Tennessee Rep. Sam Whitson (R)

TN - Health (House)

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TN - Transportation (House)

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TN - Transportation Subcommittee (House)

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TN - HB712 Banks and Financial Institutions - As introduced, requires the commissioner of financial institutions to issue a report on title pledges to the governor and general assembly annually rather than biennially. - Amends TCA Title 45.

TN - HB2218 Holidays and Days of Special Observance - As introduced, decrees "Tennessee Day of the Cowboy" to be observed on the fourth Saturday of July each year. - Amends TCA Title 15, Chapter 2.

TN - HB1484 Tennessee Bureau of Investigation - As enacted, authorizes the director of the TBI to appoint a designee to serve in place of the director as a member of the medical investigator advisory council instead of requiring that the director serve as a member of the council. - Amends TCA Section 38-7-201(a)(2)(A)(i).

TN - HB1476 Special License Plates - As enacted, authorizes issuance of government service license plates for vehicles leased by governmental entities. - Amends TCA Section 55-4-223.

TN - HB714 Taxes, Excise - As introduced, changes the statutory apportionment formula used to calculate franchise and excise taxes from a three-factor formula to a single-sales-factor formula. - Amends TCA Title 67, Chapter 4.

TN - HB948 Medical Occupations - As enacted, enacts the "Kenneth and Madge Tullis, MD, Suicide Prevention Training Act." - Amends TCA Title 33; Title 63 and Title 68.

TN - HB945 Growth and Development - As introduced, requires TACIR to report its findings on the implementation of comprehensive growth plans by July 1, 2018, and by July 1 every five years thereafter. - Amends TCA Title 6, Chapter 51; Title 6, Chapter 58 and Title 13.

TN - HB946 Motor Vehicles, Titling and Registration - As enacted, revises provisions governing registration of certain motor vehicles that are registered by a business that registers at least 15,000 vehicles annually and is engaged in the rental of motor vehicles, trucks, and trailers for periods of 31 days or less. - Amends TCA Section 55-4-104.

TN - HJR944 Memorials, Recognition - "National Day of the Cowboy," in Tennessee, July 28, 2018

TN - HB2637 Municipal Government - As enacted, revises provisions governing city manager-commission charters in regard to the election of commissioners in Fairview. - Amends TCA Title 6, Chapter 18; Title 6, Chapter 19; Title 6, Chapter 20; Title 6, Chapter 21; Title 6, Chapter 22 and Title 6, Chapter 23.

TN - HB713 Aircraft and Airports - As introduced, requires the chairs of the transportation and safety committee of the senate and the transportation committee of the house of representatives to make the findings and recommendations of the advisory task force, which studied the revenue measures regarding aircraft and airport facilities in this state, the funding available to airports, and the effect of such funding on the needs of the air carrier and general aviation airports, available to any member of the general assembly upon request. - Amends TCA Title 67.

TN - HB710 Barbers and/or Cosmetologists - As enacted, authorizes a licensed cosmetologist, manicurist, aesthetician, or natural hair stylist to practice such occupations in a recipient's residence, short-term residence, or place of business. - Amends TCA Title 62.

TN - HB2016 Judges and Chancellors - As introduced, requires that the weighted caseload formula devised by the comptroller of the treasury be provided to the general assembly no later than January 1 of each year. - Amends TCA Title 16, Chapter 2.

TN - HJR943 Memorials, Retirement - Barbara McGee Smith

TN - HB2014 Privacy, Confidentiality - As enacted, protects residential information of county corrections officers, and punished violations of release of such information, in the same manner the residential information of law enforcement officers is protected. - Amends TCA Title 10 and Title 39.

TN - HB732 Public Records - As enacted, creates an exception from open records requests for video taken by a law enforcement body camera that depicts interactions with minors in schools, the interior of a healthcare or mental health facility, or the interior of a private residence where no crime has occurred. - Amends TCA Title 10, Chapter 7 and Title 38.

TN - HB1439 Franklin - Subject to local approval, changes charter provisions related to annexation to align with changes in state law for annexation. - Amends Chapter 79 of the Acts of 1903; as amended.

TN - HB2696 School Districts, Special - As introduced, pursuant to the request of the Franklin special school district of Williamson County, permits the district to issue bonds or notes in an amount not to exceed $26.5 million and to issue bond anticipation notes. - Amends Chapter 563 of the Private Acts of 1949.

