Tennessee Rep. Dale Carr (R)

TN - Local Government (House)

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TN - Local Government Subcommittee (House)

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TN - Transportation (House)

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TN - HB2123 Alcoholic Beverages - As enacted, authorizes Pigeon Forge adopt an ordinance to prohibit the construction or operation of any licensed manufacturer within 1,000 feet of the state right-of-way of U.S. Highway 441 within the corporate limits of such city; not applicable to any licensed manufacturer in operation and open to the public before or on the effective date of this act. - Amends TCA Title 57, Chapter 2 and Title 57, Chapter 3.

TN - HB2232 Taxes, Exemption and Credits - As introduced, entitles a general partnership to compute a job tax credit as if the general partnership was subject to franchise and excise taxes; makes other various related revisions. - Amends TCA Title 11, Chapter 11, Part 2; Title 67, Chapter 4, Part 20 and Title 67, Chapter 4, Part 21.

TN - HB2124 Pigeon Forge - As enacted, creates seat designations for commissioners; allows voters to vote for one commissioner for each open, designated seat. - Amends TCA Section 6-20-101.

TN - HB1692 Taxes, Ad Valorem - As enacted, revises provisions governing industrial development corporations and payments in lieu of taxes made by the corporation's lessees. - Amends TCA Title 7; Title 9 and Title 13.

TN - HB1766 Local Government, General - As introduced, authorizes a governing body of a municipality to dispose of all of a municipal electric system operating pursuant to the Municipal Electric Plant Law of 1935 instead of only disposing of all of an electric plant acquired by means of bonds. - Amends TCA Title 7, Chapter 52.

TN - HB1859 Beer - As introduced, increases the beer permit application fee from $250 to $500. - Amends TCA Title 57, Chapter 5, Part 1.

TN - HB45 Sentencing - As enacted, enacts the "Ben Woodruff and Mike Locke Act," which requires a person who commits aggravated vehicular homicide on or after July 1, 2015, to serve 60 percent of the sentence imposed before becoming release eligible; provided, however, that the person must serve at least 45 percent of the sentence imposed after sentence-reduction credits are applied. - Amends TCA Title 40, Chapter 35, Part 5.

TN - HB1824 Elder Abuse - As enacted, revises requirements for criminal background checks in certain health care facilities; convenes working groups on elder abuse; revises other provisions relative to abuse of certain vulnerable persons. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 33; Title 47; Title 68 and Title 71.

TN - HB575 Criminal Offenses - As enacted, makes it a Class B misdemeanor for any person to violate an order to vacate a structure declared unfit for human occupation or use; makes it a Class B misdemeanor for the owner, manager, or person responsible for a structure declared unfit for human occupation or use to authorize or facilitate occupancy of the structure. - Amends TCA Title 13, Chapter 21, Part 1.

TN - HB232 Hotels and Restaurants - As introduced, clarifies that a person who offers a short-term rental to a transient must pay all applicable hotel taxes and obtain and display a business license. - Amends TCA Title 67, Chapter 4, Part 14.

TN - HB598 Basic Education Program (BEP) - As introduced, requires the state to provide sufficient funding so that each LEA will receive no less than a 65 percent state share of funding in the BEP instructional components. - Amends TCA Title 49.

TN - HB46 Gatlinburg - As introduced, subject to local approval, amends the charter to remove certain budget requirements deemed by the legislative body to be obsolete, inconsistent with state law, or burdensome. - Amends Chapter 84 of the Private Acts of 1945; as amended.

TN - HB864 Education - As introduced, requires a local board of education to set the school calendar by December 31 of the year preceding the school year; requires that the school calendar be posted on the LEA's web site. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 6, Part 30.

TN - HB123 Elder Abuse - As enacted, extends the elder abuse task force from January 15, 2015, to January 15, 2016. - Amends TCA Title 71 and Chapter 961 of the Public Acts of 2014.

TN - HB512 Local Government, General - As introduced, negates mandatory application of certain laws on local governments that are not fully funded; prohibits an agency of state government from creating a new fee that will impact local governments in any year in which the general state revenues to the agency have decreased from the previous year. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 5, Part 2 and Title 9, Chapter 4, Part 53.

