Tennessee Rep. Curtis Halford (R)

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TN - HB2765 Environment and Conservation, Department of - As introduced, requires the office of energy programs to report by February 1, 2021, to the agriculture and natural resources committee of the house of representatives and the energy, agriculture and natural resources committee of the senate concerning the office's efforts to assist Tennessee institutions and citizens for research and experimentation in the development of clean energy technologies during 2020. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 9 and Title 68.

TN - HB2909 Rutherford - Subject to local approval, changes, from two-year to four-year, terms for the mayor and each alderman. - Amends Chapter 133 of the Private Acts of 1994; as amended.

TN - HB1534 Gibson - Subject to local approval, abolishes an alderman position that is vacant after the November 2018 election and is not filled by appointment. - Amends Chapter 88 of the Private Acts of 2006.

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 - HJR998 Memorials, Personal Occasion - Martha Akin, 105th birthday

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 - HR10 Memorials, Heroism - Lane Fowlkes

TN - HJR447 Memorials, Recognition - Vanderbilt LifeFlight, 35th anniversary

TN - HR67 Memorials, Interns - Zachary Douglas Stephens

TN - HB2813 Water - As introduced, prohibits home rule municipalities and counties operating under a charter form of government from exercising authority over a landowner's riparian water rights in granting certificates of exemption from certain drilling requirements. - Amends TCA Title 69, Chapter 10 and Title 69, Chapter 3.

TN - HB1600 Secretary of State - As introduced, lengthens the period of time the secretary of state may extend for a charitable organization to file a registration renewal application. - Amends TCA Title 48, Chapter 101, Part 5.

TN - HB851 Real Property - As introduced, increases the time in which a person in actual possession and occupation of land must be provided notice of an execution and sale, from 20 days to 25 days. - Amends TCA Title 26; Title 30; Title 31; Title 32; Title 56 and Title 71.

TN - HB94 Education - As enacted, establishes a task force regarding the creation of the Tennessee outdoor education and recreation grant program. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 11; Title 49 and Title 70.

TN - HJR123 Memorials, Professional Achievement - Trevor Haywood, 2018 Master Logger of the Year

TN - HB1256 Conservation - As introduced, requires the executive director of the wildlife resources agency to issue an annual report concerning acquisition priorities for wetland and bottomland hardwood forest acquisition. - Amends TCA Section 11-14-401.

TN - HJR99 Memorials, Personal Occasion - Dent Partee, 99th birthday

TN - HJR196 General Assembly, Confirmation of Appointment - James W. "Jimmy" Granbery, Tennessee Fish and Wildlife Commission

TN - HJR230 Memorials, Personal Occasion - Lavorn Jones, 100th birthday

TN - HB1879 Taxes, Alcoholic Beverages - As introduced, reduces, from 15 days to 10 calendar days, the time period in which a licensee for the sale of alcoholic beverages for on-premises consumption must submit payment for any prior tax, interest, or penalty levied following the sale or closure of the business. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 5; Title 49; Title 57 and Title 67.

TN - HB633 Solid Waste Disposal - As introduced, increases from 15 to 17 the maximum number of directors permitted on a solid waste authority board. - Amends TCA Title 65, Chapter 5 and Title 68, Chapter 211.

TN - HB1507 School Districts, Special - Revises the property tax rate for the Milan special school district. - Amends Chapter 504 of the Private Acts of 1945; as amended.

TN - HR17 Memorials, Personal Achievement - Alex Cole Jones, Eagle Scout

TN - HJR408 Memorials, Recognition - Shooting Hunger Sporting Clays events

TN - HB342 Food and Food Products - As introduced, reduces from 60 to 45 days following a hearing, conducted for violation by a licensee under Tennessee Meat and Poultry Inspection Act, the time within which the commissioner of agriculture must issue an order pursuant to such hearing. - Amends TCA Title 43; Title 53 and Title 57.

TN - HJR506 Memorials, Recognition - Tennessee Farmer Suicide Prevention Day, October 16, 2019

TN - HB1052 Agriculture - As introduced, clarifies the definition of "agricultural production" for the Agricultural District and Farmland Preservation Act of 1995; clarifies scope of the exception to the Tennessee Livestock Dealer Act for occasional sales and purchases in connection with a farming operation or agriculture. - Amends TCA Title 43 and Title 44.

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 - HJR183 Memorials, Recognition - Anna Grace Brown, FFA State Reporter

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

TN - HJR153 Memorials, Public Service - Gerald McCormick

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

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 - HJR175 Memorials, Death - Kenneth "Rance" Roby

TN - HJR71 Memorials, Retirement - Meri Armour

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 - HB345 Alcoholic Beverages - As enacted, extends the hours during which a manufacturer may sell its product at retail on Sunday on its licensed premises from 12:00 p.m. until 7:00 p.m. to 10:00 a.m. until 11:00 p.m.; deletes repeal provision, thereby clarifying that a manufacturer of alcoholic beverages may, on and after July 1, 2019, continue to have a direct or indirect interest in an establishment with a license authorizing consumption of alcoholic beverages on the premises if the interest is held in an irrevocable trust. - Amends TCA Section 57-3-202 and Section 57-4-110.

