Tennessee Sen. Sara Kyle (D)

TN - Health and Welfare (Senate)

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TN - Judiciary (Senate)

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TN - Fiscal Review

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TN - SB2084 Public Contracts - As introduced, requires state departments and agencies that propose to contract for services with a nongovernmental vendor to certify to the comptroller of the treasury that no state employee or employees within the respective department or agency are qualified to perform the duties and obligations under the proposed contract; authorizes the fiscal review committee to review and comment upon such contracts. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 8 and Title 12.

TN - SB1134 Controlled Substances - As introduced, increases the amount of marijuana possessed or exchanged under the offenses of simple possession or casual exchange from less than one-half ounce to less than one ounce; prohibits the inference of purpose of selling or otherwise dispensing when the substance possessed or exchanged was less than one ounce of marijuana. - Amends TCA Title 39 and Title 40.

TN - SB2325 Courts - As introduced, authorizes the creation of first responder treatment court programs; creates a $50.00 fee for drug-related criminal convictions in counties establishing or operating a first responder treatment court program. - Amends TCA Title 8, Chapter 21, Part 4 and Title 16.

TN - SB2399 Schools, Charter - As introduced, deletes the requirement for LEAs to provide, at no cost, a list of student names, ages, addresses, dates of attendance, and grade levels completed to a chartering authority or public charter school within 30 days of receiving a request for such information. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 13.

TN - SB2323 Public Officials - As introduced, clarifies that annual report attorney general is required to provide to state board of claims before close of fiscal year describing manner in which funds received from the risk management fund were used in representing state employees may be filed electronically. - Amends TCA Title 3; Title 4; Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 8; Title 9 and Title 50.

TN - SB1127 State Government - As introduced, encourages departments of state government to monitor federal grant opportunities and report on them to the general assembly with particular attention to the needs of minority communities and to water and wastewater, community clean up, and transit grants. - Amends TCA Title 4.

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 - SB1106 Sex Discrimination - As introduced, enacts the “Tennessee Pay Equality Act.” - Amends TCA Title 4 and Title 50.

TN - SB1103 Driver Licenses - As introduced, waives fee to renew commercial driver license if the license expires prior to the applicant taking the required examination and if such failure to timely take the examination results from a delay by the department or driver license station. - Amends TCA Title 55, Chapter 50.

TN - SB1094 Employees, Employers - As introduced, changes from seven days to 10 days the amount of notice that must be provided by an employer or employee specializing in food or beverage service of the rescinding of a previously approved 30-minute break waiver. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 8; Title 36, Chapter 3, Part 6 and Title 50.

TN - SB1133 Bail, Bail Bonds - As enacted, directs the Tennessee advisory commission on intergovernmental relations (TACIR) to perform a study of the implementation and effects of global positioning monitoring as a condition of bail for defendants accused of certain offenses. - Amends TCA Section 39-13-111 and Title 40, Chapter 11.

TN - SB1136 Local Government, General - As enacted, defines "municipality" for purposes of the authorization for a municipality to create the office of administrative hearing officer to hear building and property maintenance code violations to mean any incorporated town or city, or metropolitan form of government; adds "locally adopted zoning codes" to the codes over which administrative hearing officer has jurisdiction. - Amends TCA Title 6, Chapter 54, Part 10.

TN - SB1102 Schools, Charter - As introduced, enacts the "Transparency in Charter School Finance Act." - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 13.

TN - SB1467 Public Property - As introduced, exempts memorials located on public property in Shelby County from the Tennessee Heritage Protection Act of 2016, as amended. - Amends TCA Section 4-1-412.

TN - SB1109 Disabled Persons - As enacted, authorizes department of safety to issue, upon request, special designation on driver and photo identification licenses for person with acquired brain injury, intellectual disability, or developmental disability; establishes certain procedures for law enforcement interactions with persons with such a condition. - Amends TCA Title 38; Title 40 and Title 55.

TN - SB1120 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 Title 39, Chapter 17, Part 4 and Title 40, Chapter 7.

TN - SB1707 Students - As introduced, enacts the "Tennessee Hunger-Free Students Act"; clarifies that state board of education rules that permit schools to impose sanctions against students owing a school debt do not authorize sanctions against students owing a meal debt. - Amends TCA Title 49 and Title 71.

TN - SB2073 Insurance, Health, Accident - As introduced, requires health insurance to cover acupuncture services as a benefit beginning January 1, 2019. - Amends TCA Title 56, Chapter 7.

TN - SB2349 Health Care - As introduced, authorizes electronic filing of annual report to appropriate committees of the general assembly made by advisory committee responsible for guiding department of health on department's birth defects registry. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 29; Title 4, Chapter 3, Part 2; Title 39; Title 43; Title 53, Chapter 11; Title 63; Title 68 and Title 71.

