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Track 7,740 bills from the Tennessee 2015 legislative session. 500 bills have passed. View Tennessee House of Representatives and Senate legislation, sponsors, and voting records.
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As enacted, extends the board of pharmacy two years to June 30, 2018; requires the board to appear before the government operations joint evaluation committee on education, health and general welfare no later than November 18, 2016, to provide an update on the board's progress in addressing the findings set forth in the October 2015 performance audit report issued by the division of state audit. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 29 and Title 63, Chapter 10, Part 3.
Sponsor: Jeremy Faison
As enacted, extends the board of pharmacy two years to June 30, 2018; requires the board to appear before the government operations joint evaluation committee on education, health and general welfare no later than November 18, 2016, to provide an update on the board's progress in addressing the findings set forth in the October 2015 performance audit report issued by the division of state audit. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 29 and Title 63, Chapter 10, Part 3.
Sponsor: Mike Bell
As enacted, makes appropriations for the fiscal years beginning July 1, 2015, and July 1, 2016.
Sponsor: Mark Norris
As enacted, makes appropriations for the fiscal years beginning July 1, 2015, and July 1, 2016.
Sponsor: Charles Sargent
As enacted, increases the classification of the offense statutory rape by an authority figure from a Class C felony to a Class B felony; revises certain elements of the offense. - Amends TCA Section 39-13-532.
Sponsor: Mary Littleton
As enacted, authorizes counties and cities to establish programs allowing indigent persons who have been convicted of driving while their license is suspended or revoked to complete community service in lieu of paying the fine or costs for the conviction; requires a majority vote of the applicable local legislative body to establish such a program. - Amends TCA Title 55.
Sponsor: Reginald Tate
As enacted, specifies that 10 years' experience as a wildlife officer may be substituted for the requirement of a bachelor's degree for a person to qualify for the position of wildlife officer with the wildlife resources agency. - Amends TCA Title 8 and Title 70.
Sponsor: Paul Bailey
As enacted, prohibits an authority in Hamilton County from requiring a property owner who leases residential property, the property owner's agent, or a subsequent tenant of the property to pay or to guarantee the payment of charges, penalties, or other fees owed to the authority that were incurred by a former tenant of such property owner or agent; establishes other related requirements. - Amends TCA Title 7; Title 65; Title 66 and Title 68.
Sponsor: Bo Watson
As enacted, specifies that 10 years' experience as a wildlife officer may be substituted for the requirement of a bachelor's degree for a person to qualify for the position of wildlife officer with the wildlife resources agency. - Amends TCA Title 8 and Title 70.
Sponsor: Kent Calfee
As enacted, prohibits an authority in Hamilton County from requiring a property owner who leases residential property, the property owner's agent, or a subsequent tenant of the property to pay or to guarantee the payment of charges, penalties, or other fees owed to the authority that were incurred by a former tenant of such property owner or agent; establishes other related requirements. - Amends TCA Title 7; Title 65; Title 66 and Title 68.
Sponsor: Marc Gravitt
As enacted, permits a court to dismiss or continue a nuisance action if the property owner was unaware of the nuisance prior to receiving notice and has taken steps to abate the nuisance after receiving notice. - Amends TCA Title 29, Chapter 3.
Sponsor: Johnny Shaw
As enacted, excludes from the definition of marijuana, cannabis oil containing the substance cannabidiol, with less than 0.6 percent THC, including the necessary seeds and plants, when manufactured, processed, transferred, dispensed, or possessed by certain four-year institutions of higher education in this state as part of clinical research studies on the treatment of intractable seizures, cancer, or other diseases. - Amends TCA Section 39-17-402 and Chapter 936 of the Public Acts of 2014.
Sponsor: Frank Niceley
As enacted, increases the classification of the offense statutory rape by an authority figure from a Class C felony to a Class B felony; revises certain elements of the offense. - Amends TCA Section 39-13-532.
Sponsor: Mark Norris
As enacted, permits a court to dismiss or continue a nuisance action if the property owner was unaware of the nuisance prior to receiving notice and has taken steps to abate the nuisance after receiving notice. - Amends TCA Title 29, Chapter 3.
Sponsor: Jeff Yarbro
As enacted, revises certain budgeting procedures for county governments. - Amends TCA Title 5.
Sponsor: Kelly Keisling
As enacted, requires the county mayor of each county, after taking charge of lands bought by the county at delinquent tax sales, to evaluate the property, within 90 to 120 days, and determine whether the value of the property or amount of money the county is likely to receive if the county sold the property exceeds the financial or environmental risks associated with the property; revises related provisions and establishes related requirements. - Amends TCA Title 67, Chapter 5, Part 25.
Sponsor: Ken Yager
As enacted, revises the provisions governing eligibility and funding for the community college reconnect grant. - Amends Chapter 363 of the Public Acts of 2015.
Sponsor: Mark Norris
As enacted, revises certain budgeting procedures for county governments. - Amends TCA Title 5.
Sponsor: Paul Bailey
As enacted, revises the provisions governing eligibility and funding for the community college reconnect grant. - Amends Chapter 363 of the Public Acts of 2015.
Sponsor: Gerald McCormick
As enacted, excludes from the definition of marijuana, cannabis oil containing the substance cannabidiol, with less than 0.6 percent THC, including the necessary seeds and plants, when manufactured, processed, transferred, dispensed, or possessed by certain four-year institutions of higher education in this state as part of clinical research studies on the treatment of intractable seizures, cancer, or other diseases. - Amends TCA Section 39-17-402 and Chapter 936 of the Public Acts of 2014.
Sponsor: Jeremy Faison
As enacted, requires the county mayor of each county, after taking charge of lands bought by the county at delinquent tax sales, to evaluate the property, within 90 to 120 days, and determine whether the value of the property or amount of money the county is likely to receive if the county sold the property exceeds the financial or environmental risks associated with the property; revises related provisions and establishes related requirements. - Amends TCA Title 67, Chapter 5, Part 25.
Sponsor: Kent Calfee
As enacted, authorizes counties and cities to establish programs allowing indigent persons who have been convicted of driving while their license is suspended or revoked to complete community service in lieu of paying the fine or costs for the conviction; requires a majority vote of the applicable local legislative body to establish such a program. - Amends TCA Title 55.
Sponsor: Mike Stewart
As enacted, specifies that the chair of the county election commission must be a member of the majority party, and the secretary must be a member of a minority party. - Amends TCA Title 2; Title 4; Title 5; Title 6 and Title 7.
Sponsor: Mae Beavers
As enacted, exempts compressed natural gas from sales tax in the same manner that the present law exempts motor fuel and liquified gas from sales tax. - Amends TCA Title 67, Chapter 3 and Title 67, Chapter 6.
Sponsor: Steven Dickerson
As enacted, authorizes a terminal building of a commercial air carrier airport that is a member of the Tennessee Association of Air Carrier Airports to obtain a retail license to sell certain alcoholic beverages; revises certain provisions governing delivery; authorizes the City of Elkton in Giles County to hold a referendum on the sale of wine in retail food stores; revises other provisions governing alcoholic beverages. - Amends TCA Title 57.
Sponsor: Ken Yager
As enacted, prohibits the expenditure of state funds by the University of Tennessee to promote the use of gender neutral pronouns, to promote or inhibit the celebration of religious holidays, or to fund or support sex week; specifies that all funds in the budget of the office for diversity and inclusion at UT Knoxville, for fiscal year 2016-2017, be reallocated in the university's budget and used by the university solely for scholarships to be awarded through a minority engineering scholarship program; any such funds that are not used for minority engineering scholarships in fiscal year 2016-2017 will remain in the scholarship program for use in future fiscal years. - Amends TCA Title 9 and Title 49.
Sponsor: Todd Gardenhire
As enacted, enacts the "Tennessee Native Species Lumber Act." - Amends TCA Title 5; Title 6; Title 43, Chapter 28, Part 3 and Title 68, Chapter 120.
Sponsor: Matthew Hill
As introduced, subject to local approval, expands application of the hotel motel tax to include campgrounds in which rooms, lodgings, or accommodations are furnished to transients for a consideration. - Amends Chapter 144 of the Private Acts of 1983.
Sponsor: Kelly Keisling
As introduced, subject to local approval, expands application of the hotel motel tax to include campgrounds in which rooms, lodgings, or accommodations are furnished to transients for a consideration. - Amends Chapter 144 of the Private Acts of 1983.
Sponsor: Ken Yager
As enacted, increases the amount on which property tax reimbursement will be paid from the first $23,000 to the first $23,500 for low-income, elderly homeowners and for disabled homeowners; removes the income limitation applicable for tax relief for disabled veteran homeowners. - Amends TCA Title 67, Chapter 5.
Sponsor: Doug Overbey
As enacted, requires a law enforcement officer, when the officer responds to a report of certain offenses related to domestic violence, to inform the victim of the statewide automated victim information and notification service and to provide certain informational materials, if available. - Amends TCA Title 40, Chapter 38.
Sponsor: James Kyle
As enacted, requires, upon the filing of a suit for partition of real or personal property, the parties to submit the names of three commissioners selected and agreed upon by the parties; specifies that if the parties are unable to agree, the judge will appoint three commissioners. - Amends TCA Title 29, Chapter 27.
Sponsor: Mike Bell
As enacted, reduces Hall income tax from six percent to five percent; expresses legislative intent that the tax be statutorily reduced by one percent annually beginning with the first annual session of the 110th general assembly; eliminates the tax for tax years beginning on or after January 1, 2022. - Amends TCA Title 67, Chapter 2.
Sponsor: Charles Sargent
As enacted, increases the amount on which property tax reimbursement will be paid from the first $23,000 to the first $23,500 for low-income, elderly homeowners and for disabled homeowners; removes the income limitation applicable for tax relief for disabled veteran homeowners. - Amends TCA Title 67, Chapter 5.
Sponsor: John Ragan
As enacted, requires a law enforcement officer, when the officer responds to a report of certain offenses related to domestic violence, to inform the victim of the statewide automated victim information and notification service and to provide certain informational materials, if available. - Amends TCA Title 40, Chapter 38.
Sponsor: G.A. Hardaway
As enacted, removes the random verification audit requirement; revises certain provisions governing disqualification for benefits and regaining eligibility after sickness, disability, or pregnancy. - Amends TCA Title 50, Chapter 7.
Sponsor: Andy Holt
As enacted, requires an officer who arrests a person for a DUI-related offense to exercise, after the arrest but prior to the determination of bail for the arrest, due diligence in determining the existence of prior arrests for, and violations of, DUI-related offenses. - Amends TCA Title 40.
Sponsor: Mark White
As enacted, requires, upon the filing of a suit for partition of real or personal property, the parties to submit the names of three commissioners selected and agreed upon by the parties; specifies that if the parties are unable to agree, the judge will appoint three commissioners. - Amends TCA Title 29, Chapter 27.
Sponsor: Jimmy Matlock
As enacted, prohibits the expenditure of state funds by the University of Tennessee to promote the use of gender neutral pronouns, to promote or inhibit the celebration of religious holidays, or to fund or support sex week; specifies that all funds in the budget of the office for diversity and inclusion at UT Knoxville, for fiscal year 2016-2017, be reallocated in the university's budget and used by the university solely for scholarships to be awarded through a minority engineering scholarship program; any such funds that are not used for minority engineering scholarships in fiscal year 2016-2017 will remain in the scholarship program for use in future fiscal years. - Amends TCA Title 9 and Title 49.
Sponsor: James Van Huss
As enacted, authorizes a terminal building of a commercial air carrier airport that is a member of the Tennessee Association of Air Carrier Airports to obtain a retail license to sell certain alcoholic beverages; revises certain provisions governing delivery; authorizes the City of Elkton in Giles County to hold a referendum on the sale of wine in retail food stores; revises other provisions governing alcoholic beverages. - Amends TCA Title 57.
Sponsor: Bob Ramsey
As enacted, requires that any petition regarding child custody include an affirmative statement setting out all applicable adjudications, if the petitioner knows whether a child has ever been adjudicated by a court as a dependent and neglected or abused child or whether any party to the action has ever been adjudicated by a court as the perpetrator of dependency and neglect or abuse of a minor child; authorizes court to order DCS to disclose certain information. - Amends TCA Title 36; Title 37 and Title 68.
Sponsor: James Kyle
As enacted, reduces Hall income tax from six percent to five percent; expresses legislative intent that the tax be statutorily reduced by one percent annually beginning with the first annual session of the 110th general assembly; eliminates the tax for tax years beginning on or after January 1, 2022. - Amends TCA Title 67, Chapter 2.
Sponsor: Mark Green
As enacted, enacts the "TennCare Omnibus Act of 2016". - Amends TCA Title 4 and Title 71.
Sponsor: Rusty Crowe
As enacted, expands the authority of a court to order grandparent visitation when the child is not in the custody of the parent and when the grandparent's relationship has been severely reduced. - Amends TCA Title 36, Chapter 6, Part 3.
Sponsor: Randy McNally
As enacted, exempts compressed natural gas from sales tax in the same manner that the present law exempts motor fuel and liquified gas from sales tax. - Amends TCA Title 67, Chapter 3 and Title 67, Chapter 6.
Sponsor: Kevin Brooks
As enacted, requires that any petition regarding child custody include an affirmative statement setting out all applicable adjudications, if the petitioner knows whether a child has ever been adjudicated by a court as a dependent and neglected or abused child or whether any party to the action has ever been adjudicated by a court as the perpetrator of dependency and neglect or abuse of a minor child; authorizes court to order DCS to disclose certain information. - Amends TCA Title 36; Title 37 and Title 68.
Sponsor: G.A. Hardaway
As enacted, redesignates, from nonmoving to moving, traffic violations for transmitting or reading written messages on hand-held devices while driving; requires that first offenders for transmitting or reading written messages on hand-held devices while driving attend and complete a driver education course. - Amends TCA Title 55, Chapter 8.
Sponsor: Edward Jackson
As enacted, removes the random verification audit requirement; revises certain provisions governing disqualification for benefits and regaining eligibility after sickness, disability, or pregnancy. - Amends TCA Title 50, Chapter 7.
Sponsor: Mark Green
As enacted, expands the authority of a court to order grandparent visitation when the child is not in the custody of the parent and when the grandparent's relationship has been severely reduced. - Amends TCA Title 36, Chapter 6, Part 3.
Sponsor: Jason Zachary
As enacted, requires an officer who arrests a person for a DUI-related offense to exercise, after the arrest but prior to the determination of bail for the arrest, due diligence in determining the existence of prior arrests for, and violations of, DUI-related offenses. - Amends TCA Title 40.
Sponsor: Mark Norris
As enacted, specifies that the chair of the county election commission must be a member of the majority party, and the secretary must be a member of a minority party. - Amends TCA Title 2; Title 4; Title 5; Title 6 and Title 7.
Sponsor: Mark Pody
As enacted, redesignates, from nonmoving to moving, traffic violations for transmitting or reading written messages on hand-held devices while driving; requires that first offenders for transmitting or reading written messages on hand-held devices while driving attend and complete a driver education course. - Amends TCA Title 55, Chapter 8.
Sponsor: Ron Lollar
As enacted, prohibits members of a county legislative body from voting on matters in which they have a conflict of interest; authorizes legislative bodies of any metropolitan and charter form of government to opt out. - Amends TCA Title 2; Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 8 and Title 12.
Sponsor: Mike Bell
As enacted, enacts the "Tennessee Native Species Lumber Act." - Amends TCA Title 5; Title 6; Title 43, Chapter 28, Part 3 and Title 68, Chapter 120.
Sponsor: Paul Bailey
As enacted, enacts the "TennCare Omnibus Act of 2016". - Amends TCA Title 4 and Title 71.
Sponsor: Bob Ramsey
As enacted, prohibits members of a county legislative body from voting on matters in which they have a conflict of interest; authorizes legislative bodies of any metropolitan and charter form of government to opt out. - Amends TCA Title 2; Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 8 and Title 12.
Sponsor: Courtney Rogers
Directs the commencement of legal action, seeking declaratory and injunctive relief, from the federal government's mandated appropriation of state revenue and noncompliance with the Refugee Act.
Sponsor: Ronald Ramsey
As introduced, subject to local approval, permits qualified voters in the state who own property in the city to vote in city elections. - Amends Chapter 75 of the Private Acts of 2005.
Sponsor: Debra Moody
As introduced, subject to local approval, moves the date of the city election to coincide with the August general county election; extends the four-year terms of office of the mayor and council members elected at the regular city elections held in September 2013 and September 2015 that are set to expire in 2017 and 2019, respectively. - Amends Chapter 31 of the Private Acts of 2009.
Sponsor: Terri Lynn Weaver
As enacted, enacts the "Campbell/Falk Act," which establishes the right of certain persons to petition to require a conservator to grant communication, visitation, or other interaction with the respondent. - Amends TCA Title 34, Chapter 1; Title 34, Chapter 3 and Title 71, Chapter 6, Part 1.
Sponsor: Jeremy Faison
As introduced, subject to local approval, moves the date of the city election to coincide with the August general county election; extends the four-year terms of office of the mayor and council members elected at the regular city elections held in September 2013 and September 2015 that are set to expire in 2017 and 2019, respectively. - Amends Chapter 31 of the Private Acts of 2009.
Sponsor: Mae Beavers
As introduced, subject to local approval, permits qualified voters in the state who own property in the city to vote in city elections. - Amends Chapter 75 of the Private Acts of 2005.
Sponsor: Mark Norris
As enacted, enacts the "Campbell/Falk Act," which establishes the right of certain persons to petition to require a conservator to grant communication, visitation, or other interaction with the respondent. - Amends TCA Title 34, Chapter 1; Title 34, Chapter 3 and Title 71, Chapter 6, Part 1.
Sponsor: Rusty Crowe
Adjourns 109th General Assembly sine die at close of business on April 22, 2016.
Sponsor: Mark Norris
Megan Elizabeth Holland, Valedictorian, White County High School
Sponsor: Paul Bailey
Jenna Lea Swann, Valedictorian, East Robertson High School
Sponsor: Kerry Roberts
Directs the Tennessee Commission on Aging and Disability to conduct a study on the financial exploitation of vulnerable adults.
Sponsor: Rusty Crowe
Janet R. Spraker
Sponsor: Bo Watson
Katelyn Renee Roberts, Valedictorian, Sycamore High School
Sponsor: Kerry Roberts
Malia Bennett, Fourth Top Graduate, Lewis County High School
Sponsor: Joseph Hensley
Michael Devon Watson, Boys and Girls Clubs Youth of the Year
Sponsor: Frank Niceley
Bailey Duane Barnes
Sponsor: John Stevens
Sarah Kathryn Stewart, Valedictorian, White House Heritage High School
Sponsor: Kerry Roberts
Rhett Malock Turner, Valedictorian, Waverly Central High School
Sponsor: Kerry Roberts
Dr. Bill Byrne
Sponsor: James Kyle
Life Care Center of Centerville, 2015 Bronze-Commitment to Quality Award
Sponsor: Kerry Roberts
Nathan G. Stine, Salutatorian, Stone Memorial High School
Sponsor: Paul Bailey
Thomas Allan Murphy
Sponsor: Mark Norris
Horizon Health and Rehabilitation Center, 2015 Bronze - Commitment to Quality Award
Sponsor: Janince Bowling
Shanice Mariesha White, Boys and Girls Clubs Youth of the Year
Sponsor: Lee Harris
Jeff Puckett, Deputy Director, Tennessee Bureau of Investigation
Sponsor: Randy McNally
Anna Grace Brewer, Salutatorian, Lewis County High School
Sponsor: Joseph Hensley
Macey Davis, Valedictorian, Monterey High School
Sponsor: Paul Bailey
Chelsea Machelle Fortner, Valedictorian, Waverly Central High School
Sponsor: Kerry Roberts
Cameron Reid, Salutatorian, Cheatham County Central High School
Sponsor: Kerry Roberts
Raven Lee Minyard, Valedictorian, Lewis County High School
Sponsor: Joseph Hensley
Katelyn Brianne Whicker, Boys and Girls Clubs Youth of the Year
Sponsor: Rusty Crowe
Brendon Wood, Salutatorian, Monterey High School
Sponsor: Paul Bailey
Jennifer Elliott, Wilson County Teacher of the Year
Sponsor: Mae Beavers
Savannah Leigh Broadway, Valedictorian, Dayspring Academy
Sponsor: Kerry Roberts
Blake Patrick Connolly
Sponsor: Richard Briggs
Charles Layne, Valedictorian, Tennessee Virtual Online School
Sponsor: Mae Beavers
Jacob Raymond, Tutorial Valedictorian, Heritage Christian Academy
Sponsor: Mae Beavers
Andrew Fuqua, Umbrella Valedictorian, Heritage Christian Academy
Sponsor: Mae Beavers
Joseph Riley Robinson, Salutatorian, Harpeth High School
Sponsor: Kerry Roberts
Sweetwater Nursing and Rehabilitation, 2015 Bronze - Commitment to Quality Award
Sponsor: Mike Bell
Matthew Winsett, Salutatorian, Upperman High School
Sponsor: Paul Bailey
MaKaila E. Carlisle, Boys and Girls Clubs Youth of the Year
Sponsor: Rusty Crowe
Molly Crawford
Sponsor: Randy McNally
Emory Chaple
Sponsor: Ronald Ramsey
Julia Coleman Quinn
Sponsor: Jeff Yarbro
Christian Care Center of Springfield, 2015 Bronze-Commitment to Quality Award
Sponsor: Kerry Roberts
Lions Clubs International
Sponsor: Mae Beavers
Georgia Massengill Warren
Sponsor: Ronald Ramsey
Edward G. Nelson
Sponsor: Steven Dickerson
Janet Evans
Sponsor: Ronald Ramsey
Maura Amanda Cauley, Salutatorian, Sycamore High School
Sponsor: Kerry Roberts
Chelsea Kiely, Valedictorian, Harpeth High School
Sponsor: Kerry Roberts
Samantha Lynn Drury, Valedictorian, Cheatham County Central High School
Sponsor: Kerry Roberts
Robyn A. Barnett, Boys and Girls Clubs Youth of the Year
Sponsor: John Stevens
Juan "Tony" Soto, Valedictorian, Springfield High School
Sponsor: Kerry Roberts
Bob and Florence Pitts, 50th wedding anniversary
Sponsor: Jack Johnson
Urges the development and implementation of additional specialized mental health crisis intervention training for law enforcement officers.
Sponsor: Randy McNally
Elissa Noelle Beery, Valedictorian, Christian Community Schools
Sponsor: Kerry Roberts
Aric T. Moilanen, Valedictorian, Stone Memorial High School
Sponsor: Paul Bailey
Jazsmin Robertson, Boys and Girls Clubs Youth of the Year
Sponsor: Thelma Harper
William Hancock
Sponsor: Steven Dickerson
Claudia Moody
Sponsor: Rusty Crowe
Mark A. Kinney, Boys and Girls Clubs Youth of the Year
Sponsor: Edward Jackson
Cameron T. Hamilton, Boys and Girls Clubs Youth of the Year
Sponsor: Steve Southerland
Commemorates Lao-American Three Headed Elephant Heritage and Freedom Flag in Tennessee.
Sponsor: Jim Tracy
Jordan Clark, Umbrella Valedictorian, Heritage Christian Academy
Sponsor: Mae Beavers
Cassie Nicole Tidwell, Valedictorian, Waverly Central High School
Sponsor: Kerry Roberts
Vinceia Marnia Crittenden, Boys and Girls Clubs Youth of the Year
Sponsor: Todd Gardenhire
Lauren Nicole Thomas, Seventh Top Graduate, Lewis County High School
Sponsor: Joseph Hensley
Kennedy Roberson, Boys and Girls Clubs Youth of the Year
Sponsor: Lee Harris
Macon County first responders
Sponsor: Mae Beavers
Alison Brooke Moore, Ninth Top Graduate, Lewis County High School
Sponsor: Joseph Hensley
Bill Taliaferro
Sponsor: Ronald Ramsey
Shane Wells, Tutorial Salutatorian, Heritage Christian Academy
Sponsor: Mae Beavers
Colonel James E. Stone (retired), Cannon County Veteran of the Year
Sponsor: Mae Beavers
Merle Haggard
Sponsor: Rusty Crowe
Tennessee Economic Council on Women
Sponsor: James Kyle
Jackson Hoehn Turner, Valedictorian, Waverly Central High School
Sponsor: Kerry Roberts
Mira Kimmelman
Sponsor: Randy McNally
Brandin M. Frazier, Boys and Girls Clubs Youth of the Year
Sponsor: Randy McNally
Blake Alan Pickard, Valedictorian, Waverly Central High School
Sponsor: Kerry Roberts
Requests the governor to apply for an appropriate federal waiver in order to implement the TennCare Opt Out program as a small pilot project within the TennCare program.
Sponsor: Mark Green
Diamond Antoinette Love, Boys and Girls Clubs Youth of the Year
Sponsor: Randy McNally
Kensley Nash, Valedictorian, Upperman High School
Sponsor: Paul Bailey
Olivia Cardenas, Tenth Top Graduate, Lewis County High School
Sponsor: Joseph Hensley
Madison Brianne Taylor, Boys and Girls Clubs Youth of the Year
Sponsor: Mike Bell
Webb F. Banks
Sponsor: Dolores Gresham
Colton Stout Memorial Scholarship
Sponsor: Randy McNally
Life Care Center of Copper Basin, 2015 Bronze - Commitment to Quality Award
Sponsor: Mike Bell
Vanco Health Care and Rehabilitation, 2015 Bronze - Commitment to Quality Award
Sponsor: Steven Dickerson
Allison Marie Graham, Valedictorian, Cumberland County High School
Sponsor: Paul Bailey
Michael Laverdiere
Sponsor: Mike Bell
Urges the TVA to reject a sunset provision that would require the removal of all floating homes from TVA lakes.
Sponsor: Ken Yager
Isabella Catherine Cason, Boys and Girls Clubs Youth of the Year
Sponsor: Frank Niceley
Michael Ryan Hester
Sponsor: Janince Bowling
Brandon Levier, Boys and Girls Clubs State Youth of the Year
Sponsor: Joseph Hensley
Jacob Ryan Hayes, Salutatorian, Cumberland County High School
Sponsor: Paul Bailey
Waynesboro Health and Rehabilitation Center, 2015 Bronze - Commitment to Quality Award
Sponsor: Joseph Hensley
Michael Butler, Sixth Top Graduate, Lewis County High School
Sponsor: Joseph Hensley
Chelsea Marissa Moore, Salutatorian, White County High School
Sponsor: Paul Bailey
Dr. James P. McIntyre, Jr.
Sponsor: Becky Massey
Richard "Dick" Ray, Community Leadership Award
Sponsor: Doug Overbey
Carrie Dawn Runions, Eighth Top Graduate, Lewis County High School
Sponsor: Joseph Hensley
Woodcrest at Blakeford, 2015 Bronze - Commitment to Quality Award
Sponsor: Steven Dickerson
Savanna Collie, Third Top Graduate, Lewis County High School
Sponsor: Joseph Hensley
Tim Wright
Sponsor: Becky Massey
Don Lindsey
Sponsor: Becky Massey
The Pavilion in Lebanon, 2015 Bronze - Commitment to Quality Award
Sponsor: Mae Beavers
Edward Eugene Durham
Sponsor: Joseph Hensley
Rebecca Rose Bozman, Valedictorian, Waverly Central High School
Sponsor: Kerry Roberts
Lexie Anne Carroll, Fifth Top Graduate, Lewis County High School
Sponsor: Joseph Hensley
Wendy Gisela Armenta, Boys and Girls Clubs Youth of the Year
Sponsor: Mike Bell
Whitney Smith
Sponsor: Ronald Ramsey
Adriana L. Ramos, Boys and Girls Clubs Youth of the Year
Sponsor: Steve Southerland
Tristan Blaise Miranda, Valedictorian, Greenbrier High School
Sponsor: Kerry Roberts
Harold Mitchell
Sponsor: James Kyle
Jeremy Heilig, Boys and Girls Clubs Youth of the Year
Sponsor: Doug Overbey
As enacted, authorizes the state to issue and sell bonds of up to $87.7 million.
Sponsor: Mark Norris
As enacted, specifies that the legislative branch of state government and the judicial branch of state government maintain control of the state buildings occupied predominately by the legislative branch and the judicial branch, respectively. - Amends TCA Title 3; Title 4; Title 9, Chapter 4 and Title 12.
Sponsor: Randy McNally
As enacted, revises membership of the viticulture advisory board. - Amends TCA Title 4 and Title 43, Chapter 30.
Sponsor: Bill Sanderson
As enacted, redefines "autocycle" and clarifies definitions related to the weight or engine displacement of all-terrain vehicles and autocycles; prohibits a person who is operating an autocycle from carrying a child as a passenger if the child would have to be secured in a motor vehicle, with certain exceptions. - Amends TCA Title 11; Title 47 and Title 55.
Sponsor: David Alexander
As enacted, requires the department of revenue to notify taxpayers by mail or e-mail of the amount of professional privilege tax owed, due date, and any electronic filing or payment requirement. - Amends TCA Title 67, Chapter 4, Part 17.
Sponsor: Glen Casada
As enacted, establishes a tax credit equal to 33 percent of the value of cash investments made in certain companies by an "angel investor" against the angel investor's Hall income tax liability. - Amends TCA Title 67, Chapter 2.
Sponsor: Mark Norris
As enacted, permits full-time employees of state public colleges or universities who possess handgun carry permit to carry a handgun while on property owned, operated, or controlled by the employing college or university if certain requirements are met. - Amends TCA Title 39 and Title 49.
Sponsor: Mike Bell
As enacted, changes age group to which offense of underage driving while impaired statute applies from 16–21 to 16–18 and gives judge the authority to order the issuance of a restricted license, including interlock device, to 16–18 year olds committing underage driving while impaired. - Amends TCA Title 55, Chapter 10, Part 4.
Sponsor: William Lamberth
As enacted, authorizes the state to issue and sell bonds of up to $87.7 million.
Sponsor: Charles Sargent
As enacted, revises various provisions governing certificates of need; requires certain reporting by person who provides magnetic resonance imaging services.
Sponsor: Todd Gardenhire
As enacted, imposes a reduced fee for a lifetime handgun carry permit for certain retired federal, state, and local law enforcement officers. - Amends TCA Section 39-17-1351.
Sponsor: Jim Tracy
As enacted, revises various provisions governing certificates of need; requires certain reporting by person who provides magnetic resonance imaging services.
Sponsor: Cameron Sexton
As enacted, makes confidential the identities of vendors providing the state with goods and services used to protect government property or government employee or citizen information; allows governmental entity to vote to make information about such goods and services provided to the entity confidential. - Amends TCA Title 10, Chapter 7.
Sponsor: Gerald McCormick
As enacted, changes terminology from "medication aides certified" to "medication aide"; revises training and other requirements for medication aide program. - Amends TCA Title 63, Chapter 7 and Title 68.
Sponsor: Mike Bell
As enacted, requires the department of revenue to notify taxpayers by mail or e-mail of the amount of professional privilege tax owed, due date, and any electronic filing or payment requirement. - Amends TCA Title 67, Chapter 4, Part 17.
Sponsor: John Stevens
As enacted, establishes requirements for the expunction of certain juveniles' records in cases of successful completion of informal adjustment or dismissal; allows a person adjudicated unruly to petition the juvenile court for expunction. - Amends TCA Section 37-1-153.
Sponsor: Mark Norris
As enacted, revises the criminal gang enhancement statute. - Amends TCA Title 39 and Title 40.
Sponsor: William Lamberth
As enacted, changes terminology from "medication aides certified" to "medication aide"; revises training and other requirements for medication aide program. - Amends TCA Title 63, Chapter 7 and Title 68.
Sponsor: Matthew Hill
As enacted, extends the statute of limitations for prosecution of the offenses of aggravated child abuse, or aggravated child neglect or endangerment. - Amends TCA Title 40, Chapter 2, Part 1.
Sponsor: Mark Green
As enacted, establishes a new method by which a captive insurance company may redomesticate to this state; revises provisions governing premium tax and captive insurance companies; revises other captive insurance provisions. - Amends TCA Title 56.
Sponsor: Doug Overbey
As enacted, creates the aeronautics economic development fund to be used by the department of transportation for program administration, marketing expenses, and program evaluation; authorizes the executive director of TWRA to use funds from the 1986 wetland acquisition fund to acquire the McCartt Tract and adjacent lands in Morgan County; authorizes certain fund expenditures. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 6; Title 7; Title 8; Title 9; Title 11; Title 13; Title 50; Title 65 and Title 67.
Sponsor: Bo Watson
As enacted, requires each local education agency (LEA) that provides transportation services to submit to the department the names of persons authorized to drive a school bus; requires the department to maintain a database of all those persons authorized to drive a school bus and notify the appropriate LEA if the driver license or driving privileges of a listed person have been suspended or revoked; imposes a fee of $20.00 for each school bus endorsement or renewal thereof. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 6, Part 21; Title 55, Chapter 50; Title 55, Chapter 52 and Title 71, Chapter 3, Part 5.
Sponsor: James Kyle
As enacted, sunsets the Hamilton County water and wastewater treatment authority created pursuant to this state's Water and Wastewater Treatment Authority Act, July 1, 2021; revises other provisions regarding the Act. - Amends TCA Title 68, Chapter 221, Part 6.
Sponsor: Bo Watson
As enacted, requires the department to develop procedures for identifying characteristics of dyslexia through the universal screening process required by the existing RTI2 framework or other available means; requires every LEA to implement the dyslexia screening procedures; specifies that dyslexia screening may be requested for any student by the student's parent or guardian, teacher, counselor, or school psychologist; creates the dyslexia advisory council. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 29, Part 2 and Title 49.
Sponsor: Joe Pitts
As enacted, enacts the "Rural Economic Opportunity Act of 2016"; authorizes a job tax credit for qualified business enterprises located in tier 4 enhancement counties; specifies the minimum jobs criteria and requirements to qualify for the credit; establishes the propelling rural economic progress (P.R.E.P.) fund; establishes guidelines for making grants from the P.R.E.P. fund. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 3 and Title 67, Chapter 4.
Sponsor: Gerald McCormick
As enacted, authorize TBI investigators, without a request from the district attorney general, to investigate criminal offenses related to arson and explosives. - Amends TCA Title 38, Chapter 6 and Title 68, Chapter 102.
Sponsor: Randy McNally
As enacted, revises various provisions governing the 911 fee collection practice. - Amends TCA Title 7, Chapter 86.
Sponsor: Todd Gardenhire
As enacted, revises various provisions governing the 911 fee collection practice. - Amends TCA Title 7, Chapter 86.
Sponsor: Judd Matheny
As enacted, creates the aeronautics economic development fund to be used by the department of transportation for program administration, marketing expenses, and program evaluation; authorizes the executive director of TWRA to use funds from the 1986 wetland acquisition fund to acquire the McCartt Tract and adjacent lands in Morgan County; authorizes certain fund expenditures. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 6; Title 7; Title 8; Title 9; Title 11; Title 13; Title 50; Title 65 and Title 67.
Sponsor: Patsy Hazlewood
As enacted, amends the provisions governing X-ray equipment operators. - Amends TCA Title 63, Chapter 6, Part 2.
Sponsor: Cameron Sexton
As enacted, revises provisions governing delivery and transportation of alcoholic beverages and beer. - Amends TCA Title 39 and Title 57.
Sponsor: Bill Sanderson
As enacted, eliminates an obsolete provision concerning the BEP; revises the BEP calculation; revises other related provisions. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 3, Part 3.
Sponsor: Mark Norris
As enacted, creates the Class E felony offense of manufacturing marijuana concentrate by a process which uses an inherently hazardous substance like butane; creates Class A misdemeanor of owner of premises knowingly allowing the process to occur on the premises. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 15, Part 4 and Title 39, Chapter 17, Part 4.
Sponsor: Doug Overbey
As enacted, establishes requirements for the expunction of certain juveniles' records in cases of successful completion of informal adjustment or dismissal; allows a person adjudicated unruly to petition the juvenile court for expunction. - Amends TCA Section 37-1-153.
Sponsor: Jim Coley
As enacted, revises provisions relating to the qualifications of an applicant for a license to practice medicine; authorizes the board of medical examiners to issue certain temporary licenses to practice medicine. - Amends TCA Title 63, Chapter 6.
Sponsor: Richard Briggs
As enacted, redefines, for purposes of the Election Code, "statewide political party" to mean a political party at least one of whose candidates for an office to be elected by voters of the entire state has received a number of votes equal to at least 5 percent of the total number of votes cast for gubernatorial candidates in the most recent election of governor. - Amends TCA Title 2.
Sponsor: Bill Dunn
As enacted, specifies that the legislative branch of state government and the judicial branch of state government maintain control of the state buildings occupied predominately by the legislative branch and the judicial branch, respectively. - Amends TCA Title 3; Title 4; Title 9, Chapter 4 and Title 12.
Sponsor: Kent Calfee
As enacted, revises provisions governing overweight and overdimensional loads that are permitted and nondivisible. - Amends TCA Title 55, Chapter 7.
Sponsor: Jim Tracy
As enacted, revises the criminal gang enhancement statute. - Amends TCA Title 39 and Title 40.
Sponsor: Mark Norris
As enacted, amends the provisions governing X-ray equipment operators. - Amends TCA Title 63, Chapter 6, Part 2.
Sponsor: Paul Bailey
As enacted, requires that any conduct by an inmate against a correctional officer, guard, jailer, or other full-time employee of a penal institution, local jail, or workhouse, that would constitute an assault under current law be reported by the department to the appropriate district attorney general for prosecution. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 13, Part 1 and Title 41.
Sponsor: Mike Stewart
As enacted, creates a new sentencing enhancement factor when the defendant committed the offense of robbery, aggravated robbery, or especially aggravated robbery on the premises of a licensed pharmacy in an effort to unlawfully obtain, sell, give, or exchange a controlled substance, controlled substance analogue, or other illegal drug. - Amends TCA Section 40-35-114.
Sponsor: David Shepard
As enacted, revises provisions relating to the qualifications of an applicant for a license to practice medicine; authorizes the board of medical examiners to issue certain temporary licenses to practice medicine. - Amends TCA Title 63, Chapter 6.
Sponsor: Cameron Sexton
As enacted, broadens the scope of the offense regarding a school bus driver using certain electronic devices while operating a bus with a child on board and increases the penalty for the offense. - Amends TCA Title 39 and Title 55.
Sponsor: Eddie Smith
As enacted, imposes licensure and other requirements on pain management clinics. - Amends TCA Title 63 and Title 68.
Sponsor: Randy McNally
As enacted, directs the Tennessee advisory commission on intergovernmental relations (TACIR) to study and make recommendations relative to the professional privilege tax. - Amends TCA Title 67, Chapter 4, Part 17.
Sponsor: Janince Bowling
As enacted, requires the department to develop procedures for identifying characteristics of dyslexia through the universal screening process required by the existing RTI2 framework or other available means; requires every LEA to implement the dyslexia screening procedures; specifies that dyslexia screening may be requested for any student by the student's parent or guardian, teacher, counselor, or school psychologist; creates the dyslexia advisory council. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 29, Part 2 and Title 49.
Sponsor: Dolores Gresham
As enacted, authorizes local boards of education in Pickett and Wayne counties to adopt a policy allowing the director of schools, in consultation with the principal of each school, to authorize and select employees who may carry a concealed handgun within and on the grounds of the school to which the person is assigned; establishes related requirements. - Amends TCA Title 39 and Title 49, Chapter 6.
Sponsor: Joseph Hensley
As enacted, creates a task force to study issues related to healthcare services; specifies that the task force will make a report and cease to exist by January 10, 2017. - Amends TCA Title 63, Chapter 7.
Sponsor: Jeremy Faison
As enacted, authorizes certain counties to exempt certain newer motor vehicles from emissions testing requirements. - Amends TCA Title 55, Chapter 4, Part 1; Title 55, Chapter 6 and Title 68, Chapter 201.
Sponsor: Mae Beavers
As enacted, enacts the "Right to Earn a Living Act." - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 7; Title 38; Title 62; Title 63 and Title 67.
Sponsor: Mark Green
As enacted, revises provisions governing delivery and transportation of alcoholic beverages and beer. - Amends TCA Title 39 and Title 57.
Sponsor: Jack Johnson
As enacted, enacts the "Juvenile Justice Realignment Act"; creates a task force to study new approaches to the administration of juvenile justice. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 8 and Title 37.
Sponsor: Karen Camper
As enacted, permits a court to order a qualified defendant to serve a period or periods of confinement in the local jail or workhouse not to exceed a total 30 days as a reasonable condition of judicial diversion. - Amends TCA Title 40.
Sponsor: Jack Johnson
As enacted, redefines, for purposes of the Election Code, "statewide political party" to mean a political party at least one of whose candidates for an office to be elected by voters of the entire state has received a number of votes equal to at least 5 percent of the total number of votes cast for gubernatorial candidates in the most recent election of governor. - Amends TCA Title 2.
Sponsor: Mark Norris
As enacted, enacts the "Tyler Head Law," which creates a memorial sign program for persons who died in accidents caused by drivers under the influence of drugs or alcohol. - Amends TCA Title 39; Title 54 and Title 55.
Sponsor: Kerry Roberts
As enacted, requires that any conduct by an inmate against a correctional officer, guard, jailer, or other full-time employee of a penal institution, local jail, or workhouse, that would constitute an assault under current law be reported by the department to the appropriate district attorney general for prosecution. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 13, Part 1 and Title 41.
Sponsor: Jeff Yarbro
As enacted, enacts the "Right to Earn a Living Act." - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 7; Title 38; Title 62; Title 63 and Title 67.
Sponsor: Martin Daniel
As enacted, changes date for annual sales tax holiday from the first weekend in August to the last weekend in July each year. - Amends TCA Section 67-6-393.
Sponsor: Joseph Hensley
As enacted, revises provisions governing overweight and overdimensional loads that are permitted and nondivisible. - Amends TCA Title 55, Chapter 7.
Sponsor: Pat Marsh
As enacted, revises membership of the viticulture advisory board. - Amends TCA Title 4 and Title 43, Chapter 30.
Sponsor: Frank Niceley
As enacted, requires each local education agency (LEA) that provides transportation services to submit to the department the names of persons authorized to drive a school bus; requires the department to maintain a database of all those persons authorized to drive a school bus and notify the appropriate LEA if the driver license or driving privileges of a listed person have been suspended or revoked; imposes a fee of $20.00 for each school bus endorsement or renewal thereof. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 6, Part 21; Title 55, Chapter 50; Title 55, Chapter 52 and Title 71, Chapter 3, Part 5.
Sponsor: G.A. Hardaway
As enacted, changes age group to which offense of underage driving while impaired statute applies from 16–21 to 16–18 and gives judge the authority to order the issuance of a restricted license, including interlock device, to 16–18 year olds committing underage driving while impaired. - Amends TCA Title 55, Chapter 10, Part 4.
Sponsor: Randy McNally
As enacted, eliminates an obsolete provision concerning the BEP; revises the BEP calculation; revises other related provisions. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 3, Part 3.
Sponsor: Gerald McCormick
As enacted, revises the offense of sexual contact with a minor by an authority figure to eliminate the requirement that a minor be between 13 and 18 years of age to qualify for this offense, so that a minor includes any person less than 18 years of age. - Amends TCA Title 39 and Title 40.
Sponsor: Janince Bowling
As enacted, clarifies behavior that constitutes meeting a commissioner's fiduciary responsibility. - Amends TCA Title 7, Chapter 82.
Sponsor: Patsy Hazlewood
As enacted, enacts the "Tyler Head Law," which creates a memorial sign program for persons who died in accidents caused by drivers under the influence of drugs or alcohol. - Amends TCA Title 39; Title 54 and Title 55.
Sponsor: Joe Pitts
As enacted, permits full-time employees of state public colleges or universities who possess handgun carry permit to carry a handgun while on property owned, operated, or controlled by the employing college or university if certain requirements are met. - Amends TCA Title 39 and Title 49.
Sponsor: Andy Holt
As enacted, broadens the scope of the offense regarding a school bus driver using certain electronic devices while operating a bus with a child on board and increases the penalty for the offense. - Amends TCA Title 39 and Title 55.
Sponsor: Becky Massey
As enacted, revises requirements for criminal background checks in certain health care facilities; convenes working groups on elder abuse; revises other provisions relative to abuse of certain vulnerable persons. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 33; Title 47; Title 68 and Title 71.
Sponsor: Todd Gardenhire
As enacted, enacts the "Rural Economic Opportunity Act of 2016"; authorizes a job tax credit for qualified business enterprises located in tier 4 enhancement counties; specifies the minimum jobs criteria and requirements to qualify for the credit; establishes the propelling rural economic progress (P.R.E.P.) fund; establishes guidelines for making grants from the P.R.E.P. fund. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 3 and Title 67, Chapter 4.
Sponsor: Mark Norris
As enacted, permits a court to order a qualified defendant to serve a period or periods of confinement in the local jail or workhouse not to exceed a total 30 days as a reasonable condition of judicial diversion. - Amends TCA Title 40.
Sponsor: Jeremy Durham
As enacted, creates the state horse racing advisory committee to develop recommendations for legislation related to the establishment of horse racing in this state; repeals the commission July 1, 2018. - Amends TCA Title 4.
Sponsor: Frank Niceley
As enacted, imposes licensure and other requirements on pain management clinics. - Amends TCA Title 63 and Title 68.
Sponsor: Cameron Sexton
As enacted, permits the supreme court to commission as senior judge a state trial court judge who was elected at least twice and served at least two full eight-year terms but was not reelected following the judge's most recent term of judicial service. - Amends TCA Title 17, Chapter 2, Part 3.
Sponsor: Andrew Farmer
As enacted, enacts the "Juvenile Justice Realignment Act"; creates a task force to study new approaches to the administration of juvenile justice. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 8 and Title 37.
Sponsor: Mark Norris
As enacted, increases from 30 cents to 36 cents per each person in the county the amount that each county must pay to the office of the comptroller to contribute to the expenses of audits; creates historic property land acquisition fund; makes other statutory revisions required for implementation of the annual appropriations act. - Amends Title 4; Title 5; Title 6; Title 8; Title 9; Title 10; Title 11; Title 12; Title 13; Title 16; Title 17; Title 18; Title 29; Title 33; Title 36; Title 37; Title 38; Title 39; Title 40; Title 41; Title 43; Title 45; Title 47; Title 48; Title 49; Title 50; Title 53; Title 54; Title 55; Title 56; Title 57; Title 58; Title 59; Title 60; Title 62; Title 63; Title 64; Title 65; Title 66; Title 67; Title 68; Title 69; Title 70 and Title 71.
Sponsor: Charles Sargent
As enacted, extends the statute of limitations for prosecution of the offenses of aggravated child abuse, or aggravated child neglect or endangerment. - Amends TCA Title 40, Chapter 2, Part 1.
Sponsor: Tilman Goins
As enacted, creates a task force to study issues related to healthcare services; specifies that the task force will make a report and cease to exist by January 10, 2017. - Amends TCA Title 63, Chapter 7.
Sponsor: Becky Massey
As enacted, designates Reds Ale House in Cumberland County as a premier type tourist resort for purposes of on-premises consumption of alcoholic beverages. - Amends TCA Title 57.
Sponsor: Paul Bailey
As enacted, clarifies behavior that constitutes meeting a commissioner's fiduciary responsibility. - Amends TCA Title 7, Chapter 82.
Sponsor: Mark Green
As enacted, establishes a tax credit equal to 33 percent of the value of cash investments made in certain companies by an "angel investor" against the angel investor's Hall income tax liability. - Amends TCA Title 67, Chapter 2.
Sponsor: Gerald McCormick
As enacted, permits the supreme court to commission as senior judge a state trial court judge who was elected at least twice and served at least two full eight-year terms but was not reelected following the judge's most recent term of judicial service. - Amends TCA Title 17, Chapter 2, Part 3.
Sponsor: Doug Overbey
As enacted, revises requirements for criminal background checks in certain health care facilities; convenes working groups on elder abuse; revises other provisions relative to abuse of certain vulnerable persons. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 33; Title 47; Title 68 and Title 71.
Sponsor: Dale Carr
As enacted, makes a person who commits vehicular homicide where alcohol or drugs were involved ineligible for probation. - Amends TCA Title 40, Chapter 35, Part 3.
Sponsor: Dale Carr
As enacted, directs the Tennessee advisory commission on intergovernmental relations (TACIR) to study and make recommendations relative to the professional privilege tax. - Amends TCA Title 67, Chapter 4, Part 17.
Sponsor: James Van Huss
As enacted, creates the state horse racing advisory committee to develop recommendations for legislation related to the establishment of horse racing in this state; repeals the commission July 1, 2018. - Amends TCA Title 4.
Sponsor: Jeremy Faison
As enacted, creates the Class E felony offense of manufacturing marijuana concentrate by a process which uses an inherently hazardous substance like butane; creates Class A misdemeanor of owner of premises knowingly allowing the process to occur on the premises. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 15, Part 4 and Title 39, Chapter 17, Part 4.
Sponsor: Bob Ramsey
As enacted, sunsets the Hamilton County water and wastewater treatment authority created pursuant to this state's Water and Wastewater Treatment Authority Act, July 1, 2021; revises other provisions regarding the Act. - Amends TCA Title 68, Chapter 221, Part 6.
Sponsor: Mike Carter
As enacted, authorize TBI investigators, without a request from the district attorney general, to investigate criminal offenses related to arson and explosives. - Amends TCA Title 38, Chapter 6 and Title 68, Chapter 102.
Sponsor: Steve McDaniel
As enacted, increases from 30 cents to 36 cents per each person in the county the amount that each county must pay to the office of the comptroller to contribute to the expenses of audits; creates historic property land acquisition fund; makes other statutory revisions required for implementation of the annual appropriations act. - Amends Title 4; Title 5; Title 6; Title 8; Title 9; Title 10; Title 11; Title 12; Title 13; Title 16; Title 17; Title 18; Title 29; Title 33; Title 36; Title 37; Title 38; Title 39; Title 40; Title 41; Title 43; Title 45; Title 47; Title 48; Title 49; Title 50; Title 53; Title 54; Title 55; Title 56; Title 57; Title 58; Title 59; Title 60; Title 62; Title 63; Title 64; Title 65; Title 66; Title 67; Title 68; Title 69; Title 70 and Title 71.
Sponsor: Mark Norris
As enacted, redefines "autocycle" and clarifies definitions related to the weight or engine displacement of all-terrain vehicles and autocycles; prohibits a person who is operating an autocycle from carrying a child as a passenger if the child would have to be secured in a motor vehicle, with certain exceptions. - Amends TCA Title 11; Title 47 and Title 55.
Sponsor: Steve Southerland
As enacted, makes a person who commits vehicular homicide where alcohol or drugs were involved ineligible for probation. - Amends TCA Title 40, Chapter 35, Part 3.
Sponsor: Doug Overbey
As enacted, makes confidential the identities of vendors providing the state with goods and services used to protect government property or government employee or citizen information; allows governmental entity to vote to make information about such goods and services provided to the entity confidential. - Amends TCA Title 10, Chapter 7.
Sponsor: Mark Norris
As enacted, allows the Tennessee POST commission to deny a retired law enforcement officer's application to carry as a law enforcement officer if the retired officer is prohibited from purchasing or possessing a firearm, or obtaining a handgun carry permit, or if the retired officer has certain DUI convictions. - Amends TCA Title 38, Chapter 8, Part 1.
Sponsor: Gerald McCormick
As enacted, imposes a reduced fee for a lifetime handgun carry permit for certain retired federal, state, and local law enforcement officers. - Amends TCA Section 39-17-1351.
Sponsor: Judd Matheny
As enacted, establishes a new method by which a captive insurance company may redomesticate to this state; revises provisions governing premium tax and captive insurance companies; revises other captive insurance provisions. - Amends TCA Title 56.
Sponsor: Jason Zachary
As enacted, authorizes certain counties to exempt certain newer motor vehicles from emissions testing requirements. - Amends TCA Title 55, Chapter 4, Part 1; Title 55, Chapter 6 and Title 68, Chapter 201.
Sponsor: Mark Pody
As enacted, revises various workers' compensation and drug-free workplace provisions. - Amends TCA Title 50, Chapter 6 and Title 50, Chapter 9.
Sponsor: Susan Lynn
As enacted, revises various workers' compensation and drug-free workplace provisions. - Amends TCA Title 50, Chapter 6 and Title 50, Chapter 9.
Sponsor: Mark Norris
As enacted, creates a new sentencing enhancement factor when the defendant committed the offense of robbery, aggravated robbery, or especially aggravated robbery on the premises of a licensed pharmacy in an effort to unlawfully obtain, sell, give, or exchange a controlled substance, controlled substance analogue, or other illegal drug. - Amends TCA Section 40-35-114.
Sponsor: Ferrell Haile
As enacted, revises the offense of sexual contact with a minor by an authority figure to eliminate the requirement that a minor be between 13 and 18 years of age to qualify for this offense, so that a minor includes any person less than 18 years of age. - Amends TCA Title 39 and Title 40.
Sponsor: Jim Coley
As enacted, specifies that local governments may authorize an animal control agency to seize or take into custody any dog found trespassing on the premises of another person. - Amends TCA Section 44-8-408.
Sponsor: Barry Doss
As enacted, changes date for annual sales tax holiday from the first weekend in August to the last weekend in July each year. - Amends TCA Section 67-6-393.
Sponsor: David Hawk
As enacted, designates Reds Ale House in Cumberland County as a premier type tourist resort for purposes of on-premises consumption of alcoholic beverages. - Amends TCA Title 57.
Sponsor: Cameron Sexton
As enacted, specifies that local governments may authorize an animal control agency to seize or take into custody any dog found trespassing on the premises of another person. - Amends TCA Section 44-8-408.
Sponsor: Jack Johnson
As enacted, allows the Tennessee POST commission to deny a retired law enforcement officer's application to carry as a law enforcement officer if the retired officer is prohibited from purchasing or possessing a firearm, or obtaining a handgun carry permit, or if the retired officer has certain DUI convictions. - Amends TCA Title 38, Chapter 8, Part 1.
Sponsor: Mark Norris
As enacted, authorizes local boards of education in Pickett and Wayne counties to adopt a policy allowing the director of schools, in consultation with the principal of each school, to authorize and select employees who may carry a concealed handgun within and on the grounds of the school to which the person is assigned; establishes related requirements. - Amends TCA Title 39 and Title 49, Chapter 6.
Sponsor: David Byrd
As enacted, redefines "medium speed vehicle" to include vehicles that have a top speed greater than 30 mph, but whose maximum speed allowed is 35 mph only on streets with a 40 mph or less posted speed limit. - Amends TCA Title 55.
Sponsor: Frank Niceley
As enacted, removes termination date of July 1, 2016, from the County Bridge Relief Act of 2014; permanently authorizes counties to use an unexpended balance of state-aid bridge grant funds to pay the local share of project costs for replacing or improving county bridges. - Amends TCA Section 54-4-507.
Sponsor: Ken Yager
As enacted, revises provisions governing the information report submitted by retailers to the commissioner of revenue regarding the sales of certain products. - Amends TCA Title 67, Chapter 6, Part 4.
Sponsor: Mark Norris
As enacted, extends to all local governments the authorization that county governments currently have to use local funds to rehabilitate or maintain dilapidated or abandoned cemeteries that do not maintain a sufficient improvement care trust fund or are not maintained adequately. - Amends TCA Title 46, Chapter 2, Part 1.
Sponsor: Paul Bailey
As enacted, enacts the "Tennessee Student Assessment Transparency Act". - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 6, Part 60.
Sponsor: Mark Norris
As enacted, revises various provisions governing licensure and certification for barbers and cosmetologists, including redefining "cosmetology" to include shampooing and natural hairstyling. - Amends TCA Title 62, Chapter 3 and Title 62, Chapter 4.
Sponsor: Antonio Parkinson
As enacted, authorizes the City of Spring Hill to levy a privilege tax upon the privilege of occupancy by a 2/3 vote of its governing body; amount of tax not to exceed three percent of the consideration charged by the operator; proceeds to be used solely for tourism development purposes. - Amends TCA Section 67-4-1425.
Sponsor: Jack Johnson
As enacted, authorizes a county mayor to sell land held by the county due to delinquent taxes during the redemption period under certain conditions; reduces the amount of time a tax must be due on abandoned property before the tax lien can be enforced from two years to one year; makes other related changes. - Amends TCA Title 13, Chapter 30 and Title 67, Chapter 5.
Sponsor: Mark Norris
As enacted, revises provisions governing the garnishment of earnings; changes references from garnishment of "salaries, wages or other compensation" to garnishment of "earnings". - Amends TCA Title 26, Chapter 2 and Title 29, Chapter 7.
Sponsor: Jim Tracy
As enacted, permits a physician or osteopathic physician to prescribe, order, or otherwise distribute, for the purpose of treating binge eating disorder, a drug that is approved by the FDA for that indication. - Amends TCA Title 63, Chapter 6.
Sponsor: Bryan Terry
As enacted, enacts the "Public Safety Act of 2016." - Amends TCA Title 36, Chapter 3, Part 6; Title 39, Chapter 13, Part 1; Title 39, Chapter 14, Part 1; Title 40, Chapter 28; Title 40, Chapter 35 and Title 41, Chapter 1, Part 4.
Sponsor: Mark Norris
As enacted, authorizes the classifying as confidential and not subject to disclosure, except by court order, the records held by a city whose primary industry is tourism that address a specific amount of money expended in a given market for digital or traditional media or that address the specific detail of targeted audiences identified for marketing purposes. - Amends TCA Title 6, Chapter 54, Part 2.
Sponsor: Doug Overbey
As enacted, punishes sixth offense DUI as a Class C felony; clarifies "prior convictions" for purposes of enhancing a DUI sentence; removes Class E felony designation for third or subsequent conviction for simple possession or casual exchange of a controlled substance in certain situations; removes mandatory 24-hour litter removal requirement for first DUI offenders. - Amends TCA Title 39; Title 40 and Title 55.
Sponsor: Randy McNally
As enacted, enacts the "Tennessee Prescription Safety Act of 2016," which revises regulation of controlled substances; makes permanent most all of the changes made under the Tennessee Prescription Safety Act of 2012, and revises and enacts other provisions. - Amends TCA Title 53, Chapter 10; Title 63, Chapter 1; Chapter 791 of the Public Acts of 2014 and Chapter 880 of the Public Acts of 2012.
Sponsor: Mark Norris
As enacted, authorizes zoning consideration of temporary family healthcare structures; adds a requirement that, as part of the plan to expand cost-effective community-based residential alternatives to institutional care as required by the Long-Term Care Community Choices Act of 2008, the bureau of TennCare must seek written guidance from the centers for Medicare and Medicaid services regarding whether a temporary family healthcare structure may be covered in whole or in part under the program established by the Long-Term Care Community Choices Act of 2008. - Amends TCA Title 13; Title 68 and Title 71.
Sponsor: Andrew Farmer
As enacted, removes the exclusion of petitioners who are victims of sexual assault or stalking from the provisions whereby an order of protection may direct the respondent to vacate home shared with the petitioner or to provide suitable housing alternative for the petitioner. - Amends TCA Title 36, Chapter 3, Part 6.
Sponsor: Steven Dickerson
As enacted, prohibits certain persons engaged in the business of towing or storing motor vehicles from charging a storage fee for any day on which the vehicle is not available for release to the owner, lienholder, or insurer, unless such failure to release is based on a hold placed on the vehicle by law enforcement; requires such businesses to release the vehicle to the insurer or lienholder, or an authorized agent or representative, upon the insurer's or lienholder's payment of reasonable charges due, without requiring additional consent from the owner of the vehicle. - Amends TCA Title 47; Title 55, Chapter 23 and Title 66.
Sponsor: Jim Tracy
As enacted, revises provisions governing witness signatures on certain wills. - Amends TCA Title 32.
Sponsor: William Lamberth
As enacted, revises provisions governing penalties imposed on server permit holders for certain violations; requires any employee, representative, or agent of a permittee whose duties include verifying that a person is 21 years of age or older for the purpose of authorizing the person access to the premises of the permittee to require each person seeking access to the premises whose physical appearance does not reasonably demonstrate an age of 50 years or older to present a valid, government-issued document or other acceptable form of identification that includes the photograph and birth date of the person. - Amends TCA Section 57-1-201; Section 57-3-204; Section 57-3-704; Section 57-3-706; Section 57-3-818 and Title 57, Chapter 5, Part 6.
Sponsor: Steven Dickerson
As introduced, subject to local approval, revises allocation of occupancy tax proceeds from 22.28 percent to the city of Spencer and 77.72 percent to the county trustee, to 16 percent to the city of Spencer and 84 percent to the county trustee. - Amends Chapter 168 of the Private Acts of 1984; as amended.
