Tennessee Rep. Dale Carr (R)

TN - Local Government (House)

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vice-chair

TN - Local Government Subcommittee (House)

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chair

TN - Transportation (House)

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vice-chair

TN - HB1738 Pensions and Retirement Benefits - As introduced, modifies the Medicare supplemental insurance benefit for participating retired employees and teachers to ensure that such retirees are not required to pay the full cost of each premium increase. - Amends TCA Title 8, Chapter 27, Part 7.

TN - HB2418 Fire Prevention and Investigation - As introduced, increases the fine for committing certain offenses relating to smoke detectors from a fine up to $50.00 to a fine of $100.00. - Amends TCA Title 37; Title 66 and Title 68.

TN - HB121 County Officers - As introduced, requires candidates for constable in certain counties to have at least one year of law enforcement experience and be certified by a licensed health care provider as being free from any disorder that would impair the candidate's ability to perform any essential function of the job. - Amends TCA Title 8, Chapter 10.

TN - HJR306 Memorials, Recognition - Ashley Morgan Heatherly, 2013 Smoky Mountain Youth of the Year

TN - HJR949 Memorials, Personal Achievement - Ashley Heatherly, Boys and Girls Club's Tennessee Youth of the Year.

TN - HJR767 Memorials, Recognition - Mayor Bryan Atchley, 13th Annual Sevier County Citizenship Award.

TN - HJR189 Memorials, Recognition - Regen Morris

TN - HB2527 Gatlinburg - As introduced, subject to local approval, establishes designated seats for candidates seeking the office of commissioner. - Amends Chapter 84 of the Private Acts of 1945; as amended.

TN - HB207 Education - As introduced, requires the director of the office of legislative budget analysis to provide the revised BEP funding formula to the speaker of the senate, the speaker of the house of representatives, and the education committees of the senate and the house of representatives, if the commissioner fails to provide the revised BEP funding formula for the ensuing fiscal year by January 1. - Amends TCA Title 3; Title 4; Title 8; Title 37 and Title 49.

TN - HB646 Planning, Public - As introduced, requires planning commissioners and other planning officials to file attendance statement regarding continuing education with Tennessee ethics commission; removes ability of local legislative bodies to opt out of continuing education requirements for planning commissioners and other planning officials. - Amends TCA Title 8, Chapter 50, Part 5 and Title 13.

TN - HJR560 Memorials, Sports - Pigeon Forge High School, 2013 TSSAA Class AA State Baseball Champions.

TN - HJR93 Memorials, Death - Jim Bradley

TN - HJR695 Memorials, Death - Elizabeth "Libby" Storie Sharp.

TN - HJR848 Memorials, Professional Achievement - Cindy Rule, Regional Secondary Teacher of the Year.

TN - HB851 Criminal Offenses - As introduced, requires the value of a service animal to include any training the animal received, any veterinary costs and expenses related to the disposal or burial of the animal. - Amends TCA Title 8, Chapter 50; Title 13; Title 38; Title 39; Title 40; Title 44; Title 50; Title 62 and Title 66.

TN - HJR731 Memorials, Professional Achievement - Sarah Cheek, Sevier County Primary Grades Teacher of the Year.

TN - HB467 Transportation, Dept. of - As introduced, removes outdated language from transportation equity trust fund provisions. - Amends TCA Title 7, Chapter 56, Part 2; Title 9, Chapter 4 and Title 67.

TN - HJR147 Memorials, Death - Fred W. McMahan

TN - HB1133 Education - As introduced, changes the calculation of the school year from days to hours; establishes a start date for non-year-round schools of no earlier than the fourth Monday in August; requires commissioner of education to set TCAP testing at a time that allows for sufficient instructional time prior to testing. - Amends TCA Title 49.

TN - HB666 Workers Compensation - As introduced, repeals the workers' compensation review committee. - Amends TCA Section 50-6-623.

TN - HB1132 Unemployment Compensation - As introduced, requires the commissioner of labor and workforce development to provide a copy of its report to the general assembly concerning the condition of the unemployment trust fund during the first week of January and the first week of July of each year in an electronic format to the general assembly prior to such deadlines. - Amends TCA Title 50, Chapter 7.

TN - HB1690 Pensions and Retirement Benefits - As introduced, requires an annual report of investments of retirement funds in companies that have business operations in Iran's energy sector and are subject to economic sanctions under federal law. - Amends TCA Title 8, Chapter 36 and Title 8, Chapter 37.

TN - HB466 Railroads - As introduced, authorizes TDOT to employ analysts and economists in addition to other employees to perform duties related to railroad regulation. - Amends TCA Title 65, Chapter 3, Part 2 and Title 67.

TN - HB1490 Highways, Roads and Bridges - As introduced, authorizes utilities to be placed below, along or adjacent to a county road or county road right-of-way with permission of the head of the county highway department; makes various other revisions to the Tennessee County Uniform Highway Law governing the placement of utilities and other obstacles and obstructions in county roads or rights-of-way of county roads. - Amends TCA Section 54-7-201.

TN - HB1754 Aircraft and Airports - As enacted, ratifies and validates certain bonds issued by an airport authority. - Amends TCA Title 42, Chapter 3.

TN - HJR729 Memorials, Professional Achievement - Cindy Rule, Sevier County Secondary Teacher of the Year.

TN - HJR732 Memorials, Death - James Atchley.

TN - HB1489 Safety - As introduced, redefines "amusement device" to include go karts used for a commercial purpose; authorizes regulation of go karts used for a commercial purpose by the elevator and amusement device safety board. - Amends TCA Title 68, Chapter 121, Part 1.

TN - HJR559 Memorials, Public Service - Mayor Bryan Atchley of Sevierville.

TN - HB1514 Basic Education Program (BEP) - As introduced, requires the state to provide sufficient funding so that each LEA will receive no less than a 65% state share of funding in the BEP instructional components. - Amends TCA Title 49.

TN - HJR789 Memorials, Sports - Pigeon Forge High School Wrestling Team, 2014 Tennessee A-AA State Duals Champions.

TN - HB23 Taxes, Privilege - As enacted, authorizes municipalities located in Sevier County to impose certain privilege taxes to the same extent other municipalities located in the county have imposed such taxes by private act; specifies that 75 percent of the proceeds collected from any tax imposed pursuant to this bill will be used for tourism promotion; tourism infrastructure, including but not limited to, municipally-owned or operated event centers and golf courses; and tourism advertising. - Amends TCA Title 67.

TN - HB953 Commerce and Insurance, Dept. of - As enacted, removes the statutorily set maximum inspection fees for inspection services by deputy electrical inspectors and delegates the authority to set such fees to the commissioner. - Amends TCA Title 68, Chapter 102.

TN - HB120 Taxes, Exemption and Credits - As introduced, exempts the sale of gold, silver and platinum coins and bullion that are used as mediums of exchange from sales tax. - Amends TCA Title 67, Chapter 6, Part 1 and Title 67, Chapter 6, Part 3.

TN - HB1689 Landlord and Tenant - As introduced, makes certain changes to encourage local governments to inspect rental properties and increases the penalties for landlords who fail to take corrective action to repair such code violations. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 5; Title 6; Title 13; Title 16; Title 27; Title 39; Title 40; Title 66 and Title 68.

