Tennessee Sen. Reginald Tate (D)

TN - Commerce and Labor (Senate)

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member

TN - Education (Senate)

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1st vice-chair

TN - Finance, Ways and Means (Senate)

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member

TN - Fiscal Review

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member

TN - SB1403 Education - As introduced, allows the governing body of a public charter school to make the annual progress report to the sponsor of the school, the chartering authority, and the commissioner of education in an electronic format. - Amends TCA Title 49.

TN - SB1380 Redistricting, Legislative - As introduced, enacts the "No Representation Without Population Act of 2017." - Amends TCA Title 2, Chapter 16; Title 3, Chapter 1, Part 1 and Title 5, Chapter 1, Part 1.

TN - SB809 Teachers, Principals and School Personnel - As enacted, moves up the deadline for the state board of education to release the teacher preparation training report from November 1 of each year to February 15 of each year. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 5.

TN - SR152 Memorials, Death - Kevin Lee Taylor

TN - SB2057 House of Representatives - As introduced, authorizes members of the house of representatives to attend one or more out-of-state legislative gatherings each year; requires the house of representatives policy to be no less restrictive than the senate policy. - Amends TCA Section 3-1-106.

TN - SB1396 Economic and Community Development, Dept. of - As introduced, requires agencies assisting small businesses to include in their annual report to the department the employment opportunities provided to the community. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 6; Title 7, Chapter 53; Title 8, Chapter 23; Title 9, Chapter 16; Title 9, Chapter 3; Title 13, Chapter 16; Title 13, Chapter 3; Title 49, Chapter 7; Title 50, Chapter 7; Title 64, Chapter 6; Title 65, Chapter 5 and Title 67.

TN - SB2539 Traffic Safety - As introduced, expands the current offense for talking on hand-held devices while driving within marked school zones to talking on such devices on any road, highway, or street. - Amends TCA Title 55, Chapter 8.

TN - SB1397 Handgun Permits - As introduced, allows the department of safety to submit the annual statistical report on handgun carry permit to the members of the general assembly electronically. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 17, Part 13 and Title 62, Chapter 35.

TN - SB1888 Barbers and/or Cosmetologists - As introduced, requires certain professionals in the fields of barbering and cosmetology to complete five hours of biennial continuing education prior to license renewal; directs the state board of cosmetology and barber examiners to determine the qualifying curriculum. - Amends TCA Title 62, Chapter 3 and Title 62, Chapter 4.

TN - SB1890 Sports - As enacted, authorizes the Tennessee athletic commission to authorize international qualifying events for kickboxing to occur in this state as long as the events meet the standards required for such events by the World Association of Kickboxing Organizations or any subsequent entity recognized as the official kickboxing governing body by the International World Games Association. - Amends TCA Title 68, Chapter 115.

TN - SB1385 Mental Health & Substance Abuse Services, Dept. of - As introduced, requires the commissioner to report to the health committee of the house of representatives and the health and welfare committee of the senate by January 15, 2018, on the geographic distribution and program adequacy of treatment resources for persons affected by substance abuse. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 29; Title 33; Title 38; Title 39; Title 40; Title 41; Title 49; Title 56; Title 63; Title 68 and Title 71.

TN - SB1392 Sentencing - As introduced, makes a person sentenced to imprisonment for life based on a conviction for first degree murder, which occurred when the person was a minor, eligible for parole consideration after service of 65 percent of the 60-year sentence imposed, and no less than 50 percent including any sentence reduction credits earned. - Amends TCA Title 37; Title 39 and Title 40.

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 - SB2219 Criminal Offenses - As introduced, adds a Class E felony offense for possession of a firearm if a person has previously been convicted of an offense for which the sentence was enhanced based upon certain factors. - Amends TCA Section 39-17-1307 and Title 40, Chapter 35, Part 1.

TN - SB1381 Criminal Offenses - As introduced, provides that a woman may be prosecuted for assault for the illegal use of a narcotic drug while pregnant, if her child is born addicted to or harmed by the narcotic drug. - Amends TCA Title 39; Title 63 and Title 68.

TN - SB1407 Schools, Charter - As enacted, changes the time period a local board of education has to deny or approve a sponsor's amended application from 30 days to 60 days; changes the time period in which the amended application will be deemed approved if the local board of education fails to deny or approve the amended application from 30 days to 60 days. - Amends TCA Title 49.