TN - HB1860 Taxes - As enacted, adds, in regard to the authorization for duly authorized local governmental officials to review tax returns and information to ascertain whether taxes are being paid, that such officials may also access such information to determine whether allocations from state levied taxes are being distributed to the correct unit of local government; requires that certain information be excluded. - Amends TCA Title 67, Chapter 1, Part 17.

TN - HB1786 Alcoholic Beverages - As enacted, allows licensed wineries and farm wine producers to label and advertise wine made from apples as cider, apple cider, or hard cider. - Amends TCA Section 57-3-207.

TN - HJR486 General Assembly, Confirmation of Appointment - Earl S. Worsham, heritage conservation trust fund board

TN - HB1499 Anatomical Gifts - As introduced, requires that documents of anatomical gifts made after July 1, 2016, specify whether the gift includes specific body parts or the entire body; requires certain notices by hospitals and nursing homes. - Amends TCA Section 55-50-352 and Title 68.

TN - HB1996 Alcoholic Beverages - As enacted, authorizes the City of Gatlinburg to adopt an ordinance imposing a minimum distance, not to exceed 1,000 feet, between distilleries manufacturing distilled spirits; the ordinance will not apply to or affect any licensed distillery in operation and open to the public prior to the effective date of this act; specifies that a distillery exempt from an ordinance adopted pursuant to this act will remain so exempt upon the transfer of any ownership interest in the distillery to a successor in interest. - Amends TCA Section 57-2-103 and Section 57-3-202.

TN - HB917 Fire Prevention and Investigation - As enacted, makes various changes to the use of smoke alarms in one-family and two-family rental units, one-family and two-family dwellings, apartment buildings, and hotels. - Amends TCA Title 66, Chapter 28; Title 68, Chapter 102 and Title 68, Chapter 120.

TN - HB1695 Taxes, Hotel Motel - As introduced, for future enactments of or modifications to a hotel tax, increases the period in which a person is considered a transient for hotel tax purposes from 30 days to 90 days; requires that at least 80 percent of the occupancy tax collected be used for promotion and development of tourism. - Amends TCA Title 7, Chapter 4, Part 1 and Title 67, Chapter 4, Part 14.

TN - HB913 Basic Education Program (BEP) - As introduced, revises the BEP to include funding for instructional position components at 75 percent state share instead of 70 percent; reinstates the TACIR index to determine fiscal capacity and the cost differential factor at 100 percent instead of 50 percent; funds English language learners at one teacher to 20 students and one translator to 200 students instead of 1:30 and 1:300; funds health insurance for local education employees at 50 percent state share instead of 45 percent, and for 12 months instead of 10 months. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 3.

TN - HB1391 School Districts, Special - As introduced, sets the tax rate for the McKenzie Special School District for tax year 2015 and thereafter at the tax neutral rate set as the result of the reappraisal of Carroll County. - Amends Chapter 533 of the Private Acts of 1917; as amended.

TN - HB576 Probation and Parole - As enacted, makes a person who commits vehicular homicide where alcohol or drugs were involved ineligible for probation. - Amends TCA Title 40, Chapter 35, Part 3.

TN - HB44 Traffic Safety - As introduced, elevates the offense of hit and run with a motor vehicle from a Class A misdemeanor to a Class E felony where the driver knew or should have known that the serious bodily injury resulted from the accident; allows the jury to infer that the driver knew or should have known death or bodily injury resulted from the accident if the person involved was a pedestrian or cyclist or other vulnerable user of the highway. - Amends TCA Title 55, Chapter 10, Part 1.

TN - HB43 Recreational Areas - As enacted, requires a person who was involved in or caused a snow skiing accident to remain at the scene of the accident and provide the person's name and contact information, unless the person leaves for the sole purpose of securing aid for someone who was injured in the accident. - Amends TCA Title 68, Chapter 114.

TN - HB124 County Clerks - As introduced, authorizes county clerks to charge a fee for same-day title printing services and enter into agreements with third-party service providers to charge a fee for certain online services available on the county clerk's web site. - Amends TCA Title 8, Chapter 21, Part 7.

TN - HJR189 Memorials, Academic Achievement - Caitlyn Marentette, winner, News Sentinel Southern Appalachia Regional Spelling Bee.

