Tennessee Sen. Lee Harris (D)

TN - Energy, Agriculture and Natural Resources (Senate)

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TN - SB1302 Child Abuse - As enacted, requires the department of children's services to develop guidelines on the best practices for identifying and reporting signs of child abuse, child sexual abuse, and human trafficking in which the victim is a child; requires the department of education to use the guidelines to identify child abuse training programs appropriate for teachers; requires local education agencies and public charter schools to ensure teachers complete a child abuse training program. - Amends TCA Title 37, Chapter 1, Part 4; Title 49, Chapter 5, Part 1; Title 63, Chapter 23; Title 63, Chapter 6, Part 2; Title 63, Chapter 7, Part 1 and Title 63, Chapter 9.

TN - SR185 Memorials, Recognition - Fredrika "Freddi" Felt

TN - SB982 Sexual Harassment - As introduced, requires the attorney general and reporter to conduct investigations of complaints under the general assembly's policy on workplace discrimination and harassment. - Amends TCA Title 3 and Title 8, Chapter 6.

TN - SB1301 Arrests - As introduced, requires a law enforcement officer to issue a citation in lieu of continued custody of a person arrested for a misdemeanor violation of simple possession of a controlled substance, unless the officer determines, based on the person's previous failure to appear in court, that a reasonable likelihood exists that the arrested person will fail to appear in court. - Amends TCA Section 39-17-418 and Section 40-7-118.

TN - SR85 Memorials, Academic Achievement - Alicia Middlebrooks, Salutatorian, Westwood High School

TN - SB1765 Education - As enacted, allows the energy efficient schools council to award grants or loans for energy efficient capital outlay projects to charter schools and the achievement school district in addition to LEAs. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 17 and Section 49-4-940.

TN - SR212 Memorials, Academic Achievement - Tamia Bailey, Salutatorian, Mitchell High School

TN - SR183 Memorials, Recognition - Anita S. Vaughn

TN - SB886 Water - As introduced, requires persons who intend to drill a water well to provide at least 14 days advance notice to the commissioner of environment and conservation or the local government with jurisdiction over wells in the area where the well will be located; requires that notices of intent to drill a water well be published on the internet. - Amends TCA Title 68 and Title 69.

TN - SB221 Probation and Parole - As enacted, establishes procedures to govern the release of a parolee whose parole has been revoked and who has been reincarcerated as the result of being charged with an offense committed while on parole if that charge is dismissed. - Amends TCA Title 40, Chapter 28.

TN - SB1756 Telecommunications - As introduced, enacts the "Tennessee Neutrality and Internet Consumer Protection Act." - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 10; Title 12; Title 65; Title 67 and Title 68.

TN - SB2074 Election Laws - As introduced, permits any registered Tennessee voter to vote absentee for any reason after providing a certification as to the identity of the voter in the application for a ballot; requires an absentee ballot to be counted for the election in which the ballot is cast. - Amends TCA Title 2.

TN - SB671 Firearms and Ammunition - As introduced, creates within the TBI a voluntary "Do Not Sell" registry on which a person may place or remove their name; creates criminal offense of transferring a firearm to anyone on the registry; makes registry confidential and creates civil cause of action for inquiring or taking action against a person based on the registry. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 17, Part 13.

TN - SJR369 Memorials, Interns - Maranda Kaufman

TN - SR196 Memorials, Academic Achievement - Destiny Celeste Booker, Salutatorian, Hillcrest High School

TN - SB619 Water Pollution - As enacted, requires each local board of education to develop a policy to implement a program to reduce the potential sources of lead contamination in drinking water in public schools that incorporates periodic, not to exceed biennial, testing of lead levels in drinking water sources at school facilities that were constructed prior to January 1, 1998. - Amends TCA Title 49; Title 68 and Title 69.

TN - SB620 Jails, Local Lock-ups - As introduced, requires, instead of permits, that the county legislative body or court appoint jail inspectors for the upcoming year; includes the judiciary committee of the senate, the state and local government committee of the senate, the criminal justice committee of the house of representatives, and the local government committee of the house of representatives to receive the results of the inspection no later than March 1 of each year; includes the local state senator and state representative of the respective area to be included in the report by the board of control for a failure of the county, municipality, or political subdivision to maintain the standards required by the Tennessee corrections institute. - Amends TCA Title 41, Chapter 4.

TN - SR145 Memorials, Recognition - Justin J. Pearson

TN - SB880 Municipal Government - As introduced, requires that a referendum be conducted before a publicly funded entity can be sold or leased; "sale or lease" means that more than 30 percent of the assets of the entity are subject to sale or lease. - Amends TCA Title 7, Chapter 51.

TN - SB881 Criminal Offenses - As introduced, increases the penalty for aggravated assault and reckless endangerment when committed from within a motor vehicle; permits a motor vehicle used in an offense to be seized and forfeited; requires the court to revoke a defendant's license for one year following any period of confinement imposed. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 13 and Title 40.

TN - SB1421 Salaries and Benefits - As introduced, provides additional remedies available to employees who are victims of wage theft. - Amends TCA Title 39 and Title 50.

TN - SR133 Memorials, Public Service - Dr. Elma Hubbard Mardis, Memphis Housing Authority

TN - SB34 Lottery, Scholarships and Programs - As enacted, decreases the amount of time that teachers are required to teach math or science in a public school in order to be eligible for a Tennessee HOPE teacher’s scholarship from two years to one year for each year of receipt of the scholarship. - Amends TCA Section 49-4-936.

TN - SR81 Memorials, Academic Achievement - Kendus Tisdale-Jeffries, Salutatorian, Memphis Academy of Science and Engineering

TN - SB618 Paternity - As introduced, prevents the use of license denial, suspension, or revocation or contempt of court orders to enforce child support arrearages owed by a person who executed a voluntary acknowledgment of paternity that was rescinded due to fraud, duress, or material mistake of fact. - Amends TCA Title 24, Chapter 7; Title 36 and Title 68, Chapter 3.