TN - SB2403 Criminal Procedure - As introduced, directs TACIR to study and report on the implementation and effects of global position monitoring as a condition of bail for certain defendants; requires state departments and agencies to provide assistance to TACIR in connection with the study; requires that TACIR seek input from interested groups. - Amends TCA Section 39-13-111 and Title 40, Chapter 11.

TN - SB2430 Tort Liability and Reform - As introduced, authorizes civil action against person selling or transferring firearm if firearm sold or transferred without a background check and firearm used in crime resulting in injury to person or property or wrongful death. - Amends TCA Title 29 and Title 39, Chapter 17, Part 13.

TN - SB1128 Local Government, General - As introduced, prohibits local governments from reducing the post-employment benefits of retired employees without the written consent of the employee; prohibits local governments from raising premiums for such benefit plans at a rate that exceeds the average annual rate of inflation. - Amends TCA Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 8; Title 9 and Title 56.

TN - SB2135 General Assembly - As introduced, creates an 18-member department of children's services oversight committee. - Amends TCA Title 3; Title 4, Chapter 29 and Title 37.

TN - SB307 Taxes, Exemption and Credits - As introduced, expands the sales tax exemption for purchases of textbooks to include purchases of reading materials required for high school or college classes. - Amends TCA Title 67, Chapter 6.

TN - SB308 Handgun Permits - As introduced, requires one-half of every handgun carry permit fee to be annually donated to one or more nonprofit organizations established for the purpose of providing financial assistance to families of police officers, firefighters, and emergency medical staff who lost lives or are victims of serious and disabling injury in the line of duty. - Amends TCA Title 39.

TN - SB405 Criminal Procedure - As introduced, permits person to apply to have a current conviction expunged even if person has prior convictions for Class C or Class B misdemeanors. - Amends TCA Section 40-32-101.

TN - SB1411 Salaries and Benefits - As introduced, establishes a minimum wage of $15.00 as of July 1, 2017; provides a minimum wage for employees in the service industry who receive tips and employees that are compensated solely by gratuities; authorizes the department of labor and workforce development to promulgate rules in compliance with federal law. - Amends TCA Title 50, Chapter 2.

TN - SB1836 Employees, Employers - As introduced, enacts the "Tennessee Pay Equality Transparency Act." - Amends TCA Title 50.

TN - SB1117 Criminal Offenses - As introduced, expands the offense of reckless endangerment to include a person's reckless failure to render inoperable or safely secure or lock a firearm, resulting in a child under 13 years of age gaining possession of the firearm and injuring or killing the child or another. - Amends TCA Section 39-13-103.

TN - SB2429 Education - As introduced, establishes timelines and requirements for the return of schools operated as part of the achievement school district (ASD) to LEAs; prohibits, after the effective date of the act, any school from being assigned to the ASD and the ASD from executing, approving, authorizing, or renewing any contract, charter school application, or charter agreement; abolishes the ASD as an organizational unit of the department of education on July 1, 2019 or when the last charter agreement with the ASD expires, whichever is later. - Amends TCA Title 49.

TN - SB2400 Domestic Violence - As introduced, directs TACIR to perform a study of the implementation and effects of global position monitoring as a condition of bail for defendants accused of crimes of domestic violence; requires TACIR to seek input from interested groups; requires TACIR to make a report to the general assembly at the conclusion of the study. - Amends TCA Section 39-13-111 and Title 40, Chapter 11.

TN - SB2086 Criminal Offenses - As introduced, creates Class A misdemeanor offense for owner of a firearm to fail to report to law enforcement within five days any knowledge or reasonable cause to believe the theft of the owner's firearm has occurred. - Amends TCA Title 38, Chapter 1, Part 1; Title 39, Chapter 17, Part 13 and Title 40.

TN - SB1098 Forfeiture of Assets - As introduced, includes offenses in which the defendant intentionally selects the person against whom the offense is committed because of the person's race, religion, color, disability, sexual orientation, national origin, ancestry, or gender within the definition of "acts of terrorism" for purposes of the asset forfeiture provisions of the terrorism act. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 13, Part 8.

TN - SB1111 Clemency - As introduced, requires the state to provide five years of health benefits for persons who are exonerated and found not to have committed the crime for which the person was convicted. - Amends TCA Title 9, Chapter 8 and Title 40, Chapter 27.

TN - SB1116 Criminal Offenses - As introduced, decriminalizes the possession of up to one ounce of marijuana. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 17, Part 4 and Title 40.

TN - SB1124 Local Education Agencies - As introduced, prohibits an LEA from closing a school after July 1, 2017; requires the office of research and education accountability (OREA) to conduct a five-year study on the impact of the students and a community when the LEA closes a school; requires OREA to report to the education committees of the senate and house of representatives no later than March 1, 2022. - Amends TCA Title 49.