TN - HJR193 Memorials, Professional Achievement - Dr. Gale Collett, 2014–2015 Sevier County Primary Grades Teacher of the Year.

TN - HJR245 Memorials, Death - Rex Howard.

TN - HJR262 Memorials, Recognition - Tracey Rains, Kennedy Center/Stephen Sondheim Inspirational Teacher Award recipient.

TN - HJR97 Memorials, Retirement - Coach Steve Brewer, Sevier County High School football coach.

TN - HJR96 Memorials, Professional Achievement - Darrel Lauderdale.

TN - HJR202 Memorials, Recognition - Jeff Sardella, Tennessee's 2015 Aircraft Maintenance Technician of the Year.

TN - HJR192 Memorials, Professional Achievement - Dr. Karen Kelley, 2014–2015 Sevier County Secondary Teacher of the Year.

TN - HJR191 Memorials, Professional Achievement - Dr. Theresa Roberts, 2014–2015 Sevier County Middle Grades Teacher of the Year.

TN - HJR190 Memorials, Professional Achievement - Amanda Thompson, Tennessee Bankers Association's Financial Literacy Teacher of the Year for 2015.

TN - HB1997 Municipal Government - As enacted, authorizes the classifying as confidential and not subject to disclosure, except by court order, the records held by a city whose primary industry is tourism that address a specific amount of money expended in a given market for digital or traditional media or that address the specific detail of targeted audiences identified for marketing purposes. - Amends TCA Title 6, Chapter 54, Part 2.

TN - HB1474 Motor Vehicles - As enacted, exempts motor vehicles owned or leased by licensed private investigators or private investigations companies from the current restrictions on the darkness of window tint materials permitted for motor vehicles registered in this state. - Amends TCA Section 55-9-107 and Title 62, Chapter 26.

TN - HJR7 Memorials, Recognition - Dr. Baeteena Black.

TN - HJR24 Memorials, Public Service - Senator Bill Ketron, Chair, Fiscal Review Committee.

TN - HR1 Memorials, Retirement - Chaplain (Colonel) Phillip M. Armstrong.

TN - HR2 Memorials, Recognition - Fort Campbell.

TN - HJR3 Memorials, Professional Achievement - John Germ, president of Rotary International.

TN - HJR6 Memorials, Public Service - Ed Haley.

TN - HJR5 Memorials, Recognition - Tennessee Department of Transportation, 100th anniversary.

TN - HJR4 Memorials, Personal Achievement - Michael Monroe, Eagle Scout.

TN - HJR129 Memorials, Recognition - Helen H. "Tootie" Haskins, Tennessee Federation of Republican Women.

TN - HJR128 Memorials, Recognition - Congressman Marsha Blackburn, Tennessee Federation of Republican Women.

TN - HJR127 Memorials, Recognition - Congressman Diane Black, Tennessee Federation of Republican Women.

TN - HB810 Sexual Offenders - As enacted, prohibits sexual offenders and violent sexual offenders from being alone with minors in a private place; makes clarifications to the registry such as requiring the offender to divulge social media names. - Amends TCA Title 40, Chapter 39, Part 2.

TN - HB460 Holidays and Days of Special Observance - As enacted, designates May 11 of each year as "Police Memorial Day," a day of special observance. - Amends TCA Title 15, Chapter 2.

TN - HB276 Alcoholic Beverages - As introduced, deletes the requirement that establishments holding a license for consumption of alcoholic beverages on premises pay wholesalers of alcoholic beverages upon delivery of the product. - Amends TCA Section 57-4-203.

TN - HB826 Alcoholic Beverages - As enacted, revises provisions governing payments to wholesalers for alcoholic beverages. - Amends TCA Section 57-4-203.

TN - HB943 Taxes, Real Property - As introduced, makes governmental entity immune from liability for all dues, fees, and assessments for all parcels purchased at tax sales. - Amends TCA Title 67, Chapter 5.

TN - HB1152 Aircraft and Airports - As introduced, requires certain metropolitan airport authorities to impose fees upon vendors providing certain transportation services in an equitable manner and sets limits on increasing such fees. - Amends TCA Title 42, Chapter 4 and Title 67.