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

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

TN - HJR197 General Assembly, Confirmation of Appointment - Thomas L. "Tommy" Woods, Tennessee Fish and Wildlife Commission

TN - HJR195 General Assembly, Confirmation of Appointment - Dr. David "Hank" Wright, Tennessee Fish and Wildlife Commission

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

TN - HJR231 Memorials, Death - Sam Powell

TN - HB278 Commerce and Insurance, Dept. of - As introduced, requires the department to enter into a memorandum of understanding for collaboration in the development of a comprehensive healthcare information system, which must be accessible on the department's website. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 33; Title 56; Title 63 and Title 68.

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 - HJR221 Memorials, Recognition - Jennifer Houston

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 - HJR116 Memorials, Recognition - David Williams II

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

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

TN - HJR223 Memorials, Recognition - Dolly Parton

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

TN - HR20 Memorials, Recognition - President Ronald Reagan

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

TN - HB236 Homestead Exemptions - As introduced, increases the homestead exemption relative to garnishments; creates homestead exemption for agricultural land; requires the fiscal review committee to recommend to the general assembly every three years suggested increases in the homestead exemption. - Amends TCA Title 26 and Title 30.

TN - HJR243 Memorials, Recognition - Gregory L. Dodson

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 - HB1185 Juvenile Offenders - As introduced, enacts the "Juvenile Justice Stop Solitary Confinement Act." - Amends TCA Title 37 and Title 41, Chapter 4.

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

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

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 - HR72 Memorials, Recognition - Jimmy Ogle

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

TN - HR73 Memorials, Death - George Klein

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

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

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

TN - HJR438 Memorials, Recognition - Shannon McCloud

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

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

TN - HJR474 Memorials, Death - Representative Ron Lollar

TN - HJR457 Memorials, Interns - Tayler Aliff

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 - HJR476 Memorials, Sports - Jeremiah Martin

TN - HJR513 Memorials, Recognition - Beverly C. Robertson

TN - HJR515 Memorials, Death - Gladys Margaret Endsley McKinsey

TN - HJR512 Memorials, Recognition - Judge Deborah Means Henderson

TN - HB983 Education - As enacted, creates a process for voters in Madison County to remove a local board of education member who is elected or appointed to fill a vacancy. - Amends TCA Title 49.

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

TN - HR116 Memorials, Interns - Khyiah K. Riviears

TN - HJR583 Memorials, Sports - Hunter Sturgill

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

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

TN - HB518 Firefighters - As enacted, creates a program managed by the commissioner of commerce and insurance to annually award grants to volunteer fire departments for the purchase of firefighting equipment or to meet local match requirements for federal grants for the purchase of firefighting equipment and training. - Amends TCA Title 68, Chapter 102.

TN - HJR612 Memorials, Public Service - Judge Brandon O. Gibson

TN - HJR608 Memorials, Retirement - Vanessa M. Horner

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

TN - HB1262 Taxes, Privilege - As enacted, limits the professions to which the professional privilege tax applies to: lobbyists; persons licensed or registered under the laws governing securities as agents, broker-dealers, and investment advisers; physicians and osteopathic physicians; and attorneys; applicable to privilege taxes due and payable after May 31, 2020. - Amends TCA Title 67; Chapter 72 of the Public Acts of 2011; Chapter 193 of the Public Acts of 2017; Chapter 273 of the Public Acts of 2015; Chapter 452 of the Public Acts of 2017; Chapter 480 of the Public Acts of 2013; Chapter 530 of the Public Acts of 2009 and Chapter 602 of the Public Acts of 2007.

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 - HJR631 Memorials, Recognition - Shelby County, Bicentennial

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

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

TN - HJR644 Memorials, Retirement - Helen Ford

TN - HJR636 Memorials, Retirement - State Trooper Joe Wynne

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

TN - HB565 Statutes of Limitations and Repose - As enacted, revises various provisions governing statutes of limitations for civil actions and criminal prosecutions for cases involving abuse against child; revises penalty for failure to report abuse. - Amends TCA Title 28; Title 37 and Title 40.

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 - HR194 Memorials, Recognition - Christopher Clark

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

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 - 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 - 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 - 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 - HB2301 Taxes, Excise - As introduced, establishes a statutory mechanism for automatic adjustments to the current excise tax rate of 6.5 percent based on economic conditions. - Amends TCA Section 9-4-5202 and Title 67, Chapter 4, Part 20.

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

TN - HB2223 Food and Food Products - As enacted, corrects a cross-reference in regard to the standards that apply to certain donations of food; changes the level of carelessness that gives rise to liability for damage caused by certain food donors from negligence to gross negligence; makes other changes concerning food donations. - Amends TCA Title 53, Chapter 13.

