Tennessee Rep. Steve McManus (R)

TN - Calendar and Rules (House)

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TN - Consumer and Human Resources (House)

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TN - Insurance and Banking (House)

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TN - Insurance and Banking Subcommittee (House)

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TN - HB552 Local Government, General - As enacted, enacts the "Anti-Kicking the Can Act", which requires approval of the comptroller prior to any local government authorizing the issuance of balloon indebtedness. - Amends TCA Title 9, Chapter 21.

TN - HB1234 Special License Plates - As enacted, directs the department of revenue to study the establishment of a program to authorize the sale of nonrefundable gift vouchers that may be redeemed by any person toward the fee for cultural and new specialty earmarked motor vehicle registration plates. - Amends TCA Title 55, Chapter 4.

TN - HB1864 Mortgages - As introduced, enacts the "Nonrecourse Mortgage Loan Act", which prohibits certain covenants from being used as a nonrecourse carveout or the basis for a claim or action against a borrower, guarantor, or surety on a nonrecourse loan. - Amends TCA Title 45; Title 47 and Title 66.

TN - HB949 Pensions and Retirement Benefits - As introduced, requires that the counsel for the treasury department be legal advisor for the TCRS board of trustees, along with the attorney general or an assistant designated by the attorney general. - Amends TCA Title 8, Chapter 25; Title 8, Chapter 34; Title 8, Chapter 35; Title 8, Chapter 36 and Title 8, Chapter 37.

TN - HB461 Courts - As introduced, requires that before the clerk destroys or otherwise disposes of any documents when so authorized by the court, the clerk shall give 150 days' notice instead of 90 days' notice to the state librarian and archivist. - Amends TCA Title 16 and Title 18.

TN - HB960 Air Pollution - As introduced, authorizes Memphis to select vendors to administer emissions testing for motor vehicles in the city; vendors must be approved by the local health department; a contract for such service may not exceed 36 months and may be renewed only after determining the vendor is operating within standards prescribed by the health department. - Amends TCA Title 55, Chapter 4, Part 1 and Title 68, Chapter 201.

TN - HB2257 Health Care - As enacted, creates an autism spectrum disorder task force to study and make recommendations to the general assembly regarding ways to improve access to programs and services for early screening, diagnosis, and treatment of autism spectrum disorders in this state. - Amends TCA Title 56 and Title 68.

TN - HB1403 Comptroller, State - As enacted, revises provisions governing the allocation and distribution of liquor-by-the-drink tax proceeds to local governments for education purposes; creates a legal mechanism whereby a local school board may seek relief in chancery court against a political subdivision that does not make the required distributions of gross receipts liquor-by-the-drink tax proceeds; authorizes certain political subdivisions and school systems to negotiate agreements for the local portion of the gross receipts liquor-by-the-drink tax that are owed by the political subdivision to the school system under the distribution formula, as it existed before July 1, 2014. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 8; Title 9; Title 49; Title 57 and Title 67.

TN - HB1285 Education - As enacted, specifies that any barber school or school of cosmetology whose authorization by the department of commerce is denied by the United States department of education for student financial aid purposes may seek authorization from the Tennessee higher education commission under the Postsecondary Education Authorization Act and will thereafter be subject to all requirements of the Act. - Amends TCA Title 49.

TN - HB657 Public Funds and Financing - As introduced, specifies that the power of the local development authority to purchase bonds or notes to pay claims against insolvent insurers is supplemental to any other powers authorized by law; clarifies the state building commission not only advertises certain contracts excluded from public purchasing policies, but also evaluates them; allows superintendents of jail workhouses to keep accounts electronically; provides that purchasers of notes and bonds issued by the school bond authority are not liable for gift taxes on proceeds on and after January 1, 2012. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 8; Title 9; Title 12; Title 41 and Title 49.

TN - HB1868 Cosmetology - As introduced, requires cosmetology schools and shops to have restroom facilities that are wheelchair accessible. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 49 and Title 62, Chapter 4, Part 1.

TN - HB1120 Alcoholic Beverages - As introduced, authorizes Norris Landing Marina located in Claiborne County and Caryonah Hunting Lodge located in Cumberland County to be issued licenses as premier type tourist resorts for purposes of on-premises consumption. - Amends TCA Section 57-4-102.

TN - HB1560 Special License Plates - As enacted, authorizes the department of transportation to authorize the state treasurer to establish a program for the sale of nonrefundable gift vouchers, gift cards, rebates, incentives, debit cards or any other form of electronic payments for special license plate fees. - Amends TCA Title 55, Chapter 4.

TN - HB948 Pensions and Retirement Benefits - As enacted, enacts the "Hybrid Retirement Plan for State Employees and Teachers." - Amends TCA Title 8, Chapter 25; Title 8, Chapter 34; Title 8, Chapter 35; Title 8, Chapter 36 and Title 8, Chapter 37.

TN - HB1235 Business and Commerce - As introduced, clarifies that the Annual Report on the Quality of Kerosene and Motor Fuel in Tennessee is to be delivered to the senate transportation and safety committee. - Amends TCA Title 47.

TN - HB1233 Insurance Companies, Agents, Brokers, Policies - As introduced, clarifies that the insurance and banking committee of the house of representatives, instead of the commerce committee of the house of representatives, shall annually review the Access Tennessee Act of 2006, and make recommendations to the governor and the general assembly. - Amends TCA Title 56.

TN - HB1865 Tourism - As enacted, expands the applicability of the Tourism Development Authority Act to include Shelby County and its municipalities; adds to the powers of a tourism development authority. - Amends TCA Title 7, Chapter 69, Part 1.

TN - HB950 Pensions and Retirement Benefits - As enacted, revises various provisions governing the Tennessee Consolidated Retirement System (TCRS) and deferred compensation plans; provides for automatic enrollment in certain benefit plans for new employees. - Amends TCA Title 8, Chapter 25; Title 8, Chapter 34; Title 8, Chapter 35; Title 8, Chapter 36; Title 8, Chapter 37 and Title 49, Chapter 7, Part 2.

TN - HB2037 Pensions and Retirement Benefits - As enacted, requires the treasurer to recommend to the TCRS board of trustees a funding policy with respect to TCRS; enacts the "Public Employee Defined Benefit Financial Security Act of 2014"; revises other benefit-related provisions. - Amends TCA Title 8, Chapter 37, Part 3 and Title 9, Chapter 3.

TN - HB1450 Bonds and Undertakings, Regulation of - As enacted, removes authority of the state funding board to cancel bonds when a project was authorized to be financed with bonds but was financed in whole or in part with proceeds from a bond premium generated by the sale of bonds for another authorized project. - Amends TCA Title 9, Chapter 9, Part 2.

TN - HR132 Memorials, Interns - Toneisha Nicole Perry

TN - HB567 Utilities, Utility Districts - As introduced, revises various provisions relative to pole attachment arrangements between utilities and attaching parties. - Amends TCA Title 4 and Title 65, Chapter 21.

TN - HB1867 Cosmetology - As introduced, requires new cosmetology schools to submit, along with an application for a license to operate the school, copies of applications from at least 30, instead of 20, students, not including students transferring from another school, instructor trainees, or junior instructors, who will enroll and attend school for a minimum of 25 hours per week. - Amends TCA Title 4 and Title 62, Chapter 4, Part 1.

TN - HB2036 Unknown

TN - HJR581 Memorials, Recognition - George Andrew Pouncey.

TN - HB1866 Criminal Offenses - As introduced, creates a registry for convicted arson offenders to facilitate the sharing of information between law enforcement agencies. - Amends TCA Title 10, Chapter 7; Title 39 and Title 40.

TN - HR131 Memorials, Interns - Erin Cox

TN - HJR107 Memorials, Recognition - Mrs. Pat Scroggs, Germantown Lions Club Citizen of the Year

TN - HB1535 Local Government, General - As introduced, requires certain indebtedness by a local government to be approved by the state funding board or the comptroller. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 5; Title 6; Title 7 and Title 9, Chapter 21.

TN - HB1236 Banks and Financial Institutions - As introduced, authorizes the commissioner of financial institutions to transmit annual report to the governor or the general assembly in an electronic format. - Amends TCA Title 45.

TN - HB347 Alcoholic Beverages - As introduced, prohibits the sale of energy drinks at a business with a license or permit to serve or sell liquor by the drink; designates the offense as a Class A misdemeanor, punishable only by fine and suspension of an offender's license or permit to serve or sell liquor by the drink. - Amends TCA Title 39; Title 40 and Title 57.

