Tennessee Rep. William Lamberth (R)

TN - Business and Utilities (House)

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TN - Criminal Justice (House)

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vice-chair

TN - Criminal Justice Subcommittee (House)

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TN - HB9 Unknown

TN - HB1445 Emergency Communications Districts - As enacted, clarifies terms relative to the definition of a financially distressed emergency communications district by changing the phrase "net assets" to "net position". - Amends TCA Title 7, Chapter 86, Part 3.

TN - HJR790 Memorials, Retirement - Betty Gibson.

TN - HB1397 Controlled Substances - As enacted, makes it a Class B misdemeanor criminal offense for any landlord, owner, manager, caretaker, agent of the owner or employee who knows or reasonably should know that methamphetamine has been manufactured or is being manufactured on real property or any building, structure, or room located on such property on or in which such person performs compensated labor or is employed to or has a duty or responsibility to care for or manage to intentionally fail to notify the appropriate law enforcement agency within 24 hours of acquiring such knowledge. - Amends TCA Title 68, Chapter 212, Part 5.

TN - HB1457 Lottery, Scholarships and Programs - As introduced, creates the Tennessee Come Back for Your Future scholarship program. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 4, Part 9; Title 49, Chapter 7; Title 49, Chapter 8 and Title 49, Chapter 9.

TN - HJR304 Memorials, Recognition - Thomas Wayne and Linda Faye Bond, 50th wedding anniversary

TN - HB1370 Arrests - As enacted, revises provisions governing issuance of arrest warrant and summons in lieu of arrest warrant. - Amends TCA Title 40, Chapter 6.

TN - HB101 Public Funds and Financing - As enacted, revises the Municipal Finance Officer Certification and Education Act of 2007. - Amends TCA Title 6, Chapter 56, Part 4.

TN - HJR496 Memorials, Recognition - City of White House Civil War trail marker

TN - HR51 Memorials, Recognition - Tim Guraedy, Grand Marshal of the 2013 Strawberry Festival Parade

TN - HB1442 Corporations, Not for Profit - As enacted, revises laws relating to non-profit corporations. - Amends TCA Title 48.

TN - HB853 DUI Offenses - As introduced, removes the prohibition of a person convicted of a second DUI offense from driving for the first year after such person's conviction and allows the person to drive, as long as the person drives only a motor vehicle with a functioning ignition interlock device. - Amends TCA Title 7; Title 29; Title 37; Title 38; Title 39; Title 40; Title 41; Title 49; Title 55; Title 68 and Title 71.

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 - HB106 Landlord and Tenant - As enacted, allows a landlord pursuant to the Uniform Residential Landlord Tenant Act to terminate a rental agreement if the premises are damaged or destroyed by fire or casualty to an extent that restoring the premises to its undamaged condition requires the tenant to vacate; clarifies that accounting for rent in the event of termination or apportionment is to occur as of the date the tenant returns the keys to the landlord or has, in fact, vacated the premises, whichever is earlier. - Amends TCA Title 66, Chapter 28.

TN - HR52 Memorials, Professional Achievement - Kim Harkreader, Sumner County K-4 Teacher of the Year

TN - HB1396 Child Custody and Support - As enacted, allows a person who is not in compliance with child support obligations to receive a restricted driver license that permits driving to and from the person's regular place of employment or school. - Amends TCA Title 36, Chapter 5.

TN - HB2429 Tennessee Bureau of Investigation - As introduced, requires the state board of claims to notify a member of the TBI immediately after taking action on the member's disability claim. - Amends TCA Title 8; Title 38; Title 39; Title 40 and Title 53.

TN - HB2417 Criminal Procedure - As introduced, adds certain offenses to the list of crimes eligible for the interception of communications for evidence. - Amends TCA Title 40, Chapter 6, Part 3.

TN - HJR224 Memorials, Retirement - Tom Tucker

TN - HJR24 Memorials, Retirement - Gail Ryan Adams

TN - HJR574 Memorials, Recognition - Sumner Academy 40th anniversary.

TN - HB1488 Search & Seizure - As enacted, allows a magistrate to issue a search warrant based on information communicated by telephone or other reliable electronic means in certain situations. - Amends TCA Title 39 and Title 40.

TN - HB1351 Gallatin - As introduced, subject to local approval, authorizes city council to establish a rainy day fund in an amount not less than 20 percent of the city's operating expenses for any fiscal year; expenditures from the fund shall require an affirmative vote of five members of the city council. - Amends Chapter 67 of the Private Acts of 1953, as amended.

TN - HJR791 Memorials, Recognition - National Athletic Training Month, March 2014.

TN - HR195 Memorials, Personal Achievement - Olivia Crudup, Mix 92.9 Singing Star.

TN - HB463 Probation and Parole - As enacted, provides that the willful failure of a misdemeanor probationer to pay the supervision fee, whether to a private or governmental entity, is a ground for violation of probation and the supervising entity is to report all incidents of nonpayment to the sentencing judge. - Amends TCA Title 40, Chapter 35, Part 3.

TN - HB1387 Civil Procedure - As introduced, permits real estate broker to file an interpleader action in general sessions court without an attorney if the broker is not claiming right to any money filed with the court and this does not constitute the unauthorized practice of law. - Amends TCA Title 16.

TN - HB1456 Controlled Substances - As enacted, creates separate offenses for the manufacture, delivery, sale, or possession with intent to manufacture, deliver or sell methamphetamine and for possession or causal exchange of methamphetamine. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 17, Part 4.

TN - HB307 Uniform Commercial Code - As enacted, revises provision concerning remittance transfers. - Amends TCA Title 47, Chapter 4A.

TN - HB2512 Sumner County - As introduced, repeals antiquated private act prohibiting the register from recording deeds for real estate or plats unless it has been filed with the tax assessor first. - Amends Chapter 122 of the Private Acts of 1967; as amended.

TN - HB250 Funeral Directors and Embalmers - As enacted, adds certain grounds upon which the board of funeral directors and embalmers may refuse to grant or may suspend, revoke or refuse to renew a license, including owning 5 percent or more of any hospice providing hospice services. - Amends TCA Title 47; Title 62, Chapter 5 and Title 68.

TN - HB2504 Sumner County - As introduced, creates new division III of general sessions court; creates position of judge to serve such division; and provides that a person be appointed to serve as judge of division III by the county legislative body on or after September 1, 2014, but not later than September 1, 2015. - Amends Chapter 481 of the Private Acts of 1949; as amended.

