Tennessee Sen. Kerry Roberts (R)

TN - Commerce and Labor (Senate)

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2nd vice-chair

TN - Government Operations (Senate)

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member

TN - Judiciary (Senate)

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member

TN - Calendar (Senate)

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chair

TN - SR58 Memorials, Interns - Cooper Byers

TN - SB1470 Municipal Government - As enacted, creates an exception to the prohibition on the incorporation of an area within three miles of an existing municipality to allow an area in Hickman County to incorporate; specifies that provisions governing adoption of a charter under the mayor-aldermanic charter provisions of general law do not affect an existing municipality's authority to annex unincorporated areas within the existing municipality's urban growth boundary. - Amends TCA Section 6-1-201.

TN - SR108 Memorials, Academic Achievement - Alexis Claire Walsh, Valedictorian, Sycamore High School

TN - SJR166 Memorials, Personal Achievement - Hunter Bilyeu, Eagle Scout

TN - SB1453 Dickson - Subject to local approval, abolishes the municipal court. - Amends Chapter 274 of the Private Acts of 1924; as amended and rewritten.

TN - SB2734 Dickson County - Subject to local approval, removes probate and conservatorship jurisdiction from the Probate and Juvenile Court of Dickson County; renames court Juvenile Court of Dickson County. - Amends Chapter 267 of the Private Acts of 1982.

TN - SR76 Memorials, Academic Achievement - Micah Judson Roberts, Valedictorian, White House Heritage High School

TN - SB155 Immigration - As introduced, prohibits state and local governmental entities and officials from adopting or enacting sanctuary policies; authorizes residents of this state and members of the general assembly to submit complaints to the attorney general and reporter; provides that violations will subject applicable entities to ineligibility of state moneys. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 7; Title 8 and Title 9.

TN - SB2471 Accountants - As enacted, lowers the age of inactive licensees who may not have to pay a renewal fee pursuant to rules from over 70 years of age to 65 years of age and older. - Amends TCA Title 62, Chapter 1.

TN - SJR902 Memorials, Academic Achievement - Luke Bradley Petitt, Salutatorian, Springfield High School

TN - SB640 Criminal Offenses - As introduced, adds to the offense of reckless endangerment the Class A misdemeanor offense that a person left a loaded, unsecured firearm in a location that endangered the life of a child under 14 years of age, and the Class B misdemeanor offense of knowingly authorizing a child under 12 years of age to use a firearm except when the child is under the supervision of an adult. - Amends TCA Section 39-13-103.

TN - SB2455 Taxes, Real Property - As introduced, extends, from 20 days to 30 days after the date the division of property assessments publishes notice of the availability of the proposed use value schedule in a newspaper, the deadline by which a petition must be filed by owners of agricultural, forest, or open space land to convene a hearing of the state board of equalization. - Amends TCA Title 67, Chapter 5, Part 10.

TN - SJR707 Memorials, Academic Achievement - Zachary Forrest Baker, Valedictorian, McEwen High School

TN - SR75 Memorials, Academic Achievement - Rachel Marie Oehlkers, Salutatorian, White House Heritage High School

TN - SR103 Memorials, Academic Achievement - Emma McClain Friedmann, Valedictorian, Springfield High School

TN - SJR717 Memorials, Academic Achievement - Dylan Gianakos, Salutatorian, East Hickman High School

TN - SB2472 Pest Control - As enacted, repeals requirement that pest control businesses include their charter numbers in all printed advertisements. - Amends TCA Title 62, Chapter 21.

TN - SJR435 Memorials, Recognition - Dickson Middle School

TN - SJR842 Memorials, Academic Achievement - Russell Holman, Salutatorian, Pleasant View Christian School

TN - SB950 Claims Commission, Tennessee - As introduced, limits the tort liability of certain contractors with the state who provide direct client services on behalf of the departments of children's services, mental health and substance abuse services, and intellectual and developmental disabilities. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 9, Chapter 8 and Title 12.

TN - SR72 Memorials, Academic Achievement - Sara Malham, Salutatorian, Christian Community School

TN - SJR719 Memorials, Academic Achievement - Rachel H. Faulks, Salutatorian, Dickson County High School

TN - SJR720 Memorials, Academic Achievement - Allyson Mackenzie DeNote, Valedictorian, South Haven Christian School

TN - SR114 Memorials, Academic Achievement - Sarah Ashlyn Smith, Valedictorian, Waverly Central High School

TN - SB2459 Industrial Development - As introduced, authorizes members of the board of directors of an industrial development corporation to attend meetings via videoconferencing. - Amends TCA Title 7, Chapter 53.

TN - SJR711 Memorials, Academic Achievement - Jillian Noel Simpson, Valedictorian, McEwen High School

TN - SJR973 Memorials, Academic Achievement - Michaela Hudson, Salutatorian, Greenbrier High School

TN - SB2476 Taxes, Exemption and Credits - As introduced, exempts sales of gun safes from sales and use tax. - Amends TCA Title 67.

TN - SR111 Memorials, Academic Achievement - Emily Rose Davis, Valedictorian, Waverly Central High School

TN - SJR716 Memorials, Academic Achievement - Jacob Beard, Valedictorian, East Hickman High School

TN - SJR888 Memorials, Recognition - PANDAS Awareness Day, October 9, 2018

TN - SR106 Memorials, Academic Achievement - Addison Kately Leggett, Valedictorian, United Christian Academy

TN - SR48 Memorials, Academic Achievement - Cooper Mays, Valedictorian, Hickman County High School

TN - SB2460 Taxes, Privilege - As introduced, reduces professional privilege taxes by 50 percent for taxpayers on active status and by 75 percent for taxpayers on inactive status. - Amends TCA Title 67, Chapter 4, Part 17.

