Tennessee Rep. Dan Howell (R)

TN - HB1043 Municipal Government - As introduced, raises the age, from 18 years to 21 years, at which a person may be a candidate to become a certified municipal finance officer. - Amends TCA Title 6, Chapter 56, Part 4.

TN - HJR341 Memorials, Sports - Bradley Central High School Girls' Basketball Team, Division I Class AAA State Championship

TN - HB539 Employees, Employers - As introduced, requires the consideration of the 20-factor test in IRS Revenue Ruling 87-41 to determine whether an employer-employee relationship exists in certain employment arrangements. - Amends TCA Title 50.

TN - HB97 Tobacco, Tobacco Products - As introduced, limits the places in which one may use vapor products. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 17, Part 15 and Title 39, Chapter 17, Part 16.

TN - HB1236 Driver Licenses - As introduced, requires a digital copy of a driver license to be downloaded through the electronic driver license system to be a valid electronic driver license. - Amends TCA Title 55.

TN - HB327 Industrial Development - As introduced, requires brownfield redevelopment projects to be sites located in mid-size and small counties; clarifies square footage qualifications for a project to include all facilities taken together; prohibits allocations to the corporation engaged in the project continuing past maturity of the original bond or obligation, which can be no longer than 30 years. - Amends TCA Title 7, Chapter 53.

TN - HB831 Professions and Occupations - As enacted, deletes redundant surety bond requirement for persons who practice animal massage therapy. - Amends TCA Section 63-12-203.

TN - HB277 Human Services, Dept. of - As introduced, enacts the "Child Support Cooperation Act," which directs the department to require each recipient of SNAP (food stamp) benefits to cooperate with the Title IV-D child support enforcement program as a condition of eligibility for SNAP benefits. - Amends TCA Title 71, Chapter 5.

TN - HB178 Highways, Roads and Bridges - As introduced, increases, from 10 to 30, the number of days a utility facility owner located in a state right-of-way has to respond to a second relocation notice and the number of days an owner has to file a reservation of rights notice with the department of transportation. - Amends TCA Title 54.

TN - HB180 Transportation, Dept. of - As introduced, authorizes an electronic format of the report provided by the department to each member of the general assembly regarding the status of highway projects in the county or counties represented by the member. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 54; Title 55; Title 65 and Title 67.

TN - HB96 Special License Plates - As enacted, authorizes issuance of AMVETS new specialty earmarked license plates. - Amends TCA Title 55, Chapter 4.

TN - HB832 Traffic Safety - As introduced, prohibits persons from standing or conducting activities in the median of state highways without prior approval from TDOT; creates a Class C misdemeanor offense that requires issuance of a warning citation for a first offense. - Amends TCA Title 55, Chapter 8.

TN - HJR169 Memorials, Personal Occasion - Marjorie Estell Johnson,100th birthday

TN - HB181 Highways, Roads and Bridges - As introduced, requires a county or municipality to publish its certified highway map on the county or municipality's website, which must be accessible to the public, no less than 30 days prior to the date of the public hearing on the map. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 8; Title 54; Title 55 and Title 67.

TN - HB538 Motor Vehicles - As introduced, removes requirement that a towing firm wait 30 days to proceed to sell a vehicle taken into custody; makes other related revisions. - Amends TCA Title 55, Chapter 16 and Title 55, Chapter 23.

TN - HB182 Highways, Roads and Bridges - As introduced, requires locally appointed commissioners to report to the county legislative body within 60 days of the completion of any repair work on bridges, levees, or causeways. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 54; Title 55 and Title 67.

TN - HB179 Motor Vehicles, Titling and Registration - As introduced, changes the date from March 1 to March 15 by which the commissioner of revenue must annually report the status of the computerized titling and registration system. - Amends TCA Title 55.

TN - HJR192 Memorials, Retirement - Gary Farlow

TN - HB536 Motor Vehicles - As introduced, requests department of safety to conduct a study on the number of motor vehicle accidents reported to the department during the previous four calendar years that resulted in serious bodily injury or property damage exceeding $1,000 and involved a malfunctioning airbag or other restraint system component; requires department to submit a report to the transportation and safety committee of the senate and the transportation committee of the house of representatives on or before February 1, 2020, if a study is conducted. - Amends TCA Title 55.