TN - SB1132 Public Employees - As introduced, increases from seven to 10 business days the time a department or agency with regulatory authority over business activity has to notify the small business advocate that the department's or agency's designated contact person for the small business advocate has changed. - Amends TCA Title 8.

TN - SB1140 Financial Institutions, Dept. of - As introduced, requires the department, in collaboration with the Tennessee financial literacy commission, to report the amounts allocated from fees collected from licensees under the Flexible Credit Act to the commission and whether any of the amounts allocated were used to assist individuals who are susceptible to predatory lending practices; requires that the department report its findings to the insurance and banking committee of the house of representatives and the commerce and labor committee of the senate no later than January 15, 2018. - Amends TCA Title 45 and Title 47.

TN - SB2413 Insurance, Health, Accident - As enacted, requires the commissioner of commerce and insurance to study issues related to including screening for the hepatitis C virus as a part of preventive services or as a mandated health insurance benefit for health insurance entities regulated by the department including consideration of the benefits and costs of broad based or targeted screening for the hepatitis C virus. - Amends TCA Title 56.

TN - SB1416 Commerce and Insurance, Dept. of - As introduced, increases time from 30 days to 30 business days for what is considered a "reasonable time" for purposes of when a person must respond to a request for information regarding a complaint. - Amends TCA Title 56.

TN - SB1761 Education - As introduced, requires a director of schools to report a breach of security in the administration of the TCAP test, or any successor test, and the LEA's response to the breach of security to the commissioner of education and the state board of education within five days of discovering the breach. - Amends TCA Title 49.

TN - SB1107 Highways, Roads and Bridges - As introduced, increases gasoline and diesel tax rates and allocates revenues to highway fund; authorizes local option gasoline tax and surcharge; increases registration fees; creates transportation services district consisting of certain counties; authorizes special allocation of surplus state tax revenue within district to eligible counties for transportation services; extends Class C misdemeanor offense of consuming an alcoholic beverage or possessing an open alcoholic beverage container in an operating motor vehicle to passengers. - Amends TCA Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 9; Title 54; Title 55 and Title 67.

TN - SB1138 Children - As introduced, enacts the "Access to Pediatric Rare Disease Treatment Information Act"; provides for sharing of essential treatment information for children with cancer among certain health care institutions. - Amends TCA Title 68.

TN - SB1105 Employees, Employers - As introduced, enacts the "Tennessee Pay Equality Transparency Act." - Amends TCA Title 50.

TN - SB1100 Bail, Bail Bonds - As enacted, prohibits forfeiture of a bond against a surety, and inclusion of the bond in the calculation of a professional bondsman's capacity, solvency, or otherwise negatively impacting the surety, after the bond has been active and in effect for three years and the state has failed to seek an original indictment before a grand jury against the defendant covered by the bond. - Amends TCA Title 40, Chapter 11.

TN - SB1417 Banks and Financial Institutions - As introduced, increases from $1,000 to $1,500 the maximum amount that can be assessed as a civil penalty per violation by an entity advertising or representing any loan, refinance, insurance, or any other product or service that is untrue, deceptive, misleading, or that uses the name or logo of any other lender without the express written consent of the lender whose name is used. - Amends TCA Title 45 and Title 47.

TN - SB2087 Nurses, Nursing - As introduced, requires the executive director of the board of nursing to report concerning workforce needs for nurses in healthcare institutions and facilities in this state and the need for any beneficial changes to the educational training of nurses in order to meet those needs to the health committee of the house of representatives and the health and welfare committee of the senate on or before January 15, 2019. - Amends TCA Title 63.

TN - SB1108 Education - As introduced, changes from July 1 to September 1 the date by which the department of education must submit its annual report on virtual education programs to the governor, the general assembly, the state board of education, and the BEP review committee. - Amends TCA Title 49.

TN - SB1142 Insurance, Health, Accident - As introduced, enacts the "Comprehensive Contraception Coverage Act." - Amends TCA Title 56; Title 63 and Title 68.

TN - SB2431 Education, Dept. of - As introduced, changes from July 1 to August 1 the date by which the department must submit its annual report on virtual education programs to the governor, the general assembly, the state board of education, and the BEP review committee. - Amends TCA Title 49.

TN - SB1101 Fireworks - As introduced, extends from three years to four years the maximum period for which the state fire marshal may refuse to issue another permit to the holder of a permit that has been canceled or revoked for cause. - Amends TCA Title 68, Chapter 104, Part 1.

TN - SB2328 Employees, Employers - As enacted, prohibits public and private employers from requiring an employee or prospective employee to execute a non-disclosure agreement with respect to sexual harassment in the workplace as a condition of employment. - Amends TCA Title 50, Chapter 1, Part 1.