TN - HB1530 Taxes, Real Property - As enacted, allows county mayors to require training of county board of equalization members and hearing officers; restates notice procedures regarding property tax appeals; permits electronic notification and recordation. - Amends TCA Title 67, Chapter 1, Part 4 and Title 67, Chapter 5.

TN - HB857 Public Funds and Financing - As introduced, authorizes muncipalities that employ full-time certified municipal finance officer to invest in prime banker's acceptances eligible for purchase by the federal reserve system and prime commercial paper like municipalities with population in excess of 150,000 may already invest in. - Amends TCA Section 6-56-106.

TN - HB642 Solid Waste Disposal - As introduced, allows private entity to provide a roll off construction or demolition debris container to a person requesting such container even if the site is located in a municipality that has granted an exclusive franchise to itself for the collection, removal and disposal of solid waste. - Amends TCA Title 6 and Title 68, Chapter 211.

TN - HB1263 Annexation - As enacted, requires annexing municipalities to provide notice to property owners after a court order is entered upholding an annexation, and before the effective date of annexation; makes other various revisions related to annexations. - Amends TCA Title 6, Chapter 51, Part 1; Title 6, Chapter 58 and Title 67, Chapter 5, Part 5.

TN - HJR801 Memorials, Recognition - Ben Parton, 2014 National Youth Orchestra of the United States of America.

TN - HJR849 Memorials, Professional Achievement - Heather Burkhart, Regional Middle Grades Teacher of the Year.

TN - HJR730 Memorials, Professional Achievement - Heather Burkhart, Sevier County Middle Grades Teacher of the Year.

TN - HB1377 Child Abuse - As introduced, clarifies circumstances under which exposure of a child to a process intended to result in the manufacture of methamphetamine will be considered child abuse or aggravated child abuse. - Amends TCA Title 37, Chapter 1 and Title 39, Chapter 15, Part 4.

TN - HB1265 Insurance, Health, Accident - As introduced, requires health insurance policies to cover screening, diagnosis and treatment of autism spectrum disorders. - Amends TCA Title 56, Chapter 7, Part 23.

TN - HB2161 Fiscal Review Committee - As introduced, requires committee to review contracts that result in layoffs of state employees; requires committee as part of reviewing proposed contracts to consider whether existing state employees can perform the tasks in such proposed contracts. - Amends TCA Title 3, Chapter 7.

TN - HB1154 Budget Procedures - As enacted, requires the state funding board to study issues concerning the "Copeland Cap." - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 9 and Title 67.

TN - HB9 Unknown

TN - HB1551 Courts, General Sessions - As introduced, changes the date for determining which class a county is in for purposes of compensating general sessions judges from September 1 to October 1. - Amends TCA Title 16, Chapter 15.

TN - HB1293 Sexual Offenses - As enacted, creates the offense of continuous sexual abuse of a child. - Amends TCA Title 39 and Title 40.

TN - HB1667 Firearms and Ammunition - As introduced, protects the right of a person to transport and store a firearm or firearm ammunition in a privately owned vehicle; prevents any owner, lessee or manager of real property from taking adverse action against a person transporting or storing a firearm or ammunition; creates a civil cause of action for damages. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 17.

TN - HB353 DUI Offenses - As enacted, revises various provisions of the ignition interlock law. - Amends TCA Title 55.

TN - HB644 Tobacco, Tobacco Products - As introduced, redefines "cost of doing business by the retailer" from 8 percent of basic costs of cigarettes to retailer to 15 percent of basic costs of cigarettes to retailer. - Amends TCA Title 47, Chapter 25, Part 3.

TN - HB1195 Taxes - As introduced, subjects tax records maintained by certain premier type tourist resort municipalities for taxes they collect to the same confidential treatment that applies to state-collected tax records. - Amends TCA Title 67, Chapter 1, Part 17.

TN - HB545 Pensions and Retirement Benefits - As introduced, authorizes lump sum death benefit to beneficiary for noncontributory member dying prior to retirement as if such member had been a contributory member. - Amends TCA Section 8-36-107.

TN - HB1401 Clerks, Court - As enacted, revises provisions governing retention of certain fines, costs and litigation taxes collected by court clerks with any in-house collection procedure; revises provisions regarding fees for collection by an agent. - Amends TCA Title 6; Title 9; Title 20; Title 40; Title 41; Title 55 and Title 70.

TN - HB1074 Military - As enacted, authorizes public employees who are in the military to use five days of sick leave in lieu of annual leave after the employee has received 20 working days of compensation so the employee does not have to take leave without pay when called to military duties. - Amends TCA Title 8, Chapter 33, Part 1.

TN - HB2060 Unknown

TN - HB1686 Judgments - As enacted, provides that a civil judgment or restitution order converted to civil judgment is valid until paid in full rather than renewed every 10 years if the judgment is based upon injury or death caused by criminal conduct and the judgment debtor was convicted of a criminal offense for such conduct. - Amends TCA Title 28, Chapter 3, Part 1 and Title 40, Chapter 35, Part 3.

TN - HB1386 Employees, Employers - As enacted, establishes experience rating applicable to new employers moving to Tennessee after having been in operation for at least three years prior to becoming a employer in Tennessee. - Amends TCA Title 50, Chapter 7, Part 4.

TN - HB1494 Medical Occupations - As enacted, adds certain physician assistants to those designated professionals authorized to perform the duties of a physician under portions of involuntary admission to inpatient mental health treatment statute. - Amends TCA Title 33.

TN - HB1043 Controlled Substances - As enacted, redefines "imitation controlled substance" for purposes of the offense of knowingly manufacturing, delivering, selling, or possessing with the intent to sell, deliver or manufacture an imitation controlled substance. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 17, Part 4.

TN - HB119 Welfare - As enacted, prohibits recipients of public assistance from using electronic benefit transfer cards to purchase certain goods or services in certain establishments. - Amends TCA Title 71.

TN - HB2211 Economic and Community Development - As enacted, revises certain provisions governing projects and qualified public use facilities to change the amount of the aggregate investment of public or private funds from "in excess of $200 million" to "in excess of $75 million". - Amends TCA Title 7, Chapter 53 and Title 7, Chapter 88.

TN - HB695 Sunset Laws - As introduced, extends the judicial performance evaluation commission, June 30, 2015. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 29 and Title 17, Chapter 4.

TN - HB868 Controlled Substances - As enacted, prohibits pain management clinics from dispensing controlled substances; specifies that act does not prohibit a medical doctor, osteopathic physician, advanced practice nurse with certificates of fitness to prescribe, or physician assistant working at a pain management clinic from providing to that practitioner's patient, without charge, a sample of a schedule IV or schedule V controlled substance in a quantity limited to an amount that is adequate to treat the patient for a maximum of 72 hours. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 17, Part 4; Title 53; Title 63 and Chapter 880 of the Private Acts of 2012.

TN - HB2424 Taxes, Inheritance Gift - As enacted, for tax years 2014 and 2015, annually raises the gross amount of a small estate that is below the statutory exemption and is not required to file a short form inheritance tax return. - Amends TCA Title 67, Chapter 8.

