Tennessee Sen. Jeff Yarbro (D)

TN - SB1393 Adoption - As enacted, revises various provisions of law regarding adoption, including provisions governing termination of parental rights, abandonment, and surrender. - Amends TCA Title 36.

TN - SB1961 Health Care - As introduced, changes time within which uninsured or uninsurable TennCare enrollees must provide documentation of material changes of information disclosed in their initial application for TennCare coverage from 30 days to 15 days. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 29; Title 33; Title 56; Title 63; Title 68 and Title 71.

TN - SB1257 Insurance Companies, Agents, Brokers, Policies - As introduced, increases maximum membership for the department of commerce and insurance's advisory committee from 12 members to 13 members. - Amends TCA Title 56.

TN - SB1206 Foster Care - As introduced, clarifies that the intent of the foster care statute is to place a child in a permanent home at an early date if an early return to the child's parents is not appropriate in addition to not being possible as provided in current statute. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 36 and Title 37.

TN - SB1207 Children's Services, Dept. of - As introduced, requires the department of children's services to release information regarding an investigation of a near fatality, including the child's age, gender, and whether the child has a history with the department, within five days of the occurrence; requires the department to release the final disposition of the case following the final classification of child abuse or neglect near fatality. - Amends TCA Title 37, Chapter 5.

TN - SB1051 Insurance Companies, Agents, Brokers, Policies - As introduced, requires any quote for automobile liability insurance to include the cost of uninsured motorist coverage. - Amends TCA Title 56.

TN - SB885 TennCare - As introduced, repeals requirement that the general assembly must authorize by joint resolution any expansion of optional enrollment in the medical assistance program, pursuant to the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. - Repeals TCA Section 71-5-126.

TN - SB2424 Correction, Dept. of - As enacted, requires that any conduct by an inmate against a correctional officer, guard, jailer, or other full-time employee of a penal institution, local jail, or workhouse, that would constitute an assault under current law be reported by the department to the appropriate district attorney general for prosecution. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 13, Part 1 and Title 41.

TN - SB2641 TennCare - As introduced, authorizes the department of health to include the health care safety net hotline within materials about the TennCare program that may be available to the general public at county health departments. - Amends TCA Title 33; Title 56; Title 63; Title 68 and Title 71.

TN - SB1592 Correction, Dept. of - As introduced, recreates the select oversight committee on corrections. - Amends TCA Title 3; Title 40 and Title 41.

TN - SB1209 Motor Vehicle Commission - As introduced, authorizes commission to suspend or revoke license of any used car dealer who locates within a mile of another used car dealer after July 1, 2015; makes this provision applicable if used car dealer leases or transfers ownership of business. - Amends TCA Title 55, Chapter 17, Part 1.

TN - SB1213 Health Care - As introduced, requires disclosure to governmental entities of certain health claims information derived from group health plans. - Amends TCA Title 10, Chapter 7 and Title 56.

TN - SB950 State Employees - As enacted, eliminates the 30-day aggregate limit of sick leave that may be used for maternity and paternity leave if both parents are state employees. - Amends TCA Title 8, Chapter 23 and Title 8, Chapter 50, Part 8.

TN - SB2425 Traffic Safety - As enacted, enacts the "Elena Zamora Memorial Act," which changes the criminal penalties for failure to yield when that violation results in an accident resulting in serious bodily injury to or death of any person. - Amends TCA Title 55, Chapter 8.

TN - SB1199 Contractors - As introduced, removes the prohibition on local governments regulating contractors and their employees operating within the jurisdiction of the local government. - Amends TCA Section 62-6-111(i).

TN - SB1203 State Government - As introduced, prohibits a commissioner or deputy commissioner who administers contracts of a department from accepting employment with a private business that contracts with the department for 12 months after the commissioner's or deputy commissioner's departure from public office. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 8; Title 12, Chapter 3; Title 12, Chapter 4 and Title 50.

TN - SB1254 Education - As introduced, requires the commissioner of education's guidelines regarding the timely and responsible release of education data for research purposes be posted on the department’s web site. - Amends TCA Title 49.

TN - SB1117 Campaigns and Campaign Finance - As introduced, prohibits any candidate from accepting more than 50 percent of the candidate's campaign contributions for each election from multicandidate political campaign committees instead of just statewide candidates. - Amends TCA Title 2, Chapter 10.

TN - SB1260 Employees, Employers - As introduced, increases from five to seven the number of days that the commissioner of labor and workforce development has to respond to a request for the reasons that the commissioner denied a request for an exemption from child labor laws that was submitted by a minor and the minor's parents or guardian. - Amends TCA Title 50.

TN - SB1121 Child Custody and Support - As enacted, eliminates the rights of custody, visitation, and inheritance for persons convicted of aggravated rape, rape, or rape of a child from which crime the child was conceived; permits the child's other parent to request reasonable visitation with the convicted parent; requires a court to establish a child support obligation for the convicted parent. - Amends TCA Title 36 and Title 39, Chapter 13, Part 5.

TN - SB1384 Public Employees - As introduced, increases, from one week to 14 days, the period of time for the sheriff's civil service board to provide written notice of the time, place, and scope of eligibility and promotion tests for applicants. - Amends TCA Title 8.

TN - SB1116 Election Laws - As introduced, requires state election commission to provide online voter registration through the secretary of state's web site. - Amends TCA Title 2, Chapter 2.

TN - SB2421 Firearms and Ammunition - As introduced, requires a licensed firearm dealer who sells firearms to the public at retail to post signs by January 1, 2017, that are visible at the point of sale informing purchasers of firearms of the proper method to safely store firearms using language created by the department of safety by October 1, 2016; makes the knowing failure to post the signs by the licensed dealer a Class C misdemeanor punishable by a fine of $50.00. - Amends TCA Section 39-17-1316.

TN - SB1954 Driver Licenses - As introduced, requires driver license revocation if licensee has paid no portion of delinquent litigation taxes, court costs, and fines imposed as a result of disposition of a criminal offense; allows reinstatement of the revoked license if the person commences repayment of the delinquent litigation taxes, court costs, and fines; removes authorization for a hardship exception or payment plan. - Amends TCA Title 16; Title 39; Title 40, Chapter 24, Part 1 and Title 55, Chapter 50.

TN - SB1957 Probation and Parole - As introduced, makes defendants convicted for having or selling drugs in school zones eligible for parole after serving 33 percent of the defendant's sentence; eliminates the requirement that defendants serve a mandatory minimum sentence before parole eligibility. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 17.

TN - SB2422 Health Care - As introduced, authorizes advisory question on the expansion of Medicaid to be placed on the ballot at the regular November election in 2016. - Amends TCA Title 2; Title 57 and Title 68.

TN - SB1252 Education - As introduced, requires the office of research and education accountability to post the reports of any studies on the effectiveness of certain pre-kindergarten programs on its web site. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 6, Part 1.