TN - HB2348 Education - As enacted, prohibits intentional destruction of imagination library program books intended to be delivered to children enrolled in the program; requires best efforts to deliver books or, in the alternative, to make the books available for pre-kindergarten, kindergarten or elementary programs. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 52, Part 1.

TN - HB972 Tennessee Regulatory Authority - As enacted, revises various provisions pertaining to the TRA's power to regulate telecommunications providers. - Amends TCA Title 65 and Title 67.

TN - HB977 Taxes - As introduced, replaces incorrect code references, including a reference to the tax on annuity receipts for excise tax purposes, and a reference to the definition of "medical equipment" for purposes of a certain franchise/excise tax credit, among other provisions. - Amends TCA Title 67.

TN - HB710 Child Custody and Support - As enacted, provides that termination of parental or guardianship rights may be initiated if a parent or guardian has been convicted of trafficking for a commercial sex act. - Amends TCA Title 36, Chapter 1, Part 1.

TN - HB1480 Firearms and Ammunition - As enacted, creates an exception to the offense of carrying a firearm in public without a handgun carry permit that the person carrying or possessing a firearm or ammunition in a motor vehicle is not otherwise prohibited from carrying a firearm and is in lawful possession of the motor vehicle. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 17, Part 13.

TN - HB2004 Public Employees - As introduced, adds emergency medical services personnel and 911 operators to persons who may receive compensation when killed in the line of duty; increases amount of such compensation from $25,000 to $1,000,000 for all who qualify. - Amends TCA Title 7, Chapter 51, Part 2; Title 9 and Title 68, Chapter 140.

TN - HB220 Fiscal Review Committee - As enacted, requires committee to include impact to commerce statement in fiscal note for bills and resolutions referred to certain committees. - Amends TCA Title 3, Chapter 2.

TN - HB9 Unknown

TN - HB130 Sexual Offenses - As enacted, creates a Class D felony offense of promoting travel for prostitution; adds the purchase of another person for the purpose of providing a commercial sex act to the types of conduct that constitute the criminal offense of trafficking a person for a commercial sex act; revises other provisions related to sexual servitude and commercial sex acts. - Amends TCA Title 39 and Title 40.

TN - HB1414 Insurance Companies, Agents, Brokers, Policies - As enacted, makes various changes to the Risk-Based Capital for Insurers Act. - Amends TCA Title 56.

TN - HB1372 Veterans - As enacted, enacts the "Tennessee Veterans Education Transition Support Act". - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 7.

TN - HB1293 Sexual Offenses - As enacted, creates the offense of continuous sexual abuse of a child. - Amends TCA Title 39 and Title 40.

TN - HB378 Economic and Community Development - As enacted, requires the department of economic and community development to execute a separate agreement in conjunction with any FastTrack economic development grant or loan contract that reserves the right of the department to recover the amount of money, grants, funds, or other incentives disbursed by the department, in whole or in part, if the person or entity benefitting from such money, grants, funds, or other incentives fails to fulfill the commitments made by such person or entity to the department. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 3, Part 7 and Title 64, Chapter 6.

TN - HB984 Abortion - As introduced, requires that an ultrasound be perfomed prior to an abortion, with an exception for medical emergencies. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 15; Title 63, Chapter 6; Title 63, Chapter 9 and Title 68, Chapter 11.

TN - HB2221 Correctional Programs - As introduced, directs the commissioner of correction to study the effectiveness of the department's orientation concerning post-release issues for inmates and report to the criminal justice committee of the house and the judiciary committee of the senate by January 15, 2015. - Amends TCA Title 40; Title 41; Title 55 and Title 67.

TN - HB353 DUI Offenses - As enacted, revises various provisions of the ignition interlock law. - Amends TCA Title 55.

TN - HB2529 Germantown - As introduced, subject to local approval, removes the residency requirement from consideration when appointing the city attorney. - Amends Chapter 87 of the Private Acts of 1985; as amended.

TN - HB1776 Capitol - As enacted, requires the state capitol commission to study the feasibility of placing a visual depiction of the national motto of the United States in the tunnel leading from Charlotte Avenue to the state capitol building and report recommendations as to the type and placement of the visual depiction and an estimated cost thereof to the speaker of the senate and speaker of the house of representatives by May 1, 2015. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 8.

TN - HB1381 Local Education Agencies - As enacted, authorizes LEAs to adopt a salary schedule that is identical in either structure or designated salary levels or both to the salary schedule the LEA had in place during the 2012-2013 school year, with such schedule containing steps for each year of service up to and including 20 years and for the attainment of advanced degrees at the level of masters, masters plus 45 hours of graduate credit, specialist in education and doctor of education or doctor of philosophy; the schedule may not result in the reduction of the salary of a teacher employed by the LEA at the time of the adoption of the salary schedule. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 1; Title 49, Chapter 2; Title 49, Chapter 3 and Title 49, Chapter 5.

TN - HB1138 Cosmetology - As enacted, requires the board of barber examiners and the state board of cosmetology to issue an authorization to provide postsecondary education in this state to any school registered with the respective board in certain situations; specifies that any person claiming damage or loss as a result of any act or practice by a school or its agent, or both, that is a violation of the laws and rules governing cosmetologists and barbers may file with the board a verified complaint against the school or against its agent, or both. - Amends TCA Title 38, Chapter 1, Part 2 and Title 62.

TN - HB1291 Local Education Agencies - As enacted, removes the provisions limiting the number of school districts in a county. - Amends TCA Title 6 and Title 49.

TN - HB2337 Domestic Violence - As enacted, specifies, in regard to the 30-day and 90-day sentences to confinement for second and third convictions of domestic assault that results in bodily injury, that the respective sentence has to be served on consecutive days; specifies that individuals convicted of domestic assault that results in bodily injury must serve at least the minimum sentence day for day, and serve the difference between the time actually served and the maximum sentence on probation. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 13, Part 1.

TN - HB1398 Public Funds and Financing - As enacted, prohibits expenditure of state funds to pay the public indebtedness of any municipality; specifies that this prohibition does not preclude any municipality from utilizing its allocation of state-shared taxes for the purpose of paying its public indebtedness. - Amends TCA Title 6, Chapter 56; Title 9, Chapter 1; Title 9, Chapter 3; Title 9, Chapter 4 and Title 9, Chapter 21.

TN - HB1074 Military - As enacted, authorizes public employees who are in the military to use five days of sick leave in lieu of annual leave after the employee has received 20 working days of compensation so the employee does not have to take leave without pay when called to military duties. - Amends TCA Title 8, Chapter 33, Part 1.

TN - HB1763 Consumer Protection - As enacted, enacts the "True Origin of Goods Act". - Amends TCA Title 47.

TN - HB1821 Lottery, Corporation - As introduced, prohibits disclosure of a lottery winner's name and other personal information unless expressly authorized by the winner except in circumstances of debt due to a state claimant agency or in furtherance of other statutory or regulatory duties of government. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 51, Part 1 and Title 10, Chapter 7, Part 5.

TN - HB1289 School Districts, Special - As introduced, lifts prohibition on creation of new special school districts. - Amends TCA Title 49.

TN - HB1686 Judgments - As enacted, provides that a civil judgment or restitution order converted to civil judgment is valid until paid in full rather than renewed every 10 years if the judgment is based upon injury or death caused by criminal conduct and the judgment debtor was convicted of a criminal offense for such conduct. - Amends TCA Title 28, Chapter 3, Part 1 and Title 40, Chapter 35, Part 3.

TN - HB1386 Employees, Employers - As enacted, establishes experience rating applicable to new employers moving to Tennessee after having been in operation for at least three years prior to becoming a employer in Tennessee. - Amends TCA Title 50, Chapter 7, Part 4.

TN - HB314 Traffic Safety - As introduced, prohibits the use of unmanned traffic enforcement cameras in certain areas of Bluff City. - Amends TCA Title 5; Title 6; Title 7 and Title 55, Chapter 8.

TN - HB2086 Unknown

TN - HB720 Local Government, General - As introduced, expands presumptive disability in acquiring certain infectious diseases in the line of duty by emergency rescue workers beyond HIV/AIDS to include hepatitis C virus. - Amends TCA Title 7, Chapter 51, Part 2.

TN - HB1946 Unknown

TN - HB2424 Taxes, Inheritance Gift - As enacted, for tax years 2014 and 2015, annually raises the gross amount of a small estate that is below the statutory exemption and is not required to file a short form inheritance tax return. - Amends TCA Title 67, Chapter 8.

