Tennessee Sen. Jim Summerville (R)

TN - Energy, Agriculture and Natural Resources (Senate)

Title:

2nd vice-chair

TN - Government Operations (Senate)

Title:

2nd vice-chair

TN - SB41 Advertising - As introduced, makes the failure to place a certain warning on all advertisements for selling lottery tickets a violation of the Consumer Protection Act. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 51 and Title 47, Chapter 18.

TN - SB1198 County Officers - As introduced, permits the sheriff of a county to waive in writing any requirements for a particular kind of uniform or a particular patrol car color scheme for constables in such county provided the uniforms and vehicles are distinctive and recognizable as that of a law enforcement officer. - Amends TCA Title 8, Chapter 10.

TN - SB1590 Short Term Loans and Lenders - As introduced, imposes an annual privilege tax of $1,000 due by December 31 of each year for each office operated by licensed deferred presentment service businesses. - Amends TCA Title 45, Chapter 17 and Title 67.

TN - SR60 Memorials, Recognition - Beau Fuller.

TN - SB1595 State Government - As introduced, prohibits state entities from keeping count of state employees, vendors contracting with the state, or advisory boards by race, sex, or ethnicity and requires state entities to identify laws and regulations that require such tallies and report their findings to the general assembly. - Amends TCA Title 4 and Title 49.

TN - SB1449 Economic and Community Development, Dept. of - As introduced, deletes provision regarding the appointing authority of the defunct Tennessee board for economic growth. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 11; Title 16; Title 37; Title 38; Title 41; Title 49; Title 60; Title 62; Title 63; Title 64; Title 68; Title 69 and Title 71.

TN - SB1448 Taxes, Income - As introduced, effective July 1, 2014, deletes the Hall Income Tax in its entirety; removes cross-references in the code to the tax. - Amends TCA Section 4-31-105; Section 6-51-115; Section 9-4-5301; Title 67, Chapter 2; Section 67-4-113; Section 67-5-1208 and Section 67-1-104.

TN - SB1591 Lottery, Corporation - As introduced, limits advertising of ticket sales to retailer premises; prohibits advertising to promote the lottery via media. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 51, Part 1.

TN - SB452 Local Education Agencies - As introduced, provides the option for a county or municipality to establish the office of elected school superintendent by referendum. - Amends TCA Title 49.

TN - SB451 Culture and Arts - As introduced, creates the division of cultural and historical affairs within the department of state. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 10 and Title 11.

TN - SB2340 Unknown

TN - SB413 Public Officials - As introduced, creates office of solicitor general to defend and prosecute cases in the interest of the state in certain circumstances. - Amends TCA Title 8.

TN - SB1197 TennCare - As introduced, requires all individuals to produce income tax returns or other documentation to establish earnings to the extent permitted by federal law in applying for medical assistance. - Amends TCA Title 71.

TN - SB11 Teachers, Principals and School Personnel - As introduced, prohibits directors of schools from giving candidates for employment preference based on race, gender or ethnicity. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 1; Title 49, Chapter 2 and Title 49, Chapter 5.

TN - SB1306 Boards and Commissions - As introduced, places certain state cultural and historical agencies within the division of public libraries and archives in the office of the secretary of state. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 10 and Title 11.

TN - SB414 Firearms and Ammunition - As introduced, authorizes persons with a valid handgun carry permit to carry weapons in certain public recreational areas. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 17, Part 13.

TN - SJR486 Constitutional Amendments - Prohibits the State of Tennessee from discriminating against, or granting preferential treatment to, any individual or group on the basis of race, sex, color, ethnicity, or national origin in the operation of public employment, public education or public contracting.

TN - SB1844 Personal Property - As enacted, prohibits an individual, business or agency involved in the repossession of a vehicle from abandoning any personal property found in or on the vehicle for a period of 14 days following the repossession; establishes provisions governing the property being reclaimed by the owner. - Amends TCA Title 29, Chapter 30; Title 47; Title 55, Chapter 5; Title 62 and Title 66.

TN - SB2632 Greenbrier - As introduced, subject to local approval, prohibits any elected official from being a paid employee or department head; decreases the mayor's salary from $800 per month to $400 per month; removes the mayor's benefit plan; and adds provisions to authorize the board of mayor and aldermen to remove a mayor or alderman in certain circumstances. - Amends Chapter 158 of the Private Acts of 2002; as amended.

TN - SB46 Education, Higher - As introduced, prohibits public institutions of higher education from employing or assigning the duties of a diversity officer. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 7; Title 49, Chapter 8 and Title 49, Chapter 9.

TN - SB2450 State Government - As introduced, enacts the "State Interposition Act", relative to the federal Affordable Care Act. - Amends TCA Title 3; Title 4; Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 8 and Title 9.

TN - SB1594 Education, Curriculum - As introduced, prohibits the state board of education from issuing a teacher’s license for anyone seeking to teach grades eight through twelve (8-12) unless the applicant has an academic degree in the content subject that the applicant seeks to teach. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 5.

TN - SB1395 Springfield - As introduced, subject to local approval, moves the election of the Vice-Mayor to coincide with the November general city election beginning in 2014; extends the two-year term of Vice-Mayor elected by the Board of Mayor and Aldermen in July, 2011 to the date of the Board's first regular meeting in December, 2014 following the November election. - Amends Chapter 158 of the Private Acts of 1927; as amended and rewritten by.

TN - SB1450 Boards and Commissions - As introduced, requires appropriate training be provided to newly appointed members of health related and regulatory boards prior to beginning their service on such boards. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 3, Part 1; Title 62, Chapter 76, Part 1; Title 63, Chapter 1, Part 1 and Title 68, Chapter 1, Part 1.

TN - SB750 Local Education Agencies - As introduced, requires members of boards of education to have at least two years of postsecondary education, provided, however, that current members may fulfill their terms. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 2, Part 2.

TN - SB1305 Criminal Procedure - As introduced, provides that a federal employee who is not designated as a Tennessee peace officer may not make an arrest or conduct a search and seizure in this state without the written permission of the sheriff of the county in which the arrest, search and seizure will take place except under certain circumstances. - Amends TCA Title 38, Chapter 3, Part 1.

