption that certain conditions or impairments of full-time firefighters caused by certain cancers arose out of employment unless the contrary is shown by competent medical evidence. - Amends TCA Title 7, Chapter 51, Part 2.

TN - HB494 Taxes, Privilege - As enacted, eliminates the special privilege tax on ammunition. - Amends TCA Section 8-8-201 and Title 70, Chapter 3.

TN - HB37 Public Health - As enacted, creates the state Alzheimer's disease and related dementia advisory council. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 68, Chapter 11, Part 14 and Title 71.

TN - HJR631 Memorials, Recognition - Shelby County, Bicentennial

TN - HB909 Elder Abuse - As enacted, enacts the "Elderly and Vulnerable Adult Protection Act of 2019." - Amends TCA Title 39; Title 40 and Title 71.

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

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

TN - HB786 Pharmacy, Pharmacists - As enacted, makes various changes to law concerning pharmacy benefits managers. - Amends TCA Title 56, Chapter 7, Part 31.

TN - HJR644 Memorials, Retirement - Helen Ford

TN - HB714 Driver Licenses - As enacted, authorizes the commissioner of safety to issue farm-related service industry employee restricted commercial driver licenses to persons who meet certain qualifications. - Amends TCA Title 43 and Title 55.

TN - HJR636 Memorials, Retirement - State Trooper Joe Wynne

TN - HB1615 Correction, Dept. of - As enacted, enacts the "Debra Johnson Act," which authorizes the department to contribute state funds toward the funeral and burial expenses of a correctional employee killed in the line of duty. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 3, Part 6.

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 - HB41 Handgun Permits - As enacted, requires that the following language be printed on the back of handgun carry permit cards: This permit is valid beyond the expiration date if the permit holder can provide documentation of the holder's active military status and duty station outside Tennessee. - Amends TCA Section 39-17-1351.

TN - HB1648 Education - As introduced, requires LEAs to provide opportunity for enrollment in a pre-kindergarten program to all children who are four years of age by September 30 of each year. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 51 and Title 49.

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

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

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

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

TN - HB1686 Education - As introduced, specifies that, beginning with the 2021-2022 school year, in order to teach kindergarten through grade three, a teacher must have received an evaluation demonstrating an overall performance effectiveness level of "above expectations" or "significantly above expectations" on the most recent teacher evaluation conducted pursuant to 49-1-302(d); provides exceptions in certain circumstances. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 1; Title 49, Chapter 5 and Title 49, Chapter 6.

TN - HB1688 Education, Curriculum - As introduced, deletes requirement for LEAs to provide a physical education class taught by a licensed teacher with an endorsement in physical education or by a specialist in physical education; deletes reporting requirements; requires each LEA to integrate at least two 25- minute periods of physical activity into each school day. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 6.

TN - HB1689 Students - As introduced, prohibits a student from participating in a single-sex interscholastic sport or athletic event provided by the student's public school unless the student verifies with the public school that the student is of the respective sex. - Amends TCA Title 49.

TN - HB1690 Correctional Programs - As introduced, requires the department of correction to pay an additional $5.00 per day recidivism-reduction stipend for certain county jails housing convicted felons, in which the felons attend evidence-based programs to reduce recidivism rates upon release. - Amends TCA Title 5; Title 8, Chapter 26; Title 40 and Title 41.

TN - HB1691 Education - As introduced, changes, from August 15 to June 1, the date on which a child must be five years of age to enroll in kindergarten; changes, from September 30 to July 31, the date on which a child determined by the director of schools to be sufficiently mature must be five years of age to enroll in kindergarten. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 6.

TN - HB1692 Education - As introduced, requires a student in any grade kindergarten through three to attend summer school if the student's teacher determines that the student is not academically prepared to advance to the next grade level and that grade retention may benefit the student. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 6.