TN - HB811 Child Custody and Support - As enacted, in cases not involving the department of children's services or a child-placing agency, prohibits a court from returning a child to the custody of a parent when the child was removed due to the parent's drug abuse unless the parent demonstrates a sustained commitment to responsible parenting. - Amends TCA Title 36, Chapter 6, Part 1.

TN - HB1046 Firearms and Ammunition - As enacted, revises law regarding the confiscation and disposal of weapons by law enforcement agencies. - Amends TCA Title 38, Chapter 6; Section 39-17-1317 and Section 40-33-211.

TN - HJR56 Memorials, Personal Achievement - Deborah R. Williams, Ms. Tennessee Senior America 2014.

TN - HJR46 Memorials, Death - Harlan Mathews.

TN - HR6 Memorials, Recognition - American Heart Association Go Red for Women.

TN - HJR43 Memorials, Recognition - Wade Norris, Tennessee Forestry Association 2014 Master Logger of the Year.

TN - HB25 Medical Occupations - As enacted, adds dry needling to scope of practice of a physical therapist. - Amends TCA Title 63, Chapter 13.

TN - HB31 Physicians and Surgeons - As enacted, deletes the Intractable Pain Act. - Amends TCA Title 39; Title 53; Title 63 and Title 68.

TN - HJR14 Naming and Designating - Designating the State of Tennessee as a Purple Heart State.

TN - HJR138 Memorials, Public Service - Robert T. Lee.

TN - HJR51 Naming and Designating - "Child Abuse Prevention Month" April 2015.

TN - HB828 Veterans - As enacted, specifies that no fee may be charged for the interment of an eligible veteran in a state veterans' cemetery and limits the fee to $610 for the interment of an eligible veteran's spouse. - Amends TCA Title 46, Chapter 6.

TN - HJR174 Memorials, Recognition - Donna Morgan.

TN - HJR106 Memorials, Heroism - Andrew Michael Keith, Public Safety Medal of Valor.

TN - HJR115 Memorials, Recognition - Speaker of the House Beth Harwell, Tennessee Federation of Republican Women.

TN - HB523 Lakeland - As enacted, authorizes the board of commissioners of the city of Lakeland to adopt an ordinance to establish term limits for the mayor and board of commissioners, to become operative only if approved in a referendum. - Amends TCA Title 6.

TN - HJR116 Memorials, Recognition - First Lady Crissy Haslam.

TN - HJR119 Memorials, Death - Garner "Mack" Goode Jr.

TN - HR108 Memorials, Academic Achievement - Brianna Parrish, Salutatorian, Trezevant High School.

TN - HR109 Memorials, Academic Achievement - Tito Hunter, Valedictorian, Trezevant High School.

TN - HB1342 Evidence - As enacted, provides that in a prosecution for any criminal homicide, an appropriate photograph of the victim while still alive will be admissible evidence when offered by the district attorney to show the general appearance and condition of the victim while alive. - Amends TCA Title 39 and Title 40.

TN - HR112 Memorials, Academic Achievement - Jason Zeng, Salutatorian, Bartlett High School.

TN - HR111 Memorials, Interns - D'John W. Moore.

TN - HJR446 Memorials, Academic Achievement - Harris Taylor, Valedictorian, McGavock High School.

TN - HR124 Memorials, Professional Achievement - Commissioner Jim Henry, Department of Children's Services, Childhelp Voice of the Children Award.

TN - HJR447 Memorials, Recognition - East Tennessee Children's Hospital's advancements in treatment of Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome.

TN - HJR187 Memorials, Professional Achievement - George Fraley.

TN - HR116 Memorials, Interns - Thadijah Jeanne Burks.

TN - HR117 Memorials, Interns - Antonio Briggs.

TN - HB615 State Government - As introduced, designates the Holy Bible as the official state book. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 1.

TN - HJR183 Memorials, Recognition - Honors and commends the members of the Gold Star Mothers and Gold Star Families.

TN - HJR205 Memorials, Professional Achievement - Malcolm "Jimmy" Keep, World War II veteran.

TN - HB718 Holidays and Days of Special Observance - As enacted, declares the week that includes the third Thursday in November as "Agricultural Literacy Week." - Amends TCA Title 15, Chapter 2.

TN - HJR201 Memorials, Interns - Jazmin Rose Mercer.