TN - SJR105 Health Care - Authorizes the governor to do all that is necessary and appropriate to expand enrollment in Tennessee's Medicaid program.

TN - SB883 Taxes, Real Property - As introduced, requires the county assessors of property to submit a report to the division of property assessment that details the number of parcels classified as homebelt property; requires that information obtained in the report be included in the state board of equalization's annual tax aggregate report. - Amends TCA Title 67, Chapter 5.

TN - SB2409 Sexual Offenses - As introduced, creates a Class E felony offense for the knowing disclosure of nonconsensual pornography. - Amends TCA Title 39 and Title 40.

TN - SB1363 Local Education Agencies - As introduced, prohibits an LEA from contracting for services with a nonprofit or for-profit operator or manager of a virtual school if the contract requires the LEA to pay more per pupil for students in the virtual school than the operator or manager charges individual students for its services. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 16, Part 2.

TN - SB2426 Campaigns and Campaign Finance - As introduced, requires candidates for local public office who have contributions or expenditures in excess of $1,000 to file reports electronically with the registry of election finance beginning January 1, 2017. - Amends TCA Title 2, Chapter 10.

TN - SB2416 TennCare - As introduced, requires the bureau of TennCare to annually report in writing to the chair of the health and welfare committee of the senate and the chair of the health committee of the house concerning the impact of 2014 Public Chapter 926, which extends Medicaid eligibility to inmates in certain circumstances, on the TennCare program, correctional facilities, and inmates. - Amends TCA Title 41 and Title 71.

TN - SB2625 Election Laws - As introduced, prohibits name of presidential candidate being on ballot unless the candidate is a natural born citizen of the United States; prohibits presidential electors from voting for a candidate who is not a natural born citizen. - Amends TCA Title 2, Chapter 15 and Title 2, Chapter 5.

TN - SJR430 General Assembly, Confirmation of Appointment - J. Andrew Goddard, heritage conservation trust fund board

TN - SJR449 Memorials, Recognition - "Child Abuse and Neglect Prevention Month,"April 2016

TN - SB1959 Election Laws - As introduced, requires county election commissions in counties with populations over 65,000 to establish additional early voting polling locations. - Amends TCA Title 2.

TN - SB882 Teachers, Principals and School Personnel - As enacted, requires the local board to consider the years of service acquired by a tenured or nontenured teacher who takes an extended leave from an LEA to teach in a public charter school authorized by the LEA, ASD, or state board of education in certain circumstances. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 1; Title 49, Chapter 13 and Title 49, Chapter 5.

TN - SB945 Municipal Government - As introduced, extends prohibition on municipal officials and employees from purchasing surplus property from six months after leaving employment to one year after leaving employment. - Amends TCA Title 6 and Title 7.

TN - SB1126 Election Laws - As introduced, permits the use of a photo identification card issued by this state, the United States, or an accredited postsecondary institution of education in this state for purposes of verifying the identity of an eligible voter. - Amends TCA Title 2, Chapter 7.

TN - SB2415 Probation and Parole - As introduced, allows the court that places a person on misdemeanor probation, if supervision would be extended or family or child support obligations could not be met because of the supervision fees and court costs and fines and other fees, to declare the person to be indigent. - Amends TCA Title 8; Title 16; Title 37; Title 40; Title 41 and Title 55.

TN - SB2427 State Government - As enacted, creates a task force to study the feasibility of state government utilizing an open data policy. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 10 and Title 12.

TN - SB2404 Transportation, Dept. of - As introduced, authorizes an electronic format of the report the department provides each member of the general assembly regarding the status of highway projects in the county or counties that the member represents. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 54; Title 55; Title 65 and Title 67.

TN - SB1958 Pharmacy, Pharmacists - As introduced, authorizes pharmacists to prescribe and dispense hormonal contraceptive patches and self-administered oral contraceptives in certain circumstances. - Amends TCA Title 56 and Title 63, Chapter 10.

TN - SB1118 Taxes, Exemption and Credits - As enacted, removes exclusion for Davidson County to allow Davidson County, like other cities and counties under law, to delegate its public housing authority the power to negotiate and accept payments in lieu of taxes from lessees that operate publicly owned low-income tax credit property. - Amends TCA Title 13, Chapter 20, Part 1.

TN - SB1214 Dentists and Dentistry - As enacted, specifies that a person who authorizes the practice of teledentistry will be deemed to be practicing dentistry and subject to requirements governing dentistry; requires dentists who deliver services using teledentistry to establish protocols for the practice; enacts other provisions governing teledentistry. - Amends TCA Title 63.

TN - SB1125 Bonds and Undertakings, Regulation of - As introduced, enacts the "Tennessee Pay-for-Success Act of 2015." - Amends TCA Title 4 and Title 9.

TN - SB2623 Mental Health & Substance Abuse Services, Dept. of - As introduced, makes mandatory, instead of permissive, the appointment of advocates to the statewide planning and policy council for the department of mental health and substance abuse services to represent children and persons affected by substance abuse. - Amends TCA Title 33.

TN - SB1392 County Government - As enacted, authorizes county legislative bodies to appropriate funds for affordable or workforce housing. - Amends TCA Title 5; Title 6 and Title 7.

TN - SB1205 Hospitals and Health Care Facilities - As introduced, revises an obsolete statute to require the comptroller of the treasury to annually report to the speaker of the senate and the speaker of the house concerning the use of prescription drugs in nursing homes. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 56; Title 63; Title 68 and Title 71.

TN - SB1960 Beer - As introduced, increases amount of beer a manufacturer may sell annually at retail from 25,000 barrels to 30,000 barrels. - Amends TCA Title 57, Chapter 5; Title 57, Chapter 6, and Chapter 19 of the Public Acts of 2015.

TN - SB1251 Education - As introduced, requires the department of education to annually report on the availability and content of driver education and training courses in public schools to the education committee of the senate and the education instruction and programs committee of the house. - Amends TCA Title 49.

TN - SB1386 Education - As introduced, requires the department of education to annually report on the availability and content of driver education and training courses in public schools to the education committee of the senate and the education instruction and programs committee of the house. - Amends TCA Title 49.

TN - SB1047 Deeds - As introduced, requires that a deed for the conveyance of real property be prepared and filed by a licensed attorney or the owner of the property; requires the county register to verify a deed is properly prepared before it is registered and to note the verification on the deed. - Amends TCA Title 8, Chapter 13; Title 23, Chapter 3; Title 66, Chapter 5, Part 1 and Title 66, Chapter 24.

TN - SB1261 Health Care - As introduced, increases the cap on the amount healthcare providers can charge for copying medical records, other than for records involving workers' compensation cases, from $20.00 for the first five pages and 50 cents per page for each page copied after the first five pages, to $24.00 for the first five pages and 50 cents per page for each page copied after the first five pages. - Amends TCA Title 63 and Title 64.