TN - SR45 Memorials, Academic Achievement - Eliza Keats Komisar, Valedictorian, Creek Wood High School

TN - SR50 Memorials, Academic Achievement - Andrew Reagan, Salutatorian, South Haven Christian School

TN - SR49 Memorials, Academic Achievement - Devanie Coombs, Valedictorian, South Haven Christian School

TN - SJR709 Memorials, Academic Achievement - Jamison Nash Murphree, Valedictorian, McEwen High School

TN - SJR901 Memorials, Academic Achievement - Noah Westley Holland, Valedictorian, Springfield High School

TN - SB2733 Greenbrier - Subject to local approval, authorizes the board of mayor and aldermen to appoint a town administrator. - Amends Chapter 207 of the Private Acts of 1996; as amended and rewritten.

TN - SB849 Public Health - As enacted, specifies that the practice of veterinary medicine does not include massage therapy to animals, which means the manipulation of the soft tissues of the animal body with the intention of positively affecting the health and well-being of the animal. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 33; Title 56; Title 63; Title 67; Title 68 and Title 71.

TN - SB963 Taxes, Sales - As introduced, requires the commissioner of revenue to annually report the amount of revenue generated from the tax on the sale of food to the chairs of the finance, ways and means committees of the senate and the house of representatives. - Amends TCA Title 9; Title 54; Title 55 and Title 67.

TN - SJR873 Memorials, Academic Achievement - Hayden Luke Suddeth, Valedictorian, Creek Wood High School

TN - SB2454 Pensions and Retirement Benefits - As introduced, prohibits distribution of retirement benefits from defined benefit plans to nonspouse beneficiaries. - Amends TCA Title 8, Chapter 25; Title 8, Chapter 34; Title 8, Chapter 35; Title 8, Chapter 36; Title 8, Chapter 37 and Title 8, Chapter 38.

TN - SJR167 Memorials, Personal Achievement - Dylan Bilyeu, Eagle Scout

TN - SJR900 Memorials, Academic Achievement - Jared Prine Higgs, Salutatorian, Harpeth High School

TN - SR109 Memorials, Academic Achievement - Richard Gordon Gillingham, Salutatorian, Sycamore High School

TN - SB666 Taxes, Exemption and Credits - As introduced, exempts the sale of all gold and silver bullion and coins that are used as a medium of exchange, security, or commodity from sales tax. - Amends TCA Title 67, Chapter 6.

TN - SR40 Memorials, Recognition - Molly Hudgens, Citizens Honor Award

TN - SJR8 Memorials, Death - Jerry Hollis Duncan

TN - SR64 Memorials, Academic Achievement - Tristan Addisson Davenport, Valedictorian, Harpeth High School

TN - SJR721 Memorials, Academic Achievement - Rebekah Anne Haymond, Salutatorian, South Haven Christian School

TN - SR71 Memorials, Academic Achievement - Emily Jackson, Valedictorian, Christian Community School

TN - SB1461 Dickson County - Subject to local approval, abolishes the County Highway Commission and office of the County Highway Engineer. - Amends Chapter 53 of the Private Acts of 1985; as amended.

TN - SB854 Motor Vehicles - As introduced, increases from 10 to 15 the number of days from the date of an order suspending or revoking a commercial driver license that a petition may be filed to appeal the decision. - Amends TCA Title 55.

TN - SR32 General Assembly, Confirmation of Appointment - David Shepard, University of Tennessee Board of Trustees

TN - SB988 Criminal Procedure - As introduced, changes, from "8:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m." to "7:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m.", the hours of operation for the TBI's telephone line used to respond to inquiries from dealers for a criminal history record check. - Amends TCA Title 9 and Title 39, Chapter 17, Part 13.

TN - SB2458 Professions and Occupations - As enacted, rewrites provisions governing apprenticeship programs. - Amends TCA Title 62, Chapter 76, Part 2.

TN - SB748 Assessors - As enacted, authorizes an assessor of property to maintain records in electronic format. - Amends TCA Title 67, Chapter 5.

TN - SJR980 Memorials, Academic Achievement - Alexis Ford, United States Air Force Academy

TN - SB2461 Professions and Occupations - As enacted, specifies in various statutes governing licensure of professions and occupations, including health-related occupations, that administrative action against a person's license (including the denial, suspension or revocation of a license and determinations of fitness to practice) based on a criminal conviction, is subject to the applicable provisions of the Fresh Start Act. - Amends TCA Title 20; Title 62 and Title 63.

TN - SB855 Courts, General Sessions - As introduced, allows process from the general sessions court to be served within 65 days of service, rather than 60 days of service. - Amends TCA Title 6 and Title 16.

TN - SB2463 Insurance, Life - As introduced, enacts the "Tennessee Right to Shop Act". - Amends TCA Title 33; Title 56; Title 63 and Title 68.

TN - SJR972 Memorials, Academic Achievement - Brayden Campbell, Valedictorian, Greenbrier High School

TN - SB473 Professions and Occupations - As enacted, enacts the "Freedom to Prosper Act" to limit the circumstances under which local government entities may regulate certain occupations. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 56, Chapter 1, Part 3; Title 62 and Title 63.

TN - SB1728 TennCare - As enacted, requires that an amendment to the existing TennCare II waiver be submitted to the federal centers for medicare and medicaid services (CMS) authorizing the bureau of TennCare to create reasonable work and community engagement requirements for able-bodied working age adult enrollees without dependent children under the age of six. - Amends TCA Title 71.

TN - SB2378 Taxes, Privilege - As introduced, requires comptroller to conduct random audits of any persons or entities receiving proceeds from tax on the privilege of occupancy in a hotel, with such audits to include an accounting of how the proceeds are used. - Amends TCA Title 67, Chapter 4, Part 14.