TN - HB590 Annexation - As introduced, requires, prior to a municipality annexing within its urban growth boundary, the approval of a majority vote of qualified voters in the territory proposed for annexation. - Amends TCA Title 6, Chapter 51 and Title 6, Chapter 58.

TN - HB2147 Education, Higher - As introduced, creates the student athlete trust fund to provide a source of funding for one-time payments to eligible student athletes who graduate from a public institution of higher education in Tennessee. - Amends TCA Title 49.

TN - HB2255 Emergency Communications Districts - As enacted, enacts the "911 Funding Modernization and IP Transition Act of 2014". - Amends TCA Title 7, Chapter 86; Section 9-8-307; Title 29, Chapter 20 and Title 65.

TN - HB2263 Teachers, Principals and School Personnel - As introduced, enacts the "Educator Respect and Accountability Act of 2014." - Amends TCA Title 49.

TN - HB1292 Driver Education - As introduced, requires all driver education courses to include instruction on the danger and crime of texting while driving. - Amends TCA Title 49.

TN - HB1766 Guardians and Conservators - As enacted, establishes requirements for in loco parentis decision-making for a minor child and revises notary requirement for power of attorney for care of a minor child. - Amends TCA Title 34, Chapter 6.

TN - HB1930 Planning, Public - As enacted, elevates the priority status of certain liens for court costs, expenses and receiver's fees levied relative to completion of a detailed development plan under the Neighborhood Preservation Act; makes the Neighborhood Preservation Act applicable to Madison County. - Amends TCA Title 13, Chapter 6.

TN - HB1082 Fireworks - As introduced, permits the sale of consumer fireworks in Shelby County. - Amends TCA Section 68-104-112.

TN - HB1554 Insurance, Health, Accident - As enacted, regulates the use of maximum allowable cost lists by pharmacy benefit managers and covered entities. - Amends TCA Title 56, Chapter 7, Part 31.

TN - HB2201 Criminal Offenses - As introduced, creates an offense of photographing or recording the intimate parts of another where the parties agree that the image shall remain private and distributing the image with the intent to cause emotional distress, and the depicted person suffers emotional distress. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 13 and Title 39, Chapter 17.

TN - HB537 Teachers, Principals and School Personnel - As introduced, enacts the "Fair and Clear Teacher Evaluation System Act." - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 1; Title 49, Chapter 2 and Title 49, Chapter 5.

TN - HB1288 Local Education Agencies - As enacted, authorizes creation of new city school systems if certain requirements are met. - Amends TCA Section 6-58-112 and Title 49.

TN - HB639 Unemployment Compensation - As enacted, revises various provisions regarding unemployment insurance, including provisions governing the waiver of the collection of overpayments. - Amends TCA Title 50, Chapter 7.

TN - HB500 Unknown

TN - HB1549 Education - As enacted, enacts the "Data Accessibility, Transparency and Accountability Act"; establishes requirements for the adoption of educational standards and the requesting of proposals for student assessments; prohibits the state from adopting common core standards in any subjects other than math and English language arts; revises other related provisions. - Amends TCA Title 49.

TN - HB2293 Local Government, General - As introduced, revises the provisions governing altering or revising the budget of the county department of education. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 5; Title 6; Title 7 and Title 49.

TN - HB1918 Civil Procedure - As enacted, waives governmental immunity for claims against any governmental entity under the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act of 1994 (“USERRA”), 38 U.S.C. §§ 4301-4334. - Amends TCA Title 29, Chapter 20, Part 2.

TN - HB2371 Annexation - As enacted, establishes a moratorium on annexation by ordinance or resolution; revises other provisions governing annexation. - Amends TCA Title 6, Chapter 51 and Title 6, Chapter 58.

TN - HB1483 Firearms and Ammunition - As enacted, broadens scope of handgun permit holder's right to transport and store a firearm or firearm ammunition in certain motor vehicle parking lots without criminal liability under Tennessee law, unless expressly prohibited by federal law. - Amends TCA Section 39-17-1313(a).

TN - HB2121 Teachers, Principals and School Personnel - As enacted, provides that duty-free teacher time for instructional planning shall be allocated on an individual basis. - Amends TCA Title 49.

TN - HB1728 Aircraft and Airports - As introduced, requires any metropolitan airport authority to approve certain proposed fee increases by its governing body; to impose and assess fees consistently; and to grant users equal access to the airport. - Amends TCA Title 42, Chapter 4, Part 1.

TN - HB1925 Welfare - As enacted, authorizes diversion grants. - Amends TCA Title 71, Chapter 3, Part 1.

TN - HB1695 Municipal Government - As introduced, establishes a process for a financially distressed home rule municipality to resolve its financial affairs through an improvement plan in consultation with the comptroller of the treasury and the state funding board; authorizes, under certain circumstances, the forfeiture of the charter of any financially distressed home rule municipality. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 5; Title 6; Title 8, Chapter 4 and Title 9.

TN - HB2007 Animal Cruelty and Abuse - As introduced, enacts the "Tennessee Animal Abuser Registration Act". - Amends TCA Title 39; Title 40 and Title 44.

TN - HB1367 Taxes, Income - As introduced, beginning January 1, 2015, annually reduces the rate of the Hall Income Tax and increases the portion of taxes distributed to cities and counties in which the taxpayers are located; beginning January 1, 2018, requires 100 percent of the tax revenue collected by the state be distributed to the cities and counties. - Amends TCA Title 67, Chapter 2.

TN - HB1295 Criminal Offenses - As enacted, provides that a woman may be prosecuted for assault for the illegal use of a narcotic drug while pregnant, if her child is born addicted to or harmed by the narcotic drug; law expires July 1, 2016. - Amends TCA Title 39.

TN - HB1290 Municipal Government - As introduced, prevents any municipality from passing outstanding debt to residents of the county after relinquishing its charter by establishing a trusteeship composed of the former municipal governing body, and requiring, instead of authorizing, the county legislative body to levy a special tax within the previously incorporated limits. - Amends TCA Title 6, Chapter 1, Part 3; Title 6, Chapter 18, Part 1 and Title 6, Chapter 52.

TN - HB2027 Alcoholic Beverages - As enacted, authorizes a winery or farm wine producer to conduct business at satellite locations; requires all payments to wholesalers by licensees be made by electronic funds transfer, credit card, debit card, or such other method that will facilitate full payment at or near the time of delivery; revises other various provisions governing alcoholic beverages. - Amends TCA Title 57.

TN - HB1279 Psychologists - As enacted, charges the board of examiners in psychology with overseeing the practice of behavior analysis; creates the applied behavior analyst licensing committee; increases board from nine to 10 members; revises other related provisions and establishments requirements for the practice of behavior analysis. - Amends TCA Title 4 and Title 63.

TN - HB999 Taxes, Alcoholic Beverages - As enacted, revises provisions governing tax on the wholesale beer sales. - Amends TCA Title 57, Chapter 6.

TN - HB394 Local Government, General - As enacted, revises the Community Gardening Act to remove the process for a permit from the commissioner of agriculture for using vacant public land for gardening and makes various revisions to the Act regarding community gardens and local regulation of such gardens. - Amends TCA Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 43; Title 49; Title 67 and Title 71.

TN - HB192 Taxes, Income - As enacted, increases the annual income a person at least 65 years of age may earn and still be exempt from the Hall income tax from $26,200 to $33,000 for single filers and from $37,000 to $59,000 for persons filing jointly. - Amends TCA Title 67, Chapter 2, Part 1.

TN - HB475 Annexation - As enacted, with certain exceptions, places a moratorium, from April 15, 2013, through May 15, 2014, on annexation by a municipality by means of ordinance upon the municipality's own initiative in order to annex territory being used primarily for residential or agricultural purposes; requires study by TACIR. - Amends TCA Title 6, Chapter 51 and Title 6, Chapter 58.

TN - HB1375 Teachers, Principals and School Personnel - As enacted, prohibits the department of education from revoking or non-renewing an individual's license based on student growth data as represented by the Tennessee value-added assessment system (TVAAS), or some other comparable measure of student growth, if no such TVAAS data is available; removes provision whereby the state board of education is authorized to adopt policies for the revocation of licenses and certificates. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 1; Title 49, Chapter 2 and Title 49, Chapter 5, Part 1.