TN - SB2308 Evidence - As introduced, expands Rule 412 of the Rules of Evidence, known as the rape shield law, to include the offenses of sex trafficking or commercial sexual exploitation of children, aggravated rape of a child, statutory rape by an authority figure, and promoting travel for prostitution. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 13.

TN - SR88 Memorials, Academic Achievement - Anitra Higgins, Salutatorian, Whitehaven High School

TN - SB319 Sentencing - As introduced, creates an affirmative defense to the enhanced punishment for selling drugs on the grounds of or within 1,000' of a school, child care center, library, recreational center, or park that law enforcement, or an agent of law enforcement, suggested, requested, or lured the defendant into the prohibited area. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 17, Part 4.

TN - SB2307 Juvenile Offenders - As introduced, prohibits a court from requiring an appearance bond for any juvenile released after being taking into custody for a delinquent or unruly act. - Amends TCA Title 37; Title 39 and Title 40.

TN - SR204 Memorials, Academic Achievement - Kaneisha Hall, Salutatorian, Hamilton High School

TN - SB878 Auditing - As introduced, requires the comptroller of the treasury to conduct a performance audit of private service providers contracting with the department of children's services. - Amends TCA Title 8, Chapter 4, Part 1 and Title 37, Chapter 5.

TN - SB2448 Veterans - As enacted, lowers from $610 to $300 the maximum fee for the interment of an eligible veteran's spouse. - Amends TCA Title 46, Chapter 6.

TN - SB323 Traffic Safety - As introduced, authorizes law enforcement to scan a school bus driver's portable electronic device if the officer has probable cause to believe the driver was using the device in violation of state law and the driver was involved in a crash resulting in death or serious bodily injury. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 39; Title 40; Title 49 and Title 55.

TN - SR198 Memorials, Academic Achievement - Audrey Firrone, Salutatorian, Memphis Central High School

TN - SB875 Taxes, Hotel Motel - As enacted, authorizes Memphis to levy the occupancy tax by one or more ordinances, in an amount not to exceed an aggregate of 5 percent of the consideration charged. - Amends TCA Title 67, Chapter 4, Part 14.

TN - SB2302 Commerce and Insurance, Dept. of - As introduced, requires the commissioner to prepare a report outlining existing laws that establish fair debt buying practices in this state, if any, and transmit the report electronically to the governor and each member of the general assembly no later than December 31, 2018. - Amends TCA Title 45 and Title 47.

TN - SR20 Memorials, Professional Achievement - Dr. Michael C. Ellis, Sr., first African-American president of the Tennessee Baptist Convention

TN - SR202 Memorials, Academic Achievement - Nikymba Warren, Salutatorian, The Soulsville Charter School

TN - SB670 Firearms and Ammunition - As introduced, authorizes the issuance of a security temporary order of protection that a law enforcement officer may seek to prevent a restrained person from being able to lawfully possess a firearm when the officer believes that the person is a danger to the person or another. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 17, Part 13.

TN - SB1422 Taxes - As introduced, reduces from 10 to eight years the amount of time that a charitable institution must own and maintain property on the National Register of Historical Places prior to applying for a 100 percent exemption from property taxation in counties and municipalities offering such exemption. - Amends TCA Title 67, Chapter 5.

TN - SB667 Attorneys at Law - As introduced, requires that the rules adopted by the supreme court that establish compensation rates for appointed counsel of indigent defendants set a minimum hourly rate of $100. - Amends TCA Title 40, Chapter 14.

TN - SB2310 Election Laws - As introduced, removes requirement for county election commissions to publish notice of a supplemental registration; requires county election commissions to compile a list of the supplemental registrations conducted each year and submit the list to the secretary of state by February 1 each year. - Amends TCA Title 2, Chapter 2, Part 1.

TN - SR168 Memorials, Recognition - Cynthia Daniels, Memphis Black Restaurant Week

TN - SB876 Taxes - As introduced, eliminates the 5 percent state sales tax on food for human consumption; increases the tax on cigarettes from 3 cents per cigarette to 8.35 cents per cigarette; increases the tax on other tobacco products from 6.6 percent to 17 percent of the wholesale cost price. - Amends TCA Title 67.

TN - SR96 Memorials, Academic Achievement - DeAngelo Conley, Valedictorian, Carver High School

TN - SB2305 Criminal Offenses - As introduced, increases the penalty for reckless endangerment by discharging a firearm from within a motor vehicle from a Class E felony to a Class C felony. - Amends TCA Section 39-13-103.

TN - SB320 General Assembly - As enacted, authorizes the public to access dashboard in the same manner as the general assembly; provided, that the information does not violate attorney-client privilege. - Amends TCA Title 3.

TN - SR210 Memorials, Academic Achievement - Andrea Michelle Simpson, Salutatorian, W.E.B. DuBois High School

TN - SR84 Memorials, Academic Achievement - Elizabeth Germany, Valedictorian, Millington Central High School

TN - SB137 School Transportation - As introduced, increases the age limit from 21 to 25 for a person's eligibility to receive the school bus endorsement on a driver license; persons between the ages of 21 and 25 years will be grandfathered for purposes of seeking a renewal of an existing endorsement. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 6, Part 21 and Title 55.

TN - SR169 Memorials, Recognition - Dr. James G. Gurney

TN - SR201 Memorials, Academic Achievement - Jordan Harding, Valedictorian, The Soulsville Charter School

TN - SB1420 Drugs, Prescription - As introduced, enacts the Prescription Drug Fair Pricing Act; requires studies and reports on or before January 15, 2018, by the commissioner of health concerning price gouging for essential generic drugs and the commissioner of commerce and insurance concerning price transparency for prescription drugs; requires reports to legislative committees. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 53; Title 56; Title 63; Title 68 and Title 71.

TN - SB2446 Consumer Protection - As introduced, triples the amount of a civil penalty assessed against a person for violating the Tennessee Price-Gouging Act of 2002. - Amends TCA Title 47, Chapter 18.

TN - SB234 Taxes, Privilege - As introduced, exempts attorneys who are legally forbidden from practicing law from the professional privilege tax. - Amends TCA Title 67, Chapter 4, Part 17.

