Tennessee Rep. Jeremy Faison (R)

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TN - HR324 Memorials, Recognition - Tennessee is well-suited to host the 2020 Republican National Convention.

TN - HJR924 Memorials, Recognition - The Year of the Eye Exam, 2020

TN - HJR1238 Memorials, Retirement - Dr. Judy Webb

TN - HJR895 Memorials, Recognition - Rush Limbaugh

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

TN - HJR1083 Memorials, Public Service - Representative Martin Daniel

TN - HJR415 Memorials, Recognition - Kiwanis Ramp Festival, May 10-11, 2019

TN - HJR1087 Memorials, Public Service - Representative Bill Dunn

TN - HJR1084 Memorials, Public Service - Representative Bill Sanderson

TN - HB1807 Surplus Property - As introduced, changes the date before which the commissioner of general services must notify members of the general assembly of an impending sale of surplus real property in the members' district from 20 days before the sale to 30 days before the sale. - Amends TCA Title 12.

TN - HJR774 Memorials, Death - Kobe Bryant

TN - HB222 Health Care - As introduced, increases from 10 days to 20 days the amount of time a healthcare provider has to furnish a copy of a patient's medical records to the patient or the patient's personal representative following a written request for the records from the patient or the patient's personal representative. - Amends TCA Title 56; Title 63 and Title 68.

TN - HB2377 Education, State Board of - As introduced, specifies the type of misconduct for which the state board of education may reprimand, suspend, revoke, or refuse to issue or renew an educator's license. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 1; Title 49, Chapter 2 and Title 49, Chapter 5.

TN - HB2374 Agriculture - As introduced, increases the THC limit for hemp from 0.3 percent to 1 percent; imposes testing requirements on certain hemp products; and makes other changes to the hemp program. - Amends TCA Title 39; Title 43; Title 47, Chapter 18 and Title 53.

TN - HJR220 Memorials, Recognition - Baptist churches of Tennessee

TN - HB575 Adoption - As introduced, specifies that the change of address notice required by a person on the advance notice registry must be submitted to the department of children's services within 15 days following the change. - Amends TCA Title 36 and Title 37.

TN - HJR1086 Memorials, Public Service - Representative Jim Coley

TN - HJR1085 Memorials, Public Service - Representative Timothy Hill

TN - HB1595 Motor Vehicles - As introduced, removes references to ambulatory disability certifications being made by Christian Science practitioners from the definition of "disabled driver". - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 54; Title 55; Title 65 and Title 67.

TN - HB2373 Criminal Procedure - As introduced, requires a court to order the arresting law enforcement agency to pay reasonable attorney's fees to a defendant whose charges are dismissed due to mistaken identity if the law enforcement agency did not exercise due diligence in investigating the alleged offense. - Amends TCA Title 40.

TN - HB1964 Bail, Bail Bonds - As introduced, changes the time period for filing an answer denying the charges or setting forth extenuating circumstances from 20 days to 30 days after notice of a court withholding, withdrawing, or suspending a bondsman or other surety. - Amends TCA Title 40, Chapter 11 and Title 40, Chapter 4.

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

TN - HJR1088 Memorials, Public Service - Representative Andy Holt

TN - HB2371 Tort Liability and Reform - As enacted, extends immunity from liability to include property damage caused by inherent risks of agritourism activities under certain circumstances. - Amends TCA Title 43, Chapter 39.

TN - HB2376 Gambling - As introduced, reduces the maximum civil penalty for a violation of the Tennessee Nonprofit Gaming Law; reduces the criminal penalties for certain offenses related to charitable gaming to Class C misdemeanors, punishable by fine only. - Amends TCA Title 3, Chapter 17; Title 39, Chapter 17, Part 5 and Title 39, Chapter 17, Part 6.

TN - HB2372 Landlord and Tenant - As introduced, reduces, from 10 to two, the number of days from the rendering of a judgment that have to lapse before a writ of possession can issue against a defendant in an unlawful entry, forcible entry and detainer, forcible detainer, or unlawful detainer action. - Amends TCA Title 13; Title 27; Title 29 and Title 66.

TN - HB2375 Taxes, Sales - As introduced, grants exemption from taxes imposed on the sale of farm equipment and machinery to out-of-state residents who possess valid certificates of qualification issued by their resident state. - Amends TCA Title 43 and Title 67, Chapter 6.

TN - HB223 Public Records - As introduced, increases from 10 to 15 days the period by which a state agency releasing public records originating in a county assessor's office must notify the county assessor of property of the recipient of the records. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 8 and Title 10, Chapter 7.

TN - HB1426 Child Custody and Support - As introduced, states that a parent not in possession of a child is entitled to video chat with the child as part of the right to unimpeded telephone conversations if the technology is available to both the parent and the child; states that a parent is not required to purchase any device in order to allow the other parent to video chat with the child. - Amends TCA Title 36, Chapter 6.

