Tennessee Rep. Kent Calfee (R)

TN - Business and Utilities (House)

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vice-chair

TN - Business and Utilities Subcommittee (House)

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member

TN - Government Operations (House)

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member

TN - Pensions and Insurance

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member

TN - HB2534 Veterans - As introduced, requires the division of parks and recreation to designate one weekend per year, instead of one day per year, during which access to and use of all state parks is free of charge for veterans. - Amends TCA Title 12, Chapter 3, Part 11; Title 16, Chapter 6; Title 49, Chapter 7, Part 13; Title 58; Title 67, Chapter 5 and Title 71.

TN - HB981 Public Contracts - As enacted, clarifies that the statutory amount of the bond required from contractors on all public works contracts in excess of $100,000 is the minimum amount for the bond. - Amends TCA Section 12-4-201.

TN - HB1902 Education - As introduced, requires THEC to analyze the success of the Tennessee middle college program and to report its findings in its annual report to the education committees of the house of representatives and senate. - Amends TCA Title 49.

TN - HJR748 Memorials, Personal Achievement - Jonathan Christopher Whaley, Eagle Scout

TN - HB979 Professions and Occupations - As enacted, enacts the "Freedom to Prosper Act" to limit the circumstances under which local government entities may regulate certain occupations. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 56, Chapter 1, Part 3; Title 62 and Title 63.

TN - HJR749 Memorials, Recognition - City of Rockwood, 150th Anniversary

TN - HB1226 Business Organizations - As introduced, authorizes the transmission and filing of nonprofit corporations' annual reports to the secretary of state in an electronic format; authorizes the transmission of the secretary of state's list of new nonprofit corporations that were licensed or authorized to operate in the state during the preceding month and the secretary of state's list of nonprofit corporations that surrendered their charters, had charters revoked, or ceased to do business in this state, during the preceding month, to the commissioner of revenue in an electronic format. - Amends TCA Title 48.

TN - HB1423 Roane County - Subject to local approval, changes the date by which the occupancy tax must be remitted, from not later than the 20th of the month to not later than the date the operator is required to remit sales taxes. - Amends Chapter 166 of the Private Acts of 1992.

TN - HB88 Utilities, Utility Districts - As enacted, requires members of certain utility boards of commissioners to meet training and continuing education requirements; provides that failure to meet such requirements could result in the ineligibility to receive certain financial assistance, or for members to be reelected or reappointed. - Amends TCA Section 7-34-115; Section 7-35-409; Section 7-82-307; Section 7-82-308; Section 68-221-1305; Section 68-221-605 and Section 68-221-1206.

TN - HB977 Lottery, Scholarships and Programs - As introduced, permits students enrolled in an apprentice training program to be eligible for the Tennessee Promise scholarship if the students meet all requirements for the scholarship. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 4, Part 7 and Title 49, Chapter 4, Part 9.

TN - HJR734 General Assembly, Confirmation of Appointment - Robert S. Eby, State Board of Education

TN - HB1537 County Government - As enacted, specifies that, in the event of a discrepancy between the map showing the districts from which members of the legislative body are elected and the typed or printed description of those boundaries, the map is the controlling document. - Amends TCA Section 5-1-110.

TN - HB978 Industrial Development - As enacted, authorizes, in certain circumstances, transfer of parcels of property located on a remediation site in Oak Ridge to the industrial development board consistent with the terms of the conveyance. - Amends TCA Title 7, Chapter 53 and Title 67, Chapter 5.

TN - HB2533 Taxes, Exemption and Credits - As introduced, increases the frequency, from every four years to every two years, that the commissioners of economic and community development and revenue must evaluate excise, franchise, and sales and use tax credits and prepare a report based on that evaluation. - Amends TCA Title 67, Chapter 1; Title 67, Chapter 4 and Title 67, Chapter 6.

TN - HB982 Medical Occupations - As introduced, amends qualification and record-keeping requirements related to central service technicians. - Amends TCA Section 68-11-239.

TN - HB2529 Recreational Vehicles - As introduced, adds park model recreational vehicle as a type of recreational vehicle under the Tennessee Recreation Vehicle Franchise Act of 2016. - Amends TCA Title 55.

TN - HB983 Utilities, Utility Districts - As introduced, increases from $500 to $1,000 the amount of the penalty imposed on a person convicted by a court of having injured or destroyed any portion of the gas fixtures or other property belonging to a gas company, having willfully opened a communication into the street or other gas pipes, or having let on gas after it has been stopped by a gas company. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 5; Title 6; Title 7 and Title 65.