TN - HB645 Mental Illness - As enacted, requires certain mental health professionals to report threats of bodily harm or death made by service recipients in certain situations; requires court clerks to report certain information regarding persons ordered to commitment or adjudicated as mental defective; establishes other requirements that relate to regulating firearm ownership by mental health patients. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 8; Title 16; Title 29; Title 33; Title 38; Title 39; Title 40; Title 49; Title 54; Title 55 and Title 65.

TN - HB2536 Westmoreland - As introduced, subject to local approval, authorizes salaries of the mayor and aldermen to be set by ordinance rather than establishing specific salary amounts in the charter; requires mayor to attend and participate in all state, regional, county and municipal meetings designed to assist cities, to the extent reasonably possible. - Amends Chapter 306 of the Private Acts of 1951; as amended.

TN - HB2542 Portland - As introduced, subject to local approval, authorizes city council to prescribe by ordinance a dollar limit over which competitive bidding is required, absent a general state law exception. - Amends Chapter 568 of the Private Acts of 1939; as amended.

TN - HB498 Trademarks and Trade Names - As enacted, requires that a trademark application be accompanied by one, instead of three, specimens showing the trademark as actually used. - Amends TCA Section 47-25-503.

TN - HB743 Medical Occupations - As introduced, allows pharmacy and durable medical equipment providers to provide fitting and patient management concerning diabetic shoes and their inserts. - Amends TCA Title 63.

TN - HB2528 Westmoreland - As introduced, subject to local approval, permits the city to establish the compensation of the mayor and aldermen by ordinance beginning with the mayor elected in 2014, and aldermen elected in 2016; requires the mayor to attend and participate in all state, regional, county and municipal meetings designed to assist cities to the extent reasonable. - Amends Chapter 306 of the Private Acts of 1951; as amended.

TN - HB1294 Drugs, Prescription - As enacted, creates offense of prescription drug fraud, which is using fraud or forgery to obtain a controlled substance and adds the theft of identifying information used to prescribe a controlled substance to offense of identity theft. - Amends TCA Title 39; Title 40 and Title 53.

TN - HB1409 Landlord and Tenant - As enacted, suspends, for 48 hours after the execution of a writ of possession, the actions of any local government relative to the disposition of personal property; prohibits a plaintiff, after the execution of a writ of possession, from disposing of the personal property of a defendant for 48 hours. - Amends TCA Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 29, Chapter 18, Part 1 and Title 66.

TN - HB1408 Landlord and Tenant - As introduced, decreases, from 10 to three days, the amount of time in which to appeal a judgment from general sessions court in a forcible entry and detainer action. - Amends TCA Title 27, Chapter 5, Part 1 and Title 29, Chapter 18, Part 1.

TN - HB462 Animal Cruelty and Abuse - As enacted, provides for the placement of abused animals with any governmental animal control agency, law enforcement agency, or their designee and deletes provision allowing for the suspension of required security bonds for indigent persons charged with offenses against animals. - Amends TCA Section 39-14-210.

TN - HB1759 DUI Offenses - As enacted, enacts "Amelia's Law", which clarifies that a transdermal monitoring device or other alternative alcohol or drug monitoring device may be ordered as a condition of pretrial diversion, parole, probation, judicial diversion or DUI probation if it is determined that the defendant's use of alcohol was a contributing factor in the defendant's unlawful conduct. - Amends TCA Title 39; Title 40 and Title 55.

TN - HB1039 Criminal Offenses - As introduced, creates the offense of especially aggravated assault when a person commits assault, causes serious bodily injury to another, and uses or displays a deadly weapon. - Amends TCA Title 39 and Title 40.

TN - HB1840 Lottery, Charitable - As enacted, revises certain provisions of the Tennessee Charitable Gaming Implementation Law. - Amends TCA Title 3, Chapter 17.

TN - HB1399 Firearms and Ammunition - As enacted, declares that the general assembly occupies the whole field of regulation of firearms, ammunition, components of firearms or ammunition, or combinations thereof, prohibiting local regulation, with certain exceptions. - Amends TCA Section 39-17-1314.

TN - HB2285 Domestic Violence - As introduced, requires any pending order of protection or restraining order to be served on domestic violence offender before release following the mandatory twelve-hour holding period; directs a copy of protection order to be issued to any court in which the respondent or petitioner are parties to an action. - Amends TCA Title 36, Chapter 3, Part 6; Title 39, Chapter 13, Part 1 and Title 40, Chapter 11, Part 1.

TN - HB1952 Game and Fish Laws - As enacted, prohibits the use of drones to interfere with private citizens who are lawfully hunting or fishing in certain situations. - Amends TCA Title 70, Chapter 4, Part 3.

TN - HB381 Education - As introduced, increases from 200,000 to 250,000 the maximum number of miles a conventional or Class D school bus operating in a 16th or 17th year can have. - Amends TCA Section 49-6-2109.

TN - HB2305 Child Custody and Support - As introduced, requires a court in a private child custody case that has removed a child from the custody of the child’s parent due primarily or solely to drug abuse by the parent, not to return the child to the parent’s custody until the parent has passed six consecutive monthly drug tests to be paid for by the parent. - Amends TCA Title 36, Chapter 6 and Title 37.

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 - HB1429 Sentencing - As enacted, permits judge, as a condition of probation, to order a 2nd or 3rd time DUI offender to participate in a substance abuse treatment program; revises other related provisions regarding probation options for certain DUI offenders. - Amends TCA Title 40, Chapter 35, Part 3 and Title 55, Chapter 10, Part 4.

TN - HB937 TennCare - As enacted, prohibits the governor from making any decision or obligating the state in any way with regard to the expansion of optional enrollment in the medical assistance program, pursuant to the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, unless authorized by joint resolution of the general assembly. - Amends TCA Title 4 and Title 71.

TN - HB1038 Criminal Offenses - As enacted, eliminates release eligibility for a person committing attempted first degree murder where the victim suffers serious bodily injury, on or after July 1, 2013, until the person has served 85 percent of the sentence imposed by the court less sentence credits earned and retained. - Amends TCA Title 39 and Title 40.

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

TN - HB1551 Courts, General Sessions - As introduced, changes the date for determining which class a county is in for purposes of compensating general sessions judges from September 1 to October 1. - Amends TCA Title 16, Chapter 15.

TN - HB521 Criminal Procedure - As enacted, disallows as a defense to offenses of sexual exploitation of a minor, soliciting sexual exploitation of a minor, aggravated sexual exploitation of a minor and especially aggravated sexual exploitation of a minor that the minor consented to the conduct constituting the offense. - Amends TCA Title 39 and Title 40.