TN - SB1381 Motor Vehicles - As introduced, requires that no more than 20 percent of the funds received by the department of health from violations of the child safety restraint law be used for administrative costs. - Amends TCA Section 55-9-602.

TN - SJR335 Memorials, Interns - De'Antre Harleston.

TN - SB1124 TennCare - As introduced, requires the state to establish a health insurance exchange under the federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act if the U.S. supreme court, in King v. Burwell, rules that the IRS may not promulgate regulations to extend tax credit subsidies to coverage purchased through exchanges established by the federal government under the Act. - Amends TCA Title 4 and Title 71, Chapter 5.

TN - SB1255 Employees, Employers - As introduced, extends the time the advisory council on workers' compensation has to report all its actions after a meeting to each member of the consumer and human resources committee of the house and the commerce and labor committee of the senate from 10 days to 15 days. - Amends TCA Title 50.

TN - SB1813 Courts, Administrative Office of the - As introduced, requires the AOC to pay appointed counsel, other than public defenders or post-conviction defenders, within 30 days from the time a judicially approved claim is submitted in accordance with Supreme Court Rules, unless the claim is deemed to be extended or complex, in which case such claim shall be paid within 60 days. - Amends TCA Title 16 and Title 40, Chapter 14, Part 2.

TN - SB2418 Appropriations - As introduced, appropriates 1/3 of excess state tax revenues over-collected in fiscal year 2014-2015 to the Tennessee mass transit fund to be used for public mass transportation projects; appropriates 2/3 of such excess revenues to the department of transportation for backlog transportation road projects. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 9; Title 54 and Title 67.

TN - SB2410 Naming and Designating - As introduced, requires, beginning July 1, 2016, requested naming or designating of state buildings be approved by the state building commission. - Amends TCA Title 4 and Title 12.

TN - SB2417 Sewage - As enacted, authorizes the use of green infrastructure practices within areas that have combined sanitary sewage and storm water systems. - Amends TCA Title 7; Title 68, Chapter 221 and Title 69, Chapter 3.

TN - SB1258 Education - As introduced, requires the department of education to annually report on the availability and content of driver education and training courses in public schools to the education committee of the senate and the education instruction and programs committee of the house. - Amends TCA Title 49.

TN - SB1123 Metropolitan Government - As enacted, permits a county with a metropolitan government that has acquired real property at a delinquent tax sale to authorize the conveyance of the real property by grant to a nonprofit organization for the purpose of constructing affordable or workplace housing. - Amends TCA Title 7, Chapter 3, Part 3 and Title 67, Chapter 5, Part 25.

TN - SB1259 Highways, Roads and Bridges - As introduced, expands enhanced penalty for disposal of trash near a scenic highway to include area within 1,000 feet of the highway instead of within 500 feet of the highway. - Amends TCA Title 54, Chapter 17.

TN - SB1380 Business and Commerce - As introduced, changes the time period in which appointments to the Tennessee regulatory authority must be approved by the general assembly from 30 days to 45 days. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 8; Title 12; Title 13; Title 47; Title 48; Title 60; Title 61; Title 62; Title 64; Title 65; Title 67 and Title 68.

TN - SB2640 Parks, Natural Areas Preservation - As introduced, provides the same retirement and compensation benefits to state park rangers that other law enforcement officers receive. - Amends TCA Title 7; Title 8 and Title 70.

TN - SB1383 Uniform Commercial Code - As introduced, increases from 30 days to 60 days the period in which a purchase-money security interest in goods, other than inventory or livestock, must be perfected in order to maintain its priority over conflicting security interests in the same goods. - Amends TCA Title 47.

TN - SB1212 Redistricting, Legislative - As introduced, requires use of adjusted population data relative to incarcerated individuals for congressional, legislative, and county redistricting plans, beginning April 1, 2020. - Amends TCA Title 2, Chapter 16; Title 3, Chapter 1, Part 1 and Title 5, Chapter 1, Part 1.

TN - SB1262 Redistricting, Congressional - As introduced, establishes a five-member congressional redistricting commission beginning in January 2021. - Amends TCA Title 2, Chapter 16; Title 4, Chapter 16, Part 1 and Title 8, Chapter 4.

TN - SB2423 Correction, Dept. of - As introduced, requires the commissioner of correction to develop criteria related to the work period and compensation for all correctional officers; requires the department to provide annual written report of correctional officer staffing levels. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 3, Part 6 and Title 41.

TN - SB1953 Mass Transit - As enacted, revises the present law provisions governing overtaking on the right in regard to the operation of mass transit buses on shoulders and rights-of-way. - Amends TCA Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 9; Title 54; Title 55; Title 64 and Title 65.

TN - SB1382 Criminal Procedure - As introduced, clarifies that an electronic version is acceptable for the annual compliance report on capital cases submitted by the administrative office of the courts to the chief clerks of the senate and house and chairs of the appropriate committees. - Amends TCA Title 39 and Title 40.

TN - SB2624 Welfare - As introduced, authorizes the department of health to electronically submit its annual report to the governor and the general assembly accounting for its operations and expenditures relative to welfare services. - Amends TCA Title 63 and Title 71.

TN - SJR82 Memorials, Personal Achievement - Russell James Byers, Eagle Scout.

TN - SB1120 Traffic Safety - As introduced, exempts vehicles in a parade or community event from receiving a traffic citation based on evidence obtained from unmanned traffic enforcement cameras. - Amends TCA Section 55-8-198.

TN - SB1963 Firearms and Ammunition - As introduced, prohibits the sale of firearms to persons who are listed on the federal terrorist watchlist. - Amends TCA Section 39-17-1316.

TN - SB2408 State Employees - As introduced, grants state employees one day leave from work annually to participate in community service. - Amends TCA Title 8, Chapter 50.

TN - SJR382 Memorials, Death - Dianne Norris Donner.

TN - SJR404 Memorials, Recognition - Mayor Megan Barry.

TN - SB1812 Education - As introduced, prohibits a school assigned to the ASD from serving grades other than those served by the school before its assignment to the ASD; prohibits the ASD from recruiting students zoned for another school if a school is assigned to the ASD. - Amends TCA Title 49.

TN - SB1200 Nuisances - As enacted, permits a court to dismiss or continue a nuisance action if the property owner was unaware of the nuisance prior to receiving notice and has taken steps to abate the nuisance after receiving notice. - Amends TCA Title 29, Chapter 3.

TN - SB2411 Tennessee Bureau of Investigation - As introduced, requires the comptroller of the treasury to create a report regarding cybersecurity that includes, at a minimum, a summary explaining necessary improvements to protect state data. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 10 and Title 38.

TN - SB1253 Election Laws - As introduced, lengthens voter registration period to 15 days before an election instead of 30 days before an election. - Amends TCA Title 2.