TN - SB861 Firearms and Ammunition - As introduced, confers criminal and civil immunity upon a person who uses or threatens force in self-defense, defense of another, or defense from a person committing criminal offense, unless the person is a law enforcement officer during discharge of the officer's duties and the person knows the person against whom force is used is a law enforcement officer. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 11, Part 6 and Title 39, Chapter 17, Part 13.

TN - SB223 Motor Vehicles, Titling and Registration - As enacted, extends to federal holidays, in addition to Saturdays and Sundays, the days on which motor vehicles registered as antique motor vehicles may be driven for general transportation purposes. - Amends TCA Section 55-4-111.

TN - SB2465 Professions and Occupations - As enacted, enacts the "Fresh Start Act". - Amends TCA Title 62, Chapter 76, Part 1 and Title 63, Chapter 1.

TN - SB1019 Business Organizations - As introduced, authorizes the transmission and filing of nonprofit corporations' annual reports to the secretary of state in an electronic format; authorizes the transmission of the secretary of state's list of new nonprofit corporations that were licensed or authorized to operate in the state during the preceding month and the secretary of state's list of nonprofit corporations that surrendered their charters, had charters revoked, or ceased to do business in this state, during the preceding month, to the commissioner of revenue in an electronic format. - Amends TCA Title 48.

TN - SR77 Memorials, Academic Achievement - Hunter Cory Bilyeu, Valedictorian, Jo Byrns High School

TN - SB2464 TennCare - As introduced, requires the commissioner of finance and administration to seek a waiver amendment to the TennCare II waiver to require participation in work or related activities by certain enrollees and to make certain benefit changes. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 56 and Title 71.

TN - SJR248 Memorials, Personal Achievement - Taw Owens, Eagle Scout

TN - SB2466 Professions and Occupations - As enacted, requires certain training and examination in order to use the title "certified animal massage therapist" or "registered animal massage therapist;" requires liability insurance. - Amends TCA Title 63, Chapter 12.

TN - SB2467 Charitable Solicitations - As introduced, exempts certain § 501(c)(4) advocacy organizations from registering with, and being regulated by, the secretary of state as a charitable organization. - Amends TCA Title 48, Chapter 101, Part 5.

TN - SB2469 Education - As introduced, changes from August 1 to August 15 the date by which each LEA must submit a financial report of the receipts and expenditures for all public school purposes in the LEA to the commissioner of education. - Amends TCA Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 49, Chapter 1; Title 49, Chapter 2 and Title 49, Chapter 3.

TN - SB2470 Consumer Protection - As enacted, prohibits a consumer report agency from charging a Tennessee consumer to place, temporarily lift, or permanently remove a security freeze and removes all such fees authorized by state law. - Amends TCA Title 47.

TN - SB2477 Public Funds and Financing - As introduced, urges department of transportation to study total annual amount of municipal street aid funds used by municipalities over last five fiscal years to fund mass transit, including the use of any funds that impact state highways; requires department to report findings and recommendations to the finance, ways and means committees of senate and house of representatives, transportation and safety committee of senate, and transportation committee of house of representatives. - Amends TCA Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 9; Title 54; Title 55 and Title 67.

TN - SJR891 Memorials, Academic Achievement - Taylor Renee Gamble, Salutatorian, East Robertson High School

TN - SB2724 Dickson County - Subject to local approval, abolishes the Dickson County Highway Commission. - Amends Chapter 53 of the Private Acts of 1985; as amended.

TN - SB2755 Ashland City - Subject to local approval, authorizes property owners that do not live in the city to vote in city elections; removes disability for six months as a reason for the vacancy of the office of mayor or councilman; permanently prohibits persons convicted of certain crimes from holding office; creates process for electing a council member if the council is unable to appoint one in the event of a vacancy; authorizes the city to donate or contribute funds in accordance with state law; renames the city clerk and recorder the city recorder; changes provisions related to purchasing and the sale of city property; makes other revisions to the charter. - Amends Chapter 121 of the Private Acts of 2004; as amended.

TN - SR46 Memorials, Academic Achievement - Sarah Jean Greer, Salutatorian, Creek Wood High School

TN - SR147 Memorials, Recognition - Kara Gilliam, Governor of 2017 Tennessee Intercollegiate State Legislature

TN - SB2124 Education, Curriculum - As enacted, requires the department and state board of education to provide certain information regarding Bible curricula and courses. - Amends TCA Title 49.

TN - SJR874 Memorials, Academic Achievement - David Smith, Salutatorian, Christian Community Schools

TN - SJR713 Memorials, Academic Achievement - Jake Martin, Salutatorian, Hickman County High School

TN - SJR710 Memorials, Academic Achievement - Rosemary Alexandrova Pantcheva, Valedictorian, McEwen High School

TN - SB2478 Alcoholic Beverages - As enacted, authorizes the City of Cedar Hill in Robertson County to hold a referendum to authorize the retail sale of alcoholic beverages in package stores and for consumption on the premises. - Amends TCA Title 57, Chapter 3 and Title 57, Chapter 4.