TN - HB8 Unknown

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

TN - HB1036 Sentencing - As enacted, prohibits any release eligibility for a person committing aggravated child neglect or endangerment, on or after July 1, 2013, until the person has served 70 percent of the sentence imposed by the court less sentence credits earned and retained. - Amends TCA Titles 39 and 40.

TN - HB1098 Motor Vehicles - As enacted, requires the department of environment and conservation to develop a proposal for a revised state implementation plan that eliminates motor vehicle inspection testing requirements for all motor vehicles in this state that are three or less model-years old. - Amends TCA Title 55, Chapter 4, Part 1 and Title 68.

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 - HB99 Criminal Offenses - As enacted, revises the penalties for aggravated assault. - Amends TCA Title 39.

TN - HB2025 Industrial Development - As enacted, redefines "project" for purposes of industrial development corporations in Goodlettsville to include purchase, acquisition, leasing, construction and equipping of hotels and motels within any municipality that is located partly within a county having a metropolitan form of government and partly within an adjacent county. - Amends TCA Section 7-53-101(13).

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

TN - HB520 Criminal Offenses - As enacted, raises the classification of the offense of promoting prostitution of a minor from a Class E felony to a Class A or B felony. - Amends TCA Title 39 and Title 40.

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 - HB1099 Tort Liability and Reform - As enacted, provides that doctrine of joint and several liability does not apply in civil actions governed by comparative fault; preserves the doctrine of joint and several liability among manufacturers only in a product liability, but only if such action is based upon a theory of strict liability or breach of warranty. - Amends TCA Title 29, Chapter 11, Part 1.

TN - HB193 Taxes, Sales - As enacted, lowers the state sales tax on food and food ingredients for human consumption from 5.25 percent to 5 percent. - Amends TCA Title 67, Chapter 6.

TN - HB1982 Criminal Procedure - As introduced, allows homeowners’ associations, neighborhood associations, neighborhood watch or any organized group of residents that live within a residential area to seek an order of protection prohibiting entry into the residential boundaries against an offender with three or more convictions for theft, burglary, rape or criminal homicide. - Amends TCA Title 39 and Title 40.

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 - HB1507 School Transportation - As enacted, extends the allowable number of years for a school bus to be in service to 18 years; revises other provisions relate to the use and inspection of school buses. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 6, Part 21.

TN - HB148 Correction, Dept. of - As enacted, extends to entities the provisions whereby those parts of a record identifying a person who has been or may in the future be directly involved in the process of executing a sentence of death are treated as confidential and are not open to public inspection. - Amends TCA Title 10 and Title 40.

TN - HB2001 Unknown

TN - HB156 TennCare - As introduced, makes it a Class E felony for a person to knowingly sell or deliver a pharmaceutical drug when that drug was obtained through the use of TennCare; makes other revisions to criminal offenses regarding TennCare. - Amends TCA Title 5, Chapter 26.

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 - HB2426 Hazardous Materials - As enacted, revises requirements for maintaining lists of hazardous chemicals that are used in the workplace. - Amends TCA Title 50, Chapter 3, Part 20.

TN - HB1783 Hospitals and Health Care Facilities - As enacted, imposes an assessment fee on persons engaged in the business of providing nursing home care, and creates the nursing home assessment trust fund. - Amends TCA Title 68 and Title 71.

TN - HB82 TennCare - As introduced, prohibits Tennessee from participating in any Medicaid expansion authorized under the federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. - Amends TCA Title 71.

TN - HB1037 DNA and Genetic Testing - As enacted, provides that a criminal prosecution may be commenced by the issuance of a warrant identifying the offender by a deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) profile; applicable to commencement of prosecution for any offense, regardless of when committed, except those offenses for which prosecution is barred on July 1, 2013, because the applicable time limitation set out has expired. - Amends TCA Title 40, Chapter 2, Part 1.

TN - HB1043 Controlled Substances - As enacted, redefines "imitation controlled substance" for purposes of the offense of knowingly manufacturing, delivering, selling, or possessing with the intent to sell, deliver or manufacture an imitation controlled substance. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 17, Part 4.

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 - HB119 Welfare - As enacted, prohibits recipients of public assistance from using electronic benefit transfer cards to purchase certain goods or services in certain establishments. - Amends TCA Title 71.

TN - HB1704 Sexual Offenders - As enacted, adds the offense of observation without consent, upon a third or subsequent conviction for that offense, to the definition of "sexual offense" for purposes of sexual offender registration and monitoring. - Amends TCA Title 40, Chapter 39.

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 - HB1775 Education, Higher - As introduced, allows a part-time employee of state college of applied technology to enroll in one course per semester at state supported higher education institute without paying the tuition charges or maintenance fees. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 7, Part 1.

TN - HB1404 Firearms and Ammunition - As enacted, clarifies that observation while securing a firearm or firearm ammunition in compliance with provisions concerning a handgun permit holder's ability to transport or store a firearm or firearm ammunition does not violate such provisions. - Amends TCA Section 39-17-1313.

TN - HB2290 Education - As introduced, requires the department of education to reimburse LEAs for the costs of implementing and the ongoing costs to use common core state standards and PARCC assessments. - Amends TCA Title 49.

TN - HB2288 Veterans - As introduced, allows eligible veteran and veteran's spouse to be interred at no cost if buried in a Tennessee veterans’ cemetery. - Amends TCA Title 46, Chapter 6.

TN - HB1407 Firearms and Ammunition - As introduced, permits a person with a handgun carry permit to carry a firearm in any state, county or municipal park or other recreation area; deletes provisions allowing local governments to prohibit carrying in parks by resolution or ordinance. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 17, Part 13.

TN - HB1466 Pharmacy, Pharmacists - As enacted, establishes requirements for obtaining identification when certain drugs are dispensed. - Amends TCA Title 53, Chapter 11, Part 3.

TN - HB1658 Education - As enacted, prohibits counting walking to and from class towards the minimum of 90 minutes per week of required physical activity for public school students. - Amends TCA Section 49-6-1021.

TN - HB1661 Criminal Offenses - As enacted, requires a person convicted of manufacturing methamphetamine to serve at least 180 days in confinement and a person convicted of possession of methamphetamine to serve at least 30 days in confinement; specifies that the minimum mandatory sentences will not prohibit persons who are convicted of methamphetamine offenses from participating in a drug or recovery court and receiving sentence credit for up to the full amount of the mandatory minimum sentence. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 17, Part 4.