TN - HB1592 Tennessee Student Assistance Corporation - As introduced, requires the corporation to establish a four-year pilot program to award completion grants to Tennessee Promise scholarship students who have an immediate financial need or who are experiencing a financial hardship that may prevent the student from completing a postsecondary degree or credential. - Amends TCA Title 49.

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 - HB1833 Education - As introduced, limits the number of Tennessee comprehensive assessment program (TCAP) tests administered to students in grades three through 12. - Amends TCA Title 49.

TN - HB1554 Education, Dept. of - As introduced, allows an LEA to choose to administer TCAP tests to its students in a paper format beginning with the 2020-2021 school year if the commissioner authorizes TCAP tests to be administered in a computerized format; requires the department to provide TCAP test materials in a paper format to LEAs choosing to administer TCAP tests in a paper format. - Amends TCA Title 49 and Chapter 475 of the Public Acts of 2019.

TN - HR194 Memorials, Recognition - Christopher Clark

TN - HB1687 Education, State Board of - As introduced, requires the board to abolish all academic standards for science and social studies for students in kindergarten through grade two; allows the subjects of science and social studies to be incorporated into the curriculum aligned with the academic standards for English language arts for students in kindergarten through grade two. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 1.

TN - HJR708 Memorials, Sports - University of Tennessee Volunteers football team

TN - HB641 Public Funds and Financing - As introduced, increases, from 15 to 20, the number of days after the end of each calendar month, within which a qualified public depository must submit to the state treasurer a report of the average daily balance of all secured public deposits held by the depository. - Amends TCA Title 9 and Title 67.

TN - HB1929 State Government - As introduced, prohibits the governor from making a decision or obligating the state of Tennessee in any way with regard to resettlement of refugees unless authorized by joint resolution of the general assembly. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 8; Title 9 and Title 71.

TN - HB1975 Education, State Board of - As enacted, adds offenses to the list of offenses for which, upon conviction, the state board of education automatically revokes a teacher's or administrator's license. - Amends TCA Section 49-5-417.

TN - HB1976 Education, State Board of - As enacted, gives the state board of education administrative subpoena power in connection with investigations related to licensure disciplinary actions. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 1, Part 3 and Title 49, Chapter 5.

TN - HB1974 Education, State Board of - As enacted, permits the state board of education to assess reasonable costs against a teacher or administrator when a final order is issued following a contested case hearing in which a teacher or administrator is issued a formal reprimand or the teacher's or administrator's license is denied, non-renewed, suspended, or revoked; requires the state board to promulgate rules for such assessments. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 5, Part 4 and Title 49, Chapter 1, Part 3.

TN - HB2059 Education - As introduced, authorizes a local board of education or a private or church-related school to apply excess instructional time accumulated during the school year toward the required 180 days of classroom instruction if the excess instructional time is not applied toward meeting instructional time requirements missed due to dangerous or extreme weather conditions. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 6, Part 30.

TN - HB2533 Taxes, Real Property - As introduced, increases the total acreage a single owner may have classified by the assessor of property as agricultural, forest, or open space land, from 1,500 acres to 5,000 acres, for purposes of greenbelt property taxation. - Amends TCA Title 67, Chapter 5.

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 - HJR769 Memorials, Recognition - Second Amendment rally in Richmond, Virginia

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

TN - HJR825 General Assembly, Statement of Intent or Position - Urges the department of education to allow school districts the freedom to select the Response to Instruction and Intervention (RTI) assessments they use.

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 - 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 - HB2565 Election Laws - As enacted, requires a chair of the nominating body of a statewide political party or recognized minor party to certify the party's nominees for president and vice president to the coordinator of elections by the first business day in September. - Amends TCA Title 2, Chapter 13.

TN - HR218 Memorials, Death - David C. Driver, Jr.