TN - SB2432 Municipal Government - As introduced, authorizes municipalities to create a fund that provides grants for the study of juveniles involved in prostitution and homicides committed by juveniles. - Amends TCA Title 6, Chapter 54, Part 1.

TN - SB1131 Health, Dept. of - As introduced, changes March 1 to March 15 of each year the date by which the department of health must submit a report with de-identified aggregate claims data on every discharge that includes coded drug poisonings for the calendar year two years prior to the current year by licensed hospitals. - Amends TCA Title 68.

TN - SB1186 Firearms and Ammunition - As introduced, requires the owner or lawful possessor of a lost or stolen firearm to report the loss within 48 hours of knowing when it was missing or when the person should have known it was missing to the applicable law enforcement agency or be subject to a $250 civil penalty. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 17, Part 13.

TN - SB1118 Taxes, Sales - As introduced, reduces the state sales and use tax rate on retail sales of diapers, feminine hygiene products, and nonexempt over-the-counter drugs from 7 percent to 5 percent. - Amends TCA Title 67, Chapter 6.

TN - SB1096 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 - SB2411 Veterans Services, Dept. of - As introduced, requires the department to provide training in mental health crisis management to the employees of the department for the purposes of assisting veterans with mental health issues. - Amends TCA Title 58, Chapter 3.

TN - SB1115 Local Education Agencies - As introduced, requires all public high schools to provide free feminine hygiene products. - Amends TCA Title 49 and Title 68.

TN - SB1121 Election Laws - As introduced, permits the use of a photo identification card issued by this state, the United States, or an accredited postsecondary institution of education in this state for purposes of verifying the identity of an eligible voter. - Amends TCA Title 2, Chapter 7.

TN - SB1943 Criminal Procedure - As introduced, adds gender identity to the list of victim characteristics in hate crime as an enhancement factor in sentencing. - Amends TCA Title 39 and Title 40, Chapter 35, Part 1.

TN - SB2412 Comptroller, State - As introduced, requires the comptroller of the treasury to study and make recommendations for increasing transparency in the purchasing of prescription drugs through the group insurance plan for state employees administered by the state insurance committee and the medical assistance program in the TennCare waiver; requires reports to legislative committees. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 8; Title 56; Title 68 and Title 71.

TN - SB2414 Courts - As introduced, authorizes the creation of first responder treatment court programs; creates a $50.00 fee for drug-related criminal convictions in counties establishing or operating a first responder treatment court program. - Amends TCA Title 8, Chapter 21, Part 4 and Title 16.

TN - SB2134 Attorney General and Reporter - As introduced, clarifies that the attorney general may use electronic means to notify the director of the fiscal review committee of certain lawsuits filed in state or federal court, in which the state is a named party and the attorney general or assistants are representing the state. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 8, Chapter 50; Title 8, Chapter 6; Title 9; Title 29; Title 40 and Title 71.

TN - SB2137 Child Abuse - As introduced, requires an investigator conducting an interview with a child-victim of abuse to conduct the interview with the presumption that information provided by the child is truthful, which may be rebutted only by a preponderance of the evidence to the contrary. - Amends TCA Title 37.

TN - SB1706 Election Laws - As introduced, authorizes a qualified person to register and vote on election day or update the person's voter information and vote on election day. - Amends TCA Title 2.

TN - SB2318 Animal Control - As introduced, limits the means by which a person who possesses Class I wildlife may dispose of the animal to releasing the animal into its natural habitat, returning the animal to the seller, or donating the animal to a zoo. - Amends TCA Title 70.

TN - SB2319 Tennessee Fish & Wildlife Commission - As introduced, requires persons who transfer Class I wildlife in this state to notify the chief law enforcement officer for the county and municipality where a transfer occurs within five days of the transfer. - Amends TCA Title 70.

TN - SB2320 Election Laws - As introduced, adds an advisory question to the November 2018 general election, "Should the Tennessee legislature approve the use of medical marijuana?" - Amends TCA Title 2.

TN - SB2321 General Assembly - As introduced, increases monthly expense allowance used to defray expenses necessitated in connection with a member's official duties when away from the seat of government from $1,000 to $2,000. - Amends TCA Section 3-1-106.

TN - SB2398 Prisons and Reformatory Institutions - As introduced, requires certain local government private prison contracts and contracts between the state and a local government to house inmates to meet criteria and standards that apply to contracts between this state and prison contractors; requires department of correction to adopt standards regarding recidivism rates and incorporate such standards into future contracts. - Amends TCA Title 5 and Title 41, Chapter 24.

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 - SB2445 Taxes, Gross Receipts - As introduced, imposes a gross receipts tax on the sale of opioids. - Amends TCA Title 67.