TN - SR66 Memorials, Academic Achievement - Anna Pearson, Salutatorian, Cheatham County Central High School

TN - SR47 Memorials, Academic Achievement - Alexis Hudgins, Salutatorian, Hickman County High School

TN - SR63 Memorials, Academic Achievement - Carly Jordan Baldwin, Salutatorian, Harpeth High School

TN - SR98 Memorials, Death - David McCullough

TN - SR42 Memorials, Academic Achievement - Ellison Murphree, Valedictorian, McEwen High School

TN - SR51 Memorials, Academic Achievement - Kandace Joyce Ailworth, Salutatorian, Pleasant View Christian School

TN - SJR889 Memorials, Recognition - Hey Belle, Robertson County Chamber of Commerce 2018 Business of the Year

TN - SR43 Memorials, Academic Achievement - Juliana White, Valedictorian, McEwen High School

TN - SJR165 Memorials, Personal Achievement - Frank Cox, Eagle Scout

TN - SR104 Memorials, Academic Achievement - Marisa Grace Phelps, Valedictorian, East Robertson High School

TN - SB2197 Consumer Protection - As enacted, requires, under the Uniform Debt-Management Services Act, counselors to present evidence of accreditation or certification by an independent accrediting or certifying organization upon registering to provide debt management services. - Amends TCA Title 47, Chapter 18, Part 55.

TN - SJR894 Memorials, Academic Achievement - Troy Dalton Sloan, Valedictorian, East Robertson High School

TN - SJR896 Memorials, Academic Achievement - Forrest Isaias Whiting, Salutatorian, White House Heritage High School

TN - SJR890 Memorials, Recognition - Dustin Thomas, Robertson County Chamber of Commerce 2018 Volunteer of the Year

TN - SJR895 Memorials, Academic Achievement - Jacob Alan Smith, Valedictorian, White House Heritage High School

TN - SJR715 Memorials, Academic Achievement - Brennan Lusher, Salutatorian, Dayspring Academy

TN - SJR935 Memorials, Academic Achievement - Katherine Evelyn Wallace, Valedictorian, Waverly Central High School

TN - SJR939 Memorials, Academic Achievement - Samantha Danielle Morton, Salutatorian, Jo Byrns High School

TN - SB1091 Education - As introduced, changes from July 1 to August 1 the date by which the department must submit its annual report of virtual education program operation, success, improvement efforts, and funding adequacy to the governor, the general assembly, the state board of education, and the BEP review committee. - Amends TCA Title 49.

TN - SJR934 Memorials, Academic Achievement - Kayln Marie Grice, Valedictorian, Waverly Central High School

TN - SJR933 Memorials, Academic Achievement - Mary Margaret Nix, Valedictorian, Waverly Central High School

TN - SJR806 Memorials, Sports - Lipscomb University men's basketball team

TN - SR115 Memorials, Academic Achievement - Taylor Brianne Travis, Valedictorian, Waverly Central High School

TN - SR113 Memorials, Academic Achievement - Carson Trice Short, Valedictorian, Waverly Central High School

TN - SB1674 Tattoos and Piercings - As introduced, authorizes a tattoo artist to perform tattoo removal only as permitted by rules promulgated by the department of health. - Amends TCA Section 62-38-209.

TN - SJR875 Memorials, Academic Achievement - Caleb Starling, Valedictorian, Christian Community Schools

TN - SJR898 Memorials, Academic Achievement - Lauren Hunsicker, Salutatorian, Sycamore High School

TN - SB365 Welfare - As enacted, enacts the "Program Integrity Act of 2017," which establishes certain requirements for benefit eligibility. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 71, Chapter 5, Part 1 and Title 71, Chapter 5, Part 3.

TN - SR119 Memorials, Academic Achievement - Katherine Carter, Valedictorian, Greenbrier High School

TN - SR112 Memorials, Academic Achievement - Emma Grace Rushton, Valedictorian, Waverly Central High School

TN - SB131 Firearms and Ammunition - As introduced, amends various firearms provisions, including changes to firearms on school property, open or concealed carrying of a firearm, handgun carry permits, and posted firearms prohibitions. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 17, Part 13; Title 49 and Title 70.

TN - SR107 Memorials, Academic Achievement - Kennedy Nicole Crider, Valedictorian, Dickson County High School

TN - SJR712 Memorials, Academic Achievement - Cody Johnson, Valedictorian, Hickman County High School

TN - SJR738 Memorials, Sports - Toby Lynch, TSSAA Wrestling State Champion

TN - SJR938 Memorials, Academic Achievement - Ashley Cara Arnold, Valedictorian, Jo Byrns High School

TN - SJR937 Memorials, Academic Achievement - Hayden Kirk James Roberts, Valedictorian, Waverly Central High School

TN - SJR865 Memorials, Interns - Hogan Smithmier

TN - SR78 Memorials, Academic Achievement - Jacob Dalton Holt, Salutatorian, Jo Byrns High School

TN - SR67 Memorials, Academic Achievement - Tiffany Smith, Valedictorian, Cheatham County Central High School

TN - SB2457 Taxes, Hotel Motel - As enacted, authorizes the City of Pleasant View, by ordinance adopted by a two-thirds vote, to levy an occupancy tax of not more than 5 percent on the privilege of staying in any hotel or motel in Pleasant View; the ordinance must set forth the manner of collection and administration of the privilege tax; requires that all proceeds received by the municipality from the tax be used for tourism development. - Amends TCA Section 67-4-1425.

TN - SJR932 Memorials, Academic Achievement - Synthia Kaye Simpkins, Valedictorian, Waverly Central High School

TN - SJR897 Memorials, Academic Achievement - Abigail Haggard, Valedictorian, Sycamore High School

TN - SB853 Taxes, Hotel Motel - As enacted, authorizes the Town of Kingston Springs, by ordinance adopted by a two-thirds vote, to levy an occupancy tax of not more than 2.5 percent on the privilege of staying in any hotel or motel in Kingston Springs; the ordinance must set forth the manner of collection and administration of the privilege tax; requires that all proceeds received by the municipality from the tax be used for tourism or economic development. - Amends TCA Section 67-4-1425.