TN - HJR818 Memorials, Recognition - Harriet Tubman Day

TN - HJR810 Memorials, Recognition - Helen Abbott, Governor's Volunteer Stars Award

TN - HJR819 Memorials, Recognition - Michael W. Rallings, Living Legend Awards

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 - HB2195 Veterans Services, Dept. of - As introduced, enacts the "Major Trevor Joseph Act," which requires the department to provide burial services for any person who died while on active duty with the armed forces and is being interred in a state veterans cemetery on any date requested by the family members of the person if the department is given notice of the burial at least 72 hours in advance of the burial. - Amends TCA Title 46, Chapter 6 and Title 58.

TN - HB2778 State Government - As introduced, designates the Holy Bible as the official state book. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 1.

TN - HB2440 Education - As introduced, establishes a reporting date of January 15 of each year for the board of regents, each state university board, and the board of trustees of University of Tennessee to submit a report summarizing grievance activities for the previous year to the education committees. - Amends TCA Title 49.

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 - HJR885 Memorials, Recognition - President Donald J. Trump

TN - HB1827 Textbooks - As enacted, revises various provisions regarding textbooks and instructional materials and the state textbook and instructional materials quality commission. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 6, Part 22.

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 - HB2054 Controlled Substances - As introduced, prohibits revocation of parole, probation, or bail based on drug test result that is positive for THC below a certain level; prohibits public employers from taking adverse employment action and denying certain benefits based on such test result. - Amends TCA Title 8; Title 37; Title 38; Title 39; Title 40; Section 49-6-4213; Title 49, Chapter 5; Title 50; Section 63-1-126 and Title 71.

TN - HB2817 Criminal Procedure - As introduced, extends from 30 days to 45 days the time within which the issuing judge is required to report to the attorney general following the expiration, extension, or denial of an order authorizing a wire, oral, or electronic interception. - Amends TCA Section 10-7-504; Title 33; Title 36, Chapter 3, Part 6; Title 37; Title 38; Title 39; Title 40; Title 41; Title 49; Title 50; Title 55; Title 70 and Title 71.

TN - HJR741 General Assembly, Statement of Intent or Position - Affirms the constitutional duty and exclusive authority and power of the General Assembly to appropriate public moneys and balance the state budget.

TN - HB2227 Taxes, Exemption and Credits - As enacted, authorizes tax credits for privilege and excise taxes equal to 75 percent of the purchase price of brownfield property purchased in a tier 3 or tier 4 enhancement county for the purpose of a qualified development project; makes other revisions regarding tax credits for brownfield properties. - Amends TCA Section 67-4-2009.

TN - HB2854 Statutes of Limitations and Repose - As enacted, specifies that there is no time within which a judgment or decree in a domestic relations matter issued by a court with domestic relations jurisdiction must be acted upon, unless otherwise specifically provided for under law governing domestic relations. - Amends TCA Title 28 and Title 36.

TN - HB2575 Pharmacy, Pharmacists - As introduced, decreases from five to three business days, the date by which a pharmacy benefits manager or covered entity must remove a drug from the maximum allowable cost list following the date that the manager or entity becomes aware that the drug no longer is generally available for purchase by pharmacies in this state from a national or regional wholesaler. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 8; Title 53; Title 56 and Title 71.

TN - HB1791 Sunset Laws - As enacted, extends the West Tennessee River basin authority to June 30, 2028; adds an attendance requirement for board members; revises other provisions regarding the authority. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 29 and Title 64, Chapter 1.

TN - HB1596 Transportation, Dept. of - As enacted, enacts the "Tennessee Accessible Transportation and Mobility Act of 2020." - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 3, Part 23; Title 54 and Title 55.

TN - HB2069 Criminal Procedure - As enacted, adds the offenses of promoting the prostitution of a minor and patronizing prostitution from a person who is younger than 18 years of age or has an intellectual disability as sexual offenses for which a person may not qualify for judicial diversion. - Amends TCA Title 37; Title 39 and Title 40.

TN - HB1671 Local Education Agencies - As enacted, revises provisions governing the assigning of a student to an alternative school or alternative program. - Amends TCA Title 49.

