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A RESOLUTION to honor the Revolutionary War veterans interred within the Great Smoky Mountains National Park and surrounding areas.
A RESOLUTION to recognize the importance of developing information concerning the regulation of fur-bearing animals.
AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 3, Chapter 17, relative to charitable gaming.
A RESOLUTION to ratify the increase to the statewide 911 surcharge rate to $1.86 as determined necessary by the Tennessee Emergency Communications Board.
A RESOLUTION recognizing the Christian Heritage Flag as the official flag representing Christian Heritage Month in Tennessee.
A RESOLUTION to commemorate the twenty-fifth anniversary of September 11, 2001.
AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 47, Chapter 18 and Title 53, relative to food products.
AN ACT to make appropriations for the purpose of defraying the expenses of the state government for the fiscal years beginning July 1, 2024, and July 1, 2025, in the administration, operation, and maintenance of the legislative, executive, and judicial branches of the various departments, institutions, offices, and agencies of the state; for certain state aid and obligations; for capital outlay, for the service of the public debt, for emergency and contingency; to repeal certain appropriations and any acts inconsistent herewith; to provide provisional continuing appropriations; and to establish certain provisions, limitations, and restrictions under which appropriations may be obligated and expended. This act makes appropriations for the purposes described above for the fiscal years beginning July 1, 2024, and July 1, 2025.
AN ACT to authorize the state of Tennessee, acting by resolutions of its funding board, to issue and sell its bonds and bond anticipation notes to provide for acquisition of equipment and sites, and erection, construction, and equipment of sites and buildings, expressly including the acquisition of existing structures for expansion, improvements, betterments, and extraordinary repairs to existing structures, for construction of highways, and repair, replacement, or rehabilitation of bridges, and for grants to any county, metropolitan government, incorporated town, city, special district of the state, or any governmental agency or instrumentality of any of them; to make grants to industrial development corporations to provide for acquisition of equipment and acquisition, site preparation, erection, construction, and equipment of sites and buildings; and infrastructure improvements and development; and to provide for the expenditure of said funds; to issue its debt in excess of the authorized amount to fund discount and costs of issuance; and to provide for the expenditure of said funds. This act makes appropriations for an indefinite period of time for the purpose of allocating the proceeds of the bonds and notes authorized by this act.
AN ACT pursuant to Article II, Section 24, of the Tennessee Constitution providing for the dollar amount and rate by which the growth of appropriations from state tax revenues will exceed the estimated growth in the state's economy and to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 9, Chapter 4, Part 52.
AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, 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, relative to statutory revisions required for implementation of the annual appropriations act.
A RESOLUTION to designate December 14 as "Hazel Moore Day."
A RESOLUTION to urge the appointment of highly qualified individuals to the board of directors of the Tennessee Valley Authority who understand the growing energy needs of Tennessee and the importance of reliable, affordable power for the State's economic future.
A RESOLUTION to designate March 2025 as "Certified Government Financial Manager Month" in Tennessee.
A RESOLUTION to commemorate February 22, 2025, as George Washington Day in Tennessee.
A RESOLUTION to commemorate "Read Across America Week" in Tennessee, March 2-6, 2025.
A RESOLUTION relative to naming the new entrance to the Motlow Tunnel at the Tennessee State Capitol.
A RESOLUTION to designate March as Tennessee Athletic Training Month.
A RESOLUTION to recognize U.S. 70 as the "Broadway of America."
AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 29, Chapter 20 and Title 67, Chapter 5, relative to property bought by a county at a tax sale.
AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4; Title 49 and Title 67, relative to sales tax proceeds collected on firearms.
A RESOLUTION relative to the World Health Organization Pandemic Prevention Preparedness and Response Accord.
A RESOLUTION relative to the World Health Organization, United Nations, and World Economic Forum.
A RESOLUTION to propose an amendment to Article XI, Section 12 of the Constitution of Tennessee, relative to education.
A RESOLUTION to urge Congress to enact reforms to federal permitting policies to accelerate deployment of new energy infrastructure.
AN ACT to add Command Sergeant Major William O. Gregory to the name of the National Guard Armory in Blount County.
AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4; Title 38; Title 39; Title 40; Title 47 and Title 68, relative to firearms.
AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4, Chapter 54; Title 39, Chapter 17 and Title 40, relative to ammunition magazines for firearms.
AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 16; Title 18; Title 33; Title 37; Title 38 and Title 39, relative to records.
AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 39, relative to reporting the loss of a firearm.
AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 16; Title 18, Chapter 4; Title 33, Chapter 3; Title 38, Chapter 6; Title 39, Chapter 17, Part 13 and Title 68, Chapter 11, relative to the transfer of firearms.
AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 38, Chapter 6 and Section 39-17-1316, relative to the transfer of firearms.
AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 38; Title 39 and Title 40, relative to gun violence.
A RESOLUTION relative to the shooting at the Covenant School in Nashville on March 27, 2023.
AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 38 and Title 39, relative to firearms.
AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 33; Title 37; Title 38 and Title 39, relative to protection orders.
AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 33; Title 38 and Title 39, Chapter 17, relative to extreme risk protection orders.
AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 39, Chapter 17, Part 13, relative to the storage of firearms in motor vehicles.
AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 3; Title 8; Title 16 and Title 50, relative to leave for state employees.
A RESOLUTION relative to training for the adult blind in Tennessee.
AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 33 and Title 68, relative to mental health.
AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 36; Title 38 and Title 39, relative to firearms.
A RESOLUTION relative to the coverage of almond milk and unfortified soy milk under the WIC program.
AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4; Title 38; Title 39; Title 47; Title 56 and Title 68, relative to firearm insurance.
AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4; Title 8; Title 10; Title 13; Title 16; Title 29; Title 33; Title 36; Title 37; Title 38; Title 39; Title 40; Title 47; Title 49; Title 50; Title 55; Title 58; Title 65; Title 68 and Title 70, relative to firearms.
AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4, Chapter 54; Section 36-3-625; Section 38-3-119; Title 39 and Section 40-14-109, relative to restricting certain types of firearms.
AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4, Chapter 54; Section 38-3-119 and Title 39, Chapter 17, Part 13, relative to the transfer of firearms.
AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 10-7-504; Section 33-6-413; Section 38-8-116; Section 39-16-702; Title 39, Chapter 17, Part 13 and Section 70-2-104, relative to handguns.
AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4, Chapter 54; Section 38-3-119 and Title 39, Chapter 17, Part 13, relative to firearms.
AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 39, relative to large-capacity magazines.
A RESOLUTION to recognize the Tennessee Rifle as the historic rifle of the State of Tennessee.
A RESOLUTION to recognize the Tennessee Technology First Initiative to explore and expand the use of enabling technologies in home and community-based services and supports for Tennesseans with Disabilities.
A RESOLUTION to name a certain segment of U.S. Highway 127 in Fentress County in honor of the late Representative S. Thomas Burnett.
A RESOLUTION to designate the week of May 1-7, 2022, as "Tardive Dyskinesia Awareness Week" in Tennessee.
A RESOLUTION to urge the Department of Education and the Department of Safety and Homeland Security to compile a list of threats to public schools in Tennessee.
A RESOLUTION relative to the recommendations of the Joint Study Committee on Refugee Issues.
A RESOLUTION relative to Hepatitis C screening in Tennessee.
A RESOLUTION to designate April 2022 as "Child Abuse Prevention Month" in Tennessee.
A RESOLUTION relative to sanctions against Russia for its invasion of Ukraine.
A RESOLUTION to designate March 2022 as "Triple-Negative Breast Cancer Awareness Month" in Tennessee.
AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4; Title 5; Title 6; Title 7, Chapter 53; Title 9, Chapter 23; Title 13, Chapter 20 and Title 67, Chapter 5, relative to property tax incentives to encourage economic and community development.
A RESOLUTION to urge the Department of Education and the Department of Safety and Homeland Security to compile a list of threats to public schools in Tennessee.
A RESOLUTION relative to the economic importance of zinc and its continued use in the production of United States coin currency.
A RESOLUTION relative to anti-Asian bias incidents, including violence against Asian Americans.
A RESOLUTION relative to outdated concepts of race and their role in racism.
A RESOLUTION in support of the recommendations of the Agricultural Education and Youth Participation Task Force.
AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 26 and Title 30, relative to property exemptions.
AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 39 and Title 40, relative to mental illness.
A RESOLUTION to designate April 2021 as "County Government Month" in Tennessee.
A RESOLUTION to designate May 2021 as "Honor The Fallen Month" in Tennessee.
A RESOLUTION to designate April 2021 as "Child Abuse Prevention Month" in Tennessee.
AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 2; Title 3; Title 4; Title 8; Title 16 and Title 17, relative to the "Tennessee Election Integrity Act".
As enacted, authorizes the state, acting by resolution of its funding board, to issue and sell its interest-bearing bonds and bond anticipation notes for certain purposes.
As enacted, makes appropriations for the fiscal years beginning July 1, 2019, and July 1, 2020.
As enacted, makes revisions to general law necessary to implement the annual appropriations act; requires dealers with physical presence in this state to register with department of revenue to collect and remit sales tax. - Amends TCA Title 3; Title 4; Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 8; Title 9; Title 10; 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.
As introduced, reduces the salary for members of the general assembly to $11,333 per year beginning with the election of the 113th General Assembly. - Amends TCA Section 3-1-107.
Denounces the use of taxpayer money to maintain monuments that symbolize racism, repression, or hatred.
As introduced, changes the compensation, from an amount not to exceed $1,000 annually to an amount not to exceed $200 monthly, for the board of directors of the Reelfoot Lake regional utility and planning district. - Amends Chapter 222 of the Public Acts of 1983.
As introduced, prevents a landlord from terminating the tenancy of a tenant during a declared state of emergency due to COVID-19 for failure to pay rent that is due and in arrears unless the landlord first enters into a modified payment plan with the tenant and the tenant fails to abide by the modified payment plan. - Amends TCA Title 13; Title 29 and Title 66.
340B entities providing health care to vulernable Tennesseans
Denounces Chancellor Lyle's order allowing all registered voters to vote absentee as an unconstitutional usurpation of legislative authority.
As introduced, requires law enforcement agencies to provide body cameras for each officer; requires reporting of incidents of use of force, officer resignations, stops by officers, and unannounced entries into residences; requires termination of employment of any officer convicted of or found civilly liable for certain acts; prohibits the use of chokeholds by officers. - Amends TCA Title 38.
Urges Congress and President to develop policies dedicated to the repatriation and growth of medical manufacturing in the United States.
As introduced, deletes a provision making it a Class A misdemeanor for a person who is not an employee of an election commission to make an unsolicited request for an application for an absentee ballot to any person; deletes a provision making it a Class E felony for a person who is not an employee of an election commission to give an application for an absentee ballot to any person. - Amends TCA Title 2, Chapter 6.
Requires the Secretary of State to include a section on the Bible in Tennessee in the Tennessee Blue Book.
Urges every college and university in the State of Tennessee to establish a George Floyd Scholarship Fund.
As introduced, requires the administrator to waive a disqualification for benefits based on a failure to repay a prior overpayment of benefits if the amount owed by the person is less than the amount that would otherwise be paid to the person in benefits and requires the administrator to deduct the amount owed from the person's paid benefits. - Amends TCA Title 4 and Title 50.
Recognizes the State of Tennessee for being the best fiscally managed state in the nation and urges Congress to deny bailouts for states that have not soundly managed their budgets.
As introduced, authorizes the state, acting by resolution of its funding board, to issue and sell its interest-bearing bonds and bond anticipation notes for certain purposes. - Amends certain public acts authorizing the issuance of general obligation bonds and bond anticipation notes. This act makes appropriations for an indefinite period of time for the purpose of allocating the proceeds of the bonds and notes authorized by this act.
As introduced, requires the governor to receive approval from the General Assembly prior to continuing a state of emergency for longer than 30 days. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 8; Title 9, Chapter 4, Part 53; Title 10; Title 11; Title 12; Title 41; Title 50; Title 54 and Title 58.
As introduced, deletes requirements that budget document include personal income statement for calendar year 1977 and actual state appropriations for fiscal year 1977–1978. - Amends TCA Section 9-4-5203.
Expresses the importance of the completion of work on I-69 by the Tennessee Department of Transportation.
"Williams Syndrome Awareness Month," May 2020
Urges the University of Tennessee and the University of Memphis football teams to play annually and the University of Tennessee and University of Memphis men's basketball teams to play at least once annually.
As introduced, enacts the "Coronavirus Public Protection Act of 2020," which authorizes the governor to enter into immediate negotiations with the federal centers for medicare and medicaid services and the office of the president of the United States, and seek all necessary waivers, to provide primary care to all uninsured citizens of this state relative to the prevention and treatment of coronavirus. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 63; Title 68 and Title 71.
Requests TDOT to study and develop recommendations for the comprehensive opening of roads for off-highway vehicle use in Anderson, Morgan, Scott, Fentress, Pickett, Union, Campbell, and Claiborne counties.
