Tennessee Rep. Mary Littleton (R)

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

TN - HJR60 Memorials, Congratulations - Taiwan

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

TN - HB1537 Burns - Subject to local approval, moves the date of election from May to November; extends the terms, from two years to four years, for the mayor and commissioner. - Amends amend Chapter 89 of the Private Acts of 2008.

TN - HB609 Registers of Deeds - As enacted, allows a register of deeds to store local government records, in addition to storage in the register's office, in a suitable facility; defines suitable facility as one that will secure records against theft and natural disasters. - Amends TCA Title 8, Chapter 13, Part 1.

TN - HB118 Taxes, Hotel Motel - As introduced, authorizes the City of Ashland City, by ordinance adopted by a two-thirds vote, to levy an occupancy tax of not more than 5 percent on the privilege of staying in any hotel or motel in Ashland City; the ordinance must set forth the manner of collection and administration of the privilege tax; requires that all proceeds received by the municipality from the tax be used for tourism development. - Amends TCA Section 67-4-1425.

TN - HJR601 Memorials, Recognition - CareNet Pregnancy Medical Center, 25th anniversary

TN - HB989 Children's Services, Dept. of - As introduced, changes from March 1 to April 1 the date by which the department must appear before the appropriate committees in the senate and the house of representatives for a review of the department's policies that affect the children it serves. - Amends TCA Title 33; Title 34; Title 36; Title 37; Title 41; Title 49; Title 68 and Title 71.

TN - HB975 Wine & Wineries - As introduced, increases from 18 percent by volume to 24 percent by volume the alcohol content of wine that can be sold in grocery stores; changes the definition of wine for purposes of sales in grocery stores so that wine includes alcohol derived from wine that has added flavorings and additives. - Amends TCA Title 57.

TN - HB320 Barbers and/or Cosmetologists - As introduced, redefines "natural hair styling" and removes licensure requirement for engaging in natural hair styling as an occupation. - Amends TCA Title 62, Chapter 3 and Title 62, Chapter 4.

TN - HB976 Alcoholic Beverage Commission - As introduced, changes from March 1 to February 15 the date by which the executive director of the commission must file an annual report concerning rules promulgated during the prior year with the state and local government committee of the senate and the state government committee of the house of representatives. - Amends TCA Title 57.

TN - HB830 Criminal Offenses - As introduced, 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 - HB972 Criminal Offenses - As introduced, creates the Class C felony offense of communicating a threat of public harm; authorizes juvenile detention for juveniles communicating a threat of public harm. - Amends TCA Title 37; Title 39, Chapter 13; Title 39, Chapter 17 and Title 40, Chapter 35.

TN - HB1168 Criminal Offenses - As introduced, authorizes prosecution of a woman for assault based on the woman's illegal use of a narcotic drug while pregnant if the child is born addicted to or harmed by the narcotic drug and the addiction or harm is a result of the woman's use of a narcotic drug while pregnant; provides enrollment in an addiction recovery program while pregnant and successful completion of the program is an affirmative defense. - Amends TCA Title 39.

TN - HJR229 Memorials, Recognition - Edwin Seagraves, Prudential Spirit of Community Award

TN - HB68 Naming and Designating - As enacted, designates the Robert Spicer Memorial Buck Dance Championship as the official buck dancing competition of the State of Tennessee. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 1, Part 3.

TN - HB971 Beer - As introduced, redefines "beer" such that the sale, distribution, and manufacture of beer with an alcoholic content of 18 percent by volume or less is regulated by counties and of greater than 18 percent by volume is regulated by the alcoholic beverage commission. - Amends TCA Title 57, Chapter 3 and Title 57, Chapter 5.

TN - HB257 Criminal Offenses - As introduced, creates a Class D felony offense for any person who knowingly uses a communication or electronic device to obtain information from an elderly adult concerning the elderly adult's medical condition or health, sends unsolicited or specifically refused medical supplies to the elderly adult, and files a claim or submits a bill with the state Medicare plan for reimbursement. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 15, Part 5 and Title 71.

TN - HB974 TennCare - As introduced, reduces the time period, from 30 to 15 days, for an enrollee or applicant for medical assistance to mail documentation of a material change affecting the enrollee's or applicant's TennCare application. - Amends TCA Title 68 and Title 71.

TN - HB122 Child Custody and Support - As introduced, requires a court ordering grandparent visitation to include at least two visits per month with the grandparent; provided, that the court may order less frequent visitation if agreed to by the grandparent. - Amends TCA Title 36, Chapter 6, Part 3.

