Tennessee Rep. Mark Hall (R)

TN - Health (House)

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member

TN - Insurance (House)

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vice-chair

TN - Local (House)

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member

TN - Finance, Ways, and Means (House)

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member

TN - HB2654 Commerce and Insurance, Dept. of - As introduced, allows the commissioner to make available provider insurance claim forms on its website. - Amends TCA Title 8; Title 56; Title 68 and Title 71.

TN - HB542 Special License Plates - As enacted, specifies the redesign for the Bosnia Veteran license plate. - Amends TCA Section 55-4-253.

TN - HB730 DUI Offenses - As introduced, increases the penalty for second and third convictions of driving under the influence to a Class E felony with a minimum sentence of 11 months, 29 days; increases the minimum sentence for fourth and fifth convictions to 11 months, 29 days. - Amends TCA Title 55, Chapter 10, Part 4.

TN - HB1797 Veterans Services, Dept. of - As introduced, requires the department to provide training in suicide prevention to employees of the department who directly interact with veterans. - Amends TCA Title 58, Chapter 3.

TN - HB1053 Taxes, Privilege - As introduced, exempts individuals from the professional privilege tax if they are exempt from paying the business tax on gross receipts derived from providing the services for which they are licensed or registered. - Amends TCA Title 67, Chapter 4, Part 17.

TN - HB1960 Sexual Offenders - As introduced, specifies that a sexual offender whose victim was a minor may not engage in employment at a public library while required to register with the sexual offender registry. - Amends TCA Title 39 and Title 40.

TN - HB1701 Insurance Companies, Agents, Brokers, Policies - As introduced, requires insurance contracts to limit the risk to the assured and offer the best outcome for the assured based on the assured's informed choice given full disclosure to the assured of cost information by the other party; requires entities utilizing utilization review agents to implement a gold card program whereby certain prior authorization requirements or processes are waived. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 8; Title 56 and Title 71.

TN - HB175 Safety, Dept. of - As introduced, authorizes the department to contract with an entity for the provision of any service related to the renewal of handgun carry permits; authorizes an entity contracting with the department to charge an additional fee of $4.00 for each renewal application. - Amends TCA Section 39-17-1351.

TN - HB541 Hospitals and Health Care Facilities - As introduced, removes from the requirement to obtain a certificate of need the establishment of a satellite emergency department facility by a hospital at a location other than the hospital's main campus; removes cardiac catheterization as a healthcare service requiring a certificate of need. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 34; Title 42; Title 56; Title 63; Title 68 and Title 71.

TN - HB1054 Libraries - As introduced, allows a library board to submit its annual financial report to the county or city legislative body electronically. - Amends TCA Title 10; Title 29; Title 38; Title 39; Title 40 and Title 41.

TN - HB1961 Jails, Local Lock-ups - As introduced, requires a person committed to jail to be kept separately from a person convicted of or charged with a sexual offense, a violent sexual offense, or a violent crime if the person committed to jail has or demonstrates an intellectual or developmental disability; requires jail employees to be trained on recognizing intellectual and developmental disabilities and proper procedures for dealing with persons with intellectual and developmental disabilities. - Amends TCA Title 33; Title 40 and Title 41.

TN - HB1798 Hospitals and Health Care Facilities - As introduced, enacts the "Nursing Home Resident Care Monitoring Act," which requires nursing homes to equip a resident's room with a monitoring device at the request of the resident or the resident's legal representative. - Amends TCA Title 39; Title 63; Title 68 and Title 71.

TN - HB367 Game and Fish Laws - As introduced, requires wildlife resources agency to issue permanent sport combination hunting and fishing licenses upon payment of a one-time $10 fee to honorably discharged veterans of the United States armed forces. - Amends TCA Title 70.

TN - HB1652 Naming and Designating - As enacted, names the entry driveway at the Bradley County Tennessee State Veterans Home the John Simmons Parkway.

TN - HB691 Landlord and Tenant - As introduced, requires a tenant to notify the landlord within 10 days of a change of electronic mail address. - Amends TCA Title 29, Chapter 18 and Title 66.

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 - HJR232 Memorials, Sports - Cleveland High School Blue Raiders wrestling team, 2019 state champion

TN - HB176 Insurance Companies, Agents, Brokers, Policies - As enacted, expands types of crop insurance offered under a limited lines producer license to include damage to crops caused by unfavorable weather conditions, fire or lightning, flood, insect infestation, disease, or other yield-reducing conditions or perils, in addition to present coverage for hail. - Amends TCA Title 43 and Title 56, Chapter 6.