TN - HB665 Public Records - As introduced, prohibits governmental entities from entering into confidentiality agreements with regard to public records. - Amends TCA Title 10, Chapter 7.

TN - HB2598 Bail, Bail Bonds - As introduced, lengthens, from 180 days to 190 days, the period of time that must expire from the date a defendant's surety is served with scire facias or scire facias is returned to the clerk unserved or undelivered, before the court may enter judgment against the defendant for the amount of the bail. - Amends TCA Title 39 and Title 40.

TN - HB2567 Children - As introduced, enacts the "Parents' Bill of Rights". - Amends TCA Title 36; Title 37; Title 49; Title 63 and Title 68.

TN - HJR770 Memorials, Recognition - Rodney Atkins

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

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

TN - HJR836 Memorials, Public Service - Senator Lamar Alexander

TN - HJR626 Memorials, Interns - Rodrick Douglas

TN - HB2015 Taxes, Sales - As introduced, allocates sales and use tax revenues for a special district to an eligible county or a municipality within the eligible county that is economically distressed for the purpose of funding certain capital outlay or other projects; establishes requirements for such allocation. - Amends TCA Title 5; Title 6; Title 7 and Title 67, Chapter 6.

TN - HJR485 Memorials, Academic Achievement - Mikinzie M. Miller, Valedictorian, South Greene High School

TN - HJR397 General Assembly, Statement of Intent or Position - Urges Secretary of State to include the Appalachian dialect in Section VI of the Tennessee Blue Book.

TN - HB318 Game and Fish Laws - As enacted, authorizes executive director of the Tennessee wildlife resources agency to issue various types of special permits, up to five in a license year, to nonprofit wildlife conservation organizations, rather than to issue only special elk-take permits to such organizations. - Amends TCA Title 70, Chapter 2, Part 2.

TN - HB319 Game and Fish Laws - As introduced, extends the effective date for newly published regulations involving cooperative agreements between the TWRA and federal agencies, from 30 days to 45 days after the publication date by the TWRA; revises due date for the submission of financial reports by the TWRA executive director to the governor and commission members, from September 15 to September 30 of each year. - Amends TCA Title 70.

TN - HB574 Sexual Offenses - As enacted, revises provisions regarding reporting suspected child sexual abuse when certain minors present for an abortion. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 15, Part 2.

TN - HJR478 Memorials, Academic Achievement - Kenley Wilson, Salutatorian, Cosby High School

TN - HJR479 Memorials, Academic Achievement - Haley Burgin, Salutatorian, Cosby High School

TN - HJR483 Memorials, Academic Achievement - Braelyn G. Wykle, Salutatorian, South Greene High School

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

TN - HB1722 Beer - As introduced, authorizes beer manufacturers to self-distribute beer within a 100-mile radius of the manufacturer if the manufacturer brews 50,000 gallons or less. - Amends TCA Title 57, Chapter 5.

TN - HJR615 Memorials, Interns - Lauren-Ashley Berry

TN - HB715 Arrests - As enacted, removes certain circumstances in which a citation in lieu of arrest may not be issued; makes various other changes and corrections. - Amends TCA Title 40, Chapter 11 and Title 40, Chapter 7.

TN - HJR484 Memorials, Academic Achievement - Luke Crum, Salutatorian, South Greene High School

TN - HJR705 Memorials, Recognition - Rodney Atkins

TN - HJR704 Memorials, Public Service - Congressman Phil Roe

TN - HB712 Firearms and Ammunition - As enacted, updates the definitions of "firearm" and "antique firearm" to mirror definitions under federal law; makes various changes related to updated definitions. - Amends TCA Section 39-11-106; Section 39-13-103 and Title 39, Chapter 17, Part 13.

TN - HB1081 Beer - As introduced, authorizes beer manufacturers to self-distribute beer within a 100-mile radius of the manufacturer if the manufacturer brews 50,000 gallons or less. - Amends TCA Title 57, Chapter 5.

TN - HJR84 Constitutional Amendments - Amends Article XI, Section 5 to increase, from one to two, the number of charitable gaming events that a 501(c)(3) or 501(c)(19) organization may conduct for the benefit of the organization per year with the approval of two-thirds of each house of the general assembly.

TN - HB1515 Taxes, Hotel Motel - As enacted, authorizes the City of White Pine to levy a privilege tax of up to 3.5 percent upon the privilege of occupancy by a two-thirds vote of its governing body. - Amends TCA Section 67-4-1425.