TN - SB639 Health Care - As enacted, authorizes a healthcare provider to satisfy one hour of continuing education requirements in exchange for one hour of volunteer healthcare services. - Amends TCA Title 63; Title 68 and Title 71.

TN - SB2479 Public Employees - As introduced, restores longevity pay for employees of the executive branch in the state service hired after June 30, 2015. - Amends TCA Title 8 and Title 38.

TN - SR61 Memorials, Academic Achievement - Dillon Garen Graves, Salutatorian, East Hickman High School

TN - SJR708 Memorials, Academic Achievement - Erika Danyelle Brown, Valedictorian, McEwen High School

TN - SR70 Memorials, Academic Achievement - Angel Mayorga, Salutatorian, Dayspring Academy

TN - SB17 Highway Signs - As enacted, enacts the "Shadow 'Shada' Brooke Lowe Act," which authorizes DUI memorial signs for victims of accidents in which the intoxicated driver causing the accident was not convicted due to the driver dying as a result of the accident. - Amends TCA Section 54-5-1003 and Chapter 1039 of the Public Acts of 2016.

TN - SJR936 Memorials, Academic Achievement - John Charles Tidwell III, Valedictorian, Waverly Central High School

TN - SJR100 Memorials, Personal Achievement - Jesse D. James, Eagle Scout

TN - SJR872 Memorials, Academic Achievement - Rebecca Charlene Richey, Salutatorian, Creek Wood High School

TN - SB2456 TennCare - As introduced, directs that a waiver be submitted to allow for health savings account options, a cost sharing or co-pay initiative, and reasonable work requirements upon certain adult enrollees. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 33; Title 56 and Title 71.

TN - SB2475 Workers Compensation - As enacted, revises provisions governing attorneys' fees and costs in certain workers' compensation claims cases. - Amends TCA Section 50-6-102 and Section 50-6-226.

TN - SR65 Memorials, Recognition - Tennessee Bun Company, 20th anniversary

TN - SJR164 Memorials, Personal Achievement - Jacob Garrison, Eagle Scout

TN - SJR27 Memorials, Recognition - Austin & Bell Funeral Home, 175th anniversary

TN - SR62 Memorials, Academic Achievement - Bailey Hunter Krebs, Valedictorian, East Hickman High School

TN - SR120 Memorials, Academic Achievement - Ravi Patel, Salutatorian, Greenbrier High School

TN - SB224 Chiropractors - As enacted, allows chiropractic physicians to enter into a direct primary care agreement with an individual patient or the patient's legal representative. - Amends TCA Title 63, Chapter 1, Part 5.

TN - SJR805 Memorials, Recognition - Jessica Epley

TN - SB472 Insurance, Health, Accident - As introduced, enacts the "Tennessee Right to Shop Act." - Amends TCA Title 56; Title 63 and Title 68.

TN - SR44 Memorials, Academic Achievement - Corrissa Tummins, Valedictorian, McEwen High School

TN - SB134 DUI Offenses - As enacted, requires search warrant or written consent prior to a blood test being performed to determine alcoholic or drug content of a driver's blood; creates certain exceptions. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 13; Title 40, Chapter 7, Part 1 and Title 55, Chapter 10, Part 4.

TN - SB2468 Animal Control - As enacted, gives agencies that operate shelters from which animals are adopted or reclaimed the option of using the forfeited spay/neuter deposit fund to defray operational expenses of programs the agency operates, provided the agency has a forfeited deposit fund balance of at least the total of the last six months of forfeited deposits collected. - Amends TCA Section 44-17-503.

TN - SJR899 Memorials, Academic Achievement - Stephen Edward Jacobs, Valedictorian, Harpeth High School

TN - SB2473 Lobbying, Lobbyists - As introduced, prohibits a state or local licensing authority from entering into a contract with a lobbyist or a lobbying firm. - Amends TCA Title 3, Chapter 6, Part 3.

TN - SR102 Memorials, Academic Achievement - Daniel Brent Drexler, Salutatorian, Springfield High School

TN - SB2462 Interest Rates - As enacted, changes the application of interest rates to the amount financed instead of the total amount of the loan with regard to certain loans made by industrial loan and thrift companies. - Amends TCA Title 45, Chapter 5.

TN - SR110 Memorials, Academic Achievement - Zoe Marie Munson, Salutatorian, Dickson County High School

TN - SR52 Memorials, Academic Achievement - Bailey Elizabeth Millett, Valedictorian, Pleasant View Christian School

TN - SJR892 Memorials, Academic Achievement - Hannah Battles, Salutatorian, Cheatham County Central High School

TN - SJR655 Memorials, Personal Occasion - Kathy Finley, 65th Birthday

TN - SR69 Memorials, Academic Achievement - Alexis Scarton-Schweik, Valedictorian, Dayspring Academy

TN - SJR67 Memorials, Death - James "J.R." Rogers

TN - SJR714 Memorials, Academic Achievement - Andrew Suttle, Valedictorian, Dayspring Academy

TN - SJR718 Memorials, Academic Achievement - Brenna G. Giese, Valedictorian, Dickson County High School

TN - SB2474 Licenses - As enacted, exempts certain low-income persons from initial licensure fees imposed by certain health related boards and professional regulatory boards. - Amends TCA Title 3, Chapter 6, Part 3; Title 23, Chapter 3; Title 49; Title 56; Title 62; Title 63 and Title 68.

TN - SJR893 Memorials, Academic Achievement - Jackson Rowe, Valedictorian, Cheatham County Central High School

TN - SJR841 Memorials, Academic Achievement - Kaitlyn Steele, Valedictorian, Pleasant View Christian School

TN - SR105 Memorials, Academic Achievement - William Richard Salsman, Salutatorian, East Robertson High School

TN - SB525 Charitable Solicitations - As introduced, exempts certain § 501(c)(4) advocacy organizations from registering with, and being regulated by, the secretary of state as a charitable organization. - Amends TCA Title 48, Chapter 101, Part 5.

