Tennessee Rep. Mark Cochran (R)

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

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

TN - HB1040 Disabled Persons - As introduced, adds assistance animals to those for which a person may recover economic damages for the intentional or negligent killing; defines assistance animal to include an animal that provides assistance or performs tasks for the benefit of a person with a disability. - Amends TCA Title 39; Title 44; Title 65 and Title 66.

TN - HB1125 Health Care - As introduced, removes a provision of code referencing the infections taskforce whose progress reports were due to the general assembly in 2008, 2009, and 2010. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 33; Title 34; Title 42; Title 56; Title 63; Title 68 and Title 71.

TN - HB967 Funeral Directors and Embalmers - As introduced, authorizes operators of crematory facilities who provide free services for the cremation of human remains to receive a refund of the permit fee paid for such services. - Amends TCA Title 62, Chapter 5; Title 63 and Title 68, Chapter 2.

TN - HB1041 Public Funds and Financing - As introduced, prohibits public funds being expended in support of any policy declining to provide services to licensed firearms businesses. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 7; Title 9 and Title 12.

TN - HB1513 Athens - Subject to local approval, changes the maximum amount of expenditures to the state-adopted maximum that the city, board of education, and public work or improvement may spend on a purchase unless bids are requested through advertisement; reduces the term length from two years to one year for the chairperson, vice-chairperson, secretary, and treasurer of the board of education. - Amends Chapter 455 of the Private Acts of 1953; as amended.

TN - HB362 Annexation - As enacted, requires municipalities to record annexation resolutions and deannexation ordinances with the register of deeds in the county or counties affected by the boundary changes. - Amends TCA Title 6, Chapter 51.

TN - HB1353 Education - As introduced, removes the presumption of a student's intent to violate the School Security Act of 1981 by possessing an electronic pager on school property. - Amends TCA Title 49.

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

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

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

TN - HB91 Education - As introduced, authorizes LEAs that receive pre-kindergarten program approval to utilize an alternative academic growth indicator 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. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 6, Part 1.

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

TN - HJR394 General Assembly, Studies - Urges governor to form an education task force to evaluate state testing, curriculum, and other mandated academic policies and procedures.

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

TN - HJR583 Memorials, Sports - Hunter Sturgill

TN - HB1029 Abortion - As introduced, enacts the "Human Life Protection Act," which bans abortion in this state effective upon the U.S. Supreme Court overturning Roe v. Wade or amending 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 - HB498 TennCare - As introduced, reduces the time period from 30 days to 15 days for an enrollee or applicant for medical assistance to mail documentation of a material change affecting the enrollee or applicant's TennCare application. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 33; Title 56; Title 68 and Title 71.

TN - HJR512 Memorials, Recognition - Judge Deborah Means Henderson

TN - HR116 Memorials, Interns - Khyiah K. Riviears

TN - HJR223 Memorials, Recognition - Dolly Parton

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

TN - HB1192 Education, State Board of - As introduced, changes from August 1 to July 1 the date by which the state board of education must annually submit a report to the general assembly concerning implementation of standards and curriculum designed to educate students about the United States and Tennessee governments. - Amends TCA Section 49-6-1028.

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

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

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

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

TN - HR72 Memorials, Recognition - Jimmy Ogle

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

TN - HJR474 Memorials, Death - Representative Ron Lollar

TN - HJR476 Memorials, Sports - Jeremiah Martin

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

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

TN - 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 - HR73 Memorials, Death - George Klein

TN - HB634 Taxes, Sales - As introduced, exempts water furnished by a utility district and used exclusively in a farming operation from sales and use tax. - Amends TCA Title 67.

TN - HB944 Education - As introduced, establishes the Governor's Civics Seal to recognize public schools and local education agencies implementing high-quality civic education programs. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 6, Part 10.

TN - HJR513 Memorials, Recognition - Beverly C. Robertson

TN - HJR515 Memorials, Death - Gladys Margaret Endsley McKinsey

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

TN - HJR231 Memorials, Death - Sam Powell

TN - HJR155 Memorials, Sports - Eden Pafford, Camden Central High School volleyball

TN - HB1016 Local Education Agencies - As introduced, requires students to pass a civics test to receive a full diploma upon graduation from high school; requires LEAs to include all 100 questions from the United States civics test, instead of only 25 to 50 questions, on the civics test prepared by the LEA; increases from 70 to 75 the percentage of questions a student must correctly answer to pass the civics test. - Amends TCA Title 49.

TN - HB1077 Election Laws - As introduced, requires the coordinator of elections to continue to study convenience voting in other states and periodically update the general assembly by January 31 every odd-numbered year. - Amends TCA Title 2, Chapter 3, Part 3.

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 - HB1391 Education, State Board of - As introduced, requires that only 5 percent of the evaluation criteria used to evaluate all teachers and principals be comprised of student achievement data based on student growth generated by assessments administered to students enrolled in an English as a second language (ESL) program with limited English proficiency. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 1; Title 49, Chapter 2 and Title 49, Chapter 6.

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

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

TN - HB352 Consumer Protection - As enacted, makes an unfair or deceptive act or practice certain legal advertisements for claims related to medical devices and pharmaceuticals, and the unauthorized use or distribution of protected health information; creates penalties for violations; authorizes attorney general to enforce the provisions of the act. - Amends TCA Title 16; Title 23 and Title 47, Chapter 18.

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

TN - HB347 Public Officials - As enacted, clarifies that a county judicial commissioner or magistrate may administer the oath of office to an elected or appointed official. - Amends TCA Section 8-18-109.

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

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

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

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

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

TN - HB238 Controlled Substances - As introduced, enacts the "Student Protection and Zone Equity Act." - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 17, Part 4 and Section 49-2-116.

TN - HJR153 Memorials, Public Service - Gerald McCormick

TN - HJR116 Memorials, Recognition - David Williams II

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

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

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

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

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

TN - HB1125 Health Care - As introduced, removes a provision of code referencing the infections taskforce whose progress reports were due to the general assembly in 2008, 2009, and 2010. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 33; Title 34; Title 42; Title 56; Title 63; Title 68 and Title 71.

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

TN - HB941 Expunction - As introduced, 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 - HB283 Criminal Offenses - As introduced, increases the punishment for a conviction of aggravated rape of a child from 15 to 60 years in prison and a fine of up to $50,000 to life in prison without the possibility of parole. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 13 and Title 40, Chapter 35.

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

TN - HR20 Memorials, Recognition - President Ronald Reagan

TN - HJR438 Memorials, Recognition - Shannon McCloud

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

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

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

TN - HB928 Teachers, Principals and School Personnel - As enacted, revises the use of student growth data for purposes of a teacher's or principal's annual evaluation; deletes obsolete provisions regarding the use of student growth data; excludes, for the 2018-2019 and 2019-2020 school years, student growth evaluation composites generated by assessments administered in the 2017-2018 school year if the exclusion results in a higher evaluation score for the teacher. - Amends TCA Section 49-1-302.

TN - HJR452 Memorials, Public Service - President Trump, U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement

TN - HJR71 Memorials, Retirement - Meri Armour

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

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

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

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