TN - HB2490 Firefighters - As introduced, enacts the "Firefighter Training Act of 2014". - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 5; Title 7; Title 8 and Title 68.

TN - HB2255 Emergency Communications Districts - As enacted, enacts the "911 Funding Modernization and IP Transition Act of 2014". - Amends TCA Title 7, Chapter 86; Section 9-8-307; Title 29, Chapter 20 and Title 65.

TN - HB2263 Teachers, Principals and School Personnel - As introduced, enacts the "Educator Respect and Accountability Act of 2014." - Amends TCA Title 49.

TN - HB2290 Education - As introduced, requires the department of education to reimburse LEAs for the costs of implementing and the ongoing costs to use common core state standards and PARCC assessments. - Amends TCA Title 49.

TN - HB403 Motor Vehicles - As enacted, authorizes a freight motor vehicle to exceed the maximum gross weight requirements by a certain amount if such motor vehicle has idle-reduction technology or other emissions-reduction technology installed. - Amends TCA Title 55, Chapter 7.

TN - HB1895 Insurance, Health, Accident - As enacted, requires that a health insurance carrier provide coverage under a health insurance policy for healthcare services delivered through telehealth in certain circumstances. - Amends TCA Title 56; Title 63 and Title 71.

TN - HB1052 Public Contracts - As introduced, requires any state department or agency to certify to the comptroller of the treasury that no employee within such department or agency is capable of accomplishing certain tasks before the department or agency can contract for such services. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 8 and Title 12.

TN - HB1652 Law Enforcement - As enacted, prohibits any state or local law enforcement officer from participating in a voluntary motor vehicle checkpoint conducted by a private company or research institute to collect a human sample from which DNA may be derived from consenting motorists stopped at the checkpoint for statistical studies or research. - Amends TCA Title 38, Chapter 8, Part 1.

TN - HB578 State Employees - As enacted, authorizes state employees to serve as election officials at the polling place. - Amends TCA Title 2, Chapter 1, Part 1.

TN - HB887 Education, Higher - As introduced, allows retired state employees to take one class without charge per semester at public institutions of higher education; allows spouses of state employees to receive a 25 percent discount on tuition at public institutions of higher education. - Amends TCA Section 8-50-114; Section 8-50-115 and Section 49-7-113.

TN - HB1306 Education, Higher - As introduced, requires UT and TBR institutions to provide free parking to employees who earn less than the average state employee salary; permits other employees to be charged for parking on a tiered scale based on salary. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 7.

TN - HB1711 Insurance, Health, Accident - As introduced, on or after July 1, 2014, requires the state insurance committee to ensure that if the estimated total solvency reserve for the state health insurance plan exceeds the actuarially-required target solvency reserve for the calendar year by 75 percent for two consecutive years, then the excess amount must be used to decrease member’s out-of-pocket expenses. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 8, Chapter 27; Title 9 and Title 56.

TN - HB1111 Utilities, Utility Districts - As introduced, establishes a framework regarding pole attachments in regard to poles owned by non-investor-owned electric utilities. - Amends TCA Title 65, Chapter 21.

TN - HB1282 Handgun Permits - As enacted, limits 10-year period that person must wait between exiting a drug or alcohol program or hospital before being eligible for a handgun carry permit to three years if the applicant entered rehab voluntarily; 10-year period still applies to those who enter rehab pursuant to a court order. - Amends TCA Section 39-17-1351.

TN - HB500 Unknown

TN - HB1892 Boats, Boating - As enacted, enacts the "Noah Dean and Nate Act" to lessen the likelihood of electric shock drowning near marinas and boat docks. - Amends TCA Title 62, Chapter 6; Title 68; Title 69 and Title 70.

TN - HB2237 Education, State Board of - As introduced, requires members of the board to be elected by congressional district for four-year term as current terms expire and vacancies arise. - Amends TCA Title 49.

TN - HB1748 State Employees - As introduced, prohibits layoffs in excess of 10 employees if not approved in the state budget unless the general assembly approves the layoffs. - Amends TCA Title 8, Chapter 30.

TN - HB1542 State Employees - As enacted, authorizes the department of transportation to create a new job classification that does not require a high school diploma or state-approved high school equivalency certification as a minimum qualification, applicable to certain department employees. - Amends TCA Title 8.

TN - HB1940 State Employees - As enacted, specifies, in regard to the Tennessee Excellence, Accountability and Management (TEAM) Act, that parties in a Step I appeal may make an audio tape recording of the proceeding; adds that in a Step I appeal, a complainant may have a non-lawyer representative participate in the appeal, in certain situations. - Amends TCA Title 8, Chapter 30, Part 3.

TN - HB1528 State Employees - As enacted, enacts the "Three Stars of Tennessee Award" to recognize peace officers, firefighters, and medical first responders killed or who suffered a career-ending injury in the line of duty. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 1.

TN - HB1416 Licenses - As enacted, requires that applicants applying for an initial registration, licensure, or certification as a real estate appraiser submit a full set of fingerprints in order for the real estate commission to conduct a criminal history background check; creates certain exceptions. - Amends TCA Title 62, Chapter 39.

TN - HB1950 Hospitals and Health Care Facilities - As enacted, enacts the "Annual Coverage Assessment of 2014". - Amends TCA Title 71, Chapter 5 and Chapter 250 of the Public Acts of 2013.

TN - HB1555 Pharmacy, Pharmacists - As introduced, regulates dispensing of immediate methamphetamine precursor by making it a controlled substance requiring a prescription - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 17, Part 4; Title 53, Chapter 10; Title 53, Chapter 11 and Title 63, Chapter 10.

TN - HB1904 TennCare - As enacted, provides that an individual who is an inmate of a public institution will have eligibility for medical assistance suspended but not terminated during periods of actual incarceration; an individual who is an inmate of a public institution will be eligible for temporary reinstatement of medical assistance for care received outside of a jail or correctional facility in a hospital or other health care facility for more than 24 hours; and a public institution may make efforts to establish eligibility for or renew assistance for such individuals prior to their release from the public institution. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 12; Title 33; Title 38; Title 41; Title 56 and Title 71.

TN - HB681 Local Inmates - As enacted, requires any person convicted of a felony and sentenced to a local jail or workhouse to also be sentenced to participate in the jail's work program, if any; and allows sheriff to opt county or individual inmates out of these provisions for various reasons such as security, health or inmate or financial condition of county. - Amends TCA Title 40, Chapter 35.

TN - HB2218 Criminal Procedure - As enacted, requires a person who commits aggravated child neglect or endangerment on or after July 1, 2014, to serve 85 percent of the sentence imposed less sentence credits earned, provided that sentence credits may not reduce the sentence below 70 percent of the sentence originally imposed. - Amends TCA Title 39 and Title 40.

TN - HB1495 Physicians and Surgeons - As enacted, authorizes community mental health centers and federally qualified health centers to employ physicians, except anesthesiologists, emergency department physicians, pathologists or radiologists. - Amends TCA Title 63, Chapter 6.