TN - HB2530 Alcoholic Beverages - As enacted, designates the Whitestone Country Inn as a premier type tourist resort for the purposes of the on-premises consumption of alcoholic beverages. - Amends TCA Section 57-4-102.

TN - HB2532 Taxes - As introduced, clarifies that the notice of tax assessment being challenged by a taxpayer in a lawsuit against the department of revenue must be attached to the petition filed in the lawsuit. - Amends TCA Title 67.

TN - HB2527 Purchasing and Procurement - As enacted, allows local governments to make purchases of certain motor vehicles through a federal general service administration contract. - Amends TCA Title 12, Chapter 3, Part 12.

TN - HR203 Memorials, Academic Achievement - Rachel Pearson, Phi Theta Kappa All-Tennessee Academic Team

TN - HB2528 Contractors - As introduced, changes the timing of when retainage is due a contractor and when, and in what manner, notice of the initial retainage deposit in an escrow account is made. - Amends TCA Title 66, Chapter 34.

TN - HB2535 Election Laws - As introduced, increases time a county election commission must determine opening time for all convenient voting centers in the county from at least 15 days before an election to at least 20 days before an election. - Amends TCA Title 2.

TN - HB2531 Taxes, Sales - As enacted, specifies that any entity that qualifies for exemption as a spallation neutron source facility will not be eligible for a sales and use tax exemption with regard to any industrial machinery that is used in operation of a qualified data center or used primarily for research and development; provides exception for a leadership computing facility that is funded by the United States government or instrumentality thereof, not funded with any state funds, and located at a national laboratory. - Amends TCA Title 7; Title 9; Title 13 and Title 67, Chapter 6.

TN - HR204 Memorials, Academic Achievement - Kyra Hensley, Phi Theta Kappa All-Tennessee Academic Team

TN - HB1857 Pharmacy, Pharmacists - As enacted, requires any person operating in this state as a pharmacy benefits manager to be licensed by the department of commerce and insurance prior to operating. - Amends TCA Title 56, Chapter 6, Part 4 and Title 56, Chapter 7, Part 31.

TN - HB433 Education, Higher - As enacted, requires state institutions of higher education to develop and implement uniform procedures for awarding academic credit through course equivalencies for military education, training, experience, and occupational specialties; provides methods for implementation. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 7, Part 13.

TN - HB523 Insurance, Health, Accident - As introduced, 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 - HB1551 TennCare - As enacted, requires that an amendment to the existing TennCare II waiver be submitted to the federal centers for medicare and medicaid services (CMS) authorizing the bureau of TennCare to create reasonable work and community engagement requirements for able-bodied working age adult enrollees without dependent children under the age of six. - Amends TCA Title 71.

TN - HB808 Law Enforcement - As introduced, increases cash supplement for police officer in-service training from $600 to $1,800. - Amends TCA Section 38-8-111.

TN - HB1856 Adoption - As enacted, revises various provisions governing adoption. - Amends TCA Title 36 and Title 37, Chapter 5.

TN - HB1457 Public Funds and Financing - As introduced, establishes the Tennessee taxpayer relief and recession reserve; clarifies that deposits into the reserve for revenue fluctuation and the relief and recession reserve do not count toward the Copeland Cap; provides an automatic, temporary sales tax reduction when there are sufficient over collections to offset the loss of revenue. - Amends TCA Title 9 and Title 67.

TN - HB1028 Criminal Offenses - As enacted, revises the punishment for the assaultive offenses under certain circumstances; revises provisions governing the reporting of conduct by an inmate against a correctional officer, guard, jailer, or other full-time employee of a penal institution, local jail, or workhouse, that would constitute an assault. - Amends TCA Title 39 and Title 40.

TN - HB1739 Administrative Procedure (UAPA) - As introduced, requires state agencies to conduct economic impact analyses of administrative rules on persons residing in or doing business in this state. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 5.

TN - HB889 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 - HB1051 Traffic Safety - As enacted, makes the offense of obstructing public highways and streets where the obstruction restricts emergency vehicle access a Class B misdemeanor punishable by a fine of $200. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 17; Title 54 and Title 55.

TN - HB1368 Public Employees - As enacted, increases the compensation from $25,000 to a $250,000 annuity payable in five annual installments of $50,000, paid to the estate of a firefighter, volunteer rescue squad worker, or law enforcement officer who dies in the line of duty; revises related provisions. - Amends TCA Title 7, Chapter 51, Part 2; Title 9 and Title 68, Chapter 140.

TN - HB2279 Telecommunications - As enacted, enacts the "Competitive Wireless Broadband Investment, Deployment, and Safety Act of 2018" and requires TACIR to study certain items relating to deployment. - Amends TCA Title 13.