TN - SB1406 Education - As introduced, adds HiSET® , in addition to GED®, as an acceptable level of education required to serve as an educational assistant. - Amends TCA Title 49.

TN - SB1394 Education - As enacted, requires the department of education to review all current laws and policies related to exclusionary discipline practices in public schools for students in pre-kindergarten through kindergarten and to develop guidelines and standards for alternatives to exclusionary discipline practices based on the findings of the review; establishes other related requirements. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 1; Title 49, Chapter 10; Title 49, Chapter 2; Title 49, Chapter 5 and Title 49, Chapter 6.

TN - SB1409 Criminal Procedure - As introduced, permits persons who have been arrested but released as the result of certain events to have the public records of the arrest and surrounding events destroyed without cost to the arrested person and without the necessity of filing a petition. - Amends TCA Title 40, Chapter 32.

TN - SB1377 Political Parties - As introduced, bars a member of a decertified county political party from being allowed membership into a newly formed county political party until two years have passed from the time of decertification, unless the member provides good cause for membership and the chair of the state executive committee approves. - Amends TCA Title 2, Chapter 13.

TN - SB1401 Election Laws - As introduced, requires certain counties to act upon request for voter registration lists within seven business days instead of seven days; allows reasons for rejection or modification of the request to be sent via electronic mail or facsimile transmission. - Amends TCA Title 2; Title 5 and Title 6.

TN - SB980 Education - As introduced, adds the chairs of the education committee of the senate and education instruction and programs committee of the house of representatives to the annual reporting requirement for the model laboratory school program advisory committee. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 1.

TN - SB1384 Education - As introduced, requires the commissioner of education to provide a written report to the education committees of the senate and the house of representatives on the number, amount, and effectiveness of the incentive grants awarded to schools that exceed performance standards. - Amends TCA Title 49.

TN - SB1424 Juvenile Offenders - As introduced, requires that a juvenile court proceeding involving allegations that the juvenile was illegally in possession of a firearm be given priority in scheduling and be heard by the court as soon as is practicable. - Amends TCA Title 37 and Title 40.

TN - SB1400 Election Laws - As introduced, increases penalty from Class C misdemeanor to Class A misdemeanor for knowingly publishing or distributing false campaign literature. - Amends TCA Title 2.

TN - SB2056 Economic and Community Development - As enacted, revises certain provisions of the Convention Center and Tourism Development Financing Act of 1998 and the Local Tourism Development Zone Business Tax Act. - Amends TCA Title 7, Chapter 88 and Title 67, Chapter 4.

TN - SB2543 Workers Compensation - As introduced, prohibits retaliatory discharge of employees under the Tennessee workers' compensation law under certain circumstances; prescribes certain damages available to prevailing plaintiffs under retaliatory discharge claims. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 8 and Title 50.

TN - SB1066 Education - As introduced, authorizes the department of education to create a program that allows students enrolled or seeking to enroll in a teacher training program an opportunity to serve as a mentor at a school and for students of families that are recipients of the families first program. - Amends TCA Title 49.

TN - SB1404 Local Education Agencies - As introduced, prohibits a person seeking to serve on the Shelby County board of education from serving on such board if the person is an employee of another school district within Shelby County. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 2, Part 2.

TN - SB1395 Public Contracts - As introduced, permits electronic delivery of the annual report of the chief procurement officer on the awarding of purchases to minority-owned, woman-owned, service-disabled-veteran-owned, or small businesses. - Amends TCA Title 12, Chapter 3, Part 11.

TN - SB1005 Housing - As introduced, requires the Tennessee housing development agency to develop best practices concerning implementation of housing programs and options by local entities to assist formerly incarcerated individuals. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 3, Part 6 and Title 13, Chapter 23.

TN - SB1398 Criminal Procedure - As introduced, permits a petitioner for restoration of citizenship rights to provide satisfactory proof of good character through written affidavits sworn under penalty of perjury; requires the affidavit to be given the same effect as if the affiant had testified orally. - Amends TCA Title 40, Chapter 29.

TN - SB1410 Zoning - As introduced, excludes automated teller machines from being subject to zoning regulation by a historic zoning commission or a regional historic zoning commission. - Amends TCA Title 13, Chapter 7, Part 4.