TN - HB196 Sentencing - As enacted, redefines "criminal gang offense" under present law regarding enhanced penalties for gang offenses. - Amends TCA Section 40-35-121.

TN - HB2250 Local Government, General - As introduced, grants local legislative bodies the power to line item veto over administrative spending in a school district's proposed budget when the administrative spending exceeds 10 percent of the proposed budget. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 5; Title 6; Title 7 and Title 49.

TN - HB1526 Evidence - As enacted, enacts the "Chris Newsom Act", which creates presumption to successor trial and appellate judges that if the original trial judge dismisses the jury following a unanimous verdict, that the judge exercised his or her duties as the 13th juror and approves the verdict. - Amends TCA Title 40, Chapter 18, Part 1.

TN - HB1527 Criminal Procedure - As enacted, enacts the "Channon Christian Act", which clarifies rule of evidence regarding certain character evidence. - Amends TCA Title 24, Chapter 7, Part 1.

TN - HB2188 Statutes of Limitations and Repose - As enacted, revises various present law provisions governing the statute of limitations for certain sexual offenses. - Amends TCA Title 39 and Title 40.

TN - HR76 Memorials, Academic Achievement - Tiange "Alice" Zhan, Salutatorian, White Station High School

TN - HR185 Memorials, Government Officials - Urges U.S. department of state to decree that building the Keystone XL Pipeline serves the national interest, and recommends that Keystone SL be granted the presidential permit necessary to begin construction of the pipeline.

TN - HR3 Unknown

TN - HR8 Memorials, Recognition - Barbara Prescott, "12 Who Made a Difference" in 2012

TN - HR186 Memorials, Death - William Otis Little, Sr.

TN - HR212 Memorials, Sports - University of Tennessee Lady Vols basketball team.

TN - HR54 Memorials, Recognition - 2013 Links Day at the Capitol

TN - HR13 Memorials, Recognition - Niki Brown

TN - HR73 Memorials, Academic Achievement - Anthony Harris, Salutatorian, Melrose High School

TN - HR75 Memorials, Academic Achievement - Devin Payne, Valedictorian, East High School

TN - HR113 Memorials, Academic Achievement - Leslie Jones, Valedictorian, Central High School

TN - HR4 Unknown

TN - HR130 Memorials, Interns - Sarah Simpson

TN - HR58 Memorials, Recognition - Brenna Mader, Miss Tennessee USA 2013

TN - HR14 Memorials, Recognition - Eugene "Spank E." Broyls

TN - HR77 Memorials, Academic Achievement - Maya Johnson, Salutatorian, East High School

TN - HR120 Memorials, Interns - Alexis Darvin

TN - HR211 Memorials, Professional Achievement - Andre L. Churchwell, M.D.

TN - HR205 Memorials, Interns - Michael Patrick Olson.

TN - HR199 Memorials, Recognition - Women's History Month, March 2014.

TN - HR213 Memorials, Sports - University of Tennessee Volunteers men's basketball team.

TN - HR216 Memorials, Recognition - Price & Ramey, 100th anniversary.

TN - HR1 Unknown

TN - HR6 Memorials, Recognition - Kirk Whalum, "12 Who Made a Difference" in 2012

TN - HR11 Memorials, Recognition - Rachel Greer, "12 Who Made a Difference" in 2012

TN - HR83 Memorials, Interns - Alex Uhlmann

TN - HR136 Memorials, Personal Occasion - Mrs. Ethel Virginia Higgins, 80th birthday

TN - HR72 Memorials, Recognition - Senegal delegation to Tennessee

TN - HR7 Memorials, Recognition - Kenya Bradshaw, "12 Who Made a Difference" in 2012

TN - HR71 Memorials, Academic Achievement - LaKeva Johnson, Valedictorian, Melrose High School

TN - HR56 Memorials, Recognition - Rev. Joan Cooper Burnett

TN - HR94 Memorials, Interns - Gabrielle Alana Garcia

TN - HR9 Memorials, Recognition - Nancy Berry, "12 Who Made a Difference" in 2012

TN - HR74 Memorials, Academic Achievement - Megan Lee, Valedictorian, White Station High School

TN - HR112 Memorials, Academic Achievement - Kiyah Anderson, Salutatorian, Central High School

TN - HR5 Unknown

TN - HR12 Memorials, Recognition - Mauricio Calvo, "12 Who Made a Difference" in 2012

TN - HR2 Unknown

TN - HJR534 Memorials, Congratulations - Congratulates Sallie Rawlston upon winning second place in the 'Jeopardy!' Kids Week Tournament.

TN - HJR132 Memorials, Government Officials - Urges department of environment and conservation and federal Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement to study feasibility of reestablishing plant and animal species native to Tennessee’s coalfield areas.

TN - HJR182 Memorials, Recognition - David Pickler, 2013-14 President of the National School Boards Association

TN - HJR129 Memorials, Sports - Phillip Fulmer, College Football Hall of Fame

TN - HJR31 Memorials, Public Service - Representative Mike Kernell

TN - HJR576 Memorials, Retirement - Mrs. Willie E. Slate.

TN - HJR895 Memorials, Public Service - Representative Richard Floyd.

TN - HJR436 Memorials, Retirement - David Norton

TN - HJR812 Memorials, Recognition - Stacy Johnson, 2014 Woman of Distinction.

TN - HJR356 Memorials, Academic Achievement - Leonard Duarte, Valedictorian, Kingsbury High School

TN - HJR136 Memorials, Death - Cora Mae McKinney Cash

TN - HJR374 Memorials, Academic Achievement - Chyna N. Littlejohn, Valedictorian, Fairley High School

TN - HJR342 Memorials, Personal Occasion - Robert Glenn Parsons & Ruth Marlene Trivette Parsons, 50th wedding anniversary

TN - HJR165 Memorials, Death - Donald "Duck" Dunn

TN - HJR288 Memorials, Recognition - Savannah Clay, Young Women of Distinction

TN - HJR151 Naming and Designating - Designates April 2013 as "Child Abuse Prevention Month" in Tennessee.

TN - HJR292 Memorials, Professional Achievement - Kim Chapman, 2013 Woman of Distinction

TN - HJR354 Memorials, Academic Achievement - Jamelah Brassell, Salutatorian, Memphis Academy of Health Sciences

TN - HJR647 Memorials, Recognition - Jerry Lee.

TN - HJR553 General Assembly, Statement of Intent or Position - Acknowledges, renounces, and expresses regret for the Removal Act of 1830 and the Trail of Tears.

TN - HJR262 Memorials, Sports - Phillip Fulmer, College Football Hall of Fame

TN - HJR275 Memorials, Professional Achievement - Kristina Montague, 2013 Woman of Distinction

TN - HJR503 Memorials, Recognition - Women's Foundation for a Greater Memphis

TN - HJR298 Memorials, Recognition - Jonah and Emory Marlin

TN - HJR305 Naming and Designating - "Ependymoma Awareness Day" in Tennessee, April 18, 2013

TN - HJR287 Memorials, Recognition - Mei Li Zuber, 2013 Young Woman of Distinction

TN - HJR529 Memorials, Recognition - Carolyn Corlew, Ms. Senior America 2013.

TN - HJR547 Memorials, Sports - Recognizes the Ooltewah High School Band for its performance at the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade.

TN - HJR584 Memorials, Death - Edward "Cornbread" Griffitts II.

TN - HJR821 Memorials, Recognition - Rebecca Hilleary, 2014 Young Woman of Distinction.

TN - HJR279 Memorials, Public Service - Mary Barker, Diamond of Distinction

TN - HJR23 Memorials, Recognition - 2013 Phi Theta Kappa All-Tennessee Academic Team

TN - HJR14 Memorials, Sports - Whitehaven High School, 2012 TSSAA State Football Champs

TN - HJR817 Memorials, Recognition - Pat Starke, 2014 Woman of Distinction.

TN - HJR890 Memorials, Death - Gail Kerr.

TN - HJR807 Memorials, Recognition - Sgt. Cherilyn Bryant, 2014 Woman of Distinction.

TN - HJR816 Memorials, Recognition - Krystal Scarbrough, 2014 Woman of Distinction.