TN - HB2580 Political Parties - As introduced, designates a specific time frame of 48 hours within which the state executive committees should post on the websites of the respective political parties, any change to a scheduled appearance of a candidate or the unavailability of a candidate to appear at an event scheduled during the time between the primary and general elections. - Amends TCA Title 2.

TN - HB1720 Motor Vehicles, Titling and Registration - As introduced, requires county clerks to retain $3.00 of the $11.00 fee for noting liens, encumbrances, or mortgages on a certificate of title; requires the retained funds to be earmarked for office supplies and equipment related to the notations. - Amends TCA Section 55-6-101.

TN - HJR974 Memorials, Death - Victor Thompson

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 - HB2249 Taxes, Sales - As enacted, requires marketplace facilitators to remit sales tax. - Amends TCA Title 67, Chapter 6.

TN - HB2505 Public Health - As enacted, creates the Tennessee rare disease advisory council. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 62; Title 63; Title 68 and Title 71.

TN - HB2815 Open Meetings - As introduced, authorizes the governing body of the city of Crossville to allow participation in public meetings by electronic or other means. - Amends TCA Section 8-44-108.

TN - HB2255 Advertising - As enacted, revises various provisions governing outdoor advertising; renames the Billboard Regulation and Control Act to be the Outdoor Advertising Control Act of 2020. - Amends TCA Title 54, Chapter 17 and Title 54, Chapter 21.

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 - HB2568 Abortion - As introduced, requires any facility in which more than 50 abortions were performed during the previous calendar year to post a sign informing patients that a chemical abortion may be reversed following the first dose of a two-dose treatment; requires a patient to receive similar notice prior to and after having the first dose of a chemical abortion; provides criminal penalties and civil actions for any violation of the act. - Amends TCA Title 11; Title 39, Chapter 15, Part 2; Title 63 and Title 68.

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 - HB2229 Education - As introduced, establishes various requirements relating to literacy instruction provided to students in any of the grades kindergarten through two; establishes methods of evaluating the reading proficiency of students in any of the grades kindergarten through three; establishes requirements relating to literacy instruction provided to teaching candidates; establishes various studies and review processes relating to the state's accountability model and the licensure process for teachers. - Amends TCA Title 49.

TN - HB38 Local Education Agencies - As introduced, changes, from 10 days to 10 business days, the period for which public notice must be given in advance of an LEA's acceptance of bids for contracts for the construction of a school building, or an addition to an existing school building, the cost of which exceeds $10,000. - Amends TCA Title 49.

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 - HB2615 Juvenile Offenders - As introduced, expands the unruly act of illegal use of a communication device by a minor to include possessing or transmitting an image of sexual activity involving a minor. - Amends TCA Title 37, Chapter 1, Part 1; Title 39, Chapter 13, Part 5 and Title 39, Chapter 17, Part 10.

TN - HB2761 Education, Curriculum - As introduced, authorizes each LEA and school that offers a firearm safety class or program to elementary-school students to post the curriculum and any corresponding educational materials on the school's or LEA's website. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 6.

TN - HB2601 Education, Higher - As enacted, requires public institutions of higher education to provide each student with a detailed and completed current-year federal college financing plan; imposes other requirements for such institutions to provide certain information when a student is finalizing acceptance of a financial aid package. - Amends TCA Title 49.

TN - HB2586 Holidays and Days of Special Observance - As enacted, designates "Women's Suffrage Day" as a day of special observance. - Amends TCA Title 15, Chapter 2.

TN - HJR748 General Assembly, Statement of Intent or Position - Reaffirms that Tennessee is a sanctuary for the right of law-abiding citizens to keep and bear arms.

TN - HJR1053 Memorials, Retirement - Lloyd Hansen

TN - HB1946 Professions and Occupations - As introduced, allows members of the United States armed forces and honorably discharged veterans who receive certified occupational training as a member of the United States armed forces to receive equivalent credit toward an occupational license relating to the training received. - Amends TCA Title 58; Title 62 and Title 63.