TN - HB1752 Charitable Solicitations - As enacted, decreases the registration renewal fee for charitable organizations intending to solicit contributions from or within Tennessee. - Amends TCA Title 48, Chapter 101, Part 5.

TN - HB1573 Landlord and Tenant - As enacted, shortens the period of time, after giving notice to a tenant for a breach in a rental agreement, in which a landlord may terminate a rental agreement under certain circumstances. - Amends TCA Title 66, Chapter 28.

TN - HB1652 Law Enforcement - As enacted, prohibits any state or local law enforcement officer from participating in a voluntary motor vehicle checkpoint conducted by a private company or research institute to collect a human sample from which DNA may be derived from consenting motorists stopped at the checkpoint for statistical studies or research. - Amends TCA Title 38, Chapter 8, Part 1.

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 - HB2278 Cooperatives - As enacted, revises various cross-references addressing the nonapplicability or qualified applicability of certain provisions of the Tennessee Nonprofit Corporation Act to cooperatives. - Amends TCA Section 48-69-122 and Section 65-25-225.

TN - HB1041 Criminal Offenses - As enacted, enacts "Boomer's Law," which revises what constitutes the offense of aggravated assault and revises the penalties for the offense. - Amends TCA Titles 39 and 40.

TN - HB1111 Utilities, Utility Districts - As introduced, establishes a framework regarding pole attachments in regard to poles owned by non-investor-owned electric utilities. - Amends TCA Title 65, Chapter 21.

TN - HB1282 Handgun Permits - As enacted, limits 10-year period that person must wait between exiting a drug or alcohol program or hospital before being eligible for a handgun carry permit to three years if the applicant entered rehab voluntarily; 10-year period still applies to those who enter rehab pursuant to a court order. - Amends TCA Section 39-17-1351.

TN - HB500 Unknown

TN - HB1547 Education - As enacted, enacts the "Religious Viewpoints Antidiscrimination Act". - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 10 and Title 49, Chapter 6.

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 - HB1405 Firearms and Ammunition - As enacted, defines "motor vehicle" for purposes of clarifying the type of vehicle in which a handgun carry permit holder may transport and store a firearm or firearm ammunition in a parking lot. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 17, Part 13.

TN - HB335 Handgun Permits - As introduced, provides that a person who has completed basic training in any branch of the armed services is exempt from the classroom and range requirements to obtain handgun permit and honorably discharged veteran or active duty military, national guard or reserve member only has to pay the $115 permit application fee that is directly used for the criminal history background checks. - Amends TCA Section 39-17-1351.

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 - HB519 TennCare - As enacted, makes it a Class E felony for a person, other than a person authorized to issue or dispense prescriptions, to knowingly sell, deliver, or aid and abet a person in the sale or delivery of a drug and use TennCare to obtain the drug. - Amends TCA Title 71, Chapter 5, Part 26.

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 - HB1257 Controlled Substances - As enacted, changes the name of the methamphetamine registry to the drug offender registry and requires that all felony drug offenders be placed on the registry; extends the amount of time that drug offenders will be placed on the registry from seven to 10 years. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 17; Title 53 and Title 63.

TN - HB1528 State Employees - As enacted, enacts the "Three Stars of Tennessee Award" to recognize peace officers, firefighters, and medical first responders killed or who suffered a career-ending injury in the line of duty. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 1.

TN - HB93 Forfeiture of Assets - As enacted, subjects conveyances to forfeiture if used in the transport, concealment or storage of money or goods that were the subject of a burglary, aggravated burglary or especially aggravated burglary. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 11, Part 7 and Title 40, Chapter 33, Part 1.

TN - HB1950 Hospitals and Health Care Facilities - As enacted, enacts the "Annual Coverage Assessment of 2014". - Amends TCA Title 71, Chapter 5 and Chapter 250 of the Public Acts of 2013.

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 - HB1001 Civil Procedure - As enacted, requires legal and public notices that are currently required to be published in newspaper of general circulation to also be posted on newspaper's web site and on statewide web site maintained by majority of Tennessee newspapers. - Amends TCA Title 1, Chapter 3; Title 30, Chapter 2 and Title 67, Chapter 5.

TN - HB1665 Industrial Development - As enacted, extends allocation of certain funds to Four Lake regional industrial development authority from fiscal year 2013-2014 to 2017-2018. - Amends TCA Section 67-9-102.

TN - HB1185 Education, Higher - As introduced, prohibits public institutions of higher education from disciplining or discriminating against a student in a counseling, social work, or psychology program because the student refuses to counsel or serve a client as to goals, outcomes, or behaviors that conflict with a sincerely held religious belief of the student, if the student refers the client to a counselor who will provide the counseling or services. - Amends TCA Title 4 and Title 49.

TN - HB1040 Judicial Districts - As enacted, sets the current statutory requirement for criminal investigator positions in each judicial district as the statutory minimum and increases the prior service credit maximum available to criminal investigators from eight years to 12 years; revises other provisions related to criminal investigators for district attorneys. - Amends TCA Title 8 and Title 16.

TN - HB80 General Assembly - As enacted, beginning November 4, 2014, limits per diem payments to certain members; revises mileage allowance for certain members.

TN - HB1264 Drugs, Prescription - As enacted, enacts the "Addison Sharp Prescription Regulatory Act of 2013." - Amends TCA Title 39; Title 53 and Title 63.

TN - HB860 Students - As enacted, modifies student discipline in case of physical attack. - Amends TCA Title 49.

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 - HB2059 Attorney General and Reporter - As introduced, confers upon general assembly or governor the authority to direct attorney general and reporter to initiate a civil action on behalf of the state and upon general assembly and governor the authority to direct the attorney general to cease a civil action initiated by the attorney general; allows the general assembly to employ outside counsel to advise on additional matters than is currently permitted. - Amends TCA Title 8, Chapter 6.

TN - HB1736 Special License Plates - As enacted, revises and clarifies various provisions of law regarding veteran and military-related license plates. - Amends TCA Title 55, Chapter 4 and Chapter 318 of the Public Acts of 2013.

TN - HB2491 Education, Higher - As enacted, enacts the "Tennessee Promise Scholarship Act of 2014"; revises certain provisions of the Tennessee HOPE scholarship program. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 4, Part 7 and Title 49, Chapter 4, Part 9.

TN - HB524 Criminal Offenses - As introduced, enacts "Dustin's Law," which adds vehicular homicide with a blood alcohol concentration of .20 percent or more or vehicular homicide with a blood alcohol concentration of .08 percent or more and any blood concentration of methamphetamine to the definition of aggravated vehicular homicide. - Amends TCA Title 39 and Title 40.