TN - SB2601 Burns - As introduced, subject to local approval, creates the position of vice-mayor, to be selected from the board of commissioners. - Amends Chapter 193 of the Private Acts of 1953; as rewritten and amended.

TN - SB8 Education, Higher - As introduced, enacts the "Higher Education Equality Act" to prevent institutions of higher education from granting preferences based on race, gender or ethnicity to students, employees or contractors. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 14; Title 49, Chapter 50; Title 49, Chapter 7; Title 49, Chapter 8 and Title 49, Chapter 9.

TN - SB43 Education, Higher - As introduced, prohibits state funded scholarships, grants, loans or other financial aid from being awarded to students at public institutions of higher education based on race, ethnicity or gender. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 4; Title 49, Chapter 7; Title 49, Chapter 8 and Title 49, Chapter 9.

TN - SB2546 Privacy, Confidentiality - As introduced, requires that the identity of any person who makes a complaint against a business be disclosed if the complaint causes the business to be investigated by a state government agency. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 10; Title 35; Title 38; Title 42; Title 43; Title 44; Title 45; Title 46; Title 47; Title 48; Title 49; Title 50; Title 53; Title 54; Title 55; Title 56; Title 57; Title 59; Title 60; Title 61; Title 62; Title 63; Title 64; Title 65; Title 66; Title 67; Title 68; Title 69; Title 70 and Title 71.

TN - SB114 State Employees - As introduced, prohibits granting a preference based on race, gender or ethnicity when hiring to fill a position in state government. - Amends TCA Title 4 and Title 8.

TN - SJR209 Memorials, Interns - Jacob Winters

TN - SB1589 Public Employees - As introduced, prohibits agencies or entities of state or local government from maintaining, keeping, or circulating any information on the number of employees on the basis of race, gender or ethnicity. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 5; Title 6 and Title 7.

TN - SB2469 Statutes and Codification - As introduced, adds certain official terms and definitions that apply to the entire Tennessee Code. - Amends TCA Title 1; Title 4, Chapter 1, Part 3 and Title 8.

TN - SB1592 Lottery, Corporation - As introduced, makes the failure to place a certain warning on all advertisements for selling lottery tickets a violation of the Consumer Protection Act. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 51 and Title 47, Chapter 18.

TN - SB6 Lottery, Scholarships and Programs - As introduced, requires students seeking Tennessee HOPE scholarships, Tennessee HOPE access grants and Tennessee HOPE scholarships for nontraditional students to pass the U.S. citizenship and immigration service's naturalization tests on English and civics to be eligible for the scholarship or grant. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 4, Part 9.

TN - SB2545 Short Term Loans and Lenders - As introduced, imposes an annual fee of $1,000 due by December 31 of each year for each office operated by licensed deferred presentment service businesses. - Amends TCA Title 45, Chapter 17 and Title 67.

TN - SB453 Dickson County - As enacted, deletes the exemption of Dickson County from certain minimum training requirements for firefighters. - Amends TCA Section 4-24-112.

TN - SB7 State Government - As introduced, prohibits state government entities from compiling and keeping statistics and data by race, gender or ethnicity unless specifically required by federal law or court order; requires state government entities to identify all laws that contravene this prohibition and to propose legislation to eliminate such laws. - Amends amend TCA Title 4 and Title 49.

TN - SB450 State Government - As introduced, removes certain preferences from present law that are based on demographic characteristics. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 7; Title 8; Title 12; Title 13; Title 33; Title 36; Title 39; Title 40; Title 45; Title 49; Title 54; Title 62; Title 63; Title 65; Title 67 and Title 68.

TN - SB4 Taxes, Income - As introduced, phases out the Hall income tax over a three-year period beginning in tax year 2014 and ending with tax year 2016; holds local governments harmless from the loss of revenue resulting from the incremental reduction and repeal of the tax. - Amends TCA Title 67, Chapter 2, Part 1.

TN - SB2449 Criminal Offenses - As introduced, clarifies that the person committing the offense of display of materials harmful to minors is the person responsible for displaying the visual depiction that contains material harmful to minors, which may include a retail store owner, retail store employee, distributor, supplier, or wholesaler of the material; increases offense from Class C to Class A misdemeanor. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 17.

TN - SB1177 Teachers, Principals and School Personnel - As introduced, prohibits directors of schools from discriminating or giving candidates for employment preference based on race, gender or ethnicity. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 1; Title 49, Chapter 2 and Title 49, Chapter 5.

TN - SB1399 Greenbrier - As introduced, subject to local approval, raises monetary limit on purchases that do not require competitive bidding, from $3,500 to $10,000; raises limit on emergency purchases that do not require competitive bidding, from $8,000 to $15,000. - Amends Chapter 158 of the Private Acts of 2002.

TN - SB2292 Health, Dept. of - As enacted, clarifies that the issuance, execution or revocation of organ donation consent forms and advance directives are voluntary acts. - Amends TCA Title 32, Chapter 11 and Title 68.

TN - SJR534 Constitutional Amendments - Prohibits discrimination and preferences in government.

TN - SB9 Boards and Commissions - As enacted, creates the "Great War Commission" to facilitate recognition of the centenary of World War I. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 11; Title 4, Chapter 29 and Title 58.

TN - SB1386 Mining and Quarrying - As introduced, enacts the "Virgin Ridgeline Protection Act," which prohibits the issuance of a permit or variance or similar authorization that allows surface coal mining operations to alter or disturb any ridgeline that is above 2,000 elevation above sea level; places limitations on the renewal of such a permit issued before this bill's effective date. - Amends TCA Title 59 and Title 69, Chapter 3, Part 1.

TN - SB1290 Criminal Procedure - As introduced, prohibits certain entities and employees of this state from assisting an agency of the armed forces of the United States in the investigation, prosecution or detention of United States citizens in certain circumstances. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 8; Title 9; Title 38; Title 40 and Title 58.

TN - SB44 Local Education Agencies - As introduced, provides the option for a county or municipality to establish the office of elected school superintendent by referendum. - Amends TCA Title 49.

TN - SB751 Credit Unions - As introduced, prohibits state credit unions from charging a fee to a member for services initiated after the beginning of the member's membership without first obtaining the written permission of the member. - Amends TCA Title 45 and Title 47, Chapter 18.

