Tennessee Rep. Ryan Williams (R)

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

TN - 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 - HB1380 Education - As introduced, requires that the commissioner of education's annual report to the governor on the receipts and disbursements of public school funds, condition of public schools, and recommendations for improvement be submitted by September 1 each year. - Amends TCA Title 39 and Title 49.

TN - HB1721 Pensions and Retirement Benefits - As introduced, extends by five additional days the time period in which employers participating in the Tennessee consolidated retirement system must transmit to the state treasurer the previous month's gross salaries and amount of contributions deducted, if any, from the compensation of employees and contributions of the employer. - Amends TCA Title 8, Chapter 34; Title 8, Chapter 35; Title 8, Chapter 36 and Title 8, Chapter 37.

TN - HB1389 Highways, Roads and Bridges - As introduced, deletes requirement that certain funds from the 1986 gasoline tax increases be used only for specific highway projects during the 1986-1987 and 1993-1994 fiscal years. - Amends TCA Title 9 and Title 67.

TN - HR353 Memorials, Recognition - Sonya Renea Grant

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 - HB2671 Food and Food Products - As introduced, removes two means by which an establishment may demonstrate knowledge of food safety principles for purposes of the Tennessee Retail Food Safety Act and the Tennessee Food Safety Act. - Amends TCA Title 53, Chapter 8, Part 2 and Title 68, Chapter 14, Part 7.

TN - HB2665 Privacy, Confidentiality - As introduced, enacts the "Personal Privacy Protection Act," which prohibits the release of certain personal information by a public agency, makes certain personal information confidential and not an open record, and creates a civil cause of action and criminal offense for violations. - Amends TCA Title 2; Title 3; Title 4; Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 10; Title 12; Title 39; Title 40 and Title 41.

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

TN - HB1388 Health Care - As enacted, adds neonatal care as a component of the department of health's plan for perinatal care; adds a reporting requirement for the Bureau of TennCare. - Amends TCA Title 68, Chapter 1, Part 8.

TN - HB2049 Insurance, Health, Accident - As introduced, broadens the definition of limited health service to include prepaid ambulance service. - Amends TCA Title 56, Chapter 51.

TN - HB21 Election Laws - As introduced, changes the nomination process for candidates for United States senator. - Amends TCA Title 2, Chapter 13.

TN - HB2669 Pensions and Retirement Benefits - As introduced, replaces the statutory terms "board member" and "member" with the term "trustee" in the provisions governing appointments to the board of trustees in the event of vacancies resulting from the death, disability, resignation, or ineligibility of a state employee who serves on the board. - Amends TCA Title 8, Chapter 34; Title 8, Chapter 35; Title 8, Chapter 36 and Title 8, Chapter 37.

TN - HB1720 Motor Vehicles, Titling and Registration - As introduced, requires county clerks to retain $3.00 of the $11.00 fee for noting liens, encumbrances, or mortgages on a certificate of title; requires the retained funds to be earmarked for office supplies and equipment related to the notations. - Amends TCA Section 55-6-101.

TN - HB1390 County Government - As introduced, shortens time period a county has to post revisions to its charter of incorporation on the website from three months to two months. - Amends TCA Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 39 and Title 67.

TN - HJR971 Memorials, Retirement - Debbie Steidl

TN - HB2673 Taxes, Sales - As introduced, defines "micro market" and "micro market display" for purposes of sales and use taxes; authorizes dealers who own and operate micro markets in multiple locations to submit to the department of revenue a single monthly sales tax return and payment from sales made at all micro markets owned and operated by the dealer. - Amends TCA Title 67.

TN - HB2050 Therapists, Physical and Occupational - As enacted, makes various changes concerning the practice of physical therapy. - Amends TCA Title 63, Chapter 13.

TN - HB83 Putnam County - Subject to local approval, redesignates the title of "county executive" to "county mayor." - Amends Chapter 126 of the Private Acts of 2004.

TN - HB1500 Taxes, Hotel Motel - As enacted, authorizes the City of Cookeville, by ordinance adopted by a two-thirds vote, to levy an occupancy tax of not more than 3 percent on the privilege of staying in any hotel or motel in Cookeville; requires the ordinance to 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 and economic development. - Amends TCA Section 67-4-1425.

TN - HR367 Memorials, Recognition - Boy Scout Troop 108, 108th anniversary

TN - HB2400 Consumer Protection - As introduced, designates as an unfair or deceptive act or practice in violation of the Tennessee Consumer Protection Act of 1977 certain failures by a provider of broadband services to provide the stated upload and download speeds to a consumer; allows the attorney general to assess a civil penalty of $5,000 to $15,000 for each violation. - Amends TCA Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 47, Chapter 18 and Title 65.