TN - HJR106 Memorials, Death - Marcellas Brooks

TN - HJR280 Memorials, Public Service - Maxine Alper, Diamond of Distinction

TN - HJR282 Memorials, Public Service - Jo Ann Yates, Diamond of Distinction

TN - HJR227 Memorials, Personal Occasion - Lonzo and Linda Stevison, 20th wedding anniversary

TN - HJR217 Memorials, Recognition - Carolyn House Stewart

TN - HJR225 Memorials, Recognition - Pettus L. Read

TN - HJR286 Memorials, Professional Achievement - Jean Burke Young, 2013 Woman of Distinction

TN - HJR297 Memorials, Recognition - Harold D. Morrell

TN - HJR295 Memorials, Recognition - The Corporate Image, 20th anniversary

TN - HJR290 Memorials, Professional Achievement - Diane Parks, 2013 Woman of Distinction

TN - HJR289 Memorials, Recognition - Aliza Cohen, Young Women of Distinction

TN - HJR293 Memorials, Recognition - Boy Scouts of America

TN - HJR947 Memorials, Death - Speaker Pro Tempore Emeritus Lois M. DeBerry.

TN - HJR353 Memorials, Academic Achievement - Kierra Wheeler, Valedictorian, Memphis Academy of Health Sciences

TN - HJR502 Memorials, Recognition - Mary Freeman, Woman of Excellence Award

TN - HJR378 Memorials, Academic Achievement - Charles F. Smith III, Valedictorian, Westwood High School

TN - HJR377 Memorials, Academic Achievement - Tammy S. Davis, Salutatorian, Westwood High School

TN - HJR276 Memorials, Professional Achievement - Carol Mutter, 2013 Woman of Distinction

TN - HJR148 Memorials, Death - Chris Kyle

TN - HJR818 Memorials, Recognition - Amy Thomas, 2014 Woman of Distinction.

TN - HJR648 Memorials, Recognition - Indian Path Medical Center.

TN - HJR32 Memorials, Public Service - Senator Beverly Marrero

TN - HJR548 Constitutional Conventions - Makes application to Congress for the purpose of calling a convention of states concerning balanced budgeting.

TN - HJR819 Memorials, Recognition - Ashley Augustine, 2014 Young Woman of Distinction.

TN - HJR814 Memorials, Recognition - Donna Roddy, 2014 Woman of Distinction.

TN - HJR811 Memorials, Recognition - Janet Jobe, 2014 Woman of Distinction.

TN - HJR809 Memorials, Recognition - Pat Fuller, 2014 Woman of Distinction.

TN - HJR358 Memorials, Academic Achievement - Jamal Sankhon, Salutatorian, Craigmont High School

TN - HJR218 Memorials, Recognition - Adrienne P.K. Washington

TN - HJR260 Memorials, Public Service - Sara Kyle

TN - HJR810 Memorials, Recognition - Dr. Debbie Ingram, 2014 Woman of Distinction.

TN - HJR724 Memorials, Recognition - The Links Days on Capitol Hill.

TN - HJR195 Memorials, Death - Minerva Johnican

TN - HJR359 Memorials, Academic Achievement - Kristina Brown, Valedictorian, Douglass High School

TN - HJR360 Memorials, Academic Achievement - Harry Bridges, Salutatorian, Douglass High School

TN - HJR362 Memorials, Academic Achievement - Eric M. Hampton, Salutatorian, Raleigh-Egypt High School

TN - HJR25 Memorials, Recognition - Cato Johnson, 2013 Arthur S. Holman Lifetime Achievement Award

TN - HJR373 Memorials, Academic Achievement - Jesse T. Montgomery, Salutatorian, Fairley High School

TN - HJR15 Memorials, Professional Achievement - Peter Phillips, US Commerce Association Best of Chattanooga Award

TN - HJR30 Memorials, Public Service - Representative Jeanne Richardson

TN - HJR26 Memorials, Recognition - Make-A-Wish, Super Bowl to Remember

TN - HJR820 Memorials, Recognition - Anna Carroll, 2014 Young Woman of Distinction.

TN - HJR471 Memorials, Recognition - Tri-State Defender's Women of Excellence

TN - HJR444 Memorials, Recognition - Rev. Walter Smith

TN - HJR122 Memorials, Personal Occasion - David Clyde Driver, 60th birthday

TN - HJR163 Memorials, Retirement - Sandy Sain

TN - HJR281 Memorials, Public Service - Dr. Nell Mohney, Diamond of Distinction

TN - HJR263 Memorials, Death - Rev. Peggie A. Russell

TN - HJR283 Memorials, Recognition - Alarie Gage, 2013 Young Woman of Distinction

TN - HJR343 Memorials, Academic Achievement - Tyler Matthew Kemp, Nestle Pure Life 'Every Drop Counts' Scholarship Award

TN - HJR376 Memorials, Academic Achievement - Anthony Jackson, Salutatorian, Ridgeway High School

TN - HJR375 Memorials, Academic Achievement - Ezer Benaim, Valedictorian, Ridgeway High School

TN - HJR500 Memorials, Recognition - Stanley Campbell and the 2013 Stone Awards

TN - HJR504 Memorials, Recognition - Hazel Moore, Legends Award

TN - HJR518 Memorials, Interns - Jada Denise Flowers

TN - HJR945 Memorials, Death - Dr. Elbert T. Gill, Jr.

TN - HJR361 Memorials, Academic Achievement - Keiarra A. Harris, Valedictorian, Raleigh-Egypt High School

TN - HJR430 Memorials, Heroism - U.S. Army Lieutenant Joseph Kevin Abel

TN - HJR291 Memorials, Professional Achievement - Julie Betts Brandao, 2013 Woman of Distinction

TN - HJR813 Memorials, Recognition - Virginia Love, 2014 Woman of Distinction.

TN - HJR740 Memorials, Retirement - Doyle Thomas Grant.

TN - HJR572 Memorials, Sports - Bobby Davis.

TN - HJR806 Memorials, Recognition - Kim Criswell, the 2014 Tennessee Woman of Distinction.

TN - HJR899 Memorials, Public Service - Representative Joshua Evans.

TN - HJR89 Memorials, Recognition - Recognizes and supports persons who are caregivers for older Americans.

TN - HJR104 Memorials, Sports - Summer Lanter, Gatorade Girls Soccer Player for the State of Tennessee

TN - HJR300 Memorials, Recognition - United States Army Reserve, 105th anniversary

TN - HJR393 Memorials, Death - Cindy Leigh McAfee

TN - HJR344 Memorials, Academic Achievement - Kirsten York, Nestle Pure Life 'Every Drop Counts' Scholarship Award

TN - HJR355 Memorials, Academic Achievement - Adam Trung, Salutatorian, Kingsbury High School

TN - HJR277 Memorials, Professional Achievement - MaryStewart Lewis, 2013 Woman of Distinction

TN - HJR643 Memorials, Recognition - Delta Days at the State Capitol.

TN - HJR284 Memorials, Professional Achievement - Holly Harwell, 2013 Woman of Distinction

TN - HJR150 Memorials, Death - Jeffrey "Jeff" Lee Francis

TN - HJR278 Memorials, Professional Achievement - Pam Ladd, 2013 Woman of Distinction

TN - HJR80 Memorials, Death - Representative H. Victor Ellis

TN - HJR913 Memorials, Public Service - Representative Barrett Rich.

TN - HJR2 Unknown

TN - HJR904 Memorials, Death - U.S. Navy Midshipman William Dean McKamey.

TN - HJR222 Memorials, Recognition - The Salvation Army Angel Tree Day, December 1, 2013

TN - HJR357 Memorials, Academic Achievement - Whitney Cole, Valedictorian, Craigmont High School

TN - HJR20 Memorials, Recognition - Chuck Zeiser, Kiwanis Club of Chattanooga 2012 Distinguished Service Award

TN - HJR505 Memorials, Interns - Sommerie Denise Wade

TN - HJR368 Memorials, Personal Occasion - David Clyde Driver, 82nd Birthday

TN - HJR649 Naming and Designating - Agriculture Literacy Week, November 16-22, 2014.

TN - HJR285 Memorials, Professional Achievement - Ann Ball, 2013 Woman of Distinction

TN - HJR896 Memorials, Public Service - Representative Joe Carr.

TN - HJR808 Memorials, Recognition - Sissy Figlestahler, 2014 Woman of Distinction.

TN - SB1856 Local Education Agencies - As enacted, authorizes LEAs to adopt a salary schedule that is identical in either structure or designated salary levels or both to the salary schedule the LEA had in place during the 2012-2013 school year, with such schedule containing steps for each year of service up to and including 20 years and for the attainment of advanced degrees at the level of masters, masters plus 45 hours of graduate credit, specialist in education and doctor of education or doctor of philosophy; the schedule may not result in the reduction of the salary of a teacher employed by the LEA at the time of the adoption of the salary schedule. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 1; Title 49, Chapter 2; Title 49, Chapter 3 and Title 49, Chapter 5.