TN - SB1405 Alcoholic Beverages - As introduced, authorizes a restaurant located in Davidson or Shelby County that holds a license to sell alcoholic beverages for consumption on its premises to sell to its patrons mixed alcoholic beverages in sealed containers for consumption off its premises. - Amends TCA Title 57, Chapter 4.

TN - SB1607 Motor Vehicles, Titling and Registration - As enacted, authorizes motor vehicle commission to take licensure action against a dealer who finances the sale of used motor vehicles and retains titles to such vehicles and who fails to maintain record of customer's liability coverage or proof of financial responsibility whenever temporary plate issued to customer; requires record to be maintained in same manner or period of time as record of issuance of temporary plates. - Amends TCA Title 55.

TN - SR146 Memorials, Retirement - Dr. Frank Glover Witherspoon

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 - SB217 Local Education Agencies - As enacted, authorizes an LEA to develop and adopt, in consultation with the appropriate local law enforcement agency, a policy that authorizes a school security officer employed by the LEA to patrol within a one-mile radius of the security officer's assigned school, but not to exceed the boundaries of the assigned school's LEA. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 6.

TN - SB2006 Bail, Bail Bonds - As enacted, requires bounty hunters to wear clothing that clearly identifies the person as a bounty hunter and prominently displays the words "bounty hunter" any time a bounty hunter is engaged in the functions of bounty hunting. - Amends TCA Title 39 and Title 40, Chapter 11.

TN - SB2220 Taxes - As introduced, requires commissioner of revenue to report in writing to the finance, ways and means committees of the senate and the house of representatives the total, annual amount of industrial machinery franchise and excise tax credits provided under Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 67-4-2009(3), for fiscal years 2012-2017. - Amends TCA Title 67, Chapter 4.

TN - SB2055 Boards and Commissions - As introduced, requires each professional board to create a remediation subcommittee for the purpose of offering a licensee, who has been cited for a licensure violation, the option to have the licensure violation remediated prior to the board applying penalties to, or suspending or revoking the license of, the cited licensee. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 62 and Title 63.

TN - SB1408 Education - As introduced, specifies that the governing boards of institutions of higher education must make a report on any program terminations to the education committee of the senate and education administration and planning committee of the house of representatives by July 1 of each year. - Amends TCA Title 49.

TN - SB2540 Education - As introduced, authorizes a community of schools to support academic achievement in programs such as Innovation Zones and to participate in community policing programs that emphasize community outreach referral services. - Amends TCA Section 38-8-114 and Title 49, Chapter 6, Part 24.

TN - SB2544 Workers Compensation - As introduced, prohibits retaliatory discharge by employer or other person for conduct relating to filing a workers' compensation claim; authorizes an action by the employee as a remedy. - Amends TCA Title 50.

TN - SB2546 Tennessee Bureau of Investigation - As introduced, requires the Tennessee bureau of investigation to review the number of expunction petitions filed in the prior year for crimes committed prior to November 1, 1989, the number of those petitions that were granted, and the number that were rejected; requires the TBI to report its findings to the general assembly in January 2020. - Amends TCA Title 39 and Title 40.

TN - SB2547 Criminal Procedure - As introduced, includes one misdemeanor offense and any offenses considered one single offense for expunction purposes under current law as eligible offenses qualifying to petition for expunction under certain circumstances; splits the expunction fee among counties if the petition for expunction is for multiple offenses committed in different counties. - Amends TCA Section 40-32-101.

TN - SB2550 Criminal Offenses - As introduced, authorizes a person who has more than one conviction to petition on a one-time basis for expunction of up to two convictions, if each offense is otherwise eligible for expunction and if the offenses were two misdemeanors or one misdemeanor and one felony; clarifies that such persons are eligible for payment plan option extended to other petitioners. - Amends TCA Section 40-32-101.

TN - SB1891 Education - As introduced, requires the state board and the department of education to report to the education committee of the senate and the education instruction and programs committee of the house of representatives by July 1, 2018, as to the actions taken to implement a sexual violence awareness and prevention curriculum, if any, for students in grades 7-12. - Amends TCA Title 49.

TN - SB1892 Education - As introduced, requires LEAs to annually survey students, within one month of the start of each school year, starting in the 2018-2019 school year, as to the availability of internet access in their homes and annually report the results to the department of education by November 1; the department will annually report the results to the governor, the education instruction and programs committee of the house of representatives, and the education committee of the senate by December 15. - Amends TCA Title 49.