TN - HB1383 Local Education Agencies - As introduced, requires each LEA to conduct, within one month of commencing the 2019-2020 school year, a survey of the LEA's students to ascertain the proportion of students with internet access at home and to report the results of the survey to the department of education no later than November 1, 2019; requires the department of education to report the survey results to the governor and to education committees of the senate and house of representatives no later than December 15, 2019. - Amends TCA Title 49.

TN - HB2055 Tobacco, Tobacco Products - As introduced, requires the department of revenue to destroy tobacco products that are seized or confiscated as contraband goods instead of selling to the highest bidder and paying the proceeds into the state treasury. - Amends TCA Title 43 and Title 67.

TN - HB1719 Privacy, Confidentiality - As introduced, enacts the "Personal Privacy Protection Act," which prohibits the release of certain personal information by a public agency, makes certain personal information confidential and not an open record, and creates a civil cause of action and criminal offense for violations. - Amends TCA Title 2; Title 3; Title 4; Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 10; Title 12; Title 39; Title 40 and Title 41.

TN - HB2737 Purchasing and Procurement - As introduced, prohibits governmental entities from purchasing vehicles of 19,501 pounds or more for use by such entities unless the vehicles are manufactured in the United States. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 22; Title 5; Title 6 and Title 7.

TN - HB2736 State Employees - As introduced, clarifies that online and alternative delivery fees are covered by the tuition and fee waiver for full-time state employees. - Amends TCA Section 8-50-114.

TN - HB2666 Handgun Permits - As introduced, removes a provision regarding how the Tennessee POST commission determines if a retired law enforcement officer is eligible to carry a firearm under federal law. - Amends TCA Title 38, Chapter 8 and Title 39, Chapter 17.

TN - HB2667 Taxes, Ad Valorem - As introduced, deletes the repeal date of December 31, 2022, for the privilege tax imposed on modern market telecommunications providers for the privilege of competing with public utilities to provide telecommunications services; revises related provisions concerning such tax. - Amends TCA Title 67, Chapter 5 and Title 67, Chapter 6.

TN - HB2670 Education - As introduced, requires students in grades 6-8 to enroll in an introduction to social health course developed by LEAs based on standards developed by the state board of education. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 6.

TN - HB2570 Public Buildings - As introduced, authorizes state and local governments to contract for energy reduction warranties in contracts for new building construction and renovations costing in excess of $100,000. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 15; Title 4, Chapter 3; Title 12; Title 49, Chapter 17; Title 67; Title 68, Chapter 120 and Title 68, Chapter 204.

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

TN - HJR837 Memorials, Recognition - Connor Breeden, Governor's Volunteer Stars Award

TN - HJR838 Memorials, Recognition - Jason Hicks, Governor's Volunteer Stars Award

TN - HB1382 Budget Procedures - As enacted, requires the state funding board to report a single estimate of state revenue for the upcoming fiscal year as opposed to a range or multiple estimates; the board is to present the single estimate to the governor and the chairs of the finance, ways and means committees of the house of representatives and the senate. - Amends TCA Title 3; Title 4; Title 9 and Title 67.

TN - HB1530 Baxter - Subject to local approval, rewrites the charter. - Amends Chapter 35 of the Private Acts of 1915; as amended.

TN - HJR767 Memorials, Recognition - Dawson Davidson

TN - HJR768 Memorials, Recognition - John Allen

TN - HB82 Motor Vehicles, Titling and Registration - As enacted, requires that notation of liens and encumbrances and extensions of mortgages on certificates of title be performed by county clerks; revises related provisions. - Amends TCA Title 55.

TN - HJR275 Memorials, Retirement - George Halford

TN - HB1381 Tennessee Student Assistance Corporation - As introduced, requires TSAC to report for each academic year, beginning with the 2017-2018 academic year, the number of students eligible for a Tennessee HOPE scholarship for achieving at least a 3.0 GPA, for attaining a composite ACT score of at least 21 or a concordant equivalent score on the SAT, and the number of students achieving both, to the education committees of the senate and the house of representatives, and to the public on its website, by October 15 of each year. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 4, Part 9.