TN - HB711 Orders of Protection - As introduced, allows the respondent to an ex parte order of protection to waive the right to a hearing on the order within 15 days of issuance if the respondent acknowledges that the ex parte order will remain in effect until the hearing is held and the court finds that the interests of justice require the continuance of the hearing. - Amends TCA Title 36, Chapter 3, Part 6.

TN - HJR1081 Memorials, Retirement - Lieutenant Colonel Jonathon F. Flanders, United States Air Force

TN - HB1741 Hospitals and Health Care Facilities - As introduced, prohibits any entity from operating as an accrediting agency of health care facilities in this state if the assessment of pain management is a part of the entity's accrediting process; effective until July 1, 2021. - Amends TCA Title 33; Title 56; Title 63 and Title 68.

TN - HB706 Education - As introduced, creates a tuition assistance program from proceeds of the state lottery to develop a two-year pilot program that allows Fairview High School students to participate in dual enrollment at Columbia State Community College and earn an associate degree in advanced manufacturing courses. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 4.

TN - HB709 Public Employees - As introduced, enacts the "Tennessee Public Safety Behavioral Health Act." - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 8; Title 50; Title 58; Title 63 and Title 68.

TN - HB1475 Children - As introduced, revises various provisions relating to visitation of stepparents. - Amends TCA Title 36.

TN - HB947 Public Records - As enacted, exempts certain records of counties and municipalities from open records law. - Amends TCA Title 5, Chapter 1, Part 1; Title 6, Chapter 54; Title 10, Chapter 7 and Title 12.

TN - HB708 Education - As introduced, allows the department of education to post its annual report on its website in lieu of distributing the report. - Amends TCA Title 49.

TN - HB707 Medical Occupations - As enacted, clarifies that the exemptions from the licensure and regulatory requirements for medical physicians apply to surgeons of the United States army, navy, air force or marine hospital service regardless of the hospital or practice site, if the surgeon's practice is part of the surgeon's authorized military service or training. - Amends TCA Section 63-6-204.

TN - HB1510 Public Employees - As enacted, enacts the "Tennessee Public Safety Behavioral Health Act." - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 8; Title 50; Title 58; Title 63 and Title 68.

TN - HB2013 Taxes - As introduced, extends from December 31 to January 15 the date by which the transportation equity fund annual report, which includes tax revenues from fuels used for aviation, railways, and water carriers, must be submitted to the governor and members of the general assembly. - Amends TCA Section 9-4-207 and Title 67, Chapter 6.

TN - HB2015 Alcoholic Beverages - As enacted, designates certain facilities located in Williamson County as premier type tourist resorts for purposes of on-premises sales of alcoholic beverages. - Amends TCA Title 57, Chapter 4.

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

TN - HJR22 Memorials, Death - Michael E. Anderson

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

TN - HJR34 Memorials, Personal Achievement - Tammy Letzler and Kim Cox

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

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

TN - HJR62 Memorials, Death - Avon Rollins, Sr.

TN - HJR66 Memorials, Recognition - Chalan Gabriella Sanders, World's Pre-Teen Miss Tennessee Tourism

TN - HJR67 Memorials, Death - Brock Wyatt Blick

TN - HJR64 Memorials, Death - Chattanooga school bus victims

TN - HB454 Insurance Companies, Agents, Brokers, Policies - As introduced, requires a dental service plan corporation to show ability to pay the greater of operating expenses for six months or $10,000, instead of $2,500, in order to apply for and obtain a license to operate a dental service plan. - Amends TCA Title 56.

TN - HB7 Criminal Procedure - As introduced, removes the intermediate 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 - HJR91 Memorials, Heroism - Officer Joseph Miranne, Officer Jason Berrios, and Officer Anthony Oliveto of The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey

TN - HJR98 Memorials, Recognition - V. Lynn Evans

TN - HJR75 Memorials, Retirement - David Gregory

TN - HB343 Board of Regents - As introduced, changes the status of the student representative on state university boards to a voting member rather than a nonvoting member; establishes a selection process for the student representative. - Amends TCA Section 49-8-201.

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

TN - HJR1306 Memorials, Retirement - Denise Sims

TN - HR95 Memorials, Recognition - Clayborn Temple

TN - HB322 School Transportation - As enacted, establishes a school transportation supervisor program for the monitoring and oversight of transportation services for local education authorities and charter schools; requires new school bus drivers to complete a training program prior to transporting students; requires a driver to be at least 25 years of age to receive an initial school bus driver license endorsement. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 6, Part 21; Section 55-50-302 and Title 55, Chapter 9, Part 6.