TN - HB1512 Cleveland - Subject to local approval, authorizes a nonresident owner of real property located within the city that has an appraised value for tax purposes of at least $35,000 to vote in city elections. - Amends Chapter 78 of the Private Acts of 1993; as amended.

TN - HB1346 Education - As introduced, authorizes an LEA to furnish a student's report card in an electronic format to the parent or parents of the student if prior consent is given by the parent or parents. - Amends TCA Title 49.

TN - HB1866 Drugs, Prescription - As introduced, increases the notice period, from 30 to 45 days before the effective date, by which a covered entity or pharmacy benefits manager must disclose to a pharmacy or pharmacist in its network any material change to a contract provision that affects the terms of reimbursement, the process for verifying benefits and eligibility, the dispute resolution procedure, the procedure for verifying drugs included in the formulary, and the procedure for contract termination. - Amends TCA Title 8; Title 33; Title 53; Title 56; Title 63 and Title 71.

TN - HJR192 Memorials, Retirement - Gary Farlow

TN - HB403 Taxes, Real Property - As enacted, removes various provisions regarding state property tax, including authority to place liens and issue distress warrants. - Amends TCA Title 8, Chapter 8, Part 2 and Title 67, Chapter 5, Part 13.

TN - HB692 Human Services, Dept. of - As introduced, changes from October 1 to October 30 of each year the date by which the commissioner must report to the governor and general assembly the projected annual adjustments to the standard of need. - Amends TCA Title 13; Title 66 and Title 71.

TN - HB1055 District Attorneys - As introduced, limits the term of a contract a district attorney general may enter into to provide child support enforcement services, to no more than four years; requires the district attorney general to provide notice, by July 1, 2020, and every four years thereafter, of whether the district attorney general has contracted with another agency to provide such services. - Amends TCA Title 8, Chapter 7; Title 36, Chapter 5 and Title 71, Chapter 3.

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

TN - HJR153 Memorials, Public Service - Gerald McCormick

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

TN - HB42 Firearms and Ammunition - As introduced, reduces the punishment for a person committing the offense of illegal possession of a handgun. - Amends TCA Title 39 and Title 40.

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

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 - HB1016 Education, Curriculum - As enacted, requires students to pass a civics test to receive a full diploma upon graduation from high school; revises and enacts other provisions relating to civics test. - Amends TCA Title 49.

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

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

TN - HJR71 Memorials, Retirement - Meri Armour

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

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

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

TN - HJR116 Memorials, Recognition - David Williams II

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

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 - HB800 Firefighters - As introduced, allows persons employed in emergency management or as firefighters or emergency medical technicians to carry handguns while engaged in the performance of official duties; requires annual completion of a firearm training program. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 17.

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

TN - HJR223 Memorials, Recognition - Dolly Parton

TN - HR20 Memorials, Recognition - President Ronald Reagan

TN - HB658 Law Enforcement - As enacted, establishes certain parameters regarding the authority of a community oversight board and certain requirements for those serving on such a board. - Amends TCA Title 10, Chapter 7, Part 5; Title 38; Title 39 and Title 40.

TN - HJR231 Memorials, Death - Sam Powell

TN - HB416 Employees, Employers - As introduced, prohibits a trustee or former trustee of a board of trustees of a hospital authority from entering into an arrangement for employment or the provision of labor or services with the authority until at least 12 months have expired following the trustee or former trustee's tenure of service on the board. - Amends TCA Title 7 and Title 68.

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

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

TN - HB133 Election Laws - As introduced, authorizes the use of a driver license from another state to establish a person's identity for the purposes of being issued a photo identification license by the department of safety for the purposes of voting. - Amends TCA Title 2 and Title 55, Chapter 50.

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 - HB780 Workers Compensation - As introduced, creates a presumption that a firefighter or emergency medical services personnel diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) sustained the injury in the line of duty for purposes of workers' compensation; allows for the presumption to be rebutted by evidence that the PTSD was caused by nonservice-connected risk factors or exposure. - Amends TCA Title 7, Chapter 51, Part 2; Title 50, Chapter 6 and Title 56.

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 - HB88 Welfare - As introduced, replaces an obsolete reference to the insurance and banking committee of the house of representatives with a reference to the insurance committee of the house of representatives. - Amends TCA Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 16; Title 24; Title 33; Title 37; Title 39; Title 40; Title 41; Title 68 and Title 71.

TN - HB519 Firefighters - As introduced, creates a rebuttable presumption that a firefighter's cancer that causes a disabling health condition is a result of the firefighter's duties as a firefighter. - Amends TCA Title 7, Chapter 51; Title 50, Chapter 6 and Title 68, Chapter 102.