TN - HB966 Death - As introduced, authorizes the development and use of a commemorative certificate of nonviable birth. - Amends TCA Title 63 and Title 68.

TN - HJR474 Memorials, Death - Representative Ron Lollar

TN - HB1354 Tennessee Higher Education Commission - As introduced, requires the Tennessee higher education commission to include data from the Tennessee Promise scholarship program report created in collaboration with the Tennessee student assistance corporation in the annual Tennessee postsecondary education fact book. - Amends TCA Title 49.

TN - HR72 Memorials, Recognition - Jimmy Ogle

TN - HB900 State Employees - As introduced, restores longevity pay for employees of the executive branch in the service of the state hired after June 30, 2015. - Amends TCA Title 8 and Title 38.

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

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

TN - HJR476 Memorials, Sports - Jeremiah Martin

TN - HB258 Criminal Procedure - As enacted, enacts the "Sergeant Daniel Baker Act," which removes the appeal to the court of criminal appeals in death penalty cases; provides for automatic direct review by the Tennessee supreme court for convictions for which a sentence of death is imposed. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 13, Part 2 and Title 40, Chapter 35.

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

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

TN - HB249 Elder Abuse - As enacted, creates the elder abuse task force. - Amends TCA Title 39; Title 71 and Chapter 961 of the Public Acts of 2014.

TN - HJR457 Memorials, Interns - Tayler Aliff

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

TN - HB623 Pensions and Retirement Benefits - As introduced, enables a police officer who is a member of the state retirement system to be eligible for service retirement upon completion of 25 years of creditable service. - Amends TCA Title 8, Chapter 34; Title 8, Chapter 35; Title 8, Chapter 36 and Title 8, Chapter 37.

TN - HJR515 Memorials, Death - Gladys Margaret Endsley McKinsey

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

TN - HB498 TennCare - As introduced, reduces the time period from 30 days to 15 days for an enrollee or applicant for medical assistance to mail documentation of a material change affecting the enrollee or applicant's TennCare application. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 33; Title 56; Title 68 and Title 71.

TN - HJR512 Memorials, Recognition - Judge Deborah Means Henderson

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

TN - HJR513 Memorials, Recognition - Beverly C. Robertson

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

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

TN - HB761 DUI Offenses - As introduced, revises provisions governing blood and breath tests for determining the presence of drugs and alcohol. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 13; Title 40, Chapter 7, Part 1 and Title 55, Chapter 10, Part 4.

TN - HB658 Law Enforcement - As introduced, limits the authority of a community oversight board to the review and consideration of matters reported to it and the issuance of advisory reports and recommendations to agencies involved in public safety and the administration of justice. - Amends TCA Title 10, Chapter 7, Part 5; Title 38; Title 39 and Title 40.

TN - HJR223 Memorials, Recognition - Dolly Parton

TN - HB839 Driver Licenses - As introduced, prevents suspension of a driver license for failure to pay fines or costs imposed for a driving offense if the person is indigent or enters into payment plan; requires person be issued restricted driver license until moneys owed the court are fully paid. - Amends TCA Title 40, Chapter 24, Part 1; Title 55, Chapter 50, Part 3 and Title 55, Chapter 50, Part 5.

TN - HB200 School Transportation - As enacted, reduces, from 25 to 23, the age required for a person to receive an initial school bus endorsement if the person is an honorably discharged veteran of the United States armed forces, a member of the national guard or reserves, or a licensed teacher employed by an LEA. - Amends TCA Title 49 and Title 55.

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

TN - HR73 Memorials, Death - George Klein

TN - HB174 Tennessee Bureau of Investigation - As introduced, transfers the fire investigations section from the department of commerce and insurance to the bureau. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 38, Chapter 6 and Title 68, Chapter 102.

TN - HB563 Business and Commerce - As introduced, prohibits state and local governmental entities from taking discriminatory action against a business based on that business's internal policies. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 48; Title 61; Title 62 and Title 67.