Sponsor: Cameron Sexton
As enacted, authorizes the exclusion of residents of correctional institutions from being considered in reapportionment. - Amends TCA Title 5 and Title 41.
Sponsor: Terri Lynn Weaver
As enacted, revises the present law provisions governing overtaking on the right in regard to the operation of mass transit buses on shoulders and rights-of-way. - Amends TCA Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 9; Title 54; Title 55; Title 64 and Title 65.
Sponsor: Jeff Yarbro
As enacted, specifies that a person who authorizes the practice of teledentistry will be deemed to be practicing dentistry and subject to requirements governing dentistry; requires dentists who deliver services using teledentistry to establish protocols for the practice; enacts other provisions governing teledentistry. - Amends TCA Title 63.
Sponsor: Jeff Yarbro
As introduced, subject to local approval, amends charter relative to the appointment of city officers by the city council, in addition to residency requirements, tenure, salaries, and termination provisions for such officers; specifies that the removal of the mayor, aldermen, and recorder shall be conducted in accordance with the general law; authorizes city attorney to accept service of process on behalf of the city. - Amends Chapter 67 of the Private Acts of 1953; as amended.
Sponsor: Ferrell Haile
As enacted, requires the commissioner to submit a report to the health and welfare committee of the senate and the health committee of the house concerning the feasibility of a pilot program for one county that seeks to address overcrowding in jails and correction institutions by providing diversionary or transitional services that include mental health services and supports, substance abuse treatment and counseling, health care, and employment and housing supports. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 33; Title 40; Title 41; Title 50 and Title 71.
Sponsor: Art Swann
As enacted, creates the community cemetery grant fund; provisions to be repealed July 1, 2019. - Amends TCA Title 46.
Sponsor: Bill Dunn
As enacted, authorizes the clerk in any court where electronic filing, signing, or verification of papers is authorized by court rule to assess a transaction fee for each filing submitted on an individual basis or by use of an annual subscription fee. - Amends TCA Title 8, Chapter 21, Part 4.
Sponsor: Dawn White
As enacted, changes various references from "curriculum" to "standards" in present law in order to clarify that the state board of education is responsible for academic standards and local boards are responsible for curriculum. - Amends TCA Title 49.
Sponsor: Sheila Butt
As enacted, authorizes local governments to enter cooperative purchasing agreements with federal agencies; excludes certain purchases. - Amends TCA Section 12-3-1205.
Sponsor: Mark Green
As enacted, requires all LEAs using the uniform grading system for lottery scholarship purposes, and another grading system based on quality points for other purposes, to award additional quality points for honors and other advanced courses uniformly. - Amends TCA Title 49.
Sponsor: Tilman Goins
As enacted, renames the Four Lake regional industrial development authority to the Tennessee central economic authority. - Amends TCA Section 4-29-239; Title 64, Chapter 5, Part 2 and Title 67, Chapter 9, Part 1.
Sponsor: Terri Lynn Weaver
As enacted, requires the department of education, when publishing the list of priority schools, to list all schools in the state in order by success rate from the highest to the lowest; and list all schools in each county and each LEA in order by success rate from the highest to the lowest. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 1, Part 6.
Sponsor: Reginald Tate
As enacted, authorizes any nonprofit organization owning any vehicle that may be legally operated upon the streets or highways of this state with a regular vehicle registration to operate or move, through an authorized agent or employee, the vehicle upon any highway of the state without registering the vehicle; requires display of a special purpose plate issued to the owner. - Amends TCA Title 55, Chapter 4, Part 2.
Sponsor: Susan Lynn
As enacted, allows Holston Hills Country Club in Knox County to serve and sell alcoholic beverages for consumption on premises; designates the Orpheum Theater's Halloran Center as a "historic performing arts center" for purposes of on-premises consumption of alcoholic beverages; authorizes Porter Inn in Nashville to serve alcoholic beverages for on-premises consumption. - Amends TCA Title 57, Chapter 4, Part 1.
Sponsor: Joe Armstrong
As enacted, creates a task force to identify causes for balance billing and recommend legislative solutions to protect consumers from balance billing by healthcare providers. - Amends TCA Title 8; Title 56; Title 63; Title 68 and Title 71.
Sponsor: Jeremy Faison
As enacted, authorizes the classifying as confidential and not subject to disclosure, except by court order, the records held by a city whose primary industry is tourism that address a specific amount of money expended in a given market for digital or traditional media or that address the specific detail of targeted audiences identified for marketing purposes. - Amends TCA Title 6, Chapter 54, Part 2.
Sponsor: Dale Carr
As introduced, subject to local approval, makes various revisions to the charter of Jamestown, including amending the qualifications of voters, the manner of holding elections, and the administrative organization of the city court. - Amends Chapter 54 of the Private Acts of 1959; as amended.
Sponsor: Ken Yager
As enacted, redefines industrial hemp under the Tennessee Right to Farm Act, and revises other provisions of the Act. - Amends TCA Title 39; Title 43 and Chapter 936 of the Public Acts of 2014.
Sponsor: Jeremy Faison
As enacted, allows stickers for disabled drivers' license plates to be affixed on any license plate, instead of only on new specialty earmarked plates. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 8; Title 54; Title 55 and Title 67.
Sponsor: Jim Tracy
As enacted, requires accountable care organizations to establish a clinical laboratory testing advisory board. - Amends TCA Title 56 and Title 68, Chapter 29.
Sponsor: Doug Overbey
As enacted, makes various changes to the offense of stalking, including redefining "course of conduct". - Amends TCA Title 20, Chapter 14; Title 36, Chapter 3, Part 6 and Title 39.
Sponsor: Jim Coley
As enacted, encourages TBI to develop an activation card for law enforcement use in connection with the missing citizen alert program to help locate missing citizens who have wandered due to dementia or physical impairment. - Amends TCA Section 38-6-121.
Sponsor: Randy McNally
As enacted, enacts the "Health Care Empowerment Act". - Amends TCA Title 56; Title 63; Title 68 and Title 71.
Sponsor: Kerry Roberts
As enacted, creates the offense of unlawful exposure, which is committed when a person distributes a private image of the intimate parts of another with the intent to cause emotional distress and the depicted person suffers emotional distress. - Amends TCA Title 39.
Sponsor: G.A. Hardaway
As enacted, requires the commissioner of children's services to report annually to the governor, the chief clerk of the senate, and the chief clerk of the house on probation and juvenile justice evidence-based treatment services; requires other reporting by juvenile court clerks. - Amends TCA Title 37.
Sponsor: Mark Norris
As introduced, subject to local approval, abolishes office of city recorder; authorizes board to set city judge's compensation above $100 per month. - Amends Chapter 35 of the Private Acts of 1915; as amended.
Sponsor: Ryan Williams
As introduced, subject to local approval, designates the department of public works as the department of public works and public utilities; authorizes the mayor to exercise control over the divisions of the department. - Amends Chapter 568 of the Private Acts of 1939; as amended.
Sponsor: Ferrell Haile
As introduced, subject to local approval, requires approval of the board of mayor and aldermen for personnel decisions of the mayor. - Amends Chapter 94 of the Private Acts of 1993.
Sponsor: Dan Howell
As enacted, establishes an online voter registration system beginning July 1, 2017. - Amends TCA Title 2, Chapter 2, Part 1.
Sponsor: Gerald McCormick
As enacted, deletes an exemption for Washington County from the general law governing procedures for amending a county budget. - Amends TCA Title 5, Chapter 9, Part 4.
Sponsor: Rusty Crowe
As enacted, clarifies what items a manufacturer may use when having tastings on premises; enacts other tasting-related provisions; revises provisions governing permits to solicit orders. - Amends TCA Section 57-3-202.
Sponsor: Bill Ketron
As enacted, authorizes a soil conservation district and the supervisors of the district, subject to the approval of the commissioner of agriculture, to borrow money for certain purposes. - Amends TCA Section 5-9-106; Title 9, Chapter 21 and Title 43.
Sponsor: John Windle
As enacted, reduces the fee for lifetime handgun carry permit, effective January 1, 2017, from $500 to be an amount equal to the regular carry permit fee plus $200, which under present law will equal $300 for the lifetime permit. - Amends TCA Section 39-17-1351.
Sponsor: Mae Beavers
As enacted, authorizes the Town of Dandridge to levy a privilege tax upon the privilege of occupancy by a 2/3 vote of its governing body. - Amends TCA Title 67, Chapter 4, Part 14.
Sponsor: Frank Niceley
As enacted, extends the statute of limitation for aggravated statutory rape committed on or after July 1, 2016, from four years to 15 years from the date the victim becomes 18 years of age. - Amends TCA Title 39 and Title 40, Chapter 2.
Sponsor: Todd Gardenhire
As enacted, specifies that no fee may be charged for the interment of an eligible veteran in a state veterans' cemetery and limits the fee to $610 for the interment of an eligible veteran's spouse. - Amends TCA Title 46, Chapter 6.
Sponsor: Lee Harris
As enacted, revises provisions governing coverage of telehealth services. - Amends TCA Section 56-7-1002.
Sponsor: Cameron Sexton
As enacted, revises various provisions governing TCRS including clarifying that the transfer of funds from the stabilization reserve trust account is not a maximum unfunded liability cost and revising provisions concerning TCRS investments. - Amends TCA Section 3-9-103; Title 8, Chapter 25; Title 8, Chapter 34; Title 8, Chapter 35; Title 8, Chapter 36; Title 8, Chapter 37 and Section 26-2-105.
Sponsor: Randy McNally
As enacted, prohibits any NPDES permit that is issued to a municipal separate storm sewer system ("MS4") administrator in this state from imposing post-construction stormwater requirements, except to the extent necessary to comply with the minimum requirements of federal law; prohibits the state from requiring any entity that administers a MS4 under an NPDES permit to impose control measures for post-construction stormwater that exceed the minimum requirements of federal law; enacts other related provisions. - Amends TCA Title 69, Chapter 3, Part 1.
Sponsor: Steve Southerland
As enacted, prohibits law enforcement officers of this state and its political subdivisions from enforcing provisions of international law and treaties that limit gun rights under Article I, Section 26 of the state constitution. - Amends TCA Title 38 and Title 39, Chapter 17, Part 13.
Sponsor: John Windle
As enacted, authorizes the commissioner of health to complete a comprehensive state oral health plan by January 1, 2017, and to submit the plan to the federal centers for disease control and prevention and to the general assembly. - Amends TCA Title 68.
Sponsor: Jeff Yarbro
As introduced, subject to local approval, makes various revisions to the charter of Jamestown, including amending the qualifications of voters, the manner of holding elections, and the administrative organization of the city court. - Amends Chapter 54 of the Private Acts of 1959; as amended.
Sponsor: John Windle
As introduced, subject to local approval, rewrites city charter. - Amends Chapter 754 of the Private Acts of 1947; as amended.
Sponsor: Jim Tracy
As enacted, allows employees authorized by the Tennessee state veterans' homes board to solicit donations for the improvement of existing homes or for future construction of new homes. - Amends TCA Section 58-7-103.
Sponsor: Mark Norris
As enacted, requires all LEAs using the uniform grading system for lottery scholarship purposes, and another grading system based on quality points for other purposes, to award additional quality points for honors and other advanced courses uniformly. - Amends TCA Title 49.
Sponsor: Steve Southerland
As enacted, authorizes the department of finance and administration to manage online payments to state government; authorizes the charging of additional fees to cover the cost of accepting online payments; clarifies that an online payment through the state portal does not discharge an obligation to the state until the state receives actual final payment. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 3, Part 10.
Sponsor: Gerald McCormick
As enacted, revises eligibility requirements for home school students and students who graduate from an ineligible high school to receive the general assembly merit scholarship. - Amends TCA Section 49-4-916.
Sponsor: Mike Bell
As enacted, authorizes the use of the ignition interlock fund to assist with the costs of other monitoring devices; renames the fund the "DUI monitoring fund" and limits the amounts to be expended from the fund; revises provisions governing service of a sentence for a DUI conviction in an alternative facility. - Amends TCA Title 40 and Title 55.
Sponsor: Doug Overbey
As enacted, establishes requirements regarding the disposition of aborted fetuses and fetal tissue, including reporting requirements and requirements for interim inspections of and certain reporting by facilities where surgical abortions are performed. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 15, Part 2 and Title 68.
Sponsor: Mark Norris
As enacted, authorizes a qualified physician assistant to evaluate and provide care to a youth athlete who suffered, or is suspected to have suffered, a concussion or head injury during the course of a school youth athletic activity. - Amends TCA Section 68-55-501.
Sponsor: Timothy Hill
As enacted, creates a nine-member task force to make recommendations for statutory changes to protect the state's wildlife and waterways against any detrimental effects of invasive Asian carp. - Amends TCA Title 67; Title 69 and Title 70.
Sponsor: Mark Green
As enacted, authorizes, in Williamson County, the clerks of special juvenile courts and courts of general sessions having juvenile court jurisdiction to collect $75.00 from any person whose case is adjudicated in various instances; designates the fees collected from such adjudications to be used exclusively for the creation and maintenance of new juvenile court facilities; requires vote of legislative body. - Amends TCA Title 8, Chapter 21; Title 16 and Title 37.
Sponsor: Charles Sargent
As enacted, changes the title of advanced practice nurses to advanced practice registered nurses. - Amends TCA Section 24-9-101; Section 49-2-124; Section 53-10-104; Section 53-10-302; Section 53-11-309; Section 56-32-137; Section 56-7-2408; Section 63-1-109; Section 63-1-301; Section 63-1-313; Section 63-10-204; Section 63-10-217; Section 63-10-505; Section 63-10-506; Title 63, Chapter 29; Section 63-51-102; Section 63-6-244; Section 63-6-802; Title 63, Chapter 7; Section 63-9-121; Section 68-1-128; Section 68-11-224; Section 68-2-601 and Section 71-5-1414.
Sponsor: Steve Southerland
As enacted, enacts the "Public Safety Act of 2016." - Amends TCA Title 36, Chapter 3, Part 6; Title 39, Chapter 13, Part 1; Title 39, Chapter 14, Part 1; Title 40, Chapter 28; Title 40, Chapter 35 and Title 41, Chapter 1, Part 4.
Sponsor: Gerald McCormick
As enacted, revises provisions governing liens under the Tennessee Condominium Act of 2008. - Amends TCA Title 66, Chapter 27.
Sponsor: Ron Travis
As enacted, enacts the “Emergency Medical Services Personnel Licensure Compact.” - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 29 and Title 68, Chapter 140.
Sponsor: Joseph Hensley
As enacted, authorizes Davidson County and municipalities located in Sullivan County to prohibit, by local ordinance, smoking on the grounds of a swimming pool or outdoor amphitheater owned or operated by the local government. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 17.
Sponsor: Steven Dickerson
As enacted, specifies that marijuana concentrates and oils are included in the definition of marijuana. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 17, Part 4.
Sponsor: Mike Sparks
As enacted, specifies that educational institutions exempt from registering with the division of charitable solicitations, includes institutions that are approved by the local board of education, the ASD, or the state board of education; extends certain renewal of registration filings for an additional 60 days. - Amends TCA Title 48, Chapter 101.
Sponsor: Ken Yager
As enacted, requires that bonds issued by the state funding board be sold in such manner and at such times as may be approved by the board rather than requiring those bonds to be sold at public sale or, at the discretion of the board and until June 30, 2016, at private sale; deletes provisions requiring the board to report periodically to the finance committees of the general assembly as to the terms and method of sale of bonds sold until June 30, 2016. - Amends TCA Section 9-9-205.
Sponsor: Steve McManus
As enacted, revises various provisions of law regarding adoption, including provisions governing termination of parental rights, abandonment, and surrender. - Amends TCA Title 36.
Sponsor: Jeff Yarbro
As introduced, pursuant to the request of the Gibson County special school district, permits the district to issue bonds or notes in an amount of $18,500,000 or less and to issue bond, revenue, and grant anticipation notes; increases the special school district tax rate by 40 cents per $100 to pay debt service. - Amends Chapter 62 of the Private Acts of 1981.
Sponsor: John Stevens
As enacted, authorizes local boards of education to admit pupils from outside their respective local school systems at any time without the approval of the previous LEA; adds that in cases where an LEA has created a regional school with a specific focus on STEM, local BEP school funds will also follow the student into the LEA to which the student is transferring and no tuition may be charged by the receiving LEA; revises other related provisions. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 6; Title 49, Chapter 1; Title 49, Chapter 2 and Title 49, Chapter 3.
Sponsor: Becky Massey
As enacted, requires that all biological evidence collected for a criminal offense or offenses in which one or more of the defendants received a sentence of death based upon the same criminal acts, whether the defendants were tried separately or together, be preserved until all defendants receiving a death sentence based on the same conduct are executed, otherwise die, or all related charges for which the defendants were convicted are dismissed. - Amends TCA Title 24; Title 39 and Title 40.
Sponsor: Steven Dickerson
As enacted, extends the nursing home assessment by one year; revises certain long-term care provisions. - Amends TCA Title 68 and Title 71.
Sponsor: Curtis Johnson
As enacted, enacts the "Pawnbroker Restitution Act"; clarifies that a pawnbroker is not required to relinquish an item to a claimant without a court order; revises other pawnbroker provisions. - Amends TCA Title 45, Chapter 6.
Sponsor: Dennis Powers
As enacted, authorizes Davidson County and municipalities located in Sullivan County to prohibit, by local ordinance, smoking on the grounds of a swimming pool or outdoor amphitheater owned or operated by the local government. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 17.
Sponsor: Jon Lundberg
As enacted, releases a surety on a defendant's forfeited bond when the defendant is arrested on a capias and the bond was forfeited after the defendant did not comply with conditions of the bond. - Amends TCA Section 40-11-139.
Sponsor: Frank Niceley
As enacted, redefines "medium speed vehicle" to include vehicles that have a top speed greater than 30 mph, but whose maximum speed allowed is 35 mph only on streets with a 40 mph or less posted speed limit. - Amends TCA Title 55.
Sponsor: Timothy Hill
As enacted, restructures the board of regents; establishes state university boards of trustees; makes other changes necessary to effectuate the restructuring; revises the composition of the Tennessee higher education commission - Amends TCA Section 12-3-102; Title 49, Chapter 7; Title 49, Chapter 8 and Title 49, Chapter 9.
Sponsor: Mark Norris
As introduced, subject to local approval, amends charter relative to the appointment of city officers by the city council, in addition to residency requirements, tenure, salaries, and termination provisions for such officers; specifies that the removal of the mayor, aldermen, and recorder shall be conducted in accordance with the general law; authorizes city attorney to accept service of process on behalf of the city. - Amends Chapter 67 of the Private Acts of 1953; as amended.
Sponsor: William Lamberth
As enacted, specifies that if domestic abuse is the underlying offense for which a tenancy is terminated, only the perpetrator may be evicted; enacts other provisions governing and domistic violence. - Amends TCA Title 29; Title 36 and Title 66.
Sponsor: Mark Norris
As enacted, enacts the "Maternal Mortality Review and Prevention Act of 2016". - Amends TCA Title 68.
Sponsor: James Kyle
As enacted, prohibits any NPDES permit that is issued to a municipal separate storm sewer system ("MS4") administrator in this state from imposing post-construction stormwater requirements, except to the extent necessary to comply with the minimum requirements of federal law; prohibits the state from requiring any entity that administers a MS4 under an NPDES permit to impose control measures for post-construction stormwater that exceed the minimum requirements of federal law; enacts other related provisions. - Amends TCA Title 69, Chapter 3, Part 1.
Sponsor: Curtis Halford
As enacted, revises provisions governing witness signatures on certain wills. - Amends TCA Title 32.
Sponsor: Ferrell Haile
As enacted, replaces requirement that individual physician's offices and practices register as medical spas with a requirement that any physician-owned practice that advertises or holds itself out as a medical spa or a physician-owned practice that primarily engages in the performance of elective cosmetic medical services must register as a medical spa. - Amends TCA Section 63-6-105.
Sponsor: Bryan Terry
As enacted, urges the Tennessee Valley Authority to take steps to reopen the bridge spanning the confluence of the Caney Fork and Collins Rivers, which is commonly known as the Great Falls Dam, for thoroughfare traffic connecting White and Warren counties. - Amends TCA Title 54 and Title 55.
Sponsor: Janince Bowling
As enacted, enacts the "Slow Poke Law," which prohibits the operation of vehicles in the left lane of interstates and multilane divided highways, except for passing and other purposes. - Amends TCA Title 55, Chapter 8.
Sponsor: Dan Howell
As enacted, creates the Tennessee Tri-Star General Award, to be awarded by the governor to distinguished individuals who have a record of outstanding service to this state or a local subdivision of this state. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 8 and Title 58.
Sponsor: Kelly Keisling
As enacted, permits a student with a documented learning disability who is unable to take 12 semester hours as required for the Tennessee Promise scholarship to be eligible for the scholarship. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 4.
Sponsor: Johnnie Turner
As enacted, specifies that marijuana concentrates and oils are included in the definition of marijuana. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 17, Part 4.
Sponsor: Mae Beavers
As introduced, subject to local approval, removes the requirement that all joint ownership arrangements of the Cookeville regional medical center authority be on city owned property; requires all joint ownership arrangements to be approved by the city council of the City of Cookeville. - Amends Chapter 49 of the Private Acts of 1999; as amended.
Sponsor: Paul Bailey
As enacted, increases from $750 to $1,000 the maximum amount payable by the criminal injuries compensation fund for the provision of forensic medical examinations performed on victims of sexually oriented crimes. - Amends TCA Section 29-13-118.
Sponsor: James Kyle
As enacted, enacts provisions governing nonresidential office-based opioid treatment facilities and nonresidential opioid treatment programs. - Amends TCA Title 33, Chapter 2 and Title 68, Chapter 11.
Sponsor: Dennis Powers
As enacted, reduces the fee for lifetime handgun carry permit, effective January 1, 2017, from $500 to be an amount equal to the regular carry permit fee plus $200, which under present law will equal $300 for the lifetime permit. - Amends TCA Section 39-17-1351.
Sponsor: Mark Pody
As enacted, revises references to criminal offenses in the expunction provisions to conform to changes made to those criminal offenses by the Public Safety Act of 2016. - Amends TCA Title 39 and Title 40.
Sponsor: Harold Love
As enacted, creates a special joint committee to study issues relative to lupus. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 33; Title 56; Title 63 and Title 68.
Sponsor: Reginald Tate
As enacted, requires public institutions of higher education to accept from a student proof of the student's prior or current military service as proof of any immunization required of the student for enrollment at the institution. - Amends TCA Section 49-7-124.
Sponsor: Tilman Goins
As enacted, authorizes zoning consideration of temporary family healthcare structures; adds a requirement that, as part of the plan to expand cost-effective community-based residential alternatives to institutional care as required by the Long-Term Care Community Choices Act of 2008, the bureau of TennCare must seek written guidance from the centers for Medicare and Medicaid services regarding whether a temporary family healthcare structure may be covered in whole or in part under the program established by the Long-Term Care Community Choices Act of 2008. - Amends TCA Title 13; Title 68 and Title 71.
Sponsor: Mike Bell
As enacted, specifies that TDOT has sole and exclusive jurisdiction over the design, erection, installation, and maintenance of TODS signs located within the right-of-way of any highway designated as part of the state highway system, including TODS signs within the corporate limits of municipalities; creates certain exceptions. - Amends TCA Title 54, Chapter 5.
Sponsor: Martin Daniel
As enacted, enacts the "Municipal Energy Authority Act." - Amends TCA Title 7.
Sponsor: Rusty Crowe
As enacted, authorizes a licensed podiatrist to supervise a physician assistant or an orthopedic physician assistant; requires compliance with certain statutory requirements and administrative rules; enacts other provisions related to such supervision. - Amends TCA Title 63, Chapter 19 and Title 63, Chapter 3.
Sponsor: Rusty Crowe
As enacted, clarifies the offense of harassment with respect to the methods by which harassment may occur and broadens the offense to include the methods available through modern technology. - Amends TCA Section 39-17-308.
Sponsor: William Lamberth
As enacted, increases the membership of the board for licensing health care facilities from 18 to 19 by adding a member representing ambulatory surgical treatment centers to the board. - Amends TCA Title 68, Chapter 11, Part 2.
Sponsor: Dawn White
As enacted, enacts the "Course Access Program Act." - Amends TCA Title 49.
Sponsor: Dolores Gresham
As introduced, subject to local approval, decreases the Clay County board of education from 10 members to five members. - Amends Chapter 330 of the Private Acts of 1947; as amended.
Sponsor: Mae Beavers
As enacted, revises various provisions governing Tennessee STEP UP scholarships. - Amends TCA Section 49-4-943.
Sponsor: Doug Overbey
As enacted, authorizes the department of finance and administration to manage online payments to state government; authorizes the charging of additional fees to cover the cost of accepting online payments; clarifies that an online payment through the state portal does not discharge an obligation to the state until the state receives actual final payment. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 3, Part 10.
Sponsor: Mark Norris
As enacted, authorizes the commissioner of health to obtain records maintained by any healthcare facility in order to facilitate investigations and inquiries concerning opioid drug abuse, opioid drug overdoses, and opioid overdose deaths. - Amends TCA Title 53; Title 63 and Title 68.
Sponsor: Paul Bailey
As enacted, expands the definition of "theater" for purposes of the sale of alcoholic beverages for on-premises consumption to include certain movie theaters that have a beer permit and serve prepared food to patrons; removes requirement that wine and beer only be sold at a theater in an area accessible only to persons 21 years of age or older. - Amends TCA Title 57, Chapter 4.
Sponsor: Jack Johnson
As enacted, authorizes the sale of alcoholic beverages for on-premises consumption at Lillie Belle's in Franklin, Mt. Brushy in Morgan County, and the Salt Box Inn in Putnam County; revises description of Laurel Valley Golf Club (Blount County) for purposes of the sale of alcoholic beverages for on-premises consumption. - Amends TCA Title 57, Chapter 4.
Sponsor: Jeremy Durham
As enacted, specifies that a person who authorizes the practice of teledentistry will be deemed to be practicing dentistry and subject to requirements governing dentistry; requires dentists who deliver services using teledentistry to establish protocols for the practice; enacts other provisions governing teledentistry. - Amends TCA Title 63.
Sponsor: Matthew Hill
As enacted, expands the definition of "theater" for purposes of the sale of alcoholic beverages for on-premises consumption to include certain movie theaters that have a beer permit and serve prepared food to patrons; removes requirement that wine and beer only be sold at a theater in an area accessible only to persons 21 years of age or older. - Amends TCA Title 57, Chapter 4.
Sponsor: Jeremy Durham
As enacted, revises various provisions of the Postsecondary Education Authorization Act of 1974 and renames the Act to be the "Tennessee Higher Education Authorization Act of 2016"; provides for optional expedited authorization. - Amends TCA Title 49.
Sponsor: Mark Norris
As enacted, renames the Four Lake regional industrial development authority to the Tennessee central economic authority. - Amends TCA Section 4-29-239; Title 64, Chapter 5, Part 2 and Title 67, Chapter 9, Part 1.
Sponsor: Ferrell Haile
As enacted, encourages TBI to develop an activation card for law enforcement use in connection with the missing citizen alert program to help locate missing citizens who have wandered due to dementia or physical impairment. - Amends TCA Section 38-6-121.
Sponsor: Ryan Williams
As enacted, creates exemption from eye treatment given to newborns and infants for the minor child of any person who files with the department of health a signed, written statement that the treatment conflicts with the person's religious tenets and practices; removes Class C misdemeanor penalty for a physician, nurse, or midwife failing to administer the treatment. - Amends TCA Section 68-5-202.
Sponsor: Susan Lynn
As enacted, authorizes the issuance of certain new specialty earmarked plates; extends the minimum order deadline for certain plates; revises other special license plate provisions. - Amends TCA Title 55.
Sponsor: Jim Tracy
As enacted, revises the provisions governing the dispensing of an opioid or benzodiazepine by a physician practice that provides healthcare services. - Amends TCA Title 63.
Sponsor: Richard Briggs
As enacted, removes the five-year time frame requirement from the exemption to the handgun safety course requirement for applicants who successfully completed all handgun training of not less than four hours as required by any branch of the military within five years from the date the application for a handgun carry permit is filed. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 17, Part 13.
Sponsor: Doug Overbey
As enacted, creates the community cemetery grant fund; provisions to be repealed July 1, 2019. - Amends TCA Title 46.
Sponsor: Becky Massey
As enacted, revises provisions governing statutes of limitations for persons lacking capacity to understand legal rights and liabilities. - Amends TCA Title 16; Title 20; Title 27; Title 28; Title 29; Title 30; Title 32; Title 34; Title 54; Title 66 and Title 69.
Sponsor: David Hawk
As enacted, creates exemption from eye treatment given to newborns and infants for the minor child of any person who files with the department of health a signed, written statement that the treatment conflicts with the person's religious tenets and practices; removes Class C misdemeanor penalty for a physician, nurse, or midwife failing to administer the treatment. - Amends TCA Section 68-5-202.
Sponsor: Bo Watson
As enacted, revises the present law provisions governing overtaking on the right in regard to the operation of mass transit buses on shoulders and rights-of-way. - Amends TCA Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 9; Title 54; Title 55; Title 64 and Title 65.
Sponsor: Bill Beck
As enacted, revises provisions governing statutes of limitations for persons lacking capacity to understand legal rights and liabilities. - Amends TCA Title 16; Title 20; Title 27; Title 28; Title 29; Title 30; Title 32; Title 34; Title 54; Title 66 and Title 69.
Sponsor: Becky Massey
As enacted, specifies additional circumstances under which the commissioner of revenue may waive penalties for delinquent franchise and excise taxes; alters the formula for calculating quarterly estimated payments for franchise and excise taxes; reduces penalties for deficient or delinquent estimated franchise and excise tax payments from 5 percent to 2 percent per month; makes other related revisions. - Amends TCA Title 67.
Sponsor: Mark Norris
As enacted, requires that every notice of violation or citation issued that is based solely upon evidence obtained from any traffic enforcement camera used to enforce or monitor traffic violations of the requirement that motor vehicles stop at a red light, include a disclaimer stating that nonpayment of the notice or citation cannot adversely affect the person's credit score or report, driver's license, and/or automobile insurance rates. - Amends TCA Title 55, Chapter 50 and Title 55, Chapter 8.
Sponsor: Paul Bailey
As enacted, revises provisions governing permits for movements of overweight and overdimensional vehicles, including permit fees. - Amends TCA Title 55, Chapter 4, Part 4 and Title 55, Chapter 7, Part 2.
Sponsor: Paul Bailey
As enacted, establishes requirements for central service technicians. - Amends TCA Title 68.
Sponsor: Mark Norris
As enacted, creates a Class A misdemeanor offense for any person who leases a motor vehicle on or after July 1, 2016, to knowingly install, conceal, or otherwise place an electronic tracking device in or on the motor vehicle without the consent of the purchaser of the vehicle. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 13, Part 6 and Title 55.
Sponsor: Mark Norris
As enacted, punishes sixth offense DUI as a Class C felony; clarifies "prior convictions" for purposes of enhancing a DUI sentence; removes Class E felony designation for third or subsequent conviction for simple possession or casual exchange of a controlled substance in certain situations; removes mandatory 24-hour litter removal requirement for first DUI offenders. - Amends TCA Title 39; Title 40 and Title 55.
Sponsor: William Lamberth
As enacted, permits the issuance of self-distribution permits to farm wine permit holders, subject to certain conditions. - Amends TCA Section 57-3-207.
Sponsor: Frank Niceley
As enacted, restructures the board of regents; establishes state university boards of trustees; makes other changes necessary to effectuate the restructuring; revises the composition of the Tennessee higher education commission - Amends TCA Section 12-3-102; Title 49, Chapter 7; Title 49, Chapter 8 and Title 49, Chapter 9.
Sponsor: Gerald McCormick
As enacted, enacts the "Tennessee Student Assessment Transparency Act". - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 6, Part 60.
Sponsor: Gerald McCormick
As enacted, lowers the age for receiving a handgun carry permit from 21 years of age to 18 years of age for persons who are an honorably discharged or retired veteran of the U.S. armed forces or a service member on active duty status. - Amends TCA Section 39-17-1351.
Sponsor: Joseph Hensley
As enacted, urges the Tennessee Valley Authority to take steps to reopen the bridge spanning the confluence of the Caney Fork and Collins Rivers, which is commonly known as the Great Falls Dam, for thoroughfare traffic connecting White and Warren counties. - Amends TCA Title 54 and Title 55.
Sponsor: Kevin Dunlap
As enacted, redefines "traumatic brain injury residential home"; requires that any TBI residential home currently operating be licensed by the board for licensing healthcare facilities by January 1, 2017. - Amends TCA Section 68-11-201 and Section 68-11-273.
Sponsor: Rusty Crowe
As enacted, reduces the fee paid to county clerks for filing a business tax return from $7.00 to $5.00 by eliminating the $2.00 that is earmarked for clerks' computer expenses. - Amends TCA Title 3; Title 4; Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 8; Title 9; Title 12; Title 49; Title 67 and Title 71.
Sponsor: Curtis Johnson
As enacted, requires the department of education, when publishing the list of priority schools, to list all schools in the state in order by success rate from the highest to the lowest; and list all schools in each county and each LEA in order by success rate from the highest to the lowest. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 1, Part 6.
Sponsor: Raumesh Akbari
As enacted, enacts the "Annual Coverage Assessment of 2016" and continues the hospital payment rate corridors applicable to payments by managed care organizations to hospitals for services provided to TennCare enrollees established by 2015 annual coverage assessment. - Amends TCA Title 71, Chapter 5 and Chapter 276 of the Public Acts of 2015.
Sponsor: Doug Overbey
As enacted, establishes an online voter registration system beginning July 1, 2017. - Amends TCA Title 2, Chapter 2, Part 1.
Sponsor: Ken Yager
As enacted, enacts the "Slow Poke Law," which prohibits the operation of vehicles in the left lane of interstates and multilane divided highways, except for passing and other purposes. - Amends TCA Title 55, Chapter 8.
Sponsor: Frank Niceley
As enacted, revises various provisions governing TCRS including clarifying that the transfer of funds from the stabilization reserve trust account is not a maximum unfunded liability cost and revising provisions concerning TCRS investments. - Amends TCA Section 3-9-103; Title 8, Chapter 25; Title 8, Chapter 34; Title 8, Chapter 35; Title 8, Chapter 36; Title 8, Chapter 37 and Section 26-2-105.
Sponsor: Charles Sargent
As enacted, extends to all local governments the authorization that county governments currently have to use local funds to rehabilitate or maintain dilapidated or abandoned cemeteries that do not maintain a sufficient improvement care trust fund or are not maintained adequately. - Amends TCA Title 46, Chapter 2, Part 1.
Sponsor: Ryan Williams
As enacted, authorizes off-highway vehicles on State Route 167 in Johnson County from Roan Creek Campground to Doe Mountain. - Amends TCA Title 11, Chapter 25, Part 1 and Title 55, Chapter 8.
Sponsor: Timothy Hill
As enacted, revises provisions governing the garnishment of earnings; changes references from garnishment of "salaries, wages or other compensation" to garnishment of "earnings". - Amends TCA Title 26, Chapter 2 and Title 29, Chapter 7.
Sponsor: Pat Marsh
As enacted, continues permanent rules filed with the secretary of state after January 1, 2015.
Sponsor: Mike Bell
As enacted, redefines "autonomous technology" for purposes of provision whereby no political subdivision may by ordinance, resolution, or any other means prohibit within the jurisdictional boundaries of the political subdivision the use of a motor vehicle equipped with autonomous technology if the motor vehicle otherwise complies with all safety regulations of the political subdivision; clarifies the definition of "autonomous technology" applicable to the provisions governing electronic displays, such as televisions, in motor vehicles. - Amends TCA Title 47; Title 54, Chapter 1; Title 55 and Title 67.
Sponsor: Mark Green
As enacted, allows petitioner to request expedited expunction in cases where the person was arrested or charged due to mistaken identity. - Amends TCA Title 40, Chapter 32.
Sponsor: G.A. Hardaway
As enacted, enacts the "Tennessee Prescription Safety Act of 2016," which revises regulation of controlled substances; makes permanent most all of the changes made under the Tennessee Prescription Safety Act of 2012, and revises and enacts other provisions. - Amends TCA Title 53, Chapter 10; Title 63, Chapter 1; Chapter 791 of the Public Acts of 2014 and Chapter 880 of the Public Acts of 2012.
Sponsor: Gerald McCormick
As enacted, authorizes the Town of Dandridge to levy a privilege tax upon the privilege of occupancy by a 2/3 vote of its governing body. - Amends TCA Title 67, Chapter 4, Part 14.
Sponsor: Andrew Farmer
As enacted, clarifies the offense of harassment with respect to the methods by which harassment may occur and broadens the offense to include the methods available through modern technology. - Amends TCA Section 39-17-308.
Sponsor: James Kyle
As enacted, authorizes off-highway vehicles on State Route 167 in Johnson County from Roan Creek Campground to Doe Mountain. - Amends TCA Title 11, Chapter 25, Part 1 and Title 55, Chapter 8.
Sponsor: Jim Tracy
As enacted, prohibits law enforcement officers of this state and its political subdivisions from enforcing provisions of international law and treaties that limit gun rights under Article I, Section 26 of the state constitution. - Amends TCA Title 38 and Title 39, Chapter 17, Part 13.
Sponsor: Paul Bailey
As enacted, requires that all biological evidence collected for a criminal offense or offenses in which one or more of the defendants received a sentence of death based upon the same criminal acts, whether the defendants were tried separately or together, be preserved until all defendants receiving a death sentence based on the same conduct are executed, otherwise die, or all related charges for which the defendants were convicted are dismissed. - Amends TCA Title 24; Title 39 and Title 40.
Sponsor: Jeremy Faison
As enacted, revises provisions regarding promoting prostitution; the dissemination of certain information by the TBI in regard to human trafficking; and the definition of "caregiver" for purposes of the laws governing juvenile courts and proceedings. - Amends TCA Title 37; Title 38 and Title 39.
Sponsor: Jim Coley
As enacted, requires the TBI to provide to the commissioner of health and to the general assembly an annual report on all law enforcement-related deaths that occurred in the prior calendar year. - Amends TCA Title 38 and Title 68.
Sponsor: James Kyle
As introduced, subject to local approval, designates the department of public works as the department of public works and public utilities; authorizes the mayor to exercise control over the divisions of the department. - Amends Chapter 568 of the Private Acts of 1939; as amended.
Sponsor: William Lamberth
As enacted, extends the statute of limitation for aggravated statutory rape committed on or after July 1, 2016, from four years to 15 years from the date the victim becomes 18 years of age. - Amends TCA Title 39 and Title 40, Chapter 2.
Sponsor: Gerald McCormick
As enacted, revises various provisions governing Tennessee STEP UP scholarships. - Amends TCA Section 49-4-943.
Sponsor: Bob Ramsey
As enacted, authorizes the use of the ignition interlock fund to assist with the costs of other monitoring devices; renames the fund the "DUI monitoring fund" and limits the amounts to be expended from the fund; revises provisions governing service of a sentence for a DUI conviction in an alternative facility. - Amends TCA Title 40 and Title 55.
Sponsor: Tilman Goins
As enacted, enacts the "Course Access Program Act." - Amends TCA Title 49.
Sponsor: Roger Kane
As enacted, enacts the "Municipal Energy Authority Act." - Amends TCA Title 7.
Sponsor: Matthew Hill
As enacted, enacts the "Maternal Mortality Review and Prevention Act of 2016". - Amends TCA Title 68.
Sponsor: Harold Love
As enacted, adds Class E felony vandalism to the offenses for which a person's sentence may be enhanced if the offense is committed during the time and place of a declared emergency. - Amends TCA Title 40, Chapter 35, Part 1.
Sponsor: Courtney Rogers
As enacted, redesignates Historic Rugby from a premier type tourist resort to a historic interpretive center for purposes of consumption of alcohol on premises; removes references to year round in the description of Historic Rugby. - Amends TCA Section 57-4-102.
Sponsor: Bill Beck
As introduced, subject to local approval, removes an outdated requirement that the highway commissioner submit a quarterly report of expenditures to the quarterly county court. - Amends Chapter 111 of the Private Acts of 1951; as amended.
Sponsor: John Windle
As enacted, creates the offense of unlawful exposure, which is committed when a person distributes a private image of the intimate parts of another with the intent to cause emotional distress and the depicted person suffers emotional distress. - Amends TCA Title 39.
Sponsor: James Kyle
As introduced, subject to local approval, authorizes the appointment of a vice mayor; allows for the mayor to be paid a salary, to be set by ordinance. - Amends Chapter 365 of the Private Acts of 1923; as amended.
Sponsor: Joseph Hensley
As enacted, allows employees authorized by the Tennessee state veterans' homes board to solicit donations for the improvement of existing homes or for future construction of new homes. - Amends TCA Section 58-7-103.
Sponsor: Curtis Johnson
As enacted, establishes requirements for the removal of an ignition interlock device and revises other related provisions. - Amends TCA Title 55, Chapter 10 and Title 55, Chapter 50.
Sponsor: William Lamberth
As enacted, revises the educational requirements for licensure as a clinical pastoral therapist; authorizes issuance of temporary licenses to clinical pastoral therapists who are in training. - Amends TCA Title 63, Chapter 22.
Sponsor: Jeff Yarbro
As enacted, provides for the naming of certain roads and bridges in honor of certain specified persons, and provides for the placement of other certain signage. - Amends TCA Title 54.
Sponsor: Jimmy Matlock
As enacted, adds certain situations in which the use of an unmanned aircraft to capture an image is allowed. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 13.
Sponsor: John Stevens
As enacted, removes the exclusion of petitioners who are victims of sexual assault or stalking from the provisions whereby an order of protection may direct the respondent to vacate home shared with the petitioner or to provide suitable housing alternative for the petitioner. - Amends TCA Title 36, Chapter 3, Part 6.
Sponsor: Mary Littleton
As enacted, requires accountable care organizations to establish a clinical laboratory testing advisory board. - Amends TCA Title 56 and Title 68, Chapter 29.
Sponsor: Timothy Hill
As enacted, authorizes local governments to enter cooperative purchasing agreements with federal agencies; excludes certain purchases. - Amends TCA Section 12-3-1205.
Sponsor: Joe Pitts
As enacted, requires the department of safety to report annually to the speakers of the senate and the house and the chairs of the judiciary committee of the senate, civil justice committee of the house, and criminal justice committee of the house, a report detailing certain information regarding forfeitures from the prior year. - Amends TCA Title 38 and Title 40.
Sponsor: Mark Green
As enacted, continues permanent rules filed with the secretary of state after January 1, 2015.
Sponsor: Jeremy Faison
As enacted, makes sex offender registration for persons convicted of misdemeanor unlawful photographing in violation of privacy discretionary instead of mandatory; the judge may order registration after taking into account the facts and circumstances surrounding the offense. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 13, Part 6 and Title 40, Chapter 39.
Sponsor: Jim Tracy
As enacted, requires that attorneys' fees be awarded for state and local government employees when such employees are sued in an individual capacity and are the prevailing party. - Amends TCA Title 29, Chapter 20.
Sponsor: William Lamberth
As enacted, establishes requirements regarding the disposition of aborted fetuses and fetal tissue, including reporting requirements and requirements for interim inspections of and certain reporting by facilities where surgical abortions are performed. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 15, Part 2 and Title 68.
Sponsor: Gerald McCormick
As introduced, subject to local approval, rewrites city charter. - Amends Chapter 227 of the Private Acts of 1992; as amended.
Sponsor: Randy McNally
As enacted, extends, from 180 days to 12 months, the time in which a person granted a permit authorizing a digital billboard has to erect and begin displaying an advertising message before revocation of the permit; allows an extension period of an additional 12 months if the permit holder applies to the commissioner of transportation and pays an additional permit fee of $200 prior to the expiration of the original 12-month period. - Amends TCA Title 54, Chapter 21.
Sponsor: Kelly Keisling
As enacted, releases a surety on a defendant's forfeited bond when the defendant is arrested on a capias and the bond was forfeited after the defendant did not comply with conditions of the bond. - Amends TCA Section 40-11-139.
Sponsor: Patsy Hazlewood
As enacted, requires the state board of cosmetology and barber examiners to issue certificates of registration for mobile barber shops and licenses for mobile cosmetology, dual, manicure, skin care, or other category of shop licensed by the board. - Amends TCA Title 55; Title 62 and Title 68.
Sponsor: Raumesh Akbari
As enacted, revises the provisions governing the dispensing of an opioid or benzodiazepine by a physician practice that provides healthcare services. - Amends TCA Title 63.
Sponsor: Bryan Terry
As enacted, revises provisions governing unclaimed property and electric cooperatives. - Amends TCA Title 65, Chapter 25 and Title 66, Chapter 29, Part 1.
Sponsor: Art Swann
As enacted, enacts provisions governing nonresidential office-based opioid treatment facilities and nonresidential opioid treatment programs. - Amends TCA Title 33, Chapter 2 and Title 68, Chapter 11.
Sponsor: Ken Yager
As enacted, adds certain situations in which the use of an unmanned aircraft to capture an image is allowed. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 13.
Sponsor: Andy Holt
As enacted, defines funeral merchandise for prearrangement insurance policies; revises provisions governing funeral merchandise. - Amends TCA Title 46 and Title 62, Chapter 5.
Sponsor: Jim Tracy
As enacted, requires, by January 1, 2017, the district attorney general of each judicial district to establish, or cause to be established, a vulnerable adult protective investigative team (VAPIT). - Amends TCA Title 71, Chapter 6.
Sponsor: Mark Norris
As enacted, deletes an exemption for Washington County from the general law governing procedures for amending a county budget. - Amends TCA Title 5, Chapter 9, Part 4.
Sponsor: James Van Huss
As enacted, requires the state board of cosmetology and barber examiners to issue certificates of registration for mobile barber shops and licenses for mobile cosmetology, dual, manicure, skin care, or other category of shop licensed by the board. - Amends TCA Title 55; Title 62 and Title 68.
Sponsor: Reginald Tate
As enacted, authorizes the exclusion of residents of correctional institutions from being considered in reapportionment. - Amends TCA Title 5 and Title 41.
Sponsor: Ferrell Haile
As enacted, reduces the capital investment requirement for eligibility for qualified data center sales and use tax exemptions from $250 million to $100 million; exempts cooling equipment and backup power equipment sold or used by qualified data centers from the sales and use tax; requires qualified data center that applies for job tax credits to certify that it has not, within the previous 12 months, been found to be in violation of certain laws. - Amends TCA Title 67, Chapter 6.
Sponsor: Gerald McCormick
As enacted, authorizes the City of Spring Hill to levy a privilege tax upon the privilege of occupancy by a 2/3 vote of its governing body; amount of tax not to exceed three percent of the consideration charged by the operator; proceeds to be used solely for tourism development purposes. - Amends TCA Section 67-4-1425.
Sponsor: Glen Casada
As enacted, allows Williamson County, upon the adoption of a resolution by a 2/3 majority vote of the county legislative body, to assess a privilege tax on litigation in civil cases in an amount not to exceed $25.00 per case to be used exclusively for personnel and operating costs of the circuit court located in that county; excludes original proceedings brought in juvenile court. - Amends TCA Title 67, Chapter 4, Part 6.
Sponsor: Jack Johnson
As enacted, reduces the capital investment requirement for eligibility for qualified data center sales and use tax exemptions from $250 million to $100 million; exempts cooling equipment and backup power equipment sold or used by qualified data centers from the sales and use tax; requires qualified data center that applies for job tax credits to certify that it has not, within the previous 12 months, been found to be in violation of certain laws. - Amends TCA Title 67, Chapter 6.
Sponsor: Mark Norris
As enacted, enacts the "Annual Coverage Assessment of 2016" and continues the hospital payment rate corridors applicable to payments by managed care organizations to hospitals for services provided to TennCare enrollees established by 2015 annual coverage assessment. - Amends TCA Title 71, Chapter 5 and Chapter 276 of the Public Acts of 2015.
Sponsor: Steve McDaniel
As enacted, enacts the “Emergency Medical Services Personnel Licensure Compact.” - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 29 and Title 68, Chapter 140.
Sponsor: Kelly Keisling
As enacted, requires the commissioner of health to encourage public health organizations, the medical community, the department of education, the department of labor and workforce development, the department of general services, and other relevant stakeholders to examine the asthma prevention protocols posted on the web site of the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and related information; requires the commissioner to include on the department of health web site the Internet links to the protocols to better assist people affected by environmental illnesses and multiple chemical sensitivities. - Amends TCA Title 49; Title 50; Title 63 and Title 68.
Sponsor: Mark Norris
As enacted, changes various references from "curriculum" to "standards" in present law in order to clarify that the state board of education is responsible for academic standards and local boards are responsible for curriculum. - Amends TCA Title 49.
Sponsor: Dolores Gresham
As introduced, subject to local approval, decreases the number of required monthly meeting times of the board of mayor and aldermen, from two to one. - Amends Chapter 50 of the Private Acts of 1979.
Sponsor: John Stevens
As introduced, subject to local approval, rewrites city charter. - Amends Chapter 227 of the Private Acts of 1992; as amended.
Sponsor: John Ragan
As introduced, subject to local approval, revises the city charter. - Amends Chapter 644 of the Private Acts of 1911; as amended.
Sponsor: Mae Beavers
As enacted, authorizes a pharmacist to provide hormonal contraceptives according to a valid collaborative pharmacy practice agreement containing a nonpatient-specific prescriptive order and standardized procedures developed and executed by one or more authorized prescribers, in certain circumstances. - Amends TCA Title 53; Title 56; Title 63; Title 68 and Title 71.
Sponsor: Patsy Hazlewood
As enacted, authorizes the commissioner of health to complete a comprehensive state oral health plan by January 1, 2017, and to submit the plan to the federal centers for disease control and prevention and to the general assembly. - Amends TCA Title 68.
Sponsor: Harold Love
As enacted, lowers the age for receiving a handgun carry permit from 21 years of age to 18 years of age for persons who are an honorably discharged or retired veteran of the U.S. armed forces or a service member on active duty status. - Amends TCA Section 39-17-1351.
Sponsor: Tilman Goins
As enacted, requires the commissioner to submit a report to the health and welfare committee of the senate and the health committee of the house concerning the feasibility of a pilot program for one county that seeks to address overcrowding in jails and correction institutions by providing diversionary or transitional services that include mental health services and supports, substance abuse treatment and counseling, health care, and employment and housing supports. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 33; Title 40; Title 41; Title 50 and Title 71.
Sponsor: Doug Overbey
As introduced, subject to local approval, adds governmental units to the list of entities from which the hotel and motel occupancy tax is collected. - Amends Chapter 167 of the Private Acts of 1979.
Sponsor: Mark Green
As introduced, subject to local approval, decreases the number of required monthly meeting times of the board of mayor and aldermen, from two to one. - Amends Chapter 50 of the Private Acts of 1979.
Sponsor: Bill Sanderson
As enacted, revises various provisions of the Postsecondary Education Authorization Act of 1974 and renames the Act to be the "Tennessee Higher Education Authorization Act of 2016"; provides for optional expedited authorization. - Amends TCA Title 49.
Sponsor: Gerald McCormick
As enacted, creates offense of operating a motor vehicle in a bicycle lane; establishes exceptions to offense and penalties for violations. - Amends TCA Title 55, Chapter 8.
Sponsor: John Clemmons
As enacted, declares that no person providing counseling or therapy services will be required to counsel or serve a client as to goals, outcomes, or behaviors that conflict with the sincerely held principles of the counselor or therapist; requires such counselor or therapist to refer the client to another counselor or therapist; creates immunity for such action; maintains liability for counselors who will not counsel a client based on the counselor's religious beliefs when the individual seeking or undergoing the counseling is in imminent danger of harming themselves or others. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 49 and Title 63.
Sponsor: Jack Johnson
As enacted, enacts the "Health Care Empowerment Act". - Amends TCA Title 56; Title 63; Title 68 and Title 71.
Sponsor: Sabi Kumar
As enacted, revises references to criminal offenses in the expunction provisions to conform to changes made to those criminal offenses by the Public Safety Act of 2016. - Amends TCA Title 39 and Title 40.
Sponsor: Reginald Tate
As enacted, revises provisions governing coverage of telehealth services. - Amends TCA Section 56-7-1002.
Sponsor: Mike Bell
As enacted, redesignates Historic Rugby from a premier type tourist resort to a historic interpretive center for purposes of consumption of alcohol on premises; removes references to year round in the description of Historic Rugby. - Amends TCA Section 57-4-102.
Sponsor: Ken Yager
As enacted, revises provisions regarding promoting prostitution; the dissemination of certain information by the TBI in regard to human trafficking; and the definition of "caregiver" for purposes of the laws governing juvenile courts and proceedings. - Amends TCA Title 37; Title 38 and Title 39.
Sponsor: Doug Overbey
As enacted, extends, from 180 days to 12 months, the time in which a person granted a permit authorizing a digital billboard has to erect and begin displaying an advertising message before revocation of the permit; allows an extension period of an additional 12 months if the permit holder applies to the commissioner of transportation and pays an additional permit fee of $200 prior to the expiration of the original 12-month period. - Amends TCA Title 54, Chapter 21.
Sponsor: Steve Southerland
As enacted, changes the formula for calculating hearing costs in property tax appeals before the board of equalization; permits the assessment appeals commission to issue a notice rather than a certificate of assessment in certain circumstances; changes notice requirements for unpaid rollback taxes. - Amends TCA Title 67, Chapter 5.
Sponsor: Paul Bailey
As enacted, allows stickers for disabled drivers' license plates to be affixed on any license plate, instead of only on new specialty earmarked plates. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 8; Title 54; Title 55 and Title 67.
Sponsor: Darren Jernigan
As enacted, changes references from "social security numbers" to "personally identifying information" in provisions regarding the redaction of certain information in public records to conform with other recently enacted laws. - Amends TCA Title 10, Chapter 7, Part 5.
Sponsor: Bill Dunn
As enacted, transfers primary administrative responsibilities for the Tennessee Adventure Tourism and Development Act of 2011 from the department of economic and community development to the department of tourist development. - Amends TCA Title 11, Chapter 11.
Sponsor: Mark Norris
As introduced, subject to local approval, revises the city charter. - Amends Chapter 644 of the Private Acts of 1911; as amended.
Sponsor: Mark Pody
As enacted, provides immunity from civil liability to a person, business, or other entity that owns, controls, or manages property and has the authority to prohibit weapons on that property by positing, with respect to any claim based on the person's, business's, or other entity's failure to adopt such a policy. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 17, Part 13.
Sponsor: Jeremy Faison
As enacted, prohibits certain persons engaged in the business of towing or storing motor vehicles from charging a storage fee for any day on which the vehicle is not available for release to the owner, lienholder, or insurer, unless such failure to release is based on a hold placed on the vehicle by law enforcement; requires such businesses to release the vehicle to the insurer or lienholder, or an authorized agent or representative, upon the insurer's or lienholder's payment of reasonable charges due, without requiring additional consent from the owner of the vehicle. - Amends TCA Title 47; Title 55, Chapter 23 and Title 66.
Sponsor: Ron Travis
As enacted, eliminates requirement that a party remove a case to state court within 90 days after the complaint is filed if the Tennessee human rights commission determines there is reasonable cause to believe discrimination took place in regard to housing. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 21.
Sponsor: Reginald Tate
As enacted, revises provisions governing unclaimed property and electric cooperatives. - Amends TCA Title 65, Chapter 25 and Title 66, Chapter 29, Part 1.
Sponsor: Ken Yager
As introduced, subject to local approval, adds governmental units to the list of entities from which the hotel and motel occupancy tax is collected. - Amends Chapter 167 of the Private Acts of 1979.
Sponsor: Joe Pitts
As introduced, subject to local approval, authorizes compensation of mayor and aldermen to be set by ordinance; authorizes mayor and aldermen to be reimbursed for expenses incurred in the conduct of their official duties. - Amends Chapter 45 of the Private Acts of 2005.
Sponsor: David Byrd
As enacted, enacts the "Public-Private Transportation Act of 2016." - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 6; Title 9; Title 12; Title 54; Title 55; Title 65 and Title 67.
Sponsor: Charles Sargent
As enacted, requires the commissioner of children's services to report annually to the governor, the chief clerk of the senate, and the chief clerk of the house on probation and juvenile justice evidence-based treatment services; requires other reporting by juvenile court clerks. - Amends TCA Title 37.
Sponsor: Raumesh Akbari
As introduced, subject to local approval, authorizes the appointment of a vice mayor; allows for the mayor to be paid a salary, to be set by ordinance. - Amends Chapter 365 of the Private Acts of 1923; as amended.
Sponsor: Steve McDaniel
As introduced, subject to local approval, abolishes office of city recorder; authorizes board to set city judge's compensation above $100 per month. - Amends Chapter 35 of the Private Acts of 1915; as amended.
Sponsor: Paul Bailey
As introduced, subject to local approval, revises allocation of occupancy tax proceeds from 22.28 percent to the city of Spencer and 77.72 percent to the county trustee, to 16 percent to the city of Spencer and 84 percent to the county trustee. - Amends Chapter 168 of the Private Acts of 1984; as amended.
Sponsor: Janince Bowling
Subject to local approval, changes the election process for the mayor and aldermen elections; extends the terms of the mayor and aldermen from two years to four years. - Amends Chapter 88 of the Private Acts of 1993; as amended.
Sponsor: Bill Sanderson
As enacted, specifies, in regard to the requirement that the Tennessee technology development corporation provide financial assistance through contracts, grants and loans to programs of scientific and technological research and development, that such assistance includes matching grants to Tennessee's industries and universities to conduct applied research of strategic importance to Tennessee's economy. - Amends TCA Title 4 and Title 67.
Sponsor: Mark Norris
As enacted, enacts the "Pawnbroker Restitution Act"; clarifies that a pawnbroker is not required to relinquish an item to a claimant without a court order; revises other pawnbroker provisions. - Amends TCA Title 45, Chapter 6.
Sponsor: Randy McNally
As enacted, increases from $750 to $1,000 the maximum amount payable by the criminal injuries compensation fund for the provision of forensic medical examinations performed on victims of sexually oriented crimes. - Amends TCA Section 29-13-118.
Sponsor: Jim Coley
As enacted, authorizes a suspension of tank fees under the Tennessee Petroleum Underground Storage Tank Act, in certain situations; revises certain provisions regarding the petroleum underground storage tank fund. - Amends TCA Title 68.
Sponsor: Mike Bell
As enacted, revises provisions governing penalties imposed on server permit holders for certain violations; requires any employee, representative, or agent of a permittee whose duties include verifying that a person is 21 years of age or older for the purpose of authorizing the person access to the premises of the permittee to require each person seeking access to the premises whose physical appearance does not reasonably demonstrate an age of 50 years or older to present a valid, government-issued document or other acceptable form of identification that includes the photograph and birth date of the person. - Amends TCA Section 57-1-201; Section 57-3-204; Section 57-3-704; Section 57-3-706; Section 57-3-818 and Title 57, Chapter 5, Part 6.
Sponsor: Darren Jernigan
As enacted, requires public institutions of higher education to accept from a student proof of the student's prior or current military service as proof of any immunization required of the student for enrollment at the institution. - Amends TCA Section 49-7-124.
Sponsor: Dolores Gresham
As enacted, provides immunity from civil liability to a person, business, or other entity that owns, controls, or manages property and has the authority to prohibit weapons on that property by positing, with respect to any claim based on the person's, business's, or other entity's failure to adopt such a policy. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 17, Part 13.
Sponsor: Dolores Gresham
As enacted, enacts the "Fantasy Sports Act". - Amends TCA Title 3; Title 4; Title 8; Title 39; Title 47; Title 56 and Title 67.
Sponsor: Pat Marsh
As enacted, extends the nursing home assessment by one year; revises certain long-term care provisions. - Amends TCA Title 68 and Title 71.
Sponsor: Doug Overbey
As introduced, adds a fourth general sessions court in Rutherford County, the judge of which shall be elected to a six-year initial term in the August 2016 general election, and eight-year terms thereafter, effective upon 2/3 vote of the local legislative body. - Amends Chapter 384 of the Private Acts of 1947; as amended.
Sponsor: Dawn White
As enacted, revises provisions governing violations and penalties relating to the sale of alcoholic beverages. - Amends TCA Title 57.
Sponsor: William Lamberth
As enacted, specifies that educational institutions exempt from registering with the division of charitable solicitations, includes institutions that are approved by the local board of education, the ASD, or the state board of education; extends certain renewal of registration filings for an additional 60 days. - Amends TCA Title 48, Chapter 101.