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

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

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

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 - 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 - 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 - HB327 Industrial Development - As enacted, revises provisions governing redevelopment of brownfield sites in economically disadvantaged areas. - Amends TCA Title 7, Chapter 53.

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

TN - HR72 Memorials, Recognition - Jimmy Ogle

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

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

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 - HB1139 Governor - As enacted, establishes a governor's office of faith-based and community initiatives. - Amends TCA Title 4.

TN - HB126 Tennessee Higher Education Commission - As introduced, requires the commission to create a baccalaureate degree for veterans who retire with 20 years of service; requires each state institution of higher education that offers a baccalaureate degree program to award the degree created by the commission. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 7.

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

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

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

TN - HR73 Memorials, Death - George Klein

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

TN - HR86 Memorials, Interns - Shane Richards

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 - HB949 Scholarships and Financial Aid - As enacted, 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 - HJR133 General Assembly, Statement of Intent or Position - Urges federal government to address internet safety.

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

TN - HJR513 Memorials, Recognition - Beverly C. Robertson

TN - HJR515 Memorials, Death - Gladys Margaret Endsley McKinsey

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

TN - HJR438 Memorials, Recognition - Shannon McCloud

TN - HB830 Criminal Offenses - As enacted, creates the Class C felony of aggravated unlawful photographing when the defendant knowingly photographs a minor when the minor has a reasonable expectation of privacy, the photograph depicts the minor in a state of nudity, and the photography was taken for the purpose of sexual gratification of the defendant; requires a person convicted of aggravated unlawful photographing to register as a sexual offender. - Amends TCA Title 39 and Title 40.

TN - HJR474 Memorials, Death - Representative Ron Lollar

TN - HJR476 Memorials, Sports - Jeremiah Martin

TN - HB1141 Taxes, Exemption and Credits - As introduced, exempts sales of gun safes from sales and use tax. - Amends TCA Title 67.

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

TN - HJR512 Memorials, Recognition - Judge Deborah Means Henderson

TN - HB944 Education - As enacted, 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 - HJR583 Memorials, Sports - Hunter Sturgill

TN - HB623 Pensions and Retirement Benefits - As enacted, makes police officers and firefighters who are members of the state retirement system 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 - HB643 Mental Illness - As enacted, requires the department of finance and administration, in consultation with the department of mental health and substance abuse services and the division of TennCare, to develop and administer a grant program to assist sheriffs who are required by law to transport persons who have been certified by a health care professional for transport to a hospital or treatment resource for a mental health examination to determine whether the person should be involuntarily admitted; authorizes hospitals and treatment resources to conduct a mental health examination to determine whether a person should be involuntarily admitted via telehealth services. - 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 - 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 - HR87 Memorials, Interns - Hailey Ragsdale

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

TN - HJR608 Memorials, Retirement - Vanessa M. Horner

TN - HB316 Firefighters - As enacted, enacts the "Barry Brady Act," which creates a presumption that certain conditions or impairments of full-time firefighters caused by certain cancers arose out of employment unless the contrary is shown by competent medical evidence. - Amends TCA Title 7, Chapter 51, Part 2.

TN - HB786 Pharmacy, Pharmacists - As enacted, makes various changes to law concerning pharmacy benefits managers. - Amends TCA Title 56, Chapter 7, Part 31.

TN - HJR631 Memorials, Recognition - Shelby County, Bicentennial

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 - 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 - HJR636 Memorials, Retirement - State Trooper Joe Wynne

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

TN - HB1698 Lobbying, Lobbyists - As introduced, specifies, in the requirement that a copy of certain in-state event invitations be sent to the ethics commission and members, that such delivery be made "contemporaneously"; imposes certain requirements on lobbyists and employers of lobbyists that provide alcoholic beverages at in-state events. - Amends TCA Section 3-6-305.

TN - HB1578 Local Government, General - As introduced, requires this state to refuse to consent to receive any refugees for purposes of resettlement; requires each local government within this state to refuse to consent to receive any refugees for purposes of resettlement unless resettlement within its jurisdiction is approved by a certain process. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 5; Title 6 and Title 7.

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

TN - HR194 Memorials, Recognition - Christopher Clark

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

TN - HB1071 Advertising - As introduced, specifies that the notice the commissioner of transportation must give to the affected outdoor advertiser of the determination of illegality of the removal, cutting, or trimming of vegetation, is to be made by United States postal service or electronic mail. - Amends TCA Title 54, Chapter 21.

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 - HB497 Lottery, Scholarships and Programs - As introduced, expands the definition of "eligible independent postsecondary institution" to include certain private postsecondary institutions for purposes of scholarships and grants funded from net proceeds of the state lottery. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 4, Part 9.