TN - HJR482 Memorials, Academic Achievement - Morgan Ana Phillips, Valedictorian, Cocke County High School

TN - HJR486 Memorials, Academic Achievement - Austin J. Jones, Valedictorian, South Greene High School

TN - HB1293 Controlled Substances - As enacted, requires, under the Tennessee Prescription Safety Act, the controlled substance committee or the commissioner of health to release confidential information from the controlled substance database to the attorney general and reporter upon request for the purpose of reviewing, querying, or otherwise using the data in conjunction with investigating or litigating a civil action involving controlled substances. - Amends TCA Title 29; Title 39; Title 40; Title 43; Title 53 and Title 67.

TN - HJR481 Memorials, Academic Achievement - Alexandria Claire Chrisman, Salutatorian, Cocke County High School

TN - HJR480 Memorials, Academic Achievement - Olivia Ford, Valedictorian, Cosby High School

TN - HB103 Herbal Products and Natural Foods - As enacted, expands definition of "wild ginseng" to include ginseng introduced or increased in abundance in its natural habitat by introducing plantlets sourced from wild ginseng stock; defines plantlets. - Amends TCA Title 70, Chapter 8, Part 2.

TN - HJR137 Memorials, Academic Achievement - Lauren Elizabeth Eccles, Phi Theta Kappa All-Tennessee Academic Team

TN - HB1364 Criminal Offenses - As enacted, 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 - HB283 Criminal Offenses - As enacted, increases the punishment for a conviction of aggravated rape of a child from "15 to 60 years in prison and a fine of up to $50,000" to "life in prison without the possibility of parole." - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 13 and Title 40, Chapter 35.

TN - HB1082 Driver Licenses - As introduced, under certain circumstances, waives waiting period to reschedule skills examination for applicants for school bus endorsement; revises other related requirements. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 6, Part 21 and Title 55, Chapter 50.

TN - HJR153 Memorials, Public Service - Gerald McCormick

TN - HB62 Disabled Persons - As enacted, enacts the "Dynamic Accessibility Act," which provides for a modern symbol of access for disabled persons. - Amends TCA Title 3; Title 4; Title 12; Title 55 and Title 68.

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

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

TN - HJR71 Memorials, Retirement - Meri Armour

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

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

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

TN - HJR88 Memorials, Retirement - Dr. Teresa M. Kidd

TN - HJR116 Memorials, Recognition - David Williams II

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

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

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

TN - HB1265 Economic and Community Development - As enacted, requires the department of economic and community development to execute a separate agreement in conjunction with any capital grant contract awarded pursuant to provisions governing the state building commission for economic development purposes; deletes certain provisions regarding tax credits. - Amends TCA Title 4 and Title 67.

TN - HB1426 Child Custody and Support - As introduced, states that a parent not in possession of a child is entitled to video chat with the child as part of the right to unimpeded telephone conversations if the technology is available to both the parent and the child; states that a parent is not required to purchase any device in order to allow the other parent to video chat with the child. - Amends TCA Title 36, Chapter 6.

TN - HB340 Forfeiture of Assets - As introduced, makes various changes to civil forfeiture procedure, including requiring the district attorney general to review the underlying circumstances of a seizure to determine if probable cause exists to justify forfeiture and, when appropriate, file a motion to dismiss the application for forfeiture warrant, upon which the court shall dismiss the application and return the seized property. - Amends TCA Title 40, Chapter 33.

TN - HJR223 Memorials, Recognition - Dolly Parton

TN - HB547 Criminal Procedure - As introduced, restores the voting rights of persons convicted of certain infamous crimes upon receipt of a pardon or completion of any sentence of incarceration, parole, or probation. - Amends TCA Section 2-2-102 and Title 40, Chapter 29.

TN - HB833 Bail, Bail Bonds - As enacted, permits the clerk of court to send notice of forfeiture of bail security to a defendant by regular mail, rather than certified mail with restricted delivery and return receipt requested. - Amends TCA Section 40-11-139.

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

TN - HB84 Taxes, Sales - As enacted, exempts from sales and use tax services by car wash facilities, coin-operated or otherwise, where the customer remains in custody of the vehicle and the preponderance of the vehicle's wash is completed by the customer or automated equipment. - Amends TCA Title 67, Chapter 6, Part 2.

TN - HB1029 Abortion - As enacted, enacts the "Human Life Protection Act," which bans abortion in this state effective on the 30th day after the U.S. Supreme Court overturns Roe v. Wade or an amendment to the U.S. Constitution to allow states to prohibit abortion; creates exception for situations where the abortion is necessary to prevent the death of pregnant woman or prevent serious risk of substantial and irreversible impairment of major bodily function; prohibits prosecution of a woman upon whom an abortion is performed or attempted. - Amends TCA Section 9-4-5116; Title 37, Chapter 10, Part 3; Title 39, Chapter 13, Part 2; Title 39, Chapter 15, Part 2; Title 39, Chapter 13, Part 1; Title 63, Chapter 9; Title 63, Chapter 6; Title 68 and Title 71, Chapter 5.

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

TN - HJR231 Memorials, Death - Sam Powell

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

TN - HB544 Fiscal Review Committee - As introduced, requires the fiscal review committee to hear appeals from legislators related to fiscal notes produced by the committee; requires the committee to develop and adopt a formal appeal process. - Amends TCA Title 3, Chapter 2 and Title 3, Chapter 7.

TN - HB12 Business and Commerce - As enacted, prohibits a county or municipality from requiring a license, fee, permit, or other form of regulation for a business that is operated solely by a person under 18 years of age, is located on private property with the property owner's permission, and generates gross receipts of contributions of $3,000 or less in a calendar year. - Amends TCA Title 5, Chapter 1, Part 1 and Title 6, Chapter 54, Part 1.

TN - HR20 Memorials, Recognition - President Ronald Reagan

TN - HB1270 Federal Aid - As enacted, requires certain state agencies and political subdivisions to prepare and submit reports to the department of finance and administration regarding the effects of and plans for reductions in federal funding. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 5; Title 6; Title 7 and Title 9.

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

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 - HB1245 Consumer Protection - As enacted, increases from $10,000 to $30,000 the civil penalty amount per violation that the attorney general and reporter may recover in an action against a person who commits the offense of caller identification spoofing; encourages carriers offering telephone services in this state to adopt certain technologies and measures. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 39; Title 47, Chapter 18 and Title 65.

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

TN - HB1138 Taxes, Amusement - As enacted, exempts from the tax admission, dues, fees, or other charges paid to any person principally engaged in offering services or facilities for the development or preservation of physical fitness through exercise or other active physical fitness conditioning. - Amends TCA Title 67, Chapter 6, Part 2 and Title 67, Chapter 6, Part 3.

TN - HB674 Child Custody and Support - As enacted, revises various provisions related to stepparent visitation. - Amends TCA Title 36.

TN - HB573 Controlled Substances - As introduced, deletes the deadline of August 1, 2010, by which the controlled substance database advisory committee is to develop a form that healthcare providers may use to make reports regarding unlawful attempts to obtain controlled substances. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 29; Title 39, Chapter 17, Part 4; Title 39, Chapter 17, Part 13; Title 40; Title 50; Title 53, Chapter 11; Title 67 and Title 68.

TN - HB873 Appeal and Review - As introduced, allows petitions for post-conviction relief based on new non-scientific evidence establishing that the petitioner is actually innocent of the offense for which the petitioner was convicted; establishes certain requirements for evidence on which such petitions are based. - Amends TCA Title 40, Chapter 30, Part 1.

TN - HB707 Education, Higher - As introduced, requires the board of regents, the board of trustees of the University of Tennessee, and the state university boards to create and approve a policy requiring public institutions of higher education to compensate adjunct professors at least $1,000 per credit hour taught. - Amends TCA Title 49.

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

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

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

TN - HB1045 Municipal Government - As introduced, authorizes a municipality to seek reimbursement for expenses from the office of the comptroller relating to an employee obtaining the designation of certified municipal finance officer; authorizes comptroller to reimburse the municipality as funds are available for such purpose. - Amends TCA Title 6, Chapter 56, Part 4.

TN - HB1340 Criminal Offenses - As enacted, enacts the "Leigh Ann Act," which 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 - HJR205 General Assembly, Confirmation of Appointment - Lynne "Michelle" Bowman, State Textbook and Instructional Materials Quality Commission

TN - HB973 Domestic Violence - As enacted, creates Class A misdemeanor offense for a criminal defendant in a domestic assault case, or a person acting at the defendant's direction, by persuasion or any other means that do not constitute coercion to intentionally influence or attempt to influence a witness or prospective witness to engage in certain behavior. - Amends TCA Title 29; Title 35; Title 36; Title 37; Title 38; Title 39 and Title 40.

TN - HB1075 Wine & Wineries - As enacted, creates the Tennessee wine and grape board; establishes the powers and duties of the board; abolishes the viticulture advisory board; establishes certain requirements regarding use of funds received by the board. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 43; Title 57 and Title 67.

TN - HB1483 Local Education Agencies - As enacted, authorizes LEAs to provide free feminine hygiene products in eligible public high schools. - Amends TCA Title 49 and Title 68.

TN - HB498 TennCare - As enacted, directs the commissioner of finance and administration to submit to the federal centers for medicare and medicaid services a waiver or waivers pursuant to Section 1115 of the Social Security Act for the purpose of establishing a distinct Katie Beckett program. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 33; Title 56; Title 68 and Title 71.

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

TN - HB1400 District Attorneys - As introduced, creates 11 additional assistant district attorney general positions, 10 additional secretarial positions, four additional victim-witness coordinator positions, and five additional criminal investigator positions to be designated in judicial districts as provided in a report prepared by the district attorneys general conference. - Amends TCA Title 16, Chapter 2.

TN - HJR474 Memorials, Death - Representative Ron Lollar

TN - HR72 Memorials, Recognition - Jimmy Ogle

TN - HB1011 Controlled Substances - As introduced, authorizes electronic submission of the annual report on distribution and abuse of controlled substances from the commissioner of health to the health committees of the senate and the house of representatives under the Tennessee Prescription Safety Act of 2016. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 29; Title 4, Chapter 3; Title 38, Chapter 3; Title 39, Chapter 17; Title 43; Title 50; Title 53; Title 63; Title 67 and Title 68.

TN - HJR453 Memorials, Recognition - Memorial Day program at Pisgah Church, 100th anniversary

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

TN - HB1315 Health, Dept. of - As enacted, authorizes the department to seek a federal grant from the federal department of health and human services' health resources and services administration, or any other applicable entity, to develop a training program for certified nurse practitioners in treating and processing a minor who is a victim of certain sexual offenses; requires the training program to be free of charge for participants. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 38; Title 39; Title 63 and Title 68.

TN - HJR513 Memorials, Recognition - Beverly C. Robertson

TN - HJR515 Memorials, Death - Gladys Margaret Endsley McKinsey

TN - HJR512 Memorials, Recognition - Judge Deborah Means Henderson

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

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

TN - HJR400 Memorials, Professional Achievement - Lani O'Connor, Jefferson County Schools' Teacher of the Year, Grades 9-12

TN - HJR402 Memorials, Professional Achievement - Cristina M. Hasha, Jefferson County Schools' Teacher of the Year, Grades Pre-K-4

TN - HJR401 Memorials, Professional Achievement - Heidi Williams Booker, Jefferson County Schools' Teacher of the Year, Grades 5-8

TN - HB252 State Government - As enacted, requires agencies to ensure the provision of appropriate accommodations in accordance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, if the agency requires a person applying for a license to engage in an occupation, trade, or profession in this state to take an examination; not applicable to an examination mandated and administered pursuant to federal law. - Amends TCA Title 4.

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

TN - HJR521 Memorials, Professional Achievement - Carma Dennis McGee, Tennessee Court of Appeals

TN - HJR583 Memorials, Sports - Hunter Sturgill

TN - HB91 Education - As enacted, authorizes LEAs that receive pre-kindergarten program approval to utilize a comparable alternative measure of student growth approved by the state board of education and adopted by the LEA, rather than the pre-k/kindergarten growth portfolio model approved by the state board of education in the evaluation of pre-kindergarten and kindergarten teachers; creates portfolio review committee. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 6, Part 1.

TN - HB247 State Government - As enacted, establishes daylight saving time as the standard time in Tennessee, subject to authorization to do so from the United States Congress and certain other conditions being met. - Amends TCA Section 4-1-401.

TN - HJR132 General Assembly, Statement of Intent or Position - Expresses support for a teacher's bill of rights.

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

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

TN - HR116 Memorials, Interns - Khyiah K. Riviears

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

TN - HJR476 Memorials, Sports - Jeremiah Martin

TN - HJR636 Memorials, Retirement - State Trooper Joe Wynne

TN - HJR608 Memorials, Retirement - Vanessa M. Horner

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

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

TN - HJR631 Memorials, Recognition - Shelby County, Bicentennial

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

TN - HB605 Taxes - As enacted, specifies, for purposes of sales and use taxes, that "tangible personal property" does not include fiber-optic cable after it has become attached to a utility pole, building, or other structure or installed underground; deems such fiber-optic cable to be realty upon installation; deletes the excise tax credit for qualified broadband internet access equipment. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 65 and Title 67.

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

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

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

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

TN - HJR644 Memorials, Retirement - Helen Ford

TN - HB1440 Law Enforcement - As enacted, makes denial of a claim made by the estate of a law enforcement officer for the annuity payable to the estate of an emergency responder who is killed in the line of duty subject to review by the Tennessee peace officer standards and training commission within 90 days of the claim's denial; redefines "law enforcement officer" for purposes of determining which law enforcement officers are considered an emergency responder whose estate would be eligible for the annuity. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 8 and Title 38.

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

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

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

TN - HB1699 Insurance, Health, Accident - As introduced, makes various changes to the law concerning the electronic delivery of health care and its coverage under insurance policies. - Amends TCA Title 56 and Section 63-1-155.

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

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

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

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

TN - HB1697 Taxes, Sales - As introduced, enacts the "Food Tax Holiday Act," which exempts the retail sale of food and food ingredients from sales tax for the months of June and July in 2020. - Amends TCA Title 67, Chapter 6.