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

TN - HR13 Memorials, Recognition - Niki Brown

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

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

TN - HR39 Memorials, Personal Occasion - Linda Vance, 100th birthday

TN - HR4 Unknown

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

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

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

TN - HR41 Memorials, Recognition - 100 Black Men of Chattanooga Inaugural African American History Bowl

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

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

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 - 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 - 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 - 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 - 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 - HJR220 Memorials, Recognition - Cayden and Conner Long

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 - 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 - HJR781 Memorials, Public Service - James Williams, White House Chamber of Commerce 2014 Community Service 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 - HJR135 Memorials, Death - Judge Sam E. Boaz

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 - HJR564 General Assembly, Confirmation of Appointment - Susan S. Lanigan, Tennessee education lottery board of directors.

TN - HJR783 Memorials, Recognition - Mike Arnold, White House Chamber of Commerce Citizen of the Year.

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 - HJR782 Memorials, Recognition - Brenda Malvgin, White House Chamber of Commerce Ambassador of the Year.

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

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

TN - HJR642 General Assembly, Statement of Intent or Position - Encourages Sean Hannity and like-minded New Yorkers to relocate to Tennessee.

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

TN - HJR144 Memorials, Personal Occasion - Jim Edgemon, 80th birthday

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

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

TN - HJR668 Naming and Designating - "Child Abuse Prevention Month" April 2014.

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 - 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 - HJR339 Memorials, Recognition - Leadership Middle Tennessee, Class of 2013

TN - SB1832 Pharmacy, Pharmacists - As enacted, establishes requirements for obtaining identification when certain drugs are dispensed. - Amends TCA Title 53, Chapter 11, Part 3.

TN - SB2203 Cooperatives - As enacted, revises various cross-references addressing the nonapplicability or qualified applicability of certain provisions of the Tennessee Nonprofit Corporation Act to cooperatives. - Amends TCA Section 48-69-122 and Section 65-25-225.

TN - SB1612 Firearms and Ammunition - As enacted, declares that the general assembly occupies the whole field of regulation of firearms, ammunition, components of firearms or ammunition, or combinations thereof, prohibiting local regulation, with certain exceptions. - Amends TCA Section 39-17-1314.

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 - SB1919 Charitable Solicitations - As enacted, decreases the registration renewal fee for charitable organizations intending to solicit contributions from or within Tennessee. - Amends TCA Title 48, Chapter 101, Part 5.

TN - SB2471 Education, Higher - As enacted, enacts the "Tennessee Promise Scholarship Act of 2014"; revises certain provisions of the Tennessee HOPE scholarship program. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 4, Part 7 and Title 49, Chapter 4, Part 9.

TN - SB2633 Portland - As introduced, subject to local approval, authorizes city council to prescribe by ordinance a dollar limit over which competitive bidding is required, absent a general state law exception. - Amends Chapter 568 of the Private Acts of 1939; as amended.

TN - SB2372 Child Custody and Support - As introduced, requires a court in a private child custody case that has removed a child from the custody of the child’s parent due primarily or solely to drug abuse by the parent, not to return the child to the parent’s custody until the parent has passed six consecutive monthly drug tests to be paid for by the parent. - Amends TCA Title 36, Chapter 6 and Title 37.

TN - SB1080 Motor Vehicles - As enacted, requires the department of environment and conservation to develop a proposal for a revised state implementation plan that eliminates motor vehicle inspection testing requirements for all motor vehicles in this state that are three or less model-years old. - Amends TCA Title 55, Chapter 4, Part 1 and Title 68.

TN - SB500 TennCare - As enacted, makes it a Class E felony for a person, other than a person authorized to issue or dispense prescriptions, to knowingly sell, deliver, or aid and abet a person in the sale or delivery of a drug and use TennCare to obtain the drug. - Amends TCA Title 71, Chapter 5, Part 26.

TN - SB136 Public Funds and Financing - As enacted, revises the Municipal Finance Officer Certification and Education Act of 2007. - Amends TCA Title 6, Chapter 56, Part 4.

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 - 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 - SB1045 Criminal Offenses - As introduced, creates the offense of especially aggravated assault when a person commits assault, causes serious bodily injury to another, and uses or displays a deadly weapon. - Amends TCA Title 39 and Title 40.

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 - SB1777 Game and Fish Laws - As enacted, prohibits the use of drones to interfere with private citizens who are lawfully hunting or fishing in certain situations. - Amends TCA Title 70, Chapter 4, Part 3.

TN - SB1872 Hospitals and Health Care Facilities - As enacted, imposes an assessment fee on persons engaged in the business of providing nursing home care, and creates the nursing home assessment trust fund. - Amends TCA Title 68 and Title 71.

TN - SB1890 Education, Higher - As introduced, allows a part-time employee of state college of applied technology to enroll in one course per semester at state supported higher education institute without paying the tuition charges or maintenance fees. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 7, Part 1.

TN - SB1908 Hospitals and Health Care Facilities - As enacted, enacts the "Annual Coverage Assessment of 2014". - Amends TCA Title 71, Chapter 5 and Chapter 250 of the Public Acts of 2013.

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

TN - SB2085 Attorney General and Reporter - As introduced, confers upon general assembly or governor the authority to direct attorney general and reporter to initiate a civil action on behalf of the state and upon general assembly and governor the authority to direct the attorney general to cease a civil action initiated by the attorney general; allows the general assembly to employ outside counsel to advise on additional matters than is currently permitted. - Amends TCA Title 8, Chapter 6.

TN - SB2275 Industrial Development - As enacted, redefines "project" for purposes of industrial development corporations in Goodlettsville to include purchase, acquisition, leasing, construction and equipping of hotels and motels within any municipality that is located partly within a county having a metropolitan form of government and partly within an adjacent county. - Amends TCA Section 7-53-101(13).

TN - SB831 DNA and Genetic Testing - As enacted, provides that a criminal prosecution may be commenced by the issuance of a warrant identifying the offender by a deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) profile; applicable to commencement of prosecution for any offense, regardless of when committed, except those offenses for which prosecution is barred on July 1, 2013, because the applicable time limitation set out has expired. - Amends TCA Title 40, Chapter 2, Part 1.

TN - SB2475 Tennessee Bureau of Investigation - As introduced, requires the state board of claims to notify a member of the TBI immediately after taking action on the member's disability claim. - Amends TCA Title 8; Title 38; Title 39; Title 40 and Title 53.