Sponsor: Bob Ramsey
As enacted, authorizes all public pension and retirement plans, including those of utility districts and other local governmental entities, to recognize a qualified domestic relations order that directs the entity to allocate a portion of a member's benefits to the member's former spouse. - Amends TCA Section 26-2-105.
Sponsor: Andrew Farmer
As enacted, creates a task force to study the feasibility of state government utilizing an open data policy. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 10 and Title 12.
Sponsor: Jeff Yarbro
As enacted, creates a special joint committee to study issues relative to lupus. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 33; Title 56; Title 63 and Title 68.
Sponsor: Johnnie Turner
As enacted, authorizes the issuance of certain new specialty earmarked plates; extends the minimum order deadline for certain plates; revises other special license plate provisions. - Amends TCA Title 55.
Sponsor: Jimmy Matlock
As enacted, creates a task force to identify causes for balance billing and recommend legislative solutions to protect consumers from balance billing by healthcare providers. - Amends TCA Title 8; Title 56; Title 63; Title 68 and Title 71.
Sponsor: John Stevens
As enacted, specifies that when declining, revoking, or rescinding parole, the board of probation and parole may set the period of time before the prisoner receives another hearing on the same offense or offenses; no period set by the board may exceed 10 years. - Amends TCA Title 40, Chapter 28, Part 1 and Title 40, Chapter 35, Part 5.
Sponsor: Bob Ramsey
As enacted, adds certain recyclers to the list of parties who are exempt from liability under the Hazardous Waste Management Act of 1983. - Amends TCA Section 58-2-604 and Section 68-212-202(a)(4)(E).
Sponsor: Steve Southerland
As enacted, authorizes the state board of education to promulgate rules for the development of a program whereby 501(c)(3) nonprofit corporations may be recognized for the purpose of assisting LEAs through the selection and appointment of qualified volunteers; requires LEAs to establish a local appeal process through which a recognized 501(c)(3) nonprofit corporation may appeal a decision of the LEA to reject the corporation's offer of assistance. - Amends TCA Title 49.
Sponsor: Reginald Tate
As enacted, requires that attorneys' fees be awarded for state and local government employees when such employees are sued in an individual capacity and are the prevailing party. - Amends TCA Title 29, Chapter 20.
Sponsor: Mike Bell
As enacted, declares that no person providing counseling or therapy services will be required to counsel or serve a client as to goals, outcomes, or behaviors that conflict with the sincerely held principles of the counselor or therapist; requires such counselor or therapist to refer the client to another counselor or therapist; creates immunity for such action; maintains liability for counselors who will not counsel a client based on the counselor's religious beliefs when the individual seeking or undergoing the counseling is in imminent danger of harming themselves or others. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 49 and Title 63.
Sponsor: Dan Howell
As enacted, authorizes a pharmacist to provide hormonal contraceptives according to a valid collaborative pharmacy practice agreement containing a nonpatient-specific prescriptive order and standardized procedures developed and executed by one or more authorized prescribers, in certain circumstances. - Amends TCA Title 53; Title 56; Title 63; Title 68 and Title 71.
Sponsor: Steven Dickerson
As enacted, changes references from "social security numbers" to "personally identifying information" in provisions regarding the redaction of certain information in public records to conform with other recently enacted laws. - Amends TCA Title 10, Chapter 7, Part 5.
Sponsor: Jack Johnson
As introduced, subject to local approval, authorizes the city commission to designate a city administrator as head of the operating functions of the city, including that of chief financial officer; requires the city administrator to appoint all department heads and the city recorder. - Amends Chapter 32 of the Private Acts of 2009.
Sponsor: Jamie Jenkins
As enacted, authorizes, in Williamson County, the clerks of special juvenile courts and courts of general sessions having juvenile court jurisdiction to collect $75.00 from any person whose case is adjudicated in various instances; designates the fees collected from such adjudications to be used exclusively for the creation and maintenance of new juvenile court facilities; requires vote of legislative body. - Amends TCA Title 8, Chapter 21; Title 16 and Title 37.
Sponsor: Jack Johnson
As enacted, defines funeral merchandise for prearrangement insurance policies; revises provisions governing funeral merchandise. - Amends TCA Title 46 and Title 62, Chapter 5.
Sponsor: William Lamberth
As introduced, pursuant to the request of the Gibson County special school district, permits the district to issue bonds or notes in an amount of $18,500,000 or less and to issue bond, revenue, and grant anticipation notes; increases the special school district tax rate by 40 cents per $100 to pay debt service. - Amends Chapter 62 of the Private Acts of 1981.
Sponsor: Curtis Halford
As enacted, revises provisions governing construction of the Act and hearings regarding rules; requires an agency to demonstrate by convincing evidence, certain factors that justify continued existence of an agency rule. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 5.
Sponsor: Mike Bell
As enacted, eliminates requirement that a party remove a case to state court within 90 days after the complaint is filed if the Tennessee human rights commission determines there is reasonable cause to believe discrimination took place in regard to housing. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 21.
Sponsor: Johnny Shaw
Subject to local approval, changes the election process for the mayor and aldermen elections; extends the terms of the mayor and aldermen from two years to four years. - Amends Chapter 88 of the Private Acts of 1993; as amended.
Sponsor: Edward Jackson
As enacted, authorizes Rutherford County to levy an additional litigation tax to be used for construction and maintenance of a jail, workhouse, juvenile detention center, or courthouse project. - Amends TCA Title 67, Chapter 4, Part 6.
Sponsor: Rick Womick
As introduced, subject to local approval, decreases the Clay County board of education from 10 members to five members. - Amends Chapter 330 of the Private Acts of 1947; as amended.
Sponsor: Kelly Keisling
As introduced, subject to local approval, increases the authorized maximum amount of the hotel motel tax from six percent to seven percent; requires revenues generated from such increase to be used for increased funding for parks and recreation, economic development, and tourism. - Amends Chapter 118 of the Private Acts of 1979; as amended.
Sponsor: Paul Bailey
As enacted, revises various provisions governing licensure and certification for barbers and cosmetologists, including redefining "cosmetology" to include shampooing and natural hairstyling. - Amends TCA Title 62, Chapter 3 and Title 62, Chapter 4.
Sponsor: Mike Bell
As introduced, subject to local approval, creates the Tullahoma utilities authority. - Amends Chapter 553 of the Acts of 1903.
Sponsor: Judd Matheny
As introduced, subject to local approval, rewrites city charter. - Amends Chapter 754 of the Private Acts of 1947; as amended.
Sponsor: Pat Marsh
As enacted, creates Class A misdemeanor offenses for supervisors or employees who make false statements or engage in other activity to hinder an audit conducted by or on behalf of the comptroller of the treasury. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 16, Part 4.
Sponsor: Jim Tracy
As enacted, authorizes the clerk in any court where electronic filing, signing, or verification of papers is authorized by court rule to assess a transaction fee for each filing submitted on an individual basis or by use of an annual subscription fee. - Amends TCA Title 8, Chapter 21, Part 4.
Sponsor: Bill Ketron
As introduced, subject to local approval, removes an outdated requirement that the highway commissioner submit a quarterly report of expenditures to the quarterly county court. - Amends Chapter 111 of the Private Acts of 1951; as amended.
Sponsor: Paul Bailey
As enacted, extends certain alternative distribution provisions concerning liquor-by-the-drink tax proceeds to local governments. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 8; Title 9; Title 49; Title 57 and Title 67.
Sponsor: David Alexander
As enacted, authorizes local boards of education to admit pupils from outside their respective local school systems at any time without the approval of the previous LEA; adds that in cases where an LEA has created a regional school with a specific focus on STEM, local BEP school funds will also follow the student into the LEA to which the student is transferring and no tuition may be charged by the receiving LEA; revises other related provisions. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 6; Title 49, Chapter 1; Title 49, Chapter 2 and Title 49, Chapter 3.
Sponsor: Harry Brooks
As enacted, authorizes the commissioner of health to obtain records maintained by any healthcare facility in order to facilitate investigations and inquiries concerning opioid drug abuse, opioid drug overdoses, and opioid overdose deaths. - Amends TCA Title 53; Title 63 and Title 68.
Sponsor: Ryan Williams
As enacted, permits the issuance of self-distribution permits to farm wine permit holders, subject to certain conditions. - Amends TCA Section 57-3-207.
Sponsor: Bill Sanderson
As introduced, subject to local approval, rewrites the city charter. - Amends Chapter 77 of the Private Acts of 1977.
Sponsor: Rick Womick
As enacted, removes termination date of July 1, 2016, from the County Bridge Relief Act of 2014; permanently authorizes counties to use an unexpended balance of state-aid bridge grant funds to pay the local share of project costs for replacing or improving county bridges. - Amends TCA Section 54-4-507.
Sponsor: Timothy Hill
As enacted, clarifies that the consent required of a woman in order for medical experiments, research, or the taking of photographs upon her aborted fetus must be in writing; allows the taking of photographs of the aborted fetus without the woman's consent if it is done for the purpose of capturing images that the person reasonably believes depict evidence of a violation of a state or federal law, rule, or regulation. - Amends TCA Title 10, Chapter 7, Part 5; Title 39, Chapter 15, Part 2; Title 63, Chapter 6, Part 2; Title 68, Chapter 3 and Title 68, Chapter 30.
Sponsor: Joseph Hensley
As introduced, subject to local approval, authorizes compensation of mayor and aldermen to be set by ordinance; authorizes mayor and aldermen to be reimbursed for expenses incurred in the conduct of their official duties. - Amends Chapter 45 of the Private Acts of 2005.
Sponsor: Dolores Gresham
As enacted, increases the membership of the board for licensing health care facilities from 18 to 19 by adding a member representing ambulatory surgical treatment centers to the board. - Amends TCA Title 68, Chapter 11, Part 2.
Sponsor: Steven Dickerson
As introduced, subject to local approval, authorizes the metropolitan council of the metropolitan government of Lynchburg, Moore County to direct the county election commission to conduct an advisory, nonbinding referendum on the question of whether to levy a property tax increase, with the proceeds from such increase to be used exclusively to fund public school renovations.
Sponsor: Jim Tracy
As enacted, authorizes a soil conservation district and the supervisors of the district, subject to the approval of the commissioner of agriculture, to borrow money for certain purposes. - Amends TCA Section 5-9-106; Title 9, Chapter 21 and Title 43.
Sponsor: Ken Yager
As enacted, clarifies that the consent required of a woman in order for medical experiments, research, or the taking of photographs upon her aborted fetus must be in writing; allows the taking of photographs of the aborted fetus without the woman's consent if it is done for the purpose of capturing images that the person reasonably believes depict evidence of a violation of a state or federal law, rule, or regulation. - Amends TCA Title 10, Chapter 7, Part 5; Title 39, Chapter 15, Part 2; Title 63, Chapter 6, Part 2; Title 68, Chapter 3 and Title 68, Chapter 30.
Sponsor: Bryan Terry
As enacted, allows Williamson County, upon the adoption of a resolution by a 2/3 majority vote of the county legislative body, to assess a privilege tax on litigation in civil cases in an amount not to exceed $25.00 per case to be used exclusively for personnel and operating costs of the circuit court located in that county; excludes original proceedings brought in juvenile court. - Amends TCA Title 67, Chapter 4, Part 6.
Sponsor: Glen Casada
As enacted, adds an exemption from the licensure requirement for motor vehicle dealers for person to sell motor vehicles to licensed automotive dismantlers and recyclers, or to registered scrap metal processors - Amends TCA Title 55; Title 62 and Title 68.
Sponsor: Judd Matheny
As enacted, revises the educational requirements for licensure as a clinical pastoral therapist; authorizes issuance of temporary licenses to clinical pastoral therapists who are in training. - Amends TCA Title 63, Chapter 22.
Sponsor: Darren Jernigan
As enacted, specifies that no fee may be charged for the interment of an eligible veteran in a state veterans' cemetery and limits the fee to $610 for the interment of an eligible veteran's spouse. - Amends TCA Title 46, Chapter 6.
Sponsor: Johnnie Turner
As enacted, repeals registration requirement for certain health clubs; specifies that such clubs post a surety bond in the amount of $25,000 for each location conducting business in this state or certify their net worth of at least $10 million; removes the provision whereby a health club agreement is unenforceable against the buyer if the health club fails to obtain or fails to maintain a certificate of registration. - Amends TCA Title 47, Chapter 18 and Title 57, Chapter 4.
Sponsor: Mike Bell
As enacted, allows Holston Hills Country Club in Knox County to serve and sell alcoholic beverages for consumption on premises; designates the Orpheum Theater's Halloran Center as a "historic performing arts center" for purposes of on-premises consumption of alcoholic beverages; authorizes Porter Inn in Nashville to serve alcoholic beverages for on-premises consumption. - Amends TCA Title 57, Chapter 4, Part 1.
Sponsor: Becky Massey
As enacted, removes provision whereby a person who provides prayer in lieu of medical or surgical treatment could not be charged with the crime of child abuse, neglect, or endangerment solely for that reason. - Amends TCA Section 39-15-402.
Sponsor: Andrew Farmer
As enacted, makes sex offender registration for persons convicted of misdemeanor unlawful photographing in violation of privacy discretionary instead of mandatory; the judge may order registration after taking into account the facts and circumstances surrounding the offense. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 13, Part 6 and Title 40, Chapter 39.
Sponsor: Mike Sparks
As enacted, replaces requirement that individual physician's offices and practices register as medical spas with a requirement that any physician-owned practice that advertises or holds itself out as a medical spa or a physician-owned practice that primarily engages in the performance of elective cosmetic medical services must register as a medical spa. - Amends TCA Section 63-6-105.
Sponsor: Joseph Hensley
As enacted, revises eligibility requirements for home school students and students who graduate from an ineligible high school to receive the general assembly merit scholarship. - Amends TCA Section 49-4-916.
Sponsor: William Lamberth
As enacted, allows petitioner to request expedited expunction in cases where the person was arrested or charged due to mistaken identity. - Amends TCA Title 40, Chapter 32.
Sponsor: James Kyle
As enacted, changes the formula for calculating hearing costs in property tax appeals before the board of equalization; permits the assessment appeals commission to issue a notice rather than a certificate of assessment in certain circumstances; changes notice requirements for unpaid rollback taxes. - Amends TCA Title 67, Chapter 5.
Sponsor: Marc Gravitt
As enacted, repeals registration requirement for certain health clubs; specifies that such clubs post a surety bond in the amount of $25,000 for each location conducting business in this state or certify their net worth of at least $10 million; removes the provision whereby a health club agreement is unenforceable against the buyer if the health club fails to obtain or fails to maintain a certificate of registration. - Amends TCA Title 47, Chapter 18 and Title 57, Chapter 4.
Sponsor: Jeremy Faison
As enacted, requires the executive director of THEC to convene a task force to examine the statutory tuition discount and waiver programs offered at public institutions of higher education in Tennessee. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 58; Title 49, Chapter 7; Title 49, Chapter 8 and Title 49, Chapter 9.
Sponsor: Mark White
As enacted, permits a physician or osteopathic physician to prescribe, order, or otherwise distribute, for the purpose of treating binge eating disorder, a drug that is approved by the FDA for that indication. - Amends TCA Title 63, Chapter 6.
Sponsor: Becky Massey
As introduced, subject to local approval, authorizes the city commission to designate a city administrator as head of the operating functions of the city, including that of chief financial officer; requires the city administrator to appoint all department heads and the city recorder. - Amends Chapter 32 of the Private Acts of 2009.
Sponsor: Dolores Gresham
As enacted, specifies additional circumstances under which the commissioner of revenue may waive penalties for delinquent franchise and excise taxes; alters the formula for calculating quarterly estimated payments for franchise and excise taxes; reduces penalties for deficient or delinquent estimated franchise and excise tax payments from 5 percent to 2 percent per month; makes other related revisions. - Amends TCA Title 67.
Sponsor: Gerald McCormick
As enacted, authorizes Rutherford County to levy an additional litigation tax to be used for construction and maintenance of a jail, workhouse, juvenile detention center, or courthouse project. - Amends TCA Title 67, Chapter 4, Part 6.
Sponsor: Bill Ketron
As enacted, clarifies what items a manufacturer may use when having tastings on premises; enacts other tasting-related provisions; revises provisions governing permits to solicit orders. - Amends TCA Section 57-3-202.
Sponsor: Andrew Farmer
As enacted, creates offense of operating a motor vehicle in a bicycle lane; establishes exceptions to offense and penalties for violations. - Amends TCA Title 55, Chapter 8.
Sponsor: Becky Massey
As enacted, authorizes any nonprofit organization owning any vehicle that may be legally operated upon the streets or highways of this state with a regular vehicle registration to operate or move, through an authorized agent or employee, the vehicle upon any highway of the state without registering the vehicle; requires display of a special purpose plate issued to the owner. - Amends TCA Title 55, Chapter 4, Part 2.
Sponsor: Jim Tracy
As introduced, subject to local approval, authorizes the compensation of the mayor and aldermen to be established by ordinance; requires a person to be a resident of the town for two years prior to an election, instead of six months, to be eligible to serve as mayor or alderman. - Amends Chapter 289 of the Private Acts of 1965, as amended by Chapter 135 of the Private Acts of 1975, Chapter 44 of the Private Acts of 1987, Chapter 130 of the Private Acts of 2004, and any other acts amendatory thereto.
Sponsor: Barry Doss
As enacted, extends certain alternative distribution provisions concerning liquor-by-the-drink tax proceeds to local governments. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 8; Title 9; Title 49; Title 57 and Title 67.
Sponsor: Mark Norris
As enacted, specifies that TDOT has sole and exclusive jurisdiction over the design, erection, installation, and maintenance of TODS signs located within the right-of-way of any highway designated as part of the state highway system, including TODS signs within the corporate limits of municipalities; creates certain exceptions. - Amends TCA Title 54, Chapter 5.
Sponsor: Jim Tracy
As enacted, specifies that if domestic abuse is the underlying offense for which a tenancy is terminated, only the perpetrator may be evicted; enacts other provisions governing and domistic violence. - Amends TCA Title 29; Title 36 and Title 66.
Sponsor: Gerald McCormick
As enacted, adds certain recyclers to the list of parties who are exempt from liability under the Hazardous Waste Management Act of 1983. - Amends TCA Section 58-2-604 and Section 68-212-202(a)(4)(E).
Sponsor: David Hawk
As enacted, authorizes a county mayor to sell land held by the county due to delinquent taxes during the redemption period under certain conditions; reduces the amount of time a tax must be due on abandoned property before the tax lien can be enforced from two years to one year; makes other related changes. - Amends TCA Title 13, Chapter 30 and Title 67, Chapter 5.
Sponsor: Mark White
As enacted, redefines "autonomous technology" for purposes of provision whereby no political subdivision may by ordinance, resolution, or any other means prohibit within the jurisdictional boundaries of the political subdivision the use of a motor vehicle equipped with autonomous technology if the motor vehicle otherwise complies with all safety regulations of the political subdivision; clarifies the definition of "autonomous technology" applicable to the provisions governing electronic displays, such as televisions, in motor vehicles. - Amends TCA Title 47; Title 54, Chapter 1; Title 55 and Title 67.
Sponsor: Mike Carter
As enacted, extends the department of finance and administration one year to June 30, 2020; requires the division of benefits administration to appear before the government operations joint evaluation committee on judiciary and government no later than December 1, 2016, to present the clinical outcome measures report conducted by Aon Hewitt; corrects reference to division of strategic technology solutions. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 29 and Title 4, Chapter 3.
Sponsor: Mike Bell
As enacted, authorizes the state board of education to promulgate rules for the development of a program whereby 501(c)(3) nonprofit corporations may be recognized for the purpose of assisting LEAs through the selection and appointment of qualified volunteers; requires LEAs to establish a local appeal process through which a recognized 501(c)(3) nonprofit corporation may appeal a decision of the LEA to reject the corporation's offer of assistance. - Amends TCA Title 49.
Sponsor: Raumesh Akbari
As enacted, requires that bonds issued by the state funding board be sold in such manner and at such times as may be approved by the board rather than requiring those bonds to be sold at public sale or, at the discretion of the board and until June 30, 2016, at private sale; deletes provisions requiring the board to report periodically to the finance committees of the general assembly as to the terms and method of sale of bonds sold until June 30, 2016. - Amends TCA Section 9-9-205.
Sponsor: Randy McNally
As enacted, requires the executive director of THEC to convene a task force to examine the statutory tuition discount and waiver programs offered at public institutions of higher education in Tennessee. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 58; Title 49, Chapter 7; Title 49, Chapter 8 and Title 49, Chapter 9.
Sponsor: Todd Gardenhire
As introduced, subject to local approval, changes the appointment qualifications for city judge; requires the city judge to be appointed by the mayor and confirmed by majority vote of the board of mayor and aldermen; removes state residency requirement for appointed city judge. - Amends Chapter 91 of the Private Acts of 2008.
Sponsor: Ken Yager
As enacted, permits a student with a documented learning disability who is unable to take 12 semester hours as required for the Tennessee Promise scholarship to be eligible for the scholarship. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 4.
Sponsor: Lee Harris
As enacted, specifies, in regard to the requirement that the Tennessee technology development corporation provide financial assistance through contracts, grants and loans to programs of scientific and technological research and development, that such assistance includes matching grants to Tennessee's industries and universities to conduct applied research of strategic importance to Tennessee's economy. - Amends TCA Title 4 and Title 67.
Sponsor: Cameron Sexton
As enacted, revises provisions governing permits for movements of overweight and overdimensional vehicles, including permit fees. - Amends TCA Title 55, Chapter 4, Part 4 and Title 55, Chapter 7, Part 2.
Sponsor: Kelly Keisling
As introduced, subject to local approval, increases the authorized maximum amount of the hotel motel tax from six percent to seven percent; requires revenues generated from such increase to be used for increased funding for parks and recreation, economic development, and tourism. - Amends Chapter 118 of the Private Acts of 1979; as amended.
Sponsor: Ryan Williams
As enacted, changes the title of advanced practice nurses to advanced practice registered nurses. - Amends TCA Section 24-9-101; Section 49-2-124; Section 53-10-104; Section 53-10-302; Section 53-11-309; Section 56-32-137; Section 56-7-2408; Section 63-1-109; Section 63-1-301; Section 63-1-313; Section 63-10-204; Section 63-10-217; Section 63-10-505; Section 63-10-506; Title 63, Chapter 29; Section 63-51-102; Section 63-6-244; Section 63-6-802; Title 63, Chapter 7; Section 63-9-121; Section 68-1-128; Section 68-11-224; Section 68-2-601 and Section 71-5-1414.
Sponsor: Tilman Goins
As enacted, requires the department of safety to report annually to the speakers of the senate and the house and the chairs of the judiciary committee of the senate, civil justice committee of the house, and criminal justice committee of the house, a report detailing certain information regarding forfeitures from the prior year. - Amends TCA Title 38 and Title 40.
Sponsor: Timothy Hill
As enacted, revises provisions governing violations and penalties relating to the sale of alcoholic beverages. - Amends TCA Title 57.
Sponsor: Steven Dickerson
As enacted, creates the Tennessee Tri-Star General Award, to be awarded by the governor to distinguished individuals who have a record of outstanding service to this state or a local subdivision of this state. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 8 and Title 58.
Sponsor: Paul Bailey
As enacted, specifies that when declining, revoking, or rescinding parole, the board of probation and parole may set the period of time before the prisoner receives another hearing on the same offense or offenses; no period set by the board may exceed 10 years. - Amends TCA Title 40, Chapter 28, Part 1 and Title 40, Chapter 35, Part 5.
Sponsor: Doug Overbey
As enacted, makes various changes to the offense of stalking, including redefining "course of conduct". - Amends TCA Title 20, Chapter 14; Title 36, Chapter 3, Part 6 and Title 39.
Sponsor: Jeff Yarbro
As enacted, adds an exemption from the licensure requirement for motor vehicle dealers for person to sell motor vehicles to licensed automotive dismantlers and recyclers, or to registered scrap metal processors - Amends TCA Title 55; Title 62 and Title 68.
Sponsor: Janince Bowling
As introduced, subject to local approval, rewrites the city charter. - Amends Chapter 77 of the Private Acts of 1977.
Sponsor: Bill Ketron
As introduced, subject to local approval, authorizes the compensation of the mayor and aldermen to be established by ordinance; requires a person to be a resident of the town for two years prior to an election, instead of six months, to be eligible to serve as mayor or alderman. - Amends Chapter 289 of the Private Acts of 1965, as amended by Chapter 135 of the Private Acts of 1975, Chapter 44 of the Private Acts of 1987, Chapter 130 of the Private Acts of 2004, and any other acts amendatory thereto.
Sponsor: Joseph Hensley
As enacted, reduces the fee paid to county clerks for filing a business tax return from $7.00 to $5.00 by eliminating the $2.00 that is earmarked for clerks' computer expenses. - Amends TCA Title 3; Title 4; Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 8; Title 9; Title 12; Title 49; Title 67 and Title 71.
Sponsor: Randy McNally
As enacted, allows Bessie Smith Cultural Center in Hamilton County to sell alcoholic beverages for consumption on premises. - Amends TCA Title 57, Chapter 4.
Sponsor: Todd Gardenhire
As enacted, requires the commissioner of health to encourage public health organizations, the medical community, the department of education, the department of labor and workforce development, the department of general services, and other relevant stakeholders to examine the asthma prevention protocols posted on the web site of the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and related information; requires the commissioner to include on the department of health web site the Internet links to the protocols to better assist people affected by environmental illnesses and multiple chemical sensitivities. - Amends TCA Title 49; Title 50; Title 63 and Title 68.
Sponsor: Brenda Gilmore
As enacted, establishes requirements for central service technicians. - Amends TCA Title 68.
Sponsor: Cameron Sexton
As enacted, provides for the naming of certain roads and bridges in honor of certain specified persons, and provides for the placement of other certain signage. - Amends TCA Title 54.
Sponsor: Jim Tracy
As enacted, to the extent permitted by federal law, prohibits the department of health from counting the basic allowance for subsistence as income in determining eligibility of an applicant who is a member of the uniformed service for the special food program for women, infants, and children. - Amends TCA Title 68.
Sponsor: Mark Green
As enacted, creates a Class A misdemeanor offense for any person who leases a motor vehicle on or after July 1, 2016, to knowingly install, conceal, or otherwise place an electronic tracking device in or on the motor vehicle without the consent of the purchaser of the vehicle. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 13, Part 6 and Title 55.
Sponsor: G.A. Hardaway
As enacted, specifies that a person with a felony sentence of two years or less who is placed on probation based on reaching their release eligibility date may have their probation revoked pursuant to a revocation proceeding; revises other related provisions. - Amends TCA Title 37; Title 38; Title 39 and Title 40.
Sponsor: Andrew Farmer
As enacted, authorizes a licensed podiatrist to supervise a physician assistant or an orthopedic physician assistant; requires compliance with certain statutory requirements and administrative rules; enacts other provisions related to such supervision. - Amends TCA Title 63, Chapter 19 and Title 63, Chapter 3.
Sponsor: Matthew Hill
As enacted, authorizes the sale of alcoholic beverages for on-premises consumption at Lillie Belle's in Franklin, Mt. Brushy in Morgan County, and the Salt Box Inn in Putnam County; revises description of Laurel Valley Golf Club (Blount County) for purposes of the sale of alcoholic beverages for on-premises consumption. - Amends TCA Title 57, Chapter 4.
Sponsor: Jack Johnson
As introduced, subject to local approval, requires approval of the board of mayor and aldermen for personnel decisions of the mayor. - Amends Chapter 94 of the Private Acts of 1993.
Sponsor: Mike Bell
As introduced, subject to local approval, changes the appointment qualifications for city judge; requires the city judge to be appointed by the mayor and confirmed by majority vote of the board of mayor and aldermen; removes state residency requirement for appointed city judge. - Amends Chapter 91 of the Private Acts of 2008.
Sponsor: Dennis Powers
As enacted, redefines industrial hemp under the Tennessee Right to Farm Act, and revises other provisions of the Act. - Amends TCA Title 39; Title 43 and Chapter 936 of the Public Acts of 2014.
Sponsor: Frank Niceley
As enacted, authorizes a qualified physician assistant to evaluate and provide care to a youth athlete who suffered, or is suspected to have suffered, a concussion or head injury during the course of a school youth athletic activity. - Amends TCA Section 68-55-501.
Sponsor: Steven Dickerson
As enacted, authorizes a suspension of tank fees under the Tennessee Petroleum Underground Storage Tank Act, in certain situations; revises certain provisions regarding the petroleum underground storage tank fund. - Amends TCA Title 68.
Sponsor: David Hawk
As enacted, removes provision whereby a person who provides prayer in lieu of medical or surgical treatment could not be charged with the crime of child abuse, neglect, or endangerment solely for that reason. - Amends TCA Section 39-15-402.
Sponsor: Richard Briggs
As enacted, transfers primary administrative responsibilities for the Tennessee Adventure Tourism and Development Act of 2011 from the department of economic and community development to the department of tourist development. - Amends TCA Title 11, Chapter 11.
Sponsor: Gerald McCormick
As introduced, subject to local approval, removes the requirement that all joint ownership arrangements of the Cookeville regional medical center authority be on city owned property; requires all joint ownership arrangements to be approved by the city council of the City of Cookeville. - Amends Chapter 49 of the Private Acts of 1999; as amended.
Sponsor: Ryan Williams
As enacted, enacts the "Public-Private Transportation Act of 2016." - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 6; Title 9; Title 12; Title 54; Title 55; Title 65 and Title 67.
Sponsor: Bill Ketron
As enacted, specifies that a person with a felony sentence of two years or less who is placed on probation based on reaching their release eligibility date may have their probation revoked pursuant to a revocation proceeding; revises other related provisions. - Amends TCA Title 37; Title 38; Title 39 and Title 40.
Sponsor: James Kyle
As enacted, revises provisions governing construction of the Act and hearings regarding rules; requires an agency to demonstrate by convincing evidence, certain factors that justify continued existence of an agency rule. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 5.
Sponsor: Martin Daniel
As enacted, removes the five-year time frame requirement from the exemption to the handgun safety course requirement for applicants who successfully completed all handgun training of not less than four hours as required by any branch of the military within five years from the date the application for a handgun carry permit is filed. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 17, Part 13.
Sponsor: John Forgety
As enacted, adds Class E felony vandalism to the offenses for which a person's sentence may be enhanced if the offense is committed during the time and place of a declared emergency. - Amends TCA Title 40, Chapter 35, Part 1.
Sponsor: Frank Niceley
As enacted, creates Class A misdemeanor offenses for supervisors or employees who make false statements or engage in other activity to hinder an audit conducted by or on behalf of the comptroller of the treasury. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 16, Part 4.
Sponsor: Bill Dunn
As enacted, requires that every notice of violation or citation issued that is based solely upon evidence obtained from any traffic enforcement camera used to enforce or monitor traffic violations of the requirement that motor vehicles stop at a red light, include a disclaimer stating that nonpayment of the notice or citation cannot adversely affect the person's credit score or report, driver's license, and/or automobile insurance rates. - Amends TCA Title 55, Chapter 50 and Title 55, Chapter 8.
Sponsor: Andy Holt
As enacted, authorizes all public pension and retirement plans, including those of utility districts and other local governmental entities, to recognize a qualified domestic relations order that directs the entity to allocate a portion of a member's benefits to the member's former spouse. - Amends TCA Section 26-2-105.
Sponsor: Doug Overbey
As enacted, extends the department of finance and administration one year to June 30, 2020; requires the division of benefits administration to appear before the government operations joint evaluation committee on judiciary and government no later than December 1, 2016, to present the clinical outcome measures report conducted by Aon Hewitt; corrects reference to division of strategic technology solutions. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 29 and Title 4, Chapter 3.
Sponsor: Jeremy Faison
As enacted, revises provisions governing liens under the Tennessee Condominium Act of 2008. - Amends TCA Title 66, Chapter 27.
Sponsor: Doug Overbey
As enacted, revises provisions governing the information report submitted by retailers to the commissioner of revenue regarding the sales of certain products. - Amends TCA Title 67, Chapter 6, Part 4.
Sponsor: Gerald McCormick
As introduced, subject to local approval, creates the Tullahoma utilities authority. - Amends Chapter 553 of the Acts of 1903.
Sponsor: Janince Bowling
As enacted, creates a task force to study the feasibility of state government utilizing an open data policy. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 10 and Title 12.
Sponsor: Jason Powell
As enacted, redefines "traumatic brain injury residential home"; requires that any TBI residential home currently operating be licensed by the board for licensing healthcare facilities by January 1, 2017. - Amends TCA Section 68-11-201 and Section 68-11-273.
Sponsor: Matthew Hill
As enacted, creates a nine-member task force to make recommendations for statutory changes to protect the state's wildlife and waterways against any detrimental effects of invasive Asian carp. - Amends TCA Title 67; Title 69 and Title 70.
Sponsor: Jay Reedy
As enacted, establishes requirements for the removal of an ignition interlock device and revises other related provisions. - Amends TCA Title 55, Chapter 10 and Title 55, Chapter 50.
Sponsor: John Stevens
As enacted, requires the TBI to provide to the commissioner of health and to the general assembly an annual report on all law enforcement-related deaths that occurred in the prior calendar year. - Amends TCA Title 38 and Title 68.
Sponsor: Harold Love
As enacted, requires, by January 1, 2017, the district attorney general of each judicial district to establish, or cause to be established, a vulnerable adult protective investigative team (VAPIT). - Amends TCA Title 71, Chapter 6.
Sponsor: Kelly Keisling
As introduced, adds a fourth general sessions court in Rutherford County, the judge of which shall be elected to a six-year initial term in the August 2016 general election, and eight-year terms thereafter, effective upon 2/3 vote of the local legislative body. - Amends Chapter 384 of the Private Acts of 1947; as amended.
Sponsor: Bill Ketron
As enacted, enacts the "Fantasy Sports Act". - Amends TCA Title 3; Title 4; Title 8; Title 39; Title 47; Title 56 and Title 67.
Sponsor: Jack Johnson
As enacted, to the extent permitted by federal law, prohibits the department of health from counting the basic allowance for subsistence as income in determining eligibility of an applicant who is a member of the uniformed service for the special food program for women, infants, and children. - Amends TCA Title 68.
Sponsor: Joe Pitts
As enacted, revises various provisions of law regarding adoption, including provisions governing termination of parental rights, abandonment, and surrender. - Amends TCA Title 36.
Sponsor: John Windle
As enacted, allows Bessie Smith Cultural Center in Hamilton County to sell alcoholic beverages for consumption on premises. - Amends TCA Title 57, Chapter 4.
Sponsor: JoAnne Favors
As introduced, subject to local approval, authorizes the metropolitan council of the metropolitan government of Lynchburg, Moore County to direct the county election commission to conduct an advisory, nonbinding referendum on the question of whether to levy a property tax increase, with the proceeds from such increase to be used exclusively to fund public school renovations.
Sponsor: David Alexander
Expresses disagreement with the U.S. supreme court's decision in Obergefell v. Hodges.
Sponsor: Susan Lynn
Urges Congress to recognize Tennessee's sovereignty under the 10th amendment to the Constitution.
Sponsor: Susan Lynn
Seth Grimmitt, Salutatorian, Hampshire Unit School
Sponsor: Sheila Butt
Jacob Benjamin Shelton
Sponsor: Sabi Kumar
Peggy Lambert and John Ryder
Sponsor: Art Swann
Bessie Lorene Baker Brewer, 102nd birthday
Sponsor: David Byrd
Expresses support for the storage of gold and precious metal bullion and coins in a Tennessee bullion depository.
Sponsor: Bud Hulsey
Grassy Fork Volunteer Fire Department
Sponsor: Jeremy Faison
Webb Banks
Sponsor: Craig Fitzhugh
Cocke County Emergency Management Agency
Sponsor: Jeremy Faison
Obie L. Duncan
Sponsor: David Byrd
Senator Gene Elsea
Sponsor: Ron Travis
Chase Collingsworth, Valedictorian, Hancock County High School
Sponsor: Gary Hicks
Jan Brewer, Standards Recommendation Committee for Science
Sponsor: Harry Brooks
Sarah DeBord, Top Ten Senior, Volunteer High School
Sponsor: Gary Hicks
Emily Long, Valedictorian, Clinch School
Sponsor: Gary Hicks
Marshall Overbey, Top Ten Senior, Volunteer High School
Sponsor: Gary Hicks
Kristy Brown
Sponsor: Johnnie Turner
Amy Marion, Top Ten Senior, Hancock County High School
Sponsor: Gary Hicks
Peyton Emily Woody, Salutatorian, South-Doyle High School
Sponsor: Eddie Smith
Pittman Center Volunteer Fire Department
Sponsor: Jeremy Faison
Del Rio Volunteer Fire Department
Sponsor: Jeremy Faison
Ted Wampler, Sr.
Sponsor: Jimmy Matlock
Macy Jo Burysek, Salutatorian, Christian Community Schools
Sponsor: Sabi Kumar
Jonathan Perry, Top Ten Senior, Hancock County High School
Sponsor: Gary Hicks
Jared Reynolds
Sponsor: G.A. Hardaway
Madelyne Brooks, Valedictorian, Hampshire Unit School
Sponsor: Sheila Butt
Representative Billy Spivey
Sponsor: Glen Casada
Michaela Brown, Top Ten Senior, Volunteer High School
Sponsor: Gary Hicks
Alexandria Harp, Top Ten Senior, Volunteer High School
Sponsor: Gary Hicks
The Daily News, Three First Place TAPME Awards
Sponsor: Karen Camper
Barbara H. Daush
Sponsor: Jim Coley
Kellie Payne, Valedictorian, Cannon County High School
Sponsor: Mark Pody
Jasmine Carlisle, Valedictorian, Mount Juliet High School
Sponsor: Susan Lynn
Sydnee Redana Ruff, Valedictorian, Tyner Academy
Sponsor: Mike Carter
Eli Crawford, Top Ten Senior, Volunteer High School
Sponsor: Gary Hicks
Logan Markham, Top Ten Senior, Volunteer High School
Sponsor: Gary Hicks
Holden Fleenor, Top Ten Senior, Hancock County High School
Sponsor: Gary Hicks
Ashley Dodson, Valedictorian, Santa Fe Unit School
Sponsor: Sheila Butt
Newport Rescue Squad
Sponsor: Jeremy Faison
New Center Middle School 7th and 8th grade boys' basketball team
Sponsor: Andrew Farmer
Brookelyn Stewart, Top Ten Senior, Hancock County High School
Sponsor: Gary Hicks
Woodlawn Missionary Baptist Church, 150th anniversary
Sponsor: Craig Fitzhugh
Harold "Bimbo" McCawley
Sponsor: Ron Travis
Gentry Morgan Huddleston, Valedictiorian, South-Doyle High School
Sponsor: Eddie Smith
Christian Dalton, Top Ten Senior, Hancock County High School
Sponsor: Gary Hicks
Chance Ryan Von Dette
Sponsor: Beth Harwell
Leslye Simone Williams
Sponsor: G.A. Hardaway
Katherine Minor Walker
Sponsor: Joe Pitts
Keifer Fleenor, Top Ten Senior, Hancock County High School
Sponsor: Gary Hicks
Stacy Okai, Salutatorian, Kingsbury High School
Sponsor: Antonio Parkinson
Confirms appointment of Dr. Kenneth C. Hill to serve a six-year term on the Tennessee Regulatory Authority, such term to expire June 30, 2020.
Sponsor: James Van Huss
Woodrow Wilson Henderson, Jr.
Sponsor: Sheila Butt
Representative Mike Harrison
Sponsor: Gary Hicks
Bailey Sims, Salutatorian, Cannon County High School
Sponsor: Mark Pody
Encourages state agencies and their contractors to donate excess, apparently wholesome food to nonprofit organizations that provide assistance to food-insecure people in the state.
Sponsor: Kevin Brooks
Alexyss Taylor Zeitelt, Salutatorian, Greenbrier High School
Sponsor: Sabi Kumar
Colonel William Donnell "Don" Young, Jr.
Sponsor: Jeremy Durham
Justus Tyler Bell
Sponsor: Jimmy Matlock
Emily Rhoton, Top Ten Senior, Volunteer High School
Sponsor: Gary Hicks
Anna Beth Haggard, graduation from University of North Alabama
Sponsor: David Byrd
Angel Vu, Valedictorian, Kingsbury High School
Sponsor: Antonio Parkinson
Jessica Giacobbi, Salutatorian, Mount Juliet High School
Sponsor: Susan Lynn
Carol Hardin
Sponsor: David Byrd
Braden Fisher, Top Ten Senior, Hancock County High School
Sponsor: Gary Hicks
Martha Ann Cassell Lee
Sponsor: Raumesh Akbari
Jamie M. Thompson
Sponsor: Beth Harwell
Scott Thompson, 2016 President of Tennessee Road Builders Association
Sponsor: Patsy Hazlewood
Cocke County Fire Department
Sponsor: Jeremy Faison
Representative David Shepard
Sponsor: Craig Fitzhugh
Division of Forestry, (Cocke County)
Sponsor: Jeremy Faison
Molly Ramsey, Salutatorian, Hancock County High School
Sponsor: Gary Hicks
Long Creek Volunteer Fire Department
Sponsor: Jeremy Faison
Mekenna Johnson, Top Ten Senior, Volunteer High School
Sponsor: Gary Hicks
Joyce Anchanattu Mathai, Salutatorian, Tyner Academy
Sponsor: Mike Carter
Edmondson Pike branch of the Nashville Public Library
Sponsor: Jason Powell
Caleb Gunter, Top Ten Senior, Hancock County High School
Sponsor: Gary Hicks
Cosby Volunteer Fire Department
Sponsor: Jeremy Faison
Meghan Lusk, Salutatorian, Santa Fe Unit School
Sponsor: Sheila Butt
155th anniversary reenactment of The Battle of Shiloh
Sponsor: Debra Moody
Fentress County Fair, 2014 A Division Champion
Sponsor: Kelly Keisling
Kaitlyn Price, Top Ten Senior, Volunteer High School
Sponsor: Gary Hicks
Parrottsville Volunteer Fire Department
Sponsor: Jeremy Faison
Carol Hardin
Sponsor: Sabi Kumar
Ben Curtis, Top Ten Senior, Volunteer High School
Sponsor: Gary Hicks
Centerview Volunteer Fire Department
Sponsor: Jeremy Faison
As enacted, allows licensing authorities for certain state regulatory agencies to consider whether a person's conviction for the commission of a felony bears directly on the person's fitness to practice competently when making determinations regarding the person's licensure status. - Amends TCA Title 57; Title 62; Title 63; Title 68 and Title 69.
Sponsor: Mark Norris
Rush L. Sowell
Sponsor: Mae Beavers
As enacted, extends the Tennessee rehabilitative initiative in correction (TRICOR) board for two years to June 30, 2018; removes the TRICOR board's authority to nominate members for appointment to the board; removes the executive director of TRICOR from the board; adds the commissioner of correction, or the commissioner's designee, as a member of the TRICOR board, who will vote only to break a tie vote of the other board members; removes the authority of the commissioner of correction to reject the board's choice for executive director and to remove an executive director so that the board will be solely vested with the authority to appoint and remove the executive director. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 29; Section 8-30-102; Title 41, Chapter 6, Part 2 and Title 41, Chapter 22.
Sponsor: Mike Bell
As enacted, clarifies that deadly force may be used by nuclear security officers at nuclear power reactor facilities and not just category I nuclear facilities. - Amends TCA Section 39-11-611.
Sponsor: Ron Travis
As enacted, requires the state board of education and the department to support and encourage LEAs in the creation of communities of schools; authorizes LEAs and schools to form community consortiums with a variety of community partners to establish communities of schools; enacts other provisions relative to community schools. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 6, Part 24.
Sponsor: Reginald Tate
As enacted, under certain circumstances, authorizes an airport authority to sell an aircraft abandoned on the airport authority's property; establishes procedures for conducting the sale, notifying interested parties, and enforcing a lien for unpaid storage fees. - Amends TCA Title 42; Title 47 and Title 66, Chapter 29.
Sponsor: Jim Tracy
As enacted, extends the board of dietitian/nutritionist examiners six years to June 30, 2022. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 29, Part 2; Title 63, Chapter 25, Part 1 and Section 68-1-101.
Sponsor: Jeremy Faison
As enacted, requires arresting agency to send fingerprint cards for DUI and other vehicular impairment offense arrests to TBI within five days of arrest for submission to NCIC and requires the clerks to send DUI convictions to TBI within seven days of conviction. - Amends TCA Title 8 and Title 55.
Sponsor: Mark White
As enacted, extends the state soil conservation committee six years to June 30, 2022; establishes minimum attendance requirement for committee members and requires removal of members who do not meet the requirement. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 29; Title 43, Chapter 14, Part 2; Title 43, Chapter 34 and Title 69, Chapter 6.
Sponsor: Jeremy Faison
As enacted, creates civil immunity for certain members of the national guard who use force against another, including by discharging a personally owned firearm, in certain situations. - Amends TCA Title 58, Chapter 1.
Sponsor: Richard Briggs
As enacted, removes the requirement that in order for a retail food store to obtain a license to sell alcoholic beverages for consumption on premises that the premises and business for on-premises consumption be separate and distinct from the retail food store; authorizes the alcoholic beverage commission to issue a limited license to a retail food store authorizing a restaurant within a retail food store to serve wine but no other alcoholic beverages within a designated area within the retail food store. - Amends TCA Title 57, Chapter 3, Part 8 and Title 57, Chapter 4.
Sponsor: Pat Marsh
As enacted, authorizes certain entities to stock epinephrine auto-injectors on their premises; authorizes employees, agents, and laypersons to provide or administer an epinephrine auto-injector under certain circumstances; requires the secretary of state to provide any rule promulgated to implement this act to the chairs of the health committee of the house and the health and welfare committee of the senate after approval by the attorney general at the same time that the rule is to be made available to the government operations committees. - Amends TCA Title 38 and Title 68, Chapter 140.
Sponsor: Mark Green
As enacted, revises provisions governing reinstatement of licenses based on expiration of a license under the division of health-related boards. - Amends TCA Title 63.
Sponsor: Randy McNally
As enacted, allows an inmate to receive sentence reduction credits for obtaining any high school equivalency credential, instead of only a GED. - Amends TCA Section 41-21-236.
Sponsor: Gerald McCormick
As enacted, requires an application for approval of a transfer of structured settlement payment rights to be made by the transferee and permits the application to be brought in the county in which the payee resides or where the settlement was approved or judgment rendered in the underlying tort claim, or in the court or before the authority that approved the structured settlement agreement; revises other provisions regarding structured settlements. - Amends TCA Title 47, Chapter 18, Part 26.
Sponsor: Jim Coley
As enacted, revises various provisions governing workers' compensation in regard to the case management system and settlements. - Amends TCA Title 50 and Title 56.
Sponsor: Jimmy Eldridge
As enacted, requires that certain temporary injunctions go into effect against both parties upon filing of a petition related to child custody. - Amends TCA Title 36, Chapter 6, Part 1.
Sponsor: Ryan Williams
As enacted, allows Rutherford County to participate in a pilot project for establishing convenient voting centers for use on election day upon super majority vote of the county election commission. - Amends TCA Title 2, Chapter 3.
Sponsor: Bryan Terry
As enacted, revises provisions governing reinstatement of licenses based on expiration of a license under the division of health-related boards. - Amends TCA Title 63.
Sponsor: John Ragan
As enacted, allows Rutherford County to participate in a pilot project for establishing convenient voting centers for use on election day upon super majority vote of the county election commission. - Amends TCA Title 2, Chapter 3.
Sponsor: Bill Ketron
As enacted, requires an application for approval of a transfer of structured settlement payment rights to be made by the transferee and permits the application to be brought in the county in which the payee resides or where the settlement was approved or judgment rendered in the underlying tort claim, or in the court or before the authority that approved the structured settlement agreement; revises other provisions regarding structured settlements. - Amends TCA Title 47, Chapter 18, Part 26.
Sponsor: Reginald Tate
As enacted, requires each location used by a scrap metal dealer who is required to register and comply with record maintenance and retention to pay a $500 biennial fee for registration or renewal of a scrap metal dealer location to the department of revenue. - Amends TCA Section 55-3-202 and Title 62, Chapter 9.
Sponsor: Paul Bailey
As enacted, increases penalty for TennCare fraud from Class E felony to Class D felony; creates specific fines for first and subsequent convictions for TennCare fraud. - Amends TCA Title 71, Chapter 5, Part 26.
Sponsor: Gerald McCormick
As enacted, requires the instant check unit of the TBI to contact the agency making an entry of an order of protection into the national crime information center within one day if the subject of the order of protection attempts to purchase a firearm. - Amends TCA Title 36, Chapter 3, Part 6; Title 38, Chapter 6 and Title 39, Chapter 17, Part 13.
Sponsor: Karen Camper
As enacted, prohibits the commissioner of financial institutions from using a multi-state licensing system to share FBI criminal history background information of anyone other than mortgage loan originators, unless otherwise authorized by federal law. - Amends TCA Title 45, Chapter 5 and Title 45, Chapter 13.
Sponsor: Gerald McCormick
As enacted, authorizes advanced practice registered nurses who provide services in a free clinic or engage in the voluntary provision of healthcare services and physician assistants who provide services in a free or reduced fee clinic under the Volunteer Healthcare Services Act to arrange for required chart reviews by a supervising physician in the physician's office or remotely via HIPAA-compliant electronic means instead of at the clinic site. - Amends TCA Title 63, Chapter 19; Title 63, Chapter 6 and Title 63, Chapter 7.
Sponsor: Tilman Goins
As enacted, requires a vendor that is indicted for or convicted of, or pleads guilty or nolo contendere to, any violation under the Sherman Antitrust Act; any federal or state criminal statute in connection with any contract let or funded, in whole or in part, by this state or any other state or territory of the United States; or any federal or state crime as the result of any investigation into such violations or crimes, to provide notice of such indictment, conviction, or plea to the chief procurement officer; establishes penalty for violation. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 56 and Title 12.
Sponsor: Ken Yager
As enacted, expands eligibility for the issuance of an amateur radio license plate without the $25.00 additional fee to registrants who provide emergency services as part of a squad and whose qualifications are approved by the county emergency management director. - Amends TCA Title 55, Chapter 4, Part 2.
Sponsor: Terri Lynn Weaver
As enacted, extends the statute of limitations for civil actions based on injury or illness resulting from child sexual abuse that occurred when the person was a minor but was not discovered until after the person became an adult to three years from the discovery of the abuse. - Amends TCA Title 28, Chapter 3, Part 1.
Sponsor: Darren Jernigan
As enacted, extends the Tennessee motor vehicle commission four years to June 30, 2020; establishes minimum attendance requirement for commission members and requires removal of members who do not meet the requirement. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 29; Section 4-3-1304; Section 47-18-120; Title 55, Chapter 17; Section 55-4-221 and Section 62-19-128.
Sponsor: Jeremy Faison
As enacted, creates the offense of using an unmanned aircraft to fly within 250 feet of a critical infrastructure facility for the purpose of conducting surveillance of, gathering evidence or collecting information about, or photographically or electronically recording, critical infrastructure data. - Amends TCA Title 39 and Title 40.
Sponsor: Jack Johnson
As enacted, imposes same burden of proof in nuisance actions based on changed farming operations as presently applied to nuisance actions based on established farming operations. - Amends TCA Title 29, Chapter 3; Section 39-17-415; Section 43-1-701; Title 43, Chapter 26 and Title 44, Chapter 18.
Sponsor: Timothy Wirgau
As enacted, revises provisions governing the issuance of a retail food store wine license to a retail food store located within a shopping center or other development. - Amends TCA Title 57, Chapter 3.
Sponsor: Steven Dickerson
As enacted, authorizes Davidson County to impose and collect a solid waste collection, processing, and disposal fee; adds solid waste "processing" as an authorized expenditure for the surcharge on each ton of municipal solid waste received at a solid waste disposal facility or incinerator. - Amends TCA Title 68, Chapter 211.
Sponsor: Bill Beck
As enacted, requires the department of correction to pay, within 120 days of the bill being submitted, any bill of costs or other fees owed to a county by the department as the result of a criminal conviction in that county. - Amends TCA Title 40, Chapter 25, Part 1.
Sponsor: Bill Ketron
As enacted, authorizes Davidson County to issue bonds to fund affordable housing and workforce housing projects. - Amends TCA Title 7; Title 9, Chapter 21 and Title 13, Chapter 23.
Sponsor: Darren Jernigan
As enacted, requires the state board of education and the department to support and encourage LEAs in the creation of communities of schools; authorizes LEAs and schools to form community consortiums with a variety of community partners to establish communities of schools; enacts other provisions relative to community schools. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 6, Part 24.
Sponsor: Barbara Cooper
As enacted, enacts the "Student Online Personal Protection Act". - Amends TCA Title 49.
Sponsor: Mark White
As enacted, expands the authority of the local governments to make interfund loans to include all funds derived from the sale of a Tennessee private act hospital; limits capital outlay notes from the sale of a Tennessee private act hospital not to exceed a period of 20 fiscal years. - Amends TCA Title 9, Chapter 21.
Sponsor: Dan Howell
As enacted, revises provisions governing the issuance of a retail food store wine license to a retail food store located within a shopping center or other development. - Amends TCA Title 57, Chapter 3.
Sponsor: Cameron Sexton
As enacted, extends current moratorium on certificates of need for new nursing home beds until June 30, 2021. - Amends TCA Title 68, Chapter 11.
Sponsor: Steve McDaniel
As enacted, encourages public school teachers to be Promise scholarship mentors by crediting them with one day of in-service for volunteering as mentors; encourages retired teachers to be Promise scholarship mentors by granting them one year of eligibility for the state employee discount program for volunteering as mentors. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 11 and Title 49.
Sponsor: Jim Tracy
As enacted, prohibits a person who is registered, or required to register, as a violent sexual offender or offender against children pursuant to the Tennessee Sexual Offender and Violent Sexual Offender Registration, Verification and Tracking Act to knowingly establish a primary or secondary residence or any other living accommodation in any public institution of higher education's on-campus student residence facilities, including dormitories and apartments. - Amends TCA Title 39; Title 40, Chapter 39, Part 2 and Title 49, Chapter 7, Part 1.
Sponsor: G.A. Hardaway
As enacted, revises provisions governing industrial development corporations and payments in lieu of taxes made by the corporation's lessees. - Amends TCA Title 7; Title 9 and Title 13.
Sponsor: Rusty Crowe
As enacted, extends the board of dietitian/nutritionist examiners six years to June 30, 2022. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 29, Part 2; Title 63, Chapter 25, Part 1 and Section 68-1-101.
Sponsor: Mike Bell
As enacted, extends the Tennessee Promise scholarship to dependents of Tennessee military parents who are stationed outside of the state. - Amends TCA Section 49-4-708.
Sponsor: Courtney Rogers
As enacted, designates a portion of Soak Creek beginning in Bledsoe County and ending in Rhea County as a Class III scenic river. - Amends TCA Title 11, Chapter 13.
Sponsor: Ron Travis
As enacted, establishes the position of executive internal auditor and gives the position various responsibilities related to internal audits of executive branch agencies. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 8 and Title 9.
Sponsor: Ken Yager
As enacted, deletes requirement that a person's driver license be suspended for an additional like period if convicted of driving on a suspended or revoked license; allows a court to order issuance of a restricted driver license contingent on the person participating in a payment plan for any unpaid fines or costs. - Amends TCA Title 55.
Sponsor: William Lamberth
As enacted, adds provisions regarding those qualified to be a medical laboratory director or a medical laboratory supervisor. - Amends TCA Title 68, Chapter 29.
Sponsor: Dan Howell
As enacted, clarifies that the speakers may appoint members of the general assembly from one political party to the West Tennessee river basin authority if there is not a member representing the area from another political party. - Amends TCA Title 64, Chapter 1, Part 11.
Sponsor: Edward Jackson
As enacted, removes authority of the council for licensing hearing instrument specialists to waive written examination requirements for certain applicants; specifies that the national board for certification of hearing instrument sciences is no longer the accepted examination for licensure. - Amends TCA Title 63, Chapter 17, Part 2.
Sponsor: Curtis Johnson
As enacted, allows a student, who has completed at least 60 hours of coursework and is taking a required course for a bachelor's degree designed to train industry professionals in the production of fermented or distilled food or beverage products, to taste alcoholic beverages as part of instruction in the required course, under certain circumstances. - Amends TCA Title 49 and Title 57.
Sponsor: Steve McManus
As enacted, requires the department to perform certain duties, such as develop subrecipient monitoring plans utilizing analytic procedures; conduct unannounced and announced site visits of subrecipients; and conduct criminal history background checks on each applicant of the subrecipient or sponsoring organization during the application process and at any time during participation in a food program. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 8; Title 9 and Title 39, Chapter 16.
Sponsor: Jim Tracy
As enacted, makes permanent the $2.00 increases to the filing fees charged by court clerks and data fee entry chargeable by clerks that are scheduled to expire July 1, 2016. - Amends Chapter 1039 of the Public Acts of 2012.
Sponsor: John Ragan
As enacted, authorizes certain off-highway vehicles that have top speeds over 35 mph and nonstraddle seating for up to four passengers, to be operated on county roads; authorizes issuance of off-highway license plates for each category; establishes equipment and safety requirements for the vehicles. - Amends TCA Title 55.
Sponsor: David Byrd
As enacted, requires the principal of a school to allow a patriotic society the opportunity to speak with students during school hours. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 6, Part 3.
Sponsor: Bill Ketron
As enacted, requires the department of correction to pay, within 120 days of the bill being submitted, any bill of costs or other fees owed to a county by the department as the result of a criminal conviction in that county. - Amends TCA Title 40, Chapter 25, Part 1.
Sponsor: David Alexander
As enacted, authorizes certain off-highway vehicles that have top speeds over 35 mph and nonstraddle seating for up to four passengers, to be operated on county roads; authorizes issuance of off-highway license plates for each category; establishes equipment and safety requirements for the vehicles. - Amends TCA Title 55.
Sponsor: Joseph Hensley
As enacted, prohibits a local governmental unit from enacting zoning regulations that require the allocation of a percentage of existing or newly constructed private residential or commercial rental units for long-term retention as affordable or workforce housing. - Amends TCA Title 66, Chapter 35.
Sponsor: Glen Casada
As enacted, requires schools to provide notice on their web sites of the date of the school's administration of the AP and PSAT/NMSQT examinations, the availability of such examinations, and any financial assistance for low income students; requires that home school students be permitted to take the AP and PSAT/NMSQT examinations at any public school offering such examinations. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 6, Part 30.
Sponsor: Mike Bell
As enacted, requires referees or officiates of interscholastic athletic events to submit to a criminal background investigation and provide a fingerprint sample; exempts the referees and officiates from the criminal background investigation and requirement to provide a fingerprint sample if they have undergone a satisfactory background check as a condition of registration for work as an official for interscholastic athletic contests. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 5, Part 4.
Sponsor: Jim Tracy
Senator Ward Crutchfield
Sponsor: Todd Gardenhire
As enacted, extends the department of human resources three years to June 30, 2019; requires the department to report back to the committee concerning the findings in its 2015 performance audit report. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 29 and Title 4, Chapter 3.
Sponsor: Jeremy Faison
As enacted, expands the authority of the local governments to make interfund loans to include all funds derived from the sale of a Tennessee private act hospital; limits capital outlay notes from the sale of a Tennessee private act hospital not to exceed a period of 20 fiscal years. - Amends TCA Title 9, Chapter 21.
Sponsor: Mike Bell
Office of Legislative Information Systems of the 109th General Assembly
Sponsor: Ronald Ramsey
As enacted, specifies that the department, in its role as the primary food manufacturing inspection agency for Tennessee, is the primary inspection agency for grist mills that are located in Tennessee. - Amends TCA Title 43 and Title 53.
Sponsor: Tilman Goins
As enacted, encourages public school teachers to be Promise scholarship mentors by crediting them with one day of in-service for volunteering as mentors; encourages retired teachers to be Promise scholarship mentors by granting them one year of eligibility for the state employee discount program for volunteering as mentors. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 11 and Title 49.
Sponsor: John Forgety
As enacted, authorizes the board or governing entity, or the chief administrative officer, of a private K-12 school or private institution of higher education to implement a handgun carry policy that either allows or prohibits the carrying of a handgun on the grounds or buildings of a private K-12 school or private university by a person who has a handgun carry permit. - Amends TCA Title 39; Title 49, Chapter 7, Part 1 and Title 49, Chapter 50, Part 8.
Sponsor: Tilman Goins
As enacted, permits constables who have law enforcement powers to carry firearms at all times and in all places in Tennessee that other law enforcement officers are permitted to carry firearms; requires the constable to receive, at a minimum, 40 hours initial training, within one year of election, and eight hours annual in-service training in firearms qualification administered by a certified law enforcement firearms instructor. - Amends TCA Title 8, Chapter 10 and Title 39, Chapter 17, Part 13.
Sponsor: Rusty Crowe
As enacted, clarifies that clerks of general sessions and circuit courts are required to notify the TBI of final disposition of criminal proceedings as soon as practicable but no later than 30 days after final disposition of the proceedings. - Amends TCA Section 8-21-401; Section 8-4-115; Title 16; Title 18 and Section 39-17-1316.
Sponsor: Mae Beavers
As enacted, authorizes natural gas utility districts in Hawkins County to provide funding to chambers of commerce and economic and community organizations pursuant to a resolution adopted by the governing body. - Amends TCA Title 7, Chapter 82.
Sponsor: Gary Hicks
As enacted, makes various changes to handgun carry permits, including extending permit renewals to occur every eight years and lowering the initial application fee from $115 to $100. - Amends TCA Section 39-17-1351.
Sponsor: Gerald McCormick
As enacted, removes the limitation that a passenger car or passenger motor vehicle have a manufacturer's gross vehicle weight rating of 8,500 pounds or less in order to be subject to the mandatory seat belt law. - Amends TCA Section 55-9-603.
Sponsor: Gerald McCormick
As enacted, expands eligibility for the issuance of an amateur radio license plate without the $25.00 additional fee to registrants who provide emergency services as part of a squad and whose qualifications are approved by the county emergency management director. - Amends TCA Title 55, Chapter 4, Part 2.
Sponsor: Ferrell Haile
As enacted, enacts the "National Guard Force Protection Act of 2016". - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 9 and Title 58.
Sponsor: Jack Johnson
As enacted, revises various provisions regarding cemetery owners and companies, architects, insurers, shops licensed by the board of cosmetology and barber examiners, funeral directors, real estate firms, real estate brokers, affiliate brokers, time-share salespersons, and acquisition agents. - Amends TCA Section 46-2-101; Section 56-1-213 and Title 62.
Sponsor: Gerald McCormick
As enacted, establishes requirements for the operation of electric bicycles. - Amends TCA Section 54-10-111; Section 54-5-142; Section 54-5-211 and Title 55.
Sponsor: Eddie Smith
As enacted, extends the effectiveness of certain rules governing risk sharing agreements. - Amends the termination date of Chapter 409 of the Public Acts of 2013.
Sponsor: Gerald McCormick
As enacted, authorizes issuance of Combat Action new specialty earmarked license plates. - Amends TCA Title 55, Chapter 4.
Sponsor: Courtney Rogers
As enacted, expands the applicability of the Neighborhood Preservation Act to certain occupied buildings and residential properties by authorizing a person to bring a civil action against the owner of an occupied building or property that is not properly maintained or that fails to comply with certain ordinances or regulations. - Amends TCA Title 13, Chapter 6.
Sponsor: James Kyle
Office of Legislative Administration of the 109th General Assembly
Sponsor: Ronald Ramsey
As enacted, clarifies that a parent who spends intervals of time with a child and who wishes to relocate is required to provide notice to the other parent after custody or co-parenting has been established by the entry of a permanent parenting plan or final court order. - Amends TCA Title 36, Chapter 6, Part 1.
Sponsor: Martin Daniel
As enacted, authorizes purchase of insurance to protect against breach of fiduciary duty by public officials and employees. - Amends TCA Title 8.
Sponsor: Bill Ketron
As enacted, authorizes law enforcement officers to administer epinephrine in emergency situations in certain circumstances; authorizes physicians to prescribe epinephrine to a law enforcement agency for use by officers in emergency situations; adds immunity from civil liability for pharmacists based on any injury to an individual who is harmed by the administration of the epinephrine dispensed by the pharmacist and prescribed by a physician pursuant to this bill, unless the pharmacist acts with reckless disregard for safety. - Amends TCA Title 38; Title 63 and Title 68.
Sponsor: Ryan Williams
As enacted, revises various provisions governing reporting functions of public entities and officials. - Amends TCA Title 3; Title 4; Title 8; Title 9; Title 12; Title 16; Title 17; Title 23; Title 29; Title 33; Title 37; Title 49; Title 50; Title 54; Title 55; Title 56; Title 64; Title 65; Title 67; Title 68 and Title 71.
Sponsor: Steven Dickerson
As enacted, revises provisions governing the appeal procedure for public employees. - Amends TCA Title 8, Chapter 30 and Title 49.
Sponsor: Becky Massey
As enacted, establishes requirements for the operation of electric bicycles. - Amends TCA Section 54-10-111; Section 54-5-142; Section 54-5-211 and Title 55.
Sponsor: Richard Briggs
Staff of the Fiscal Review Committee of the 109th General Assembly
Sponsor: Ronald Ramsey
Office of the Chief Clerk of the Senate of the 109th General Assembly
Sponsor: Ronald Ramsey
As enacted, authorizes the City of Gatlinburg to adopt an ordinance imposing a minimum distance, not to exceed 1,000 feet, between distilleries manufacturing distilled spirits; the ordinance will not apply to or affect any licensed distillery in operation and open to the public prior to the effective date of this act; specifies that a distillery exempt from an ordinance adopted pursuant to this act will remain so exempt upon the transfer of any ownership interest in the distillery to a successor in interest. - Amends TCA Section 57-2-103 and Section 57-3-202.
Sponsor: Dale Carr
As enacted, prohibits a person who is registered, or required to register, as a violent sexual offender or offender against children pursuant to the Tennessee Sexual Offender and Violent Sexual Offender Registration, Verification and Tracking Act to knowingly establish a primary or secondary residence or any other living accommodation in any public institution of higher education's on-campus student residence facilities, including dormitories and apartments. - Amends TCA Title 39; Title 40, Chapter 39, Part 2 and Title 49, Chapter 7, Part 1.
Sponsor: Lee Harris
As enacted, authorizes purchase of insurance to protect against breach of fiduciary duty by public officials and employees. - Amends TCA Title 8.
Sponsor: William Lamberth
As enacted, makes various changes to the Tennessee Lawful Employment Act, including requiring, beginning January 1, 2017, a private employer with 50 or more employees to enroll in the E-verify program. - Amends TCA Title 36, Chapter 5, Part 11 and Title 50, Chapter 1, Part 7.
Sponsor: Pat Marsh
As enacted, revises requirements for protecting personally identifying information in records held by governmental entities; requires the office of open records counsel to develop a model public records policy for governmental entities; makes other related changes to public records laws. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 4; Title 8, Chapter 4; Title 10, Chapter 7; Title 39; Title 47, Chapter 18; Title 49, Chapter 7; Title 50, Chapter 1 and Title 67.
Sponsor: Bill Dunn
As enacted, clarifies that deadly force may be used by nuclear security officers at nuclear power reactor facilities and not just category I nuclear facilities. - Amends TCA Section 39-11-611.
Sponsor: Ken Yager
As enacted, authorizes the use of green infrastructure practices within areas that have combined sanitary sewage and storm water systems. - Amends TCA Title 7; Title 68, Chapter 221 and Title 69, Chapter 3.
Sponsor: Jeff Yarbro
Weakley County Nursing Home, 2015 Bronze - Commitment to Quality Award
Sponsor: John Stevens
As enacted, extends the Tennessee motor vehicle commission four years to June 30, 2020; establishes minimum attendance requirement for commission members and requires removal of members who do not meet the requirement. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 29; Section 4-3-1304; Section 47-18-120; Title 55, Chapter 17; Section 55-4-221 and Section 62-19-128.
Sponsor: Mike Bell
As enacted, prohibits a state employer from inquiring about an applicant's criminal history on an initial application form for employment under certain circumstances; excludes certain state employers from this prohibition. - Amends TCA Title 8, Chapter 50, Part 1.
Sponsor: James Kyle
Jasmine Tate, Valedictorian, Hillcrest High School
Sponsor: Lee Harris
As enacted, allows certain part-time and seasonal adventure tourism jobs, with or without minimum health care, created in adventure tourism districts on or after July 1, 2017, to be counted as half a job for purposes of allowing the employer to qualify for the jobs tax credit against franchise and excise taxes. - Amends TCA Title 11, Chapter 11, Part 2 and Title 67.
Sponsor: John Ragan
As enacted, prohibits a state employer from inquiring about an applicant's criminal history on an initial application form for employment under certain circumstances; excludes certain state employers from this prohibition. - Amends TCA Title 8, Chapter 50, Part 1.
Sponsor: Brenda Gilmore
As enacted, extends the regional transportation authority of Middle Tennessee five years to June 30, 2018; requires the authority to appear before the joint government operations committees no later than December 31, 2016, to report on the Nashville Area Metropolitan Planning Organization regional transportation plan. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 29; Section 29-20-107 and Title 64, Chapter 8.
Sponsor: Jeremy Faison
As enacted, removes the requirement that in order for a retail food store to obtain a license to sell alcoholic beverages for consumption on premises that the premises and business for on-premises consumption be separate and distinct from the retail food store; authorizes the alcoholic beverage commission to issue a limited license to a retail food store authorizing a restaurant within a retail food store to serve wine but no other alcoholic beverages within a designated area within the retail food store. - Amends TCA Title 57, Chapter 3, Part 8 and Title 57, Chapter 4.
Sponsor: Jack Johnson
As enacted, permits a county medical examiner and certain district attorneys general to request the district attorney general in the district where the body is buried or interred to file a petition in circuit or criminal court for the disinterment of the deceased for the purpose of performing an autopsy, collecting scientific or forensic evidence, or obtaining DNA evidence. - Amends TCA Title 38.
Sponsor: Doug Overbey
As enacted, extends the department of human resources three years to June 30, 2019; requires the department to report back to the committee concerning the findings in its 2015 performance audit report. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 29 and Title 4, Chapter 3.
Sponsor: Mike Bell
As enacted, clarifies that the speakers may appoint members of the general assembly from one political party to the West Tennessee river basin authority if there is not a member representing the area from another political party. - Amends TCA Title 64, Chapter 1, Part 11.
Sponsor: Curtis Halford
As enacted, increases the maximum amount of a life insurance policy from $7,500 to $15,000 in order that a photocopy of a certificate of death, along with certain statements, may constitute proof of death; authorizes certain financial institutions and associations to pay out all accounts of certain deceased, and checks payable to certain decedents or their estates, to certain creditors, relatives, and representatives as long as the sums do not exceed $10,000 in the aggregate. - Amends TCA Title 45 and Title 56.
Sponsor: Patsy Hazlewood
As enacted, requires the department to provide an annual report to the education committee of the senate and the education instruction and programs committee of the house of representatives, regarding the physical education programs and activity for each LEA. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 1; Title 49, Chapter 2 and Title 49, Chapter 6.
Sponsor: Jim Tracy
As enacted, allows applicants for retail food store wine license to seek certificate of compliance from local government and receive approval letter from commission prior to July 1, 2016; allows wholesalers to solicit orders from retail food stores and deliver wine prior to July 1, 2016; clarifies when retail package store may deliver to customers; limits retail package store licenses to two per owner. - Amends TCA Section 57-3-406 and Section 57-3-803.
Sponsor: Curry Todd
As enacted, requires every law enforcement agency to have a policy describing when law enforcement personnel may disclose to the public information or law enforcement records concerning the use of drugs or alcohol by a driver as a contributing factor in a motor vehicle accident. - Amends TCA Title 55, Chapter 10.
Sponsor: Kerry Roberts
Senate employees of the 109th General Assembly
Sponsor: Ronald Ramsey
As enacted, requires the department to perform certain duties, such as develop subrecipient monitoring plans utilizing analytic procedures; conduct unannounced and announced site visits of subrecipients; and conduct criminal history background checks on each applicant of the subrecipient or sponsoring organization during the application process and at any time during participation in a food program. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 8; Title 9 and Title 39, Chapter 16.
Sponsor: Timothy Wirgau
As enacted, revises provisions governing the powers of the board of trustees of the University of Tennessee system. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 9.
Sponsor: Harry Brooks
As enacted, establishes licensing requirements specifically for recreational vehicle dealers and salespersons to be overseen by the Tennessee motor vehicle commission. - Amends TCA Title 55.
Sponsor: Kent Calfee
Shannondale Health Center, 2015 Bronze - Commitment to Quality Award
Sponsor: Richard Briggs
As enacted, grants in-state tuition and fees at public higher education institutions to certain dependent children of military parents regardless of place of residency if the military parent perished as the result of a targeted attack that occurred in Tennessee. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 4; Title 49, Chapter 7; Title 49, Chapter 8 and Title 49, Chapter 9.
Sponsor: Todd Gardenhire
As enacted, authorizes volunteer firefighters who have successfully completed the Tennessee commission on firefighting personnel and standard education certification exam for Firefighter I and have practiced as a volunteer firefighter for at least one year from the completion of such exam to receive group insurance benefits, subject to the approval of county governing bodies. - Amends TCA Title 8, Chapter 27 and Title 50, Chapter 6.
Sponsor: Paul Bailey
As enacted, revises provisions governing the evaluation of teachers and principals. - Amends TCA Title 49.
Sponsor: Gerald McCormick
As enacted, clarifies and amends various provisions regarding juvenile cases heard by magistrates; extends from five days to 10 days the period within which an appeal of the magistrate's order must be filed. - Amends TCA Section 36-1-102 and Section 37-1-107.
Sponsor: John DeBerry
As enacted, increases from 60 days to 90 days from the end of the annual legislative session the time frame for public chapter review of estimated versus actual cost by fiscal review committee staff. - Amends TCA Section 3-2-107(c)(1).
Sponsor: Mark White
As enacted, makes certain changes to the requirements for voluntary pre-k programs. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 6, Part 1.
Sponsor: Mark White
As enacted, authorizes volunteer firefighters who have successfully completed the Tennessee commission on firefighting personnel and standard education certification exam for Firefighter I and have practiced as a volunteer firefighter for at least one year from the completion of such exam to receive group insurance benefits, subject to the approval of county governing bodies. - Amends TCA Title 8, Chapter 27 and Title 50, Chapter 6.
Sponsor: Tilman Goins
As enacted, specifies that, on and after July 1, 2016, a new applicant may only qualify as a pain management specialist through board certification by the American board of interventional pain physicians (ABIPP) by passing parts 1 and 2 of its examination, and holding an unencumbered Tennessee license, and maintaining the minimum number of CME hours in pain management to satisfy retention of ABIPP diplomate status. - Amends TCA Title 63, Chapter 1, Part 3.
Sponsor: Bob Ramsey
As enacted, allows Blackberry Farms to hold a manufacturer's license or nonmanufacturer nonresident seller permit, or both, in addition to holding a license for consumption of alcoholic beverages on premises. - Amends TCA Section 57-4-102.
Sponsor: Doug Overbey
As enacted, revises various provisions regarding accreditation and reinsurance of insurance companies. - Amends TCA Title 56, Chapter 11; Title 56, Chapter 2; Title 56, Chapter 22 and Title 56, Chapter 45.
Sponsor: Gerald McCormick
As enacted, enacts the "Physical Therapy Licensure Compact". - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 29 and Title 63, Chapter 13.
Sponsor: Ryan Williams
As enacted, prohibits a child's parent or relative from interfering with a noncustodial parent's court-ordered visitation as custodial interference; makes such custodial interference a Class C misdemeanor. - Amends TCA Title 36, Chapter 6 and Section 39-13-306.
Sponsor: Janince Bowling
As enacted, imposes same burden of proof in nuisance actions based on changed farming operations as presently applied to nuisance actions based on established farming operations. - Amends TCA Title 29, Chapter 3; Section 39-17-415; Section 43-1-701; Title 43, Chapter 26 and Title 44, Chapter 18.
Sponsor: Mark Norris
As enacted, extends the Tennessee rehabilitative initiative in correction (TRICOR) board for two years to June 30, 2018; removes the TRICOR board's authority to nominate members for appointment to the board; removes the executive director of TRICOR from the board; adds the commissioner of correction, or the commissioner's designee, as a member of the TRICOR board, who will vote only to break a tie vote of the other board members; removes the authority of the commissioner of correction to reject the board's choice for executive director and to remove an executive director so that the board will be solely vested with the authority to appoint and remove the executive director. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 29; Section 8-30-102; Title 41, Chapter 6, Part 2 and Title 41, Chapter 22.
Sponsor: Jeremy Faison
As enacted, provides exemption from continuing education requirements for auctioneers who have reached 60 years of age and have been licensed as an auctioneer for 10 years or longer; or have been licensed under present law since July 1, 1999. - Amends TCA Section 62-19-106.
Sponsor: Marc Gravitt
As enacted, requires that any pending order of protection or restraining order be served on a domestic violence offender before release, following the mandatory 12-hour holding period; directs that a copy of protection order be issued to any court in which the respondent and petitioner are parties to an action. - Amends TCA Title 36, Chapter 3, Part 6; Title 39, Chapter 13, Part 1, and Title 40, Chapter 11, Part 1.
Sponsor: James Kyle
As enacted, requires each location used by a scrap metal dealer who is required to register and comply with record maintenance and retention to pay a $500 biennial fee for registration or renewal of a scrap metal dealer location to the department of revenue. - Amends TCA Section 55-3-202 and Title 62, Chapter 9.
Sponsor: Kent Calfee
As enacted, revises various provisions governing payments for permanent partial disabilities; revises other provisions of the workers' compensation law. - Amends TCA Title 50, Chapter 6.
Sponsor: Mark Norris
As enacted, authorizes Davidson County to impose and collect a solid waste collection, processing, and disposal fee; adds solid waste "processing" as an authorized expenditure for the surcharge on each ton of municipal solid waste received at a solid waste disposal facility or incinerator. - Amends TCA Title 68, Chapter 211.
Sponsor: Jeff Yarbro
As enacted, enacts the "Elena Zamora Memorial Act," which changes the criminal penalties for failure to yield when that violation results in an accident resulting in serious bodily injury to or death of any person. - Amends TCA Title 55, Chapter 8.
Sponsor: Bill Beck
As enacted, revises requirements for protecting personally identifying information in records held by governmental entities; requires the office of open records counsel to develop a model public records policy for governmental entities; makes other related changes to public records laws. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 4; Title 8, Chapter 4; Title 10, Chapter 7; Title 39; Title 47, Chapter 18; Title 49, Chapter 7; Title 50, Chapter 1 and Title 67.
Sponsor: Richard Briggs
As enacted, clarifies and amends various provisions regarding juvenile cases heard by magistrates; extends from five days to 10 days the period within which an appeal of the magistrate's order must be filed. - Amends TCA Section 36-1-102 and Section 37-1-107.
Sponsor: Mark Norris
As enacted, revises provisions governing authority to reduce maximum gross weight of freight motor vehicles over certain county roads. - Amends TCA Title 5; Title 54, Chapter 7 and Title 55.
Sponsor: Kent Calfee
As enacted, authorizes certain entities to stock epinephrine auto-injectors on their premises; authorizes employees, agents, and laypersons to provide or administer an epinephrine auto-injector under certain circumstances; requires the secretary of state to provide any rule promulgated to implement this act to the chairs of the health committee of the house and the health and welfare committee of the senate after approval by the attorney general at the same time that the rule is to be made available to the government operations committees. - Amends TCA Title 38 and Title 68, Chapter 140.
Sponsor: Sabi Kumar
As enacted, designates a portion of Soak Creek beginning in Bledsoe County and ending in Rhea County as a Class III scenic river. - Amends TCA Title 11, Chapter 13.
Sponsor: Ken Yager
As enacted, makes various revisions to an LEA’s policies on harassment, intimidation, bullying, or cyber-bullying; requires that an investigation be initiated within 48 hours and that an appropriate intervention be initiated within 20 calendar days of receipt of the report. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 6, Part 45.
Sponsor: Bill Ketron
As enacted, prohibits the commissioner of financial institutions from using a multi-state licensing system to share FBI criminal history background information of anyone other than mortgage loan originators, unless otherwise authorized by federal law. - Amends TCA Title 45, Chapter 5 and Title 45, Chapter 13.
Sponsor: Mark Norris
As enacted, expands the notice requirement when lead is present in the drinking water supply.
Sponsor: Lee Harris
As enacted, prohibits a general sessions judge from authorizing a magistrate or judicial officer who is not licensed in this state to issue forfeiture warrants. - Amends TCA Title 40, Chapter 33, Part 2.
Sponsor: Richard Briggs
As enacted, establishes licensing requirements specifically for recreational vehicle dealers and salespersons to be overseen by the Tennessee motor vehicle commission. - Amends TCA Title 55.
Sponsor: Becky Massey
As enacted, revises what constitutes a private trust company under the Banking Act. - Amends TCA Title 45, Chapter 1 and Title 45, Chapter 2.
Sponsor: Gerald McCormick
As enacted, revises provisions governing seasonal employment; adds provisions regarding taxable wage base; revises other provisions. - Amends TCA Section 50-7-213; Section 50-7-306; Section 50-7-404 and Section 50-7-715.
Sponsor: Mark Norris
As enacted, extends for an additional six years to July 1, 2022, the temporary tax on bottles of soft drinks and barrels of beer to fund programs for the prevention and collection of litter. - Amends TCA Section 57-5-201 and Section 67-4-402.
Sponsor: Ken Yager
As enacted, authorizes local collecting officials of hotel taxes to publish the names of delinquent taxpayers and the amounts owed in certain circumstances; clarifies that the present law that makes state tax records confidential does not apply to local hotel tax records. - Amends TCA Title 7; Title 10, Chapter 7, Part 5 and Title 67.
Sponsor: Randy McNally
As enacted, makes various changes to the disclosures, background checks, and training required for child care agencies, including requiring volunteers to disclose any criminal history and be subject to criminal history records checks. - Amends TCA Section 71-3-502 and Section 71-3-507.
Sponsor: Mark Norris
As enacted, revises provisions governing seasonal employment; adds provisions regarding taxable wage base; revises other provisions. - Amends TCA Section 50-7-213; Section 50-7-306; Section 50-7-404 and Section 50-7-715.
Sponsor: Gerald McCormick
As enacted, establishes the position of executive internal auditor and gives the position various responsibilities related to internal audits of executive branch agencies. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 8 and Title 9.
Sponsor: Bob Ramsey
As enacted, encourages public high school students to participate voluntarily in at least 10 hours of community service each semester; requires the student's public high school to recognize the student's achievement at graduation in a suitable manner in certain circumstances. - Amends TCA Title 49.
Sponsor: Reginald Tate
As enacted, authorizes use of individual education account funds for contributions to an achieving a better life experience (ABLE) account for the benefit of a participating student; specifies that funds may only be used for the student's education expenses; requires that all revenues collected by the ABLE program remain with the program; revises other provisions regarding the program. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 10, Part 14 and Title 71, Chapter 4, Part 8.
Sponsor: Debra Moody
As enacted, adds provisions regarding those qualified to be a medical laboratory director or a medical laboratory supervisor. - Amends TCA Title 68, Chapter 29.
Sponsor: Mike Bell
As enacted, makes certain changes to the requirements for voluntary pre-k programs. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 6, Part 1.
Sponsor: Steven Dickerson
As enacted, enacts the "Student Online Personal Protection Act". - Amends TCA Title 49.
Sponsor: Steven Dickerson
As enacted, revises various provisions governing workers' compensation in regard to the case management system and settlements. - Amends TCA Title 50 and Title 56.
Sponsor: Jack Johnson
As enacted, establishes confidentiality and accessibility of assessment reports compiled by the juvenile court in Davidson County. - Amends TCA Title 37.
Sponsor: Jeff Yarbro
As enacted, revises various provisions regarding accreditation and reinsurance of insurance companies. - Amends TCA Title 56, Chapter 11; Title 56, Chapter 2; Title 56, Chapter 22 and Title 56, Chapter 45.
Sponsor: Mark Norris
As enacted, under certain circumstances, authorizes an airport authority to sell an aircraft abandoned on the airport authority's property; establishes procedures for conducting the sale, notifying interested parties, and enforcing a lien for unpaid storage fees. - Amends TCA Title 42; Title 47 and Title 66, Chapter 29.
Sponsor: Pat Marsh
As enacted, revises provisions regarding reporting of nonimmigrant students by higher education institutions; authorizes the commissioner of safety to issue a subpoena for valid law enforcement purposes to an institution of higher education in this state to compel the production of certain information with regard to nonimmigrant students possessing either an F-1 or M-1 student visa for instruction at the institution. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 38 and Title 49.
Sponsor: Paul Bailey
As enacted, changes eligibility criteria for counties that receive rebates against the solid waste disposal tipping fee surcharge in lieu of a recycling equipment grant from the 11 highest waste generating counties to the five most populous counties. - Amends TCA Title 68, Chapter 211.
Sponsor: Gerald McCormick
As enacted, extends the state soil conservation committee six years to June 30, 2022; establishes minimum attendance requirement for committee members and requires removal of members who do not meet the requirement. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 29; Title 43, Chapter 14, Part 2; Title 43, Chapter 34 and Title 69, Chapter 6.
Sponsor: Mike Bell
Hardin Medical Center Health and Rehabilitation, 2015 Bronze - Commitment to Quality Award
Sponsor: Dolores Gresham
As enacted, provides exemption from continuing education requirements for auctioneers who have reached 60 years of age and have been licensed as an auctioneer for 10 years or longer; or have been licensed under present law since July 1, 1999. - Amends TCA Section 62-19-106.
Sponsor: Steve Southerland
As enacted, removes authority of the council for licensing hearing instrument specialists to waive written examination requirements for certain applicants; specifies that the national board for certification of hearing instrument sciences is no longer the accepted examination for licensure. - Amends TCA Title 63, Chapter 17, Part 2.
Sponsor: Mike Bell
As enacted, substitutes the commissioner of agriculture or a qualified agent of the commissioner for county agriculture extension agents as a person who is authorized to conduct livestock cruelty examinations; clarifies that livestock cruelty examinations conducted by licensed veterinarians are entitled to the same legal presumptions as other qualified examiners. - Amends TCA Section 39-14-211.
Sponsor: Gerald McCormick
Christine Carol Freeland
Sponsor: Bo Watson
As enacted, requires arresting agency to send fingerprint cards for DUI and other vehicular impairment offense arrests to TBI within five days of arrest for submission to NCIC and requires the clerks to send DUI convictions to TBI within seven days of conviction. - Amends TCA Title 8 and Title 55.
Sponsor: Mark Norris
As enacted, makes various changes to handgun carry permits, including extending permit renewals to occur every eight years and lowering the initial application fee from $115 to $100. - Amends TCA Section 39-17-1351.
Sponsor: Mark Norris
As enacted, revises provisions governing the powers of the board of trustees of the University of Tennessee system. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 9.
Sponsor: Richard Briggs
As enacted, increases penalty for TennCare fraud from Class E felony to Class D felony; creates specific fines for first and subsequent convictions for TennCare fraud. - Amends TCA Title 71, Chapter 5, Part 26.
Sponsor: Mark Norris
As enacted, allows certain part-time and seasonal adventure tourism jobs, with or without minimum health care, created in adventure tourism districts on or after July 1, 2017, to be counted as half a job for purposes of allowing the employer to qualify for the jobs tax credit against franchise and excise taxes. - Amends TCA Title 11, Chapter 11, Part 2 and Title 67.
Sponsor: Ken Yager
As enacted, authorizes use of individual education account funds for contributions to an achieving a better life experience (ABLE) account for the benefit of a participating student; specifies that funds may only be used for the student's education expenses; requires that all revenues collected by the ABLE program remain with the program; revises other provisions regarding the program. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 10, Part 14 and Title 71, Chapter 4, Part 8.
Sponsor: Dolores Gresham
As enacted, transfers the division of energy from the department of economic and community development to the department of environment and conservation; renames the division to be the office of energy programs. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 3; Title 4, Chapter 31; Title 8, Chapter 4; Section 59-13-106 and Section 66-9-204.
Sponsor: Mark Norris
As enacted, changes eligibility criteria for counties that receive rebates against the solid waste disposal tipping fee surcharge in lieu of a recycling equipment grant from the 11 highest waste generating counties to the five most populous counties. - Amends TCA Title 68, Chapter 211.
Sponsor: Mark Norris
As enacted, establishes confidentiality and accessibility of assessment reports compiled by the juvenile court in Davidson County. - Amends TCA Title 37.
Sponsor: Bill Beck
As enacted, opens membership of the directors of schools association to include affiliate membership to principals and assistant principals and to system-wide supervisors; requires that membership fees be set in bylaws instead of constitution; revises other related provisions. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 2, Part 21.
Sponsor: Jim Tracy
As enacted, increases the maximum amount of a life insurance policy from $7,500 to $15,000 in order that a photocopy of a certificate of death, along with certain statements, may constitute proof of death; authorizes certain financial institutions and associations to pay out all accounts of certain deceased, and checks payable to certain decedents or their estates, to certain creditors, relatives, and representatives as long as the sums do not exceed $10,000 in the aggregate. - Amends TCA Title 45 and Title 56.
Sponsor: Jim Tracy
As enacted, permits the employment of certain medical professionals by charitable clinics. - Amends TCA Title 63, Chapter 11; Title 63, Chapter 5; Title 63, Chapter 6; Title 63, Chapter 8 and Title 63, Chapter 9.
Sponsor: Sabi Kumar
Brandy Gordon, Salutatorian, Hillcrest High School
Sponsor: Lee Harris
As enacted, extends the statute of limitations for civil actions based on injury or illness resulting from child sexual abuse that occurred when the person was a minor but was not discovered until after the person became an adult to three years from the discovery of the abuse. - Amends TCA Title 28, Chapter 3, Part 1.
Sponsor: Becky Massey
As enacted, changes certain requirements for inspectors, redirects certain reports, imposes a $300 fine for certain violations, and revises other provisions concerning elevators, dumbwaiters, escalators, aerial tramways, amusement devices, and boilers. - Amends TCA Title 68, Chapter 121 and Section 68-122-106.
Sponsor: Mark Norris
As enacted, requires that any pending order of protection or restraining order be served on a domestic violence offender before release, following the mandatory 12-hour holding period; directs that a copy of protection order be issued to any court in which the respondent and petitioner are parties to an action. - Amends TCA Title 36, Chapter 3, Part 6; Title 39, Chapter 13, Part 1, and Title 40, Chapter 11, Part 1.
Sponsor: Johnnie Turner
As enacted, requires the department of safety to report to the transportation committees of both houses by February 1, 2017, the number of commercial driver license holders who previously held military commercial driver licenses, and whether they experienced any barriers in applying for such state license. - Amends TCA Title 55, Chapter 50.
Sponsor: David Alexander
As enacted, changes certain requirements for inspectors, redirects certain reports, imposes a $300 fine for certain violations, and revises other provisions concerning elevators, dumbwaiters, escalators, aerial tramways, amusement devices, and boilers. - Amends TCA Title 68, Chapter 121 and Section 68-122-106.
Sponsor: Gerald McCormick
As enacted, removes permanent disqualification for organizations failing to return requisite percentage of gross proceeds to charitable purposes or programs in two consecutive annual event periods and replaces with a five-year disqualification; prohibits disbursement of prizes to ineligible participants and authorizes alternate selection of winners for such prizes within 30 days of the annual event; revises other provisions of the Tennessee Charitable Gaming Implementation Law. - Amends TCA Title 3, Chapter 17.
Sponsor: Ken Yager
As enacted, revises the juvenile court procedures regarding service of summons and publication. - Amends TCA Title 37, Chapter 1.
Sponsor: Mark Norris
As enacted, increases from 60 days to 90 days from the end of the annual legislative session the time frame for public chapter review of estimated versus actual cost by fiscal review committee staff. - Amends TCA Section 3-2-107(c)(1).
Sponsor: Bill Ketron
As enacted, clarifies the requirement that the commissioner maintain separate accounts for monies collected and expended by each division of the department in administering the various acts and programs of the division. - Amends TCA Title 68, Chapter 203, Part 1.
Sponsor: Gerald McCormick
As enacted, prohibits any person working for or representing the department from participating in certain solicitations from the public for veterans' cemeteries; grants the commissioner rule-making authority for such cemeteries; adds other provisions regarding such cemeteries. - Amends TCA Title 46, Chapter 6.
Sponsor: Mark Norris
As enacted, encourages all public institutions of higher education to offer instruction aimed at increasing the awareness and prevention of hate crime offenses, sexual battery, sexual harassment, and date rape to all entering freshmen during orientation or introductory studies; requires each public institution of higher education to require all entering freshmen, during orientation or introductory studies, to receive instruction aimed at increasing the awareness and prevention of sexual assault, sexual battery, sexual harassment, and date rape. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 7; Title 49, Chapter 8 and Title 49, Chapter 9.
Sponsor: Jack Johnson
As enacted, revises provisions governing the evaluation of teachers and principals. - Amends TCA Title 49.
Sponsor: Dolores Gresham
As enacted, authorizes advanced practice registered nurses who provide services in a free clinic or engage in the voluntary provision of healthcare services and physician assistants who provide services in a free or reduced fee clinic under the Volunteer Healthcare Services Act to arrange for required chart reviews by a supervising physician in the physician's office or remotely via HIPAA-compliant electronic means instead of at the clinic site. - Amends TCA Title 63, Chapter 19; Title 63, Chapter 6 and Title 63, Chapter 7.
Sponsor: Steve Southerland
As enacted, clarifies that a parent who spends intervals of time with a child and who wishes to relocate is required to provide notice to the other parent after custody or co-parenting has been established by the entry of a permanent parenting plan or final court order. - Amends TCA Title 36, Chapter 6, Part 1.
Sponsor: Becky Massey
As enacted, broadens the scope of the Used Oil Collection Act of 1993 to address the proper disposal of used antifreeze, transmission fluid, and power steering fluid. - Amends TCA Section 55-4-133 and Title 68, Chapter 211, Part 10.
Sponsor: Mark Norris
As enacted, revises various provisions governing reporting functions of public entities and officials. - Amends TCA Title 3; Title 4; Title 8; Title 9; Title 12; Title 16; Title 17; Title 23; Title 29; Title 33; Title 37; Title 49; Title 50; Title 54; Title 55; Title 56; Title 64; Title 65; Title 67; Title 68 and Title 71.
Sponsor: Bill Dunn
As enacted, requires that certain temporary injunctions go into effect against both parties upon filing of a petition related to child custody. - Amends TCA Title 36, Chapter 6, Part 1.
Sponsor: Paul Bailey
As enacted, provides tuition and fee waivers to full-time state employees for up to four courses per academic year provided the courses do not coincide. - Amends TCA Section 8-50-114.
Sponsor: Joe Pitts
As enacted, allows an inmate to receive sentence reduction credits for obtaining any high school equivalency credential, instead of only a GED. - Amends TCA Section 41-21-236.
Sponsor: Mark Norris
As enacted, removes permanent disqualification for organizations failing to return requisite percentage of gross proceeds to charitable purposes or programs in two consecutive annual event periods and replaces with a five-year disqualification; prohibits disbursement of prizes to ineligible participants and authorizes alternate selection of winners for such prizes within 30 days of the annual event; revises other provisions of the Tennessee Charitable Gaming Implementation Law. - Amends TCA Title 3, Chapter 17.
Sponsor: Jeremy Durham
As enacted, transfers the division of energy from the department of economic and community development to the department of environment and conservation; renames the division to be the office of energy programs. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 3; Title 4, Chapter 31; Title 8, Chapter 4; Section 59-13-106 and Section 66-9-204.
Sponsor: Gerald McCormick
Billy Ray Cutlip, Most Worshipful Grand Master
Sponsor: Bill Ketron
As enacted, requires the principal of a school to allow a patriotic society the opportunity to speak with students during school hours. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 6, Part 3.
Sponsor: Rick Womick
As enacted, allows a student, who has completed at least 60 hours of coursework and is taking a required course for a bachelor's degree designed to train industry professionals in the production of fermented or distilled food or beverage products, to taste alcoholic beverages as part of instruction in the required course, under certain circumstances. - Amends TCA Title 49 and Title 57.
Sponsor: Bill Ketron
As enacted, encourages all public institutions of higher education to offer instruction aimed at increasing the awareness and prevention of hate crime offenses, sexual battery, sexual harassment, and date rape to all entering freshmen during orientation or introductory studies; requires each public institution of higher education to require all entering freshmen, during orientation or introductory studies, to receive instruction aimed at increasing the awareness and prevention of sexual assault, sexual battery, sexual harassment, and date rape. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 7; Title 49, Chapter 8 and Title 49, Chapter 9.
Sponsor: Glen Casada
As enacted, substitutes the commissioner of agriculture or a qualified agent of the commissioner for county agriculture extension agents as a person who is authorized to conduct livestock cruelty examinations; clarifies that livestock cruelty examinations conducted by licensed veterinarians are entitled to the same legal presumptions as other qualified examiners. - Amends TCA Section 39-14-211.
Sponsor: Mark Norris
As enacted, requires referees or officiates of interscholastic athletic events to submit to a criminal background investigation and provide a fingerprint sample; exempts the referees and officiates from the criminal background investigation and requirement to provide a fingerprint sample if they have undergone a satisfactory background check as a condition of registration for work as an official for interscholastic athletic contests. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 5, Part 4.
Sponsor: John Forgety
As enacted, requires schools to provide notice on their web sites of the date of the school's administration of the AP and PSAT/NMSQT examinations, the availability of such examinations, and any financial assistance for low income students; requires that home school students be permitted to take the AP and PSAT/NMSQT examinations at any public school offering such examinations. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 6, Part 30.
Sponsor: Judd Matheny
As enacted, requires the department to provide an annual report to the education committee of the senate and the education instruction and programs committee of the house of representatives, regarding the physical education programs and activity for each LEA. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 1; Title 49, Chapter 2 and Title 49, Chapter 6.
Sponsor: David Byrd
As enacted, makes various revisions to election laws such as when a deficient voter registration may be corrected, the timing of delivery of poll books and records to the counting board, and prohibiting the appointment of a candidate's spouse on the ballot to serve as a poll watcher. - Amends TCA Section 2-14-202; Section 2-2-109; Section 2-3-204; Section 2-6-303; Section 2-7-104 and Section 2-9-105.
Sponsor: Timothy Wirgau
Jay Head, national runner-up, 2016 American Farm Bureau Federation Young Farmers and Ranchers Achievement Award
Sponsor: Mark Green
As enacted, makes various revisions to election laws such as when a deficient voter registration may be corrected, the timing of delivery of poll books and records to the counting board, and prohibiting the appointment of a candidate's spouse on the ballot to serve as a poll watcher. - Amends TCA Section 2-14-202; Section 2-2-109; Section 2-3-204; Section 2-6-303; Section 2-7-104 and Section 2-9-105.
Sponsor: Ken Yager
As enacted, revises the juvenile court procedures regarding service of summons and publication. - Amends TCA Title 37, Chapter 1.
Sponsor: John DeBerry
As enacted, revises various provisions of the Tennessee Veterinary Practice Act, such as specifying that the "practice of veterinary medicine" occurs wherever the patient is at the time services are rendered and authorizing the board of veterinary medical examiners to deny, suspend or revoke any license or to otherwise discipline an applicant or licensee who is found guilty by the board of practicing veterinary medicine without establishing and maintaining a valid veterinarian-client-patient relationship. - Amends TCA Title 63, Chapter 12.
Sponsor: Mike Bell
As enacted, encourages public high school students to participate voluntarily in at least 10 hours of community service each semester; requires the student's public high school to recognize the student's achievement at graduation in a suitable manner in certain circumstances. - Amends TCA Title 49.
Sponsor: Raumesh Akbari
As enacted, opens membership of the directors of schools association to include affiliate membership to principals and assistant principals and to system-wide supervisors; requires that membership fees be set in bylaws instead of constitution; revises other related provisions. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 2, Part 21.
Sponsor: John Forgety
As enacted, authorizes the supreme court, upon its own motion, to assume jurisdiction over an application for interlocutory or extraordinary appeal that is filed with an intermediate state appellate court. - Amends TCA Title 16, Chapter 3.
Sponsor: Mike Carter
As enacted, revises provisions regarding reporting of nonimmigrant students by higher education institutions; authorizes the commissioner of safety to issue a subpoena for valid law enforcement purposes to an institution of higher education in this state to compel the production of certain information with regard to nonimmigrant students possessing either an F-1 or M-1 student visa for instruction at the institution. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 38 and Title 49.
Sponsor: Ryan Williams
As enacted, grants in-state tuition and fees at public higher education institutions to certain dependent children of military parents regardless of place of residency if the military parent perished as the result of a targeted attack that occurred in Tennessee. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 4; Title 49, Chapter 7; Title 49, Chapter 8 and Title 49, Chapter 9.
Sponsor: Gerald McCormick
As enacted, clarifies that clerks of general sessions and circuit courts are required to notify the TBI of final disposition of criminal proceedings as soon as practicable but no later than 30 days after final disposition of the proceedings. - Amends TCA Section 8-21-401; Section 8-4-115; Title 16; Title 18 and Section 39-17-1316.
Sponsor: Courtney Rogers
As enacted, authorizes the use of green infrastructure practices within areas that have combined sanitary sewage and storm water systems. - Amends TCA Title 7; Title 68, Chapter 221 and Title 69, Chapter 3.
Sponsor: Darren Jernigan
As enacted, revises what constitutes a private trust company under the Banking Act. - Amends TCA Title 45, Chapter 1 and Title 45, Chapter 2.
Sponsor: Mark Norris
As enacted, extends the effectiveness of certain rules governing risk sharing agreements. - Amends the termination date of Chapter 409 of the Public Acts of 2013.
Sponsor: Mark Norris
As enacted, requires that the display of the American flag on school property and at school events conform to the requirements of federal law; requires a local board of education to permit display of the American flag, if the display conforms to the requirements of federal law. - Amends TCA Title 49.
Sponsor: Kerry Roberts
As enacted, permits the employment of certain medical professionals by charitable clinics. - Amends TCA Title 63, Chapter 11; Title 63, Chapter 5; Title 63, Chapter 6; Title 63, Chapter 8 and Title 63, Chapter 9.
Sponsor: Richard Briggs
As enacted, enacts the "Iran Divestment Act". - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 56; Title 12; Title 41, Chapter 22 and Title 49, Chapter 3.
Sponsor: Bill Ketron
As enacted, creates the offense of using an unmanned aircraft to fly within 250 feet of a critical infrastructure facility for the purpose of conducting surveillance of, gathering evidence or collecting information about, or photographically or electronically recording, critical infrastructure data. - Amends TCA Title 39 and Title 40.
Sponsor: William Lamberth
As enacted, removes the limitation that a passenger car or passenger motor vehicle have a manufacturer's gross vehicle weight rating of 8,500 pounds or less in order to be subject to the mandatory seat belt law. - Amends TCA Section 55-9-603.
Sponsor: Mark Norris
As enacted, authorizes the board or governing entity, or the chief administrative officer, of a private K-12 school or private institution of higher education to implement a handgun carry policy that either allows or prohibits the carrying of a handgun on the grounds or buildings of a private K-12 school or private university by a person who has a handgun carry permit. - Amends TCA Title 39; Title 49, Chapter 7, Part 1 and Title 49, Chapter 50, Part 8.
Sponsor: Mike Bell
As enacted, enacts the "Elena Zamora Memorial Act," which changes the criminal penalties for failure to yield when that violation results in an accident resulting in serious bodily injury to or death of any person. - Amends TCA Title 55, Chapter 8.
Sponsor: Jeff Yarbro
As enacted, clarifies the requirement that the commissioner maintain separate accounts for monies collected and expended by each division of the department in administering the various acts and programs of the division. - Amends TCA Title 68, Chapter 203, Part 1.
Sponsor: Mark Norris
As enacted, enacts "Kari's Law," which requires an entity that owns or controls a telephone system that is capable of outbound dialing or access to configure the telephone system to allow a person initiating a 911 call on the telephone system direct access to 911 service without an additional code, digit, prefix, postfix, or trunk access code; and an entity that owns or operates a residential or business facility utilizing a telephone system so configured to configure the telephone system to provide notification to a central location on the site of the residential or business facility when a person within the facility dials 911. - Amends TCA Title 7; Title 9; Title 65 and Title 68.
Sponsor: Jimmy Matlock
Jim Hall
Sponsor: Paul Bailey
As enacted, authorizes the City of Gatlinburg to adopt an ordinance imposing a minimum distance, not to exceed 1,000 feet, between distilleries manufacturing distilled spirits; the ordinance will not apply to or affect any licensed distillery in operation and open to the public prior to the effective date of this act; specifies that a distillery exempt from an ordinance adopted pursuant to this act will remain so exempt upon the transfer of any ownership interest in the distillery to a successor in interest. - Amends TCA Section 57-2-103 and Section 57-3-202.
Sponsor: Doug Overbey
As enacted, specifies that, on and after July 1, 2016, a new applicant may only qualify as a pain management specialist through board certification by the American board of interventional pain physicians (ABIPP) by passing parts 1 and 2 of its examination, and holding an unencumbered Tennessee license, and maintaining the minimum number of CME hours in pain management to satisfy retention of ABIPP diplomate status. - Amends TCA Title 63, Chapter 1, Part 3.
Sponsor: Richard Briggs
As enacted, requires that waivers that excuse a personal representative from filing court accountings be sworn by the distributees of the residue file; authorizes a person named executor in a decedent's last will and testament to decline to serve as such personal representative by filing a sworn statement or statement under penalty of perjury with the court; changes references from "executor or administrator" to "personal representative'' in the provision authorizing an executor or administrator to resign or relinquish trust. - Amends TCA Title 30 and Title 35.
Sponsor: Barry Doss
As enacted, allows Blackberry Farms to hold a manufacturer's license or nonmanufacturer nonresident seller permit, or both, in addition to holding a license for consumption of alcoholic beverages on premises. - Amends TCA Section 57-4-102.
Sponsor: Art Swann
As enacted, extends the Tennessee Promise scholarship to dependents of Tennessee military parents who are stationed outside of the state. - Amends TCA Section 49-4-708.
Sponsor: Dolores Gresham
Office of Legislative Budget Analysis of the 109th General Assembly
Sponsor: Ronald Ramsey
As enacted, requires every law enforcement agency to have a policy describing when law enforcement personnel may disclose to the public information or law enforcement records concerning the use of drugs or alcohol by a driver as a contributing factor in a motor vehicle accident. - Amends TCA Title 55, Chapter 10.
Sponsor: Sabi Kumar
Ashley Kingston
Sponsor: Paul Bailey
As enacted, allows licensing authorities for certain state regulatory agencies to consider whether a person's conviction for the commission of a felony bears directly on the person's fitness to practice competently when making determinations regarding the person's licensure status. - Amends TCA Title 57; Title 62; Title 63; Title 68 and Title 69.
Sponsor: Raumesh Akbari
As enacted, revises various provisions of the Tennessee Veterinary Practice Act, such as specifying that the "practice of veterinary medicine" occurs wherever the patient is at the time services are rendered and authorizing the board of veterinary medical examiners to deny, suspend or revoke any license or to otherwise discipline an applicant or licensee who is found guilty by the board of practicing veterinary medicine without establishing and maintaining a valid veterinarian-client-patient relationship. - Amends TCA Title 63, Chapter 12.
Sponsor: Glen Casada
As enacted, extends the regional transportation authority of Middle Tennessee five years to June 30, 2018; requires the authority to appear before the joint government operations committees no later than December 31, 2016, to report on the Nashville Area Metropolitan Planning Organization regional transportation plan. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 29; Section 29-20-107 and Title 64, Chapter 8.
Sponsor: Mike Bell
As enacted, requires that waivers that excuse a personal representative from filing court accountings be sworn by the distributees of the residue file; authorizes a person named executor in a decedent's last will and testament to decline to serve as such personal representative by filing a sworn statement or statement under penalty of perjury with the court; changes references from "executor or administrator" to "personal representative'' in the provision authorizing an executor or administrator to resign or relinquish trust. - Amends TCA Title 30 and Title 35.
Sponsor: Joseph Hensley
As enacted, permits constables who have law enforcement powers to carry firearms at all times and in all places in Tennessee that other law enforcement officers are permitted to carry firearms; requires the constable to receive, at a minimum, 40 hours initial training, within one year of election, and eight hours annual in-service training in firearms qualification administered by a certified law enforcement firearms instructor. - Amends TCA Title 8, Chapter 10 and Title 39, Chapter 17, Part 13.
Sponsor: Timothy Hill
As enacted, makes permanent the $2.00 increases to the filing fees charged by court clerks and data fee entry chargeable by clerks that are scheduled to expire July 1, 2016. - Amends Chapter 1039 of the Public Acts of 2012.
Sponsor: Ken Yager
As enacted, revises various provisions regarding cemetery owners and companies, architects, insurers, shops licensed by the board of cosmetology and barber examiners, funeral directors, real estate firms, real estate brokers, affiliate brokers, time-share salespersons, and acquisition agents. - Amends TCA Section 46-2-101; Section 56-1-213 and Title 62.
Sponsor: Mark Norris
As enacted, extends current moratorium on certificates of need for new nursing home beds until June 30, 2021. - Amends TCA Title 68, Chapter 11.
Sponsor: Doug Overbey
As enacted, revises provisions governing industrial development corporations and payments in lieu of taxes made by the corporation's lessees. - Amends TCA Title 7; Title 9 and Title 13.
Sponsor: Dale Carr
As enacted, makes various changes to the Tennessee Lawful Employment Act, including requiring, beginning January 1, 2017, a private employer with 50 or more employees to enroll in the E-verify program. - Amends TCA Title 36, Chapter 5, Part 11 and Title 50, Chapter 1, Part 7.
Sponsor: Jim Tracy
As enacted, authorizes law enforcement officers to administer epinephrine in emergency situations in certain circumstances; authorizes physicians to prescribe epinephrine to a law enforcement agency for use by officers in emergency situations; adds immunity from civil liability for pharmacists based on any injury to an individual who is harmed by the administration of the epinephrine dispensed by the pharmacist and prescribed by a physician pursuant to this bill, unless the pharmacist acts with reckless disregard for safety. - Amends TCA Title 38; Title 63 and Title 68.
Sponsor: Paul Bailey
As enacted, authorizes natural gas utility districts in Hawkins County to provide funding to chambers of commerce and economic and community organizations pursuant to a resolution adopted by the governing body. - Amends TCA Title 7, Chapter 82.
Sponsor: Frank Niceley
As enacted, expands the notice requirement when lead is present in the drinking water supply.
Sponsor: Jason Powell
As enacted, authorizes the bureau of workers' compensation of the department of labor and workforce development to investigate complaints alleging certain disclosure and payment requirements related to rental and assignment of PPO network rights; authorizes certain penalties. - Amends TCA Title 50, Chapter 6.
Sponsor: Mark White
As enacted, makes various revisions to an LEA’s policies on harassment, intimidation, bullying, or cyber-bullying; requires that an investigation be initiated within 48 hours and that an appropriate intervention be initiated within 20 calendar days of receipt of the report. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 6, Part 45.
Sponsor: Bob Ramsey
As enacted, prohibits public postsecondary institutions from taking any adverse action against an employee or student solely for such person's lawful transportation and storage of a firearm or ammunition in the person's parked motor vehicle. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 17, Part 13 and Title 49, Chapter 7, Part 1.
Sponsor: Brian Kelsey
As enacted, requires the instant check unit of the TBI to contact the agency making an entry of an order of protection into the national crime information center within one day if the subject of the order of protection attempts to purchase a firearm. - Amends TCA Title 36, Chapter 3, Part 6; Title 38, Chapter 6 and Title 39, Chapter 17, Part 13.
Sponsor: Janince Bowling
As enacted, allows the supreme court, through order or rule, to set all filing costs, fees, charges, and surcharges for documents filed in and functions performed by the clerks of the appellate courts or board of judicial conduct. - Amends TCA Title 8, Chapter 21.
Sponsor: Jon Lundberg
As enacted, reduces from 80 to 75 the age a custodial parent or other custodial caregiver of a person with an intellectual disability who is on the waiting list for services must reach before the individual with intellectual disabilities must be placed on the self-determination waiver or similarly capped medical assistance waiver within six months. - Amends TCA Section 33-5-112.
Sponsor: Bill Ketron
As enacted, prohibits a local governmental unit from enacting zoning regulations that require the allocation of a percentage of existing or newly constructed private residential or commercial rental units for long-term retention as affordable or workforce housing. - Amends TCA Title 66, Chapter 35.
Sponsor: Ferrell Haile
As enacted, expands the applicability of the Neighborhood Preservation Act to certain occupied buildings and residential properties by authorizing a person to bring a civil action against the owner of an occupied building or property that is not properly maintained or that fails to comply with certain ordinances or regulations. - Amends TCA Title 13, Chapter 6.
Sponsor: Mark White
As enacted, allows the supreme court, through order or rule, to set all filing costs, fees, charges, and surcharges for documents filed in and functions performed by the clerks of the appellate courts or board of judicial conduct. - Amends TCA Title 8, Chapter 21.
Sponsor: Brian Kelsey
As enacted, enacts the "National Guard Force Protection Act of 2016". - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 9 and Title 58.
Sponsor: Charles Sargent
As enacted, prohibits public postsecondary institutions from taking any adverse action against an employee or student solely for such person's lawful transportation and storage of a firearm or ammunition in the person's parked motor vehicle. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 17, Part 13 and Title 49, Chapter 7, Part 1.
Sponsor: Courtney Rogers
As enacted, adds, in regard to the authorization for duly authorized local governmental officials to review tax returns and information to ascertain whether taxes are being paid, that such officials may also access such information to determine whether allocations from state levied taxes are being distributed to the correct unit of local government; requires that certain information be excluded. - Amends TCA Title 67, Chapter 1, Part 17.
Sponsor: Ken Yager
As enacted, enacts the "Iran Divestment Act". - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 56; Title 12; Title 41, Chapter 22 and Title 49, Chapter 3.
Sponsor: Judd Matheny
As enacted, specifies that the department, in its role as the primary food manufacturing inspection agency for Tennessee, is the primary inspection agency for grist mills that are located in Tennessee. - Amends TCA Title 43 and Title 53.
Sponsor: Frank Niceley
As enacted, requires every elementary and secondary school to post the toll-free telephone number operated by the department of children's services to receive reports of child abuse or neglect in a clearly visible location in a public area that is readily accessible to students. - Amends TCA Title 49.
Sponsor: Reginald Tate
As enacted, revises provisions governing the appeal procedure for public employees. - Amends TCA Title 8, Chapter 30 and Title 49.
Sponsor: Bill Dunn
As enacted, requires a vendor that is indicted for or convicted of, or pleads guilty or nolo contendere to, any violation under the Sherman Antitrust Act; any federal or state criminal statute in connection with any contract let or funded, in whole or in part, by this state or any other state or territory of the United States; or any federal or state crime as the result of any investigation into such violations or crimes, to provide notice of such indictment, conviction, or plea to the chief procurement officer; establishes penalty for violation. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 56 and Title 12.
Sponsor: Bill Sanderson
As enacted, authorizes local collecting officials of hotel taxes to publish the names of delinquent taxpayers and the amounts owed in certain circumstances; clarifies that the present law that makes state tax records confidential does not apply to local hotel tax records. - Amends TCA Title 7; Title 10, Chapter 7, Part 5 and Title 67.
Sponsor: Jason Zachary
As enacted, broadens the scope of the Used Oil Collection Act of 1993 to address the proper disposal of used antifreeze, transmission fluid, and power steering fluid. - Amends TCA Section 55-4-133 and Title 68, Chapter 211, Part 10.
Sponsor: Gerald McCormick
As enacted, authorizes issuance of Combat Action new specialty earmarked license plates. - Amends TCA Title 55, Chapter 4.
Sponsor: Mark Green
Office of Legal Services of the 109th General Assembly
Sponsor: Ronald Ramsey
As enacted, provides tuition and fee waivers to full-time state employees for up to four courses per academic year provided the courses do not coincide. - Amends TCA Section 8-50-114.
Sponsor: Paul Bailey
As enacted, authorizes the supreme court, upon its own motion, to assume jurisdiction over an application for interlocutory or extraordinary appeal that is filed with an intermediate state appellate court. - Amends TCA Title 16, Chapter 3.
Sponsor: John Stevens
Jill Jerkins
Sponsor: Ferrell Haile
As enacted, allows applicants for retail food store wine license to seek certificate of compliance from local government and receive approval letter from commission prior to July 1, 2016; allows wholesalers to solicit orders from retail food stores and deliver wine prior to July 1, 2016; clarifies when retail package store may deliver to customers; limits retail package store licenses to two per owner. - Amends TCA Section 57-3-406 and Section 57-3-803.
Sponsor: Bill Ketron
As enacted, enacts "Kari's Law," which requires an entity that owns or controls a telephone system that is capable of outbound dialing or access to configure the telephone system to allow a person initiating a 911 call on the telephone system direct access to 911 service without an additional code, digit, prefix, postfix, or trunk access code; and an entity that owns or operates a residential or business facility utilizing a telephone system so configured to configure the telephone system to provide notification to a central location on the site of the residential or business facility when a person within the facility dials 911. - Amends TCA Title 7; Title 9; Title 65 and Title 68.
Sponsor: Randy McNally
As enacted, revises various provisions governing payments for permanent partial disabilities; revises other provisions of the workers' compensation law. - Amends TCA Title 50, Chapter 6.
Sponsor: Gerald McCormick
As enacted, makes various changes to the disclosures, background checks, and training required for child care agencies, including requiring volunteers to disclose any criminal history and be subject to criminal history records checks. - Amends TCA Section 71-3-502 and Section 71-3-507.
Sponsor: Gerald McCormick
As enacted, reduces from 80 to 75 the age a custodial parent or other custodial caregiver of a person with an intellectual disability who is on the waiting list for services must reach before the individual with intellectual disabilities must be placed on the self-determination waiver or similarly capped medical assistance waiver within six months. - Amends TCA Section 33-5-112.
Sponsor: Bob Ramsey
As enacted, enacts the "Physical Therapy Licensure Compact". - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 29 and Title 63, Chapter 13.
Sponsor: Bo Watson
As enacted, revises provisions governing authority to reduce maximum gross weight of freight motor vehicles over certain county roads. - Amends TCA Title 5; Title 54, Chapter 7 and Title 55.
Sponsor: Jim Tracy
As enacted, requires every elementary and secondary school to post the toll-free telephone number operated by the department of children's services to receive reports of child abuse or neglect in a clearly visible location in a public area that is readily accessible to students. - Amends TCA Title 49.
Sponsor: Jim Coley
As enacted, creates civil immunity for certain members of the national guard who use force against another, including by discharging a personally owned firearm, in certain situations. - Amends TCA Title 58, Chapter 1.
Sponsor: Jason Zachary
As enacted, permits a county medical examiner and certain district attorneys general to request the district attorney general in the district where the body is buried or interred to file a petition in circuit or criminal court for the disinterment of the deceased for the purpose of performing an autopsy, collecting scientific or forensic evidence, or obtaining DNA evidence. - Amends TCA Title 38.
Sponsor: Sheila Butt
As enacted, prohibits a child's parent or relative from interfering with a noncustodial parent's court-ordered visitation as custodial interference; makes such custodial interference a Class C misdemeanor. - Amends TCA Title 36, Chapter 6 and Section 39-13-306.
Sponsor: Bud Hulsey
As enacted, deletes requirement that a person's driver license be suspended for an additional like period if convicted of driving on a suspended or revoked license; allows a court to order issuance of a restricted driver license contingent on the person participating in a payment plan for any unpaid fines or costs. - Amends TCA Title 55.
Sponsor: John Stevens
As enacted, requires the department of safety to report to the transportation committees of both houses by February 1, 2017, the number of commercial driver license holders who previously held military commercial driver licenses, and whether they experienced any barriers in applying for such state license. - Amends TCA Title 55, Chapter 50.
Sponsor: Janince Bowling
As enacted, prohibits a general sessions judge from authorizing a magistrate or judicial officer who is not licensed in this state to issue forfeiture warrants. - Amends TCA Title 40, Chapter 33, Part 2.
Sponsor: Jason Zachary
As enacted, authorizes Davidson County to issue bonds to fund affordable housing and workforce housing projects. - Amends TCA Title 7; Title 9, Chapter 21 and Title 13, Chapter 23.
Sponsor: Jeff Yarbro
As enacted, extends for an additional six years to July 1, 2022, the temporary tax on bottles of soft drinks and barrels of beer to fund programs for the prevention and collection of litter. - Amends TCA Section 57-5-201 and Section 67-4-402.
Sponsor: Bill Dunn
Samantha Hubner
Sponsor: Todd Gardenhire
As enacted, requires that the display of the American flag on school property and at school events conform to the requirements of federal law; requires a local board of education to permit display of the American flag, if the display conforms to the requirements of federal law. - Amends TCA Title 49.
Sponsor: Jay Reedy
As enacted, adds, in regard to the authorization for duly authorized local governmental officials to review tax returns and information to ascertain whether taxes are being paid, that such officials may also access such information to determine whether allocations from state levied taxes are being distributed to the correct unit of local government; requires that certain information be excluded. - Amends TCA Title 67, Chapter 1, Part 17.
Sponsor: Dale Carr
As enacted, authorizes the bureau of workers' compensation of the department of labor and workforce development to investigate complaints alleging certain disclosure and payment requirements related to rental and assignment of PPO network rights; authorizes certain penalties. - Amends TCA Title 50, Chapter 6.
Sponsor: Mark Green
Thomas Coomes
Sponsor: Frank Niceley
As enacted, prohibits any person working for or representing the department from participating in certain solicitations from the public for veterans' cemeteries; grants the commissioner rule-making authority for such cemeteries; adds other provisions regarding such cemeteries. - Amends TCA Title 46, Chapter 6.
Sponsor: Gerald McCormick
Representative Mike Harrison
Sponsor: Glen Casada
As introduced, subject to local approval, prohibits mayor, district alderman, or alderman-at-large from serving a subsequent term in the same office if such person has served more than 1/2 of a four-year term and a consecutive complete four-year term in that particular office. - Amends Chapter 67 of the Private Acts of 1953; as amended.
Sponsor: Ferrell Haile
Jerry Wayne Patton
Sponsor: Bill Sanderson
Dale Gean
Sponsor: David Byrd
Commemorates World Autism Awareness Day, April 2, 2016
Sponsor: Kevin Brooks
Preston Nicely, Valedictorian, L&N STEM Academy
Sponsor: Joe Armstrong
Senator William E. "Bill" Brock
Sponsor: Gerald McCormick
William "Billy" Isaacs, 85th birthday
Sponsor: Jimmy Matlock
Representative Rick Womick
Sponsor: Glen Casada
Megan Eastep, Salutatorian, Mt. Pleasant High School
Sponsor: Sheila Butt
John "Jay" Klein
Sponsor: Gerald McCormick
Jason David Randolph, Eagle Scout
Sponsor: Sheila Butt
Molly McKelvy, Valedictorian, Zion Christian Academy
Sponsor: Sheila Butt
Mason Madison Dabbs, Eagle Scout
Sponsor: Sheila Butt
Jackson Foster Fleming, Eagle Scout
Sponsor: Sheila Butt
Jackson O'Brien Baxter, Eagle Scout
Sponsor: Sheila Butt
Gracelyn Bowers, Valedictorian, Culleoka Unit School
Sponsor: Sheila Butt
Grace Johnson, Salutatorian, Zion Christian Academy
Sponsor: Sheila Butt
Adjourns 109th General Assembly sine die at close of business on April 22, 2016.
Sponsor: Gerald McCormick
Latise Jones of Macon County
Sponsor: Kelly Keisling
Lincoln Memorial University Railsplitters
Sponsor: Jerry Sexton
John William Rhodes, Eagle Scout
Sponsor: Sheila Butt
Thomas Calvin Mayberry, Eagle Scout
Sponsor: Sheila Butt
Jim Ridley
Sponsor: Jason Powell
Stephanie Spidell, Valedictorian, Austin-East Magnet High School
Sponsor: Joe Armstrong
Recesses the 109th General Assembly on April 22, 2016, and reconvenes both houses at 10:00 am on May 23, 2016.
Sponsor: Jimmy Matlock
Abi Elizabeth Welch, Valedictorian, Macon County High School
Sponsor: Kelly Keisling
Mitchell High School boys' basketball, Class A state champs
Sponsor: Joe Towns
Shelly Glenn Fulks, Valedictorian, Columbia Academy
Sponsor: Sheila Butt
Joseph Loren Penrod, Eagle Scout
Sponsor: Sheila Butt
Joseph Christian Howell, Eagle Scout
Sponsor: Sheila Butt
Noah Geltzer, Salutatorian, Hillwood High School
Sponsor: John Clemmons
Flonnie Webb Stephens, 107th birthday
Sponsor: Kelly Keisling
Brooke Boshers, Valedictorian, Mt. Pleasant High School
Sponsor: Sheila Butt
Bintou Diallo, Salutatorian, Sheffield High School
Sponsor: Raumesh Akbari
Joshua Stephen Terry, Eagle Scout
Sponsor: Sheila Butt
Anthony Winston Bowman, Eagle Scout
Sponsor: Sheila Butt
Henderson Health and Rehabilitation Center, 2015 Bronze-Commitment to Quality Award
Sponsor: Steve McDaniel
Bryson Boyd Mouser, Eagle Scout
Sponsor: Sheila Butt
Michael Tyler Hughes, Eagle Scout
Sponsor: Sheila Butt
Talisa Cantrell
Sponsor: Craig Fitzhugh
Vianca Martin, Salutatorian, Memphis Academy of Health Sciences
Sponsor: Antonio Parkinson
Trevell Shipp, Class President, Sheffield High School
Sponsor: Raumesh Akbari
East Tennessee State University Chapter of College Republicans
Sponsor: James Van Huss
As introduced, enacts the "Healthcare Provider Stability Act." - Amends TCA Title 56, Chapter 7.
Sponsor: Jon Lundberg
Tennessee State Museum and the Tennessee Fox Trot Carousel
Sponsor: Jason Powell
Memphis East High School, Class AAA state champs
Sponsor: Joe Towns
Jaden Robert Tolman, Eagle Scout
Sponsor: Sheila Butt
Grainger High School Lady Grizzlies basketball team
Sponsor: Jerry Sexton
Bryson Kirk Smith, Eagle Scout
Sponsor: Sheila Butt
Aaron James Farmer, Eagle Scout
Sponsor: Sheila Butt
Ardeen Walters
Sponsor: Barry Doss
Larry Edward Hager
Sponsor: Darren Jernigan
Noah Jarom Walker, Eagle Scout
Sponsor: Sheila Butt
Adjourns 109th General Assembly sine die at close of business on April 20, 2016.
Sponsor: Mark Norris
Mary Ruth Robinson, 100th birthday
Sponsor: Johnnie Turner
Sarai Patino, Salutatorian, South Haven Christian School
Sponsor: Sabi Kumar
Koriyan Beasley, Valedictorian, Memphis Academy of Health Sciences
Sponsor: Antonio Parkinson
Colonel William "Bamm" Wynns, Jr.
Sponsor: Mark Pody
John Jay Hooker
Sponsor: G.A. Hardaway
Lietza Ortega, Valedictorian, Sheffield High School
Sponsor: Raumesh Akbari
Caleb Christopher Tapley, Eagle Scout
Sponsor: Sheila Butt
Bradi Faith Baker, Valedictorian, Gordonsville High School
Sponsor: Terri Lynn Weaver
William Tyler Gregory, Salutatorian, East Robertson High School
Sponsor: Sabi Kumar
Recesses general assembly until Tuesday, May 31, 2016.
Sponsor: Mark Norris
Tyrone Darker, Valedictorian, Memphis School of Excellence
Sponsor: Joe Towns
Will Ryan Henry, Valedictorian, Trousdale County High School
Sponsor: Terri Lynn Weaver
Kristen Farmer, Salutatorian, Memphis School of Excellence
Sponsor: Joe Towns
Kiara Blain, Salutatorian, Austin-East Magnet High School
Sponsor: Joe Armstrong
Taveion Da'Joun McCutcheon
Sponsor: Antonio Parkinson
Alec Bissell, Salutatorian, L&N STEM Academy
Sponsor: Joe Armstrong
As introduced, requires all LEA personnel to verify that the LEA's policy on use of the Internet has been read prior to accepting an employment contract or at the renewal of an employment contract. - Amends TCA Title 49.
Sponsor: Kevin Brooks
Caleb Fair, Salutatorian, Hamilton High School
Sponsor: Raumesh Akbari
State of Tennessee, 220th anniversary
Sponsor: Judd Matheny
Robert Alexander Sanders, Eagle Scout
Sponsor: Sheila Butt
Robin Anne Hord, Salutatorian, Gordonsville High School
Sponsor: Terri Lynn Weaver
Samuel Adkins, Salutatorian, Culleoka Unit School
Sponsor: Sheila Butt
Orange Mound, 125th anniversary
Sponsor: G.A. Hardaway
Ilysa Lane Crouch, Salutatorian, Trousdale County High School
Sponsor: Terri Lynn Weaver
Jon Zaccaro, Class President, Hillwood High School
Sponsor: John Clemmons
Maggie Dowling, Salutatorian, Signal Mountain High School
Sponsor: Patsy Hazlewood
Hunter Mason Dyer, Salutatorian, Macon County High School
Sponsor: Kelly Keisling
Calvin Wayne Hunt, Eagle Scout
Sponsor: Sheila Butt
Prince Rogers Nelson
Sponsor: G.A. Hardaway
Caleb Alan Lindsey, Eagle Scout
Sponsor: Sheila Butt
Nathaniel Butuyan Igot, Eagle Scout
Sponsor: Sheila Butt
Joshua Thomas Brown, Eagle Scout
Sponsor: Sheila Butt
Luke Noble Sower, Salutatorian, Jo Byrns High School
Sponsor: Sabi Kumar
Cleveland Grimes
Sponsor: Marc Gravitt
Chadwick Nottingham
Sponsor: Joe Pitts
Mt. Juliet High School Interact Club
Sponsor: Susan Lynn
Bernice Rainey, 100th birthday
Sponsor: Timothy Wirgau
Andrijana Bilbija, Valedictorian, Hillwood High School
Sponsor: John Clemmons
Donna B. Jones
Sponsor: Dennis Powers
Giles County 15-year-old Babe Ruth State Champions
Sponsor: Barry Doss
Shamya London, Valedictorian, Hamilton High School
Sponsor: Raumesh Akbari
David Perryman, Eagle Scout
Sponsor: Sheila Butt
Raleigh Evert Johnson, Eagle Scout
Sponsor: Sheila Butt
Thomas Bryan Moore, Eagle Scout
Sponsor: Sheila Butt
Lauderdale Community Living Center, 2015 - Commitment to Quality Award
Sponsor: Craig Fitzhugh
Nathaniel Lee Rochelle, Eagle Scout
Sponsor: Sheila Butt
Kaitlynn Denise Logsdon, Salutatorian, White House Heritage High School
Sponsor: Sabi Kumar
Sam Hubbell
Sponsor: Jimmy Eldridge
As introduced, subject to local approval, requires nonpartisan elections for county office.
Sponsor: Dolores Gresham
Representative Jamie H. Jenkins
Sponsor: Glen Casada
Bethany Burns, Valedictorian, Signal Mountain High School
Sponsor: Patsy Hazlewood
Stephen "Peyton" Staggs, Salutatorian, Columbia Academy
Sponsor: Sheila Butt
Serve and Protect
Sponsor: Beth Harwell
Henry County Healthcare Center, 2015 Bronze - Commitment to Quality Award
Sponsor: Timothy Wirgau
Commemorate Childhood Cancer Awareness Day.
Sponsor: Ron Travis
Darrell Willis, Jr., Valedictorian, Austin-East Magnet High School
Sponsor: Joe Armstrong
George Edward Barrett
Sponsor: Jason Powell
Cocke County Ramp Festival, May 13-14, 2016
Sponsor: Jeremy Faison
As introduced, transfers the filing of petitions and claims concerning mental health commitments from the general sessions court clerk to the clerk and master but retains the authority of the general sessions judge to hear and determine these cases. - Amends Chapter 318 of the Private Acts of 1943; as amended.
Sponsor: Mae Beavers
Bertha Collier Powell, 100th birthday
Sponsor: Harold Love
Kimber Halliburton
Sponsor: John Clemmons
Darlecial Matthews, Valedictorian, Westwood High School
Sponsor: Johnnie Turner
Requests that the secretary of the navy name the next commissioned naval ship the "USS Chattanooga" in honor of the victims of the July 16, 2015, terrorist attacks.
Sponsor: Patsy Hazlewood
Jose Perez-Loredo, Salutatorian, Fairley High School
Sponsor: Johnnie Turner
Private Officer International Memorial Week
Sponsor: Susan Lynn
As introduced, enacts the "Express Transportation Act." - Amends TCA Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 9; Title 54; Title 55; Title 64; Title 65 and Title 67.
Sponsor: Janince Bowling
Gabrielle Yasmeen Brooks
Sponsor: Raumesh Akbari
Academy for Women of Achievement, YWCA Nashville & Middle Tennessee
Sponsor: Brenda Gilmore
As introduced, subject to local approval, requires nonpartisan elections for county office.
Sponsor: Jamie Jenkins
Kenneth Pratcher, Salutatorian, Westwood High School
Sponsor: Johnnie Turner
Isabel Buford Garrett, 100th birthday
Sponsor: John Windle
As introduced, subject to local approval, increases the hotel/motel tax from five percent to seven percent; revises the allocation formula. - Amends Chapter 19 of the Private Acts of 1991; as amended.
Sponsor: Todd Gardenhire
As introduced, subject to local approval, prohibits mayor, district alderman, or alderman-at-large from serving a subsequent term in the same office if such person has served more than 1/2 of a four-year term and a consecutive complete four-year term in that particular office. - Amends Chapter 67 of the Private Acts of 1953; as amended.
Sponsor: Terri Lynn Weaver
Harbert Hills Nursing Home, 2015 Bronze-Commitment to Quality Award
Sponsor: David Byrd
MarSriana Datta, Valedictorian, Fairley High School
Sponsor: Johnnie Turner
As introduced, subject to local approval, increases the hotel/motel tax from five percent to seven percent; revises the allocation formula. - Amends Chapter 19 of the Private Acts of 1991; as amended.
Sponsor: Dan Howell
Ashley Hayes
Sponsor: Brenda Gilmore
As introduced, pursuant to the request of the Franklin special school district of Williamson County, permits the district to issue bonds or notes in an amount not to exceed $12 million and to issue bond anticipation notes in an amount not to exceed $12 million. - Amends Chapter 563 of the Private Acts of 1949, as amended.
Sponsor: Glen Casada
Mary Watts
Sponsor: Cameron Sexton
Type 1 Diabetes (Juvenile Diabetes) Awareness Month, November 2016
Sponsor: Susan Lynn
As introduced, pursuant to the request of the Franklin special school district of Williamson County, permits the district to issue bonds or notes in an amount not to exceed $12 million and to issue bond anticipation notes in an amount not to exceed $12 million. - Amends Chapter 563 of the Private Acts of 1949, as amended.
Sponsor: Jack Johnson
As introduced, subject to local approval, removes term limits for commissioners of the Gibson County utility district taking office September 1, 2002. - Amends Chapter 192 of the Private Acts of 1953; as amended.
Sponsor: John Stevens
As introduced, appropriates $100,000,000 from excess state tax revenues over collected in fiscal year 2014-2015 to the various counties to be used for county transportation projects; allocates funds in the same manner as county aid funding. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 9; Title 54 and Title 67.
Sponsor: Barry Doss
As introduced, subject to local approval, authorizes collection of solid waste disposal fee with the county property tax; requires disposal fee to be distinguished from the property tax amount on the tax notice.
Sponsor: Johnny Shaw
As introduced, subject to local approval, authorizes the county commission to set the compensation for the county attorney; reduces the term of office of the county attorney from four years to one year; authorizes the county mayor to retain counsel for extraordinary legal matters. - Amends Chapter 255 of the Private Acts of 1931.
Sponsor: Barry Doss
As introduced, subject to local approval, removes term limits for commissioners of the Gibson County utility district taking office September 1, 2002. - Amends Chapter 192 of the Private Acts of 1953; as amended.
Sponsor: Curtis Halford
As introduced, subject to local approval, authorizes collection of solid waste disposal fee with the county property tax; requires disposal fee to be distinguished from the property tax amount on the tax notice.
Sponsor: Dolores Gresham
Isabel Buford Garrett, 100th birthday
Sponsor: John Windle
As introduced, subject to local approval, allows board of mayor and aldermen to appoint a chief of police to serve at the pleasure of the board instead of serving for a term of years; removes requirement that salaries of police officers and firefighters be fixed by ordinance; subjects chief of police to suspension by the mayor for disciplinary purposes. - Amends Chapter 801 of the Private Acts of 1949; as amended by Chapter 278 of the Private Acts of 1967; Chapter 228 of the Private Acts of 1978.
Sponsor: Joseph Hensley
As introduced, subject to local approval, authorizes the county commission to set the compensation for the county attorney; reduces the term of office of the county attorney from four years to one year; authorizes the county mayor to retain counsel for extraordinary legal matters. - Amends Chapter 255 of the Private Acts of 1931.
Sponsor: Joseph Hensley
As introduced, subject to local approval, allows board of mayor and aldermen to appoint a chief of police to serve at the pleasure of the board instead of serving for a term of years; removes requirement that salaries of police officers and firefighters be fixed by ordinance; subjects chief of police to suspension by the mayor for disciplinary purposes. - Amends Chapter 801 of the Private Acts of 1949; as amended by Chapter 278 of the Private Acts of 1967; Chapter 228 of the Private Acts of 1978.
Sponsor: Barry Doss
As introduced, transfers the filing of petitions and claims concerning mental health commitments from the general sessions court clerk to the clerk and master but retains the authority of the general sessions judge to hear and determine these cases. - Amends Chapter 318 of the Private Acts of 1943; as amended.
Sponsor: Mark Pody
Jay Head, national runner-up, 2016 American Farm Bureau Federation Young Farmers and Ranchers Achievement Award
Sponsor: Joe Pitts
As introduced, deletes provision permitting a court to revoke a defendant's bond and order the defendant held without bail pending trial if the defendant violates a condition of release, is charged with an offense committed during the defendant's release, or engages in conduct which obstructs the progress of the trial. - Amends TCA Title 40, Chapter 11.
Sponsor: Andrew Farmer
As introduced, establishes the day after Thanksgiving Day as Native American Heritage Day in Tennessee. - Amends TCA Title 15.
Sponsor: Rusty Crowe
As introduced, establishes the day after Thanksgiving Day as Native American Heritage Day in Tennessee. - Amends TCA Title 15.
Sponsor: G.A. Hardaway
As introduced, authorizes counties and municipalities to amend growth plans as often as necessary. - Amends TCA Title 6, Chapter 58.
Sponsor: Curry Todd
As introduced, extends from six months to seven months the tax due date for certain members of the military following the conclusion of hostilities in which the person is actually engaged outside the United States or after the person is transferred from the theater of operations of such hostilities, whichever is sooner. - Amends TCA Title 67, Chapter 2.
Sponsor: Doug Overbey
Urges the U.S. Secretary of the Treasury to keep Andrew Jackson's portrait on the twenty dollar bill.
Sponsor: Kevin Dunlap
Urges the U.S. Secretary of the Treasury to keep Andrew Jackson's portrait on the twenty dollar bill.
Sponsor: Kevin Dunlap
As introduced, extends eligibility for the Tennessee Promise scholarship to students enrolled in middle college programs; allows student who earns an associate degree in a middle college program to be eligible for a Tennessee HOPE scholarship when transferring to an eligible four-year postsecondary institution. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 4.
Sponsor: Dennis Powers
As introduced, requires commissioner to report to the finance, ways and means committees of the senate and house by January 31, 2017, the number of taxpayers that submitted documents in paper form to the department in lieu of submitting documents electronically during tax year 2016. - Amends TCA Title 4 and Title 67.
Sponsor: Bo Watson
As introduced, clarifies what topics are to be included in orientation for new members of the general assembly; removes obsolete reference. - Amends TCA Title 3.
Sponsor: Bo Watson
As introduced, provides that a purchaser of a parcel of land in a tax lien sale has no obligation to purchase insurance on the parcel during the redemption period and that the purchaser is not liable for damage that occurs to the property during the redemption period unless it is caused by intentional acts of the purchaser. - Amends TCA Title 28; Title 66 and Title 67, Chapter 5.
Sponsor: Jack Johnson
Confirms appointment of Dr. Kenneth C. Hill to serve a six-year term on the Tennessee Regulatory Authority, such term to expire June 30, 2020.
Sponsor: Ronald Ramsey
Urges state and local governmental agencies to enhance access to mental health services in the criminal justice system.
Sponsor: Johnnie Turner
As introduced, deletes sales and use tax exemption for retail sales of periodicals printed entirely on newsprint or bond paper and regularly distributed twice monthly, or on a biweekly or more frequent basis, and advertising supplements or other printed matter distributed with the periodicals. - Amends TCA Section 67-6-329.
Sponsor: Roger Kane
Teagan Trent, Top 25 Senior, Cherokee High School
Sponsor: Gary Hicks
As introduced, extends the board for licensing health care facilities one year to June 30, 2017. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 29 and Title 68, Chapter 11.
Sponsor: Jeremy Faison
Betty Wood
Sponsor: Kevin Dunlap
Gabriel Ellison, Top 25 Senior, Cherokee High School
Sponsor: Gary Hicks
Dakota D. Ward, Top 25 Senior, Cherokee High School
Sponsor: Gary Hicks
As introduced, creates the Class E felony of a person possessing a motor vehicle with a compartment for the storage of contraband with the intent to store or transport contraband, and the Class C felony of facilitating the transportation of contraband by designing, installing, or constructing a compartment. - Amends TCA Title 55, Chapter 10, Part 2.
Sponsor: Joseph Hensley
As introduced, appropriates $100,000,000 from excess state tax revenues over collected in fiscal year 2014-2015 to the various counties to be used for county transportation projects; allocates funds in the same manner as county aid funding. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 9; Title 54 and Title 67.
Sponsor: Jim Tracy
As introduced, enacts the "Senior General Sessions and Juvenile Judge Enabling Act"; enables the creation of a program whereby the supreme court can designate a senior general sessions or juvenile judge to relieve court congestion in a needed area; funding to come from an increase of $1.00 on the $5.00 fee assessed against each traffic citation resulting in conviction. - Amends TCA Title 16, Chapter 15 and Title 55, Chapter 10.
Sponsor: Mike Carter
As introduced, authorizes the transmission and filing of nonprofit corporations' annual reports to the secretary of state in an electronic format; authorizes the transmission of the secretary of state’s list of new nonprofit corporations that were licensed or authorized to operate in the state during the preceding month and the secretary of state’s list of nonprofit corporations that surrendered their charters, had charters revoked, or ceased to do business in this state, during the preceding month, to the commissioner of revenue in an electronic format. - Amends TCA Title 48.
Sponsor: Kerry Roberts
Jimmy Greenspoon
Sponsor: Roger Kane
Caleb Michael McBride, Top 25 Senior, Cherokee High School
Sponsor: Gary Hicks
Thomas Evan Carney III, Top 25 Senior, Cherokee High School
Sponsor: Gary Hicks
Peyton White, Valedictorian, Bledsoe County High School
Sponsor: Ron Travis
As introduced, creates the Tennessee energy policy council to make recommendations to the governor and general assembly on how to manage energy resources in this state. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 29; Title 59; Title 60; Title 65 and Title 68.
Sponsor: Randy McNally
As introduced, over the next five years, annually raises the Hall tax exemptions for all taxpayers by $150 for single filers and $200 for joint filers. - Amends TCA Title 67, Chapter 2.
Sponsor: Art Swann
As introduced, changes date for annual sales tax holiday from the first weekend in August to the last weekend in July each year. - Amends TCA Section 67-6-393.
Sponsor: Bo Mitchell
National Auctioneers Day, April 16, 2016
Sponsor: Timothy Wirgau
Sydney Elizabeth Phillips, Top 25 Senior, Cherokee High School
Sponsor: Gary Hicks
Brelyn Chase Grant, Valedictorian, Sequatchie County High School
Sponsor: Ron Travis
As introduced, requires THEC and the governing bodies of higher education systems and institutions to include hierarchical organizational charts in the budget documents presented to the finance, ways and means committees of the senate and house. - Amends TCA Title 3; Title 4; Title 12 and Title 49.
Sponsor: Todd Gardenhire
As introduced, requires the commissioner to annually report the amount of disaster relief refunds issued by the department. - Amends TCA Title 67.
Sponsor: Craig Fitzhugh
Proposes an amendment to the Constitution of Tennessee recognizing that our liberties do not come from governments, but from Almighty God.
Sponsor: Mike Bell
April 2016, "Autism Awareness Month" in Tennessee
Sponsor: David Byrd
Morgan Morris, Valedictorian, Craigmont High School
Sponsor: Antonio Parkinson
As introduced, over the next four years, raises Hall tax maximum allowable income exemptions for taxpayers 65 years of age or older by $500 per year until they are $39,000 for single filers and $70,000 for joint filers. - Amends TCA Title 67, Chapter 2.
Sponsor: Art Swann
As introduced, for tax years beginning on or after January 1, 2017, terminates the state-imposed Hall income tax and allows local governments to levy a like tax not to exceed 2.25 percent. - Amends TCA Title 67, Chapter 2.
Sponsor: Gerald McCormick
Sarah-Kathryn Loudy, Top 25 Senior, Cherokee High School
Sponsor: Gary Hicks
As introduced, deletes the Save the Tax Relief Act. - Amends TCA Title 67, Chapter 5, Part 7.
Sponsor: Mark Green
Rebecca Kinsler, Top 25 Senior, Cherokee High School
Sponsor: Gary Hicks
As introduced, increases the penalty for reckless endangerment by discharging a firearm from within a motor vehicle from a Class E felony to a Class C felony, and specifies that each person endangered by the conduct constitutes a separate offense. - Amends TCA Section 39-13-103.
Sponsor: G.A. Hardaway
Kyleigh Ferguson, Top 25 Senior, Cherokee High School
Sponsor: Gary Hicks
Logan Malicoat, Valedictorian, Rockwood High School
Sponsor: Ron Travis
Khalid R. Williams
Sponsor: Eddie Smith
As introduced, for tax years beginning January 1, 2016, increases the income exemption levels for taxpayers 65 years of age or older from $37,000 to $50,000 for single filers and from $68,000 to $100,000 for joint filers. - Amends TCA Section 67-2-104.
Sponsor: Charles Sargent
Desmond Frelix
Sponsor: Barbara Cooper
As introduced, requires students in public schools and public institutions of higher education to use restrooms and locker rooms that are assigned to persons of the same sex as that shown on the students' birth certificates. - Amends TCA Title 49.
Sponsor: Susan Lynn
As introduced, allows a court to enhance a defendant's criminal sentence if the defendant was illegally present in the United States during the commission of the felony. - Amends TCA Title 40, Chapter 35.
Sponsor: Paul Bailey
As introduced, requires students in public schools and public institutions of higher education to use restrooms and locker rooms that are assigned to persons of the same sex as that shown on the students' birth certificates. - Amends TCA Title 49.
Sponsor: Mike Bell
As introduced, extends from six months to seven months the tax due date for certain members of the military following the conclusion of hostilities in which the person is actually engaged outside the United States or after the person is transferred from the theater of operations of such hostilities, whichever is sooner. - Amends TCA Title 67, Chapter 2.
Sponsor: Art Swann
Perla Mena, Salutatorian, Douglass High School
Sponsor: Antonio Parkinson
As introduced, sets limits on the use of factors not under the control of a physician in determining reimbursement in an alternative payment system. - Amends TCA Title 71.
Sponsor: Rusty Crowe
Carly Hummel, Salutatorian, Mt. Juliet Christian Academy
Sponsor: Susan Lynn
Jack Bevill, Top 25 Senior, Cherokee High School
Sponsor: Gary Hicks
As introduced, authorizes the commissioner to enter into an agreement with a taxpayer consenting to a tax refund claim being filed beyond the three-year period required by present law, if the taxpayer affirms the overpayment is the result of negligence or fraud by the taxpayer's accountant. - Amends TCA Title 67, Chapter 1, Part 18 and Title 67, Chapter 1, Part 8.
Sponsor: Steven Dickerson
As introduced, creates a rural economic development task force to study the feasibility of authorizing grants, loans, or other economic incentives to facilities in rural, economically distressed counties; requires the task force to report to the general assembly by January 1, 2016. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 5; Title 6; Title 7 and Title 67.
Sponsor: Barry Doss
Nicholas Karig, Top 25 Senior, Cherokee High School
Sponsor: Gary Hicks
Garrett Carter, Top 25 Senior, Cherokee High School
Sponsor: Gary Hicks
As introduced, provides that an "under 21 driver license" expires one month after a licensee attains 21 years of age. - Amends TCA Title 55.
Sponsor: Becky Massey
Wester Hicks, Valedictorian, Rockwood High School
Sponsor: Ron Travis
Joye Fuston
Sponsor: Kevin Dunlap
As introduced, decreases Hall income tax rate from six percent to 5.5 percent for tax years beginning on or after January 1, 2016. - Amends TCA Title 67, Chapter 2.
Sponsor: Charles Sargent
As introduced, allows construction design professionals under contract with certain state agencies to bill and receive payment monthly; specifies services that are included in the basic services fee and the services that will require additional compensation. - Amends TCA Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 12, Chapter 4 and Title 62.
Sponsor: Charles Sargent
As introduced, enacts the "Tennessee Brownfield Redevelopment Tax Credit Act of 2016." - Amends TCA Title 67, Chapter 4, Part 20 and Title 67, Chapter 4, Part 21.
Sponsor: Reginald Tate
As introduced, directs the departments of transportation and economic and community development to study the Nolensville Pike corridor in Davidson County.
Sponsor: Jeff Yarbro
As introduced, requires fiscal review committee to review and approve competitively bid, state service contracts exceeding $1,000,000. - Amends TCA Title 3; Title 4; Title 9 and Title 12.
Sponsor: Lee Harris
As introduced, clarifies that local government authorities or local education authorities may adopt or make available voluntary benefits that are treated as supplemental benefits and are deemed not to be a "group health plan" when established in accordance with the appropriate federal statutes or regulations that define the term "group health plan." - Amends TCA Title 8.
Sponsor: Glen Casada
As introduced, creates six additional assistant public defender positions to be added to judicial districts where additional judgeships with criminal jurisdiction were added since 2007; reinstates statutory salary increase for assistant public defenders. - Amends TCA Title 8, Chapter 14, Part 2 and Title 16.
Sponsor: Raumesh Akbari
As introduced, deletes the current autism spectrum disorder task force and replaces it with the Tennessee council on autism spectrum disorder. - Amends TCA Title 4 and Title 68, Chapter 1.
Sponsor: Doug Overbey
As introduced, prohibits state funds for metropolitan transportation planning from being released to, or expended by, a metropolitan planning organization (MPO) unless the MPO's policy board ensures that the number of votes for any local government official is equally weighted and that one voting member residing within the MPO's boundaries is chosen by the Tennessee county highway officials association. - Amends TCA Title 9, Chapter 4, Part 51 and Title 64, Chapter 8, Part 3.
Sponsor: Randy McNally
As introduced, requires department to publish its annual report concerning virtual schools on the department's web site. - Amends TCA Title 49.
Sponsor: Dolores Gresham
As introduced, requires commissioner to report to the finance, ways and means committees of the senate and house by January 31, 2017, the number of taxpayers that submitted documents in paper form to the department in lieu of submitting documents electronically during tax year 2016. - Amends TCA Title 4 and Title 67.
Sponsor: Curtis Johnson
As introduced, appropriates $261,000,000 from excess state tax revenues over collected in fiscal year 2014–2015 to the department of transportation to be used for backlog transportation road projects. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 9; Title 54 and Title 67.
Sponsor: Jim Tracy
As introduced, changes the conditions under which certain charter school agreements may be revoked; defines the term "community-based charter schools." - Amends TCA Title 49.
Sponsor: G.A. Hardaway
As introduced, eliminates 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 9, Chapter 4.
Sponsor: Mae Beavers
As introduced, exempts from sales tax, registration fee, and motor vehicle privilege tax, any motor vehicle sold to a veteran or service member who has a service-connected disability and who is eligible for a United States department of veterans affairs automobile grant under the Disabled Veterans' and Servicemen's Automobile Assistance Act of 1970. - Amends TCA Section 5-8-102; Title 55, Chapter 4 and Title 67, Chapter 6.
Sponsor: Mark Green
Daja Scurlock, Salutatorian, Craigmont High School
Sponsor: Antonio Parkinson
Madison Livesay, Top 25 Senior, Cherokee High School
Sponsor: Gary Hicks
Mary Sanders
Sponsor: Kevin Dunlap
As introduced, appropriates $261,000,000 from excess state tax revenues over collected in fiscal year 2014–2015 to the department of transportation to be used for backlog transportation road projects. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 9; Title 54 and Title 67.
Sponsor: Eddie Smith
Building Safety Month
Sponsor: Mary Littleton
As introduced, reinstates a one-year service compensation step for assistant district attorneys that was statutorily eliminated in 2004. - Amends TCA Title 8 and Title 16.
Sponsor: Becky Massey
As introduced, excludes social security benefits from determination of annual income for purposes of qualifying for exemption from tax on stocks and bonds for persons 65 years of age or older. - Amends TCA Title 67, Chapter 2, Part 1.
Sponsor: Cameron Sexton
Conner Powell, Top 25 Senior, Cherokee High School
Sponsor: Gary Hicks
Sharekia Shaw
Sponsor: Bob Ramsey
As introduced, removes convicted felons whose voting rights have been restored from those persons or classes prohibited from being bail bondsmen, agents of bail bondsmen, or surety companies and directly or indirectly receiving any benefits from the execution of a bail bond. - Amends TCA Section 40-11-128.
Sponsor: Steve Southerland
As introduced, redefines "passive investor" for purposes of determining liability in a healthcare liability action from any entity that has an ownership interest in a healthcare provider but that does not directly participate in the day-to-day decision making or operations of the healthcare provider to any entity that has an ownership interest of less than five percent in a healthcare provider. - Amends TCA Title 29, Chapter 26.
Sponsor: Reginald Tate
Zaevion Dobson
Sponsor: Eddie Smith
Tanner Graves, Top 25 Senior, Cherokee High School
Sponsor: Gary Hicks
As introduced, directs the commissioner of transportation, in consultation with the commissioner of safety, to petition the federal aviation administration for a certificate of authority to operate unmanned aerial systems within the navigable airspace of each of the grand divisions of the state; enacts other provisions regarding unmanned aerial systems. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 3; Title 39; Title 42; Title 49; Title 54; Title 55 and Title 70.
Sponsor: Mike Sparks
Alexis Karlie Harvey, Salutatorian, Sequatchie County High School
Sponsor: Ron Travis
Urges Congress to reform federal requirements on high school graduation rates to reinstitute state control.
Sponsor: David Byrd
As introduced, creates TN Sobriety program which requires defendants charged with certain alcohol-related driving offenses to submit to twice daily sobriety testing as a condition of bond. - Amends TCA Title 40 and Title 55.
Sponsor: Kerry Roberts
As introduced, requires all LEA personnel to verify that the LEA's policy on use of the Internet has been read prior to accepting an employment contract or at the renewal of an employment contract. - Amends TCA Title 49.
Sponsor: Dolores Gresham
Sherkenna Buggs
Sponsor: Antonio Parkinson
Mason Hale and Laurel Creek Farm, Tennessee Century Farm
Sponsor: Paul Bailey
The Fairfield Four
Sponsor: Thelma Harper
As introduced, beginning January 1, 2017, reduces the Hall income tax from six percent to five percent for taxpayers who are veterans with service-connected disabilities. - Amends TCA Title 67, Chapter 2.
Sponsor: John Ragan
Don Hamblen
Sponsor: Mark Pody
As introduced, entitles a general partnership to compute a job tax credit as if the general partnership was subject to franchise and excise taxes; makes other various related revisions. - Amends TCA Title 11, Chapter 11, Part 2; Title 67, Chapter 4, Part 20 and Title 67, Chapter 4, Part 21.
Sponsor: Dale Carr
Kelian Ortiz-Saucedo, Valedictorian, Douglass High School
Sponsor: Antonio Parkinson
Supports increasing access to high-speed Internet connections in rural areas.
Sponsor: Janince Bowling
As introduced, requires investigation into an officer-involved shooting to be conducted by the TBI, which provides a report on the investigation to the district attorney general and attorney general and reporter; increases the amount awarded to the estate of an officer killed in the line of duty. - Amends TCA Title 7, Chapter 51, Part 2; Title 8, Chapter 6; Title 8, Chapter 7 and Title 38.
Sponsor: G.A. Hardaway
Robert Miller, Special Olympics Athlete chosen to participate on Team USA
Sponsor: Gary Hicks
Natalie Brooks, Top 25 Senior, Cherokee High School
Sponsor: Gary Hicks
As introduced, creates a domestic violence offender registry to be maintained by the TBI. - Amends TCA Title 36, Chapter 3, Part 6 and Title 39, Chapter 13, Part 1.
Sponsor: G.A. Hardaway
Recognizes pornography as a public health hazard leading to a broad spectrum of individual and public health impacts and societal harms.
Sponsor: Mae Beavers
Macy Osborne, Top 25 Senior, Cherokee High School
Sponsor: Gary Hicks
Nashville Central Christian Warriors boys' basketball team, 2016 National Christian Homeschool Basketball Champions
Sponsor: Mark Pody
Brianna Schock, Salutatorian, Lebanon High School
Sponsor: Mark Pody
As introduced, expands the offense of aggravated stalking to include a person who commits stalking against a victim who is at least 65 years of age when the person stalking is five or more years younger than the victim. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 17, Part 3 and Title 71, Chapter 6.
Sponsor: Mark Green
Madison Andrews, Top 25 Senior, Cherokee High School
Sponsor: Gary Hicks
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 seven percent to five percent. - Amends TCA Title 67, Chapter 6.
Sponsor: Sherry Jones
Urges the National Park Service to complete the Eastern Legacy Special Resource Study and recommend inclusion of Eastern Legacy sites in the Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail.
Sponsor: Steve McDaniel
As introduced, exempts certain new businesses from a portion of their franchise and excise tax liability during their first two years of existence. - Amends TCA Title 67, Chapter 4.
Sponsor: Eddie Smith
Deanne Dewitt
Sponsor: William Lamberth
Alexis Bazydola, Valedictorian, Lebanon High School
Sponsor: Mark Pody
Serena Campeau, Valedictorian, Mount Juliet Christian Academy
Sponsor: Susan Lynn
Alissa Jackson, Top 25 Senior, Cherokee High School
Sponsor: Gary Hicks
Brooke Bailey, Top 25 Senior, Cherokee High School
Sponsor: Gary Hicks
Erika Hale, Top 25 Senior, Cherokee High School
Sponsor: Gary Hicks
Brett Windrow
Sponsor: Bob Ramsey
As introduced, requires investigation into an officer-involved shooting to be conducted by the TBI, which provides a report on the investigation to the district attorney general and attorney general and reporter; increases the amount awarded to the estate of an officer killed in the line of duty. - Amends TCA Title 7, Chapter 51, Part 2; Title 8, Chapter 6; Title 8, Chapter 7 and Title 38.
Sponsor: Brian Kelsey
As introduced, restricts the use of state gasoline tax revenues distributed to the highway fund, counties, and cities to the construction, improvement, and maintenance of highways and bridges; prohibits the use of such revenue for pedestrian, bicycle, and other nonvehicular facilities. - Amends TCA Title 9; Title 54; Title 55 and Title 67, Chapter 3.
Sponsor: Todd Gardenhire
As introduced, requires the state treasurer to submit an annual report by March 1, 2017, and March 1 in subsequent years, to the chairs of the finance, ways and means committees of both houses on investments of federal funds, which funds have been received by the state and for which the investments are required by applicable federal law. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 9 and Title 71.
Sponsor: John Clemmons
2016 Sterling Award recipients
Sponsor: Johnny Shaw
Coach Mack Hawks of Oakland High School
Sponsor: Bryan Terry
Shelby Wilbanks, Top Ten Senior, Collinwood High School
Sponsor: David Byrd
Julius Johnson, Commissioner of Agriculture
Sponsor: Beth Harwell
Kevin DeWalt, Jr.
Sponsor: Joe Towns
Carson Gabrielle Sievers, Top 25 Senior, Cherokee High School
Sponsor: Gary Hicks
Miranda Vanette Evans, Top 25 Senior, Cherokee High School
Sponsor: Gary Hicks
Madison Denny, Top 25 Senior, Cherokee High School
Sponsor: Gary Hicks
Parth Harshadkumar Patel, Top 25 Senior, Cherokee High School
Sponsor: Gary Hicks
Cory Wells
Sponsor: Roger Kane
Lindsey Lively, Salutatorian, Bledsoe County High School
Sponsor: Ron Travis
Ladia Yates
Sponsor: Antonio Parkinson
As introduced, creates 31 additional assistant district attorney general positions effective October 1, 2015, in districts to be recommended by the district attorneys general conference; requires a report of the recommended districts be filed with the speakers of the senate and house. - Amends TCA Title 16, Chapter 2.
Sponsor: Kevin Brooks
As introduced, allows construction design professionals under contract with certain state agencies to bill and receive payment monthly; specifies services that are included in the basic services fee and the services that will require additional compensation. - Amends TCA Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 12, Chapter 4 and Title 62.
Sponsor: Steve Southerland
As introduced, eliminates 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 9, Chapter 4.
Sponsor: Karen Camper
As introduced, enacts the "Express Transportation Act." - Amends TCA Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 9; Title 54; Title 55; Title 64; Title 65 and Title 67.
Sponsor: Courtney Rogers
As introduced, for tax years beginning January 1, 2016, increases the income exemption levels for taxpayers 65 years of age or older from $37,000 to $50,000 for single filers and from $68,000 to $100,000 for joint filers. - Amends TCA Section 67-2-104.
Sponsor: Jack Johnson
Colonel Charles R. Tilton
Sponsor: Joseph Hensley
As introduced, creates a three-year pilot program to be developed by the state fire marshal's office that provides grants to volunteer firefighters. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 24.
Sponsor: Joe Pitts
Jennifer Bentz, Valedictorian, Heritage High School
Sponsor: Doug Overbey
As introduced, prohibits the department of health from charging or collecting a fee for the production of a second or subsequent copy of a birth certificate or death certificate that exceeds the actual cost to the department of producing the copy. - Amends TCA Section 68-3-207.
Sponsor: John Windle
As introduced, creates the "Governor's Three Star Physical Education and Literacy Program." - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 1; Title 49, Chapter 2; Title 49, Chapter 5 and Title 49, Chapter 6.
Sponsor: Roger Kane
The late William Lee "Bill" Patton, Wilson County Agricultural Hall of Fame
Sponsor: Mae Beavers
Proposes an amendment to Article II, Section 28, of the Constitution of Tennessee to prohibit the legislature from imposing a state property tax on real property.
Sponsor: Mike Carter
As introduced, prohibits state funds for metropolitan transportation planning from being released to, or expended by, a metropolitan planning organization (MPO) unless the MPO's policy board ensures that the number of votes for any local government official is equally weighted and that one voting member residing within the MPO's boundaries is chosen by the Tennessee county highway officials association. - Amends TCA Title 9, Chapter 4, Part 51 and Title 64, Chapter 8, Part 3.
Sponsor: Jimmy Matlock
As introduced, deletes the $350 fee for expunction of criminal records; exempts from the $100 clerks fee for expunction of records, those persons applying for the expunction because the charge or warrant was dismissed in any court as a result of the successful completion of a pretrial diversion program. - Amends TCA Section 8-21-401 and Title 40.
Sponsor: Raumesh Akbari
Maxwell Pafford, Salutatorian, DeKalb County High School
Sponsor: Mae Beavers
Emma Gasparro, Valedictorian, Hickman County High School
Sponsor: Kerry Roberts
As introduced, authorizes the transmission and filing of nonprofit corporations' annual reports to the secretary of state in an electronic format; authorizes the transmission of the secretary of state’s list of new nonprofit corporations that were licensed or authorized to operate in the state during the preceding month and the secretary of state’s list of nonprofit corporations that surrendered their charters, had charters revoked, or ceased to do business in this state, during the preceding month, to the commissioner of revenue in an electronic format. - Amends TCA Title 48.
Sponsor: Pat Marsh
As introduced, creates a three-year pilot program to be developed by the state fire marshal's office that provides grants to volunteer firefighters. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 24.
Sponsor: Doug Overbey
As introduced, exempts the sale of gold, silver, and platinum coins and bullion that are used as mediums of exchange from sales tax. - Amends TCA Title 67, Chapter 6.
Sponsor: Bud Hulsey
As introduced, grants a reimbursement of 100 percent of local property taxes paid by any veteran determined to be 100 percent permanently and totally unemployable from a service-connected disability; grants a reimbursement of 50 percent of property taxes paid by any veteran who has a permanent and total service-connected disability and income less than $30,000. - Amends TCA Title 67, Chapter 5, Part 7.
Sponsor: Kevin Brooks
As introduced, enacts the "Primacy and Reclamation Act of Tennessee." - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 10; Title 50; Title 59; Title 60; Title 66; Title 67; Title 68; Title 69 and Title 70.
Sponsor: Dennis Powers
As introduced, directs the departments of transportation and economic and community development to study the Nolensville Pike corridor in Davidson County.
Sponsor: Jason Powell
As introduced, enacts the "Tennessee Brownfield Redevelopment Tax Credit Act of 2016." - Amends TCA Title 67, Chapter 4, Part 20 and Title 67, Chapter 4, Part 21.
Sponsor: Raumesh Akbari
As introduced, requires the department of safety to pay from existing budgeted funds a monthly amount to a retired highway patrol officer for the medical care of the retired canine to whom the officer was assigned if the canine is given to the care and custody of the officer upon retirement. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 7, Part 1.
Sponsor: Debra Moody
The late Kenneth Neal, Wilson County Agricultural Hall of Fame
Sponsor: Mae Beavers
As introduced, adds the Global War on Terrorism and the Afghanistan War to the list of specialty license plates created for honorably discharged veterans; changes the fee schedule for honorably discharged veteran license plates. - Amends TCA Title 55, Chapter 4.
Sponsor: Doug Overbey
Louis Fletcher, Wilson County Agricultural Hall of Fame
Sponsor: Mae Beavers
As introduced, increases the penalty for reckless endangerment by discharging a firearm from within a motor vehicle from a Class E felony to a Class C felony, and specifies that each person endangered by the conduct constitutes a separate offense. - Amends TCA Section 39-13-103.
Sponsor: James Kyle
Ashli Chew, Valedictorian, DeKalb County High School
Sponsor: Mae Beavers
As introduced, enacts the "Primacy and Reclamation Act of Tennessee." - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 10; Title 50; Title 59; Title 60; Title 66; Title 67; Title 68; Title 69 and Title 70.
Sponsor: Ken Yager
As introduced, creates the Reading Matters pilot program. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 6, Part 7.
Sponsor: Kevin Brooks
As introduced, clarifies that local government authorities or local education authorities may adopt or make available voluntary benefits that are treated as supplemental benefits and are deemed not to be a "group health plan" when established in accordance with the appropriate federal statutes or regulations that define the term "group health plan." - Amends TCA Title 8.
Sponsor: Jack Johnson
Memphis Brooks Museum of Art, 100th anniversary
Sponsor: Mark Norris
Hayley Anderson, Valedictorian, Northwest High School
Sponsor: Mark Green
As introduced, requires that a bus that is used exclusively for the transportation of students be registered as a passenger motor vehicle instead of a motor vehicle operating for hire. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 6, Part 21 and Title 55, Chapter 4.
Sponsor: John Forgety
As introduced, decreases Hall income tax rate from six percent to 5.5 percent for tax years beginning on or after January 1, 2017. - Amends TCA Title 67, Chapter 2.
Sponsor: Jay Reedy
Tyler Campbell, Salutatorian, Hickman County High School
Sponsor: Kerry Roberts
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 seven percent to five percent. - Amends TCA Title 67, Chapter 6.
Sponsor: James Kyle
As introduced, exempts the sale of all gold and silver bullion that is used as a medium of exchange, security, or commodity from sales tax. - Amends TCA Title 67, Chapter 6.
Sponsor: Jim Tracy
As introduced, creates preference for retaining tenured teachers over nontenured teachers during a reduction of force; prohibits the dismissal of a tenured teacher in a reduction of force if another position is available in the system; prohibits the hiring of a nontenured teacher if a tenured teacher remains on the reemployment list. - Amends TCA Title 49.
Sponsor: Kevin Brooks
As introduced, authorizes the department of transportation to publish a directory of signs denoting Tennessee-owned historic sites on the department's web site. - Amends TCA Title 54.
Sponsor: Bill Sanderson
Shelby Musselman, Salutatorian, Wilson Central High School
Sponsor: Mae Beavers
As introduced, creates six additional assistant public defender positions to be added to judicial districts where additional judgeships with criminal jurisdiction were added since 2007; reinstates statutory salary increase for assistant public defenders. - Amends TCA Title 8, Chapter 14, Part 2 and Title 16.
Sponsor: Doug Overbey
As introduced, allows a court to enhance a defendant's criminal sentence if the defendant was illegally present in the United States during the commission of the felony. - Amends TCA Title 40, Chapter 35.
Sponsor: Martin Daniel
As introduced, creates the Class E felony of a person possessing a motor vehicle with a compartment for the storage of contraband with the intent to store or transport contraband, and the Class C felony of facilitating the transportation of contraband by designing, installing, or constructing a compartment. - Amends TCA Title 55, Chapter 10, Part 2.
Sponsor: David Byrd
As introduced, provides that an "under 21 driver license" expires one month after a licensee attains 21 years of age. - Amends TCA Title 55.
Sponsor: Roger Kane
Hayden Rutledge
Sponsor: Bill Ketron
As introduced, over the next five years, annually raises the Hall tax exemptions for all taxpayers by $150 for single filers and $200 for joint filers. - Amends TCA Title 67, Chapter 2.
Sponsor: Doug Overbey
As introduced, creates the forum on Tennessee's great outdoors for the purpose of conducting a comprehensive review of the health and status of this state's natural resources and outdoor recreation needs and opportunities. - Amends TCA Title 68.
Sponsor: Steve McDaniel
As introduced, removes obsolete reference to the employee misclassification advisory task force. - Amends TCA Title 7; Title 50; Title 54; Title 55; Title 56; Title 65 and Title 67.
Sponsor: Kevin Brooks
As introduced, creates a Class C misdemeanor for operating a vehicle hauling timber, logs, or pulpwood on U.S. Highway 11/State Route 2 in the city limits of the City of Cleveland in Bradley County. - Amends TCA Title 54 and Title 55, Chapter 7.
Sponsor: Kevin Brooks
As introduced, deletes the current autism spectrum disorder task force and replaces it with the Tennessee council on autism spectrum disorder. - Amends TCA Title 4 and Title 68, Chapter 1.
Sponsor: Ryan Williams
As introduced, reallocates all oil and gas severance tax revenue to the county in which the oil or gas well was located, less collection and administration costs retained by the department of revenue; currently, the county in which the well was located receives 1/3 of revenue and the state receives the other 2/3. - Amends TCA Title 60, Chapter 1, Part 3.
Sponsor: Dennis Powers
As introduced, terminates the Southern dairy compact, with no subsequent wind-down year. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 29, Part 2 and Title 43, Chapter 35.
Sponsor: Mike Bell
As introduced, reinstates a one-year service compensation step for assistant district attorneys that was statutorily eliminated in 2004. - Amends TCA Title 8 and Title 16.
Sponsor: David Hawk
Urges the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Service to reverse or revise the zip code reclassifications for Medicare payment for ambulance services.
Sponsor: Ken Yager
As introduced, contingent upon monthly surplus state tax revenues exceeding $5 million, allocates 25 percent of the surplus revenues to the priority transportation project fund to be used exclusively for essential transportation projects; requires commissioner of transportation to recommend the top 100 projects to be funded; authorizes general assembly to appropriate from fund to implement all or part of the projects recommended. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 9; Title 54 and Title 67.
Sponsor: Frank Niceley
As introduced, exempts from sales tax, registration fee, and motor vehicle privilege tax, any motor vehicle sold to a veteran or service member who has a service-connected disability and who is eligible for a United States department of veterans affairs automobile grant under the Disabled Veterans' and Servicemen's Automobile Assistance Act of 1970. - Amends TCA Section 5-8-102; Title 55, Chapter 4 and Title 67, Chapter 6.
Sponsor: Curtis Johnson
Lt. Governor Ron Ramsey
Sponsor: Mark Norris
As introduced, deletes the $350 fee for expunction of criminal records; exempts from the $100 clerks fee for expunction of records, those persons applying for the expunction because the charge or warrant was dismissed in any court as a result of the successful completion of a pretrial diversion program. - Amends TCA Section 8-21-401 and Title 40.
Sponsor: Doug Overbey
Bradley Matthews Johnston
Sponsor: Rusty Crowe
As introduced, elevates the offense of hit and run with a motor vehicle from a Class A misdemeanor to a Class E felony where the driver knew or should have known that the serious bodily injury resulted from the accident; allows the jury to infer that the driver knew or should have known death or bodily injury resulted from the accident if the person involved was a pedestrian or cyclist or other vulnerable user of the highway. - Amends TCA Title 55, Chapter 10, Part 1.
Sponsor: Doug Overbey
As introduced, entitles a general partnership to compute a job tax credit as if the general partnership was subject to franchise and excise taxes; makes other various related revisions. - Amends TCA Title 11, Chapter 11, Part 2; Title 67, Chapter 4, Part 20 and Title 67, Chapter 4, Part 21.
Sponsor: Doug Overbey
As introduced, establishes parameters for biennial September sessions. - Amends TCA Title 2 and Title 3.
Sponsor: David Hawk
As introduced, extends employment protections for members of the army and air national guard, state guard, and civil air patrol of any other state to members who are called to active duty in Tennessee or any other state. - Amends TCA Title 8, Chapter 33; Title 50 and Title 58, Chapter 1.
Sponsor: Jimmy Eldridge
As introduced, deletes the Save the Tax Relief Act. - Amends TCA Title 67, Chapter 5, Part 7.
Sponsor: Joe Pitts
As introduced, creates the Class C felony of assault of a public servant, which is assaulting a person known to be a first responder or police officer while that person in engaged in official duties. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 13, Part 1.
Sponsor: Randy McNally
As introduced, contingent upon monthly surplus state tax revenues exceeding $5 million, allocates 25 percent of the surplus revenues to the priority transportation project fund to be used exclusively for essential transportation projects; requires commissioner of transportation to recommend the top 100 projects to be funded; authorizes general assembly to appropriate from fund to implement all or part of the projects recommended. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 9; Title 54 and Title 67.
Sponsor: Jason Zachary
As introduced, requires THEC and the governing bodies of higher education systems and institutions to include hierarchical organizational charts in the budget documents presented to the finance, ways and means committees of the senate and house. - Amends TCA Title 3; Title 4; Title 12 and Title 49.
Sponsor: Martin Daniel
As introduced, requires the state treasurer to submit an annual report by March 1, 2017, and March 1 in subsequent years, to the chairs of the finance, ways and means committees of both houses on investments of federal funds, which funds have been received by the state and for which the investments are required by applicable federal law. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 9 and Title 71.
Sponsor: James Kyle
As introduced, beginning January 1, 2017, reduces the Hall income tax from six percent to five percent for taxpayers who are veterans with service-connected disabilities. - Amends TCA Title 67, Chapter 2.
Sponsor: Randy McNally
Proposes an amendment to Article XI, Section 12 of the Constitution of Tennessee to affirm the general assembly's sole discretion in the establishment of a system of public schools.
Sponsor: Bill Dunn
As introduced, allows the department of education to post its annual report on its web site in lieu of distributing the report to certain persons and entities. - Amends TCA Title 49.
Sponsor: Jim Tracy
As introduced, creates a competitive grant program for award of funds for certain charter school and rural school facility projects. - Amends TCA Title 49.
Sponsor: Debra Moody
As introduced, exempts the sale of gold, silver, and platinum coins and bullion that are used as mediums of exchange from sales tax. - Amends TCA Title 67, Chapter 6.
Sponsor: Frank Niceley
As introduced, requires the higher education funding formula to be based in part on first year postgraduation job placement rates; requires THEC to study the feasibility of students whose majors have extremely low Tennessee job placement rates becoming ineligible for state guaranteed student loans; creates a state lottery funded Skills for Tomorrow supplemental award for students in high demand fields with low supply of Tennessee qualified workers. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 4; Title 49, Chapter 7; Title 49, Chapter 8 and Title 49, Chapter 9.
Sponsor: Debra Moody
As introduced, allows the department of education to post its annual report on its web site in lieu of distributing the report to certain persons and entities. - Amends TCA Title 49.
Sponsor: Eddie Smith
As introduced, creates a competitive grant program for award of funds for certain charter school and rural school facility projects. - Amends TCA Title 49.
Sponsor: Dolores Gresham
Type 1 Diabetes (Juvenile Diabetes) Awareness Month, November 2016
Sponsor: Susan Lynn
Calls a joint convention of the general assembly on April 18, 2016, for the purpose of voting on the confirmation of J. Ross Dyer to the Tennessee Court of Criminal Appeals, Western Section.
Sponsor: Mark Norris
Ricky C. Skillington
Sponsor: Jim Tracy
Brittany Amento, Valedictorian, Wilson Central High School
Sponsor: Mae Beavers
As introduced, requires the higher education funding formula to be based in part on first year postgraduation job placement rates; requires THEC to study the feasibility of students whose majors have extremely low Tennessee job placement rates becoming ineligible for state guaranteed student loans; creates a state lottery funded Skills for Tomorrow supplemental award for students in high demand fields with low supply of Tennessee qualified workers. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 4; Title 49, Chapter 7; Title 49, Chapter 8 and Title 49, Chapter 9.
Sponsor: Dolores Gresham
Proposes an amendment to the Constitution of Tennessee recognizing that our liberties do not come from governments, but from Almighty God, our Creator and Savior.
Sponsor: James Van Huss
As introduced, for tax years beginning on or after January 1, 2017, terminates the state-imposed Hall income tax and allows local governments to levy a like tax not to exceed 2.25 percent. - Amends TCA Title 67, Chapter 2.
Sponsor: Mark Norris
As introduced, decreases Hall income tax rate from six percent to 5.5 percent for tax years beginning on or after January 1, 2017. - Amends TCA Title 67, Chapter 2.
Sponsor: Mark Green
As introduced, requires that a bus that is used exclusively for the transportation of students be registered as a passenger motor vehicle instead of a motor vehicle operating for hire. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 6, Part 21 and Title 55, Chapter 4.
Sponsor: Mike Bell
Debria G. Tyler, Boys and Girls Clubs Youth of the Year
Sponsor: Bill Ketron
Jonathan Joyce
Sponsor: Steven Dickerson
155th anniversary reenactment of The Battle of Shiloh
Sponsor: Debra Moody
As introduced, over the next four years, raises Hall tax maximum allowable income exemptions for taxpayers 65 years of age or older by $500 per year until they are $39,000 for single filers and $70,000 for joint filers. - Amends TCA Title 67, Chapter 2.
Sponsor: Doug Overbey
As introduced, requires department to publish its annual report concerning virtual schools on the department's web site. - Amends TCA Title 49.
Sponsor: David Byrd
As introduced, creates the "Governor's Three Star Physical Education and Literacy Program." - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 1; Title 49, Chapter 2; Title 49, Chapter 5 and Title 49, Chapter 6.
Sponsor: Bill Ketron
As introduced, exempts the sale of all gold and silver bullion that is used as a medium of exchange, security, or commodity from sales tax. - Amends TCA Title 67, Chapter 6.
Sponsor: Bryan Terry
Roy Crawford, Sr.
Sponsor: Doug Overbey
Roch Earl Monnig, Jr.
Sponsor: Jack Johnson
As introduced, increases the penalty for vehicular homicide as a result of drag racing or conduct creating a substantial risk of death or serious bodily injury to a Class B felony and vehicular homicide in a posted construction zone where the victim was an employee of the department of transportation to a Class C felony. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 13, Part 2.
Sponsor: Kevin Brooks
As introduced, prohibits the department of health from charging or collecting a fee for the production of a second or subsequent copy of a birth certificate or death certificate that exceeds the actual cost to the department of producing the copy. - Amends TCA Section 68-3-207.
Sponsor: Ken Yager
As introduced, creates the Class C felony of assault of a public servant, which is assaulting a person known to be a first responder or police officer while that person in engaged in official duties. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 13, Part 1.
Sponsor: Dennis Powers
Cathy Kolb, academic standards recommendation committee
Sponsor: Mark Green
Lauren Nash, state textbook and instructional materials quality commission
Sponsor: John Stevens
As introduced, creates the Tennessee energy policy council to make recommendations to the governor and general assembly on how to manage energy resources in this state. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 29; Title 59; Title 60; Title 65 and Title 68.
Sponsor: John Ragan
David Anthony Pickler, academic standards recommendation committee
Sponsor: Brian Kelsey
As introduced, establishes that local emergency management agency personnel shall have all rights, benefits, privileges, and protections available pursuant to state and local laws, including death benefits in the amount of $25,000. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 13, Part 1 and Title 58.
Sponsor: Curtis Halford
Shannon Duncan, academic standards recommendation committee
Sponsor: Janince Bowling
TBI Deputy Director Edward B. Jones
Sponsor: Bill Ketron
Proposes an amendment to Article II, Section 28, of the Tennessee Constitution to give the general assembly by general law the authority to authorize counties and municipalities to adopt a resolution or ordinance to create a program of tax relief for certain homeowners.
Sponsor: Harold Love
Morgan Ray, Salutatorian, Heritage High School
Sponsor: Doug Overbey
Jared Luckas, Valedictorian, Friendship Christian School
Sponsor: Mae Beavers
Zach Linton, 2016 TSSAA Division I AAA 170-pound Wrestling Champion
Sponsor: Mae Beavers
Deputy Jenna Markland
Sponsor: Rusty Crowe
As introduced, adds the Global War on Terrorism and the Afghanistan War to the list of specialty license plates created for honorably discharged veterans; changes the fee schedule for honorably discharged veteran license plates. - Amends TCA Title 55, Chapter 4.
Sponsor: Art Swann
Megan Belcher, Salutatorian, Wilson Central High School
Sponsor: Mae Beavers
Stuart Smith, University of Tennessee Athletic Hall of Fame
Sponsor: Steven Dickerson
Amanda Joy Thompson
Sponsor: Lee Harris
Captain Jerry Bradley
Sponsor: Rusty Crowe
As introduced, removes statutory allocations to the general fund from certain fuel tax revenues; reallocates certain allocations. - Amends TCA Title 67, Chapter 3, Part 9.
Sponsor: Charles Sargent
The late William Dean Thompson and Nelda Ann McDonald Thompson, Wilson County Agricultural Hall of Fame
Sponsor: Mae Beavers
Sheryl Alexander
Sponsor: Thelma Harper
As introduced, expands the offense of aggravated stalking to include a person who commits stalking against a victim who is at least 65 years of age when the person stalking is five or more years younger than the victim. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 17, Part 3 and Title 71, Chapter 6.
Sponsor: Jay Reedy
Mt. Juliet Church of Christ, 125th anniversary
Sponsor: Mae Beavers
Dr. Joe B. Maddox
Sponsor: Joe Armstrong
Jeff Carr
Sponsor: John Clemmons
Elizabeth Tullos
Sponsor: Charles Sargent
World Autism Awareness Day, April 2, 2016
Sponsor: Kevin Brooks
As introduced, subject to local approval, staggers terms of office for aldermen; moves the date of city elections for mayor and aldermen to coincide with the November general elections; repeals requirement that the board of mayor and aldermen appoint a personnel board. - Amends Chapter 238 of the Acts of 1903; as amended and rewritten.
Sponsor: Lee Harris
Courtney Morgan Crocker
Sponsor: Charles Sargent
As introduced, subject to local approval, staggers terms of office for aldermen; moves the date of city elections for mayor and aldermen to coincide with the November general elections; repeals requirement that the board of mayor and aldermen appoint a personnel board. - Amends Chapter 238 of the Acts of 1903; as amended and rewritten.
Sponsor: Ron Lollar
Naima Al-Saigh
Sponsor: Jim Coley
Pastor Mike Ellis and Impact Baptist Church, 10th anniversary
Sponsor: Antonio Parkinson
Savanna Lee Collie, Top Ten Senior, Lewis County High School
Sponsor: David Byrd
Rainey Lea Ibbotson, Top Ten Senior, Summertown High School
Sponsor: David Byrd
Riley Brashier, Top Ten Senior, Frank Hughes High School
Sponsor: David Byrd
Malia Grace Bennett, Top Ten Senior, Lewis County High School
Sponsor: David Byrd
Major Lindsey Kyle Faudree
Sponsor: Mark Green
As introduced, designates the Holy Bible as the official state book. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 1.
Sponsor: Jerry Sexton
Courtney Rees, Top Ten Senior, Wayne County High School
Sponsor: David Byrd
Monica Burks
Sponsor: Mike Sparks
Paige Churchwell, Top Ten Senior, Frank Hughes High School
Sponsor: David Byrd
Lylah Riley, Top Ten Senior, Frank Hughes High School
Sponsor: David Byrd
Dr. Earle P. Barron, Jr.
Sponsor: Rusty Crowe
As introduced, requires that certain public records be destroyed when certain orders of expunction are granted; defines the effect of an expunction order; establishes the filing fee for the expunction of multiple convictions be $350. - Amends TCA Title 8, Chapter 21; Title 10 and Title 40, Chapter 32.
Sponsor: Karen Camper
Shelby Rios, Top Ten Senior, Wayne County High School
Sponsor: David Byrd
Christian Weaver, Top Ten Senior, Collinwood High School
Sponsor: David Byrd
McKinley Heard, Top Ten Senior, Collinwood High School
Sponsor: David Byrd
Kristin Beth Caperton, Top Ten Senior, Summertown High School
Sponsor: David Byrd
Ann-Katherine Lee Gobble, Top Ten Senior, Summertown High School
Sponsor: David Byrd
Lakelyn Reed, Top Ten Senior, Collinwood High School
Sponsor: David Byrd
As introduced, creates a Class 2 offense for a series LLC to contribute to political campaign committees. - Amends TCA Title 2, Chapter 10; Title 2, Chapter 19 and Title 48, Chapter 249.
Sponsor: Matthew Hill
Maranda Keeton, Top Ten Senior, Wayne County High School
Sponsor: David Byrd
Senator Doug Overbey
Sponsor: Bob Ramsey
Kelsi Cole, Top Ten Senior, Wayne County High School
Sponsor: David Byrd
Shirley Currey, standards recommendation committee for English language arts and mathematics
Sponsor: Ronald Ramsey
Alison Brooke Moore, Top Ten, Lewis County High School
Sponsor: David Byrd
General Mills
Sponsor: Bryan Terry
John William Gleason III
Sponsor: John Forgety
Christian Weaver, Top Ten Senior, Collinwood High School
Sponsor: David Byrd
As introduced, restricts the use of state gasoline tax revenues distributed to the highway fund, counties, and cities to the construction, improvement, and maintenance of highways and bridges; prohibits the use of such revenue for pedestrian, bicycle, and other nonvehicular facilities. - Amends TCA Title 9; Title 54; Title 55 and Title 67, Chapter 3.
Sponsor: Mike Carter
Requests the board of pharmacy to conduct an electronic survey of pharmacists relative to working conditions and the licensure renewal process.
Sponsor: Randy McNally
Michelle Oliver, 2015-2016 Sevier County Primary Grades Teacher of the Year
Sponsor: Dale Carr
Citizen Tribune, 50th anniversary
Sponsor: Tilman Goins
Charlee Pigg, Top Ten Senior, Collinwood High School
Sponsor: David Byrd
Jon Robinson, General Manager of Tennessee Titans
Sponsor: Bill Sanderson
Bill Gaither
Sponsor: Rusty Crowe
Riley Sanders, Top Ten Senior, Wayne County High School
Sponsor: David Byrd
Emily Haddock, Top Ten Senior, Collinwood High School
Sponsor: David Byrd
Harbert Hills Nursing Home, 2015 Bronze - Commitment to Quality Award
Sponsor: Sabi Kumar
Daniel Couchoud, Top Ten Senior, Frank Hughes High School
Sponsor: David Byrd
Lexie Anne Carroll, Top Ten Senior, Lewis County High School
Sponsor: David Byrd
Lauren Roos Conway
Sponsor: Joseph Hensley
Rev. Vernon Lee Hooks
Sponsor: Joe Pitts
Sara Rawlinson, 2015-2016 Sevier County Middle Grades Teacher of the Year
Sponsor: Dale Carr
Carrie Dawn Runions, Top Ten, Lewis County High School
Sponsor: David Byrd
Gabriel Lang, Top Ten Senior, Frank Hughes High School
Sponsor: David Byrd
Caitlyn Cole, Top Ten Senior, Wayne County High School
Sponsor: David Byrd
China McFall, Top Ten Senior, Frank Hughes High School
Sponsor: David Byrd
Laurelwood Healthcare Center, 2015 Bronze - Commitment to Quality Award
Sponsor: Johnny Shaw
Stuart Speyer, Good Scout Award
Sponsor: Mary Littleton
Audrey Bowling
Sponsor: David Byrd
Kari Garrison, 2015-2016 Sevier County Secondary Grades Teacher of the Year
Sponsor: Dale Carr
Anna Grace Brewer, Top Ten Senior, Lewis County High School
Sponsor: David Byrd
Weston Davis, Top Ten Senior, Frank Hughes High School
Sponsor: David Byrd
Maria Claire Kertiens, Top Ten Senior, Summertown High School
Sponsor: David Byrd
Lyndsey Onks
Sponsor: Curtis Johnson
James Robert Cullom
Sponsor: Bo Mitchell
Morgan Rose Phillips, Top Ten Senior, Summertown High School
Sponsor: David Byrd
Lucille Ogle Shults, Sevier County Education Hall of Fame
Sponsor: Dale Carr
Emma Kate Darnell, Top Ten Senior, Summertown High School
Sponsor: David Byrd
Julianne Blackburn, Top Ten Senior, Frank Hughes High School
Sponsor: David Byrd
Grace Health Care of Cordova, 2015 Bronze - Commitment to Quality Award
Sponsor: Steve McManus
Raven Lee Minyard, Top Ten, Lewis County High School
Sponsor: David Byrd
Michael Robert James Butler, Top Ten Senior, Lewis County High School
Sponsor: David Byrd
John Gilliland, Revolutionary War hero
Sponsor: Steve Southerland
Gay Webb, Love Where You Live Award
Sponsor: Jeremy Faison
Shirley Ely, Sevier County Education Hall of Fame
Sponsor: Dale Carr
Ella Tarwater, Sevier County Education Hall of Fame
Sponsor: Dale Carr
As introduced, increases the time alcoholic beverages may be sold at certain theaters from one hour prior to, during, and one hour after the performance to 90 minutes prior to, during, and 90 minutes after the performance. - Amends TCA Title 57, Chapter 4.
Sponsor: Charles Sargent
Andrew Couchoud, Top Ten Senior, Frank Hughes High School
Sponsor: David Byrd
Olivia Pearl Cardenas, Top Ten, Lewis County High School
Sponsor: David Byrd
Commemorates National Child Abuse Prevention Month
Sponsor: Brenda Gilmore
WLIK
Sponsor: Jeremy Faison
Dezarae Suzanna Clark, Top Ten Senior, Summertown High School
Sponsor: David Byrd
Taylor Lard, Top Ten Senior, Collinwood High School
Sponsor: David Byrd
Stacie Kelley, Top Ten Senior, Collinwood High School
Sponsor: David Byrd
Tiffanie Maze, Top Ten Senior, Wayne County High School
Sponsor: David Byrd
Ben Dollar, Top Ten Senior, Wayne County High School
Sponsor: David Byrd
Dylan Blake Self, Top Ten Senior, Summertown High School
Sponsor: David Byrd
Benjamin Hanback, Top Ten Senior, Collinwood High School
Sponsor: David Byrd
Jonathan Pope, Top Ten Senior, Frank Hughes High School
Sponsor: David Byrd
Ashley Nichole Wilson, Top Ten Senior, Summertown High School
Sponsor: David Byrd
Kaden Reaves, Top Ten Senior, Collinwood High School
Sponsor: David Byrd
Jacquelyn Downs, Top Ten Senior, Wayne County High School
Sponsor: David Byrd
Raegan Nicole Hannah, Top Ten Senior, Summertown High School
Sponsor: David Byrd
Lauren Nicole Thomas, Top Ten, Lewis County High School
Sponsor: David Byrd
Rachel Odle, Top Ten Senior, Wayne County High School
Sponsor: David Byrd
As introduced, prohibits a person who commits an assault at a sporting event from remaining on or entering the property during the same or another sporting event for the period of time determined by property management; punishes the entering of property during the established period of time as criminal trespass. - Amends TCA Title 39 and Title 40.
Sponsor: Joe Towns
As introduced, exempts certain students from payment of out-of-state tuition at state institutions of higher education. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 58; Title 49, Chapter 7; Title 49, Chapter 8 and Title 49, Chapter 9.
Sponsor: Todd Gardenhire
As introduced, requires the state funding board's records of state debt obligations to include the amounts of necessary expenses for making debt service payments. - Amends TCA Title 3; Title 4; Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 8; Title 9; Title 10; Title 11; Title 12; Title 13; Title 16; Title 17; Title 18; Title 29; Title 33; Title 36; Title 37; Title 38; Title 39; Title 40; Title 41; Title 42; Title 43; Title 44; Title 45; Title 47; Title 48; Title 49; Title 50; Title 53; Title 54; Title 55; Title 56; Title 57; Title 58; Title 59; Title 60; Title 61; Title 62; Title 63; Title 64; Title 65; Title 66; Title 67; Title 68; Title 69; Title 70 and Title 71.
Sponsor: Charles Sargent
Chloe Rene Russell-Vernon, Valedictorian, Collegiate High School
Sponsor: JoAnne Favors
As introduced, allows parents to petition, subject to certain conditions, for the restructuring of a school through the transformation or turnaround model or as a charter school. - Amends TCA Title 49.
Sponsor: Brian Kelsey
As introduced, makes appropriations for the purpose of defraying the expenses of certain legislative enactments passed during the 2016 session of the 109th General Assembly; earmarks sufficient state funds for the purpose of funding any bill naming a highway or bridge in honor of a service member killed in action.
Sponsor: Randy McNally
"Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome Awareness Month," October 2016
Sponsor: Kent Calfee
Aaliyah Bell, Valedictorian, Brainerd High School
Sponsor: JoAnne Favors
Sydnee Redana Ruff, Valedictorian, Tyner Academy
Sponsor: JoAnne Favors
As introduced, authorizes the state of Tennessee, acting by resolution of its funding board, to issue and sell its interest-bearing bonds and bond anticipation notes for certain purposes.
Sponsor: Randy McNally
Multiple chemical sensitivity
Sponsor: Brenda Gilmore
"Prader-Willi Syndrome Awareness Month," May 2016
Sponsor: Kent Calfee
As introduced, permits a metropolitan government or municipality to conduct an advisory referendum on whether possession of one ounce of marijuana or less should be decriminalized. - Amends TCA Title 40, Chapter 7.
Sponsor: Antonio Parkinson
As introduced, authorizes the department of transportation to publish a directory of signs denoting Tennessee-owned historic sites on the department's web site. - Amends TCA Title 54.
Sponsor: Paul Bailey
As introduced, earmarks sufficient state funds for the purpose of funding any bill naming a highway or bridge in honor of a service member or a public safety official killed in the line of duty.
Sponsor: Craig Fitzhugh
Carol Hardin
Sponsor: David Byrd
As introduced, authorizes the state of Tennessee, acting by resolution of its funding board, to issue and sell its interest-bearing bonds and bond anticipation notes for certain purposes.
Sponsor: Charles Sargent
As introduced, earmarks sufficient state funds for the purpose of funding any bill naming a highway or bridge in honor of a service member or a public safety official killed in the line of duty.
Sponsor: Lee Harris
As introduced, authorizes the state of Tennessee, acting by resolution of its funding board, to issue and sell its interest-bearing bonds and bond anticipation notes for certain purposes.
Sponsor: Craig Fitzhugh
As introduced, assigns the state employee staff responsible for the administration of the group insurance for state officials and employees to the department of finance and administration; authorizes grant payments under the grant assistance program for nursing home care to be made either monthly or quarterly. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 5; Title 6; Title 8; Title 9; Title 10; Title 11; Title 12; Title 13; Title 16; Title 17; Title 18; Title 29; Title 33; Title 37; Title 38; Title 39; Title 40; Title 41; Title 43; Title 45; Title 47; Title 48; Title 49; Title 50; Title 53; Title 54; Title 55; Title 56; Title 57; Title 58; Title 59; Title 60; Title 62; Title 63; Title 64; Title 65; Title 66; Title 67; Title 68; Title 69; Title 70 and Title 71.
Sponsor: Lee Harris
As introduced, authorizes the state of Tennessee, acting by resolution of its funding board, to issue and sell its interest-bearing bonds and bond anticipation notes for certain purposes.
Sponsor: Lee Harris
Isaiah Smith, Salutatorian, Brainerd High School
Sponsor: JoAnne Favors
John Harper Beeland, Salutatorian, Center for Creative Arts
Sponsor: JoAnne Favors
Proposes an amendment to Article XI, Section 12 of the Constitution of Tennessee to affirm the general assembly's full discretion to determine the funding and eligibility for public schools.
Sponsor: Dolores Gresham
As introduced, establishes medication therapy management as a component of the TennCare program. - Amends TCA Title 63, Chapter 10 and Title 71, Chapter 5.
Sponsor: Randy McNally
Joyce Anchanattu Mathai, Salutatorian, Tyner Academy
Sponsor: JoAnne Favors
As introduced, enacts the "Tennessee Choice and Opportunity Scholarship Act." - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 1.
Sponsor: Brian Kelsey
As introduced, assigns the state employee staff responsible for the administration of the group insurance for state officials and employees to the department of finance and administration; authorizes grant payments under the grant assistance program for nursing home care to be made either monthly or quarterly. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 5; Title 6; Title 8; Title 9; Title 10; Title 11; Title 12; Title 13; Title 16; Title 17; Title 18; Title 29; Title 33; Title 37; Title 38; Title 39; Title 40; Title 41; Title 43; Title 45; Title 47; Title 48; Title 49; Title 50; Title 53; Title 54; Title 55; Title 56; Title 57; Title 58; Title 59; Title 60; Title 62; Title 63; Title 64; Title 65; Title 66; Title 67; Title 68; Title 69; Title 70 and Title 71.
Sponsor: Craig Fitzhugh
As introduced, phases out the Hall income tax over a three-year period; beginning January 1, 2016, reduces the tax rate by two percent annually; repeals the tax on January 1, 2018. - Amends TCA Title 67, Chapter 2.
Sponsor: Brian Kelsey
As introduced, requires THEC to perform a study on the effectiveness of dual enrollment grants in promoting college degree attainment. - Amends TCA Title 49.
Sponsor: Ken Yager
As introduced, excludes social security benefits from determination of annual income for purposes of qualifying for exemption from tax on stocks and bonds for persons 65 years of age or older. - Amends TCA Title 67, Chapter 2, Part 1.
Sponsor: Paul Bailey
Carmon E. Dugger, Sr.
Sponsor: Rusty Crowe
Daryl Blair
Sponsor: Paul Bailey
Encourages immigrants to U.S. to learn English language.
Sponsor: Mike Sparks
Ajasia Harris, Valedictorian, The Howard School
Sponsor: JoAnne Favors
Bawan Faraedoon Qaladize, Valedictorian, Bartlett High School
Sponsor: Larry Miller
Satirra Arnet Montgomery, Salutatorian, The Howard School
Sponsor: JoAnne Favors
39th Annual Tennessee State Youth Conference
Sponsor: Randy McNally
Chuckey-Doak High School varsity cheerleaders, Universal Spirit All-Star Prep Nationals competitors
Sponsor: Steve Southerland
As introduced, imposes a highway maintenance fee of 2.85 cents per mile driven by commercial motor vehicles in Tennessee; imposes a surcharge of 13 cents per gallon of diesel fuel used in freight motor vehicles driven in Tennessee; authorizes a franchise and excise tax credit in the amount of highway maintenance fees and surcharges paid by motor carriers domiciled in Tennessee. - Amends TCA Title 67, Chapter 3; Title 67, Chapter 4, Part 20; Title 67, Chapter 4, Part 21 and Title 67, Chapter 6.
Sponsor: Paul Bailey
Reggie Bigord
Sponsor: Steve McDaniel
As introduced, requires the state funding board's records of state debt obligations to include the amounts of necessary expenses for making debt service payments. - Amends TCA Title 3; Title 4; Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 8; Title 9; Title 10; Title 11; Title 12; Title 13; Title 16; Title 17; Title 18; Title 29; Title 33; Title 36; Title 37; Title 38; Title 39; Title 40; Title 41; Title 42; Title 43; Title 44; Title 45; Title 47; Title 48; Title 49; Title 50; Title 53; Title 54; Title 55; Title 56; Title 57; Title 58; Title 59; Title 60; Title 61; Title 62; Title 63; Title 64; Title 65; Title 66; Title 67; Title 68; Title 69; Title 70 and Title 71.
Sponsor: Randy McNally
Steve E. Moore
Sponsor: Reginald Tate
Brad Paisley
Sponsor: Jack Johnson
Sarah Ann Wilkinson Denton
Sponsor: Timothy Hill
As introduced, extends eligibility for the Tennessee Promise scholarship to students enrolled in middle college programs; allows student who earns an associate degree in a middle college program to be eligible for a Tennessee HOPE scholarship when transferring to an eligible four-year postsecondary institution. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 4.
Sponsor: Ken Yager
As introduced, requires the TCRS to divest direct holdings in companies that have substantial current operations in Iran, as determined by the list of companies identified in quarterly reports submitted to the council on pensions and insurance under present law. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 3, Part 24; Title 8, Chapter 34; Title 8, Chapter 35; Title 8, Chapter 36; Title 8, Chapter 37; Title 8, Chapter 5 and Title 9.
Sponsor: Brian Kelsey
Jonathan Andrew Martinez, Valedictorian, Center for Creative Arts
Sponsor: JoAnne Favors
Jonathan Raymond Warren III
Sponsor: Ryan Williams
Lauren Nash, state textbook and instructional materials quality commission
Sponsor: Beth Harwell
Cathy Kolb, Tennessee academic standards recommendation committee
Sponsor: Beth Harwell
Coach Ted Anderson
Sponsor: Reginald Tate
As introduced, creates a task force to study the effects of concussions on student athletes in high school and college. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 7.
Sponsor: G.A. Hardaway
Shannon Duncan, Tennessee Academic Standards Recommendation Committee
Sponsor: Beth Harwell
As introduced, makes appropriations for the purpose of defraying the expenses of certain legislative enactments passed during the 2016 session of the 109th General Assembly; earmarks sufficient state funds for the purpose of funding any bill naming a highway or bridge in honor of a service member killed in action.
Sponsor: Charles Sargent
David Anthony Pickler, Tennessee Academic Standards Recommendation Committee
Sponsor: Beth Harwell
As introduced, prohibits school districts and state special schools from paying through payroll deduction their professional employees' dues to a professional employee association. - Amends TCA Section 8-23-204 and Title 49, Chapter 5, Part 6.
Sponsor: Dolores Gresham
Victoria Lynn Flanary, Salutatorian, Bartlett High School
Sponsor: Larry Miller
Kara Cher Elaine Welsh, Salutatorian, Collegiate High School
Sponsor: JoAnne Favors
As introduced, enacts the "Healthcare Provider Stability Act." - Amends TCA Title 56, Chapter 7.
Sponsor: Bo Watson
Kirkpatrick Bado
Sponsor: Ken Yager
As introduced, permits the use of certain defenses to unlawful possession or carrying of a weapon by a person with a prior conviction for a felony involving the use of force, violence, deadly weapon, or drugs and whose rights of citizenship have been restored. - Amends TCA Section 39-17-1308.
Sponsor: Mark Green
As introduced, creates a domestic violence offender registry to be maintained by the TBI. - Amends TCA Title 36, Chapter 3, Part 6 and Title 39, Chapter 13, Part 1.
Sponsor: James Kyle
As introduced, enacts the "Senior General Sessions and Juvenile Judge Enabling Act"; enables the creation of a program whereby the supreme court can designate a senior general sessions or juvenile judge to relieve court congestion in a needed area; funding to come from an increase of $1.00 on the $5.00 fee assessed against each traffic citation resulting in conviction. - Amends TCA Title 16, Chapter 15 and Title 55, Chapter 10.
Sponsor: Ken Yager
Billie Jeanette Cuervo, education standards recommendation committee for science
Sponsor: Bo Watson
Brittany Megan Wright, Salutatorian, Millington Central High School
Sponsor: Lee Harris
Shamya Kenese London, Valedictorian, Hamilton High School
Sponsor: Lee Harris
As introduced, sets limits on the use of factors not under the control of a physician in determining reimbursement in an alternative payment system. - Amends TCA Title 71.
Sponsor: Timothy Hill
As introduced, defines contraband; clarifies that the bag and person of an inmate shall be searched for all contraband that may be used in an escape; requires any contraband and instruments found during the search to be immediately taken from the inmate. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 13, Part 1 and Title 41.
Sponsor: Gerald McCormick
UT Martin engineering students, SAE Aero Design East competition
Sponsor: Andy Holt
Tianna M. Thornton
Sponsor: Thelma Harper
Anthony Eugene Thornton II, Valedictorian, G.W. Carver High School
Sponsor: Lee Harris
Susan Bunch, state textbook and instructional materials quality commission
Sponsor: Ronald Ramsey
Mark Weeks, Standards Recommendation Committee for Science
Sponsor: Ronald Ramsey
Directs TACIR to study compensation and reimbursement paid to members of general assembly.
Sponsor: Mae Beavers
As introduced, requires fiscal review committee to review and approve competitively bid, state service contracts exceeding $1,000,000. - Amends TCA Title 3; Title 4; Title 9 and Title 12.
Sponsor: John Clemmons
As introduced, allows for electronic testimony in criminal trials where the court finds that the defendant and witness can view and hear each other, the judge and jury are able to observe the witness, and there is good cause for allowing the testimony to be given by electronic means. - Amends TCA Title 39 and Title 40.
Sponsor: Ken Yager
As introduced, exempts the slaughter of sheep and goats, and the on-farm sale of custom slaughtered and processed meat from swine, sheep, goats, and cattle by persons who raise such animals from the requirements of the Tennessee Meat and Poultry Inspection Act. - Amends TCA Title 53, Chapter 7, Part 2.
Sponsor: Tilman Goins
Marsha Buck, Standards Recommendation Committee for Science
Sponsor: Ronald Ramsey
David Christopher Portillo
Sponsor: Cameron Sexton
As introduced, prohibits a person who commits an assault at a sporting event from remaining on or entering the property during the same or another sporting event for the period of time determined by property management; punishes the entering of property during the established period of time as criminal trespass. - Amends TCA Title 39 and Title 40.
Sponsor: James Kyle
As introduced, permits a metropolitan government or municipality to conduct an advisory referendum on whether possession of one ounce of marijuana or less should be decriminalized. - Amends TCA Title 40, Chapter 7.
Sponsor: James Kyle
John Greeter
Sponsor: Janince Bowling
Brittany Nicole Caver, Salutatorian, Northwest High School
Sponsor: Mark Green
Austyn Walls, Valedictorian, Watertown High School
Sponsor: Mark Pody
Brandi Thomas, Valedictorian, Raleigh-Egypt High School
Sponsor: Antonio Parkinson
"Star Spangled Banner Day," September 14, 2016
Sponsor: Jack Johnson
Elise Dille, 2016 Girls' Wrestling State Champion 125-pound class
Sponsor: Paul Bailey
Lorrie Graves, Standards Recommendation Committee for Science
Sponsor: Jack Johnson
Kelsey Bonds, Salutatorian, Middle College High School
Sponsor: Lee Harris
Kira Alexis Tucker, Valedictorian, Memphis Central High School
Sponsor: Lee Harris
Mary Ashley Austria, Salutatorian, Memphis Central High School
Sponsor: Lee Harris
Ashton Smith, Salutatorian, Millington Central High School
Sponsor: Lee Harris
Denarius Lamonte Stinson
Sponsor: Jim Tracy
John Jeremiah Barnes, Eagle Scout
Sponsor: Dale Carr
Lawrence County All-Stars, Babe Ruth World Series Runner Up
Sponsor: Barry Doss
Jennifer Marie Grissom
Sponsor: Bill Ketron
As introduced, rewrites Post-Mortem Examinations Act effective January 1, 2017; requires counties to appoint a medicolegal death investigator; terminates Tennessee medical examiner advisory council. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 29, Part 2; Title 38, Chapter 7 and Title 68, Chapter 1, Part 11.
Sponsor: Gerald McCormick
Expresses support for law enforcement.
Sponsor: Jim Tracy
Kyle William Brooks, Valedictorian, Northeast High School
Sponsor: Mark Green
Katelyn Elizabeth Mitchell, Salutatorian, Northeast High School
Sponsor: Mark Green
MarSriana Datta, Valedictorian, Fairley High School
Sponsor: Lee Harris
Ambraysha Jackson, Salutatorian, Raleigh-Egypt High School
Sponsor: Antonio Parkinson
Doris Annette Hurd, standards recommendation committee for science
Sponsor: Dolores Gresham
Patrick J. Crawford
Sponsor: Steve Southerland
Sovanbopata Yos, Historian, Raleigh-Egypt High School
Sponsor: Antonio Parkinson
Keith Taylor
Sponsor: Mark Pody
As introduced, provides that a purchaser of a parcel of land in a tax lien sale has no obligation to purchase insurance on the parcel during the redemption period and that the purchaser is not liable for damage that occurs to the property during the redemption period unless it is caused by intentional acts of the purchaser. - Amends TCA Title 28; Title 66 and Title 67, Chapter 5.
Sponsor: Charles Sargent
Darlecia Lichelle Matthews, Valedictorian, Westwood High School
Sponsor: Lee Harris
Mallory Hall, Valedictorian, Middle College High School
Sponsor: Lee Harris
Carolyn Jean Beverly, Valedictorian, Whitehaven High School
Sponsor: Lee Harris
Dr. Kent Gallaher, standards recommendation committee for science
Sponsor: Steven Dickerson
First Sergeant Nelton H. Galloway, Commander's Award for Public Service
Sponsor: Mark Green
Fred Congdon
Sponsor: John Holsclaw
TCAT-Morristown, 50th anniversary
Sponsor: Tilman Goins
Deanna Upchurch, Salutatorian, Watertown High School
Sponsor: Mark Pody
Mildred Marie Goins, Salutatorian, George Washington Carver High School
Sponsor: Lee Harris
Jose Perez-Loredo, Salutatorian, Fairley High School
Sponsor: Lee Harris
Fatimata Deme, Salutatorian, Whitehaven High School
Sponsor: Lee Harris
Chelsea Marie Landis, Valedictorian, Millington Central High School
Sponsor: Lee Harris
As introduced, requires, rather than permits, the use of global positioning monitoring as a condition of bail for any person charged with a domestic violence offense, stalking, or a violation of an order of protection issued pursuant to title 36, chapter 3, part 6. - Amends TCA Title 36, Chapter 3, Part 6; Title 39, Chapter 13; Section 39-17-315 and Title 40, Chapter 11.
Sponsor: James Kyle
Kenneth Pratcher, Jr., Salutatorian, Westwood High School
Sponsor: Lee Harris
Caleb Jerome Fair, Salutatorian, Hamilton High School
Sponsor: Lee Harris
Karen Peterson Brukardt
Sponsor: Joseph Hensley
Major Van G. Chase, Commander’s Award for Public Service
Sponsor: Mark Green
Jennifer Marie Grissom
Sponsor: Bill Ketron
As enacted, removes the tax exemption for certain machinery used for the manufacture of firearms. - Amends TCA Section 67-6-102.
Sponsor: Kevin Brooks
As introduced, requires, beginning with the 2017-2018 school year, each LEA to offer students in each of its high schools the opportunity to take at least six early postsecondary credit courses. - Amends TCA Title 49.
Sponsor: Harry Brooks
As introduced, redefines "passive investor" for purposes of determining liability in a healthcare liability action from any entity that has an ownership interest in a healthcare provider but that does not directly participate in the day-to-day decision making or operations of the healthcare provider to any entity that has an ownership interest of less than five percent in a healthcare provider. - Amends TCA Title 29, Chapter 26.
Sponsor: Mike Carter
As enacted, exempts owners of property that is disqualified as agricultural, forest, or open space land from liability for rollback taxes if the disqualification is due to a change in law or correction of an assessor's error and certain other conditions are met. - Amends TCA Section 67-5-1008.
Sponsor: Steve Southerland
As enacted, allows licensed wineries and farm wine producers to label and advertise wine made from apples as cider, apple cider, or hard cider. - Amends TCA Section 57-3-207.
Sponsor: Doug Overbey
As introduced, decreases the filing fee for the registration of litigation financiers who are not business entities or partnerships in this state, from $100 to $50.00. - Amends TCA Title 47.
Sponsor: Jack Johnson
As enacted, revises various provisions pertaining to dissolution of certain business entities. - Amends TCA Title 48.
Sponsor: Jamie Jenkins
As enacted, authorizes Pigeon Forge adopt an ordinance to prohibit the construction or operation of any licensed manufacturer within 1,000 feet of the state right-of-way of U.S. Highway 441 within the corporate limits of such city; not applicable to any licensed manufacturer in operation and open to the public before or on the effective date of this act. - Amends TCA Title 57, Chapter 2 and Title 57, Chapter 3.
Sponsor: Dale Carr
As enacted, allows licensed wineries and farm wine producers to label and advertise wine made from apples as cider, apple cider, or hard cider. - Amends TCA Section 57-3-207.
Sponsor: Dale Carr
As enacted, allows a court to order a person convicted of driving under the influence of drugs or alcohol to be subject to monitoring using a transdermal monitoring device, electronic monitoring with random alcohol or drug testing, global positioning monitoring, or any other monitoring device necessary to ensure compliance with the conditions of probation or the results of any clinical substance abuse assessment. - Amends TCA Title 40, Chapter 33, Part 2 and Title 55.
Sponsor: Doug Overbey
As introduced, requires a utility district, municipality, county, authority, or other public corporation providing sewer service to enter into a written contract with a public water utility to obtain and use the public water utility's meter readings to bill its sewer service customers. - Amends TCA Title 7; Title 10 and Title 65.
Sponsor: Jack Johnson
As enacted, makes various technical, non-substantive revisions to the Uniform Interstate Family Support Act, including clarifying the effective date and clarifying the definition of initiating tribunal. - Amends TCA Title 36, Chapter 5 and Chapter 901 of the Public Acts of 2010.
Sponsor: Gerald McCormick
As enacted, authorizes a county legislative body to use revenue from certain county litigation taxes for substance abuse prevention purposes if approved by 2/3 vote of the county legislative body. - Amends TCA Title 67, Chapter 4, Part 6.
Sponsor: Randy McNally
As enacted, authorizes a professional bondsman or agent of an insurance company to assess the same premium renewal fees for defendants who are not Tennessee residents as for those who are Tennessee residents after the first 12 months of a bond; authorizes a professional bondsman or agent to accept fees in equal installments and to seek indemnification, in certain instances. - Amends TCA Section 40-11-151 and Section 40-11-316.
Sponsor: Edward Jackson
As enacted, revises provisions governing the transfer of cases involving child support or child custody. - Amends TCA Title 36, Chapter 5, Part 30.
Sponsor: Doug Overbey
As enacted, eliminates the early voting period for a special general election if there is no opposition for any office in the election, including no write-in candidates have qualified and there are no other items on the ballot. - Amends TCA Title 2, Chapter 14 and Title 2, Chapter 6, Part 1.
Sponsor: Randy McNally
As enacted, revises the investigative and reporting responsibilities of the office of research and education accountability in the office of the comptroller and makes other changes concerning the collection and reporting of data related to education. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 3; Title 10, Chapter 7; Section 49-1-106; Section 49-1-107; Section 49-1-302; Section 49-1-613; Section 49-1-908; Section 49-4-903; Section 49-6-109 and Section 49-6-4216.
Sponsor: Debra Moody
As enacted, requires each local school board to adopt a policy on the inclusion of religion in curriculum and instructional materials; requires each LEA to create a syllabus to be made public for grades six through 12 on social studies, science, math, and English language arts courses; requires the state board to initiate a revision process for the social studies standards adopted in 2013; requires teacher training institutions to instruct candidates regarding constitutionally permissible instruction of religious content. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 2, Part 1; Title 49, Chapter 5, Part 56 and Title 49, Chapter 6, Part 10.
Sponsor: Matthew Hill
As enacted, permits a pharmacist to dispense medication in a quantity that varies from the prescription under certain circumstances, so long as the units dispensed do not exceed a 90-day supply. - Amends TCA Title 63, Chapter 10.
Sponsor: Doug Overbey
As enacted, authorizes sheriffs and deputy sheriffs to retain service weapon upon retirement and completion of honorable service and approval by 2/3 vote of county legislative body. - Amends TCA Title 8, Chapter 8, Part 2.
Sponsor: Jim Tracy
As enacted, permits the disclosure of a decedent's mental health records to an authorized post-mortem official if necessary for the preparation of a post-mortem examination report pertaining to a case under investigation and a court order or judicial subpoena authorizes the official to obtain the records. - Amends TCA Title 33, Chapter 3, Part 1 and Title 38, Chapter 7, Part 1.
Sponsor: Mark Green
Masami Kinefuchi, Consul-General of Japan
Sponsor: Beth Harwell
As enacted, provides for an annual authorizer fee to be paid to the state board if the state board is the chartering authority of a charter school. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 13.
Sponsor: Harry Brooks
As introduced, removes obsolete reference to the employee misclassification advisory task force. - Amends TCA Title 7; Title 50; Title 54; Title 55; Title 56; Title 65 and Title 67.
Sponsor: Jack Johnson
As enacted, requires the department of labor and workforce development to electronically submit a report to each member of the general assembly of the total number of final orders issued pursuant to the Tennessee Lawful Employment Act, and prohibited employment contract activity, by December 1 of each year. - Amends TCA Title 12, Chapter 3 and Title 50.
Sponsor: John Stevens
As enacted, allows a court to order a person convicted of driving under the influence of drugs or alcohol to be subject to monitoring using a transdermal monitoring device, electronic monitoring with random alcohol or drug testing, global positioning monitoring, or any other monitoring device necessary to ensure compliance with the conditions of probation or the results of any clinical substance abuse assessment. - Amends TCA Title 40, Chapter 33, Part 2 and Title 55.
Sponsor: Tilman Goins
As enacted, requires all pleadings and records filed in a termination of parental rights case in chancery or circuit court to be placed under seal and not subject to public disclosure, in the same manner as those filed in juvenile court, unless otherwise provided by court order. - Amends TCA Title 36, Chapter 1.
Sponsor: Doug Overbey
As enacted, provides for an annual authorizer fee to be paid to the state board if the state board is the chartering authority of a charter school. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 13.
Sponsor: Dolores Gresham
As enacted, permits THEC to designate private nonprofit institutions of higher education as Tennessee VETS campuses. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 7, Part 13.
Sponsor: Curtis Johnson
As enacted, requires removal of members for failure to attend at least 50 percent of all regularly scheduled board meetings, rather than for having three consecutive unexcused absences; deletes procedure for removal by court order or petition of board or local governing body. - Amends TCA Section 7-86-105 and Section 7-86-314.
Sponsor: Susan Lynn
As enacted, permits the disclosure of a decedent's mental health records to an authorized post-mortem official if necessary for the preparation of a post-mortem examination report pertaining to a case under investigation and a court order or judicial subpoena authorizes the official to obtain the records. - Amends TCA Title 33, Chapter 3, Part 1 and Title 38, Chapter 7, Part 1.
Sponsor: Jay Reedy
As enacted, requires a local government entity to make records of proposals and statements that are received by the local government in response to a service request or a request for solicitation open for public inspection only after the contract award is announced. - Amends TCA Section 10-7-504.
Sponsor: Kent Calfee
As enacted, beginning January 1, 2017, increases the minimum single policy limit, cash deposit, and bond amount required for proof of insurance under the Tennessee Financial Responsibility Law of 1977. - Amends TCA Section 55-12-102.
Sponsor: Bill Ketron
As enacted, requires that any state mandated health benefit that takes effect on or after the effective date of this act apply not only to private health insurance issuers but also any managed care organization contracting with the state to provide insurance through the TennCare program and state or local insurance program. - Amends TCA Title 3; Title 8; Title 56 and Title 71.
Sponsor: Jack Johnson
As enacted, requires LEAs to provide students with certain periods of physical activity depending on grade level; deletes an obsolete reporting requirement; requires the office of coordinated school health in the department of education to provide an annual report regarding this act. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 1; Title 49, Chapter 2 and Title 49, Chapter 6.
Sponsor: John Ragan
As introduced, decreases the tax on the privilege of engaging in the profession of real estate broker from $400 annually to $200 annually. - Amends TCA Title 67, Chapter 4, Part 17.
Sponsor: Jack Johnson
As enacted, allows removal of overgrown vegetation and accumulated debris on owner-occupied residential property in Putnam County. - Amends TCA Section 5-1-115.
Sponsor: Paul Bailey
As enacted, requires all nonprofit organizations that receive funds from the sale of special license plates to submit an annual accounting to the comptroller and to be in good standing with the secretary of state's office; withholds funds and deems the plate obsolete if the nonprofit organization does not comply with such requirements. - Amends TCA Section 55-4-201.
Sponsor: Janince Bowling
As enacted, authorizes a professional bondsman or agent of an insurance company to assess the same premium renewal fees for defendants who are not Tennessee residents as for those who are Tennessee residents after the first 12 months of a bond; authorizes a professional bondsman or agent to accept fees in equal installments and to seek indemnification, in certain instances. - Amends TCA Section 40-11-151 and Section 40-11-316.
Sponsor: Andrew Farmer
As enacted, increases number of members who may be elected to serve on boards of zoning appeals in certain counties and municipalities, as determined by local legislative bodies. - Amends TCA Section 13-7-106 and Section 13-7-205.
Sponsor: Bill Ketron
As enacted, requires the department of labor and workforce development to electronically submit a report to each member of the general assembly of the total number of final orders issued pursuant to the Tennessee Lawful Employment Act, and prohibited employment contract activity, by December 1 of each year. - Amends TCA Title 12, Chapter 3 and Title 50.
Sponsor: Jeremy Durham
As enacted, reduces, from 60 days to 21 days, the maximum period of time in which a person engaged in towing and storing motor vehicles may charge the vehicle's owner or lienholder a storage fee; decreases the period in which notification must be given under present law by persons engaged in the business of towing and storing motor vehicles to the last known registered owner and all lienholders of a vehicle from at least 14 days to at least 10 days prior to charging a storage fee; revises the applicability of the Motor Vehicle Storage Act to remove the exemption for counties with a metropolitan form of government. - Amends TCA Title 47 and Title 55, Chapter 23.
Sponsor: Mark Pody
As enacted, establishes a stroke best practices and treatment guidelines task force under the department of health. - Amends TCA Title 4 and Title 68.
Sponsor: Bob Ramsey
As enacted, clarifies that land ownership alone is not enough to qualify a landowner as a regular harborer of a dog even if the landowner gave permission to a third person to keep the dog on the land. - Amends TCA Section 44-8-413.
Sponsor: Andrew Farmer
As enacted, changes from January 15 and July 15 to January 31 and July 31 the dates by which every professional bondsman licensed to do business in Tennessee must file with the court clerk a report of the bondsman's assets and liabilities. - Amends TCA Section 40-11-303.
Sponsor: Marc Gravitt
As enacted, applies salvage, nonrepairable, rebuilt, and flood vehicle certificate of title requirements to motorcycles. - Amends TCA Section 55-3-211.
Sponsor: Roger Kane
As enacted, exempts owners of property that is disqualified as agricultural, forest, or open space land from liability for rollback taxes if the disqualification is due to a change in law or correction of an assessor's error and certain other conditions are met. - Amends TCA Section 67-5-1008.
Sponsor: Curtis Halford
As enacted, requires that a copy of all reports filed with the general assembly, the speakers of the general assembly, a committee of the general assembly, or any combination thereof pursuant to statutory requirements also be filed with the legislative reference and law library. - Amends TCA Title 3, Chapter 1, Part 1 and Section 3-12-107.
Sponsor: Steve McDaniel
As enacted, allows removal of overgrown vegetation and accumulated debris on owner-occupied residential property in Putnam County. - Amends TCA Section 5-1-115.
Sponsor: Ryan Williams
As introduced, subject to local approval, reduces the number of readings required for adoption of ordinances by the city council, from three to two. - Amends Chapter 429 of the Private Acts of 1931; as amended.
Sponsor: Dawn White
As enacted, requires the department of labor and workforce development, in consultation with the department of corrections, if so requested, to report to the governor and general assembly on existing pilot programs that focus on work programs for the successful reentry of individuals to the workforce who have been convicted of a felony. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 41 and Title 50.
Sponsor: Johnny Shaw
As enacted, clarifies that land ownership alone is not enough to qualify a landowner as a regular harborer of a dog even if the landowner gave permission to a third person to keep the dog on the land. - Amends TCA Section 44-8-413.
Sponsor: John Stevens
As enacted, creates the reasonable and prudent parent standard to be used by a caregiver when determining whether to allow a foster child to participate in activities; exempts a caregiver acting in compliance with the standard from civil liability relating to injuries the child may incur in such activities. - Amends TCA Title 37, Chapter 2, Part 4.
Sponsor: Gerald McCormick
As enacted, requires THEC to establish and ensure that all postsecondary institutions cooperatively provide for an integrated system of postsecondary education; directs THEC to maintain and publish on its web site a list of postsecondary educational institutions that possess certain characteristics. - Amends TCA Title 49.
Sponsor: Dolores Gresham
As enacted, requires all nonprofit organizations that receive funds from the sale of special license plates to submit an annual accounting to the comptroller and to be in good standing with the secretary of state's office; withholds funds and deems the plate obsolete if the nonprofit organization does not comply with such requirements. - Amends TCA Section 55-4-201.
Sponsor: David Hawk
As enacted, expands the categories of missing citizens for whom a media alert is sent; changes name of program from "missing citizen alert program" to "Care Alert program". - Amends TCA Section 38-6-121.
Sponsor: Joe Pitts
As enacted, creates seat designations for commissioners; allows voters to vote for one commissioner for each open, designated seat. - Amends TCA Section 6-20-101.
Sponsor: Dale Carr
As enacted, requires each local school board to adopt a policy on the inclusion of religion in curriculum and instructional materials; requires each LEA to create a syllabus to be made public for grades six through 12 on social studies, science, math, and English language arts courses; requires the state board to initiate a revision process for the social studies standards adopted in 2013; requires teacher training institutions to instruct candidates regarding constitutionally permissible instruction of religious content. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 2, Part 1; Title 49, Chapter 5, Part 56 and Title 49, Chapter 6, Part 10.
Sponsor: Mike Bell
As enacted, requires, when a beer permit has been denied based on the testimony of a person at a hearing, that the person be notified if an applicant seeks a permit again at the same location within 12 months. - Amends TCA Title 57, Chapter 5, Part 1.
Sponsor: Joseph Hensley
As enacted, requires THEC to establish and ensure that all postsecondary institutions cooperatively provide for an integrated system of postsecondary education; directs THEC to maintain and publish on its web site a list of postsecondary educational institutions that possess certain characteristics. - Amends TCA Title 49.
Sponsor: Harry Brooks
As enacted, expands the categories of missing citizens for whom a media alert is sent; changes name of program from "missing citizen alert program" to "Care Alert program". - Amends TCA Section 38-6-121.
Sponsor: Mark Green
As introduced, pursuant to the request of the Paris special school district of Henry County, permits the district to issue bonds or notes in an amount not to exceed $12 million and to issue bond anticipation notes in an amount not to exceed $12 million. - Amends Chapter 150 of the Private Acts of 1919.
Sponsor: Timothy Wirgau
As enacted, requires the department of education to develop a school grading system that assigns A, B, C, D, and F letter grades to schools. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 1; Title 49, Chapter 2; Title 49, Chapter 3; Title 49, Chapter 5 and Title 49, Chapter 6.
Sponsor: Glen Casada
As enacted, authorizes sheriffs and deputy sheriffs to retain service weapon upon retirement and completion of honorable service and approval by 2/3 vote of county legislative body. - Amends TCA Title 8, Chapter 8, Part 2.
Sponsor: Joe Pitts
As enacted, beginning January 1, 2017, increases the minimum single policy limit, cash deposit, and bond amount required for proof of insurance under the Tennessee Financial Responsibility Law of 1977. - Amends TCA Section 55-12-102.
Sponsor: Roger Kane
David Gillette, Good Neighbor of the Year
Sponsor: Joe Armstrong
Dale Gean
Sponsor: Dolores Gresham
As enacted, permits THEC to designate private nonprofit institutions of higher education as Tennessee VETS campuses. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 7, Part 13.
Sponsor: Mark Norris
As introduced, pursuant to the request of the Paris special school district of Henry County, permits the district to issue bonds or notes in an amount not to exceed $12 million and to issue bond anticipation notes in an amount not to exceed $12 million. - Amends Chapter 150 of the Private Acts of 1919.
Sponsor: John Stevens
As enacted, increases number of members who may be elected to serve on boards of zoning appeals in certain counties and municipalities, as determined by local legislative bodies. - Amends TCA Section 13-7-106 and Section 13-7-205.
Sponsor: Susan Lynn
As enacted, confers immunity from civil liability for charitable organizations and free clinics, and optometrist, ophthalmologist, or dispensing optician providing services at the free clinic, involved in facilitating the dispensing of previously owned eyeglasses by licensed optometrists and ophthalmologists. - Amends TCA Title 63.
Sponsor: Ken Yager
Al Hilliard, 90th birthday
Sponsor: Curtis Halford
As enacted, requires schools having automatic external defibrillators (AEDs) to have annual training in the use of AEDs and an annual CPR/AED drill for school personnel; requires students in junior high or senior high to receive training in the use of AEDs during CPR instruction and, if the school has an AED, participate in a CPR/AED drill; exempts schools operated by or under contract with the department of children's services. - Amends TCA Title 49.
Sponsor: Bob Ramsey
As enacted, creates the reasonable and prudent parent standard to be used by a caregiver when determining whether to allow a foster child to participate in activities; exempts a caregiver acting in compliance with the standard from civil liability relating to injuries the child may incur in such activities. - Amends TCA Title 37, Chapter 2, Part 4.
Sponsor: Mark Norris
As enacted, makes various technical, non-substantive revisions to the Uniform Interstate Family Support Act, including clarifying the effective date and clarifying the definition of initiating tribunal. - Amends TCA Title 36, Chapter 5 and Chapter 901 of the Public Acts of 2010.
Sponsor: Mark Norris
As enacted, redefines the time period within which a business must notify a consumer if the consumer's personal information that was held by the business was obtained by an unauthorized person from immediate notification to no later than 45 days; includes employees of the business who use the information in an unlawful manner as unauthorized persons, thus triggering the notice requirements. - Amends TCA Title 47.
Sponsor: Courtney Rogers
As enacted, establishes a stroke best practices and treatment guidelines task force under the department of health. - Amends TCA Title 4 and Title 68.
Sponsor: Bill Ketron
As enacted, requires that a copy of all reports filed with the general assembly, the speakers of the general assembly, a committee of the general assembly, or any combination thereof pursuant to statutory requirements also be filed with the legislative reference and law library. - Amends TCA Title 3, Chapter 1, Part 1 and Section 3-12-107.
Sponsor: Randy McNally
Thomas Strickland, Jr.
Sponsor: Joe Armstrong
Ad Hilliard, 90th birthday
Sponsor: Curtis Halford
Representative Jon Lundberg
Sponsor: Gerald McCormick
As enacted, eliminates the early voting period for a special general election if there is no opposition for any office in the election, including no write-in candidates have qualified and there are no other items on the ballot. - Amends TCA Title 2, Chapter 14 and Title 2, Chapter 6, Part 1.
Sponsor: Jason Zachary
As enacted, requires the department of education to develop a school grading system that assigns A, B, C, D, and F letter grades to schools. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 1; Title 49, Chapter 2; Title 49, Chapter 3; Title 49, Chapter 5 and Title 49, Chapter 6.
Sponsor: Dolores Gresham
As enacted, adds aggravated rape of a child and rape of a child as offenses for which aggravated sexual battery is a lesser included offense. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 13, Part 5 and Section 40-18-110.
Sponsor: Ryan Williams
As enacted, requires that any state mandated health benefit that takes effect on or after the effective date of this act apply not only to private health insurance issuers but also any managed care organization contracting with the state to provide insurance through the TennCare program and state or local insurance program. - Amends TCA Title 3; Title 8; Title 56 and Title 71.
Sponsor: Roger Kane
As enacted, requires the state board of education, beginning with the 2016-2017 school year, to approve appropriate computer science courses such as software engineering and computer programming that every candidate for a full high school diploma may enroll in and complete to satisfy the elective focus requirement for graduation. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 6, Part 60.
Sponsor: Reginald Tate
As introduced, requires the department of commerce and insurance to provide a copy of the American National Standard Electrical Safety Code edition dated August 1, 2011, on the department's web site. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 7; Title 64; Title 65 and Title 68.
Sponsor: Jack Johnson
As introduced, changes timing of elections for board of mayor and aldermen to coincide with federal elections. - Amends Chapter 96 of the Private Acts of 1991.
Sponsor: Curtis Halford
As enacted, authorizes general sessions and criminal court judges in Knox County to suspend court costs and litigation tax for indigent defendants; authorizes criminal court clerk to implement community service program in lieu of full payment of court costs and litigation taxes for indigent defendants; provisions expire July 1, 2018. - Amends TCA Section 8-21-401; Title 40, Chapter 25 and Title 67, Chapter 4, Part 6.
Sponsor: Richard Briggs
As introduced, changes timing of elections for board of mayor and aldermen to coincide with federal elections. - Amends Chapter 96 of the Private Acts of 1991.
Sponsor: John Stevens
As enacted, requires, when a beer permit has been denied based on the testimony of a person at a hearing, that the person be notified if an applicant seeks a permit again at the same location within 12 months. - Amends TCA Title 57, Chapter 5, Part 1.
Sponsor: Barry Doss
As introduced, subject to local approval, authorizes the compensation of the mayor and councilmen to be determined by ordinance; clarifies which actions by the city council must be done by ordinance; adds requirements for resolutions of the city council; prohibits members of the city council from holding other elected public office or to be an employee of the city; authorizes the mayor to serve as the purchasing agent. - Amends Chapter 127 of the Private Acts of 2006.
Sponsor: David Alexander
As introduced, subject to local approval, authorizes the compensation of the mayor and councilmen to be determined by ordinance; clarifies which actions by the city council must be done by ordinance; adds requirements for resolutions of the city council; prohibits members of the city council from holding other elected public office or to be an employee of the city; authorizes the mayor to serve as the purchasing agent. - Amends Chapter 127 of the Private Acts of 2006.
Sponsor: Janince Bowling
As enacted, authorizes Pigeon Forge adopt an ordinance to prohibit the construction or operation of any licensed manufacturer within 1,000 feet of the state right-of-way of U.S. Highway 441 within the corporate limits of such city; not applicable to any licensed manufacturer in operation and open to the public before or on the effective date of this act. - Amends TCA Title 57, Chapter 2 and Title 57, Chapter 3.
Sponsor: Doug Overbey
As introduced, requires candidates for mayor and the board of commissioners to be current residents of the city for at least one year; gives the commissioner of finance and taxation general supervision of the library; removes attendance requirements for the mayor and commissioners; permits the board of commissioners to perform the duties of the city administrator. - Amends Chapter 15 of the Private Acts of 2013.
Sponsor: Mike Bell
As enacted, requires the department of labor and workforce development, in consultation with the department of corrections, if so requested, to report to the governor and general assembly on existing pilot programs that focus on work programs for the successful reentry of individuals to the workforce who have been convicted of a felony. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 41 and Title 50.
Sponsor: Lee Harris
As enacted, clarifies and adds to certain reporting and rulemaking functions of the commission on aging and disability. - Amends TCA Section 71-2-104 and Section 71-2-105.
Sponsor: Ken Yager
As introduced, requires candidates for mayor and the board of commissioners to be current residents of the city for at least one year; gives the commissioner of finance and taxation general supervision of the library; removes attendance requirements for the mayor and commissioners; permits the board of commissioners to perform the duties of the city administrator. - Amends Chapter 15 of the Private Acts of 2013.
Sponsor: John Forgety
As enacted, requires schools having automatic external defibrillators (AEDs) to have annual training in the use of AEDs and an annual CPR/AED drill for school personnel; requires students in junior high or senior high to receive training in the use of AEDs during CPR instruction and, if the school has an AED, participate in a CPR/AED drill; exempts schools operated by or under contract with the department of children's services. - Amends TCA Title 49.
Sponsor: Doug Overbey
Kent R. Davis
Sponsor: Jeremy Durham
As enacted, requires removal of members for failure to attend at least 50 percent of all regularly scheduled board meetings, rather than for having three consecutive unexcused absences; deletes procedure for removal by court order or petition of board or local governing body. - Amends TCA Section 7-86-105 and Section 7-86-314.
Sponsor: Bill Ketron
As introduced, subject to local approval, reduces the number of aldermen from six to five. - Amends Chapter 336 of the Acts of 1901; as amended.
Sponsor: Dolores Gresham
As enacted, specifies the form in which a request to redact or remove a military discharge record from the county register of deeds may be made; makes other related changes. - Amends TCA Section 4-4-125 and Title 10, Chapter 7, Part 5.
Sponsor: Bill Dunn
As introduced, changes terms for mayor and aldermen from four years to two years. - Amends Chapter 133 of the Private Acts of 1994; as amended.
Sponsor: John Stevens
As enacted, redefines the time period within which a business must notify a consumer if the consumer's personal information that was held by the business was obtained by an unauthorized person from immediate notification to no later than 45 days; includes employees of the business who use the information in an unlawful manner as unauthorized persons, thus triggering the notice requirements. - Amends TCA Title 47.
Sponsor: Bill Ketron
As enacted, creates seat designations for commissioners; allows voters to vote for one commissioner for each open, designated seat. - Amends TCA Section 6-20-101.
Sponsor: Doug Overbey
City of Milan, 150th anniversary
Sponsor: Curtis Halford
As enacted, specifies the form in which a request to redact or remove a military discharge record from the county register of deeds may be made; makes other related changes. - Amends TCA Section 4-4-125 and Title 10, Chapter 7, Part 5.
Sponsor: Richard Briggs
As introduced, subject to local approval, reduces the number of aldermen from six to five. - Amends Chapter 336 of the Acts of 1901; as amended.
Sponsor: Jamie Jenkins
As enacted, authorizes a county legislative body to use revenue from certain county litigation taxes for substance abuse prevention purposes if approved by 2/3 vote of the county legislative body. - Amends TCA Title 67, Chapter 4, Part 6.
Sponsor: John Ragan
As introduced, changes terms for mayor and aldermen from four years to two years. - Amends Chapter 133 of the Private Acts of 1994; as amended.
Sponsor: Curtis Halford
September 2016, "American Indian Heritage Month" in Tennessee
Sponsor: Susan Lynn
As enacted, reduces, from 60 days to 21 days, the maximum period of time in which a person engaged in towing and storing motor vehicles may charge the vehicle's owner or lienholder a storage fee; decreases the period in which notification must be given under present law by persons engaged in the business of towing and storing motor vehicles to the last known registered owner and all lienholders of a vehicle from at least 14 days to at least 10 days prior to charging a storage fee; revises the applicability of the Motor Vehicle Storage Act to remove the exemption for counties with a metropolitan form of government. - Amends TCA Title 47 and Title 55, Chapter 23.
Sponsor: Mae Beavers
Encourage employers to grant holiday time off on Veterans Day to their employees who are military veterans if they would otherwise be required to work on that day.
Sponsor: John Windle
Vietnam Veterans Day
Sponsor: Susan Lynn
As enacted, revises various provisions pertaining to dissolution of certain business entities. - Amends TCA Title 48.
Sponsor: Jack Johnson
As enacted, clarifies and adds to certain reporting and rulemaking functions of the commission on aging and disability. - Amends TCA Section 71-2-104 and Section 71-2-105.
Sponsor: Sabi Kumar
As enacted, confers immunity from civil liability for charitable organizations and free clinics, and optometrist, ophthalmologist, or dispensing optician providing services at the free clinic, involved in facilitating the dispensing of previously owned eyeglasses by licensed optometrists and ophthalmologists. - Amends TCA Title 63.
Sponsor: Ron Travis
As enacted, revises the investigative and reporting responsibilities of the office of research and education accountability in the office of the comptroller and makes other changes concerning the collection and reporting of data related to education. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 3; Title 10, Chapter 7; Section 49-1-106; Section 49-1-107; Section 49-1-302; Section 49-1-613; Section 49-1-908; Section 49-4-903; Section 49-6-109 and Section 49-6-4216.
Sponsor: Dolores Gresham
Pat Kerr Tigrett
Sponsor: Curry Todd
As enacted, adds aggravated rape of a child and rape of a child as offenses for which aggravated sexual battery is a lesser included offense. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 13, Part 5 and Section 40-18-110.
Sponsor: Paul Bailey
As introduced, subject to local approval, reduces the number of readings required for adoption of ordinances by the city council, from three to two. - Amends Chapter 429 of the Private Acts of 1931; as amended.
Sponsor: Bill Ketron
As enacted, applies salvage, nonrepairable, rebuilt, and flood vehicle certificate of title requirements to motorcycles. - Amends TCA Section 55-3-211.
Sponsor: Bill Ketron
As enacted, requires a local government entity to make records of proposals and statements that are received by the local government in response to a service request or a request for solicitation open for public inspection only after the contract award is announced. - Amends TCA Section 10-7-504.
Sponsor: Ken Yager
As enacted, permits a pharmacist to dispense medication in a quantity that varies from the prescription under certain circumstances, so long as the units dispensed do not exceed a 90-day supply. - Amends TCA Title 63, Chapter 10.
Sponsor: Cameron Sexton
As introduced, allows a law enforcement officer who is carrying a firearm on school grounds when not engaged in the actual discharge of the officer's official duties to give notice that the officer is carrying the weapon not only to the principal or an appropriate person in the principal's office but also to the assistant principal. - Amends TCA Title 38; Title 39 and Title 40.
Sponsor: Jack Johnson
As enacted, requires LEAs to provide students with certain periods of physical activity depending on grade level; deletes an obsolete reporting requirement; requires the office of coordinated school health in the department of education to provide an annual report regarding this act. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 1; Title 49, Chapter 2 and Title 49, Chapter 6.
Sponsor: Janince Bowling
As enacted, authorizes general sessions and criminal court judges in Knox County to suspend court costs and litigation tax for indigent defendants; authorizes criminal court clerk to implement community service program in lieu of full payment of court costs and litigation taxes for indigent defendants; provisions expire July 1, 2018. - Amends TCA Section 8-21-401; Title 40, Chapter 25 and Title 67, Chapter 4, Part 6.
Sponsor: Bill Dunn
As enacted, requires all pleadings and records filed in a termination of parental rights case in chancery or circuit court to be placed under seal and not subject to public disclosure, in the same manner as those filed in juvenile court, unless otherwise provided by court order. - Amends TCA Title 36, Chapter 1.
Sponsor: John Windle
As enacted, revises provisions governing the transfer of cases involving child support or child custody. - Amends TCA Title 36, Chapter 5, Part 30.
Sponsor: Bryan Terry
As enacted, changes from January 15 and July 15 to January 31 and July 31 the dates by which every professional bondsman licensed to do business in Tennessee must file with the court clerk a report of the bondsman's assets and liabilities. - Amends TCA Section 40-11-303.
Sponsor: Todd Gardenhire
As enacted, requires the state board of education, beginning with the 2016-2017 school year, to approve appropriate computer science courses such as software engineering and computer programming that every candidate for a full high school diploma may enroll in and complete to satisfy the elective focus requirement for graduation. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 6, Part 60.
Sponsor: Harold Love
Cade Crosland
Sponsor: Paul Bailey
As introduced, requires forfeiture of retirement benefits of teachers who become members of TCRS or other public pension systems on or after July 1, 2016, if convicted of any misdemeanor sexual offense arising out of the teacher's employment or official capacity. - Amends TCA Title 8 and Title 49.
Sponsor: Jim Tracy
Taylor Ryan Tullos
Sponsor: Beth Harwell
Julie Cao, Valedictorian, Oakhaven High School
Sponsor: Joe Towns
As introduced, prohibits school districts and state special schools from paying through payroll deduction their professional employees' dues to a professional employee association. - Amends TCA Section 8-23-204 and Title 49, Chapter 5, Part 6.
Sponsor: Billy Spivey
Maria Aguirre, Salutatorian, Oakhaven High School
Sponsor: Joe Towns
Don and Ann Reeves, 60th anniversary
Sponsor: Darren Jernigan
As introduced, authorizes counties and municipalities to amend growth plans as often as necessary. - Amends TCA Title 6, Chapter 58.
Sponsor: Mark Norris
As introduced, increases the time alcoholic beverages may be sold at certain theaters from one hour prior to, during, and one hour after the performance to 90 minutes prior to, during, and 90 minutes after the performance. - Amends TCA Title 57, Chapter 4.
Sponsor: Jack Johnson
Daniela Morpeau
Sponsor: Thelma Harper
Pierce Whited
Sponsor: Paul Bailey
Matthew Bodkins
Sponsor: Darren Jernigan
Blake Roller
Sponsor: Dolores Gresham
Elizabeth Ashley Clayborne
Sponsor: Larry Miller
White County High School boys' basketball team
Sponsor: Paul Bailey
Katherine Petko, education standards recommendation committee for social studies
Sponsor: Becky Massey
Gina M. Crumbliss, 2016 Woman of Distinction
Sponsor: Patsy Hazlewood
LaToya Pugh, education standards recommendation committee for science
Sponsor: Mark Norris
Todd Wigginton, education standards recommendation committee for social studies
Sponsor: Steven Dickerson
As introduced, makes a person sentenced to imprisonment for life for a conviction of first degree murder that 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.
Sponsor: Brenda Gilmore
Marsha R. Rains, standards recommendation committee for social studies
Sponsor: Ronald Ramsey
Condemns global Christian persecution
Sponsor: Terri Lynn Weaver
As introduced, permits a trial court to order sentences for two offenses to run concurrently, despite one offense having been committed while the defendant was released on bail for the other offense, if the order is based on a good faith plea agreement between the prosecutor and defendant. - Amends TCA Title 36; Title 38; Title 39; Title 40; Title 41 and Title 55.
Sponsor: Raumesh Akbari
Darcie Finch, standards recommendation committee for English language arts and mathematics
Sponsor: Ronald Ramsey
A resolution to urge the United States Congress to pass bills for the implementation of the veterans affairs new Veterans Choice Program.
Sponsor: John Forgety
As introduced, requires THEC to perform a study on the effectiveness of dual enrollment grants in promoting college degree attainment. - Amends TCA Title 49.
Sponsor: Dennis Powers
Kattie Nash, education standards recommendation committee for science
Sponsor: Paul Bailey
As introduced, deletes the offense for a person to distribute a small amount of marijuana not in excess of one-half ounce (14.175 grams); increases the amount of marijuana, from one-half ounce to one ounce, that a person must possess, casually exchange, or distribute to be considered a criminal offense punishable as a Class C misdemeanor by a $100 fine for each violation. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 17, Part 4.
Sponsor: Harold Love
As introduced, requires posting and archiving of annual reports on TELC's web page. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 51, Part 1.
Sponsor: Joseph Hensley
As introduced, deletes the limitation allowing noncontiguous annexation by resolution to occur in only a county having a population according to the most recent decennial census that is greater than 44.5 percent and 50,000 of its population in the preceding decennial census. - Amends TCA Title 6, Chapter 51, Part 1.
Sponsor: Mike Carter
Dr. Lyle Ailshie, standards recommendation committee for English language arts and mathematics
Sponsor: Ronald Ramsey
Bill Carey, standards recommendation committee for social studies
Sponsor: Ronald Ramsey
Collin Raye
Sponsor: Susan Lynn
As introduced, establishes medication therapy management as a component of the TennCare program. - Amends TCA Title 63, Chapter 10 and Title 71, Chapter 5.
Sponsor: Mary Littleton
As introduced, authorizes a government contractor and a healthcare provider to enter into a contract for the provision of volunteer healthcare services to low-income patients in this state. - Amends TCA Title 63 and Title 68.
Sponsor: Kerry Roberts
Danny Smith, Truckload Carriers Association 2015 Company Driver of the Year
Sponsor: Jimmy Matlock
As introduced, requires, rather than permits, the use of global positioning monitoring as a condition of bail for any person charged with a domestic violence offense, stalking, or a violation of an order of protection issued pursuant to title 36, chapter 3, part 6. - Amends TCA Title 36, Chapter 3, Part 6; Title 39, Chapter 13; Section 39-17-315 and Title 40, Chapter 11.
Sponsor: G.A. Hardaway
Ann Scott Davis, 2016 Woman of Distinction
Sponsor: Patsy Hazlewood
As introduced, directs the commissioner of transportation, in consultation with the commissioner of safety, to petition the federal aviation administration for a certificate of authority to operate unmanned aerial systems within the navigable airspace of each of the grand divisions of the state; enacts other provisions regarding unmanned aerial systems. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 3; Title 39; Title 42; Title 49; Title 54; Title 55 and Title 70.
Sponsor: Mark Green
Julie Guerry, 2016 Woman of Distinction
Sponsor: Patsy Hazlewood
Bishop Kevin L. Adams, Sr.
Sponsor: JoAnne Favors
Anna Leigh Skiles, Young Woman of Distinction
Sponsor: Patsy Hazlewood
Andrea Zelinski
Sponsor: Mike Stewart
Dr. Cathy Robbs Baker, 2016 Woman of Distinction
Sponsor: Patsy Hazlewood
Story Katherine Deweese, Young Woman of Distinction
Sponsor: Patsy Hazlewood
As introduced, allows TCRS members who served in the armed forces during certain periods of armed conflict to establish retirement credit for the military service under certain conditions. - Amends TCA Section 8-34-605.
Sponsor: John Ragan
Ronna-Renee Jackson, 2016 Woman of Distinction
Sponsor: Patsy Hazlewood
Darlene Goins Brown, 2016 Woman of Distinction
Sponsor: Patsy Hazlewood
Germantown Symphony Orchestra, 40th anniversary
Sponsor: Steve McManus
Bailey Faith Callison, Young Woman of Distinction
Sponsor: Patsy Hazlewood
Traci Howard
Sponsor: Susan Lynn
Tim Guinn
Sponsor: Eddie Smith
Allison Paige Nedeau, Young Woman of Distinction
Sponsor: Patsy Hazlewood
Nicole D. Brown, 2016 Woman of Distinction
Sponsor: Patsy Hazlewood
Erika Danielle Ivey
Sponsor: Doug Overbey
Marcia Meredith Eason, 2016 Woman of Distinction
Sponsor: Patsy Hazlewood
Nytosha Cunningham Jackson
Sponsor: Antonio Parkinson
Fulton High School Falcons, TSSAA Class AA state champions
Sponsor: Eddie Smith
Angela Ronelle Sellers, 2016 Woman of Distinction
Sponsor: Patsy Hazlewood
Sharen Cypress, education standards recommendation committee for English language arts and mathematics
Sponsor: Brian Kelsey
Tahje Clark
Sponsor: Jeremy Faison
Howard "Myles" Buell
Sponsor: Bill Dunn
MTSU Blue Raiders, C-USA Tournament champions
Sponsor: Bryan Terry
Sylvia Humphrey Givens
Sponsor: David Shepard
Virginia Grace McGinnis, Young Woman of Distinction
Sponsor: Patsy Hazlewood
Amy Gullion, education standards recommendation committee for English language arts and mathematics
Sponsor: Bill Ketron
Dr. Liz Rhea, 2016 Rutherford Heart Ball Honoree and American Red Cross Heroes Breakfast Honoree
Sponsor: Dawn White
As introduced, creates TN Sobriety program which requires defendants charged with certain alcohol-related driving offenses to submit to twice daily sobriety testing as a condition of bond. - Amends TCA Title 40 and Title 55.
Sponsor: Sabi Kumar
David Horvat
Sponsor: Bob Ramsey
Urge Congress to enact legislation for the purpose of enhancing hunting, fishing, recreational shooting, and other outdoor recreational opportunities.
Sponsor: Jay Reedy
As introduced, requires posting and archiving of annual reports on TELC's web page. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 51, Part 1.
Sponsor: Barry Doss
Bethany Burns, Young Woman of Distinction
Sponsor: Patsy Hazlewood
Martha Ann Cassell Lee, bone marrow donation
Sponsor: Craig Fitzhugh
As introduced, allows for electronic testimony in criminal trials where the court finds that the defendant and witness can view and hear each other, the judge and jury are able to observe the witness, and there is good cause for allowing the testimony to be given by electronic means. - Amends TCA Title 39 and Title 40.
Sponsor: Curtis Halford
MTSU Lady Blue Raiders, C-USA Tournament champions
Sponsor: Bryan Terry
Cayna Laurene Sharp
Sponsor: Curry Todd
Dawn Marion Abel, 2016 Woman of Distinction
Sponsor: Patsy Hazlewood
Larry Edwards, Jr.
Sponsor: Jim Tracy
Mary B. Conner
Sponsor: Barbara Cooper
As introduced, permits a person to petition the court for the expunction of multiple convictions provided all the offenses are currently eligible for expunction, the petitioner has completed all requirements of each sentence, and five years have elapsed since the most recent offense. - Amends TCA Title 40, Chapter 32.
Sponsor: Jeremy Faison
As introduced, grants a tenured teacher a $5,000 bonus, to be paid from the education trust fund, if the teacher receives a performance evaluation of "above expectations" or better for at least four years during any five-year period after the beginning of the 2017-2018 school year; excludes supervisors, principals, and directors of schools from eligibility for such bonus. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 5, Part 5.
Sponsor: Eddie Smith
Tracy Franklin, education standards recommendation committee for English language arts and mathematics
Sponsor: Randy McNally
Lakeway Civil War Preservation Association
Sponsor: Tilman Goins
Jason Roach, education standards recommendation committee for social studies
Sponsor: Frank Niceley
Douglas Hungate, education standards recommendation committee for English language arts and mathematics
Sponsor: Kerry Roberts
David Barrett, education standards recommendation committee for social studies
Sponsor: Mark Norris
Sally Pardue, education standards recommendation committee for science
Sponsor: Paul Bailey
Betsy Blunt Brown, 2016 Woman of Distinction
Sponsor: Patsy Hazlewood
As enacted, requires the commissioner of environment and conservation to conduct a study to define the processing of organic waste and incorporate the findings and recommendations into the state's comprehensive solid waste management plan. - Amends TCA Title 68, Chapter 211.
Sponsor: Brenda Gilmore
As enacted, requires the commissioner of environment and conservation to conduct a study to define the processing of organic waste and incorporate the findings and recommendations into the state's comprehensive solid waste management plan. - Amends TCA Title 68, Chapter 211.
Sponsor: Steve Southerland
As enacted, exempts public housing authorities from property tax liability when they enter into leases that permit the public housing authority to acquire the property for a nominal sum at or before the completion of the lease term. - Amends TCA Section 67-5-203.
Sponsor: Darren Jernigan
As enacted, requires the department to post on the department’s web site all legislation enacted by the general assembly related to the rights of students and parents or legal guardians; requires the LEA to provide a link to the list on the web site of the LEA. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 1, Part 2.
Sponsor: Kerry Roberts
As enacted, rewrites the minimum requirements for phrases and symbols on signs prohibiting firearms in certain places open to the public. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 17, Part 13.
Sponsor: James Van Huss
As enacted, rewrites the minimum requirements for phrases and symbols on signs prohibiting firearms in certain places open to the public. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 17, Part 13.
Sponsor: Mae Beavers
As enacted, exempts public housing authorities from property tax liability when they enter into leases that permit the public housing authority to acquire the property for a nominal sum at or before the completion of the lease term. - Amends TCA Section 67-5-203.
Sponsor: Steven Dickerson
As enacted, requires the department to post on the department’s web site all legislation enacted by the general assembly related to the rights of students and parents or legal guardians; requires the LEA to provide a link to the list on the web site of the LEA. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 1, Part 2.
Sponsor: Sheila Butt
As introduced, requires a special election to fill a vacant U.S. senate seat; specifies that if a United States senator or representative is elected to fill a vacancy in a special election, then that senator or representative will hold office until the term for which the predecessor was elected expires. - Amends TCA Title 2.
Sponsor: Mary Littleton
As introduced, authorizes a government contractor and a healthcare provider to enter into a contract for the provision of volunteer healthcare services to low-income patients in this state. - Amends TCA Title 63 and Title 68.
Sponsor: Sabi Kumar
As enacted, specifies that the commissioner of agriculture has exclusive authority and jurisdiction over all matters related to the regulation of seed except as otherwise provided by the Tennessee Drug Control Act or any other state statute; requires commissioner to maintain a scheme for regulating seed that is uniform across the state. - Amends TCA Title 43, Chapter 10.
Sponsor: Ken Yager
As introduced, subject to local approval, establishes procedures for the creation of new Anderson County government departments, abolishment of existing departments, and appointment and removal of department heads.
Sponsor: John Ragan
As enacted, grants the court discretion to waive the requirement that a fiduciary request court approval for any change in the nature of any investment if a minimum balance is maintained and other requirements are met; adds income-producing property to list of approved investments. - Amends TCA Title 34, Chapter 1 and Title 35, Chapter 3.
Sponsor: Courtney Rogers
As introduced, deletes the limitation allowing noncontiguous annexation by resolution to occur in only a county having a population according to the most recent decennial census that is greater than 44.5 percent and 50,000 of its population in the preceding decennial census. - Amends TCA Title 6, Chapter 51, Part 1.
Sponsor: Edward Jackson
As enacted, extends the department of transportation four years to June 30, 2020. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 29 and Title 4, Chapter 3.
Sponsor: Mike Bell
As enacted, extends the deadline for wholesalers to request a refund for petroleum products sold subject to the governmental agency exemption from March 31 to June 30 of each year; removes certain purchasing requirements for governmental agency exemption eligibility. - Amends TCA Title 67, Chapter 3.
Sponsor: Art Swann
As introduced, subject to local approval, creates the Anderson County charter commission, to be comprised of eight members with one member to be elected from each commission district.
Sponsor: John Ragan
As enacted, expands authorization of all-terrain vehicles on certain portions of state highways in City of Rocky Top in Anderson County. - Amends TCA Section 55-8-185.
Sponsor: Randy McNally
As enacted, extends the department of transportation four years to June 30, 2020. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 29 and Title 4, Chapter 3.
Sponsor: Jeremy Faison
As introduced, creates the Tennessee standards commission to recommend curriculum standards to the state board for adoption. - Amends TCA Title 4 and Title 49.
Sponsor: Dolores Gresham
As enacted, extends the terms, conditions, obligations, and rights of a privilege or franchise for the provision of natural gas service furnished to certain municipalities, and in those municipalities, until approval of a subsequent privilege or franchise. - Amends TCA Title 6 and Title 65.
Sponsor: Bill Ketron
As enacted, extends the terms, conditions, obligations, and rights of a privilege or franchise for the provision of natural gas service furnished to certain municipalities, and in those municipalities, until approval of a subsequent privilege or franchise. - Amends TCA Title 6 and Title 65.
Sponsor: Pat Marsh
As enacted, grants the court discretion to waive the requirement that a fiduciary request court approval for any change in the nature of any investment if a minimum balance is maintained and other requirements are met; adds income-producing property to list of approved investments. - Amends TCA Title 34, Chapter 1 and Title 35, Chapter 3.
Sponsor: Ferrell Haile
As enacted, specifies that the authorization for a law enforcement officer to carry firearms at all times, regardless of the officer's regular duties, unless otherwise prohibited by federal law, court order, or otherwise by law, applies to a sheriff who has been certified by the POST commission, and a deputy sheriff employed by a county as a court officer or corrections officer as authorized in writing by the sheriff. - Amends TCA Section 39-17-1350.
Sponsor: Jim Tracy
As enacted, specifies that the commissioner of agriculture has exclusive authority and jurisdiction over all matters related to the regulation of seed except as otherwise provided by the Tennessee Drug Control Act or any other state statute; requires commissioner to maintain a scheme for regulating seed that is uniform across the state. - Amends TCA Title 43, Chapter 10.
Sponsor: Ron Lollar
As introduced, creates a special joint committee to study issues relating to the investigation and prosecution of unsolved civil rights crimes and cold cases from the civil rights era. - Amends TCA Title 3, Chapter 1, Part 1.
Sponsor: Johnnie Turner
As enacted, expands authorization of all-terrain vehicles on certain portions of state highways in City of Rocky Top in Anderson County. - Amends TCA Section 55-8-185.
Sponsor: John Ragan
As enacted, specifies that the authorization for a law enforcement officer to carry firearms at all times, regardless of the officer's regular duties, unless otherwise prohibited by federal law, court order, or otherwise by law, applies to a sheriff who has been certified by the POST commission, and a deputy sheriff employed by a county as a court officer or corrections officer as authorized in writing by the sheriff. - Amends TCA Section 39-17-1350.
Sponsor: Judd Matheny
As enacted, extends the deadline for wholesalers to request a refund for petroleum products sold subject to the governmental agency exemption from March 31 to June 30 of each year; removes certain purchasing requirements for governmental agency exemption eligibility. - Amends TCA Title 67, Chapter 3.
Sponsor: Steve Southerland
Katherine Petko, education standards recommendation committee for social studies
Sponsor: Jason Zachary
Sharen Cypress, education standards recommendation committee for English language arts and mathematics
Sponsor: Steve McManus
Marsha R. Rains, standards recommendation committee for social studies
Sponsor: Harry Brooks
David Barrett, education standards recommendation committee for social studies
Sponsor: Debra Moody
Christopher Payton Bland, Salutatorian, West Creek High School
Sponsor: Mark Green
Dr. Lyle Ailshie, standards recommendation committee for English language arts and mathematics
Sponsor: Harry Brooks
Crystal Dangerfield, 2016 Morgan Wootten Player of the Year
Sponsor: Bill Ketron
Isabella Barnett, Valedictorian, Rossview High School
Sponsor: Mark Green
Susan Bunch, state textbook and instructional materials quality commission
Sponsor: Harry Brooks
As introduced, creates a task force to study the effects of concussions on student athletes in high school and college. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 7.
Sponsor: Todd Gardenhire
Austyn Renshaw, 2016 TSSAA wrestling Division I A-AA 160-pound weight class champion
Sponsor: Doug Overbey
Matthew Maxfield, Valedictorian, Clay County High School
Sponsor: Mae Beavers
Marsha Buck, Standards Recommendation Committee for Science
Sponsor: Harry Brooks
Ainsley Elizabeth King, Valedictorian, Clarksville High School
Sponsor: Mark Green
Evelyn Faye Turner, Valedictorian, Clarksville Academy
Sponsor: Mark Green
Jordan Justice, Salutatorian, Rossview High School
Sponsor: Mark Green
Hulen "Clay" Copass, Salutatorian, Clay County High School
Sponsor: Mae Beavers
Emily Nell Griffin, Salutatorian, William Blount High School
Sponsor: Doug Overbey
Mason Taylor, Salutatorian, Creek Wood High School
Sponsor: Kerry Roberts
Billie Jeanette Cuervo, education standards recommendation committee for science
Sponsor: Mike Carter
Kattie Nash, education standards recommendation committee for science
Sponsor: Ryan Williams
Todd Wigginton, education standards recommendation committee for social studies
Sponsor: Harold Love
Darcie Finch, Standards Recommendation Committee for English Language Arts and Mathematics
Sponsor: Harry Brooks
Savannah Michelle King, Salutatorian, Clarksville High School
Sponsor: Mark Green
Quinton Jace Terry, Valedictorian, Sale Creek High School
Sponsor: Mike Carter
Thomas R. Bell, Sr.
Sponsor: Richard Briggs
Sarai Patino, Salutatorian, South Haven Christian School
Sponsor: Kerry Roberts
Karim Shereef, 2016 TSSAA wrestling Division I A-AA 170-pound weight class champion
Sponsor: Doug Overbey
Lillian Grace Pollard, Salutatorian, Clarksville Academy
Sponsor: Mark Green
Peyton Smith, Salutatorian, Friendship Christian School
Sponsor: Mae Beavers
Riverdale High School girls' basketball team, Class AAA State Champions
Sponsor: Jim Tracy
Dometic, Inc., Robertson County Chamber of Commerce Industry of the Year Award
Sponsor: Kerry Roberts
South Greene High School Lady Rebels, TSSAA Class A state champions.
Sponsor: Jeremy Faison
Allison Bohanon, Valedictorian, McEwen High School
Sponsor: Kerry Roberts
Peyton Manning
Sponsor: Becky Massey
Juan Hernandez, 2016 TSSAA wrestling Division I AAA 126-pound weight class champion
Sponsor: Doug Overbey
Josephine Marie Suss, Salutatorian, Montgomery Central High School
Sponsor: Mark Green
Mason Hewitt, Salutatorian, Red Boiling Springs High School
Sponsor: Mae Beavers
Jessica Jones, Valedictorian, Red Boiling Springs High School
Sponsor: Mae Beavers
Help to the Smokies Volunteer Team
Sponsor: Randy McNally
Dr. Kent Gallaher, standards recommendation committee for science
Sponsor: Beth Harwell
Doris Annette Hurd, standards recommendation committee for science
Sponsor: Beth Harwell
Kaitlyn Nordquist, Salutatorian, Pleasant View Christian School
Sponsor: Kerry Roberts
Cord R. Beck, Valedictorian, Montgomery Central High School
Sponsor: Mark Green
Ryan Verhulst, 2016 TSSAA Division I A-AA 132-pound Wrestling Champion
Sponsor: Doug Overbey
Hannah Grace Frost, Salutatorian, Sale Creek High School
Sponsor: Mike Carter
Lorrie Graves, Standards Recommendation Committee for Science
Sponsor: Beth Harwell
Samuel David Taylor, Valedictorian, William Blount High School
Sponsor: Doug Overbey
William Turner Hitchcock
Sponsor: Kerry Roberts
Christina Barnett, Valedictorian, Smith County High School
Sponsor: Mae Beavers
Madison Medrano, Valedictorian, Red Boiling Springs High School
Sponsor: Mae Beavers
Kinsley Kivette, Valedictorian, Pleasant View Christian School
Sponsor: Kerry Roberts
Kayla Sager, Valedictorian, McEwen High School
Sponsor: Kerry Roberts
Remembering WWII and the Courter family
Sponsor: Steve McDaniel
Jordan Nathaniel Kilts, Valedictorian, Kenwood High School
Sponsor: Mark Green
Mark Weeks, Standards Recommendation Committee for Science
Sponsor: Harry Brooks
Brandon Alexander Crite, Valedictorian, West Creek High School
Sponsor: Mark Green
South Greene High School Lady Rebels, TSSAA Class A state champions
Sponsor: Steve Southerland
Jack Daniel Distillery, 150th anniversary
Sponsor: David Alexander
Brenna Graves, Valedictorian, East Hickman High School
Sponsor: Kerry Roberts
Billy Povlin, Humphreys County Good Scout Award
Sponsor: Kerry Roberts
East Nashville Magnet School Lady Eagles, TSSAA Class AA state champions
Sponsor: Bill Beck
Taylor Drake, Youth Community Award
Sponsor: Doug Overbey
Sponsors (12)
Passed (500)
As enacted, makes appropriations for the fiscal years beginning July 1, 2015, and July 1, 2016.
As enacted, extends the board of pharmacy two years to June 30, 2018; requires the board to appear before the government operations joint evaluation committee on education, health and general welfare no later than November 18, 2016, to provide an update on the board's progress in addressing the findings set forth in the October 2015 performance audit report issued by the division of state audit. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 29 and Title 63, Chapter 10, Part 3.
As enacted, makes appropriations for the fiscal years beginning July 1, 2015, and July 1, 2016.
As enacted, extends the board of pharmacy two years to June 30, 2018; requires the board to appear before the government operations joint evaluation committee on education, health and general welfare no later than November 18, 2016, to provide an update on the board's progress in addressing the findings set forth in the October 2015 performance audit report issued by the division of state audit. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 29 and Title 63, Chapter 10, Part 3.
As enacted, increases the classification of the offense statutory rape by an authority figure from a Class C felony to a Class B felony; revises certain elements of the offense. - Amends TCA Section 39-13-532.
As enacted, revises certain budgeting procedures for county governments. - Amends TCA Title 5.
As enacted, revises certain budgeting procedures for county governments. - Amends TCA Title 5.
As enacted, requires the county mayor of each county, after taking charge of lands bought by the county at delinquent tax sales, to evaluate the property, within 90 to 120 days, and determine whether the value of the property or amount of money the county is likely to receive if the county sold the property exceeds the financial or environmental risks associated with the property; revises related provisions and establishes related requirements. - Amends TCA Title 67, Chapter 5, Part 25.
As enacted, specifies that 10 years' experience as a wildlife officer may be substituted for the requirement of a bachelor's degree for a person to qualify for the position of wildlife officer with the wildlife resources agency. - Amends TCA Title 8 and Title 70.
As enacted, prohibits an authority in Hamilton County from requiring a property owner who leases residential property, the property owner's agent, or a subsequent tenant of the property to pay or to guarantee the payment of charges, penalties, or other fees owed to the authority that were incurred by a former tenant of such property owner or agent; establishes other related requirements. - Amends TCA Title 7; Title 65; Title 66 and Title 68.
As enacted, specifies that 10 years' experience as a wildlife officer may be substituted for the requirement of a bachelor's degree for a person to qualify for the position of wildlife officer with the wildlife resources agency. - Amends TCA Title 8 and Title 70.
As enacted, permits a court to dismiss or continue a nuisance action if the property owner was unaware of the nuisance prior to receiving notice and has taken steps to abate the nuisance after receiving notice. - Amends TCA Title 29, Chapter 3.
As enacted, requires the county mayor of each county, after taking charge of lands bought by the county at delinquent tax sales, to evaluate the property, within 90 to 120 days, and determine whether the value of the property or amount of money the county is likely to receive if the county sold the property exceeds the financial or environmental risks associated with the property; revises related provisions and establishes related requirements. - Amends TCA Title 67, Chapter 5, Part 25.
As enacted, revises the provisions governing eligibility and funding for the community college reconnect grant. - Amends Chapter 363 of the Public Acts of 2015.
As enacted, increases the classification of the offense statutory rape by an authority figure from a Class C felony to a Class B felony; revises certain elements of the offense. - Amends TCA Section 39-13-532.
As enacted, authorizes counties and cities to establish programs allowing indigent persons who have been convicted of driving while their license is suspended or revoked to complete community service in lieu of paying the fine or costs for the conviction; requires a majority vote of the applicable local legislative body to establish such a program. - Amends TCA Title 55.
As enacted, excludes from the definition of marijuana, cannabis oil containing the substance cannabidiol, with less than 0.6 percent THC, including the necessary seeds and plants, when manufactured, processed, transferred, dispensed, or possessed by certain four-year institutions of higher education in this state as part of clinical research studies on the treatment of intractable seizures, cancer, or other diseases. - Amends TCA Section 39-17-402 and Chapter 936 of the Public Acts of 2014.
As enacted, prohibits an authority in Hamilton County from requiring a property owner who leases residential property, the property owner's agent, or a subsequent tenant of the property to pay or to guarantee the payment of charges, penalties, or other fees owed to the authority that were incurred by a former tenant of such property owner or agent; establishes other related requirements. - Amends TCA Title 7; Title 65; Title 66 and Title 68.
As enacted, revises the provisions governing eligibility and funding for the community college reconnect grant. - Amends Chapter 363 of the Public Acts of 2015.
As enacted, excludes from the definition of marijuana, cannabis oil containing the substance cannabidiol, with less than 0.6 percent THC, including the necessary seeds and plants, when manufactured, processed, transferred, dispensed, or possessed by certain four-year institutions of higher education in this state as part of clinical research studies on the treatment of intractable seizures, cancer, or other diseases. - Amends TCA Section 39-17-402 and Chapter 936 of the Public Acts of 2014.
As enacted, permits a court to dismiss or continue a nuisance action if the property owner was unaware of the nuisance prior to receiving notice and has taken steps to abate the nuisance after receiving notice. - Amends TCA Title 29, Chapter 3.
As enacted, authorizes counties and cities to establish programs allowing indigent persons who have been convicted of driving while their license is suspended or revoked to complete community service in lieu of paying the fine or costs for the conviction; requires a majority vote of the applicable local legislative body to establish such a program. - Amends TCA Title 55.
As enacted, expands the authority of a court to order grandparent visitation when the child is not in the custody of the parent and when the grandparent's relationship has been severely reduced. - Amends TCA Title 36, Chapter 6, Part 3.
As enacted, exempts compressed natural gas from sales tax in the same manner that the present law exempts motor fuel and liquified gas from sales tax. - Amends TCA Title 67, Chapter 3 and Title 67, Chapter 6.
As enacted, specifies that the chair of the county election commission must be a member of the majority party, and the secretary must be a member of a minority party. - Amends TCA Title 2; Title 4; Title 5; Title 6 and Title 7.
As enacted, requires, upon the filing of a suit for partition of real or personal property, the parties to submit the names of three commissioners selected and agreed upon by the parties; specifies that if the parties are unable to agree, the judge will appoint three commissioners. - Amends TCA Title 29, Chapter 27.
As enacted, enacts the "TennCare Omnibus Act of 2016". - Amends TCA Title 4 and Title 71.
As enacted, requires, upon the filing of a suit for partition of real or personal property, the parties to submit the names of three commissioners selected and agreed upon by the parties; specifies that if the parties are unable to agree, the judge will appoint three commissioners. - Amends TCA Title 29, Chapter 27.
As enacted, redesignates, from nonmoving to moving, traffic violations for transmitting or reading written messages on hand-held devices while driving; requires that first offenders for transmitting or reading written messages on hand-held devices while driving attend and complete a driver education course. - Amends TCA Title 55, Chapter 8.
As enacted, removes the random verification audit requirement; revises certain provisions governing disqualification for benefits and regaining eligibility after sickness, disability, or pregnancy. - Amends TCA Title 50, Chapter 7.
As enacted, removes the random verification audit requirement; revises certain provisions governing disqualification for benefits and regaining eligibility after sickness, disability, or pregnancy. - Amends TCA Title 50, Chapter 7.
As enacted, reduces Hall income tax from six percent to five percent; expresses legislative intent that the tax be statutorily reduced by one percent annually beginning with the first annual session of the 110th general assembly; eliminates the tax for tax years beginning on or after January 1, 2022. - Amends TCA Title 67, Chapter 2.
As enacted, enacts the "Tennessee Native Species Lumber Act." - Amends TCA Title 5; Title 6; Title 43, Chapter 28, Part 3 and Title 68, Chapter 120.
As enacted, increases the amount on which property tax reimbursement will be paid from the first $23,000 to the first $23,500 for low-income, elderly homeowners and for disabled homeowners; removes the income limitation applicable for tax relief for disabled veteran homeowners. - Amends TCA Title 67, Chapter 5.
As enacted, requires an officer who arrests a person for a DUI-related offense to exercise, after the arrest but prior to the determination of bail for the arrest, due diligence in determining the existence of prior arrests for, and violations of, DUI-related offenses. - Amends TCA Title 40.
As enacted, requires that any petition regarding child custody include an affirmative statement setting out all applicable adjudications, if the petitioner knows whether a child has ever been adjudicated by a court as a dependent and neglected or abused child or whether any party to the action has ever been adjudicated by a court as the perpetrator of dependency and neglect or abuse of a minor child; authorizes court to order DCS to disclose certain information. - Amends TCA Title 36; Title 37 and Title 68.
As enacted, redesignates, from nonmoving to moving, traffic violations for transmitting or reading written messages on hand-held devices while driving; requires that first offenders for transmitting or reading written messages on hand-held devices while driving attend and complete a driver education course. - Amends TCA Title 55, Chapter 8.
As enacted, requires an officer who arrests a person for a DUI-related offense to exercise, after the arrest but prior to the determination of bail for the arrest, due diligence in determining the existence of prior arrests for, and violations of, DUI-related offenses. - Amends TCA Title 40.
As enacted, prohibits members of a county legislative body from voting on matters in which they have a conflict of interest; authorizes legislative bodies of any metropolitan and charter form of government to opt out. - Amends TCA Title 2; Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 8 and Title 12.
As enacted, enacts the "Tennessee Native Species Lumber Act." - Amends TCA Title 5; Title 6; Title 43, Chapter 28, Part 3 and Title 68, Chapter 120.
As enacted, increases the amount on which property tax reimbursement will be paid from the first $23,000 to the first $23,500 for low-income, elderly homeowners and for disabled homeowners; removes the income limitation applicable for tax relief for disabled veteran homeowners. - Amends TCA Title 67, Chapter 5.
As enacted, requires that any petition regarding child custody include an affirmative statement setting out all applicable adjudications, if the petitioner knows whether a child has ever been adjudicated by a court as a dependent and neglected or abused child or whether any party to the action has ever been adjudicated by a court as the perpetrator of dependency and neglect or abuse of a minor child; authorizes court to order DCS to disclose certain information. - Amends TCA Title 36; Title 37 and Title 68.
As enacted, requires a law enforcement officer, when the officer responds to a report of certain offenses related to domestic violence, to inform the victim of the statewide automated victim information and notification service and to provide certain informational materials, if available. - Amends TCA Title 40, Chapter 38.
As enacted, prohibits members of a county legislative body from voting on matters in which they have a conflict of interest; authorizes legislative bodies of any metropolitan and charter form of government to opt out. - Amends TCA Title 2; Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 8 and Title 12.
As enacted, authorizes a terminal building of a commercial air carrier airport that is a member of the Tennessee Association of Air Carrier Airports to obtain a retail license to sell certain alcoholic beverages; revises certain provisions governing delivery; authorizes the City of Elkton in Giles County to hold a referendum on the sale of wine in retail food stores; revises other provisions governing alcoholic beverages. - Amends TCA Title 57.
As enacted, prohibits the expenditure of state funds by the University of Tennessee to promote the use of gender neutral pronouns, to promote or inhibit the celebration of religious holidays, or to fund or support sex week; specifies that all funds in the budget of the office for diversity and inclusion at UT Knoxville, for fiscal year 2016-2017, be reallocated in the university's budget and used by the university solely for scholarships to be awarded through a minority engineering scholarship program; any such funds that are not used for minority engineering scholarships in fiscal year 2016-2017 will remain in the scholarship program for use in future fiscal years. - Amends TCA Title 9 and Title 49.
As enacted, prohibits the expenditure of state funds by the University of Tennessee to promote the use of gender neutral pronouns, to promote or inhibit the celebration of religious holidays, or to fund or support sex week; specifies that all funds in the budget of the office for diversity and inclusion at UT Knoxville, for fiscal year 2016-2017, be reallocated in the university's budget and used by the university solely for scholarships to be awarded through a minority engineering scholarship program; any such funds that are not used for minority engineering scholarships in fiscal year 2016-2017 will remain in the scholarship program for use in future fiscal years. - Amends TCA Title 9 and Title 49.
As enacted, requires a law enforcement officer, when the officer responds to a report of certain offenses related to domestic violence, to inform the victim of the statewide automated victim information and notification service and to provide certain informational materials, if available. - Amends TCA Title 40, Chapter 38.
As enacted, expands the authority of a court to order grandparent visitation when the child is not in the custody of the parent and when the grandparent's relationship has been severely reduced. - Amends TCA Title 36, Chapter 6, Part 3.
As introduced, subject to local approval, expands application of the hotel motel tax to include campgrounds in which rooms, lodgings, or accommodations are furnished to transients for a consideration. - Amends Chapter 144 of the Private Acts of 1983.
As enacted, reduces Hall income tax from six percent to five percent; expresses legislative intent that the tax be statutorily reduced by one percent annually beginning with the first annual session of the 110th general assembly; eliminates the tax for tax years beginning on or after January 1, 2022. - Amends TCA Title 67, Chapter 2.
As enacted, exempts compressed natural gas from sales tax in the same manner that the present law exempts motor fuel and liquified gas from sales tax. - Amends TCA Title 67, Chapter 3 and Title 67, Chapter 6.
As enacted, specifies that the chair of the county election commission must be a member of the majority party, and the secretary must be a member of a minority party. - Amends TCA Title 2; Title 4; Title 5; Title 6 and Title 7.
As enacted, enacts the "TennCare Omnibus Act of 2016". - Amends TCA Title 4 and Title 71.
As enacted, authorizes a terminal building of a commercial air carrier airport that is a member of the Tennessee Association of Air Carrier Airports to obtain a retail license to sell certain alcoholic beverages; revises certain provisions governing delivery; authorizes the City of Elkton in Giles County to hold a referendum on the sale of wine in retail food stores; revises other provisions governing alcoholic beverages. - Amends TCA Title 57.
As introduced, subject to local approval, expands application of the hotel motel tax to include campgrounds in which rooms, lodgings, or accommodations are furnished to transients for a consideration. - Amends Chapter 144 of the Private Acts of 1983.
As enacted, enacts the "Campbell/Falk Act," which establishes the right of certain persons to petition to require a conservator to grant communication, visitation, or other interaction with the respondent. - Amends TCA Title 34, Chapter 1; Title 34, Chapter 3 and Title 71, Chapter 6, Part 1.
As introduced, subject to local approval, moves the date of the city election to coincide with the August general county election; extends the four-year terms of office of the mayor and council members elected at the regular city elections held in September 2013 and September 2015 that are set to expire in 2017 and 2019, respectively. - Amends Chapter 31 of the Private Acts of 2009.
As introduced, subject to local approval, permits qualified voters in the state who own property in the city to vote in city elections. - Amends Chapter 75 of the Private Acts of 2005.
As introduced, subject to local approval, permits qualified voters in the state who own property in the city to vote in city elections. - Amends Chapter 75 of the Private Acts of 2005.
As enacted, enacts the "Campbell/Falk Act," which establishes the right of certain persons to petition to require a conservator to grant communication, visitation, or other interaction with the respondent. - Amends TCA Title 34, Chapter 1; Title 34, Chapter 3 and Title 71, Chapter 6, Part 1.
As introduced, subject to local approval, moves the date of the city election to coincide with the August general county election; extends the four-year terms of office of the mayor and council members elected at the regular city elections held in September 2013 and September 2015 that are set to expire in 2017 and 2019, respectively. - Amends Chapter 31 of the Private Acts of 2009.
Kensley Nash, Valedictorian, Upperman High School
Diamond Antoinette Love, Boys and Girls Clubs Youth of the Year
Jordan Clark, Umbrella Valedictorian, Heritage Christian Academy
Matthew Winsett, Salutatorian, Upperman High School
Edward Eugene Durham
Dr. James P. McIntyre, Jr.
Samantha Lynn Drury, Valedictorian, Cheatham County Central High School
Commemorates Lao-American Three Headed Elephant Heritage and Freedom Flag in Tennessee.
Sarah Kathryn Stewart, Valedictorian, White House Heritage High School
Juan "Tony" Soto, Valedictorian, Springfield High School
Jacob Ryan Hayes, Salutatorian, Cumberland County High School
Chelsea Marissa Moore, Salutatorian, White County High School
Malia Bennett, Fourth Top Graduate, Lewis County High School
Carrie Dawn Runions, Eighth Top Graduate, Lewis County High School
Life Care Center of Centerville, 2015 Bronze-Commitment to Quality Award
Jeff Puckett, Deputy Director, Tennessee Bureau of Investigation
Olivia Cardenas, Tenth Top Graduate, Lewis County High School
Georgia Massengill Warren
Shanice Mariesha White, Boys and Girls Clubs Youth of the Year
Jacob Raymond, Tutorial Valedictorian, Heritage Christian Academy
Bob and Florence Pitts, 50th wedding anniversary
William Hancock
Christian Care Center of Springfield, 2015 Bronze-Commitment to Quality Award
Directs the Tennessee Commission on Aging and Disability to conduct a study on the financial exploitation of vulnerable adults.
Sweetwater Nursing and Rehabilitation, 2015 Bronze - Commitment to Quality Award
Whitney Smith
Merle Haggard
Chelsea Machelle Fortner, Valedictorian, Waverly Central High School
Shane Wells, Tutorial Salutatorian, Heritage Christian Academy
Maura Amanda Cauley, Salutatorian, Sycamore High School
Cassie Nicole Tidwell, Valedictorian, Waverly Central High School
Charles Layne, Valedictorian, Tennessee Virtual Online School
Janet Evans
Allison Marie Graham, Valedictorian, Cumberland County High School
Dr. Bill Byrne
Jazsmin Robertson, Boys and Girls Clubs Youth of the Year
Rebecca Rose Bozman, Valedictorian, Waverly Central High School
Michael Laverdiere
Madison Brianne Taylor, Boys and Girls Clubs Youth of the Year
Tim Wright
Mark A. Kinney, Boys and Girls Clubs Youth of the Year
Adriana L. Ramos, Boys and Girls Clubs Youth of the Year
Claudia Moody
Woodcrest at Blakeford, 2015 Bronze - Commitment to Quality Award
Brandin M. Frazier, Boys and Girls Clubs Youth of the Year
Cameron T. Hamilton, Boys and Girls Clubs Youth of the Year
Michael Butler, Sixth Top Graduate, Lewis County High School
Kennedy Roberson, Boys and Girls Clubs Youth of the Year
Katelyn Renee Roberts, Valedictorian, Sycamore High School
Urges the development and implementation of additional specialized mental health crisis intervention training for law enforcement officers.
Lions Clubs International
Rhett Malock Turner, Valedictorian, Waverly Central High School
Julia Coleman Quinn
Harold Mitchell
Janet R. Spraker
Blake Patrick Connolly
Macon County first responders
Michael Ryan Hester
Emory Chaple
Don Lindsey
Savanna Collie, Third Top Graduate, Lewis County High School
Webb F. Banks
Macey Davis, Valedictorian, Monterey High School
Blake Alan Pickard, Valedictorian, Waverly Central High School
Nathan G. Stine, Salutatorian, Stone Memorial High School
Aric T. Moilanen, Valedictorian, Stone Memorial High School
Lauren Nicole Thomas, Seventh Top Graduate, Lewis County High School
Urges the TVA to reject a sunset provision that would require the removal of all floating homes from TVA lakes.
Colonel James E. Stone (retired), Cannon County Veteran of the Year
Edward G. Nelson
Savannah Leigh Broadway, Valedictorian, Dayspring Academy
Brendon Wood, Salutatorian, Monterey High School
Katelyn Brianne Whicker, Boys and Girls Clubs Youth of the Year
Robyn A. Barnett, Boys and Girls Clubs Youth of the Year
Tristan Blaise Miranda, Valedictorian, Greenbrier High School
The Pavilion in Lebanon, 2015 Bronze - Commitment to Quality Award
Waynesboro Health and Rehabilitation Center, 2015 Bronze - Commitment to Quality Award
Megan Elizabeth Holland, Valedictorian, White County High School
Andrew Fuqua, Umbrella Valedictorian, Heritage Christian Academy
Molly Crawford
Requests the governor to apply for an appropriate federal waiver in order to implement the TennCare Opt Out program as a small pilot project within the TennCare program.
Vanco Health Care and Rehabilitation, 2015 Bronze - Commitment to Quality Award
Lexie Anne Carroll, Fifth Top Graduate, Lewis County High School
Horizon Health and Rehabilitation Center, 2015 Bronze - Commitment to Quality Award
Chelsea Kiely, Valedictorian, Harpeth High School
MaKaila E. Carlisle, Boys and Girls Clubs Youth of the Year
Thomas Allan Murphy
Elissa Noelle Beery, Valedictorian, Christian Community Schools
Wendy Gisela Armenta, Boys and Girls Clubs Youth of the Year
Jeremy Heilig, Boys and Girls Clubs Youth of the Year
Michael Devon Watson, Boys and Girls Clubs Youth of the Year
Life Care Center of Copper Basin, 2015 Bronze - Commitment to Quality Award
Bill Taliaferro
Mira Kimmelman
Jennifer Elliott, Wilson County Teacher of the Year
Richard "Dick" Ray, Community Leadership Award
Jenna Lea Swann, Valedictorian, East Robertson High School
Colton Stout Memorial Scholarship
Jackson Hoehn Turner, Valedictorian, Waverly Central High School
Vinceia Marnia Crittenden, Boys and Girls Clubs Youth of the Year
Brandon Levier, Boys and Girls Clubs State Youth of the Year
Cameron Reid, Salutatorian, Cheatham County Central High School
Alison Brooke Moore, Ninth Top Graduate, Lewis County High School
Bailey Duane Barnes
Anna Grace Brewer, Salutatorian, Lewis County High School
Raven Lee Minyard, Valedictorian, Lewis County High School
Tennessee Economic Council on Women
Isabella Catherine Cason, Boys and Girls Clubs Youth of the Year
Joseph Riley Robinson, Salutatorian, Harpeth High School
As enacted, redefines "autocycle" and clarifies definitions related to the weight or engine displacement of all-terrain vehicles and autocycles; prohibits a person who is operating an autocycle from carrying a child as a passenger if the child would have to be secured in a motor vehicle, with certain exceptions. - Amends TCA Title 11; Title 47 and Title 55.
As enacted, enacts the "Rural Economic Opportunity Act of 2016"; authorizes a job tax credit for qualified business enterprises located in tier 4 enhancement counties; specifies the minimum jobs criteria and requirements to qualify for the credit; establishes the propelling rural economic progress (P.R.E.P.) fund; establishes guidelines for making grants from the P.R.E.P. fund. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 3 and Title 67, Chapter 4.
As enacted, allows the Tennessee POST commission to deny a retired law enforcement officer's application to carry as a law enforcement officer if the retired officer is prohibited from purchasing or possessing a firearm, or obtaining a handgun carry permit, or if the retired officer has certain DUI convictions. - Amends TCA Title 38, Chapter 8, Part 1.
As enacted, changes terminology from "medication aides certified" to "medication aide"; revises training and other requirements for medication aide program. - Amends TCA Title 63, Chapter 7 and Title 68.
As enacted, clarifies behavior that constitutes meeting a commissioner's fiduciary responsibility. - Amends TCA Title 7, Chapter 82.
As enacted, clarifies behavior that constitutes meeting a commissioner's fiduciary responsibility. - Amends TCA Title 7, Chapter 82.
As enacted, specifies that the legislative branch of state government and the judicial branch of state government maintain control of the state buildings occupied predominately by the legislative branch and the judicial branch, respectively. - Amends TCA Title 3; Title 4; Title 9, Chapter 4 and Title 12.
As enacted, permits a court to order a qualified defendant to serve a period or periods of confinement in the local jail or workhouse not to exceed a total 30 days as a reasonable condition of judicial diversion. - Amends TCA Title 40.
As enacted, enacts the "Tyler Head Law," which creates a memorial sign program for persons who died in accidents caused by drivers under the influence of drugs or alcohol. - Amends TCA Title 39; Title 54 and Title 55.
As enacted, revises provisions governing overweight and overdimensional loads that are permitted and nondivisible. - Amends TCA Title 55, Chapter 7.
As enacted, creates the state horse racing advisory committee to develop recommendations for legislation related to the establishment of horse racing in this state; repeals the commission July 1, 2018. - Amends TCA Title 4.
As enacted, revises provisions governing delivery and transportation of alcoholic beverages and beer. - Amends TCA Title 39 and Title 57.
As enacted, revises provisions relating to the qualifications of an applicant for a license to practice medicine; authorizes the board of medical examiners to issue certain temporary licenses to practice medicine. - Amends TCA Title 63, Chapter 6.
As enacted, establishes a new method by which a captive insurance company may redomesticate to this state; revises provisions governing premium tax and captive insurance companies; revises other captive insurance provisions. - Amends TCA Title 56.
As enacted, creates a task force to study issues related to healthcare services; specifies that the task force will make a report and cease to exist by January 10, 2017. - Amends TCA Title 63, Chapter 7.
As enacted, revises provisions governing overweight and overdimensional loads that are permitted and nondivisible. - Amends TCA Title 55, Chapter 7.
As enacted, authorizes local boards of education in Pickett and Wayne counties to adopt a policy allowing the director of schools, in consultation with the principal of each school, to authorize and select employees who may carry a concealed handgun within and on the grounds of the school to which the person is assigned; establishes related requirements. - Amends TCA Title 39 and Title 49, Chapter 6.
As enacted, revises various provisions governing the 911 fee collection practice. - Amends TCA Title 7, Chapter 86.
As enacted, creates the state horse racing advisory committee to develop recommendations for legislation related to the establishment of horse racing in this state; repeals the commission July 1, 2018. - Amends TCA Title 4.
As enacted, enacts the "Right to Earn a Living Act." - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 7; Title 38; Title 62; Title 63 and Title 67.
As enacted, changes date for annual sales tax holiday from the first weekend in August to the last weekend in July each year. - Amends TCA Section 67-6-393.
As enacted, makes confidential the identities of vendors providing the state with goods and services used to protect government property or government employee or citizen information; allows governmental entity to vote to make information about such goods and services provided to the entity confidential. - Amends TCA Title 10, Chapter 7.
As enacted, imposes licensure and other requirements on pain management clinics. - Amends TCA Title 63 and Title 68.
As enacted, establishes a new method by which a captive insurance company may redomesticate to this state; revises provisions governing premium tax and captive insurance companies; revises other captive insurance provisions. - Amends TCA Title 56.
As enacted, revises requirements for criminal background checks in certain health care facilities; convenes working groups on elder abuse; revises other provisions relative to abuse of certain vulnerable persons. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 33; Title 47; Title 68 and Title 71.
As enacted, establishes requirements for the expunction of certain juveniles' records in cases of successful completion of informal adjustment or dismissal; allows a person adjudicated unruly to petition the juvenile court for expunction. - Amends TCA Section 37-1-153.
As enacted, eliminates an obsolete provision concerning the BEP; revises the BEP calculation; revises other related provisions. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 3, Part 3.
As enacted, redefines, for purposes of the Election Code, "statewide political party" to mean a political party at least one of whose candidates for an office to be elected by voters of the entire state has received a number of votes equal to at least 5 percent of the total number of votes cast for gubernatorial candidates in the most recent election of governor. - Amends TCA Title 2.
As enacted, imposes a reduced fee for a lifetime handgun carry permit for certain retired federal, state, and local law enforcement officers. - Amends TCA Section 39-17-1351.
As enacted, redefines, for purposes of the Election Code, "statewide political party" to mean a political party at least one of whose candidates for an office to be elected by voters of the entire state has received a number of votes equal to at least 5 percent of the total number of votes cast for gubernatorial candidates in the most recent election of governor. - Amends TCA Title 2.
As enacted, requires the department to develop procedures for identifying characteristics of dyslexia through the universal screening process required by the existing RTI2 framework or other available means; requires every LEA to implement the dyslexia screening procedures; specifies that dyslexia screening may be requested for any student by the student's parent or guardian, teacher, counselor, or school psychologist; creates the dyslexia advisory council. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 29, Part 2 and Title 49.
As enacted, revises various workers' compensation and drug-free workplace provisions. - Amends TCA Title 50, Chapter 6 and Title 50, Chapter 9.
As enacted, sunsets the Hamilton County water and wastewater treatment authority created pursuant to this state's Water and Wastewater Treatment Authority Act, July 1, 2021; revises other provisions regarding the Act. - Amends TCA Title 68, Chapter 221, Part 6.
As enacted, establishes a tax credit equal to 33 percent of the value of cash investments made in certain companies by an "angel investor" against the angel investor's Hall income tax liability. - Amends TCA Title 67, Chapter 2.
As enacted, authorize TBI investigators, without a request from the district attorney general, to investigate criminal offenses related to arson and explosives. - Amends TCA Title 38, Chapter 6 and Title 68, Chapter 102.
As enacted, enacts the "Juvenile Justice Realignment Act"; creates a task force to study new approaches to the administration of juvenile justice. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 8 and Title 37.
As enacted, establishes requirements for the expunction of certain juveniles' records in cases of successful completion of informal adjustment or dismissal; allows a person adjudicated unruly to petition the juvenile court for expunction. - Amends TCA Section 37-1-153.
As enacted, creates a task force to study issues related to healthcare services; specifies that the task force will make a report and cease to exist by January 10, 2017. - Amends TCA Title 63, Chapter 7.
As enacted, revises membership of the viticulture advisory board. - Amends TCA Title 4 and Title 43, Chapter 30.
As enacted, enacts the "Juvenile Justice Realignment Act"; creates a task force to study new approaches to the administration of juvenile justice. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 8 and Title 37.
As enacted, redefines "autocycle" and clarifies definitions related to the weight or engine displacement of all-terrain vehicles and autocycles; prohibits a person who is operating an autocycle from carrying a child as a passenger if the child would have to be secured in a motor vehicle, with certain exceptions. - Amends TCA Title 11; Title 47 and Title 55.
As enacted, creates the Class E felony offense of manufacturing marijuana concentrate by a process which uses an inherently hazardous substance like butane; creates Class A misdemeanor of owner of premises knowingly allowing the process to occur on the premises. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 15, Part 4 and Title 39, Chapter 17, Part 4.
As enacted, authorize TBI investigators, without a request from the district attorney general, to investigate criminal offenses related to arson and explosives. - Amends TCA Title 38, Chapter 6 and Title 68, Chapter 102.
As enacted, requires that any conduct by an inmate against a correctional officer, guard, jailer, or other full-time employee of a penal institution, local jail, or workhouse, that would constitute an assault under current law be reported by the department to the appropriate district attorney general for prosecution. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 13, Part 1 and Title 41.
As enacted, permits full-time employees of state public colleges or universities who possess handgun carry permit to carry a handgun while on property owned, operated, or controlled by the employing college or university if certain requirements are met. - Amends TCA Title 39 and Title 49.
As enacted, revises various provisions governing the 911 fee collection practice. - Amends TCA Title 7, Chapter 86.
As enacted, permits full-time employees of state public colleges or universities who possess handgun carry permit to carry a handgun while on property owned, operated, or controlled by the employing college or university if certain requirements are met. - Amends TCA Title 39 and Title 49.
As enacted, enacts the "Rural Economic Opportunity Act of 2016"; authorizes a job tax credit for qualified business enterprises located in tier 4 enhancement counties; specifies the minimum jobs criteria and requirements to qualify for the credit; establishes the propelling rural economic progress (P.R.E.P.) fund; establishes guidelines for making grants from the P.R.E.P. fund. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 3 and Title 67, Chapter 4.
As enacted, revises membership of the viticulture advisory board. - Amends TCA Title 4 and Title 43, Chapter 30.
As enacted, revises various provisions governing certificates of need; requires certain reporting by person who provides magnetic resonance imaging services.
As enacted, specifies that local governments may authorize an animal control agency to seize or take into custody any dog found trespassing on the premises of another person. - Amends TCA Section 44-8-408.
As enacted, revises requirements for criminal background checks in certain health care facilities; convenes working groups on elder abuse; revises other provisions relative to abuse of certain vulnerable persons. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 33; Title 47; Title 68 and Title 71.
As enacted, specifies that local governments may authorize an animal control agency to seize or take into custody any dog found trespassing on the premises of another person. - Amends TCA Section 44-8-408.
As enacted, changes terminology from "medication aides certified" to "medication aide"; revises training and other requirements for medication aide program. - Amends TCA Title 63, Chapter 7 and Title 68.
As enacted, sunsets the Hamilton County water and wastewater treatment authority created pursuant to this state's Water and Wastewater Treatment Authority Act, July 1, 2021; revises other provisions regarding the Act. - Amends TCA Title 68, Chapter 221, Part 6.
As enacted, increases from 30 cents to 36 cents per each person in the county the amount that each county must pay to the office of the comptroller to contribute to the expenses of audits; creates historic property land acquisition fund; makes other statutory revisions required for implementation of the annual appropriations act. - Amends Title 4; Title 5; Title 6; Title 8; Title 9; Title 10; Title 11; Title 12; Title 13; Title 16; Title 17; Title 18; Title 29; Title 33; Title 36; Title 37; Title 38; Title 39; Title 40; Title 41; Title 43; Title 45; Title 47; Title 48; Title 49; Title 50; Title 53; Title 54; Title 55; Title 56; Title 57; Title 58; Title 59; Title 60; Title 62; Title 63; Title 64; Title 65; Title 66; Title 67; Title 68; Title 69; Title 70 and Title 71.
As enacted, makes a person who commits vehicular homicide where alcohol or drugs were involved ineligible for probation. - Amends TCA Title 40, Chapter 35, Part 3.
As enacted, permits a court to order a qualified defendant to serve a period or periods of confinement in the local jail or workhouse not to exceed a total 30 days as a reasonable condition of judicial diversion. - Amends TCA Title 40.
As enacted, authorizes the state to issue and sell bonds of up to $87.7 million.
As enacted, revises provisions governing delivery and transportation of alcoholic beverages and beer. - Amends TCA Title 39 and Title 57.
As enacted, authorizes the state to issue and sell bonds of up to $87.7 million.
As enacted, permits the supreme court to commission as senior judge a state trial court judge who was elected at least twice and served at least two full eight-year terms but was not reelected following the judge's most recent term of judicial service. - Amends TCA Title 17, Chapter 2, Part 3.
As enacted, increases from 30 cents to 36 cents per each person in the county the amount that each county must pay to the office of the comptroller to contribute to the expenses of audits; creates historic property land acquisition fund; makes other statutory revisions required for implementation of the annual appropriations act. - Amends Title 4; Title 5; Title 6; Title 8; Title 9; Title 10; Title 11; Title 12; Title 13; Title 16; Title 17; Title 18; Title 29; Title 33; Title 36; Title 37; Title 38; Title 39; Title 40; Title 41; Title 43; Title 45; Title 47; Title 48; Title 49; Title 50; Title 53; Title 54; Title 55; Title 56; Title 57; Title 58; Title 59; Title 60; Title 62; Title 63; Title 64; Title 65; Title 66; Title 67; Title 68; Title 69; Title 70 and Title 71.