TN - SB2604 Local Education Agencies - As introduced, changes, from 30 to 15, the number of days after the beginning of a school year within which a local board of education is required to certify to the commissioner of education its adherence to its plan for compliance with the Tennessee School Nutrition Standards Act. - Amends TCA Title 49 and Title 68.

TN - SB1388 Election Laws - As introduced, clarifies that the coordinator of elections' report to the senate state and local government committee and the local government committee of the house of representatives regarding the pilot project on voting centers may be made in conjunction with any other report to those committees. - Amends TCA Title 2.

TN - SB1065 Education - As enacted, clarifies that a school may satisfy the summer programming requirement for qualification for a community schools grant by providing four weeks of summer programming during consecutive or nonconsecutive weeks. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 6, Part 24.

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 - SB1379 Election Laws - As introduced, allows a person 65 years of age or older who has never been issued a birth certificate to be issued a photo identification license for voting purposes by furnishing a social security card, Medicare card, health insurance card, or other satisfactory document substantiating the person's identity. - Amends TCA Title 55, Chapter 50, Part 3.

TN - SB1393 Consumer Protection - As introduced, provides that it is a violation of the Consumer Protection Act of 1977 to offer, through the mail or by other means, the provision of a warranty for a motor vehicle in a manner that is likely to cause the owner of the motor vehicle to believe that the offer originated from the manufacturer of the motor vehicle or from the dealer that sold the motor vehicle to the owner. - Amends TCA Title 47, Chapter 18 and Title 55.

TN - SB1389 Local Education Agencies - As introduced, grants LEAs the same flexibility as public charter schools to allow the LEAs to be more creative and innovative, including the authority to apply for the waiver of laws and state board rules. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 1; Title 49, Chapter 13; Title 49, Chapter 2; Title 49, Chapter 3; Title 49, Chapter 5 and Title 49, Chapter 6.

TN - SB1889 State Government - As introduced, requires the head of every state department to annually report the number of preferred service employees whose employments were impacted by a reduction in force to the chairs of the state government committee of the house of representatives and the state and local government committee of the senate. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 8; Title 9, Chapter 4, Part 53; Title 10; Title 11; Title 12; Title 41; Title 50; Title 54 and Title 58.

TN - SB2442 Local Government, General - As introduced, negates mandatory application of certain laws on local governments that are not fully funded; prohibits an agency of state government from creating a new fee that will impact local governments in any year in which the general state revenues to the agency have decreased from the previous year. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 8; Title 9, Chapter 4, Part 53; Title 10; Title 12; Title 41 and Title 50.

TN - SB1378 Right to Die - As introduced, creates a process whereby an adult suffering from a terminal disease may request medication for the purpose of ending the adult's life in a humane and dignified manner if certain requirements are met. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 13 and Title 68, Chapter 11.

TN - SB1704 State Symbols - As introduced, expands the list of animals recognized as state pets to include any animal adopted from an animal shelter or rescue facility instead of only dogs and cats so adopted. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 1, Part 3.

TN - SB2542 Traffic Safety - As introduced, establishes a maximum amount of revenue to be received by local governments for collection of traffic fines; sets maximum at 15 percent of total revenue of local government; requires excess revenue be transferred to the state general fund. - Amends TCA Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 9; Title 16 and Title 55.

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 - SB2545 Teachers, Principals and School Personnel - As introduced, requires all school personnel to receive implicit bias in-service training annually; requires students desiring a license to teach to pass a course of implicit bias training. - Amends TCA Title 49.

TN - SB1386 Education, Dept. of - As enacted, requires the department to develop an evidence-based training program on adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) for school leaders and teachers. - Amends TCA Title 49.

TN - SB1402 Firearms and Ammunition - As introduced, requires law enforcement agencies and departments to compile certain information on crimes involving firearms and submit the information annually to the Tennessee bureau of investigation, which then compiles a report of the information for distribution to the members of the general assembly. - Amends TCA Title 38 and Title 39.

TN - SB1423 Drugs, Prescription - As introduced, requires certain drug manufacturers to submit information to the department of health about drug prices; requires the department of commerce and insurance to promulgate rules relating to disclosure of drug formulary prices. - Amends TCA Title 8; Title 53; Title 56; Title 63; Title 68 and Title 71.