TN - HJR413 Memorials, Recognition - Mary Bell

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 - HR82 Memorials, Recognition - Iron Lodge #503, 140th anniversary

TN - HJR276 Memorials, Sports - Cheatham County Central High School girls' basketball team, TSSAA Divison I Class AA state champions

TN - HR18 Memorials, Heroism - Kyle Ruf

TN - HB509 Children's Services, Dept. of - As introduced, changes from March 1 to March 31 the date by which the department must appear before the appropriate committees in the senate and house of representatives for a review of the department's policies that affect the children it serves. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 9; Title 36 and Title 37.

TN - HB970 Education, Dept. of - As introduced, allows the department to post its annual report on its website in lieu of distributing the report to certain persons and entities. - Amends TCA Title 49.

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

TN - HJR320 Memorials, Retirement - Chief Marcel Coulon, Ashland City Police Department

TN - HJR61 Memorials, Recognition - Griffin Mechanical, LLC, TNCPE Excellence Award

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 - HB681 Public Funds and Financing - As introduced, revises the Volunteer Public Education Trust Fund Act of 1985; designates the commissioner of education and state treasurer as trustees of the fund. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 3, Part 4.

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

TN - HB917 Child Abuse - As introduced, creates the Class A misdemeanor and Class E felony offenses of withdrawing, transferring, or altering a child's school enrollment with intent to hinder an active child abuse or child neglect investigation. - Amends TCA Title 37; Title 39 and Title 49.

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

TN - HB551 Tennessee Emergency Management Agency (TEMA) - As introduced, enacts the "Facilitating Business Rapid Response to State Declared Disaster Act." - Amends TCA Title 58; Title 62; Title 67 and Title 68.

TN - HB1498 Mental Illness - As introduced, permits a court to commit a person scheduled to be released from a correctional facility to the custody of the commissioner of mental health and substance abuse services for inpatient treatment based on clear and convincing evidence that the person poses a substantial likelihood of serious harm if released from custody. - Amends TCA Title 33; Title 40 and Title 41.

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

TN - HB932 Child Custody and Support - As enacted, clarifies the priority an employer, person, corporation, or institution must give to all orders of income assignment against an individual for child, medical, or spousal support; removes references to the Tennessee Judicial Council, which terminated June 30, 2009. - Amends TCA Section 36-5-406 and Section 36-5-501(j)(2)(A).

TN - HB167 Criminal Offenses - As introduced, requires a mandatory 30-day sentence for theft of a firearm; creates the Class D felony offense of bringing a telecommunication device into a penal institution; revises other various provisions of criminal law. - Amends TCA Title 39; Title 40 and Title 55.

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

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

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

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

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

TN - 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 - HB838 Sexual Offenders - As introduced, adds conviction of a new sexual offense, violent sexual offense, or violent juvenile sexual offense as violation of the Tennessee Sexual Offender and Violent Sexual Offender Registration, Verification and Tracking Act of 2004. - Amends TCA Title 40, Chapter 39.

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 - HB933 Human Services, Dept. of - As enacted, authorizes state and national criminal history background checks and investigations of employees and contractors of the department who are likely to have access to individuals with disabilities. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 3, Part 12.

TN - HB1318 Law Enforcement - As enacted, authorizes the chief law enforcement officer of a state or local law enforcement agency to establish policies regarding off-duty use of law enforcement vehicles to provide an enhanced security presence at vulnerable locations, which include places of worship, schools, and parks. - Amends TCA Title 38, Chapter 3.

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

TN - HB407 Sexual Offenders - As introduced, extends the residential, work, and treatment restrictions on sexual offenders whose victims are minors from 1,000 feet to 2,000 feet from certain places where children are frequently present; prohibits a sexual offender from conducting overnight visit at a residence in which a minor resides or is present. - Amends TCA Title 40, Chapter 39.

TN - HB867 Child Abuse - As introduced, requires the commissioner of children's services to provide a report to the district attorney general with jurisdiction following a fatality or near fatality of certain children; requires an immediate investigation into a report of child abuse from a party tasked with the education or health and welfare of the child. - Amends TCA Title 37.

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

TN - HB1264 Handgun Permits - As introduced, creates a concealed handgun carry permit, which allows a person to carry a concealed handgun; redesignates the existing handgun carry permit as an enhanced handgun carry permit. - Amends TCA Title 10; Title 33; Title 38 and Title 39.

TN - HB1319 Juvenile Offenders - As introduced, revises the provisions for judicial diversion for juvenile offenders under certain circumstances; clarifies offenses for which a juvenile offender may be committed to the department of children's services; authorizes probation for juvenile traffic offenders; clarifies various other provisions related to juvenile court proceedings. - Amends TCA Title 37, Chapter 1, Part 1.