TN - HR119 Memorials, Interns - Jacob Misenhimer

TN - HB1385 Education - As introduced, changes from February 15 to March 1 the date by which the state board of education, with the assistance of the department of education and the Tennessee higher education commission, must issue a report card or assessment on the effectiveness of teacher training programs. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 5.

TN - HB1191 Insurance, Life - As introduced, extends the effective date of a commercial risk insurance policy cancellation from 10 days to 15 days after notice is mailed to a named insured. - Amends TCA Title 56 and Title 67.

TN - HR52 Memorials, Recognition - Dr. Rachel Grubb

TN - HB2668 Health Care - As introduced, specifies the types of standards that the Tennessee emergency medical services board may promulgate related to the licensure of air ambulance services and special personnel equipment operation and activities; identifies such standards as including response and operations standards, standards for communications, and records and forms. - Amends TCA Title 56 and Title 68, Chapter 140.

TN - HJR63 Naming and Designating - "Child Abuse Prevention Month," April 2019

TN - HB1503 Putnam County - Subject to local approval, redesignates the title of "county executive" to "county mayor." - Amends Chapter 126 of the Private Acts of 2004.

TN - HB1386 Taxes, Privilege - As introduced, changes from 180 days to 210 days the amount of time extended to a military or national guard service member who is subject to the professional privilege tax to pay the tax upon return from a combat deployment. - Amends TCA Title 67, Chapter 4, Part 17.

TN - HB1384 Education, Dept. of - As introduced, requires the department to create a training program for LEAs and teachers evaluated using a growth portfolio model for pre-K-K teachers; allows an LEA to create an alternative growth portfolio model to measure the academic growth of pre-K-K students. - Amends TCA Title 49.

TN - HJR153 Memorials, Public Service - Gerald McCormick

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 - 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 - 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 - HJR71 Memorials, Retirement - Meri Armour

TN - HB78 Abortion - As introduced, increases by $500 the minimum fine imposed for a first or second violation of the requirement that a physician who reports suspected sexual abuse due to being requested to perform an abortion on a minor include in that report information regarding the sampling and preservation of embryonic or fetal tissue; increased fine amounts will be $1,000 and $1,500 respectively. - 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 Section 71-5-157.

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

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

TN - HJR78 Memorials, Death - Reverend Charles E. Gibbs, Jr.

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

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

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 - 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 - HJR116 Memorials, Recognition - David Williams II

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

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

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

TN - HB1275 Education - As introduced, requires an LEA to allocate prorated daily per pupil state and local funding to an out-of-state residential mental health facility if a student of the LEA is admitted to the facility and certain conditions are met. - Amends TCA Title 49.

TN - HJR118 Memorials, Recognition - Kathy Moore, Governor's Volunteer Stars Award

TN - HB87 Naming and Designating - As enacted, designates the week beginning on the first Sunday in April as Financial Literacy Week in Tennessee. - Amends TCA Title 15, Chapter 2.

TN - HR20 Memorials, Recognition - President Ronald Reagan

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 - 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 - HB1154 Motor Vehicles, Titling and Registration - As enacted, adds the word "valor" to the Silver Star specialty license plate. - Amends TCA Title 55, Chapter 4.

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 - HJR266 Memorials, Death - Bill Hobbs

TN - HR54 Memorials, Recognition - Tennessee National Guard

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 - HJR134 General Assembly, Statement of Intent or Position - Recognizes the suicidal health crisis at the Natchez Trace Parkway Bridge.

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

TN - 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 - 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 - 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 - HB634 Taxes, Sales - As enacted, extends to "water" the sales tax exemption that applies to the sale to a qualified farmer or nurseryman of electricity, natural gas and liquefied gas, including, but not limited to, propane and butane used directly in the production of food or fiber for human or animal consumption or to aid in the growing of a horticultural product for sale. - Amends TCA Title 67.

TN - HJR243 Memorials, Recognition - Gregory L. Dodson

TN - HB843 Drugs, Prescription - As enacted, makes various changes concerning the prescription of certain Scheduled controlled substances. - Amends TCA Title 53, Chapter 10, Part 3; Title 63, Chapter 1, Part 1 and Title 63, Chapter 1, Part 4.

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 - HB1368 Public Records - As introduced, requires public records commission to annually report any changes to the public records laws in this state to the general assembly not later than December 31 of each year. - Amends TCA Title 10, Chapter 7.

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 - HB946 Local Education Agencies - As enacted, 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 - HB1139 Governor - As enacted, establishes a governor's office of faith-based and community initiatives. - Amends TCA Title 4.