TN - SB1644 Victims' Rights - As introduced, requires a victim of a crime be notified when a defendant is scheduled to be transferred to a correctional complex with lower security designation instead of after the defendant is transferred. - Amends TCA Title 40, Chapter 38, Part 1.

TN - SB1490 Employees, Employers - As introduced, enacts the "Save Tennessee Call Center Jobs Act." - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 12, Chapter 4 and Title 12, Chapter 3.

TN - SB18 Real Property - As introduced, exempts a property owner, lessee, or anyone acting under the direction of an owner or lessee, from criminal trespass, if the property is adjacent to the owner or lessee and the owner or lessee enters the city- or county-owned property to remove debris or improve the city- or county-owned property. - Amends TCA Title 5, Chapter 1, Part 1; Title 6, Chapter 54, Part 1 and Title 39, Chapter 14, Part 4.

TN - SR175 Memorials, Recognition - Patrick "Trey" Carter III

TN - SB1488 Election Laws - As introduced, lengthens voter registration period to 15 days before an election instead of 30 days before an election. - Amends TCA Title 2.

TN - SB2299 Local Government, General - As introduced, requires the state insurance committee to extend eligibility for state insurance plans to any employee of a municipal government that is located in a municipality having a population of 300,000 or more, if the employee completes an opt-in process as established by the state insurance committee. - Amends TCA Title 8, Chapter 27.

TN - SB2181 Criminal Procedure - As introduced, requires clerks of court to forward to the department of correction judgments rendered twice a month rather than once per month for purposes of calculating release eligibility. - Amends TCA Title 40, Chapter 35, Part 5.

TN - SB2183 Telecommunications - As introduced, requires any internet service provider that provides internet to the state to provide a net neutral internet service. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 10; Title 12; Title 65; Title 67 and Title 68.

TN - SB304 Alcoholic Beverages - As introduced, authorizes Old Dominick Distillery to serve and sell alcoholic beverages for consumption on the premises of a restaurant within the distillery. - Amends TCA Title 57, Chapter 3, Part 2 and Title 57, Chapter 4.

TN - SB669 Controlled Substances - As enacted, requires that any person treated for a drug-related overdose with an opioid antagonist by a first responder be taken to a medical facility by emergency medical services for evaluation, unless the person is competent to refuse medical treatment and chooses to refuse treatment. - Amends TCA Title 63, Chapter 1, Part 1.

TN - SB2312 Finance and Administration, Dept. of - As enacted, requires the department to establish a procedure under the CoverKids Act that sends an email notice to an enrollee, or the parent or legal guardian of the enrollee stating that the enrollee must redetermine eligibility for the program; specifies that email notice is required only when the department has an email address for the enrollee of the parent or guardian of the enrollee. - Amends TCA Title 71.

TN - SB233 Child Custody and Support - As introduced, adds to and revises certain provisions related to the production, review, use, and disposition of a parent's mental health records pursuant to a mental health examination ordered by a court during a child custody determination; adds a parent's ability to instruct, inspire, and encourage the child to develop skills necessary to become a successful adult to the list of factors a court must consider when making a child custody determination. - Amends TCA Section 36-6-106.

TN - SB235 Taxes, Privilege - As introduced, exempts from the professional privilege tax physicians who are on inactive status and no longer earning income from the practice of medicine. - Amends TCA Title 67, Chapter 4, Part 17.

TN - SB2447 Salaries and Benefits - As introduced, creates a private right of action against any employer for a violation concerning the distribution of mandatory service charges or gratuities to employees. - Amends TCA Title 50, Chapter 2.

TN - SR203 Memorials, Academic Achievement - Reuben Woodard, Valedictorian, Hamilton High School

TN - SB266 Water Pollution - As introduced, requires principals of schools built before June 19, 1986, to flush fixtures used for drinking water and food preparation for at least 60 seconds before the arrival of children each school day. - Amends TCA Title 49 and Title 68.

TN - SR95 Memorials, Academic Achievement - Yagweb Alkabsh, Salutatorian, Middle College High School

TN - SB668 Employees, Employers - As introduced, enacts the "Save Tennessee Call Center Jobs Act." - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 9; Title 12; Title 50 and Title 67.

TN - SB2301 Child Custody and Support - As introduced, removes authorization for enforcement of child support obligations by means of denial, revocation, or restriction of obligor's license; requires licensing authorities to reinstate licenses previously restricted, suspended, or revoked due to failure to pay child support upon payment of a reasonable fee. - Amends TCA Title 36, Chapter 5; Section 39-17-1351; Title 56, Chapter 1, Part 3 and Section 63-1-141.

TN - SB617 Driver Licenses - As introduced, waives the driver license fee for inmates released from incarceration, under certain circumstances. - Amends TCA Title 55, Chapter 50.

TN - SR97 Memorials, Academic Achievement - Jeffrey Wilburn, Valedictorian, Pathways In Education

TN - SB2451 Housing - As introduced, requires the human rights commission to provide an electronic report annually to each member of the general assembly of the number of housing discrimination claims the commission receives each year. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 21; Title 13 and Title 68.

TN - SR80 Memorials, Academic Achievement - Tykeria Washington, Salutatorian, Pathways in Education

TN - SB2449 Telecommunications - As introduced, creates a task force of the general assembly to study the effects of overturning the FCC's net neutrality rules. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 10; Title 12; Title 65; Title 67 and Title 68.

TN - SB2306 Professions and Occupations - As enacted, gives licensing authorities discretion whether or not to suspend, deny, or revoke a license based on the applicant or licensee having defaulted or become delinquent on student loan repayment, if the licensing authority determines that the default or delinquency is the result of a medical hardship that prevented the person from working in the person's licensed field and the medical hardship significantly contributed to the default or delinquency. - Amends TCA Title 3; Title 23; Title 49; Title 56 and Title 63.

TN - SB673 Criminal Offenses - As introduced, creates an exception to the offense of simple possession of marijuana for persons with a valid, state-issued medical marijuana identification card who obtained the marijuana pursuant to a valid physician's recommendation. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 17, Part 4.