TN - HB485 State Symbols - As enacted, designates the Boeing B-17F known as the Memphis Belle as the official state airplane. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 1, Part 3.

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

TN - HJR197 Memorials, Death - Dr. Gene Caldwell

TN - HR171 Memorials, Recognition - Tim Shaw

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

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

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

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

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

TN - HJR454 Memorials, Interns - Daniel H. Cox

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

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

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

TN - HJR735 Memorials, Retirement - Ed Cromer

TN - HJR641 Memorials, Congratulations - Taiwan

TN - HJR260 Memorials, Death - Barbara Rodgers Alston

TN - HJR602 Memorials, Professional Achievement - Andy Marshall, Restaurateur of the Year

TN - HJR736 Memorials, Death - E. Claude Gardner

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

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

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

TN - HB94 Health Care - As introduced, enacts "The Lovin Law," which requires facilities having a capacity for occupancy of at least 500 people to have at least one functional AED for emergency use at all functions open to the public; requires LEAs to have at least one AED in each school. - Amends TCA Title 49 and Title 68.

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

TN - HB1909 Animal Cruelty and Abuse - As introduced, applies the criminal offense of animal cruelty to the restraint of a dog with a chain, cord, tether, cable, or similar device while a disaster is imminent or occurring. - Amends TCA Title 39 and Title 44, Chapter 17.

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

TN - HJR639 Memorials, Death - Reverend Dwight Montgomery

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

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

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

TN - HB449 Education - As introduced, requires the office of research and education accountability to study the Response to Instruction and Intervention framework and submit a report on its implementation in elementary schools to the members of the education committee of the senate and the education administration and planning committee of the house of representatives no later than July 1, 2018. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 1; Title 49, Chapter 2; Title 49, Chapter 3; Title 49, Chapter 5 and Title 49, Chapter 6.

TN - HJR636 Memorials, Death - Jesse Wilburn

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

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

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

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

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

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

TN - HJR783 Memorials, Retirement - Edwin D. Brown

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

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

TN - HJR722 Memorials, Retirement - Shirley Jones

TN - HJR530 Memorials, Recognition - Dr. James Netters

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

TN - HB530 Education, Higher - As enacted, replaces the Tennessee National Guard Tuition Assistance Act with the Tennessee Support, Training, and Renewing Opportunity for National Guardsmen (STRONG) Act of 2017. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 4, Part 10.

TN - HJR529 Memorials, Recognition - Fred L. Davis

TN - HJR528 Memorials, Recognition - Celebrates June 2017 as "Pets Matter Month" in Tennessee.

TN - HB1773 Criminal Offenses - As introduced, designates as a Class A misdemeanor aggravated assault a knowing act to cause physical injury to an employee of a utility; sets an enhanced maximum fine of $15,000. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 13, Part 1 and Title 65, Chapter 35.

TN - HB1121 Law Enforcement - As introduced, increases amount to be paid to the estate of any law enforcement officer who is killed in the line of duty from $25,000 to $100,000. - Amends TCA Title 7, Chapter 51, Part 2.

TN - HJR266 Memorials, Recognition - Specialist Benjamin David Leftrick, Tennessee Army National Guard

TN - HB45 Students - As enacted, revises provisions governing physical activity requirements for students. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 6.

TN - HB20 Taxes, Exemption and Credits - As introduced, changes the home value for which real property tax relief will be granted from $100,000 to $175,000 for veterans with disabilities and from $23,500 to $25,000 for low-income homeowners who are elderly or have disabilities. - Amends TCA Title 67, Chapter 5, Part 7.

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

TN - HB2235 Museums - As enacted, revises various provisions concerning the state museum and the Douglas Henry State Museum Commission, including adding the new facility located at 1000 Rosa L. Parks Boulevard. - Amends TCA Title 4.

TN - HR71 Memorials, Recognition - Scott Golden

TN - HB2053 Health Care - As enacted, enacts the "Down Syndrome Information Act of 2018". - Amends TCA Title 63 and Title 68.

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

TN - HB463 Marriage - As enacted, establishes provisions governing marriage by proxy for persons in the armed forces. - Amends TCA Title 36, Chapter 3.

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

TN - HB971 Taxes - As introduced, increases from 10 to 12 the number of days following any adverse action related to a license or other privilege that the licensee must file a written request for a hearing before the commissioner to contest the action. - Amends TCA Title 67.