TN - SB1894 Livestock - As enacted, replaces various definitions of "livestock" with one standard definition. - Amends TCA Title 1; Title 38; Title 43; Title 44 and Title 63.

TN - SJR660 General Assembly, Statement of Intent or Position - Censures UT administrators for acquiescence in Sex Week at UT-Knoxville.

TN - SB54 Taxes, Real Property - As enacted, establishes provisions governing a tax entity acquiring unimproved or undeveloped property at a tax sale and transferring such property to a non-governmental entity claiming contractual rights to the payment of fees or assessments duly recorded in covenants and restrictions. - Amends TCA Title 67, Chapter 5.

TN - SB42 Unknown

TN - SB2645 Ashland City - As introduced, subject to local approval, rewrites the city charter. - Amends Chapter 121 of the Private Acts of 2004; as amended.

TN - SB1593 Firearms and Ammunition - As introduced, enacts a state interposition act that permits resistance and punishes interference with interposition with respect to any attempt of the federal government to regulate the sale, purchase, trading or gifting of firearms within the state. - Amends amend TCA.

TN - SB1400 Springfield - As introduced, subject to local approval, moves the election of the Vice-Mayor to coincide with the November general city election beginning in 2014. - Amends Chapter 158 of the Private Acts of 1927; as amended and rewritten by.

TN - SB5 Children - As introduced, adds two public members to the Second Look Commission. - Amends TCA Title 37, Chapter 3, Part 8.

TN - SB2630 New Johnsonville - As introduced, subject to local approval, rewrites the charter. - Amends Chapter 603 of the Private Acts of 1949; as amended.

TN - SB2470 Budget Procedures - As introduced, requires two-thirds vote of both houses to exceed Copeland spending cap; requires speaker to announce that cap has been exceeded at time of passage and upon adjournment of the annual session of the general assembly. - Amends TCA Title 3, Chapter 1; Title 3, Chapter 2 and Title 9, Chapter 4, Part 52.

TN - SB1239 Criminal Procedure - As introduced, prohibits the use of forceful entry, dynamic entry or other execution of search or arrest warrant than a peaceful knock and greeting, unless clearly necessary for the safety of officers, residents or other nearby persons or property. - Amends TCA Title 40, Chapter 6.

TN - SB1911 Public Employees - As introduced, prohibits agencies or entities of state or local government from maintaining, keeping, or circulating any information on the number of employees on the basis of race, sex, or ethnicity. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 5; Title 6 and Title 7.

TN - SB45 Highway Signs - As introduced, designates I-440 as "Interstate 440, Battle of Nashville Parkway."

TN - SB2611 New Johnsonville - As introduced, subject to local approval, rewrites the charter. - Amends Chapter 603 of the Private Acts of 1949; as amended.

TN - SB752 Motor Vehicles, Titling and Registration - As introduced, creates a pilot project in Robertson County authorizing the county clerk to require proof of financial responsibility and a valid driver license before issuing or renewing a motor vehicle title or registration. - Amends TCA Title 55.

TN - SR108 General Assembly, Statement of Intent or Position - Declares the duty of the attorney general and reporter to defend the constitutionality of Article XI, Section 9, of the Tennessee Constitution against challenges in the courts.

TN - SJR476 General Assembly, Studies - Creates a special joint committee to study the statues and monuments on the grounds of the state capitol.

TN - SB1588 Taxes, Privilege - As introduced, imposes an annual privilege tax of $10,000 payable by August 1 of each year on each adult-oriented business and any person selling adult-oriented products in this state. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 17 and Title 67.

TN - SJR34 Constitutional Amendments - Prohibits discrimination and preferences in government.

TN - SJR208 General Assembly, Studies - Creates ad hoc committee to study historical accuracy of language on Middle Passage plaque on State Capitol grounds.

TN - SB2159 Unknown

TN - SB2158 Unknown

TN - SB1371 State Government - As introduced, enacts the "Tennessee Balance of Powers Act." - Amends TCA Title 3; Title 4, Chapter 29 and Title 38, Chapter 3.

TN - SB115 Sheriffs - As introduced, revises law regarding verification of POST certification of any person seeking the office of sheriff. - Amends TCA Title 8, Chapter 8, Part 1.

TN - HB1406 State Symbols - As enacted, designates dogs and cats that are adopted from Tennessee animal shelters as the official state pet. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 1, Part 3.

TN - HB2333 Education - As introduced, directs the comptroller of the treasury to audit the funding for the implementation of common core state standards and all components of PARCC, with cooperation from the department of education and the state board of education; requires the comptroller to audit the race to the top funding; requires a report of findings and recommendations to the education committees by July 1, 2015. - Amends TCA Title 49.

TN - HB741 Local Education Agencies - As introduced, provides for re-establishment of elected office of school superintendent for county or city school systems upon two-thirds vote of county or city governing body and approval in an election on the question by the voters; provides for qualifications of candidates; adjusts duties of the local board of education in county or city school systems electing superintendents. - Amends TCA Title 49.

TN - HB2449 Human Rights Commission - As enacted, restructures the commission and revises related provisions. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 8, Chapter 50 and Title 68, Chapter 1.

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

TN - HB1147 Criminal Procedure - As introduced, prohibits the use of forceful entry, dynamic entry or other execution of search or arrest warrant than a peaceful knock and greeting, unless clearly necessary for the safety of officers, residents or other nearby persons or property. - Amends TCA Title 40, Chapter 6.

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

TN - HB1774 Ethics - As enacted, prohibits any public officer or employee of a governing authority who is involved in making or administering a contract with a private entity that is governed by the private probation services council and that provides probation services from deriving any direct benefit from the contract. - Amends TCA Title 16 and Title 40.

TN - HB1091 Education, Higher - As introduced, authorizes certain proprietary postsecondary education institutions that have been approved by an accrediting body recognized by the US department of education to award degrees accepted and approved by postsecondary education institutions in Tennessee. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 7, Part 20.

TN - HB2438 Criminal Offenses - As introduced, clarifies that the person committing the offense of display of materials harmful to minors is the person responsible for displaying the visual depiction that contains material harmful to minors, which may include a retail store owner, retail store employee, distributor, supplier, or wholesaler of the material; increases offense from Class C to Class A misdemeanor. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 17.