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

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

TN - HJR818 Memorials, Recognition - Harriet Tubman Day

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

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

TN - HB2210 Weights and Measures - As enacted, replaces the statutory list of standard of weights and measures for agricultural products with a requirement that the commissioner of agriculture establish weights and measures by rule. - Amends TCA Section 47-26-101.

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 - HB2161 Insurance Companies, Agents, Brokers, Policies - As enacted, prohibits a person from preparing or issuing a certificate of property or casualty insurance coverage that contains false or misleading information regarding the underlying insurance policy and limits the uses of certificates of insurance. - Amends TCA Title 8 and Title 56.

TN - HJR779 General Assembly, Statement of Intent or Position - Recognizes CNN and the Washington Post as fake news and condemns them for denigrating our citizens.

TN - HB2293 Criminal Offenses - As introduced, creates the offense of mail theft, which is intentionally obtaining mail from another person's mailbox or premises without the consent of the addressee and with the intent to deprive the addressee of the mail. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 14.

TN - HJR835 Memorials, Recognition - Women Veterans Appreciation Day

TN - HJR831 Memorials, Recognition - Women Veterans Day, June 12, 2020

TN - HJR741 General Assembly, Statement of Intent or Position - Affirms the constitutional duty and exclusive authority and power of the General Assembly to appropriate public moneys and balance the state budget.

TN - HB2693 Teachers, Principals and School Personnel - As introduced, confers civil immunity upon a teacher, principal, school employee, or school bus driver properly using reasonable force to correct or restrain a student or prevent bodily harm or death to another person. - Amends TCA Title 39; Title 40 and Title 49, Chapter 6, Part 41.

TN - HB2153 Federal Aid - As introduced, changes the date, from March 1 to March 15, by which the fiscal review committee staff must provide the general assembly's finance, ways and means committees information regarding state programs that have suffered reductions of federal financial support in the amount of 10 percent or more during the preceding year. - Amends TCA Title 3; Title 4; Title 9; Title 12, Chapter 4; Title 13; Title 41; Title 42; Title 49; Title 54; Title 55 and Title 71.

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 - HB2778 State Government - As introduced, designates the Holy Bible as the official state book. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 1.

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 - HJR742 Memorials, Death - Elizabeth Blair Allen Daniel

TN - HB1819 Firefighters - As enacted, conditions a firefighter's use of the presumption that certain conditions arose out of the firefighter's employment on the firefighter obtaining a physical medical examination that confirms the firefighter to be cancer-free. - Amends TCA Section 7-51-201.

TN - HB2414 Game and Fish Laws - As enacted, extends the exemption from licensure to hunt and fish on farmlands owned by a spouse, parent, or grandparent, to include spouses of children of landowners. - Amends TCA Title 70.

TN - HB2113 Handgun Permits - As introduced, requires the acceptance of enhanced handgun carry permits and concealed handgun carry permits as valid forms of government-issued photo identification the same as a driver license for purposes of access to goods, services, and facilities. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 17 and Title 55, Chapter 50.

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 - HB2048 Real Property - As introduced, prohibits governmental entities from requiring right-of-way dedications from landowners with property located along an existing public right-of-way; authorizes governmental entities to require a right-of-way reservation as a condition of approving any proposed subdivision of property; clarifies that a real estate licensee has no duty to inform any party to a real estate transaction concerning a right-of-way reservation. - Amends TCA Title 13; Title 62 and Title 66.

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 - HB2457 Firefighters - As introduced, enacts the "Firefighter Suicide Prevention Act." - Amends TCA Title 7, Chapter 51, Part 2; Title 50, Chapter 6 and Title 68, Chapter 102.

TN - HB2438 Education, Higher - As introduced, prohibits a state institution of higher education from discriminating against a student based on the political viewpoint expressed by the student; prohibits an institution from penalizing, rewarding, or grading a student's coursework based on the political viewpoint expressed by the student; authorizes a student to pursue a cause of action against an institution for discriminating against the student based on the political viewpoint expressed by the student. - Amends TCA Title 49.

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 - 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 - HB1836 Public Health - As enacted, adds representatives of the Tennessee commission on aging and disability, the Tennessee Nurses Association, and the department of mental health and substance abuse services as members of the state Alzheimer's disease and related dementia advisory council. - Amends TCA Title 71, Chapter 2, Part 1.

TN - HB2577 Public Employees - As introduced, creates a presumption that a public safety employee diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) sustained the injury in the line of duty for purposes of workers' compensation; expands definition of public safety employee. - Amends TCA Title 7; Title 8; Title 33; Title 50, Chapter 6 and Title 56.