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

TN - HB1869 Campaigns and Campaign Finance - As introduced, prohibits a candidate for public office from using campaign funds to pay a family member for providing services to the campaign unless the family member provides the same or substantially similar services to at least one other candidate, person, or entity. - Amends TCA Title 2; Title 3 and Title 8.

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

TN - HR194 Memorials, Recognition - Christopher Clark

TN - HB1979 Pensions and Retirement Benefits - As introduced, allows TCRS members who served in the armed forces during certain periods of armed conflict to establish retirement credit for the military service under certain conditions. - Amends TCA Section 8-34-605.

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

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

TN - HB1575 Criminal Offenses - As introduced, adds imminent danger of serious sexual abuse as a justification for the use of deadly force in self-defense and to defenses of duress and use of deadly force by law enforcement officer; defines serious sexual abuse as rape, aggravated rape, rape of a child, or aggravated rape of a child. - Amends TCA Title 39 and Title 40.

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

TN - HB2308 Tennessee Bureau of Investigation - As enacted, enacts the "Holly Bobo Act," which expands the bureau's endangered child and young adult alert program to include endangered persons under 21 years of age. - Amends TCA Title 38, Chapter 6, Part 1.

TN - HJR751 Memorials, Recognition - Koto Sushi Bar and Keruma family

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

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

TN - HJR818 Memorials, Recognition - Harriet Tubman Day

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

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

TN - HB1175 TennCare - As enacted, requires the bureau of TennCare to reimburse an ambulance service provider that provides a covered service to a TennCare recipient at a rate not less than 67.5 percent of the federal medicare program's allowable charge for participating providers; requires the bureau to seek an intergovernmental transfer of funds for the sole purpose of increasing the rate of reimbursement to ambulance service providers that provide covered services to TennCare recipients at a rate greater than 67.5 percent of the federal medicare program's allowable charge for participating providers. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 33; Title 56; Title 63; Title 68 and Title 71.

TN - HB787 Veterans Services, Dept. of - As enacted, requires the department to provide training in suicide prevention to the employees of the department who directly interact with veterans. - Amends TCA Title 58, Chapter 3.

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

TN - HB2517 Sentencing - As enacted, revises provisions governing drug-free school zones and school safety zones and sentences related to violations. - Amends TCA Title 16, Chapter 2; Title 39, Chapter 17, Part 4 and Section 49-2-116.

TN - HB1562 State Symbols - As enacted, designates "The Volunteer State" as the official nickname of this state. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 1, Part 3.

TN - HB2266 Holidays and Days of Special Observance - As enacted, removes the duty of the governor to proclaim days of special observance, such as Mother's Day, Harriet Tubman Day, and Volunteer Firefighters week; removes the governor's duty to invite the people of the state to observe certain days of special observance such as Andrew Jackson Day. - Amends TCA Title 15, Chapter 2.

TN - HB2203 Nurses, Nursing - As introduced, makes various changes to the licensing of and prescribing authority for advanced practice registered nurses. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 33; Title 49; Title 53; Title 55; Title 56; Title 63; Title 68 and Title 71.

TN - HB1622 Tennessee Housing Development Agency - As enacted, increases, from $2.93 billion to $4 billion, the maximum aggregate principal amount for which the agency may issue bonds and notes at any one time. - Amends TCA Section 13-23-121.

TN - HJR822 Victims' Rights - Proposes an amendment to Article I, Section 35 of the Constitution of Tennessee for the purpose of rewriting the rights to which crime victims are entitled.

TN - HJR742 Memorials, Death - Elizabeth Blair Allen Daniel

TN - HB1620 Driver Licenses - As enacted, adds documentation a veteran may submit to the department of safety to have military service indicated on a driver license to allow an honorably discharged veteran to submit a certified copy of the veteran's AGO Form 53-55 or NAVPERS 553 showing the dates of service. - Amends TCA Title 55, Chapter 50, Part 3.

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

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

TN - HB1843 Professions and Occupations - As introduced, repeals the Locksmith Licensing Act of 2006. - Amends TCA Title 62, Chapter 11; Title 62, Chapter 35 and Title 62, Chapter 76.

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

TN - HB2676 Professions and Occupations - As introduced, eliminates the professional privilege tax; establishes requirements for payment of annual professional registration fee for nonresidents engaged in certain professions. - Amends TCA Title 3, Chapter 6, Part 3; Title 4, Chapter 3, Part 19; Title 23; Title 48, Chapter 1; Title 62; Title 63 and Title 67.

TN - HB2454 Health, Dept. of - As introduced, requests the department and its division of health related boards to perform a study on the licensure and regulation of cannabis for medical use by departments of health and medical professional licensing boards in states contiguous to Tennessee and report findings to the general assembly's health committees by December 15, 2020. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 29; Title 4, Chapter 3; Title 38, Chapter 3; Title 39, Chapter 17; Title 43; Title 50; Title 53; Title 63; Title 67 and Title 68.