TN - HB1926 Taxes, Real Property - As introduced, creates a loan program for the payment of real property taxes on residences of certain low or moderate income persons who are elderly or disabled. - Amends TCA Title 13, Chapter 23 and Title 67.

TN - HB394 Local Government, General - As enacted, revises the Community Gardening Act to remove the process for a permit from the commissioner of agriculture for using vacant public land for gardening and makes various revisions to the Act regarding community gardens and local regulation of such gardens. - Amends TCA Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 43; Title 49; Title 67 and Title 71.

TN - HB2234 Surveyors - As enacted, revises provisions governing a person becoming a licensed surveyor without a college degree. - Amends TCA Title 62, Chapter 18, Part 1.

TN - HB1375 Teachers, Principals and School Personnel - As enacted, prohibits the department of education from revoking or non-renewing an individual's license based on student growth data as represented by the Tennessee value-added assessment system (TVAAS), or some other comparable measure of student growth, if no such TVAAS data is available; removes provision whereby the state board of education is authorized to adopt policies for the revocation of licenses and certificates. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 1; Title 49, Chapter 2 and Title 49, Chapter 5, Part 1.

TN - HB2059 Attorney General and Reporter - As introduced, confers upon general assembly or governor the authority to direct attorney general and reporter to initiate a civil action on behalf of the state and upon general assembly and governor the authority to direct the attorney general to cease a civil action initiated by the attorney general; allows the general assembly to employ outside counsel to advise on additional matters than is currently permitted. - Amends TCA Title 8, Chapter 6.

TN - HB2294 Education, Curriculum - As enacted, enacts "Erin's Law", which requires the departments of education and children's services to work together to enhance or adapt curriculum materials that focus on child sexual abuse, including such abuse which may occur in the child’s home. - Amends TCA Title 37, Chapter 1; Title 37, Chapter 5; Title 49, Chapter 10 and Title 49, Chapter 6.

TN - HR3 Unknown

TN - HR8 Memorials, Recognition - Barbara Prescott, "12 Who Made a Difference" in 2012

TN - HR212 Memorials, Sports - University of Tennessee Lady Vols basketball team.

TN - HR54 Memorials, Recognition - 2013 Links Day at the Capitol

TN - HR13 Memorials, Recognition - Niki Brown

TN - HR41 Memorials, Recognition - 100 Black Men of Chattanooga Inaugural African American History Bowl

TN - HR113 Memorials, Academic Achievement - Leslie Jones, Valedictorian, Central High School

TN - HR39 Memorials, Personal Occasion - Linda Vance, 100th birthday

TN - HR4 Unknown

TN - HR58 Memorials, Recognition - Brenna Mader, Miss Tennessee USA 2013

TN - HR14 Memorials, Recognition - Eugene "Spank E." Broyls

TN - HR120 Memorials, Interns - Alexis Darvin

TN - HR211 Memorials, Professional Achievement - Andre L. Churchwell, M.D.

TN - HR205 Memorials, Interns - Michael Patrick Olson.

TN - HR199 Memorials, Recognition - Women's History Month, March 2014.

TN - HR213 Memorials, Sports - University of Tennessee Volunteers men's basketball team.

TN - HR216 Memorials, Recognition - Price & Ramey, 100th anniversary.

TN - HR1 Unknown

TN - HR6 Memorials, Recognition - Kirk Whalum, "12 Who Made a Difference" in 2012

TN - HR11 Memorials, Recognition - Rachel Greer, "12 Who Made a Difference" in 2012

TN - HR83 Memorials, Interns - Alex Uhlmann

TN - HR136 Memorials, Personal Occasion - Mrs. Ethel Virginia Higgins, 80th birthday

TN - HR7 Memorials, Recognition - Kenya Bradshaw, "12 Who Made a Difference" in 2012

TN - HR56 Memorials, Recognition - Rev. Joan Cooper Burnett

TN - HR9 Memorials, Recognition - Nancy Berry, "12 Who Made a Difference" in 2012

TN - HR112 Memorials, Academic Achievement - Kiyah Anderson, Salutatorian, Central High School

TN - HR5 Unknown

TN - HR12 Memorials, Recognition - Mauricio Calvo, "12 Who Made a Difference" in 2012

TN - HR2 Unknown

TN - HJR534 Memorials, Congratulations - Congratulates Sallie Rawlston upon winning second place in the 'Jeopardy!' Kids Week Tournament.

TN - HJR129 Memorials, Sports - Phillip Fulmer, College Football Hall of Fame

TN - HJR31 Memorials, Public Service - Representative Mike Kernell

TN - HJR576 Memorials, Retirement - Mrs. Willie E. Slate.

TN - HJR895 Memorials, Public Service - Representative Richard Floyd.

TN - HJR436 Memorials, Retirement - David Norton

TN - HJR812 Memorials, Recognition - Stacy Johnson, 2014 Woman of Distinction.

TN - HJR374 Memorials, Academic Achievement - Chyna N. Littlejohn, Valedictorian, Fairley High School

TN - HJR342 Memorials, Personal Occasion - Robert Glenn Parsons & Ruth Marlene Trivette Parsons, 50th wedding anniversary

TN - HJR165 Memorials, Death - Donald "Duck" Dunn

TN - HJR288 Memorials, Recognition - Savannah Clay, Young Women of Distinction

TN - HJR140 Memorials, Professional Achievement - Chad Loveday, Middle School Teacher of the Year, Sevier County

TN - HJR292 Memorials, Professional Achievement - Kim Chapman, 2013 Woman of Distinction

TN - HJR647 Memorials, Recognition - Jerry Lee.

TN - HJR553 General Assembly, Statement of Intent or Position - Acknowledges, renounces, and expresses regret for the Removal Act of 1830 and the Trail of Tears.

TN - HJR262 Memorials, Sports - Phillip Fulmer, College Football Hall of Fame

TN - HJR275 Memorials, Professional Achievement - Kristina Montague, 2013 Woman of Distinction

TN - HJR503 Memorials, Recognition - Women's Foundation for a Greater Memphis

TN - HJR298 Memorials, Recognition - Jonah and Emory Marlin

TN - HJR305 Naming and Designating - "Ependymoma Awareness Day" in Tennessee, April 18, 2013

TN - HJR287 Memorials, Recognition - Mei Li Zuber, 2013 Young Woman of Distinction

TN - HJR529 Memorials, Recognition - Carolyn Corlew, Ms. Senior America 2013.

TN - HJR547 Memorials, Sports - Recognizes the Ooltewah High School Band for its performance at the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade.

TN - HJR584 Memorials, Death - Edward "Cornbread" Griffitts II.

TN - HJR821 Memorials, Recognition - Rebecca Hilleary, 2014 Young Woman of Distinction.

TN - HJR887 Memorials, Death - Gordon E. Wright, Sr.

TN - HJR139 Memorials, Professional Achievement - Megan Mercereau Huskey, 2013 Sevier County Primary Grades Teacher of the Year

TN - HJR279 Memorials, Public Service - Mary Barker, Diamond of Distinction

TN - HJR23 Memorials, Recognition - 2013 Phi Theta Kappa All-Tennessee Academic Team

TN - HJR14 Memorials, Sports - Whitehaven High School, 2012 TSSAA State Football Champs

TN - HJR817 Memorials, Recognition - Pat Starke, 2014 Woman of Distinction.