TN - HB2551 Ashland City - As introduced, subject to local approval, rewrites the city charter. - Amends Chapter 121 of the Private Acts of 2004; as amended.

TN - HB1825 Education - As introduced, requires the state board of education and the department of education to postpone any further implementation of Common Core State Standards beyond those standards implemented as of June 30, 2013, until further implementation is approved by the general assembly. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 1; Title 49, Chapter 2 and Title 49, Chapter 6.

TN - HB2097 Highways, Roads and Bridges - As enacted, encourages the department of transportation to transfer a certain state-owned portion of land between Belmont Boulevard and Interstate 65 in Davidson County to the Metropolitan Government in perpetuity so long as the property is maintained as parkland; directs the department to erect suitable markers at the intersection of Gale Lane and Lealand Lane in Davidson County, on land currently leased to the Metropolitan Government for parkland, designating the area as the "Senator Douglas Henry Urban Conservation District".

TN - HB1059 Criminal Procedure - As introduced, prohibits certain entities and employees of this state from assisting an agency of the armed forces of the United States in the investigation, prosecution or detention of United States citizens in certain circumstances. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 8; Title 9; Title 38; Title 40 and Title 58.

TN - HB2467 Religion and Religious Organizations - As introduced, permits persons and religious or denominational organizations, based on sincere religious belief, to refuse to provide services or goods in furtherance of a civil union, domestic partnership, or marriage not recognized by the Tennessee Constitution. - Amends TCA Title 4 and Title 36.

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

TN - HB1520 Judges and Chancellors - As enacted, removes the requirement that judges must complete POST training in order to carry a firearm in the discharge of the judge's official duties. - Amends TCA Section 39-17-1306.

TN - HB1826 Education - As introduced, requires the general assembly to approve, by the general appropriations act, all state funding for any future assessment tests used to measure the educational progress of students. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 1 and Title 49, Chapter 2.

TN - HB318 Taxes, Privilege - As introduced, phases out the privilege tax on persons engaged in certain occupations by annually decreasing it by 10 percent over the next 10 years; eliminates the tax in 2023 and thereafter. - Amends TCA Title 67, Chapter 4, Part 17.

TN - HB2033 Unknown

TN - HB2187 Personal Property - As introduced, prohibits any person or legal entity, besides the owner of a copyrighted sound recording initially fixed on or before February 15, 1972, from reproducing, distributing, performing, or otherwise using the recording without the owner’s express permission; creates a cause of action for the owner. - Amends TCA Title 29; Title 39 and Title 40.

TN - HB1090 TennCare - As introduced, requires all individuals to produce income tax returns or other documentation to establish earnings to the extent permitted by federal law in applying for medical assistance. - Amends TCA Title 71.

TN - HB1297 Public Contracts - As introduced, enacts the "Tennessee Civil Rights Initiative Act." - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 7; Title 8; Title 12; Title 43; Title 45; Title 49 and Title 65.

TN - HB1197 State Government - As introduced, enacts the "Tennessee Balance of Powers Act." - Amends TCA Title 3; Title 4, Chapter 29 and Title 38, Chapter 3.

TN - HB1258 Textbooks - As introduced, requires the department of education to study and report to the education committees of the house of representatives and the senate on textbook selection processes. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 6, Part 22.

TN - HB1061 County Officers - As introduced, permits the sheriff of a county to waive in writing any requirements for a particular kind of uniform or a particular patrol car color scheme for constables in such county provided the uniforms and vehicles are distinctive and recognizable as that of a law enforcement officer. - Amends TCA Title 8, Chapter 10.

TN - HB1316 Education, Curriculum - As introduced, allows students to express their religious beliefs in school assignments without discrimination. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 6.

TN - HB629 Motor Vehicles, Titling and Registration - As introduced, creates a pilot project in Robertson County authorizing the county clerk to require proof of financial responsibility and a valid driver license before issuing or renewing a motor vehicle title or registration. - Amends TCA Title 55.

TN - HB236 Education, Higher - As enacted, renames the state technology centers to be "state colleges of applied technology" instead of "state technology centers". - Amends TCA Section 4-3-1405; Section 8-50-114; Section 39-13-114; Title 49; Section 54-5-708 and Section 67-6-329.

TN - HB846 Public Officials - As introduced, creates office of solicitor general to defend and prosecute cases in the interest of the state in certain circumstances. - Amends TCA Title 8.

TN - HB2228 Public Employees - As enacted, provides for payment of $25,000 to the estate of any correctional employee or community services employee of the state who is killed in the line of duty. - Amends TCA Title 7, Chapter 51, Part 2 and Title 41.

TN - HB248 Firearms and Ammunition - As introduced, expands and amends the Tennessee Firearms Freedom Act to address federal actions in this state. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 54.

TN - HB2517 New Johnsonville - As introduced, subject to local approval, rewrites the charter. - Amends Chapter 603 of the Private Acts of 1949; as amended.

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 - HB190 School Vouchers - As introduced, enacts the "Tennessee Choice & Opportunity Scholarship Act". - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 1.

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 - HB448 Education, Higher - As introduced, enacts the "Higher Education Equality Act" to prevent institutions of higher education from granting preferences based on race, gender or ethnicity to students, employees or contractors. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 14; Title 49, Chapter 50; Title 49, Chapter 7; Title 49, Chapter 8 and Title 49, Chapter 9.

TN - HB1565 Controlled Substances - As introduced, requires a prescription to dispense immediate methamphetamine precursors and makes additional related changes concerning dispensing such substances. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 17, Part 4; Title 53, Chapter 10; Title 53, Chapter 11 and Title 63, Chapter 10.

TN - HB1384 Naming and Designating - As enacted, names new Tennessee State Veterans Home in Montgomery County in honor of Brigadier General (Retired) Wendell H. Gilbert, United States Army.

TN - HB966 Education - As enacted, revises provision for expulsion of a student who commits battery upon an LEA employee or school resource officer to instead require expulsion of a student who commits aggravated assault against such a person. - Amends TCA Title 49.