TN - SB232 Education, State Board of - As enacted, requires the board to create an endorsement in computer science for all teachers who demonstrate sufficient content knowledge in the course material. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 1, Part 3 and Title 49, Chapter 1, Part 5.

TN - SB1489 Nuclear Materials, Transportation and Safety - As introduced, exempts information concerning low-level radioactive waste from the general requirement that records of the department of environment and conservation concerning radioactive materials be classified and not open for public inspection. - Amends TCA Title 10, Chapter 7; Title 11, Chapter 1 and Title 68, Chapter 202.

TN - SB1590 Salaries and Benefits - As introduced, prohibits an employer from using an employee's tips or gratuities as a credit against its minimum wage obligations to the employee or in furtherance of a valid tip pool. - Amends TCA Title 50, Chapter 2.

TN - SB2065 Public Health - As introduced, requires parents, guardians, legal custodians, or caregivers of children attending schools to be notified of unsafe drinking water at schools. - Amends TCA Title 68, Chapter 221, Part 7.

TN - SR90 Memorials, Academic Achievement - Roland Lindsay Donnelly-Bullington, Salutatorian, Memphis Central High School

TN - SR94 Memorials, Academic Achievement - Elizabeth Ann Mulhearn, Valedictorian, Memphis Central High School

TN - SJR536 General Assembly, Confirmation of Appointment - Pearl Shaw, Tennessee Education Lottery Corporation Board of Directors

TN - SJR940 Memorials, Professional Achievement - Joe Ozment, President of Tennessee Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers

TN - SR86 Memorials, Academic Achievement - Dominique Danielle Dowdy, Valedictorian, Hamilton High School

TN - SB879 Public Employees - As introduced, deletes requirement that a court must award attorneys' fees and costs to prevailing state and local government employees sued in individual capacity. - Amends TCA Section 29-20-113.

TN - SR197 Memorials, Academic Achievement - Dariana Aticia Martre, Valedictorian, Middle College High School

TN - SR87 Memorials, Academic Achievement - Nalisha Brown, Valedictorian, Memphis Academy of Science and Engineering

TN - SB322 General Assembly - As introduced, requires the joint legislative services committee to publish on the general assembly website the floor voting record of each member following the conclusion of each annual or extraordinary session of the general assembly. - Amends TCA Title 3.

TN - SR79 Memorials, Academic Achievement - Kenicia NaShay Cathey, Whitehaven High School

TN - SB32 Barbers - As enacted, broadens barbers' ability to perform services in a residence from residences of persons who are actually ill to all residences regardless of the health of the person; requires residential barber certificate in order to provide residential services. - Amends TCA Title 62.

TN - SB274 Criminal Offenses - As enacted, revises offense of criminal trespass in regard to grounds and common areas of housing and apartment complexes. - Amends TCA Section 39-11-106 and Section 39-14-405.

TN - SR200 Memorials, Academic Achievement - Jennifer McCullough, Valedictorian, Millington Central High School

TN - SR199 Memorials, Academic Achievement - Beatriz Barrera, Salutatorian, Millington Central High School

TN - SR208 Memorials, Academic Achievement - Curtis Braden II, Salutatorian, Middle College High School

TN - SR206 Memorials, Academic Achievement - Jayda Neal, Valedictorian, Westwood High School

TN - SB877 Education - As introduced, requires public and private schools to provide students in grade 12 information on how to register to vote, how to vote in an election using a ballot, and how to vote using an absentee ballot; allows schools to provide this information through activities, written materials, internet resources, mock elections, and any other method chosen by the principal after consultation with teachers. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 50 and Title 49, Chapter 6.

TN - SB1968 Alcoholic Beverages - As introduced, upon approval of the retail sale of wine on Sundays, remits the retail gallonage tax from Sunday sales to a newly created low income children pre-kindergarten scholarship fund; upon such approval, requires the department of education to use money in the fund to establish a scholarship program to provide access to pre-kindergarten to children from low income families. - Amends TCA Title 49; Title 57, Chapter 3; Title 57, Chapter 4 and Title 57, Chapter 5.

TN - SB321 General Assembly - As introduced, requires the office of legislative information systems to provide members and the staff of members with access to dashboard until the member leaves office; requires the office to ensure that public access to dashboard does not violate attorney-client privilege. - Amends TCA Title 3.

TN - SB2304 Driver Licenses - As introduced, removes authorization to suspend, restrict, or revoke driver licenses for nonpayment of fines, court costs, and litigation taxes for driving offenses, upon proof of inability to pay. - Amends TCA Title 36, Chapter 5, Part 7; Title 40, Chapter 24 and Title 55, Chapter 50.

TN - SR93 Memorials, Academic Achievement - Zakiyah Walker, Valedictorian, The Soulsville Charter School

TN - SB1303 Barbers and/or Cosmetologists - As introduced, requires anyone seeking a license or renewing a license as a cosmetologist, aesthetician, manicurist, natural hair stylist, or barber to successfully complete a one-hour domestic violence training course as prescribed by the state board of cosmetology and barber examiners. - Amends TCA Title 62, Chapter 3 and Title 62, Chapter 4.

TN - SB1472 Firearms and Ammunition - As introduced, creates the Class E felony offense of purchasing, selling, possessing, or using a part, component, device, or attachment designed to accelerate the fire of a semi-automatic rifle and makes any semi-automatic rifle that includes an accelerated fire part, component, or device a prohibited weapon. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 17, Part 13.

TN - SR205 Memorials, Academic Achievement - Staija Huggins, Salutatorian, Westwood High School

TN - SB674 Public Contracts - As introduced, requires state agencies to present an electronic report to the fiscal review committee each month for any contracts for services procured through competitive means in excess of $5,000,000 and for any cost adjustment or other amendment to the contract in excess of the same amount. - Amends TCA Title 3; Title 4; Title 9 and Title 12.

TN - SB275 Boards and Commissions - As enacted, requires the governor to strive to appoint at least one person to the board of parole who has experience in corrections, probation, or parole; declares the governor the appointing authority for all board members. - Amends TCA Section 40-28-103.