TN - SB1208 Pensions and Retirement Benefits - As introduced, lengthens time from 45 days to 60 days that the retirement division must hear from a duly qualified administrator or executor of an estate before releasing payment to the executor of any will of the deceased. - Amends TCA Title 8, Chapter 34; Title 8, Chapter 35 and Title 8, Chapter 36.

TN - SB951 Corporations, Not for Profit - As introduced, establishes that, for purposes of nonprofit corporations, notice or other communication is effective, if mailed by United States mail postage prepaid and correctly addressed, when received or within seven days, instead of five days, after it is deposited in the United States mail. - Amends TCA Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 13; Title 48; Title 66 and Title 67.

TN - SB2642 Education - As introduced, enacts the "Tennessee Exemplary Educator Academy Act." - Amends TCA Title 4 and Title 49.

TN - SB1198 Economic and Community Development - As introduced, directs the departments of transportation and economic and community development to study the Nolensville Pike corridor in Davidson County.

TN - SB1385 Criminal Procedure - As introduced, increases from 10 to 15 the number of days prior to a sentencing hearing that a presentence report shall be filed. - Amends TCA Title 40.

TN - SB1210 Election Laws - As introduced, permits any registered Tennessee voter to vote absentee for any reason after providing evidence of identification in the application for a ballot; exempts certain absentee voters from the evidence of identification requirement under certain circumstances. - Amends TCA Title 2.

TN - SB1049 Solid Waste Disposal - As enacted, authorizes Davidson County to impose and collect a solid waste collection, processing, and disposal fee; adds solid waste "processing" as an authorized expenditure for the surcharge on each ton of municipal solid waste received at a solid waste disposal facility or incinerator. - Amends TCA Title 68, Chapter 211.

TN - SB2419 Courts, Juvenile - As enacted, establishes confidentiality and accessibility of assessment reports compiled by the juvenile court in Davidson County. - Amends TCA Title 37.

TN - SB1379 Criminal Offenses - As introduced, extends Class C misdemeanor offense for handling deadly snakes and reptiles in a manner that endangers other people to include handling deadly insects. - Amends TCA Title 38; Title 39 and Title 40.

TN - SB1202 Evidence - As introduced, declares that communications made between certain emergency personnel and designated peer support group counselors are privileged, and such counselors shall not be compelled to testify in a proceeding without consent of the personnel making the communication. - Amends TCA Title 24, Chapter 1, Part 2.

TN - SB1394 Health, Dept. of - As introduced, directs the commissioner to develop a plan for ensuring that 90 percent of pregnant women in this state have access to prenatal care and to report findings to the health committee of the house and the health and welfare committee of the senate by February 1, 2016. - Amends TCA Title 56; Title 68 and Title 71.

TN - SB1201 Metropolitan Government - As enacted, authorizes a metropolitan government by two-thirds vote to restrict the location of a private club within 1,000 feet of a private school, public school, charter school, public park, residence, or place of worship. - Amends TCA Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 13 and Title 68.

TN - SB2406 Administrative Procedure (UAPA) - As introduced, increases the number of interested persons necessary to petition an agency requesting the adoption, amendment, or repeal of a rule from five or more to 10 or more. - Amends TCA Title 4.

TN - SB2420 Juvenile Offenders - As introduced, prohibits the use of solitary confinement of juvenile offenders except in certain, limited circumstances. - Amends TCA Title 37 and Title 41, Chapter 21.

TN - SB1956 Dentists and Dentistry - As enacted, authorizes the commissioner of health to complete a comprehensive state oral health plan by January 1, 2017, and to submit the plan to the federal centers for disease control and prevention and to the general assembly. - Amends TCA Title 68.

TN - SB1814 Medical Occupations - As enacted, revises the educational requirements for licensure as a clinical pastoral therapist; authorizes issuance of temporary licenses to clinical pastoral therapists who are in training. - Amends TCA Title 63, Chapter 22.

TN - SB1256 Hospitals and Health Care Facilities - As introduced, changes time within which an order must be issued following an administrative hearing concerning a nursing home from 10 working days to 12 working days. - Amends TCA Title 68.

TN - SB1119 Courts, General Sessions - As enacted, removes the restriction that prohibits Davidson County from imposing a litigation tax on cases in general sessions court with proceeds to support the general sessions court. - Amends TCA Title 16, Chapter 15.

TN - SB949 Mass Transit - As introduced, deletes the provision that conditions the construction, maintenance, or operation of a dedicated-lane bus rapid transit system on a state highway upon obtaining certain approvals from the commissioner of transportation, the local governing body, and the general assembly. - Amends TCA Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 54; Title 64 and Title 67.

TN - SB947 Election Laws - As introduced, removes references to the Votomatic punch card voting system. - Amends TCA Title 1; Title 2 and Title 3.

TN - SB881 Elder Abuse - As enacted, requires that a fine be imposed on a person convicted of abuse, neglect, or exploitation of an adult if the victim was over 60 years of age; authorizes appropriation of the fines to fund services and programs for senior citizens. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 13; Title 71, Chapter 2 and Title 71, Chapter 6, Part 1.

TN - SB1211 Controlled Substances - As introduced, deletes the offense for a person to distribute a small amount of marijuana not in excess of one-half ounce (14.175 grams); increases the amount of marijuana, from one-half ounce to one ounce, that a person must possess, casually exchange, or distribute to be considered a criminal offense punishable as a Class C misdemeanor by a $100 fine for each violation. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 17, Part 4.

TN - SB1050 Taxes - As introduced, allows a taxpayer to challenge an order issued by the commissioner revoking a certificate of exemption by filing a petition for common law certiorari in the Davidson County chancery court. - Amends TCA Title 67.

TN - SB1955 Mining and Quarrying - As introduced, enacts the "Tennessee Scenic Vistas Protection Act" to prohibit the issuance of water quality permits for surface mining activities along ridgelines, subject to certain exceptions. - Amends TCA Title 59 and Title 69, Chapter 3, Part 1.

TN - SB1446 Bond Issues - As enacted, authorizes Davidson County to issue bonds to fund affordable housing and workforce housing projects. - Amends TCA Title 7; Title 9, Chapter 21 and Title 13, Chapter 23.

TN - SB2405 Local Government, General - As introduced, changes the date an ordinance affecting the operation of trains within the limits of a municipality becomes effective, from 15 days after to 20 days after the ordinance is served upon the registered agent of the railroad operating such train. - Amends TCA Title 5; Title 6 and Title 7.

TN - SB944 Courts - As introduced, increases the time in which members of the state court clerks' conference must be given notice prior to a meeting from 10 days to 14 days. - Amends TCA Title 16; Title 17; Title 18; Title 19; Title 20; Title 21; Title 22 and Title 23.

TN - SJR94 Health Care - Authorizes the governor to take certain actions with respect to Insure Tennessee.

TN - SB1204 Animal Cruelty and Abuse - As enacted, enacts the "Tennessee Animal Abuser Registration Act." - Amends TCA Title 39; Title 40 and Title 44.