TN - HB2378 Education, Higher - As introduced, requires student fees for student organizations' paid speakers to be distributed proportionally based on membership to student organizations requesting such funding. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 7; Title 49, Chapter 8 and Title 49, Chapter 9.

TN - HB2440 State Government - As introduced, enacts the "State Interposition Act", relative to the federal Affordable Care Act. - Amends TCA Title 3; Title 4; Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 8 and Title 9.

TN - HB1920 Health, Dept. of - As enacted, clarifies that the issuance, execution or revocation of organ donation consent forms and advance directives are voluntary acts. - Amends TCA Title 32, Chapter 11 and Title 68.

TN - HB2540 Greenbrier - As introduced, subject to local approval, prohibits any elected official from being a paid employee or department head; decreases the mayor's salary from $800 per month to $400 per month; removes the mayor's benefit plan; and adds provisions to authorize the board of mayor and aldermen to remove a mayor or alderman in certain circumstances. - Amends Chapter 158 of the Private Acts of 2002; as amended.

TN - HB1796 Livestock - As enacted, replaces various definitions of "livestock" with one standard definition. - Amends TCA Title 1; Title 38; Title 43; Title 44 and Title 63.

TN - HB1296 Boards and Commissions - As enacted, creates the "Great War Commission" to facilitate recognition of the centenary of World War I. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 11; Title 4, Chapter 29 and Title 58.

TN - HB2066 Unknown

TN - HB845 Handgun Permits - As introduced, authorizes issuance of lifetime handgun permits to service disabled veterans who otherwise qualify for issuance of a permit, subject to providing documentation and payment of a $200 fee. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 17, Part 13.

TN - HB1892 Boats, Boating - As enacted, enacts the "Noah Dean and Nate Act" to lessen the likelihood of electric shock drowning near marinas and boat docks. - Amends TCA Title 62, Chapter 6; Title 68; Title 69 and Title 70.

TN - HB2419 Statutes and Codification - As introduced, adds certain official terms and definitions that apply to the entire Tennessee Code. - Amends TCA Title 1; Title 4, Chapter 1, Part 3 and Title 8.

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

TN - HB2478 Short Term Loans and Lenders - As introduced, imposes an annual fee of $1,000 due by December 31 of each year for each office operated by licensed deferred presentment service businesses. - Amends TCA Title 45, Chapter 17 and Title 67.

TN - HB711 Dickson County - As enacted, deletes the exemption of Dickson County from certain minimum training requirements for firefighters. - Amends TCA Section 4-24-112.

TN - HB1155 Teachers, Principals and School Personnel - As introduced, prohibits directors of schools from discriminating or giving candidates for employment preference based on race, gender or ethnicity. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 1; Title 49, Chapter 2 and Title 49, Chapter 5.

TN - HB2115 Education, Higher - As enacted, prohibits the board of regents and the University of Tennessee's board of trustees from adopting policies that substantially burden students' free exercise of religion. - Amends TCA Title 4 and Title 49.

TN - HB1696 Education, Curriculum - As introduced, mandates that the state board of education and department of education shall immediately withdraw from the Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers (PARCC) and common core state standards. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 1; Title 49, Chapter 10; Title 49, Chapter 2; Title 49, Chapter 3; Title 49, Chapter 5; Title 49, Chapter 6 and Title 49, Chapter 60.

TN - HB2403 Budget Procedures - As introduced, requires two-thirds vote of both houses to exceed Copeland spending cap; requires speaker to announce that cap has been exceeded at time of passage and upon adjournment of the annual session of the general assembly. - Amends TCA Title 3, Chapter 1; Title 3, Chapter 2 and Title 9, Chapter 4, Part 52.

TN - HB1344 Springfield - As introduced, subject to local approval, moves the election of the Vice-Mayor to coincide with the November general city election beginning in 2014. - Amends Chapter 158 of the Private Acts of 1927; as amended and rewritten by.

TN - HB2535 New Johnsonville - As introduced, subject to local approval, rewrites the charter. - Amends Chapter 603 of the Private Acts of 1949; as amended.

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 - HB1505 Children's Services, Dept. of - As enacted, sets minimum disclosure requirements for the department of children's services after the fatality of a child under certain circumstances. - Amends TCA Title 37, Chapter 5.

TN - HB1190 Insurance, Life - As introduced, requires the department of health to purchase a uniform accidental death policy for the benefit of all emergency responders. - Amends TCA Title 12; Title 56 and Title 68, Chapter 140.

TN - HB1202 Criminal Procedure - As introduced, provides that a federal employee who is not designated as a Tennessee peace officer may not make an arrest or conduct a search and seizure in this state without the written permission of the sheriff of the county in which the arrest, search and seizure will take place except under certain circumstances. - Amends TCA Title 38, Chapter 3, Part 1.

TN - HB1772 Personal Property - As enacted, prohibits an individual, business or agency involved in the repossession of a vehicle from abandoning any personal property found in or on the vehicle for a period of 14 days following the repossession; establishes provisions governing the property being reclaimed by the owner. - Amends TCA Title 29, Chapter 30; Title 47; Title 55, Chapter 5; Title 62 and Title 66.

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

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

TN - HB1770 State Government - As introduced, enacts the "Health Care Freedom and Affordable Care Noncompliance Act", which prohibits state entities from establishing or administering any regulatory scheme to operate the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.

TN - HB52 Education, Higher - As introduced, creates the office of higher education ombudsperson within the office of the comptroller of the treasury. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 7.

TN - HB1771 Short Term Loans and Lenders - As introduced, imposes an annual privilege tax of $1,000 due by December 31 of each year for each office operated by licensed deferred presentment service businesses. - Amends TCA Title 45, Chapter 17 and Title 67.

TN - HB1198 State Employees - As introduced, prohibits granting a preference based on race, gender or ethnicity when hiring to fill a position in state government. - Amends TCA Title 4 and Title 8.

TN - HB360 Credit Unions - As introduced, prohibits state credit unions from charging a fee to a member for services initiated after the beginning of the member's membership without first obtaining the written permission of the member. - Amends TCA Title 45 and Title 47, Chapter 18.