TN - SR89 Memorials, Academic Achievement - Chamberlyn Smith, Valedictorian, Middle College High School

TN - SB326 Children - As introduced, prohibits solitary confinement for juveniles in a juvenile detention facility. - Amends TCA Title 37.

TN - SR207 Memorials, Academic Achievement - Amal Altareb, Valedictorian, Memphis Central High School

TN - SR213 Memorials, Academic Achievement - Eboni Nicole Miller, Valedictorian, Hillcrest High School

TN - SR211 Memorials, Academic Achievement - Destiny Meeks, Valedictorian, Mitchell High School

TN - SB2450 Arbitration - As introduced, declares arbitration agreement provisions that have purpose or effect of concealing details relating to claim of sexual harassment or sexual assault as void and unenforceable and contrary to public policy of this state. - Amends TCA Title 10, Chapter 7, Part 5 and Title 29, Chapter 5.

TN - SB2309 Courts, Juvenile - As introduced, prohibits a juvenile court from imposing a fine or fee against a child and instead requires any fine or fee to be assessed against the child's parent or legal guardian. - Amends TCA Title 8 and Title 37.

TN - SB1878 Hospitals and Health Care Facilities - As introduced, reduces the fees paid in the certificate of need program by a critical access hospital by 50 percent, - Amends TCA Title 7 and Title 68.

TN - SR82 Memorials, Academic Achievement - Ayana Thomason, Salutatorian, The Soulsville Charter School

TN - SB325 Employees, Employers - As introduced, enacts the "Save Tennessee Call Center Jobs Act." - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 9; Title 12; Title 50 and Title 67.

TN - SR209 Memorials, Academic Achievement - Le'Ander Ivy, Valedictorian, W.E.B. DuBois High School

TN - SB610 Lottery, Corporation - As introduced, prohibits targeted advertising and promotion of the lottery based on the economic or socioeconomic status of a player; restricts use of any demographic player analysis conducted by the lottery. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 51, Part 1.

TN - SB19 Funeral Directors and Embalmers - As enacted, establishes requirements regarding the custody and transfer of remains in certain circumstances. - Amends TCA Title 38, Chapter 7; Title 62, Chapter 5 and Title 68.

TN - SB882 Criminal Offenses - As introduced, creates Class A or B misdemeanor of intentionally commanding, inducing, compelling, or otherwise causing, including by use of threats, violence, or bullying, another to join a criminal gang; states that prosecution shall not require conviction of the other person for a criminal gang offense. - Amends TCA Title 39 and Section 40-35-121.

TN - SB672 Campaigns and Campaign Finance - As introduced, prohibits using public buildings or facilities for campaign activities for all popularly elected officials, officials elected by the general assembly, qualified candidates for public office, members of the governor's cabinet, and members of the governor's staff. - Amends TCA Title 2, Chapter 19, Part 2.

TN - SB1039 Law Enforcement - As enacted, requires that the TBI’s completed investigative report be disclosed to the public after the district attorney general has completed its prosecutorial function; authorizes the district attorney to disclose all or part of the report prior to the record becoming a public record. - Amends TCA Title 7, Chapter 51, Part 2; Title 8, Chapter 6; Title 8, Chapter 7 and Title 38.

TN - SJR537 General Assembly, Confirmation of Appointment - Darrell T. Cobbins, State Board of Education

TN - SR83 Memorials, Academic Achievement - Alisha Jenay Sesley, Salutatorian, Hamilton High School

TN - SB2311 Victims' Rights - As introduced, adds immediate family members as persons that a victim of a crime may have present during a defense interview with the victim. - Amends TCA Section 40-38-115.

TN - SR92 Memorials, Academic Achievement - Taylor Dickerson, Salutatorian, Millington Central High School

TN - SB1771 Hospitals and Health Care Facilities - As introduced, reduces the fees paid in the certificate of need program by an essential access hospital under the TennCare II demonstration waiver by 50 percent. - Amends TCA Title 7 and Title 68.

TN - SB807 Criminal Offenses - As introduced, reduces from 1,000 feet to 500 feet the drug-free school zone surrounding real property comprising a public or private elementary school, middle school, secondary school, preschool, or child care agency or public library, recreational center, or park. - Amends TCA Section 39-17-432.

TN - SB33 Barbers and/or Cosmetologists - As introduced, revises barbers' authorization to perform services in the residence of any person who is "actually ill" to authorize the performance of services in the residence of any person who is "suffering from actual illness or disability". - Amends TCA Title 62.

TN - SB324 Traffic Safety - As introduced, authorizes law enforcement to scan driver's portable electronic device if officer has probable cause to believe driver was using device in violation of state law and driver was involved in an accident resulting in death or serious bodily injury; revises the description of the devices to which the prohibition on texting and driving apply. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 39; Title 40 and Title 55.

TN - SB2300 General Assembly - As introduced, requires that security services at the legislative complex be provided exclusively by the Tennessee highway patrol. - Amends TCA Title 3; Title 4, Chapter 3, Part 20 and Title 4, Chapter 7.

TN - SR184 Memorials, Recognition - Rev. Sonia Louden Walker

TN - SR91 Memorials, Academic Achievement - Takeila Troysha Stone, Valedictorian, Westwood High School

TN - SJR822 Memorials, Interns - Maranda Kaufman

TN - SB2182 Wine & Wineries - As introduced, authorizes retail food stores to sell wine on Sundays and remits the retail gallonage tax from Sunday sales to the newly created low income children pre-kindergarten scholarship fund; requires the department of education to use money in the fund to establish a scholarship program to provide access to pre-kindergarten to children from low income families. - Amends TCA Title 49; Title 57, Chapter 3; Title 57, Chapter 4 and Title 57, Chapter 5.

TN - SB621 Parks, Natural Areas Preservation - As introduced, repeals present law requirement that marinas, campgrounds, golf courses, cabins, gift shops, restaurants, and inns at state parks be self-sufficient in terms of revenue generated; repeals schedule of priority for spending revenue that exceeds what is required for self-sufficiency of those facilities. - Amends TCA Title 11, Chapter 3, Part 3.