TN - HJR204 Memorials, Recognition - Celebrate September 2015 as "American Indian Heritage Month" in Tennessee.

TN - HJR237 Memorials, Recognition - Honor the liberators and Holocaust survivors of Tennessee.

TN - HJR216 Memorials, Retirement - Dr. Richard Rhoda, Executive Director, Tennessee Higher Education Commission.

TN - HB225 Tobacco, Tobacco Products - As enacted, redefines "cost of doing business by the retailer" for purposes of violations under the "Unfair Retailer's Cigarette Sales Law." - Amends TCA Title 47, Chapter 25, Part 3.

TN - HJR12 Memorials, Recognition - Childhood apraxia of speech awareness.

TN - HJR57 General Assembly, Statement of Intent or Position - Affirms commitment to equal right to technology and information access for Tennesseans with disabilities.

TN - HJR196 Memorials, Recognition - Commemorates Autism Awareness Day in Tennessee.

TN - HB147 Animal Cruelty and Abuse - As enacted, enacts the "Tennessee Animal Abuser Registration Act." - Amends TCA Title 39; Title 40 and Title 44.

TN - HB1195 Human Services, Dept. of - As introduced, requires the department to negotiate with the federal office of refugee resettlement to reacquire state administration of the refugee resettlement program. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 7 and Title 71.

TN - HB1114 Public Funds and Financing - As enacted, authorizes the state treasurer to invest certain funds in obligations that are guaranteed by the United States government as to principal and interest. - Amends TCA Title 9 and Title 70.

TN - HJR284 Memorials, Recognition - Honoring those who fought and died in World War II and commemorating the 70th anniversary of the end of the war in Europe.

TN - HR39 Memorials, Recognition - Zeta Phi Beta Sorority.

TN - HB632 Search & Seizure - As introduced, specifies that only a person who had a reasonable expectation of privacy in a searched cellular phone may object to the admission of evidence of cellular phone data or evidence derived from the data. - Amends TCA Title 39 and Title 40.

TN - HB699 Physicians and Surgeons - As enacted, establishes requirements and protections for healthcare providers that practice telehealth. - Amends TCA Title 63.

TN - HJR546 Memorials, Sports - Trezevant High School, 2A state football champs

TN - HJR352 Memorials, Recognition - Brown, Davidson, Driver, Smith Family Reunion.

TN - HJR558 Memorials, Recognition - Honors the City of Memphis's efforts to bring the 2016 4th Annual Rhythm & Blues Music Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony to Memphis.

TN - HR152 Memorials, Recognition - Director General Huei-Yuan Tai

TN - HB1489 Naming and Designating - As enacted, names the new high school to be constructed for the Tennessee School for the Deaf in honor of Alan J. Mealka.

TN - HJR557 Memorials, Sports - 1966 Pearl High School varsity basketball team

TN - HB2303 Consumer Protection - As introduced, enacts the "Commercial Dog Breeders Registration Act"; makes selling of dogs by unlicensed breeders, misrepresenting the condition of a dog for sale, or altering or falsifying a dog's health certificate a consumer protection violation. - Amends TCA Title 47, Chapter 18 and Title 62.

TN - HJR473 Memorials, Death - Lance Corporal Squire K. (Skip) Wells, United States Marine Corps

TN - HR128 Memorials, Recognition - Domtar, 100th anniversary in Kingsport

TN - HJR472 Memorials, Death - Gunnery Sergeant Thomas J. Sullivan, United States Marine Corps

TN - HJR471 Memorials, Death - Staff Sergeant David Allen Wyatt, United States Marine Corps

TN - HJR465 Memorials, Death - Dr. W.J. Julian, UT director of bands

TN - HJR474 Memorials, Death - Sergeant Carson Holmquist, United States Marine Corps

TN - HJR475 Memorials, Death - Petty Officer 2nd Class Randall Scott Smith, United States Navy

TN - HR126 Memorials, Retirement - Larry K. Scroggs

TN - HJR466 Memorials, Death - Former Representative Joe Burchfield

TN - HB1412 Marriage - As introduced, enacts the "Tennessee Natural Marriage Defense Act"; states the policy of Tennessee to defend natural marriage between one man and one woman regardless of any court decision to the contrary. - Amends TCA Title 36.