TN - HB523 Insurance, Health, Accident - As introduced, requires health insurance coverage to cover hypofractionated proton therapy in the same manner as it covers intensity modulated radiation therapy under certain conditions. - Amends TCA Title 8; Title 56 and Title 71.

TN - HB2219 Health Care - As enacted, revises provisions governing the reporting of a patient's involuntary commitment to an inpatient treatment facility to local law enforcement so that the information may be reported to the FBI-NICS Index and the department of safety; specifies that a pharmacy or pharmacist has the right to provide an insured information regarding the amount of the insured's cost share for a prescription drug. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 7; Title 33; Title 53; Title 56; Title 63; Title 68 and Title 71.

TN - HJR1073 Memorials, Retirement - Ted Hackney

TN - HB1993 Controlled Substances - As enacted, requires health care prescribers to issue prescriptions for Schedule II controlled substances electronically by July 1, 2020, with certain exceptions; establishes other provisions regarding electronic prescriptions. - Amends TCA Title 53; Title 56; Title 63 and Title 68.

TN - HJR1068 Memorials, Retirement - Rick Shepard

TN - HB2256 Criminal Offenses - As enacted, revises the Freedom from Unwarranted Surveillance Act. - Amends TCA Title 39 and Title 40.

TN - HB2450 DUI Offenses - As enacted, revises provisions governing the examination of specimen collected 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 - HR267 Memorials, Sports - Mt. Juliet League, Incorporated

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

TN - HJR1001 Memorials, Congress - Calls on the U.S. Secretary of Transportation to revoke the September 7, 2011, acceptance letter regarding the X-Lite Flared Terminal and the X-Lite Tanget Terminal guardrails and to call for the removal of such guardrails from roads in the United States.

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

TN - HB1491 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 - HR213 Memorials, Recognition - Sidney Raphael Branch, Governor's Volunteer Stars Award

TN - HJR1016 Memorials, Retirement - Mark S. Freedman

TN - HJR940 Memorials, Death - Alma Tate

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

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

TN - HJR699 Memorials, Death - Denise LaSalle

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

TN - HB446 Highways, Roads and Bridges - As introduced, requires the department of revenue to report to the fiscal review committee and transportation committees on the actual or estimated number of passenger motor vehicles that have been issued stickers or decals to use the HOV lane. - Amends TCA Section 55-8-188.

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

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

TN - HB2025 Victims' Rights - As enacted, requires the secretary of state to establish a crime victim address confidentiality program for victims of domestic abuse, stalking, human trafficking, and sexual offenses; establishes how a substitute address may be used by a program participant in lieu of a confidential address. - Amends TCA Title 2; Title 10, Chapter 7; Title 39 and Title 40, Chapter 38.

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

TN - HB2118 Human Services, Dept. of - As enacted, establishes the state palliative care and quality of life council to advise the executive director of the Tennessee commission on aging and disability on issues related to palliative care. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 29 and Title 71, Chapter 2.

TN - HB1766 Housing - As enacted, extends protections and immunities available under state law for housing authorities to entities that an authority or an entity affiliated with an authority may form, incorporate, or partner with, for purposes of managing or developing mixed-finance housing projects. - Amends TCA Title 13, Chapter 20, Part 1.

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

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

TN - HB2134 Marriage - As enacted, revises the interest rate on certain unpaid child support arrearages; revises provisions governing the age at which a person may be issued a marriage license; creates a cause of action for forced marriage. - Amends TCA Title 36.

TN - HB1542 Intellectual & Developmental Disabilities - As enacted, revises certain provisions regarding eligible persons on referral list for services. - Amends TCA Title 33 and Title 71.

TN - HB1961 Public Health - As enacted, enacts the "Suicide Mortality Review and Prevention Act of 2018." - Amends TCA Title 68, Chapter 3.

TN - HB487 Taxes, Amusement - As introduced, removes amusement tax on dues or fees to membership sports and recreation clubs. - Amends TCA Section 67-6-212.

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

TN - HB1308 Veterans - As enacted, lowers from $610 to $300 the maximum fee for the interment of an eligible veteran's spouse. - Amends TCA Title 46, Chapter 6.

TN - HB521 Education - As enacted, requires all public high schools to place automated external defibrillator (AED) devices in schools; encourages public middle and elementary schools and private schools to place AED devices in schools. - Amends TCA Title 49 and Title 68, Chapter 140, Part 4.

TN - HB1574 Historical Sites and Preservation - As enacted, excludes from coverage under the Tennessee Heritage Protection Act of 2016 memorials under the control of an accredited museum, public library, or public archive in certain circumstances; revises other provisions of the Act. - Amends TCA Section 4-1-412.