TN - HJR231 Memorials, Death - Sam Powell

TN - HB262 Highways, Roads and Bridges - As introduced, deletes requirement that certain funds from the 1986 gasoline tax increases be used only for specific highway projects during the 1986-1987 and 1993-1994 fiscal years. - Amends TCA Title 54; Title 55; Title 64; Title 65 and Title 67.

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

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

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

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

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

TN - HB993 Local Education Agencies - As introduced, requires LEAs that maintain a website to provide information on training and professional development opportunities available to teachers evaluated using a growth portfolio model on the LEA's website. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 1; Title 49, Chapter 2 and Title 49, Chapter 6.

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

TN - HB731 Handgun Permits - As enacted, authorizes the department of safety to contract with a local government agency for the provision of any service related to the renewal of handgun carry permits; authorizes an agency contracting with the department to charge an additional fee of $4.00 for each renewal application. - Amends TCA Section 39-17-1351.

TN - HB1138 Taxes, Amusement - As introduced, requires the department of revenue to report, by December 1 of each year, the number of physical fitness facilities from which the amusement tax was collected in the previous calendar year to the finance, ways and means committees of the senate and the house of representatives. - Amends TCA Title 67, Chapter 6, Part 2 and Title 67, Chapter 6, Part 3.

TN - HB1245 Consumer Protection - As introduced, increases from $10,000 to $25,000 the civil penalty amount per violation that the attorney general and reporter may recover in an action against a person who commits the offense of caller identification spoofing; clarifies that each call received by a subscriber wherein the caller identification information is misleading or inaccurate constitutes a separate violation for purposes of imposing the civil penalty. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 39; Title 47, Chapter 18 and Title 65.

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

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

TN - HJR153 Memorials, Public Service - Gerald McCormick

TN - HB951 Intellectual & Developmental Disabilities - As enacted, exempts from licensure requirements person providing direct care services to no more than three people receiving services through consumer direction in a medicaid home- and community-based services program. - Amends TCA Section 33-2-402 and Section 33-2-403.

TN - HJR116 Memorials, Recognition - David Williams II

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

TN - HB674 Children - As introduced, revises various provisions related to stepparent visitation. - Amends TCA Title 36.

TN - HB1113 Trade Regulation - As introduced, increases the period in which a transportation network company must maintain records relevant to a rider complaint regarding a driver being under the influence of drugs or alcohol during a trip from two years to 30 months. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 12; Title 13; Title 42; Title 54; Title 55; Title 56; Title 62; Title 65; Title 66; Title 67 and Title 68.

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

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

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

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

TN - HB184 Insurance, Health, Accident - As introduced, enacts the "Proton Therapy Access Act," which requires health insurance coverage to cover hypofractionated proton therapy in the same manner as it covers intensity modulated radiation therapy under certain conditions. - Amends TCA Title 8; Title 56 and Title 71.

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

TN - HB1271 Taxes, Exemption and Credits - As introduced, exempts from sales and use tax the sale of agricultural trailers and agricultural vehicles. - Amends TCA Title 55 and Title 67.

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

TN - HB643 Mental Health & Substance Abuse Services, Dept. of - As introduced, removes law enforcement as a transportation option provided by the department of mental health and substance abuse services for people with developmental disabilities, mental illness, or serious emotional disturbance. - Amends TCA Title 8, Chapter 21; Title 8, Chapter 42; Title 9, Chapter 8; Title 13, Chapter 26; Title 29, Chapter 20; Title 33, Chapter 2; Title 33, Chapter 6; Title 33, Chapter 7; Title 37, Chapter 1; Title 56; Title 63; Title 68 and Title 71.

TN - HB288 Adoption - As enacted, allows for the modification and enforcement of a contract for post-adoption contact between certain parties. - Amends TCA Title 36, Chapter 1.

TN - HR20 Memorials, Recognition - President Ronald Reagan

TN - HJR438 Memorials, Recognition - Shannon McCloud

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

TN - HB419 Insurance Companies, Agents, Brokers, Policies - As introduced, enacts the "Tennessee Right to Shop Act." - Amends TCA Title 8; Title 33; Title 56; Title 63 and Title 68.

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

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

TN - HJR71 Memorials, Retirement - Meri Armour

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

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

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

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

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

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