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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 May 9, 2017

SB 1268: Taxes, Sales - As introduced, increases portion of state-shared sales tax revenue for cities and counties by .5 percent; divides the portion equally between cities and counties; decreases by .5 percent the portion of revenue distributed to the general fund. - Amends TCA Title 67, Chapter 6.

Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee

in committee · Tennessee · House May 9, 2017

HB 65: Taxes, Excise - 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.

Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee

in committee · Tennessee · House May 9, 2017

HB 347: Controlled Substances - As introduced, adds etizolam to the list of Schedule I controlled substances. - Amends TCA Section 39-17-406.

Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee

in committee · Tennessee · House May 9, 2017

HB 116: Pensions and Retirement Benefits - As introduced, authorizes Tennessee consolidated retirement system members who deployed in support of Operation Enduring Freedom or Operation Iraqi Freedom to receive military service credit in TCRS for each day of deployment. - Amends TCA Title 8, Chapter 34; Title 8, Chapter 35 and Title 8, Chapter 36.

Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee

in committee · Tennessee · Senate May 9, 2017

SB 1249: District Attorneys - As introduced, establishes a new pay scale for assistant district attorney generals based upon the assistant's number of years of credible service as an assistant; reclassifies into the new pay scale those assistants hired before July 1, 1994, who have 20 years credible service. - Amends TCA Title 8, Chapter 7.

Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee

in committee · Tennessee · Senate May 9, 2017

SB 374: Law Enforcement - As introduced, increases the salary supplement for firefighters and local police officers who complete an annual course of training from $600 to $1,000. - Amends TCA Title 4 and Title 38.

Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee

in committee · Tennessee · Senate May 9, 2017

SB 1176: Criminal Offenses - As introduced, expands voluntary manslaughter to include causing the death of another by unlawful distribution or delivery of a controlled substance, when the controlled substance is a contributing factor in the death of the user. - Amends TCA Section 39-13-211.

Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee

in committee · Tennessee · Senate May 9, 2017

SB 1169: Taxes, Exemption and Credits - As introduced, exempts CPAP supplies from being subject to sales and use tax. - Amends TCA Title 67, Chapter 6, Part 3.

Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee

in committee · Tennessee · House May 9, 2017

HB 337: Controlled Substances - As introduced, classifies the synthetic opioid "U-47700" as a Schedule I controlled substance. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 17, Part 4.

Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee

in committee · Tennessee · Senate May 9, 2017

SB 546: Taxes, Privilege - As introduced, allows a person engaged in an occupation subject to the occupational privilege tax who is or is older than the age for full social security benefits and who earns no more than $16,000 per year from the taxable occupation to receive a 75 percent rebate on that person's occupational privilege tax. - Amends TCA Title 67, Chapter 4, Part 17.

Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee

in committee · Tennessee · House May 9, 2017

HB 1042: Taxes, Franchise - As introduced, allows professionals who own corporations, limited partnerships, and similar business entities to take their professional privilege tax payment as a credit against the business entity's franchise and excise tax liability. - Amends TCA Title 67, Chapter 4, Part 17; Title 67, Chapter 4, Part 20 and Title 67, Chapter 4, Part 21.

Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee

in committee · Tennessee · Senate May 9, 2017

SB 599: Budget Procedures - As introduced, requires an increase of 2 percent in department of children's services contracts when state budget increases by 3 percent or more from the immediately preceding year. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 9 and Title 37.

Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee