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State Legislature US Congress

All 46,882 Active 15,109 In committee 14,466 Passed 6,752 Signed 22,203 Failed 2,813

in committee · Tennessee · House Feb 7, 2018

HB 2414: Driver Licenses - As introduced, requires that offenders' community reentry programs include ability to obtain a 12-month deferral of fines and costs for traffic offenses and a restricted driver license for work only. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 16; Title 18; Title 28; Title 33; Title 40; Title 41 and Title 55.

P2C, ref. to Transportation Committee

in committee · Tennessee · House Feb 7, 2018

HB 1937: Hotels and Restaurants - As introduced, increases the time an operator of a hotel must preserve records associated with providing accommodations and assessment of the hotel tax from three years to four years. - Amends TCA Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 13; Title 56; Title 62; Title 66; Title 67 and Title 68.

Assigned to s/c Local Government Subcommittee

in committee · Tennessee · House Feb 7, 2018

HB 2446: Controlled Substances - As introduced, requires a person convicted of simple possession or casual exchange of heroin to be punished by confinement for no less than 30 days and serve 100 percent of the 30-day minimum. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 17, Part 4.

P2C, ref. to Criminal Justice Committee

in committee · Tennessee · House Feb 7, 2018

HB 2475: Education, Curriculum - As introduced, requires that driver education courses in public schools include instruction on the dangers of using hand-held mobile telephones or personal digital assistants to transmit or read a message; requires that students be apprised of the delinquent act, and penalty, to knowingly operate a motor vehicle and use a mobile phone or personal digital assistant equipped with a hands-free device to transmit or read a written message. - Amends TCA Title 49.

P2C, ref. to Education Instruction & Programs

in committee · Tennessee · Senate Feb 7, 2018

SB 1594: Beer - As introduced, increases number of barrels a manufacturer that operates as a retailer may sell from not more than 25,000 to not more than 40,000 annually. - Amends TCA Title 57, Chapter 5.

P2C, ref. to Local Government Committee

in committee · Tennessee · Senate Feb 7, 2018

SB 1488: Election Laws - As introduced, lengthens voter registration period to 15 days before an election instead of 30 days before an election. - Amends TCA Title 2.

P2C, ref. to Local Government Committee

in committee · Tennessee · Senate Feb 7, 2018

SB 2269: Controlled Substances - As introduced, authorizes members of the controlled substances database committee to attend meetings via videoconferencing and be counted as present for purposes of detecting a quorum. - Amends TCA Title 53, Chapter 10, Part 3.

P2C, ref. to Health Committee

in committee · Tennessee · House Feb 7, 2018

HB 2609: Recycling - As introduced, requires the department of environment and conservation to include a description of the activities of the office of cooperative marketing for recyclables in its annual report on solid waste management. - Amends TCA Section 41-2-123; Section 57-5-201; Section 67-4-402; Title 68, Chapter 211 and Chapter 616 of the Public Acts of 2010.

P2C, ref. to Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee

in committee · Tennessee · Senate Feb 7, 2018

SB 2134: Attorney General and Reporter - As introduced, clarifies that the attorney general may use electronic means to notify the director of the fiscal review committee of certain lawsuits filed in state or federal court, in which the state is a named party and the attorney general or assistants are representing the state. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 8, Chapter 50; Title 8, Chapter 6; Title 9; Title 29; Title 40 and Title 71.

Assigned to s/c Civil Justice Subcommittee

in committee · Tennessee · House Feb 7, 2018

HB 2528: Contractors - As introduced, changes the timing of when retainage is due a contractor and when, and in what manner, notice of the initial retainage deposit in an escrow account is made. - Amends TCA Title 66, Chapter 34.

P2C, ref. to Business and Utilities Committee

in committee · Tennessee · Senate Feb 7, 2018

SB 2604: Local Education Agencies - As introduced, changes, from 30 to 15, the number of days after the beginning of a school year within which a local board of education is required to certify to the commissioner of education its adherence to its plan for compliance with the Tennessee School Nutrition Standards Act. - Amends TCA Title 49 and Title 68.

P2C, ref. to Education Administration & Planning

in committee · Tennessee · Senate Feb 7, 2018

SB 2594: Taxes, Sales - As introduced, authorizes allocation of sales and use taxes to be used for financing facility for minor league affiliate of a major league soccer team. - Amends TCA Title 67, Chapter 6.

P2C, ref. to Finance, Ways & Means Committee