TN - SR178 Memorials, Recognition - African-American soldiers who died at Fort Pillow

TN - SB2296 Education - As introduced, establishes a state seal of STEM to be placed on diplomas and transcripts of students demonstrating proficiency in STEM subjects. - Amends TCA Title 49.

TN - SB2218 Education - As introduced, establishes a commission on the school-to-prison pipeline and restorative practices. - Amends TCA Title 49.

TN - SB2541 Fraternities and Sororities - As introduced, prohibits fraternities and sororities, other than professional fraternities and honor societies, from being recognized by, associated with, or operating on the campus of, any state institution of higher education. - Amends TCA Title 49.

TN - SJR812 Memorials, Sports - Hamilton High School boys' basketball team, TSSAA Class AA State Champions

TN - SB1382 Insurance, Health, Accident - As introduced, increases from 15 days to 30 days the period of time during which an HMO or a representative of an HMO may request a hearing in response to a cease and desist order from the commissioner of commerce and insurance. - Amends TCA Title 56.

TN - SB2005 Drug and Alcohol Rehabilitation - As enacted, imposes suspension or revocation of license for violations in the marketing of alcohol and drug treatment services. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 33; Title 39; Title 63 and Title 68.

TN - SB1412 Election Laws - As introduced, increases, from 15 days to 30 days, the amount of time in which to cure a defect in the documentation required to initiate a petition for a recall election. - Amends TCA Title 2.

TN - SB2548 Marriage - As introduced, restricts marriage to persons 16 years of age or older by removing age waivers for marriage certificates. - Amends TCA Title 36, Chapter 3 and Title 37, Chapter 1.

TN - SB1383 Lottery, Scholarships and Programs - As introduced, exempts undergraduate students who are one semester from graduation, in good academic standing at the postsecondary institution, and enrolled in a dual degree program, seeking a double major, or obtaining a minor in military science from losing HOPE scholarship eligibility once the student has attempted 120 semester hours. - Amends TCA Title 49.

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

TN - SR216 Memorials, Recognition - Senate employees 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 - SR223 Memorials, Public Service - Office of Facilities Management of the 110th General Assembly

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

TN - SR1 General Assembly, Confirmation of Appointment - Confirms the appointment of persons to the state university board of the University of Memphis.

TN - SJR17 Memorials, Death - Sue Morton Swann

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

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

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

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 - SB161 School Vouchers - As introduced, enacts the "Opportunity Scholarship Pilot Program." - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 1.

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

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

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

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

TN - SR225 Memorials, Interns - Danielle Nicole Knight

TN - SB2630 Public Records - As enacted, revises provisions governing access to investigative records of the Tennessee bureau of investigation by certain members and committees of the general assembly. - Amends TCA Title 10, Chapter 7.

TN - SJR547 Memorials, Death - George Edward Buxton York

TN - SJR969 Memorials, Death - Ronald Lee Ermey

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

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

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 - SB1231 Education - As enacted, authorizes the development of curriculum for work-based learning in labor education alignment program. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 7, Part 12.

TN - SB1446 Shelby County - Subject to local approval, increases library tax to be charged on actions of all county courts. - Amends Chapter 275 of the Private Acts of 1970; as amended.

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 - SJR589 Memorials, Public Service - Shelby County Drug Court

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

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

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

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

TN - SB209 Veterans - As enacted, authorizes private employers to give hiring preference to honorably discharged veterans, spouses of veterans with service-connected disabilities, unremarried widows or widowers of veterans who died of service-connected disabilities, and unremarried widows or widowers of members of the military who died in the line of duty. - Amends TCA Title 50, Chapter 1, Part 1.

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

TN - SJR596 Memorials, Recognition - First Lieutenant William McBryar

TN - SJR358 Memorials, Congratulations - Senator Mark Green

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

TN - SJR306 Memorials, Death - Garry Kreis

TN - SJR531 Memorials, Death - Senator Joe Haynes

TN - SB1218 Lottery, Scholarships and Programs - As enacted, enacts the Tennessee reconnect grant. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 4, Part 9.

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

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 - 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 - SB1230 Criminal Offenses - As enacted, enacts the "Elderly and Vulnerable Adult Protection Act." - Amends TCA Title 39; Title 40 and Title 71.