Urges Major League Baseball to maintain affiliation with all Minor League Baseball teams in 2020 Professional Baseball Agreement.
Directs the Tennessee Department of Financial Institutions to conduct a study relative to the application of blockchain and related technology in the financial services sector and to recommend any changes to the laws and rules of this State that impact the application of those technologies in this State.
Expresses intent of the General Assembly that Tennessee hold the first presidential primary state in the nation.
Urges governor to form an education task force to evaluate state testing, curriculum, and other mandated academic policies and procedures.
Expresses support for U.S. Senator Lamar Alexander's efforts to renew the Teaching Health Center Graduate Medical Education Program and the National Health Service Corps.
Urges Secretary of State to include the Appalachian dialect in Section VI of the Tennessee Blue Book.
As enacted, enacts "Michelle's Law," which extends a 25 percent discount on the tuition to any state institution of higher education to every child under 24 years of age whose parent died while employed as a full-time certified teacher in a public school in Tennessee or as a full-time technology coordinator in an LEA in Tennessee. - Amends TCA Title 8 and Title 49, Chapter 7.
Proposes an amendment to Article 1, Section 35, of the Constitution of Tennessee for the purpose of adding rights to which crime victims are entitled.
Declares that prior authorization requirements from insurance providers should be removed when a healthcare professional provides or seeks to provide medication assisted treatment to a patient with a substance use disorder and declares substance use disorder and opioid use disorder should be insured in the same manner as other diseases such as diabetes and heart disease.
Urges local education agencies to provide ACEs training for all teachers.
Expresses support for the enactment of legislation that requires all board committee meetings of the Tennessee Valley Authority Board of Directors to be open to the public.
Urges Secretary of State to include the Appalachian dialect in Section VI of the Tennessee Blue Book.
Encourages the Department of Agriculture and representatives of vineyard owners and the retail wine industry in Tennessee to discuss the formation of a statewide wine trail.
Proposes an amendment to Article I, Section 33 of the Constitution of Tennessee removing the criminal punishment exception from slavery and involuntary servitude prohibition.
"Sickle Cell Awareness Month" in Tennessee, November 2019
"Multiple System Atrophy Awareness Month," March 2019
Urges facilities, programs, medical professionals, and caregivers in Tennessee to serve, support, and care for elderly with respect, consideration, and compassion.
"Williams Syndrome Awareness Month," May 2018
Urges the Commissioner of the Department of Health to designate Alzheimer's disease and other related dementias as a public health issue.
Calls on the U.S. Secretary of Transportation to revoke the September 7, 2011, acceptance letter regarding the X-Lite Flared Terminal and the X-Lite Tanget Terminal guardrails and to call for the removal of such guardrails from roads in the United States.
As introduced, makes various changes to the assessments and evaluation systems used in K-12 education. - Amends TCA Section 49-1-302 and Title 49, Chapter 6, Part 60.
Expresses support for public education.
Proposes an amendment to Article I, Section 33 of the Constitution of Tennessee to remove the criminal punishment exception from slavery and involuntary servitude prohibition.
Expresses support for Tennessee's Congressional delegation in urging President Trump to abandon proposal to sell off TVA's assets.
As introduced, establishes that it is not an offense for a veteran who has been awarded the Purple Heart to possess less than 0.5 ounces of marijuana if the person retains proof of the awarding of the Purple Heart and a recommendation from a licensed doctor regarding the medical use of marijuana. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 17, Part 4.
Directs the Tennessee Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations to study the overall effects on public education relative to having multiple school districts operating in the same county.
Expresses support for the relocation of the James K. Polk Tomb from the State Capitol to the President James K. Polk Home and Museum State Historic Site.
Proposes amendment to Article VI, Section 5 to provide for the selection of the attorney general and reporter for the state with nomination by the supreme court and confirmation by the general assembly.
Encourages the Tennessee Higher Education Suicide Prevention Task Force and the Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services to develop and implement higher education specific protocols for the prevention, intervention, and postvention of death by suicide.
Encourages Tennessee to adopt a statewide honorary Work Ethic Diploma.
Denounces white nationalists and neo-Nazi groups.
Urges Governor to refuse to participate in any survey or settlement seeking to alter Tennessee-Georgia boundary and Boundary Line Commission.
Directs the public higher education institutions of Tennessee to refuse any money from the China United States Exchange Foundation (CUSEF) and to investigate CUSEF and report their findings to the general assembly.