TN - SB1685 Search & Seizure - As enacted, allows a magistrate to issue a search warrant based on information communicated by telephone or other reliable electronic means in certain situations. - 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 - SB614 Controlled Substances - As enacted, redefines "imitation controlled substance" for purposes of the offense of knowingly manufacturing, delivering, selling, or possessing with the intent to sell, deliver or manufacture an imitation controlled substance. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 17, Part 4.

TN - SB832 Criminal Offenses - As enacted, eliminates release eligibility for a person committing attempted first degree murder where the victim suffers serious bodily injury, on or after July 1, 2013, until the person has served 85 percent of the sentence imposed by the court less sentence credits earned and retained. - Amends TCA Title 39 and Title 40.

TN - SB2242 Sexual Offenders - As enacted, adds the offense of observation without consent, upon a third or subsequent conviction for that offense, to the definition of "sexual offense" for purposes of sexual offender registration and monitoring. - Amends TCA Title 40, Chapter 39.

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 - SB154 Correction, Dept. of - As enacted, extends to entities the provisions whereby those parts of a record identifying a person who has been or may in the future be directly involved in the process of executing a sentence of death are treated as confidential and are not open to public inspection. - Amends TCA Title 10 and Title 40.

TN - SB1404 Gallatin - As introduced, subject to local approval, authorizes city council to establish a rainy day fund in an amount not less than 20 percent of the city's operating expenses for any fiscal year; expenditures from the fund shall require an affirmative vote of five members of the city council. - Amends Chapter 67 of the Private Acts of 1953, as amended.

TN - SB1691 State Employees - As enacted, enacts the "Three Stars of Tennessee Award" to recognize peace officers, firefighters, and medical first responders killed or who suffered a career-ending injury in the line of duty. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 1.

TN - SB107 General Assembly - As enacted, beginning November 4, 2014, limits per diem payments to certain members; revises mileage allowance for certain members.

TN - SB282 Landlord and Tenant - As enacted, allows a landlord pursuant to the Uniform Residential Landlord Tenant Act to terminate a rental agreement if the premises are damaged or destroyed by fire or casualty to an extent that restoring the premises to its undamaged condition requires the tenant to vacate; clarifies that accounting for rent in the event of termination or apportionment is to occur as of the date the tenant returns the keys to the landlord or has, in fact, vacated the premises, whichever is earlier. - Amends TCA Title 66, Chapter 28.

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 - SB1434 Arrests - As enacted, revises provisions governing issuance of arrest warrant and summons in lieu of arrest warrant. - Amends TCA Title 40, Chapter 6.

TN - SB1387 TennCare - As introduced, prohibits Tennessee from participating in any Medicaid expansion authorized under the federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. - Amends TCA Title 71.

TN - SB1732 Landlord and Tenant - As enacted, suspends, for 48 hours after the execution of a writ of possession, the actions of any local government relative to the disposition of personal property; prohibits a plaintiff, after the execution of a writ of possession, from disposing of the personal property of a defendant for 48 hours. - Amends TCA Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 29, Chapter 18, Part 1 and Title 66.

TN - SB1597 Unknown

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 - SB1064 Criminal Offenses - As enacted, enacts "Boomer's Law," which revises what constitutes the offense of aggravated assault and revises the penalties for the offense. - Amends TCA Titles 39 and 40.

TN - SB1701 Firearms and Ammunition - As enacted, defines "motor vehicle" for purposes of clarifying the type of vehicle in which a handgun carry permit holder may transport and store a firearm or firearm ammunition in a parking lot. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 17, Part 13.

TN - SB2217 Veterans - As introduced, allows eligible veteran and veteran's spouse to be interred at no cost if buried in a Tennessee veterans’ cemetery. - Amends TCA Title 46, Chapter 6.

TN - SB244 Welfare - As enacted, prohibits recipients of public assistance from using electronic benefit transfer cards to purchase certain goods or services in certain establishments. - Amends TCA Title 71.

TN - SB676 Drugs, Prescription - As enacted, enacts the "Addison Sharp Prescription Regulatory Act of 2013." - Amends TCA Title 39; Title 53 and Title 63.

TN - SB1747 Courts, General Sessions - As introduced, changes the date for determining which class a county is in for purposes of compensating general sessions judges from September 1 to October 1. - Amends TCA Title 16, Chapter 15.

TN - SB1793 Education - As enacted, enacts the "Religious Viewpoints Antidiscrimination Act". - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 10 and Title 49, Chapter 6.

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

TN - SB514 Education, Higher - As introduced, prohibits public institutions of higher education from disciplining or discriminating against a student in a counseling, social work, or psychology program because the student refuses to counsel or serve a client as to goals, outcomes, or behaviors that conflict with a sincerely held religious belief of the student, if the student refers the client to a counselor who will provide the counseling or services. - Amends TCA Title 4 and Title 49.

TN - SB1788 Landlord and Tenant - As introduced, decreases, from 10 to three days, the amount of time in which to appeal a judgment from general sessions court in a forcible entry and detainer action. - Amends TCA Title 27, Chapter 5, Part 1 and Title 29, Chapter 18, Part 1.

TN - SB1913 Special License Plates - As enacted, revises and clarifies various provisions of law regarding veteran and military-related license plates. - Amends TCA Title 55, Chapter 4 and Chapter 318 of the Public Acts of 2013.

TN - SB1790 Industrial Development - As enacted, extends allocation of certain funds to Four Lake regional industrial development authority from fiscal year 2013-2014 to 2017-2018. - Amends TCA Section 67-9-102.

TN - SB1032 Criminal Offenses - As enacted, raises the classification of the offense of promoting prostitution of a minor from a Class E felony to a Class A or B felony. - Amends TCA Title 39 and Title 40.

TN - SB1966 School Transportation - As enacted, extends the allowable number of years for a school bus to be in service to 18 years; revises other provisions relate to the use and inspection of school buses. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 6, Part 21.

TN - SB804 TennCare - As enacted, prohibits the governor from making any decision or obligating the state in any way with regard to the expansion of optional enrollment in the medical assistance program, pursuant to the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, unless authorized by joint resolution of the general assembly. - Amends TCA Title 4 and Title 71.

TN - SB1511 Emergency Communications Districts - As enacted, clarifies terms relative to the definition of a financially distressed emergency communications district by changing the phrase "net assets" to "net position". - Amends TCA Title 7, Chapter 86, Part 3.