TN - HJR890 Memorials, Death - Gail Kerr.

TN - HJR807 Memorials, Recognition - Sgt. Cherilyn Bryant, 2014 Woman of Distinction.

TN - HJR816 Memorials, Recognition - Krystal Scarbrough, 2014 Woman of Distinction.

TN - HJR106 Memorials, Death - Marcellas Brooks

TN - HJR280 Memorials, Public Service - Maxine Alper, Diamond of Distinction

TN - HJR282 Memorials, Public Service - Jo Ann Yates, Diamond of Distinction

TN - HJR227 Memorials, Personal Occasion - Lonzo and Linda Stevison, 20th wedding anniversary

TN - HJR217 Memorials, Recognition - Carolyn House Stewart

TN - HJR286 Memorials, Professional Achievement - Jean Burke Young, 2013 Woman of Distinction

TN - HJR297 Memorials, Recognition - Harold D. Morrell

TN - HJR295 Memorials, Recognition - The Corporate Image, 20th anniversary

TN - HJR290 Memorials, Professional Achievement - Diane Parks, 2013 Woman of Distinction

TN - HJR289 Memorials, Recognition - Aliza Cohen, Young Women of Distinction

TN - HJR293 Memorials, Recognition - Boy Scouts of America

TN - HJR947 Memorials, Death - Speaker Pro Tempore Emeritus Lois M. DeBerry.

TN - HJR502 Memorials, Recognition - Mary Freeman, Woman of Excellence Award

TN - HJR378 Memorials, Academic Achievement - Charles F. Smith III, Valedictorian, Westwood High School

TN - HJR377 Memorials, Academic Achievement - Tammy S. Davis, Salutatorian, Westwood High School

TN - HJR276 Memorials, Professional Achievement - Carol Mutter, 2013 Woman of Distinction

TN - HJR818 Memorials, Recognition - Amy Thomas, 2014 Woman of Distinction.

TN - HJR648 Memorials, Recognition - Indian Path Medical Center.

TN - HJR32 Memorials, Public Service - Senator Beverly Marrero

TN - HJR548 Constitutional Conventions - Makes application to Congress for the purpose of calling a convention of states concerning balanced budgeting.

TN - HJR819 Memorials, Recognition - Ashley Augustine, 2014 Young Woman of Distinction.

TN - HJR814 Memorials, Recognition - Donna Roddy, 2014 Woman of Distinction.

TN - HJR811 Memorials, Recognition - Janet Jobe, 2014 Woman of Distinction.

TN - HJR809 Memorials, Recognition - Pat Fuller, 2014 Woman of Distinction.

TN - HJR218 Memorials, Recognition - Adrienne P.K. Washington

TN - HJR260 Memorials, Public Service - Sara Kyle

TN - HJR810 Memorials, Recognition - Dr. Debbie Ingram, 2014 Woman of Distinction.

TN - HJR7 General Assembly, Confirmation of Appointment - James H. "Jim" Ripley, Tennessee fish and wildlife commission.

TN - HJR724 Memorials, Recognition - The Links Days on Capitol Hill.

TN - HJR419 Memorials, Professional Achievement - Tony Boals, 68th President of the Tennessee Road Builders Association

TN - HJR373 Memorials, Academic Achievement - Jesse T. Montgomery, Salutatorian, Fairley High School

TN - HJR15 Memorials, Professional Achievement - Peter Phillips, US Commerce Association Best of Chattanooga Award

TN - HJR30 Memorials, Public Service - Representative Jeanne Richardson

TN - HJR26 Memorials, Recognition - Make-A-Wish, Super Bowl to Remember

TN - HJR820 Memorials, Recognition - Anna Carroll, 2014 Young Woman of Distinction.

TN - HJR471 Memorials, Recognition - Tri-State Defender's Women of Excellence

TN - HJR135 Memorials, Death - Judge Sam E. Boaz

TN - HJR444 Memorials, Recognition - Rev. Walter Smith

TN - HJR122 Memorials, Personal Occasion - David Clyde Driver, 60th birthday

TN - HJR163 Memorials, Retirement - Sandy Sain

TN - HJR281 Memorials, Public Service - Dr. Nell Mohney, Diamond of Distinction

TN - HJR263 Memorials, Death - Rev. Peggie A. Russell

TN - HJR283 Memorials, Recognition - Alarie Gage, 2013 Young Woman of Distinction

TN - HJR343 Memorials, Academic Achievement - Tyler Matthew Kemp, Nestle Pure Life 'Every Drop Counts' Scholarship Award

TN - HJR376 Memorials, Academic Achievement - Anthony Jackson, Salutatorian, Ridgeway High School

TN - HJR375 Memorials, Academic Achievement - Ezer Benaim, Valedictorian, Ridgeway High School

TN - HJR500 Memorials, Recognition - Stanley Campbell and the 2013 Stone Awards

TN - HJR504 Memorials, Recognition - Hazel Moore, Legends Award

TN - HJR518 Memorials, Interns - Jada Denise Flowers

TN - HJR945 Memorials, Death - Dr. Elbert T. Gill, Jr.

TN - HJR430 Memorials, Heroism - U.S. Army Lieutenant Joseph Kevin Abel

TN - HJR291 Memorials, Professional Achievement - Julie Betts Brandao, 2013 Woman of Distinction

TN - HJR813 Memorials, Recognition - Virginia Love, 2014 Woman of Distinction.

TN - HJR740 Memorials, Retirement - Doyle Thomas Grant.

TN - HJR572 Memorials, Sports - Bobby Davis.

TN - HJR806 Memorials, Recognition - Kim Criswell, the 2014 Tennessee Woman of Distinction.

TN - HJR899 Memorials, Public Service - Representative Joshua Evans.

TN - HJR104 Memorials, Sports - Summer Lanter, Gatorade Girls Soccer Player for the State of Tennessee

TN - HJR300 Memorials, Recognition - United States Army Reserve, 105th anniversary

TN - HJR393 Memorials, Death - Cindy Leigh McAfee

TN - HJR344 Memorials, Academic Achievement - Kirsten York, Nestle Pure Life 'Every Drop Counts' Scholarship Award

TN - HJR277 Memorials, Professional Achievement - MaryStewart Lewis, 2013 Woman of Distinction

TN - HJR643 Memorials, Recognition - Delta Days at the State Capitol.

TN - HJR642 General Assembly, Statement of Intent or Position - Encourages Sean Hannity and like-minded New Yorkers to relocate to Tennessee.

TN - HJR284 Memorials, Professional Achievement - Holly Harwell, 2013 Woman of Distinction

TN - HJR144 Memorials, Personal Occasion - Jim Edgemon, 80th birthday

TN - HJR150 Memorials, Death - Jeffrey "Jeff" Lee Francis

TN - HJR278 Memorials, Professional Achievement - Pam Ladd, 2013 Woman of Distinction

TN - HJR668 Naming and Designating - "Child Abuse Prevention Month" April 2014.