TN - SB1645 Courts, Juvenile - As enacted, specifies that service of process for juvenile court proceedings may be completed by any individual authorized to serve process under the Rules of Civil Procedure or the Rules of Juvenile Procedure, including, but not limited to, a sheriff, constable, or private process server. - Amends TCA Title 8, Chapter 8; Title 36 and Title 37.

TN - SB16 Criminal Procedure - As enacted, clarifies that a person petitioning for a certificate of employability does not have to be in the process of restoring the person's rights of citizenship. - Amends TCA Title 40, Chapter 29, Part 1.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

TN - SJR29 General Assembly, Confirmation of Appointment - Confirms the appointment of persons to the state university board of the University of Memphis.

TN - SJR60 Memorials, Recognition - Randy Travis

TN - SB776 Water - As introduced, creates the Memphis sands aquifer regional management board. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 29 and Title 69.

TN - SB204 Education - As introduced, requires that no student be administered state-mandated standardized tests for a total time period per academic year greater than the specific grade level of the student; limits state-mandated standardized testing to a maximum of eight hours per academic year. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 6, Part 60.

TN - SB132 Taxes, Privilege - As introduced, phases out the professional privilege tax over a five-year period for tax years that begin on and after June 1, 2017. - Amends TCA Title 67, Chapter 4, Part 17.

TN - SB281 Naming and Designating - As enacted, establishes the month of April as "Tennessee Craft Beer and Cider Month." - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 1, Part 4.

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

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

TN - SB1210 School Transportation - As enacted, establishes a school transportation supervisor program for the monitoring and oversight of transportation services for local education authorities and charter schools; requires new school bus drivers to complete a training program prior to transporting students; requires a driver to be at least 25 years of age to receive an initial school bus driver license endorsement. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 6, Part 21; Section 55-50-302 and Title 55, Chapter 9, Part 6.

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

TN - SB429 Drugs, Prescription - As enacted, authorizes the department of health to establish a prescription drug donation repository program. - Amends TCA Title 56; Title 63 and Title 68.

TN - SB562 Education, Higher - As enacted, creates the Initiative on Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs). - Amends TCA Section 4-3-733 and Title 49, Chapter 7.

TN - SB1047 Public Contracts - As enacted, enacts the Contract Accountability and Responsible Employment (CARE) Act." - Amends TCA Title 3; Title 4; Title 9 and Title 12.

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 - SB1263 State Symbols - As enacted, designates the Boeing B-17F known as the Memphis Belle as the official state airplane. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 1, Part 3.

TN - SB10 Taxes, Exemption and Credits - As enacted, creates exemptions from sales tax, registration fee, and motor vehicle privilege tax, for any motor vehicle sold to a veteran or service member who has a service-connected disability and who is eligible for a United States department of veterans affairs automobile grant under the Disabled Veterans' and Servicemen's Automobile Assistance Act of 1970; limits sales and use tax exemption to portion of price that is in excess of the amount of the grant received. - Amends TCA Section 5-8-102; Title 55, Chapter 4 and Title 67, Chapter 6.

TN - SJR547 Memorials, Death - George Edward Buxton York

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

TN - SJR589 Memorials, Public Service - Shelby County Drug Court

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 - 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 - SJR549 Memorials, Death - John H. "Jack" Morris III

TN - SB150 Nurses, Nursing - As enacted, authorizes physician assistants, nurse practitioners, and nurse midwives who are advanced practice registered nurses to treat minors with sexually transmitted diseases to the full extent of the person's authority, including the authority to prescribe and dispense drugs relating to a sexually transmitted disease. - Amends TCA Title 63 and Title 68.

TN - SB511 Consumer Protection - As enacted, creates a Class A misdemeanor, civil penalties enforceable by the attorney general and reporter, and a private right of action related to "spoofing" of caller identification, facsimile, and text messaging services. - Amends TCA Title 29; Title 39, Chapter 17; Title 47, Chapter 18 and Title 65, Chapter 4, Part 4.

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

TN - SB704 TennCare - As enacted, enacts the "Ground Ambulance Service Provider Assessment Act." - Amends TCA Title 56; Title 68 and Title 71.

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

TN - SJR92 Constitutional Conventions - Makes application to Congress for the purpose of calling a constitutional convention for proposing a congressional term limit amendment.

TN - SB1279 General Assembly - As enacted, creates a special joint committee to study issues relating to the investigation and prosecution of unsolved civil rights crimes and cold cases from the civil rights era. - Amends TCA Title 3, Chapter 1, Part 1.

TN - SB374 Law Enforcement - As introduced, increases the salary supplement for firefighters and local police officers who complete an annual course of training from $600 to $1,000. - Amends TCA Title 4 and Title 38.

TN - SB677 Child Custody and Support - As enacted, eliminates the accrual of interest on child support arrearages unless the court makes a written finding that interest will continue to accrue; in making such finding, the court must set the rate at which interest will accrue after consideration of any factors the court deems relevant, which rate may be no more than 4 percent per year. - Amends TCA Title 36, Chapter 5.

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

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

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

TN - SJR596 Memorials, Recognition - First Lieutenant William McBryar

TN - SB1216 Education, Higher - As enacted, replaces the Tennessee National Guard Tuition Assistance Act with the Tennessee Support, Training, and Renewing Opportunity for National Guardsmen (STRONG) Act of 2017. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 4, Part 10.

TN - SB229 Domestic Violence - As enacted, requires the court to give a defendant intending to plead guilty to a domestic violence offense notice of the firearm dispossession consequences of a domestic violence conviction and sets out a procedure for a person convicted of domestic violence to terminate possession of all firearms. - Amends TCA Section 39-13-111 and Section 40-14-109.

TN - SB841 Managed Care Organizations - As introduced, requires managed care organizations to submit an annual report detailing certain expenditures and credentialing decisions. - Amends TCA Title 56 and Title 71.

TN - SB1415 Criminal Offenses - As enacted, increases the punishment for intentionally desecrating a place of worship or burial from a Class A misdemeanor to Class E felony. - Amends TCA Title 39.