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

TN - HB934 Education, Dept. of - As enacted, makes various changes to the state's special education laws; transfers, from the state board of education to the department of education, control over the state's special schools. - Amends TCA Section 4-5-322; Title 49, Chapter 10 and Title 49, Chapter 50.

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 - HB516 Domestic Violence - As introduced, imposes a fine of not less than $250 nor more than $2,500 for a violation of an order of protection; directs that fine be distributed annually to the Isaiah House 117 or the Court Appointed Special Advocates Association (CASA). - Amends TCA Title 39.

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 - HB642 Public Defenders - As introduced, creates the district public defender appellate division, including authorization for six appellate attorney positions. - Amends TCA Title 8, Chapter 14.

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

TN - HB1139 Governor - As introduced, extends the time from 90 to 120 days after the end of the fiscal year in which a nonprofit Books to Birth partner has to annually submit to the governor and the speakers of the senate and the house of representatives a complete and detailed report setting forth its operation and accomplishments. - Amends TCA Title 4.

TN - HB754 Firearms and Ammunition - As introduced, prohibits certain persons voluntarily admitted to a mental health treatment facility from possessing a firearm. - Amends TCA Title 16; Title 33 and Title 39, Chapter 17.

TN - HB1187 Veterans - As enacted, eliminates the fee for interment of an eligible veteran's spouse in a state veterans' cemetery. - Amends TCA Title 46, Chapter 6.

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

TN - 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 - HB1257 Courts - As introduced, requires that appointments to the offices of senior judge, chancellor, circuit court judge, criminal court judge, or judge of any other trial court of record, district attorney general, and district public defender be confirmed by general assembly before appointees take office. - Amends TCA Title 2; Title 4; Title 8; Title 16; Title 17 and Title 38, Chapter 6.

TN - HB1265 Economic and Community Development - As introduced, enacts the "Fair Accountability and Clarity in Tax Subsidies Act." - Amends TCA Title 4 and Title 67.

TN - HB41 Handgun Permits - As introduced, requires the department of safety to issue a handgun carry permit containing zeros in place of an expiration date upon request by a permit holder or applicant who is in the military and stationed outside this state. - Amends TCA Section 39-17-1351.

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 - HB397 Public Funds and Financing - As introduced, establishes a victims of human trafficking fund in the state treasury to provide comprehensive treatment and support services to victims of human trafficking. - Amends TCA Title 9, Chapter 4, Part 2; Section 39-13-314 and Title 39, Chapter 11, Part 7.

TN - HB608 Courts - As introduced, adds an additional trial court in the 23rd judicial district comprised of Cheatham, Dickson, Houston, Humphreys, and Stewart counties effective September 1, 2019, with the additional judge or chancellor to be appointed by the governor; authorizes the voters of the 23rd judicial district to elect the additional judge or chancellor at the August 2020 general election to serve until September 1, 2022. - Amends TCA Title 8; Title 16; Title 17 and Title 18.

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

TN - HB1047 Courts - As introduced, makes various changes to zero to three courts, including adding five additional courts, extending such courts to January 1, 2025, and allowing such courts to reinstate a revoked or suspended driver license of a party to an action before the court and waive unpaid fines and fees based on the party's satisfactory progress toward meeting the goals of the court. - Amends TCA Title 16; Title 36; Title 37 and Chapter 366 of the Public Acts of 2017.

TN - HB304 Licenses - As introduced, exempts members of the armed forces stationed within this state and their spouses from licensure requirements to practice professions and occupations regulated by the department of commerce and insurance and the department of health, subject to meeting certain requirements to practice. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 3, Part 13; Title 62; Title 63 and Title 68, Chapter 1, Part 1.

TN - HB1320 Juvenile Offenders - As introduced, clarifies that a child must have been "adjudicated delinquent" of specified offenses in order for the requirements that a child's school receive notification and that parents, guardians, and legal custodians notify a school principal, or a principal's designee, - Amends TCA Section 37-1-131(a)(2)(B) and Section 49-6-3051(b).

TN - HB716 DUI Offenses - As introduced, creates per se DUI offense of driving while the person's blood includes any amount of Schedule I controlled substance or Schedule II, III, IV, or V controlled substance that cannot be dispensed without a prescription when the person does not have a valid prescription; enhances criminal penalties for impaired driving within a school zone. - Amends TCA Title 39 and Title 55.

TN - HB705 Criminal Procedure - As introduced, adds the sale or distribution of a substance containing fentanyl, carfentanil, or any opiate with the intent and premeditation to commit murder as an aggravating circumstance for the imposition of the death penalty or imprisonment for life without the possibility of parole. - Amends TCA Title 39.