TN - HB1544 Holidays and Days of Special Observance - As introduced, designates Emancipation Day, August 8 each year, as a state legal holiday. - Amends TCA Title 15.

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

TN - HB1595 Motor Vehicles - As introduced, removes references to ambulatory disability certifications being made by Christian Science practitioners from the definition of "disabled driver". - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 54; Title 55; Title 65 and Title 67.

TN - HJR885 Memorials, Recognition - President Donald J. Trump

TN - HB2134 Education - As introduced, enacts the "Teacher's Discipline Act"; establishes a disciplinary process for students who have been removed from the classroom by the teacher. - Amends TCA Title 49.

TN - HB2246 Education, Higher - As introduced, extends eligibility for tuition reimbursement provided to members of the Tennessee national guard under the STRONG Act of 2017 to include technical certificates and diplomas and certain graduate programs. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 4, Part 10.

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

TN - HB1880 Eminent Domain - As introduced, revises the definition of "blighted area" for purposes of redevelopment projects by housing authorities. - Amends TCA Title 13, Chapter 20; Title 13, Chapter 21 and Title 29, Chapter 17.

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

TN - HB618 Traffic Safety - As enacted, extends the "Slow Poke Law," which prohibits the operation of vehicles in the left lane, except for passing and other purposes, to interstates and multilane divided highways with two or more lanes. - Amends TCA Title 55, Chapter 8, Part 2.

TN - HB1718 Sexual Offenses - As enacted, increases the maximum age for a victim of aggravated rape of a child from three years of age to eight years of age. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 13, Part 5.

TN - HJR812 Naming and Designating - "Child Abuse Prevention Month," April 2020

TN - HJR974 Memorials, Death - Victor Thompson

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

TN - HB1969 Planning, Public - As introduced, allows an owner or agent of the owner of land to sell, agree to sell, or negotiate to sell the land by reference to a subdivision plat before the final subdivision plat is approved by the planning commission. - Amends TCA Title 13, Chapter 3; Title 13, Chapter 4 and Title 66.

TN - HB2871 Commerce and Insurance, Dept. of - As introduced, allows electronic submission of the report that an association formed under the provisions governing sheep producers indemnity must file with the commissioner. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 12; Title 13; Title 42; Title 43; Title 44; Title 45; Title 46; Title 47; Title 48; Title 50; Title 53; Title 54; Title 55; Title 56; Title 61; Title 62; Title 65; Title 66; Title 67 and Title 68.

TN - HB2674 Welfare - As introduced, extends the date by which the commission on aging and disability must provide to the general assembly an updated report and analysis on the waiting list for the state options program from January 15 of each year to January 20 of each year. - Amends TCA Section 71-2-105.

TN - HB2206 Water Pollution - As introduced, reduces from five to three days the amount of time within which final orders concerning water quality permitting must be published on the department of environment and conservation website. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 3, Part 5; Title 7, Chapter 35; Title 65 and Title 69.

TN - HB2672 Contractors - As introduced, authorizes owners of real property to construct certain residential buildings on that property without obtaining a contractor license; requires notice of such construction to be made to the board for licensing contractors, the register of deeds, and subsequent purchasers of the property. - Amends TCA Title 13; Title 62, Chapter 6 and Title 66.

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

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

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

TN - HB1583 Sexual Offenders - As enacted, allows a person who commits a sexual offense or a violent sexual offense against a child under 12 years of age to reside, conduct an overnight visit, or be alone with a minor who is the offender's child so long as: the offender's parental rights are not being terminated; the sexual offender's victim was not the offender's child; and a circuit court exercising civil jurisdiction has not found by clear and convincing evidence that the offender presents a danger of substantial harm to the minor. - Amends TCA Title 40, Chapter 39.

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

TN - HB2818 Education - As enacted, authorizes the state board of education to promulgate emergency rules as necessary to address any issues created by school closures due to the outbreak of COVID-19 during the 2019-2020 school year; requires the commissioner of education to waive certain requirements; establishes other related requirements. - Amends TCA Title 49.

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

TN - HJR442 Memorials, Interns - Sydney Burchell

TN - HB644 State Employees - As introduced, requires a state agency in any proceeding to suspend, terminate, or discipline an employee in state service to prove by a preponderance of the evidence that the employee violated state law or a rule or policy of the agency prior to taking such action. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 8, Chapter 30; Title 9; Title 10 and Title 12.

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

TN - HB2540 Fines and Penalties - As introduced, clarifies that a clerk of the court must offer a payment plan after one year from the date of the completion of the sentence when a person has not paid all litigation taxes, court costs, and fines assessed as a result of the disposition of any offense under criminal laws. - Amends TCA Title 40, Chapter 24.