TN - HJR126 Memorials, Personal Achievement - Will McClellan, Eagle Scout

TN - HJR686 Memorials, Recognition - Oak Ridge Schools

TN - HB912 Taxes, Real Property - As enacted, clarifies definition of "agriculture" for purposes of classification and assessment of property tax. - Amends TCA Title 1; Title 43 and Title 67, Chapter 5.

TN - HB2112 Taxes - As enacted, establishes a method of apportionment that may be elected by financial asset management companies for franchise and excise tax purposes. - Amends TCA Title 67, Chapter 4, Part 20 and Title 67, Chapter 4, Part 21.

TN - HB1709 Controlled Substances - As introduced, creates Class B felony of selling, possessing, or manufacturing 15 grams or more of any substance containing fentanyl and Class A felony if the substance contains 150 grams or more of fentanyl. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 13; Title 39, Chapter 14; Title 39, Chapter 15; Title 39, Chapter 16; Title 39, Chapter 17 and Title 40, Chapter 35.

TN - HB2355 Insurance Companies, Agents, Brokers, Policies - As enacted, revises requirements regarding coverage for mental health, mental illness, and alcohol or drug dependency, and requires certain reports. - Amends TCA Title 8; Title 56; Title 68 and Title 71.

TN - HB372 Education, Curriculum - As enacted, enacts the "Tom Cronan Physical Education Act". - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 1; Title 49, Chapter 2; Title 49, Chapter 5 and Title 49, Chapter 6.

TN - HB889 Pensions and Retirement Benefits - As introduced, enables a police officer who is a member of the state retirement system to be eligible for service retirement upon completion of 25 years of creditable service. - Amends TCA Title 8, Chapter 34; Title 8, Chapter 35; Title 8, Chapter 36 and Title 8, Chapter 37.

TN - HB1377 Basic Education Program (BEP) - As introduced, modifies the basic education program funding to allow school districts that do not receive 80 percent ADM funding to receive a 3 percent increase in funding until the school district is at 80 percent funding. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 3, Part 3.

TN - HB1930 Criminal Offenses - As enacted, punishes the offense of promotion of prostitution as a Class D felony instead of Class E felony if the person being promoted has an intellectual disability. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 13, Part 5.

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

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

TN - HB1572 Cemeteries - As enacted, requires proponent of a suit terminating land use as a cemetery to file notice with the historical commission prior to any hearing on the suit; requires the historical commission to establish a historic cemetery advisory committee. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 11; Title 46, Chapter 4 and Title 46, Chapter 8.

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

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

TN - HB1381 Public Buildings - As enacted, requires that stair steps leading into the public entrance of certain public buildings have detectable nosings of a contrasting color; enacts other related requirements. - Amends TCA Title 68.

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

TN - HB704 Campaigns and Campaign Finance - As enacted, requires that campaign funds be deposited into a financial institution insured by the FDIC or the national credit union administration that is authorized to do business in this state. - Amends TCA Title 2, Chapter 10.

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

TN - HB2330 Students - As enacted, prohibits the use of corporal punishment against a student with a disability who has an IEP or a Section 504 plan, with certain exceptions. - Amends TCA Title 49.

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

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

TN - HJR657 Memorials, Death - Representative Raymond Walker

TN - HJR582 Memorials, Death - Iyalode Nkechi Kianga Ajanaku

TN - HR263 Memorials, Public Service - Roger Campbell

TN - HJR909 Memorials, Recognition - Hillsman Lee Wright

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

TN - HR313 Memorials, Recognition - Union University Debate Team

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

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

TN - HB1881 State Government - As introduced, establishes daylight savings time as the standard time in Tennessee. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 1, Part 4.

TN - HB1701 Taxes, Privilege - As enacted, imposes a $2.00 tax on a sexually oriented business for each customer that enters; provides for revenue being allocated to the general fund with the intent that amounts be allocated to programs for victims of sex trafficking; schedules the tax to be repealed on July 1, 2021. - Amends TCA Title 7 and Title 67.

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

TN - HJR152 Memorials, Personal Achievement - Ashley Hawkins, Prudential Spirit of Community Award

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

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

TN - HB683 Education - As introduced, requires the department of education to annually report on the availability and content of driver education and training courses in public schools to the education committees of the house of representatives and the senate. - Amends TCA Title 49.