TN - SB415 Funeral Directors and Embalmers - As enacted, adds certain grounds upon which the board of funeral directors and embalmers may refuse to grant or may suspend, revoke or refuse to renew a license, including owning 5 percent or more of any hospice providing hospice services. - Amends TCA Title 47; Title 62, Chapter 5 and Title 68.

TN - SB2057 Education - As introduced, requires the department of education to reimburse LEAs for the costs of implementing and the ongoing costs to use common core state standards and PARCC assessments. - Amends TCA Title 49.

TN - SB461 Civil Procedure - As enacted, requires legal and public notices that are currently required to be published in newspaper of general circulation to also be posted on newspaper's web site and on statewide web site maintained by majority of Tennessee newspapers. - Amends TCA Title 1, Chapter 3; Title 30, Chapter 2 and Title 67, Chapter 5.

TN - SB823 Forfeiture of Assets - As enacted, subjects conveyances to forfeiture if used in the transport, concealment or storage of money or goods that were the subject of a burglary, aggravated burglary or especially aggravated burglary. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 11, Part 7 and Title 40, Chapter 33, 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 - SB113 Students - As enacted, modifies student discipline in case of physical attack. - Amends TCA Title 49.

TN - SB2607 Sumner County - As introduced, repeals antiquated private act prohibiting the register from recording deeds for real estate or plats unless it has been filed with the tax assessor first. - Amends Chapter 122 of the Private Acts of 1967; as amended.

TN - SB1921 Lottery, Charitable - As enacted, revises certain provisions of the Tennessee Charitable Gaming Implementation Law. - Amends TCA Title 3, Chapter 17.

TN - SB2331 Unknown

TN - SB1030 Criminal Procedure - As enacted, disallows as a defense to offenses of sexual exploitation of a minor, soliciting sexual exploitation of a minor, aggravated sexual exploitation of a minor and especially aggravated sexual exploitation of a minor that the minor consented to the conduct constituting the offense. - Amends TCA Title 39 and Title 40.

TN - SB1021 Criminal Offenses - As introduced, enacts "Dustin's Law," which adds vehicular homicide with a blood alcohol concentration of .20 percent or more or vehicular homicide with a blood alcohol concentration of .08 percent or more and any blood concentration of methamphetamine to the definition of aggravated vehicular homicide. - Amends TCA Title 39 and Title 40.

TN - SB581 Animal Cruelty and Abuse - As enacted, provides for the placement of abused animals with any governmental animal control agency, law enforcement agency, or their designee and deletes provision allowing for the suspension of required security bonds for indigent persons charged with offenses against animals. - Amends TCA Section 39-14-210.

TN - SB1125 Medical Occupations - As introduced, allows pharmacy and durable medical equipment providers to provide fitting and patient management concerning diabetic shoes and their inserts. - Amends TCA Title 63.

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 - SB1962 DUI Offenses - As enacted, enacts "Amelia's Law", which clarifies that a transdermal monitoring device or other alternative alcohol or drug monitoring device may be ordered as a condition of pretrial diversion, parole, probation, judicial diversion or DUI probation if it is determined that the defendant's use of alcohol was a contributing factor in the defendant's unlawful conduct. - Amends TCA Title 39; Title 40 and Title 55.

TN - SB1712 Civil Procedure - As introduced, permits real estate broker to file an interpleader action in general sessions court without an attorney if the broker is not claiming right to any money filed with the court and this does not constitute the unauthorized practice of law. - Amends TCA Title 16.

TN - SB2177 Unknown

TN - SB66 Criminal Offenses - As enacted, revises the penalties for aggravated assault. - Amends TCA Title 39.

TN - SB56 Tort Liability and Reform - As enacted, provides that doctrine of joint and several liability does not apply in civil actions governed by comparative fault; preserves the doctrine of joint and several liability among manufacturers only in a product liability, but only if such action is based upon a theory of strict liability or breach of warranty. - Amends TCA Title 29, Chapter 11, Part 1.

TN - SB1787 Landlord and Tenant - As enacted, shortens the period of time, after giving notice to a tenant for a breach in a rental agreement, in which a landlord may terminate a rental agreement under certain circumstances. - Amends TCA Title 66, Chapter 28.

TN - SB1789 Child Custody and Support - As enacted, allows a person who is not in compliance with child support obligations to receive a restricted driver license that permits driving to and from the person's regular place of employment or school. - Amends TCA Title 36, Chapter 5.

TN - SB563 Handgun Permits - As introduced, provides that a person who has completed basic training in any branch of the armed services is exempt from the classroom and range requirements to obtain handgun permit and honorably discharged veteran or active duty military, national guard or reserve member only has to pay the $115 permit application fee that is directly used for the criminal history background checks. - Amends TCA Section 39-17-1351.

TN - SB1222 Utilities, Utility Districts - As introduced, establishes a framework regarding pole attachments in regard to poles owned by non-investor-owned electric utilities. - Amends TCA Title 65, Chapter 21.

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 - 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 - SB1485 Law Enforcement - As enacted, prohibits any state or local law enforcement officer from participating in a voluntary motor vehicle checkpoint conducted by a private company or research institute to collect a human sample from which DNA may be derived from consenting motorists stopped at the checkpoint for statistical studies or research. - Amends TCA Title 38, Chapter 8, Part 1.

TN - SB476 Trademarks and Trade Names - As enacted, requires that a trademark application be accompanied by one, instead of three, specimens showing the trademark as actually used. - Amends TCA Section 47-25-503.

TN - SB2627 Westmoreland - As introduced, subject to local approval, authorizes salaries of the mayor and aldermen to be set by ordinance rather than establishing specific salary amounts in the charter; requires mayor to attend and participate in all state, regional, county and municipal meetings designed to assist cities, to the extent reasonably possible. - Amends Chapter 306 of the Private Acts of 1951; as amended.

TN - SB560 Probation and Parole - As enacted, provides that the willful failure of a misdemeanor probationer to pay the supervision fee, whether to a private or governmental entity, is a ground for violation of probation and the supervising entity is to report all incidents of nonpayment to the sentencing judge. - Amends TCA Title 40, Chapter 35, Part 3.

TN - SB2558 Hazardous Materials - As enacted, revises requirements for maintaining lists of hazardous chemicals that are used in the workplace. - Amends TCA Title 50, Chapter 3, Part 20.

TN - SB1657 Criminal Procedure - As introduced, adds certain offenses to the list of crimes eligible for the interception of communications for evidence. - Amends TCA Title 40, Chapter 6, Part 3.