TN - SB756 Business and Commerce - As introduced, clarifies that the Annual Report on the Quality of Kerosene and Motor Fuel in Tennessee is to be delivered to the senate transportation and safety committee. - Amends TCA Title 47.

TN - SB757 Insurance Companies, Agents, Brokers, Policies - As introduced, clarifies that the insurance and banking committee of the house of representatives, instead of the commerce committee of the house of representatives, shall annually review the Access Tennessee Act of 2006, and make recommendations to the governor and the general assembly. - Amends TCA Title 56.

TN - SB1755 Local Government, General - As introduced, requires certain indebtedness by a local government to be approved by the state funding board or the comptroller. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 5; Title 6; Title 7 and Title 9, Chapter 21.

TN - SB1001 Public Funds and Financing - As introduced, specifies that the power of the local development authority to purchase bonds or notes to pay claims against insolvent insurers is supplemental to any other powers authorized by law; clarifies the state building commission not only advertises certain contracts excluded from public purchasing policies, but also evaluates them; allows superintendents of jail workhouses to keep accounts electronically; provides that purchasers of notes and bonds issued by the school bond authority are not liable for gift taxes on proceeds on and after January 1, 2012. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 8; Title 9; Title 12; Title 41 and Title 49.

TN - SB1003 Pensions and Retirement Benefits - As enacted, revises various provisions governing the Tennessee Consolidated Retirement System (TCRS) and deferred compensation plans; provides for automatic enrollment in certain benefit plans for new employees. - Amends TCA Title 8, Chapter 25; Title 8, Chapter 34; Title 8, Chapter 35; Title 8, Chapter 36; Title 8, Chapter 37 and Title 49, Chapter 7, Part 2.

TN - SB632 Abortion - As introduced, requires that an ultrasound be perfomed prior to an abortion, with an exception for medical emergencies. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 15; Title 63, Chapter 6; Title 63, Chapter 9 and Title 68, Chapter 11.

TN - SB1353 Local Education Agencies - As enacted, authorizes creation of new city school systems if certain requirements are met. - Amends TCA Section 6-58-112 and Title 49.

TN - SB2003 Capitol - As enacted, requires the state capitol commission to study the feasibility of placing a visual depiction of the national motto of the United States in the tunnel leading from Charlotte Avenue to the state capitol building and report recommendations as to the type and placement of the visual depiction and an estimated cost thereof to the speaker of the senate and speaker of the house of representatives by May 1, 2015. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 8.

TN - SB605 Economic and Community Development - As enacted, requires the department of economic and community development to execute a separate agreement in conjunction with any FastTrack economic development grant or loan contract that reserves the right of the department to recover the amount of money, grants, funds, or other incentives disbursed by the department, in whole or in part, if the person or entity benefitting from such money, grants, funds, or other incentives fails to fulfill the commitments made by such person or entity to the department. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 3, Part 7 and Title 64, Chapter 6.

TN - SB1763 Employees, Employers - As enacted, establishes experience rating applicable to new employers moving to Tennessee after having been in operation for at least three years prior to becoming a employer in Tennessee. - Amends TCA Title 50, Chapter 7, Part 4.

TN - SB2010 Planning, Public - As enacted, elevates the priority status of certain liens for court costs, expenses and receiver's fees levied relative to completion of a detailed development plan under the Neighborhood Preservation Act; makes the Neighborhood Preservation Act applicable to Madison County. - Amends TCA Title 13, Chapter 6.

TN - SB1362 Sexual Offenses - As enacted, creates the offense of continuous sexual abuse of a child. - Amends TCA Title 39 and Title 40.

TN - SB869 Annexation - As introduced, requires, prior to a municipality annexing within its urban growth boundary, the approval of a majority vote of qualified voters in the territory proposed for annexation. - Amends TCA Title 6, Chapter 51 and Title 6, Chapter 58.

TN - SB1033 Sexual Offenses - As enacted, creates a Class D felony offense of promoting travel for prostitution; adds the purchase of another person for the purpose of providing a commercial sex act to the types of conduct that constitute the criminal offense of trafficking a person for a commercial sex act; revises other provisions related to sexual servitude and commercial sex acts. - Amends TCA Title 39 and Title 40.

TN - SB116 Fiscal Review Committee - As enacted, requires committee to include impact to commerce statement in fiscal note for bills and resolutions referred to certain committees. - Amends TCA Title 3, Chapter 2.

TN - SB1991 Insurance, Health, Accident - As enacted, regulates the use of maximum allowable cost lists by pharmacy benefit managers and covered entities. - Amends TCA Title 56, Chapter 7, Part 31.

TN - SB1885 Guardians and Conservators - As enacted, establishes requirements for in loco parentis decision-making for a minor child and revises notary requirement for power of attorney for care of a minor child. - Amends TCA Title 34, Chapter 6.

TN - SB1937 Cosmetology - As introduced, requires cosmetology schools and shops to have restroom facilities that are wheelchair accessible. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 49 and Title 62, Chapter 4, Part 1.

TN - SB1740 Bonds and Undertakings, Regulation of - As enacted, removes authority of the state funding board to cancel bonds when a project was authorized to be financed with bonds but was financed in whole or in part with proceeds from a bond premium generated by the sale of bonds for another authorized project. - Amends TCA Title 9, Chapter 9, Part 2.

TN - SB1391 Criminal Offenses - As enacted, provides that a woman may be prosecuted for assault for the illegal use of a narcotic drug while pregnant, if her child is born addicted to or harmed by the narcotic drug; law expires July 1, 2016. - Amends TCA Title 39.

TN - SB2339 Unknown

TN - SB667 Military - As enacted, authorizes public employees who are in the military to use five days of sick leave in lieu of annual leave after the employee has received 20 working days of compensation so the employee does not have to take leave without pay when called to military duties. - Amends TCA Title 8, Chapter 33, Part 1.

TN - SB1005 Pensions and Retirement Benefits - As enacted, enacts the "Hybrid Retirement Plan for State Employees and Teachers." - Amends TCA Title 8, Chapter 25; Title 8, Chapter 34; Title 8, Chapter 35; Title 8, Chapter 36 and Title 8, Chapter 37.

TN - SB1355 School Districts, Special - As introduced, lifts prohibition on creation of new special school districts. - Amends TCA Title 49.

TN - SB2624 Germantown - As introduced, subject to local approval, removes the residency requirement from consideration when appointing the city attorney. - Amends Chapter 87 of the Private Acts of 1985; as amended.

TN - SB2060 Lottery, Corporation - As introduced, prohibits disclosure of a lottery winner's name and other personal information unless expressly authorized by the winner except in circumstances of debt due to a state claimant agency or in furtherance of other statutory or regulatory duties of government. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 51, Part 1 and Title 10, Chapter 7, Part 5.

TN - SB108 Public Records - As enacted, makes confidential and not open for public inspection all information contained in and pertaining to a handgun carry permit application or renewal application and the status of a handgun carry permit; creates exceptions to such confidentiality. - Amends TCA Section 10-7-504 and Title 39, Chapter 17, Part 13.

TN - SB2086 Criminal Offenses - As introduced, creates an offense of photographing or recording the intimate parts of another where the parties agree that the image shall remain private and distributing the image with the intent to cause emotional distress, and the depicted person suffers emotional distress. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 13 and Title 39, Chapter 17.

TN - SB2079 Pensions and Retirement Benefits - As enacted, requires the treasurer to recommend to the TCRS board of trustees a funding policy with respect to TCRS; enacts the "Public Employee Defined Benefit Financial Security Act of 2014"; revises other benefit-related provisions. - Amends TCA Title 8, Chapter 37, Part 3 and Title 9, Chapter 3.

TN - SB2154 Unknown

TN - SB2334 Unknown

TN - SB2511 Education, Higher - As introduced, creates the student athlete trust fund to provide a source of funding for one-time payments to eligible student athletes who graduate from a public institution of higher education in Tennessee. - Amends TCA Title 49.

TN - SB2525 Local Government, General - As introduced, revises the provisions governing altering or revising the budget of the county department of education. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 5; Title 6; Title 7 and Title 49.