Recognizes the challenges faced by medical professionals and facilities.
Designates They Said It Their Way: The Official Tennessee Book of By-Words and Old Sayings as an official state book.
"Day of Remembrance for Douglas Milford Lyons," October 12, 2018
Urges the United States to confront the main source of international terrorism sponsored by Iran and designate Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps as a foreign terrorist organization.
Rescinds and repeals House Resolution 97.
Calls for a halt to state facilities outsourcing.
Urges the United States to confront the main source of international terrorism sponsored by Iran and designate Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps as a foreign terrorist organization.
"Post-Traumatic Stress Injury Awareness Month," June 2017, and "Post-Traumatic Stress Injury Awareness Day", June 27, 2017
Expresses support for adult immunizations.
Strongly urges Congress and the executive branch of the federal government to change statutes and regulations relating to Suboxone and Subutex.
Jerusalem Day 2017
Directs the Tennessee Commission on Aging and Disability to conduct a study on the financial exploitation of vulnerable adults.
Urges the TVA to reject a sunset provision that would require the removal of all floating homes from TVA lakes.
Commemorates Lao-American Three Headed Elephant Heritage and Freedom Flag in Tennessee.
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.
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.
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.
Urges the U.S. Secretary of the Treasury to keep Andrew Jackson's portrait on the twenty dollar bill.
Urges the U.S. Secretary of the Treasury to keep Andrew Jackson's portrait on the twenty dollar bill.
Urges state and local governmental agencies to enhance access to mental health services in the criminal justice system.
Supports increasing access to high-speed Internet connections in rural areas.
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.
Urges Congress to reform federal requirements on high school graduation rates to reinstitute state control.
World Autism Awareness Day, April 2, 2016
Requests the board of pharmacy to conduct an electronic survey of pharmacists relative to working conditions and the licensure renewal process.
Multiple chemical sensitivity
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.
Urge Congress to enact legislation for the purpose of enhancing hunting, fishing, recreational shooting, and other outdoor recreational opportunities.
Urges the commissioner of health to develop protocols to recognize multiple chemical sensitivity and appropriate responses to assist person affected with multiple chemical sensitivity.
Adopts "Echoes from a Soldier's Grave" as an official veterans poem of the state.
Designates the Barrett Model M82/M107 as the official rifle of the State of Tennessee.
Encourages public awareness of the use of umbilical cord blood and placenta blood banking, supports the expansion of existing research in the area of umbilical cord blood and placenta blood banking, and encourages exploration into additional stem cell research.
Commending Taiwan.
As introduced, authorizes a motor sports tourist municipality to impose a privilege tax not to exceed two percent of the consideration charged by restaurants, cafes, cafeterias, caterers, and other similar establishments; specifies that 75 percent of the proceeds collected from any tax imposed be used for tourism-related expenditures. - Amends TCA Title 67.
Urges Congress and the United States Department of Health and Human Services to revise and update the Medicare Wage Index factor.
"Police Memorial Week", May 11–15, 2015.
Urges the United States department of health and human services to approve a block grant in order to fund services to the existing TennCare population and to expand the Medicaid program in this state to persons with incomes below 138 percent of the federal poverty line.
Urges the bureau of TennCare to incorporate medication therapy management into all of its healthcare delivery systems so as to improve patient outcomes and control costs.
Expresses intent to enact legislation to designate a day in May of each year as "Police Memorial Day."
Hiram Masonic Lodge #7, need for historical restoration.
Helping Hands and Linking Arms Season of Service.
Commending Taiwan.
Celebrating "National Engineers Week," February 22–28, 2015.
Opposes a "National School Board."
To support use of science-based data to assess the impacts and regulation of modern agricultural technologies.
Margaret "Maggi" Britton Vaughn, Poet Laureate of Tennessee.
Condemns the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions movement and increasing incidents of anti-Semitism.
Urges the State Board of Education to approve teacher training programs for occupational teacher licensure that utilize online components in delivery method.
Designates May 2015 as Syringomyelia Awareness Month in Tennessee.
Recognizing the women in STEM during Women's History Month.
Designates the first Saturday in December as "The Day to Remember the Battle of Sugar Creek" in Tennessee.
To support passage of the STEM Education Act (H.R. 1020).
Expresses support for appropriate action to be taken to enable the Ocoee River to maintain its status as the nation's most popular whitewater destination.