TN - SJR95 Constitutional Amendments - Establishes independent redistricting commission for senatorial and representative districts.

TN - SB2412 Food and Food Products - As introduced, increases from 10 days to 15 days the number of days following the service of notice before a food service establishment permit is revoked if no request for a hearing is filed. - Amends TCA Title 53, Chapter 8, Part 2 and Title 68, Chapter 14, Part 7.

TN - SB2407 Firearms and Ammunition - As introduced, punishes as Class C misdemeanor or Class E felony reckless endangerment the discharge of a firearm without lawful authority at a public gathering or event at which 25 or more people are present. - Amends TCA Section 39-13-103 and Title 39, Chapter 17, Part 13.

TN - SB1048 Chiropractors - As enacted, revises the authority of the board of chiropractic examiners to impose administrative discipline against a licensee based on improper solicitations; adds certain recordkeeping requirements concerning solicitations. - Amends TCA Title 63, Chapter 4.

TN - SB2414 Correction, Dept. of - As introduced, requires the commissioner of correction to implement a 14-day work schedule instead of a 28-day work schedule for all employees of a correctional facility. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 41 and Title 50.

TN - SB1962 Criminal Offenses - As enacted, makes various changes to the offense of stalking, including redefining "course of conduct". - Amends TCA Title 20, Chapter 14; Title 36, Chapter 3, Part 6 and Title 39.

TN - SB1122 Education, Higher - As introduced, creates a cause of action under the Tennessee Consumer Protection Act for any person suffering a loss as a result of certain deceptive practices by a postsecondary education institution or its agents; requires postsecondary institutions to offer a free two-week online orientation program to certain incoming students. - Amends TCA Title 47, Chapter 18 and Title 49.

TN - SB884 Basic Education Program (BEP) - As introduced, sets the BEP instructional salary unit cost for the 2015–2016 fiscal year at the statewide average licensed teacher salary. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 1; Title 49, Chapter 2; Title 49, Chapter 3 and Title 49, Chapter 5.

TN - SJR52 Memorials, Sports - Vanderbilt University baseball team, 2014 NCAA National Champions.

TN - SB2413 Sentencing - As introduced, permits a defendant who is sentenced to life imprisonment to become release eligible after service of 60 percent of 60 years, and in no event less than 25 years including sentence reduction credits; permits a defendant convicted under prior law to request parole eligibility be determined pursuant to this act. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 13, Part 2 and Section 40-35-501.

TN - SJR16 Memorials, Death - James Cecil “Little Jimmy” Dickens.

TN - SB1979 Medical Occupations - As enacted, creates a task force to study issues related to healthcare services; specifies that the task force will make a report and cease to exist by January 10, 2017. - Amends TCA Title 63, Chapter 7.

TN - SJR1 Memorials, Death - Howard H. Baker Jr.

TN - SJR12 Memorials, Sports - University of Memphis football team and head coach Justin Fuente.

TN - SJR160 Memorials, Death - Charles Maurice Johnson.

TN - SJR29 Memorials, Heroism - First Lieutenant Norman Edward Lane Jr., United States Marine Corps Reserve.

TN - SJR57 Memorials, Death - Cecil D. Branstetter.

TN - SJR55 Memorials, Death - John Lawrence Seigenthaler.

TN - SJR51 Memorials, Retirement - Reverend Joseph Patrick Breen.

TN - SB87 Education - As enacted, changes references in the code from vocational education to career and technical education; changes references in the code from the board for vocational education to the board for career and technical education. - Amends TCA Section 37-2-417; Title 49, Chapter 1; Title 49, Chapter 11; Title 49, Chapter 12; Title 49, Chapter 3; Title 49, Chapter 5; Title 49, Chapter 50; Title 49, Chapter 6 and Section 62-4-122.

TN - SJR148 Memorials, Recognition - Stax Museum of American Soul Music, 2015 Arts Leadership Award.

TN - SB385 Medical Occupations - As enacted, adds dry needling to scope of practice of a physical therapist. - Amends TCA Title 63, Chapter 13.

TN - SR15 Memorials, Personal Occasion - Homer Malone, 71st birthday.

TN - SB1321 Holidays and Days of Special Observance - As enacted, designates May 11 of each year as "Police Memorial Day," a day of special observance. - Amends TCA Title 15, Chapter 2.

TN - SJR121 Memorials, Professional Achievement - Les Leverett.

TN - SB308 Alcoholic Beverages - As enacted, authorizes Cheekwood Botanical Garden and Museum of Art to sell alcoholic beverages for consumption on the premises; authorizes Cheekwood to grant a franchise for the provision of food or beverage on the premises. - Amends TCA Section 57-4-102.

TN - SB448 Juvenile Offenders - As introduced, establishes a progressive truancy intervention program in K–12 schools that involves tiers of prejuvenile court programs designed to keep a truant child out of the juvenile court system. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 6, Part 30.

TN - SJR96 Holidays and Days of Special Observance - Urges observance of "Firefighters' Memorial Day" October 9, 2015, and "Volunteer Firefighters Week" March 1-7, 2015.

TN - SJR100 Memorials, Recognition - University School of Nashville, 100th anniversary.

TN - SJR295 Memorials, Congratulations - Addison Dower and Matthew Russell, wedding.

TN - SB24 Recreational Areas - As enacted, specifies that climbing walls are not considered "amusement devices" and are not subject to regulation by the department of labor and workforce development. - Amends TCA Title 56 and Title 68.

TN - SJR470 Memorials, Retirement - Lt. Preston Donaldson, Tennessee Highway Patrol

TN - SR25 Memorials, Recognition - Sigma Phi Epsilon, 54th Grand Chapter Conclave.

TN - SB201 Medical Occupations - As enacted, deletes statement that a physician assistant's supervising physician have complete and absolute authority over the physician assistant's actions while retaining language that the physician assistant function under the control and responsibility of the physician. - Amends TCA Section 63-19-106.

TN - SB409 Pharmacy, Pharmacists - As enacted, enacts the "Ensuring Patient Access to Pharmacy Drug Disposal Programs Act of 2015". - Amends TCA Title 63, Chapter 10.

TN - SB453 Education - As enacted, requires the Tennessee STEM innovation network to establish STEM innovation hubs in rural areas of the state and in Northwest Tennessee; requires the Tennessee STEM innovation network to provide a middle school curriculum on the variety and benefits of STEM careers. - Amends TCA Title 49.

TN - SB972 Corporations, For Profit - As enacted, enacts the "For-Profit Benefit Corporation Act." - Amends TCA Title 48.

TN - SJR144 Memorials, Recognition - 2015 Tennessee State FFA Officers.