TN - HB2764 Employees, Employers - As introduced, requires the department of human resources to make an annual report on or before January 15, instead of periodically, to the governor on recommendations for improvements of the state service system. - Amends TCA Title 3; Title 4; Title 8; Title 28; Title 29; Title 39; Title 40; Title 49 and Title 50.

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

TN - HB2539 Criminal Procedure - As introduced, specifies that an order of restitution entered in a criminal action is a final civil judgment upon entry of the order; makes various other changes in regard to restitution for victims of crime. - Amends TCA Title 28; Title 37; Title 39 and Title 40.

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

TN - HB2841 Local Education Agencies - As enacted, authorizes a director of schools, or the director's designee, to report truant student absences to the appropriate judge if any tier of a progressive truancy intervention plan is unsuccessful, and before subsequent tiers are implemented, if the school can document that the student's parent or guardian is unwilling to cooperate in the truancy intervention plan. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 6.

TN - HJR1053 Memorials, Retirement - Lloyd Hansen

TN - HB2383 Public Records - As enacted, permits a political subdivision to release the name or photograph of a minor victim of a criminal offense for the purpose of memorializing the victim in a memorial garden, if the custodial parent or legal guardian of the victim has consented to the release. - Amends TCA Title 10, Chapter 7.

TN - HB2769 Criminal Offenses - As introduced, adds the offense of trafficking a person for a commercial sex act to the meaning of predatory offenses for purposes of sentencing a person as a child sexual predator. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 13, Part 5.

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

TN - HB225 Election Laws - As introduced, requires election officials to inspect filings for sufficiency and timeliness; establishes conclusive presumption that accepted filings are sufficient and timely filed. - Amends TCA Title 2.

TN - HJR1159 General Assembly, Statement of Intent or Position - Recognizes the State of Tennessee for being the best fiscally managed state in the nation and urges Congress to deny bailouts for states that have not soundly managed their budgets.

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

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

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

TN - HB2660 Civil Procedure - As introduced, provides that a person who uses justifiable force against another may request a stay of proceedings in any civil action based on the use of force until the criminal investigation has concluded; creates an immunity hearing at which the court may dismiss an action that is barred by immunity. - Amends TCA Title 39.

TN - HJR1185 Memorials, Recognition - Josh Thomas

TN - HB2770 Criminal Procedure - As enacted, makes a defendant charged with continuous sexual abuse of a child ineligible for judicial diversion. - Amends TCA Section 40-35-313.

TN - HB1278 Election Laws - As enacted, provides that if an incumbent member of the general assembly who has filed a petition for reelection is disqualified by the political party executive committee, then the incumbent member of the general assembly may file a new petition for the same office as a candidate for another political party or as an independent candidate. - Amends TCA Title 1; Title 2; Title 3; Title 4; Title 8 and Title 10.

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

TN - HJR1200 Memorials, Death - Johnny Majors

TN - HJR1212 Memorials, Death - George Floyd

TN - HB2492 Search & Seizure - As enacted, specifies that the authority of wildlife resources officers to conduct certain searches does not permit search or inspection of the interior of an automobile without a search warrant. - Amends TCA Title 20; Title 29; Title 38; Title 39; Title 40 and Title 70.

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

TN - HR366 Memorials, Recognition - The Emanuel Nine

TN - HB2131 Museums - As enacted, designates the Tennessee state museum located at 1000 Rosa L. Parks Boulevard as the "Bill Haslam Center". - Amends TCA Title 4 and Title 12.

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

TN - HB2881 Teachers, Principals and School Personnel - As introduced, creates a new practitioner license for persons seeking to become licensed teachers; requires the department of education, when issuing an educator license to an out-of-state educator, to issue a license that is equivalent to the license the educator possessed prior to moving to this state; requires the state board of education to approve alternative teacher endorsement and licensure pathways. - Amends TCA Title 49.

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

TN - HB1715 Criminal Offenses - As introduced, creates the offenses sexual abuse of a corpse, a Class D felony, and aggravated sexual abuse of a corpse, a Class C felony; requires a person convicted of either offense to register as a sexual offender. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 17, Part 3 and Title 40, Chapter 39, Part 2.

TN - HB2705 Game and Fish Laws - As introduced, creates a five-member Asian carp advisory commission to recommend methods and seek funding for the eradication of Asian carp from Tennessee waters. - Amends TCA Title 4 and Title 70.

TN - HB2689 Children - As introduced, authorizes a Parents' Day Out or similar program operated by a religious institution or organization to provide 12-hour per week child care services in whatever block of time desired; requires the department of human services to create a $10 million fund to provide unlicensed care providers in rural counties with assistance in making facility upgrades for licensure; allows care providers in rural counties to provide child care for up to 10 children without being licensed if certain conditions are met. - Amends TCA Title 49 and Title 71.