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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 · Senate Jan 17, 2018

SB 1400: Election Laws - As introduced, increases penalty from Class C misdemeanor to Class A misdemeanor for knowingly publishing or distributing false campaign literature. - Amends TCA Title 2.

Taken off notice for cal in s/c Local Government Subcommittee of Local Government Committee

in committee · Tennessee · Senate Jan 17, 2018

SB 301: Telecommunications - As introduced, allows electric cooperatives to provide broadband internet access and related services without any limitations that are not otherwise placed on other private providers of telecommunication services. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 6; Title 7; Title 10; Title 65; Title 67 and Title 68.

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in committee · Tennessee · Senate Jan 17, 2018

SB 411: Welfare - As introduced, authorizes a voluntary photo identification electronic benefit card (EBT) program for the food stamp program; creates offense of trafficking in EBT cards. - Amends TCA Title 55, Chapter 50 and Title 71, Chapter 5, Part 3.

Taken off notice for cal in s/c Health Subcommittee of Health Committee

in committee · Tennessee · House Jan 17, 2018

HB 951: Tennessee Regulatory Authority - As introduced, requires that copies of the authority's final decisions or orders be delivered or mailed to each party or to the party's attorney of record within five days after the entry of the final decision or order. - Amends TCA Title 3; Title 4; Title 6; Title 7; Title 8; Title 12; Title 13; Title 35; Title 47; Title 48; Title 64; Title 65 and Title 68.

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in committee · Tennessee · Senate Jan 17, 2018

SB 759: Welfare - As introduced, requires the inspector general within the department of finance and administration and the director of the Tennessee bureau of investigation to present their annual reports regarding investigating and prosecuting TennCare fraud to the health and welfare committee of the senate and the health committee of the house of representatives. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 13; Title 49 and Title 71.

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in committee · Tennessee · Senate Jan 17, 2018

SB 756: Insurance, Health, Accident - As introduced, for any FDA-approved procedure or treatment that is selected by an insured but not covered in the insured's health benefit plan, requires an insurer to pay up to the maximum amount provided in the health benefit plan for an alternative covered procedure or treatment for the same underlying health issue. - Amends TCA Title 56.

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in committee · Tennessee · Senate Jan 17, 2018

SB 753: Taxes, Real Property - As introduced, requires that the value of real property assessed for property tax purposes be ascertained from evidence of its sound, intrinsic, and immediate value, for purposes of sale between a willing seller and buyer without consideration of speculative values, and when appropriate, subject to the Agricultural, Forest and Open Space Land Act of 1976; provides that evidence includes an independent appraisal commissioned by the owner of the residential property. - Amends TCA Title 62, Chapter 39 and Title 67, Chapter 5.

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in committee · Tennessee · House Jan 17, 2018

HB 888: Students - 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.

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in committee · Tennessee · Senate Jan 17, 2018

SB 161: School Vouchers - As introduced, enacts the "Opportunity Scholarship Pilot Program." - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 1.

Taken off notice for cal in s/c Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee of Finance, Ways & Means Committee

in committee · Tennessee · Senate Jan 17, 2018

SB 750: Criminal Procedure - As introduced, authorizes the board of claims to hear claims for compensation by persons whose convictions are vacated based on DNA evidence after serving at least 25 years in prison and to grant appropriate relief. - Amends TCA Title 8; Title 9, Chapter 8, Part 1 and Title 40.

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in committee · Tennessee · Senate Jan 17, 2018

SB 1295: Controlled Substances - As introduced, requires the commissioner of health to revise the recommended treatment guidelines for prescribing opioids to reflect specialty specific guidelines for board certified specialty physicians by September 30, 2017 and annually thereafter. - Amends TCA Title 63, Chapter 1.

Taken off notice for cal in s/c Health Subcommittee of Health Committee

in committee · Tennessee · Senate Jan 17, 2018

SB 1388: Election Laws - As introduced, clarifies that the coordinator of elections' report to the senate state and local government committee and the local government committee of the house of representatives regarding the pilot project on voting centers may be made in conjunction with any other report to those committees. - Amends TCA Title 2.

Taken off notice for cal in s/c Local Government Subcommittee of Local Government Committee