TN - SB2405 Child Abuse - As enacted, requires the department of children's services to develop instructional guidelines for child safety training programs for members of professions that frequently deal with children who may be at risk of abuse. - 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 - SB2406 Education - As introduced, requires the office of research and education accountability (OREA) to investigate and report on unauthorized grade changes occurring at public schools and public charter schools in Shelby County no later than December 31, 2018. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 3 and Title 49.

TN - SB1857 Historical Sites and Preservation - As introduced, deletes the Tennessee Heritage Protection Act of 2016; authorizes a public entity exercising control over a memorial to remove, rename, relocate, alter, or rededicate a memorial under certain conditions. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 1, Part 4; Title 4, Chapter 11; Title 5; Title 6 and Title 7.

TN - SB2483 Annexation - As introduced, redefines "notice" for purposes of municipal annexation to mean publication in a newspaper of general circulation 10 days in advance of a hearing rather than seven days. - Amends TCA Title 6, Chapter 51; Title 6, Chapter 58 and Title 13.

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 - SB2599 Driver Licenses - As introduced, under certain circumstances, authorizes issuance of a driver license, free of charge, to full-time students at postsecondary institutions who are nonresidents and have established residency in Tennessee. - Amends TCA Title 49 and Title 55, Chapter 50.

TN - SB1125 Bail, Bail Bonds - As introduced, removes convicted felons from those persons or classes prohibited from being bail bondsmen. - Amends TCA Section 40-11-128.

TN - SB1104 Public Defenders - As introduced, removes the requirement that the executive director of the district public defenders conference initiate conference calls between district public defenders. - Amends TCA Title 8, Chapter 14 and Title 16.

TN - SB2407 Election Laws - As introduced, permits the use of a photo identification card issued by this state, the United States, or an accredited postsecondary institution of education in this state for purposes of verifying the identity of an eligible voter. - Amends TCA Title 2, Chapter 7.

TN - SB1135 Election Laws - As introduced, authorizes a person to appeal to the state election commission the rejection of a provisional ballot; requires the ballot to be counted if the commission determines that the ballot was lawfully cast; requires the commission to promulgate rules establishing the procedures for an appeal. - Amends TCA Title 2.

TN - SR177 Memorials, Sports - Memphis Pride Mini Storm

TN - SB2136 Children's Services, Dept. of - As introduced, requires that, after July 1, 2018, a person have at least five years of experience in social work and one year of working with children before the department can hire the person as a child protective services investigator or case manager. - Amends TCA Title 37, Chapter 5, Part 1.

TN - SB2327 Schools, Charter - As introduced, requires public charter schools receiving identification as a priority school to develop a school improvement plan within 90 days of identification; revokes a charter school agreement or denies renewal of the agreement if the charter school remains a priority school for two consecutive cycles. - Amends TCA Section 49-13-122.

TN - SB1113 Sentencing - As introduced, removes 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. - Amends TCA Section 39-17-432.

TN - SB1112 Law Enforcement - As introduced, requires law enforcement officers to wear wide-angle body cameras that record video footage while on duty, if funded by grants, private donations, or federal funds. - Amends TCA Title 38.

TN - SB1006 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 acknowledgement 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, Part 3.

TN - SB1097 Firearms and Ammunition - As introduced, requires, subject to certain exemptions, a sale or transfer of a firearm to be done through a federally licensed gun dealer; creates a Class B misdemeanor offense for sales or transfers that are not conducted through a gun dealer. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 17, Part 13.

TN - SB2444 Drugs, Prescription - As introduced, creates sales tax of ten cents per opioid pill dispensed pursuant to prescription; collected tax to be allocated for drug education, prevention, and treatment, including drug courts. - Amends TCA Title 16, Chapter 22; Title 16, Chapter 6 and Title 67.

TN - SB1092 Local Government, General - As introduced, establishes a maximum period of three months for which a charter commission may be granted an extension to file its proposed charter with the county clerk and county election commission. - Amends TCA Title 5 and Title 6.

TN - SB2402 Domestic Violence - As introduced, requires rather than authorizes a sentencing judge to order a person committing domestic assault to complete a drug or alcohol treatment program or an available counseling program as part of the sentence. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 13, Part 1.

TN - SB2322 Physicians and Surgeons - As introduced, excludes physicians from prohibition on referring prescriptions to pharmacies in which they own an interest for prescriptions that are not Schedule II controlled substances. - Amends TCA Title 63.

TN - SB2329 Election Laws - As introduced, requires a court to impose an additional $5,000 fine for a conviction for certain prohibited election practices. - Amends TCA Title 2 and Title 40.

TN - SB2409 Taxes, Sales - As introduced, reduces the tax on the retail sale of food by 1 percent each year until it is eliminated on July 1, 2021; exempts the retail sale of food from the local option sales tax beginning July 1, 2021. - Amends TCA Title 67, Chapter 6.