TN - HB193 Expunction - As introduced, permits an eligible petitioner to have multiple, nonviolent convictions for offenses that resulted from the petitioner's status as a victim of human trafficking expunged if the expunction is in the best interest of justice and public safety. - Amends TCA Title 39 and Title 40, Chapter 32.

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 - HB943 Salaries and Benefits - As introduced, reinstates service credits and salary increases that were suspended during 2009-2010 for assistant public defenders and assistant district attorneys. - Amends TCA Title 8, Chapter 14, Part 1 and Title 8, Chapter 7, Part 2.

TN - HB1526 Dickson County - Subject to local approval, changes the county highway engineer position from elected to appointed and changes the county highway engineer's duties to only be the duties as provided in Tennessee County Uniform Highway Law. - Amends amend Chapter 38 of the Private Acts of 2018.

TN - HB228 Public Health - As introduced, removes certain limitations on training centers for emergency medical technician/advanced emergency medical technician courses. - Amends TCA Title 68, Chapter 140, Part 3.

TN - HB946 Local Education Agencies - As introduced, requires an LEA to report to the department of education, for each year that the LEA receives an increase in state funding for instructional wages and salaries, how the increase was utilized by the LEA; requires the department of education to report the information to the BEP review committee; requires the BEP review committee to include the information in its annual report on the BEP. - Amends TCA Section 49-3-306.

TN - HB947 Education - As introduced, requires, instead of authorizes, the Tennessee school safety center to establish school safety grants to assist LEAs in funding programs that address school safety; establishes requirements for school safety grant applications and eligibility; requires the Tennessee school safety center to reserve funds for, and give priority in awarding school safety grants to, LEAs with schools that did not have a full-time school resource officer during the 2018-2019 school year. - Amends TCA Section 49-1-1004 and Section 49-6-4302.

TN - HB345 Alcoholic Beverages - As enacted, extends the hours during which a manufacturer may sell its product at retail on Sunday on its licensed premises from 12:00 p.m. until 7:00 p.m. to 10:00 a.m. until 11:00 p.m.; deletes repeal provision, thereby clarifying that a manufacturer of alcoholic beverages may, on and after July 1, 2019, continue to have a direct or indirect interest in an establishment with a license authorizing consumption of alcoholic beverages on the premises if the interest is held in an irrevocable trust. - Amends TCA Section 57-3-202 and Section 57-4-110.

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

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

TN - HB1459 Criminal Offenses - As introduced, increases the age to access or use tobacco and vapor products from 18 to 21 years of age. - Amends TCA Title 39.

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

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

TN - HB921 Children's Services, Dept. of - As introduced, requires a maximum caseload of 20 for case managers; creates a maximum caseload of 10 for foster care case managers; requires the department to comply with the maximum caseload ratios. - Amends TCA Title 37, Chapter 5.

TN - HB1239 Employees, Employers - As introduced, prohibits governmental entities from contracting with a person who does not provide evidence of work authorization status for each individual to whom public money will be received under a public contract; requires private employers with at least six employees and governmental entities to verify the work authorization status of employees hired on or after January 1, 2020. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 8; Title 12 and Title 50.

TN - HR106 Memorials, Death - Sergeant Major John Wayne Oliphant, Sr.

TN - HR116 Memorials, Interns - Khyiah K. Riviears

TN - HR72 Memorials, Recognition - Jimmy Ogle

TN - HR77 Memorials, Recognition - Suzanne French

TN - HR73 Memorials, Death - George Klein

TN - HR20 Memorials, Recognition - President Ronald Reagan

TN - HR57 General Assembly, Review Or Ratification of Rules - Ratifies and approves the amendments and revisions to the Tennessee Rules of Juvenile Procedure as promulgated by the Supreme Court.

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

TN - HJR474 Memorials, Death - Representative Ron Lollar

TN - HJR512 Memorials, Recognition - Judge Deborah Means Henderson

TN - HJR515 Memorials, Death - Gladys Margaret Endsley McKinsey

TN - HJR513 Memorials, Recognition - Beverly C. Robertson

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

TN - HJR583 Memorials, Sports - Hunter Sturgill

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 - HJR319 Memorials, Recognition - Governor Frank G. Clement

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

TN - HJR476 Memorials, Sports - Jeremiah Martin

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

TN - HJR133 General Assembly, Statement of Intent or Position - Urges federal government to address internet safety.

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

TN - HJR223 Memorials, Recognition - Dolly Parton

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

TN - HJR231 Memorials, Death - Sam Powell

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

TN - HJR391 Memorials, Interns - Cayce Daniel

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

TN - HJR392 Memorials, Interns - Shahil Patel

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

TN - HJR438 Memorials, Recognition - Shannon McCloud

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

TN - HJR71 Memorials, Retirement - Meri Armour

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