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 - HB1627 Real Property - As introduced, allows, under certain conditions, the conveyance to a veteran of property purchased at a tax sale by the state, a county, a municipality of the state, or a county and a municipality; waives property taxes on the conveyed property for up to 12 months; provides various restrictions on the use of the property by the veteran. - Amends TCA Title 67, Chapter 5.

TN - HB2304 Public Employees - As introduced, adds emergency call takers and public safety dispatchers and emergency services personnel to definition of first responder for certain purposes. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 7; Title 8; Title 29; Title 39; Title 58 and Title 63.

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 - HB1717 Taxes, Exemption and Credits - As introduced, exempts military veterans with 100 percent service-connected permanent and total disability from the sales tax on food and food ingredients. - Amends TCA Title 67, Chapter 6.

TN - HB781 Professions and Occupations - As introduced, creates the professional art therapist advisory committee of the board of examiners in psychology to regulate the practice of art therapy. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 29, Part 2 and Title 63.

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 - 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 - 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 - HB2067 Food and Food Products - As introduced, enacts the "Tennessee Food Freedom Act." - Amends TCA Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 43; Title 53 and Title 68.

TN - HB2518 Local Government, General - As introduced, expands presumptive disability in acquiring certain infectious diseases in the line of duty by emergency rescue workers to include the hepatitis B virus. - Amends TCA Section 7-51-209.

TN - HB2348 Taxes, Ad Valorem - As introduced, extends, from March 1 to March 15, the deadline by which an owner of land may submit an application to the assessor of property for its classification to be designated as agricultural. - Amends TCA Title 67.

TN - HB2068 Education, Dept. of - As introduced, requires the department to create a pilot program of at least 40 hours of training for school resource officers; permits the department to contract with a private provider for the required training. - Amends TCA Title 38, Chapter 8 and Title 49.

TN - HB2223 Food and Food Products - As enacted, corrects a cross-reference in regard to the standards that apply to certain donations of food; changes the level of carelessness that gives rise to liability for damage caused by certain food donors from negligence to gross negligence; makes other changes concerning food donations. - Amends TCA Title 53, Chapter 13.

TN - HJR974 Memorials, Death - Victor Thompson

TN - HJR442 Memorials, Interns - Sydney Burchell

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 - 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 - HJR1053 Memorials, Retirement - Lloyd Hansen

TN - HJR1144 Memorials, Recognition - WCLE Radio Empty Stocking Fund, The Luther Award

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 - HB2357 Children - As enacted, increases the timeframe within which the mother of a newborn may surrender custody of the child to an approved medical facility without criminal liability from within 72 hours of birth to within two weeks. - Amends TCA Title 36 and Section 68-11-255.

TN - HB2588 Child Custody and Support - As enacted, requires that the parent educational seminar include at least one 30-minute video on adverse childhood experiences created by the department of children's services in conjunction with the commission on children and youth or as part of the Building Strong Brains Tennessee public awareness campaign; adds to that the requirement of attendance by parents at the parent educational seminar may be waived upon motion by either party and the agreement of the court upon the showing of good cause. - Amends TCA Title 36, Chapter 6.

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

TN - HJR1196 Memorials, Death - Dr. Robert Harold O'Bannon

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 - HJR1209 General Assembly, Statement of Intent or Position - Requires the Secretary of State to include a section on the Bible in Tennessee in the Tennessee Blue Book.

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 - HJR1200 Memorials, Death - Johnny Majors

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 - HR351 Memorials, Recognition - Dr. Mary Edwards Walker

TN - HR343 Memorials, Congratulations - Congratulates the House of Representatives for recognizing the need to amend the Constitution of this State to ensure that each bill passed by a house of the General Assembly is voted upon by both houses prior to adjournment.

TN - HB1387 Taxes, Sales - As introduced, requires out-of-state sellers with more than $100,000 in sales or more than 200 separate sales in this state during previous 12-month period to collect and remit sales tax to department of revenue rather than having in-state consumers remit the use tax for purchases made from such dealers. - Amends TCA Title 49; 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 - 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 - HB825 Criminal Offenses - As introduced, increases the penalty for theft of property that includes a firearm valued at less than $2,500 from a Class A misdemeanor or Class E felony, as applicable based on the value, to a Class D felony. - Amends TCA Title 37; Title 39 and Title 40, Chapter 35.

TN - HB2333 Handgun Permits - As enacted, waives the lifetime handgun carry permit fees for retired law enforcement officers who served for at least 10 years, rather than former law enforcement officers who served for at least 10 years. - Amends TCA Section 39-17-1351.