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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 755: Animal Control - As introduced, requires a governmental animal control agency to prominently display its certification authorizing chemical capture of animals in its main facility. - Amends TCA Title 44; Title 53; Title 63 and Title 68.

Sponsor change.

in committee · Tennessee · Senate Jan 17, 2018

SB 771: 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.

Sponsor change.

in committee · Tennessee · House Jan 17, 2018

HB 897: 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.

Sponsor change.

in committee · Tennessee · Senate Jan 17, 2018

SB 1183: Statutes and Codification - As introduced, enacts the "Original Intent Act of 2017," which requires the constitutions and laws of the United States and Tennessee to be interpreted in a manner to preserve their meaning at the time written. - Amends TCA Title 1.

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

in committee · Tennessee · House Jan 17, 2018

HB 1220: 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 · Senate Jan 17, 2018

SB 331: Cooperatives - As introduced, decreases the maximum number of members in which any electrical cooperative's bylaws may allow a cooperative member to vote for as proxy from 10 members to 7 members. - Amends TCA Title 7 and Title 65.

Sponsor change.

in committee · Tennessee · House Jan 17, 2018

HJR 132: Naming and Designating - "Post-Traumatic Stress Injury Awareness Month," June 2017, and "Post-Traumatic Stress Injury Awareness Day", June 27, 2017 -

Assigned to s/c Health Subcommittee

in committee · Tennessee · House Jan 17, 2018

HB 956: 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 · House Jan 17, 2018

HB 1342: 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

in committee · Tennessee · Senate Jan 17, 2018

SB 269: Handgun Permits - As introduced, requires the department of safety to promulgate rules regarding requirements for handgun safety course instruction, including qualifications of handgun safety schools and instructors, required for handgun carry permits; authorizes a permit holder to convert an eight-year permit into a lifetime permit at any time. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 17, Part 13.

Sponsor change.

in committee · Tennessee · Senate Jan 17, 2018

SB 181: Taxes - As introduced, permits the court in a tax collection proceeding to enter on the tax books a copy of the court order. - Amends TCA Title 67.

Sponsor change.

in committee · Tennessee · Senate Jan 17, 2018

SB 146: Firearms and Ammunition - As introduced, prohibits the expenditure of state or local funds or employees to implement, regulate, or enforce any federal law or executive order regulating the ownership or possession of firearms or firearm ammunition regardless of whether the expenditure of funds or use of employees would violate a state law or the state constitution. - Amends TCA Title 38, Chapter 3, Part 1.

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