TN - SB1510 Education, Curriculum - As enacted, requires that instruction on the detection, intervention, prevention, and treatment of child sexual abuse be provided as part of a family life curriculum; provides immunity from a cause of action for such instruction provided by teachers employed by the LEA and certain other instructors in certain circumstances. - Amends TCA Section 37-1-603 and Title 49, Chapter 6, Part 13.

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

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

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

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 - SB2013 Teachers, Principals and School Personnel - As enacted, revises the teacher code of ethics; requires annual professional development for teachers on the teacher code of ethics; requires teacher preparation programs to include training for all students on the teacher code of ethics. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 1; Title 49, Chapter 2; Title 49, Chapter 5 and Title 49, Chapter 6.

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

TN - SB2504 Telecommunications - As enacted, enacts the "Competitive Wireless Broadband Investment, Deployment, and Safety Act of 2018" and requires TACIR to study certain items relating to deployment. - Amends TCA Title 13.

TN - SJR777 Memorials, Public Service - Senator Thelma Harper

TN - SB2011 Education, State Board of - As enacted, requires a director of schools, director of public charter school, or director of a nonpublic school who learns of the conviction of a licensed educator employed by the LEA for certain offenses to report the conviction to the state board; authorizes the state board to reprimand such a director for failure to report; enacts other related provisions. - Amends TCA Title 8 and Title 49.

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

TN - SB2014 Teachers, Principals and School Personnel - As enacted, revises provisions governing background checks for teachers and other positons requiring proximity to children; requires participation in rap back program; enacts other related provisions. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 1; Title 49, Chapter 2 and Title 49, Chapter 5.

TN - SJR784 Memorials, Public Service - Senator Jim Tracy

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

TN - SJR783 Memorials, Retirement - Senator Bill Ketron

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

TN - SJR814 Memorials, Death - Dwana Pusser Garrison

TN - SJR807 Memorials, Public Service - Senator Lee Harris

TN - SJR378 Memorials, Death - James Dewey Daane

TN - SJR607 Memorials, Recognition - New Olivet Baptist Church

TN - SB2012 Education, State Board of - As enacted, requires the state board of education to develop a policy for transmittal of final disciplinary actions on educator licenses to the national clearinghouse administered by the National Association of State Directors of Teacher Education and Certification (NASDTEC); requires the state board to post on its website all of its final disciplinary actions on educator licenses. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 1; Title 49, Chapter 2 and Title 49, Chapter 5.

TN - SB2015 Local Education Agencies - As enacted, prohibits LEAs from entering into a non-disclosure agreement during, or as a prerequisite to, settlement for any act of sexual misconduct; prohibits employees from assisting others in obtaining employment if the employee knows that the person has engaged in sexual misconduct involving a minor or student. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 1; Title 49, Chapter 2; Title 49, Chapter 5 and Title 49, Chapter 6.

TN - SJR269 Memorials, Death - Vernon Neal

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 - SB1241 Sentencing - As enacted, increases penalty for unlawfully possessing a firearm with a prior conviction for a felony involving use of force or violence from Class C felony to Class B felony; increases from Class D felony to Class C felony penalty for person unlawfully possessing firearm with prior felony drug offense. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 17, Part 13 and Title 40, Chapter 35, Part 3.

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

TN - SB641 Annexation - As introduced, allows voters residing within an area annexed by a municipality to petition the county election commission to hold an election to deannex such territory; specifies the taxes that may continue to be levied on a deannexed area; prohibits the extension or continuation of utility services outside municipal boundaries to obtain consent to annexation. - Amends TCA Title 6, Chapter 51 and Title 54, Chapter 4, Part 2.

TN - SJR463 Memorials, Recognition - Ellis L. Haguewood

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 - SJR824 Memorials, Death - Paul W. Harper

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

TN - SR151 Memorials, Death - Daniel McKenzie Speer

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

TN - SB250 Education - As enacted, requires local education agencies to use at least one alternative growth model that has been approved by the board of education for evaluation of teachers in non-tested grades and subjects; requires the department of education to develop alternative student growth models for grade levels and subjects that do not have growth models. - Amends TCA Section 49-1-302.

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 - SJR978 Memorials, Heroism - James Shaw, Jr.

TN - SJR636 Memorials, Recognition - Don Hamilton, Governor's Volunteer Stars Award

TN - SB2631 Human Rights - As enacted, creates the Tennessee Civil Rights Crimes Information, Reconciliation, and Research Center. - Amends TCA Title 3; Title 4 and Title 62.

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.