TN - SB2092 Public Employees - As introduced, prohibits public employers from discriminating against applicants for employment and employees with pregnancy-related conditions by not providing the applicants and employees with reasonable accommodations. - Amends TCA Title 4 and Title 8.

TN - SJR531 Memorials, Death - Senator Joe Haynes

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

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

TN - SB1752 Criminal Offenses - As introduced, designates as a Class A misdemeanor aggravated assault a knowing act to cause physical injury to an employee of a utility; sets an enhanced maximum fine of $15,000. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 13, Part 1 and Title 65, Chapter 35.

TN - SB1110 Parks, Natural Areas Preservation - As introduced, prohibits outsourcing with respect to the maintenance, operation, and preservation of state parks, including buildings, facilities, structures, or improvements upon state park property. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 8; Title 9 and Title 11.

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

TN - SJR819 Memorials, Sports - Memphis Pride Mini Storm

TN - SB1258 Pharmacy, Pharmacists - As enacted, requires board of pharmacy to promulgate rules regarding the board's oversight of facilities that manufacture, warehouse, and distribute medical devices; requires the board to form an advisory committee through the rulemaking process composed of medical device industry representatives and a representative of the department of economic and community development. - Amends TCA Title 63, Chapter 10.

TN - SB2133 Sentencing - As enacted, prohibits a sentencing court from making a sentencing determination based in whole or in part on defendant’s consent or refusal to consent to any form of temporary or permanent birth control, sterilization, or family planning services regardless of whether the defendant’s consent is voluntarily given; prohibits courts accepting a guilty plea agreement or plea of nolo contendere, or imposing a sentence, if any part of the plea or sentence is in whole or in part conditioned or based upon the criminal defendant submitting to any form of temporary or permanent birth control, sterilization, or family planning services, regardless of whether the defendant's consent is voluntarily given. - Amends TCA Title 40.

TN - SB1656 Public Records - As enacted, revises provisions governing the confidentiality of records maintained by shelters, centers, and human trafficking service providers. - Amends TCA Section 10-7-504 and Section 36-3-623.

TN - SB932 Firefighters - As introduced, creates a rebuttable presumption that a firefighter's cancer that causes a disabling health condition is a result of the firefighter's duties as a firefighter. - Amends TCA Title 7, Chapter 51; Title 50, Chapter 6 and Title 68, Chapter 102.

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

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

TN - SB1798 Firefighters - As introduced, creates a rebuttable presumption that a firefighter's cancer that causes a disabling health condition is a result of the firefighter's duties as a firefighter. - Amends TCA Title 7, Chapter 51; Title 50, Chapter 6 and Title 68, Chapter 102.

TN - SB1688 Political Parties - As enacted, specifies that a person who is an honorably discharged veteran of the United States armed forces, a member of the Tennessee national guard, a member of the Tennessee air national guard, or an inactive reservist of any of the United States uniformed military services in good standing must not be disqualified as a candidate for any office if, for service-related reasons, that person was unable to comply with a statewide political party's or recognized minor party's rules for candidacy for nomination for such party, and such service-related reasons are the sole reason the person is unable to qualify. - Amends TCA Title 2, Chapter 13, Part 1.

TN - SB2303 Hospitals and Health Care Facilities - As introduced, requires Davidson County to establish and maintain a public hospital with inpatient and outpatient services; requires the county to annually report the amount of funds received from uncompensated care pools and how much of those funds were appropriated to the county's public hospital. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 7; Title 33; Title 68 and Title 71.

TN - SB1343 Law Enforcement - As introduced, increases cash supplement for police officer in-service training from $600 to $1,800. - Amends TCA Section 38-8-111.

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

TN - SJR777 Memorials, Public Service - Senator Thelma Harper

TN - SB883 Birth Control - As enacted, enacts the "Long-Acting Birth Control Information Act." - Amends TCA Title 8; Title 63; Title 68 and Title 71.

TN - SB1790 Marriage - As introduced, requires each applicant be at least 18 years of age before a county clerk can issue a marriage license. - Amends TCA Title 36, Chapter 3 and Title 37, Chapter 1, Part 1.

TN - SB1797 Public Employees - As enacted, enacts the "Tennessee Public Safety Behavioral Health Act." - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 8; Title 50; Title 58; Title 63 and Title 68.

TN - SB306 Taxes, Privilege - As introduced, exempts individuals from the professional privilege tax for the first year in which they are licensed or registered in a taxable profession. - Amends TCA Title 67, Chapter 4, Part 17.

TN - SB1040 Historical Sites and Preservation - As introduced, enacts the "Historic Rehabilitation Investment Incentive Act." - Amends TCA Title 56, Chapter 4.

TN - SB2531 Taxes, Exemption and Credits - As introduced, exempts printers and monitors that are $200 or less per item from sales tax on the annual sales tax holiday; increases, from $1,500 to $2,000, the maximum sales price for a computer to qualify as exempt on the annual sales tax holiday; exempts school calculators with a sales price of $150 or less from sales tax on the sales tax holiday. - Amends TCA Title 67, Chapter 6.

TN - SB981 Lottery, Scholarships and Programs - As introduced, permits students at William R. Moore college of technology to be eligible for the Tennessee Promise scholarship if they meet all requirements for the scholarship or grant. - Amends TCA Section 49-4-708 and Title 49, Chapter 4, Part 9.

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

TN - SJR570 Memorials, Personal Occasion - Former Representative Ed Haley, 80th birthday

TN - SJR784 Memorials, Public Service - Senator Jim Tracy

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

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

TN - SB581 Education - As introduced, enacts the "Anti-Semitism Awareness Act." - Amends TCA Title 49.

TN - SB834 Mental Illness - As enacted, requires, in certain circumstances, the instant check unit of the TBI to contact the chief law enforcement officer of a jurisdiction where a person who has been adjudicated as a mental defective or judicially committed to a mental institution attempts to purchase a firearm; requires the reporting of certain other information of persons involuntarily committed. - Amends TCA Title 16; Title 33 and Section 38-6-109.