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 - HB1345 Greenbrier - As introduced, subject to local approval, raises monetary limit on purchases that do not require competitive bidding, from $3,500 to $10,000; raises limit on emergency purchases that do not require competitive bidding, from $8,000 to $15,000. - Amends Chapter 158 of the Private Acts of 2002.

TN - HB2508 Burns - As introduced, subject to local approval, creates the position of vice-mayor, to be selected from the board of commissioners. - Amends Chapter 193 of the Private Acts of 1953; as rewritten and amended.

TN - HB529 Local Education Agencies - As introduced, requires members of boards of education to have at least two years of postsecondary education, provided, however, that current members may fulfill their terms. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 2, Part 2.

TN - HB2468 Privacy, Confidentiality - As introduced, requires that the identity of any person who makes a complaint against a business be disclosed if the complaint causes the business to be investigated by a state government agency. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 10; Title 35; Title 38; Title 42; Title 43; Title 44; Title 45; Title 46; Title 47; Title 48; Title 49; Title 50; Title 53; Title 54; Title 55; Title 56; Title 57; Title 59; Title 60; Title 61; Title 62; Title 63; Title 64; Title 65; Title 66; Title 67; Title 68; Title 69; Title 70 and Title 71.

TN - HB1907 Search & Seizure - As introduced, creates the "Fourth Amendment Protection Act", which prohibits state or local government cooperation with federal collection of electronic data or metadata without a warrant. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 13, Part 6 and Title 40, Chapter 6.

TN - HB1050 Children's Services, Dept. of - As enacted, adds a person who physically possesses or controls a child to those from whose custody a child can be removed if the child is subject to an immediate threat to the child's health or safety and there is no less drastic alternative to removal. - Amends TCA Title 37.

TN - HB2202 Boards and Commissions - As introduced, requires appropriate training be provided to newly appointed members of health related and regulatory boards prior to beginning their service on such boards. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 3, Part 1; Title 62, Chapter 76, Part 1; Title 63, Chapter 1, Part 1 and Title 68, Chapter 1, Part 1.

TN - HB1676 Motor Vehicles - As introduced, exempts out-of-state residents from wearing helmet if the motorcycle is registered in a state that does not require persons over the age of 21 to wear a helmet while operating a motorcycle. - Amends TCA Section 55-9-302.

TN - HB1943 Tort Liability and Reform - As enacted, confers civil immunity upon a person who forcibly enters a motor vehicle for purpose of removing a minor locked or trapped inside the vehicle if the person has good faith belief that the minor is in imminent danger of suffering harm if not immediately removed. - Amends TCA Title 29, Chapter 34, Part 2.

TN - HB1883 Weapons - As enacted, makes lawful the sale, transfer, ownership, possession and transportation of switchblade knives and knives with a blade length in excess of four inches; increases from $3,000 to $6,000 the maximum fine for possessing a switchblade knife with the intent to employ it during commission of a dangerous felony. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 17, Part 13.

TN - HB626 Workers Compensation - As enacted, defines "volunteer firefighter" to mean any member or personnel of a fire department or volunteer fire department and members and personnel of rescue squads and volunteer rescue squads for purposes of required workers' compensation insurance coverage. - Amends TCA Title 50, Chapter 6.

TN - SB1891 Ethics - As enacted, prohibits any public officer or employee of a governing authority who is involved in making or administering a contract with a private entity that is governed by the private probation services council and that provides probation services from deriving any direct benefit from the contract. - Amends TCA Title 16 and Title 40.

TN - SB2072 Tort Liability and Reform - As enacted, confers civil immunity upon a person who forcibly enters a motor vehicle for purpose of removing a minor locked or trapped inside the vehicle if the person has good faith belief that the minor is in imminent danger of suffering harm if not immediately removed. - Amends TCA Title 29, Chapter 34, Part 2.

TN - SB1170 Education, Higher - As introduced, authorizes certain proprietary postsecondary education institutions that have been approved by an accrediting body recognized by the US department of education to award degrees accepted and approved by postsecondary education institutions in Tennessee. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 7, Part 20.

TN - SB1390 Children's Services, Dept. of - As enacted, adds a person who physically possesses or controls a child to those from whose custody a child can be removed if the child is subject to an immediate threat to the child's health or safety and there is no less drastic alternative to removal. - Amends TCA Title 37.

TN - SB1443 Naming and Designating - As enacted, names new Tennessee State Veterans Home in Montgomery County in honor of Brigadier General (Retired) Wendell H. Gilbert, United States Army.

TN - SB1882 Education, Curriculum - As introduced, mandates that the state board of education and department of education shall immediately withdraw from the Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers (PARCC) and common core state standards. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 1; Title 49, Chapter 10; Title 49, Chapter 2; Title 49, Chapter 3; Title 49, Chapter 5; Title 49, Chapter 6 and Title 49, Chapter 60.

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 - SB1954 Boats, Boating - As enacted, enacts the "Noah Dean and Nate Act" to lessen the likelihood of electric shock drowning near marinas and boat docks. - Amends TCA Title 62, Chapter 6; Title 68; Title 69 and Title 70.

TN - SB1985 Education - As introduced, requires the state board of education and the department of education to postpone any further implementation of Common Core State Standards beyond those standards implemented as of June 30, 2013, until further implementation is approved by the general assembly. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 1; Title 49, Chapter 2 and Title 49, Chapter 6.

TN - SB2112 Children's Services, Dept. of - As enacted, sets minimum disclosure requirements for the department of children's services after the fatality of a child under certain circumstances. - Amends TCA Title 37, Chapter 5.

TN - SB2423 Education, Higher - As enacted, prohibits the board of regents and the University of Tennessee's board of trustees from adopting policies that substantially burden students' free exercise of religion. - Amends TCA Title 4 and Title 49.

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 - SB250 Firearms and Ammunition - As introduced, expands and amends the Tennessee Firearms Freedom Act to address federal actions in this state. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 54.

TN - SB2187 Personal Property - As introduced, prohibits any person or legal entity, besides the owner of a copyrighted sound recording initially fixed on or before February 15, 1972, from reproducing, distributing, performing, or otherwise using the recording without the owner’s express permission; creates a cause of action for the owner. - Amends TCA Title 29; Title 39 and Title 40.