TN - SJR206 Memorials, Recognition - Samuel L. Ramsey, Good Scout Award

TN - SR222 Memorials, Public Service - Office of Legislative Information Systems of the 110th General Assembly

TN - SR216 Memorials, Recognition - Senate employees of the 110th General Assembly

TN - SR220 Memorials, Recognition - Fiscal Review Committee of the 110th General Assembly

TN - SR219 Memorials, Recognition - Office of Legislative Budget Analysis of the 110th General Assembly

TN - SR223 Memorials, Public Service - Office of Facilities Management of the 110th General Assembly

TN - SB4 Education - As introduced, prohibits the state board of education from adopting standards or competencies for social and emotional learning; prohibits the department of education from providing instruction or competencies in social and emotional learning to fulfill the requirements for character education. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 1, Part 2; Title 49, Chapter 1, Part 3 and Section 49-6-1007.

TN - SJR60 Memorials, Recognition - Randy Travis

TN - SR221 Memorials, Public Service - Office of Legislative Administration of the 110th General Assembly

TN - SJR1 Memorials, Professional Achievement - Dr. Joseph Hamilton

TN - SJR6 Memorials, Heroism - Principal Linda Buggs and the teachers of Grand Junction Elementary School

TN - SJR17 Memorials, Death - Sue Morton Swann

TN - SJR2 Memorials, Recognition - Recognizes Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Vanderbilt University, and the University of Tennessee - Knoxville for their contributions to the discovery of element 117 and its naming as tennessine.

TN - SJR4 Memorials, Congress - Urges the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs to locate a VA hospital in Knoxville.

TN - SJR43 Memorials, Retirement - Louise McKown

TN - SJR38 Memorials, Retirement - Dr. Helen James

TN - SJR23 Memorials, Death - Officer Kenny Moats

TN - SR218 Memorials, Recognition - Office of Legal Services of the 110th General Assembly

TN - SR217 Memorials, Public Service - Office of the Chief Clerk of the Senate of the 110th General Assembly

TN - SJR76 Memorials, Recognition - Veterans Day on the Hill, February 8, 2017

TN - SB1194 Barbers and/or Cosmetologists - As enacted, removes licensure requirement for persons whose occupation or practice is confined solely to shampooing. - Amends TCA Title 62, Chapter 3 and Title 62, Chapter 4.

TN - SB1193 Commerce and Insurance, Dept. of - As introduced, extends the time that the commissioner has to submit the annual report to the speakers summarizing the information submitted pursuant to the Tennessee Health Care Liability Reporting Act from November 1 to December 1. - Amends TCA Title 56.

TN - SJR59 General Assembly, Statement of Intent or Position - Urges President Donald J. Trump and Congress to distribute federal transportation funding to the states by block grant.

TN - SB924 Lottery, Charitable - As enacted, redefines "nonprofit organization" for purposes of qualifying to have an annual gaming event to include a 501(c)(3) organization that has been in continuous existence in this state for three years and is a dues paying member of a separate 501(c)(3) organization that has been in existence in this state for 10 years. - Amends TCA Title 3, Chapter 17.

TN - SB553 Child Abuse - As enacted, adds the commission of trafficking for commercial sex act to the definitions of child sexual abuse and severe child abuse; redefines "caregiver" for the purposes of the laws governing the placement and custody of juveniles. - Amends TCA Title 37, Chapter 1, Part 1 and Title 37, Chapter 1, Part 6.

TN - SJR976 General Assembly, Confirmation of Appointment - Lang Wiseman, UT board of trustees

TN - SB605 Criminal Offenses - As enacted, expands the definition of "material" relative to sexual exploitation of children to include any computer image, or computer-generated image, whether made or produced by electronic, mechanical, or other means. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 17.

TN - SJR969 Memorials, Death - Ronald Lee Ermey

TN - SB590 Holidays and Days of Special Observance - As enacted, designates March 4 of each year as "Tennessee Missing Children's Day," a day of special observance. - Amends TCA Title 15.

TN - SJR563 Naming and Designating - Designates the week of May 13-19, 2018, as "Police Week" and May 15, 2018, as "Peace Officers Memorial Day" in Tennessee.

TN - SB1152 Education, Curriculum - As enacted, designates the week of September 17 as "Celebrate Freedom Week" in public schools; requires the department of education to provide LEAs with grade appropriate internet resources and materials for instruction for use during such week; establishes other related requirements. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 6, Part 10.

TN - SJR612 Memorials, Public Service - Mark Gwyn, Director of TBI

TN - SB1192 Securities - As enacted, makes various changes to the regulation of securities under the Tennessee Securities Act of 1980. - Amends TCA Title 48, Chapter 1, Part 1.

TN - SJR547 Memorials, Death - George Edward Buxton York

TN - SJR548 Memorials, Recognition - Tennessee General Assembly moves into Cordell Hull Building

TN - SB1233 Naming and Designating - As enacted, designates the new Tennessee Bureau of Investigation crime lab and consolidated regional headquarters to be constructed in Madison County as the "Special Agent De'Greaun ReShun Frazier TBI Crime Lab and Regional Headquarters."

TN - SJR564 Naming and Designating - "Child Abuse Prevention Month," April 2018

TN - SB864 Education, Curriculum - As enacted, enacts the "Senator Douglas Henry Tennessee History Act". - Amends TCA Title 4 and Title 49.