TN - SJR783 Memorials, Retirement - Senator Bill Ketron

TN - SJR415 Memorials, Recognition - John P. Freeman Optional School, National Blue Ribbon School

TN - SB1662 Business and Commerce - As enacted, recognizes the legal authority to use distributed ledger technology and smart contracts in conducting electronic transactions; protects ownership rights of certain information secured by distributed ledger technology. - Amends TCA Title 12; Title 47; Title 48; Title 61 and Title 66.

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 - SB993 Child Custody and Support - As enacted, specifies that in any action for retroactive child support filed on or after July 1, 2017, retroactive child support may not be awarded for a period more than five years from date the action for support is filed unless the court determines, for good cause shown, that a different award of retroactive child support is in the interest of justice; creates exceptions and enacts related provisions. - Amends TCA Title 36.

TN - SB1334 Criminal Procedure - As enacted, increases from $25,000 to $50,000 the threshold amount of a loss sustained by a victim that generally makes the offender ineligible for expunction. - Amends TCA Section 40-32-101.

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

TN - SB823 Driver Licenses - As enacted, permits a judge to consider a criminal defendant's participation in recovery court as a hardship sufficient to order the stay of a criminal defendant's driver license revocation for failing to pay fines, court costs, and litigation taxes. - Amends TCA Section 40-24-105.

TN - SB1270 Health Care - As enacted, requires the emergency medical services board to establish standards for a community paramedic through promulgation of rules. - Amends TCA Title 68, Chapter 140, Part 3.

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

TN - SJR729 Memorials, Public Service - Senator Mae Beavers

TN - SB1129 Criminal Offenses - As introduced, removes the requirement that a person convicted of a drug offense in a drug-free school zone must serve the entire minimum sentence imposed before being eligible for release on parole or another release program. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 17, Part 4 and Title 40, Chapter 35.

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

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

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

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

TN - SJR814 Memorials, Death - Dwana Pusser Garrison

TN - SJR607 Memorials, Recognition - New Olivet Baptist Church

TN - SJR378 Memorials, Death - James Dewey Daane

TN - SJR84 Memorials, Recognition - Tennessee Holocaust Survivors and Liberators

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 - SB1245 Criminal Procedure - As enacted, reduces from $350 to $180 the expunction fee for criminal convictions; revises allocation of fee proceeds. - Amends TCA Section 8-21-401 and Title 40.

TN - SJR269 Memorials, Death - Vernon Neal

TN - SB1720 Pensions and Retirement Benefits - As introduced, enacts the "Voluntary Employee Retirement Accounts Program Act." - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 29; Title 8 and Title 9.

TN - SB592 Election Laws - As introduced, establishes automatic registration of a person to vote when a person applies for a motor vehicle driver license or photo identification license. - Amends TCA Title 2.

TN - SB2626 Criminal Procedure - As enacted, lowers the expunction fee from $350 to $180 for a defendant whose charge was dismissed due to successful completion of a pretrial diversion program. - Amends TCA Section 40-32-101.

TN - SB2330 Students - As enacted, prohibits the use of corporal punishment against a student with a disability who has an IEP or a Section 504 plan, with certain exceptions. - Amends TCA Title 49.

TN - SJR463 Memorials, Recognition - Ellis L. Haguewood

TN - SB2384 Criminal Procedure - As enacted, prohibits the nonpayment of county jail fees as a basis for the revocation of a person's driver license. - Amends TCA Title 8, Chapter 26, Part 1; Section 40-24-105 and Title 41, Chapter 11, Part 1.

TN - SB2023 Motor Vehicles, Titling and Registration - As enacted, authorizes an owner or lessee of a motor vehicle who is deaf or hard of hearing to request that the department of safety include such designation in the Tennessee Vehicle Title and Registration System (VTRS) database; enacts other related provisions in regard to such designation. - Amends TCA Title 55.

TN - SB1168 Children's Services, Dept. of - As enacted, requires the department to maintain case manager staffing levels so that case manager caseloads do not exceed an average of 20 active cases relating to initial assessments or an average of 20 children monitored and supervised per case manager. - Amends TCA Title 37, Chapter 5.

TN - SB2088 Employees, Employers - As introduced, rewrites the Healthy Workplace Act to designate certain acts of harassment, intimidation, or bullying as unlawful employment practices and to require employers to adopt policies prohibiting those acts of harassment, intimidation, or bullying. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 21; Title 39 and Title 50, Chapter 1.

TN - SB2263 Education, Higher - As introduced, exempts certain students from paying out-of-state tuition at state institutions of higher education. - Amends TCA Section 4-58-102; Title 49, Chapter 7; Title 49, Chapter 8 and Title 49, Chapter 9.

TN - SJR626 Memorials, Recognition - Survivors of the Holocaust

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

TN - SR151 Memorials, Death - Daniel McKenzie Speer

TN - SB1089 Election Laws - As enacted, enacts the "Tennessee Freedom of Speech Act." - Amends TCA Title 2 and Title 66.

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

TN - SB851 Public Contracts - As introduced, extends, from 10 days to 14 days, the period by which the prevailing wage commission is required to give notice of its determination after a hearing to determine the prevailing wage rate for state highway construction projects. - Amends TCA Title 3; Title 4; Title 9 and Title 12.

TN - SJR824 Memorials, Death - Paul W. Harper

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

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

TN - SB1327 Public Funds and Financing - As introduced, requires the commissioner of finance and administration to notify all members of the general assembly when making a recommendation for outsourcing of a state agency program to the governor and finance, ways and means committees. - Amends TCA Title 9.

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 - SJR184 Memorials, Recognition - Judge Larry E. Potter

TN - SB15 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 - 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.

TN - SB1641 Special License Plates - As introduced, requires that one-half of the revenue allocated to the Tennessee arts commission from the sale of new specialty earmarked license plates be distributed as grants for the purpose of hiring art teachers in priority schools; designates any remaining balance for the purchase of art supplies. - Amends TCA Title 55, Chapter 4, Part 2 and Title 55, Chapter 4, Part 3.

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