TN - SB2326 Teachers, Principals and School Personnel - As introduced, requires the department of children's services to develop instructional guidelines for child safety training programs for teachers; requires teachers to complete the appropriate child safety training program prior to license issuance or renewal. - 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 - SJR385 Memorials, Recognition - Zakiyah E. Walker, Boys and Girls Clubs of Tennessee Youth of the Year StatewideThird-Place

TN - SB1119 Drugs, Prescription - As introduced, enacts the "Medical Cannabis Access Act." - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 29; Title 4, Chapter 3, Part 2; Title 39; Title 43; Title 53, Chapter 11; Title 63 and Title 68.

TN - SB1099 Fireworks - As introduced, changes the classification of criminal offense for shipment into, manufacture, possession, sale, or use within this state of "illegal ground salutes" from a Class E felony to a Class C misdemeanor. - Amends TCA Title 68, Chapter 104, Part 1.

TN - SB885 Alcoholic Beverages - As enacted, authorizes Ballet Memphis to be licensed as an urban park center for purposes of consumption of alcoholic beverages on premises. - Amends TCA Title 57, Chapter 4.

TN - SB1064 Taxes, Real Property - As introduced, requires reimbursement to a 65-year-old or older low-income taxpayer for all of the local property back taxes paid for a given year on that property that the taxpayer owned, used as the taxpayer's residence, and which residence has incurred maintenance costs that exceed $500. - Amends TCA Title 67, Chapter 5, Part 7.

TN - SB309 Firearms and Ammunition - As introduced, requires mandatory minimum sentences for certain criminal convictions involving semi-automatic firearms. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 17, Part 13.

TN - SB1122 Salaries and Benefits - As introduced, establishes a minimum wage that increases annually on July 1; provides a minimum wage for employees in the service industry who receive tips and employees that are compensated solely by gratuities; authorizes the department of labor and workforce development to promulgate rules in compliance with federal law. - Amends TCA Title 50, Chapter 2.

TN - SB1863 Sex Discrimination - As introduced, enacts the “Tennessee Pay Equality Act.” - Amends TCA Title 50.

TN - SJR819 Memorials, Sports - Memphis Pride Mini Storm

TN - SB2404 Child Abuse - As introduced, requires the department of children's services to develop instructional guidelines for child safety training programs for members of professions that frequently deal with children who may be at risk of abuse; requires the board of social worker licensure to create child safety training programs; requires licensees of the board of social worker licensure to complete the appropriate child safety training program prior to license renewal. - 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 - SB2415 Drugs, Prescription - As introduced, requires the comptroller of the treasury to study the process utilized by the state to purchase prescription drugs by looking at the role of pharmacy benefits managers, the role of co-payments in drug costs to the consumer and the state, and the desirability of a bid process approved by the general assembly; requires the comptroller to report to the health committee of the house of representatives and the health and welfare committee of the senate on or before January 15, 2019. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 8; Title 56 and Title 71.

TN - SR151 Memorials, Death - Daniel McKenzie Speer

TN - SB1141 Human Rights - As introduced, requires that all employers give their employees six weeks of paid leave for adoption, pregnancy, childbirth, or nursing an infant. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 21 and Title 50.

TN - SB1126 Child Custody and Support - As introduced, authorizes the department of human services to provide the department's recommendations regarding child support guidelines in electronic format to the civil justice committee of the house of representatives and the health and welfare committee of the senate. - Amends TCA Title 36 and Title 50.

TN - SJR447 Memorials, Interns - Checovoia Foster

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 - SJR950 Memorials, Interns - Danielle Rosser

TN - SB2083 Motor Vehicles - As introduced, prohibits owner of rental vehicles from paying traffic citations or charging additional fees against person operating the rental vehicle at the time of the alleged traffic violation; requires person operating the rental vehicle to be responsible for such payment. - Amends TCA Title 39 and Title 55.

TN - SB1491 Children - As introduced, enacts the "Infant Mortality Reduction Program Act," which creates a program for the distribution of baby boxes to parents at the birth of their child. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 36; Title 37; Title 63; Title 67; Title 68 and Title 71.

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

TN - SB2324 Domestic Violence - As introduced, requires any law enforcement officer responding to alleged domestic abuse who finds a minor may have been present during the alleged abuse to determine whether the child is a victim of abuse or neglect and, if so, report that fact to the department of children's services. - Amends TCA Title 36, Chapter 3, Part 6; Title 37, Chapter 1, Part 4 and Section 39-13-111.

TN - SB2428 Children - As introduced, adds the commissioner of children's services to the recipients who may receive disposition information from the council of juvenile and family court judges; those who may receive such information currently include properly concerned agencies and individuals, or any person upon request. - Amends TCA Title 3 and Title 37.

TN - SB2085 Child Custody and Support - As introduced, authorizes the department of children's services to reimburse certain relative caregivers that have custody of a child that is at-risk for entering state custody. - Amends TCA Title 37 and Title 71.