As enacted, designates Reds Ale House in Cumberland County as a premier type tourist resort for purposes of on-premises consumption of alcoholic beverages. - Amends TCA Title 57.
As enacted, makes a person who commits vehicular homicide where alcohol or drugs were involved ineligible for probation. - Amends TCA Title 40, Chapter 35, Part 3.
As enacted, creates a new sentencing enhancement factor when the defendant committed the offense of robbery, aggravated robbery, or especially aggravated robbery on the premises of a licensed pharmacy in an effort to unlawfully obtain, sell, give, or exchange a controlled substance, controlled substance analogue, or other illegal drug. - Amends TCA Section 40-35-114.
As enacted, changes age group to which offense of underage driving while impaired statute applies from 16–21 to 16–18 and gives judge the authority to order the issuance of a restricted license, including interlock device, to 16–18 year olds committing underage driving while impaired. - Amends TCA Title 55, Chapter 10, Part 4.
As enacted, creates a new sentencing enhancement factor when the defendant committed the offense of robbery, aggravated robbery, or especially aggravated robbery on the premises of a licensed pharmacy in an effort to unlawfully obtain, sell, give, or exchange a controlled substance, controlled substance analogue, or other illegal drug. - Amends TCA Section 40-35-114.
As enacted, designates Reds Ale House in Cumberland County as a premier type tourist resort for purposes of on-premises consumption of alcoholic beverages. - Amends TCA Title 57.
As enacted, directs the Tennessee advisory commission on intergovernmental relations (TACIR) to study and make recommendations relative to the professional privilege tax. - Amends TCA Title 67, Chapter 4, Part 17.
As enacted, directs the Tennessee advisory commission on intergovernmental relations (TACIR) to study and make recommendations relative to the professional privilege tax. - Amends TCA Title 67, Chapter 4, Part 17.
As enacted, creates the aeronautics economic development fund to be used by the department of transportation for program administration, marketing expenses, and program evaluation; authorizes the executive director of TWRA to use funds from the 1986 wetland acquisition fund to acquire the McCartt Tract and adjacent lands in Morgan County; authorizes certain fund expenditures. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 6; Title 7; Title 8; Title 9; Title 11; Title 13; Title 50; Title 65 and Title 67.
As enacted, authorizes certain counties to exempt certain newer motor vehicles from emissions testing requirements. - Amends TCA Title 55, Chapter 4, Part 1; Title 55, Chapter 6 and Title 68, Chapter 201.
As enacted, requires each local education agency (LEA) that provides transportation services to submit to the department the names of persons authorized to drive a school bus; requires the department to maintain a database of all those persons authorized to drive a school bus and notify the appropriate LEA if the driver license or driving privileges of a listed person have been suspended or revoked; imposes a fee of $20.00 for each school bus endorsement or renewal thereof. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 6, Part 21; Title 55, Chapter 50; Title 55, Chapter 52 and Title 71, Chapter 3, Part 5.
As enacted, permits the supreme court to commission as senior judge a state trial court judge who was elected at least twice and served at least two full eight-year terms but was not reelected following the judge's most recent term of judicial service. - Amends TCA Title 17, Chapter 2, Part 3.
As enacted, eliminates an obsolete provision concerning the BEP; revises the BEP calculation; revises other related provisions. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 3, Part 3.
As enacted, authorizes certain counties to exempt certain newer motor vehicles from emissions testing requirements. - Amends TCA Title 55, Chapter 4, Part 1; Title 55, Chapter 6 and Title 68, Chapter 201.
As enacted, amends the provisions governing X-ray equipment operators. - Amends TCA Title 63, Chapter 6, Part 2.
As enacted, changes age group to which offense of underage driving while impaired statute applies from 16–21 to 16–18 and gives judge the authority to order the issuance of a restricted license, including interlock device, to 16–18 year olds committing underage driving while impaired. - Amends TCA Title 55, Chapter 10, Part 4.
As enacted, requires that any conduct by an inmate against a correctional officer, guard, jailer, or other full-time employee of a penal institution, local jail, or workhouse, that would constitute an assault under current law be reported by the department to the appropriate district attorney general for prosecution. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 13, Part 1 and Title 41.
As enacted, requires each local education agency (LEA) that provides transportation services to submit to the department the names of persons authorized to drive a school bus; requires the department to maintain a database of all those persons authorized to drive a school bus and notify the appropriate LEA if the driver license or driving privileges of a listed person have been suspended or revoked; imposes a fee of $20.00 for each school bus endorsement or renewal thereof. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 6, Part 21; Title 55, Chapter 50; Title 55, Chapter 52 and Title 71, Chapter 3, Part 5.
As enacted, requires the department of revenue to notify taxpayers by mail or e-mail of the amount of professional privilege tax owed, due date, and any electronic filing or payment requirement. - Amends TCA Title 67, Chapter 4, Part 17.
As enacted, specifies that the legislative branch of state government and the judicial branch of state government maintain control of the state buildings occupied predominately by the legislative branch and the judicial branch, respectively. - Amends TCA Title 3; Title 4; Title 9, Chapter 4 and Title 12.
As enacted, amends the provisions governing X-ray equipment operators. - Amends TCA Title 63, Chapter 6, Part 2.
As enacted, creates the aeronautics economic development fund to be used by the department of transportation for program administration, marketing expenses, and program evaluation; authorizes the executive director of TWRA to use funds from the 1986 wetland acquisition fund to acquire the McCartt Tract and adjacent lands in Morgan County; authorizes certain fund expenditures. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 6; Title 7; Title 8; Title 9; Title 11; Title 13; Title 50; Title 65 and Title 67.
As enacted, imposes licensure and other requirements on pain management clinics. - Amends TCA Title 63 and Title 68.
As enacted, broadens the scope of the offense regarding a school bus driver using certain electronic devices while operating a bus with a child on board and increases the penalty for the offense. - Amends TCA Title 39 and Title 55.
As enacted, revises the criminal gang enhancement statute. - Amends TCA Title 39 and Title 40.
As enacted, extends the statute of limitations for prosecution of the offenses of aggravated child abuse, or aggravated child neglect or endangerment. - Amends TCA Title 40, Chapter 2, Part 1.
As enacted, makes confidential the identities of vendors providing the state with goods and services used to protect government property or government employee or citizen information; allows governmental entity to vote to make information about such goods and services provided to the entity confidential. - Amends TCA Title 10, Chapter 7.
As enacted, revises the criminal gang enhancement statute. - Amends TCA Title 39 and Title 40.
As enacted, allows the Tennessee POST commission to deny a retired law enforcement officer's application to carry as a law enforcement officer if the retired officer is prohibited from purchasing or possessing a firearm, or obtaining a handgun carry permit, or if the retired officer has certain DUI convictions. - Amends TCA Title 38, Chapter 8, Part 1.
As enacted, establishes a tax credit equal to 33 percent of the value of cash investments made in certain companies by an "angel investor" against the angel investor's Hall income tax liability. - Amends TCA Title 67, Chapter 2.
As enacted, requires the department to develop procedures for identifying characteristics of dyslexia through the universal screening process required by the existing RTI2 framework or other available means; requires every LEA to implement the dyslexia screening procedures; specifies that dyslexia screening may be requested for any student by the student's parent or guardian, teacher, counselor, or school psychologist; creates the dyslexia advisory council. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 29, Part 2 and Title 49.
As enacted, enacts the "Tyler Head Law," which creates a memorial sign program for persons who died in accidents caused by drivers under the influence of drugs or alcohol. - Amends TCA Title 39; Title 54 and Title 55.
As enacted, authorizes local boards of education in Pickett and Wayne counties to adopt a policy allowing the director of schools, in consultation with the principal of each school, to authorize and select employees who may carry a concealed handgun within and on the grounds of the school to which the person is assigned; establishes related requirements. - Amends TCA Title 39 and Title 49, Chapter 6.
As enacted, revises provisions relating to the qualifications of an applicant for a license to practice medicine; authorizes the board of medical examiners to issue certain temporary licenses to practice medicine. - Amends TCA Title 63, Chapter 6.
As enacted, enacts the "Right to Earn a Living Act." - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 7; Title 38; Title 62; Title 63 and Title 67.
As enacted, revises various workers' compensation and drug-free workplace provisions. - Amends TCA Title 50, Chapter 6 and Title 50, Chapter 9.
As enacted, broadens the scope of the offense regarding a school bus driver using certain electronic devices while operating a bus with a child on board and increases the penalty for the offense. - Amends TCA Title 39 and Title 55.
As enacted, requires the department of revenue to notify taxpayers by mail or e-mail of the amount of professional privilege tax owed, due date, and any electronic filing or payment requirement. - Amends TCA Title 67, Chapter 4, Part 17.
As enacted, extends the statute of limitations for prosecution of the offenses of aggravated child abuse, or aggravated child neglect or endangerment. - Amends TCA Title 40, Chapter 2, Part 1.
As enacted, revises the offense of sexual contact with a minor by an authority figure to eliminate the requirement that a minor be between 13 and 18 years of age to qualify for this offense, so that a minor includes any person less than 18 years of age. - Amends TCA Title 39 and Title 40.
As enacted, imposes a reduced fee for a lifetime handgun carry permit for certain retired federal, state, and local law enforcement officers. - Amends TCA Section 39-17-1351.
As enacted, revises the offense of sexual contact with a minor by an authority figure to eliminate the requirement that a minor be between 13 and 18 years of age to qualify for this offense, so that a minor includes any person less than 18 years of age. - Amends TCA Title 39 and Title 40.
As enacted, revises various provisions governing certificates of need; requires certain reporting by person who provides magnetic resonance imaging services.
As enacted, changes date for annual sales tax holiday from the first weekend in August to the last weekend in July each year. - Amends TCA Section 67-6-393.
As enacted, creates the Class E felony offense of manufacturing marijuana concentrate by a process which uses an inherently hazardous substance like butane; creates Class A misdemeanor of owner of premises knowingly allowing the process to occur on the premises. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 15, Part 4 and Title 39, Chapter 17, Part 4.
As introduced, subject to local approval, authorizes the city commission to designate a city administrator as head of the operating functions of the city, including that of chief financial officer; requires the city administrator to appoint all department heads and the city recorder. - Amends Chapter 32 of the Private Acts of 2009.
As enacted, repeals registration requirement for certain health clubs; specifies that such clubs post a surety bond in the amount of $25,000 for each location conducting business in this state or certify their net worth of at least $10 million; removes the provision whereby a health club agreement is unenforceable against the buyer if the health club fails to obtain or fails to maintain a certificate of registration. - Amends TCA Title 47, Chapter 18 and Title 57, Chapter 4.
As enacted, specifies that educational institutions exempt from registering with the division of charitable solicitations, includes institutions that are approved by the local board of education, the ASD, or the state board of education; extends certain renewal of registration filings for an additional 60 days. - Amends TCA Title 48, Chapter 101.
As enacted, authorizes off-highway vehicles on State Route 167 in Johnson County from Roan Creek Campground to Doe Mountain. - Amends TCA Title 11, Chapter 25, Part 1 and Title 55, Chapter 8.
As enacted, adds an exemption from the licensure requirement for motor vehicle dealers for person to sell motor vehicles to licensed automotive dismantlers and recyclers, or to registered scrap metal processors - Amends TCA Title 55; Title 62 and Title 68.
As enacted, authorizes the commissioner of health to complete a comprehensive state oral health plan by January 1, 2017, and to submit the plan to the federal centers for disease control and prevention and to the general assembly. - Amends TCA Title 68.
As enacted, extends certain alternative distribution provisions concerning liquor-by-the-drink tax proceeds to local governments. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 8; Title 9; Title 49; Title 57 and Title 67.
As enacted, removes the exclusion of petitioners who are victims of sexual assault or stalking from the provisions whereby an order of protection may direct the respondent to vacate home shared with the petitioner or to provide suitable housing alternative for the petitioner. - Amends TCA Title 36, Chapter 3, Part 6.
As enacted, revises the present law provisions governing overtaking on the right in regard to the operation of mass transit buses on shoulders and rights-of-way. - Amends TCA Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 9; Title 54; Title 55; Title 64 and Title 65.
As enacted, authorizes the City of Spring Hill to levy a privilege tax upon the privilege of occupancy by a 2/3 vote of its governing body; amount of tax not to exceed three percent of the consideration charged by the operator; proceeds to be used solely for tourism development purposes. - Amends TCA Section 67-4-1425.
As enacted, allows Williamson County, upon the adoption of a resolution by a 2/3 majority vote of the county legislative body, to assess a privilege tax on litigation in civil cases in an amount not to exceed $25.00 per case to be used exclusively for personnel and operating costs of the circuit court located in that county; excludes original proceedings brought in juvenile court. - Amends TCA Title 67, Chapter 4, Part 6.
As enacted, creates offense of operating a motor vehicle in a bicycle lane; establishes exceptions to offense and penalties for violations. - Amends TCA Title 55, Chapter 8.
As enacted, authorizes any nonprofit organization owning any vehicle that may be legally operated upon the streets or highways of this state with a regular vehicle registration to operate or move, through an authorized agent or employee, the vehicle upon any highway of the state without registering the vehicle; requires display of a special purpose plate issued to the owner. - Amends TCA Title 55, Chapter 4, Part 2.
As enacted, authorizes a suspension of tank fees under the Tennessee Petroleum Underground Storage Tank Act, in certain situations; revises certain provisions regarding the petroleum underground storage tank fund. - Amends TCA Title 68.
As enacted, prohibits certain persons engaged in the business of towing or storing motor vehicles from charging a storage fee for any day on which the vehicle is not available for release to the owner, lienholder, or insurer, unless such failure to release is based on a hold placed on the vehicle by law enforcement; requires such businesses to release the vehicle to the insurer or lienholder, or an authorized agent or representative, upon the insurer's or lienholder's payment of reasonable charges due, without requiring additional consent from the owner of the vehicle. - Amends TCA Title 47; Title 55, Chapter 23 and Title 66.
As enacted, authorizes the sale of alcoholic beverages for on-premises consumption at Lillie Belle's in Franklin, Mt. Brushy in Morgan County, and the Salt Box Inn in Putnam County; revises description of Laurel Valley Golf Club (Blount County) for purposes of the sale of alcoholic beverages for on-premises consumption. - Amends TCA Title 57, Chapter 4.
As enacted, authorizes a pharmacist to provide hormonal contraceptives according to a valid collaborative pharmacy practice agreement containing a nonpatient-specific prescriptive order and standardized procedures developed and executed by one or more authorized prescribers, in certain circumstances. - Amends TCA Title 53; Title 56; Title 63; Title 68 and Title 71.
As enacted, enacts the "Tennessee Prescription Safety Act of 2016," which revises regulation of controlled substances; makes permanent most all of the changes made under the Tennessee Prescription Safety Act of 2012, and revises and enacts other provisions. - Amends TCA Title 53, Chapter 10; Title 63, Chapter 1; Chapter 791 of the Public Acts of 2014 and Chapter 880 of the Public Acts of 2012.
As introduced, subject to local approval, abolishes office of city recorder; authorizes board to set city judge's compensation above $100 per month. - Amends Chapter 35 of the Private Acts of 1915; as amended.
As enacted, creates a task force to identify causes for balance billing and recommend legislative solutions to protect consumers from balance billing by healthcare providers. - Amends TCA Title 8; Title 56; Title 63; Title 68 and Title 71.
As enacted, revises provisions governing coverage of telehealth services. - Amends TCA Section 56-7-1002.
As enacted, adds certain recyclers to the list of parties who are exempt from liability under the Hazardous Waste Management Act of 1983. - Amends TCA Section 58-2-604 and Section 68-212-202(a)(4)(E).
As enacted, eliminates requirement that a party remove a case to state court within 90 days after the complaint is filed if the Tennessee human rights commission determines there is reasonable cause to believe discrimination took place in regard to housing. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 21.
As enacted, removes provision whereby a person who provides prayer in lieu of medical or surgical treatment could not be charged with the crime of child abuse, neglect, or endangerment solely for that reason. - Amends TCA Section 39-15-402.
As enacted, permits the issuance of self-distribution permits to farm wine permit holders, subject to certain conditions. - Amends TCA Section 57-3-207.
As enacted, allows Bessie Smith Cultural Center in Hamilton County to sell alcoholic beverages for consumption on premises. - Amends TCA Title 57, Chapter 4.
As enacted, renames the Four Lake regional industrial development authority to the Tennessee central economic authority. - Amends TCA Section 4-29-239; Title 64, Chapter 5, Part 2 and Title 67, Chapter 9, Part 1.
As enacted, specifies that a person with a felony sentence of two years or less who is placed on probation based on reaching their release eligibility date may have their probation revoked pursuant to a revocation proceeding; revises other related provisions. - Amends TCA Title 37; Title 38; Title 39 and Title 40.
As enacted, clarifies that the consent required of a woman in order for medical experiments, research, or the taking of photographs upon her aborted fetus must be in writing; allows the taking of photographs of the aborted fetus without the woman's consent if it is done for the purpose of capturing images that the person reasonably believes depict evidence of a violation of a state or federal law, rule, or regulation. - Amends TCA Title 10, Chapter 7, Part 5; Title 39, Chapter 15, Part 2; Title 63, Chapter 6, Part 2; Title 68, Chapter 3 and Title 68, Chapter 30.
As enacted, establishes requirements for central service technicians. - Amends TCA Title 68.
As enacted, requires, by January 1, 2017, the district attorney general of each judicial district to establish, or cause to be established, a vulnerable adult protective investigative team (VAPIT). - Amends TCA Title 71, Chapter 6.
As enacted, authorizes any nonprofit organization owning any vehicle that may be legally operated upon the streets or highways of this state with a regular vehicle registration to operate or move, through an authorized agent or employee, the vehicle upon any highway of the state without registering the vehicle; requires display of a special purpose plate issued to the owner. - Amends TCA Title 55, Chapter 4, Part 2.
As introduced, subject to local approval, requires approval of the board of mayor and aldermen for personnel decisions of the mayor. - Amends Chapter 94 of the Private Acts of 1993.
As enacted, allows Williamson County, upon the adoption of a resolution by a 2/3 majority vote of the county legislative body, to assess a privilege tax on litigation in civil cases in an amount not to exceed $25.00 per case to be used exclusively for personnel and operating costs of the circuit court located in that county; excludes original proceedings brought in juvenile court. - Amends TCA Title 67, Chapter 4, Part 6.
As enacted, establishes an online voter registration system beginning July 1, 2017. - Amends TCA Title 2, Chapter 2, Part 1.
As introduced, subject to local approval, removes the requirement that all joint ownership arrangements of the Cookeville regional medical center authority be on city owned property; requires all joint ownership arrangements to be approved by the city council of the City of Cookeville. - Amends Chapter 49 of the Private Acts of 1999; as amended.
As enacted, renames the Four Lake regional industrial development authority to the Tennessee central economic authority. - Amends TCA Section 4-29-239; Title 64, Chapter 5, Part 2 and Title 67, Chapter 9, Part 1.
As enacted, authorizes the classifying as confidential and not subject to disclosure, except by court order, the records held by a city whose primary industry is tourism that address a specific amount of money expended in a given market for digital or traditional media or that address the specific detail of targeted audiences identified for marketing purposes. - Amends TCA Title 6, Chapter 54, Part 2.
As enacted, specifies that a person with a felony sentence of two years or less who is placed on probation based on reaching their release eligibility date may have their probation revoked pursuant to a revocation proceeding; revises other related provisions. - Amends TCA Title 37; Title 38; Title 39 and Title 40.
As introduced, subject to local approval, authorizes the metropolitan council of the metropolitan government of Lynchburg, Moore County to direct the county election commission to conduct an advisory, nonbinding referendum on the question of whether to levy a property tax increase, with the proceeds from such increase to be used exclusively to fund public school renovations.
As enacted, requires all LEAs using the uniform grading system for lottery scholarship purposes, and another grading system based on quality points for other purposes, to award additional quality points for honors and other advanced courses uniformly. - Amends TCA Title 49.
As enacted, revises the present law provisions governing overtaking on the right in regard to the operation of mass transit buses on shoulders and rights-of-way. - Amends TCA Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 9; Title 54; Title 55; Title 64 and Title 65.
As enacted, requires that every notice of violation or citation issued that is based solely upon evidence obtained from any traffic enforcement camera used to enforce or monitor traffic violations of the requirement that motor vehicles stop at a red light, include a disclaimer stating that nonpayment of the notice or citation cannot adversely affect the person's credit score or report, driver's license, and/or automobile insurance rates. - Amends TCA Title 55, Chapter 50 and Title 55, Chapter 8.
As introduced, subject to local approval, rewrites city charter. - Amends Chapter 754 of the Private Acts of 1947; as amended.
As introduced, subject to local approval, authorizes the compensation of the mayor and aldermen to be established by ordinance; requires a person to be a resident of the town for two years prior to an election, instead of six months, to be eligible to serve as mayor or alderman. - Amends Chapter 289 of the Private Acts of 1965, as amended by Chapter 135 of the Private Acts of 1975, Chapter 44 of the Private Acts of 1987, Chapter 130 of the Private Acts of 2004, and any other acts amendatory thereto.
As introduced, subject to local approval, rewrites the city charter. - Amends Chapter 77 of the Private Acts of 1977.
As enacted, requires the commissioner of children's services to report annually to the governor, the chief clerk of the senate, and the chief clerk of the house on probation and juvenile justice evidence-based treatment services; requires other reporting by juvenile court clerks. - Amends TCA Title 37.
As enacted, revises provisions governing penalties imposed on server permit holders for certain violations; requires any employee, representative, or agent of a permittee whose duties include verifying that a person is 21 years of age or older for the purpose of authorizing the person access to the premises of the permittee to require each person seeking access to the premises whose physical appearance does not reasonably demonstrate an age of 50 years or older to present a valid, government-issued document or other acceptable form of identification that includes the photograph and birth date of the person. - Amends TCA Section 57-1-201; Section 57-3-204; Section 57-3-704; Section 57-3-706; Section 57-3-818 and Title 57, Chapter 5, Part 6.
As enacted, extends certain alternative distribution provisions concerning liquor-by-the-drink tax proceeds to local governments. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 8; Title 9; Title 49; Title 57 and Title 67.
As introduced, subject to local approval, authorizes the metropolitan council of the metropolitan government of Lynchburg, Moore County to direct the county election commission to conduct an advisory, nonbinding referendum on the question of whether to levy a property tax increase, with the proceeds from such increase to be used exclusively to fund public school renovations.
As enacted, revises provisions governing construction of the Act and hearings regarding rules; requires an agency to demonstrate by convincing evidence, certain factors that justify continued existence of an agency rule. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 5.
As enacted, authorizes a qualified physician assistant to evaluate and provide care to a youth athlete who suffered, or is suspected to have suffered, a concussion or head injury during the course of a school youth athletic activity. - Amends TCA Section 68-55-501.
As enacted, creates a task force to study the feasibility of state government utilizing an open data policy. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 10 and Title 12.
As enacted, authorizes a licensed podiatrist to supervise a physician assistant or an orthopedic physician assistant; requires compliance with certain statutory requirements and administrative rules; enacts other provisions related to such supervision. - Amends TCA Title 63, Chapter 19 and Title 63, Chapter 3.
As enacted, provides immunity from civil liability to a person, business, or other entity that owns, controls, or manages property and has the authority to prohibit weapons on that property by positing, with respect to any claim based on the person's, business's, or other entity's failure to adopt such a policy. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 17, Part 13.
As enacted, permits a physician or osteopathic physician to prescribe, order, or otherwise distribute, for the purpose of treating binge eating disorder, a drug that is approved by the FDA for that indication. - Amends TCA Title 63, Chapter 6.
As enacted, makes various changes to the offense of stalking, including redefining "course of conduct". - Amends TCA Title 20, Chapter 14; Title 36, Chapter 3, Part 6 and Title 39.
As enacted, removes provision whereby a person who provides prayer in lieu of medical or surgical treatment could not be charged with the crime of child abuse, neglect, or endangerment solely for that reason. - Amends TCA Section 39-15-402.
As enacted, clarifies the offense of harassment with respect to the methods by which harassment may occur and broadens the offense to include the methods available through modern technology. - Amends TCA Section 39-17-308.
As enacted, authorizes the Town of Dandridge to levy a privilege tax upon the privilege of occupancy by a 2/3 vote of its governing body. - Amends TCA Title 67, Chapter 4, Part 14.
As enacted, makes various changes to the offense of stalking, including redefining "course of conduct". - Amends TCA Title 20, Chapter 14; Title 36, Chapter 3, Part 6 and Title 39.
As enacted, reduces the fee paid to county clerks for filing a business tax return from $7.00 to $5.00 by eliminating the $2.00 that is earmarked for clerks' computer expenses. - Amends TCA Title 3; Title 4; Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 8; Title 9; Title 12; Title 49; Title 67 and Title 71.
As enacted, authorizes the exclusion of residents of correctional institutions from being considered in reapportionment. - Amends TCA Title 5 and Title 41.
As enacted, revises eligibility requirements for home school students and students who graduate from an ineligible high school to receive the general assembly merit scholarship. - Amends TCA Section 49-4-916.
As enacted, creates a nine-member task force to make recommendations for statutory changes to protect the state's wildlife and waterways against any detrimental effects of invasive Asian carp. - Amends TCA Title 67; Title 69 and Title 70.
As enacted, revises provisions governing the garnishment of earnings; changes references from garnishment of "salaries, wages or other compensation" to garnishment of "earnings". - Amends TCA Title 26, Chapter 2 and Title 29, Chapter 7.
As enacted, extends, from 180 days to 12 months, the time in which a person granted a permit authorizing a digital billboard has to erect and begin displaying an advertising message before revocation of the permit; allows an extension period of an additional 12 months if the permit holder applies to the commissioner of transportation and pays an additional permit fee of $200 prior to the expiration of the original 12-month period. - Amends TCA Title 54, Chapter 21.
As enacted, declares that no person providing counseling or therapy services will be required to counsel or serve a client as to goals, outcomes, or behaviors that conflict with the sincerely held principles of the counselor or therapist; requires such counselor or therapist to refer the client to another counselor or therapist; creates immunity for such action; maintains liability for counselors who will not counsel a client based on the counselor's religious beliefs when the individual seeking or undergoing the counseling is in imminent danger of harming themselves or others. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 49 and Title 63.
As introduced, subject to local approval, increases the authorized maximum amount of the hotel motel tax from six percent to seven percent; requires revenues generated from such increase to be used for increased funding for parks and recreation, economic development, and tourism. - Amends Chapter 118 of the Private Acts of 1979; as amended.
As enacted, creates a Class A misdemeanor offense for any person who leases a motor vehicle on or after July 1, 2016, to knowingly install, conceal, or otherwise place an electronic tracking device in or on the motor vehicle without the consent of the purchaser of the vehicle. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 13, Part 6 and Title 55.
As enacted, to the extent permitted by federal law, prohibits the department of health from counting the basic allowance for subsistence as income in determining eligibility of an applicant who is a member of the uniformed service for the special food program for women, infants, and children. - Amends TCA Title 68.
As enacted, allows employees authorized by the Tennessee state veterans' homes board to solicit donations for the improvement of existing homes or for future construction of new homes. - Amends TCA Section 58-7-103.
As introduced, subject to local approval, rewrites the city charter. - Amends Chapter 77 of the Private Acts of 1977.
As enacted, restructures the board of regents; establishes state university boards of trustees; makes other changes necessary to effectuate the restructuring; revises the composition of the Tennessee higher education commission - Amends TCA Section 12-3-102; Title 49, Chapter 7; Title 49, Chapter 8 and Title 49, Chapter 9.
As enacted, creates exemption from eye treatment given to newborns and infants for the minor child of any person who files with the department of health a signed, written statement that the treatment conflicts with the person's religious tenets and practices; removes Class C misdemeanor penalty for a physician, nurse, or midwife failing to administer the treatment. - Amends TCA Section 68-5-202.
As enacted, allows Holston Hills Country Club in Knox County to serve and sell alcoholic beverages for consumption on premises; designates the Orpheum Theater's Halloran Center as a "historic performing arts center" for purposes of on-premises consumption of alcoholic beverages; authorizes Porter Inn in Nashville to serve alcoholic beverages for on-premises consumption. - Amends TCA Title 57, Chapter 4, Part 1.
As enacted, enacts the "Pawnbroker Restitution Act"; clarifies that a pawnbroker is not required to relinquish an item to a claimant without a court order; revises other pawnbroker provisions. - Amends TCA Title 45, Chapter 6.
As enacted, revises provisions governing violations and penalties relating to the sale of alcoholic beverages. - Amends TCA Title 57.
As enacted, specifies that TDOT has sole and exclusive jurisdiction over the design, erection, installation, and maintenance of TODS signs located within the right-of-way of any highway designated as part of the state highway system, including TODS signs within the corporate limits of municipalities; creates certain exceptions. - Amends TCA Title 54, Chapter 5.
As enacted, creates a Class A misdemeanor offense for any person who leases a motor vehicle on or after July 1, 2016, to knowingly install, conceal, or otherwise place an electronic tracking device in or on the motor vehicle without the consent of the purchaser of the vehicle. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 13, Part 6 and Title 55.
As enacted, removes the exclusion of petitioners who are victims of sexual assault or stalking from the provisions whereby an order of protection may direct the respondent to vacate home shared with the petitioner or to provide suitable housing alternative for the petitioner. - Amends TCA Title 36, Chapter 3, Part 6.
As enacted, revises the educational requirements for licensure as a clinical pastoral therapist; authorizes issuance of temporary licenses to clinical pastoral therapists who are in training. - Amends TCA Title 63, Chapter 22.
As enacted, reduces the fee paid to county clerks for filing a business tax return from $7.00 to $5.00 by eliminating the $2.00 that is earmarked for clerks' computer expenses. - Amends TCA Title 3; Title 4; Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 8; Title 9; Title 12; Title 49; Title 67 and Title 71.
As enacted, repeals registration requirement for certain health clubs; specifies that such clubs post a surety bond in the amount of $25,000 for each location conducting business in this state or certify their net worth of at least $10 million; removes the provision whereby a health club agreement is unenforceable against the buyer if the health club fails to obtain or fails to maintain a certificate of registration. - Amends TCA Title 47, Chapter 18 and Title 57, Chapter 4.
As enacted, removes termination date of July 1, 2016, from the County Bridge Relief Act of 2014; permanently authorizes counties to use an unexpended balance of state-aid bridge grant funds to pay the local share of project costs for replacing or improving county bridges. - Amends TCA Section 54-4-507.
As enacted, specifies that TDOT has sole and exclusive jurisdiction over the design, erection, installation, and maintenance of TODS signs located within the right-of-way of any highway designated as part of the state highway system, including TODS signs within the corporate limits of municipalities; creates certain exceptions. - Amends TCA Title 54, Chapter 5.
As introduced, subject to local approval, authorizes the appointment of a vice mayor; allows for the mayor to be paid a salary, to be set by ordinance. - Amends Chapter 365 of the Private Acts of 1923; as amended.
As enacted, creates the community cemetery grant fund; provisions to be repealed July 1, 2019. - Amends TCA Title 46.
As enacted, authorizes the clerk in any court where electronic filing, signing, or verification of papers is authorized by court rule to assess a transaction fee for each filing submitted on an individual basis or by use of an annual subscription fee. - Amends TCA Title 8, Chapter 21, Part 4.
As enacted, authorizes a county mayor to sell land held by the county due to delinquent taxes during the redemption period under certain conditions; reduces the amount of time a tax must be due on abandoned property before the tax lien can be enforced from two years to one year; makes other related changes. - Amends TCA Title 13, Chapter 30 and Title 67, Chapter 5.
As enacted, revises provisions governing the garnishment of earnings; changes references from garnishment of "salaries, wages or other compensation" to garnishment of "earnings". - Amends TCA Title 26, Chapter 2 and Title 29, Chapter 7.
As enacted, releases a surety on a defendant's forfeited bond when the defendant is arrested on a capias and the bond was forfeited after the defendant did not comply with conditions of the bond. - Amends TCA Section 40-11-139.
As enacted, authorizes a qualified physician assistant to evaluate and provide care to a youth athlete who suffered, or is suspected to have suffered, a concussion or head injury during the course of a school youth athletic activity. - Amends TCA Section 68-55-501.
As enacted, enacts the "Maternal Mortality Review and Prevention Act of 2016". - Amends TCA Title 68.
As enacted, authorizes the commissioner of health to complete a comprehensive state oral health plan by January 1, 2017, and to submit the plan to the federal centers for disease control and prevention and to the general assembly. - Amends TCA Title 68.
As enacted, specifies that if domestic abuse is the underlying offense for which a tenancy is terminated, only the perpetrator may be evicted; enacts other provisions governing and domistic violence. - Amends TCA Title 29; Title 36 and Title 66.
As enacted, redesignates Historic Rugby from a premier type tourist resort to a historic interpretive center for purposes of consumption of alcohol on premises; removes references to year round in the description of Historic Rugby. - Amends TCA Section 57-4-102.
As enacted, to the extent permitted by federal law, prohibits the department of health from counting the basic allowance for subsistence as income in determining eligibility of an applicant who is a member of the uniformed service for the special food program for women, infants, and children. - Amends TCA Title 68.
As enacted, enacts the "Public Safety Act of 2016." - Amends TCA Title 36, Chapter 3, Part 6; Title 39, Chapter 13, Part 1; Title 39, Chapter 14, Part 1; Title 40, Chapter 28; Title 40, Chapter 35 and Title 41, Chapter 1, Part 4.
Subject to local approval, changes the election process for the mayor and aldermen elections; extends the terms of the mayor and aldermen from two years to four years. - Amends Chapter 88 of the Private Acts of 1993; as amended.
As enacted, adds certain recyclers to the list of parties who are exempt from liability under the Hazardous Waste Management Act of 1983. - Amends TCA Section 58-2-604 and Section 68-212-202(a)(4)(E).
As enacted, enacts the “Emergency Medical Services Personnel Licensure Compact.” - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 29 and Title 68, Chapter 140.
As enacted, enacts the "Health Care Empowerment Act". - Amends TCA Title 56; Title 63; Title 68 and Title 71.
As enacted, requires the commissioner of children's services to report annually to the governor, the chief clerk of the senate, and the chief clerk of the house on probation and juvenile justice evidence-based treatment services; requires other reporting by juvenile court clerks. - Amends TCA Title 37.
As enacted, revises various provisions of the Postsecondary Education Authorization Act of 1974 and renames the Act to be the "Tennessee Higher Education Authorization Act of 2016"; provides for optional expedited authorization. - Amends TCA Title 49.
As enacted, enacts the "Maternal Mortality Review and Prevention Act of 2016". - Amends TCA Title 68.
As enacted, revises provisions regarding promoting prostitution; the dissemination of certain information by the TBI in regard to human trafficking; and the definition of "caregiver" for purposes of the laws governing juvenile courts and proceedings. - Amends TCA Title 37; Title 38 and Title 39.
As enacted, authorizes a soil conservation district and the supervisors of the district, subject to the approval of the commissioner of agriculture, to borrow money for certain purposes. - Amends TCA Section 5-9-106; Title 9, Chapter 21 and Title 43.
As enacted, establishes requirements for the removal of an ignition interlock device and revises other related provisions. - Amends TCA Title 55, Chapter 10 and Title 55, Chapter 50.
As enacted, makes sex offender registration for persons convicted of misdemeanor unlawful photographing in violation of privacy discretionary instead of mandatory; the judge may order registration after taking into account the facts and circumstances surrounding the offense. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 13, Part 6 and Title 40, Chapter 39.
As enacted, enacts the "Health Care Empowerment Act". - Amends TCA Title 56; Title 63; Title 68 and Title 71.
As enacted, urges the Tennessee Valley Authority to take steps to reopen the bridge spanning the confluence of the Caney Fork and Collins Rivers, which is commonly known as the Great Falls Dam, for thoroughfare traffic connecting White and Warren counties. - Amends TCA Title 54 and Title 55.
As enacted, specifies additional circumstances under which the commissioner of revenue may waive penalties for delinquent franchise and excise taxes; alters the formula for calculating quarterly estimated payments for franchise and excise taxes; reduces penalties for deficient or delinquent estimated franchise and excise tax payments from 5 percent to 2 percent per month; makes other related revisions. - Amends TCA Title 67.
As enacted, revises provisions governing violations and penalties relating to the sale of alcoholic beverages. - Amends TCA Title 57.
As introduced, subject to local approval, authorizes the compensation of the mayor and aldermen to be established by ordinance; requires a person to be a resident of the town for two years prior to an election, instead of six months, to be eligible to serve as mayor or alderman. - Amends Chapter 289 of the Private Acts of 1965, as amended by Chapter 135 of the Private Acts of 1975, Chapter 44 of the Private Acts of 1987, Chapter 130 of the Private Acts of 2004, and any other acts amendatory thereto.
As enacted, enacts the "Course Access Program Act." - Amends TCA Title 49.
As introduced, subject to local approval, makes various revisions to the charter of Jamestown, including amending the qualifications of voters, the manner of holding elections, and the administrative organization of the city court. - Amends Chapter 54 of the Private Acts of 1959; as amended.
As enacted, authorizes Rutherford County to levy an additional litigation tax to be used for construction and maintenance of a jail, workhouse, juvenile detention center, or courthouse project. - Amends TCA Title 67, Chapter 4, Part 6.
As enacted, changes the formula for calculating hearing costs in property tax appeals before the board of equalization; permits the assessment appeals commission to issue a notice rather than a certificate of assessment in certain circumstances; changes notice requirements for unpaid rollback taxes. - Amends TCA Title 67, Chapter 5.
As enacted, requires that every notice of violation or citation issued that is based solely upon evidence obtained from any traffic enforcement camera used to enforce or monitor traffic violations of the requirement that motor vehicles stop at a red light, include a disclaimer stating that nonpayment of the notice or citation cannot adversely affect the person's credit score or report, driver's license, and/or automobile insurance rates. - Amends TCA Title 55, Chapter 50 and Title 55, Chapter 8.
As enacted, prohibits any NPDES permit that is issued to a municipal separate storm sewer system ("MS4") administrator in this state from imposing post-construction stormwater requirements, except to the extent necessary to comply with the minimum requirements of federal law; prohibits the state from requiring any entity that administers a MS4 under an NPDES permit to impose control measures for post-construction stormwater that exceed the minimum requirements of federal law; enacts other related provisions. - Amends TCA Title 69, Chapter 3, Part 1.
As enacted, revises various provisions of the Postsecondary Education Authorization Act of 1974 and renames the Act to be the "Tennessee Higher Education Authorization Act of 2016"; provides for optional expedited authorization. - Amends TCA Title 49.
As enacted, clarifies what items a manufacturer may use when having tastings on premises; enacts other tasting-related provisions; revises provisions governing permits to solicit orders. - Amends TCA Section 57-3-202.
As enacted, revises the educational requirements for licensure as a clinical pastoral therapist; authorizes issuance of temporary licenses to clinical pastoral therapists who are in training. - Amends TCA Title 63, Chapter 22.
As enacted, enacts the "Municipal Energy Authority Act." - Amends TCA Title 7.
As enacted, adds certain situations in which the use of an unmanned aircraft to capture an image is allowed. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 13.
As enacted, requires that all biological evidence collected for a criminal offense or offenses in which one or more of the defendants received a sentence of death based upon the same criminal acts, whether the defendants were tried separately or together, be preserved until all defendants receiving a death sentence based on the same conduct are executed, otherwise die, or all related charges for which the defendants were convicted are dismissed. - Amends TCA Title 24; Title 39 and Title 40.
As introduced, subject to local approval, amends charter relative to the appointment of city officers by the city council, in addition to residency requirements, tenure, salaries, and termination provisions for such officers; specifies that the removal of the mayor, aldermen, and recorder shall be conducted in accordance with the general law; authorizes city attorney to accept service of process on behalf of the city. - Amends Chapter 67 of the Private Acts of 1953; as amended.
As enacted, specifies that if domestic abuse is the underlying offense for which a tenancy is terminated, only the perpetrator may be evicted; enacts other provisions governing and domistic violence. - Amends TCA Title 29; Title 36 and Title 66.
As enacted, authorizes the clerk in any court where electronic filing, signing, or verification of papers is authorized by court rule to assess a transaction fee for each filing submitted on an individual basis or by use of an annual subscription fee. - Amends TCA Title 8, Chapter 21, Part 4.
As enacted, enacts the "Annual Coverage Assessment of 2016" and continues the hospital payment rate corridors applicable to payments by managed care organizations to hospitals for services provided to TennCare enrollees established by 2015 annual coverage assessment. - Amends TCA Title 71, Chapter 5 and Chapter 276 of the Public Acts of 2015.
As enacted, permits a student with a documented learning disability who is unable to take 12 semester hours as required for the Tennessee Promise scholarship to be eligible for the scholarship. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 4.
As enacted, permits a physician or osteopathic physician to prescribe, order, or otherwise distribute, for the purpose of treating binge eating disorder, a drug that is approved by the FDA for that indication. - Amends TCA Title 63, Chapter 6.
As enacted, authorizes the commissioner of health to obtain records maintained by any healthcare facility in order to facilitate investigations and inquiries concerning opioid drug abuse, opioid drug overdoses, and opioid overdose deaths. - Amends TCA Title 53; Title 63 and Title 68.
As introduced, subject to local approval, revises allocation of occupancy tax proceeds from 22.28 percent to the city of Spencer and 77.72 percent to the county trustee, to 16 percent to the city of Spencer and 84 percent to the county trustee. - Amends Chapter 168 of the Private Acts of 1984; as amended.
As enacted, revises provisions governing the information report submitted by retailers to the commissioner of revenue regarding the sales of certain products. - Amends TCA Title 67, Chapter 6, Part 4.
As enacted, redefines "medium speed vehicle" to include vehicles that have a top speed greater than 30 mph, but whose maximum speed allowed is 35 mph only on streets with a 40 mph or less posted speed limit. - Amends TCA Title 55.
As enacted, requires the TBI to provide to the commissioner of health and to the general assembly an annual report on all law enforcement-related deaths that occurred in the prior calendar year. - Amends TCA Title 38 and Title 68.
As introduced, subject to local approval, rewrites city charter. - Amends Chapter 227 of the Private Acts of 1992; as amended.
As enacted, replaces requirement that individual physician's offices and practices register as medical spas with a requirement that any physician-owned practice that advertises or holds itself out as a medical spa or a physician-owned practice that primarily engages in the performance of elective cosmetic medical services must register as a medical spa. - Amends TCA Section 63-6-105.
As enacted, specifies, in regard to the requirement that the Tennessee technology development corporation provide financial assistance through contracts, grants and loans to programs of scientific and technological research and development, that such assistance includes matching grants to Tennessee's industries and universities to conduct applied research of strategic importance to Tennessee's economy. - Amends TCA Title 4 and Title 67.
As enacted, redefines "medium speed vehicle" to include vehicles that have a top speed greater than 30 mph, but whose maximum speed allowed is 35 mph only on streets with a 40 mph or less posted speed limit. - Amends TCA Title 55.
As enacted, requires the commissioner to submit a report to the health and welfare committee of the senate and the health committee of the house concerning the feasibility of a pilot program for one county that seeks to address overcrowding in jails and correction institutions by providing diversionary or transitional services that include mental health services and supports, substance abuse treatment and counseling, health care, and employment and housing supports. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 33; Title 40; Title 41; Title 50 and Title 71.
As enacted, requires the commissioner to submit a report to the health and welfare committee of the senate and the health committee of the house concerning the feasibility of a pilot program for one county that seeks to address overcrowding in jails and correction institutions by providing diversionary or transitional services that include mental health services and supports, substance abuse treatment and counseling, health care, and employment and housing supports. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 33; Title 40; Title 41; Title 50 and Title 71.
As enacted, authorizes zoning consideration of temporary family healthcare structures; adds a requirement that, as part of the plan to expand cost-effective community-based residential alternatives to institutional care as required by the Long-Term Care Community Choices Act of 2008, the bureau of TennCare must seek written guidance from the centers for Medicare and Medicaid services regarding whether a temporary family healthcare structure may be covered in whole or in part under the program established by the Long-Term Care Community Choices Act of 2008. - Amends TCA Title 13; Title 68 and Title 71.
As introduced, subject to local approval, requires approval of the board of mayor and aldermen for personnel decisions of the mayor. - Amends Chapter 94 of the Private Acts of 1993.
As introduced, subject to local approval, removes an outdated requirement that the highway commissioner submit a quarterly report of expenditures to the quarterly county court. - Amends Chapter 111 of the Private Acts of 1951; as amended.
As enacted, authorizes Rutherford County to levy an additional litigation tax to be used for construction and maintenance of a jail, workhouse, juvenile detention center, or courthouse project. - Amends TCA Title 67, Chapter 4, Part 6.
As introduced, subject to local approval, revises the city charter. - Amends Chapter 644 of the Private Acts of 1911; as amended.
As enacted, revises the provisions governing the dispensing of an opioid or benzodiazepine by a physician practice that provides healthcare services. - Amends TCA Title 63.
As enacted, extends the statute of limitation for aggravated statutory rape committed on or after July 1, 2016, from four years to 15 years from the date the victim becomes 18 years of age. - Amends TCA Title 39 and Title 40, Chapter 2.
As enacted, extends, from 180 days to 12 months, the time in which a person granted a permit authorizing a digital billboard has to erect and begin displaying an advertising message before revocation of the permit; allows an extension period of an additional 12 months if the permit holder applies to the commissioner of transportation and pays an additional permit fee of $200 prior to the expiration of the original 12-month period. - Amends TCA Title 54, Chapter 21.
As enacted, revises provisions governing liens under the Tennessee Condominium Act of 2008. - Amends TCA Title 66, Chapter 27.
As enacted, establishes requirements regarding the disposition of aborted fetuses and fetal tissue, including reporting requirements and requirements for interim inspections of and certain reporting by facilities where surgical abortions are performed. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 15, Part 2 and Title 68.
As enacted, requires the state board of cosmetology and barber examiners to issue certificates of registration for mobile barber shops and licenses for mobile cosmetology, dual, manicure, skin care, or other category of shop licensed by the board. - Amends TCA Title 55; Title 62 and Title 68.
As enacted, eliminates requirement that a party remove a case to state court within 90 days after the complaint is filed if the Tennessee human rights commission determines there is reasonable cause to believe discrimination took place in regard to housing. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 21.
As enacted, revises various provisions governing Tennessee STEP UP scholarships. - Amends TCA Section 49-4-943.
As introduced, subject to local approval, rewrites city charter. - Amends Chapter 227 of the Private Acts of 1992; as amended.
As introduced, adds a fourth general sessions court in Rutherford County, the judge of which shall be elected to a six-year initial term in the August 2016 general election, and eight-year terms thereafter, effective upon 2/3 vote of the local legislative body. - Amends Chapter 384 of the Private Acts of 1947; as amended.
As enacted, adds certain situations in which the use of an unmanned aircraft to capture an image is allowed. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 13.
As enacted, revises provisions governing coverage of telehealth services. - Amends TCA Section 56-7-1002.
As enacted, allows Holston Hills Country Club in Knox County to serve and sell alcoholic beverages for consumption on premises; designates the Orpheum Theater's Halloran Center as a "historic performing arts center" for purposes of on-premises consumption of alcoholic beverages; authorizes Porter Inn in Nashville to serve alcoholic beverages for on-premises consumption. - Amends TCA Title 57, Chapter 4, Part 1.
As introduced, subject to local approval, adds governmental units to the list of entities from which the hotel and motel occupancy tax is collected. - Amends Chapter 167 of the Private Acts of 1979.
As enacted, prohibits any NPDES permit that is issued to a municipal separate storm sewer system ("MS4") administrator in this state from imposing post-construction stormwater requirements, except to the extent necessary to comply with the minimum requirements of federal law; prohibits the state from requiring any entity that administers a MS4 under an NPDES permit to impose control measures for post-construction stormwater that exceed the minimum requirements of federal law; enacts other related provisions. - Amends TCA Title 69, Chapter 3, Part 1.
As introduced, subject to local approval, abolishes office of city recorder; authorizes board to set city judge's compensation above $100 per month. - Amends Chapter 35 of the Private Acts of 1915; as amended.
As introduced, pursuant to the request of the Gibson County special school district, permits the district to issue bonds or notes in an amount of $18,500,000 or less and to issue bond, revenue, and grant anticipation notes; increases the special school district tax rate by 40 cents per $100 to pay debt service. - Amends Chapter 62 of the Private Acts of 1981.
As introduced, subject to local approval, decreases the Clay County board of education from 10 members to five members. - Amends Chapter 330 of the Private Acts of 1947; as amended.
As enacted, allows Bessie Smith Cultural Center in Hamilton County to sell alcoholic beverages for consumption on premises. - Amends TCA Title 57, Chapter 4.
As introduced, subject to local approval, designates the department of public works as the department of public works and public utilities; authorizes the mayor to exercise control over the divisions of the department. - Amends Chapter 568 of the Private Acts of 1939; as amended.
As enacted, prohibits law enforcement officers of this state and its political subdivisions from enforcing provisions of international law and treaties that limit gun rights under Article I, Section 26 of the state constitution. - Amends TCA Title 38 and Title 39, Chapter 17, Part 13.
As enacted, permits the issuance of self-distribution permits to farm wine permit holders, subject to certain conditions. - Amends TCA Section 57-3-207.
As enacted, creates the community cemetery grant fund; provisions to be repealed July 1, 2019. - Amends TCA Title 46.
As enacted, establishes requirements regarding the disposition of aborted fetuses and fetal tissue, including reporting requirements and requirements for interim inspections of and certain reporting by facilities where surgical abortions are performed. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 15, Part 2 and Title 68.
As enacted, encourages TBI to develop an activation card for law enforcement use in connection with the missing citizen alert program to help locate missing citizens who have wandered due to dementia or physical impairment. - Amends TCA Section 38-6-121.
As introduced, subject to local approval, removes the requirement that all joint ownership arrangements of the Cookeville regional medical center authority be on city owned property; requires all joint ownership arrangements to be approved by the city council of the City of Cookeville. - Amends Chapter 49 of the Private Acts of 1999; as amended.
As enacted, urges the Tennessee Valley Authority to take steps to reopen the bridge spanning the confluence of the Caney Fork and Collins Rivers, which is commonly known as the Great Falls Dam, for thoroughfare traffic connecting White and Warren counties. - Amends TCA Title 54 and Title 55.
As enacted, enacts the "Public-Private Transportation Act of 2016." - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 6; Title 9; Title 12; Title 54; Title 55; Title 65 and Title 67.
As enacted, authorizes the City of Spring Hill to levy a privilege tax upon the privilege of occupancy by a 2/3 vote of its governing body; amount of tax not to exceed three percent of the consideration charged by the operator; proceeds to be used solely for tourism development purposes. - Amends TCA Section 67-4-1425.
As enacted, changes the title of advanced practice nurses to advanced practice registered nurses. - Amends TCA Section 24-9-101; Section 49-2-124; Section 53-10-104; Section 53-10-302; Section 53-11-309; Section 56-32-137; Section 56-7-2408; Section 63-1-109; Section 63-1-301; Section 63-1-313; Section 63-10-204; Section 63-10-217; Section 63-10-505; Section 63-10-506; Title 63, Chapter 29; Section 63-51-102; Section 63-6-244; Section 63-6-802; Title 63, Chapter 7; Section 63-9-121; Section 68-1-128; Section 68-11-224; Section 68-2-601 and Section 71-5-1414.
As enacted, revises various provisions governing licensure and certification for barbers and cosmetologists, including redefining "cosmetology" to include shampooing and natural hairstyling. - Amends TCA Title 62, Chapter 3 and Title 62, Chapter 4.
As enacted, replaces requirement that individual physician's offices and practices register as medical spas with a requirement that any physician-owned practice that advertises or holds itself out as a medical spa or a physician-owned practice that primarily engages in the performance of elective cosmetic medical services must register as a medical spa. - Amends TCA Section 63-6-105.
As introduced, subject to local approval, decreases the Clay County board of education from 10 members to five members. - Amends Chapter 330 of the Private Acts of 1947; as amended.
As introduced, subject to local approval, changes the appointment qualifications for city judge; requires the city judge to be appointed by the mayor and confirmed by majority vote of the board of mayor and aldermen; removes state residency requirement for appointed city judge. - Amends Chapter 91 of the Private Acts of 2008.
As enacted, prohibits certain persons engaged in the business of towing or storing motor vehicles from charging a storage fee for any day on which the vehicle is not available for release to the owner, lienholder, or insurer, unless such failure to release is based on a hold placed on the vehicle by law enforcement; requires such businesses to release the vehicle to the insurer or lienholder, or an authorized agent or representative, upon the insurer's or lienholder's payment of reasonable charges due, without requiring additional consent from the owner of the vehicle. - Amends TCA Title 47; Title 55, Chapter 23 and Title 66.
As enacted, requires all LEAs using the uniform grading system for lottery scholarship purposes, and another grading system based on quality points for other purposes, to award additional quality points for honors and other advanced courses uniformly. - Amends TCA Title 49.
As introduced, adds a fourth general sessions court in Rutherford County, the judge of which shall be elected to a six-year initial term in the August 2016 general election, and eight-year terms thereafter, effective upon 2/3 vote of the local legislative body. - Amends Chapter 384 of the Private Acts of 1947; as amended.
As enacted, transfers primary administrative responsibilities for the Tennessee Adventure Tourism and Development Act of 2011 from the department of economic and community development to the department of tourist development. - Amends TCA Title 11, Chapter 11.
As enacted, adds an exemption from the licensure requirement for motor vehicle dealers for person to sell motor vehicles to licensed automotive dismantlers and recyclers, or to registered scrap metal processors - Amends TCA Title 55; Title 62 and Title 68.
As enacted, requires the TBI to provide to the commissioner of health and to the general assembly an annual report on all law enforcement-related deaths that occurred in the prior calendar year. - Amends TCA Title 38 and Title 68.
As enacted, authorizes all public pension and retirement plans, including those of utility districts and other local governmental entities, to recognize a qualified domestic relations order that directs the entity to allocate a portion of a member's benefits to the member's former spouse. - Amends TCA Section 26-2-105.
As enacted, enacts the "Annual Coverage Assessment of 2016" and continues the hospital payment rate corridors applicable to payments by managed care organizations to hospitals for services provided to TennCare enrollees established by 2015 annual coverage assessment. - Amends TCA Title 71, Chapter 5 and Chapter 276 of the Public Acts of 2015.
As introduced, subject to local approval, designates the department of public works as the department of public works and public utilities; authorizes the mayor to exercise control over the divisions of the department. - Amends Chapter 568 of the Private Acts of 1939; as amended.
As enacted, revises various provisions governing TCRS including clarifying that the transfer of funds from the stabilization reserve trust account is not a maximum unfunded liability cost and revising provisions concerning TCRS investments. - Amends TCA Section 3-9-103; Title 8, Chapter 25; Title 8, Chapter 34; Title 8, Chapter 35; Title 8, Chapter 36; Title 8, Chapter 37 and Section 26-2-105.
As enacted, changes various references from "curriculum" to "standards" in present law in order to clarify that the state board of education is responsible for academic standards and local boards are responsible for curriculum. - Amends TCA Title 49.
As introduced, subject to local approval, increases the authorized maximum amount of the hotel motel tax from six percent to seven percent; requires revenues generated from such increase to be used for increased funding for parks and recreation, economic development, and tourism. - Amends Chapter 118 of the Private Acts of 1979; as amended.
As enacted, lowers the age for receiving a handgun carry permit from 21 years of age to 18 years of age for persons who are an honorably discharged or retired veteran of the U.S. armed forces or a service member on active duty status. - Amends TCA Section 39-17-1351.
As enacted, enacts the "Pawnbroker Restitution Act"; clarifies that a pawnbroker is not required to relinquish an item to a claimant without a court order; revises other pawnbroker provisions. - Amends TCA Title 45, Chapter 6.
As enacted, provides immunity from civil liability to a person, business, or other entity that owns, controls, or manages property and has the authority to prohibit weapons on that property by positing, with respect to any claim based on the person's, business's, or other entity's failure to adopt such a policy. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 17, Part 13.
As introduced, subject to local approval, changes the appointment qualifications for city judge; requires the city judge to be appointed by the mayor and confirmed by majority vote of the board of mayor and aldermen; removes state residency requirement for appointed city judge. - Amends Chapter 91 of the Private Acts of 2008.
As enacted, authorizes the state board of education to promulgate rules for the development of a program whereby 501(c)(3) nonprofit corporations may be recognized for the purpose of assisting LEAs through the selection and appointment of qualified volunteers; requires LEAs to establish a local appeal process through which a recognized 501(c)(3) nonprofit corporation may appeal a decision of the LEA to reject the corporation's offer of assistance. - Amends TCA Title 49.
As enacted, establishes requirements for central service technicians. - Amends TCA Title 68.
As introduced, subject to local approval, revises the city charter. - Amends Chapter 644 of the Private Acts of 1911; as amended.
As enacted, encourages TBI to develop an activation card for law enforcement use in connection with the missing citizen alert program to help locate missing citizens who have wandered due to dementia or physical impairment. - Amends TCA Section 38-6-121.
As enacted, revises references to criminal offenses in the expunction provisions to conform to changes made to those criminal offenses by the Public Safety Act of 2016. - Amends TCA Title 39 and Title 40.
As enacted, enacts the “Emergency Medical Services Personnel Licensure Compact.” - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 29 and Title 68, Chapter 140.
As introduced, subject to local approval, authorizes compensation of mayor and aldermen to be set by ordinance; authorizes mayor and aldermen to be reimbursed for expenses incurred in the conduct of their official duties. - Amends Chapter 45 of the Private Acts of 2005.
As enacted, specifies, in regard to the requirement that the Tennessee technology development corporation provide financial assistance through contracts, grants and loans to programs of scientific and technological research and development, that such assistance includes matching grants to Tennessee's industries and universities to conduct applied research of strategic importance to Tennessee's economy. - Amends TCA Title 4 and Title 67.
As introduced, subject to local approval, makes various revisions to the charter of Jamestown, including amending the qualifications of voters, the manner of holding elections, and the administrative organization of the city court. - Amends Chapter 54 of the Private Acts of 1959; as amended.
As introduced, subject to local approval, authorizes compensation of mayor and aldermen to be set by ordinance; authorizes mayor and aldermen to be reimbursed for expenses incurred in the conduct of their official duties. - Amends Chapter 45 of the Private Acts of 2005.
As introduced, subject to local approval, amends charter relative to the appointment of city officers by the city council, in addition to residency requirements, tenure, salaries, and termination provisions for such officers; specifies that the removal of the mayor, aldermen, and recorder shall be conducted in accordance with the general law; authorizes city attorney to accept service of process on behalf of the city. - Amends Chapter 67 of the Private Acts of 1953; as amended.
As introduced, subject to local approval, creates the Tullahoma utilities authority. - Amends Chapter 553 of the Acts of 1903.
As enacted, requires, by January 1, 2017, the district attorney general of each judicial district to establish, or cause to be established, a vulnerable adult protective investigative team (VAPIT). - Amends TCA Title 71, Chapter 6.
As enacted, requires the department of safety to report annually to the speakers of the senate and the house and the chairs of the judiciary committee of the senate, civil justice committee of the house, and criminal justice committee of the house, a report detailing certain information regarding forfeitures from the prior year. - Amends TCA Title 38 and Title 40.
As enacted, enacts the "Fantasy Sports Act". - Amends TCA Title 3; Title 4; Title 8; Title 39; Title 47; Title 56 and Title 67.
As introduced, subject to local approval, revises allocation of occupancy tax proceeds from 22.28 percent to the city of Spencer and 77.72 percent to the county trustee, to 16 percent to the city of Spencer and 84 percent to the county trustee. - Amends Chapter 168 of the Private Acts of 1984; as amended.
As introduced, subject to local approval, decreases the number of required monthly meeting times of the board of mayor and aldermen, from two to one. - Amends Chapter 50 of the Private Acts of 1979.
As introduced, subject to local approval, decreases the number of required monthly meeting times of the board of mayor and aldermen, from two to one. - Amends Chapter 50 of the Private Acts of 1979.
As introduced, subject to local approval, adds governmental units to the list of entities from which the hotel and motel occupancy tax is collected. - Amends Chapter 167 of the Private Acts of 1979.
As enacted, authorizes Davidson County and municipalities located in Sullivan County to prohibit, by local ordinance, smoking on the grounds of a swimming pool or outdoor amphitheater owned or operated by the local government. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 17.
As enacted, extends the statute of limitation for aggravated statutory rape committed on or after July 1, 2016, from four years to 15 years from the date the victim becomes 18 years of age. - Amends TCA Title 39 and Title 40, Chapter 2.
As enacted, enacts the "Course Access Program Act." - Amends TCA Title 49.