TN - HB1438 Military - As enacted, enacts the "National Guard Force Protection Act of 2016". - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 9 and Title 58.

TN - HB2380 Education, Higher - As introduced, revises provisions governing veterans qualifying for in-state tuition and fees at public institutions of higher education. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 7; Title 49, Chapter 8 and Title 49, Chapter 9.

TN - HJR567 Memorials, Death - Reverend J. Fred Cloud

TN - HJR563 Memorials, Recognition - Fisk University, 150th anniversary

TN - HR141 Memorials, Personal Occasion - Roy W. Ellison, 100th birthday

TN - HB2142 Appropriations - As introduced, appropriates $100,000,000 from excess state tax revenues over collected in fiscal year 2014-2015 to the various counties to be used for county transportation projects; allocates funds in the same manner as county aid funding. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 9; Title 54 and Title 67.

TN - HB1676 Education, Higher - As introduced, allows dependent children of full-time law enforcement officers and firefighters, who are under 24 years of age, to receive a 25 percent discount on tuition to attend any state-operated institution of higher learning. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 7.

TN - HJR583 Memorials, Recognition - Jettie Clabo

TN - HB1918 Auctions and Auctioneers - As enacted, provides exemption from continuing education requirements for auctioneers who have reached 60 years of age and have been licensed as an auctioneer for 10 years or longer; or have been licensed under present law since July 1, 1999. - Amends TCA Section 62-19-106.

TN - HB1810 Auctions and Auctioneers - As introduced, requires that all state-owned surplus property, either real or personal, be disposed of at a public auction conducted by a licensed auctioneer who is selected through a competitive bid process. - Amends TCA Title 4 and Title 12, Chapter 2.

TN - HB2226 Firefighters - As introduced, creates a three-year pilot program to be developed by the state fire marshal's office that provides grants to volunteer firefighters. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 24.

TN - HB1451 University of Tennessee - As introduced, requires all intercollegiate women's athletic teams at the University of Tennessee at Knoxville to be called the "Lady Volunteers" or "Lady Vols" for all official school purposes. - Amends TCA Title 49.

TN - HB2129 Historical Sites and Preservation - As enacted, enacts the "Tennessee Heritage Protection Act of 2016." - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 1, Part 4.

TN - HB1871 Environmental Preservation - As introduced, creates the forum on Tennessee's great outdoors for the purpose of conducting a comprehensive review of the health and status of this state's natural resources and outdoor recreation needs and opportunities. - Amends TCA Title 68.

TN - HB1726 Public Contracts - As introduced, allows construction design professionals under contract with certain state agencies to bill and receive payment monthly; specifies services that are included in the basic services fee and the services that will require additional compensation. - Amends TCA Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 12, Chapter 4 and Title 62.

TN - HJR574 Memorials, Death - Maurice White

TN - HB2239 Insurance, Health, Accident - As introduced, prohibits an insurance policy that provides benefits for anti-cancer medications that are injected or intravenously administered by a healthcare provider and anti-cancer medications that are patient administered from requiring a higher copayment, deductible, or coinsurance amount. - Amends TCA Title 56, Chapter 7, Part 23.

TN - HR161 Memorials, Public Service - Pastor Matt Anzivino

TN - HJR597 Memorials, Recognition - Three Dog Night

TN - HB2149 Veterans - As enacted, expands eligibility for a Fallen Heroes Medal to service members killed in attacks specifically targeting service members and under other circumstances. - Amends TCA Section 58-3-113.

TN - HJR71 Constitutional Amendments - Proposes an amendment to the Constitution of Tennessee recognizing that our liberties do not come from governments, but from Almighty God, our Creator and Savior.