TN - HJR80 Memorials, Death - Representative H. Victor Ellis

TN - HJR913 Memorials, Public Service - Representative Barrett Rich.

TN - HJR2 Unknown

TN - HJR904 Memorials, Death - U.S. Navy Midshipman William Dean McKamey.

TN - HJR222 Memorials, Recognition - The Salvation Army Angel Tree Day, December 1, 2013

TN - HJR20 Memorials, Recognition - Chuck Zeiser, Kiwanis Club of Chattanooga 2012 Distinguished Service Award

TN - HJR505 Memorials, Interns - Sommerie Denise Wade

TN - HJR368 Memorials, Personal Occasion - David Clyde Driver, 82nd Birthday

TN - HJR649 Naming and Designating - Agriculture Literacy Week, November 16-22, 2014.

TN - HJR285 Memorials, Professional Achievement - Ann Ball, 2013 Woman of Distinction

TN - HJR138 Memorials, Professional Achievement - Carrie Rudder, Sevier County Teacher of the Year

TN - HJR896 Memorials, Public Service - Representative Joe Carr.

TN - HJR808 Memorials, Recognition - Sissy Figlestahler, 2014 Woman of Distinction.

TN - SB65 Motor Vehicles - As enacted, authorizes a freight motor vehicle to exceed the maximum gross weight requirements by a certain amount if such motor vehicle has idle-reduction technology or other emissions-reduction technology installed. - Amends TCA Title 55, Chapter 7.

TN - SB644 Railroads - As introduced, authorizes TDOT to employ analysts and economists in addition to other employees to perform duties related to railroad regulation. - Amends TCA Title 65, Chapter 3, Part 2 and Title 67.

TN - SB1054 Annexation - As enacted, requires annexing municipalities to provide notice to property owners after a court order is entered upholding an annexation, and before the effective date of annexation; makes other various revisions related to annexations. - Amends TCA Title 6, Chapter 51, Part 1; Title 6, Chapter 58 and Title 67, Chapter 5, Part 5.

TN - SB1502 Medical Occupations - As enacted, adds certain physician assistants to those designated professionals authorized to perform the duties of a physician under portions of involuntary admission to inpatient mental health treatment statute. - Amends TCA Title 33.

TN - SB1763 Employees, Employers - As enacted, establishes experience rating applicable to new employers moving to Tennessee after having been in operation for at least three years prior to becoming a employer in Tennessee. - Amends TCA Title 50, Chapter 7, Part 4.

TN - SB1705 State Employees - As enacted, authorizes the department of transportation to create a new job classification that does not require a high school diploma or state-approved high school equivalency certification as a minimum qualification, applicable to certain department employees. - Amends TCA Title 8.

TN - SB1954 Boats, Boating - As enacted, enacts the "Noah Dean and Nate Act" to lessen the likelihood of electric shock drowning near marinas and boat docks. - Amends TCA Title 62, Chapter 6; Title 68; Title 69 and Title 70.

TN - SB1908 Hospitals and Health Care Facilities - As enacted, enacts the "Annual Coverage Assessment of 2014". - Amends TCA Title 71, Chapter 5 and Chapter 250 of the Public Acts of 2013.

TN - SB1362 Sexual Offenses - As enacted, creates the offense of continuous sexual abuse of a child. - Amends TCA Title 39 and Title 40.

TN - SB2085 Attorney General and Reporter - As introduced, confers upon general assembly or governor the authority to direct attorney general and reporter to initiate a civil action on behalf of the state and upon general assembly and governor the authority to direct the attorney general to cease a civil action initiated by the attorney general; allows the general assembly to employ outside counsel to advise on additional matters than is currently permitted. - Amends TCA Title 8, Chapter 6.

TN - SB1272 Unemployment Compensation - As introduced, requires the commissioner of labor and workforce development to provide a copy of its report to the general assembly concerning the condition of the unemployment trust fund during the first week of January and the first week of July of each year in an electronic format to the general assembly prior to such deadlines. - Amends TCA Title 50, Chapter 7.

TN - SB2588 Firefighters - As introduced, enacts the "Firefighter Training Act of 2014". - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 5; Title 7; Title 8 and Title 68.

TN - SB437 Education - As introduced, requires the director of the office of legislative budget analysis to provide the revised BEP funding formula to the speaker of the senate, the speaker of the house of representatives, and the education committees of the senate and the house of representatives, if the commissioner fails to provide the revised BEP funding formula for the ensuing fiscal year by January 1. - Amends TCA Title 3; Title 4; Title 8; Title 37 and Title 49.

TN - SB645 Transportation, Dept. of - As introduced, removes outdated language from transportation equity trust fund provisions. - Amends TCA Title 7, Chapter 56, Part 2; Title 9, Chapter 4 and Title 67.

TN - SB614 Controlled Substances - As enacted, redefines "imitation controlled substance" for purposes of the offense of knowingly manufacturing, delivering, selling, or possessing with the intent to sell, deliver or manufacture an imitation controlled substance. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 17, Part 4.

TN - SB2022 Fiscal Review Committee - As introduced, requires committee to review contracts that result in layoffs of state employees; requires committee as part of reviewing proposed contracts to consider whether existing state employees can perform the tasks in such proposed contracts. - Amends TCA Title 3, Chapter 7.

TN - SB826 Public Funds and Financing - As introduced, authorizes muncipalities that employ full-time certified municipal finance officer to invest in prime banker's acceptances eligible for purchase by the federal reserve system and prime commercial paper like municipalities with population in excess of 150,000 may already invest in. - Amends TCA Section 6-56-106.

TN - SB1720 Taxes, Real Property - As enacted, allows county mayors to require training of county board of equalization members and hearing officers; restates notice procedures regarding property tax appeals; permits electronic notification and recordation. - Amends TCA Title 67, Chapter 1, Part 4 and Title 67, Chapter 5.

TN - SB790 Planning, Public - As introduced, requires planning commissioners and other planning officials to file attendance statement regarding continuing education with Tennessee ethics commission; removes ability of local legislative bodies to opt out of continuing education requirements for planning commissioners and other planning officials. - Amends TCA Title 8, Chapter 50, Part 5 and Title 13.

TN - SB667 Military - As enacted, authorizes public employees who are in the military to use five days of sick leave in lieu of annual leave after the employee has received 20 working days of compensation so the employee does not have to take leave without pay when called to military duties. - Amends TCA Title 8, Chapter 33, Part 1.

TN - SB2622 Gatlinburg - As introduced, subject to local approval, establishes designated seats for candidates seeking the office of commissioner. - Amends Chapter 84 of the Private Acts of 1945; as amended.

TN - SB1691 State Employees - As enacted, enacts the "Three Stars of Tennessee Award" to recognize peace officers, firefighters, and medical first responders killed or who suffered a career-ending injury in the line of duty. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 1.

TN - SB1695 Criminal Procedure - As enacted, requires a person who commits aggravated child neglect or endangerment on or after July 1, 2014, to serve 85 percent of the sentence imposed less sentence credits earned, provided that sentence credits may not reduce the sentence below 70 percent of the sentence originally imposed. - Amends TCA Title 39 and Title 40.