TN - HB2153 Federal Aid - As introduced, changes the date, from March 1 to March 15, by which the fiscal review committee staff must provide the general assembly's finance, ways and means committees information regarding state programs that have suffered reductions of federal financial support in the amount of 10 percent or more during the preceding year. - Amends TCA Title 3; Title 4; Title 9; Title 12, Chapter 4; Title 13; Title 41; Title 42; Title 49; Title 54; Title 55 and Title 71.

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 - HB2357 Children - As enacted, increases the timeframe within which the mother of a newborn may surrender custody of the child to an approved medical facility without criminal liability from within 72 hours of birth to within two weeks. - Amends TCA Title 36 and Section 68-11-255.

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

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 - HR333 Memorials, Recognition - West Tennessee Healthcare Dyersburg Hospital cardiac catheterization laboratory

TN - HJR1200 Memorials, Death - Johnny Majors

TN - HJR1212 Memorials, Death - George Floyd

TN - HB1980 Drugs, Prescription - As enacted, creates provisions related to prescribing buprenorphine. - Amends TCA Title 53, Chapter 11.

TN - HB1990 Abuse - As introduced, authorizes release to law enforcement of information regarding the identity of a person who reports a case of suspected abuse, neglect, or exploitation of an adult so that law enforcement may follow up with the person to determine if the report was investigated and resolved. - Amends TCA Title 10, Chapter 7, Part 5; Title 39, Chapter 15, Part 5 and Title 71, Chapter 6, Part 1.

TN - HB2653 Criminal Offenses - As introduced, creates a Class A misdemeanor of disseminating a photograph of an inmate at a state penal institution that was taken during a visitation period. - Amends TCA Title 39; Title 40; Title 41 and Title 47.

TN - HB2867 Motor Vehicles - As introduced, defines physician to mean a person licensed in this state and in good standing, for purposes of requiring an owner or lessee of a motor vehicle who is deaf or hard of hearing and who seeks to request a designation in the VTRS database by application coupled with a physician's statement. - Amends TCA Title 55, Chapter 21 and Title 55, Chapter 4.

TN - HB2702 Public Employees - As enacted, clarifies that the current prohibition against traffic offense citation quotas is applicable to public officials or public employees; creates a Class B misdemeanor offense, subject to fine only, for officials and employees violating that prohibition. - Amends TCA Title 3; Title 4; Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 8; Title 38; Title 39 and Title 40.

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

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 - HB2680 Health Care - As introduced, authorizes healthcare facilities to provide an electronic method for insureds or their representatives to acknowledge and sign the statutorily required notice that the insured agrees to receive medical services by an out-of-network provider and will receive a bill for the amount unpaid by the insured's insurer. - Amends TCA Title 33; Title 56; Title 63 and Title 68.

TN - HB2263 Abortion - As enacted, creates the Class C felony of performing or inducing, or attempting to perform or induce, an abortion upon a pregnant woman whose unborn child has a fetal heartbeat; creates other criminal offenses related to the performance of an abortion; requires that certain information regarding reversing chemical abortions be provided; revises and enacts other abortion-related provisions. - Amends TCA Section 37-10-304 and Title 39, Chapter 15, Part 2.

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.

TN - HB2414 Game and Fish Laws - As enacted, extends the exemption from licensure to hunt and fish on farmlands owned by a spouse, parent, or grandparent, to include spouses of children of landowners. - Amends TCA Title 70.

TN - HR363 Memorials, Public Service - Members of the Tennessee Highway Patrol and Tennessee National Guard who protect the State Capitol.

TN - HR365 Memorials, Government Officials - Honors Secretary of State Tre Hargett

TN - HB2727 General Services, Dept. of - As introduced, clarifies that the fiscal review committee must be allowed to review noncompetitive procurement agreements; requires the chief procurement officer to report procurement contracts monthly to the fiscal review committee; revises various other provisions related to procurement of state contracts. - Amends TCA Title 3; Title 4; Title 8; Title 9; Title 12 and Title 49.