TN - SB1718 Special License Plates - As enacted, authorizes the department of transportation to authorize the state treasurer to establish a program for the sale of nonrefundable gift vouchers, gift cards, rebates, incentives, debit cards or any other form of electronic payments for special license plate fees. - Amends TCA Title 55, Chapter 4.

TN - SB1049 Utilities, Utility Districts - As introduced, revises various provisions relative to pole attachment arrangements between utilities and attaching parties. - Amends TCA Title 4 and Title 65, Chapter 21.

TN - SB670 DUI Offenses - As enacted, revises various provisions of the ignition interlock law. - Amends TCA Title 55.

TN - SB2407 Emergency Communications Districts - As enacted, enacts the "911 Funding Modernization and IP Transition Act of 2014". - Amends TCA Title 7, Chapter 86; Section 9-8-307; Title 29, Chapter 20 and Title 65.

TN - SB1004 Pensions and Retirement Benefits - As introduced, requires that the counsel for the treasury department be legal advisor for the TCRS board of trustees, along with the attorney general or an assistant designated by the attorney general. - Amends TCA Title 8, Chapter 25; Title 8, Chapter 34; Title 8, Chapter 35; Title 8, Chapter 36 and Title 8, Chapter 37.

TN - SB1836 Public Funds and Financing - As enacted, prohibits expenditure of state funds to pay the public indebtedness of any municipality; specifies that this prohibition does not preclude any municipality from utilizing its allocation of state-shared taxes for the purpose of paying its public indebtedness. - Amends TCA Title 6, Chapter 56; Title 9, Chapter 1; Title 9, Chapter 3; Title 9, Chapter 4 and Title 9, Chapter 21.

TN - SB2162 Animal Cruelty and Abuse - As introduced, enacts the "Tennessee Animal Abuser Registration Act". - Amends TCA Title 39; Title 40 and Title 44.

TN - SB1936 Consumer Protection - As enacted, enacts the "True Origin of Goods Act". - Amends TCA Title 47.

TN - SB422 Taxes, Alcoholic Beverages - As enacted, revises provisions governing tax on the wholesale beer sales. - Amends TCA Title 57, Chapter 6.

TN - SB760 Cosmetology - As enacted, requires the board of barber examiners and the state board of cosmetology to issue an authorization to provide postsecondary education in this state to any school registered with the respective board in certain situations; specifies that any person claiming damage or loss as a result of any act or practice by a school or its agent, or both, that is a violation of the laws and rules governing cosmetologists and barbers may file with the board a verified complaint against the school or against its agent, or both. - Amends TCA Title 38, Chapter 1, Part 2 and Title 62.

TN - SB1034 Child Custody and Support - As enacted, provides that termination of parental or guardianship rights may be initiated if a parent or guardian has been convicted of trafficking for a commercial sex act. - Amends TCA Title 36, Chapter 1, Part 1.

TN - SB1427 Taxes, Income - As introduced, beginning January 1, 2015, annually reduces the rate of the Hall Income Tax and increases the portion of taxes distributed to cities and counties in which the taxpayers are located; beginning January 1, 2018, requires 100 percent of the tax revenue collected by the state be distributed to the cities and counties. - Amends TCA Title 67, Chapter 2.

TN - SB2084 Statutes of Limitations and Repose - As enacted, revises various present law provisions governing the statute of limitations for certain sexual offenses. - Amends TCA Title 39 and Title 40.

TN - SB462 Local Government, General - As enacted, enacts the "Anti-Kicking the Can Act", which requires approval of the comptroller prior to any local government authorizing the issuance of balloon indebtedness. - Amends TCA Title 9, Chapter 21.

TN - SB2080 Business and Commerce - As introduced, enacts the "Tennessee Small Business Procurement and Contracting Opportunity Act". - Amends TCA Title 4 and Title 12.

TN - SB1835 Education - As enacted, enacts the "Data Accessibility, Transparency and Accountability Act"; establishes requirements for the adoption of educational standards and the requesting of proposals for student assessments; prohibits the state from adopting common core standards in any subjects other than math and English language arts; revises other related provisions. - Amends TCA Title 49.

TN - SB266 Local Government, General - As introduced, expands presumptive disability in acquiring certain infectious diseases in the line of duty by emergency rescue workers beyond HIV/AIDS to include hepatitis C virus. - Amends TCA Title 7, Chapter 51, Part 2.

TN - SB1047 Psychologists - As enacted, charges the board of examiners in psychology with overseeing the practice of behavior analysis; creates the applied behavior analyst licensing committee; increases board from nine to 10 members; revises other related provisions and establishments requirements for the practice of behavior analysis. - Amends TCA Title 4 and Title 63.

TN - SB1220 Alcoholic Beverages - As introduced, authorizes Norris Landing Marina located in Claiborne County and Caryonah Hunting Lodge located in Cumberland County to be issued licenses as premier type tourist resorts for purposes of on-premises consumption. - Amends TCA Section 57-4-102.

TN - SB1051 Courts - As introduced, requires that before the clerk destroys or otherwise disposes of any documents when so authorized by the court, the clerk shall give 150 days' notice instead of 90 days' notice to the state librarian and archivist. - Amends TCA Title 16 and Title 18.

TN - SB2462 Education - As enacted, prohibits intentional destruction of imagination library program books intended to be delivered to children enrolled in the program; requires best efforts to deliver books or, in the alternative, to make the books available for pre-kindergarten, kindergarten or elementary programs. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 52, Part 1.

TN - SB1179 Taxes - As introduced, replaces incorrect code references, including a reference to the tax on annuity receipts for excise tax purposes, and a reference to the definition of "medical equipment" for purposes of a certain franchise/excise tax credit, among other provisions. - Amends TCA Title 67.

TN - SB1046 Air Pollution - As introduced, authorizes Memphis to select vendors to administer emissions testing for motor vehicles in the city; vendors must be approved by the local health department; a contract for such service may not exceed 36 months and may be renewed only after determining the vendor is operating within standards prescribed by the health department. - Amends TCA Title 55, Chapter 4, Part 1 and Title 68, Chapter 201.

TN - SB2004 Civil Procedure - As enacted, waives governmental immunity for claims against any governmental entity under the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act of 1994 (“USERRA”), 38 U.S.C. §§ 4301-4334. - Amends TCA Title 29, Chapter 20, Part 2.

TN - SB2030 Education, State Board of - As introduced, requires certain successive appointments to the board to have at least five years of teaching experience in public schools in grades K-12; mandates, after April 1, 2018, the board to be composed of at least five members with at least five years of teaching experience in public schools in grades K-12. - Amends TCA Section 49-1-301.

TN - SB1837 Welfare - As enacted, authorizes diversion grants. - Amends TCA Title 71, Chapter 3, Part 1.

TN - SB1354 Local Education Agencies - As enacted, removes the provisions limiting the number of school districts in a county. - Amends TCA Title 6 and Title 49.

TN - SB2031 Firearms and Ammunition - As enacted, broadens scope of handgun permit holder's right to transport and store a firearm or firearm ammunition in certain motor vehicle parking lots without criminal liability under Tennessee law, unless expressly prohibited by federal law. - Amends TCA Section 39-17-1313(a).

TN - SB1898 Correctional Programs - As introduced, directs the commissioner of correction to study the effectiveness of the department's orientation concerning post-release issues for inmates and report to the criminal justice committee of the house and the judiciary committee of the senate by January 15, 2015. - Amends TCA Title 40; Title 41; Title 55 and Title 67.

TN - SB1180 Tennessee Regulatory Authority - As enacted, revises various provisions pertaining to the TRA's power to regulate telecommunications providers. - Amends TCA Title 65 and Title 67.

TN - SB1465 Municipal Government - As introduced, establishes a process for a financially distressed home rule municipality to resolve its financial affairs through an improvement plan in consultation with the comptroller of the treasury and the state funding board; authorizes, under certain circumstances, the forfeiture of the charter of any financially distressed home rule municipality. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 5; Title 6; Title 8, Chapter 4 and Title 9.

TN - SB202 Sentencing - As enacted, redefines "criminal gang offense" under present law regarding enhanced penalties for gang offenses. - Amends TCA Section 40-35-121.

TN - SB2464 Annexation - As enacted, establishes a moratorium on annexation by ordinance or resolution; revises other provisions governing annexation. - Amends TCA Title 6, Chapter 51 and Title 6, Chapter 58.