TN - HB2293 Criminal Offenses - As introduced, creates the offense of mail theft, which is intentionally obtaining mail from another person's mailbox or premises without the consent of the addressee and with the intent to deprive the addressee of the mail. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 14.

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 - 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 - HJR874 General Assembly, Confirmation of Appointment - Alex Motlow Richman, Tennessee Forestry Commission

TN - HB1933 Emergency Communications Districts - As enacted, requires training curriculum for 911 operators and public safety dispatchers to include guidelines for T-CPR; provides immunity from civil liability for emergency communication districts, the state, counties, and municipalities for employees who provide assistance or instruction on T-CPR to a caller or bystander on an emergency call. - Amends TCA Title 7, Chapter 86; Title 29, Chapter 20 and Title 68.

TN - HJR875 General Assembly, Confirmation of Appointment - Sharon Jean-Philippe, Tennessee Forestry Commission

TN - HJR876 General Assembly, Confirmation of Appointment - Mike Witt, Tennessee Forestry Commission

TN - HB2583 Agriculture - As introduced, creates an advisory task force of farmers and foresters to lead a strategic planning process and resulting implementation plan to position this state as a leading hub for agtech and value-added agriculture; requires a report to the general assembly no later than April 1, 2021. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 11, Chapter 4; Title 43; Title 44; Title 49 and Title 67.

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 - HJR912 General Assembly, Confirmation of Appointment - Jeremy Nagoshiner, Heritage Conservation Trust Fund Board

TN - HJR913 General Assembly, Confirmation of Appointment - Earl S. Worsham, Heritage Conservation Trust Fund Board

TN - HJR914 General Assembly, Confirmation of Appointment - Madge Cleveland, Heritage Conservation Trust Fund Board

TN - HJR915 General Assembly, Confirmation of Appointment - Aaron Ellison, Heritage Conservation Trust Fund Board

TN - HJR916 General Assembly, Confirmation of Appointment - Charles Hankla, Heritage Conservation Trust Fund Board

TN - HJR742 Memorials, Death - Elizabeth Blair Allen Daniel

TN - HJR905 Memorials, Recognition - Nathan McClard, Tennessee FFA Middle Tennessee State Vice President

TN - HJR904 Memorials, Recognition - Taylor Campbell, Tennessee FFA State President

TN - HJR907 Memorials, Recognition - Caroline Gurton, Tennessee FFA West Tennessee State Vice President

TN - HJR906 Memorials, Recognition - Austin Wattenbarger, Tennessee FFA State Sentinel

TN - HJR909 Memorials, Recognition - Travis Stewart, Tennessee FFA East Tennessee State Vice President

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

TN - HJR911 Memorials, Recognition - Erika Brown, Tennessee FFA State Reporter

TN - HJR910 Memorials, Recognition - Emily Nave, Tennessee FFA State Secretary

TN - HB2719 Holidays and Days of Special Observance - As introduced, encourages all employers in this state to provide a paid day off each Veterans' Day for all employees of the employer who are veterans. - Amends TCA Title 15 and Title 58.

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 - 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 - 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 - HB273 Economic and Community Development - As introduced, enacts the "Save Tennessee Call Center Jobs Act of 2019." - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 9; Title 12; Title 50 and Title 67.

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 - HB1815 Criminal Offenses - As introduced, creates an offense of using force or coercion to cause a person to join a criminal gang against the person's will; sets penalty based on the age of the victim. - Amends TCA Title 39 and Title 40.

TN - HJR974 Memorials, Death - Victor Thompson

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 - HB2090 Hospitals and Health Care Facilities - As enacted, extends to a rural health clinic the same authorization that a federally qualified health center has to employ a physician if the employment relationship is evidenced by a written contract, job description, or documentation containing language that does not restrict the physician from exercising independent medical judgment in diagnosing and treating patients. - Amends TCA Title 63, Chapter 6.

TN - HJR442 Memorials, Interns - Sydney Burchell

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 - HB2366 Local Government, General - As enacted, prohibits local governing bodies from adopting or continuing in effect any ordinance, resolution, rule, or regulation regarding the exhibition of livestock; specifies that the prohibition does not apply when such enactment is otherwise authorized by state law or is related to reasonable restrictions regarding time, place, and manner consistent with other similar events or the protection of public health, safety, or welfare. - Amends TCA Title 5; Title 6; Title 7 and Title 44.

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

TN - HJR1053 Memorials, Retirement - Lloyd Hansen

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

TN - HJR1200 Memorials, Death - Johnny Majors

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

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 - 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 - HB1405 Students - As introduced, adds HiSET to the courses a minor student may be enrolled and making satisfactory academic progress in to obtain a driver license or instruction permit to operate a motor vehicle from the department of safety. - Amends TCA Title 49.