TN - HR165 Memorials, Recognition - Chelsea Sanders, FFA State President

TN - HR172 Memorials, Recognition - Derek Anderson, FFA Middle Tennessee State Vice President

TN - HR168 Memorials, Recognition - Emily White, FFA East Tennessee State Vice President

TN - HR166 Memorials, Recognition - Dalton Teel, FFA State Secretary

TN - HR167 Memorials, Recognition - Madison Benson, FFA West Tennessee State Vice President

TN - HJR606 Memorials, Professional Achievement - Roger Jowers, Star of Life Award

TN - HR170 Memorials, Recognition - Chad Lewis, FFA State Treasurer

TN - HR169 Memorials, Recognition - Chelsea Wattenbarger, FFA State Reporter

TN - HR171 Memorials, Recognition - Stephen McNeil, FFA State Sentinel

TN - HJR464 General Assembly, Confirmation of Appointment - Pete Claussen, heritage conservation trust fund board

TN - HB700 Traffic Safety - As introduced, exempts drivers and passengers over 21 years of age from the requirement to wear a crash helmet while operating or riding in motorcycles, motor-driven cycles, and motorized bicycles, if the person is covered by health or medical insurance other than insurance through TennCare; makes a violation of the helmet law a secondary offense. - Amends TCA Section 55-9-302.

TN - HB1464 Highways, Roads and Bridges - As introduced, contingent upon monthly surplus state tax revenues exceeding $5 million, allocates 25 percent of the surplus revenues to the priority transportation project fund to be used exclusively for essential transportation projects; requires commissioner of transportation to recommend the top 100 projects to be funded; authorizes general assembly to appropriate from fund to implement all or part of the projects recommended. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 9; Title 54 and Title 67.

TN - HB1697 Pharmacy, Pharmacists - As enacted, allows a pharmacy to designate a pharmacy services administrative organization to file and handle an appeal challenging the maximum allowable cost set for a particular drug or medical product or device on behalf of the pharmacy. - Amends TCA Title 56, Chapter 7, Part 31.

TN - HB1758 Abortion - As introduced, prohibits abortions after 20 weeks of pregnancy except to preserve the life and health of the mother. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 15, Part 2; Title 63 and Title 68, Chapter 11.

TN - HB2250 Education, Dept. of - As introduced, requires department to publish its annual report concerning virtual schools on the department's web site. - Amends TCA Title 49.

TN - HB2398 TennCare - As introduced, establishes medication therapy management as a component of the TennCare program. - Amends TCA Title 63, Chapter 10 and Title 71, Chapter 5.

TN - HB2510 Traffic Safety - As enacted, requires that every notice of violation or citation issued that is based solely upon evidence obtained from any traffic enforcement camera used to enforce or monitor traffic violations of the requirement that motor vehicles stop at a red light, include a disclaimer stating that nonpayment of the notice or citation cannot adversely affect the person's credit score or report, driver's license, and/or automobile insurance rates. - Amends TCA Title 55, Chapter 50 and Title 55, Chapter 8.

TN - HB2421 Law Enforcement - As enacted, encourages TBI to develop an activation card for law enforcement use in connection with the missing citizen alert program to help locate missing citizens who have wandered due to dementia or physical impairment. - Amends TCA Section 38-6-121.

TN - HB2323 Physicians and Surgeons - As enacted, enacts the "Health Care Empowerment Act". - Amends TCA Title 56; Title 63; Title 68 and Title 71.

TN - HB1485 Education - As enacted, makes certain changes to the requirements for voluntary pre-k programs. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 6, Part 1.

TN - HB2307 Annexation - As introduced, deletes the limitation allowing noncontiguous annexation by resolution to occur in only a county having a population according to the most recent decennial census that is greater than 44.5 percent and 50,000 of its population in the preceding decennial census. - Amends TCA Title 6, Chapter 51, Part 1.

TN - HB1736 Handgun Permits - As enacted, permits full-time employees of state public colleges or universities who possess handgun carry permit to carry a handgun while on property owned, operated, or controlled by the employing college or university if certain requirements are met. - Amends TCA Title 39 and Title 49.

TN - HJR525 Constitutional Amendments - Proposes an amendment to Article II, Section 28, of the Constitution of Tennessee to prohibit the legislature from imposing a state property tax on real property.

TN - HB1843 DUI Offenses - As enacted, establishes requirements for the removal of an ignition interlock device and revises other related provisions. - Amends TCA Title 55, Chapter 10 and Title 55, Chapter 50.

TN - HB726 Election Laws - As enacted, specifies that the chair of the county election commission must be a member of the majority party, and the secretary must be a member of a minority party. - Amends TCA Title 2; Title 4; Title 5; Title 6 and Title 7.