TN - SB629 Business and Commerce - As enacted, makes the Made in Tennessee Act permanent instead of repealing on January 1, 2016; specifies that the annual report of the University of Tennessee Center for Industrial Services must address the promotion of nonagricultural products made in Tennessee through the use of a logo or seal pursuant to the Act. - Amends TCA Section 4-3-738.

TN - SB651 Driver Licenses - As enacted, authorizes the department of safety to develop an electronic driver license system in which licensees may participate; permits development of a mobile application to display images of driver licenses on cell phones; allows electronic driver licenses to be accepted in lieu of physical driver licenses. - Amends TCA Title 55, Chapter 50.

TN - SJR383 Memorials, Recognition - Luke Eppert.

TN - SB346 Taxes, Exemption and Credits - As enacted, enacts the "Community Resurgence Job Tax Credit Act of 2015." - Amends TCA Title 67, Chapter 4, Part 20 and Title 67, Chapter 4, Part 21.

TN - SB32 Taxes, Exemption and Credits - As enacted, for tax years beginning January 1, 2015, increases the income exemption level for the Hall income tax to be $37,000 for single filers and $68,000 for joint filers. - Amends TCA Title 67, Chapter 2.

TN - SR65 Memorials, Death - Eleanor McNeil Massey.

TN - SJR387 Memorials, Recognition - United States Senator Bob Corker.

TN - SB16 Tennessee Bureau of Investigation - As enacted, authorizes the TBI to employ, effective July 1, 2015, four additional special agents for the purpose of training other officers, investigating and assisting in the prosecution of human trafficking cases; directs TBI to develop and provide a course of instruction to other officers and departments in the recognition, detection, and prosecution of human trafficking cases. - Amends TCA Title 38, Chapter 6.

TN - SR64 Memorials, Retirement - Alice Wynelle Abbey.

TN - SB17 Intellectual & Developmental Disabilities - As enacted, requires that persons with intellectual disabilities on the waiting list for services be enrolled in the self-determination waiver when their caregivers attain the age of 80. - Amends TCA Title 33, Chapter 5.

TN - SB612 Students - As introduced, exempts certain students from payment of out-of-state tuition at state institutions of higher education. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 58; Title 49, Chapter 7; Title 49, Chapter 8 and Title 49, Chapter 9.

TN - SJR93 Health Care - Authorizes the Governor to do all that is necessary and appropriate to implement Insure Tennessee substantially as described in TennCare Demonstration Amendment #25.

TN - SJR219 Memorials, Professional Achievement - Catherine Stein, 2015 class of Nashville's Top 30 Under 30, Tennessee Chapter of the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation.

TN - SB43 Evidence - As enacted, 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 - SJR224 Memorials, Professional Achievement - Catrice James, 2015 class of Nashville's Top 30 Under 30, Tennessee Chapter of the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation.

TN - SJR223 Memorials, Professional Achievement - Sarah Perry, 2015 class of Nashville's Top 30 Under 30, Tennessee Chapter of the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation.

TN - SJR229 Memorials, Professional Achievement - John Rader, 2015 class of Nashville's Top 30 Under 30, Tennessee chapter of the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation.

TN - SB976 Education, Higher - As enacted, requires the executive director of THEC to convene representatives from UT and the board of regents to create, revise, and adopt policies to assist veterans and military service members with higher education programs; makes other various revisions to the eligibility and in-state tuition guidelines of the Tennessee Veterans Education Transition Support Act. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 7, Part 13.

TN - SJR221 Memorials, Professional Achievement - Emily Serck, 2015 class of Nashville's Top 30 Under 30, Tennessee Chapter of the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation.

TN - SJR227 Memorials, Professional Achievement - Elizabeth Belk, 2015 class of Nashville's Top 30 Under 30, Tennessee Chapter of the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation.

TN - SJR220 Memorials, Professional Achievement - Catherine Smith, 2015 class of Nashville's Top 30 Under 30, Tennessee Chapter of the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation.

TN - SJR218 Memorials, Professional Achievement - Blake Wiedman, 2015 class of Nashville's Top 30 Under 30, Tennessee Chapter of the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation.

TN - SJR228 Memorials, Professional Achievement - Michelle Augusty, 2015 class of Nashville's Top 30 Under 30, Tennessee Chapter of the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation.

TN - SJR225 Memorials, Professional Achievement - Joanna Collins, 2015 class of Nashville's Top 30 Under 30, Tennessee Chapter of the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation.

TN - SJR222 Memorials, Professional Achievement - Jennings Ragan, 2015 class of Nashville's Top 30 Under 30, Tennessee Chapter of the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation.

TN - SJR230 Memorials, Professional Achievement - Lauren Jacques, 2015 class of Nashville's Top 30 Under 30, Tennessee Chapter of the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation.

TN - SJR226 Memorials, Professional Achievement - Jenna Castle, 2015 class of Nashville's Top 30 Under 30, Tennessee Chapter of the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation.

TN - SB948 State Government - As introduced, abolishes the office of state geographer. - Amends TCA Title 4 and Title 5.

TN - SJR182 Memorials, Death - Senator Bobby Carter.

TN - SB1024 Criminal Offenses - As enacted, creates a Class A misdemeanor offense of causing a person under 18 years of age to attend an animal fight; increases the penalty for the offense of being a spectator at an animal fight to a Class A misdemeanor. - Amends TCA Section 39-14-203.

TN - SB689 Solid Waste Disposal - As enacted, requires TDEC to include in its annual report to the governor and general assembly concerning the solid waste management system, progress implementation updates, including projected implement steps, on each specific component of the state's comprehensive solid waste management plan. - Amends TCA Title 68, Chapter 211.

TN - SB1219 Constitutional Amendments - As enacted, requires a summary of a constitutional amendment to precede the question on the ballot instead of requiring a summary for only those questions exceeding 300 words in length. - Amends TCA Section 2-5-208.

TN - SB610 Bail, Bail Bonds - As enacted, revises provisions governing 12-hour hold period for persons charged with domestic violence or elder abuse offense; makes hold period mandatory unless the magistrate or other official duly authorized to release the offender finds that the offender is not a threat to the alleged victim. - Amends TCA Title 40, Chapter 11, Part 1.

TN - SB795 Children - As enacted, allows law enforcement officers to transport minor victims of prostitution to a shelter care facility designated by the juvenile court judge to facilitate the release of the minor to the custody of a parent or legal guardian. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 13, Part 5.

TN - SB428 Criminal Offenses - As enacted, deletes the requirement of intent to cause bodily injury from aggravated assault involving strangulation or attempted strangulation. - Amends TCA Section 39-13-102.

TN - SB280 Controlled Substances - As enacted, authorizes use of cannabidiol oil with less than 0.9 percent of tetrahydrocannabinol to treat intractable seizures or epilepsy in certain circumstances. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 17, Part 4 and Title 43, Chapter 26.