TN - SB1498 Pensions and Retirement Benefits - As introduced, requires an annual report of investments of retirement funds in companies that have business operations in Iran's energy sector and are subject to economic sanctions under federal law. - Amends TCA Title 8, Chapter 36 and Title 8, Chapter 37.

TN - SB108 Public Records - As enacted, makes confidential and not open for public inspection all information contained in and pertaining to a handgun carry permit application or renewal application and the status of a handgun carry permit; creates exceptions to such confidentiality. - Amends TCA Section 10-7-504 and Title 39, Chapter 17, Part 13.

TN - SB1472 Basic Education Program (BEP) - As introduced, requires the state to provide sufficient funding so that each LEA will receive no less than a 65% state share of funding in the BEP instructional components. - Amends TCA Title 49.

TN - SB2050 Insurance, Health, Accident - As enacted, requires that a health insurance carrier provide coverage under a health insurance policy for healthcare services delivered through telehealth in certain circumstances. - Amends TCA Title 56; Title 63 and Title 71.

TN - SB1474 Safety - As introduced, redefines "amusement device" to include go karts used for a commercial purpose; authorizes regulation of go karts used for a commercial purpose by the elevator and amusement device safety board. - Amends TCA Title 68, Chapter 121, Part 1.

TN - SB2153 Unknown

TN - SB244 Welfare - As enacted, prohibits recipients of public assistance from using electronic benefit transfer cards to purchase certain goods or services in certain establishments. - Amends TCA Title 71.

TN - SB1026 Criminal Offenses - As introduced, requires the value of a service animal to include any training the animal received, any veterinary costs and expenses related to the disposal or burial of the animal. - Amends TCA Title 8, Chapter 50; Title 13; Title 38; Title 39; Title 40; Title 44; Title 50; Title 62 and Title 66.

TN - SB1747 Courts, General Sessions - As introduced, changes the date for determining which class a county is in for purposes of compensating general sessions judges from September 1 to October 1. - Amends TCA Title 16, Chapter 15.

TN - SB1286 Insurance, Health, Accident - As introduced, requires health insurance policies to cover screening, diagnosis and treatment of autism spectrum disorders. - Amends TCA Title 56, Chapter 7, Part 23.

TN - SB670 DUI Offenses - As enacted, revises various provisions of the ignition interlock law. - Amends TCA Title 55.

TN - SB2407 Emergency Communications Districts - As enacted, enacts the "911 Funding Modernization and IP Transition Act of 2014". - Amends TCA Title 7, Chapter 86; Section 9-8-307; Title 29, Chapter 20 and Title 65.

TN - SB1351 Pensions and Retirement Benefits - As introduced, authorizes lump sum death benefit to beneficiary for noncontributory member dying prior to retirement as if such member had been a contributory member. - Amends TCA Section 8-36-107.

TN - SB2057 Education - As introduced, requires the department of education to reimburse LEAs for the costs of implementing and the ongoing costs to use common core state standards and PARCC assessments. - Amends TCA Title 49.

TN - SB1997 State Employees - As introduced, prohibits layoffs in excess of 10 employees if not approved in the state budget unless the general assembly approves the layoffs. - Amends TCA Title 8, Chapter 30.

TN - SB2299 Unknown

TN - SB1188 Public Contracts - As introduced, requires any state department or agency to certify to the comptroller of the treasury that no employee within such department or agency is capable of accomplishing certain tasks before the department or agency can contract for such services. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 8 and Title 12.

TN - SB1673 Clerks, Court - As enacted, revises provisions governing retention of certain fines, costs and litigation taxes collected by court clerks with any in-house collection procedure; revises provisions regarding fees for collection by an agent. - Amends TCA Title 6; Title 9; Title 20; Title 40; Title 41; Title 55 and Title 70.

TN - SB524 Local Inmates - As enacted, requires any person convicted of a felony and sentenced to a local jail or workhouse to also be sentenced to participate in the jail's work program, if any; and allows sheriff to opt county or individual inmates out of these provisions for various reasons such as security, health or inmate or financial condition of county. - Amends TCA Title 40, Chapter 35.

TN - SB777 Workers Compensation - As introduced, repeals the workers' compensation review committee. - Amends TCA Section 50-6-623.

TN - SB873 State Employees - As enacted, authorizes state employees to serve as election officials at the polling place. - Amends TCA Title 2, Chapter 1, Part 1.

TN - SB1271 Taxes - As introduced, subjects tax records maintained by certain premier type tourist resort municipalities for taxes they collect to the same confidential treatment that applies to state-collected tax records. - Amends TCA Title 67, Chapter 1, Part 17.

TN - SB1733 Firearms and Ammunition - As introduced, protects the right of a person to transport and store a firearm or firearm ammunition in a privately owned vehicle; prevents any owner, lessee or manager of real property from taking adverse action against a person transporting or storing a firearm or ammunition; creates a civil cause of action for damages. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 17.

TN - SB2198 Unknown

TN - SB2343 Unknown

TN - SB1176 Commerce and Insurance, Dept. of - As enacted, removes the statutorily set maximum inspection fees for inspection services by deputy electrical inspectors and delegates the authority to set such fees to the commissioner. - Amends TCA Title 68, Chapter 102.

TN - SB1858 Economic and Community Development - As enacted, revises certain provisions governing projects and qualified public use facilities to change the amount of the aggregate investment of public or private funds from "in excess of $200 million" to "in excess of $75 million". - Amends TCA Title 7, Chapter 53 and Title 7, Chapter 88.

TN - SB1222 Utilities, Utility Districts - As introduced, establishes a framework regarding pole attachments in regard to poles owned by non-investor-owned electric utilities. - Amends TCA Title 65, Chapter 21.

TN - SB1235 Budget Procedures - As enacted, requires the state funding board to study issues concerning the "Copeland Cap." - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 9 and Title 67.

TN - SB788 Tobacco, Tobacco Products - As introduced, redefines "cost of doing business by the retailer" from 8 percent of basic costs of cigarettes to retailer to 15 percent of basic costs of cigarettes to retailer. - Amends TCA Title 47, Chapter 25, Part 3.

TN - SB1485 Law Enforcement - As enacted, prohibits any state or local law enforcement officer from participating in a voluntary motor vehicle checkpoint conducted by a private company or research institute to collect a human sample from which DNA may be derived from consenting motorists stopped at the checkpoint for statistical studies or research. - Amends TCA Title 38, Chapter 8, Part 1.

TN - SB1437 Child Abuse - As introduced, clarifies circumstances under which exposure of a child to a process intended to result in the manufacture of methamphetamine will be considered child abuse or aggravated child abuse. - Amends TCA Title 37, Chapter 1 and Title 39, Chapter 15, Part 4.

TN - SB714 Handgun Permits - As enacted, limits 10-year period that person must wait between exiting a drug or alcohol program or hospital before being eligible for a handgun carry permit to three years if the applicant entered rehab voluntarily; 10-year period still applies to those who enter rehab pursuant to a court order. - Amends TCA Section 39-17-1351.