TN - SB1953 Judgments - As enacted, provides that a civil judgment or restitution order converted to civil judgment is valid until paid in full rather than renewed every 10 years if the judgment is based upon injury or death caused by criminal conduct and the judgment debtor was convicted of a criminal offense for such conduct. - Amends TCA Title 28, Chapter 3, Part 1 and Title 40, Chapter 35, Part 3.

TN - SB1938 Cosmetology - As introduced, requires new cosmetology schools to submit, along with an application for a license to operate the school, copies of applications from at least 30, instead of 20, students, not including students transferring from another school, instructor trainees, or junior instructors, who will enroll and attend school for a minimum of 25 hours per week. - Amends TCA Title 4 and Title 62, Chapter 4, Part 1.

TN - SB1464 Comptroller, State - As enacted, revises provisions governing the allocation and distribution of liquor-by-the-drink tax proceeds to local governments for education purposes; creates a legal mechanism whereby a local school board may seek relief in chancery court against a political subdivision that does not make the required distributions of gross receipts liquor-by-the-drink tax proceeds; authorizes certain political subdivisions and school systems to negotiate agreements for the local portion of the gross receipts liquor-by-the-drink tax that are owed by the political subdivision to the school system under the distribution formula, as it existed before July 1, 2014. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 8; Title 9; Title 49; Title 57 and Title 67.

TN - SB1358 Education - As enacted, specifies that any barber school or school of cosmetology whose authorization by the department of commerce is denied by the United States department of education for student financial aid purposes may seek authorization from the Tennessee higher education commission under the Postsecondary Education Authorization Act and will thereafter be subject to all requirements of the Act. - Amends TCA Title 49.

TN - SB198 Taxes, Income - As enacted, increases the annual income a person at least 65 years of age may earn and still be exempt from the Hall income tax from $26,200 to $33,000 for single filers and from $37,000 to $59,000 for persons filing jointly. - Amends TCA Title 67, Chapter 2, Part 1.

TN - SB1821 Taxes, Inheritance Gift - As enacted, for tax years 2014 and 2015, annually raises the gross amount of a small estate that is below the statutory exemption and is not required to file a short form inheritance tax return. - Amends TCA Title 67, Chapter 8.

TN - SB620 Special License Plates - As enacted, directs the department of revenue to study the establishment of a program to authorize the sale of nonrefundable gift vouchers that may be redeemed by any person toward the fee for cultural and new specialty earmarked motor vehicle registration plates. - Amends TCA Title 55, Chapter 4.

TN - SB1935 Local Government, General - As introduced, grants local legislative bodies the power to line item veto over administrative spending in a school district's proposed budget when the administrative spending exceeds 10 percent of the proposed budget. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 5; Title 6; Title 7 and Title 49.

TN - SB2415 Alcoholic Beverages - As enacted, authorizes a winery or farm wine producer to conduct business at satellite locations; requires all payments to wholesalers by licensees be made by electronic funds transfer, credit card, debit card, or such other method that will facilitate full payment at or near the time of delivery; revises other various provisions governing alcoholic beverages. - Amends TCA Title 57.

TN - SB2279 Aircraft and Airports - As introduced, requires any metropolitan airport authority to approve certain proposed fee increases by its governing body; to impose and assess fees consistently; and to grant users equal access to the airport. - Amends TCA Title 42, Chapter 4, Part 1.

TN - SB279 Annexation - As enacted, with certain exceptions, places a moratorium, from April 15, 2013, through May 15, 2014, on annexation by a municipality by means of ordinance upon the municipality's own initiative in order to annex territory being used primarily for residential or agricultural purposes; requires study by TACIR. - Amends TCA Title 6, Chapter 51 and Title 6, Chapter 58.

TN - SB783 Unemployment Compensation - As enacted, revises various provisions regarding unemployment insurance, including provisions governing the waiver of the collection of overpayments. - Amends TCA Title 50, Chapter 7.

TN - SB2240 Teachers, Principals and School Personnel - As enacted, prohibits the department of education from revoking or non-renewing an individual's license based on student growth data as represented by the Tennessee value-added assessment system (TVAAS), or some other comparable measure of student growth, if no such TVAAS data is available; removes provision whereby the state board of education is authorized to adopt policies for the revocation of licenses and certificates. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 1; Title 49, Chapter 2 and Title 49, Chapter 5, Part 1.

TN - SB1352 Municipal Government - As introduced, prevents any municipality from passing outstanding debt to residents of the county after relinquishing its charter by establishing a trusteeship composed of the former municipal governing body, and requiring, instead of authorizing, the county legislative body to levy a special tax within the previously incorporated limits. - Amends TCA Title 6, Chapter 1, Part 3; Title 6, Chapter 18, Part 1 and Title 6, Chapter 52.

TN - SB110 Alcoholic Beverages - As introduced, prohibits the sale of energy drinks at a business with a license or permit to serve or sell liquor by the drink; designates the offense as a Class A misdemeanor, punishable only by fine and suspension of an offender's license or permit to serve or sell liquor by the drink. - Amends TCA Title 39; Title 40 and Title 57.

TN - SB559 Traffic Safety - As introduced, prohibits the use of unmanned traffic enforcement cameras in certain areas of Bluff City. - Amends TCA Title 5; Title 6; Title 7 and Title 55, Chapter 8.

TN - SB1356 Driver Education - As introduced, requires all driver education courses to include instruction on the danger and crime of texting while driving. - Amends TCA Title 49.

TN - SB2538 Health Care - As enacted, creates an autism spectrum disorder task force to study and make recommendations to the general assembly regarding ways to improve access to programs and services for early screening, diagnosis, and treatment of autism spectrum disorders in this state. - Amends TCA Title 56 and Title 68.

TN - SB1618 Insurance Companies, Agents, Brokers, Policies - As enacted, makes various changes to the Risk-Based Capital for Insurers Act. - Amends TCA Title 56.

TN - SB1774 Firearms and Ammunition - As enacted, creates an exception to the offense of carrying a firearm in public without a handgun carry permit that the person carrying or possessing a firearm or ammunition in a motor vehicle is not otherwise prohibited from carrying a firearm and is in lawful possession of the motor vehicle. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 17, Part 13.

TN - SB1794 Domestic Violence - As enacted, specifies, in regard to the 30-day and 90-day sentences to confinement for second and third convictions of domestic assault that results in bodily injury, that the respective sentence has to be served on consecutive days; specifies that individuals convicted of domestic assault that results in bodily injury must serve at least the minimum sentence day for day, and serve the difference between the time actually served and the maximum sentence on probation. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 13, Part 1.

TN - SB1797 Criminal Procedure - As enacted, enacts the "Channon Christian Act", which clarifies rule of evidence regarding certain character evidence. - Amends TCA Title 24, Chapter 7, Part 1.

TN - SB838 Teachers, Principals and School Personnel - As introduced, enacts the "Fair and Clear Teacher Evaluation System Act." - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 1; Title 49, Chapter 2 and Title 49, Chapter 5.

TN - SB2257 Teachers, Principals and School Personnel - As enacted, provides that duty-free teacher time for instructional planning shall be allocated on an individual basis. - Amends TCA Title 49.

TN - SB1228 Fireworks - As introduced, permits the sale of consumer fireworks in Shelby County. - Amends TCA Section 68-104-112.

TN - SB2047 Teachers, Principals and School Personnel - As introduced, enacts the "Educator Respect and Accountability Act of 2014." - Amends TCA Title 49.

TN - SB755 Banks and Financial Institutions - As introduced, authorizes the commissioner of financial institutions to transmit annual report to the governor or the general assembly in an electronic format. - Amends TCA Title 45.

TN - SB2061 Public Employees - As introduced, adds emergency medical services personnel and 911 operators to persons who may receive compensation when killed in the line of duty; increases amount of such compensation from $25,000 to $1,000,000 for all who qualify. - Amends TCA Title 7, Chapter 51, Part 2; Title 9 and Title 68, Chapter 140.

TN - SB2333 Tourism - As enacted, expands the applicability of the Tourism Development Authority Act to include Shelby County and its municipalities; adds to the powers of a tourism development authority. - Amends TCA Title 7, Chapter 69, Part 1.

TN - SB1796 Evidence - As enacted, enacts the "Chris Newsom Act", which creates presumption to successor trial and appellate judges that if the original trial judge dismisses the jury following a unanimous verdict, that the judge exercised his or her duties as the 13th juror and approves the verdict. - Amends TCA Title 40, Chapter 18, Part 1.

TN - SB1433 Veterans - As enacted, enacts the "Tennessee Veterans Education Transition Support Act". - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 7.