TN - SB388 Alcoholic Beverages - As enacted, expands premises for consumption of alcoholic beverages to include area between a convention center, convention center hotel, museum, and one block of public roadway in Nashville upon majority vote of the local legislative body. - Amends TCA Section 57-4-102(27).

TN - SB1012 Law Enforcement - As enacted, permits a permanent legal resident of the United States who is an honorably discharged veteran of the United States armed forces to be employed as a police officer; requires such an officer to apply for or obtain citizenship within six years of the employment start date. - Amends TCA Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 8 and Title 38, Chapter 8, Part 1.

TN - SJR309 Memorials, Recognition - Nashville General Hospital, 125th anniversary.

TN - SB1160 Criminal Procedure - As enacted, allows a person who is mandated to comply with the requirements of sex offender registry, based solely upon a conviction for aggravated prostitution may petition the sentencing court for termination of the registration requirements based on the person's status as a victim of: a human trafficking offense, a sexual offense, or domestic abuse. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 13, Part 5 and Title 40, Chapter 39, Part 2.

TN - SB1090 Veterans - As enacted, specifies that no fee may be charged for the interment of an eligible veteran in a state veterans' cemetery and limits the fee to $610 for the interment of an eligible veteran's spouse. - Amends TCA Title 46, Chapter 6.

TN - SJR275 Memorials, Academic Achievement - Hamilton High School Wildcats, boys' basketball Class AAA state champions.

TN - SJR274 Memorials, Public Service - Senator James F. Kyle Jr.

TN - SJR454 Memorials, Heroism - Master Sergeant Roddie Edmonds, U.S. Army

TN - SJR488 Memorials, Recognition - Sarah Cannon Center for Blood Cancer at TriStar Centennial Chemotherapy Team

TN - SJR493 Memorials, Recognition - Dr. Ian Flinn, Doctor of the Day

TN - SJR476 Memorials, Recognition - Pastor Maury and Gail Davis

TN - SJR477 Memorials, Retirement - Chief Warrant Officer Five Kenneth D. Poindexter, U.S. Army

TN - SJR407 Memorials, Death - Representative Clint Callicott

TN - SJR399 Memorials, Professional Achievement - Cathy Whitehead, 2015–16 Tennessee Teacher of the Year.

TN - SJR439 Memorials, Death - Foy Walton Watson, Jr.

TN - SJR394 General Assembly, Statement of Intent or Position - Expresses support for law enforcement.

TN - SJR475 Memorials, Personal Occasion - Captain William Oscar Pointer, 100th birthday

TN - SB1387 Public Funds and Financing - As introduced, clarifies that the present law that authorizes local governments to levy a gasoline tax for the purpose of local public transportation funding, does not prohibit public transportation systems from charging fares sufficient to offset the costs of fuel. - Amends TCA Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 9; Title 54; Title 64 and Title 67.

TN - SB1553 Military - As enacted, enacts the "National Guard Force Protection Act of 2016". - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 9 and Title 58.

TN - SB2518 Education - As enacted, requires that the display of the American flag on school property and at school events conform to the requirements of federal law; requires a local board of education to permit display of the American flag, if the display conforms to the requirements of federal law. - Amends TCA Title 49.

TN - SJR401 Memorials, Death - Leonard Keelon Bradley.

TN - SB1779 Pensions and Retirement Benefits - As enacted, requires certain employees participating in TCRS to have a vesting percentage of 100 percent in retirement benefits upon attaining retirement age or completing certain years of service; revises other various provisions governing public employee benefits. - Amends TCA Title 8, Chapter 34; Title 8, Chapter 35; Title 8, Chapter 36 and Title 8, Chapter 37.

TN - SB2175 Consumer Protection - As introduced, enacts the "Commercial Dog Breeders Registration Act"; makes selling of dogs by unlicensed breeders, misrepresenting the condition of a dog for sale, or altering or falsifying a dog's health certificate a consumer protection violation. - Amends TCA Title 47, Chapter 18 and Title 62.

TN - SJR442 Memorials, Death - Charles Dudley Brewer, Sr,

TN - SJR413 Memorials, Retirement - Brian Signaigo

TN - SJR414 Memorials, Retirement - Justice Gary Wade

TN - SB2093 Highways, Roads and Bridges - As enacted, enacts the "Public-Private Transportation Act of 2016." - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 6; Title 9; Title 12; Title 54; Title 55; Title 65 and Title 67.

TN - SJR412 Memorials, Personal Occasion - James and Louise Pulliam, 75th anniversary

TN - SJR444 Memorials, Personal Occasion - Gladys Memphis Garland, 100th birthday

TN - SJR445 Memorials, Death - Exie "Bernice" Waddell

TN - SB1796 Taxes, Ad Valorem - As enacted, increases the amount on which property tax reimbursement will be paid from the first $23,000 to the first $23,500 for low-income, elderly homeowners and for disabled homeowners; removes the income limitation applicable for tax relief for disabled veteran homeowners. - Amends TCA Title 67, Chapter 5.

TN - SR76 Memorials, Death - Jerome Dennis Majkrzak

TN - SB326 Estates - As enacted, enacts the "Revised Uniform Fiduciary Access to Digital Assets Act." - Amends TCA Title 30; Title 31; Title 32; Title 34; Title 35 and Title 39.

TN - SB1915 Gas, Petroleum Products, Volatile Oils - As introduced, prohibits the construction of a gas compressor on land that is located within one mile of a public park. - Amends TCA Title 68.

TN - SB2531 Paternity - As enacted, defines the term "putative father"; makes various changes to the termination of parental rights of a putative father. - Amends TCA Title 36, Chapter 1, Part 1.

TN - SJR481 Memorials, Recognition - Marilyn Jackson, 2015 BPW Woman of Achievement

TN - SB2097 Physicians and Surgeons - As enacted, requires healthcare providers to provide certain women at risk of contracting cytomegalovirus (CMV) with information concerning CMV; specifies that there is no liability for failure to comply with the requirement to provide the information. - Amends TCA Title 63 and Title 68.

TN - SJR485 Memorials, Death - Joseph Dillman, death

TN - SJR494 Memorials, Recognition - Barry Chism, Greenbrier Citizen of the Year

TN - SJR495 Memorials, Death - Harold Weddington

TN - SJR522 Memorials, Death - R. Clayton McWhorter

TN - SB2403 Pharmacy, Pharmacists - As enacted, authorizes the chief medical officer of the department of health to implement a state-wide collaborative pharmacy practice agreement for opioid antagonist therapy with pharmacists. - Amends TCA Title 63, Chapter 1.

TN - SJR512 Memorials, Death - Noble Cody

TN - SB1899 Education - As enacted, makes certain changes to the requirements for voluntary pre-k programs. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 6, Part 1.

TN - SB2225 Solid Waste Disposal - As enacted, requires the commissioner of environment and conservation to conduct a study to define the processing of organic waste and incorporate the findings and recommendations into the state's comprehensive solid waste management plan. - Amends TCA Title 68, Chapter 211.