TN - SJR89 Memorials, Death - Officer Eric Mumaw, Metro Nashville Police Department

TN - SJR467 Memorials, Recognition - Cicely Woodard, 2017-2018 Tennessee Teacher of the Year

TN - SJR562 Memorials, Recognition - October 15, 2018, "SIDS and Sleep Related Infant Death Awareness and Remembrance Day" in Tennessee

TN - SJR68 Memorials, Death - William "Bill" Lacy Carter, Jr.

TN - SJR358 Memorials, Congratulations - Senator Mark Green

TN - SJR306 Memorials, Death - Garry Kreis

TN - SJR596 Memorials, Recognition - First Lieutenant William McBryar

TN - SJR449 Memorials, Death - Kathleen Starnes

TN - SB816 Criminal Offenses - As enacted, gives immunity from civil or criminal liability to a person for making a report to law enforcement of suspicious activity or behavior if the report is based on articulable suspicion. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 13, Part 8.

TN - SR36 Memorials, Recognition - The Junior League of Chattanooga, 100th anniversary

TN - SB401 Teachers, Principals and School Personnel - As enacted, revises provisions governing the money teachers receive for classroom instruction materials. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 3.

TN - SJR531 Memorials, Death - Senator Joe Haynes

TN - SB1267 Financial Institutions, Dept. of - As enacted, enacts the "Elderly and Vulnerable Adult Financial Exploitation Prevention Act." - Amends TCA Title 39; Title 45; Title 47, Chapter 30; Title 48, Chapter 1 and Title 71, Chapter 6.

TN - SJR322 Memorials, Recognition - "Rocky Top," 50th anniversary

TN - SB2247 Human Services, Dept. of - As enacted, revises various provisions relative to public assistance. - Amends TCA Title 71, Chapter 1, Part 1; Section 71-3-104; Section 71-3-105; Section 71-5-314 and Section 71-5-316.

TN - SB2332 Immigration - As enacted, prohibits state and local governmental entities and officials from adopting sanctuary policies; enacts other related provisions. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 7; Title 8; Title 9; Title 38; Title 39 and Title 40.

TN - SB2159 Capitol - As enacted, directs the state capitol commission, subject to funding from nonstate sources, to place a POW-MIA Chair of Honor on the capitol grounds.

TN - SJR158 Memorials, Recognition - Welcome Home Vietnam Veterans Celebration

TN - SB1502 Education - As introduced, requires driver education courses to include an area of instruction on the impact of talking and texting on a mobile phone on a student's driving abilities. - Amends TCA Title 4 and Title 49.

TN - SJR133 Memorials, Recognition - Gracie Gipson, Miss Tennessee Teen America

TN - SB24 Handgun Permits - As enacted, exempts active-duty military service members and veterans who have specialties as military police, special operations, or special forces from handgun carry permit firing range requirements. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 17, Part 13.

TN - SB1360 Military - As enacted, requires the adjutant general to provide a burial flag, upon application, to the members of the family of a deceased person who is an active, honorably discharged, or retired member of the national guard who served at least one year. - Amends TCA Title 58, Chapter 1, Part 2.

TN - SB2036 Education, Higher - As enacted, requires the governor, in appointing members to the board of regents, to strive to ensure that at least one board member is an honorably discharged military veteran; requires that in making appointments to the state university boards and UT board of regents the governor strive to ensure members are diverse in honorable military service in addition to gender, race, perspective, and experience. - Amends TCA Section 49-8-201 and Section 49-9-202.

TN - SJR141 General Assembly, Statement of Intent or Position - Expresses support for the relocation of the James K. Polk Tomb from the State Capitol to the President James K. Polk Home and Museum State Historic Site.

TN - SJR777 Memorials, Public Service - Senator Thelma Harper

TN - SB1829 Criminal Offenses - As introduced, enacts the "Tennessee Stolen Valor Act" by creating the crime of fraudulently representing that a person is a member of a branch of the armed services or the recipient of certain military awards for the purpose of obtaining property, money, or services to which the person is not otherwise entitled. - Amends TCA Title 39.

TN - SB2517 Criminal Offenses - As enacted, punishes the offense of promotion of prostitution as a Class D felony instead of Class E felony if the person being promoted has an intellectual disability. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 13, Part 5.

TN - SB364 Taxes, Privilege - As introduced, phases out the professional privilege tax over a four-year period, by reducing the amount of the tax by $100 each year, for tax years that begin on and after June 1, 2017. - Amends TCA Title 67, Chapter 4, Part 17.

TN - SJR594 General Assembly, Confirmation of Appointment - Frank Cagle, State Textbook and Instructional Materials Quality Commission

TN - SB5 Judicial Districts - As enacted, creates one additional trial court each in the sixteenth, nineteenth, and twenty-first judicial districts; requires the speaker of the senate and the speaker of the house to establish an advisory task force to review the composition of Tennessee's current judicial districts. - Amends TCA Title 8, Chapter 14; Title 8, Chapter 7; Title 16; Title 17; Title 18, Chapter 4 and Title 18, Chapter 5.

TN - SB1975 Education, Higher - As introduced, creates a two-year advanced integrated industrial technology pilot program; establishes a grant for certain students participating in dual credit or dual enrollment courses toward an associate of applied science degree in advanced integrated industrial technology. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 4, Part 9 and Title 49, Chapter 8.

TN - SB1387 Health Care - As enacted, creates the Tennessee Task Force on Lupus Education and Awareness. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 33; Title 50; Title 56; Title 63 and Title 68.