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

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

TN - HB1190 Landlord and Tenant - As enacted, establishes process for landlords to verify need of tenants and prospective tenants to have pet policies waived to accommodate the need for a service or support animal; creates penalties for misrepresentation. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 21; Title 13, Chapter 20; Title 33; Title 39; Title 44, Chapter 17; Title 44, Chapter 8, Part 4; Title 63; Title 66 and Title 68.

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

TN - HB269 Medical Occupations - As introduced, reduces the number of days from 15 to 10 that the comptroller has to determine whether certain financing agreements to fund a medical school under the Medical School Authorities Act is in compliance with the guidelines, rules, and regulations of the state funding board. - Amends TCA Title 7; Title 33; Title 49; Title 63 and Title 68.

TN - HB1063 Historical Sites and Preservation - As introduced, enacts the "Main Street Historic Tourism and Revitalization Act." - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 11, Part 1; Title 56, Chapter 4 and Title 67.

TN - HJR457 Memorials, Interns - Tayler Aliff

TN - HJR447 Memorials, Recognition - Vanderbilt LifeFlight, 35th anniversary

TN - HJR491 Memorials, Death - William C. "Bill" Bennett

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

TN - HB1392 Schools, Private - As enacted, includes schools that meet the standards of accreditation or membership of the Association of Classical and Christian Schools to schools considered "church-related" schools; revises related provisions. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 50, Part 8.

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 - 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 - HB111 Lottery, Scholarships and Programs - As enacted, declares the legislative intent that the dual enrollment grant be fully funded before any funds in the lottery for education account are transferred to the Tennessee Promise scholarship endowment fund. - Amends TCA Title 4 and Title 49.

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 - 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 - HB1192 Education, Curriculum - As enacted, requires the department of education and public schools to commemorate the centennial of women's suffrage and recognize the Tennesseans who were instrumental in securing all women the right to vote for the purpose of educating students about the ratification of the nineteenth amendment to the United States Constitution on August 18, 1920, and to educate students on the state of Tennessee's fundamental role in guaranteeing all women the right to vote. - Amends TCA Section 49-6-1028.

TN - HB771 TennCare - As enacted, enacts the "Annual Coverage Assessment Act of 2019." - Amends TCA Title 71, Chapter 5 and Chapter 888 of the Public Acts of 2018.

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

TN - 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 - HB557 TennCare - As enacted, extends the nursing home annual assessment fee to June 30, 2020. - Amends TCA Title 68 and Title 71.

TN - HB1425 Scholarships and Financial Aid - As enacted, increases from one to two the number of additional dual enrollment courses a student may take under a dual enrollment grant under certain circumstances; allows an eligible student to receive a dual enrollment grant for no more than 10 courses. - Amends TCA Title 49.

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 - HR145 Memorials, Death - John Claude Houser

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

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

TN - SJR610 Memorials, Recognition - Tom Sorrells, REdl Hall of Fame

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

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

TN - HR194 Memorials, Recognition - Christopher Clark

TN - HJR705 Memorials, Recognition - Rodney Atkins

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

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

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 - 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 - HJR664 General Assembly, Confirmation of Appointment - Johnny Stites, Board of Trustees of Tennessee Technological University

TN - HJR665 General Assembly, Confirmation of Appointment - Fred Lowery, Board of Trustees of Tennessee Technological University

TN - HJR764 Memorials, Professional Achievement - Philip Gibbons, Tennessee Radio Hall of Fame

TN - HJR663 General Assembly, Confirmation of Appointment - Rhedona Rose, Board of Trustees of Tennessee Technological University

TN - HJR662 General Assembly, Confirmation of Appointment - Teresa Vanhooser, Board of Trustees of Tennessee Technological University

TN - HJR722 General Assembly, Confirmation of Appointment - Lillian Hartgrove, State Board of Education

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

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

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

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

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

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

TN - HJR818 Memorials, Recognition - Harriet Tubman Day

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

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

TN - HB2257 Workers Compensation - As enacted, extends the deadline for an injured employee to file a claim for increased benefits with the bureau of workers' compensation; lengthens the period of time following an injury an employee has to provide notice to the bureau of workers' compensation of an injury and the failure of an employer to secure payment of compensation. - Amends TCA Title 50, Chapter 6.

TN - HB1606 Landlord and Tenant - As enacted, revises provisions governing the notice required for termination of a residential tenancy in certain situations involving an unauthorized subtenant or other unauthorized occupant. - Amends TCA Title 66.