TN - SB643 Education, Higher - As enacted, renames the state technology centers to be "state colleges of applied technology" instead of "state technology centers". - Amends TCA Section 4-3-1405; Section 8-50-114; Section 39-13-114; Title 49; Section 54-5-708 and Section 67-6-329.

TN - SB1495 State Symbols - As enacted, designates dogs and cats that are adopted from Tennessee animal shelters as the official state pet. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 1, Part 3.

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

TN - SB1221 Textbooks - As introduced, requires the department of education to study and report to the education committees of the house of representatives and the senate on textbook selection processes. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 6, Part 22.

TN - SB1955 Judges and Chancellors - As enacted, removes the requirement that judges must complete POST training in order to carry a firearm in the discharge of the judge's official duties. - Amends TCA Section 39-17-1306.

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 - SB277 Taxes, Privilege - As introduced, phases out the privilege tax on persons engaged in certain occupations by annually decreasing it by 10 percent over the next 10 years; eliminates the tax in 2023 and thereafter. - Amends TCA Title 67, Chapter 4, Part 17.

TN - SB1172 Insurance, Life - As introduced, requires the department of health to purchase a uniform accidental death policy for the benefit of all emergency responders. - Amends TCA Title 12; Title 56 and Title 68, Chapter 140.

TN - SB2054 Human Rights Commission - As enacted, restructures the commission and revises related provisions. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 8, Chapter 50 and Title 68, Chapter 1.

TN - SB2566 Religion and Religious Organizations - As introduced, permits persons and religious or denominational organizations, based on sincere religious belief, to refuse to provide services or goods in furtherance of a civil union, domestic partnership, or marriage not recognized by the Tennessee Constitution. - Amends TCA Title 4 and Title 36.

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 - SB1608 Education, Higher - As introduced, requires student fees for student organizations' paid speakers to be distributed proportionally based on membership to student organizations requesting such funding. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 7; Title 49, Chapter 8 and Title 49, Chapter 9.

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

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 - SB2268 Public Employees - As enacted, provides for payment of $25,000 to the estate of any correctional employee or community services employee of the state who is killed in the line of duty. - Amends TCA Title 7, Chapter 51, Part 2 and Title 41.

TN - SB1791 Controlled Substances - As introduced, requires a prescription to dispense immediate methamphetamine precursors and makes additional related changes concerning dispensing such substances. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 17, Part 4; Title 53, Chapter 10; Title 53, Chapter 11 and Title 63, Chapter 10.

TN - SB1771 Weapons - As enacted, makes lawful the sale, transfer, ownership, possession and transportation of switchblade knives and knives with a blade length in excess of four inches; increases from $3,000 to $6,000 the maximum fine for possessing a switchblade knife with the intent to employ it during commission of a dangerous felony. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 17, Part 13.

TN - SB79 Education, Higher - As introduced, creates the office of higher education ombudsperson within the office of the comptroller of the treasury. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 7.

TN - SB1986 Education - As introduced, requires the general assembly to approve, by the general appropriations act, all state funding for any future assessment tests used to measure the educational progress of students. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 1 and Title 49, Chapter 2.

TN - SB1174 Workers Compensation - As enacted, defines "volunteer firefighter" to mean any member or personnel of a fire department or volunteer fire department and members and personnel of rescue squads and volunteer rescue squads for purposes of required workers' compensation insurance coverage. - Amends TCA Title 50, Chapter 6.

TN - SB956 Handgun Permits - As introduced, authorizes issuance of lifetime handgun permits to service disabled veterans who otherwise qualify for issuance of a permit, subject to providing documentation and payment of a $200 fee. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 17, Part 13.

TN - SB1680 Health Care - As introduced, prohibits any state entity or political subdivision from implementing the federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010; authorizes the attorney general to enforce the provisions of this act; prohibits Tennessee from implementing a health care exchange; voids any health insurance contract purchased in violation of this act. - to enact.

TN - SB264 Education - As enacted, revises provision for expulsion of a student who commits battery upon an LEA employee or school resource officer to instead require expulsion of a student who commits aggravated assault against such a person. - Amends TCA Title 49.

TN - SB916 Local Education Agencies - As introduced, provides for re-establishment of elected office of school superintendent for county or city school systems upon two-thirds vote of county or city governing body and approval in an election on the question by the voters; provides for qualifications of candidates; adjusts duties of the local board of education in county or city school systems electing superintendents. - Amends TCA Title 49.

TN - SB20 Education - As introduced, requires the adoption of a disruptive student removal policy by local boards of education and establishes procedures that the policy must follow. - Amends TCA Title 49.

TN - SB1846 Motor Vehicles - As introduced, exempts out-of-state residents from wearing helmet if the motorcycle is registered in a state that does not require persons over the age of 21 to wear a helmet while operating a motorcycle. - Amends TCA Section 55-9-302.

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

TN - SB2410 Education - As introduced, directs the comptroller of the treasury to audit the funding for the implementation of common core state standards and all components of PARCC, with cooperation from the department of education and the state board of education; requires the comptroller to audit the race to the top funding; requires a report of findings and recommendations to the education committees by July 1, 2015. - Amends TCA Title 49.

TN - SB1888 State Government - As introduced, enacts the "Health Care Freedom and Affordable Care Noncompliance Act", which prohibits state entities from establishing or administering any regulatory scheme to operate the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.

TN - SB2490 Highways, Roads and Bridges - As enacted, encourages the department of transportation to transfer a certain state-owned portion of land between Belmont Boulevard and Interstate 65 in Davidson County to the Metropolitan Government in perpetuity so long as the property is maintained as parkland; directs the department to erect suitable markers at the intersection of Gale Lane and Lealand Lane in Davidson County, on land currently leased to the Metropolitan Government for parkland, designating the area as the "Senator Douglas Henry Urban Conservation District".

TN - SB1373 Education, Curriculum - As introduced, allows students to express their religious beliefs in school assignments without discrimination. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 6.

TN - SB196 School Vouchers - As introduced, enacts the "Tennessee Choice & Opportunity Scholarship Act". - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 1.

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

TN - SB1849 Search & Seizure - As introduced, creates the "Fourth Amendment Protection Act", which prohibits state or local government cooperation with federal collection of electronic data or metadata without a warrant. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 13, Part 6 and Title 40, Chapter 6.