TN - HJR141 Memorials, Recognition - Deanie Parker

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

TN - HJR737 Memorials, Death - Dr. David Millhorn

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

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

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

TN - HB534 Revenue - As enacted, enacts the "Improving Manufacturing, Public Roads and Opportunities for a Vibrant Economy (IMPROVE) Act" or the "2017 Tax Cut Act." - Amends TCA Title 55, Chapter 4, Part 1; Title 55, Chapter 6; Title 67, Chapter 2; Title 67, Chapter 3; Title 67, Chapter 4; Title 67, Chapter 5 and Title 67, Chapter 6.

TN - HB1824 Human Services, Dept. of - As enacted, updates references in vocational rehabilitation statutes to reflect current nomenclature for the division of rehabilitation services and the director of the vocation rehabilitation program; removes certain requirements concerning services offered by the division of rehabilitation services. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 11, Part 6; Title 49, Chapter 11, Part 7 and Title 49, Chapter 11, Part 8.

TN - HB2167 Hospitals and Health Care Facilities - As enacted, establishes a procedure for the recognition of hospitals with stroke-related designations; establishes other related provisions. - Amends TCA Title 68.

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

TN - HB219 Lottery, Scholarships and Programs - As introduced, specifies that semester hours earned in ROTC courses by ROTC students do not count toward the semester hour limitation for receipt of the Tennessee HOPE scholarship; excludes grades received in ROTC courses from the calculation of an ROTC student's grade point average for Tennessee HOPE scholarship purposes. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 4, Part 9.

TN - HJR1086 General Assembly, Confirmation of Appointment - Brad A. Lampley, UT board of trustees

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

TN - HJR121 Memorials, Public Service - Sue Creasy

TN - HB1884 Professions and Occupations - As introduced, requires a person who holds a valid certificate of registration as a locksmith apprentice for four or more years to apply for licensure as a locksmith; reduces continuing education requirements for locksmiths. - Amends TCA Title 62, Chapter 11 and Title 62, Chapter 35.

TN - HJR656 Memorials, Sports - Phillip Edward Fulmer, Sr., Director of Athletics at the University of Tennessee

TN - HJR650 Memorials, Death - John H. "Jack" Morris III

TN - HB278 Food and Food Products - As enacted, adds beekeeping to practices included in the Tennessee Community Gardening Act. - Amends TCA Title 43 and Title 44, Chapter 15.

TN - HB2065 Motor Vehicles, Titling and Registration - As enacted, authorizes an owner or lessee of a motor vehicle who is deaf or hard of hearing to request that the department of safety include such designation in the Tennessee Vehicle Title and Registration System (VTRS) database; enacts other related provisions in regard to such designation. - Amends TCA Title 55.

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

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

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

TN - HB2548 Air Pollution - As introduced, extends, from one to two years, the time period in which vehicles based in counties with motor vehicle inspection and maintenance programs are subject to emissions testing. - Amends TCA Title 55, Chapter 4; Title 55, Chapter 6 and Title 68, Chapter 201.

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

TN - HB1402 Criminal Offenses - As enacted, increases the punishment for intentionally desecrating a place of worship or burial from a Class A misdemeanor to Class E felony. - Amends TCA Title 39.

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

TN - HJR120 Memorials, Public Service - Bonnie Merriman

TN - HJR127 Memorials, Sports - Tennessee Soccer Club's U18 girls team, United States Youth Soccer Association National Champions

TN - HJR145 Memorials, Public Service - Stancil Ford

TN - HJR185 Memorials, Recognition - Darryl Worley

TN - HJR833 Memorials, Recognition - Ethel Hedgeman Lyle

TN - HB1031 Special License Plates - As enacted, authorizes issuance of an emergency license plate to constables. - Amends TCA Title 55, Chapter 4, Part 2.

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

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

TN - HJR108 Memorials, Recognition - World Sickle Cell Day

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

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

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

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

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

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

TN - HJR176 Memorials, Retirement - Tim Tohill

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

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

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

TN - HB10 Judicial Districts - As enacted, creates one additional trial court each in the sixteenth, nineteenth, and twenty-first judicial districts; requires the speaker of the senate and the speaker of the house to establish an advisory task force to review the composition of Tennessee's current judicial districts. - Amends TCA Title 8, Chapter 14; Title 8, Chapter 7; Title 16; Title 17; Title 18, Chapter 4 and Title 18, Chapter 5.

TN - HB2051 Pensions and Retirement Benefits - As introduced, enacts the "Voluntary Employee Retirement Accounts Program Act." - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 29; Title 8 and Title 9.