TN - SB1953 Judgments - As enacted, provides that a civil judgment or restitution order converted to civil judgment is valid until paid in full rather than renewed every 10 years if the judgment is based upon injury or death caused by criminal conduct and the judgment debtor was convicted of a criminal offense for such conduct. - Amends TCA Title 28, Chapter 3, Part 1 and Title 40, Chapter 35, Part 3.

TN - SB1369 Education, Higher - As introduced, requires UT and TBR institutions to provide free parking to employees who earn less than the average state employee salary; permits other employees to be charged for parking on a tiered scale based on salary. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 7.

TN - SB444 County Officers - As introduced, requires candidates for constable in certain counties to have at least one year of law enforcement experience and be certified by a licensed health care provider as being free from any disorder that would impair the candidate's ability to perform any essential function of the job. - Amends TCA Title 8, Chapter 10.

TN - SB469 Taxes, Exemption and Credits - As introduced, exempts the sale of gold, silver and platinum coins and bullion that are used as mediums of exchange from sales tax. - Amends TCA Title 67, Chapter 6, Part 1 and Title 67, Chapter 6, Part 3.

TN - SB1821 Taxes, Inheritance Gift - As enacted, for tax years 2014 and 2015, annually raises the gross amount of a small estate that is below the statutory exemption and is not required to file a short form inheritance tax return. - Amends TCA Title 67, Chapter 8.

TN - SB786 Solid Waste Disposal - As introduced, allows private entity to provide a roll off construction or demolition debris container to a person requesting such container even if the site is located in a municipality that has granted an exclusive franchise to itself for the collection, removal and disposal of solid waste. - Amends TCA Title 6 and Title 68, Chapter 211.

TN - SB705 Controlled Substances - As enacted, prohibits pain management clinics from dispensing controlled substances; specifies that act does not prohibit a medical doctor, osteopathic physician, advanced practice nurse with certificates of fitness to prescribe, or physician assistant working at a pain management clinic from providing to that practitioner's patient, without charge, a sample of a schedule IV or schedule V controlled substance in a quantity limited to an amount that is adequate to treat the patient for a maximum of 72 hours. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 17, Part 4; Title 53; Title 63 and Chapter 880 of the Private Acts of 2012.

TN - SB1164 Education, Higher - As introduced, allows retired state employees to take one class without charge per semester at public institutions of higher education; allows spouses of state employees to receive a 25 percent discount on tuition at public institutions of higher education. - Amends TCA Section 8-50-114; Section 8-50-115 and Section 49-7-113.

TN - SB1647 Pharmacy, Pharmacists - As introduced, regulates dispensing of immediate methamphetamine precursor by making it a controlled substance requiring a prescription - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 17, Part 4; Title 53, Chapter 10; Title 53, Chapter 11 and Title 63, Chapter 10.

TN - SB2240 Teachers, Principals and School Personnel - As enacted, prohibits the department of education from revoking or non-renewing an individual's license based on student growth data as represented by the Tennessee value-added assessment system (TVAAS), or some other comparable measure of student growth, if no such TVAAS data is available; removes provision whereby the state board of education is authorized to adopt policies for the revocation of licenses and certificates. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 1; Title 49, Chapter 2 and Title 49, Chapter 5, Part 1.

TN - SB1950 Taxes, Real Property - As introduced, creates a loan program for the payment of real property taxes on residences of certain low or moderate income persons who are elderly or disabled. - Amends TCA Title 13, Chapter 23 and Title 67.

TN - SB216 Sunset Laws - As introduced, extends the judicial performance evaluation commission, June 30, 2015. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 29 and Title 17, Chapter 4.

TN - SB1620 Licenses - As enacted, requires that applicants applying for an initial registration, licensure, or certification as a real estate appraiser submit a full set of fingerprints in order for the real estate commission to conduct a criminal history background check; creates certain exceptions. - Amends TCA Title 62, Chapter 39.

TN - SB1814 Insurance, Health, Accident - As introduced, on or after July 1, 2014, requires the state insurance committee to ensure that if the estimated total solvency reserve for the state health insurance plan exceeds the actuarially-required target solvency reserve for the calendar year by 75 percent for two consecutive years, then the excess amount must be used to decrease member’s out-of-pocket expenses. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 8, Chapter 27; Title 9 and Title 56.

TN - SB2023 TennCare - As enacted, provides that an individual who is an inmate of a public institution will have eligibility for medical assistance suspended but not terminated during periods of actual incarceration; an individual who is an inmate of a public institution will be eligible for temporary reinstatement of medical assistance for care received outside of a jail or correctional facility in a hospital or other health care facility for more than 24 hours; and a public institution may make efforts to establish eligibility for or renew assistance for such individuals prior to their release from the public institution. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 12; Title 33; Title 38; Title 41; Title 56 and Title 71.

TN - SB2045 State Employees - As enacted, specifies, in regard to the Tennessee Excellence, Accountability and Management (TEAM) Act, that parties in a Step I appeal may make an audio tape recording of the proceeding; adds that in a Step I appeal, a complainant may have a non-lawyer representative participate in the appeal, in certain situations. - Amends TCA Title 8, Chapter 30, Part 3.

TN - SB1931 Surveyors - As enacted, revises provisions governing a person becoming a licensed surveyor without a college degree. - Amends TCA Title 62, Chapter 18, Part 1.

TN - SB47 Taxes, Privilege - As enacted, authorizes municipalities located in Sevier County to impose certain privilege taxes to the same extent other municipalities located in the county have imposed such taxes by private act; specifies that 75 percent of the proceeds collected from any tax imposed pursuant to this bill will be used for tourism promotion; tourism infrastructure, including but not limited to, municipally-owned or operated event centers and golf courses; and tourism advertising. - Amends TCA Title 67.

TN - SB1782 Physicians and Surgeons - As enacted, authorizes community mental health centers and federally qualified health centers to employ physicians, except anesthesiologists, emergency department physicians, pathologists or radiologists. - Amends TCA Title 63, Chapter 6.

TN - SB2047 Teachers, Principals and School Personnel - As introduced, enacts the "Educator Respect and Accountability Act of 2014." - Amends TCA Title 49.

TN - SB1906 Aircraft and Airports - As enacted, ratifies and validates certain bonds issued by an airport authority. - Amends TCA Title 42, Chapter 3.

TN - SB1824 Pensions and Retirement Benefits - As introduced, modifies the Medicare supplemental insurance benefit for participating retired employees and teachers to ensure that such retirees are not required to pay the full cost of each premium increase. - Amends TCA Title 8, Chapter 27, Part 7.

TN - SB1240 Education - As introduced, changes the calculation of the school year from days to hours; establishes a start date for non-year-round schools of no earlier than the fourth Monday in August; requires commissioner of education to set TCAP testing at a time that allows for sufficient instructional time prior to testing. - Amends TCA Title 49.

TN - SB2421 Education, Curriculum - As enacted, enacts "Erin's Law", which requires the departments of education and children's services to work together to enhance or adapt curriculum materials that focus on child sexual abuse, including such abuse which may occur in the child’s home. - Amends TCA Title 37, Chapter 1; Title 37, Chapter 5; Title 49, Chapter 10 and Title 49, Chapter 6.