TN - SB714 Handgun Permits - As enacted, limits 10-year period that person must wait between exiting a drug or alcohol program or hospital before being eligible for a handgun carry permit to three years if the applicant entered rehab voluntarily; 10-year period still applies to those who enter rehab pursuant to a court order. - Amends TCA Section 39-17-1351.

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 - SB1596 Controlled Substances - As enacted, creates separate offenses for the manufacture, delivery, sale, or possession with intent to manufacture, deliver or sell methamphetamine and for possession or causal exchange of methamphetamine. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 17, Part 4.

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 - SB828 Sentencing - As enacted, prohibits any release eligibility for a person committing aggravated child neglect or endangerment, on or after July 1, 2013, until the person has served 70 percent of the sentence imposed by the court less sentence credits earned and retained. - Amends TCA Titles 39 and 40.

TN - SB789 Mental Illness - As enacted, requires certain mental health professionals to report threats of bodily harm or death made by service recipients in certain situations; requires court clerks to report certain information regarding persons ordered to commitment or adjudicated as mental defective; establishes other requirements that relate to regulating firearm ownership by mental health patients. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 8; Title 16; Title 29; Title 33; Title 38; Title 39; Title 40; Title 49; Title 54; Title 55 and Title 65.

TN - SB1760 Education - As enacted, prohibits counting walking to and from class towards the minimum of 90 minutes per week of required physical activity for public school students. - Amends TCA Section 49-6-1021.

TN - SB2168 Domestic Violence - As introduced, requires any pending order of protection or restraining order to be served on domestic violence offender before release following the mandatory twelve-hour holding period; directs a copy of protection order to be issued to any court in which the respondent or petitioner are parties to an action. - Amends TCA Title 36, Chapter 3, Part 6; Title 39, Chapter 13, Part 1 and Title 40, Chapter 11, Part 1.

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 - SB199 Taxes, Sales - As enacted, lowers the state sales tax on food and food ingredients for human consumption from 5.25 percent to 5 percent. - Amends TCA Title 67, Chapter 6.

TN - SB1633 Sentencing - As enacted, permits judge, as a condition of probation, to order a 2nd or 3rd time DUI offender to participate in a substance abuse treatment program; revises other related provisions regarding probation options for certain DUI offenders. - Amends TCA Title 40, Chapter 35, Part 3 and Title 55, Chapter 10, Part 4.

TN - SB2021 Criminal Offenses - As enacted, requires a person convicted of manufacturing methamphetamine to serve at least 180 days in confinement and a person convicted of possession of methamphetamine to serve at least 30 days in confinement; specifies that the minimum mandatory sentences will not prohibit persons who are convicted of methamphetamine offenses from participating in a drug or recovery court and receiving sentence credit for up to the full amount of the mandatory minimum sentence. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 17, Part 4.

TN - SB162 TennCare - As introduced, makes it a Class E felony for a person to knowingly sell or deliver a pharmaceutical drug when that drug was obtained through the use of TennCare; makes other revisions to criminal offenses regarding TennCare. - Amends TCA Title 5, Chapter 26.

TN - SB2594 Sumner County - As introduced, creates new division III of general sessions court; creates position of judge to serve such division; and provides that a person be appointed to serve as judge of division III by the county legislative body on or after September 1, 2014, but not later than September 1, 2015. - Amends Chapter 481 of the Private Acts of 1949; as amended.

TN - SB523 Education - As introduced, increases from 200,000 to 250,000 the maximum number of miles a conventional or Class D school bus operating in a 16th or 17th year can have. - Amends TCA Section 49-6-2109.

TN - SB219 Uniform Commercial Code - As enacted, revises provision concerning remittance transfers. - Amends TCA Title 47, Chapter 4A.

TN - SB1496 Firearms and Ammunition - As introduced, permits a person with a handgun carry permit to carry a firearm in any state, county or municipal park or other recreation area; deletes provisions allowing local governments to prohibit carrying in parks by resolution or ordinance. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 17, Part 13.

TN - SB1312 Controlled Substances - As enacted, changes the name of the methamphetamine registry to the drug offender registry and requires that all felony drug offenders be placed on the registry; extends the amount of time that drug offenders will be placed on the registry from seven to 10 years. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 17; Title 53 and Title 63.

TN - SB1700 Firearms and Ammunition - As enacted, clarifies that observation while securing a firearm or firearm ammunition in compliance with provisions concerning a handgun permit holder's ability to transport or store a firearm or firearm ammunition does not violate such provisions. - Amends TCA Section 39-17-1313.

TN - SB2619 Westmoreland - As introduced, subject to local approval, permits the city to establish the compensation of the mayor and aldermen by ordinance beginning with the mayor elected in 2014, and aldermen elected in 2016; requires the mayor to attend and participate in all state, regional, county and municipal meetings designed to assist cities to the extent reasonable. - Amends Chapter 306 of the Private Acts of 1951; as amended.

TN - SB1505 Corporations, Not for Profit - As enacted, revises laws relating to non-profit corporations. - Amends TCA Title 48.

TN - SB1503 Controlled Substances - As enacted, makes it a Class B misdemeanor criminal offense for any landlord, owner, manager, caretaker, agent of the owner or employee who knows or reasonably should know that methamphetamine has been manufactured or is being manufactured on real property or any building, structure, or room located on such property on or in which such person performs compensated labor or is employed to or has a duty or responsibility to care for or manage to intentionally fail to notify the appropriate law enforcement agency within 24 hours of acquiring such knowledge. - Amends TCA Title 68, Chapter 212, Part 5.

TN - SB1041 Judicial Districts - As enacted, sets the current statutory requirement for criminal investigator positions in each judicial district as the statutory minimum and increases the prior service credit maximum available to criminal investigators from eight years to 12 years; revises other provisions related to criminal investigators for district attorneys. - Amends TCA Title 8 and Title 16.

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

TN - SB579 Criminal Offenses - As enacted, revises offense of unlawful photographing in violation of privacy and offense of observation without consent to increase penalty in certain situations when the victim is younger than 13 years of age; adds to the list of offenses that constitute a "sexual offense" for purposes of the sex offender registry observation without consent when the offense is classified as a Class E or D felony and unlawful photographing when the offense is classified as a Class E or D felony. - Amends TCA Title 39 and Title 40.

TN - SB1363 Drugs, Prescription - As enacted, creates offense of prescription drug fraud, which is using fraud or forgery to obtain a controlled substance and adds the theft of identifying information used to prescribe a controlled substance to offense of identity theft. - Amends TCA Title 39; Title 40 and Title 53.