Designates April 28, 2015, as "National Clean Comedy Day" in Tennessee.
Designates March 2015 as UT/TSU Extension Month in Tennessee.
As introduced, revises the Border Region Retail Tourism Development District Act to permit municipalities to report the cost of an economic development project within 30 days of the end of each fiscal year; clarifies that municipalities may disclose the amount of a payment made to a private party even if the payment is derived from sales and use taxes collected from a single parcel of property. - Amends TCA Title 7, Chapter 40 and Title 67, Chapter 1, Part 17.
Expresses profound regret for the enslavement and racial segregation of African-Americans.
Urges U.S. department of state to decree that building the Keystone XL Pipeline serves the national interest, and recommends that Keystone SL be granted the presidential permit necessary to begin construction of the pipeline.
Condemns federal court decision granting a preliminary injunction in the case Tanco et al v Haslam.
Urges Congress to quickly develop a long-term plan to stabilize and grow highway trust fund revenues to achieve certain purposes.
As introduced, authorizes the City of Decherd, by ordinance adopted by a two-thirds vote, to levy an occupancy tax on the privilege of staying in any hotel or motel in Decherd; the ordinance must set the rate and further set forth the manner of collection and administration of the privilege tax; requires that all proceeds received by the municipality from the tax be used for capital outlay improvements. - Amends TCA Section 67-4-1425.
Designates February as "Turner Syndrome Awareness Month".
Requests Congress to seek withdrawal of draft recommendations on prostate cancer screenings by the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force.
Hailey Taylor Day, May 23, 2014.
Urges the United States Congress to pass the Behavioral Health Information Technology Act of 2013 (H.R. 2957).
Urges the department of labor to increase enforcement of T.C.A. 50-2-202 which governs gender pay equity in the state of Tennessee.
Designates first Sunday in August as "Day of School Prayer Walking" in Tennessee.
As enacted, authorizes .25 percent fee on sale of goods and services within a central business improvement district located wholly within a tourism development zone in metropolitan governments for the purpose of convention recruitment, event promotion and security. - Amends TCA Title 7, Chapter 88 and Title 67.
Directs the Tennessee bureau of investigation to permit the immediate inspection of certain investigative files, records and other documents requested by the house of representatives criminal justice committee pursuant to Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 10-7-504(a)(2)(A).
"Ependymoma Awareness Day" in Tennessee, April 18, 2013
Urges the University of Tennessee at Knoxville to reconsider its actions and withdraw its authorization and financial support of "Sex Week."
Designates April 2013 as "Child Abuse Prevention Month" in Tennessee.
As introduced, designates May as "Human Trafficking Awareness Month" in Tennessee. - Amends TCA Title 15; Title 37; Title 38; Title 39 and Title 40.
As introduced, enacts the "Tennessee Linked Deposit Act." - Amends TCA Title 9 and Title 45.
As introduced, requires county assessors to audit the value and levels of assessment of public utility property located in their respective counties. - Amends TCA Title 67, Chapter 5, Part 13.
As enacted, extends the period in which an eligible person may collect extended unemployment benefits pursuant to the federal Tax Relief, Unemployment Insurance Reauthorization, and Job Creation Act of 2010. - Amends TCA Title 50, Chapter 7.
As enacted, authorizes the state to issue and sell bonds of up to $150 million.
Creates a special joint committee to study the feasibility of establishing a system to make certain health-related boards and commissions more autonomous.
Creates a special joint committee to conduct a comprehensive review of the laws of this state concerning homeowners associations.
Creates special joint committee to study certain uses of all terrain vehicles.
Creates special committee to study coordination of interagency transportation.
As introduced, requires use of Comprehensive Health Education Curriculum by LEAs. - Amends TCA Title 49.
As introduced, authorizes widows and widowers of persons entitled to receive holders of Purple Heart memorial plate to obtain plate upon such person's death. - Amends TCA Title 55, Chapter 4.
As introduced, allows judges of general sessions court to interchange, upon request, with state trial court judges provided they have the same qualifications as the trial judge for whom they are sitting. - Amends TCA Title 17, Chapter 2, Part 2.
As introduced, proposes a limited constitutional convention to determine the method for choosing appellate court judges.
As introduced, requires students to make a cumulative grade point average of at least 2.75 at any time continuing eligibility for a Tennessee HOPE scholarship is reviewed to continue to receive the scholarship. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 4, Part 9.