TN - SJR528 Memorials, Sports - Father Ryan High School wrestling team, TSSAA Division II State Duals Championship

TN - SB1897 Taxes, Real Property - As enacted, exempts public housing authorities from property tax liability when they enter into leases that permit the public housing authority to acquire the property for a nominal sum at or before the completion of the lease term. - Amends TCA Section 67-5-203.

TN - SB2538 Economic and Community Development - As enacted, enacts the "Rural Economic Opportunity Act of 2016"; authorizes a job tax credit for qualified business enterprises located in tier 4 enhancement counties; specifies the minimum jobs criteria and requirements to qualify for the credit; establishes the propelling rural economic progress (P.R.E.P.) fund; establishes guidelines for making grants from the P.R.E.P. fund. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 3 and Title 67, Chapter 4.

TN - SB2183 Health Care - As enacted, redefines "traumatic brain injury residential home"; requires that any TBI residential home currently operating be licensed by the board for licensing healthcare facilities by January 1, 2017. - Amends TCA Section 68-11-201 and Section 68-11-273.

TN - SJR517 Memorials, Recognition - Tennessee Independent Colleges and Universities Association, 60th anniversary

TN - SB2571 Courts, Juvenile - As enacted, makes various changes to the procedure for appeals from juvenile court. - Amends TCA Section 37-1-159.

TN - SB2357 Mining and Quarrying - As introduced, enacts the "Dam Safety Act" to prohibit the issuance of a permit to conduct surface mining on land that is located within one mile of a dam operated by the U.S. army corps of engineers. - Amends TCA Title 59; Title 69, Chapter 11 and Title 69, Chapter 3.

TN - SB1596 School Transportation - As enacted, broadens the scope of the offense regarding a school bus driver using certain electronic devices while operating a bus with a child on board and increases the penalty for the offense. - Amends TCA Title 39 and Title 55.

TN - SB1730 Highway Signs - As enacted, enacts the "Tyler Head Law," which creates a memorial sign program for persons who died in accidents caused by drivers under the influence of drugs or alcohol. - Amends TCA Title 39; Title 54 and Title 55.

TN - SB1674 Traffic Safety - As introduced, deletes requirement that the child safety seat for a child age one through three weighing more than 20 pounds be secured in a forward-facing position. - Amends TCA Title 55, Chapter 9, Part 6.

TN - SB1697 Traffic Safety - As enacted, creates offense of operating a motor vehicle in a bicycle lane; establishes exceptions to offense and penalties for violations. - Amends TCA Title 55, Chapter 8.

TN - SB1741 Auditing - As enacted, establishes the position of executive internal auditor and gives the position various responsibilities related to internal audits of executive branch agencies. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 8 and Title 9.

TN - SB1584 Scholarships and Financial Aid - As enacted, revises various provisions governing Tennessee STEP UP scholarships. - Amends TCA Section 49-4-943.

TN - SB2037 Labor and Workforce Development, Dept. of - As enacted, requires the department of labor and workforce development, in consultation with the department of corrections, if so requested, to report to the governor and general assembly on existing pilot programs that focus on work programs for the successful reentry of individuals to the workforce who have been convicted of a felony. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 41 and Title 50.

TN - SB2484 Statutes of Limitations and Repose - As enacted, extends the statute of limitations for civil actions based on injury or illness resulting from child sexual abuse that occurred when the person was a minor but was not discovered until after the person became an adult to three years from the discovery of the abuse. - Amends TCA Title 28, Chapter 3, Part 1.

TN - SB2027 Medical Occupations - As enacted, permits the employment of certain medical professionals by charitable clinics. - Amends TCA Title 63, Chapter 11; Title 63, Chapter 5; Title 63, Chapter 6; Title 63, Chapter 8 and Title 63, Chapter 9.

TN - SB1832 Environmental Preservation - As introduced, creates the forum on Tennessee's great outdoors for the purpose of conducting a comprehensive review of the health and status of this state's natural resources and outdoor recreation needs and opportunities. - Amends TCA Title 68.

TN - SB668 Domestic Violence - As enacted, requires that any pending order of protection or restraining order be served on a domestic violence offender before release, following the mandatory 12-hour holding period; directs that a copy of protection order be issued to any court in which the respondent and 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 - SB2049 Law Enforcement - As enacted, encourages TBI to develop an activation card for law enforcement use in connection with the missing citizen alert program to help locate missing citizens who have wandered due to dementia or physical impairment. - Amends TCA Section 38-6-121.

TN - SR90 Memorials, Recognition - Chickasaw Council, Boy Scouts of America, 100th anniversary

TN - SB1705 Traffic Safety - As enacted, establishes requirements for the operation of electric bicycles. - Amends TCA Section 54-10-111; Section 54-5-142; Section 54-5-211 and Title 55.

TN - SB2450 Water Pollution - As enacted, expands the notice requirement when lead is present in the drinking water supply. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 7; Title 12; Title 45; Title 47; Title 50; Title 56; Title 62; Title 65; Title 66; Title 67 and Title 68.

TN - SB1581 Driver Licenses - As enacted, deletes requirement that a person's driver license be suspended for an additional like period if convicted of driving on a suspended or revoked license; allows a court to order issuance of a restricted driver license contingent on the person participating in a payment plan for any unpaid fines or costs. - Amends TCA Title 55.

TN - SB2529 Animal Cruelty and Abuse - As enacted, substitutes the commissioner of agriculture or a qualified agent of the commissioner for county agriculture extension agents as a person who is authorized to conduct livestock cruelty examinations; clarifies that livestock cruelty examinations conducted by licensed veterinarians are entitled to the same legal presumptions as other qualified examiners. - Amends TCA Section 39-14-211.

TN - SB1561 Motor Vehicles - As enacted, redefines "autonomous technology" for purposes of provision whereby no political subdivision may by ordinance, resolution, or any other means prohibit within the jurisdictional boundaries of the political subdivision the use of a motor vehicle equipped with autonomous technology if the motor vehicle otherwise complies with all safety regulations of the political subdivision; clarifies the definition of "autonomous technology" applicable to the provisions governing electronic displays, such as televisions, in motor vehicles. - Amends TCA Title 47; Title 54, Chapter 1; Title 55 and Title 67.

TN - SB1626 Election Laws - As enacted, establishes an online voter registration system beginning July 1, 2017. - Amends TCA Title 2, Chapter 2, Part 1.

TN - SB2342 Evidence - As enacted, requires that all biological evidence collected for a criminal offense or offenses in which one or more of the defendants received a sentence of death based upon the same criminal acts, whether the defendants were tried separately or together, be preserved until all defendants receiving a death sentence based on the same conduct are executed, otherwise die, or all related charges for which the defendants were convicted are dismissed. - Amends TCA Title 24; Title 39 and Title 40.