TN - SJR784 Memorials, Public Service - Senator Jim Tracy

TN - SJR781 Memorials, Recognition - Helen "Tootie" Haskins

TN - SJR782 Memorials, Public Service - Senator J. Douglas Overbey

TN - SJR783 Memorials, Retirement - Senator Bill Ketron

TN - SB1994 Judges and Chancellors - As introduced, requires that the weighted caseload formula devised by the comptroller of the treasury be provided to the general assembly no later than January 1 of each year. - Amends TCA Title 16, Chapter 2.

TN - SB468 Sexual Offenders - As enacted, requires courts to require any person who is, on or after July 1, 2017, placed on probation for an offense that would qualify the person as a child rapist or child sexual predator and who does not maintain either a primary or secondary residence, to enroll in a satellite-based monitoring and supervision program for the full extent of the person's term of probation. - Amends TCA Title 40, Chapter 39.

TN - SB1796 Domestic Violence - As enacted, authorizes a domestic abuse victim to request that a court issue an order directing a wireless telephone service provider to transfer the billing responsibility for and rights to the wireless telephone number or numbers to the petitioner; enacts other related provisions. - Amends amend TCA Title 36, Chapter 3, Part 6.

TN - SB315 Comptroller, State - As enacted, requires each local government with one or more audit findings in its annual audit to submit a corrective action plan to the comptroller that addresses the actions taken or to be taken in response to each audit finding received in the annual audit. - Amends TCA Title 9, Chapter 3, Part 4.

TN - SJR729 Memorials, Public Service - Senator Mae Beavers

TN - SJR946 Memorials, Retirement - Colonel Tracy Trott, Tennessee Highway Patrol

TN - SB2148 TennCare - As enacted, requires that a waiver amendment to the existing TennCare II waiver that requires elective abortion providers be excluded from participation as providers in the TennCare program be submitted to the federal centers for medicare and medicaid services for approval. - Amends TCA Title 68 and Title 71.

TN - SJR115 Naming and Designating - "Police Memorial Week," May 14–20, 2017

TN - SJR169 Memorials, Death - A.C. Clark

TN - SJR149 Memorials, Death - Lt. Colonel Robert Patrick Gleason

TN - SB14 Teachers, Principals and School Personnel - As enacted, creates a list of rights and protections afforded to educators. - Amends TCA Title 49.

TN - SJR569 Memorials, Death - William Louis "Bill" Giannini

TN - SB2004 Naming and Designating - As introduced, authorizes the Tennessee state veterans' homes board to name, subject to the governor's approval, the campus, buildings, facilities, and grounds of any state veterans' home; authorizes the administrator of each veterans' home to name any portion of the state veterans' home. - Amends TCA Title 58, Chapter 7.

TN - SJR814 Memorials, Death - Dwana Pusser Garrison

TN - SJR807 Memorials, Public Service - Senator Lee Harris

TN - SJR800 Memorials, Sports - Freed-Hardeman University women's basketball team

TN - SJR801 Memorials, Sports - Dale Neal, Coach of the Year

TN - SJR378 Memorials, Death - James Dewey Daane

TN - SJR904 Memorials, Public Service - Congressman John J. Duncan, Jr.'s staff

TN - SJR914 Memorials, Death - Wanda Fay Bowling

TN - SJR903 Memorials, Retirement - Congressman John J. Duncan, Jr.

TN - SJR269 Memorials, Death - Vernon Neal

TN - SB1675 Taxes, Ad Valorem - As enacted, provides continued eligibility for an elderly low-income, disabled, and disabled veteran's property tax relief during temporary periods of relocation for health care to home of a friend or relative or to a hospital or skilled intermediate care facility if the homeowner intends to return to the residence once recovered. - Amends TCA Title 67, Chapter 5, Part 7.

TN - SB1927 Veterans - As enacted, adds a representative for military veteran recipients to be appointed as a member of the statewide planning and policy council. - Amends TCA Section 33-1-401.

TN - SB2505 Juvenile Offenders - As enacted, provides for the expunction of records of certain juveniles for adjudications involving conduct that would constitute the offense of prostitution or aggravated prostitution if the conduct upon which the conviction is based was found to have occurred as a result of the person being a victim of human trafficking. - Amends TCA Title 37 and Title 40, Chapter 32.

TN - SJR16 Naming and Designating - "DIPG Awareness Day," May 17, 2017

TN - SR151 Memorials, Death - Daniel McKenzie Speer

TN - SJR515 Memorials, Death - Elizabeth M. "Betty" Tinker

TN - SJR656 Memorials, Recognition - Imagination Library, 100 millionth donation

TN - SJR626 Memorials, Recognition - Survivors of the Holocaust

TN - SJR366 Memorials, Recognition - Senator Mike Bell, State Legislator of the Year for the United States

TN - SJR824 Memorials, Death - Paul W. Harper

TN - SB631 Education, Curriculum - As introduced, requires students to complete one year of instruction in American government and one year of instruction in Tennessee history between grades 7 and 12 to receive a high school diploma, with various exceptions. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 6.

TN - SB327 Financial Disclosure - As enacted, requires certain disclosures by members of the general assembly regarding travel expenses paid on behalf of the member. - Amends TCA Title 2, Chapter 10, Part 1; Title 3, Chapter 6 and Title 8, Chapter 50, Part 5.

TN - SJR978 Memorials, Heroism - James Shaw, Jr.

TN - SB555 Victims' Rights - As enacted, deletes the provision giving an alleged offender the right to have notice of and suspend all action concerning a claim for compensation by the victim under the criminal injuries compensation fund. - Amends TCA Section 29-13-108.

TN - SB2426 Tort Liability and Reform - As enacted, declares settlement agreement provisions that have purpose or effect of concealing details relating to claim of child sexual abuse, except for identifying information concerning victim, as void and unenforceable and contrary to public policy of state. - Amends TCA Title 20 and Title 29, Chapter 34, Part 1.