TN - SB2484 Salaries and Benefits - As introduced, enacts the "Transparency in School Employee Salary Act" to require online publication of salary information for employees of public schools, charter schools, charter school authorizers, and local education agencies. - Amends TCA Title 10 and Title 49.

TN - SB1130 Taxes - As introduced, requires claims for refunds of gas tax used for agricultural purposes to be submitted quarterly, instead of semiannually. - Amends TCA Title 67.

TN - SB2410 Local Government, General - As introduced, requires the comptroller of the treasury to study the feasibility of an enterprise zone pilot project in Shelby County and to report findings and recommendations to the general assembly no later than July 15, 2019. - Amends TCA Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 9; Title 13; Title 63; Title 66; Title 67; Title 68 and Title 71.

TN - SB1114 Sentencing - As introduced, makes defendants convicted for having or selling drugs in school zones eligible for parole after serving 33 percent of the defendant's sentence; eliminates the requirement that defendants serve a mandatory minimum sentence before parole eligibility. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 17.

TN - SB1093 Campaigns and Campaign Finance - As introduced, removes provision by which a candidate becomes ineligible to qualify for an election if a civil penalty has been assessed against the candidate for a violation of the financial disclosure law and has not been paid within 30 days. - Amends TCA Title 2, Chapter 10.

TN - SB1095 Salaries and Benefits - As introduced, raises the minimum wage paid to tipped employees from $2.13 to $2.50 per hour; authorizes an employer to take a tip credit toward its minimum wage obligations up to the amount permitted by federal law. - Amends TCA Title 50, Chapter 2.

TN - SB1139 Domestic Violence - As introduced, increases penalty from Class A misdemeanor to Class E felony for violation of an order of protection, possession of a firearm while subject to an order of protection, and conviction for a misdemeanor crime of domestic violence. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 13 and Title 39, Chapter 17.

TN - SB1123 General Assembly - As introduced, requires the office of legislative administration to offer for sale to members of the general assembly decommissioned electronic equipment of the general assembly prior to disposing of the equipment; requires the office to offer former members upon separation from office the option to purchase their electronic equipment. - Amends TCA Title 3, Chapter 13 and Title 12, Chapter 2.

TN - SJR546 General Assembly, Confirmation of Appointment - Kay Kelsey, State Textbook and Instructional Materials Quality Commission

TN - SB2401 Election Laws - As introduced, allows a college student registering to vote by mail to vote by absentee ballot instead of in person the first time. - Amends TCA Title 2, Chapter 6.

TN - SB2408 State Government - As introduced, urges department of general services to study functions of state government performed by a private entity pursuant to a contract with the state that is for less than $100,000 and was entered into on an open-bid basis; requires the department to report to the state and local government committee of the senate and state government committee of the house of representatives within 90 days from the conclusion of any such study. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 12 and Title 41.

TN - SB2120 Child Custody and Support - As enacted, allows a prevailing party to recover reasonable attorney's fees in a criminal or civil contempt action to enforce a decree of alimony, child support, or custody. - Amends TCA Title 36, Chapter 5.

TN - SB1419 Consumer Protection - As introduced, enacts the "Fair Debt Buying Practices Act." - Amends TCA Title 47.

TN - SB387 Beer - As introduced, decreases the privilege tax on beer from $4.29 per barrel to $1.90 per barrel; decreases the wholesale tax on beer from $35.60 per barrel to $15.77 per barrel; decreases allocation of beer tax revenue to litter programs from $0.50 to $0.23. - Amends TCA Title 57, Chapter 5 and Title 57, Chapter 6, Part 1.

TN - SB2123 Food and Food Products - As introduced, creates a task force to study the developing of initiatives to reduce the waste of food in this state. - Amends TCA Title 53 and Title 68.

TN - SB1952 Criminal Offenses - As introduced, creates the Class C misdemeanor criminal offense of hazing. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 17; Section 49-2-120 and Section 49-7-123.

TN - SB1841 Probation and Parole - As introduced, establishes guidelines for companies or agents providing electronic monitoring services when monitoring has been ordered as a condition of a release from custody; permits judges to establish rules and authorize monitoring companies to operate in a judicial district. - Amends TCA Title 40, Chapter 35, Part 1.

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

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

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

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

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

TN - SJR43 Memorials, Retirement - Louise McKown

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

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

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

TN - SJR60 Memorials, Recognition - Randy Travis

TN - SR218 Memorials, Recognition - Office of Legal Services 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 - SJR38 Memorials, Retirement - Dr. Helen James

TN - SJR23 Memorials, Death - Officer Kenny Moats

TN - SJR17 Memorials, Death - Sue Morton Swann

TN - SB991 Drugs, Prescription - As introduced, prohibits a health insurance entity from taking certain actions with respect to coverage of prescription drugs outside of open enrollment periods. - Amends TCA Title 56.