TN - HB686 Election Laws - As enacted, requires a court to impose an additional $1,000 fine for a conviction for voter fraud; provides a $1,000 reward for information leading to a conviction for voter fraud. - Amends TCA Title 2 and Title 40.

TN - HB2643 General Assembly - As enacted, designates the public space constructed on top of the parking garage attached to the Cordell Hull Building as the "Beth Harwell Plaza"; designates the new tunnel that connects the Cordell Hull Building to the State Capitol as the "Ron Ramsey Tunnel". - Amends TCA Title 3.

TN - HB899 Insurance Companies, Agents, Brokers, Policies - As introduced, prohibits certain health benefit plans that provide coverage for cancer therapy from holding proton radiation therapy to a higher standard of clinical evidence for medical policy benefit coverage decisions than the health plan requires for coverage of any other radiation therapy treatment. - Amends TCA Title 56.

TN - HB1497 Motor Vehicles, Titling and Registration - As enacted, creates a "5th Special Forces Group (Airborne)" military license plate for issuance to current or former members of the unit and spouses or children of such members. - Amends TCA Title 55, Chapter 4.

TN - HB2129 Safety - As enacted, enacts the "School Safety Act of 2018". - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 3; Title 16; Title 36, Chapter 3, Part 6; Title 38; Title 39; Title 40; Title 49; Section 50-3-201; Section 58-1-112; Section 70-4-123 and Section 70-5-101.

TN - HB883 State Employees - As introduced, requires the state group health insurance program to cover hypofractionate proton therapy for treating cancer under certain conditions. - Amends TCA Title 8; Title 56 and Title 71.

TN - HB1785 Marriage - As introduced, requires each applicant be at least 18 years of age before a county clerk can issue a marriage license. - Amends TCA Title 36, Chapter 3 and Title 37, Chapter 1, Part 1.

TN - HB34 Motor Vehicles - As enacted, revises provisions governing areas where and times when off-highway vehicles may be operated on roads. - Amends TCA Section 55-8-185.

TN - HB2034 Taxes, Personal Property - As enacted, exempts tangible personal property owned and used by nonprofit organizations to provide character development and other educational programs to youth about the Medal of Honor recipients; sets forth exemption criteria. - Amends TCA Title 67, Chapter 5.

TN - HB41 Taxes, Privilege - As introduced, phases out the professional privilege tax over a five-year period for tax years that begin on and after June 1, 2017. - Amends TCA Title 67, Chapter 4, Part 17.

TN - HB901 TennCare - As enacted, requires the bureau of TennCare to promulgate rules to promote the safe and responsible coverage of opioids for TennCare members who have the TennCare pharmacy benefit; requires report on rules to the general assembly. - Amends TCA Title 71.

TN - HB1686 Education - As enacted, specifies that, for the 2017-2018 school year, employment termination and compensation decisions for pre-kindergarten or kindergarten teachers will not be based solely on data generated by the portfolio model; revises provisions regarding funding and approval for LEAs. - Amends TCA Title 49.

TN - HB2138 Capitol - As enacted, directs the state capitol commission, subject to funding from nonstate sources, to place a POW-MIA Chair of Honor on the capitol grounds.

TN - HB384 Intellectual & Developmental Disabilities - As enacted, establishes the Tennessee council on autism spectrum disorder. - Amends TCA Title 4 and Title 68.

TN - HB2208 Firearms and Ammunition - As introduced, allows private certified firearms instructors to train teachers in certain distressed rural counties who are allowed to carry concealed firearms on school property as well as being taught by the local law enforcement agency. - Amends TCA Section 49-6-816.

TN - HB182 State Inmates - As introduced, requires that subsidies paid by the state to a county for housing state inmates be paid from the date of conviction; requires a clerk of the court to transmit documentation of a conviction to the department of correction not later than five business days after the date of conviction. - Amends TCA Title 5; Title 8; Title 9; Title 40 and Title 41.

TN - HB688 Firearms and Ammunition - As enacted, expands the exception to unlawful carrying or possession of a firearm or firearm ammunition to include carrying or possession in a boat; clarifies that the exception includes a loaded firearm, as well as a firearm or ammunition. - Amends TCA Section 39-17-1307.

TN - HB2634 Physicians and Surgeons - As enacted, revises the notice that must be provided to a patient who is determined to have dense breasts or extremely dense breasts based on a mammogram. - Amends TCA Title 63.

TN - HB529 Telecommunications - As enacted, enacts the "Tennessee Broadband Accessibility Act." - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 3, Part 7; Title 7, Chapter 59, Part 3; Title 65, Chapter 25 and Title 67, Chapter 4, Part 20.

TN - HB108 Abortion - As enacted, requires, in cases where an ultrasound is performed as part of an examination prior to an abortion, the person who performs the ultrasound to offer the woman the opportunity to learn the results of the ultrasound; requires, if ultrasound is performed, that report of abortion indicate whether or not a heartbeat was detected. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 15, Part 2 and Title 68, Chapter 11, Part 2.

TN - HB727 Education, Curriculum - As introduced, requires students to complete one year of instruction in American government and one year of instruction in Tennessee history between grades 7 and 12 to receive a high school diploma, with various exceptions. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 6.

TN - HB91 Welfare - As introduced, requires certain amounts of work, community service, education, or job-seeking activities for recipients of food assistance (SNAP) unless certain exemptions apply. - Amends TCA Title 71.

TN - HB2131 Historical Commission - As introduced, withholds state funds to be received by a local government for the next subsequent fiscal year if the local government sells, removes, relocates, or destroys a historical memorial after the denial of a waiver to remove or relocate the memorial by the Tennessee historical commission. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 5; Title 6 and Title 7.

TN - HB2109 Business and Commerce - As introduced, establishes the Tennessee horse racing commission to regulate horse racing and pari-mutuel wagering in Tennessee. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 39; Title 44; Title 62 and Title 67.

TN - HB1948 Alcoholic Beverages - As enacted, authorizes the manufacturing of intoxicating liquors and drinks in Lenoir City. - Amends TCA Title 57.

TN - HB165 Veterans - As enacted, authorizes private employers to give hiring preference to honorably discharged veterans, spouses of veterans with service-connected disabilities, unremarried widows or widowers of veterans who died of service-connected disabilities, and unremarried widows or widowers of members of the military who died in the line of duty. - Amends TCA Title 50, Chapter 1, Part 1.

TN - HB879 TennCare - As enacted, enacts the "Ground Ambulance Service Provider Assessment Act." - Amends TCA Title 56; Title 68 and Title 71.

TN - HB1967 Consumer Protection - As introduced, makes various changes to state law related to gift certificates, such as requiring certain gift certificates to have longer expiration dates; prohibiting dormancy or inactivity fees; and authorizing activation or issuance fees up to certain limits. - Amends TCA Title 47 and Title 66.

TN - HB2595 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 8, Chapter 30.

TN - HB1903 Taxes - As introduced, requires that 5 percent of state funds in the municipal street aid fund be distributed equally to each municipality instead of all such funds being distributed based on population; reduces state sales tax revenue allocated to general fund; increases state-shared sales tax revenue allocated to municipalities. - Amends TCA Section 54-4-203 and Section 67-6-103.

TN - HB362 Environment and Conservation, Department of - As enacted, revises present law provisions regarding local governmental entities that administer a municipal separate storm water system under a national pollutant discharge elimination permit. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 11; Title 59; Title 60; Title 62; Title 68 and Title 69.

TN - HB571 Mining and Quarrying - As enacted, enacts the "Primacy and Reclamation Act of Tennessee" and revises other related provisions; contains certain contingent effective dates. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 10; Title 50; Title 59; Title 60; Title 66; Title 67; Title 68; Title 69 and Title 70.

TN - HB1917 Labor - As enacted, extends repeal date for the Go Build Tennessee Program, from July 1, 2019, to July 1, 2024; deletes restriction that funds collected from contractor licensing revenue be used only to fund career and technical education programs and other certified and nationally accredited programs. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 41 and Title 62, Chapter 6, Part 1.

TN - HB943 Annexation - As introduced, allows voters residing within an area annexed by a municipality to petition the county election commission to hold an election to deannex such territory; specifies the taxes that may continue to be levied on a deannexed area; prohibits the extension or continuation of utility services outside municipal boundaries to obtain consent to annexation. - Amends TCA Title 6, Chapter 51 and Title 54, Chapter 4, Part 2.

TN - HB1041 Sentencing - As enacted, establishes a sentencing enhancement factor for defendants who are illegally or unlawfully in the United States. - Amends TCA Title 40.

TN - HB2004 Health, Dept. of - As enacted, requires the department to accept allegations of opioid abuse or diversion and to publicize a means of reporting allegations of such; prohibits civil liability for or firing of a person who reports suspected abuse or diversion. - Amends TCA Title 50 and Title 63.

TN - HB2130 Criminal Offenses - As enacted, enacts the "Tennessee Stolen Valor Act". - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 16, Part 3 and Section 58-1-602.

TN - HB1169 Education, Curriculum - As enacted, enacts the "Senator Douglas Henry Tennessee History Act". - Amends TCA Title 4 and Title 49.

TN - HB1189 Abortion - As enacted, enacts the "Tennessee Infants Protection Act," which prohibits abortion of a viable fetus except in a medical emergency and requires testing to determine viability if a woman is at least 20 weeks pregnant. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 15, Part 2.

TN - HB790 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, Chapter 23.

TN - HB2488 Medical Occupations - As introduced, requires healthcare practitioners to provide certain information to patients prior to administering a vaccine. - Amends TCA Title 63 and Title 68.

TN - HB447 Alcoholic Beverages - As enacted, specifies that samples and sales of alcoholic beverages sold for consumption on the premises of a distillery are not subject to the 15 percent privilege tax on the sales price of alcoholic beverages sold for consumption on the premises; authorizes retail sales of alcoholic beverages within the boundaries of Tellico Village in Loudon County and authorizes the alcoholic beverage commission to issue a retailer's license to the 501(c) corporation that manages such location. - Amends TCA Title 57, Chapter 2; Title 57, Chapter 3 and Title 57, Chapter 4.

TN - HB835 Sentencing - As enacted, creates an enhancement factor, by which the defendant's sentence can be increased, where the defendant is convicted of committing a violent offense against a uniformed law enforcement officer or uniformed member of the military or national guard and the defendant intentionally selected the victim because of the victim's status as a law enforcement officer or service member. - Amends TCA Title 39 and Title 40.

TN - HB1059 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 for the patient administered anti-cancer medication than for the injected or intravenously administered anti-cancer medication. - Amends TCA Title 56, Chapter 7, Part 23.

TN - HB482 Naming and Designating - As enacted, designates the new Tennessee Bureau of Investigation crime lab and consolidated regional headquarters to be constructed in Madison County as the "Special Agent De'Greaun ReShun Frazier TBI Crime Lab and Regional Headquarters."

TN - HB15 Taxes, Exemption and Credits - As enacted, creates exemptions from sales tax, registration fee, and motor vehicle privilege tax, for any motor vehicle sold to a veteran or service member who has a service-connected disability and who is eligible for a United States department of veterans affairs automobile grant under the Disabled Veterans' and Servicemen's Automobile Assistance Act of 1970; limits sales and use tax exemption to portion of price that is in excess of the amount of the grant received. - Amends TCA Section 5-8-102; Title 55, Chapter 4 and Title 67, Chapter 6.

TN - HB268 Motor Vehicles, Titling and Registration - As enacted, exempts certain active, volunteer firefighters and rescue squad members from payment of the regular registration fee at the time of renewal for license plate issued to the volunteer firefighter or rescue squad member; authorizes a county legislative body to waive the motor vehicle tax for motor vehicles receiving the exemption from the registration fee, if the waiver is approved in the same manner as the adoption of the motor vehicle tax. - Amends TCA Title 55, Chapter 4.

TN - HB2232 Taxes, Sales - As enacted, clarifies that sales and use tax on sales of water by public utility and sales of natural gas, propane, and electricity sold directly to consumer for non-residential uses only applies to charges on a customer's monthly bill for metered usage, a monthly minimum bill, a monthly customer charged, or a monthly deman charge. - Amends TCA Title 67, Chapter 6, Part 3.

TN - HB1803 Purchasing and Procurement - As enacted, authorizes a local government to execute a cooperative purchasing agreement with other local, state, and federal governmental entities for purposes of purchasing farm tractors, mowers, earth-moving and construction machinery, and similar machinery and equipment; provided, that a local government does not have the authority to purchase construction machinery under a cooperative purchasing agreement with an agency of the United States. - Amends TCA Section 12-3-1205.

TN - HB1938 Political Parties - As enacted, specifies that a person who is an honorably discharged veteran of the United States armed forces, a member of the Tennessee national guard, a member of the Tennessee air national guard, or an inactive reservist of any of the United States uniformed military services in good standing must not be disqualified as a candidate for any office if, for service-related reasons, that person was unable to comply with a statewide political party's or recognized minor party's rules for candidacy for nomination for such party, and such service-related reasons are the sole reason the person is unable to qualify. - Amends TCA Title 2, Chapter 13, Part 1.

TN - HB972 Children's Services, Dept. of - As enacted, requires the department to maintain case manager staffing levels so that case manager caseloads do not exceed an average of 20 active cases relating to initial assessments or an average of 20 children monitored and supervised per case manager. - Amends TCA Title 37, Chapter 5.

TN - HB1858 Highway Signs - As enacted, directs the department of transportation to erect signs acknowledging each branch of the military within the segment designated as the "Veterans Memorial Mile" in Knox County; authorizes representatives from each branch to work with the department to donate money, trees, shrubs, flowers, or other installations for beautification or decorative purposes along the corridor. - Amends TCA Title 54; Title 55; Chapter 85 of the Public Acts of 2011 and Chapter 641 of the Public Acts of 2012.

TN - HB2248 Professions and Occupations - As enacted, enacts the "Fresh Start Act". - Amends TCA Title 62, Chapter 76, Part 1 and Title 63, Chapter 1.

TN - HB1382 Consumer Protection - As introduced, enacts the "Fair Repair Act." - Amends TCA Title 47, Chapter 18; Title 55 and Title 62.

TN - HB2315 Immigration - As enacted, prohibits state and local governmental entities and officials from adopting sanctuary policies; enacts other related provisions. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 7; Title 8; Title 9; Title 38; Title 39 and Title 40.

TN - HB227 Welfare - As enacted, enacts the "Program Integrity Act of 2017," which establishes certain requirements for benefit eligibility. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 71, Chapter 5, Part 1 and Title 71, Chapter 5, Part 3.

TN - HB980 Lottery, Scholarships and Programs - As enacted, creates the Tennessee middle college scholarship, funded by net lottery proceeds. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 4.

TN - HB2251 TennCare - As enacted, requires that a waiver amendment to the existing TennCare II waiver that requires elective abortion providers be excluded from participation as providers in the TennCare program be submitted to the federal centers for medicare and medicaid services for approval. - Amends TCA Title 68 and Title 71.

TN - HB2586 Criminal Offenses - As introduced, changes, from 500 feet to 150 meters, the distance within which a person must commit a disorderly or offensive act for a person to commit the Class B misdemeanor offense of interfering with a funeral or burial. - Amends TCA Title 39 and Title 40.

TN - HB531 Lottery, Scholarships and Programs - As enacted, enacts the Tennessee reconnect grant. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 4, Part 9.

TN - HR148 Memorials, Academic Achievement - Angela Taylor, Salutatorian, Memphis Academy of Health Sciences

TN - HR146 Memorials, Academic Achievement - Markila Tate, Salutatorian, Melrose High School

TN - HR95 Memorials, Recognition - Clayborn Temple

TN - HR71 Memorials, Recognition - Scott Golden

TN - HR143 Memorials, Academic Achievement - Camerin Morganfield, Valedictorian, East High School

TN - HR145 Memorials, Academic Achievement - JerMeiah Clay, Salutatorian, East High School

TN - HR250 Memorials, Professional Achievement - Travis McKinney, Keller Williams Realty International Rookie of the Year

TN - HR313 Memorials, Recognition - Union University Debate Team

TN - HR185 Memorials, Recognition - American Heart Association/National Wear Red Day, February 2, 2018

TN - HR267 Memorials, Sports - Mt. Juliet League, Incorporated

TN - HR171 Memorials, Recognition - Tim Shaw

TN - HR147 Memorials, Academic Achievement - Vivica Martin, Valedictorian, Memphis Academy of Health Sciences

TN - HR263 Memorials, Public Service - Roger Campbell

TN - HR144 Memorials, Academic Achievement - Leonica Clear, Valedictorian, Melrose High School

TN - HR24 Memorials, Recognition - Alzheimer's and other dementia awareness

TN - HR213 Memorials, Recognition - Sidney Raphael Branch, Governor's Volunteer Stars Award

TN - HJR72 Constitutional Amendments - Proposes amendment of Article VI, Section 5 to provide for popular election of the attorney general and reporter for a regular term of six years.

TN - HJR686 Memorials, Recognition - Oak Ridge Schools

TN - HJR23 Memorials, Recognition - Expresses appreciation and thanks to entities and persons providing assistance during the Smoky Mountain wildfires.

TN - HJR652 Memorials, Death - Johnnie Elizabeth Hammontree Myers

TN - HJR1073 Memorials, Retirement - Ted Hackney

TN - HJR740 Constitutional Amendments - Proposes amendment to prohibit the general assembly from levying a state tax on real property and to remove provisions authorizing the general assembly to tax certain tangible personal property.

TN - HJR1067 Memorials, Recognition - April, Month of the Military Child

TN - HJR741 General Assembly, Statement of Intent or Position - Expresses strong support for President Trump's proposal to construct a secure border wall and urges Congress to immediately take action to fund the construction.

TN - HJR201 Memorials, Personal Achievement - Michael Jenkins, Eagle Scout

TN - HJR37 Constitutional Amendments - Proposes an amendment to the Constitution of Tennessee recognizing that our liberties do not come from governments, but from Almighty God.

TN - HJR957 Memorials, Sports - University of Tennessee Volunteers men's basketball team

TN - HJR75 Memorials, Retirement - David Gregory

TN - HJR200 Memorials, Personal Achievement - Max Lownsdale, Eagle Scout

TN - HJR647 Memorials, Heroism - Melinda Moroz

TN - HJR803 Memorials, Recognition - Dr. Janice Garrett Booker, Vanessa Rogers Long Humanitarian Award

TN - HJR454 Memorials, Interns - Daniel H. Cox

TN - HJR561 Memorials, Professional Achievement - Jack Lowery, President of Tennessee Road Builders Association

TN - HJR805 Memorials, Recognition - Kimberly JoAnne Reid, Mary D. Shane-Miss AKA Outstanding Undergraduate Soror Award

TN - HJR361 Memorials, Professional Achievement - John Edd Wampler

TN - HJR522 Memorials, Recognition - Highland Park Ruritan Club, 50th anniversary

TN - HJR199 Memorials, Personal Achievement - Thomas McCurry, Eagle Scout

TN - HJR197 Memorials, Death - Dr. Gene Caldwell

TN - HJR638 Memorials, Recognition - W.C. Handy Heritage Awards

TN - HJR789 Memorials, Recognition - The Links Days on Capitol Hill

TN - HJR605 Memorials, Sports - Union City High School football team, TSSAA Division I Class 2A State Champions

TN - HJR25 Memorials, Personal Occasion - Rep. Johnny Shaw, birthday

TN - HJR1016 Memorials, Retirement - Mark S. Freedman

TN - HJR729 General Assembly, Statement of Intent or Position - Recognizes Jerusalem as the capital of the State of Israel.

TN - HJR1068 Memorials, Retirement - Rick Shepard

TN - HJR204 Memorials, Professional Achievement - Dr. Altha Stewart, President-elect of American Psychiatric Association

TN - HJR177 Memorials, Recognition - Shelby County Public Defender, centennial

TN - HJR141 Memorials, Recognition - Deanie Parker

TN - HJR648 General Assembly - Provides for affixing plaque at Representative Lois DeBerry's desk in House chambers to commemorate her legislative service.

TN - HJR1306 Memorials, Retirement - Denise Sims

TN - HJR183 Memorials, Personal Occasion - Ruby Lopp, 102nd birthday

TN - HJR810 Memorials, Recognition - Terri Lee Freeman, 2018 Social Justice Honoree

TN - HJR595 Memorials, Academic Achievement - Tennessee Speech and Debate Society

TN - HJR577 Memorials, Academic Achievement - Roland Donnelly-Bullington, Salutatorian, Central High School

TN - HJR802 Memorials, Recognition - Nedra Butler-Ross, Reva Allman-Name That Soror Award

TN - HJR808 Memorials, Recognition - Lillian Williams, Velma Lois Jones-New Soror of the Year

TN - HJR119 Memorials, Sports - Hardin County High School boys' bowling team, 2017 TSSAA State Champions

TN - HJR118 Memorials, Sports - Hardin County High School Lady Tigers bowling team, 2017 state champions

TN - HJR176 Memorials, Retirement - Tim Tohill

TN - HJR185 Memorials, Recognition - Darryl Worley

TN - HJR639 Memorials, Death - Reverend Dwight Montgomery

TN - HJR637 Memorials, Death - Bernal E. Smith II

TN - HJR459 General Assembly, Statement of Intent or Position - Calls for a halt to state facilities outsourcing.

TN - HJR909 Memorials, Recognition - Hillsman Lee Wright

TN - HJR582 Memorials, Death - Iyalode Nkechi Kianga Ajanaku

TN - HJR260 Memorials, Death - Barbara Rodgers Alston

TN - HJR657 Memorials, Death - Representative Raymond Walker

TN - HJR116 Memorials, Sports - Wayne County High School football team

TN - HJR731 Memorials, Recognition - Second Lieutenant Albert Louis Young of the Tuskegee Airmen

TN - HJR601 Memorials, Personal Occasion - J.B. "Buddy" Glassman, 80th birthday

TN - HJR940 Memorials, Death - Alma Tate

TN - HJR754 Memorials, Sports - Gibbs High School wrestling team, TSSAA Class A-AA dual state champion

TN - HJR801 Memorials, Recognition - Annie L. Barnes, Omicron Omega Golden Soror of the Year

TN - HJR807 Memorials, Recognition - Anesha Hines, Velma Lois Jones-New Soror of the Year Award

TN - HJR783 Memorials, Retirement - Edwin D. Brown

TN - HJR1184 Memorials, Recognition - Chattanooga Mayor's Council for Women, inaugural Statewide Women's Policy Conference

TN - HJR22 Memorials, Death - Michael E. Anderson

TN - HJR641 Memorials, Congratulations - Taiwan

TN - HJR593 Memorials, Sports - Nashville Predators, NHL Western Conference champions

TN - HJR205 Memorials, Death - Dr. Luther M. Kindall

TN - HJR709 Memorials, Sports - Gibbs High School softball team, TSSAA Division I Class AAA State Champions

TN - HJR831 Memorials, Recognition - Jamita Swearengen, 2018 Social Justice Honoree

TN - HJR735 Memorials, Retirement - Ed Cromer

TN - HJR832 Memorials, Recognition - Deidre Malone, 2018 Social Justice Honoree

TN - HJR530 Memorials, Recognition - Dr. James Netters

TN - HJR226 Constitutional Amendments - Proposes an amendment to Article I, Section 33 of the Constitution of Tennessee to remove the criminal punishment exception from slavery and involuntary servitude prohibition.

TN - HJR117 Memorials, Sports - Preston Rice, Wayne County High School, 2016 Mr. Football, Division I Class 1A Back

TN - HJR636 Memorials, Death - Jesse Wilburn

TN - HJR642 Memorials, Professional Achievement - Robin Copp, 2017-2018 Tennessee Department of Education Principal of the Year

TN - HJR108 Memorials, Recognition - World Sickle Cell Day

TN - HJR262 Memorials, Recognition - The Lee Sisters of Memphis

TN - HJR21 Memorials, Sports - Whitehaven High School, TSSAA Class 6A State Football Champions

TN - HJR800 Memorials, Recognition - Beatrice Williams, Mary B. Conner Sisterly Relations Award

TN - HJR121 Memorials, Public Service - Sue Creasy

TN - HJR736 Memorials, Death - E. Claude Gardner

TN - HJR35 Memorials, Recognition - American Heart Association/National Wear Red Day, February 3, 2017

TN - HJR1005 Memorials, Professional Achievement - Susan Ritter, State Executive Officer of the Year

TN - HJR91 Memorials, Heroism - Officer Joseph Miranne, Officer Jason Berrios, and Officer Anthony Oliveto of The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey

TN - HJR98 Memorials, Recognition - V. Lynn Evans

TN - HJR779 Memorials, Recognition - Vietnam Veterans of America Chapter 995

TN - HJR1071 Memorials, Recognition - Wilson County Fair, 2017 Triple A division champion

TN - HJR184 Memorials, Recognition - Morgan Mathis, 2016 ANTSO National Miss

TN - HJR655 Constitutional Amendments - Proposes an amendment to Article II and Article III, Section 18 of the Constitution of Tennessee to authorize appointment of special counsel by the general assembly to investigate, indict, and prosecute alleged criminal activity committed by state and local officials, departments, and agencies.

TN - HJR340 Memorials, Death - Harry Wampler

TN - HJR833 Memorials, Recognition - Ethel Hedgeman Lyle

TN - HJR804 Memorials, Recognition - Lauryn Joiner, Mary D. Shane-Miss AKA Outstanding Undergraduate Soror Award

TN - HJR721 Memorials, Professional Achievement - Jeff Drake, Tennessee Forestry Association 2017 Master Logger of the Year

TN - HJR1186 Memorials, Recognition - Kent Ritchey, Ginny Award

TN - HJR722 Memorials, Retirement - Shirley Jones

TN - HJR529 Memorials, Recognition - Fred L. Davis

TN - HJR36 General Assembly, Statement of Intent or Position - Expresses support for the Nation of Israel.

TN - HJR696 Memorials, Personal Occasion - James R. Fitzhugh, 95th birthday

TN - HJR699 Memorials, Death - Denise LaSalle

TN - HJR252 Memorials, Sports - Summertown High School girls' basketball team

TN - HJR578 Memorials, Academic Achievement - Elizabeth A. Mulhearn, Valedictorian, Central High School

TN - HJR120 Memorials, Public Service - Bonnie Merriman

TN - HJR145 Memorials, Public Service - Stancil Ford

TN - HJR646 Memorials, Death - Dr. Jimmy Lynn Verner

TN - HJR140 Memorials, Professional Achievement - Bev Johnson, 30th anniversary with 1070 WDIA-AM

TN - HJR737 Memorials, Death - Dr. David Millhorn

TN - HJR806 Memorials, Recognition - Maya Hill, Mary D. Shane-Miss AKA Outstanding Undergraduate Soror Award