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

TN - SR93 Memorials, Government Officials - Urges the Tennessee Valley Authority and local power companies to continue expanding opportunities for Tennesseans and businesses to utilize renewable energy.

TN - SR69 Memorials, Personal Occasion - Senator Randy McNally, 59th birthday.

TN - SJR318 Memorials, Interns - Keitorria L. Edmonds

TN - SJR711 Memorials, Recognition - Nashville Local Organizing Committee for the Women's Final Four.

TN - SJR715 General Assembly, Statement of Intent or Position - Encourage schools to have their students recite the first official salute to the Tennessee Flag.

TN - SJR548 Memorials, Death - Speaker Pro Tempore Emeritus Lois M. DeBerry.

TN - SJR449 Memorials, Death - Alphonso "Al" Bodie

TN - SJR482 Memorials, Recognition - Recognizes February 10, 1954, as the anniversary of the addition of the words, “under God,” to the United States Pledge of Allegiance.

TN - SJR764 Memorials, Personal Occasion - Ronnie and Emily Townes, 50th wedding anniversary.

TN - SJR505 Memorials, Government Officials - Requests State Capitol Commission to initiate creation and placement in State Capitol of monument to honor David Crockett.

TN - SJR542 Memorials, Death - K.S. "Bud" Adams, Jr.

TN - SJR184 Memorials, Retirement - Jan McNally

TN - SJR760 Memorials, Public Service - Senator Charlotte Burks.

TN - SJR447 Memorials, Interns - Andrea Bennett

TN - SJR183 Memorials, Heroism - Commemorates Vietnam Veterans Day and 40th anniversary of withdrawal of U.S. troops from Vietnam.

TN - SJR649 Memorials, Recognition - Tennessee Division of Forestry, 100th anniversary.

TN - SJR606 Memorials, Death - Lisa Huffstetler.

TN - SJR122 Memorials, Death - Representative Clarence "Pete" Phillips

TN - SJR267 Memorials, Recognition - Michael Oher

TN - SJR325 Memorials, Interns - Katelyn M. Holland

TN - SJR98 Memorials, Death - Jeanne Stephenson Bodfish, Comptroller of the Treasury

TN - SJR793 Memorials, Recognition - Recognizes April 2014 as the Month of the Military Child.

TN - SJR194 Memorials, Sports - Jackson County High School Lady Blue Devils basketball team, Class A State Champion

TN - SJR498 Memorials, Congratulations - State of Tennessee, dismissal of Arlington Developmental Center lawsuit.

TN - SJR20 Memorials, Recognition - Grand Junction, Tennessee, Bird Dog and Field Trial Capital of the World

TN - SJR710 General Assembly, Statement of Intent or Position - Expresses opposition to U.S. Army proposal to eliminate Kiowa helicopters from Army and National Guard units.

TN - SJR604 Naming and Designating - "National Crime Victims' Rights Week", April 6-12, 2014.

TN - SJR685 Memorials, Retirement - Judge John Maddux.

TN - SJR74 Memorials, Recognition - Bishop Brandon B. Porter

TN - SJR564 Memorials, Recognition - 2013-2014 Tennessee State FFA Officers.

TN - SJR540 Memorials, Recognition - Billy Graham.

TN - SJR146 Memorials, Retirement - David N. McGriff, Sr.

TN - SJR244 Memorials, Interns - Michael Maren

TN - SJR130 Naming and Designating - "National Crime Victims' Rights Week," April 21-27, 2013

TN - SJR463 Memorials, Retirement - Dr. Shirley C. Raines, University of Memphis

TN - SJR381 Memorials, Public Service - Senator Gene Elsea

TN - SJR3 Memorials, Death - Evelyon Vanderpool Hilleary

TN - SJR324 Memorials, Interns - Amanda Hill

TN - SJR169 Memorials, Public Service - Tom Fleming

TN - SJR782 Memorials, Public Service - Senator Douglas S. Henry.

TN - SJR523 Memorials, Death - Regen Morris

TN - SJR733 Memorials, Public Service - Senator Lowe Finney.

TN - SJR695 Memorials, Sports - Watson and Mack Brown, winningest brother coaching tandem in NCAA Division I history.

TN - SJR456 Memorials, Retirement - Bill Bradley

TN - SJR268 Memorials, Recognition - Leigh Ann Tuohy

TN - SJR528 Memorials, Retirement - Reverend Harold A. Middlebrook, Sr.

TN - SJR697 Memorials, Death - Ted Houston Welch.

TN - SJR474 Memorials, Death - Walter Thomas Durham

TN - SJR111 Memorials, Government Officials - Urges department of environment and conservation and federal Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement to study feasibility of reestablishing plant and animal species native to Tennessee’s coalfield areas.

TN - SJR765 Memorials, Sports - Meigs County High School boys basketball team.

TN - SJR766 Memorials, Sports - 2013-2014 Meigs County Lady Tigers girls basketball team.

TN - SJR746 Memorials, Interns - Joshua Bennett.

TN - SJR477 Memorials, Recognition - James G. Neeley.

TN - SJR629 Memorials, Retirement - Chief Warrant Officer Five Billy Cook, United States Army.

TN - SJR628 Memorials, Retirement - Chief Warrant Officer Five Karl H. Maier.

TN - SJR518 Memorials, Death - John Madison Smartt.

TN - SJR201 Memorials, Retirement - Nat Johnson

TN - SJR469 Memorials, Death - Donald William Jackson

TN - SJR491 General Assembly, Statement of Intent or Position - Expresses Tennessee's sovereignty over education standards and assessments.

TN - SJR552 Memorials, Professional Achievement - Susan Whitaker.

TN - SJR323 Memorials, Heroism - Staff Sergeant Christopher M. Ward, U.S. Army

TN - SJR170 Memorials, Retirement - Mary-Margaret Collier

TN - SJR561 Memorials, Professional Achievement - Connie Smith, 49th anniversary as a member of the Grand Ole Opry and 50th anniversary of her country music career.

TN - SJR129 Naming and Designating - "Police Memorial Week" in Tennessee, May 13-17, 2013