TN - SB199 Intellectual & Developmental Disabilities - As enacted, establishes the Tennessee council on autism spectrum disorder. - Amends TCA Title 4 and Title 68.

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

TN - SJR54 Memorials, Congratulations - Jenny and Dustin Ritchey, wedding

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

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 - SB48 Alcoholic Beverages - As enacted, authorizes certain historic performing arts centers to sell alcoholic beverages during a performance; authorizes the consumption of alcoholic beverages in the auditoriums of such performing arts centers. - Amends TCA Title 57, Chapter 4.

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

TN - SJR969 Memorials, Death - Ronald Lee Ermey

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

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 - SB430 Safety - As enacted, revises various provisions regarding amusement devices. - Amends TCA Title 4 and Title 68.

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 - SJR547 Memorials, Death - George Edward Buxton York

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

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

TN - SB211 Public Employees - As introduced, 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 - SJR612 Memorials, Public Service - Mark Gwyn, Director of TBI

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

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

TN - SJR306 Memorials, Death - Garry Kreis

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

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 - SB1904 Employees, Employers - As introduced, prohibits an employer in this state from discriminating against an applicant for employment or an employee on the basis of disability; requires the employer to provide a reasonable accommodation to the applicant or employee with certain exceptions; establishes procedures and remedies for disability discrimination claims. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 21.

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

TN - SJR531 Memorials, Death - Senator Joe Haynes

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

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

TN - SJR317 Memorials, Recognition - A.C. Wharton, Wilson County Agricultural Hall of Fame

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

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

TN - SJR785 Memorials, Retirement - Jess O. Hale

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

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

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

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 - SB2627 Mass Transit - As introduced, requires community engagement in development of a report detailing plans or initiatives to increase public transportation system access and service to economically disadvantaged areas within a transportation authority; requires municipalities to reassess certain delayed projects and prioritize completion if in the best interest of the community. - Amends TCA Title 7, Chapter 56, Part 1 and Title 54, Chapter 4.

TN - SJR822 Memorials, Interns - Maranda Kaufman

TN - SJR777 Memorials, Public Service - Senator Thelma Harper

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

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

TN - SJR784 Memorials, Public Service - Senator Jim Tracy

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

TN - SJR783 Memorials, Retirement - Senator Bill Ketron

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

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

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

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

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

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

TN - SJR244 Memorials, Recognition - Kimberly Faye, 2017 Nashville's Top 30 Under 30

TN - SJR729 Memorials, Public Service - Senator Mae Beavers

TN - SJR814 Memorials, Death - Dwana Pusser Garrison

TN - SJR807 Memorials, Public Service - Senator Lee Harris

TN - SJR725 Memorials, Retirement - Linda O'Neal

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 - SB747 Public Utility Commission - As enacted, renames the authority to be the public utility commission and redesignates directors as commissioners. - Amends TCA Title 2; Title 3; Title 4; Title 6; Title 7; Title 8; Title 10; Title 12; Title 13; Title 35; Title 47; Title 48; Title 64; Title 65; Title 68 and Title 71.

TN - SJR378 Memorials, Death - James Dewey Daane

TN - SJR607 Memorials, Recognition - New Olivet Baptist Church

TN - SJR826 Memorials, Recognition - Food Allergy Awareness Day, May 13, 2018

TN - SJR269 Memorials, Death - Vernon Neal

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 - SJR463 Memorials, Recognition - Ellis L. Haguewood

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

TN - SJR343 Memorials, Interns - Kiley Hoppe

TN - SJR554 General Assembly, Statement of Intent or Position - Encourages the bureau of TennCare to improve access to and quality of treatment for eligible Tennessee residents suffering from addiction to opiates and other substances by means of appropriate federal Section 1115 waiver for Medicaid services.

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

TN - SJR945 Memorials, Recognition - Jaylon Sims, Boys and Girls Clubs Youth of the Year

TN - SB1221 Revenue - As enacted, enacts the "Improving Manufacturing, Public Roads and Opportunities for a Vibrant Economy (IMPROVE) Act" or the "2017 Tax Cut Act." - Amends TCA Title 55, Chapter 4, Part 1; Title 55, Chapter 6; Title 67, Chapter 2; Title 67, Chapter 3; Title 67, Chapter 4; Title 67, Chapter 5 and Title 67, Chapter 6.

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

TN - SJR626 Memorials, Recognition - Survivors of the Holocaust

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

TN - SJR824 Memorials, Death - Paul W. Harper

TN - SJR184 Memorials, Recognition - Judge Larry E. Potter

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

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

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 - SJR577 Memorials, Professional Achievement - Jacob Wilke, John Hay Elementary School Teacher of the Year