TN - HB1890 Pharmacy, Pharmacists - As introduced, prohibits a pharmacy benefit manager and certain other third parties from taking certain actions against entities and pharmacies participating in the federal 340B drug discount program; creates a private cause of action against violators. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 56 and Title 71.

TN - HJR921 Memorials, Recognition - Run for the Wall Week

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 - 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 - HB2027 Handgun Permits - As introduced, extends the validity of newly issued or renewed enhanced handgun carry permits for the lifetime of the permit holder, unless the permit holder no longer meets the requirements for an enhanced handgun carry permit. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 17, Part 13.

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 - HB2532 Health, Dept. of - As introduced, requires the department to make available on its public website access to the most recently published Vaccine Excipient Summary from the federal centers for disease control; requires that if the department maintains a section of its public website relevant to immunization requirements, then the access to the summary must appear in that section and with the same font type, size, and style as other immunization requirement information. - Amends TCA Title 63 and Title 68.

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

TN - HJR974 Memorials, Death - Victor Thompson

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 - HB2291 Law Enforcement - As introduced, requires that a hearing requested by a police officer who has been dismissed, demoted, suspended, or transferred for punitive reasons be set within 21 calendar days following the request, rather than 14 calendar days. - Amends TCA Title 38.

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

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

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

TN - HB2385 Firefighters - As introduced, allows a volunteer firefighter to receive $800 from the commission on firefighting personnel standards and education for completing 40 hours of training annually. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 24.

TN - HB2328 Children's Services, Dept. of - As introduced, enacts "Eli's Law," which establishes procedures for placing newborns in the department's custody if the parent has a dependent or neglected child currently in the department's custody. - Amends TCA Title 36 and Title 37.

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

TN - HB2258 Criminal Offenses - As introduced, specifies that theft of property is a Class E felony if the property obtained is a firearm worth less than $2,500. - Amends TCA Section 39-14-105.

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 - 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 - HJR1053 Memorials, Retirement - Lloyd Hansen

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 - HB2620 Criminal Offenses - As introduced, raises the permissible fine for aggravated assault to no more than $15,000, in addition to any authorized term of imprisonment. - Amends TCA Title 39.

TN - HB2761 Education, Curriculum - As introduced, authorizes each LEA and school that offers a firearm safety class or program to elementary-school students to post the curriculum and any corresponding educational materials on the school's or LEA's website. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 6.

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

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

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

TN - HJR1200 Memorials, Death - Johnny Majors

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

TN - HJR1225 Memorials, Recognition - Tennessee National Guard 278th Armored Cavalry Regiment

TN - HB1846 Juvenile Offenders - As enacted, requires juvenile court petitions and orders to be open to public inspection if the delinquent act would constitute an act of terrorism or an attempt to commit terrorism if committed by an adult; prohibits expunction of a juvenile's record relating to a delinquent act that would constitute an act of terrorism or an attempt to commit terrorism if committed by an adult. - Amends TCA Title 37.

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

TN - HB2708 Employees, Employers - As enacted, enacts the "Tennessee Pregnant Workers Fairness Act." - Amends TCA Title 50.

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

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 - HR351 Memorials, Recognition - Dr. Mary Edwards Walker

TN - HB2263 Abortion - As enacted, creates the Class C felony of performing or inducing, or attempting to perform or induce, an abortion upon a pregnant woman whose unborn child has a fetal heartbeat; creates other criminal offenses related to the performance of an abortion; requires that certain information regarding reversing chemical abortions be provided; revises and enacts other abortion-related provisions. - Amends TCA Section 37-10-304 and Title 39, Chapter 15, Part 2.

TN - HB1830 Real Property - As enacted, requires short-term rental unit marketplaces to collect and remit local occupancy taxes for short-term rental units secured through the marketplace beginning January 1, 2021; enacts provisions governing classification of certain residential property used as a short-term rental; revises and enacts other related provisions. - Amends TCA Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 13; Title 56; Title 62; Title 66; Title 67 and Title 68.

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

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 - SB2699 Courts, General Sessions - As introduced, prohibits a general sessions court clerk from collecting a fine, costs, or litigation taxes that have been in default for at least 15 years following the year in which the fine, costs, or litigation taxes became delinquent. - Amends TCA Title 16; Title 18; Title 28; Title 29 and Title 40.

TN - SJR978 Memorials, Recognition - Lucy Blaylock, Prudential Spirit of Community Award

TN - SJR484 Memorials, Academic Achievement - Kara Robertson, Third Honor Senior, Upperman High School